Top job! Head of Community Engagement and Energy Advice Services
- Full time
- £45,716 – £52,435
- Edinburgh or Inverness (hybrid working from home)
- Closing 15th March 2022
- Advertised from 25th February 2022
- + 8% employer pension contribution (pending cost of living allowance). 35 hours per week
Role
Do you want to join an ambitious organisation committed to making an impact on the environment? We are looking for an experienced leader to manage our Community Engagement and Energy Advice Services Team and drive our work to tackle the climate emergency and alleviate fuel poverty.
About you
We need a leader passionate about community engagement, delivering quality service and motivating a highly skilled team to achieve demanding targets. You will have proven experience in developing, trialling and evaluating place-based solutions and are adept at building effective strategic partnerships, and nurturing funder relationships.
You successfully lead high-performing teams, and are adept at planning and people management, and collaboration. You will have excellent communication skills at senior management, external stakeholder and employee levels. A sound knowledge of the community engagement sector and of working in a grant-funded context is critical.
About the role
Our newly-formed Community Engagement and Energy Advice Services Team brings together two established teams to deliver place-based solutions, effective energy advice and volunteering support. The team will support Changeworks in our goal to contribute significantly to the decarbonisation of Scotland’s homes and tackle the climate emergency and fuel poverty at this crucial time.
The Head of Community Engagement and Energy Advice Service is responsible for developing and delivering our community engagement programmes and a number of grant-funded services aimed at reducing fuel poverty across Scotland. You will ensure all targets, performance measures and reporting requirements are successfully met. As we grow, you will accept into your portfolio, bed-in and scale, newly developed services.
This is a senior and strategically important role within Changeworks and the Head of Community Engagement and Energy Advice will report to Changeworks’ Operations Director.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of staff benefits including hybrid working, bike to work scheme, an excellent pension scheme and 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.
About Changeworks
Changeworks has been leading the way in delivering low-carbon living and tackling fuel poverty for over 35 years, centred around our energy advice and advocacy services. In response to the climate emergency, we’re going to do more, significantly increasing our reach through working with communities.
We firmly believe that our people are our biggest strength, and our goal is to provide a rewarding and fulfilling career in line with our values of collaboration, integrity, passion, innovation and empowerment. We are proud of the expertise and enthusiasm of our people and have over 200 employees and volunteers across Scotland, from the Borders to Shetland.
At Changeworks, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone.
Application notes
To apply: please visit our website to complete an online application - Jobs | Changeworks
Closing date for applications: 11am, Tuesday 15 March 2022
1st Interview dates: Monday 21 March 2022 (via Teams)
2nd interview date: Thursday 31 March 2022 (in person at the Edinburgh office)
For further information about this post please contact Laura Webb by email at lwebb@changeworks.org.uk or by phone on 07796715751
At Changeworks we remain working at home, where possible, in line with Scottish Government advice. This post would have typically been based at our Edinburgh or Inverness office however we are currently designing our new ways of working. Over the coming months we will be looking to offer increased flexibility about where we work, in a hybrid of home and office base depending on the needs of each role.
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Operations Manager - North Scotland
- Full time
- Circa £40,016 – £42,719
- On site: Highlands - Inner Moray Firth (with office based in Inverness)
- Closing 11th January 2026
Are you ready for a new, exciting opportunity to further develop your career in the charity sector? Join our dynamic team at Street League and make a real difference in the lives of young people across the UK! We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as an Operations Manager.
Here at Street League, sport is at the heart of what we do and is what makes us successful. We support young people holistically, recognising the inextricable links between wellbeing, health, and employment.
The Role:
Overall responsibility for our North Scotland Operations, you will oversee the implementation, management, and strategic development of Street League’s programmes across the Highland Inner Moray Firth region — based in Inverness — as part of an exciting new regional launch. In this role, you will not only establish and strengthen our presence locally but also drive the longer-term ambition of expanding and growing Street League’s impact across North Scotland, shaping the future of our regional operations.
You will play a key role in establishing and growing Street League’s presence in the Highlands, building strong partnerships with local authorities, schools, employers, and community organisations to maximise impact.
You will be responsible for delivering agreed operational and income generation targets, ensuring effective financial management, and maintaining the highest standards of delivery. Reporting to the Head of Operations (HOO), the Operations Manager will be a key member of the Operations Management Team within Street League and will contribute to and lead on the implementation of strategies that shape future operational delivery, growth, and community engagement across Scotland.
Don't miss this chance to be a part of our mission and help change the game for young people in the UK.
Performance and Impact Advisor – Delivering Equally Safe
- Full time
- £28,000 – £34,000
- Remote: Home-based with the expectation of some travel to the Inspiring Scotland office in Edinburgh and across Scotland for team and external stakeholder meetings.
- Closing 26th January 2026
Inspiring Scotland is seeking passionate and proactive Performance and Impact Advisor to join our Delivering Equally Safe fund team. As a trusted partner to funded organisations, you’ll manage a portfolio of organisations to provide tailored support with budgets, delivery plans, objectives, and monitoring impact.
We’re looking for someone with strong analytical, communication, and relationship-building skills, and a passion for social justice and equality. You’ll work within a collaborative team, contributing to the wider Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights team within Inspiring Scotland. We are a collaborative, supportive organisation that places high emphasis on teamwork and sharing best practice and learning, both internally and externally.
Services Manager - Enquire (Maternity Cover)
- Part time
- £41,913 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 12th January 2026
Children in Scotland are proud to have been delivering our Scottish Government funded Enquire service for over 25 years now. This national service continues to be a highly trusted and respected source of quality and accessible information and advice on additional support for learning.
The opportunity has arisen to take on the role of Service Manager for a period of 12 months on a maternity cover basis. Sitting within Children in Scotland’s Services, Policy and Participation department, this role will involve effective management of all areas of Enquire service delivery.
We are looking for a brilliant and experienced manager with excellent skills in communication, organisation, people management and budget management. The right candidate will also have a solid understanding of the additional support for learning landscape in Scotland to ensure that we maintain our high standards of delivery across all work streams.
If you feel like this role is for you, and that you have the ability to manage an outstandingly knowledgeable and committed team to provide a high quality service for our nation’s children, families and professionals relating to additional support for learning, then please read on.
About Children in Scotland
Giving all children in Scotland an equal chance to flourish is at the heart of everything we do.
By bringing together a network of people working with and for children, alongside children and young people themselves, we offer a broad, balanced and independent voice. We create solutions, provide support and develop positive change across all areas affecting children in Scotland. We do this by listening, gathering evidence, and applying and sharing our learning, while always working to uphold children’s rights.
Our range of knowledge and expertise means we can provide trusted support on issues as diverse as the people we work with and the varied lives of children and families in Scotland.
Diversity
Children in Scotland values the contribution of all our staff, whatever their background. Our recruitment decisions are based on fair, open processes, with appointment on merit. We welcome applications from everyone.
Further Information
For an informal chat about the job, please contact Billy Anderson, Head of Services, Participation and Policy by email on banderson@childreninscotland.org.uk
Top job! Chief Executive Officer
- Part time
- £61,000 – £74,000 pro-rata
- Remote: Home-based with travel as and when required
- Closing 16th January 2026
About The Enchanted Forest:
The Enchanted Forest Community Trust (EFCT) is the charity behind Scotland’s longest-running and most successful sound and light show—an award-winning immersive experience that draws approximately 85,000 visitors each year and contributes around £10 million annually to the Highland Perthshire economy. The Trust’s purpose is to transport and delight audiences while celebrating the remarkable natural beauty of Faskally Woods and ensuring the event remains welcoming, inclusive, and accessible to all.
Now approaching its 25th anniversary, The Enchanted Forest has grown from a pioneering creative idea into one of Scotland’s most iconic cultural events. Supported by over 100 seasonal staff, local suppliers and businesses, and a strong community ethos, the event has welcomed nearly one million visitors since its inception. Importantly, proceeds from the show are reinvested back into Highland Perthshire, with the Trust awarding grants to local charities and community groups every year.
Values:
EFCT’s values underpin everything they do. They are the motivators and they determine the way they make emotional connections with their audience.
Community - From the team that pulls the event together and the dedicated partners, to the volunteers and visitors – it is one big community. Everyone is important, and everyone is appreciated.
Respect - Caring about customers, the environment, their team and the local community – treating each group with the respect they deserve.
Quality - When customers buy The Enchanted Forest tickets, they are guaranteed excellence. They know their experience is going to be the best. And with each event, they are striving to enhance that further.
Creativity - Innovation, art, spectacle, wonder – The Enchanted Forest is breathtaking. They don’t just want to get it right; they want their customers to be in awe and leave inspired.
The Role of CEO:
In 2026, as EFCT celebrates its milestone 25th event and welcomes its 1,000,000th visitor, the organisation is looking to the future and seeking a visionary Chief Executive to lead its next chapter.
The new CEO will work in close partnership with the Board of Trustees to steer the long-term strategic direction of the charity, ensuring the continued success, sustainability and creative evolution of its flagship event. They will safeguard the Trust’s financial health, uphold best-practice governance, and provide strong, values-led leadership to the operations, creative, and production teams. As the public ambassador for EFCT, the CEO will build and nurture key relationships with partners, funders, local authorities, media, and the wider community—protecting the reputation of the event and amplifying its impact.
The CEO will also oversee the Trust’s community grant-giving programme, ensuring that the surplus generated by the event continues to benefit organisations across Highland Perthshire in meaningful and impactful ways. With responsibility for strategic planning, financial management, operational delivery, risk oversight and compliance, they will ensure that the Trust continues to operate transparently, ethically, and sustainably.
Candidates will bring proven senior leadership experience, ideally gained in a creative, cultural, events, charity or tourism environment. They will have successfully led organisations through development and change, managed complex operational programmes, and implemented financially sound, future-focused strategies. A strong communicator and relationship-builder, they will demonstrate high emotional intelligence, commercial acumen, and an ability to inspire multidisciplinary teams. Importantly, they will share a genuine passion for the mission, community benefit, and unique magic that The Enchanted Forest brings to Highland Perthshire every year.
This is a rare opportunity to lead one of Scotland’s most celebrated cultural experiences at a pivotal moment in its history. The next Chief Executive will inherit a thriving, values-driven organisation and play a defining role in shaping its next decade—ensuring the event continues to evolve creatively while delivering real and lasting benefit to the local community.
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