Supporting delivery of the ‘Scotland’s Best Business Pillar’ in our Greater Good strategy, you will play a key role in helping us deliver our programme of engagement with young people in the local community as well as get involved in our diversity and inclusion work. This is an exciting time to join the team and be involved in shaping our future initiatives.

We’re looking for someone who has a passion for attracting and nurturing talent, supporting an inclusive workplace and creating equal opportunities for our local community. There will be a requirement to attend career events on site and off site which may take place over evenings or weekends from time to time.

You can find out more about the team here.

About the recruitment process

Following the online application process, successful candidates will be invited for an interview and asked to prepare a presentation. This will be with the Head of Talent and Inclusion and other relevant stakeholders from the business. Please note we anticipate interviews to take place early January 2025.

You can find out more about our interviews and the types of questions we ask here.

• Develop initiatives to allow school pupils and university/college students to learn about working at Edinburgh Airport to support the future talent pipeline. This may include work experience, school leaver programme or insight days with virtual and in person options. You will be responsible for the design and delivery of these programmes and engaging with airport teams to generate involvement.
• Coordinate delivery of regular STEM sessions (at least 5 per year) and other ad hoc airport visits with local schools including liaising with education partners and internal Edinburgh Airport colleagues. This includes managing the school bookings in line with criteria, booking venues, transport and catering and promoting the programme internally and externally.
• Strengthen follow up and evaluation methods and resources for all outreach activity.
• Support our communities via partnerships with local charities or groups with a particular focus on connecting with disadvantaged young people and workers and supporting them into employment or learning opportunities at the airport.
• Support our diversity and inclusion programme of work including coordination of internal team engagement sessions and participating in awareness raising events with our Diversity Champions group.

• To be able to travel occasionally in the local community (Fife, the Lothians and Forth Valley) to deliver engagement activities.
• A keen interest and passion in social inclusion and creating equal access to employment opportunities.
• A background or interest in one of: social inclusion, recruitment, education, community engagement or HR, gained through relevant experience, research or study.
• You are a clear and enthusiastic communicator with the ability to engage a variety of stakeholders from young people to managers.
• You are a strong administrator with proven experience.
• Ability to work both independently with limited supervision and collaboratively in a team, using a solution-oriented approach, with effective time and delivery management.
• Excellent organisational skills, in particular when handling multiple priorities.
• You are comfortable presenting to large and small groups of internal and external stakeholders.
  

• Experience working with and building relationships in local authority schools.

If your experience looks slightly different to what we’ve listed here, we encourage you to still apply. You could add something we didn’t know we needed.

• Flexible working - whether that’s hybrid or flexible hours, we’ll help you find an option that suits you
• Pension scheme- employer contributions can be up to 7%
• 32 days holiday, based on full time roles, increasing with service
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Supporting your health and wellbeing- private healthcare after 1 years’ service, access to our Employee Assistance Programme and occupational health services
• Free car parking on site and when you go on holiday
• We offer a range of other benefits, find out more here

Why EDI?

We are Edinburgh Airport, where Scotland meets the world. The success of the airport comes down to our people, and you can help us deliver even more big days for our passengers and colleagues. The development of your career is important to us, and we’ll support and encourage this every step of the way. As a business we’re driven by our values – they’re at the core of our culture and everything we do. We’re looking for people who will demonstrate these values day-in, day-out. So if this sounds like you, apply now and get ready for your career to take off.

Building a diverse workforce that is inclusive and accessible to all is a priority for our business. As part of this journey, we are proud to be the first UK airport to be endorsed by WORK180. They only recognise great employers for all women. Find out about our policies on our WORK180 employer page.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring applicants with a disability can participate fully in our recruitment process. Please let us know in your application form if you require any adjustments, such as parking arrangements or alternative methods of communication.