Charity registered in Scotland SC037654
Our work is driven by a passionate belief that we all have a responsibility to protect birds and the environment.
This is a Fixed-Term for 18.5 hours per week - The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.
The suitable candidate will be based in Scotland (be that home/hybrid based)
What's the role about?
This role aims to support key projects and initiatives as well as to support Scotland’s regional operations team with all their education, families, and youth work, enabling more and more diverse people to connect with and act for nature.
Duties include - Non-Exhaustive
• In line with RSPB’s Youth Strategy, support staff and volunteers across Scotland in their delivery of projects in order to contribute towards agreed targets.
• Deliver a recognised and respected source of leadership, support and advice to regional/country teams engaged on Education, Families and Youth work.
• Enhance the regional/county teams understanding of working with young people through co-design approaches, enabling them to increase their confidence in working with them – so that more young people have a positive experience of nature.
• Support the development of capabilities and knowledge of regional/country staff and volunteers delivering education, families, and youth work, to ensure delivery of the regional/country plans.
• In line with RSPB standards, the Scotland context and reflecting the needs of the Scottish curriculum, help develop, and support agreed Education, Family and Youth projects which contribute towards country targets.
• Monitor, evaluate and review agreed areas of Education, Families and Youth delivery to ensure it meets RSPB policy and standards and is achieving agreed Youth strategy targets.
• Lead (with Line Manager/other staff members where appropriate) on awareness raising, training and advice for safeguarding policy and procedure across the region to ensure staff and volunteers are aware of key issues and feel confident in engaging with young people.
• Support capability and knowledge development of volunteers delivering education, families, and youth work to help raise awareness and understanding of volunteering as a positive way of meeting business needs.
• Seek opportunities to develop new approaches to deliver the Youth Strategy to help meet agreed targets.
What we need from you
Essentials:
• Good leadership – ability to motivate and influence people to deliver objectives without direct line management.
• Excellent communication (both verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, successfully influencing, persuading, guiding, listening to, and negotiating with others, constructively challenging thinking where appropriate.
• Ability to build and manage effective and productive internal stakeholder relationships.
• Excellent time management, planning and organisational skills; ability to manage and deliver a diverse portfolio of work and administration within a limited time.
• Ability to be proactive, use initiative and work independently.
• Ability to balance a strong focus on achieving successful outcomes with the need to empower, enable, motivate, inspire, and develop others.
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Excel for normal business use.
• Working with young people and/or supporting/managing those that do.
• Experience of working as part of a team and with volunteers.
• Enthusing others about the benefits of working with young people and their families to themselves and the organisation.
• Experience of working in the charitable sector or in an organisation that works closely with young people or families.
• Experience of providing operational advice and guidance to people at all levels and building effective stakeholder relationships.
Desirables:
• Teaching qualification.
• Youth Work qualification.
RSPB Scotland recently secured funding from a variety of partners to explore how it might deliver a ‘gold standard’ ethical investment model for biodiversity enhancement in Scotland.
We need a Project Manager who can take us on the first part of the journey so that, in time, we may be able to offer biodiversity credits to what will be a new market, potentially comparable to the emerging climate / carbon credits market.
Whether RSPB ultimately gets involved or not, we want to shape the market so that nature is the principal beneficiary.
What's the role about?
The nature crisis is increasingly recognised as being comparable to the climate crisis. Scotland’s recently published Revised Draft National Planning Framework 4 explicitly recognises that there are dual crises, and will introduce a requirement for development to contribute to the enhancement of biodiversity. Along with other legislative and fiscal initiatives to protect and boost nature, this is likely to result in significant private investment into nature conservation and biodiversity enhancement.
This job will seek to take advantage of the growing acknowledgment of the nature crisis by leading the development of a model for private finance investment in enhancing biodiversity, primarily on behalf of the RSPB, but which can be transferable to other ENGOs.
The RSPB owns and / or manages 77,000 hectares of land in Scotland, so there are plenty of opportunities to invest in helping nature to recover. Prioritising investment is likely to be part of the challenge and, looking to the future, there will be a need to positively influence the market for biodiversity credits, so that nature continues to benefit over the long term, rather than speculators who might trade those credits.
The job will largely involve working with internal colleagues to determine how best to go about offering opportunities for private investment in biodiversity enhancement, and would suit someone who is comfortable working to deliver practical initiatives in rapidly changing and sometimes uncertain contexts and circumstances.
Essential skills, knowledge and experience:
Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:
The job can be done from anywhere in the UK, but there is likely to be a need to be in Edinburgh on an ad hoc but, potentially, reasonably recurrent basis.
The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.
Are you able to deliver fantastic customer service, and would you like to work for an organisation that is making a big difference to our natural world?
We are looking for an enthusiastic and hard-working people person, to help work in our shop and visitor centre at Loch Garten.
Loch Garten has a long-established reputation as being the ancestral home of ospreys in the UK and the Nature Centre opens every season to allow thousands of visitors to see these magnificent and enthralling birds, as they battle all that nature can throw at them to raise a family. As well as ospreys, visitors are treated to close-up views of red squirrels and many small birds, including crested tits and great spotted woodpeckers. The centre is within Abernethy National Nature Reserve, the RSPB’s second largest reserve, which contains the largest remnant of ancient Caledonian pine-forest in the UK and is set amidst the magnificent landscape of the Cairngorms National Park.
About the Role
Our work in the visitor centre is planned via the use of rotas and would include weekend working. Full induction and training would be provided, with opportunities to learn about the running of a busy visitor centre and nature reserve operation.
Our shop and Nature Centre operations are a crucial part of what we do here, encouraging visitors to explore the reserve, and giving them a great visitor experience.
You will be able to communicate well with our visitors and offer excellent levels of customer care. Duties will include working on our meet and greet operation, helping with the shop, undertaking stock takes, welcoming visitors to the reserve, giving out information, and encouraging visitors to support our work.
You will also support our Retail Manager, helping to serve customers, and undertaking other duties typical of a shop operation.
Essential skills, knowledge and experience:
Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:
The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.
RSPB is the largest nature conservation charity in Europe, with over one million members. We work to achieve a better world for both nature and people, where biodiversity loss has halted, and human actions ensure the sustainable management of the planet’s natural resources. Extensive research programmes ensure that sound scientific knowledge underpins our work. We provide opportunities for people to enjoy and learn about the natural world and for young people to develop an understanding of environmental issues and wildlife.
RSPB Scotland manages 80 nature reserves from Shetland in the north to the Mull of Galloway in the south. We collaborate with other organisations to deliver a wide range of projects and activities both on and off our nature reserves.
What does the role involve?
RSPB Scotland’s Funding Development team is based at our Scottish HQ in Edinburgh. We raise money for conservation, education, advocacy and other activities taking place across Scotland from a range of sources including grant funders, corporate businesses, individuals and communities.
The focus of this role will be to secure grants from funders including charitable trusts, the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund, Peatland Action and the National Lottery. This involves:
What We Need From You:
We need someone who is highly organised, has good attention to detail and can work calmly to tight deadlines. You would be part of a four person grants team and a wider eleven-person Funding Development team. A friendly, positive attitude and willingness to collaborate within the team and adapt to changing priorities is required. Experience of grant fundraising would be advantageous.
Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
This rare opportunity will see you working in one of Scotland’s most dynamic cities, Dundee. RSPB Scotland are looking to engage with the people who live and work in Dundee on exploring how to save nature together. This varied and exciting position is the first step of our journey in the city and has lots of scopes to be shaped by you.
What’s the role about?
With climate and biodiversity in crisis, the environment needs our help more than ever. The importance of bringing people closer to nature has arguably never been greater and we’re looking for someone to explore what matters to the people of Dundee and to make important connections.
We want to be part of a diverse, people-powered movement to take long-lasting action for nature and Dundee provides an opportunity to achieve this alongside others.
To achieve this, you will be part of the city, building relationships with the people who live and work thereby having conversations and listening to people about their experiences and what matters to them. This will be achieved through direct engagement via a variety of communication methods and you will be responsible for planning, developing and delivering this programme.
We want RSPB Scotland’s future in Dundee to be relevant, innovative and collaboratively designed but first we have to understand what is happening in Dundee now. You will spend time exploring and reporting on existing initiatives and projects, scoping multi-sector partnership working opportunities and assess and communicate on where we can add value to existing work by other organisations.
Through this project, you will begin to identify new strands of work and opportunities for RSPB Scotland and will work closely with the Senior Conservation Officer on making recommendations to inform the next stage of the project.
There are already a number of successful and innovative environmental initiatives across the city and the need for meaningful collaborative environmental action as a force for transformational, positive change has arguably never been greater. The successful candidate will immerse themselves in this environment as RSPB Scotland’s representative in the city.
We want a creative, passionate individual to drive our work in Dundee, bringing energy, fresh ideas and problem-solving skills. This exciting position is the first step on RSPB Scotland’s journey in Dundee and has lots of scope to be shaped by you. If this sounds like the role for you, then we’d love to hear from you.
This post is managed by the Senior Conservation Officer covering Loch Lomond, The Trossachs, and Tayside. The Project Officer will also be supported by the Engagement team based in Edinburgh and the Giving Nature a Home Glasgow team as necessary.
The base location for this role is flexible and can be home-based. The successful candidate will however need to be able to and travel within Dundee frequently and regularly liaise with communities and organisations based there.
What we need from you?
As Project Officer in Dundee, you will lead on all agreed project outcomes and work independently to drive forward our aspiration in a professional and enthusiastic manner. Therefore, you will have:
• Excellent verbal communications skills; being able to passionately communicate about your work in a credible manner
• An ability to produce clear written communications in the form of reports and articles
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to find creative solutions
• Experience of developing and working in partnerships
• Proven time management and organisational skills
• Interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively engage with and enthuse a wide range of people
• The ability to work under your own initiative and adapt to changing circumstances
• The ability to work well as part of a cross-functional team
• Competent IT skills (e.g. Microsoft Office)
• Energy and passion
• As this role involves request travel - Access to transport is important
Together, we can create a world richer in nature
As the largest nature conservation charity in the UK the RSPB has a critical role to play in protecting and restoring nature for future generations. We are facing a nature and climate crisis: RSPB’s vision is a shared world where wildlife, wild places and all people thrive.
Like nature our survival depends on diversity. Nature has no borders and neither do we. We recognise that everyone is individual and different, and value what that difference brings to the RSPB. We want to support everyone to unlock their potential and better reflect the communities in which we work.
Our Council, the Trustee Board, plays a critical role in helping our organisation to evolve and ensure our work has the biggest possible impact. We aim for Council to be made up of a diverse group of people with a blend of skills, experience, and expertise to meet future challenges and opportunities. With this in mind we are seeking three potential new Trustees.
We are particularly interested in individuals who bring experience from farming or land management, land ownership, conservation science, marketing or technology; across digital and social media. We are also open to broader skills and experience and encourage you to explore the details if you have an interest in supporting us.
This is a great opportunity for you to use your political knowledge and expertise to help tackle the nature and climate emergency!
Working closely with our policy team, you will lead our relationship with the Scottish Parliament and our political contacts, helping ensure nature's voice is heard. Working closely with colleagues from across the RSPB and our partner organisations, you will develop our political strategy, identify political engagement opportunities and manage our presence at external events such as party conferences and parliamentary receptions.
RSPB Scotland is Scotland’s largest nature conservation charity. We work with politicians and other decision makers in the Scottish Parliament and across Scotland’s wider political sector to protect and restore Scotland’s nature.
An effective communicator, advocate and negotiator, you will have an excellent understanding of political processes in Scotland and how they impact on, and can help tackle, the nature and climate emergency.
Essential skills, knowledge & experience:
Desirable skills, knowledge & experience:
Use your political knowledge and expertise to help tackle the nature and climate emergency!
Working closely with our policy teams and our partners, you will lead our relationship with the Scottish Parliament and our political contacts, helping ensure nature's voice is heard. You will develop our political strategy, identify political engagement opportunities, and manage our presence at external events such as party conferences and parliamentary receptions.
RSPB Scotland is Scotland’s largest nature conservation charity. We work with politicians and other decision makers in the Scottish Parliament and across Scotland’s wider political sector to protect and restore Scotland’s nature.
Working closely with our policy team, you will lead our relationship with the Scottish Parliament and our political contacts, helping ensure nature’s voice is heard. Working closely with colleagues from across the RSPB and our partner organisations, you will develop our political strategy, identify political engagement opportunities, and manage our presence at external events such as party conferences and parliamentary receptions.
An effective communicator, advocate, and negotiator, you will have an excellent understanding of political processes in Scotland and how they impact on, and can help tackle, the nature and climate emergency.
Essential skills, knowledge & experience:
Desirable skills, knowledge & experience:
The Campaigns and Communications Officer role is a great opportunity to use your communications skills and knowledge of policy in Scotland to help tackle the nature and climate emergency.
RSPB Scotland is Scotland’s largest nature conservation charity. The campaigns team works across the organisation and with external coalitions and partners to build broad public support for our policy priorities. The successful candidate will work closely with parliamentary and communications colleagues.
Current and forthcoming policy priorities include agriculture, biodiversity, land use and marine planning. The successful candidate will coordinate internal and external stakeholders and support the development and implementation of activity designed to mobilise people for nature and climate.
This is a fixed-term role which would make an excellent secondment opportunity. We see the role as a development opportunity for those with some experience looking to develop their campaigning and advocacy skills.
Essential skills, knowledge and experience:
Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:
The successful candidate will be able to conduct this role remotely, however occasional meetings at our office in Edinburgh will be required.
The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.
Are you passionate about nature?
Do you have the experience and skills to lead our work with children and young people in Scotland, including through strategy development, establishing partnerships and advocating our education policy objectives?
We are looking for a skilled, enthusiastic and highly motivated Education, Families and Youth Manager to work within our Scotland team. You will support the development of transformational experiences for young people and families across Scotland and seek out new opportunities with funders and partners.
You will be an experienced leader with a track record of developing and managing projects, inspiring teams and managing change, with knowledge of safeguarding, formal education and community outreach. You will have good knowledge and experience of the education and youth sector in Scotland. You will be an excellent communicator who is able to prioritise and think strategically.
What's the role about?
You will:
This is a really exciting time to join the RSPB in Scotland where we have helped deliver some amazing successes for saving nature and inspiring people, and you'll have the opportunity to work as part of a dynamic team, helping to shape the way we connect young people with our wonderful wildlife.
Essential skills, knowledge and experience:
The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.
Biosecurity for LIFE is a UK-wide project set up by the RSPB, National Trust, and the National Trust for Scotland to protect our internationally important seabird islands from introduced mammalian predators, a major threat to ground-nesting seabirds. The project is working with conservation organisations, boat operators, island communities and volunteers to develop and implement biosecurity checks and measures, and has delivered extensive education and awareness-raising activities to promote biosecurity and the simple things anyone travelling to islands can do to help safeguard our seabirds.
This role is based in Edinburgh with occasional travel across Scotland and the rest of the UK, and involves working with a range of individuals from different age groups and diverse backgrounds.
What's the role about?
The Biosecurity for LIFE project is entering its transition phase into a maintenance programme, having developed comprehensive plans with biosecurity island managers and communities, and raised awareness of biosecurity with thousands of industry and island visitors and communities. The purpose of this role is to empower these new biosecurity heroes to look after our islands and seabirds beyond the project’s lifetime.
You will support island managers, volunteers and communities in Scotland and NE England to commit to their biosecurity plans and implement their checks and measures. You will lead on recruiting, developing and supporting a network of up to 160 volunteers across the UK to respond to biosecurity incursions with the other Biosecurity Officers in Wales, SW England, Northern Ireland, Shetland and Orkney. You will manage the distribution incursion hub in Edinburgh, ensuring the network of up to 7 UK incursion hubs are equipped and response ready.
This could be an ideal secondment opportunity.
What we need from you
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours
Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours
This exciting opportunity will see you managing RSPB Scotland’s work in one of Scotland’s most dynamic cities, Dundee. The successful candidate will build upon the team’s development work in the city and form successful partnerships to develop inspirational, collaborative projects and initiatives.
The base location for this role is flexible and can be home-based. The successful candidate will however need to be able to travel to and within Dundee frequently.
What's the role about?
With climate and biodiversity in crisis, the environment needs our help more than ever. For RSPB’s vision of a world richer in nature to be realised, people and communities need to be at the heart of the change. We need to work with and enable more and broader audiences to act for nature. We want you to be a key part of this in Dundee.
In 2022 we have dedicated time to get to know the many existing exciting and established initiatives and projects happening across the city and we have laid the foundations for strong future partnership working. As Dundee Project Manager you will build upon this work and drive forward our aspiration of a diverse, people-powered movement in the city.
We want a creative, passionate Project Manager to lead this work, bringing energy, fresh ideas and problem-solving skills. You will work closely with partner organisations and community representatives to develop collaborative projects, initiatives, and event opportunities. You will identify and secure funding opportunities to further the project objectives and manage the overall project budget and management framework. The successful candidate will be a strong advocate for the project and continually seek to promote the project to external audiences and develop communications content.
Our development work has identified a strong collaborative approach between partners in Dundee and managing existing relationships and developing new ones will be an important part of this role. In establishing an RSPB presence in Dundee, we have set out to be relevant, meaningful, and guided by what matters to people. The exciting next phase of this project is to progress this by turning our listening into action.
This post is managed by the Senior Conservation Officer covering Loch Lomond, The Trossachs and Tayside. The Project Manager will work closely with various internal RSPB teams including Engagement, Community Empowerment and Fundraising & Communications. You will oversee the growth of the project which is likely to involve line management of other project posts in the future.
Essential skills, knowledge, and experience:
As Dundee Project Manager you will lead on all agreed project outcomes and progress our work in a professional and enthusiastic manner. Therefore, you will have: