Communications Officer
East Lothian Climate Hub
Job Title: Communications Officer
Hours: Part Time, 0.6 FTE
Locations: Hybrid; office currently at Fraser Centre, Tranent (usually 1 day/week), otherwise
home-based with some travel
Fixed Term: Until 31 March 2026. Extension possible; dependent on funding.
Deadline: 12 noon on Monday 16th June.
Background Information
Are you interested in the way people’s mindsets can shift? Do you want to help bring about transformative change and help invigorate community-driven climate action? Do you care about social equity, community empowerment, and crafting pathways towards thriving, sustainable community futures in East Lothian within a just, happy, resilient Scotland?
The East Lothian Climate Hub is part of the Scottish Government-funded Climate Action Hub Programme; one of 24 fairly new community-based Climate Action Hubs now covering 100% of Scotland. This national programme is establishing a network of climate action hubs, which provide a vehicle for communities to come together and engage in collective climate action, supporting the just transition to net zero and climate resilient living, and driving wider change. Our Hub is hosted by Lower Impact Living CIC (Lil) in collaboration with the East Lothian Climate Action Network (ELCAN) Board, working in partnership with ELCAN: a growing and dynamic network of nearly 100 climate action organisations across East Lothian.
We are committed to community empowerment, equity, and transformative change. We aim to create a thriving, sustainable East Lothian by supporting communities to take ambitious climate action through collaboration, learning, and capacity building. The Hub delivers events, seed funding, peer learning, and targeted support to groups and individuals who want to create a better future for their communities and the planet.
Job Outline
We are looking for a creative, strategic, and purpose-driven Communications Officer to join our small and passionate team. The successful candidate will lead on both external and internal communications to grow the reach and impact of community-led climate action across East Lothian. This will involve public-facing engagement work (e.g. website, newsletter, social media, branding, event promotion, media relations), as well as communications infrastructure for our internal networks (e.g. CRM, internal mailing lists, ELCAN network coordination).
The Communications Officer will work closely with the Hub Manager, Operations Officer, Community Development Officers (CDOs), and members of the Climate Action Network. They will contribute to the Hub’s strategic direction, help define and track key communications metrics, and support fundraising activities to sustain and grow the Hub.
We encourage applicants who wish to offer innovative thinking, especially in novel ways of achieving our intended impact, and in reaching our target audiences without relying on traditional social media platforms.
Our team is currently one Manager and two Community Development Officers. We are very much looking forward to onboarding a Communications Officer. We have some oven-ready projects to hand over, and a lot of space for the right applicant to be creative, innovative, and experimental with communications techniques.
We are an ambitious, dynamic, friendly team with room to grow.
About East Lothian Climate Hub
The Climate Hub is a network of relationships, support and collaboration focused on climate change and thriving communities.
The East Lothian Climate Hub is the sum of all the communities across East Lothian who want a sustainable environment that centres the wellbeing of our communities, the climate and nature.
We are one of over 20 Climate Hubs across Scotland. We form a nation-wide set of networks working to bring communities together to engage in collective climate action, supporting a just transition, and driving for greater change.
The Climate Hub is a network of relationships, support and collaboration focused on climate change and thriving communities. The East Lothian Climate Hub is the sum of all the communities across East Lothian who want a sustainable environment that centres the wellbeing of our communities, the climate and nature. We are one of over 20 Climate Hubs across Scotland. We form a nation-wide set of networks working to bring communities together to engage in collective climate action, supporting a just transition, and driving for greater change.
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