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.

Would you like to work within an innovative and engaging organisation that is working towards bettering the lives of others through cycling?

Cycling UK believes that cycling enriches people’s lives and is an essential ingredient in happier, healthier communities. Our mission is to enable millions more people to cycle, and our development projects across Scotland are a vital part of achieving that mission. The Bothy is a network of 4 place-based projects across Scotland aimed at supporting and encouraging walking, wheeling, and cycling. Staff by Cycling UK development officers, each project works with and for the local community to provide access to information and support - such as bikes and equipment, walking, wheeling and cycling route guides and local bike service information.

With activities such as led rides, health walks, bike loan schemes, hands-on support and guidance for individuals, organisations and business, the Bothies are embedded in their locations to help people make active travel choices and feel confident walking, wheeling, and cycling in their local area.

We are looking for a self-motivated, entrepreneurial individual to lead the success of the Bothy project. Supporting your team of development officers, you will ensure that our impact is captured and communicated across a broad audience as we change lives for the better.

Tell us why you are the person to drive impact in this capacity. Explore the job description for full details on this exciting opportunity. Complete the application form expressing why you are the right candidate for this opening.

Focus on gearing your supporting statement to exemplify how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role, directly referring to the person specification. This enables the selection panel to assess your relative strengths against the specified criteria.

Paths for All has an exciting opportunity to join our Community Paths team to support the delivery of the Ian Findlay Path Fund

Paths for All’s vision is for Scotland to be a walking nation. We want everyone to have the opportunity to be active every day, creating a happier, healthier, and greener Scotland. A key element of this work involves significantly improving the accessibility and suitability of our walking environment to enable more people to choose to walk for both leisure and practical journeys in Scotland.

The Ian Findlay Path Fund (IFPF) first opened in August 2022 and allocated £1.3M towards path projects before the end of March 2023. It is about to enter the second round with a further £1.5M funding available to be allocated this year. It is named after our late Chief Officer.

The fund ensures that local path networks and routes are available and suitable for daily travel needs of the communities they serve. It helps to build-in climate resilience to local path management and funds path development and improvement to remove barriers and increase walking, wheeling and active travel within and between communities.

The Development Officer, Ian Findlay Path Fund has a key role in supporting the continued development of the fund and the delivery of its aims and objectives.

The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate strong organisational and communication skills alongside a commitment and passion for encouraging and developing community development and behaviour change linked to the sustainable transport sector.

This fund is a significant investment in active and sustainable travel. Therefore, the role has responsibility to demonstrate how our funding contributes to Scotland’s climate change and public health priorities whilst also supporting communities and organisations across Scotland to build back after the COVID pandemic.

We offer the opportunity to be part of an organisation that recognises staff as our most valued asset. Attractive employment conditions include a contributory pension scheme and flexi-time policy.

Do you dream about a more rewarding career? One where you make a real difference to people’s lives? One with hybrid working, job permanence and career development? Then why not become an Affordable Warmth Advisor at Changeworks, Scotland’s leading environmental charity delivering solutions for low carbon living?

As an Affordable Warmth Advisor, you’ll provide people with crucial support to get through the growing energy crisis. Our Community Engagement and Energy Advice Services are on the frontline, providing a range of information and support to the public including signposting, advice, advocacy and support for people, particularly for those in fuel poverty, and awareness-raising and engagement activity at talks and events.

We are seeking to recruit additional Affordable Warmth Advisors to help us expand our services across Scotland, to support more people in need and to drive energy efficiency. Our Advisors are naturally supportive, highly motivated and driven by delivering real outcomes for their customers. If you have excellent communication skills, a ‘can do’ attitude and a mature and responsible approach to your work, we’d love to hear from you. The work can be complex, and our customers are often in acute need, meaning the role can be highly rewarding as you can make a real difference to someone’s life.

A background in energy or advice is desirable, customer experience essential, and you should have an understanding of vulnerability and awareness of fuel poverty You should have experience of producing high quality written reports or papers. A driving licence is beneficial as some of our work is face-to-face, and in rural areas.

We will start to grow your knowledge of services straight away with training over your first months. Training and knowledge sharing will be ongoing to ensure you are kept up to date with sector specific developments and new technologies.

We offer an attractive staff benefits package, excellent pension and employee benefits which include 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.

Changeworks runs a very successful fuel billing, energy advice and advocacy service for vulnerable householders across Edinburgh, East Lothian, West Lothian, Midlothian, Borders, and Highland regions. We are seeking an Administrative Advisor to provide high quality energy efficiency advice to our clients, as well as excellent administrative support to the Affordable Warmth Services Team.

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic individual with excellent customer service skills. This is a varied and flexible role, working as part of a team, supporting a busy department. As the first point of contact for vulnerable clients you should be a confident communicator, with an excellent telephone manner. You will also deliver advice face to face at outreach events. You will have experience working with databases and IT packages such as Outlook, Word, Excel working to a high level of accuracy throughout.

We will start to grow your knowledge of services straight away, including full training on the topic of energy efficiency advice as well as a City and Guilds qualification on Energy Efficiency in the home. Further training in all the relevant operations and tasks will also be provided. Due to the nature of the role, training will be ongoing to ensure that employees are kept up to date with developments and new technologies.

We offer an attractive staff benefits package, excellent pension and employee benefits which include 26 days paid holiday plus 9 bank holidays per year.

To apply, please download the application form from changeworks.org.uk, email recruitment@changeworks.org.uk or contact reception on 0131 555 4010 to request an application pack quoting the reference AWSAA

We are looking for a Senior Officer to join our Low Carbon Communities team, a tight knit group of engagement specialists who deliver a diverse mix of projects supporting household decarbonisation. We need an experienced and enthusiastic individual to help develop and lead a programme of low carbon living projects.

You will be working within the Low Carbon Communities delivery team, and with a range of external partners and stakeholders, to lead projects through all stages, including conception, development, design, delivery and monitoring. You will have line management responsibility and oversee key external relationships and contracts.

We are looking for an exceptionally organised and highly motivated project or programme manager, able to work across various workstreams and priorities, helping anchor and support the team and bringing creative ideas and solutions to our work. You should be a skilled communicator and a team player, with the ability to engage, enthuse and influence the people you work with.

This is an exciting time as we hone our focus on decarbonising the home and you will play a key role in bringing to life our new community engagement strategy, leading on the development and setting-up of projects to ensure they are planned and delivered to a high standard.

Benefits

Changeworks is a great place to work. We hold Investors in People Platinum accreditation (something only a few organisations in Scotland have), and we were nominated for employer of the year by the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce this year. Our staff overwhelmingly would recommend us as an employer too.

The Climate Emergency has resulted in ambitious national targets to reduce carbon emissions from the built environment and reduce rates of fuel poverty. This has driven a significant increase in the number of pilot and large-scale interventions delivered by Changeworks and external organisations in this area. These include area-based domestic energy efficiency retrofit and decarbonisation projects and programmes.

We are a growing organisation, and this role is crucial to the delivery of our ambitious objectives. We want to decarbonise homes in Scotland on a massive scale, and that needs talented individuals like you to help us deliver on our objectives. You’ll receive full training plus coaching and mentoring.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits including flexible working, bike to work scheme, an excellent pension scheme and 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.

At Changeworks, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone.

Are you looking for a role where you can really make a difference? Changeworks, Scotland’s leading environmental charity, is looking for an ICT Support technician to play a key role in helping us tackle the climate emergency.

You’ll join our dedicated ICT team, playing a crucial role in providing ICT support for staff across the organisation. This will encompass a wide variety of areas including administration of our network, servers, and cloud-based services.

You’ll be keen to learn, and we will support you with training to develop your skills. You’ll have strong IT literacy skills and have a good knowledge of Windows based PC systems and Microsoft 365 products. But any experience with network protocols, Microsoft Server 2012 R2 or above, and CRM systems would be a bonus.

You’ll use your customer facing skills to deal with issues effectively and smoothly. As well as using your communication skills to plainly explain and show staff how to use various ICT services. You’ll be confident to work autonomously and take the initiative, as well as working as part of a team.

If you’re passionate about information technology and have a passion for tackling the climate emergency, we want to hear from you.

Benefits

Changeworks is a great place to work. We hold Investors in People Platinum accreditation (something only a few organisations in Scotland have), and we were nominated for employer of the year by the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce this year. Our staff overwhelmingly would recommend us as an employer too.

The Climate Emergency has resulted in ambitious national targets to reduce carbon emissions from the built environment and reduce rates of fuel poverty. This has driven a significant increase in the number of pilot and large-scale interventions delivered by Changeworks and external organisations in this area. These include area-based domestic energy efficiency retrofit and decarbonisation projects and programmes.

We are a growing organisation, and this role is crucial to the delivery of our ambitious objectives. We want to decarbonise homes in Scotland on a massive scale, and that needs talented individuals like you to help us deliver on our objectives. You’ll receive full training plus coaching and mentoring.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits including flexible working, bike to work scheme, an excellent pension scheme and 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.

At Changeworks, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone.