Background

Edinburgh Communities Climate Action Network (ECCAN) is a network of over 160 group members and over 300 individual members. We aim to engage and empower individuals and community groups in taking meaningful action to address the climate and nature emergency, working towards a just, thriving and resilient Edinburgh. Our membership is open to any community group and individual in Edinburgh. You can become a member here.

ECCAN was launched by the Scottish Communities Climate Action Network (SCCAN) in 2022 and submitted a successful funding application to the Scottish Government in Autumn 2023 to establish the Edinburgh Communities Climate Action Hub. This is part of a strategic Scotland-wide network of regional Climate Action Hubs.

At ECCAN, we aim to cultivate an organisational culture that is diverse, equitable, and fosters belonging. The post holder will play a pivotal role in supporting us to achieve this vision.

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who is passionate about climate action, good governance and charity management to take a key supporting role in building the community-led network and ensuring its ongoing success.

This person will be an excellent administrator with a keen eye for detail, tech-savvy and able to support the organisation in achieving its aims and objectives, through the management of everyday operations.

This will include ensuring compliance with all policy and related expectations of a publicly-funded organisation, managing HR strategies and day-to-day finances such as payroll and expenses.

As part of a fast-paced environment and collaborative team, there will be an opportunity for you to grow and develop in your role. While the role is focused on the finance and policies of the charity you will be able to contribute to the direction of our sub-networks or other activities you may have an interest in.

Verture is seeking a highly organised and collaborative individual to support our "Becoming Climate Resilient" training and to assist with project support for other flagship programmes.

Working across a range of projects and teams – assisting with training support, project coordination and process improvement.

The Green Action Trust is Scotland's leading environmental regeneration charity and a trusted delivery partner for the Scottish Government and a wide range of public, private and non-profit stakeholders.

We are supporting a partnership between Glasgow City Council, East Renfrewshire Council and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to develop and deliver the Glasgow Lost Rivers project which aims to recognise, develop and restore the urban river valleys in the Whitecart catchment on Glasgow’s south side. These rivers, mistreated by history and often neglected, have the potential breathe life into communities.

We’re recruiting a Project Coordinator to drive and develop this project as it moves from feasibility to concept design and prepares for technical design and delivery. As the Glasgow Lost Rivers Project Coordinator, you will work collaboratively with our partners and as a part of the part of the Green Action Trust’s Water Environment Fund (WEF) programme team, working alongside and sharing experiences with the Project Managers and Development Officers for other live WEF projects and supported by senior staff across Operations, Landscape and Programmes. You will be skilled in effective stakeholder engagement, report on project progress, identify opportunities and potential means of delivery, and develop an exciting and inclusive place-based narrative to deliver multiple benefits beyond river restoration

Travel to sites is an essential part of this role and a clean driving license and access a vehicle are required.

At the Green Action Trust we believe that staff should enjoy their work. We support a strong work life balance through flexible and hybrid working, training and support, a range of staff activities throughout the year and a strong employee support package.

This is a fixed term, full time position, based from our office in Stepps. For more information on the role and criteria, please download our Glasgow Lost Rivers Project Coordinator Recruitment Pack from our website.