Jobs in West Dunbartonshire
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Top job! Corporate Performance Manager
- Full time
- £38,410 – £45,215
- Working from home with base at National Park Headquarters, Balloch on easing of COVID restrictions.
- Closing 20th April 2021
Are you looking for an exciting and rewarding opportunity to work in one of the most beautiful and scenic landscapes in the world?
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park covers over 720 square miles of Scotland’s finest countryside which welcomes over 4 million visitors each year. From the stunning sea lochs and rugged coastline through the majestic glens and breathtaking Loch, Scotland’s first National Park truly is a magical place to live or visit and an incredible place to work.
We are a small organisation that believe our people are our most valuable asset. We want to attract and retain the very best people that represent the communities and visitors we serve. We are keen to receive applications from anyone that meets the essential criteria for the role and to help attract the best people we are happy to talk flexible working, working locations and are part of the disability confident scheme.
This is a new and exciting opportunity within the National Park team. You will be responsible for leading, developing and enhancing our corporate performance and governance to ensure continuous improvement brining an innovative and engaging approach to the development and reporting of our key corporate and operational plans.
An experienced professional, with excellent inter personal skills, you will have a proven track record in corporate and annual planning with an innovative approach. As someone who has strong policy and advocacy skills who demonstrates sound independent judgement you will understand how to approach, advise and influence stakeholders at all levels. You will be confident, credible, proactive and creative when driving quality improvement and good practice.
We offer many benefits such as: a great place to work, cycle to work scheme, generous annual leave allowance, flexitime and very competitive pension scheme.
The National Park Authority is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Top job! Board and Committee Manager
- Full time
- £31,438 – £37,844
- Working from home with base at National Park Headquarters, Balloch on easing of COVID restrictions
- Closing 13th April 2021
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park covers over 720 square miles of Scotland’s finest countryside which welcomes over 4 million visitors each year. From the stunning sea lochs and rugged coastline through the majestic glens and breathtaking Loch, Scotland’s first National Park truly is a magical place to live or visit and an incredible place to work.
We are a small organisation that believe our people are our most valuable asset. We want to attract and retain the very best people that represent the communities and visitors we serve. We are keen to receive applications from anyone that meets the essential criteria for the role and to help attract the best people we are happy to talk flexible working, working locations and are part of the disability confident scheme.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic forward thinking individual to join the team and help deliver our National Park Vision. You will facilitate and manage the of Board and Committee affairs to ensuring forward-looking governance with a focus on sustainability, transparency, and equality.
Our ideal candidate is an experienced professional, with excellent organisational and inter personal skills, as someone who has strong policy and advocacy skills who demonstrates sound independent judgement you will understand how to approach, advise and influence stakeholders at all levels. You will be confident, credible, proactive and creative when driving quality improvement and good practice.
This is an exciting time to be part of the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park team, if you think you have got what we’re looking for we’d love to hear from you.
Y sort it Young Carer Service supports young carers aged between 10-25yrs across West Dunbartonshire. The role of the Youth Support Worker will be to support young carers and young adult carers (16-25 years) in making informed choices around issues that are important to them, through one to one support, group work sessions & respite.
You will be offering 1-2-1 support, developing support plans, providing support to help young carers / young adult carers within their caring role.
Young carers are supported through a range of measures to alleviate the caring role and your role will be to work closely with schools, partner agencies and family members to ensure they are able to be a young person first and foremost.
The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of work will involve working, evenings, school holidays and weekends. The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of work may change to respond to the demands of the work of the Young Carers Service including overnight stays for respite.
Network Manager (West Dunbartonshire & North Ayrshire)
- Full time
- £32,952
- West Dunbartonshire and North Ayrshire
- Closing 16th April 2021
Neighbourhood Networks is a registered Scottish Charity with 20 year’s experience of facilitating peer support networks with vulnerable adults across the Central Belt of Scotland.
Neighbourhood Networks encourages people to think about how they might come together to help each other. We work with people who may be isolated or at risk of isolation within their communities. This may be as a result of a learning disability, poor mental health, a physical disability, sensory impairment or as a result of a variety of other circumstances.
We currently have a vacancy for a Network Manager. The role involves the day to day management of up to 3 networks ensuring Community Living Workers provide a high standard of service to network members.
We are looking for a flexible, energetic and resilient person who is committed to the vision, mission and values of the organisation. The post holder will display a can do attitude and be passionate about supporting members of the network to achieve outcomes and their full potential with a focus on peer support and developing connections in the local communities where the network is based.
Responsible to:Manager
Aim of the post:
To be responsible for the recruitment and training of volunteers who they will assist in developing and delivering a high-quality and diverse youth programme for young people within West Dunbartonshire.
Main Responsibilities:
- To recruit, train and support volunteers to ensure the smooth running of the youth programme
- To develop, implement and evaluate programs for young people.
- The work will be divided between working with volunteers, young people and carrying out administrative tasks appropriate for the post.
- To coordinate the project on a day to day basis and provide support to volunteer befrienders and clients
- This work to be done in partnership with other agencies and by contributing to care co-ordination as appropriate.
Main Duties:
- To recruit and train volunteers
- To develop a supportive relationship with volunteers and to maintain good communication with them through regular training, support sessions and team meetings
- To ensure that volunteers work to their role descriptions
- To provide volunteers with information that they need, or to enable them to acquire such information for themselves
- To ensure the correct policies and procedures are in place and being followed by the volunteers
- To ensure risk assessments are in place and are being followed by the volunteers
- To ensure that volunteers are aware of and understand all relevant policies and procedures including risk assessment
- To ensure the young people are given a voice within the programme
- To ensure activity programmes are in place and are in line with the programme aims and objectives
- To engage with local services / agencies where appropriate
- To prepare reports and evidence of the outcomes of the programme
- To assist with fundraising activities to support the programme
- To assist with funding applications
- To keep up to date with legislation affecting young people
The post holder will carry out any other duties, which are within the scope and purpose of the job as requested by the manager.
Person Specification
Essential Attributes
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience working with young people.
- Previous experience of managing staff or volunteers
- Experience of delivering training
- Experience of organising and delivering activities relevant to young people.
- Excellent written verbal and communication skills
- An understanding of the motivation and support needs of volunteers
- Ability to organise yourself, prioritize workload and organise others
- Computer literate to Windows, Word, Publisher, e-mail and internet
Additional Information
A great degree of flexibility is required in this post which will include evening and weekend working.