We are looking for a community-minded individual with a passion for engaging with people and communities. The Volunteering Development Worker will work within a small team to engage widely with organisations, families and volunteers; this is to gather views on how children and families services can be enhanced through volunteering. To this purpose, the Team is currently exploring and discussing volunteer passport models and co-designing a Children and Families Services Volunteer Strategy.

We seek a proactive and dedicated Development & Communications Officer to join our team on maternity cover. In this role, you’ll drive our fundraising efforts, lead the submission of grant applications, work on external relationship building, and oversee our external communications.

Approximately 80% of the role is fundraising-based. The remaining 20% of the role will be focused on communications.

Introduction to 2050 Climate Group

Our vision is that by 2050, young people will be active citizens, having led and accelerated the progress to a just and sustainable society. Since we formed in 2014, we have been working to empower, equip, and enable Scotland's young leaders, aged 18-35, to lead action on tackling the climate crisis.

We are volunteer-driven and the majority of our work is delivered by a committed group of volunteers with key support from our trustees. You’ll have the chance to take real ownership and responsibility in our fundraising efforts.

Management of the Role

Reports to: Chair of the Board

About The Role

The Low Carbon Communities Team is a small, dynamic team that has a new focus to its work, exploring how community engagement can support householders to become more energy efficient and actively supporting people to move towards action. The team delivers a number of projects with the support of partners and funders across Scotland and is currently testing different approaches to community engagement to understand where the greatest impacts can be achieved.

We’re looking for a new Low Carbon Communities Officer to join us, to help smoothly and successfully deliver our projects. The ideal candidate will be very organised and enjoy working in a team that encourages creativity and peer support. They will always know where they are against project plans and be thinking ahead to the next step. This is a role that is people-oriented so they will also be a strong communicator, a confident public speaker and enjoy working with project stakeholders and community groups.

While this vacancy is advertised at 0.8 FTE there is potential for the post to be extended to full-time and offered on a permanent basis in the future. This can be discussed in advance or at interview.

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.

At Changeworks, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone.

We are looking for a HR Coordinator to work as part of the HR team and wider support services to provide a professional and customer focussed HR operational service across the colleague lifecycle in line with Scottish Wildlife Trust’s policies, procedures and values.

You will provide first level HR advice to managers and staff on all aspects of HR Management, Employment Law and the Trust's policies and procedures.

You will also be responsible for preparing payroll instructions for our outsourced payroll provider as well as liaising with our pension provider.

Qualifications / Essential Criteria

• Partially completed or working towards a CIPD qualification

Essential Experience

• Proven experience of working in a busy office in an HR environment, where the following experience will have been gained:
• Managing payroll, pensions and calculating staff entitlements and benefits
• Managing computerised HR database and other office systems and using them to collate and analyse data
• Providing quality first-level HR advice and knowing when to escalate
• Commitment to equal opportunities practice and behaviour

For more information please refer to the job description below.

If you would like more information please contact Elaine Burns, Head of HR and Support Services, eburns@scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk

About us

For nearly 60 years, the Scottish Wildlife Trust has worked with its members, partners and supporters in pursuit of its vision of healthy, resilient ecosystems across Scotland’s land and seas.

The Trust successfully champions the cause of wildlife through policy and campaigning work, demonstrates best practice through practical conservation and innovative partnerships, and inspires people to take positive action through its education and engagement activities. The Trust manages a network of around 120 wildlife reserves across Scotland and is a member of the UK-wide Wildlife Trusts movement.

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