With the climate as our entry point, Sniffer takes a distinct approach to drive forward the change we need. Sniffer go deeper, examine structures, and provide a route-map for action. Building on their leading work over the past two decades, Sniffer creates spaces for organisations and places to come together to understand, anticipate, and flourish in the face of environmental pressures and societal impacts.

In partnership with academia, government, technical experts, and creative practitioners, Sniffer bring the very latest thinking and innovation to their collaborations with communities, organisations, and business so they can transform the way they work. Sniffer are part of the global movement for change.

At Sniffer, they share a common belief that taking a collaborative approach to understanding and responding to environmental change will have the greatest benefit for people and places.

At an exciting time in Sniffer’s development as an organisation, with a new strategy and a growing portfolio of projects, they are on the search for new talent to join their dynamic team. Their work is structured across three areas:

• Climate Ready Leadership: empowering and equipping leaders from across society, to lead transformation toward a fair and flourishing future for all
• Climate Ready Placemaking: ensuring that more places across Scotland are better able to flourish in a fair way in our changing climate
• Climate Ready Innovation: working with others to learn by doing things differently and doing different things

The role

This role is an exciting opportunity to manage and lead delivery of Sniffer’s new Creative Climate Futures project, working collaboratively with Sniffer colleagues, the project partners and communities.

Part of Sniffer’s Climate Ready Placemaking workstream, Creative Climate Futures is a new two-year project funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund as part of the Glasgow Communities and Place Fund. The project will work with communities in Glasgow who are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change to design climate ready futures for their neighbourhoods and catalyse action to make these visions a reality. The project builds on Sniffer’s existing portfolio of work within Glasgow and the wider City Region, including through the Climate Ready Cycle initiative.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Excellent project and stakeholder management experience and skills, and knowledge of the impacts of climate change, placemaking and/or community development.
• Demonstrable track record of managing one or more complex, multi-partner projects on time and to budget
• Ability to develop and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with a wide range of partners and stakeholders including third sector, community and public sector organisations
• At least five years’ experience working in a relevant field, including climate change, community development and/or placemaking
• A degree or equivalent professional experience in a relevant field including sustainability, natural or social sciences, planning, community development
• Knowledge of one or more of the following:
  • Climate change adaptation and resilience
  • Community environmental action
  • Community development and/or engagement
  • Community-led placemaking

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced project manager to work as part of a team of changemakers and support Sniffer’s strategy by delivering an exciting and innovative project within a knowledgeable, supportive, and collaborative organisation.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Sustrans as a Principal Engineer, reporting in the Head of Design, Engineering and Assurance, and other Sustrans teams and Colleagues.

As the Principal Engineer you will lead a Sustrans engineering team, across Scotland providing support for a technical programme of works. You will provide technical guidance to engineers, leading the team in creating better places for walking wheeling and cycling through design and construction of practical, sustainable transport projects.

You will build and manage internal and external relationships with key people such as contractors, local authorities, Transport Scotland, professional bodies, and the public.

This role will require travel and work at locations as necessary to undertake projects on behalf of Sustrans.

About you

You should have experience of leading, motivating and managing a technical team, and experience of working in partnership with a local authority on project delivery as well as proven experience of the design of works and execution of civil profile project, particularly relating to transport.

You will also be experienced in project management including the delivery, deadlines, and budgets, and have experience in H&S (Health & Safety) management including the application of CDM (Construction Design Management) regulations, and expertise in quality assurance

We ask that you be educated to degree level with a relevant qualification in civil engineering or related field and/or an alternative, relevant and demonstratable specialism: and/or Chartered Engineer Status; and/or Incorporated Engineer Status and actively working towards Chartered Engineers Status or Has the necessary academic qualifications and/or experience such that you would meet the eligibility criteria to progress professional qualification at Chartered Engineer status

Sustrans has a long-term commitment to being a charity for everyone - reducing inequality, valuing diversity, enabling inclusion, and ensuring all people are treated with dignity and respect. We aim to be a truly inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, in particular from under-represented groups.

What we offer

In return we can offer true hybrid working to suit individual circumstances and a flexible, supportive, and rewarding working environment.

Wellbeing

• 28 days’ leave per annum plus bank holidays for full-time working
• Ability to buy an extra week of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Staff volunteer days
• 24/7 free, impartial, and confidential support service
• We are members of the Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme who both offer cycle to work schemes

Financial

• Group Personal Pension scheme with a 5% or 6% of basic salary contribution being matched by Sustrans
• Bike, computer, and season ticket loans
• Discount benefits
• London Weighting Allowance of £4,195 for all those living within a London Borough (32 local authority districts plus the City of London)
• Death in Service benefit – 3 x annual Salary

Family Friendly

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Flexible Working practices (full time hours are 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday)

Our Head of Business Support plays a key role in leading our work in Scotland. Ensuring we make best use of our resources, track impact, deliver high quality governance, plan well and support our people you will lead a team and work across the organisation to build strong working relationships across a range of functions. As part of our senior management team in Scotland you will help ensure we deliver our new strategy, It Starts With Community, in line with the needs and aspirations of communities and our wider operating environment.

This is a varied role supporting the full spectrum of our work. You will manage a small multi-faceted team responsible for all aspects of administrative delivery in Scotland including our office environment, first line customer service, supporting non-executive governance and data analysis. Leading on business planning, budgeting and performance monitoring you will work with business partners in our finance and people teams to ensure we are on track and making best use of resources. You will also lead local people related work shaping our resource planning, training and helping ensure colleagues are supported to do their best work. Leading on governance you will ensure that our Scotland Committee is fully supported and able to make the best decisions about how we use National Lottery money to support communities. Alongside fellow senior leaders you will have a strong role in planning and delivering around £60M of grant funding every year to communities all over Scotland.

A capable and confident leader you will have the ability to balance a varied workload. Equally adept at handling complex financial and performance information and providing empathetic support to colleagues you will display sound judgement and display high standards of customer service. This will be underpinned by a strong understanding of the environment and sectors we work in.

Essential criteria

• Experience and understanding of the strategic and operational environment and sectors that the Fund operates within in Scotland
• You will be able to exercise effective judgment that supports the delivery of management support
• You will have experience of managing complex budgets and preparing and interpreting management account information
• Leading and supporting teams to deliver an excellent service

Desirable criteria

• Significant experience of collaborating with customers to create effective services.
• Experience of managing, complex and competing problems
• Proven ability to articulate ambitions that resonate with team members and customers
• Experience of effective contract management and positive customer relationship management

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.

We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why the National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)

Culture & Business Scotland is looking for an experienced senior manager to continue to develop our current programmes including our exciting, new initiative the C&BS Marketplace and long-established C&BS Fund. This is a dynamic, outward facing role for a driven individual with a sound knowledge of business and cultural engagement.

We’re on a journey to create fairer communities by facilitating 10 million social entrepreneurs globally by 2030. Do you want to help make this a reality?

We are looking for a values-driven leader to join our highly skilled, motivated, and supportive team as Head of Social Enterprise in Schools (Scotland).

In their 10 year Strategy for Social Enterprise, the Scottish Government announced its ambition to see a social enterprise in every school in Scotland. We have been tasked with leading on the delivery of this goal.

Since the Social Enterprise Schools programme began we’ve had over 2,000 school engagements (primary and secondary) in around 1400 schools spread across Scotland and in that time we have seen young people change how they see themselves and grow hugely in confidence while building essential skills for the future. We work with primary and secondary schools, and schools for young people with additional support needs.

The Head of Social Enterprise in Schools (Scotland) provides a cornerstone to the vision and direction of the organisation and will drive the growth of this programme in Scotland. We are looking for someone with a passion for changing lives, supporting young people and who understands the power of social enterprise. We believe this provides an opportunity to drive both transformational learning for the young people and also the opportunity to create positive social change and fairer communities. We are seeing the young people become assets in their community. It’s inspiring stuff!

Previous experience of a leadership position is essential, including the ability to work strategically, think creatively, build relationships and set an inspiring direction and vision for others. A key objective will be to help move Social Enterprise Schools onto a sustainable footing in the medium term, therefore previous experience of generating income is highly desirable.

You will lead a talented team who are geographically spread across Scotland. You will be an experienced people manager with the ability to nurture talent and empower others to grow and develop, working with freedom and autonomy.

Having the right mind-set, attitude and approach is as important for us as having the right experience and skills. We appreciate that the best person might not have all the criteria we have listed, so if you feel your experience and skills will help you to make a great contribution in this role and you have the right mind-set, we would welcome an application from you.

Role Purpose

This role is responsible for leading the growth of Social Enterprise Schools in Scotland and for securing the sustainability and delivery of the programme. The post holder is a member of the Operational Leadership Team and collectively accountable for decision-making across a range of organisational and strategic matters with individual accountability for a main business function.

The post holder is accountable for the success and sustainability of Social Enterprise Schools activity in Scotland, nurturing and developing strategic partnerships and delivering on financial targets. The post holder works in close collaboration with the Head of Social Enterprise in Schools (England), the Chief Executive and the Head of Sustainable Business to shape the overall strategy and relationship management of this area of work. Therefore, experience of generating income, leading a strategy and working creatively and collaboratively are highly desirable in this role.

The post holder will lead a highly skilled team and experience of people and team management, as well as supporting wellbeing, is required.

Main Duties and Accountabilities

·Lead the strategic direction of Social Enterprise Schools in Scotland, overseeing operational delivery and driving an inspiring and sustainable future for this area of the business.

·Accountable for securing the financial sustainability of Social Enterprise Schools through income generating activities such as sponsorship, fundraising and sales. The post holder will work collaboratively with the Chief Executive, Head of Social Enterprise in Schools (England) and Head of Sustainable Business in this area.

·Undertake external influencing and relationship management across a range of sector-specific strategic and delivery partners at senior level. The post holder is expected to monitor Education reform and maintain awareness of emerging policy - ensuring the Scottish programme’s development and delivery is informed by insight into current sectoral developments.

·As part of the Operational Leadership Team, contribute to strategic, financial and operational decision-making across all aspects of the business and make recommendations to the Strategic Leadership Team as required.

·Contribute to the growth and profile of Social Enterprise Schools both domestically and internationally in collaboration with the Head of International, Head of Social Enterprise Schools (England) and the Chief Executive.

·Line manage allocated posts, oversee workload allocation, lead and grow the skills and capacity of the allocated staff team and ensure its wellbeing. Leading recruitment of staff where required.

For a full set of criteria and further information about Social Enterprise Schools and how to apply please download the recruitment pack from our website.

Organisation profile:

At the Social Enterprise Academy, we believe social entrepreneurs play an essential role in changing the world.

We strengthen their role in local communities through transformational learning programmes that will increase their community impact.

Our programmes are accredited, responsive to learner needs, and are delivered by experienced facilitators who are social change leaders themselves.

Since 2004, we have delivered over 1,900 learning programmes to 28,000+ learners in over 30 countries. We have also engaged over 55,000 young people around the world, using social enterprise as a tool to help them reach their full potential and create positive change in their communities.

Looking for an opportunity to work for a flexible and family friendly organisation with good pay and conditions?

SCVO is the membership organisation for the voluntary sector in Scotland and we take pride in being a good employer. Our staff can work a blend of office and home working and flexible working requests are a ‘day one right’.

We’re looking for an administrative support officer to join us and support our senior leadership team and board of trustees. We’re looking for someone with the ability to provide administrative support at an executive level, with an understanding of charity governance and working with boards. The role will include a variety of duties including organising and coordinating meetings and travel, preparing accurate minutes and other written correspondence, playing a key role in organising our board of trustees, committees, senior leadership team, staff conferences and monthly all-staff meetings.

This is a full-time role (35 hours per week), we will fully consider part-time hours and job shares. This role can be worked from home with some in-person, in-office meetings (on average once a week). You will be expected to join board and committee meetings in person, these normally take place in our Edinburgh city centre office four times a year.

*Location: This post can be based in Edinburgh or Glasgow. SCVO staff can work a blend of office and home on agreement with their line manager, and within the parameters of our Blended Working policy. This role will involve some in person, office working (on average once a week).