Director of Transformation
Friends of the Earth Scotland
Location: Hybrid working arrangements with weekly attendance at one of our offices (Edinburgh or Aberdeen).
Reporting to: Board of Trustees
Responsibilities: Head of Campaigns, Head of Movement Building, Head of Operations & Finance
Team: Senior Leadership Team
Hours: Job share (or two roles) up to a total of 1.2 FTE
Duration: Fixed Term, 2 years
Salary: £60,000 Pro-rata
Other: You will receive a pro-rata share of 28 days annual leave and 11 days statutory holidays. Friends of the Earth Scotland operates a Company Pension Plan with NEST, which includes an ethical option.
About the role
Friends of the Earth Scotland campaigns for environmental justice, building collective power with communities and movements to create a fairer, greener Scotland. We are a part of the Friends of the Earth International network.
As an organisation, we have been responding to how we can meet this moment to achieve climate justice in Scotland and beyond. Our current strategy returns us to our roots in community-based movement building, and we want how we work to match what we are trying to achieve. As part of this shift, the Board of Trustees has started a governance reset to support the aims and ambitions of the strategy, and the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) has been piloting a co-leadership model over the last year. Next year, the organisation will undertake a strategy refresh, and we are open to reflecting how we operate to achieve our strategic aims.
We are now recruiting two people for the role of Director of Transformation to work as co-leads on our SLT to develop the systems, skills, internal capacities and accountability frameworks that our new strategy requires. Outward-facing leadership, including press liaison, leading on strategic decision-making and campaign oversight, will stay with our current leads.
We’re looking for a pair who bring complementary skills, experience and knowledge in areas such as organisational change, HR and accountability frameworks, co-leadership, community and/or labour organising and financial oversight.
If you think you are a fit for this role, you can read the full job description and person specification in our recruitment pack. If you cannot find the answer to your question in the recruitment pack or are looking for more information, please email us at [email protected].
Closing date: Sunday 22nd of November 2026 at 23.59
Live Session: w/c 30th of November 2026 -this will be in-person, we will let you know the location if you are selected.
Interview date: 15th of December 2026 – this will be an online interview
Start date: Early 2027
About Friends of the Earth Scotland
We're campaigning for a world where everyone can enjoy a healthy environment and a fair share of the Earth's resources. Climate change is the greatest threat to this aim, that’s why we’re calling for a just transition to a 100% renewable, nuclear-free, zero-fossil-fuel Scotland.
Friends of the Earth Scotland exists to campaign, with partners here and across the globe, for a just transition to a sustainable society.
We're campaigning for a world where everyone can enjoy a healthy environment and a fair share of the Earth's resources. Climate change is the greatest threat to this aim, that’s why we’re calling for a just transition to a 100% renewable, nuclear-free, zero-fossil-fuel Scotland. Friends of the Earth Scotland exists to campaign, with partners here and across the globe, for a just transition to a sustainable society.
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