Advertised from 13 June 2025

Role

Background

Edinburgh Communities Climate Action Network (ECCAN) is a network of over 160 group members and over 300 individual members. We aim to engage and empower individuals and community groups in taking meaningful action to address the climate and nature emergency, working towards a just, thriving and resilient Edinburgh. Our membership is open to any community group and individual in Edinburgh. You can become a member here.

ECCAN was launched by the Scottish Communities Climate Action Network (SCCAN) in 2022 and submitted a successful funding application to the Scottish Government in Autumn 2023 to establish the Edinburgh Communities Climate Action Hub. This is part of a strategic Scotland-wide network of regional Climate Action Hubs.

At ECCAN, we aim to cultivate an organisational culture that is diverse, equitable, and fosters belonging. The post holder will play a pivotal role in supporting us to achieve this vision.

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who is passionate about climate action, good governance and charity management to take a key supporting role in building the community-led network and ensuring its ongoing success.

This person will be an excellent administrator with a keen eye for detail, tech-savvy and able to support the organisation in achieving its aims and objectives, through the management of everyday operations.

This will include ensuring compliance with all policy and related expectations of a publicly-funded organisation, managing HR strategies and day-to-day finances such as payroll and expenses.

As part of a fast-paced environment and collaborative team, there will be an opportunity for you to grow and develop in your role. While the role is focused on the finance and policies of the charity you will be able to contribute to the direction of our sub-networks or other activities you may have an interest in.

Application notes

Please submit:

• CV and covering letter (max 2 pages total) outlining how you meet the job requirements to jobs@eccan.scot by midnight on Sunday 29th June.
  • Please name the document: SURNAME – Operations Lead. Use that filename as the Subject Line of the email to help us keep track of applicants.
  • Please include any access or accessibility requirements as part of your cover letter.
• Please also complete an Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form via this link. This will be separated from your application on receipt and filed separately and anonymously, for E&D monitoring purposes.

We are actively seeking to recruit individuals whose background or lived experiences will bring extra depth and / or a diversity of perspectives into the ECCAN team. ECCAN is an equal opportunity organisation which aims to be family friendly. We encourage applications from under-represented sections of society, including but not limited to: people with disabilities, people of colour, trans and non-binary people, other members of the LGBTQI+ community, and women.

Interviews will be held provisionally on the week beginning 14th July 2025 at our office on Forth Street.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role.

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