Changeworks is Scotland’s leading environmental charity, dedicated to reducing carbon emissions and supporting a just transition to net zero. We deliver impactful services that help households, landlords, and organisations take meaningful action on climate and tackle fuel poverty.

We are now recruiting an Account Executive(Sales and Commercial Development) to join our team in a brand-new role. This is an exciting opportunity to maximise the impact and income of one of our flagship services and support the decarbonisation of Scotland’s homes. This role will be focused on event sales to employers in the South of Scotland and North of England. You will be helping us achieve our mission by encouraging employers to book free ‘Low Carbon Living Sessions’ to help staff save energy and money at home.

About the role

The Account Executive will lead on identifying, engaging, and converting new business opportunities for Changeworks’ services and solutions. You will play a pivotal role in expanding our B2B client base and building strong, productive relationships across identified sectors.

In this role, you will:

• Drive new business generation through research, outreach, and pipeline development.
• Convert opportunities into sales, working to clear and achievable targets.
• Present tailored solutions to clients and represent Changeworks professionally and confidently.
• Build and maintain relationships with organisations including employers and membership organisations in Scotland and England.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure smooth handovers and high-quality customer journeys.
• Support continuous improvement of our sales processes and approaches.

About you

We’re looking for someone who is:

• A self-starter, confident working proactively to achieve targets.
• Strong in communication and relationship-building.
• Skilled in identifying opportunities and converting them into tangible outcomes.
• Organised, motivated, and able to manage a varied workload.
• Passionate about sustainability, low carbon living, or generating positive social impact.

Experience in sales, business development, or commercial roles is essential. You will have a proven track record in generating income against targets.

Why join us?

This is a unique opportunity to shape and grow a key service within a mission‑driven organisation. You’ll be joining a supportive, values‑led team committed to delivering positive low-carbon living across Scotland.

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.

Greener Kirkcaldy is a community-led charity working locally to bring people together, take positive action on the climate emergency and support people through fuel poverty and food insecurity. We deliver a range of projects, events and skills training to achieve the needs and goals of local people – building resilience as a community and working towards a future where everyone can live better and tread more lightly on our planet.

Based in the heart of Kirkcaldy – with a community building, training kitchen, bike shop and garden – we carry out activities across Kirkcaldy and work with partners to deliver projects across Fife.

We lead the Cosy Kingdom partnership, a free and impartial energy advice service available to all tenants and homeowners across Fife. We help people save energy, stay warm while spending less on fuel and develop skills and confidence to take more control of their energy use and bills. Our work plays a vital role supporting people in, or at risk of, fuel poverty and makes an important contribution to tackling carbon emissions and climate change.

The Role

We are looking for an energy advisor to join our team.

This role sits alongside a team of dedicated energy advisors working throughout Mid and West Fife. Your day will be varied and rewarding. You will deliver energy advice to householders in their own homes, by telephone or at drop-in energy advice surgeries. You will deliver practical advice and support to help people stay warm and well at home, empower them to take control of their energy bills and make their homes more climate friendly. You will connect people with the right support by referring on to a range of support options and partner agencies.

Our energy advisors deliver events, talks and workshops to raise the profile of the service and educate people on saving energy. You will also train frontline workers on how to ‘spot and refer’ people in, or at risk of, fuel poverty.

We don’t expect you to know everything from the start. We provide a supportive three-month induction and full training, including a City & Guilds Energy Advice qualification.

Working at Greener Kirkcaldy

We want our town to be a good place to live and work. We believe in a future where everyone has a say in what happens locally, people are working together to protect our environment and those in hardship are supported to live well. That includes our staff and volunteers.

Working at Greener Kirkcaldy involves being part of a positive, collaborative and social team. Our culture is really important to us. We promote equality, diversity and openness. We have a strong focus on staff wellbeing and development and encourage staff initiative and ideas.

Benefits of working for Greener Kirkcaldy

• Flexible and hybrid working
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and sick pay
• Excellent Wellbeing, training and development opportunities
• Generous annual leave: 33 days, inclusive of public holidays per annum pro rata, going up to 37 days after 5 years service. Plus, an additional 5 days of annual leave (pro rata) over the Christmas period
• Social events

Diversity and inclusion

We want Greener Kirkcaldy to be an inclusive and diverse charity where everyone feels supported, valued and able to be themselves. We take part in Fife Centre for Equalities’ Equality Pathfinders programme. We also take part in the Race Equality Environmental Programme facilitated by CEMVO Scotland. Our Equalities Action Plan sets out the steps we are taking to improve diversity and inclusion.

To achieve our vision of Kirkcaldy as a greener and fairer place to live, we need a diverse team. We encourage applications from people of any background. We know that our sector particularly lacks staff and volunteers with Minority Ethnic backgrounds and disabled people. If you identify as Minority Ethnic or have a disability, we welcome your application.

Amisfield Preservation Trust provides a regenerative community space (Amisfield Walled Garden) just outside of Haddington for a wide range of groups. The project is volunteer led. Since project inception, volunteers have recreated a beautiful, historic and peaceful 8 acre walled garden which had fallen into disrepair. The project helps improve the life chances of those most vulnerable in our community, through support for individuals with barriers to employment ; drives inclusion through involving volunteers with a range of additional support needs; promotes learning through educational activities for school groups with their teachers, and for the general public through a variety of training events; helps the community to flourish through increased social connection and regenerative activities that improve mental and physical wellbeing and resilience and help increase pride in the local community and place.

Amisfield’s eight-acre walled garden Walled Garden just outside Haddington in East Lothian – Amisfield.org.uk - is unique in being a visitor attraction, a volunteer project and a therapeutic gardening resource. We are seeking a Garden Manager to lead in ensuring the garden is a well- maintained, safe, secure, and beautiful year-round space which enhances the wellbeing of visitors and volunteers. This role, looking after the garden and the volunteers, who include some with vulnerabilities, requires a blend of:

• horticultural expertise;
• personal qualities of initiative, patience and tolerance, understanding and authority;
• organisational ability to help deliver community events;
• and commercial awareness to help ensure financial viability.

As the garden is open seven days a week from April to September, you will work a five-day shift pattern working with the Assistant Garden Manager (who will report to you and follow a similar but complementary shift pattern) to ensure at least one of you is in the garden each day, including weekends, during those months. Winter months will be a normal Mon-Friday, with the possibility of one day working from home. You will manage your working hours in a flexible, responsible way, to meet the seasonality of the demands on your time – you are likely to work more hours during the growing season with time off in lieu during the winter months. You will report to the Chair of the Board of Trustees and will be asked to attend monthly evening board meetings.

We’re looking for someone who thrives in both collaborative and independent work settings - there are days when you will be working alone; with wide knowledge of plants and horticultural principles; and confident in dealing with a diverse range of people of all ages and abilities.

The post will be on a rolling annual contract. The intention is to offer continuity of employment subject to satisfactory performance and the Trust’s financial position. A job share might be considered, but is not the preferred option.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership:
• Manage all horticultural aspects of the Garden:
• Produce the annual planting plan
• Manage propagation.
• Source materials (seeds, plants, compost, etc.)
• Plan, organise and participate in the work required to deliver those plans.
• Support the volunteers to maintain and enhance the garden in line with those plans and designs.
• Manage and maintain all gardening equipment.
• Third Party Engagement:
• Act as the primary interface for third parties, local community groups and the visiting public.
• Day-to-day Management:
• Take full responsibility for opening and closing the garden, public safety, volunteer supervision, and garden security during solo shifts.
• Manage the Assistant Garden Manager.
• Manage a 7-day rota April to September with the Assistant Garden Manager to ensure all public and volunteer sessions are staffed; and overlap with the AGM one day a week during that period to conduct handovers.
• Coordinate garden events and open days.
• Provide ‘on-call’ support or clear protocols for the AGM when issues arise on their solo days.
• Ensure all Health and Safety Executive (HSE) lone-working assessments are updated for a public-facing environment.

Requirements:

• RHS Level 3 or equivalent experience in garden management.
• Reliability and confidence to manage a large public garden independently.
• Proven track record in working with and managing volunteers.
• Comfortable with lone working and making autonomous decisions in a public-facing environment. (e.g., closing the garden due to high winds) while working alone.
• IT literacy and familiarity with social media.
• Current First Aid qualification or a commitment to obtain one immediately.
• PVG clearance

Amisfield Preservation Trust provides a regenerative community space (Amisfield Walled Garden) just outside of Haddington for a wide range of groups. The project is volunteer led. Since project inception, volunteers have recreated a beautiful, historic and peaceful 8 acre walled garden which had fallen into disrepair. The project helps improve the life chances of those most vulnerable in our community, through support for individuals with barriers to employment ; drives inclusion through involving volunteers with a range of additional support needs; promotes learning through educational activities for school groups with their teachers, and for the general public through a variety of training events; helps the community to flourish through increased social connection and regenerative activities that improve mental and physical wellbeing and resilience and help increase pride in the local community and place.

Amisfield’s eight-acre walled garden Walled Garden just outside Haddington – Amisfield.org.uk - in East Lothian is unique in being a visitor attraction, a volunteer project and a therapeutic gardening resource. We are seeking an Assistant Garden Manager to help ensure that Amisfield is a well-maintained, safe, secure, and beautiful year-round space which enhances the wellbeing of visitors and volunteers.

Whilst formal horticultural training is NOT essential for the position, you must be able to demonstrate understanding of plant propagation, composting, soil management and organic weed control, fruit and vegetable growing, and basic pruning technique.

Most importantly, you will have excellent communication skills, and experience working with a range of people, either in a professional or previous volunteering capacity.

As the garden is open seven days a week from April to September, you will be working a five-day shift pattern, working with the Garden Manager (who will follow a similar but complementary shift pattern) to ensure at least one of you is in the garden each day, including weekends, during those months. You will manage your working hours in a flexible, responsible way, to meet the seasonality of the demands on your time – you are likely to work more hours during the growing season with time off in lieu during the winter months. You will report to the Garden Manager.

We’re looking for someone who thrives in both collaborative and independent work settings – there are days when you will be working alone; with wide knowledge of plants and horticultural principles; and confident in dealing with a diverse range of people of all ages and abilities, and with volunteers. You need good organisational skills to help the Garden Manager plan, coordinate and deliver a range of activities.

You will have experience of working with volunteers, some of whom are vulnerable, and will be able to develop and grow our volunteering capacity and opportunities.

The post will be on a rolling annual contract. The intention is to offer continuity of employment subject to satisfactory performance and the Trust’s financial position. A job share might be considered, but is not the preferred option.

Key Responsibilities:

• Volunteer and Visitor Support: Lead practical gardening sessions, provide guidance for volunteers. and ensure a high-quality experience for visitors.
• Day-to-day Management: Take full responsibility for opening and closing the garden, public safety, volunteer supervision, and garden security during solo shifts.
• Assist the Garden Manager in planning, coordinating and delivering volunteer sessions.
• Overlap with the Garden Manager for one day a week to conduct handovers.

Requirements:

• RHS Level 2 or strong practical gardening skills gained through extensive personal experience, in a nursery, garden centre, estate or large garden.
• Patience and communication skills for volunteers of varying abilities.
• Reliability and confidence to manage a large public garden independently.
• IT literacy and familiarity with social media.
• Current First Aid qualification or a commitment to obtain one immediately
• PVG clearance