Jobs in Inverleith, Edinburgh

To assist carers of people with an eating disorder to feel supported in their caring role and to experience improved wellbeing.

This post is part of a new initiative, and the focus of the work is peer support for unpaid carers of people with an eating disorder. The peer worker will cover Lothian and will build on established links with carer organisations across Lothian as well as working closely with the Edinburgh Peer Network. The post will also offer specific supports to carers of those being treated at the Eating Disorders Unit at St John’s Hospital, West Lothian.

The peer worker will have responsibility for recruiting and supporting a small number of volunteers who have their own experience as carers.

The post will be subject to membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Adults Groups (PVG) scheme and appropriate checks.

There will be a six-month probationary period. The post is initially fixed term until 31st March 2024.

About the role:

We seek a part-time (21 hours per week) Learning Coordinator to promote and deliver Lead’s Adult Carers Digital Project. This is a learning service for carers aged 16 through life who lack digital skills or who experience barriers when engaging with technology.

The successful applicant will be committed to:

1) Support adult unpaid carers to develop relevant key digital skills and confidence to support their caring responsibilities.

2) Share learning with other workers who want to develop skills and confidence to support unpaid carers to use digital skills.

This post is home-based in Fife and involves regulated work for which a satisfactory PVG will be required. Lead Scotland has a Recruiting People with Convictions Policy.

About you:

You will be passionate about the use of digital skills to support adult carers, have excellent communication skills, and a flexible and creative approach to problem-solving.

You will be enthusiastic with good organisational skills and have previous experience of supporting people experiencing a range of barriers, of working one-to-one and in small groups, and of designing and delivering learning programmes. Access to appropriate transport is essential to travel to homes and communities.

Applications from disabled people:

Lead has Disability Confident status, and we encourage applications from disabled people. All disabled people meeting the minimum requirements will get a guaranteed interview. Information about our commitment to recruit disabled people is available on our website. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in the online form. This will in no way disadvantage you in the recruitment process. All job application information can be made in alternative formats on request including braille, large print and audio and people can make applications in alternative formats.

Recruitment paperwork is kept for 6 months before it is destroyed. Please complete our anonymous equal opportunities form to help us ensure we are attracting a broad range of candidates.

Can you see the potential in bringing together an Edinburgh community with a citywide network of cultural organisations? Are you passionate about the community & voluntary sector participating in collaborative cultural planning? Enthusiastic, tenacious, a great communicator, you must enjoy working with community organisations, sector leaders and people with passion. Are you up for a challenge? If you like the sound of the above, then the partnership of Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council (EVOC) and Festivals Edinburgh are looking to recruit: Development Officer - Connect Project.

This post would be suitable for secondment with the agreement of the existing employer.

Edinburgh and Lothian Trust Fund (ELTF) is looking for two or three new Trustees to join our Board. Ideally, one of them will be able to fill the vacancy for Chair that will arise in November 2023.

About the Trust

ELTF is a grant making trust whose core aim is the relief of poverty. We provide small grants to individuals in need and grants to small local charities throughout Edinburgh and the Lothians. We also provide larger grants to individuals through the Edinburgh Fire Fund. In addition, we make grants on behalf of the Edinburgh Police Fund for Children. See eltf.org.uk for further information and a copy of our Annual Report and Accounts. In addition, in response to the economic impact of Coronavirus we provided short term crisis funding to individuals and families. In 2020-21, we distributed 1,596 grants through 90 agencies totalling £198,244.

The Trust has an investment portfolio of over £7m which is managed on its behalf by Investment Managers. Total income of around £250k annually is used to fund grant giving and meet overhead expenses.

The Board has a minimum of five Trustees and a maximum of nine. Trustees are appointed for an initial term of up to 4 years and may be re-appointed for a subsequent term of up to four years.

The role is voluntary and unpaid but we hope that working with ELTF will be a rewarding experience, helping to support vulnerable people in need.

Time Commitment

The Trustees meet four times a year to approve larger grant applications, to discuss and decide on policy, strategy and governance issues and to provide oversight of the Investment Manager that manages the investment portfolio. In addition, there may be one or two additional meetings on specific topics if the need arises. Between meetings, there will be a small amount of business conducted by email, perhaps once a month on average. The day to day operations of the Trust are managed by a full-time Administrator.

The Candidates

We are keen to improve the diversity of the Board so would especially welcome expressions of interest from individuals that would help us achieve this. The current membership of the Board can be seen on our website eltf.org.uk/trustees . We are looking for applicants who have a good understanding of issues relating to poverty and inequality, possibly but not necessarily, with first-hand experience of working with children and families in deprived circumstances, perhaps as a lawyer, social worker, health visitor, teacher or support worker in the public or charity sectors. Experience and understanding of grant-making and Board governance is desirable but not essential as training will be provided.

Interested in how land, seabed and built environment can support sustainable development in Scotland? Passionate about using your knowledge and skills to help tackle the climate and nature crises? Want to join a growing business focussed on delivering environmental, social and economic value?

Crown Estate Scotland has an exciting opportunity for a Sustainability Officer to join our team on a full-time permanent basis. This new role in our policy team will contribute to a diverse range of projects and workstreams including our Sustainable Communities Fund, marine natural capital initiatives, marine planning, biodiversity & climate change reporting and our new Children and Young People’s Forum.

About Us

We manage property – including buildings, land, coastline and seabed – on behalf of people of Scotland. Our purpose is to invest in property, natural resources and people to generate lasting value for Scotland. Our profits go to Scottish public spending.

We work in a way that:

• Generates prosperity and value for all of Scotland;

• Supports the growth of sustainable business and industry in Scottish seas and on the coast;

• Makes places better for those who live, work and visit there;

• Promotes sustainable ways of producing energy, food, and other products; and

• Creates opportunities for people to use and benefit from the Scottish Crown Estate.

Our values of Integrity, Excellence, Collaboration and Commercialism help us to put our purpose into practice. They shape how we work, underpin our actions, and help to make Crown Estate Scotland a great place to work. By joining the Crown Estate Scotland team, you’ll be surrounded by dedicated and talented individuals who are passionate about what they do, giving you the opportunity to learn and develop. You’ll be working alongside like-minded individuals who are working towards achieving the shared goal of making Scotland a better place.

About the role

The successful candidate for this new role will work on an exciting range of projects and activities including:

• Our Sustainable Communities Fund;

• Biodiversity and climate change reporting;

• Marine natural capital;

• Marine planning;

• Our asset profiles;

• Delivery of our Climate Change Action Plan;

• Environmental research;

• Reviewing emerging government policy and developing consultation responses;

• Strategic Environmental Assessment, Islands Communities Impact Assessment, and Equalities Impact Assessment;

• Stakeholder research;

• Helping coordinate implementation of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion plan; and

• Our new Children and Young People’s Forum.

Knowledge and experience in all of these areas is not a requirement as you will be guided and supported by colleagues as needed.

The contractual working location of this role is our Edinburgh office. However, we believe work is something you do, not a place you go to, and we are committed to supporting employees to work flexibly and in a way that suits their own role and preferences. There will be a requirement to travel for occasional off-site meetings and opportunities to visit different parts of the Estate (e.g. rural areas, coastal locations etc).

The starting salary will be £30,993 with potential for future progression as well as eligibility of annual cost of living rises. The maximum salary for this role is currently £37,817. The role also benefits from 25 days’ annual leave, increasing to 30 days after four years’ service, plus 11.5 of public / privilege days. Crown Estate Scotland encourage flexible working and operate a discretionary flexi-time scheme. This role offers participation in the Civil Service pension scheme. Contribution levels for the scheme are currently 5.45% employee contribution at the entry salary for this role whilst Crown Estate Scotland contribution levels are 27.1%.

At Crown Estate Scotland we believe that continuous learning and development helps us to do our best in work and build professional skills and expertise. We offer a range of training opportunities delivered by external training providers and in-house experts and provide all employees with access to LinkedIn Learning. We also support individuals to pay professional membership fees relevant to their roles and aim to support additional study and learning requests wherever possible.

At Crown Estate Scotland we strongly believe that our people are our most valuable asset and we couldn’t do what we do without them. As well as helping you to develop professionally, we also support your personal development through our ‘Wellbeing Matters’ programme with its focus on four important pillars of wellbeing – physical, emotional, social and financial.

About You

Candidates for this role should:

• Hold a qualification in a relevant subject (e.g. geography, sustainable development, resource management, marine and/or terrestrial planning).

• Have knowledge of sustainable development in relation to land, property and / or marine assets.

• Understand the fundamentals of good project management.

• Have excellent written communication skills with the ability to clearly and succinctly summarise complex documents, prepare briefings, presentations etc.

• Be able to review, edit and critique reports that contain qualitative and quantitative information.

• Be able to build and maintain relationships - and to engage effectively with internal and external contacts.

You will have the following qualities, which are key to success in this role:

• Excellent attention to detail.

• Enjoy a dynamic and varied workload.

• Be proactive and adopt an inquisitive approach to work.

• Willingness to learn and develop your knowledge and skills.

• Confidence in using Microsoft Office products (such as Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Sharepoint, MS Teams).

Main Purpose of Job

Winning Leishman are seeking a Fundraising Administrator to join our team. This post will involve maintaining records to keep track of funding proposals, reports and other communications on behalf of Winning Leishman’s clients. Additionally, you will support the identification of funding opportunities through carrying out database searches.

Position in Organisation

Report to the Winning Leishman Directors.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate database records

• Maintain a schedule of applications and reports

• Match funder motivations with client opportunities

• Support the identification of trust and foundation funding opportunities through searches

Person Specification

Skills & Experience

• Reliable and well organised with good time management skills and ability to meet deadlines

• Excellent IT skills, Excel and MS Office, with a working knowledge of database systems

• Strong attention to detail

• A systems thinker

• Professional, courteous, respectful and confident

• Proactive and self-motivated with a positive and enthusiastic approach to teamwork

• Experience working in administration, ideal within charity or fundraising sectors, is desirable

Qualifications

• Degree (in any subject), studying towards a degree or equivalent (essential)

The role of the Duty Crisis Support Worker is to provide a confidential, safe and supportive information service to women and agencies who contact EWA through the crisis phone line and/or ‘drop in’ service, and where appropriate to also assess women, and any accompanying children who are affected by domestic abuse, for refuge accommodation.

*These roles are predominantly office based. Workers will be on site in our Cheyne Street office to receive drop-ins, make and receive calls and to take referrals.

The role of the Duty Crisis Support Worker is to provide a confidential, safe and supportive information service to women and agencies who contact EWA through the crisis phone line and/or ‘drop in’ service, and where appropriate to also assess women, and any accompanying children who are affected by domestic abuse, for refuge accommodation.

*These roles are predominantly office based. Workers will be on site in our Cheyne Street office to receive drop-ins, make and receive calls and to take referrals.

The purpose of this role is to provide mental health support to women affected by domestic abuse, by offering specific interventions, involvement in care plans, providing advice and support to colleagues and liaising with external mental health specialists to ensure that women’s mental health pathways are effective.

The post holder will hold a relevant qualification in mental health and have a strong understanding of the impact of domestic abuse on mental health and wellbeing.

This post is subject to Adult and Children PVG Scheme checks.

To help people to make supported decisions; by articulating their needs, providing them with information on their rights and redress, and to support them to have their voice heard.

To work independently – often lone working – and as part of a team, to ensure that the service proceeds within the policies, procedures and guidelines as approved by the Edinburgh Carers Council Trustees and reflective of statutory and professional obligations.

To promote the personal and social development of young people through leading an innovative and experiential employability programme at Scran Academy. This role provides tailored work experience and skills training to young people, supporting them to overcome a range of barriers and access further training or work. The Youth Employability Coordinator will be responsible for the overall development of our brand new three year ‘Scransitions’ programme for ages 16+.