Edinburgh Green Skills Leader & Biodiversity Mentor

The Conservation Volunteers; Doncaster; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Conservation Volunteers is seeking an Edinburgh-based Green Skills Leader to manage a cohort of trainees and deliver biodiversity projects along the John Muir Way. The role combines hands-on site work with team leadership and partnership development, supporting employability and local biodiversity outcomes.

You will oversee practical training, schedule activities, and contribute to programme evaluation, budget management and promotion, with hybrid on-site days and team meetings.

Qualifications

• Experience of leading a small team.
• Previous management of a training programme/structured delivery model.
• Mentoring and/or coaching young people.
• Knowledge and understanding of practical biodiversity projects and events.
• Experience in recruiting and managing trainees and/or other stakeholders.
• Experience in working in partnership with multiple organisations with potentially differing demands.
• Support trainees through regular one-to-one meetings to agree personal goals, review their progress and plan next steps.
• A full, clean or near clean UK driving licence is required for this post, which has been held for a minimum of one year
• To fulfil the role, you must be resident in the UK and have the right to work in the UK

Responsibilities

• Lead and line-manage a team of Green Skills Trainees
• Deliver practical biodiversity enhancement tasks on partner sites
• Coordinate with greenspace teams from City of Edinburgh Council and community groups to agree sites and projects
• Contribute to project evaluation, local budget management and programme promotion
• Schedule and manage external training, trainee attendance, annual leave, onboarding and programme exiting of trainees in partnership with People Advisor and People Admin Coordinator

Skills

Team leadership

Mentoring

Biodiversity projects

Stakeholder management

Training delivery

Driving licence

One-to-one coaching

UK work permit

Job description

The Conservation Volunteers is seeking an Edinburgh-based Green Skills Leader to manage a cohort of trainees and deliver biodiversity projects along the John Muir Way. The role combines hands-on site work with team leadership and partnership development, supporting employability and local biodiversity outcomes.

You will oversee practical training, schedule activities, and contribute to programme evaluation, budget management and promotion, with hybrid on-site days and team meetings.