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Scotland | United Kingdom
Job description
StAndEN are a partner in the award-winning Cosy Kingdom project, which delivers energy & fuel poverty adviceservices for householders in North East Fife & Glenrothes, making home energy visits, providing talks andworkshops on saving energy and attending events to raise the profile of the project.
This exciting new post will be part-funded by Fife Council and Local Energy Advice Partnership (LEAP). The successfulpost holder will be working across North East Fife and Glenrothes, delivering energy advice via home visits andtelephone calls, providing outreach events, running multiple targeted social media campaigns, engaging withlocal
community stakeholders and installing simple energy-saving measures.
This new part-funded post will require time split between two projects- 3-days per week working in Glenrothes and2-days per week delivering energy advice at home visits across the region.
Full training will be provided, including City and Guilds qualifications.
Specific responsibilities
The role will involve regular travel across North East Fife and Glenrothes, so any candidate must have a fulldriver’s licence and access to a vehicle
General Responsibilities
Responsible to: Senior Energy Advisor
Place of work: The Eco Hub, St Andrews; community locations; client homes throughout North East Fifeand Glenrothes; hybrid home working, depending on role.
Closing date for applications is 5pm 1stMarch 2024
The Royal Scottish Forestry Society, formed in 1854, is an educational charity focussing on promoting theunderstanding of trees, woods and forestry.
Every year RSFS puts on what we believe to be the most extensive programme of practical forestry events acrossScotland. The Society has published a semi-academic journal, Scottish Forestry, since 1858 promoting all aspectsof good practice in forestry.
The Society is at an exciting stage of its development growing its practical training offering, offering a widerrange of bursaries and expanding its digital content. To support these activities we are looking to appoint anAdministrative Officer.
Who we are looking for
You will be a personable, dynamic self-starter, used to being the first point of contact within the organisation. AsRSFS is a virtual organisation, you must be highly-organised and able to work independently contributing to theoverall team outcomes.
The principal functions of the role will be to undertake all of the administration relating to the following areasand to support members who volunteer to organise RSFS events:
o Annual Study Tour (AST) planning, arrangements and record-keeping;
o Regional Field Day (RFD) arrangements and record-keeping;
o Training Event (TEV) planning, arrangements and record-keeping;
• Bursary and awards administration;
• Web content relating to these matters;
• Operational policies and procedures for these matters.
Outline terms and conditions
• The role is for 21 hours per week;
• A full-time equivalent salary of £26,500 to £28,500, pro rated for the hours worked, to be agreed depending onexperience;
• Access to our employee well-being assistance programme.
Join us to create a world where bumblebees are thriving and valued
This is your chance to be part of an organisation working with passionate people to deliver a positive impact on theenvironment.
The current Board has ten members, Trustees work together, and with the executive team, with a spirit of openness andtrust. We recruit individuals skilled in their field to fulfil the Board’s governance role who are alsopassionate about nature, species conservation and bumblebees!
We’re very proud of our inclusive culture at the Trust – we care as much about what you have the potential to do aswhat you have already done, and we welcome applications from those who are new to trusteeship as well as thosewith previous experience. We want to hear how your lived experience will give us a better representation atBoard level of the diverse audiences we seek to inspire to take action for bumblebees.
The Bumblebee Conservation Trust is a science-led organisation established in 2006 because of serious concerns aboutthe ‘plight of the bumblebee’. In the last 80 years, our bumblebee populations have crashed. Two species havebecome nationally extinct and several others have declined dramatically.
Bumblebees are familiar and much-loved insects that pollinate our crops and wildflowers, so people are rightlyworried. We have a vision to create a world where bumblebees are thriving and valued.
Our current five-year strategy, launched in April 2019, sets out four main aims to focus our work:
• Enhance the understanding of bumblebee ecology and conservation.
• Increase the quality and quantity of bumblebee habitat.
• Inspire and enable a diverse range of people to take action for bumblebees.
• Be an effective and sustainable organisation.
Our Head of Fundraising & Engagement is supported by a 20 strong team of fundraising, communications andvolunteering professionals, with a fundraising culture embedded across the Trust. Funds are generated to supportthe core activities of the Trust and to enable the delivery of specific projects.
The Trust raises funds from a variety of primary sources: Grants - typically restricted for specific projects;Charitable trusts – for both core activities or projects; Legacies; Membership fees – from individuals/familiesand businesses; Donations – from individuals and businesses; Merchandise and Consultancy with Trust expert staffproviding services to landowners, managers and developers.
The Trust is in a strong position with reserves to support our plans to continue to grow in a sustainable fashion andwe are collectively working on developing the new strategy for launch in spring 2024. We currently employ 60staff, in full and part time roles, with an annual turnover of ca. £1.5 - 2m. The work of the Trust is supportedby 7,500 members. You can read more about our strategy and work at bumblebeeconservation.org
Background : A background in any or multiple areas of fundraising such as individual giving,community, corporate, trusts & foundations, major donors.
Role Summary: To assist the Board to see the bigger picture; to sit on the Fundraising &Engagement Committee and bring a fresh perspective to the Trust’s fundraising plans and strategies. Support theorganisation’s digital transformation programme and support our engagement and fundraising teams to explore newopportunities and reach out to new diverse audiences.
If you feel you could contribute your skills and experience of fundraising to the strategic leadership of the Trust,then we would very much like to hear from you.
The Royal Scottish Forestry Society, formed in 1854, is an educational charity focussing on promoting theunderstanding of trees, woods and forestry. Every year RSFS puts on what we believe to be the most extensiveprogramme of practical forestry events across Scotland. This activity is being expanded into practical trainingevents.
The Society has published a semi-academic journal, Scottish Forestry, since 1858 promoting all aspects of goodpractice in forestry. All back issues are available to Members via our website.
The Society has a mix of individual and organisational Members. Our membership includes professional foresters andmanagers, woodlands owners and many others with an interest in trees and woods.
RSFS is also the parent entity of Cashel Forest Trust, a charity based near Balmaha, in East Loch Lomond. CashelForest Trust owns a 1,300-hectare estate comprising a visitor centre, 5 km of recreational paths, ahydro-electric scheme, 300 Ha of native woodland, 500 Ha of peatland under restoration and 500 Ha of montane andopen hillside. Cashel welcomes more than 10,000 visitors a year with an interest in natural ecosystems, nativewoodland and citizen science.
Who we are looking for
We are seeking up to 2 new trustees. Applications of those with experience of the following areas will beprioritised:
• Communications, stakeholder engagement and public relations ;
• Learning and development programmes in the context of CPD.
We would like applicants to:
• Empathise with our vision, mission and aims;
• Demonstrate a willingness and ability to devote the necessary time and effort;
• Experience of exercising sound and independent judgement;
• Think and apply knowledge creatively and strategically;
• Keep themselves and the charity mission-focused;
• Analyse and evaluate information and other evidence in the execution of their duties.
Amisfield Preservation Trust provides a regenerative community space (Amisfield Walled Garden) just outside ofHaddington for a wide range of groups. The project is volunteer led and this year we are celebrating 25 years ofthe Trust. Since project inception, volunteers have recreated a beautiful, historic and peaceful 8 acre walledgarden which had fallen into disrepair. The project helps improve the life chances of those most vulnerable inour community, through support for individuals with barriers to employment ; drives inclusion through involvingvolunteers with a range of additional support needs; promotes learning through educational activities for schoolgroups with their teachers, and for the general public through a variety of training events; helps the communityto flourish through increased social connection and regenerative activities that improve mental and physicalwellbeing and resilience and help increase pride in the local community and place.
Job Role
We are looking for a caring, compassionate and motivated person to further develop our wellbeing work within thegarden. The postholder will work alongside our existing Volunteer Coordinator to support people withvulnerabilities to regularly visit and/or engage in gardening with a therapeutic focus. They will work withpeople both on a 1-1 basis and with small groups. They will undertake outreach work to other organisations whohave a wellbeing focus to develop new partnerships and bring additional groups and people with vulnerabilitiesinto the garden. They will also host 6 wellbeing workshops at the garden throughout the year. These workshopsmight be run in partnership with other organisations.
This post is offered initially on a fixed contract of one year ( 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025). The post isfunded by East Lothian TSI Communities, Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund. Continuation will be dependent onfurther grant funding being secured.
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