Thank you for your interest in a Board Trustee role with Walk Wheel Cycle Trust. Could you play a part in what comes next for us, and share our passion for the journey ahead?

As Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, we are stepping confidently into the future and building on nearly 50 years of impact as Sustrans, an organisation that helped pioneer the UK’s sustainable travel movement. From the creation of the Bristol-Bath path to the National Cycle Network, School Streets and beyond, our legacy is one of bold ideas, practical delivery, and lasting change.

Now, with a new name and renewed purpose, we’re more ambitious than ever. Our purpose is simple: To make it possible for everyone to walk, wheel and cycle, because it changes everything. Our health. Our wellbeing. Our world.

This is an exciting time for Walk Wheel Cycle Trust. We have launched a new 5-year strategy and placed the charity on a financially sustainable footing. And looking ahead to 2050, our aims for the National Cycle Network are bold:

• Fix it – A seamless, safe and stunning national network.
• Love it – A network embraced by local communities.
• Green it – One that restores nature and connects us to it.
• Connect it – Linking people, places and transport options.

We are building a people-powered movement; one that empowers millions, makes active travel a right not a privilege, and inspires unstoppable political will.

We are now seeking two new Trustees to join our Board at this pivotal time. In addition to working at Board level, you will have substantial experience in at least ONE of the following three areas:

• Post-strategy implementation / organisational effectiveness
• Sustainable travel / Walking, wheeling, cycling / public transport
• Fundraising / philanthropic giving / income generation

An exciting opportunity for an individual who excels at customer service to work closely with SMEs to help identify energy saving opportunities that deliver carbon and cost savings.

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:

• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with additional leave earned through length of service
• Three extra days off over the Christmas period as a gesture of goodwill
• A competitive pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Flexibility in our ways of working – work from home, in the office, or a mix of both, depending on your role
• Two paid volunteering days per year – a chance to give back to the causes that matter most to you

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

Business Energy Scotland is one of the key advice and support services at Energy Saving Trust and is funded by the Scottish Government to provide free and impartial support to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) save energy, carbon, and money.

As Scottish businesses try to overcome the twin challenges of high energy prices and playing their part in reducing carbon emissions, our work is more important than ever. We train, coach, challenge and guide our people within a welcoming and supportive team, and pride ourselves on pulling together to deliver excellent service for our customers.

You will be encouraged to share ideas and drive innovation within a team that values collaboration and individual input, and we draw on the experience and diverse skills of our team members to deliver impactful support for Scottish SMEs in response to the climate emergency.

The role

• You will provide support to help SMEs to overcome barriers to the installation of low carbon technologies (e.g heat pumps and heat pump enabling measures such a building fabric insulation).
• You will also provide advice and support on a wider range of technologies to SMEs, helping business to save energy and reduce the cost of their energy bills. This will be done through 1-2-1 conversations, in person events, online webinar training and desk top reviews of technical specifications.
• You will be a central part of helping the service deliver effective, high-quality advice and support to enable the installation energy efficiency, low carbon heat and renewables projects, making SMEs more competitive and helping them on their journey towards Net Zero.

What you’ll do

• Actively engage with SMEs to understand their specific energy related opportunities and challenges to establish the most appropriate level of support.
• Liaise with SMEs and contracted energy consultants to secure necessary technical information to enable an energy efficiency assessment to be completed.
• Help the SME with any queries they may have on their bespoke energy assessment report and the recommended measures it contains.
• Identify any barriers to the installation of measures and help to resolve these, including enabling access to the Scottish Government SME Loan Scheme.

What you’ll bring

• Demonstrable experience of energy efficiency, low-carbon heating, and renewable technologies in buildings.
• Proven experience of delivering a high standard of customer service, the ability to explain complex information in a straightforward accessible way.
• Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing with internal and external customers.

Are you looking for a new and fulfilling opportunity? Changeworks is looking for a Quality Assurance Inspector to monitor and audit the installation of energy efficiency measures including wall and loft insulation, solar panels, battery storage and air and ground source heat pumps. This role is based within the Retrofit Delivery Team and plays a key role in supporting the delivery of retrofit projects across Scotland. The team work with local authorities and housing associations to improve housing stock and reduce fuel poverty. This position will play a key role in ensuring that these projects are delivered to contract specification and in line with Scottish Government guidance.

You will be visiting properties where energy efficiency measures are being installed to ensure the work has been completed to industry standard and the service delivered is of a high level with focus on customer service, health & safety, and quality of work.

You will be a good communicator, used to working with both internal and external teams. You will be confident working individually and have strong organisational and time management skills. You will provide will provide a high level of customer service at all times and be comfortable engaging with householders on a daily basis.

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.

Are you passionate about making a difference to the climate crisis by inspiring parents to take action on air pollution, fossil fuels and creating systemic change? Do you have experience of writing funding bids and working with communities to build power? Then this role is for you!

We are particularly keen to hear from people who experience marginalisation and minoritisation or who are often excluded from decision-making processes. For example, people of colour; people from working-class backgrounds; people from LGBTQ and migrant communities; care-experienced young people and people with disabilities.

Main tasks

Fundraising

• Write high quality funding bids that will support us in securing multi-year funding, providing more security for the organisation
• Ensure that information about the organisation is shared in a way that is compelling and motivating for parents to join us and donate/raise money for us to build our unrestricted funds.
• Support us in changing the culture of the organisation to one where parents involved with us will think to undertake fundraising for us or donate to us.
• Create ways of recognising donors and supporters appropriately
• Support in re-vamping the website in order to better convey our work and mobilise families

Community Organising

• Alongside the staff team, support our comms on socials and our WhatsApp group with 240 members in order to communicate effectively with families across Scotland about our work and share families' stories/give them a voice.
• Co-create processes/rules of how the organisation supports established groups of parents/carers who have formed across Scotland.
• Establish and define different ways of engaging with the organisation; volunteering, becoming a supporter, donating etc. and the journey that parents undertake with us.
• Utilise the skills of parents who have joined us to build power (both internal and external - influencing policies at all levels and building the capacities of the organisation as a whole)
• Support the staff team to identify how volunteering can improve their projects.
• Devise and deliver training for volunteer parents/families which builds their capacities
• Support with onboarding new families, ensuring they have information about our charity and can be involved in a way that resonates with them
• Create ways in which we recognise and celebrate volunteer contributions

Essential Experience

This is an eclectic role and we understand that many people will not have experience of all that it entails. We would like candidates to have as a minimum:

• A knowledge of the funding landscape in Scotland
• Experience of writing funding bids and juggling a portfolio of funders worth £250,000 or more.
• Experience of growing power and efficacy within communities

Essential personal attributes

• Passion, drive and enthusiasm in our ability to tackle the climate crisis through system change and an understanding of what this might require.
• The ability to work well in a team and to make connections with trusts, donors, supporters, volunteers etc and understand what each want/need
• Flexibility to work in a changing landscape in a small charity.
• Strategy - to bring ideas and creativity and to understand how these fit within the wider strategic goals of PfFS
• An ability to take instruction and to work independently/take self-responsibility

What we offer

• 3.5 days per week for 46 weeks at £200 per day (2 days fundraising and 1.5 days community organising) for one year. Total annual contract £32,200. We would consider appointing different candidates for these roles, although our preference is for 1 candidate to do both.
• We offer a flexible working environment, ideal for juggling the stresses of being a working parent
• Working from home
• We are a fledgling organisation so your skills/expertise will help shape our direction
• You will work closely with the CEO, who will support you throughout
• This role is funded through trusts who have supported us since our inception. While we cannot contract past a year at present, it is likely this role will continue to be funded into the future.
• The role will entail travelling across Scotland to meet groups, occasionally out of hours. It is essential that you are based in Scotland and able to travel/ work some weekends/evenings.