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Edinburgh | United Kingdom
Job description
Changeworks has over 35 years’ experience in delivering high impact solutions for low-carbon living. We workcollaboratively with partners, organisations and householders to drive transformation in energy efficiency andto tackle fuel poverty. An exciting opportunity for a Research and Policy Consultant has come up in our busy andgrowing team.
This role is based within our Consultancy Team and will report to the Senior Research Consultant. Our Consultancyteam are leaders in the industry and provide expert analysis and insight. The team works across a range ofdisciplines including data analysis, social research and impact evaluation.
In this role you will be responsible for managing the development and delivery of quality research and policyprojects. Using your project management experience, you will manage a range of commissions. You will allocateresponsibility to team members, monitor budgets and collaborate with colleagues to produce accurate reports.Cultivating and maintaining client relationships will be a key responsibility, ensuring client satisfaction andproject success. You will also support the dissemination of the Consultancy team’s work to wider audiencesthrough a range of media including presentations at relevant conferences, networking, written articles etc.
Working with the Senior Consultants you will identify opportunities to develop and deliver projects and services thatgenerate income.
Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research techniques is essential for this position. You will haveexperience in project management in a professional, research or consultancy role. Experience of developing andwriting policies or strategies is also desirable.
You’ll be joining Changeworks at a very exciting time as we continue to drive forward our strategy to help us scaleour work and achieve our ambitious goal of decarbonising homes across Scotland.
Changeworks is a great place to work. We hold Investors in People Platinum accreditation (something only a feworganisations in Scotland have), and we were nominated for employer of the year by the Edinburgh Chamber ofCommerce this year. Our staff overwhelmingly would recommend us as an employer too.
The Climate Emergency has resulted in ambitious national targets to reduce carbon emissions from the builtenvironment and reduce rates of fuel poverty. This has driven a significant increase in the number of pilot andlarge-scale interventions delivered by Changeworks and external organisations in this area. These includearea-based domestic energy efficiency retrofit and decarbonisation projects and programmes.
We are a growing organisation, and this role is crucial to the delivery of our ambitious objectives. We want todecarbonise homes in Scotland on a massive scale, and that needs talented individuals like you to help usdeliver on our objectives. You’ll receive full training plus coaching and mentoring.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits including flexible working, bike to work scheme, an excellent pension schemeand 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.
At Changeworks, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone.
To apply: please visit our website to complete an online application -
Closing date for applications: 11am, 13 March 2024
Interviews: Week commencing 18 March 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.
Plan Vivo is an internationally recognised standard in the voluntary carbon market, existing to support smallholdersand communities at the forefront of the climate crisis. We are known for our robust, inclusive and holisticapproach to project certification, and a focus on ensuring small holders and communities receive equitablebenefit sharing of fairly traded carbon finance.
The Plan Vivo Foundation (PVF) is currently looking for a Communications and Administration Officer. The main focusof this role will be to provide support across PVF's offerings, through working with and assisting theCommunications Coordinator and the Operations Manager. The successful applicant will work as part of the PVFEdinburgh operational team (the Secretariat) and will be line managed by the Communications Coordinator. Themost suitable candidate will be someone with good written skills and with some marketing experience. They willalso need to have administrative experience, and not be frustrated by rolling standardised and organisationaltasks.
The role is based in Edinburgh. It is full-time, but part-time will be considered depending on the ability andavailability of the candidate. The successful candidate does not necessarily need to be located withinEdinburgh, however they will be required to work from our Edinburgh office at least once per week, so they needto be located within a reasonable distance. They will also already hold the right to live and work in the UK.This is a 12-month contract, which may be extended, depending on performance and project funding.
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