Design Officer

location: we’re a digital first employer, so happy to be flexible if you’re based in the uk.

Final date to receive applications: wednesday, 21 january 2026.

vacancy type: full time (fixed‑term).

job profile: job profile document.

salary: £36,012 – £39,144, with candidates usually being offered the starting salary for the grade.

duration: fixed‑term contract 6 months.

scotland’s resource‑efficiency and circular‑economy expert, zero waste scotland, is looking for a design officer to be an integral part of our busy in‑house design studio. We’re looking for a designer that can bring creative ideas and solutions to join a team that’s helping to communicate the benefits of adopting more sustainable ways of living and doing business.

• relevant further education, professional qualification or experience.
• experience of design‑led projects within a creative agency or an in‑house creative team.
• proven computer literacy in key software packages such as adobe creative suite – illustrator, indesign, photoshop, after effects, premiere pro, etc.
• experience of working across a wide variety of creative projects.

• you will work alongside a design consultant and design officer to deliver a range of informative communication content relating to zero waste scotland’s varied work area.
• this will include content such as infographics, reports, animations, videos and social media content that communicates our message, promotes our services and supports behaviour‑change campaigns.
• you will respond to a varied range of design briefs and requests from across the organisation, ranging from designing technical reports for publication, turning new and complex concepts into easy‑to‑understand infographics, to translating this work into content for our social channels.

* please refer to attached job specification for more detail.

zero waste scotland is scotland’s circular‑economy public body. Since 2014, our work has helped more people understand that the answer to the climate emergency is to consume less. Through an expansive range of projects and programmes, our innovative work has shown that embedding circular practices is as possible as it is essential. Through sharing this knowledge, nurturing relationships, and fostering bold collaboration, we’re in a truly unique position to influence this vital change.

nb: interviews will be held online (via ms teams) on 30 january 2026.

here at zero waste scotland, we value our people and are committed to nurturing and supporting them to learn, grow and develop so we can focus our efforts and be a collective force of unique colleagues creating positive change. As an accredited investors in diversity organisation, we are committed to embedding fredie principles (fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion and engagement) across all that we do.

we champion our diverse and inclusive culture, fostering a positive working environment where we all feel safe to be our true professional selves; where we are treated fairly; where there is space to ask questions, to respectfully challenge one another and to share our thoughts and ideas.

to find out more,  to visit our ‘why work for us’ page.

we welcome applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates and encourage you to talk to us about your preferred hours of work. We’ll do our best to accommodate.

we offer competitive pay and benefits to support you and your family, including a contributory pension scheme, life assurance, wellbeing support, flexible working, generous holidays, enhanced family leave entitlements, continuing professional development (cpd) and volunteering opportunities.

for us, work isn’t a place we go, but a thing we do so we fully embrace flexibility and encourage you to choose home working where the role allows. While this role is home‑based there may be the requirement for some travel to/within scotland. There will be times when you’re required to attend our stirling office or a client location (normally within the central belt of scotland).

The office is located next to the railway station and is conveniently accessed from across central scotland.

no agencies, thank you.

please note that the Final date to receive applications is 23:45 on the closing date shown. Please note that we expect the number of applications for this role to be high and therefore we may require to close the application window early, so prompt submission is recommended.