A transformational opportunity mixed with idyllic island life.

The Organisation

North Uist Development Company (NUDC) and UistWind are offering a rare opportunity for a passionate and motivated individual to drive community-led development while overseeing the operation of the North Uist community-owned wind farm.

This is more than just a job—it’s a chance to be part of a thriving island community, surrounded by stunning landscapes, abundant wildlife, and a rich Gaelic culture. Whether it’s walking on pristine beaches, spotting sea eagles, or immersing yourself in local traditions, this role offers a unique lifestyle alongside meaningful work.

You will be at the heart of ensuring the long-term success of UistWind, maximising the generation and revenue from two 900kW wind turbines while supporting North Uist’s first Community Benefit Fund. At the same time, you’ll help shape the future of community development by building on existing successes, such as the award-winning public engagement that led to UistWind’s creation, and a strong foundation of collaboration between NUDC and UistWind.

The Role

The primary focus for the coming year will be the ensuring effective operational management of the UistWind wind farm, including implementing key processes as well as updating the North Uist Community Development Plan and UistWind Community Investment Plan, in conjunction with the board. This will involve establishing systems for the fair distribution of Community Benefit funds generated by the wind farm. As the role progresses, tasks and procedures will evolve, with most UistWind operational duties likely to remain standard practice.

Key Duties:

• Delivering community engagement and updating the Community Investment Plan, including developing funding materials and establishing community-based committees.
• Supporting the distribution of Community Benefit Fund and developing monitoring indicators.
• Managing operational communications, financial oversight, and ensuring governance and compliance.
• Representing NUDC on external forums and lobbying for sustainable development.

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience in community development/engagement and project management.
• Effective partnership-building skills and practical experience of partnership working.
• Financially literate with excellent communication and well-developed administration skills.
• Proactive, with the ability to take the initiative and excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Be based on Uist, with access to a vehicle and ability to work flexibly, with some evening and weekend work.

The role offers flexibility, including remote working options, a TOIL system, and a generous holiday allowance that accommodates local Uist holidays. With growth opportunities and the chance to make a lasting community impact, this is an exceptional opportunity for someone looking to bring their skills to a community-led, forward-thinking organisation.

The Atlantic Salmon Trust is looking to appoint a Programme Coordinator for Project Laxford, one of its two pioneering Core Rivers programmes currently operating in Scotland.

Project Laxford is a partnership between the Atlantic Salmon Trust and Grosvenor’s Reay Forest Estate based around the River Laxford catchment in northwest Sutherland. By combining state-of-the-art environmental monitoring and on-the-ground habitat restoration, Project Laxford’s planned 10-year programme of work looks to create an exemplar for river catchment restoration, where solutions for wild Atlantic salmon and wider biodiversity recovery can be implemented at a catchment scale.

Working together with Grosvenor’s Reay Forest Estate staff, the local community and other project partners, the Programme Coordinator will organise, operate and maintain the salmon and sea trout monitoring and restoration programme for the River Laxford catchment. This includes overseeing and maintaining a world-leading sonar-imaging fish counter, managing an annual PIT (passive integrated transponder) tagging programme of juvenile salmon, managing the seasonal operation of a rotary screw trap to capture juvenile salmon, electrofishing surveys, invertebrate surveys and wider ecological surveying.

The role holder will also support and facilitate the delivery of research and restoration actions, both in the field and desk-based, working collaboratively with the Atlantic Salmon Trust’s wider research and restoration teams, as well as the team at Grosvenor’s Reay Forest Estate. This includes work in the river, its tributaries, lochs and surrounding landscape, as well as in the estuarine and near-coastal zones. Community engagement also lies at the heart of the project, and the Programme Coordinator will support and develop communication and outreach exercises to engage and inspire.

This exciting role gives an outstanding, driven and motivated individual the opportunity to live and work in one of the UK’s most beautiful, wild places on a project at the forefront of wild salmon restoration. Above all, this role is about being part of a visionary nature restoration project with the ambition to generate the knowledge and solutions required to support wild salmon recovery efforts across the North Atlantic.

We have an opportunity for a Strategic Planning Manager to join the Strategic Planning team on a full-time fixed term contract for 12 months. This is a dynamic role where you will co-ordinate the key components of the strategy management system.

It’s an exciting time to join the Fund as we implement our 2030 strategy ‘It Starts with Community’. Our ambitious 3-year Corporate Plan sets stretching goals to guide the organisation’s delivery of the strategy. The Strategic Planning team plays a key role in driving the Fund to achieve our overarching strategic ambitions. Through our strategy, we aim to build resilient communities that are more inclusive and environmentally sustainable. We’re committed to focusing our efforts where the need is greatest, particularly with people, places and communities who experience poverty, disadvantage, and discrimination. We’re eager to make a significant impact in the years ahead.

You will be part of a small, dispersed team working flexibly to meet the needs of our key stakeholders. The team oversees the Fund’s corporate planning, business planning and project/programme management processes to ensure we achieve our strategic ambitions.

You will bring expertise in strategic planning to facilitate the annual business planning process within senior leadership teams across the Fund, supporting directorates to deliver our strategic aspirations. We are looking for someone with a keen eye for detail who can also see the bigger picture. Through a continuous improvement approach you will regularly review our ways of working and be empowered to identify and implement innovative solutions. With your strategic thinking and analytical skills you will contribute to reports to senior leaders to provide assurance, raise issues and support effective decision making.

You will work collaboratively with our wider network of colleagues from across the organisation to deliver our key corporate processes, including the Finance team to ensure alignment between planning and budgeting.

You’ll play a key role in reporting against our strategic transformation and delivery programme, helping the Fund to assess whether we are on track to achieve our goals. You will have a strong background in project delivery, helping to develop and strengthen our internal project management capabilities by rolling out project management tools and templates, and providing coaching and guidance to project leads.

With strong organisational skills you will manage your workload and priorities throughout the year, ensuring that team priorities are met and aligning your efforts with the overall goals of the team. Your strong communication skills and passion will help raise the profile of the team and our work with colleagues across the Fund. There will be some travel expectations, with quarterly face-to-face team meetings within one of our offices.

Forth Valley Sensory Centre (FVSC) is a hub where people with a visual and/or hearing loss and their friends, families, carers and the wider community can access quality services and advice from our Charity and partner organisations.

We are looking for a new Development Manager who can identify and , develop new outreach opportunities and expand what we already offer across Forth Valley.

This will be a great position for someone with proven management experience, who is looking to develop themselves under the direct guidance of the CEO. The successful candidate will be a “people person” who communicates effectively internally and externally, with compassion, motivation and the ability to positively influence others.

We would love to hear from you if you are committed to our values, have the ability to promote FVSC to the wider community, help us achieve strategic goals and create positive, lasting impact across Forth Valley.

The Organisation

Forth Valley Sensory Centre is a hub for people with a visual or hearing loss where they and their friends, families, carers, and the wider community can access quality services and advice from partner organisations. The Centre was the first of its kind constructed in the UK and specifically developed for the sensory impaired community.

The Centre provides an array of bespoke services, moulded by end users and their requests of what is most important to them. From digital support to meeting spaces, a sensory garden, café as well as over 30 groups and classes and more- there are never two days the same in The Centre.

The Role

As the Development Manager, you will play a crucial role in identifying growth opportunities, building partnerships and showcasing the services that FVSC can provide on an outreach basis. You will be responsible for developing and executing strategies, creating awareness, and promoting the organisation to communities throughout Forth Valley.

This role requires a blend of internal and external relationship building, strong communication skills and management. To be considered for this role, you must demonstrate experience in leading a team and be able to prepare and present information in accessible formats to engage individuals who could benefit from FVSC services. Communication skills are a vital part of this role, in conjunction with being compassionate, collaborative and inclusive in your approach.

If you think you can thrive in this role and possess the desired qualities and capabilities, please do not hesitate to get in touch by following the below steps to either submit your application or chat to us to find out more.