As the General Manager (GM) of The Ecology Centre, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference and impact at an operational level for the benefit of the community and the environment. You will take a strategic lead in developing and sustaining the organisation's community-facing services, activities, volunteering, fundraising, and external partnerships, working closely with the Board of Trustees, our staff and our membership base. Building on our current strengths, you will lead our competent teams and our growing number of volunteers to deliver a wide range of grant-funded projects and income-generating activities, including, but not limited to, trading from The Nest Café and the employability pipeline in Fife.
A full Job Description and Person Specification is available for download below.
You should submit a CV and a brief covering letter as per the person specification provided within the job spec. All applications should be submitted to paul@theecologycentre.org by email before the 21st December 2023 at 5 pm.
General Manager
Postcode: KY3 9YG
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Are you excited by the thought of working for an organisation whose mission is to inspire changes in behaviour to improve our environment, the quality of people’s lives, their wellbeing and the places that they care for? If you answered yes, please read on……
Who we are
Keep Scotland Beautiful is your charity for Scotland’s environment.
Our vision is for a clean, green, sustainable Scotland. We are a practical organisation working with communities, schools, businesses, local and national government, public bodies and individuals to help combat climate change, tackle litter and waste, restore nature and biodiversity and improve the places we care for.
We support the ambitions of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
We offer a fantastic benefits package in return for your talent. These include but are not limited to a generous pension scheme; hybrid working; development opportunities; a 35-hour work week along with an annual free volunteer day to take your skills or interests to support others. We operate a hybrid working policy, which allows a balance between home/remote working and coming to our wonderful, new office Hub in Stirling.
What the role is
Reporting to the Campaigns and Social Innovation Manager, the Campaign Support Officer will support the development, administration, communications and delivery of a range of campaigns and projects with a specific focus on marine litter programmes and projects including our Upstream Battle Campaign.
Some travel may be required for this role.
What you’ll need to have
We are looking for enthusiastic and creative individuals with:
• Experience of campaign development and delivery;
Desirable skills include:
Does this sound like you?
If you feel you have the elements to be our Campaigns Support Officer, we would love to hear from you.
Are you looking for a role where you can really make a difference every day? Changeworks, Scotland's leading environmental charity is looking for a Senior Data Protection Advisor to help ensure that we safeguard data through excellent governance and practice, remaining compliant as we tackle the climate emergency.
Changeworks works with a range of government organisations, local authorities, housing associations, funders, partners, and suppliers to help deliver energy advice, reduce fuel poverty and to decarbonise homes in Scotland. We recognise and value the importance of effective governance and advocate a ‘data protection by design and default’ approach which builds good practice into the services and projects we deliver.
As Changeworks’ Senior Data Protection Advisor you will be a trusted source of knowledge, guidance and information on data protection matters. You will support and work with our customer-facing advice, consultancy and project delivery services, as well as internal teams including Finance, HR, ICT and Marketing & Communications.
You will use your excellent knowledge of UK General Data Protection Regulations, Data Protection Act (2018) and privacy legislation to prioritise and respond to Data Protection Helpdesk requests in a timely, accurate and professional manner. The role involves advising on Data Processing Impact Assessments, retention schedules, Data Sharing Agreements, privacy notices and other relevant documents. You will coordinate responses to Subject Access Request and Deletion Requests, and assist managers and colleagues with the processes for assessing and reporting breaches and near misses. The role requires you to act as a point of contact with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) as necessary.
You will utilise your Microsoft SharePoint knowledge to maintain and further develop our Data Protection Hub, providing a range of helpful templates, guides, general and team-specific resources to build confidence and competence across Changeworks. This involves supporting teams and individuals with the centralisation of data protection contracts and key documents on the ‘Hub’.
Working with the Training Team, you will use your effective communication skills to ensure that impactful and appropriate data protection learning and development opportunities, guidance and resources are in place to support colleagues, teams and services.
Data Protection Practitioner Certificate training will be provided for this role.
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.
Additional Requirements:The post holder will be subject to a Disclosure Scotland check.
Location:Hybrid home and office working. Minimum 2 days per week in the office. ECCAN’s offices are at 14 Forth Street, Edinburgh EH1 3LH, approximately 10mins walk from Waverley rail station.
Responsible to ECCAN Network Lead
JOB PURPOSE
The role of Edinburgh Communities Climate Action Network (ECCAN) Community Climate Co-ordinator will be to contribute towards the delivery of ECCAN’s key outcomes and outputs as listed below (Main Objectives of the Hub 2024-25). The post-holder will support community groups throughout Edinburgh to collaborate, network, and assist community groups in the design, development, and delivery of community-led climate action projects.
In line with ECCAN's objectives and values, we are interested in hearing from candidates from under-represented backgrounds and identities and encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
The post is fixed term until March 2025 with ambition to continue in year 2025-2026, subject to funding confirmation.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Edinburgh Communities Climate Action Network is Edinburgh’s Climate Hub, The Hub is fully funded by the Scottish Government and one of a network of twentytwo Climate Action Hubs established across Scotland to offer networking,
support, and encouragement of co-ordinated community-led climate action.
The Hub has been operating since March 2024 and is a membership organisation supporting diverse communities, community groups and individuals throughout Edinburgh.
The vision of the overall Hub Programme defined by Scottish Government is -
‘a network of climate action hubs providing a vehicle for communities to come together and engage in collective
climate action, supporting the just transition to net zero and climate resilient living, and driving wider change.’
Main Objectives of the Hub 2024-25
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
Qualities
Qualifications
A degree in a related subject relevant to climate would be desirable however evidence of work experience in the community sector will be given equal weighting.
Equal Opportunities
ECCAN values diversity and is committed to providing equal opportunities for all staff and applicants regardless of race, gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy and maternity. ECCAN makes
hiring decisions based solely on experience, skills, and the needs of the charity at the time. Please tell us if you have access needs for the recruitment process.
We have a brilliant opportunity for a dynamic and experienced head of programme delivery to join our team.
As the head of programme delivery, you will play a pivotal role in leading and overseeing the successful execution and development of a portfolio of Scottish Government funded and related programmes. We are looking for a strategic leader who can drive excellence in programme management, ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality outcomes.
Who we are
Energy Saving Trust is a leading and trusted organisation, dedicated to promoting energy efficiency, low carbon transport and sustainable energy use. We aim to address the climate emergency and deliver the wider benefits of clean energy as we transition to net zero.
At Energy Saving Trust we don’t just offer jobs – we offer careers. For our people, being part of the effort to address the climate emergency makes working for us truly meaningful and rewarding.
Here are some of the benefits we offer:
Please see our careers page for the full list of benefits we have to offer and why Energy Saving Trust is a great place to work.
The team
This role will lead delivery of all our work that is grant funded by the Scottish Government and other related work. Situated in the energy department, the Home and Business Energy Scotland team delivers a portfolio of programmes and projects.
Importantly, this includes our management of Home Energy Scotland (HES) and Business Energy Scotland (BES) as well as a range of other programmes including the Scottish Government’s Green Heat Installer Engagement Programme, management of the Scottish Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) register, provision of advice tools and reporting on low and zero emissions heating and other renewable energy, plus other projects.
Home Energy Scotland is an award-winning advice service that supports hundreds of thousands of households across Scotland every year to make their homes warmer and more affordable and to reduce carbon emissions. Business Energy Scotland provide free and impartial support to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) save energy, carbon and money. The Green Heat Installer Engagement Programme provides assistance and support for businesses in Scotland to help them to participate fully and effectively in the green heat supply chain encompassing low and zero-emissions heating, energy efficiency and microgeneration installations.
What you’ll do
You will provide strategic and operational leadership and manage and develop the work of the department to effectively contribute to Energy Saving Trust’s mission of addressing the climate emergency, including:
What you’ll bring
You will be a strong leader and people manager, with the ability to inspire and support dispersed teams to achieve objectives. You will have a track record of successfully delivering a variety of complex programmes concurrently, which is underpinned by your proven strategic planning, budget and contract management skills and your strong customer and client orientation. You will have excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder relationship management skills and an ability to work effectively with and present to senior stakeholders.
You will need to have ideas to solve problems and foresight to identify opportunities for us to have even more impact. You will be excellent at prioritising tasks and delivering effectively within a demanding environment, with the determination to ensure targets are met and high-quality services delivered.
The successful candidate will be good at analysing data and other information to mitigate risk and make informed decisions and must have excellent writing skills and fluency with Microsoft Office products. You will have an excellent understanding of Scottish heat in buildings, energy efficiency and fuel poverty policy and of the wider landscape across the UK or may have worked on other areas of important work across different Government contracts and have the ability to acquire this knowledge rapidly.