The job of a Save the Children's UK Community Shop Manager is busy and fun.

• Do you have a genuine interest in working with the general public?
• Are you self-motivated with strong interpersonal skills?
• Are you passionate about delivering the best level of customer service?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Job Purpose

Reporting directly to the Regional Retail Manager, the Community Shop Manager is responsible for leading, inspiring and growing the shops volunteering team in our well-loved shop based in Stockbridges busy town centre.

The Community Shop Manager will recruit, inspire, support and empower their own team of volunteers. You will utilise the volunteers' knowledge of the local community and enthusiasm for fashion to identify the right product mix and pricing levels for the shop to maximise sales.

They will generate high quality stock and lead a program of events to engage the local community and create a ‘buzz' around the shop.

The Community Shop Manager will also take ultimate responsibility for ensuring that the shop is managed in accordance with the organisation's policies and procedures for health & safety, financial safeguards and the safeguarding of children.

The chosen candidate must enjoy the excitement of a retail environment but most importantly, love people and have the ability to lead, inspire and empower those around you. The ultimate purpose of the job is to make as much money as possible to save children's lives

As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. The role holder will also support our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect.

(Note: The role holder must be flexible and able to work weekends, bank holidays and additional hours when necessary)

Main Accountabilities

The Community Shop Manager will lead by example, being hands on when necessary. Key duties include:

Operations

• Being responsible for the management of the shop. Ensuring the organisation's policies, procedures and safeguards are adhered to at all times

• Empowering volunteers to deliver and maintain exceptional retail standards (including visual merchandising, customer service, stock generation and management, range selection, edit and effective pricing) through on-going training and development

• Engaging with the local community to build the level of donations and gift aid

• Working with the volunteer team to optimise the shop opening times and ensuring that the necessary cover is maintained when the shop is open

• Ensuring that the building and shop equipment are appropriately maintained at all times. Reporting any issues to the property department

Finance

• Working with the volunteer team to reach agreed financial targets

• Actively promoting the shop. Engaging with the local community with the shop and Save the Children to bring energy and drive sales

People Management

• Leading, inspiring and developing the shop volunteering team

• Ensuring that the team feel valued, motivated, happy and supported. Ensuring they are united in a common goal to raise as much money as possible for Save the Children

Person Profile

Experience

• Experience of leading teams and achieving results from developing and supporting others

• Enthusiasm for retail and fashion

• Experience in a customer facing role

Abilities

• Ability to lead and inspire those around them

• Ability to drive sales and control costs

• Ability to communicate effectively with others

• Ability to be able to work weekends, Bank Holidays and additional hours when necessary

Aptitude

• A demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and their practical application and integration in the work environment

• A confident approach to problem-solving and decision-making approach

• A commitment to Save the Children UK's aims and core values of accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

Sustrans is the UK charity making it easier for people to walk and cycle. We connect people and places, create liveable neighbourhoods, act as custodians of the National Cycle Network, transform the school run and encourage happier, healthier travel. Take the next step in your journey by applying to join our team:

Inclusive Design Manager

 (Ref: SUS3260)

£36,101 per annum

37.5 Hours per week

Maternity cover

 Base: UK – Flexible

About Sustrans

Our vision and mission have never been more relevant. 

Across the UK, governments are pledging investment and action on active travel.

We are working together to make a real difference - creating places where everyone can live and travel happily and healthily, and where nobody is excluded.

With a turnover of £100m, our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and dedication of our 700 employees, 3,200 volunteers and 40,000 supporters.

Reflecting a response rate to our last annual employee survey of 92%, and positive employee experience in the top 20% of all UK employers, we are a friendly, supportive and inclusive organisation.

Join Sustrans today and help us get things done, together.

About the Role

We now have a rare opportunity for you to join us as Inclusive Design Manager, advising and supporting colleagues across the charity to deliver high-quality inclusive design across their projects and programmes, and put our ‘for everyone’ principles into practice.

You will work with communities and organisations to better understand inequalities, ensuring knowledge is shared across the charity.  You will support the development of strategic partnerships to help Sustrans become a charity for everyone.

About You

With a background in design (urban realm, architecture, landscape), transport planning, civil engineering or traffic engineering, you will have experience in the design, development and delivery of infrastructure projects, including in urban settings. Committed to inclusion and diversity, you will be someone with substantial experience working in collaboration with local communities or more vulnerable groups.

You will work well in a changing, dynamic environment, have an ability to establish rapport and gain the trust of others and be able to articulate complex or controversial ideas to a range of audiences.

If this is you and, just like Sustrans, you want to make a difference, we would love to hear from you!

What can we offer?

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)

Base

You can be based anywhere in the UK and most of your work can be done from home. Occasional travel to Sustrans UK offices will be required, particularly to our hub in central Bristol when it opens after a major refurbishment in late 2021. Good access to a mainline train station will be essential.

Recruitment process

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9:00am on Thursday 8 July 2021  Interviews will take place via Zoom on Monday 19 or Tuesday 20 July 2021.

Should Sustrans receive a large number of applications for this vacancy, the decision may be taken to close it earlier than the advertised closing date, so please ensure your application is submitted as soon as possible.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

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

We welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently, this includes people who identify as having a disability, and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.

Global Justice Now is a democratic social justice organisation working, as part of a global movement, to challenge the powerful and create a more just and equal world. We mobilise people in the UK for change, and act in solidarity with those fighting injustice, particularly those in the global south.

We are looking for someone with substantial experience of developing policy and running campaigns to join our team.

The policy and campaigns manager is a wide-ranging role. You will be responsible for developing policy positions and campaign planning, undertaking and overseeing research and maintaining relations with allies both here and overseas. You will be expected to undertake media interviews, write comment pieces, talk to journalists and local groups and activists.

From the outset you will expected to be the organisation’s lead expert on corporate power and accountability, with a current focus on transnational pharmaceutical corporations and related issues, but you will also have a broad range of policy skills and experience, and have some familiarity with Global Justice Now’s broader goals and areas of interest, able to work on other areas of Global Justice Now’s work..

If this sounds right for you, we’d really like to hear from you.

We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnicity, but as members of ethnic minority groups are currently under-represented we would like to encourage applications from black and ethnic minority candidates. Appointment will be based on merit alone.

This post is available for full or part-time working (at least four days / 28 hours a week) based in London or Edinburgh. We offer 26 days holiday a year (pro-rata for part-time) and flexible working.

The full job description and person specification, application and recruitment monitoring forms can be downloaded from our website. No agencies please – only personal applications will be considered.

Development & Membership Administrator

Salary: £21,213 - £22,262 (pay band B) plus civil service pension and other benefits

Full-time permanent post based in Edinburgh

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is embarking on the multi-year, transformational Edinburgh Biomes programme, which offers an exciting opportunity for the fundraising and membership team. If you would like to play an important part in helping to improve the lives of people and the environment then this is the job for you.

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Development and Membership Administrator to increase RBGE’s fundraising capacity, and to provide a high standard of donor and customer care.

We are looking for a creative and dynamic individual who enjoys working collaboratively as part of a small tight knit team. You will be responsible for the accurate recording subscriptions on our donor database as well as processing purchase orders, dealing with membership correspondence and maintaining our donor and membership database using Raiser’s Edge. You will also assist the team with event planning programmes and manage logistics associated with events to the highest standard. As a highly organised individual, you should have good written, numerical and verbal communication skills and be computer literate. You must have sound administrative and organisational skills and will need to have good attention to detail. Some flexibility may be required to assist with events in the evenings and weekends. Experience of working with Raiser’s Edge or similar CRM database is highly desirable.

Full details of the post including a job description and person specification can be found on our website 

Interested applicants should send a CV and covering letter outlining the skills and experience they could bring to the post, as well as complete and submit an online equal opportunities questionnaire by midday on Friday 2nd July 2021.

If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the application deadline, please assume that your application has not been shortlisted on this occasion.

No recruitment agencies please.

As the Book Festival is embarking on an exciting new chapter in its story, help us take our fundraising efforts to a new level.

As our Sponsorship & Partnerships Officer you will be part of our creative and high-performing Development Team, and will be responsible for managing a portfolio of in-kind and cash sponsors and prospecting for new organisations to approach. You will be highly organised, great at communicating with sponsors, and will bring relevant corporate fundraising experience. We will give you the support and opportunity to develop your skills, liaising with sponsors to deliver the exciting range of sponsor benefits on offer.

Contract: Full-time, permanent
Rate of pay: £22,500 to £25,000 dependent on experience

Closing date for applications: 5pm, Thursday 24 June 2021

Interviews will be held over Zoom on Tuesday 6 July, Wednesday 7 July, and Thursday 8 July 2021.

Please read the job description carefully and complete the online application using the links on our website.

The Edinburgh International Book Festival Ltd has its registered office at 5 Charlotte Square, EH2 4DR and is a company limited by guarantee (no SC 79939) with charitable status (SCO10120)

Purpose of job 

As a key part of the Membership team, you will create persuasive email campaigns that inspire and motivate. Those campaigns will help the party achieve our goals: 

• Grow the party

• Improve our diversity

• Deliver our message

• Mobilise volunteers

• Raise money

You will also work closely with our Digital Communications & Campaigns teams. In collaboration with them, you'll help our party's digital content is co-ordinated and effective at achieving those goals. 

You'll become a subject matter expert in email for the party. As a subject matter expert, you'll also advise key stakeholders on how to make the most out of email.

You'll also help design and expand our marketing automation program.

Key Responsibilities 

1. Implement and improve our email strategy to engage people at all stages of the membership journey.

2. Plan a content calendar to engage, motivate and mobilise our audience to take action that delivers real change.

3. Write persuasive, high-quality copy with a unique voice from a range of broadcasters.

4. Ensure the delivery of high-quality emails by ensuring our QA process is effective.

5. Develop a pipeline of membership and fundraising prospects that helps to grow the party’s capacity and revenue.

6. Track performance against our KPIs. Take action to address underperforming campaigns and automations.

7. Plan a programme of constant testing and innovation to get more from our email program and pass on the insights to other parts of the party.

8. Develop email best practice and communicate that across the wider organisation, including to regional and local parties.

Person Specification

You will be a talented copywriter, capable of communicating big ideas simply and emotively. You'll have first-rate communication skills. 

You will also be data-conscious, with the ability to use data effectively. Knowledge of key email techniques like A/B testing and audience segmentation would be ideal.

You will have some experience working with HTML and CSS. You will have had some experience working in a similar marketing or fundraising role.

You should be comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment, as politics can often be unpredictable.

You'll have a passionate desire to make the world a better place to live in. You'll be sympathetic to the aims and ideals of the Liberal Democrats.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience of writing marketing or fundraising copy. Ideally with some experience writing for email.

• Strong copywriting and copyediting skills.

• Good communication time management skills.

• Excellent attention to detail.

• Experience managing projects.

• Sympathy with aims and objectives of the Liberal Democrats

Technical Skills

A candidate will ideally have experience with 1 or more of the following. Not having these skills should not be a barrier to applying, as they can be taught.

• HTML and CSS.

• Google Analytics Suite.

• Experience working with a CRM.

• Experience working with an email tool (Mailchimp / Iterable / Mailjet etc).

Desirable Skills and Experience 

1. Knowledge or experience working with Salesforce (or similar CRM platform).

2. Knowledge or experience working with Iterable (or similar Email Marketing / Marketing Automation tools).

3. Direct or digital marketing qualification.

4. Digital or email marketing experience.

Your application

Please email a CV and Covering Letter

Director of Urbanism

 (Ref: SUS3259)

£57,697 per annum

37.5 Hours per week

Job share considered/flexible working available

 Base: UK – Flexible (regular travel across Scotland)

About Sustrans

Our vision and mission have never been more relevant. 

Across the UK, governments are pledging investment and action on active travel.

We are working together to make a real difference - creating places where everyone can live and travel happily and healthily, and where nobody is excluded.

With a turnover of £100m, our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and dedication of our 700 employees, 3,200 volunteers and 40,000 supporters.

Reflecting a response rate to our last annual employee survey of 92%, and positive employee experience in the top 20% of all UK employers, we are a friendly, supportive and inclusive organisation.

Join Sustrans today and help us get things done, together.

About the Role

We now have a rare opportunity for you to join us as our lead expert on urban design.  

You will work at the heart of Sustrans, improving our knowledge and thinking of urban design and placemaking and helping our teams deliver infrastructure and design programmes that achieve our vision of creating Liveable Cities and Towns for Everyone.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Impact and as a member of our UK Directors’ Group, you will play a key leadership role in creating, shaping and delivering placemaking projects and programmes.

About You

We believe in working collaboratively, so are looking for someone with a track record of building productive relationships.

You will be someone who thinks strategically and creatively and is a natural influencer.

Someone with specialist expertise in relation to urbanism and design of the urban realm.  

If this is you and, just like Sustrans, you want to make a difference, we would love to hear from you!

What can we offer?

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)

Base

You can be based anywhere in the UK and most of your work can be done from home. Occasional travel to Sustrans UK offices will be required, particularly to our hub in central Bristol when it opens after a major refurbishment in late 2021. Good access to a mainline train station will be essential.

Recruitment process

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 11am on Thursday 8 July 2021. Interviews will take place via MS Teams on Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 July 2021.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

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

We welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently, this includes people who identify as having a disability, and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.

Project Coordinator, Bike Life Scotland

£27,804 per annum pro rata

(Ref:  SUS3233)

37.5 hours per week - based in Edinburgh

About Sustrans

Our vision and mission have never been more relevant. 

Across the UK, governments are pledging investment and action on walking and cycling.

We are working together to make a real difference - creating places where everyone can live and travel happily and healthily, and where nobody is excluded.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and dedication of our colleagues.

We are proud of our employee net promoter score, being in the top 20% of all employers across all sectors in the UK, due to our energised, friendly and motivated workforce.

Join Sustrans today and help us get things done, together

About the Role

We now have an exciting opportunity to join our team and help us to make a difference by coordinating the delivery of the Bike Life Scotland Project.

Your role will see you working with colleagues from multiple different teams and in partnership with key local authorities, ensuring that findings of the project are communicated to decision makers, influencers and the public.

About You

We are looking for someone with experience of successful project management of complex, multi-partner and inter-team projects. You will also have experience of working with data in the context of communicating data sets to lay audiences

You will have an ability to develop productive working relationships with a diverse range of organisations and individuals.

So, if this sounds like you and you’re passionate about the promotion of Sustainable Transport, this could be the role for you!

Apply today and help us make a difference!

Interviews

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on 28 June 2021. Interviews will take place via MS Teams during the week commencing 05 July 2021.

Should Sustrans receive an overwhelming number of applications for this vacancy, the decision may be taken to close it earlier than the advertised closing date, so please ensure your application is submitted as soon as possible.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

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

We welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently, this includes people who identify as having a disability, and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.

Principal Policy Adviser, Domestic Regulatory Strategy Directorate 

£49,549 pa plus civil service pension scheme and excellent benefits 

LOCATION: Flexible

The ICO is looking for a Principal Policy Adviser (PPA) to join its Domestic Regulatory Strategy Directorate (DRSD). The focus of the role is developing the ICO’s policy positions and strategic response to new and emerging issues. This will involve engaging with important and senior level stakeholders and developing associated products and reports to communicate our approach. You will need to get to the heart of some of the most complex issues we deal with at pace developing practical outcomes. This can involve taking significant decisions with far reaching effects. The post holder will be expected to work collaboratively and draw on the expertise of others across the ICO. This is an exciting opportunity to help us shape how the future of digital regulation will impact and benefit the lives of the UK public.

About the ICO 

The ICO is the UK’s independent authority set up to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals. 

The ICO’s work is interesting and immensely rewarding – it is of national importance and increasingly in the public eye. We are at the forefront of information rights policy development, providing direct advice to the public, and enforcing the UK’s data protection and freedom of information laws. We hold a unique position as a regulator across the whole of the private, public and third sectors. 

About you 

Your excellent analytical ability and clear and confident communication skills will be key. As a PPA you will prioritise competing issues and tasks in a varied workload. Your experience of leading projects to achieve change will stand you in good stead. Degree educated or equivalent, you will be self-motivated with a strong interest in strategic policy development. Knowledge of information rights laws is desirable but we also welcome applications from those who can demonstrate experience of applying similarly complex concepts with the ability to learn quickly. 

The ICO’s headquarters are based in Wilmslow, Cheshire, we have offices in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London and may be able to offer some flexibility of location.

All postholders may be required to travel to engagements throughout the UK, and sometimes further afield. Therefore, your ability to travel and willingness to work outside of normal office hours on occasion is essential. 

How to apply 

Please visit ico.jobs to complete an online application form. 

Closing date: 23:59, 9 May 2021 

Project Officer, Bike Life Scotland

£24,938 per annum pro rata

(Ref:  SUS3234)

37.5 hours per week - based in Edinburgh

About Sustrans

Our vision and mission have never been more relevant. 

Across the UK, governments are pledging investment and action on walking and cycling.

We are working together to make a real difference - creating places where everyone can live and travel happily and healthily, and where nobody is excluded.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and dedication of our colleagues.

We are proud of our employee net promoter score, being in the top 20% of all employers across all sectors in the UK, due to our energised, friendly and motivated workforce.

Join Sustrans today and help us get things done, together

About the Role

We now have an exciting opportunity to join our team and help us to make a difference by assisting in the delivery of the Bike Life Scotland Project.

Your role will play a key part in facilitating the delivery of various components of the programme including project logistics, partner liaison and public engagement.

About You

We are looking for someone with experience of supporting project delivery of complex, multi-partner and inter-team projects.

You will have an ability to develop productive working relationships with a diverse range of organisations and individuals.

So, if this sounds like you and you’re passionate about the promotion of Sustainable Transport, this could be the role for you!

Apply today and help us make a difference!

Interviews

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Monday 28 June 2021. Interviews will take place via MS Teams during the week commencing 5 July 2021.

Should Sustrans receive an overwhelming number of applications for this vacancy, the decision may be taken to close it earlier than the advertised closing date, so please ensure your application is submitted as soon as possible.

To apply, please complete our online application form.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

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

We welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently, this includes people who identify as having a disability, and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.

Project Officer, Workplace Engagement

£24,938 pro rata per annum 

 (Ref:  SUS3242)

18.75 hours (2.5 days) per week – contract to 31 March 2022

based in Dumfries

About Sustrans

Our vision and mission have never been more relevant. 

Across the UK, governments are pledging investment and action on walking and cycling.

We are working together to make a real difference - creating places where everyone can live and travel happily and healthily, and where nobody is excluded.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and dedication of our colleagues.

We are proud of our employee net promoter score, being in the top 20% of all employers across all sectors in the UK, due to our energised, friendly and motivated workforce.

Join Sustrans today and help us get things done, together

About the Role

We now have an exciting opportunity to join our team in Scotland as a Project Officer.

Working alongside NHS Dumfries & Galloway and Dumfries & Galloway Council  you will engage both NHS Dumfries & Galloway and Dumfries & Galloway Council staff to increase the number of active and/or sustainable travel journeys for commuting and business travel.

About You

With experience of sustainable behaviour change or employee engagement in a workplace setting, you will use your written and verbal communication and presentation skills to engage with communities and inspire change.

So, if you’re passionate about the promotion of Sustainable Transport, this could be the role for you!

Apply today and help us make a difference!

Interviews

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Wednesday 23 June 2021. Interviews will take place via MS Teams on Wednesday 7 July 2021.

Should Sustrans receive an overwhelming number of applications for this vacancy, the decision may be taken to close it earlier than the advertised closing date, so please ensure your application is submitted as soon as possible.

To apply, please complete our online application form.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

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

We welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently, this includes people who identify as having a disability, and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.

Position: Senior Volunteering Learning and Development Officer
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent
Location: Flexible (currently home-based up to August 2021)
Salary: £33,273 - £37,839 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band E, Level 2
Department: Volunteering

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

In this role, you’ll inspire our 3,000+ volunteers to do their best in their roles, and equip them with the skills and knowledge they need to make a difference in the lives of people affected by MS.

You’ll play a key role in reviewing our approach to Welcome and Induction, making sure volunteers get off to a great start and know they are valued for their contribution.

You’ll be responsible for developing eLearning resources which can be rolled out at scale, and for helping volunteers and volunteer managers to understand policies and procedures.

We offer 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our new 5 year strategy.

As part of this exciting transformation, we’ll be moving from our current National Centre based in Cricklewood, London to Finsbury Park, London later this year. We’re expecting to be moving into our new office from August 2021.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 5 July
Interview date: Thursday 15 July

PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity.

As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, the HR team will anonymise your CV and supporting statement before forwarding to the shortlisting panel.  We’re a Disability Confident Employer.

No agencies please.

Network Engagement Project Officer (Volunteering)

£24,938 per annum

12 Month Fixed Term

 (Ref:  SUS3236)

30 -37.5 hours per week – Job Share considered

Homeworking, with regular working from the Sustrans Office

About Sustrans

Our vision and mission have never been more relevant. 

Across the UK, governments are pledging investment and action on walking and cycling.

We are working together to make a real difference - creating places where everyone can live and travel happily and healthily, and where nobody is excluded.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and dedication of our colleagues.

We are proud of our employee net promoter score, being in the top 20% of all employers across all sectors in the UK, due to our energised, friendly and motivated workforce.

Join Sustrans today and help us get things done, together!

About The Role

Volunteering is fundamental to the way Sustrans works and to the support of the National Cycle Network across Scotland. 

We now have an exciting opportunity for you to make a difference as one of our Network Engagement Project Officers.

Your role will put you at the centre of our growing Love Your Network grant scheme for community groups.

You will help us to build a vibrant wider volunteering offer and make sure that we motivate and support a diverse range of volunteers.

About You

We are looking for someone that can engage and inspire a range of audiences. Someone with experience working with volunteers and community groups or organisations.

So, if this sounds like you and you are passionate about health, sustainability or the environment, apply today!

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 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)

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently, this includes disabled people, and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.

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

Interviews

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Monday 21 June 2021.  Interviews will take place via MS Teams on Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 July 2021.

To apply, please complete our online application form. 

Network Engagement Officer

£24,938 per annum

 (Ref:  SUS3231)

30 - 37.5 hours per week – Job Share considered

Based in Edinburgh - Remote/blended working also considered

About Sustrans

Our vision and mission have never been more relevant. 

Across the UK, governments are pledging investment and action on walking and cycling.

We are working together to make a real difference - creating places where everyone can live and travel happily and healthily, and where nobody is excluded.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and dedication of our colleagues.

We are proud of our employee net promoter score, being in the top 20% of all employers across all sectors in the UK, due to our energised, friendly and motivated workforce.

Join Sustrans today and help us get things done, together!

About The Role

We now have an exciting opportunity for you to make a difference as one of our Network Engagement Officers within our Network Development team in Scotland.

Your role will put you at the centre of National Cycle Network (NCN) and other strategic route projects, as you promote and showcase the impact of our activity across Scotland.

Using both skills you have and skills you’ll develop in the role, you will deliver internal and external engagement activities, champion local communities and encourage voluntary action.  

About You

We are looking for someone with direct or transferable experience of marketing, advocacy and promotional campaigning.

You will be someone with experience of and the ability to use content management systems, and you will be able to build and grow our relationships with a wide range of key partners.

So, if you are passionate about health, sustainability or the environment and want to work somewhere you can make a big impact, then please get in touch!

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 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)

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently, this includes disabled people, and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.

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

Interviews

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on 21st June 2021.  Interviews will take place via MS Teams on Friday 2nd July.