- Advertised from 2nd February 2026
Role
We are recruiting a Partnerships Manager to lead partnership activity for Home Energy Scotland, supporting Energy Saving Trust’s strategic objectives across Scotland.
As Partnerships Manager,you will manage a team delivering partnership projects that increase the reach and impact of Home Energy Scotland. You will work closely with senior stakeholders, partner organisations and internal teams to ensure Home Energy Scotland remains the primary public energy advice service in Scotland.
This role plays a key part in supporting fuel poverty priorities, community engagement, employee engagement and Net Zero delivery.
The team
Our team in Energy Saving Trust manages the national Home Energy Scotlandservice on behalf of the Scottish Government. Joining our team means joining an award-winning advice service that supports hundreds of thousands of households across Scotland every year to make their homes warmer, more affordable, and sustainable.
The climate emergency and the current fuel price crisis means the work of Home Energy Scotland has never been more important. Our team is making a real difference to people’s lives, and we are also growing rapidly. We need to recruit more skilled and dedicated people to join our team now.
Our team collaborate widely with colleagues in Energy Saving Trust, staff across the Home Energy Scotland network and many other partners across Scotland. You will be working with people and organisations to help tackle fuel poverty and the climate emergency, both directly, and through a network of regional advice centres covering all of Scotland.
What you will do
- Lead and line manage the Partnerships team delivering Home Energy Scotland partnership activity
- Develop and maintain partnerships with public sector, third sector and intermediary organisations
- Identify new partnership opportunities to extend Home Energy Scotland services and referrals
- Represent Home Energy Scotland and Energy Saving Trust at meetings, events and stakeholder forums
- Work collaboratively with marketing, digital and operational teams to promote and improve energy advice services
- Ensure partnership KPIs, targets and reporting requirements are met
- Support continuous improvement and best practice sharing across Home Energy Scotland advice centres.
What you will bring
Essential
- Team management and leadership skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills including presentations.
- Excellent relationship building, influencing, and negotiating skills with the ability to interact at all levels, from customer service to high-level stakeholders.
- Project management skills.
- Well-developed Microsoft Office skills, including applications such as Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook, SharePoint.
- Ability to work on own initiative and co-operatively as part of a team to deliver results.
- Good analytical and research skills, critical thinking, and risk management, with the ability to identify and realise opportunities.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the Scottish third and public sector landscape.
- Experience of energy efficiency, low carbon heat and renewable technologies.
- Knowledge of environmental issues, legislation, and procedures.
- Financial administration experience.
Benefits - We’ll support you with:
- Generous holiday (25 days + bank holidays + extra Christmas leave)
- True flexibility in how and where you work
- Strong pension & life assurance
- Enhanced family leave
- Green travel perks (EV scheme, cycle to work)
- Professional development support
- Yearly wellbeing allowance
These are just some of the benefits we offer.
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.
Work where you thrive
At Energy Saving Trust, flexibility isn’t just a policy, it’s how we work. Most of our roles can be done remotely, and many of our people choose to work from home full-time. Prefer an office environment? We have welcoming spaces in London, Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and Hadleigh for those who want to connect in person.
Reasonable adjustments: We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive of and accessible for, everyone.
If you think you may need additional support or reasonable adjustments made to any part of the recruitment process, please get in touch.
Diversity and inclusion
Energy Saving Trust is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone can be themselves, with support to be their best.
We strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with Energy Saving Trust.
We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and we ringfence a minimum number of interview slots for candidates who apply via the Disability Confident scheme and meet the criteria for a role.
Application notes
Please visit our website to apply.
Closing date 15 February 2026
Intended interview dates, either week commencing or exact date (please note, this is subject to change) - 23 February 2026
To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Please note, that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this post. To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK
BACKGROUND
Edinburgh Communities Climate Action Network (ECCAN) is a network of over 200 community groups and more than 1300 individual members. We aim to engage and empower communities across Edinburgh to take meaningful action on the climate and nature emergency, working towards a just, thriving and resilient city. ECCAN is funded as one of Scotland’s twenty-four regional Climate Action Hubs.
We support collaboration, learning, and collective action across communities, connecting local climate action to wider city and national change.
At ECCAN, we are committed to building an organisational culture that is inclusive, equitable and rooted in care for people and planet.
THE ROLE
The Events Officer will play a central role in planning, marketing, coordinating and delivering ECCAN’s programme of events, both for members and the wider public. These events are a keyway we support community climate action, share learning, build relationships and strengthen the ECCAN network.
As a members’ organisation, we rely on engagement with our network. The role requires the ability to understand and drive uptake in our Events, with a focus on successfully marketing to a community group cohort.
Working closely with the Communications Lead and the Members Lead, the postholder will ensure events are well-organised, accessible, engaging and aligned with ECCAN’s values and strategic priorities.
This role is ideal for someone with strong experience in event organisation, excellent organisational skills, and a genuine interest in climate action and community engagement.
We deliver bi-annual Gatherings for the whole membership to come together, we run monthly ClimateBites networking lunches around the membership, and host, collaborate and attend a variety of community and partner events across the city, throughout the year.
Experienced in business development and keen to find an opportunity where you can make a difference? Changeworks is a leading organisation dedicated to decarbonising Scotland’s homes and a just transition to net zero. We are looking for a Business Development Lead to support the identification, development and securing of new business and funding opportunities.
You will work with the Business Development team to deliver the Changeworks’ Business Development Strategy leading on priority areas focused on decarbonising homes. You will support the development, writing and submission of compelling tenders and funding bids that are commercially sound, technically informed and aligned with Changeworks’ strategic priorities. This role will identify and secure new funding and partnership opportunities. You will research and track upcoming tenders and grants in the energy and fuel poverty sectors. Another focus will be identifying and securing new funding and partnership opportunities that enable innovation and long-term growth across Changeworks’ programmes.
You’ll work collaboratively across Changeworks to embed good business development practice, working proactively with team managers across the organisation. You will have at least 3 years’ experience in business development with proven expertise securing funding for projects and services.
About the team
We’re growing our Business Development function and are looking for talented people who want to join us to help scale our energy efficiency, decarbonisation and fuel poverty alleviation work.
We’ve reviewed and refreshed how we do business development so we can seize the right opportunities, forge long-term partnerships, and maximise our impact. We are building a team that has a clear mandate: scanning the market, shaping propositions, and partnering across the organisation to bring in work that accelerates decarbonisation and ends fuel poverty. You’ll have the headroom, clarity and support to do your best work and make a real difference.
Changeworks’ mission is to make low-carbon living a positive reality for everyone and to help decarbonise Scotland’s homes to tackle the climate emergency and ensure a just transition to net zero. For almost 40 years we’ve delivered tangible change through largescale retrofit projects, expert energy advice, and community engagement—working hand in hand with experienced delivery teams and strategic partners who know how to make progress on the ground.
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.
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Business Development Manager
- Full time
- £48,183 – £51,836
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 13th February 2026
Are you looking for a new role where you can make a real impact? Changeworks, a leading organisation dedicated to decarbonising Scotland’s homes, is looking for a Business Development Manager. This role will support Changeworks senior managers and delivery teams on the identification, development and securing of new business and funding opportunities.
The Business Development Manager will lead business development activity that supports the growth of Changeworks’ work, particularly in priority areas focused on decarbonising homes. You will lead the development, writing and submission of compelling tenders and funding bids that are commercially sound, technically informed and aligned with Changeworks’ strategic priorities. Another focus will be identifying and securing new funding and partnership opportunities that enable innovation and long-term growth across Changeworks’ programmes.
You’ll work collaboratively across Changeworks to embed good business development practice and manage staff effectively to achieve high-quality outcomes. You will have at least 5 years experience in business development with proven expertise securing funding for projects and services.
About the team
We’re growing our Business Development function and are looking for talented people who want to join us to help scale our energy efficiency, decarbonisation and fuel poverty alleviation work.
We’ve reviewed and refreshed how we do business development so we can seize the right opportunities, forge long-term partnerships, and maximise our impact. We are building a team that has a clear mandate: scanning the market, shaping propositions, and partnering across the organisation to bring in work that accelerates decarbonisation and ends fuel poverty. You’ll have the headroom, clarity and support to do your best work and make a real difference.
Changeworks’ mission is to make low-carbon living a positive reality for everyone and to help decarbonise Scotland’s homes to tackle the climate emergency and ensure a just transition to net zero. For almost 40 years we’ve delivered tangible change through largescale retrofit projects, expert energy advice, and community engagement—working hand in hand with experienced delivery teams and strategic partners who know how to make progress on the ground.
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.
About Urban Roots
Urban Roots is a community-led environmental and health improvement charity based in the Southside of Glasgow. For over ten years we have worked alongside local residents and volunteers to establish and support a network of community gardens and woodlands. We also deliver healthy cooking programmes and outdoor learning and play activities for children and young people.
The Role
We are seeking an experienced and organised Volunteer Coordinator to lead on the recruitment, training, and ongoing support of volunteers across our community and environmental projects.
You will be responsible for managing volunteer enquiries, promoting volunteering opportunities, ensuring best practice in volunteer involvement, and supporting colleagues to work effectively with volunteers to deliver high-quality, inclusive programmes.
Strong experience in volunteer coordination is essential. Experience of working in the third sector and/or an interest in environmental or community-based work is highly desirable.
If you are passionate about people, inclusion, and making a positive difference in communities, we would love to hear from you.
More information about our work can be found at urbanroots.org.uk
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