Climate Ready South East Scotland is the first regional climate risk and opportunity assessment for the Edinburgh and South East Scotland city deal region. While the project was conceived as a collaboration between the region’s six local authorities and sustainability charity Sniffer, this is a region wide assessment and it is vital that a diverse range of voices help shape the project and it’s outputs.
To support Sniffer and the 6 Local authorities who manage the day-to-day delivery of the project we are recruiting for Advisory group members.
The Advisory Group will be comprised of climate change and sector experts from across South East Scotland, with a wide range of specialisms representing the views of public bodies, government agencies, infrastructure providers, businesses and third sector and community groups.
The expertise of the advisory group will be sought at key points throughout the project to shape the project approach, take part in the risk assessment scoring, and review / contribute to project outputs. We are recruiting for Advisory Group members now.
Who should apply?
Please consider joining this group if you:
- have strong links to the South East of Scotland,
- work for a public agency, infrastructure provider or other organisation with assets, community interests or land in South East Scotland,
- work for a major employer, trade association or trade union active in the region,
- work or volunteer for a community development trust, charity or other community group with an interest in the region’s places and people, or
- work for an academic institution or have other expertise of how climate change could impact our region:
We need your insights and expertise to help steer the project and make sure that it is representative of the diverse people, places, nature, and businesses within South East Scotland.
More information on what’s involved
The anticipated time commitment for members of the advisory group is expected to be 4-5 days between now and the end of April 2025, and involves:
- Up to 10 hours: attending 5 advisory group meetings (likely will be held once every 2 months between now and April 2025 and we anticipate that these will take up to 2 hours maximum on Teams),
- 14 hours: attending 2 risk assessment scoring workshops (2 full day in-person workshops held in November to December 2024),
- 7-12 hours: review the project outputs (between January to March 2025) and provide your advice on formats for the final deliverables – including social media deliverables, graphics etc to make sure that the results are accessible as possible and work for a wide range of audiences.
We want to maximise the ability of other organisations and individuals to be involved therefore where possible meetings will be held online, but risk scoring workshops may be held in-person in a central Edinburgh location. If there is demand a hybrid option may be available for these workshops. For charities and community groups, support is available to cover travel expenses..
Apply to join the CRSES advisory group now – applications close 05 June 2024
If your organisation or group would like to sit on this advisory group please express your interest by Wednesday 05 June 2024, using this google form
If you cannot access Google Forms) use the word version available on our publications page. The google form will automatically be returned to us when completed, the word version will need to be emailed to climatereadyses@sniffer.org.uk
If you would like to chat about what is involved in being on the advisory group please email us on climatereadyses@sniffer.org.uk.
