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Policy and Advocacy Officer

  • Full time or Part time
  • £28,500 – £30,000
  • Initially homeworking and thereafter hybrid working (office space in Edinburgh)
  • Closing 6th April 2022


  • Advertised from 16th March 2022
  • 24 - 35 hours per week. Permanent. Start date: immediate
  • Annual leave: 25 days annual leave plus 10 days statutory holiday (pro rata)

Role

Are you passionate about protecting the environment, and committed to advancing environmental rights? The Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) is recruiting a Policy and Advocacy Officer to secure concrete progress on environmental rights in Scotland.

At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic, climate and biodiversity crises highlight the essential role of environmental rights in upholding all human rights, this is a unique and exciting opportunity to influence the incorporation of the human right to a healthy environment in the Human Rights (Scotland) Bill, and the reforms needed to enforce it.

ERCS’s vision is of a Scotland where every person’s right to live in a healthy environment is fully realised. As our Policy and Advocacy Officer, you will be committed to environmental justice and reducing the barriers to access to justice on the environment.

Our ideal candidate will have a strong background in advocacy or campaigning, and a good knowledge of environmental policy and law, preferably in the Scottish context. You will be a strategic thinker, an excellent communicator, self-motivated with a naturally collaborative working style; and will thrive in a small, creative team.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from women, disabled, and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, and individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

Application notes

For informal enquiries contact Shivali Fifield, Chief Officer at sfifield@ercs.scot.

To apply, download and complete the Application Form and Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form and email to jobs@ercs.scot.

Closing date for applications: 5pm, Wednesday 6th April 2022

Online interviews: Tuesday 26th April 2022


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