Rural Jobs Round Up: May 2017

Interviewer and interviewee
Scottish Rural Network
Monday 1 May 2017 - 10:12

In Rural Jobs Round Up you can find out about some current jobs in rural areas, and rural development vacancies.

Tyne Esk LEADER Project Officer

  • Location: Dalkeith
  • Salary: £24,439 - £26,711 per year
  • Hours: 36 hours per week
  • Contract Type: Fixed Term Position

LEADER is a bottom-up method of delivering support to communities for rural development. Grants are awarded by Local Action Groups [LAG] to projects that support delivery of a Local Development Strategy. The programme covering Midlothian and East Lothian is directed by the Tyne and Esk LAG.

The main duties of the Project Officer will require her/him to:

  • assist the LEADER Co-ordinator and Local Action Group in the delivery of the Tyne Esk LEADER Programme 2015-20 throughout the rural areas of Midlothian and East Lothian
  • facilitate and promote the LEADER Programme across the rural areas of Midlothian and East Lothian by supporting project development, application process and project delivery
  • promote opportunities on LEADER funding to communities, organisations, business and local agencies by a variety of methods and in line with the Tyne Esk Communications Plan
  • provide advice, support and information to potential applicants in relation to the Tyne Esk LEADER Programme, its applications, claims procedures and monitoring activities

Visit the myjobscotland website for more information.

Closing date: 31 May

Tyne Esk LEADER - Programme Support Assistant

  • Location: Dalkeith
  • Salary: £17,864 - £18,709 per year
  • Hours: 36 hours per week
  • Contract Type: Fixed Term

The main duties of the Support Assistant will require her/him to:

  • provide clerical support to the LEADER team and Local Action Group in the delivery of the Tyne Esk LEADER Programme 2015-20 throughout the rural areas of Midlothian and East Lothian
  • provide a document preparation service through the application of PC software packages
  • be responsible for the maintenance and updating of record systems both manual and computerised
  • provide an enquiry/reception service for internal/external users, answering queries on the relevant service areas and referring enquiries to the appropriate member of staff as required

Visit the myjobscotland website for more information.

Closing date: 31 May

Business Development Officer - Sleat Community Trust

  • Salary: £30,000 per annum
  • 35 hrs per week
  • Fixed term contract to 31 March 2019
  • Job share will be considered

Over the past 14 years, Sleat Community Trust, has evolved into a thriving community enterprise running a shop and post office, a petrol station, a wireless broadband service, a local tourism group, the community forest and developing a renewable energy project. As part of their ongoing plans, an exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a full-time Business Development Officer to support the volunteer Board of Trustees and work with the community to achieve the aims of the Trust.

This person will be highly motivated, well organised, be a good communicator and ideally, with experience of community development projects in one or more of our main operational areas. Key skill requirements will include project management, sourcing/managing funding streams and business planning.

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to chair@sleat.org.uk.

For further details and job description, please e-mail office@sleat.org.uk or write to: Chair, Sleat Community Trust, Armadale, Sleat, Isle of Skye IV45 8RS.

Closing date: 31 May 2017

Administration and Events Officer - Community Land Scotland

  • Hours: 18.5 hours per week (0.5 fte)
  • Salary: £18,000 per year pro rata
  • Contract length: One year initially, with the possibility of extension
  • Location: Dunoon

Community Land Scotland is seeking a highly organised Administration and Events Officer to support the work of the organisation. Community Land Scotland is the membership organisation for Scotland’s aspiring and established community landowners. The organisation currently has more than 75 members, an active Board and a small staff team.

Community Land Scotland was set up to influence policy to make it easier for communities to buy land; help its members share knowledge and information, encourage communities to consider landownership and to promote the benefits of community landownership to Scotland. It helps to raise awareness of community landownership and support knowledge exchange between community landowners through the running of local and national events.

Visit the Community Land Scotland website for more information.

Closing date: 5pm on 12 May

LEADER Assistant Project Officer - Orkney LEADER

  • Location: Kirkwall, Orkney
  • Salary: £19,581 - £21,662 per year
  • Pro Rata Hours: 21 hours per week
  • Contract Type: Temporary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the LEADER team to take forward the delivery of the 2014 to 2020 LEADER Programme and the community element of the Fisheries Fund (EMFF). LEADER is part of the Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP) and is a funding programme primarily aimed at promoting economic and community development within rural areas.

They are looking for an Assistant Project Officer to become an integral part of the LEADER team, delivering the two funding streams to Orkney communities.

Visit the Myjobscotland website for more information.

Closing date: 7 May 2017

Forestry Commission Scotland - various vacancies

Forestry Commission Scotland are currently recruiting for a number of posts including:

Visit the Civil Service jobs website for more information on these and other posts.

Wildcat Action Project Officer - Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)

  • Contract end date: 31st March 2020
  • Location: Aviemore, Battleby or Fort William will be considered
  • Hours: 37 hours per week

Scottish Wildcat Action is a five-year project running to 31st March 2020 funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, which will deliver some of the key actions within the Scottish Wildcat Conservation Action Plan (SWCAP). It works in six priority wildcat areas to halt the decline of Scottish wildcats by reducing the threats that are currently limiting the population.

Each Project Officer acts as the point of contact for the project for two of the six wildcat priority wildcat areas and is based in an appropriate geographic location, hosted by one of the Wildcat Action partner organisations. Managed by the Scottish Wildcat Action Priority Areas Project Manager, they work as a team to deliver the project throughout its five-year lifespan. The wildcat priority areas that Scottish Natural Heritage expect the candidate to hold responsibility for are two from the Angus Glens, Northern Strathspey and Morvern areas. A job share may be considered, with candidates splitting responsibilities between geographic areas and specific roles within the land management work stream.

Visit the SNH jobs website for full information.

Closing date: midnight 14 May

Wildcat Action Communications Coordinator - Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)

  • Contract end date if temporary: 31st March 2020
  • Location: Edinburgh or Inverness
  • Hours: 37 hours per week

The Communications Officer will be employed by SNH but jointly hosted and supervised by partner organisations, based at their offices in Edinburgh. This involves four days per week at the Scottish Wildlife Trust, Commercial Street, and one day per week at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh Zoo. SNH will however consider hosting the post in Inverness.

The Communications Coordinator is responsible for the delivery of Wildcat Action’s Communications Plan. This includes delivery of communications activities which directly deliver project outcomes, as well as activities which will support the other members of the project team and partnership as they work together to deliver the Wildcat Action activity plan.

Visit the SNH jobs website for more information.

Closing date: midnight on 11 May

Modern Apprentice - Finance Administrator - Highland and Islands Enterprise (HIE)

  • Location: Benbecula
  • Salary: £16,208 pro rata, per annum, excellent benefits package
  • Fixed term for 18 months

HIE have an exciting opportunity for a Modern Apprentice Finance Administrator to be part of the Finance and Corporate Services Data Centre team in Benbecula.  In this key role you will provide a range of administrative support to the Data Centre team and be involved in dealing with travel bookings for HIE staff.

Visit the HIE website for more information.

Closing date: 7 May

Graduate placements - Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE)

HIE are currently recruiting for a number of graduate placements based in Inverness including a Heritage Development post, a Responsible Business post and an Information Systems Delivery Coordinator.

Visit the HIE website for more information.

Land Review Officers - Scottish Government

  • Salary: £23,383 - £26,448
  • Location: anywhere in Scotland
  • Hours: around 37 per week

The Scottish Government are currently seeking applications for Land Review Officers within the Rural Payments and Inspections Division based in various locations around Scotland. 

Their Land Review Officers review land parcels (fields) to establish the boundaries and accurately capture details of internal features such as roads, ponds, and vegetative cover as part of a base lining exercise being undertaken to improve the quality of information held to underpin land based agricultural support. The role involves assessing information on the ground utilising mobile GPS equipment, updating of the relevant databases and informing claimants’ accordingly.

Visit the Work for Scotland website for full information.

Closing date: 10 May 2017 at midnight