Net Zero Empowerment Coordinator
- Full time
- £26,000 – £33,000
- Remote based
- Closing 30th November 2023
- Advertised from 7th November 2023
- 3-year contract
- Benefits: flexible working, working from home within a remote team; non-contributory final salary pension scheme
Role
Do you want to join a new team committed to climate action and delivering change? Do you have a passion for engaging communities? Can you motivate and empower people into action? This role is for an organised coordinator and communicator with a flair for connecting with people.
The Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) has a published Net Zero Action Plan 2023-30 and is building a flexible and enthusiastic team to support the implementation of its ambitious Net Zero targets. It seeks experienced net zero specialists to provide support and guidance to churches and Dioceses.
About the Job: You will have equal opportunity to work at both national and regional levels. You will develop and coordinate a national engagement programme and deliver it through creative use of digital engagement platforms. You will coordinate knowledge and resources across the SEC. You will seek out learning and partnership opportunities to keep regional Diocese equipped and informed and further grow the SEC experience base on Net Zero.
You will also play a key role in direct engagement with individual Dioceses, working alongside the rest of the Net Zero Team to build relationships and help them develop their own action plans. You will use your knowledge and experience of net zero to provide regional empowerment opportunities and coordinate your engagement programme to share case studies nationally across the SEC.
About you: You should have experience working with community groups and particular skills in developing an engagement programme. You should have excellent digital media/web, interpersonal, and written and oral communication skills and be able to translate the concepts and practical actions of net zero to a range of faith-based audiences.
Things you need to know: You will report to the Net Zero Delivery Director and work within a new Net Zero Team to support the SEC’s seven Dioceses (regions). This role will be remote based, however regular travel to Dioceses across Scotland will be required as well as attendance at routine meetings in the General Synod Office in Edinburgh where you will meet with the rest of your team. You may be required to work some evenings and weekends.
The SEC comprises some 300 churches, with a total membership of about 24,000. The Net Zero Delivery Director is coordinating the new team and will be appointing 5 new posts. The first round of posts to be advertised are Innovation Coordinator, Empowerment Coordinator, and Carbon Projects and Data Officer. A role focused on Sustainability and another on Heating and Energy will follow swiftly after.
All postholders will work closely as a team and provide progress reports and advice as necessary.
Starting salary is dependent on experience.
Benefits: flexible working, working from home within a remote team; non-contributory final salary pension scheme
For an informal chat about this or any other role, please contact the Net Zero Delivery Director on 07584 225 133
Application notes
For an application pack, please contact: Donna Glass
Tel: 0131 225 6357
email: DonnaG@scotland.anglican.org
Closing date for applications: 12 noon, 30 November 2023
Interview date: 20 December 2023 in person in Edinburgh
Important links : scotland.anglican.org / toolkit.secnetzero.org / Net Zero Action Plan 2023-2030
Administrator - Scottish Episcopal Institute
- Full time
- £25,812
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 7th February 2025
The Scottish Episcopal Institute forms people for authorised ministry in the Scottish Episcopal Church. SEI seeks to appoint a highly organised, self-motivated and efficient administrator with excellent communication, interpersonal and IT skills. The role includes a range of responsibilities to support the smooth running of the institute and the delivery of teaching provision and associated student assessment. This fulltime role (35 hrs/week) is based in central Edinburgh, at 21 Grosvenor Crescent, Edinburgh EH12 5EE.
Candidates applying for the post will have:
- At least 3 years previous relevant administrative experience in an outward facing role
- Experience of student administration and record keeping in an educational setting
- Experience in Microsoft 365 and information & communication technologies, including Virtual Learning platforms (Moodle).
- A flexible, approachable and helpful manner with strong inter-personal skills and the ability to deal sensitively and effectively with people at all levels.
- A high standard of written and verbal communication.
We are looking for a 2 days a week CAP Community Manager at Holy Trinity Church, Wester Hailes in Edinburgh.
The successful applicant will take the lead in running our Thursday “Drop In” for all our CAP clients and be our main contact with the local Job Centre Plus.
This exciting opening is for someone compassionate and able to relate to the poor, needy and vulnerable with a desire to solve unemployment issues, while sharing the Christian faith. It is essential to be a good communicator, proficient in the use of media, IT such as MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint and confident presenting to large and small groups
Working alongside the CAP Debt Centre Team, you will support our debt and job club clients. We’d like to find someone able to communicate the mission and culture of CAP, both in the community and in Holy Trinity Church, continuing to expand our network of external referral agencies, while at the same time helping to build the team of volunteers.
Top job! Director of Contextual Formation, Scottish Episcopal Institute
- Full time
- £37,721 – £50,155
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 6th January 2025
The Scottish Episcopal Institute (SEI) seeks to appoint a Director of Contextual Formation. The Director of Contextual Formation oversees all elements of SEI’s dispersed, part-residential, formation-led placements and contextual training in Initial Ministerial Education (IME); teaches on all levels from certificate to master’s qualifications in the areas of ministry, missiology and pastoral/practical theology, including supervising and marking dissertations. In addition to IME, SEI provides a range of training and support for lay and ordained members of the Scottish Episcopal Church to which the Director of Contextual Formation contributes. The post is based in Edinburgh with some flexibility for home working from another location in Scotland.
Candidates applying for the post will have:
• Episcopal/Anglican holy orders;
• Demonstrable ability in theological education, curate training, knowledge of current ecclesiological trends and an entrepreneurial spirit in the Episcopal/Anglican tradition;
• Postgraduate qualification in ministry, missiology, pastoral/practical theology or a closely related field (at least to master’s level);
• Passion for theological and vocational training that equips students to foster vibrant church life through evangelism and discipleship;
• The candidate will have drive and enthusiasm, be able to work on their own initiative and possess an understanding of the missiological and theological issues of the twenty-first century in Scotland.
Do you enjoy creating welcoming residential spaces for visitors and working alongside a team to keep these tidy and in good condition? Working at Iona Abbey offers the chance to live on a remote Scottish island, surrounded by beauty and community. If you like working alongside guests, providing friendly service and helping people make new friends by working together, might this be you?
As Housekeeper you would work alongside your team to create these spaces and support them in this work. You would also be responsible for the management of the team. Housekeeping is often seen as a “background” role, but due to the way the Community works, the Housekeeping Team are often the go to people for questions from guests.
This post contains an element of regulated work and as such is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and the post-holder will need to be or to become a member of Scotland’s Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme.
Due to the nature of this work, it will NOT be possible to consider candidates who do not already have the right to work in the United Kingdom
The full Job Description can be found on our website iona.org.uk/about/vacancies
Contract Start Date: 1 February 2025
Contract End Date: 30 November 2025
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