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Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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Low Carbon Communities Officer
Changeworks
Full time, Part time
Hybrid: Edinburgh – hybrid of home and office working. Must be available to cover events, meetings and engagement as required at locations across Scotland, with notice
£29,417 - £32,280
28-35 hours per week. Full time or part time, permanent
Closing 15 June 2026
Advertised from 5 June 2026

Role

Looking for a new role where you can really make a difference? The Low Carbon Communities Team at Changeworks is a small, dynamic team that focuses on exploring how community engagement can support householders to become more energy efficient and actively supporting people to move towards action. The team delivers energy advice projects across Scotland, with the support of local partners and national funders, and tests different approaches to community engagement to understand where the greatest impacts can be achieved.

We’re looking for a Low Carbon Communities Officer to help smoothly and successfully deliver community-based energy advice projects across Scotland. In this role, you’ll work with local partners and directly with communities to make energy advice more accessible, with a particular focus on supporting people in rural areas and minoritised ethnic communities. You’ll help manage projects, engage local stakeholders and help develop new approaches to community engagement that support households to tackle fuel poverty and decarbonise their homes. 

The ideal candidate will be highly organised, comfortable working across multiple projects and have a keen interest in designing new approaches to community engagement. They will always know where they are against project plans and be thinking ahead to the next step. This is a role that is people-oriented so they will also be a strong communicator and enjoy working with project stakeholders and the public.

We’re particularly keen to receive applications from people with experience of working with minoritised ethnic communities and tailoring support to meet their needs.

We are recruiting for one or two roles, through either full-time or part-time working patterns, based in the Central Belt or Highlands.

About us

Changeworks is a great place to work. We hold Investors in People Platinum accreditation (something only a few organisations in Scotland have), and we were nominated for employer of the year by the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce 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 built environment and reduce rates of fuel poverty. This has driven a significant increase in the number of pilot and large-scale interventions delivered by Changeworks and external organisations in this area. These include area-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 to decarbonise homes in Scotland on a massive scale, and that needs talented individuals like you to help us deliver 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 scheme and 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.

Application notes

At Changeworks, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone. 

To apply: please visit our website to submit an application - Low Carbon Communities Officer in Hybrid Edinburgh - Changeworks

Closing date for applications: 11am, Monday 15 June 2026

Interviews: 18 and 19 June 2026

For further information about this post please contact Isa Kristiansen-Bragg at ikbragg@changeworks.org.uk 

Changeworks ~ delivering positive low carbon living

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