We have an exciting opportunity for a new Communications Manager, who will take the lead across all our online and offline promotional channels to promote our charity and our impact, raising awareness of Scotland’s Gardens Scheme, promoting our open gardens to maximise visitor numbers and income, and the beneficial impact of funds raised.

APRS’s ‘Have You Got the Bottle?’ campaign has been advocating for a deposit return scheme (DRS) since 2014. Our work has ensured that a DRS for glass and plastic bottles and metal cans is due to be introduced in August 2023 but we are not over the line yet. We still have work in raising awareness of the new scheme, communicating public support to decision-makers and ensuring that the scheme fulfils its potential.

We are seeking an enthusiastic communicator to join our small friendly team who can take the lead on social media and website communications: building audiences, increasing interaction and impact, creating content and helping to shape how APRS communicates to new audiences. Over the next year we will be planning several events designed to engage people, make an impact in the media and support the ‘Have you Got the Bottle?’ Campaign. This role will support the APRS team in planning and delivering these events.

The role would suit someone who is passionate about movement building and the role events and social media can have in creating change, can create a buzz through communications and who enjoys bringing people together and working in a team.

Line Manager:APRS Education and Public Engagement Manager

The Green Action Trust is one of Scotland’s leading environmental charities. We have been regenerating Central Scotland by undertaking landscape scale projects; creating and improving greenspaces, planting and managing woodlands, greening vacant and derelict land, creating and maintaining paths and enhancing a range of habitats for over 40 years. We are specifically responsible for delivering the Central Scotland Green Network. We are passionate about the positive environmental and social change we can deliver in Scotland and are seeking candidates who have a similar passion to help us create this change.

The role involves working in partnership with other organisations, developing new work, overseeing a programme of projects, and managing a team of staff.

Applications are sought from individuals with:

• Relevant qualifications and experience within the environmental sector.
• Excellent knowledge of how positive land use change can help tackle climate change and biodiversity loss.
• A track record of developing programmes and projects by working collaboratively with others.
• Proven project management skills.
• Experience of line management and capacity planning.
• Good working knowledge of the current funding available for environmental project work in Scotland and experience in securing and managing significant funding packages.
• Experience of financial planning and budgeting.
• A positive, solution orientated and flexible attitude to their work.
• Professional membership of a relevant professional body is desirable.

This is a great opportunity for a highly motivated individual to put their own mark on shaping our future. Your commitment will help us make positive environmental change. In return we offer a very flexible and supportive working environment which will help your own personal development, through training and support, so that you have all the tools necessary to succeed.

All positions advertised are offered on a permanent, full-time basis (although part-time and flexible working arrangements will be considered) and will involve hybrid working, based from our office in Shotts, North Lanarkshire. Travel within Scotland will be required, therefore a clean driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.

Circular Communities Scotland (previously CRNS) is a small but rapidly growing national charity, doubling our staff and turnover in the last year.

We are a membership network with a vision for a thriving circular economy in Scotland with local communities benefiting from the social, environmental, and economic outcomes. With a growing membership of over 230 charities and social enterprises we are always looking for new ways to support the reuse, repair and recycling Third Sector and see our vision become a reality.

This role is designed to underpin the next chapter of our growth and you will be at the heart of delivering future environmental and social justice in Scotland.

As Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer you will be at the heart of this organisation at an exciting time. The successful candidate will be pro-active and driven, exceptionally well organised, a proven problem-solver and strong at relating to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. An ability to tune in to the CEO’s leadership style whilst also being proactive, empowered, and self-directed is key.

A wider element of this role is to provide administrative support to the whole organisation. This will involve a wide range of tasks for which flexibility, proactivity, excellent IT skills (particularly Microsoft Office365 but also Salesforce, WordPress etc), project management abilities, strong written and verbal communication skills are all essential. As a support to a wide range of staff, projects and processes you will need to manage your workload against agreed priorities and be comfortable saying no when necessary and managing sometimes conflicting expectations.

We are determined to get the right person to join our strong team which is why we are open to exploring different options regarding place of work (office, hybrid or home-based) within commuting distance of our Stirling Office. Whilst we initially agreed budget for a 3-day week we are also willing to consider up to full-time working for the right candidate. Please make any location or hours-based requirements clear in your application. At all levels of the organisation, we are strongly committed to staff wellbeing, equality, diversity and inclusion.