Are you experienced in building community power or supporting communities to get active through walking or cycling schemes?

Are you passionate about raising the voices of communities that are most affected by climate but which 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 two years ago as a result of grassroots parent organising and is now a small self-employed staff team with a growing network of activists. We seek 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 so. This post will be the first of its kind within the organisation.

About the role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and community-focused Coordinator to support schools and families across Glasgow to increase walking, wheeling and cycling to school.

This is a hands-on role working directly with parents, pupils and school staff to establish and strengthen walking buses and bike buses, deliver active travel workshops, and provide support to overcome barriers that prevent families from choosing active travel.

The successful candidate will play a key role in empowering parents to become leaders within their communities, as well as supporting schools to create and embed a culture that promotes active travel.

Key responsibilities

• Support the establishment and development of walking buses and bike buses across participating schools.
• Work directly with parents and school staff to identify participatory barriers and opportunities to grow active travel schemes.
• Assist with route planning, risk assessments and volunteer coordination.
• Attend and support bike and walking buses each morning on which they occur until they are fully established and self-sustaining.
• Promote safe cycling practices and active travel behaviours within school communities.
• Identify potential community “leads” (people who will galvanise the group and take ownership of bike/walking buses), building relationships with them and seeking development opportunities alongside the Air Pollution Manager.
• Run training sessions for parents on a variety of topics (how to start a bike/walking bus, how to facilitate an air pollution workshop, community organising skills etc)
• Support the delivery of parent-to-parent air pollution workshops within schools.
• Promote Parents for Future Scotland amongst parents and bring community members into our movement.
• Facilitate peer-to-peer support and knowledge sharing between schemes across different schools.
• Work closely with the Air Pollution Manager to hone and implement effective strategy throughout.
• Liaise with cycling organisations, local authorities and community partners.
• Collect monitoring and evaluation throughout.
• Post on our socials regularly and be an active member on our WhatsApp community

Skills and experience

• You must be able to competently ride a bike.
• You must be a qualified Cycle Ride Leader and First Aid trained or be willing to complete the training within the first 3 months of starting at your own expense.
• Experience of up-skilling and building the confidence and capacity of key community members.
• The candidate will be our ambassador on the ground. Therefore, it is vital that they feel inspired by our vision, mission and aims, and that they have a proven ability to motivate and inspire others.
• Proven ability to deliver and facilitate workshops, presentations and group discussions.
• Proven ability to tailor messaging to a variety of different audiences.
• Problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt/change where necessary.
• Knowledge and ability of undertaking risk assessments and route planning.
• An understanding of social justice perspectives and the systems that cause climate breakdown.

Desirable

• Experience leading group rides for children, families or community groups.
• Experience of walking buses, bike buses or other active travel initiatives.
• Experience working with diverse communities and underrepresented groups.

What we offer

This is a self-employed role which is paid at £150 per day for 2.5 days per week term-time.

• Two and a half days per week on a self-employed basis at £150 per day for 28 weeks (term-time) from August - 31 st March (10,500 in total)
• Flexible work environment with flexible hours (although this role will require that you are able to be present for the school commute up to five mornings per week (Mon- Fri term-time). Due to this we will only consider applicants who live in or near Glasgow.
• Working from home (with team check-ins regularly).
• We are a fledgling organisation so your skills/expertise will help shape our direction.
• You will work closely with the Air Pollution Manager who will support you throughout.

Seeking new Charity Trustees

Green Action Trust has embarked on an important process of change, which includes adding new members to our Board – broadening our skillset to provide the Trust with the leadership it needs.

Your focus will be to assist us strategically, applying your specific skills and experience to ensure we meet all our commitments. If you can commit one to two days per month, this will more than meet our current requirements.

We welcome all applicants, and are particularly interested in the following skills:

• Information Technology / Digital Transformation; or

• Charity Finance / Financial Governance; or

• Digital Marketing and Communications

We are committed to building a diverse Board, and welcome applications from all sectors of society, regardless of ethnicity, age, gender, disability or religious persuasion.

Are you excited by the thought of working for an organisation whose mission is to inspire changes in behaviour to improve our environment, the quality of people’s lives, their wellbeing, and the places that they care for? If you answered yes, please read on……

Who we are

Keep Scotland Beautiful is your charity inspiring action for our environment.

Our vision is for a clean, green, sustainable Scotland. We are a practical organisation working with communities, schools, businesses, local and national government, public bodies and individuals to help combat climate change, tackle litter and waste, restore nature and biodiversity and improve the places we care for.

We support the ambitions of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

We offer a fantastic benefits package in return for your talent. These include but are not limited to a generous pension scheme; hybrid working; development opportunities; a 35-hour work week (28 hours for 0.8FTE), along with an annual free volunteer day to take your skills or interests to support others. We operate a hybrid working policy, which allows a balance between home/remote working and coming to our office Hub in Stirling.

What the role is

This is a Part-Time (28 hrs/wk), Fixed Term post to 31 March 2029.

Reporting to the Our Heritage, Our Future Coordinator, the Our Heritage, Our Future Project Officer will support the project team in delivering a programme of place-based cultural heritage activity as part of the Our Heritage, Our Future: Community, Climate and Heritage Action project.

This project will provide a multi-faceted, community-based approach within communities and across heritage sites throughout Scotland, with the core aims of:

• taking action to conserve and enhance historic monuments,

• engaging with communities to bring heritage to life,

• raising awareness of the importance of conserving heritage, and the benefits heritage can provide for individuals,

• using heritage as a means to enhance a shared sense of place and purpose, and

• creating a lasting legacy of ownership and ongoing heritage conservation.

What you’ll need to have

We are looking for someone with a passion for Scotland’s historic environment and an understanding of the risks posed by the climate emergency.

You will have experience of working in a community setting, supporting learning and coordinating volunteer activity.

Ability to travel.

This post is funded by Historic Environment Scotland and The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players.

Are you excited by the thought of working for an organisation whose mission is to inspire changes in behaviour to improve our environment, the quality of people’s lives, their wellbeing, and the places that they care for? If you answered yes, please read on……

Who we are

Keep Scotland Beautiful is your charity inspiring action for our environment.

Our vision is for a clean, green, sustainable Scotland. We are a practical organisation working with communities, schools, businesses, local and national government, public bodies and individuals to help combat climate change, tackle litter and waste, restore nature and biodiversity and improve the places we care for.

We support the ambitions of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

We offer a fantastic benefits package in return for your talent. These include but are not limited to a generous pension scheme; hybrid working; development opportunities; a 35-hour work week (28 hours for 0.8FTE), along with an annual free volunteer day to take your skills or interests to support others. We operate a hybrid working policy, which allows a balance between home/remote working and coming to our office Hub in Stirling.

What the role is

This is a Part-Time (28 hrs/wk), Fixed Term post to 31 May 2029.

Reporting to the Communities Manager and working alongside the Communities team, the Make Your Mark Skills Development Officer will deliver a programme of accredited skills training focused on built, cultural and natural heritage to people facing complex barriers to employment.

The post-holder will work closely with our partners Make Your Mark and Access to Industry. This post will form part of the wider Make Your Mark programme, supporting people facing barriers to employment through training and pathways into volunteering and employment opportunities, supporting heritage volunteer organisers, and supporting sectoral research, knowledge and practice.

Delivery will focus on providing a structured programme of accredited skills training to raise awareness of the importance of heritage, support participants with the knowledge and tools to celebrate, record and preserve local heritage, and equip them with skills to take on heritage volunteering opportunities.

What you’ll need to have

We are looking for someone with experience in teaching/training/supported learning, particularly for individuals facing barriers to learning. You should have a passion for Scotland’s historic environment and an ability to use that passion to support learning and action for local heritage. Experience of working with a range of partners will be an advantage.

While the post will be based in Stirling, the training delivery location will be in Edinburgh with further locations being sought, therefore ability to travel is essential.

This post is funded by Historic Environment Scotland and The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players.