Air Pollution Coordinator (self-employed)

Parents for Future Scotland; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 9,500 - 12,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Self-employed role

Flexible hours

Near Glasgow

Job summary

Parents for Future Scotland seeks a driven, community‑focused Coordinator in Glasgow to grow walking, wheeling and cycling to school. You will work hands‑on with parents, pupils and staff to establish walking and bike buses, run active travel workshops and help overcome barriers to families choosing active travel.

You will empower parents to become leaders, partner with schools, and collaborate with cycling orgs and local authorities to embed a culture of safe, active travel.

Qualifications

• You must be able to competently ride a bike.
• You must be a qualified Cycle Ride Leader and be First Aid trained or be willing to complete the training within the first 3 months of starting.

Responsibilities

• Support the establishment and development of walking buses and bike buses across participating schools.
• Identify participatory barriers and opportunities to grow active travel schemes with parents and staff.
• Assist with route planning, risk assessments and volunteer coordination.
• Attend and support bike and walking buses each morning until self-sustaining.
• Promote safe cycling practices and active travel behaviours in school communities.
• Identify community leads and build relationships to develop opportunities with the Air Pollution Manager.

Skills

Bike riding

Cycle Ride Leader

First Aid

Workshop facilitation

Community empowerment

Public speaking

Risk assessment

Job description

Air Pollution Coordinator (self-employed) – Glasgow

2.5 days a week

Are you experienced in building community power or supporting communities to get active through walking or cycling schemes?

Are you passionate about raising the voices of communities that are most affected by climate but which are least often heard? If so we’d love to hear from you!

We are particularly keen to hear from people who experience marginalisation and minoritisation or who are often excluded from decision-making processes. For example, people of colour; people from working‑class backgrounds; people from LGBTQ and migrant communities; care‑experienced young people and people with disabilities.

About us

Parents for Future Scotland became a charity two years ago as a result of grassroots parent organising and is now a small self‑employed staff team with a growing network of activists. We seek to make climate action the norm among all parents in Scotland. We are in the midst of a big step change, increasing our influence and reach across the country, and we need you to help us in doing so. This post will be the first of its kind within the organisation.

About the role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and community-focused Coordinator to support schools and families across Glasgow to increase walking, wheeling and cycling to school.

This is a hands‑on role working directly with parents, pupils and school staff to establish and strengthen walking buses and bike buses, deliver active travel workshops, and provide support to overcome barriers that prevent families from choosing active travel.

The successful candidate will play a key role in empowering parents to become leaders within their communities, as well as supporting schools to create and embed a culture that promotes active travel.

Key responsibilities

• Support the establishment and development of walking buses and bike buses across participating schools.
• Work directly with parents and school staff to identify participatory barriers and opportunities to grow active travel schemes.
• Assist with route planning, risk assessments and volunteer coordination.
• Attend and support bike and walking buses each morning on which they occur until they are fully established and self‑sustaining.
• Promote safe cycling practices and active travel behaviours within school communities.
• Identify potential community "leads" (people who will galvanise the group and take ownership of bike/walking buses), building relationships with them and seeking development opportunities alongside the Air Pollution Manager.
• Run training sessions for parents on a variety of topics (how to start a bike/walking bus, how to facilitate an air pollution workshop, community organising skills etc).
• Support the delivery of parent-to-parent air pollution workshops within schools.
• Promote Parents for Future Scotland amongst parents and bring community members into our movement.
• Facilitate peer‑to‑peer support and knowledge sharing between schemes across different schools.
• Work closely with the Air Pollution Manager to hone and implement effective strategy throughout.
• Liaise with cycling organisations, local authorities and community partners.
• Collect monitoring and evaluation throughout.
• Post on our socials regularly and be an active member on our WhatsApp community

Skills and experience

• You must be able to competently ride a bike.
• You must be a qualified Cycle Ride Leader and be First Aid trained or be willing to complete the training within the first 3 months of starting (we will pay for this training).
• Experience of up‑skilling and building the confidence and capacity of key community members.
• The candidate will be our ambassador on the ground. Therefore, it is vital that they feel inspired by our vision, mission and aims, and that they have a proven ability to motivate and inspire others.
• Proven ability to deliver and facilitate workshops, presentations and group discussions.
• Proven ability to tailor messaging to a variety of different audiences.
• Problem‑solving skills and the ability to adapt/change where necessary.
• Knowledge and ability of undertaking risk assessments and route planning.
• An understanding of social justice perspectives and the systems that cause climate breakdown.

Desirable

• Experience leading group rides for children, families or community groups.
• Experience of walking buses, bike buses or other active travel initiatives.
• Experience working with diverse communities and underrepresented groups.

What we offer

This is a self‑employed role which is paid at £150 per day for 2.5 days per week term‑time.

Two and a half days per week on a self‑employed basis at £150 per day for 28 weeks (term‑time) from August – 31 st March (10,500 in total).

Flexible work environment with flexible hours (although this role will require that you are able to be present for the school commute up to three mornings per week (Mon- Fri term‑time). Due to this we will only consider applicants who live in or near Glasgow.

Working from home (with team check‑ins regularly).

We are a fledgling organisation so your skills/expertise will help shape our direction.

You will work closely with the Air Pollution Manager who will support you throughout.