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• 4-5 days per week. We’re open to flexible working options. This post will require some work out of office hours, including weekends on occasion. Permanent
• You will receive 28 days annual leave plus 11 days statutory holidays pro rata.Friends of the Earth Scotland operates a Company Pension Plan with NEST. The pension benefits exceed the statutory minimum.

Friends of the Earth Scotland is seeking a compassionate and collaborative Director who is able to lead and guide ourdynamic organisation and facilitate our team’s creative and powerful contributions. This key position will leadand promote Friends of the Earth Scotland’s unique role in the urgent and critical context of the climate andecological emergency.

Working closely with the Senior Management Team, together with the Board and staff team, you will first work todeliver our 2024-26 organisational strategy, ensuring that the two aims and priorities of this strategy arecoordinated and mutually supportive while continuing to build on the organisation’s new ways of working.

The role is based in Edinburgh withhybrid working arrangements. You will be expected to travel within the UK and internationally onoccasions.

Responsible for: Senior Management Team and organisation

If you’re excited about working for us and have most of the skills and experience we are looking for, please go aheadand apply.

How to apply: Please send a CV and a cover letter (no more than 4 pages long) highlighting why youare interested in applying and how your knowledge, skills and experience meet the person specification.

If you would like an informal discussion before applying, please contact Florence Garabedianfgarabedian@foe.scot .

Closing date: 16th of June 2024 at 5pm

Selection dates:1st stage interview: 4th or 12th of July 2024

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Changeworks is expanding our portfolio of services to better support people to reduce their energy use and tackle theclimate emergency. To build on existing services and develop new successful ones, we need someone to play acritical role in monitoring and improving our performance, as well as setting services up for success withonboarding and maximising data collection. That’s where you come in.

With your background in contracts, funding, or accounts, you’ll help us achieve our goals through innovative andimpactful services. We’re looking for your expertise and experience in contract set-up, management and reportingas well as your flair for data analysis and keen eye for detail.

You’ll work alongside operational managers, our finance team and business development colleagues to ensure we’remeeting all our contractual requirements. As well as ensuring data is managed effectively to provide insights toimprove our performance, you’ll enable us to develop realistic bids and ensure new contracts are set upcorrectly and efficiently. Your role will be key to supporting the development and growth of our CommunityEngagement and Energy Advice Services.

You’ll be confident in leading by example and motivating your colleagues to continuously improve and evidence impact.This role will involve using your strong communication skills to ensure insights and key information lands welland is fully utilised. You’ll be well versed in building strong and effective relationships with teams andpartners to ensure the successful definition and delivery of services and contracts.

This role is permanent and reports directly to the Head of Community Engagement and Energy Advice Services, withinthe Delivery Directorate.

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 includedelivery of impactful energy efficiency advice to individuals, community groups, and organisations.

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.

• Edinburgh or Inverness (home and office working) (Hybrid)
• Closing31st May 2024

Do you have a passion for energy efficiency and decarbonisation? Are you a creative, motivated problem solver whowants to be a part of an organisation making a real difference to tackling the Climate Emergency? This role maybe for you.

Changeworks is looking for a new consultant with a focus on residential building services engineering to join ourgrowing and highly regarded Consultancy Team. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrable track record ofmanaging projects with a high level of knowledge of low or zero carbon technologies and their implementation onthe built environment.

About you

Based within our Consultancy Team, the role requires effective working with a range of stakeholders across adiversity of Changeworks projects differing in scale and complexity. The ability to deal with multiple tasks andmeet deadlines in a supportive team environment is essential. You will have a commitment and passion for thisfield, relevant sectoral knowledge and be organised and proactive. Your creative streak will allow you toidentify innovative solutions, work around problems, identify new areas of work, and promote and disseminate ourwork.

About us

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.

Do you want to help improve Scotland’s parks and greenspaces?

MyParkScotland is a unique charity that aims to develop new ways for people to support, improve and enjoy parks andgreenspaces. We offer new and innovative ways for communities and organisations to raise funds for parks andgreenspaces while also building endowment funds that will support long term investment in parks andgreenspaces.

This is an exciting time for MyParkScotland and we are looking to recruit new non-Executive Directors/Trustees tobring their passion for parks and greenspaces to support the strategic leadership and governance of the charity.We are seeking applications from people from a wide range of backgrounds – including third sector, social andcommunity enterprise, public and private sectors – to bring a diverse mix of skills and experience to theboard.

Are you passionate about the importance of green spaces within our communities? Do you have an interest in gardening?Do you have the knowledge, skills and experience to lead an organisation that is playing an important rolewithin the community? This year Amisfield Preservation Trust (Amisfield Walled Garden) celebrates its 25th yearanniversary. We are looking to recruit a new Chair who can lead the organisation forward to the next stage inits development.

About Amisfield Preservation Trust

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. Since project inception, volunteers haverecreated a beautiful, historic and peaceful 8 acre walled garden which had fallen into disrepair. The projecthelps improve the life chances of those most vulnerable in our community, through support for individuals withbarriers to employment; drives inclusion through involving volunteers with a range of additional support needs;promotes learning through educational activities for school groups with their teachers, and for the generalpublic through a variety of training events; helps the community to flourish through increased social connectionand regenerative activities that improve mental and physical wellbeing and resilience and help increase pride inthe local community and place. Amisfield Walled Garden is a beautiful, tranquil garden. We are a 3 star VisitScotland attraction which is open to the public (free of charge) for 6 days in the week.

We are looking for a volunteer Chair to lead the Amisfield Preservation Trust, the small charity that looks after thegarden. The role involves working with our volunteer Board of Directors, Volunteer Coordinator, Wellbeing andOutreach worker and garden volunteers to ensure that the garden continues to play an important and much-lovedrole at the heart of the local community.

The qualities and experience we’re looking for in our new Chair are:

• An enthusiasm for gardening (whether amateur or professional)
• Great leadership skills
• A realsense of community, with great networks across the county or a willingness to create them
• Knowledge orexperience of the voluntary/charitable sector
• Somebody comfortable with being the public face of thegarden
• Ideally somebody based locally in East Lothian or willing to travel to Haddington.

Specific duties:

• Organising and Chairing monthly Amisfield Preservation Trust Board meetings
• Promoting good governanceamongst fellow Board members and ensuring activity is in line with the garden’s charitablepurposes
• Leading the Board in planning and coordinating a programme of garden developments andimprovements
• Leading the Board in planning and coordinating a range of community events
• Workingwith fellow Board members to support and manage the garden’s two employees.
• Contributing to regularcommunications to the garden’s volunteers, supporters and stakeholders across email, the website and socialmedia
• Being a key contact for the garden for stakeholders, funders and donors, including East LothianCouncil
• Working with fellow Board members to compile applications for funding and collate impact reportsto funders
• Representing the garden in the local media and with stakeholders across EastLothian

There are currently 8 members of the Board. The Chair role will be for a term of three years, with an initialprobationary period of six months.