An Exciting Career Opportunity with a Growing Membership Charity

Circular Communities Scotland is recruiting a Local Authority Partnership Development Officer to identify and build new partnerships between our members and Scottish Local Authorities thereby delivering greater levels of circular activity in Scotland.

If you have stakeholder and project management skills, a strong track record of delivery and partnership building and a commitment to supporting the growth of the circular economy in Scotland, we would love to hear from you.

If you are successful in your application, you will join a growing and thriving team at Circular Communities Scotland and be contributing to delivering greater environmental and social impact across Scotland.

What we are looking for

We are looking for candidates who will be pro-active in building strong relationships with local authorities, community groups and intermediary bodies, identifying and developing new ambitious partnerships, as well as inputting into relevant policy areas.

The role requires someone who is a proactive self-starter and a strong communicator and is comfortable handling challenging and complex workloads. Project management experience and evidence that you can successfully get projects off the ground and drive them forward is required.

The successful candidate may have experience of working in the circular economy or Local Authority sector to draw on, but it is not required. However, a willingness to engage with the challenges of starting new partnerships between third sector organisations and the public sector and work to overcome these challenges is critical.

For more information about this role please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

The closing date for this role is 20th July 2025.

About Circular Communities Scotland

At Circular Communities Scotland our Vision is for a thriving circular economy in Scotland, with local communities benefiting from the social, environmental and economic outcomes.

Behind everything we do are our organisational Values:

Trust and Integrity
Openness and Community
Environmental and Social Justice

We are a membership body that represents a thriving network of over 250 charities and social enterprises across Scotland that contribute to the circular economy, through reuse, repair or recycling.

Our members prevent goods from entering landfill, create local jobs and economic opportunities, and help promote social and environmental justice in their communities. Our recent Impact Report highlights the incredible difference our members make for people and planet.

We do everything we can to support and represent our members, to make sure their voices are heard, their work is celebrated, and they have access to everything they need to succeed.

In March we published our Strategic Plan in which we set our bold ten-year goal for a thriving organisation supporting a thriving sector. We have identified three key pillars to drive us towards this goal:

Building Capacity through our Member Services
Creating Opportunities through our Policy Work
Strengthening our Organisation

Strengthening and creating new partnerships is a specific workstream within our plan and this role will form an invaluable and strategic contribution to this.

This role is being funded by Zero Waste Scotland a key funding partner.