Jobs in North Lanarkshire

The Green Action Trust is one of Scotland’s leading environmental charities. We have been regenerating Central Scotland by undertaking landscape scale projects; creating and improving greenspaces, planting and managing woodlands, greening vacant and derelict land, creating and maintaining paths and enhancing a range of habitats for over 40 years. We are specifically responsible for delivering the Central Scotland Green Network. We are passionate about the positive environmental and social change we can deliver in Scotland and are seeking candidates who have a similar passion to help us create this change.

The role involves working in partnership with other organisations, developing new work, overseeing a programme of projects, and managing a team of staff.

Applications are sought from individuals with:

• Relevant qualifications and experience within the environmental sector.
• Excellent knowledge of how positive land use change can help tackle climate change and biodiversity loss.
• A track record of developing programmes and projects by working collaboratively with others.
• Proven project management skills.
• Experience of line management and capacity planning.
• Good working knowledge of the current funding available for environmental project work in Scotland and experience in securing and managing significant funding packages.
• Experience of financial planning and budgeting.
• A positive, solution orientated and flexible attitude to their work.
• Professional membership of a relevant professional body is desirable.

This is a great opportunity for a highly motivated individual to put their own mark on shaping our future. Your commitment will help us make positive environmental change. In return we offer a very flexible and supportive working environment which will help your own personal development, through training and support, so that you have all the tools necessary to succeed.

All positions advertised are offered on a permanent, full-time basis (although part-time and flexible working arrangements will be considered) and will involve hybrid working, based from our office in Shotts, North Lanarkshire. Travel within Scotland will be required, therefore a clean driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.

Working within a small established charity who provide quality support services to Working within a small charity who provide support services to older, vulnerable and isolated people. This is a role for a someone who can demonstrate understanding and experience in community development and fundraising. Leading on diversifying our engagement and fundraising opportunities and building a strong supporter base.

Working within a small charity who provide support services to older, vulnerable and isolated people. This is an administrative role with a strong focus on IT, data management and analysis, and activities that require digital, social media and communication skills. Excellent opportunity to take the lead on data projects and implementation of cloud-based customer relationship management software.

Working within a small charity who provide support services to older, vulnerable and isolated people. To work closely with the Service Activities Lead and Senior Leadership Team to promote, develop and deliver the programme of services within CACE. To support and work alongside volunteers and ensure that all services are delivered in line with CACE policies and procedures. We are looking for a person who has a genuine interest in serving and supporting older adults to be part of their community, to help them maintain their physical, emotional and mental wellbeing to the best of their abilities. To offer them the opportunity to try out new skills and activities that are fun based, stimulating and potentially supportive to maintaining their independence.

Working within a small established charity who provide quality support services to older, vulnerable and isolated people. This role leads on delivery of the organisations Volunteering and Befriending projects. The postholder is responsible for the recruitment and retention of volunteers, service excellence, record keeping, events and relationship management.

Are you an experienced bereavement co-ordinator with a passion for ensuring families receive the best possible bereavement care? Do you have experience of leading a team of staff and volunteers?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly skilled practitioner who has significant experience of leading and delivering bereavement support interventions, working with volunteers and with external partners. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced bereavement co-ordinator to take their development to the next level – leading on the development and delivery of a new bereavement team, transforming the delivery of bereavement care to families across Scotland.

You will be an innovative and tenacious individual with a real team-working ethic who identifies with CHAS’s core values, vision and purpose.

Benefits

• Continuation of NHS pension scheme if you are an existing member
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Superb training, clinical and professional development
• Regular externally facilitated supervision sessions
• Employee assistance programme
• Opportunity to join Lothian Pension fund

The CHAS service:

• Two children’s hospices, Rachel House, Kinross and Robin House, Balloch.
• An Outreach Service providing support to children and families in their own homes, hospitals and communities across Scotland
• Co-partnership working with Scotland’s three children’s hospitals.

The job:

To co-ordinate the operational and strategic delivery of the CHAS bereavement service. The post holder will also develop a counselling and emotional support service for families, ensuring that all counselling services are delivered in line with the BACP code of ethical and professional conduct. This will be done through;

• Counselling
• Service Development
• Staff Leadership and Management
• Volunteer Engagement

Do you have experience of supporting bereaved children and adults? Do you have the ability to engage and work alongside families, volunteers and other professionals?

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic person who has previous experience of delivering bereavement support to children, young people, adults and families to join our new bereavement team.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced bereavement worker to take their development to the next level - supporting our bereavement co-ordinator to develop and deliver our bereavement service to meet the individual needs of family members across Scotland.

You will be an innovative and tenacious individual with a real team-working ethic who identifies with CHAS’s core values, vision and purpose.

Benefits

• Continuation of NHS pension scheme if you are an existing member
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Superb training, clinical and professional development
• Regular externally facilitated supervision sessions
• Employee assistance programme
• Opportunity to join Lothian Pension fund

The CHAS service:

• Two children’s hospices, Rachel House, Kinross and Robin House, Balloch.
• An Outreach Service providing support to children and families in their own homes, hospitals and communities across Scotland
• Co-partnership working with Scotland’s three children’s hospitals.

The job:

To work alongside colleagues in the bereavement team and family support team to deliver a range of evidence based, high quality supportive interventions, and bereavement programmes, to meet the individual needs of family members, through:

• Service delivery
• Service Development
• Leadership
• Volunteer Engagement

Victim Support Scotland – Empowering People Affected by Crime. We put victims and witnesses at the heart of everything we do so they are heard, have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure, and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference.

What is the role

Reporting directly to the Head of Service Delivery, you will be responsible for a team of Co-ordinators who in turn manage groups of volunteers to deliver and evaluate the support to victims and witnesses, our service users, at local court and community-based services. You will be responsible for ensuring, within your services, that VSS’s organisational objectives are being implemented at a local level and have a role in business planning to ensure that all service users within your local area are aware of, and have access to, the support they need. You will be responsible for all aspects of people management for staff in your area, ensuring that employees and volunteers are supported, knowledgeable and capable to deliver the support that meets service user’s needs.

Working 35 hours per week. Base location to be agreed however travel across the Ayrshire, Dumfries & Galloway, Inverclyde and Dunbartonshire locality is an expectation of this role.

If you are looking for a role with a purpose, where you can really make a difference, then this may be the role for you.

What you’ll need to be successful

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or above (or demonstrable equivalent experience).
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.

Skills/Abilities

• The ability to plan and organise complex workloads with shifting deadlines in order to meet specific targets, ensuring quality output.
• Effective leadership /management style, ability to build confidence, motivate and improve performance.
• Ability to deliver change using a range of influencing, negotiation, facilitation and process skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills, along with the ability and confidence to develop effective internal and external relationships which deliver organisational goals.
• Demonstrate digital approaches to your area of work.
• Ability to think in innovative ways and skilled at problem solving.
• Strong and demonstrable focus on delivering outcomes for service users.
• Analytical skills – must be able to understand, collect, analyse, report and present data.
• Ability to prepare, manage and monitor budgets and resources.

Experience

• Over 2 years’ experience at line management level.
• Experience of influencing, communicating and working collaboratively; building professional networks to enhance organisation profile.
• Experience of service design and re-design approaches.
• Experience of strategic project development.

Knowledge

• Good working knowledge of the voluntary/charitable sector in Scotland.
• Excellent working knowledge of partnerships.
• Willing to undertake statutory training as required by VSS.
• Knowledge of VSS and the work we undertake.

Behaviours

• Highly self-motivated with effective leadership style and a self-managing “can do" attitude.
• Determination and willingness to take on new challenges and responsibilities.
• Willing to challenge stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination and bias.
• Ability to cope with rapid and sustained change and competing demands.
• Honesty and integrity.
• Strong approach to continuous learning, ability to reflect and offer ideas for personal and organisational learning.
• Ability to think of a vision for the future organisation.
• Willingness to travel to other areas within your locality on a daily/weekly basis.
• Willing to be flexible in working hours.

Utheo Limited is committed to the ongoing development of its services and addressing the identified needs of the community and seeks to appoint a Befriending Support Worker.

UTHEO is a non-profit organisation that provides a range of services within our busy neighbourhood centre in Bellshill.

Our BeFriend in Bellshill project supports older and disabled adults who are lonely, isolated and vulnerable within the local community. We require an enthusiastic person to join our small, dedicated and successful team to support the work of the project with specific responsibilities to manage, develop and coordinate the project’s group work and telephone, visit and take befriendees on short local outings. You should have a genuine interest in and an understanding of our work, working with and supporting people; experience of administrative and office procedures, good organisational and communication skills, have competent office IT skills an understanding of the voluntary sector.

A PVG Disclosure Scotland check is required for this post.

The Post holder is responsible for developing and managing the our Community Transport Fleet, and transport staff team and is responsible for securing section 19 contracts

ORGANISATIONAL POSITION

The overarching aim of the GDT Association is to improve the health, function and quality of life for young people/adults across North lanarkshire. Utilising a variety of forms of social encouragement GDT engages with local people to take up services to improve their health and wellbeing

DIMENSIONS –

The Post holder is responsible for:

• Fleet management
• Transport Staff & Volunteer recruitment and management Service Development

KEY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting to the Senior Care Manager you will:

• develop and manage the day to day Community Transport service
• identify and organise appropriate training for volunteers & staff
• recruit, support and manage volunteer’s
• research and secure appropriate grant funding
• ensure GDT Transport services operates efficiently and with a Low carbon footprint
• keep GDT Transport services abreast of eco policies and practices ensuring the fleet is reducing carbon emissions safely and efficiently through eco driving
• ensure maintenance and schedule checks in line with regulations.
• liaise with and encourage work with other relevant bodies appropriate to the post
• market and promote the the service Work directly with colleagues across the entire service ensuring full access to transport services.
• ensure all health and safety aspects are complied with
• keep records, monitor and evaluate the programme in line with the requirements of the principal funders and GDT
• carry out any other duties appropriate to the post

Please download the Job Description below for further details about the role.

Time Commitment: Attending 4 x Board Meetings per year. Attending 1 x General Meeting per year.

Meetings are held in person on a Thursday from 1:30pm – 3:00pm at Craighalbert Centre, 1 Craighalbert Way, Cumbernauld, G68 0LS, with remote attendance available where required. Approximately 4 hours per month Trustee business in support of the Centre

Terms of Office: Trustees are appointed for a 3-year term of office, with renewal for one further 3-year term to a maximum of 6-years. (Currently under review)

Salary: Unpaid (voluntary role)

Reasonable travel and subsistence expenses can be reimbursed.

Start Date: The appointee is expected to take up the post as soon as possible.

Who are we?

The SCCMI is one of only seven Scottish Government funded Grant Aided Special Schools. The Centre includes an independent school for children and young people with additional support needs, nursery services and inreach/ outreach learning and therapeutic services that support families and practitioners throughout Scotland. The children and young people attending the school and nursery experience complex health and learning needs. Families supported through inreach/ outreach services are affected by a broad range of disability impacting on motor function and learning. Our aim is simple; to support children, young people, and their families to attain and maintain the highest level of holistic well-being possible. Our ethos is to get it right for every child helping children and young people gain the knowledge, skills and attributes needed for life in the 21st century.

Trustee: Role Overview

Our trustees play a vital role in making sure that the SCCMI achieves its core purpose. They oversee the overall management and administration of the charity. They also ensure that the SCCMI has a clear strategy and that our work and goals are in line with our vision.

Just as importantly, they support and challenge the executive team to enable the SCCMI to grow and thrive, and through this, achieve our mission to enable all children/young people with motor learning difficulties throughout Scotland to develop their cognitive, psychomotor abilities, and life skills to improve the quality of their lives and achieve their maximum level of independence.

Board members have a collective responsibility. This means that trustees always act as a group and not as individuals.

An application pack is attached below.

Lanarkshire Links is seeking to recruit a Young Adults Development Officer to promote engagement with younger mental health service users and carers (aged 16-35) in South Lanarkshire.

You are - someone who believes passionately in the power of the lived experience of mental health problems and in making recovery a reality. You should also understand the impact of stigma and discrimination associated with mental health problems and be serious about the need to challenge it.

You have - a sound understanding of the recovery process, creativity with excellent writing skills; good networking and interpersonal skills; expert listener with a nurturing attitude; and the ability to identify and respond to emerging opportunities; ability to engage with a range of people in a variety of contexts and at different levels.

You have a proven track record in working with younger adults (16-35years).

Lanarkshire Links is funded by NHS Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire Council and South Lanarkshire Council with our focus being to support mental health service users and carers to be involved in the process of planning and provision of services. Funding for this one-year post is through the Community Mental Health & Wellbeing fund.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our diverse team of workers who are committed to

promoting the welfare and advancing the education of people affected by mental health issues across Lanarkshire. We employ the Stigma Free Lanarkshire Project and work closely with the wider Lanarkshire Recovery Network, supporting and encouraging local action towards recovery and reducing stigma and discrimination of mental ill-health.

The Post holder is responsible for developing and managing the Active travel initiative within GDT and is responsible for promoting the opportunity to potential volunteers and service users

ORGANISATIONAL POSITION

The overarching aim of the GDT Association is to improve the health, function and quality of life for young people/adults in the Northern Corridor. Utilising a variety of forms of social encouragement GDT engages with local people to take up services to improve their health and wellbeing

DIMENSIONS –

The Post holder is responsible for:

• Recruitment and support of volunteer’s
• Recruitment of target number of participants
• Organising regular weekly led Cycles/walks in various areas within Glenboig and surrounding villages
• Record keeping and evaluation of the programme
• Taking bookings for our e-bike scheme

KEY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• To develop and manage a programme of led cycles/walks, approved by the GDT Children & Families Co-ordinator
• To identify and organise appropriate training for volunteers
• To recruit, support and manage volunteer’s
• To investigate new cycling/walking routes and grade them accordingly
• To liaise with and encourage work with other relevant bodies appropriate to the post
• To market and promote the cycling/walking programme
• To ensure all health and safety aspects are complied with
• To keep records, monitor and evaluate the programme in line with the requirements of the principal funders and GDT
• To carry out any other duties appropriate to the post

Please download the Job Description below for further details about the role.

North Lanarkshire Women’s Aid Ltd (NLWA) is a voluntary organisation based in Cumbernauld providing a confidential service offering valuable information, support and temporary accommodation to women and their children who have experienced domestic abuse in the Cumbernauld Kilsyth, Stepps, Moodiesburn, Chryston, Mount Ellen and Gartcosh areas. NLWA also campaigns to raise awareness of this issue and supports other domestic and sexual violence services throughout the area. Referrals mainly come from Social Work, educational professionals and Housing in addition to self referrals.

As a Limited Company and registered Scottish Charity, North Lanarkshire Women’s Aid is controlled by an independent voluntary Board of Directors drawn from the local community and is also accountable to funders including Scottish Government and the National Lottery.

North Lanarkshire Women’s Aid works in partnership with other Women’s Aid organisations throughout Great Britain to maintain an “open door” policy which allows women to access Refuges in any part of the country if they feel the need to move out of their local area.

We believe in equality of all people regardless of race, nationality, gender, age, sexual orientation or ability. We BELIEVE all women and children who come to us for support. We believe women and children have a right to live free from all forms of violence and abuse and that society has a duty to recognise and defend this right. Domestic violence is a violation of human rights.

About the Roles

NLWA is looking for up to 2 committed women with a strong background in one or more of the following areas:

• being a Charity Trustee, Education, Finance, Health, Housing

to join the 4 members currently on our Board guiding the strategic and operational direction of the organisation.

We would also welcome applications from women who may not have Board experience but who are passionate about creating a better future for those who have been affected by domestic abuse.

You do not need to know everything there is to know about domestic and or sexual abuse, but you will need to prove that you are interested in our work, be reliable, action focussed and committed to our principles and values.

Board meetings take place monthly at our office in Cumbernauld. The positions are voluntary but we will provide you with training and support and pay your expenses.

North Lanarkshire Women’s Aid is committed to promoting equality and diversity and positively welcomes applications from women from all sections of the community. Under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010 only women need apply.