We are currently recruiting for a new member of the Edinburgh Remakery Board of Trustees who specialises in marketing and communications.

The Edinburgh Remakery is an award-winning environmental social enterprise committed to diverting waste from landfill, building a stronger community, and promoting a culture of repair and reuse. Since 2012, we repair, refurbish and recycle what others send to landfill, and we pass these repair skills onto others within the Edinburgh community through our community inclusion and events programme.

We are at the forefront of championing the circular economy in Edinburgh, and beyond, through our IT refurbishment programme. This scheme diverts e-waste from landfill, while providing free or more affordable devices to the community and supporting organisations, universities and local authorities to reach their sustainability goals.

It is an exciting time to join Edinburgh Remakery, we are a small team with big ambitions comprised of a CEO, staff, Board and volunteers. We are passionate about creating positive change and this is reflected in the awards we regularly receive for excellence in sustainable development, leadership and business at a local and national level.

Our Vision is to create a culture of sustainable, waste-free living, and protect our planet for future generations.

Our Mission is to reduce waste by providing repair and reuse services and training to communities and businesses.

More information about our values can be viewed here.

What are we looking for?

Are you an enthusiastic storyteller who can weave the threads of our sustainability journey into engaging stories that encourage people to take action? We are looking for someone who can bring to life the characters involved in our work to stop e-waste from going to landfill, reduce digital poverty, help the movement to Net Zero targets and unite the community.

The Edinburgh Remakery is seeking a Board member who can help us thrive by raising our profile and enhancing our funding, partnership and community engagement opportunities. We are looking for a person with an eagerness for supporting the circular economy and sustainable business, that is underpinned with experience and knowledge of marketing and communications.

We normally meet once every two months for a Board meeting, these can be online via Teams or in-person at our office in Edinburgh, 13A Newkirkgate, EH6 6AD. There may be special projects and activities to contribute your skills to, as well as normal issues for discussion at board meetings. Initially, there will be some additional time required to feed into the development of a strategic marketing plan. We then anticipate a commitment of around 4 hours a month including meeting commitments, and an annual fun away day for Board and staff.

The Edinburgh Remakery always welcomes applications from people with a wide range of experiences, skills and zest for sustainability. We are also committed to being flexible to accommodate the best applicants from all walks of life.

Why should you consider this?

You would be joining a strong and effective Board of a resilient organisation that makes a difference to the circular economy and community in a real and tangible way. Our Board provides direction and leadership, and you can make a real impact on helping people reduce their waste and help with the climate emergency.

As well as serving the Edinburgh Remakery, you would also gain valuable experience and networks in the wider sustainability sector, with opportunities to add new skills to your personal and professional development.

As normal for charities, this is a voluntary (i.e. unpaid) position, but we can reimburse reasonable expenses and provide training and fun away-days for all Board members.

The Community Fridge project was established in early 2020 to help to address food insecurity whilst addressing the issue of food waste through businesses donating food destined for landfill on a relatively small-scale basis, We then secured a new dedicated facility which has more than tripled our initial fridge & freezer equipment and shelving. Our fridge and larder continues to be a lifeline to so many as evidenced by the continuing increase in registrations and footfall. We currently have 990 members of our community fridge with on average 150 – 200 visits per week.

Brunch Club - delivered from our Community Fridge/Larder we offer a meal delivery service to those who may have limited capability to cook healthy nutritious meals for themselves.

The Community Fridge Food waste is a big issue. The average household throws away £470 worth of food every year while others live in food poverty. Most food waste is avoidable and could have been eaten had it been better managed.

The Community Fridge provides access for everyone to nutritious, surplus food at low costs. It helps people save money and reduce waste.

Job Role

This role will co-ordinate the operation of the Community Fridge to successfully cut food waste, build stronger bonds within the community and provide people with access to nutritious food.

At Fife International Forum we work to engage with and support members of international communities to deal with the many challenges faced in health, social and the economic environment empowering and enabling families to successfully establish themselves in Scotland.

We have exciting opportunities for an Area Coordinator to join our established team.

We are looking for a personable, organised, and creative individual with good attention to details, a passion for delivering high-quality support, and good IT and administrative skills. You will have demonstrable leadership skills, including integrity, self-discipline, communication and people skills, trustworthiness, teamwork, conflict management, problem solving, sound judgement, initiative, and decision-making. The initial responsibilities of this varied role will include managing staff, creating, and maintaining work plans and programme schedules to deliver programmes of activities. You will also be required to prepare for and facilitate our Employability Skills Programmes in collaboration with other Area Coordinators. This is a very varied and responsible role, and the successful candidate will work as part of a small, friendly, forward-thinking team delivering a role with a purpose that benefits migrants and refugees in Fife.

The successful candidate will be expected to have a good command of English, both written and oral be able to communicate effectively with people whose first language is not English.