Active Travel & Air Quality Coordinator

Parents For Future Scotland; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 17.000 - 20.000; Teilzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Day rate £150 per day

Flexible working environment

Work from home option

Edinburgh-based role

Zusammenfassung

Parents for Future Scotland is recruiting a part-time Coordinator to support Edinburgh schools and families in improving air quality and increasing walking, wheeling and cycling to school. You will work with schools, parents, partners and the Air Pollution Manager to establish walking and bike buses and empower communities to lead their own initiatives.

The role involves hands-on community organising, training and practical support for active travel schemes, plus developing sustainable school

Qualifikationen

• Must be able to competently ride a bike.
• Qualified Cycle Ride Leader and First Aid trained, or willing to undertake these qualifications.
• Ambassador for Parents for Future Scotland with ability to motivate others.
• Experience delivering and managing community projects.
• Proven ability to tailor messaging to different audiences.
• Experience building relationships with partner organisations, communities facing barriers and local councils.
• Experience developing community skills, confidence and capacity.
• Experience of facilitating workshops, meetings and community discussions.
• Experience of monitoring, evaluation, data collection and report writing.
• Understanding of active travel, public health or environmental issues.
• Understanding of social justice and climate action.

Aufgaben

• Set expectations with schools about commitments for the clean air project.
• Establish relations with school staff and maintain regular contact to support delivery.
• Develop walking and bike buses across participating schools.
• Assist with route planning, risk assessments and volunteer coordination.
• Attend and support morning bike/walking buses until self-sustaining.
• Promote safe cycling and active travel within school communities.
• Identify community leads to galvanise groups and develop opportunities.
• Run training sessions for parents on starting a walking/bike bus and workshops.
• Build a pool of volunteers to deliver air pollution workshops in schools.
• Support delivery of parent-to-parent air pollution workshops in schools.
• Promote Parents for Future Scotland among parents and communities.
• Foster peer-to-peer support and knowledge sharing between schemes.
• Work with Air Pollution Manager on project strategy and liaise with cycling organisations and authorities.
• Collect monitoring and evaluation data throughout the project.
• Post on social channels and participate in WhatsApp community.
• Contribute to wider discussions on active travel, climate action and public health.

Kenntnisse

Bike riding

Cycle Ride Leader

First Aid

Community project delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Volunteer training

Jobbeschreibung

Parents for Future Scotland is recruiting a part-time Coordinator to support Edinburgh schools and families in improving air quality and increasing walking, wheeling and cycling to school. You will work with schools, parents, partners and the Air Pollution Manager to establish walking and bike buses and empower communities to lead their own initiatives.

The role involves hands-on community organising, training and practical support for active travel schemes, plus developing sustainable school