Mark Skills Development Officer

Are you excited by the thought of working for an organisation whose mission is to inspire changes in behaviour to improve our environment, the quality of people’s lives, their wellbeing, and the places that they care for? If you answered yes, please read on.

Keep Scotland Beautiful is your charity inspiring action for our environment. Our vision is for a clean, green, sustainable Scotland. We are a practical organisation working with communities, schools, businesses, local and national government, public bodies and individuals to help combat climate change, tackle litter and waste, restore nature and biodiversity and improve the places we care for. We support the ambitions of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

We offer a fantastic benefits package in return for your talent. These include:

• A generous pension scheme
• Hybrid working
• Development opportunities
• A 35‑hour work week (28 hours for 0.8
  
  FTE)
• An annual free volunteer day to take your skills or interests to support others

This is a part‑time (28hrs/week), fixed‑term post to 31

May
2029. Reporting to the Communities Manager and working alongside the Communities team, the Make Your Mark Skills Development Officer will deliver a programme of accredited skills training focused on built, cultural and natural heritage to people facing complex barriers to employment.

• Deliver structured accredited skills training to raise awareness of the importance of heritage and equip participants with the knowledge and tools to celebrate, record and preserve local heritage.
• Work closely with partners Make Your Mark and Access to Industry to support people facing barriers to employment through training, pathways into volunteering and employment opportunities.
• Support heritage volunteer organisers and contribute to sectoral research, knowledge and practice.
• Collaborate with the Communities team to develop and improve training delivery.

• Experience in teaching, training or supported learning, particularly for individuals facing barriers to learning.
• Passion for Scotland’s historic environment and ability to use that passion to support learning and action for local heritage.
• Experience of working with a range of partners.
• Ability to travel to training delivery locations, primarily in Edinburgh, with further locations sought.

The post is based in Stirling, with training delivery primarily in Edinburgh and other locations. A hybrid working policy allows a balance between home/remote working and attendance at the office hub in Stirling.

This post is funded by Historic Environment Scotland and The National Lottery Heritage Fund.