Are you passionate about climate action and community development? Do you have experience in project management and a desire to make a positive impact on East Lothian's environmental future? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

About Us:

The ELCAN Hub, a partnership between East Lothian Climate Action Network (ELCAN) and Lower Impact Living CIC (Lil), is seeking a dynamic individual to lead transformative climate & nature action and adaptation within the region. As the ELCAN Climate Hub Manager, you will play a key role in cultivating a resilient and just community-driven movement that addresses the challenges of the climate and nature emergency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project management of the ELCAN Climate Hub.
• Building and maintaining relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Leading the team to deliver Hub outputs & outcomes.
• Financial management, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Staff appraisals, development, and fundraising.

Base: Selected Schools across West Lothian (Livingston and West Calder area) with flexibility to work from home when not delivering in-school sessions

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Sustrans team and work as part of the I Bike Project in Scotland. The I Bike Project has been running in Scotland since 2009, working closely with schools to promote sustainable travel.

This is a newly created post where you will be responsible for delivering the I Bike Project in West Calder High School and St Margarets academy and their associated Primary Schools, to promote sustainable (active) travel to and from school and for recreational journeys. You will be supporting a number of local teams, including school staff and the Active Schools Team.

You will build and manage internal and external relationships with key people such as the Senior Leadership teams within the schools, Local community group leaders and Local Authority members. In addition, you will support the School Champions, the staff and volunteers promoting sustainable (active) travel within the school communities, using Local Authority resources to promote the I Bike project.

This role will require travel, including overnight stays and work at locations as necessary to undertake projects on behalf of Sustrans.

About you

You should have experience of working with children and young people as well as working with schools and community youth groups, with the ability to build relationships with ease across a wide range of people.

You will have good written and verbal communication skills, and you will be knowledgeable planning for presentation, lessons, and activities.

We would like you to have undertaken or be willing to attend the National Standard Cycle Instructor Training, and Bike maintenance training, and have an understanding of active travels programmes in Scotland.

Sustrans has a long-term commitment to being a charity for everyone - reducing inequality, valuing diversity, enabling inclusion and ensuring all people are treated with dignity and respect. We aim to be a truly inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, in particular from under-represented groups.

What we offer

In return we can offer true hybrid working to suit individual circumstances and a flexible, supportive and rewarding working environment.

Wellbeing

• 28 days’ leave per annum plus bank holidays for full-time working
• Ability to buy an extra week of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Staff volunteer days
• 24/7 free, impartial and confidential support service
• We are members of the Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme who both offer cycle to work schemes

Financial

• Group Personal Pension scheme with a 4% or 5% of basic salary contribution being matched by Sustrans
• Bike, computer and season ticket loans
• Discount benefits
• London Weighting Allowance of £4,195 for all those living within a London Borough (32 local authority districts plus the City of London)
• Death in Service benefit – 3 x annual Salary

Family Friendly

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Flexible Working practices (full time hours are 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday)

Additional information

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 23:59, 17 December 2023.

Interviews will take place in person in West Lothian during the week commencing 08 January 2024. If you are unable to attend in person, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate an online meeting.

About Sustrans

At Sustrans you'll be part of a movement to make it easier for people to walk and cycle.

We're all here to change things! You’ll be part of an incredible community of talented, passionate, creative, problem solvers all working together to change things for the better. We act locally and think big - we have a vision of a society where the way we travel creates healthier places and happier lives for everyone.

You'll be questioning the status quo and daring to imagine a different world. You'll work on exciting, impactful projects that will stretch and empower you and you'll be rewarded by seeing the difference you make to people, communities and the planet.

We believe including everyone is central to who we are and what we want to achieve, we welcome difference and pride ourselves on creating a culture where you can be yourself and where your wellness is supported.

You'll be guaranteed to make friends for life and work with a team that is incredibly flexible, supportive, ethical and fun.

As a Team Leader at Forth Valley Advocacy you will join us at an exciting time in our development as we continue to deliver a recently extended contract for Independent Advocacy services in the Forth Valley area, currently extended until October 2024 with the possibility of extension to October 2025. This is a crucial post which will allow Forth Valley Advocacy to continue to provide high quality and person led Independent Advocacy services across the Forth Valley area.

As Team Leader, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, you will manage a team of energetic and enthusiastic Advocacy Workers whilst possibly carrying a very small caseload of Advocacy Partners. As Duty Worker you will respond to telephone enquiries, screening potential online referrals, and allocating referrals to the advocacy team. You will build strong partnerships with our referrers including colleagues in the NHS and Local Authorities. You will be an experienced independent advocacy practitioner with the ability to manage yourself and others effectively.

You will bring enthusiasm and leadership skills to the organisation during this exciting period of growth.

At present our office base is in Falkirk but hybrid working arrangements are in place, allowing for some working from home.

The Community Development Officer (CDO) will develop mechanisms to engage communities of place and interest with SCOTLAND: The Big Picture’s rewilding projects, with particular emphasis on engaging communities with rewilding taking place within our Northwoods Rewilding Network.

Specifically, the CDO will work with communities and support them to:

• Co-create community benefit packages funded by private investment.

• Learn more about local nature restoration projects, improving understanding of rewilding.

Ultimately, this role will support more people to become informed about and involved with rewilding via recreational and educational activities across Scotland.

See the job description, available for download below, for the duties and responsibilities associated with the role, as well as the experience, skills and attributes we are seeking.

Organisation profile

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture (SBP) is a charity that works to drive the recovery of nature across Scotland through rewilding, in response to the growing climate and biodiversity crises. Our vision is of a vast network of rewilded land and water, where wildlife flourishes and people thrive.

We are a small, friendly, agile and progressive team that works in collaboration with many different interest groups to:

• Drive support for rewilding

• Commit more land and water to rewilding

• Return missing species

• Develop rewilding business

Please see our website for more information on our work: scotlandbigpicture.com.