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About ECSA

Edinburgh College Students’ Association (ECSA) is a charity representing over 24,000 students from more than 100 countries attending Edinburgh College. As a key partner of the Edinburgh College community, ECSA works to represent and support students across the 4 campuses to ensure every student has the best possible student experience.

Powered by students

The Association is made up of the thousands of students from Edinburgh College, across every campus, every course, and at every level within the institution. The constant cycle of new members is what powers us as an organisation and your engagement in the student experience is what keeps it going.

Driven by values

Our Values underpin everything we do and why we do it:

· Committed to Students – we will never let anything distract us from the fact that students always come first for us. Independent from the College, we are led by students, for students, making sure you have a fun, successful and truly ‘ECSA-llent’ student experience.

· Supportive – we strive to be welcoming to all students and always there when you need support. Our friendly staff and helpful nature is what makes us approachable and open to all.

· Ambitious – Students come to College with one eye on building a better future and we are determined to help you do just that. Our approach to maximising your opportunities requires us to be dynamic and innovative, constantly striving to do more for each and every student.

· Trusted – we work hard every day to ensure that we are effective in pursuit of our objectives, running a professional organisation and gaining respect of key stakeholders across the College and beyond.

· Respectful– Our membership is wonderfully diverse. We will always celebrate that diversity and challenge any form of inequality on campus, or beyond, because everyone deserves to be treated with respect

Committed to better

Our Association Vision is to create a positive, supportive community which enables every student to achieve their potential

ECSA is seeking to recruit a suitably qualified person to take up the exciting post as Sustainability Officer. The Successful candidate will be leading the work of the Go Green Low Carbon Travel Project across the College. These positions are funded through the Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund.

What we can offer you

Working together with the current Sustainability Officer, and reporting to the Association Director, you will be responsible for the coordination and effective implementation of the ECSA carbon reduction project – Go Green.

Together, the Sustainability Officers act as ambassadors for active travel and waste reduction across the Edinburgh College Community.

The role aims to increase understanding and sustainability skills through extracurricular and voluntary activities. Through engagement with students in formal and informal settings, the role will help develop a sharing and waste reduction culture at the College in order to support carbon reduction in the lives of everyone involved. Plus, you get to be part of a unique organisation which contributes to improving the lives of others.

This position is funded through the Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund.

What you can offer us

Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant discipline, the successful applicant will have experience of working in a climate change field, with low carbon travel and/or waste reduction knowledge being strongly desirable.

We are looking for someone who has experience of working in an environmental change setting and has a passion for the aims of the project. Our ideal candidate will have the skills, knowledge and experience to affect positive change for the benefit of the environment as well as the students of Edinburgh College.

Changeworks’ runs a very successful energy advice and advocacy service for vulnerable householders across East Lothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian and the Scottish Borders regions. We are now seeking to recruit additional full-time advisor capacity within the Affordable Warmth Team. We are looking for energetic and supportive individuals with a ‘can do’ attitude to deliver affordable warmth advice.

You will be highly organised with excellent communication skills and a mature, responsible and client focussed, attitude. An energy or advice providing background is desirable, as is experience of producing high quality written reports, working with disadvantaged people and knowledge of fuel poverty. A driving licence is highly desirable.

We offer an attractive staff benefits package which includes an excellent pension scheme and 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.

Cycling Scotland is the nation’s cycling organisation. Working in partnership with other organisations, with funding from Transport Scotland, we help create an environment for everyone in Scotland to cycle easily and safely. Our vision is a sustainable, inclusive and healthy Scotland where anyone, anywhere can enjoy all the benefits of cycling.

We are currently recruiting for a Development Officer to join our team and help deliver Cycling Scotland’s behaviour change and training programmes, expanding the successful Cycling Friendly Award and Development Grant programme. Reporting to the Behaviour Change Manager, the successful candidate will have lead responsibility for activity in the education setting and manage the development and delivery of Cycling Scotland’s behaviour change and associated projects to get more people cycling.

Please read the job description available on our website for full details.

The post is based in Glasgow. Following Scottish Government guidance, we are currently home working.

Cycling Scotland is the nation’s cycling organisation. Working in partnership with other organisations, with funding from Transport Scotland, we help create an environment for everyone in Scotland to cycle easily and safely. Our vision is a sustainable, inclusive and healthy Scotland where anyone, anywhere can enjoy all the benefits of cycling.

We are recruiting a Regional Bikeability Officer to help achieve the vision of the charity and get more people cycling. Reporting to the Bikeability Manager, the Regional Bikeability Officer is responsible for developing and expanding the reach of Bikeability Scotland school cycle training in the West of Scotland.

Please read the job description available on our website for full details.

FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors aimed at relieving food poverty and reducing food waste in the UK. It does this by rescuing good quality surplus food that would otherwise have gone to waste and sending it to charity and community groups.

This post will focus on developing this network and surplus food distribution across Highlands, Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland.

Responsible to: FareShare Manager

We are looking for the right candidate who ideally has experience of community development, health & wellbeing, environmental issues or food poverty with strong communication and coordination skills, an existing network of relevant contacts, ability to work independently and the passion to successfully drive this initiative to reduce food insecurity in the Highland & Islands.

Period of employment: Initially until 31/7/21; it is intended the post will continue subject to finance.

Hours: 36.25 hours per week; flexibility required including potentially some weekend work and travelling (own transport essential)

Main Responsibilities:

• Development of existing Community Food Member network in 4 Local Authority areas (Highland, Western Isles, Orkney, Shetland);
• Support local networks and third sector partners to access surplus food, ensuring food safety compliance;
• Develop and implement local action plan;
• Building on existing relationships with third sector interfaces and local authorities;
• Logistical planning, liaising closely with teams based in Aberdeen to ensure efficient food delivery;
• Promotion and publicity of FareShare in H&I;
• Preparation of reports to funders.

Sustrans is the charity making it easier for people to walk and cycle, by connecting people and places, creating liveable neighbourhoods, transforming the school run and delivering a happier, healthier commute. Take the next step on your Sustrans journey by joining our team in Scotland.

As part of the Policy & Communications team, this is an exciting new role and an opportunity for a dynamic communications professional to make their mark. The role will include the creation of engaging video, photographic and written content for the Sustrans website and project microsites which promote sustainable transport, active travel and the wider work of Sustrans Scotland to a range of audiences including supporters, key stakeholders, volunteers and the general public. There will also be social media communication outputs and supporting the organisation of events.

You will have relevant experience of working in either marketing, PR, event management, journalism or similar. You will have a high standard of written and verbal communications skills, and a proven ability to write relevant, engaging content for a variety of audiences. You’ll have experience of writing / editing content for the web. You’ll also be equally confident writing press releases and using social media in a professional environment.

You are a team player, with the ability to work collaboratively and effectively with others. Your excellent organisational skills and ability to plan, prioritise and manage your own workload will be enhanced by your time management skills. You will have an understanding of marketing and communications principles and excellent IT skills, including Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. You will also be committed to the promotion of sustainable transport.

The Community Links Worker programme, funded by EVOC & Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership, is delivered in partnership with GP Practices and the 3rd sector to support people to live well through strengthening connections between community resources and primary care.

The Community Link Worker will be employed by Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust and will work as part of three practice teams in South East Edinburgh, to provide 1:1 person-centred and practical supports to people in contact with the GP practice team

Taking a person-centred approach, you will work with individuals to enable them to identify personal outcomes and priorities for their health and well-being and link them to local, city and national activities and support services.

The postholder must have experience of working with people who are facing complex social and emotional circumstances, a strong understanding of the challenges affecting people living in areas of disadvantage in relation to living well, extensive effective interpersonal skills in working with people on a 1:1 basis as well as experience in networking and relationship building with other professionals and organisations.

Responsible to: DTAS Development & Communications Officer

Hours: 35 hours per week (excluding meal breaks). No overtime paid, but time off in lieu may be taken as appropriate.

Leave entitlement: 25 days p/a, plus 10 public holidays

Period of Employment: Fixed term, 1 year post (with 3 months probationary period). Potential for a further 1 year extension subject to funding.

The purpose of this new post is to create a sustainable umbrella model that will support individual community transport schemes. This could help with costs like insurance, training and maintenance - but would allow the individual communities to ensure that they were introducing a scheme that worked to their community’s needs.

As a result of this pilot project, we will find a sustainable, replicable model that will help other communities to deliver successful schemes.

Context

This post is the result of a partnership between COMO UK, Community Transport Association (Scotland), Energy Savings Trust and Development Trusts Association Scotland (DTAS).

DTAS will employ a full-time a Community Transport Development Officer on a 2 year basis (initially 1 year) to support DTAS members who are delivering or looking to deliver community transport schemes in their areas.

We will identify 5 geographically dispersed areas as a pilot study and work with them to plan, implement and deliver successful, sustainable community transport schemes in their locality. Entrenched rural transport challenges like a lack of public transport and rising fuel costs that are well evidenced, coupled with the fact that independent community car club schemes are expensive to design and deliver.

Role & Responsibilities

The main responsibilities of this role will be to:

• identify a small number of community transport schemes in different parts of Scotland with the potential for development and implementation on a local level.
• build effective multi-agency partnerships to support the development and delivery of these schemes;
• work closely with Development Trusts to develop community transport schemes, provide general advice and support on all aspects of project development and signpost to specialist advice and support where required;
• assist Development Trust to identify and secure funding for initiative and explore innovative ways of resource developments;
• Research and implement shared delivery infrastructure and bulk insurance purchase;
• develop a suite of case studies and other learning materials to help other community groups to apply the approaches taken by the pilot schemes with similar characteristics elsewhere;
• report on the lessons learned and provide recommendations to the project steering group about changes to policy and practice that would make it easier for other groups to undertake similar projects elsewhere; and
• use the lessons learned from the pilot schemes to work with stakeholders to develop an innovative approach for scaling-up community led transport schemes across Scotland.
• this list is not exhaustive and the tasks may differ on occasion when required.

Edinburgh Remakery is an award winning social enterprise which teaches repair and mending skills and campaigns for zero waste and strong community support. We teach repair skills and promote other repair activities. We look to make a culture of repair and reuse the norm, rather than an exception.

As of August 2020 we have pivoted our business model to focus on key business priorities. To this end the premises at Leith Walk has now become our E-Waste & Education Hub. This centre will concentrate on two streams; the first being our IT Disposal Service for both businesses and individuals and the refurbishment of IT equipment - with sales through our online shop. The second, our Education model.

Our Education model will take two routes:

• Educational Workshops for individuals, community groups and bespoke events such as staff away days, birthdays, and more
• Employability Opportunities with various entry points from volunteering, apprenticeships, internships and work placements

The main focus of this role will be the development and daily coordination of the workshops and the education routeway, and will be accountable to the Marketing and Events Manager.

Developing our workshops will help us increase our offering to new audiences as well as our existing supporters, engaging with the community in the process. It also aims to provide income generation as part of our social enterprise objectives. It will be essential to steer the workshops towards profitability, building on an established business model. A detailed business plan is in place, and the role will demand an ability to put this into action whilst allowing room for innovation and new, relevant business ideas.

The Circular Economy will generate many job opportunities in the future and our Education Model aims to address the skills-gap and ensure a skilled workforce for the future. The Education opportunities should address both our charitable objectives; giving back to the community whilst also incorporating benefits to our social enterprise, i.e deliverable projects that attract funding streams.

Person Specification

We are looking for someone who is creative, forward thinking, entrepreneurial, organised, and who has excellent judgement. You will be able to translate your own and others’ ideas into operational plans, analyse commercial strategies, develop business partnerships and be an excellent communicator.

This challenging and rewarding role requires proven success in a training, events, circular economy or Third Sector context.

We have a friendly and professional ethos, with a strong commitment to quality and innovation, both in terms of the services and products we provide and the way we work together.

Essential tasks:

• Coordinate and manage all workshops, liaising with tutors and freelancers
• Coordinate workshop bookings and customer enquiries
• Create and monitor workshop targets to measure progress against the business plan
• Report on Impact
• Manage a mixed stream of income from workshops income and grants income
• Develop Education Model with external partners
• Coordinate Employability programme
• Write clear monthly reports on KPI’s to funders and the Management Team
• Create targets for staff to measure progress against the business plan
• Set evaluation criteria for projects

Essential experience

• Project management experience
• Business development and sales experience
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Desirable experience

• Experience in workshop or event management
• Experience of employability programmes