- Advertised from 4th October 2022
- (35 hours/week) –(9.00am-5.00pm Monday-Friday predominately however may this may include the occasional evening or weekend when needed.)
Role
If you’re passionate about the development and delivery of major Public Engagement programme activities, managing independent and collaborative events with eminent partners, then this is the role you have been looking for.
The RSE is looking for an ambitious Public Engagement Officer to join the team, working closely with the Public Engagement manager and key stakeholders. You will deliver a programme of activities to inspire audiences, stimulate debate, and educate the public through promoting our mission to ‘make knowledge useful’.
As Scotland’s National Academy with over 1600 Fellows from academia, business and public service who are among the most distinguished in their fields; we engage and connect nationally and internationally to share knowledge and tackle the most pressing challenges of the modern world.
We are looking for a talented individual to:
- Supporting the planning, co-ordination and delivery of RSE Public Engagement activities (both online and in person), specifically the RSE Signature Event series, partnership events and aspects of the Curious summer programme.
- Producing and processing forms and communications for events, attending internal and external meetings/events, researching methods of engagement and target audiences, liaison with RSE Fellows and organisational partners.
- Liaising with the RSE Communications team to support appropriate marketing of activities and the creation of suitable outputs to maximise the impact and profile of public engagement activities.
- Work on income and expenditure sheets for individual Public Engagement Events to ensure spend is compatible with budget and forecast.
- Provide advice and support to other RSE teams to allow them to deliver their public engagement activities
- Maintain files and records of RSE activities, ensuring RSE databases are kept up to date, in accordance with RSE policy.
- Carry out effective evaluation of activities, writing impact reports and analysing data to help generate improvements.
- To input to current strategies and business change across the team and organisation
- To provide support to the Public Engagement Manager, when required
- To keep up to date with emerging practices in public engagement and changes in legislation.
Role Requirements attached below.
Application notes
Closing date 17th October
If you have relevant experience in networking and delivering high profile events/activities, excellent communication skills and work well as part of a supportive, dynamic team; then we want to hear from you. An undergraduate degree would be advantageous, but not essential.
If this looks like you then please send your CV and Cover letter to vacancies@therse.co.uk
The closing date for applications is 17th October 2022
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Senior Transport Campaigner
- Full time
- £35,000
- Hybrid: with weekly attendance at one of our offices (Edinburgh and Aberdeen). You will also be expected to undertake regular travel within Scotland.
- Closing 12th January 2026
This role is key in building power in our movement to win a better transport system in Scotland – one that cuts climate emissions, connects communities and is run in the interests of passengers, not profit.
Transport is Scotland’s largest polluting sector, so tackling the transport system is vital for cutting fossil fuel use and climate emissions.
The focus of this role is our campaign for better buses. Our vision is of an accessible, extensive, publicly-owned bus network that’s free for everyone. A comprehensive, reliable bus network is essential for tackling climate change and reducing inequality – connecting communities and getting people out of private cars. However, the current network is run by private operators, often expensive and unreliable with routes cut and standards declining.
Friends of the Earth Scotland is committed to building a powerful movement for system change, and we believe that communities must take the lead in the transition away from our car-dominated system, so that what replaces it works for all of Scotland.
The successful candidate will have experience and skills in local organising or supporting volunteers. We are looking for someone who can bring new people into the movement, and support and motivate volunteers and local organisers in their communities.
We're looking for someone with excellent listening skills, who can build relationships with people and organisations and support them to campaign for change in their communities.
If you think you are a fit for this role, you can find more information about it in our recruitment pack.
Net Zero Lead
- Part time
- £38,000 pro-rata
- Remote: Home working with irregular meetings in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
- Closing 31st January 2026
Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) seeks to appoint a Net Zero Lead.
This new role within BEFS Team involves leading on BEFS co-ordinated and strategic approach to delivering Net Zero through its own work, and – crucially – connecting existing sector work and research; building Member and sector capacity and coordinating a robust, collaborative and data driven approach, ensuring that the historic environment is recognised as a valuable asset and key player in Scotland’s journey to Net Zero, and in tackling the Climate Emergency.
We envisage that this role will evolve and respond to a changing political climate as needed, engaging with the legislative process and working towards ensuring that the sector is equipped to respond to the Climate Emergency in the long term.
Key responsibilities include:
- Work with BEFS Team to map and coordinate all existing Net Zero work, across all business BEFS areas
- Undertake sector (and beyond) mapping of Net Zero activity
- Advocate for Net Zero solutions presented by the existing and historic built environment, through sector coordination, cross sector, and portfolio working
- Align with and support OPOF delivery priorities, working closely with BEFS Director and Team on developing a Route Map to Net Zero
- Connect and amplify existing research and data, identifying skills, research and data gaps
- Drive and coordinate the use of existing data and research as well as commissioning new where required; working collaboratively to present a coherent evidence base
- Undertake and enable research and strategy including looking at international good practice
- Stakeholder working and relationship building; enable innovative and collaborative approaches
- Undertake regular horizon-scanning through contact with Government and key stakeholders; support BEFS work to convey the current context, challenges and opportunities across sector back to Scottish Government
- Project development and fundraising: identify, develop and shape projects (from initial idea to project brief) which will inform/evidence advocacy and delivery activity
- Participate actively as part of a small and busy team, supporting and working with colleagues across all of BEFS work
Person specification
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate breadth of sector knowledge and the wider policy landscape relating to Net Zero and the historic and existing built environment
- Demonstrable technical knowledge relating to the Climate Emergency and Net Zero in relation to the historic and existing built environment
- Strong analytical skills, with an ability to distil information and stakeholder opinions, across a broad range of topics/disciplines in the built environment sphere
- Knowledge and experience of the historic and wider built environment sector, including key stakeholders and lead organisations
- Experience of working in a public facing role and the ability to connect with stakeholders and build consensus, seeking opportunities for collaboration and joined up working
- Experience of project management and delivery
- The ability to think and work strategically
- Highly self-motivated, able to work flexibly, balancing priorities as necessary
- High attention to detail, with strong written and verbal communication skills, including facilitation experience
- Advanced use of IT packages including Office 365 and Adobe etc.
Desirable
- Degree or post-graduate qualification (or equivalent experience) in built environment-related discipline (e.g. planning, conservation, surveying, archaeology, architecture) or public affairs.
- Experience of stakeholder engagement/facilitation skills.
- Confidence with online/remote working technologies and programmes such as Teams, Zoom. Knowledge/familiarity of other programmes such as Miro, Eventbrite, SurveyMonkey, WordPress and MailChimp are also an advantage.
BEFS expects all applicants to support the values, ethos and objectives of BEFS, demonstrating credibility and integrity, and proactively committed to championing equality, diversity and inclusion.
What we offer:
- Salary: £38,000 FTE
- 30hrs per week (4 days); permanent role, subject to organisational funding
- Home working with irregular meetings in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
- Benefits package including pension, flexible leave, and more.
Top job! National Policy Lead – Children and Young People
- Full time or Part time
- £34,877 – £40,023
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 16th January 2026
The role
Scottish Women’s Aid has an opportunity to join their Policy team. This is an exciting position where the role holder will be responsible for working on policy relating to children and young people and domestic abuse, violence against women and girls, and gender related topics. They will work closely with the Membership, Training and Communications teams.
Background
Scottish Women’s Aid is Scotland’s leading voluntary sector organisation working to end domestic abuse and promoting effective policy and practice responses for women, children and young people who experience domestic abuse. We are the umbrella organisation for 32 autonomous Women’s Aid groups delivering direct services to women, children and young people across Scotland.
What you’ll do
Working across third sector organisations you will build and maintain relationships to input to policy and influencing, as SWA as well as jointly with others. You will maintain good working relationships with civil servants, challenging ideas and find solutions where necessary.
The role includes inputting to and submitting consultation responses, researching and writing briefings, preparing for SWA to providence evidence in parliament, keep our communications team up to date with policy inputs and changes, and input to good practice stemming from policy changes. All of these roles, requiring great working relationships across the organisation, but especially with Membership, Training and Communications.
What We Need
We’re looking for someone with experience in a similar role, with specific knowledge of the Scottish policy landscape and the potential that offers. We’re looking for someone who can work across domestic abuse as it relates to children and young people – examples include the Children’s Hearing system, child contact, the welfare system. We ask that you’re a self-starter, ready to apply these skills creatively to meet our strategic priorities. Excellent written and verbal communications skills go without saying: you’ll be skilled in the ability to engage confidently with a range of different audiences, and be adept at writing to suit them, working alongside colleagues across SWA and our members across the country.
We’re looking for someone who has:
- Knowledge of the Scottish policy landscape
- Awareness and understanding of the feminist analysis of domestic abuse and the impact on women, children and young people
- Demonstrable track record of developing and writing successfully in a policy context
- Highly organised approach to effective planning, delivery and the development of applicable tasks
- Drive to make a difference in a fast moving time of policy
Location
Blend of home working and office, based in Rose Street, Edinburgh or can be entirely home based anywhere in the UK. Please talk to us about your flexible working requirements!
What we offer
There are many reasons to work for Scottish Women’s Aid. We have a great working culture and our mission and vision attracts a brilliant staff team. Your hard work is rewarded with a package of support and benefits including:
- Flexible working - We offer flexible hybrid working options for the majority of our employees. Some posts are eligible for full-time homeworking. We also offer flexibility for staff and work/life balance through a number of flexible working options such as flexi time, condensed hours, job sharing.
- Pay - SWA are a Living wage employer, our pay and grading system offers a competitive starting salary and yearly progression.
- Annual Leave - We offer a full-time annual leave entitlement of 30 days (210 hours) per year plus 10 Public Holiday days (70 hours) per year. Leave is accrued at the rate of 3.33 days (23.3 hours) per month.
- Pension - SWA believes it's important that we help you save for your retirement so access to Nest pension scheme is given to all eligible employees. SWA contributes 10% of gross contractual earnings on the provision that the employee contributes a minimum of 3% towards their pension contributions.
- Learning and Development - SWA supports and develops staff to ensure they have the necessary skills, knowledge and abilities. There is an internal schedule of training on key skills and knowledge relevant to all staff. There is also scope to attend ad hoc training for employees who are working to develop specific skills.
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay - SWA offers staff who meet the criteria for Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) an enhanced maternity pay of 20 weeks on full pay and 20 weeks on half pay.
- Wellbeing - As part of SWA’s commitment to staff wellbeing, staff are offered access to a confidential 24/7 health and Wellbeing service with AIG which provides confidential advice, counselling and legal support to all staff, and where applicable, immediate family members.
- Bike 2 Work - An interest-free loan to purchase a bike, can be arranged up to the value of £1,000.
- Edinburgh Leisure Gym Subsidies - Edinburgh based staff are able to access Edinburgh Leisure facilities for the reduced price of £1 per session.
POSITIVE ACTION
Applications will be accepted from women only under Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Scottish Women’s Aid is an equal opportunities employer, all women, including women with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment, may apply for women-only roles.
SWA are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce that is representative of the people we serve.
We are taking positive action to address an under-representation of minoritised and marginalised women within our workforce. We offer Disabled and racially minoritised women the option of requesting that their application is considered under the terms of our Guaranteed Interview Schemes. You will be asked if you wish to be considered when you complete our application form.
If you would like to discuss the job or any adjustments, whether due to disability or any other reason, please contact us on recruitment@womensaid.scot or on the phone on 0131 226 6606.
Young Carers Development Worker (Substance Use Team)
- Part time
- £29,756 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 14th January 2026
Edinburgh Young Carers is seeking a suitably experienced and qualified applicant to join the service in developing and providing high quality support to young carers in Edinburgh between the ages of 5 and 25 years, who care for someone with problematic substance use at home.
The postholder will work alongside colleagues to raise awareness of young carers and their support needs, identify hidden young carers, carry out Young Carers Statements/Adult Carer Support Plans and provide support to ensure that young carers’ identified personal outcomes are being met, in accordance with the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016.
The candidate will need to be suitably qualified and have proven experience of working with children and young people affected by parental substance use difficulties, with at least three years proven experience in a role including individual and group work. The candidate will also have a sound understanding of Child Protection issues and relevant legislation.
Organisation Profile
EYC is a voluntary organisation working with and on behalf of young carers throughout Edinburgh. We are one of the largest and most well established independent young carers organisations in Scotland. We have a strong commitment to the rights of children and young people.
Benefits
We take good care of our staff and offer a benefits package including: 27 days’ annual leave plus all public holidays (pro-rata for PT staff), 6% matched pension, free healthcare through Benenden Health after 6 months, hybrid working, flexible hours, Cycle to Work scheme and extensive training opportunities. We are also a recognised Carer Positive employer.
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