FEL Scotland is looking for a Family Support Officer - Sustainable Transport.

This role will focus on supporting families and building referral pathways with schools, employability services and community partners to ensure families can access joined-up support from FEL Scotland and other organisations. Taking a family-focused approach, you will work directly with families, parents and carers to provide practical, short-term transport solutions and make individuals aware of other support available to them. Working closely with our School Active Travel Hub Officers, you will help those who want to work or undergo training but are held back by transport problems.

This role has three main aims. You will help parents get to work or training by solving transport problems; support wider child poverty reduction by improving family income and stability; and generate learning about what transport support works and how it can be embedded in future services.

We are looking for someone with strong people skills and the ability to work sensitively with families and understand the challenges they may face. Experience linked to employability, family support, transport access, schools or community hubs would be valuable, but we welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds.

You will be based mainly in schools and community settings across Clackmannanshire and Falkirk, working closely with School Active Travel Hub Officers, employability services and family support partners. You may occasionally work evenings or weekends to support families.

We offer a supportive and flexible working environment, generous annual leave, pension contribution, training opportunities and family-friendly policies.

Are you experienced in supporting organisations to build infrastructure through undertaking administration tasks?

Are you passionate about raising voices of communities who are most affected by climate but who are least often heard? If so we’d love to hear from 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.

About us

Parents for Future Scotland became a charity 2 years ago as a result of grassroots parent organising and are now a small staff team with a growing network of activists. We are seeking to make climate action the norm among all parents in Scotland. We are in the midst of a big step change, increasing our influence and reach across the country, and we need you to help us in doing that. This post will be the first of its kind within the organisation.

Main tasks

• Supporting the set up of infrastructure for the organisation (a domain name, ensuring everyone can access key packages such as canva etc)
• Ensuring all self-employed staff have equipment that they need and putting processes into place to support the management of this
• Researching office spaces available for the team with a good understanding of what the team needs and booking the office space. Supporting the move to a new office space.
• Ensuring all self-employed staff are paid monthly and that finance systems are updated. Inducting staff in our finance system (Quick Books)
• Checking spend against projected spend across multiple funds regularly and updating the CEO/programme staff where required.
• Ensuring key documents are saved in relevant places for funding, publicity and governance.
• Researching and supporting a move to paid and permanent staff through working with the programme manager
• Undertaking the GDPR audit for the organisation and ensuring that we are compliant at all times.
• Checking on policies/procedures and ensuring that all are up-to-date
• Supporting with the sign-up of new members to PfFS, sending welcome messages and arranging times for programme staff to speak to them
• Being an active participant in our WhatsApp channel where we manage members to help share information and ensure that members are communicating appropriately
• Supporting and co-ordinating posts on socials so that teams are taking it in turns.
• Supporting volunteers to access resources and setting up infrastructure to ensure it’s easy to volunteer within the organisation. Take notes at team meetings and lead sessions / present at team meetings on key topics where information needs to be exchanged or the team requires training.
• Compile a monthly or quarterly newsletter by co-ordinating team contributions and creating something on canva.
• Support the CEO with any tasks needed

Are you right for the role?

We want to create a world which is climate-safe for all children, everywhere. Forever. This is not just a job but an outlook, a vision and a way of being which inspires change through hope, love and connection….and work!

Personal Attributes

Our key values are here. If these resonate with you then you’re in the right place!

Experience

• At least five years experience in a similar role, possibly in a start-up or in an organisation which has gone through considerable change
• Experience with finance and an ability to report on finances (basic accountancy skills)
• Experience of working with a team to build their capacities to run efficiently
• Excellent IT skills
• Experience of researching and implementing new infrastructure/processes within an organisation

Ideal experience

• Experience in working with grassroots movements at local, national level
• Knowledge on climate issues and the need for systemic change
• Experience of working with people from different organisations, functions, and cultures
• Experience working with volunteers
• Experience of QuickBooks

Logistics

• The base for this role will be Glasgow. Initially the role will work from home but we plan to move to an office near the city centre, where the role would be based.
• The staff team are all in on a Tuesday, therefore some availability on Tuesdays is essential

What we offer

• Three days per week on a self-employed basis at £150 per day for 46 weeks for one year from the starting date of the contract.
• We offer a flexible working environment, ideal for juggling the pressures of being a working parent.
• 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
• There is a high likelihood that we can continue the work undertaken in this role past the current funding period.

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You will work closely with FEL colleagues and partner organisations including The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) and Forth Climate Forest to engage clubs and communities, coordinate activities and help deliver local impact.

We are looking for someone with strong people skills who enjoys community engagement and partnership working. Experience in community projects, climate action, sport, volunteering or environmental work would be valuable, but we welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds.

The role is primarily office based in Stirling, with regular travel across Forth Valley and occasional evening or weekend work for community activities. Limited home working may be available by agreement.

We offer a supportive and flexible working environment, generous annual leave, pension contribution, training opportunities and family-friendly policies.