People Advisor
- Part time
- £29,787 – £34,400 pro-rata
- Remote: Homebased with frequent travel to operational sites in Edinburgh, Falkirk and East Dunbartonshire
- Closing 22nd February 2026
- Advertised from 4th February 2026
- £14,893.50 - £17,200 for 17.5 hours per week
Role
The Conservation Volunteers connects people together to protect and restore nature.
About the role:
We’re looking for an experienced People Advisor to support the Green Skills John Muir Way traineeship programme. The programme is a 3-year initiative, with up to 24 paid trainees per year engaging in practical biodiversity tasks and projects along the route. The programme aims to bridge the skills gap and workforce challenges, increase connectivity and break down the disconnect with nature, working in partnership with City of Edinburgh Council, Falkirk Council, Scottish Canals and East Dunbartonshire Council, and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The Green Skills initiative is designed for 16 – 24-year-olds facing barriers to employment. The 10-month traineeships involve a combination of practical work experience, and accredited training. This role is a hand on, people centred opportunity where your expertise will directly support young people to succeed. As a People Advisor, you’ll deliver a high quality, responsive HR advisory service to the Green Skills team. You’ll manage a varied caseload of employee relations matters including absence, wellbeing, performance, disciplinaries, and grievances, ensuring fair, lawful, and timely outcomes. A strong focus of the role is supporting leaders to confidently apply people processes, particularly around absence management and early intervention.
You’ll also play a central role in the end-to-end recruitment and onboarding of the trainees, ensuring processes are inclusive, well-coordinated, and aligned with safer recruitment principles. From shortlisting and interviews to pre-employment checks, contracts, and inductions, you’ll help create a smooth and positive journey for new starter trainees.
In addition, you will oversee compliance processes, including criminal record checks for trainees. You’ll manage the full process, from collating ID and checking applications to updating electronic records, monitoring due dates, and escalating issues where necessary. You will also maintain accurate HR records, track trainee absence and leave in the HR system, and ensure information flows efficiently for payroll processing.
About You
You’re an experienced HR professional with a strong grounding in employee relations and recruitment. You’re confident applying employment law in practical situations and enjoy coaching leaders to build their people management capability. Organised, adaptable, and detail oriented, you can manage competing priorities while maintaining high standards.
You’ll bring:
- Proven HR advisory experience across employee relations and recruitment
- CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent HR qualification)
- Experience interpreting employment law and HR best practice
- Strong organisational and data management skills
- The ability to analyse trends and present meaningful people insights
- A proactive, collaborative approach and a commitment to confidentiality
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during your application. If you would like to discuss your requirements further please contact the People Team via recruitment@tcv.org.uk or by telephone on 01302 388883 . We also offer reasonable adjustments on the job.
* A full driving licence is required.
* This post is subject to a basic CRC check
* An application form
We are The Conservation Volunteers.
Our vision is Better Nature For All.
Our mission is to connect people together to protect and restore nature, delivering lasting benefits for both.
Since 1959, The Conservation Volunteers has been a charity creating opportunities for people to create, improve and care for nature in the green spaces around them across the UK.
Our variety of projects cover a bit of everything involving nature. Volunteers muddy their boots in parks, community gardens, woodland, sites of special scientific interest, nature reserves, schools and hospital grounds, helping create a glorious network of protected green space across the UK.
This work connects people with nature, and that connection delivers powerful results. Join in, feel good.
Application notes
For further information and to apply, please visit tcv.org.uk. Alternatively, email recruitment@tcv.org.uk or call 01302 388878.
Closing date for completed applications: Sunday 22nd February
Interview date: WC 2nd March 2026 at: Teams
Return completed * application form to recruitment@tcv.org.uk
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Board Members
- Management Board
- Unpaid
- Hybrid: UK wide- with requirement to travel to Scotland for annual in person meeting
- Closing 9th February 2026
Join the Board of East and Southeast Asian Scotland (ESAS)
About ESAS
East and Southeast Asian Scotland (ESAS) is a community-led organisation working for justice, rights, and empowerment of East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) communities across Scotland. We centre the voices of ESEA people while building solidarity and belonging across diverse communities.
- Founded in 2020 and incorporated as a Community Interest Company, ESAS has grown into a trusted and recognised voice. Our achievements include:
- Leading community research (Migrant Life in Scotland survey) on ESEA migrants’ access to services during the pandemic.
- Delivering emergency food, clothing, and IT support during COVID-19.
- Supporting wellbeing and inclusion through peer support groups, befriending, English lessons, and women’s sessions.
- Partnering with COSLA and the Scottish Government to support Hong Kong BN(O) migrants and improve access to services.
- Providing hate incident reporting and casework support through the national On Your Side service.
- Advocating for labour rights across the UK through the ESEA Migrant Alliance UK project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.
The opportunity
We are seeking new Board Directors who share our commitment to justice, rights, and empowerment. As a Director, you will play a vital role in shaping strategy, strengthening governance, and ensuring our work has lasting impact.
Previous Board experience is not essential—we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, skills, and lived experience. We are particularly interested in candidates with knowledge or experience in:
- Governance and organisational leadership
- Finance (including an applicant for the Treasurer role)
- Fundraising and understanding of the NGO/funding landscape
- HR and compliance
- UK policy and systems that shape migrant and community wellbeing
Commitment
This is a voluntary, non-executive role (reasonable expenses reimbursed). The time commitment is around 29 hours per year, covering meetings, preparation, and occasional reviews. Meetings are mainly online, with one in-person meeting in Scotland annually. Every five years, Directors attend a Governance Development Weekend (the next in Jan/March 2026).
Why join us?
- Make a meaningful contribution to long-term systemic change for ESEA communities.
- Help shape the governance of a growing, grassroots organisation at a pivotal stage.
- Gain experience in third-sector governance, policy advocacy, and organisational development.
- Connect with grassroots communities, statutory partners, and national networks.
Healthy Pathways Project Officer
- Part time
- £28,000 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Clydebank
- Closing 9th February 2026
Community Links Scotland is a well-established community organisation with over 20 years’ experience supporting the communities of West Dunbartonshire and the wider West of Scotland. With a small, dynamic team, the organisation is committed to community-led regeneration, working in partnership with local groups and housing associations to deliver targeted projects that improve wellbeing, develop skills, and create opportunities for those most in need.
Healthy Pathways is a community based wellbeing project supporting adults who are experiencing poor mental health, social isolation, trauma or financial hardship. We provide a safe, welcoming space where people can rebuild confidence, develop coping strategies and form meaningful connections through small group activities, personal development workshops and one to one support.
As Project Officer, you will coordinate and deliver weekly group sessions and short programmes, encourage peer led activity, provide one to one support and help participants access wider services.
We’re looking for someone friendly, open and patient, with strong facilitation and communication skills and the ability to create an inclusive, welcoming environment. You’ll be organised, reflective and confident managing group dynamics, with experience of working with vulnerable individuals (predominantly women) in community settings.
Ardura Biodiversity Officer
- Part time
- £27,859 – £30,450 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Mull
- Closing 12th February 2026
MICT acquired Ardura Community Forest in 2019 on behalf of the Mull community with the specific intention of restoring the forest to a more natural condition while encouraging recreational use of the site.
MICT commissioned TreeStory Limited to produce a Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) for Ardura. The BAP is based on detailed survey work and an extensive assessment of all the habitats present within the forest to give an understanding of the current condition. The BAP identifies actions to restore and conserve the various habitats and makes provision for monitoring progress against measurable targets for improvement. Work alongside TreeStory Ltd allowed us to achieve the first Forestry Stewardship Council Ecosystem Services impact verification in the UK for Ardura Forest. With approx. 110 hectares of Sitka Spruce harvested from the forest, the focus is now restoration.
From the Biodiversity Action Plan, a Vision for Ardura Community Forest’s Future:
Ardura Community Forest will become an example of community-led conservation and restoration of native Atlantic woodland and wider ecosystems, to a healthy and functioning condition, for the benefit of biodiversity and people. Under MICT’s stewardship the land will contribute to positive ecological processes across the local landscape and will be appreciated and used by those who live and work nearby on the Isle of Mull and visitors from across Scotland, the UK and beyond.
Community Link Worker
- Part time
- £34,410 – £36,513 pro-rata
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 6th February 2026
Purpose of job:
The Community Link Worker service is primarily funded by Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership. The principle aim is to support people to live well through strengthening connections between community resources and primary care.
The Community Link Worker (CLW) will be employed by Health All Round (HAR), a community health initiative which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in South West Edinburgh. They will be one of a group of three CLWs who work alongside the wider staff team.
The success of this post is dependent on effective joint work between Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership and HAR. The post holder will be supervised by the HAR Deputy CEO with support from the Senior CLW, who will work together to ensure that the post holder is on track to meet outcomes prescribed by the Scottish Government and Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board.
The CLW will provide a person-centred service that is responsive to the needs and interests of Springwell Medical Centre and Murrayfield Medical Practice patient population. They will support patients referred by GPs to identify issues affecting their ability to live well, identify personal outcomes and priorities, provide support to overcome barriers to achieving personal goals and link people to local and national services and agencies.
The CLW will support Springwell Medical Centre and Murrayfield Medical Practice staff and clinicians to have a good, up to date knowledge and understanding of local and national resources available to their patients. They will also build relationships and processes between the GP practice and community resources, statutory organisations, other health services and voluntary organisations.
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