This is an exciting new role designed to support the fundraising team within a growing organisation. We're a small, friendly team who are all passionate about the work of SCOTLAND: The Big Picture.

The Fundraising Officer will establish and maintain relationships with charitable trusts and foundations, in order to generate both project and core income.

The role will also support a number of other fundraising and administrative tasks, including supporter engagement and data management.

Organisation profile

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture is a charity that works to drive the recovery of nature across Scotland through rewilding, in response to the growing climate and biodiversity crises.

We work in collaboration with many different interest groups to:

• drive support for rewilding
• commit more land and water to rewilding
• return missing species
• develop rewilding business

Please see our website for more information on our work: scotlandbigpicture.com

About the role

Sustrans Scotland has an exciting opportunity for you to join us and influence real change in Scotland, to help drive our vision forward, a vision of a more sustainable future in transport that has never been more relevant.

As the National Cycle Network Planning Manager, you will ensure a year-on year pipeline of future infrastructure in line with both the UKPaths for Everyone Vision and our ambitious 30 Year Network Plan for Scotland. Critical to our success in Scotland is also aligning our work with the active travel policy goals of the Scottish Government.

You will be responsible for the ongoing development and roll-out of the National Cycle Network Plan in Scotland, reporting and tracking our progress.

You will report to the Head of Network Development & Co-Design (Scotland) and lead a small team of people tasked with delivering and commissioning route development activities and ensuring stewardship and management of the project pipeline database.

You will build and manage internal and external relationships with key people in third sector organisations, communities, local authorities and professional bodies.

This role will require travel and work at locations as necessary to undertake projects on behalf of Sustrans. We offer hybrid working, a mix of time in our hubs and at home and flexible hours to suit individual circumstances, candidates will be expected to travel on occasion to one of our hubs in Edinburgh or Glasgow.

About you

You will be an experienced leader who motivates their team, building relationships with ease, bringing with you experience of working cross-organisationally and across multiple sectors.

Using your experience in working with large data sets, you will gather, analyse and report on multiple data sets to inform and influence the development of the Network Plan.

With demonstrable experience of delivering infrastructure projects; you will ideally have working a background within the transport, transport consultancy or the construction sectors. Your knowledge of local and regional transport planning authorities and processes in Scotland will help you advocate for sustainable transport and better places across the region.

You must be a skilled communicator with excellent negotiating skills, as you will play a key role in overseeing contracts and agreements with delivery partners and external contractors; in house commissioning and tendering as well as advising our land and estate management operations.

We aim to be a truly inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, in particular from under-represented groups. Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.

What we offer

In return we can offer ongoing working from home (or a nearby Sustrans office when it’s safe to do so) and a truly flexible, supportive and rewarding working environment.

Wellbeing

• 26 days’ leave per annum plus bank holidays for full-time working

• Ability to buy an extra week of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff)

• Staff volunteer days

• 24/7 free, impartial and confidential support service

• We are members of the Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme who both offer cycle to work schemes

Financial

• Group Personal Pension scheme with a 4% or 5% of basic salary contribution being matched by Sustrans

• Bike, computer and season ticket loans

• Discount benefits

Family Friendly

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

• Flexible Working practices (full time hours are 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday)

About the role

An opportunity to become a senior leader and influencer in active travel in Scotland has arisen in our Head of Programme for the National Cycle Network. You’ll be responsible for leading the Network Development and Co-Design Programme.

Network Development underpins Sustrans Paths for Everyone priority to deliver the National Cycle Network (NCN). The NCN is one of Sustrans most important initiatives across the UK and involves the delivery of active travel infrastructure in collaboration with a range of key partners. You will be responsible for the strategy, planning and delivery of our ambitious 30 Year National Cycle Network Plan for Scotland whilst developing strong partnerships with communities and local authorities to achieve maximum impact. This is an exciting opportunity to join Sustrans in Scotland to maximise the increased investment in Active Travel and scale up the impact and delivery of our Networks programme.

You will also lead our Co-Design work – a team of engagement specialists - who deliver innovative and high-quality exemplars for active travel infrastructure in partnership with communities and local authorities. This team works across all our programmes of work drawing on resource from our Engineering, Design and Assurance function to influence future design and delivery of active travel infrastructure.

Building and maintaining close relationships with key partners such as Scottish Government, Transport Scotland, local government, Active Travel Delivery Partners is key to sell your vision, influence and deliver active travel in Scotland.

You will be expected to ensure that the Programme is meeting performance targets, financial targets and delivering impact. From time to time you will review projects and stop those projects which are no longer delivering impact and to create new opportunities.

We offer true hybrid with the opportunity to work from home part of the time and the rest in one of our hubs in Edinburgh or Glasgow. This role will require some travel at locations as necessary to undertake projects on behalf of Sustrans.

About you

You must have experience of leading, motivating and managing project teams; with relevant previous experience in leading large-scale projects reliant on multi-disciplinary teams including project managers, urban designers, landscape architects, quantity surveyors and civil engineers. You should be able to demonstrate your knowledge of transport and active travel infrastructure, planning, delivery and best practice.

You will build relationships easily with both colleagues and external partners; allowing you to effectively engage and influence key infrastructure and/or active travel stakeholders on the delivery of projects.

A skilled communicator, you will be able to tailor your style to all levels, allowing you to connect successfully with external participants including communities, clients, partners, employers and/or education partners.

We aim to be a truly inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, in particular from under-represented groups. Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity, and enabling inclusion.

What we offer

In return we can offer ongoing working from home (or a nearby Sustrans office when it’s safe to do so) and a truly flexible, supportive and rewarding working environment.

Wellbeing

• 26 days’ leave per annum plus bank holidays for full-time working

• Ability to buy an extra week of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff)

• Staff volunteer days

• 24/7 free, impartial and confidential support service

• We are members of the Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme who both offer cycle to work schemes

Financial

• Group Personal Pension scheme with a 4% or 5% of basic salary contribution being matched by Sustrans

• Bike, computer and season ticket loans

• Discount benefits

Family Friendly

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

• Flexible Working practices (full time hours are 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday)

About the role

As The Partnership Manager, you will report directly to the Head of Strategic Partnerships & Business Development function for Scotland. You will manage a team of embedded Senior Project Officers working within the partner local authorities and delivering in partnership with a broad range of local stakeholders to develop and deliver local Active Travel Strategies, Visions and Plans.

You will work closely with colleagues to secure funding for our work, capturing and communicating the impacts of better places for people. You will ensure our for everyone values – to strengthen diversity and inclusion across the charity, whilst ensuring that a more systematic approach to the embedding of our ‘for everyone’ principles permeates through our work.

You will advocate for sustainable transport across the region and you will use that platform to influence local decision makers, through engaging in policy and planning work, leading on communications, and contributing to a coordinated approach to business development opportunities in Scotland.

You will build and manage internal and external relationships with key people such as Elected MPs, MSP’s members and others within local government, professional bodies and authorities.

This role will require travel and work at locations as necessary to undertake projects on behalf of Sustrans.

About you

You should be an experienced leader, expert at developing and maintaining relationships at senior levels in a variety of sectors e.g. Local Authority, business and industry bodies. You should have line management experience.

You must have the ability to communicate authoritatively and persuasively to a range of audiences; with demonstrable experience of remote and face-to-face partnership development techniques.

We aim to be a truly inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, in particular from under-represented groups.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.

What we offer

In return we can offer hybrid working from home and a nearby Sustrans Hub, and a truly flexible, supportive and rewarding working environment.

Wellbeing

• 26 days’ flexible leave per annum (plus bank holidays for full-time working)

• Ability to buy an extra week of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff)

• Staff volunteer days

• 24/7 free, impartial and confidential support service

• We are members of the Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme who both offer cycle to work schemes

Financial

• Group Personal Pension scheme with a 4% or 5% of basic salary contribution being matched by Sustrans

• Bike, computer and season ticket loans

• Discount benefits

Family Friendly

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

• Flexible Working practices (full time hours are 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday)