About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join Sustrans as part of the Connected Neighbourhoods team, working in partnership with East Lothian Council to facilitate a strategic approach to active travel infrastructure development and delivery in the council area, as well as providing support with active travel policies and proposals for the council's planning and pipeline projects.

As the Senior Project Officer, you will be embedded within East Lothian Council, working in partnership with external organisations and across council departments to align policy aims and identify and develop opportunities for investment in active travel. You will support the planning and delivery of active travel interventions and provide expert support and guidance to ensure that walking, wheeling and cycling are integrated into strategies, programmes and projects.

The role is based within the geographical area with regular travel expected to East Lothian Council offices and either Edinburgh or Glasgow hubs.

About you

You should have experience in (at least) one of the following: transport planning, land use planning, urban design, traffic engineering, sustainable transport project delivery.

You will be an experienced project manager able to work collaboratively with multiple partners and stakeholders.

You should have the ability to work independently and be able to make decisions with minimal supervision, as well as have excellent report writing skills.

We ask you demonstrate knowledge of the funding context for active travel in Scotland.

Sustrans has a long-term commitment to being a charity for everyone - reducing inequality, valuing diversity, enabling inclusion and ensuring all people are treated with dignity and respect. We aim to be a truly inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, in particular from under-represented groups.

What we offer

In return we can offer true hybrid working to suit individual circumstances and a flexible, supportive and rewarding working environment.

Wellbeing

• 28 days’ leave per annum plus bank holidays for full-time working

• Ability to buy an extra week of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff)

• Staff volunteer days

• 24/7 free, impartial and confidential support service

• We are members of the Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme who both offer cycle to work schemes

Financial

• Group Personal Pension scheme with a 6% or 7% of basic salary contribution being matched by Sustrans

• Bike, computer and season ticket loans

• Discount benefits

• London Weighting Allowance of £4,530 for all those living within a London Borough (32 local authority districts plus the City of London)

• Death in Service benefit – 3 x annual Salary

Family Friendly

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

• Flexible Working practices (full time hours are 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday)

Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our mission is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland and we currently have over 3500 Care Experienced members.

At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced people, and the power of their voices to bring about positive change. We provide individual lifelong relationship-based independent advocacy and a broad range of imaginative participatory and engagement opportunities for Care Experienced people across Scotland. We work alongside Corporate Parents and communities to broaden understanding and create change. We work with policy makers, leaders, and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape law, policy, and practice, working together to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change.

This unique role offers the chance to create and facilitate opportunities and activities for Care Experienced people, leading on participation to ensure Care Experienced people can share their views and experiences, and helping to bring about positive change.

The post holder will utilise and create opportunities for participation and belonging activities with Care Experienced people, whilst supporting a range of events and other local or national activities. Core belonging and participation activities will involve fun connection activities; issue-based and focus groups; and forums, and events, both one-off and longer term in duration. The role will involve working closely with organizational partners and other services to create new opportunities or develop existing ones.

Responsible for maximizing the networks through which Care Experienced young people can connect, develop, and grow as individuals, you will use a range of communications channels to promote belonging and participation activities to Care Experienced children and young people. By developing accessible and applicable youth work tools and activities, you will build upon your experience working with children and young people to create attractive offers locally that encourage Care Experienced people to join our membership.

In your capacity as a Development Officer, you will work closely with Who Cares? Scotland Volunteer Manager to ensure we are providing the best support available to volunteers serving our young people. Through collaboration with our Participation & Membership Manager, as well as our fundraising team, you will identify and attract local funding and fundraising opportunities to enhance our local offering to Care Experienced people. In doing so, you will develop and maintain good working relationships with relevant regional organisations (e.g. Local Authority, Third Sector, Public Sector Corporate Parents) and gain experience in awareness-raising and promotion. Providing reports in relation to participation, belonging, and the impact of your work, you will bolster the evidence base to support fundraising and awareness- raising opportunities, as well as to influence local policy initiatives, such as The Promise. As an ambassador for Who Cares? Scotland, you will be joining Who Cares? Scotland at an exciting time, when the voice of those who are in or have experienced care is growing rapidly across Scotland - bringing with it insight, challenge, hope and change.

The right candidate for this post will be able to form positive, empathetic, understanding and compassionate relationships with children and young people and have good interpersonal skills, as well as experience in designing tailored group work programmes. You feel confident communicating, with a solution focussed attitude. As well as evidencing your work, you can prioritise and meet deadlines. You hold knowledge of the current structure, developments, policy, and practice in relation to children and young people experiencing care in Scotland. You are flexible, given the remit of the role, as some evening and weekend work will be necessary, along with a full driving licence and access to transport.

While we would welcome the knowledge gathered through relevant qualifications, we are just as interested in relevant work experience. We welcome and encourage applications from those with experience of care.

If this role sounds like the opportunity for you, we would love to hear from you.

Scottish Environment LINK is the forum for Scotland’s voluntary environment community, with over 40 member bodies representing a broad spectrum of environmental interests with the common goal of contributing to a more environmentally sustainable society. We are a Scottish Charity and a Scottish Company Limited by guarantee core funded by Membership Subscriptions and by grants from Charitable Trusts , NatureScot and Scottish Government.

We facilitate change, build collaboration and support and enable partnership working to add value for the environment through leadership and engagement. As the voice for Scotland’s environment, the LINK network exists to support their members in making change happen on the ground for a healthier environment, healthier societies, and a healthier planet.

Background to the Current Opportunity

LINK is a growing network of passionate, highly engaged and dynamic member organisations, all working together to bring about a more environmentally resilient Scotland. This opportunity is to support the LINK network at this exciting time, as we grow and deliver on our vision for a Sustainable Scotland, with nature at the heart of society. Reporting directly to the Director of Finance and Operations, the role is to be responsible for managing the day to day financial administration of the organisation.

The Finance Officer provides effective support for the organisation on all aspects of finance ensuring that the function always runs smoothly. The successful candidate will have responsibility for the integrity of all financial records and accounting to include Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, expenses, cash, bank, journals, accruals/prepayments leading to financial reports.

They will also be responsible for delivering key aspects of back-office operations, which include managing the Perth office and coordinating the interface with IT support firm

Who would suit this role?

The Finance Officer position is a role best suited to an individual who is looking for a part – time fixed-term opportunity. The ideal candidate will have excellent financial, organisational and IT skills and be able to demonstrate initiative and a can-do approach to all aspects of the role. To be successful in this position, you must thrive on challenges and enjoy working in a busy, dynamic environment.

The successful candidate should be willing to carry out daily processing with a problem-solving mindset. They will be someone who continues to embed and improve systems and processes as well as adhering to organisational procedures.

The preferred candidate would be someone who has worked in an accounting focused role ideally with a non-for-profit background but candidates looking to move into this sector are also welcome to apply.

This is an integral role in the organisation and will be highly visible which requires an individual who is organised, has excellent attention to detail, a strong technical background and a drive for success.

• Person specification: Highly numerate with experience in designing and managing integrated, multi-sheet financial workbooks

• Experienced in using accounting software

• Ability to plan and manage workload to meet agreed targets, and to meet deadlines

• Very good, interpersonal skills and demonstrable ability to maintain good working relationships in a team and with members

• Strong understanding of contemporary IT environment, options and applications.

• Computer literate with very good experience of MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, SharePoint and Teams),

• Strong communication skills, both orally and in writing

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Scottish Environment LINK is committed to encouraging equity, diversity, and inclusion among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. We ensure that dignity, equity, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of all aspects of our work and that these purposes are fundamental to all our activities and underpin our policies, procedures, and operating practices.

We therefore welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons, from all sections of society. We particularly encourage applications from people of colour and racially or ethnically minoritised groups who are underrepresented at Scottish Environment LINK. All appointments will be made on merit.

We are committed to creating a culture that encourages and supports all individuals to develop and reach their full potential, and recognise that in the interests of equity, some individuals may need more support to achieve equality of opportunity, access, service, or outcomes.

Thus, if you should need any support with your application or wish to discuss adjustments, please contact recruitment@scotlink.org

We are a Disability Confident Committed and Living Wage Employer.

Terms and conditions

This is a part-time contract, subject to a probationary period of 8 weeks. Salary is £25,000 - £26,500, pro rata per annum, depending on skills and experience. LINK makes an employer contribution to employee personal pensions of up to a maximum of 12% of basic salary, complementing employee contributions. The pro rata leave quota is based on 25 days' annual leave and 10 public holidays per annum. The appointee may work the hours over shorter workdays Monday to Friday, or over, less longer work. On occasion it may be necessary to work evenings or parts of weekends, for which time off in lieu will be granted. All approved expenses will be reimbursed.

About the role

As the Principal Mobility Planner, you will lead Sustrans Scotland’s Transport Planning function to support the effective delivery of programmes and act as a senior influencer in active travel across Scotland.

You will have responsibility for leading the Transport Planning function, providing services across the range of programmes and projects Sustrans delivers. You will lead the delivery of active travel & integrated transport planning strategies and steer for capital projects, services and programmes across Sustrans Scotland and for the National Cycle Network forward planning, while providing up to date technical knowledge and advice on best practice within the sector to colleagues and other partners.

Responsible for setting the operational function and best practice, you will ensure prioritisation and allocation of resources to deliver projects against a range of financial and performance targets set in conjunction with our clients.

This role will require travel and work at locations as necessary to undertake work on behalf of Sustrans. You will work from a Sustrans office in Edinburgh or Glasgow with the flexibility to work from home.

About you

You will have a transportation and/or planning background (disciplines such as but not limited to town planning/city planning/transport planning) allowing you to develop a strategic action plan to deliver and support coherent and strategic network planning for active travel in Scotland. You should have proven experience of working on a diverse and complex range of design projects, considering place and movement functions alongside interactions of vehicular traffic.

You should have demonstrable experience of leading, motivating and managing a multi-functional team.

Your communication skills must be finely honed, allowing you to effectively communicate and build good relationships with colleagues, representatives from central and local government, active travel delivery partners, communities, Transport Scotland and other key stakeholders.

Sustrans has a long-term commitment to being a charity for everyone - reducing inequality, valuing diversity, enabling inclusion and ensuring all people are treated with dignity and respect. We aim to be a truly inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, in particular from under-represented groups.

What we offer

In return we can offer true hybrid working to suit individual circumstances and a flexible, supportive and rewarding working environment.

Wellbeing

• 28 days’ leave per annum plus bank holidays for full-time working

• Ability to buy an extra week of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff)

• Staff volunteer days

• 24/7 free, impartial and confidential support service

• We are members of the Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme who both offer cycle to work schemes

Financial

• Group Personal Pension scheme with a 6% or 7% of basic salary contribution being matched by Sustrans

• Bike, computer and season ticket loans

• Discount benefits

• London Weighting Allowance of £4,530 for all those living within a London Borough (32 local authority districts plus the City of London)

• Death in Service benefit – 3 x annual Salary

Family Friendly

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

• Flexible Working practices (full time hours are 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday)