SCOTLAND: The Big Picture (SBP) is a charity that works to drive the recovery of nature across Scotland through rewilding, in response to the growing climate and biodiversity crises. Our vision is of a vast network of rewilded land and water, where wildlife flourishes and people thrive.

We are a small but agile and progressive team that works in a spirit of collaboration with many different interest groups to:

• Drive support for rewilding

• Commit more land and water to rewilding

• Return missing species

• Develop rewilding business

Learn more about SBP: scotlandbigpicture.com

SBP is a dynamic organisation with an exciting portfolio of nature recovery projects to deliver across Scotland.

At a time when businesses are increasingly conscious of their responsibility to address climate breakdown and ecological decline, there exists an opportunity to align rewilding with investment and engagement from the business sector. Seizing this opportunity to make more rewilding happen, lies at the core of this role.

The role will report directly to the Head of Fundraising and will also have regular liaison with the wider SBP team, as well as communication with partners, supporters and other external contacts.

A full job description is attached below.

Do you have a good understanding of how the housing emergency is affecting people in Scotland and experience of working with people who are experts through their lived experience of homelessness or bad housing? Then join Shelter Scotland as aLived Experience Coordinatorand you could soon beplaying a vital role in helping us to deliver our strategic plan.

About Shelter Scotland

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet over a million people in Scotland struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter Scotland we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter Scotland and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the role

As a Lived Experience Coordinator, you’ll be key in providing the lived experience evidence needed to deliver the objectives in our strategic plan. Building on the learning from our recent Time for Change work, we’ll rely on you to ensure that lived experience is at the heart of all our work. You’ll also be responsible for seeing that our approach is consistent and underpins and supports the strategy and that our Lived Experience work better represents the diverse range of people affected by the housing crisis in Scotland. In short, you’ll make sure that every interaction, every real story, every breach and every event counts in our fight for people’s right to a home.

About you

To succeed, you’ll need relevant experience that includes having developed a plan for service activity or experience of service design. You’ll also need to be used to working with a variety of internal and external stakeholders and the communication skills to present information and arguments in a clear and compelling way. The ability to listen to, engage and empower individuals is essential too, as is a flair for solving problems creatively and enthusiasm for delivering workshops and presentations. Comfortable collaborating with people from other teams, you have a flexible approach, plus great time management skills when tackling a range of tasks with varied responsibilities. Last but not least, you’re proficient using Microsoft Word, Excel, e-mail and internet.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter Scotland helps over half a million people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter Scotland please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Are you passionate about creating excellent volunteer experiences? Are you looking to use your skills in volunteer communication, training and engagement to make a difference? Then join Shelter as a Volunteering Experience Officer and you could soon be playing a vital role within our thriving Volunteering team.

About Shelter

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the team

Part of our Equity, Inclusion & Culture Directorate, the Volunteering team is passionate about the positive impacts of volunteering for both individuals and organisations. Collaborative and supportive, we believe that volunteers are a vital part of our growing movement for change. That’s why we engage more than 2,000 volunteers in our shops, Hubs and local communities. Put simply, it’s an exciting time for volunteering in our communities as we develop new volunteering opportunities to realise the potential of engaging volunteers in our fight against the housing emergency.

About the role

An exciting new role within the team, you’ll be instrumental in ensuring a quality, inclusive volunteering experience that equips volunteers and connects them with our cause. Indeed, you’ll have responsibility for cohesively managing all resources and communications that directly support the volunteer experience, including our monthly Volunteer News, a Volunteer Handbook and volunteer learning content. Managing a planned approach to updating and improving resources and developing new resources and methods of engaging with volunteers will be important aspects of the role too. And, when it comes to delivering Volunteer Forums in England or working with the Volunteer Coordinator in Shelter Scotland to plan an approach to forums that’s inclusive and serves the needs of volunteers, again we’ll count on you to deliver.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About you

Already with experience of supporting the involvement of volunteers, you have a good understanding of what makes a quality volunteer experience from attraction through to exit. You’re also used to designing and developing learning content, planning and delivering presentations and facilitating training and workshops. What’s more, you’re confident and creative using a range of communication methods, including using the written word to engage audiences across different comms platforms. A proven ability to plan and coordinate projects and prioritise your workload is also required, as is an innovative, solutions-focussed approach. Comfortable working both on your own initiative and collaboratively, you’re also proficient using Microsoft Office applications to create engaging resources.

We’re recruiting to a number of roles in the Volunteering Team in May. If this role has sparked your interest and you’d like to know more, or you’d like to find out about the other roles available and to get a feel for the team and for Shelter, we warmly welcome you to an online info session with Volunteering Team members from 12.00hrs to 13.00hrs on May 18th. Please email volunteering@shelter.org.uk to book a spot

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

*Can be based in any of these locations – remote or hybrid working or Bristol, Birmingham, Norwich, Bournemouth, Merseyside, Manchester, Blackburn, Newcastle, Plymouth, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee or Aberdeen, with travel to volunteer forums as needed.

Do want to be part of making Scotland the best place for LGBTQ+ young people to thrive and flourish?

We are looking for a talented fundraiser to join our team and change lives by generating income for our award-winning youth work.

As the Fundraising Manager (Grants), you will help make our strategic aims a reality by raising money for both our core day-to-day activities and our project work, by building and managing a varied pipeline of trusts and foundations to secure small, medium and large gifts through prospect research, funder stewardship and high-quality funding applications and proposals.

Our ideal candidate will be a highly organised and experienced fundraiser with excellent communication skills and the ability to create a compelling case for support. This post would be ideal for someone with a passion for fundraising and a desire to create a more inclusive Scotland for LGBTQ+ young people.

This is an amazing opportunity to shape and share the story of a national charity delivering life-changing youth work for LGBTQ+ young people.