Stop Climate Chaos Scotland is seeking a highly organised and effective coordinator to oversee the planning and delivery of a mass climate lobby of MSPs in September 2025. This high-profile mobilisation aims to bring hundreds of people across Scotland to engage with their MSPs at Holyrood and in constituencies, demonstrating the strong public demand for greater action to tackle the climate crisis and raising this issue up the political agenda at this critical time in the lead up to the Holyrood elections in 2026.
The Mass Lobby Coordinator will play a central role in organising meetings, managing timelines, ensuring smooth communication across coalition members, and overseeing the delivery of key milestones. The role requires well developed organisation and logistics skills, clear communication and effective stakeholder engagement to ensure the success of this event.
Contract: 4 month fixed-term contract, from June – September 2025
Salary: £30,000 pro rata. Freelance and secondment arrangements welcome.
Hours: Two days per week, with flexible working hours
Reports to: Coalition Manager
Location: Mainly remote working, with some travel to Edinburgh required
Holiday: 28 days annual leave plus 11 days statutory holidays (pro rata).
Pension: Stop Climate Chaos Scotland operates a pension plan with NEST and our pension benefits exceed the statutory minimum.
About Stop Climate Chaos Scotland
Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS) is Scotland’s climate coalition, bringing together over 70 civil society organisations campaigning together on climate change. Our membership is diverse and includes national and community organisations working on:
- Climate justice
- Environment and nature
- Gender and social justice
- Faith and belief
- International development
- Worker and human rights
- Health and inequality
Together, we represent hundreds of thousands of people across Scotland and stand in solidarity with communities most affected by climate impacts around the world. We collaborate with our members to build strong public support for faster climate action. We use this support to encourage decision-makers to put in place fair, effective policies to reduce emissions.
Our shared goal is for Scotland and the UK to take full responsibility for the past and present climate damage we have caused, leading to action that quickly lowers our emissions and moves away from our reliance on fossil fuels in a way that is fair and beneficial to everyone. Our governments must also provide meaningful support to help the most affected communities adapt and recover from climate impacts, in Scotland and globally.
Job description
You will work closely with the coalition secretariat, members and relevant stakeholders to deliver this event through:
1. Project coordination
- Manage a detailed project timeline from planning to evaluation
- Ensure coordination and clear communication between SCCS, coalition members, external partners and other stakeholders at all stages
- Ensure strong integration with partner events taking place in London and Cardiff and with other SCCS campaigns and advocacy work
2. Stakeholder engagement and coordination
- Act as the primary point of contact for partners involved in the mass lobby
- Coordinate meetings, facilitate discussions, and ensure decisions align with campaign objectives
3. Event delivery and logistics
- Work with members to design and deliver training sessions and resources for participants
- Oversee all logistical, health and safety, and safeguarding considerations in the lead up to and on the day, overseeing a robust risk register
4. Monitoring, evaluation and reporting
- Co-create metrics for success with coalition members
- Carry out an evaluation following the event and report back to coalition members
This scope of work is not exhaustive and you may be asked to carry out additional relevant tasks where appropriate.
Person specification
Essential
- A proven track record of agile coordination, monitoring and delivery of successful, inclusive projects, events or campaigns.
- Experience in meeting planning and facilitation, and the confidence to coordinate large groups of people to achieve a shared objective.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills with excellent verbal and written communication.
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams, partners, and logistics to tight timescales.
- Understanding of Scottish politics.
Desirable
- Understanding and experience of NGO and coalition working.
- Familiarity with climate campaigning in Scotland.
- Experience of project evaluation.
- Experience developing risk assessments and managing health and safety considerations.
Qualifications
No formal qualifications are required for this role – the competencies and experience of the successful candidate will be more important.
Equality and diversity
SCCS is committed to working in a way in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To help us achieve our vision of climate justice for all, we need more diverse people involved. People of colour, working class and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector, so we are particularly interested in receiving your application.
Please contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.
Unfortunately, at present, we are unable to sponsor visas so all applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Application process
To apply for this role please send the following to becky@stopclimatechaos.scot before 12 noon on Friday 23rd May:
- A cover letter, of two sides maximum, which addresses each point of the ‘essential’ section (and ‘desirable’, where possible) of the person specification to show how your skills, experience and qualities match those required for the job
- An up to date CV
Interview dates will be organised with candidates once shortlisted and are likely to take place week commencing 26th May.
For an informal discussion about the role or if you have any questions, please contact becky@stopclimatechaos.scot