Charity registered in Scotland SC015599
RSGS (the Royal Scottish Geographical Society) is one of Scotland’s most dynamic small charities. We are engaged in an exciting and wide variety of public events, education, science communication and active policy advice. We work with a broad range of public, private, academic and voluntary sector organisations to enhance people’s understanding of the world.
Applications are invited from hard-working, enthusiastic and ambitious individuals seeking a challenging, fast-paced and multi-faceted position with considerable scope for professional and personal development, in an exciting and varied role.
Because of growing success and workload, we are seeking to appoint a Deputy Chief Executive, based at the RSGS HQ in Perth, to support the Chief Executive, particularly in fundraising and business development. The person appointed will focus initially on helping us to significantly increase uptake of our major Climate Solutions training programme, and then increasingly transition into the many broader aspects of RSGS’s work at a senior level.
We need a highly-motivated individual who can credibly represent RSGS with integrity, with everyone from local volunteers to global leaders. Someone who can help increase the profile of RSGS amongst core audiences, maximise RSGS income, and work with colleagues to ensure that Climate Solutions training courses and other RSGS policy and public-focused activities are smoothly delivered and have maximum impact.
You should possess a high level of initiative and organisational aptitude, superb negotiation and marketing skills, excellent communication skills and computer literacy, a willingness to learn, an ability to deal calmly with the unexpected, a personable manner, and ideally a solid grounding in sustainability, an empathy for geography, and the drive and passion to change the world.
A team player, you should be good at developing networks and relationships, good at prioritising work and coordinating teams, and able to respond quickly and efficiently to new opportunities. Some experience of working for a charity would be helpful, as would a good sense of humour.
Potentially one of the best jobs in Scotland!
RSGS (the Royal Scottish Geographical Society) is one of Scotland’s most dynamic small charities. We are engaged in an exciting and wide variety of public events, education, science communication and active policy advice. We work with a broad range of public, private, academic and voluntary sector organisations to enhance people’s understanding of the world.
Applications are invited from hard-working, enthusiastic and ambitious individuals seeking a challenging, fast-paced and multi-faceted position with considerable scope for professional and personal development, in an exciting and varied role.
Because of growing success and workload, we have an opening for a new post of Deputy Chief Executive, based at the RSGS HQ in Perth, to support the Chief Executive, particularly in expanding RSGS’s public-focused and policy-related work, and in fundraising and financial management. The person appointed will focus initially on helping us to significantly increase uptake of our major Climate Solutions training programme, and then increasingly transition into the many broader aspects of RSGS’s work at a senior level.
We need a highly-motivated individual who can credibly represent RSGS with integrity, with everyone from local volunteers to global leaders; increase the number and scale of public and private sector organisations engaged with RSGS; increase the profile of RSGS amongst business audiences; maximise RSGS income from a range of organisations and individuals; and work with colleagues to ensure that Climate Solutions training courses and other RSGS policy-related and public-focused activities are smoothly delivered, maximising the benefit to RSGS.
You should possess a high level of organisational aptitude, superb negotiation and marketing skills, excellent communication skills and computer literacy, an ability to deal calmly with the unexpected, a personable manner, and ideally a solid grounding in sustainability and an empathy for geography. A team player, you should be good at developing networks and relationships, good at prioritising work and coordinating teams, and able to respond quickly and efficiently to new opportunities. Some experience of working for a charity would be helpful, as would a sense of humour and a degree of patience.
Change your life, develop your transferable skills, work as part of a dedicated small team helping to build a better, greener, fairer and more outdoorsy world for all. This job offers a memorable, rewarding, broad and challenging way to start a career in the charity sector.
Applications are invited from hard-working, enthusiastic and interested individuals seeking a challenging, fast-paced and multi-faceted position with one of Scotland’s most dynamic small charities, the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS).
We have an opening for a Communications Officer, based at the RSGS HQ in Perth (though initially working from home), to help us to communicate effectively with different audiences, raise our public profile, develop our events and policy programmes, and increase support for our work. We need someone who can successfully publicise the breadth and depth of the work that we do, across traditional media and magazine publications, social media, digital, and video communications channels; an engaging personality who can bring our existing members, volunteers, supporters and other contacts closer to us; and a creative who can find appropriate new audiences for us to engage with.
You should possess a friendly manner, a high level of organisational aptitude, superb written and verbal communication skills, excellent computer literacy, an understanding of digital communication trends, and an ability to deal calmly with the unexpected. A team player, you should be good at developing networks and relationships, able to respond quickly and efficiently to new opportunities, and willing to get stuck in and work hard. Some experience of working with volunteers, or for a charity, would be helpful, as would a knowledge of contemporary geographical issues.