About Us

Uplift supports efforts to create a rapid and fair transition away from oil and gas production in the UK. We urgently need to phase out oil and gas drilling to stay within safe climate limits. Yet, despite having renewable resources in abundance, the UK remains Europe’s second largest oil and gas producer.

We can and must be ambitious about moving past oil and gas production, while empowering and supporting workers and communities who rely on the industry for their livelihoods.

Working with everyone from policy-makers and Parliamentarians, to academics and campaigners, Uplift undertakes research, analysis and campaigning to support a rapid and fair transition away from oil and gas production in the UK.

The Role

We are currently looking for a Campaigner to join our growing team and support a new energy campaign that challenges the Scottish Government to help create an energy system for Scotland that works for workers, communities, the Scottish public and the planet.

You’ll be working with a team including external partners to convey a simple, powerful, united vision for the future of Scotland’s energy system that cuts through the noise and presents a more democratic energy system that brings tangible benefit to people’s lives.

You will be helping to support a network of unions, impacted communities and workers, climate groups and community groups powerful enough to hold the Scottish government to account, and creating public pressure on Scotland's politicians to take positive action on the future of Scotland’s energy system.

Are you looking for a new HR role in an organisation that makes a real difference? Changeworks is looking for an enthusiastic HR professional to join our People Team on a part time basis (17.5 hours per week, with flexibility on how these hours are worked). As a key part of our supportive and values driven team, you’ll bring foundational HR experience — ideally with some exposure to early stage employee relations such as initial absence advice, supporting first stage investigations or disciplinaries, and responding to straightforward people queries from managers and colleagues.

This is a great next step if you’ve begun your HR career in an administrative or coordination role and are ready to grow your professional practice. You’ll be joining us at an exciting time as Changeworks scales up its impact, playing your part in creating a positive, fair and engaging employee experience across the organisation.

About us

Changeworks is a great place to work. We hold Investors in People Platinum accreditation (something only a few organisations in Scotland have), and we were nominated for employer of the year by the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce this year. Our staff overwhelmingly would recommend us as an employer too.

The Climate Emergency has resulted in ambitious national targets to reduce carbon emissions from the built environment and reduce rates of fuel poverty. This has driven a significant increase in the number of pilot and large-scale interventions delivered by Changeworks and external organisations in this area. These include area-based domestic energy efficiency retrofit and decarbonisation projects and programmes.

We are a growing organisation, and this role is crucial to the delivery of our ambitious objectives. We want to decarbonise homes in Scotland on a massive scale, and that needs talented individuals like you to help us deliver on our objectives. You’ll receive full training plus coaching and mentoring.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits including flexible working, bike to work scheme, an excellent pension scheme and 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.

Keen to find a part-time role and an opportunity to develop your skills? Changeworks is looking for someone part time (17.5 hours a week) with strong numerical accuracy and good financial acumen to help keep our payroll and benefits running smoothly.

The HR Officer (Payroll and Benefits) will support monthly payroll changes, maintain accurate records, and assist with benefits like pensions, cycle to work and wellbeing schemes. Clear communication, attention to detail, and confidence with spreadsheets are essential. Ideal for someone with a basic foundation in payroll who wants to grow their knowledge and experience.

About us

Changeworks is a great place to work. We hold Investors in People Platinum accreditation (something only a few organisations in Scotland have), and we were nominated for employer of the year by the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce this year. Our staff overwhelmingly would recommend us as an employer too.

The Climate Emergency has resulted in ambitious national targets to reduce carbon emissions from the built environment and reduce rates of fuel poverty. This has driven a significant increase in the number of pilot and large-scale interventions delivered by Changeworks and external organisations in this area. These include area-based domestic energy efficiency retrofit and decarbonisation projects and programmes.

We are a growing organisation, and this role is crucial to the delivery of our ambitious objectives. We want to decarbonise homes in Scotland on a massive scale, and that needs talented individuals like you to help us deliver on our objectives. You’ll receive full training plus coaching and mentoring.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits including flexible working, bike to work scheme, an excellent pension scheme and 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.

As Scotland’s leading nature conservation charity, we welcome applications from individuals who are looking to join us in our journey of protecting Scotland’s wildlife for the future.

From major species and landscape restoration projects, to managing our network of wildlife reserves and campaigning for nature, we work for Scotland’s wildlife year-round.

We give a voice to wildlife through our policy and campaigning work, demonstrate best practice through practical conservation work, engage with people to take positive action through our education programmes and events, and so much more.

The Role:

Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels (SSRS) is a project to deliver the essential protection measures required to secure the long-term future of red squirrels in Scotland and to ensure that systems are put in place to continue the delivery of these measures over the long term by working with other agencies with a stake in native species conservation and invasive non-native species management.

The NE Community Outreach Officer will contribute to the delivery of the “Grey Squirrel Urban Eradication Programme” by supporting targeted grey squirrel monitoring and control in Aberdeen City, in accordance with the Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels project plan.

Primary responsibilities include recruiting, training, and supporting volunteers and landowners to conduct rapid response monitoring; supporting the delivery of the programme; and raising awareness of, and building support for, the project within the local community.

The successful candidate will:

• Enjoy working with volunteers, landowners, and the local community to engage and build support for conservation initiatives.
• Enjoy working as part of a diverse and dynamic team on a pioneering conservation project.
• Be highly committed to supporting the delivery of the “Grey Squirrel Urban Eradication Programme”, and self-motivated to address the challenges of working with an extremely low-density grey squirrel population.
• Be a good problem solver, with a willingness to adapt and learn new skills while supporting innovative methods to achieve grey squirrel eradication in an urban area.

The benefits

• Flexi time/Hybrid working
• Salary sacrifice Cycle to Work and pension schemes
• Weekly wellness hour
• Generous Sick pay allowance
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
• Training and Development focus

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is one of the world’s leading botanic gardens and a global centre for biodiversity science, horticulture and education. Our vision is of a positive future for plants, people and the planet. With the replanting of our stunning Victorian Palm House underway, with a view to fully reopening in Autumn 2026, we are looking for a friendly, organised and proactive Engagement Assistant to help us deliver a vibrant programme of events, workshops and tours.

In this varied role, you’ll work closely with our Engagement team, volunteers, community partners and internal colleagues to support the smooth running of our cultural and community activities. Every day will be different: from helping plan event schedules and managing customer enquiries, to assisting with set‑ups, welcoming audiences, gathering feedback and even leading Palm House tours for a range of visitors. You’ll also play an important part behind the scenes — raising purchase orders, updating budgets, coordinating resources and ensuring our events meet high standards of accessibility, safety and inclusion.

We’re looking for someone who is a strong communicator with excellent organisational and administrative skills, who is confident working with community groups and supporting volunteers. You’ll be comfortable managing competing tasks and proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel, as well as being knowledgeable and enthusiastic about horticulture, arts, culture or heritage and committed to delivering safe, welcoming and inclusive experiences for all.

The Conservation Volunteers connects people together to protect and restore nature.

About the role:

We’re looking for an experienced People Advisor to support the Green Skills John Muir Way traineeship programme. The programme is a 3-year initiative, with up to 24 paid trainees per year engaging in practical biodiversity tasks and projects along the route. The programme aims to bridge the skills gap and workforce challenges, increase connectivity and break down the disconnect with nature, working in partnership with City of Edinburgh Council, Falkirk Council, Scottish Canals and East Dunbartonshire Council, and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The Green Skills initiative is designed for 16 – 24-year-olds facing barriers to employment. The 10-month traineeships involve a combination of practical work experience, and accredited training. This role is a hand on, people centred opportunity where your expertise will directly support young people to succeed. As a People Advisor, you’ll deliver a high quality, responsive HR advisory service to the Green Skills team. You’ll manage a varied caseload of employee relations matters including absence, wellbeing, performance, disciplinaries, and grievances, ensuring fair, lawful, and timely outcomes. A strong focus of the role is supporting leaders to confidently apply people processes, particularly around absence management and early intervention.

You’ll also play a central role in the end-to-end recruitment and onboarding of the trainees, ensuring processes are inclusive, well-coordinated, and aligned with safer recruitment principles. From shortlisting and interviews to pre-employment checks, contracts, and inductions, you’ll help create a smooth and positive journey for new starter trainees.

In addition, you will oversee compliance processes, including criminal record checks for trainees. You’ll manage the full process, from collating ID and checking applications to updating electronic records, monitoring due dates, and escalating issues where necessary. You will also maintain accurate HR records, track trainee absence and leave in the HR system, and ensure information flows efficiently for payroll processing.

About You

You’re an experienced HR professional with a strong grounding in employee relations and recruitment. You’re confident applying employment law in practical situations and enjoy coaching leaders to build their people management capability. Organised, adaptable, and detail oriented, you can manage competing priorities while maintaining high standards.

You’ll bring:

• Proven HR advisory experience across employee relations and recruitment
• CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent HR qualification)
• Experience interpreting employment law and HR best practice
• Strong organisational and data management skills
• The ability to analyse trends and present meaningful people insights
• A proactive, collaborative approach and a commitment to confidentiality

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during your application. If you would like to discuss your requirements further please contact the People Team via recruitment@tcv.org.uk or by telephone on 01302 388883 . We also offer reasonable adjustments on the job.

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We are The Conservation Volunteers.

Our vision is Better Nature For All.

Our mission is to connect people together to protect and restore nature, delivering lasting benefits for both.

Since 1959, The Conservation Volunteers has been a charity creating opportunities for people to create, improve and care for nature in the green spaces around them across the UK.

Our variety of projects cover a bit of everything involving nature. Volunteers muddy their boots in parks, community gardens, woodland, sites of special scientific interest, nature reserves, schools and hospital grounds, helping create a glorious network of protected green space across the UK.

This work connects people with nature, and that connection delivers powerful results. Join in, feel good.

This is a unique and central role at the heart of civil society efforts in Scotland to tackle the climate crisis. It requires a highly-organised and effective manager who is able to build strong relationships, enjoys working with lots of partners, and is committed to climate action and justice.

You’ll be part of a small but growing SCCS secretariat team that provides support to our diverse members and delivers our advocacy and campaigns activities, so you’ll need to be a great communicator, enthusiastic, proactive and willing to be flexible when things change.

Being right at the centre of what we do, we need someone with strong diplomacy skills who is self-motivated. You’ll be the glue that holds a diverse coalition together, enabling it to be greater than the sum of its parts.

This is a varied and rewarding role and we are looking for someone keen to be a key part of the Scottish climate movement and get stuck into everything it involves!

About SCCS

Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS) is Scotland’s climate coalition, bringing together over 70 civil society organisations campaigning together on climate change.

Our membership is diverse and includes national and community organisations working on:

• Climate action and justice
• Environment and nature
• Gender and social justice
• Faith and belief
• International development
• Worker and human rights
• Health and inequality

Together, we represent hundreds of thousands of people across Scotland and stand in solidarity with communities most affected by climate impacts around the world. We collaborate with our members to build strong public support for faster climate action. We use this support to influence decision-makers to put in place fair, effective policies to reduce emissions and benefits for everyone.

Key tasks

Strategy and delivery

• Work with the SCCS Board and partners to lead the development of SCCS strategies
• Develop and oversee work plans to deliver agreed aims, including direct delivery, where necessary
• Manage external communications, ensuring coalition sign off processes are followed

Governance and finance

• Carry out annual budget forecasting, provide regular financial updates to the board, and work with an external accountant to produce end of year financial reports
• Provide support and reports to board meetings and organise AGMs
• Ensure accurate and timely official reporting to Companies House, OSCR and other legal requirements
• Identify and respond to fundraising opportunities while managing existing funding and reporting requirements

Leadership and stakeholder management

• Work with Board on membership development to ensure our coalition remains strong and diverse, and grows
• Line manage staff and volunteers and oversee the work of consultants
• Facilitate coalition and external meetings, design agendas and ensure records are produced
• Represent SCCS at relevant external meetings and events and act as a spokesperson for the coalition when appropriate – with the public, political stakeholders and the media
• Liaise and coordinate with sister coalitions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and develop strategic relationships with relevant networks in Scotland
• Ensure equality and diversity are fully considered in all aspects of our work and internal processes
• Carry out any other tasks required to manage and advance the coalition or as identified by SCCS Board

Personal specification

Knowledge, experience and skills

Essential

• Experience in a charity management role, which included strategy development, governance, financial, and line management
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with multiple partners
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for different audiences and purposes
• Skilled at meeting facilitation and designing engaging meetings
• Excellent IT skills
• Proactive, able to work flexibly and identify and act on opportunities while being highly organised and prioritising and managing a busy workload
• An understanding of the policy and political landscapes in Scotland
• Conflict management and diplomacy skills
• Demonstrable commitment to action on climate change and climate justice

Desirable

• Experience of planning and delivering environmental or social justice campaigns
• Knowledge of the civil society landscape in Scotland
• Fundraising experience
• Media spokesperson experience
• Experience working with and supporting charity boards

Qualifications

No specific qualifications are required for the role: the knowledge, skills and experience of the successful candidate will be more important than formal academic qualifications.

Terms and conditions

• Salary: £40,000
• Hours: 5 days a week (35 hours). The option to work 4 days and flexible working requests will be considered. The post holder may need to work the occasional evening or weekend, for which time off in lieu will be granted. Overtime will not be paid.
• Location: Primarily from home, with occasional office working in central Edinburgh. Other travel may be required to meetings, most often in the central belt, but occasionally in other parts of Scotland or the UK (for which travel expenses will be paid).
• Line manager: Stop Climate Chaos Scotland Chair
• Holiday: 28 days annual leave plus 11 days statutory holidays (pro rata).
• Pension: Stop Climate Chaos Scotland operates a pension plan with NEST, with employer contribution of 6%.
• We can only employ candidates with the right to work in the UK.

We are recruiting a Partnerships Manager to lead partnership activity for Home Energy Scotland, supporting Energy Saving Trust’s strategic objectives across Scotland.

As Partnerships Manager,you will manage a team delivering partnership projects that increase the reach and impact of Home Energy Scotland. You will work closely with senior stakeholders, partner organisations and internal teams to ensure Home Energy Scotland remains the primary public energy advice service in Scotland.

This role plays a key part in supporting fuel poverty priorities, community engagement, employee engagement and Net Zero delivery.

The team

Our team in Energy Saving Trust manages the national Home Energy Scotlandservice on behalf of the Scottish Government. Joining our team means joining an award-winning advice service that supports hundreds of thousands of households across Scotland every year to make their homes warmer, more affordable, and sustainable.

The climate emergency and the current fuel price crisis means the work of Home Energy Scotland has never been more important. Our team is making a real difference to people’s lives, and we are also growing rapidly. We need to recruit more skilled and dedicated people to join our team now.

Our team collaborate widely with colleagues in Energy Saving Trust, staff across the Home Energy Scotland network and many other partners across Scotland. You will be working with people and organisations to help tackle fuel poverty and the climate emergency, both directly, and through a network of regional advice centres covering all of Scotland.

What you will do

• Lead and line manage the Partnerships team delivering Home Energy Scotland partnership activity
• Develop and maintain partnerships with public sector, third sector and intermediary organisations
• Identify new partnership opportunities to extend Home Energy Scotland services and referrals
• Represent Home Energy Scotland and Energy Saving Trust at meetings, events and stakeholder forums
• Work collaboratively with marketing, digital and operational teams to promote and improve energy advice services
• Ensure partnership KPIs, targets and reporting requirements are met
• Support continuous improvement and best practice sharing across Home Energy Scotland advice centres.

What you will bring

Essential

• Team management and leadership skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills including presentations.
• Excellent relationship building, influencing, and negotiating skills with the ability to interact at all levels, from customer service to high-level stakeholders.
• Project management skills.
• Well-developed Microsoft Office skills, including applications such as Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook, SharePoint.
• Ability to work on own initiative and co-operatively as part of a team to deliver results.
• Good analytical and research skills, critical thinking, and risk management, with the ability to identify and realise opportunities.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the Scottish third and public sector landscape.
• Experience of energy efficiency, low carbon heat and renewable technologies.
• Knowledge of environmental issues, legislation, and procedures.
• Financial administration experience.

Benefits - We’ll support you with:

• Generous holiday (25 days + bank holidays + extra Christmas leave)
• True flexibility in how and where you work
• Strong pension & life assurance
• Enhanced family leave
• Green travel perks (EV scheme, cycle to work)
• Professional development support
• Yearly wellbeing allowance

These are just some of the benefits we offer.

Who we are

Energy Saving Trust is a leading and trusted organisation, dedicated to promoting energy efficiency, low carbon transport and sustainable energy use. We aim to address the climate emergency and deliver the wider benefits of clean energy as we transition to net zero.

At Energy Saving Trust we don’t just offer jobs – we offer careers. For our people, being part of the effort to address the climate emergency makes working for us truly meaningful and rewarding.

Work where you thrive

At Energy Saving Trust, flexibility isn’t just a policy, it’s how we work. Most of our roles can be done remotely, and many of our people choose to work from home full-time. Prefer an office environment? We have welcoming spaces in London, Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and Hadleigh for those who want to connect in person.

Reasonable adjustments: We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive of and accessible for, everyone.

If you think you may need additional support or reasonable adjustments made to any part of the recruitment process, please get in touch.

Diversity and inclusion

Energy Saving Trust is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone can be themselves, with support to be their best.

We strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with Energy Saving Trust.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and we ringfence a minimum number of interview slots for candidates who apply via the Disability Confident scheme and meet the criteria for a role.

The Scottish Ornithologists’ Club (SOC) is seeking a motivated, organised and approachable individual to join our team as Visitor Experience Officer. Based at the Club’s attractive headquarters at Waterston House in Aberlady, this role is central to delivering a welcoming and informative front-of-house experience for visitors, members and researchers.

You will be a key member of a small, dedicated team and will often work independently. Confidence, initiative and a friendly, professional manner are therefore essential. Shifts are 9.30am–5.00pm and include an unpaid 30-minute lunch break.

The role operates on a set weekend rota agreed in advance. Flexibility to provide occasional additional weekday cover, either through time off in lieu (TOIL) or agreed shift swaps, is welcomed. As a small organisation, we value staff who can adapt to support the wider aims and day-to-day operation of the Club.