Development Manager
- Full time
- £41,916 – £45,093
- Edinburgh and hybrid working from home
- Closing 13th June 2022
- Advertised from 27th May 2022
- 35 hours, permanent.
- + 8% employer pension contribution
Role
Do you have proven experience of leading on the development of new services, engaging stakeholders and securing funding? Changeworks is establishing a new retrofit agency service to radically accelerate the energy efficiency of homes in Scotland – and we need someone to lead the way.
As our Retrofit Development Lead, you will play an important role in working with stakeholders to develop an innovative new model for supporting homeowners to make their homes warmer and easier to heat.
About the role
This is a new role to develop, launch and scale a retrofit agency for Scotland to support homeowners to decarbonise their homes. This is a model that is tried and tested elsewhere but has not yet flourished in Scotland.
Homeowners face multiple barriers to improving the carbon footprint of their homes, this is where a retrofit agency comes in. Based on existing models a retrofit agency is a service that works with homeowners to enable them to improve the energy efficiency of their homes through providing tailored advice, support and services. There is substantial market need and stakeholder support to develop the model.
You will work closely with colleagues from across the organisation to leverage our experience, expertise and relationships to develop and evolve this model. You will take a lead role in engaging stakeholders, building support, securing income, leveraging our expertise to bring this concept into life.
About you
Ideally you will have an entrepreneurial mindset having developed new services and iteratively developed services that you have managed. You will be a self-starter with confidence to engage a wide variety of stakeholders from local government to homeowners. Ideally you will have experience of leading on business development and securing funding to drive growth and evolution.
About Changeworks
Changeworks’ vision is for a world where everyone is able to live, work and enjoy life with a low-carbon impact. We recognise climate change is the most significant threat to the environment and our way of life.
Passion, integrity, innovation, collaboration and empowerment are the values which drive us.
We are Scotland’s leading environmental charity delivering solutions for low carbon living. A trusted expert with over 30 years’ experience. Our strategy has five goals:
• Identify and engage households across Scotland to take action to decarbonise their homes
• Support households to install energy efficiency and low carbon heating systems to decarbonise their homes
• Innovate delivery models and solutions for heat and energy systems for homes
• Accelerate decarbonisation through research, evaluation, dissemination and influencing
• Grow the capacity and capability of Changeworks to rapidly scale impact
At Changeworks, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of staff benefits including flexible working, bike to work scheme, an excellent pension scheme and 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.
This role will be based out of our office at 36 Newhaven Rd, Edinburgh we operate a hybrid model that would see you working an average of two days per week from the office and three days from home.
Application notes
To apply: please visit our website to complete an online application -Working at Changeworks | Changeworks
Closing date for applications: 11am, Monday 13 June 2022
Interviews: Tuesday 21 June 2022
For further information about this post please contact George Drennan-Lang on 07467 954 119 or gdrennanlang@changeworks.org.uk.
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Top job! Venture Support Manager
- Full time or Part time
- £36,000 – £44,000
- Edinburgh (Hybrid)
- Closing 21st April 2024
We're on the lookout for a Venture Support Manager to join The Ventures Lab team at The Challenges Group.
This role is at Senior Manager level and part of our senior team in Scotland, reporting to the Chief Executive.
Download the full recruitment pack below or from our website:thechallengesgroup.com/jobs
About us:
Challenges Group is an international enterprise development organisation which improves organisational capabilities through learning and leadership development for people and strengthening enterprises and their ecosystems. The Ventures Lab by Challenges Group provides an inclusive, supportive path for aspiring or early-stage entrepreneurs to bring their purpose-led businesses to life.
Community Development Officer (Funding)
- Full time or Part time
- up to £31,146
- Lochgelly (Hybrid)
- Closing 29th April 2024
Fife Communities Climate Action Network (FCCAN) is a network of community groups in Fife that are taking action on climate change. Our aim is to empower and enable communities to create a low carbon future and promote local resilience and well-being.
We have three exciting opportunities to join our Fife Climate Hub team, funded by the Scottish Government.
The Fife Climate Hub is part of a new network of regional community climate action hubs, created by the Scottish Government. The Hub empowers community-led action on the climate crisis. Our vision is for a growing Fife-wide network of groups taking climate action to meet the needs of their communities. We build capacity of existing community groups working on climate, encourage collaboration and reach beyond the climate engaged to grow a diverse network across Fife. We also provide a voice for our members to influence local and national policy. Together we are driving change and strengthening climate resilience in Fife.
The Hub offers training, advice, inspiration, networking, funding and signposting to places of support. We provide opportunities for networking and shared learning to create a strong climate movement across Fife and drive change across all sectors.
We’re looking for passionate, enthusiastic people to further develop the project. This is an exciting opportunity to shape community climate action within Scotland through a model of localised ‘grassroots’ collaborative support.
The Community Development Officer (Funding) will support existing community groups to access funding to deliver their climate projects. The post holder will signpost groups to relevant funding opportunities, support them through the application process and act as a liaison between community groups, local authority and funders. They will also administer Fife Climate Hub’s Community Climate Grants scheme.
Community Development Officer (Engagement)
- Full time or Part time
- up to £31,146
- Lochgelly (Hybrid)
- Closing 29th April 2024
Fife Communities Climate Action Network (FCCAN) is a network of community groups in Fife that are taking action on climate change. Our aim is to empower and enable communities to create a low carbon future and promote local resilience and well-being.
We have three exciting opportunities to join our Fife Climate Hub team, funded by the Scottish Government.
The Fife Climate Hub is part of a new network of regional community climate action hubs, created by the Scottish Government. The Hub empowers community-led action on the climate crisis. Our vision is for a growing Fife-wide network of groups taking climate action to meet the needs of their communities. We build capacity of existing community groups working on climate, encourage collaboration and reach beyond the climate engaged to grow a diverse network across Fife. We also provide a voice for our members to influence local and national policy. Together we are driving change and strengthening climate resilience in Fife.
The Hub offers training, advice, inspiration, networking, funding and signposting to places of support. We provide opportunities for networking and shared learning to create a strong climate movement across Fife and drive change across all sectors.
We’re looking for passionate, enthusiastic people to further develop the project. This is an exciting opportunity to shape community climate action within Scotland through a model of localised ‘grassroots’ collaborative support.
The Community Development Officer (Engagement) will contribute to the delivery of Fife Climate Hub’s vision to create a growing, diverse and inclusive network. The post holder will reach out to new and diverse audiences. They will support groups to initiate, develop and run climate action projects and inspire climate action through events, talks and workshops.
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Do you believe in the power of data to improve people’s lives and know that working with the public is vital to our mission? Research Data Scotland needs you!
We have an exciting opportunity to work in a multifaceted Business Management role to support the delivery of exemplary governance and operational excellence. This role works with stakeholders at every level in our organisation and as such we are looking to appoint a highly motivated and conscientious individual.
About us
Research Data Scotland (RDS) is a charity set up by the Scottish public sector and leading universities. We help researchers find and make use of data that can improve the lives of people in Scotland. Working in partnership, we do this by widening the range of data available, creating new data assets and providing a single point of contact for safe, secure and effective access to public data in a trustworthy manner.
Data is often locked away in lots of individual systems, across many different organisations, and isn’t in a format that makes access or integration easy. We can help researchers to unlock the potential of this data by giving them information and advice that speeds up and simplifies their work.
RDS aims to provide a step change in the service to researchers, whilst maintaining the high standards of information governance and data security already in place. We aim to work as openly as possible, maintaining standards in transparency and ethics. Our focus is on providing a streamlined service for researchers, as well as extending the range of data available through the service, particularly in the areas of Covid-19, NHS imaging, geospatial data, children and justice services.
Our partners include: Scottish Government, Public Health Scotland, National Records of Scotland (NRS), and the Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. We work closely with the national and regional safe havens. And we are in contact with other organisations in Scotland and across the UK in the data research sector, including public sector, research and commercial bodies.
About the job
The Business Manager will work closely with the Chair, CEO and Operations Director to manage, coordinate and schedule the regular cycle of our governance and business activities. This will include coordinating board meetings as well as maintaining our internal registers and ensuring our reporting mechanisms are top-notch! This post will be highly varied and vital to the successful delivery of our Business and Delivery plans.
There is a strong focus on developmental projects, operational risk, records management, governance, improving our performance and delivering our day-to-day charity operations. You’ll be an important member of our Operations Team, sharing your expertise with colleagues and board members, as well as independently leading on activities.
Reports to Operations Director
About you
You are a self-starter, with experience of working with stakeholders at every level. You’ll understand the importance of engaging well with board members, senior leaders and your colleagues to get their input into your work and support great governance. You are highly organised and thrive on managing multiple projects with different deadlines. You are keen to deliver, with an eye for detail and the pragmatism to understand our context and environment.
Life at RDS
We are a small friendly and highly engaged team of people. We promote continuous learning and work hard to build an inclusive and supportive workplace culture. We live our values of; integrity, transparency, courage, collaboration and humility.
Our people typically work a 35-hour week, with hybrid working on offer from day one. You can choose to work flexibly from home or use one of our desks in the Bayes Centre in central Edinburgh. The whole RDS team meets one day per month in-person in Edinburgh or at an off-site away day in the Central Belt. Individual teams organise their own in-person days to collaborate, develop and socialise together.
We offer 33 days’ annual leave (including public holidays) and have no set closure days. We have a generous pension and enhanced pay for parental/adoption leave. This list of benefits is being added to as the organisation develops, and you can help shape it as part of the team. Our Culture Group helps us seek feedback from colleagues across the organisation to make RDS an even better place to work.
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