Project Officer – School Hubs

Fixed term to 31
March 2025 Salary: £26,726 35 hours per week Based primarily in Falkirk schools, but with
some working from home, and visits to FEL Scotland’s other premises and community hubs across the
Forth Valley

Interested in joining us? Fantastic!

We’re experts in helping communities live more
sustainably – making social and environmental change happen, project by project, so people and our
planet can thrive.

We believe powerful change can be simple to make; small steps everyone can take
to make their own lives better can help our world towards a healthier, more sustainable future too.

We support that change to happen, project by project. Each one we run focuses on the things that
matter to those they support across our core themes of Climate, Travel, and Food.

But we never tell
anyone what to do. We meet people where they’re at. We show communities what’s possible. We help
them figure out what works best for them. And we give them the skills and confidence they need to
make good things happen.

That’s how we’re changing our world for the better, project by project.
It’s how we help people, communities and our planet thrive.

If this sounds like you – and you like
the sound of us – then please apply: email us your CV and in a word document explain why you’d like
to work for us and what you can bring to the role (500 words max).

We’ll need your application by
Sunday the 7th of July. We will be aiming to have interviews on the week beginning the 15th of
July.

Before then, if you’d like to chat about the role or how your skills and experience might
fit, then do get in touch: email [email protected] to arrange a time to talk.

FEL is an Equal
Opportunities Employer and a Registered Charity. We promote equality, diversity and inclusion in
our workplace and actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply for vacancies.

Job
Purpose:

Working as part of the FEL Scotland team, you will work within our school hubs based in
Falkirk. This exciting new role will expand FEL’s successful secondary school Active Travel Hub
programme.

You will work closely with school staff and pupils to develop and deliver a programme of
activities with the aim of increasing everyday cycling, walking and wheeling journeys across the
school and to support social and environmental change at a community level.

You will be an
ambassador for active travel. You will develop and deliver ‘in school’ educational programmes and
community outreach activities which will engage, encourage and support pupils to consider more
environmentally friendly and physically active modes of transport, contributing to health,
education and attainment outcomes. This will include delivering led rides and walks, events,
competitions and bike repair workshops.

You will become part of a committed and enthusiastic team
and will enjoy the benefits of joining a flexible, adaptable and ambitious workplace that puts
people at the heart of everything we do.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Specialist Activity

• Establish Active Travel baseline levels at beginning of project and monitor changes over
  the course of the programme.
• Develop an Active Travel Hub within the school to support, inform and signpost active
  travel activities and facilities to pupils and staff.
• Develop and deliver new active travel and health & wellbeing outreach activities and
  programmes e.g. Step Count Challenge, bicycle mechanics programme and promotional campaigns.
• Encourage pupils within a 2-mile radius of the school to consider ‘active travel’ options
  if not already doing so.
• Help promote healthier and more active lifestyles to both staff and pupils.
• Promote FEL’s cycling, walking and wheeling work and activities to staff and students and
  help identify active travel opportunities in and around the school.
• Deliver cycling skills training and other led rides and walks
• Identify and promote local safe routes to encourage cycling, walking and wheeling to
  school.
• Work closely with FEL’s Active Travel team to provide consistent sustainable travel related
  information and advice to pupils, including information on cycle and walking routes, bus
  services and free bus pass registration.
• Work with community-based officers from the FEL team to deliver a cohesive outreach
  programme for the school(s) and its catchment area.
• Be responsible for data collection and monitoring and evaluation whilst sharing learning
  and best practice
• Provide support and advice to pupils about cycling and walking resources including phone
  apps and route mapping software.
• Participate in local events and partnership events to promote FEL’s wider active travel and
  climate action agenda.
• Be innovative and able to develop wider initiatives that complement FEL’s climate action
  agenda
• Support funding applications in support of programme delivery
• Develop new partnerships with local, regional and national stakeholders which ensure the
  Hub is constantly able to respond to new opportunities, with a focus on active travel, climate
  action and upskilling

Core Activity

• Work in partnership with other initiatives within the local community groups to promote and
  increase climate action, key themes include active travel, food and growing, sharing economy
• Participate in local events and partnership events to promote FEL’s wider active travel
  agenda
• Contribute to the development and upkeep of FEL physical spaces, websites, events diaries,
  blogs and monthly mail outs
• To work closely with FEL’s other programmes and initiatives
• Carry out other duties which may reasonably be required in light of the main purpose of the
  job
• Be the public face of FEL across a variety of platforms (including face to face and
  digital)

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• Two years minimum experience working in active travel and/or with young people

Desirable

• Cycling Scotland Cycle Trainer qualified
• Cycle Ride Leader qualified
• Velotech Bronze or Silver Certified
• Walk Leader
• MBL Award Level 2
• Outdoor First Aid

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Passion for and knowledge of cycling, walking and all forms of active travel
• Passion for environmental and community-based action
• Experience of working with young people
• Proven ability to deliver outreach to individuals and groups and build relationships and
  partnerships
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to work independently, as part of a small team and remotely
• Ability to deliver outcomes within timeframes
• Ability to work with children and/or protected adults
• Experience of reporting and monitoring impact of delivery

Desirable

• Experience of working in a school-based role
• Ability to lead cycle rides and guided walks and ideally possess Cycling Scotland Ride
  Leader and Cycle Trainer qualifications