Bright Green Nature - Chief Executive Officer

Job Title: Executive Officer
Location: Hybrid – Mostly home working and occasional travel across Scotland
Reports to: Board of Trustees
Contract: Part-time (3 days per week), 1 year term initially (extension dependent on funding)
Salary: £50,000 per annum pro-rated to 3 days/week.

Established in 2022 Bright Green Nature (BGN) is a small but growing Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation, dedicated to community and small-scale nature restoration, and youth empowerment through environmental action.

We work with local people across the Scottish Borders to restore degraded nature, enhance biodiversity, and inspire the next generation of land stewards. Our projects bring together ecological restoration and social regeneration — reconnecting communities with the land while building practical skills, confidence, and employment pathways for young people. Our youth programmes are innovative and pioneering, providing hands on direct experience for young people in the socioecological aspects of nature restoration.

Our programmes include Selkirks Nature Network
, an innovative landscape scale programme under development to ecologically and socially connect a multi-land use network of sites in Selkirkshire;
The Red Squirrel Recovery Network
, a five year, Lottery funded partnership led by Northumberland Wildlife Trust to recover sustainable red squirrel populations,
Wild Your Space
, an innovative, multi-pronged programme aimed at supporting communities, schools and families to restore and connect nature in their own communities and our Youth programme, providing direct training and support for young people aged 8-24 years to gain skills, confidence and networks for future education or careers.

We are an ambitious and well connected organisation, members of Scottish Environment Link
, the Scottish Rewilding Alliance
, Rewilding Britain and the Global Rewilding Alliance as well as members of the Scotland-wide Northwoods Rewilding Network.

We are seeking a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to take over from our Founder and to lead our operations, strengthen our partnerships, and help shape the future of our organisation for the next phase of its growth.

The CEO will provide strategic and operational leadership for BGN.

You will manage day-to-day activities and the team, oversee project design and delivery, lead fundraising and financial management, and support staff, volunteers, and young participants. You will work closely with the Board of Trustees to ensure the charity is well-governed, financially sustainable, and delivering measurable ecological and social impact.

This is a hands‑on leadership role for someone who is passionate about nature recovery, community engagement, and youth development.

This role presents a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to work in a fast paced and rapidly growing environmental charity. Our team is diverse, with a broad range of experiences and backgrounds and we are proud of our supportive, flexible and inclusive culture. The CEO role is a very flexible role with respect to hours of work and location.

Leadership & Governance

• Lead the development and implementation of the charity’s strategic plan and annual priorities.
• Working with advisors and Trustees, lead governance, compliance, and regulatory requirements (OSCR, Health & Safety, GDPR, etc.).
• Prepare clear reports, budgets, and impact data for the Board, funders, and partners.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, and respect across staff, volunteers, and community participants.

Operations & Organisational Management

• Oversee day-to-day operations, ensuring efficient administration and delivery of projects.
• Lead and oversee risk management, safeguarding and Health and Safety
• Line manage and support staff, contractors, and volunteers, providing supervision and professional development.
• Working with our specialist providers, maintain robust systems for finance, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Lead Human resources, including recruitment, policies ad statutory compliance
• Develop policies and procedures to ensure best practice, compliance and organisational resilience

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