Could you be our next Network Coordinator for Ayrshire? Working together with our other Ayshire Network Coordinator, you will play an important role supporting local community groups and projects involved with grass roots change in Ayrshire. You will be part of and supported by a wider team of network coordinators across Scotland who are leading on the development of community climate action networks and hubs.

You will work with local community-led organisations to provide ongoing support to civil society / third sector / community led groups, ensuring structures and processes for peer support and sharing of experience and learning between groups are established and maintained. Through this, you will work with their local communities to establish a Local Implementation Group to explore options to structure future networking and develop an application for Scottish Government funding to host a regional Community Climate Action Hub.

Could you be our next Network Coordinator for Lanarkshire? You will play an important role supporting local community groups and projects involved with grass roots change in Lanarkshire. You will be part of and supported by a wider team of network coordinators across Scotland who are leading on the development of community climate action networks and hubs.

You will work with local community-led organisations to provide ongoing support to civil society / third sector / community led groups, ensuring structures and processes for peer support and sharing of experience and learning between groups are established and maintained. Through this, you will work with their local communities to establish a Local Implementation Group to explore options to structure future networking and develop an application for Scottish Government funding to host a regional Community Climate Action Hub.

We are recruiting for an Interim Operations Manager, which may become a permanent position.

SCCAN has a rapidly expanding membership and, over the past year, has moved from being a volunteer led and run organisation to one with 20 paid workers. We are considering how best to evolve our sociocratic structure and practice to ensure balance across our team which is now composed of paid workers and volunteers. Whilst this planning is undertaken, we are seeking to engage an Interim Operations Manager which may become a permanent position.

This role is currently funded to end of March 2023 with the expectation that funding will be extended.

The purpose of the role is to support our General Circle* and provide day to day operational support for SCCAN’s staff team and work circles.

* General Circle: Provides overall strategic direction to SCCAN through upholding SCCAN’s Vision, Mission and Aims and ensuring effective coordination of all SCCAN activities. This circle comprises the lead links and delegates from each of the linked work circles and is the ultimate decision making body for SCCAN.

To work closely with our Events Circle to ensure efficient planning and running of all aspects of SCCAN events. This will include:

• preparing and facilitating meetings
• liaising with other circles regarding member needs and event ideas
• detailed event planning and organisation incl. inviting and scheduling speakers, liaising with contributors & event team, booking venue (when in person) or zoom, setting up Eventbrite, coordinating promotion, updating our Events Calendar etc..
• event delivery, hosting and follow up

Knowledge and skills

Essential:

• Working with Google docs
• Working with Zoom
• Working with Eventbrite
• Good command of the English language
• Good communication skills
• Good writing skills
• Content research

Desirable

• Working with Wordpress
• Working with Youtube video editor

Experience

Essential:

• Experience working with community groups
• Some experience planning, organising and delivering events

Desirable

• Experience writing copy

Attitude

• Flexibility
• Teamwork
• Taking initiative

To work closely with our audio Story Weaver to support the ongoing activity and development of our Storytellers’ Collective. This will include:

• planning and coordinating regular blogs telling stories from across our membership as well as wider content relating to storytelling and including member contributions
• running storytelling workshops and skillshares
• working closely with other SCCAN co-workers and circle members
• administer our storytelling mini-grants

Knowledge and skills

Essential:

• Working with Google docs
• Good command of the English language
• Good communication skills
• Good writing skills
• Interest in storytelling
• Preparing and delivering presentations and workshops (Power Point, Canva, etc)
• Content research

Desirable

• Creativity
• Working with Wordpress

Experience

Essential:

• Experience working with community groups
• Experience working with stories
• Experience writing copy

Desirable

• Some experience working with stories in the written form (e.g. creative writing,
• journalism, creative practitioner, etc)

Attitude

• Flexibility
• Teamwork
• Taking initiative

SCCAN are recruiting for two Programme Leads to oversee the next stage in the Regional Network Programme. SCCAN are entering into the second phase of a Scottish Government funded project to develop a series of regional networks and support hubs across 13 identified regions in Scotland. These regional networks and hubs are built from local communities supported by a team of 14 regional Network Coordinators within SCCAN. This project originates directly from COP26 in Glasgow and is part of the Scottish Government’s commitment to support community climate action networks across Scotland. The networks consist of grass roots, community, third sector and public sector organisations to support regional networks and emergent regional hubs.

Programme Leads will be responsible for overseeing support for the development and progression of regional networks and hubs across Scotland. The role will provide practical, organisational and emotional support to a team of regional Network Coordinators, assisting them with network building, hub development and application as the programme progresses. Due to the wide ranging needs and diversity across the thirteen identified regions, existing networks are at varying stages of development, with subsequent differing support and development needs.

You can find more information outlined in our job description.

Could you be our next Network Coordinator for Edinburgh? You will play an important role supporting local community groups and projects involved with grass roots change in Edinburgh. You will be part of and supported by a wider team of network coordinators across Scotland who are leading on the development of community climate action networks and hubs.

You will work with local community-led organisations to provide ongoing support to civil society / third sector / community led groups, ensuring structures and processes for peer support and sharing of experience and learning between groups are established and maintained. Through this, you will work with their local communities to establish a Local Implementation Group to explore options to structure future networking and develop an application for Scottish Government funding to host a regional Community Climate Action Hub.

Background

SCCAN is a sociocratic organisation that works through a decentralised structure, which disperses power and gives autonomy to those implementing different aspects of our work. SCCAN is a network that supports community-led action to address the climate and nature emergency, working for a just, thriving and resilient Scotland. We have a rapidly expanding membership of around 460 organisations, plus individuals. Over the past 18 months, SCCAN has added 20 paid workers to our volunteer-led organisation.

We are considering how best to develop our sociocratic structure and practice to ensure balance across our team which is now composed of paid workers and volunteers. This role is currently funded to end March 2024 with the expectation that the funding will be extended.

Job Purpose

To support the effective functioning of our General Circle 1 ensuring meetings are regularand timely, ensuring actions created in the general circle are completed, and provide day to day operational (including budget and financial management alongside HR support) support for SCCAN’s staff team and work circles.

Main Responsibilities

1. To support the effective functioning of and enable the work of our General Circle

2. Facilitative support for SCCAN staff and long-term freelance contractors and all circle members within our sociocratic structure

3. Ensuring SCCAN fulfills its legal responsibilities as an employer

4. Leading on fundraising and ensuring SCCAN delivers on its obligations to funders

5. Financial planning, monitoring and oversight of the overall budget

6. Ensure regular progress reports submitted to General Circle, SCCAN Board, funders and partners

7. Lead the continuing development and oversight of in-house admin systems, infrastructure, ensure appropriate policies and procedures (incl. monitoring and evaluation) for supporting staff and circle members are in place.

8. Ensuring adherence to SCCAN’s values, policies and procedures by ensuring any breaches are resolved and clearly communicated.