We are seeking a National Organiser to lead our team helping people across Scotland open their gardens to the public to raise money for charity. The National Organiser will be accountable to the Trustees for the smooth running of the affairs of SGS and for the effective management of the functions of Head Office, currently sited in Edinburgh, and its staff of three. The National Organiser will also contribute to the formulation of the organisation’s strategic objectives in collaboration with the Trustees and to be responsible for their implementation. Key tasks include the organisation and provision of effective support for District Volunteers and Garden Openers; raising of awareness of the beneficial impact of our fund raising; acting as an ambassador to other charities, sponsors, media contacts and other third parties, and assuring financial control within budgets set by the Trustees.
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Our Charity
Scotland’s Gardens Scheme is a national charity, formed in 1931, whose purpose is to raise money for charity through enabling, encouraging and supporting garden openings in Scotland, whilst making the whole experience inspiring, rewarding and enjoyable for all involved. The Charity is overseen by a Board of Trustees and managed by the National Organiser. Most of the gardens in the Scheme are privately owned with around 500 opening each year. Our garden openers are also supported by our District volunteers, of which we have about 190 spread across 23 regional districts.
Top job! CEO
- Full time
- £56,562 – £63,092
- This post can be based in our Inverkeithing and/or Glasgow office.
- Closing 14th March 2020
Are you looking for a new challenge to help in the continuous growth of a successful grant manager in Scotland?
Are you interested in creating a stronger collaboration between the public, private and third sector to create a positive social, economic and environmental impact within communities across Scotland?
Then this is a great opportunity for you as CEO of Impact Funding Partners (IFP).
Impact Funding Partners (formerly known as Voluntary Action Fund) are looking for a new Chief Executive with a proven track record of income growth and organisational development.
We are looking for a passionate individual with experience of working across a range of sectors including Government. You will have the opportunity to create positive social, economic and environmental impact within communities while helping to shape the funding landscape in Scotland.
About us
This is an exciting time to join IFP (formerly known as the Voluntary Action Fund) following our rebranding, the recruitment of new board members creating a dynamic and proactive Board of Directors and the launch of our new strategy – Together we can create a Fairer Future – aimed at creating a fair, inclusive society where communities thrive and people are engaged, connected, and able to shape their own lives.
We are a successful grant manager with 37 years of experience, driven by our core values of equality, relationships, authenticity, openness and dynamism.
Our proven approach is to help funders make the most of their investment so that it has the greatest impact. This can be achieved by distributing funding, increasing capacity and building trusting relationships, which helps organisations achieve even more with their funding.
Our area of expertise is managing funds which tackle inequality in all its forms. Equality and diversity are core to our work and drives everything we do and how we do it.
Role
As IFP has entered a new phase of growth following its rebranding and has initiated a new business strategy, you will have proven experience in successfully forming partnerships and promote cross-sectoral collaboration. You will be dealing with senior stakeholders in the public, private and/or third sector, and therefore you will need to demonstrate the ability to engage with public sector funding bodies, potential new funders in the private sector, as well as understand the nuances of the third sector.
A natural leader, you will have excellent communication and negotiation skills with the ability to adapt your management style in a changing environment, and lead through example and inspiration. As the CEO of IFP you will act as brand ambassador and convey IFP’s strengths, values and priorities to a diverse audience. For that you will have the vision, strategic insight and ability to understand the environment in which IFP operates and raise its profile.
In the current changing socio-economic and political environment in Scotland, it is imperative that you value and promote innovative thinking that allows for the identification of sustainable solutions with a positive social, economic and environmental impact. Finally, you are a decision-maker who is not afraid to take calculated risks in order to support the continuous growth of IFP.
Research and Evaluation Manager - Scotland
- Full time
- £30,000
- Home based or office based in Glasgow/Edinburgh
- Closing 16th March 2020
Purpose of Role:
To manage and deliver the monitoring and evaluation of Cycling UK projects in Scotland, providing research and analysis expertise where required, to show the impact of our work
Scope of Role: The postholder will work with the Head of Development Scotland, Project Managers, Development Officers and the Director of Behaviour Change and Development to plan and deliver the monitoring, evaluation and research aspects of our behaviour change projects – including Big Bike Revival, Play Together on Pedals and WheelNess – that seek to support more people to cycle in communities across Scotland.
If you have Research and Evaluation experience then we'd love to have you join our team in Scotland.
Research and Evaluation Manager - Scotland (home based)
- Full time
- £30,000
- Home based or office based in Glasgow/Edinburgh
- Closing 16th March 2020
Purpose of Role:
To manage and deliver the monitoring and evaluation of Cycling UK projects in Scotland, providing research and analysis expertise where required, to show the impact of our work
Scope of Role: The postholder will work with the Head of Development Scotland, Project Managers, Development Officers and the Director of Behaviour Change and Development to plan and deliver the monitoring, evaluation and research aspects of our behaviour change projects – including Big Bike Revival, Play Together on Pedals and WheelNess – that seek to support more people to cycle in communities across Scotland.
If you have Research and Evaluation experience then we'd love to have you join our team in Scotland.
The Energy Advice Project is a new and innovative approach to helping vulnerable energy consumers in the Stirling Council Area. It is unique, in that Stirling Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) is reaching out to the people who need help, rather than expecting to find them at specific events. The Energy Advice Service moves beyond the traditional ‘advice’ only model typical of most CABs, to actually delivering change with a capital budget and strong referral relationships to more specialist energy advisors.
Stirling CAB is well-known and trusted with a long-established local presence which can reach the most vulnerable consumers in Stirling and surrounding rural areas. The project is the accumulation of all our learning previously gained in helping people manage their energy consumption. To make a real difference, we realise our CAB must combine help in managing energy with physically making long-term changes in energy habits and consumption. We will therefore undertake home visits to inform on good energy practice as well as using a capital budget to make small physical changes to properties through a partnership with a volunteer handyman organisation “Volunteering Matters”. Where appropriate, our Energy Advice Service will refer appropriate clients to other expert organisations for specialist advice and/or infrastructure changes (e.g. new boilers). The proposal will improve the energy capacity and energy environment of 1200 adults in rural Stirling District each year for the duration of the project.
Roles & responsibilities
The Energy Advice Worker will:
Provide independent and trusted energy advice to vulnerable people in Stirling and surrounding rural area.
Provide a 2nd tier consultancy support service to build the energy advice capacity of the front line Stirling CAB advice services & support partner agencies
Engage with people encountering problems with their utility suppliers and those in short and long-term financial crisis & resolve their utility debts
Promote, encourage and empower local people who have yet to engage the Home Energy Scotland Warmer Homes Scheme
Facilitate the installation of minor energy saving measures in people’s home (e.g. LED Bulbs), using our partner ‘handyman’ service
Provide a tariff switching service for vulnerable people
Train volunteer workers to provide continuity in assistance.
· Actively participating in and influencing stakeholder groups, e.g. Tackling Poverty and Inequality Group, Fuel/Energy Policy Forums and other relevant frontline workers’ groups, in consultation with the Bureau Manager
The direct beneficiaries of this service will be Stirling District residents who are struggling to fund, manage or fully understand their utility bills and energy usage.
Our service will be open to all who seek the help of CAB in Stirling, but also those with whom we can engage through the additionality of attendance at the two local food banks, library based outreach services in rural Stirlingshire and via our partnership with Hanover Housing Association.
While the service is available to everyone, we specifically expect to focus on those who are vulnerable or are less capable of effectively managing their energy usage and those who have not yet engaged with Home Energy Scotland to improve the energy efficiency of their homes.
Our approach is to be easily accessible across the whole district via the food bank, library outreach, home visits, CAB internal & external stakeholder referral, Sheltered Housing clinic & our Tariff switching sessions.
The Energy Advice Service focus is vulnerable consumers irrespective of their housing tenure primarily:
• Older People
• People with disabilities Low income families with young children
• Vulnerable people in fuel poverty
• People in hard to heat homes
In understanding the needs of the target audience & the approach to engage (as well as the design of our service), the Stirling CAB Energy Advice Service has paid attention to the key barriers & best practice guidance within the OFGEM Consumer Vulnerability Strategy.
UK COP26 Coalition Co-Coordinator
- Full time
- £30,582
- Glasgow. You will also be expected to undertake some travel around the UK in the course of your work.
- Closing 16th March 2020
The UN climate talks (COP26) will take place in Glasgow from 9-20 November 2020. The UK COP26 Coalition is a broad UK-wide coalition through which civil society will plan together, share resources and learning, and organise a mass mobilisation and Peoples' counter-summit during the talks. It aims to support the transformation of the climate movement in the UK, to a stronger, more climate-justice centred movement long after COP26 is over.
We are recruiting two Co-Cordinators, one based in Glasgow, one based in London to coordinate a broad, diverse and inclusive coalition of civil society groups, working in a flexible and open way that allows for different levels of access and involvement, engaging established and new actors across the breadth of sectoral, thematic and regional spaces.
The successful applicants will need to be excellent networkers, highly organised, skilled in facilitation and communication with a wide range of audiences, have a strong track record of working with marginalised groups and an understanding of the wider political context around the climate summit.
We would particularly like to encourage applications from people of colour / black or brown people and people most impacted by climate change or impacted by other kinds of environmental, social, and economic injustice who are currently under-represented in the climate and environmental movements in the UK.
This is one of two Coalition Coordinator posts being recruited at the same time. The other post will be based in London. Expectation of strong coordination and collaboration between two posts
We are open to secondments.
Reporting to: Head of Campaigns, Friends of the Earth Scotland on behalf of the UK COP26 Coalition.
Finance and Office Manager (Maternity Cover)
- Part time
- £28,000 pro-rata
- Edinburgh
- Closing 16th March 2020
ELGT is looking to appoint a Finance & Office Manager (Maternity Cover) to have responsibility for the management of financial and accounting functions and to assist the Chief Executive in the smooth and efficient operation of the Trust. You will be responsible for all aspects of the administration of the Trust, whilst ensuring that the office is run cost effectively in compliance with legal obligations.
We are looking for a suitably experienced and enthusiastic self-starter, with an excellent track record of managing a modern office environment and ability to maintain all areas of responsibility, including finance, HR, IT and general administration.
About Us:
The Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust is a successful and widely-respected independent charity that undertakes community-based environmental projects, working with partners to improve the quality and accessibility of greenspaces in and around Scotland’s capital city. We believe that quality local greenspaces can have a positive impact on the health and well-being of individuals, particularly those living in disadvantaged areas.
ELGT generates up to £1.5M annually to fund and manage projects that include the creation and improvement of parks and gardens, woodlands, vacant and derelict land and cycleways, in addition to delivering programmes of community activities to support healthy living and active travel.
Sustrans is the charity making it easier for people to walk and cycle, by connecting people and places, creating liveable neighbourhoods, transforming the school run and delivering a happier, healthier commute. Take the next step on your Sustrans journey by applying for this key vacancy.
This role will support Sustrans in ensuring our policies are strong, compelling and well-evidenced, working with colleagues to embed travelling actively in national and local policy. The role contributes to a programme of work that ensures Sustrans engages and influences key stakeholders to see the value of making it easy for people to walk and cycle more often for every day journeys.
With a good standard of education and proven experience in a similar role, you will have experience of researching or communicating public policy and of developing productive working relationships with a wide range of individuals and organisations. You will have excellent written and verbal communications skills, the ability to take an analytical approach to complex policy subject matters and to build and maintain effective working relationships. You will also have good organisational skills, be IT literate and have a good understanding of current transport issues and the politics in Scotland. You will also be committed to the promotion of sustainable transport.
Temporary Administrator
- Full time
- £19,038 – £20,669
- This post will be predominantly based in our Glasgow office but will involve some travel to the head office in Inverkeithing.
- Closing 6th March 2020
Impact Funding Partners is a successful grant manager with 38 years of experience. Our area of expertise is managing funds which tackle inequality in all its forms. Equality and diversity is core to our work and drives everything we do and how we do it.
We are looking for an energetic and motivated Administrator to join us in our Glasgow Office. This is a short-term full-time post to cover staff absence during an anticipated busy period of work. The role will last from date of appointment until the 30th June 2020.
We are looking for someone who is a confident administrator who has a “can do” attitude, strong organisational abilities, attention to detail and the ability to work independently or as part of a team. The successful applicant will be experienced in all aspects of administration support and have experience of Salesforce and ideally Form Assembly. The work will include administration, event planning, and relevant data base work to support the work of our Funds.
Are you qualified and experienced in personnel development? Dundee Volunteer and Voluntary Action is looking for an experienced HR advisor, trainer and excellent communicator to review the organisation’s current HR policies and procedures, ensure that staff are trained accordingly and reinforce our corporate services team during a period of change management following the joining together of Dundee Voluntary Action and Volunteer Dundee.