Race and Equalities Support Officer

CEMVO Scotland is a national intermediary organisation with the aim of building the capacity of the ethnic minority voluntary sector and its communities.

We are seeking a person with extensive knowledge and understanding of Anti-Racism and Intersectional EDI.  You will be working as part of the Race Equality Environmental Programme (REEP) Team to deliver the following main areas of work:

• To support the further development of the Scottish EDI Environmental Network (SEEN), including drafting anti-racist / intersectional good practice toolkits and developing / updating the REEP good practice hub.
• To promote membership to the SEEN through digital promotion and newsletters.
• To support the engagement between mainstream environmental stakeholders through the SEEN and EM groups / communities, including organising exchange learning visits and events.
• To support the REEP Environmental Race Equality Officer in delivering anti-racism training and consultancy to environmental organisations, and at times lead on these delivery activities.

• To develop a resource hub of anti-racist and intersectional equalities good practice materials and toolkits (e.g. policy templates, guidance documents, etc) for SEEN members and REEP clients.
• To draft ant-racist & intersectional good practice materials and toolkits in response to the needs identified by SEEN members.
• To undertake digital promotional activities (e.g. social media, electronic mailings, newsletters, videos, podcasts etc) to promote and increase the membership of SEEN.
• To organise peer and exchange learning events and activities for SEEN members, including exchange visits between environmental sector organisations and EM groups, which include undertaking EM outreach activities.
• To provide support to the REEP Environmental Race Equality Officer in the delivery of anti-racism and intersectional equalities training and consultancy to environmental sector organisations, and occasionally leading on these delivery activities.
• To work closely with CEMVO Environmental Projects Co-ordinator, REEP Environmental Race Equality Officer and other CEMVO environmental staff in the delivery of the programme, and to be involved in other CEMVO environmental related work for the advancement of CEMVO
• To produce regular reports for the Chief Executive on progress and outcomes of the Programme.
• To undertake other such other duties, including drafting funding applications as may be necessary to further the work of CEMVO Scotland.
• To observe and comply with CEMVO Scotland’s policies, procedures, systems and standards and to contribute to their implementation and development.
• To travel across Scotland and to work evenings and weekends on an occasional basis as required.

• Experience in developing anti-racism and intersectional good practice tools.
• Experience with race / equality policy templates and good practice guidance materials for shared learning.
• Knowledge of anti-racism and intersectional equalities grounded in experience in delivering race / equalities training.
• Experience in consultancy support to organisations.