Jobs in Craigentinny & Duddingston, Edinburgh

Over the last 20 years the Ripple has worked with older people to provide activities, trips, entertainment and volunteering opportunities for our over 65’s as an integral part of the Ripple’s offer to the community it serves. We are now in a position to recruit a fulltime project officer for this role to develop in collaboration with our older people and the wider community.

You should have a passion for people, be warm and empathetic and believe that older people have a vital contribution to make to any community. You will understand the challenges that our older population faces and be committed to delivering opportunities that promote health and wellbeing and fun.

The Ripple

The Ripple is a community anchor organisation led by local people that harnesses the skills and experience of its 100+ volunteers to provide a wide range of well-used services and opportunities. Restalrig, Lochend & Craigentinny is a disadvantaged, vulnerable and fragile community, amongst the most deprived in Scotland, our individuals and families face the challenges that poverty, health, and social inequalities bring on a daily basis.

The Ripple is rooted in the local community, provides a focus and a ‘sense of belonging’ for an area with little other social or economic investment. Our aim is to tackle poverty and inequality by listening to and then taking action with local people to regenerate our community. We respond to local priorities, circumstances and needs in a sustainable way to help the people of Restalrig, Lochend and Craigentinny to help themselves to:

• Reduce poverty

• Improve life chances and opportunities

• Live healthier lives

• Shape their own future

• Strengthen the role and offering of the Ripple

• Achieve shared ambitions through collaborative partnerships

• Contribute to a fair and just transition to a resilient climate and

• Feel valued, connected and influential

We are looking for someone who has the relevant experience, values and commitment to maintain and develop our position in the community, promoting, innovation, community spirit, determination and health & wellbeing.

Are you passionate about supporting services to help people live a better life? Do you want to work for a charity where your health and wellbeing matter just as much as the people you support? Do you want to be part of a trauma-informed team where you will be supported to develop creative and flexible ways of working? Do you want a job where no two days are the same, working in a dynamic environment where you will be supported to develop new skills?

At LinkLiving, our values and people are at the heart of everything we do including how we recruit our staff. It is important for us to find people who share our values, which are:

• Empathy (listen to and understand an individual’s needs and circumstances)
• Respect (treat others the way they wish to be treated)
• Integrity (be honest and have strong moral principles)
• Caring (show kindness and concern for others)

LinkLiving is a Scottish health and wellbeing charity that supports people to manage or overcome the effects of negative life experiences (including trauma, mental health challenges, poverty and inequality) so that they can build on their strengths and aspirations in order to live their best possible lives. We support people through a range of models including:

Personal development and employability programmes

• Self-help coaching
• Supported accommodation
• Care at home
• Housing support
• Befriending
• Social cafes

Edinburgh Services

We currently have a number of services being delivered across the city.

Our Edinburgh Mental Health Services provide visiting support to people experiencing mental ill health. The service also has a Core and Cluster accommodation service which provides more intensive support to people who have spent time in long-term hospital care. Our support enables the people we work with to live as independently as possible in their own home and improve their mental and physical health.

Our Edinburgh Young Persons’ Service provides visiting support and supported accommodation. We support young people, who have been in care, experienced homelessness, trauma or any disadvantage to overcome the challenges they may face whilst helping them to achieve their own individual goals and shape their lives for a more positive future.

Our Practice and Participation services support people across the city through a range of different projects which aim to help people gain new qualifications, learn new skills, improve self confidence and gain knowledge and experience to help them be successful in all areas of their lives.

The Job

The Business Administration and Finance Officer will provide a customer-focused and comprehensive administrative support to the LinkLiving Edinburgh services. This post involves interacting with members of the management team, staff, partner agencies and the people we support.

The post will provide administrative support to three functional teams, offering different services to frontline staff, management and the people we support. The position will involve collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams, with a number of external agencies, financial invoicing, pre-paid credit cards and record-keeping, facilities management and general reception duties at the LinkLiving hub.

Click HEREfor a short video from the Business Administration and Finance Officer based in Falkirk.

About You

You will have an SVQ in Business Administration or equivalent or substantial relevant business administration experience, combined with strong written and oral communication skills, strong numeracy and literacy skills and excellent organisational skills, with the ability to deal with diverse and busy workloads effectively.

You will have proven administrative experience in a customer-focused environment and good IT skills, including being fully Microsoft literate; Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, Dynamics and Teams, plus have the ability to pick up bespoke ICT systems effectively.

You will be able to demonstrate good analytical and problem-solving skills, knowledge and understanding of database systems, experience of using electronic document management systems and experience of document production and report writing.

A solution-focused, positive attitude and ability to work flexibly dependant on the needs of the business, experience of team working with the ability to create positive relationships and the ability to prioritise, anticipate problems and provide solutions are essential.

The postholder will be expected to fulfil the roles of Fire Warden and First Aider after successfully completing the training (an additional payment is allocated to role of First Aider).

For a comprehensive list of the essential and desirable criteria required for this post, please refer to the Job Specification in the Job information Pack above.

What’s in it for you?

The benefits of being a LinkLiving employee (subject to the policies and benefit terms and conditions) include:

• Competitive salary, reviewed annually, and opportunity for annual performance related salary increases and discretionary non-consolidated pay awards, subject to terms of the scheme
• 35 days’ holiday per year (inclusive of public holidays) pro rata plus additional 3 days pro rata after 3 years’ service, with an opportunity to buy and sell holiday
• temporary enhanced business travel mileage allowance to support employees with increased fuel costs
• access to paid SVQ qualifications and a wide range of learning and development opportunities and funded Disclosure Scotland and Scottish Social Services Council memberships
• defined contribution pension scheme with generous employer contributions plus salary exchange and additional voluntary contribution options
• life assurance scheme providing death in service benefits to named beneficiaries
• healthcare cash plan for employees (and dependents) to support health and wellbeing plus discounts on shopping, restaurants, and other services
• employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate household dependants to support health, mental and financial well-being
• discounted travel schemes including cycle to work scheme, monthly bus pass scheme and travel ticket loan and much more!

This post is subject to Basic Disclosure Scotland Check

Care for Carers is a voluntary organisation which provides a range of support, information, advice, breaks from caring and residential short break services to unpaid carers in Edinburgh. We have a compassionate ethos and are passionate about our work. We are seeking an enthusiastic, organised and motivated post-holder to join our Short Breaks team who will;

• Promote and develop Care for Carers short breaks services
• Support and deliver short break programmes for carers
• Demonstrate an understanding and be responsive to the needs of carers
• Promote and support Care for Carers services as well as supporting planning and reporting processes.