Jobs in Leith Walk, Edinburgh

Do you dream about a more rewarding career? One where you make a real difference to people’s lives? One with hybrid working, job permanence and career development? Then why not become an Affordable Warmth Advisor at Changeworks, Scotland’s leading environmental charity delivering solutions for low carbon living?

As an Affordable Warmth Advisor, you’ll provide people with crucial support to get through the growing energy crisis. Our Community Engagement and Energy Advice Services are on the frontline, providing a range of information and support to the public including signposting, advice, advocacy and support for people, particularly for those in fuel poverty, and awareness-raising and engagement activity at talks and events.

We are seeking to recruit additional Affordable Warmth Advisors to help us expand our services across Scotland, to support more people in need and to drive energy efficiency. Our Advisors are naturally supportive, highly motivated and driven by delivering real outcomes for their customers. If you have excellent communication skills, a ‘can do’ attitude and a mature and responsible approach to your work, we’d love to hear from you. The work can be complex, and our customers are often in acute need, meaning the role can be highly rewarding as you can make a real difference to someone’s life.

A background in energy or advice is desirable, customer experience essential, and you should have an understanding of vulnerability and awareness of fuel poverty You should have experience of producing high quality written reports or papers. A driving licence is beneficial as some of our work is face-to-face, and in rural areas.

We will start to grow your knowledge of services straight away with training over your first months. Training and knowledge sharing will be ongoing to ensure you are kept up to date with sector specific developments and new technologies.

We offer an attractive staff benefits package, excellent pension and employee benefits which include 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.

Changeworks runs a very successful fuel billing, energy advice and advocacy service for vulnerable householders across Edinburgh, East Lothian, West Lothian, Midlothian, Borders, and Highland regions. We are seeking an Administrative Advisor to provide high quality energy efficiency advice to our clients, as well as excellent administrative support to the Affordable Warmth Services Team.

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic individual with excellent customer service skills. This is a varied and flexible role, working as part of a team, supporting a busy department. As the first point of contact for vulnerable clients you should be a confident communicator, with an excellent telephone manner. You will also deliver advice face to face at outreach events. You will have experience working with databases and IT packages such as Outlook, Word, Excel working to a high level of accuracy throughout.

We will start to grow your knowledge of services straight away, including full training on the topic of energy efficiency advice as well as a City and Guilds qualification on Energy Efficiency in the home. Further training in all the relevant operations and tasks will also be provided. Due to the nature of the role, training will be ongoing to ensure that employees are kept up to date with developments and new technologies.

We offer an attractive staff benefits package, excellent pension and employee benefits which include 26 days paid holiday plus 9 bank holidays per year.

To apply, please download the application form from changeworks.org.uk, email recruitment@changeworks.org.uk or contact reception on 0131 555 4010 to request an application pack quoting the reference AWSAA

We are looking for a Senior Officer to join our Low Carbon Communities team, a tight knit group of engagement specialists who deliver a diverse mix of projects supporting household decarbonisation. We need an experienced and enthusiastic individual to help develop and lead a programme of low carbon living projects.

You will be working within the Low Carbon Communities delivery team, and with a range of external partners and stakeholders, to lead projects through all stages, including conception, development, design, delivery and monitoring. You will have line management responsibility and oversee key external relationships and contracts.

We are looking for an exceptionally organised and highly motivated project or programme manager, able to work across various workstreams and priorities, helping anchor and support the team and bringing creative ideas and solutions to our work. You should be a skilled communicator and a team player, with the ability to engage, enthuse and influence the people you work with.

This is an exciting time as we hone our focus on decarbonising the home and you will play a key role in bringing to life our new community engagement strategy, leading on the development and setting-up of projects to ensure they are planned and delivered to a high standard.

Benefits

Changeworks is a great place to work. We hold Investors in People Platinum accreditation (something only a few organisations in Scotland have), and we were nominated for employer of the year by the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce this year. Our staff overwhelmingly would recommend us as an employer too.

The Climate Emergency has resulted in ambitious national targets to reduce carbon emissions from the built environment and reduce rates of fuel poverty. This has driven a significant increase in the number of pilot and large-scale interventions delivered by Changeworks and external organisations in this area. These include area-based domestic energy efficiency retrofit and decarbonisation projects and programmes.

We are a growing organisation, and this role is crucial to the delivery of our ambitious objectives. We want to decarbonise homes in Scotland on a massive scale, and that needs talented individuals like you to help us deliver on our objectives. You’ll receive full training plus coaching and mentoring.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits including flexible working, bike to work scheme, an excellent pension scheme and 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.

At Changeworks, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone.

Are you looking for a role where you can really make a difference? Changeworks, Scotland’s leading environmental charity, is looking for an ICT Support technician to play a key role in helping us tackle the climate emergency.

You’ll join our dedicated ICT team, playing a crucial role in providing ICT support for staff across the organisation. This will encompass a wide variety of areas including administration of our network, servers, and cloud-based services.

You’ll be keen to learn, and we will support you with training to develop your skills. You’ll have strong IT literacy skills and have a good knowledge of Windows based PC systems and Microsoft 365 products. But any experience with network protocols, Microsoft Server 2012 R2 or above, and CRM systems would be a bonus.

You’ll use your customer facing skills to deal with issues effectively and smoothly. As well as using your communication skills to plainly explain and show staff how to use various ICT services. You’ll be confident to work autonomously and take the initiative, as well as working as part of a team.

If you’re passionate about information technology and have a passion for tackling the climate emergency, we want to hear from you.

Benefits

Changeworks is a great place to work. We hold Investors in People Platinum accreditation (something only a few organisations in Scotland have), and we were nominated for employer of the year by the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce this year. Our staff overwhelmingly would recommend us as an employer too.

The Climate Emergency has resulted in ambitious national targets to reduce carbon emissions from the built environment and reduce rates of fuel poverty. This has driven a significant increase in the number of pilot and large-scale interventions delivered by Changeworks and external organisations in this area. These include area-based domestic energy efficiency retrofit and decarbonisation projects and programmes.

We are a growing organisation, and this role is crucial to the delivery of our ambitious objectives. We want to decarbonise homes in Scotland on a massive scale, and that needs talented individuals like you to help us deliver on our objectives. You’ll receive full training plus coaching and mentoring.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits including flexible working, bike to work scheme, an excellent pension scheme and 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.

At Changeworks, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone.

The Citizens Advice network in Scotland is the largest independent advice service in the country. Citizens Advice Scotland is a charity within this network – we act as a national organisation supporting and representing the service as a whole and the interests of citizens. At the heart of the network there are 59 individual citizens advice bureau across Scotland, all operating as independent charities in their own right, which focus on providing support and advice directly to clients. Each of these organisations is a member of Citizens Advice Scotland. We believe that every citizen should have access to free, impartial, and confidential advice that helps them make informed decisions, whenever they need it and however, they choose to access it.

Our vision is for a Fairer Scotland where everyone has the advice and information, they need to realise their rights, and that the barriers to accessing those rights are effectively challenged.

Working with senior colleagues in the National Projects team you will have direct responsibility and accountability for cross project support requirements. You will lead on the identification and allocation of the appropriate resources as well as coordinating management information data and analysis requirements against governance, project controls and reporting needs.

You will also coordinate the execution of work to help individuals deliver their part consistently and effectively, whilst ensuring forward planning is in place along with managing change and risks. All underpinned through a continuous improvement and quality of service cycle of review and assessment.

The role of the Lead Project Support Manager has an element of oversight and co-ordination across all projects, and you will also need to be able to support these from inception through to the successful operation and maintenance of the service and where applicable exit and close out. You will act as the focal point within the National Projects team for those projects with a single centralised reporting requirement.

This is an exciting time to join us where you have the opportunity to make a difference. Our services are even more critical now than ever before in helping those in need and are essential in helping citizens receive the necessary advice and support during these unprecedent times. As a line manager you will be required to identify and manage the resources required, plan the work to realise the expected benefits as well as manage the project teams’ dependencies, workloads, and schedules.

We are flexible about your professional background and open minded about your career to date. You will need to be able to lead a Project Management Office function and engage with multiple stakeholders both internally and externally. You will be a compassionate manager with the ability to understand the challenges and opportunities that working within a membership organisation brings. You may well have experience of working in a charity, housing association or the broader public sector, though applicants from all sectors are welcome. You will have to be able to demonstrate the desire to put the people who matter most, our clients, at the heart of every decision.

This role offers you the opportunity to work at the heart of supporting Scotland's largest independent advice network and to make an invaluable contribution to citizen’s lives.

Employee benefits

Citizens Advice Scotland offers excellent terms and conditions. We want our people to have a great work life balance and we have designed our working practices and benefits to support this. Here are some of things our employees benefit from: a 35-hour full time working week, 40 days annual leave, genuine flexibility in working hours with a flexi-time system, and blended/hybrid working opportunities for every role. For more details of some of the other benefits on offer to our employees, please see the section on employee benefits in the job pack.

Citizens Advice Scotland is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies and flexible working arrangements to support all our staff. We are also committed to equality of opportunity for all and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

CAS provides options for blended working to allow employees to balance their time attending the office with time working from home. The number of days you will be able to work from home each week will be dependent on your job role and can be discussed as part of the recruitment process.

Organisation Details

Capital City Partnership (CCP) is an arm’s length company of the City of Edinburgh Council and is tasked with the operational development, management and support of local and regional employability and poverty reduction measures. It takes a flexible approach to changing economic conditions, needs and opportunities but its core functions comprise:

• The management of all employability related grants and contracts awarded to external providers by the council and other key partners.
• The management of assessment processes related to bids received for such grants and contracts and making recommendations for funding.
• The provision of policy advice, research, and development support (including secretariat functions) to the city’s Jobs Strategy Partnership and partners
• The development and maintenance of common communications and management information infrastructure for the Jobs Strategy Partnership
• Development and support of the Joined Up for Jobs network and the Joined Up for Business partnership
• Provision of support to the Edinburgh and South-East Scotland City Region Deal skills programme.

Job Purpose

Joined Up for Business (JUfB) is co-ordinated by Capital City Partnership (CCP) and is a collaborative group of public sector organisations which brings together a range of employer services under one framework, making it easier for businesses to find and access the support they need.

It works on a "no wrong door" approach and offers a bespoke, free recruitment and training service, as well as a business growth support service for SMEs and help businesses to identify funding initiatives that can support across these areas. We also support contractors in meeting their employability focused community benefits targets across the city.

JUfB directly links with the city’s employability network, Joined Up for Jobs (JUfJ) to create, maximise and simplify access to high-quality employment and training opportunities for Edinburgh citizens.

JUfB also develops and runs a number of employer led support initiatives, including skill centres around large scale recruitment opportunities, notably with retail focused locations Fort Kinnaird, FUSE at St James Quarter and our upcoming MacMillan Skills Hub which will be based within Muirhouse in North-West Edinburgh.

This new post is to support Capital City Partnership’s JUfB team in its employer focused activities and projects; assisting Edinburgh businesses with recruitment, training, identifying funding incentives and community benefits delivery in line with the Scottish Government’s No One Left Behind (NOLB) framework and Fair Work principles.

The Business Support Assistant will work across all JUfB projects, acting as a central single point of contact for the wider team to help support and co-ordinate daily activities and projects across the department. This role will have key responsibility for accurately maintaining our CRM system and associated administration to track progress and evidence outcomes.

Do you want to join an ambitious organisation committed to making our world a better place? Changeworks is growing, and we need to expand our Project Management team to manage our energy efficiency projects all over Scotland.

About you

We need a strong relationship builder, an effective communicator and a driver of quality to help us deliver our important work to deliver low-carbon housing across Scotland and driving Scotland’s journey to Net Zero.

You will understand the complexities of successfully delivering retrofit projects and programmes driving quality and achieving high impacts in challenging timescales. You will be adept at developing relationships and working in partnership, a skilled communicator managing and motivating your team.

About the role

We act as a Managing Agent for Local Authorities and Housing Associations delivering a range of energy efficiency and decarbonisation programmes working in homes across Scotland. You will work within the Building Decarbonisation Team to deliver domestic retrofit projects, managing retrofit contractors and ensuring projects are delivered to budget and to a high standard.

Benefits

Changeworks is a great place to work. We hold Investors in People Platinum accreditation (something only a few organisations in Scotland have), and we were nominated for employer of the year by the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce this year. Our staff overwhelmingly would recommend us as an employer too.

The Climate Emergency has resulted in ambitious national targets to reduce carbon emissions from the built environment and reduce rates of fuel poverty. This has driven a significant increase in the number of pilot and large-scale interventions delivered by Changeworks and external organisations in this area. These include area-based domestic energy efficiency retrofit and decarbonisation projects and programmes.

We are a growing organisation, and this role is crucial to the delivery of our ambitious objectives. We want to decarbonise homes in Scotland on a massive scale, and that needs talented individuals like you to help us deliver on our objectives. You’ll receive full training plus coaching and mentoring.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits including flexible working, bike to work scheme, an excellent pension scheme and 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.

About Changeworks

As Scotland’s leading environmental charity delivering low carbon solutions for over 35 years, we recognise climate change is the most significant threat to the environment and our way of life.

We firmly believe that our people are our biggest strength, and our goal is to provide a rewarding and fulfilling career in line with our values of collaboration, integrity, passion, innovation and empowerment.

We are proud of the expertise and enthusiasm of our people and have over 200 employees and volunteers across Scotland, from the Borders to Shetland.

Working at Changeworks is working for an organisation who believe that a work-life balance is essential, and inclusivity and diversity are important to us. We therefore invite applications from a variety of backgrounds.

Working for Changeworks will not just give you the opportunity to make an impact on the environment around you in your role, but you will also be part of an ambitious and growing organisation who are committed to our vision of a world where everyone can live, work and enjoy life with a low carbon impact.

At Changeworks, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone.

The Scottish Human Rights Commission is an independent public body which promotes and protects human rights across Scotland.

The Scottish Human Rights Commission is recruiting a Human Rights Fellow, for a fixed term of 12 months, as part of its new Scottish Human Rights Fellowship scheme.

The job holder will work collaboratively with members of the Legal and Policy team and colleagues across the Commission, gaining valuable insight into the work of Scotland’s National Human Rights Institution.

Specific projects and areas of work will depend on the particular focus of the Legal and Policy team at any given time; however, the job holder will use their knowledge of the European and International human rights systems together with their legal and policy research skills to support various projects aimed at protecting and promoting the human rights of everyone in Scotland.

We are looking for an experienced Finance Administrator to support the smooth running of our small training organisation.

Main duties would include:

Payroll Administration:

Processing staff salaries, ensuring that all notified changes in relation to PAYE, National Insurance and Pensions are complied with. Completing returns for the Inland Revenue. Dealing with administration of tax and National Insurance matters, using the relevant online platforms and liaising as necessary with HMRC. We have a small staff team, currently 9 members.

Invoices:

Processing bills and invoices, and monitoring debtors and creditors.

Reconciliation and Annual Accounts:

Reconciling various financial elements on a monthly/quarterly basis. Assisting in the preparation of the annual accounts for auditors.

Experience in payroll is a must. It would also be beneficial to have some experience in using Xero and Microsoft packages.

About Us

Training for Care is an educational not-for-profit organisation delivering vocational training and short courses in Social Care and Childcare. We have a long history of providing high quality learner focussed training to all levels of staff in the sector and we work with a variety of organisations, from the public, private and voluntary sectors.

Training for Care is based in Edinburgh and delivers training throughout Scotland.

This will initially be a temporary 6 month post with the hopes to become permanent for the right candidate.

Role Purpose

ProjectScotland, part of the national charity Volunteering Matters, supports people to move on in life, through the power of volunteering. We are looking for a talented, dynamic, and professional Parental Engagement Manager to join our team in the City of Edinburgh. The right candidate would be someone who can work flexibly, while demonstrating a strong understanding and commitment to our organisational values.

You will provide intensive Employability Support to 25 parents over the next 12 months. This role will focus on parents who are New Scots (Refugee’s, Asylum Seekers, Displaced people) and parents from ethnically diverse backgrounds. You will:

• Work 1:1 with parents to understand their strengths, skills, and barriers to employment, putting steps or strategies in place to overcome these barriers or challenges
• Support with vocational activities – developing CV’s, job search, applications, mock interviews etc.
• Provide work-ready support – access to volunteering experiences, identifying training opportunities etc.
• Work alongside colleagues in the ProjectScotland Mentoring Team, ensuring that parents can benefit from an empowering and positive Mentoring relationship - provided by our team of local volunteers
• Work with external partners across Edinburgh to secure referrals for our service, and to set up new opportunities for parents.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Consistently role modelling and displaying our organisational values

• Contribute to effective teamwork across the regional team and the wider charity, in line with our “flexible working by default” and “self-managed teams” philosophy

• Provide intensive support to parents in a person-centered way, to achieve positive outcomes for all

• Understanding each parent’s skills, strengths, experience, barriers and development areas, resulting in the creation of a personal development plan

• To manage all elements of the parent’s experience, from referral to completion of their support

• Work alongside the ProjectScotland mentoring team to ensure parents have the opportunity to benefit from the experience and life skills of a dedicated volunteer mentor

• To identify, develop and maintain excellent relationships with referral partners, third sector organisations, statutory agencies, and others, who can provide training, volunteering placements, or other opportunities

• To manage the risk assessment, quality assurance and audit processes as appropriate

• Ensure monitoring, impact and evaluation information and data is collected and that the project meets its agreed targets, reporting format and schedule. Assist the Delivery Leader by preparing reports to funders

• Administration tasks including maintaining effective and accessible records, the use of Microsoft Office, Teams, Zoom and other software such as Canva and Salesforce – full training will be given

This job description is intended to include the broad range of responsibilities and requirements of the post. It is neither exhaustive nor exclusive but while some variations will be expected, these will be at an appropriate level for the role.

Person Specification

Skills Required

• An excellent knowledge and understanding of the life challenges and barriers that parents face today in Scotland, particularly those who are New Scots (Refugee’s, Asylum Seekers, Displaced people) or those from ethnic minority backgrounds

• An understanding of how to assess the needs of an individual using a person-centered approach

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including being able to have strategic conversations with stakeholders one minute, and talk to a nervous parent the next

• Excellent people skills with the ability to build professional, long-term relationships with various stakeholders, to influence and motivate others

• Excellent organisational and IT skills including the ability to manage workload and prioritise effectively, and strong attention to detail

• Able to use own initiative and work independently at times

Experience Required

• Significant experience working with people who have challenges/barriers to employment, particularly parents and carers

• Experience in providing Employability and vocational support

• Evidence of relationship management experience with a wide range of stakeholders

• Experience of project management, achieving high targets, a busy workload and working to strict deadlines

• Proven ability to communicate effectively and work as part of a team

• Understanding of and commitment to Equal Opportunities

Qualifications

Relevant experience and an understanding and commitment to our organisational values is more important for this role than any specific qualifications.

Other

Part of your working week will be based in local Edinburgh communities, meeting parents, volunteers, colleagues, and other stakeholders. For the remainder of the time, you can choose to work from home (must be based locally) or from our Edinburgh office premises (EH7 5JT). If working from home, you will need good internet access and a suitable home working environment. All I.T. equipment, mobile phone and infrastructure will be supplied by our organisation.

Volunteering Matters are looking for a talented, dynamic, and professional Engagement Manager to join our team in the City of Edinburgh. The right candidate would be someone who can work flexibly, while demonstrating a strong understanding and commitment to our organisational values.

In this role you will work as part of a small staff team, coordinating the delivery and development of our established Family Supporters programme across the City of Edinburgh.

Family Supporters is an effective mentoring programme which offers practical, emotional, and social support to parents and families across Edinburgh, empowering them to face a range of life challenges and issues. We recruit, train and match dedicated, local volunteers to help families every step of the way, spending 1-1 time together on a personalised set of goals chosen by the family, for the family.

The programme supports parents and families in lots of ways such as help to access Employment, further Education or Training, improved living standards, budgeting skills, healthier eating, better school life and behaviour, access to physical and mental health and wellbeing resources/aid, as well as introducing parents to community resources and volunteering, to name a few.

This role has a particular focus on supporting parents/families who are New Scots (Refugee’s, Asylum Seekers, Displaced people) as well as parents/families from ethnically diverse backgrounds. Further details and information on Family Supporters Edinburgh can be found on the Volunteering Matters website.

Skills / Knowledge Required

· Excellent knowledge & understanding of the life challenges and issues that families face in Scottish society, particularly New Scots, or families from ethnically diverse backgrounds

· An understanding of how to assess the needs of an individual using a person-centered approach

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills including being able to have strategic conversations with partners and stakeholders one minute, and talk to an anxious or unsure parent

· Excellent people skills with the ability to build professional, long-term relationships with various stakeholders, to influence and motivate others

· Excellent organisational and IT skills including the ability to manage workload, prioritise effectively and strong attention to detail

· Able to use own initiative and work independently at times

Experience Required

· Significant experience working directly with families, particularly those who face barriers/life challenges

· Experience in supporting volunteers through quality Volunteer Management practices

· Evidence of relationship management experience with a wide range of stakeholders

· Experience of project coordination, achieving high targets, a busy workload and working to strict deadlines

· Proven ability to communicate effectively and work as part of a larger regional team

· Experience in Safeguarding / Child Protection / Adult Protection

· Understanding of, and full commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Qualifications

Relevant experience and an understanding and commitment to our organisational values is more important for this role than any specific qualifications.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Consistently role modelling and displaying Volunteering Matters organisational values Contribute to effective teamwork across the regional team and the wider charity, in line with our “flexible working by default” and “self-managed teams” philosophy

• Deliver and develop the Family Supporters programme across the City of Edinburgh, meeting ambitious targets and milestones, ensuring all families/parents engaged achieve positive outcomes

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders including colleagues, volunteers, families, social work, NHS, Education partners, third sector organisations and others.

• Effective recruitment, selection, training, and ongoing support of a diverse pool of talented and dedicated volunteer mentors from a wide cross-section of the community

• To maintain Volunteering Matters standards around quality and effective Volunteer Management

• To manage all elements of family’s experience, from referral to completion of their support journey

• To manage the risk assessment, safeguarding, quality assurance and audit processes as appropriate

• Ensure monitoring, impact and evaluation information is collected and that Family Supporters meets it’s agreed targets, reporting format and schedule. Assist the Project Manager by preparing Impact Reports.

• Administration tasks including maintaining effective and accessible records, the use of Microsoft Office, Teams, Zoom and other software such as Canva (use to develop relevant promotional material and information)

Other

Part of your working week will be based in local Edinburgh communities, meeting families, volunteers, colleagues, and other stakeholders. For the remainder of the time, you can choose to work from home (must be based locally) or from our Edinburgh office premises (EH7 5JT). If working from home, you will need good internet access and a suitable home working environment. All I.T. equipment, mobile phone and infrastructure will be supplied by our organisation.

The Scottish Human Rights Commission is an independent public body which promotes and protects human rights across Scotland.

The organisation is currently embarking on a new programme of work to shape its strategic priorities for the next four years, including engaging with new audiences and communities across Scotland.

This role is an exciting opportunity for a skilled communications and digital media professional to make their mark, playing a key part in digital media creation and delivery of internal and external communications to achieve maximum impact.

We are looking for a creative, highly-motivated communicator with a track record of bringing content to life across multiple digital channels, with the enthusiasm and expertise to innovate, plan and make things happen.

The role includes a generous benefits package, including a contributory Civil Service pension scheme, a healthy living scheme and a range of tailored learning and development opportunities.

We’re looking for someone with excellent organisational skills who knows their way around online accounting software, especially Xero. As well as being responsible for financial tasks and processes, our Finance and Administration Assistant provides a range of admin support to colleagues across the organisation. The successful person will have a keen eye for detail and a flexible, proactive approach to work.

The Organisation

Our mission is simple - to inspire more people to volunteer so they can enhance their lives, the lives of others and build resilient communities. We promote and develop volunteering through a range of projects and have a key leadership role in making Edinburgh a city in which volunteering in all its forms can flourish and thrive.

Bield is one of the largest providers of housing and support services to older people in Scotland. We value kindness above all, and at Bield, you will have a unique opportunity to have a positive impact. We strongly believe that older people should be free to make their own choices and be able to live as independently as possible. If you share our values, we’d love for you to join our team and help us on our journey.

Tenant Engagement and Participation Lead role will be responsible for leading tenant engagement, participation and tenancy sustainment activities, contributing to achieving strategic objectives and improving performance against the KPIs for the team. The successful candidate will ensure best practice and compliance with regulatory requirements are embedded in our practice, and work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, growing and developing new links with partners where appropriate.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Tenant Participation and Engagement by organising and facilitating tenant groups and events as required;
• Support tenants’ involvement in self-assessment and scrutiny of Bield’s services and performance as well as digital inclusion;
• Implement and maintain Bield’s Tenant Participation Strategy and related action plans;
• Maintain knowledge of legislation, policy and good practice guidance affecting community engagement and tenant participation;
• Ensure tenants get clear and effective communication;
• Develop and maintain monitoring and reporting systems;
• Reports and analysis on tenant participation and engagement, wellbeing and tenancy sustainability;
• Ensure you and the people in your team understand their responsibilities for Health and Safety at work as well as operate with an awareness of inclusiveness, equality and diversity in all areas of responsibility;
• Lead, motivate and develop the team to enable them to provide high quality services and contribute to the achievement of Bield’s strategic objectives

The Candidate

The ideal candidate will have a good understanding of barriers to facing older people in a housing setting and a demonstrable experience of supporting and developing tenant participation, engagement and an understanding of different approaches that can be applied. You will have experience working in a professional manner with both tenants and external stakeholders such as health and social care partnerships, local authorities and regulatory organisations. Ideally we would like to see candidates with CIH Level 4 qualification and a membership of the Chartered Institute of Housing, however it is most important that you have a working knowledge and understanding of operating a housing management system and understanding of tenant participation best practice.

Tenant Engagement and Participation Lead will be required to travel across all Bield’s locations, therefore full UK Driving License and access to own vehicle (insured for business purposes) will be required.

Our benefits include:

• Competitive salary, reviewed annually
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Generous holidays entitlement
• Opportunities to work flexibly
• Access to a health care benefit plan, credit union and cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to access wide range of learning and development activities including management & leadership programmes, job related training and qualifications to ensure your continuous progress

About us

The Coalition of Care and Support Providers is the voice of not-for-profit social care providers in Scotland and we are growing. With new funding, we want to employ a new team of policy and project officers to help us drive change as part of a forward looking, successful team.

CCPS is at the heart of influencing Scotland’s radical social care reform agenda. It’s a busy landscape right now, with great opportunities to make a tangible difference for more than a quarter of a million people supported every year by our membership of more than 90 not-for-profit social care and support providers.

We want to see a social care sector in Scotland where individuals and families can realise their own aspirations, and thrive, through support which is rooted in human rights and meaningful relationships. And we want social care to be designed collaboratively, delivered locally and accessible equitably to everyone who needs it.

As an organisation, we aim to live these values with integrity in how we work with each other, with our members, and with our partners.

CCPS, and its hosted units, influence a range of policy areas focused on national reform agendas, workforce issues, service commissioning and procurement, children and young people, digital / data innovations, housing support and criminal justice. Find out more about our Organisational Commitments here.

The role and recruitment process

We are looking for policy professionals with strong social policy skills and experience, a commitment to collaboration and a creative focus on finding solutions in a complex landscape. You do not need to be specific subject specialists, but you will have a curious mind and willingness to learn.

We are currently advertising for Policy and Projects Officer posts in the following areas:

• Workforce (full time)

• Commissioning and Procurement (full time)

• Criminal Justice (4 days per week or full time) with the Criminal Justice Voluntary Sector Forum

• National social care reform and resilience (three days per week, 9 months)

The benefits

Like many organisations, CCPS is working to update its ways of working, policies, and procedures in light of experiences through the pandemic. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape these with us in 2023-24.

Benefits include:

• A salary starting at £34,064

• Joining a high performing and kind team doing meaningful and influential work

• Flexibility in home / office working

• 36 days of annual leave including 11 bank holidays (6 set bank holidays)

• The opportunity to join a Group Personal Pension Plan with an employer contribution of 6% and a minimum employee contribution of 4%.

Make a difference in the lives of people with disabilities and support needs as they look for or progress within work and develop new skills and knowledge. You will provide this service for people using the All In Edinburgh Supported employment consortium.

• Requirements: The Action Group seeks a highly organized, approachable, and skilled person to join its accredited Advice Services. In this role, you will maximize people’s income as they consider working or progressing in work. By providing expert welfare rights advice, support, and representation, you will ensure people have all the money they are entitled to and can make informed choices about work.

You will have excellent verbal and written skills, organization skills, and an eye for detail. In return, you will join a supportive and highly professional team of advisors and undertake rewarding work.

A good understanding of welfare benefits or working with people with support needs is desirable.

Applicants will be digitally competent. They will show a good understanding of equality and diversity issues and a commitment to supporting people from marginalized groups.

As a service that reaches a diverse range of people, we are really interested to hear from applicants that speak a second language in addition to English (but this is not essential). Some travel across Edinburgh is expected. Can be home-based or office based.

Changeworks has been leading the way in delivering low-carbon living and tackling fuel poverty for over 35 years, and we need a Business Manager to support and enable the expansion of our Community Engagement and Energy Advice Services. If you are someone who enjoys working in a contract performance environment and with numbers as well as people, and have strong performance management and analytical skills, then this could be your ideal role.

Changeworks is expanding its existing services and developing a wider service portfolio, all aimed at helping people reduce their energy usage. To support this increase in volume and complexity, we need a new member of the team and that’s where you come in. You will work alongside operational managers, our finance team and business development colleagues to proactively drive quality and compliance in our service delivery. Leading on the collection and use of data, you will develop valuable information, sharing insights with colleagues to support contractual delivery and continuous improvement.

The combination of your reporting skills, data insights and in-depth understanding of funders’ requirements will be a foundation stone to bid development and the shaping of contracts and their performance targets.

You’ll be confident in leading by example and motivating your colleagues to continuously improve and evidence impact. This role will involve using your strong communication skills to ensure insights and key information lands well and is fully utilised. You’ll be well versed in building strong and effective relationships with teams and partners to ensure the successful definition and delivery of services and contracts.

This role is permanent and reports directly to the Head of Community Engagement and Energy Advice Services, within the Operations Directorate.

Benefits

Changeworks is a great place to work. We hold Investors in People Platinum accreditation (something only a few organisations in Scotland have), and we were nominated for employer of the year by the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce this year. Our staff overwhelmingly would recommend us as an employer too.

The Climate Emergency has resulted in ambitious national targets to reduce carbon emissions from the built environment and reduce rates of fuel poverty. This has driven a significant increase in the number of pilot and large-scale interventions delivered by Changeworks and external organisations in this area. These include area-based domestic energy efficiency retrofit and decarbonisation projects and programmes.

We are a growing organisation, and this role is crucial to the delivery of our ambitious objectives. We want to decarbonise homes in Scotland on a massive scale, and that needs talented individuals like you to help us deliver on our objectives. You’ll receive full training plus coaching and mentoring.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits including flexible working, bike to work scheme, an excellent pension scheme and 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.

At Changeworks, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone.

As Head of Communications, you will help to develop the Communications structures and processes that will support EMMS International’s immediate needs and long-term growth in terms of reach, engagement and ultimately income.

The role includes a mix of hands-on activity alongside strategic thinking across a range of functions, including brand management, digital and offline marketing, PR, and direct communications.

The role contributes to the delivery of EMMS International’s mission,and increases EMMS International’s impact by developing and supporting the charity’s communications to a range of stakeholders, including high-net-worth individuals, community groups, corporates, churches, clubs and associations, and local, national and specialist press.

A full Job Description is available for download below.

The Royal British Legion Scotland (RBLS) is the largest ex-service charity in Scotland with more than 135 branches, 59 clubs and 20,000 members. Since 1921 we have been supporting and assisting veterans and their dependants in Scotland through a range of welfare services, practical support, comradeship, commemorations and Remembrance.

Over the next 3-5 years we will be working on a full strategic review of the organisation to ensure our future sustainability and we are looking for an experienced volunteer to join our National Board of Trustees as National Treasurer.

The National Treasurer will take overall responsibility for all aspects of financial management, working closely with other members of the National Board of Trustees, the Chief Executive and the Management team to safeguard the organisation's finances, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting to the National Board of Trustees, and the control of fixed assets and stock belonging to the charity. The National Treasurer will also monitor and ensure the financial viability of the organisation.

A full Role Description is available for download below.

Into Work

Into Work provides a holistic wraparound supported employment service to disabled and neurodivergent people and those with health conditions, across Edinburgh and the surround. Our projects and services are person-centred and our approach follows the social model of disability.

Co-production is at the heart of what we do; we work with people who have lived experience of disability to help design and shape our projects and services. The aim is to remove common barriers to work and support people towards and into fair and financially sustainable jobs. To help achieve our aims, we have a dedicated Financial Inclusion Service (FIS) available on a 1:1 basis to all clients, covering benefits, income maximisation and cost of living. We also deliver workshops and offer benefits awareness training to external and partner frontline staff.

The base for this role is Norton Park, 57 Albion Road. Edinburgh. It involves hybrid working – remotely from home online and in-person in the community and the office.

The Role

2023 sees Into Work reach 30 years of successful operation. As well as those we support, at Into Work we are committed to the well-being and development of our staff. They are the key to our success and have helped us to deliver services and grow into the flexible, specialist provider we are.

At this exciting time, as we expand our Financial Inclusion Service, Into Work is looking for an experienced Welfare Rights Officer to work alongside our Welfare Rights Lead in providing advice on benefits and conducting comprehensive overall household financial assessments on expenditure and maximising income – including discount schemes and grants/funds available to address the cost-of-living crisis.

The aim is to remove financial barriers to employment, such as anxiety and poverty, including in-work poverty and to create opportunity for those we support. The purpose is to help people feel empowered and confident; able to choose to focus on and consider work, including better work.

This service also delivers impactful workshops to people in the community and to others in support roles. It is adaptable, to suit the needs of the attendees. The post holder would be expected to conduct 1:1 client meetings and workshop delivery. This includes travelling within Edinburgh and also the surrounding area.

About You

We are looking for someone who is empathetic and committed to equality, with recent experience of delivering welfare rights advice on both in and out of work benefits, disability benefits, income maximisation and current cost of living funds. Someone confident in completing full benefit assessments, better off in work calculations, appealing decisions and on potentially representing to tribunal level.

You will need to be organised, flexible and articulate, able to provide a high-quality, professional service online, via phone and in person and become comfortable with the delivery of our group workshops. We’d also like you to be adaptable and happy to respond to new opportunities in line with the development of Into Work’s Financial Inclusion Service.

What’s in it for you?

In return you can expect us to support you to enhance your skill and experience through training and development. We believe this role may suit you if you have the above experience and you are looking for something perhaps a bit different. There is team-working and collaboration with other project colleagues as well as autonomy, variety and opportunity for creativity and helping develop the service as it grows. You can also expect a supportive and progressive working environment which reflects our values of openness, flexibility, perseverance and collaboration.

We hold a silver Investor in People award and are committed to the continuous improvement and development of our employees.

We are also a Living Wage accredited employer and a Disability Confident Leader.

As an Into Work employee you will also benefit from:

A generous starting annual leave entitlement of 34 days, increasing to 37 days with length of service (pro-rated for part time employees).

Employer pension contribution of 7.5%.

Access to death in service scheme.

Enhanced company sick pay.

Paid carers leave.

Free and confidential employee assistance program and services for employees.

Access to cycle to work and Techscheme discounts.