About us

Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

About the role

The Skylight Operations Lead is a new, senior position in our Edinburgh service. You’ll play a key role in ensuring the leadership of the Edinburgh team reflects our culture and values. Working across a multi-disciplinary team, you will utilise project management approaches to ensure the delivery of complex services. This is a role requiring a proactive approach and an ability to see the big picture when working with key stakeholders, both internally and externally. You will also provide organisational and administrative support to the Director, deputising when necessary. This is a big opportunity for someone with the confidence to make a new role their own.

Knowledge/Skills and Experience:

About you

Naturally in such a key position, we’re looking for someone who drives success. You will be known for your proactive approach and first class organisational skills. An ability to manage projects is essential along with experience of inspiring teams and translating strategic goals into high quality operations. This is a great new role in a fantastic team!

Benefits

As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

· Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy

· Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%

· 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

An exciting temporary opportunity has arisen to deliver on the communications needs of the SMP and direct an essential leading voice in the Scottish international development sector. The post-holder will help to deliver high quality communications in support of key events as well as continuing to respond to and communicate with the SMP’s membership and other target audiences. This role requires a highly motivated, energetic, quick, adaptable and productive individual who has the experience and ability to work for a fast-paced organisation with a degree of autonomy where necessary, who is resourceful and is keen to contribute to the life and work of a busy team that is both strategic and opportunistically responsive to its members’ needs.

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and caring person to develop and run our Outreach work throughout Edinburgh. One element offers one to one person centred learning sessions for older people who are struggling with any digital equipment. The sessions are based in our office at Nicolson street. The second element is dealing with the ‘Moose in the Hoose’, a project that provides IT learning and support to residents currently in five care homes in Edinburgh while the third aspect is various outreach work in the community from scam workshops to our funded Work.Wise.Women courses. We already have dedicated enthusiastic trained volunteers to work with older people and care home residents, in the office and within other outreach projects.

Main Responsibilities:-

• Support all volunteers who work within the care homes and other projects
• Through creation and maintenance of a volunteer rota, ensure there is always two volunteers in attendance in the care homes
• Work with the Development Co-ordinator to produce and update learning packs for all outreach services and provide the training and outreach sessions
• Monitor, evaluate and report on the three projects, to include;- compiling weekly reports from feedback forms on outreach activities, monitoring attendance and creating case studies to give an understanding of the impact our services are having on the learner and what lessons can be learned
• Liaise with care home staff to optimise the number of learners using our service
• Keep an inventory of all equipment and troubleshoot any equipment problems Person Specification

Essential

• IT skills, including experience and knowledge of Windows, and Android systems
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Experience and understanding of older people’s needs, including those who have dementia and other vulnerabilities plus the importance of confidentiality and safe guarding
• Experience of volunteer management and support
• Reliable and well organised
• Ability to travel around Edinburgh

Desirable

• Experience of the charitable sector
• Experience of design packages
• Full driving licence and own transport.

We are seeking an Administrator to support the work of the Scottish Youth Parliament.

In this exciting and diverse role, you will be supporting with wider staff team at SYP. This role will be the first point of contact within our office for visitors, guests and members whilst carrying out a wide range of tasks that support the operations of SYP. We are looking for an

To be successful in your application, you will need to demonstrate that you are an individual with exceptional organisation and interpersonal skills, with an eye for detail.

The National Parent Forum of Scotland, hosted by Children in Scotland, are looking to employ a Project and Policy Officer to contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the National Parent Forum of Scotland team by providing policy, administrative and organisational support.

The National Parent Forum of Scotland works in partnership with national and local government and other organisations involved in education and child wellbeing issues to ensure that parents play a full and equal role in education. The overall aim is to help every child to maximise their potential through their school life.

This post holder will have good communication, organisational and administration skills and have an understanding of Scottish Education system and legislation.

Scottish Book Trust is a national charity that believes books, reading and writing have the power to change lives. A love of reading inspires creativity, improves employment opportunities, mental health and wellbeing and is one of the most effective ways to help break the poverty cycle. We work towards a Scotland where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive through literacy.

Do you want to help us transform lives through reading and writing? We’re looking for an Outreach Manager to help shape and share best practice for our programmes within the learning community.

The School Communities team delivers a range of projects including two Scottish Government-funded programmes: First Minister’s Reading Challenge and Read Write Count, which encourage children and young people to develop a love for reading and writing.

To support those reading journeys, it is essential that learning professionals are inspired and fully equipped with up to date resources and professional development opportunities – a key focus for this role.

The team also runs author touring and events, book prizes, awards for learning professionals and supports the wider Scottish Book Trust programme, such as Book Week Scotland and Bookbug.

We're looking for a skilled Project Officer to support the effective management of large multi-year programmes working with global partners. If you have excellent organisational, written and verbal communication and negotiation skills, we want to hear from you!

We are looking for an individual with a highly developed interest and demonstrable capabilities in partner coordination, organisational systems and policy compliance, who will work very closely with colleagues in Link and our partner bodies. You must be organised and detail-oriented with advanced interpersonal communication skills and excellent systems management experience. You must be able to remotely support a multi-country, multi-cultural team while based in Edinburgh. You must be able to travel regularly to our partner countries, up to four times per year for up to 4 weeks at a time. You will be a strong team player, who is able to work effectively within and across teams.

Simon Community Scotland is the largest provider of homelessness services in Scotland, with a reputation for excellence. Our vision is that everyone should have a safe place to live and access to the support they need. Everything we do is about and for people: the people we support, our staff, our partners and everyone affected by homelessness. Our values are built into every area of activity and tell the story of how people remain at the heart of the Simon Community.

Our Streetwork Service in Edinburgh has a rich heritage of being there and meeting the practical and emotional needs of people who are homeless in our capital city. We have great ambitions for the future and plan to extend our reach further, to those who need us most, through embedding volunteering across our Streetwork Service. We want to help people resolve their homelessness situation: to find and keep a home but we understand that this can be a long road and one which volunteers can play a key part in.

Our Volunteering Coordinator role is ideal for someone who can galvanise the support of the public, build positive relationships and partnerships, lead projects and initiatives, and crucially, build a volunteering programme that brings genuine value to the organisation and a fantastic experience for our volunteers.

You must be a self starter who can work on your own initiative; motivate and inspire others; drive creative solutions in managing resources and logistic operations; and implement creative volunteer programmes for the benefit of people who need our support.

RCET is Scotland’s Armed Forces Children’s Charity. For over 200 years, we have put the wellbeing and education of Armed Forces children and young people at the heart of everything that we do. Today we provide life-changing support to hundreds of children and young people across Scotland helping them to access opportunity, break down barriers, unlock their own potential and THRIVE.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Office Manager to join our small team. Your key responsibilities will be to manage our Edinburgh Head Office, support the Chief Executive and Board of Trustees, provide administrative and organisational support to the staff team and manage the processing of all of our financial transactions.

Key skills/Experience

· Experience of Office Management.

· Experience across a range of administrative tasks, including excellent verbal and written communication.

· Experience of minute taking.

· Strong organisational skills.

· Excellent interpersonal skills.

· High level of numeracy. Solid IT skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook. Publisher is desirable) including awareness of social media and experience of its use.

· Ability to undertake financial processing.

· Ability to work effectively within a small team, using own initiative, prioritise and organise own workload. Being strongly self-motivated.

· Ability to assist with planning and organisation of events.

· Demonstrate a professional manner when dealing with both internal and external stakeholders.

The Scottish European Educational Trust (SEET) is a non-political educational charity which works to promote language learning and international education among young people in Scotland. We are currently seeking a Projects Coordinator to take over the management and delivery of one of our key initiatives – the Our World project.

Our World is a modern languages themed film making project, designed to engage young people (from S3 – S6) in developing skills such as communication and confidence building. The Projects Coordinator will work as part of a small team to promote, develop and deliver this initiative.

We are looking for someone who understands the personal responsibility, innovation and creativity required when working with young people. The Projects Coordinator will be comfortable leading workshops for pupils and liaising with schools, professional filmmakers and partner organisations. The successful candidate will lead on fundraising activities and event planning related to Our World each year, ensuring its continued sustainability and success.

The Projects Coordinator will also assist our Director with SEET’s other activities and provide general administrative support across all aspects of the organisation as required.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification below for further information.

As part of a pilot project funded by MELDAP (Midlothian and East Lothian Drug and Alcohol Partnership) we are recruiting a Women’s Peer Support Worker with lived experience.

The post will provide and promote peer support to women living with and recovering from mental health issues, substance misuse and involvement with criminal justice.

Support will be provided to people at different phases of their recovery from initial engagement through to options for linking with other services, education, training, volunteering and employment.

The successful candidate will provide service user led one-to-one support for women through promoting choice, well-being and recovery.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to break into policy and research work and join a team that makes a difference. This role will play an important part in Inclusion Scotland’s work to achieve positive changes to policy and practice so that disabled people are fully included in all Scottish society. Based in our Policy and Research Department, you will help us to influence decision-makers and support disabled people and local Disabled People’s Organisations to do the same. We are looking to appoint someone with some relevant and transferable knowledge and skills.

Positive Help is looking for an enthusiastic and proactive individual to join our small team as Adult Services Co-ordinator (AS Co-ordinator). This exciting position is for someone who has excellent interpersonal and communication skills and is able to lead and motivate people. You will be responsible for building strong positive relationships with adult service users and liaising with statutory and voluntary organisations.

The AS Co-ordinator has responsibility for developing and delivering Positive Help’s Supportive Transport and Home Support projects to adults living with HIV and/or Hepatitis C. The AS Co-ordinator also leads on recruiting and training volunteers for all services working in partnership with other staff members.

Positive Help are committed to delivering a person-centred service and enabling service users to achieve their personal outcomes. These may include attending treatments and support appointments, enhancing quality of life in their home environment, increasing social contact and improving wellbeing. Will you help us give POSITIVE HELP?

Please see the job description/person specification for full details of the role.

For an informal discussion about this role please contact Gillian Frayling–Kelly.

St John Scotland is a Scottish charity dedicated to saving and enhancing life. We do this through supporting teams of volunteers across the country to deliver projects and services which make a difference in their local communities.

Currently, this includes Patient Transport services, and supporting communities to be resilient in the face of cardiac arrest by helping them install Public Access Defibrillators and providing CPR awareness training.

Alongside our locally delivered work, we also support Scottish Mountain Rescue teams and a mountain safety initiative, as well as international St John projects in Malawi and Jerusalem.

St John Scotland is the charitable arm of the Order of St John, a royal order of chivalry which has members across the world. Many of our current active volunteers are members of the Order, although we have a growing number of supporters and volunteers from outwith this community. We are part of the global family of St John charitable organisations, which includes St John Ambulance in England.

Having been established as a charity for more than 70 years, we are now at an important point in our journey as we develop our strategic plan for the coming years. Volunteer development and engagement will be key to our success as we move forward.

Volunteers are the heart of St John Scotland. We want to better understand current volunteering across the organisation, create a positive volunteering culture and ensure we are an organisation which is attractive to volunteers, nurtures and recognises them. As we develop our strategic plan for the coming years, we want to grow volunteering across St John Scotland in a sustainable way.

The Volunteer Development Officer will join a small team of five working out of our national headquarters, St John House, in Edinburgh. With volunteer teams based across the country, regular travel will be an important requirement of this role.

A full Job Description is available for download below.

Sustrans is the charity making it easier for people to walk and cycle, by connecting people and places, creating liveable neighbourhoods, transforming the school run and delivering a happier, healthier commute. Take the next step on your Sustrans journey by joining our Infrastructure team in Scotland:

This exciting role will have the responsibility of managing the delivery of the Places for Everyone challenge fund. Supported by Scottish Government, Places for Everyone is an annual challenge fund for the delivery of safe and attractive infrastructure that enables more walking, cycling and wheeling for everyday journeys. In this role you will manage the delivery of a wide range of projects and will work in partnership with an equally wide array of partners. Projects can range from rural paths, to urban crossings, to town wide strategy development and all require an open, fair and robust application process which this role will review and strengthen.

With substantial experience overseeing the planning, development and delivery of projects in the urban environment, including the co-ordination of funding bids and budget management, you will have previously worked in partnership with other groups and organisations and have the ability to influence key decision makers, politicians and transport directors. To achieve this, your written and verbal communications skills will be excellent as will be your negotiation and advocacy skills. You will also have a good understanding of Scotland’s political and physical geography and be committed to the promotion of sustainable transport.

StartScotland is a partnership between The Lennox Partnership and Fedcap Employment Scotland. With extensive joint experience, we help to make a difference and create positives futures for people, their families and their communities.

Our mission is to improve people's lives and make a positive difference to Scotland through the delivery of Scotland’s employability service across the East and South West of Scotland.

Fedcap Employment is looking for two Engagement Consultants to join our established successful team in Edinburgh and Fife. The purpose of the role is to promote Fair Start Scotland and to engage eligible participants onto our employability services.

Every day will be different from delivering presentations, handing out leaflets, chatting to someone via social media channels to meeting a potential participant in a local library. You will have the opportunity to provide support and guidance to those who have the greatest need within our communities such as long term unemployed people, disabled people, and care leavers.

You will be accountable for:

· Generating, managing and delivering a consistent pipeline of FSS participants in line with agreed targets

· promoting Start Scotland Services in Ayrshire to organisations including but not limited to Job Centre Plus, local authorities and community groups

· Fostering strong relationships and a reputation for providing a positive participant experience in the local community

· promoting Start Scotland Services on social media

· Building relationships with your team including employer service consultants, personal advisors and local tutors to ensure our participants get the best service for their specific needs

· Adhering to our customer service standards so that all our participants are provided with a consistently high standard of service that maximises their chances of securing sustainable employment

· Ensuring compliance with our company policies (including Health and Safety, Safeguarding and Data Security) so participants, colleagues are protected at all times

You will need to demonstrate:

· excellent administration and organisational skills

· an ability to prioritise your workload

· an ability to adapt your communication style and build rapport with a diverse range of people

· an attention to detail and an ability to follow contractual processes ensuring full contractual quality and compliance expectations are met

· solid IT skills including but not restricted to maintaining a client database, producing reports using word, excel and power point

· our service delivery can be in remote locations with limited public transport so you will need access to a car

Closing date: 24 October 2019 at 11.30pm

We're looking for an inspirational people person to join us as an Assistant Manager in our Edinburgh Forrest Street shop. You will be pivotal in assisting the Shop Manager in leading and empowering a team of volunteers to engage with the local community on Shelter's cause, maximising the contribution of gifts of time from volunteers, the gifts of products from our donors and the gift of income from our customers.

You will be the ambassador of Shelter on the high street; raising vital money for our cause. If you want to make a real difference to people at risk of homelessness, this is a unique opportunity to do just that.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits including 22 days annual leave (pro rata for part time), enhanced maternity/paternity leave, childcare vouchers and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

About the role

You will assist the Shop Manager in the recruitment, support and development of a strong community focused shop team and empower them to maximise Shelter's income. Representing Shelter in your local community, ensuring that you and your team share your knowledge of Shelter's cause with customers, volunteers, donors and potential Shelter clients will also be important aspects of the role. You will always ensure a safe, clean, bright and happy environment for your team to work in and for your customers to shop in, in turn attracting potential donors and volunteers.

About you

You are a naturally energetic person with an enthusiasm for managing and empowering people. You know how to recruit and develop a team of volunteers and your extraordinary motivational skills will enable you to inspire your team to increase sales and control costs. Above all, you are ready to take on a new challenge and have a keen interest in Shelter's cause.

Shelter Scotland helps over half a million people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

At Shelter Scotland, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

We are excited to be appointing a Self-directed Support Project Officer to contribute to the work of small team delivering on the Scottish Government’s Self-directed Support project, which will be hosted by Social Work Scotland. The project team will develop an implementation framework for the delivery of Self-directed Support, engage with key partners to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and experience around SDS, and assist local implementers to personalise their processes and systems, drawing on existing local expertise and insight from implementation best practice.

Essential

Candidates should be professionally qualified, have experience in the design and delivery of social care services and experience of working in a project.

Enquiries

Enquiries can be made to Corinne Groeneveldt by email to admin@socialworkscotland.org

Social Work Scotland is the professional leadership body for social work. We are a membership body with over 400 individual members and over 35 corporate members. Social Work Scotland has two fundamental objectives: to support the development of the social work profession, and to influence and inform policy and legislation affecting social workers and local communities.

We have live vacancies across various locations in Scotland. And they’ll be a steady flow of new vacancies released over the coming months. Please search for a job in your postcode by clicking apply, and if there’s not a job near you right now then remember to sign up for alerts and we’ll notify you when we have one in your community.

We’re looking for member pioneers to join Co-op, in communities across the country. In this unique role you’ll be focused on bringing people together to make a difference in your community. That means talking to Co-op members, colleagues in stores and funeral homes, and representatives of the many local causes we support. By building relationships with and connecting these people you’ll be the catalyst for new ideas, initiatives and projects that will make our communities better places to live.

We plan to have a member pioneer dedicated to each of our communities and you’ll be a part of this ambitious plan for a better future. Everything you do will contribute to our community plan, making sure we make the biggest impact possible across the UK by increasing community co-operation. It’s an opportunity to make a visible difference where you live, supported by an organisation with nearly 70,000 colleagues.

What you’ll do:

• develop an action plan to improve community wellbeing, aligned to key themes
• establish and run a local community forum, or make connections with one that already exists
• build a strong group of contacts locally, making use of social media platforms to help with listening to and getting involved in community conversation
• get activities off the ground and encourage lots of involvement from members in your community
• prioritise your time, making your hours count and focusing on opportunities to make the biggest difference

This role would suit someone who:

• has lots of enthusiasm with the ability to get things moving
• is interested in all things community focussed
• can inspire and motivate people through their communication style
• loves working with and connecting people
• can prioritise their time and remain focussed on a long term goal
• is confident using social media
• has good basic IT skills (ideally with experience using collaborative tools like the Google suite or Skype)
• is both committed and dedicated
• lives within or very close to the community you’ll support, detailed above

Why Co-op?

As a member pioneer you’ll have the chance to support local communities, making a visible difference by encouraging people to work together. As a Co-op colleague you’ll also receive a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits including:

• 24 days holiday (rising to 30 with service)
• discounts on all kinds of Co-op products and services
• a pension with up to 10% employer contributions

Building an inclusive work environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone. But simply having a diverse workforce is not enough. We want to build an inclusive environment, where everyone can develop to their full potential. We celebrate our differences, and recognise the importance of teams reflecting the communities they serve.

We can make adjustments to the interview process according to your needs. And we offer a flexible working environment so you can adjust your hours to suit your personal circumstances. You can find out more about Co-op people policies at coop.co.uk/peoplepolicies

As part of your application you’ll need to complete an online assessment. It will take you around 12 minutes to complete this test.

The Supported Housing Worker role requires assisting in the management of the development thus ensuring the tenants are able to enjoy an acceptable standard of living in an environment which is clean, safe and friendly. You will be responsible for overseeing the wellbeing of the tenants and for assisting them in maintaining their independence.

As housing care worker your role will involve working with our tenants to ensure they receive the support and personal care identified in their care plans. You will directly support tenants in their homes by providing individual advice, practical housing support assistance and personal care.

Both roles are to ensure that we are able to offer the best service to our tenants and make it possible for our tenants to continue enjoying as much independent living as they’re able.

As well as a competitive annual salary, our valued team also benefits from:

competitive hourly rates of £9.00 - £9.47 per hour;

guaranteed rota hours working between 7.30 am & 10pm

generous annual leave entitlement;

a choice of pension scheme with employer contributions;

flexible working policies;

access to extensive paid training and development opportunities; and

a supportive and inclusive culture.

We also have opportunities with our Trust Staff Agency - for employees who want to work across different locations, in various roles, with highly flexible hours to suit family commitments - it's a great opportunity with the same training and development that our other roles benefit from.

Previous experience working in social care or the housing sector would be an advantage but this is not always necessary. Our ideal candidate is someone with enthusiasm, a caring nature and willingness to learn as full training, support and ongoing development will be provided.