The One World Shop was established over 40 years ago and has played a lead role in the Fair Trade movement in Scotland, including helping Edinburgh and Glasgow become Fairtrade cities. As well as running a thriving city centre shop, we have an online shop and we support schools, faith groups and local businesses to learn about and sell fair trade products. We currently employ 7 paid staff and over 20 volunteers. Our aim is to reduce poverty in deprived areas of the world through trading fairly and we are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and promoting low-carbon living.

We are seeking to appoint several new voluntary Management Committee members; we are particularly looking at people with skills and experience in any of the following:

• Human Resources
• Property, leases, surveying
• Retail sales and management
• Business management
• Finance, funding, ethical investment

Board meetings are held every two months by Zoom

About the role

The role of the Facilities Administrator is to effectively facilitate property maintenance and related services. Maintain vehicle fleet and its administrative systems and support other departmental staff in related administrative tasks as and when required.

The key success areas are:

• Providing a professional, timely and proactive approach to ensure all properties, fleet and any equipment are updated, within lease and/or fit for purpose.
• Providing a diligent, helpful and organised manner when dealing with all Trust Team members

Working within the wider HR & Support Services team in a supportive and flexible environment, this facilities role will require an autonomous approach to working and will provide a real opportunity to make the role your own. The role holder will be required to assist in office based administrative tasks as part of the support services team.

About you

You will bring with you

• Experience of providing administrative support
• Experience of delivering customer service by telephone and email
• Ability to prioritise and ensure tasks are completed efficiently
• Highly Proficient in the use of MS Word, Excel and Outlook
• Knowledge of and experience gained from a Facilities role (desirable)

About us

For 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

This is a fantastic opportunity to become the Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive at Scotland’s leading nature conservation charity. The postholder will provide high-level administrative and general support to the Chief Executive, Chair and Council (Board of Trustees), as well as liaising with a wide variety of other stakeholders inside and outside the organisation. This is a rewarding, interesting and fulfilling role for someone who enjoys developing strong relationships, has excellent organisational skills and wants to make a difference to the protection and restoration of nature at a time when it has never been more important.

Main duties include:

• Diary management, including coordinating internal and external meetings, events and travel
• Acting as first point of contact; dealing with correspondence and phone calls and being a representative of the CEO in their absence
• Liaising with Senior Management Team, Management Team, Line Managers and other relevant colleagues as required
• Administrative duties such as processing expense claims and maintaining and managing digital filling systems
• Co-ordinating and providing secretarial support for Council meetings including agendas, action updates, attendance, meeting papers and minute taking
• Providing administrative support to the Trust’s Chair and Committees

The successful candidate will have great people skills, professionalism, initiative and resilience. You’ll have a keen eye for detail and will relish the opportunity to play a part in bringing about nature’s recovery in Scotland, working alongside colleagues who share a common vision.

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

Working as part of our innovative Housing First for Youth Team, The Project Worker will work directly with young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support. Providing an assertive outreach approach the Project Worker will Work with young people to secure and manage their own permanent home, providing support in their home and in their local community to ensure that a young person’s experience of homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring.

The Project Worker will support young people to improve their practical independent living skills, access other services and to reach their full potential. Project Workers are responsible for completing support plans and risk assessments and are the main contact for any key people involved in the care and support of young people.