This unique part-time position will provide essential admin and communications support to the Inverclyde Climate Action Network (ICAN), based within Inverclyde Community Development Trust.

Working closely with the Climate Action Officer, you will support the planning, promotion, and delivery of climate-based training, events, and workshops for ICAN members and the wider Inverclyde community. This will include creating promotional graphics, materials, and social media content, and updating ICAN’s website, newsletter, and blog. The role will also include some admin duties such as monitoring the general ICAN inbox for enquiries, sending event invitations, and taking minutes of meetings.

This position is an opportunity to demonstrate and improve your skills across admin and communications while contributing to an ambitious project to encourage community-level climate action. The successful applicant will be given the opportunity to undertake various trainings to support further learning and skill-building.

About ICAN

ICAN is an information, education, and collaboration hub for organisations and groups within Inverclyde working on projects to mitigate and adapt to climate change. It will build the capacity and skills of these organisations to support our members and residents to develop sustainable, thriving communities.

The Inverclyde Climate Action Network connects projects and initiatives that share the same missions on:

• Food justice
• Sustainable travel
• Share and repair
• Biodiversity protection

ICAN is part of a nationwide network of organisations, set by the Scottish Government for the Net Zero strategy, aimed at cutting carbon emissions and building resilient communities to the climate impacts.

Ready to use your fundraising experience to power real change for Scotland’s wildlife?

For over 60 years, the Scottish Wildlife Trust has been restoring habitats, protecting species, and inspiring communities to take action. We manage around 100 wildlife reserves, promote 13 snorkel trails and spearhead national initiatives such as Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels and Riverwoods. We advocate for nature within the Scottish government as well as providing the secretariat for the Scottish Forum on Natural Capital.

What we're looking for:

We are seeking a proactive Corporate Partnerships Manager to build strong, purposeful relationships with businesses that share our commitment to healthy, resilient ecosystems.

You’ll influence our fundraising strategy, develop engaging corporate offerings, guide ethical decision-making through due diligence and provide exceptional stewardship to attract and retain business support - both for our core work across the country as well as for inspiring place-based conservation projects.

Working closely with passionate and knowledgeable colleagues throughout the charity, you’ll help deliver sustainable income and support impactful conservation work across Scotland.

The Role:

The Corporate Partnerships Manager will lead on the identification, cultivation and stewardship of corporate supporters of the Scottish Wildlife Trust. The position sits within the Development Team alongside colleagues focussing upon Individual Giving and Grants.

The candidate will ideally have:

• Minimum of 5 Highers including Maths and English
• Minimum of 3 years account management experience gained in charity corporate partnerships or a relevant account management role, as well as a proven track record of cultivating, securing and successfully managing corporate relationships
• Well-rounded general knowledge in the way that the not-for-profit sector operates
• Understanding of GDPR regulations and implications for fundraising communications and information management
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) and familiar with online collaboration applications (Outlook, Teams, Sharepoint, Zoom)

About us

For more than 60 years, the Scottish Wildlife Trust has worked with its members, partners and supporters in pursuit of its vision of healthy, resilient ecosystems across Scotland’s land and seas.

The Trust successfully champions the cause of wildlife through policy and campaigning work, demonstrates best practice through practical conservation and innovative partnerships, and inspires people to take positive action through its education and engagement activities. The Trust manages a network of over 100 wildlife reserves across Scotland and is a member of the UK-wide Wildlife Trusts movement.

The benefits

• Flexi time/Hybrid working
• Salary sacrifice Cycle to Work and pension schemes
• Weekly wellness hour
• Generous Sick pay allowance
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
• Training and Development focus

Are you an energetic and self-motivated individual with strong people and development skills?

Do you have a passion for helping people from a range of different backgrounds?

Do you love the canal and surrounding natural environment?

If you can answer yes to these questions, then read on.

With thanks to funding from the Volunteering Support Fund, Go Forth and Clyde, a canal-based charity in Camelon, Falkirk, wish to recruit for a new position of Volunteer Coordinator, to support our existing c30 volunteers, develop new activities for them, and recruit more volunteers. As well as supporting more volunteers, we also wish to create more opportunities for them, both within the organisation and in the wider community, including a range of training and employability options in conjunction with various partner organisations. To that end, we have created this new role of Volunteer Coordinator to help us achieve this aim, and to even better support, develop, and add to our excellent volunteers who are mostly drawn from the local area, recognised by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation as being in the 5-15% areas of deprivation.

This role will initially be for 16 hours a week, to be worked flexibly as agreed, but subject to further funding, has the potential to be a larger role.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with the correct skills and enthusiasm to make a real difference in a community that has so much to offer, with a group of people who have the drive and determination to succeed. This may not be easy but it will be hugely rewarding. A Job Description and Person Specification is available at goforthandclyde.org.uk.

Job Purpose

Working within ACDI’s youth work team there will be a strong requirement for innovation and creativity to encourage, inspire and support children and families living in Auchinleck and surrounding communities.

Delivery of programmes of empowering activities to assist them to be aware of their rights and responsibilities and enable them to take greater control of their lives.

You will have the ability to lead and undertake appropriate marketing activities in the community to ensure families are aware of the initiative.

You will help to deliver high quality and inspiring health and wellbeing workshop sessions that will achieve the programme outcomes complementing the Scottish Government National Outcomes.

A full Job Description is available for download below.