Urban Uprising improves the life chances of disadvantaged young people using rock climbing. Our programmes deliver physical, social and personal development, and gives the young people access to highly trained positive role models through our coaches.

We give young people who wouldn’t normally have the chance an opportunity to experience the transformational personal change that rock climbing can bring.

We work in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Cambridge and Bristol, and partner with local youth organisations to reach young people experiencing disadvantage, often from deprived communities. We also partner with climbing centres who provide instructors and entry at a reduced cost.

As Programme Coordinator, you will work alongside the Programme Manager in developing the charity and managing the delivery of quality climbing programmes for young people. This will be done in partnership with local youth charities and schools, climbing centres and volunteers. You will be skilled in project management and partnership working, have great communication skills and be motivated to help young people reach their full potential.

A full Job Description is available for download below.

Local Energy Action Plan (LEAP) is a Renfrewshire-based environmental charity. We are committed to highlighting the social, environmental and financial benefits for communities of shared transport and facilitating lower levels of car ownership and encourage travel by public transport, walking and cycling.

Since 2012, we have operated LEAP Car Club to provide low carbon emission vehicles for hire for as little as an hour or as long as required. We currently have five vehicles in Linwood and Lochwinnoch – three electric cars and two hybrid cars.

We are also about to launch a shared E-Bike pilot in Linwood in partnership with Linstone Housing Association. The pilot, involving five E-Bikes and 2 cargo bikes, has been primarily been funded by the Energy Saving Trust.

LEAP is seeking a Shared Transport Coordinator to spearhead our E-Bike pilot and assist in delivery of zero-emission Car Clubs in Linwood and Lochwinnoch.

The purpose of the role is to engage with communities in Linwood, with particular emphasis on Linstone Housing Tenants, and Lochwinnoch to build E-bike usage and increase Car Club membership and usage.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead on delivery of E-Bike pilot to meet Energy Saving Trust and Smarter Choices Smarter Places funding outcomes.
• Drive new member signups to increase the number of users of the E-Bikes and Car Club.
• Effectively communicate the benefits of shared transport and zero-emission vehicles to a new audience.
• Demonstrate bike and car booking, pickup and charging to new members
• Work with maintenance partners to ensure bikes are properly maintained.
• Manage regular cleaning of Car Club vehicles.
• Support basic operations of LEAP Car Club as required.
• Oversee and deliver marketing and communications – online and print.
• Manage inbound enquiries, phone, email, messenger, via drop-in, face to face.
• Work in partnership with Linstone Housing Association, Local Authorities and other key stakeholders.
• Maintain regular contact with Line Manager and other Contractors
• Organise, attend and deliver outreach events where possible, including holding focus groups
• Be an enthusiastic advocate for the value/benefits of making behaviour and structural changes to reduce the amount of CO2 released from daily activities, particularly through transport/travel

Team Structure

The Shared Transport Coordinator will report to the Project Manager.

Contract Period

The contract is for a period of 12 months with the potential to extend.

Essential Requirements

• Experience in community engagement
• Experience in motivating individuals to change their behaviours
• Confidence in communicating and ability to clearly articulate information
• Ability to communicate to people from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds
• Self-motivation and tenacity, ability to motivate others
• Consistent and thorough approach to work with an eye for detail
• Flexible and able to work occasional weekends
• Holder of a clean driver’s licence for at least two years (or no more than 6pts)
• Required to complete Disclosure Scotland check

Desirable Requirements

• Community Engagement qualifications
• Experience of developing and working with databases and/or excel spreadsheets
• Knowledge of Adobe InDesign or similar
• Interest in/experience of shared transport and sustainability
• Good understanding of how energy is consumed in the home & through transport
• Understanding of the Third Sector
• Familiar with local area
• Access to laptop/computer, and car
• Available to commence work immediately

Are you interested in supporting ambitious community groups take assets into community ownership? Do you have experience of supporting organisations at difference stages of their development? This could include community engagement, organisational development, governance, feasibility/ business planning or financial advice.

We are looking for an Adviser to join our team and contribute to the development and delivery of the Community Ownership Support Service, in particular supporting community transfer, acquisition and development of assets – land and buildings.

We anticipate that this role will be based in Glasgow, covering community groups in the West and the South West of Scotland. It will involve hybrid working from home and office with travel.