The Full Job Specification can be found here:

PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for applications on this post has been extended to 5pm Monday 11 July 2022.

The full Job Description can be found here:

We’re delighted to announce the the first of our public consultations has officially launched!

Please complete the short survey to let us know your thoughts on transport – Where are you going? How are you getting there? What would you like to see done differently? Let us know how we can support your community!

This process is being carried out with the support of Nith Valley Leaf Trust, and KPT Development Trust. For this reason we are only gathering responses from residents living in the civil parishes of Closeburn, Glencairn, Keir, Penpont and Tynron.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/N76inMotion

All responses will be received anonymously to preserve your right to privacy. Your feedback will help to inform future N76 project activity. This is your opportunity to have your voice heard and be a part of the change you want to see in your community!

Moniaive Initiative will be participating in a series of events and workshops over the coming weeks, as part of our work with the collaborative N76 In Motion project. 

These FREE events will be open to any member of our community with an interest in sustainable transport solutions.  The first event will look at options for combining existing public transport services with newer, low carbon transport solutions. More details can be found on the Eventbrite page.

https://ruralmobilityhubs.eventbrite.co.uk

Moniaive Initiative would like to introduce Liam Templeton from Community Energy Scotland.  Liam is the new N76 In Motion Project Officer, and he will be working with us on our new sustainable transport project. 

Network 76 is a collaborative project researching and supporting the development of low carbon transport solutions in mid and upper Nithsdale.    Liam will be working on Glencairn on a regular basis, so watch out for him in The Hive over the coming weeks.  

Moniaive Initiative is working on the project alongside Kier, Penpont & Tynron Development Trust, Nith Leaf Valley Trust, Sanquhar Enterprise Company, Kirkconnel & Kelloholm Development Trust and New Cumnock Development Trust.

Our neighbours in Glenkens are currently working with South of Scotland Community Housing (SOSCH) to assess housing requirement across the wider area. Please do spare a few moments to complete their survey.

As part of our “Securing our Future” Project, Moniaive Initiative has been working in partnership with Glencairn Land & Woods Trust to investigate options for community-owned land management. Together, we are looking to employ a part-time Development Officer to support GL&WT as they move forward with their plans:

The full JOB SPECIFICATION for this post can be found here:

This is a re-advertisement of a post first advertised in October 2021.

The Trustees and staff would like to thank the community of Glencairn for their continued support during another challenging year. In addition to refurbishing and reopening the Hive, we have worked in support of a range of successful local projects with other organisations in 2021, and look forward to continuing these in the year ahead.

An exciting opportunity to work with communities on sustainable transport solutions has emerged in Dumfries & Galloway and East Ayrshire! Network 76 in Motion (N76) is a multi-year project developed together by 6 communities on or around the A76 with support from national charity Community Energy Scotland. The partnership have now confirmed funding for the first year of N76 and are looking for a locally minded, proactive and passionate individual to take on the role of N76 Project Officer. The post will be housed within Community Energy Scotland and during the first year will focus on community consultation and capacity building; including baseline data gathering, a programme of events, and local transport plans produced with each participating community.

The Application deadline has been extended to 5pm on the 10th of January 2022.

New Cumnock Development Trust, Kirkconnel and Kelloholm Development Trust, Sanquhar Enterprise Company, Keir, Penpont and Tynron Development Trust, Nith Valley Leaf Trust and Moniaive Initiative have come together with a shared interest in finding sustainable solutions to local transport problems. The partnership has recognised a number of barriers to local people making more sustainable transport choices and believe that working collaboratively to address these will help to create long term solutions which bring benefit across the project area.

The N76 Project Officer will be essential to the project and will spend time building relationships with local organisations as well as regional and national transport stakeholders. The N76 team hope to recruit someone based in the project area with lived experience of the local transport systems and an understanding on needs, barriers and opportunities for sustainable transport in the area.

A massive thank you to Paths for All, Dumfries and Galloway Council, National Lottery Awards for All, and the Annandale & Nithsdale Community Benefit Company, for providing the support required to make this happen.

A full application pack for the post is available at:

Careers + Opportunities

and any inquires can be made to jobs@communityenergyscotland.org.uk or your local N76 project partner!

We look forward to hearing from anyone interested in the post!