We are looking to recruit Community Development Officers in Aberdeen. These roles will engage key partners and stakeholders in the region providing tailored support, training, and education to create suicide safer communities.

What you will do:

Identify, develop and maintain effective partnerships with local communities, volunteers and key partners across the region to engage them in the prevention of young suicide.

Proactively promote suicide prevention including raising the profile of PAPYRUS and engaging with those personally affected by young suicide.

Equip a wide range of stakeholders to enable them to create sustainable suicide-safer communities through the provision of tailored support, training, and education.

Deliver training and awareness-raising products to a variety of groups including professionals, parents, young people, volunteers, and other trainers.

Contribute to the development and review of projects, and education and training products, in line with the strategic plan.

Contribute to and promote campaigns, training and opportunities as outlined in the Regional and Strategic Plans.

Represent the charity at events including conferences, panels, working groups and through media channels as required.

To be successful in this role you will have:

Previous experience working in a community setting, delivering information and training sessions, leading workshops, or educational activities.

A proven track record of networking and building and managing effective relationships, tailoring the approach to meet the differing needs of the audience.

Experience as a qualified ASIST Trainer or willingness to gain qualification and experience.

Experience of using own initiative and creativity to develop a project, programme, or area of work.

The ability to travel to different locations across Scotland and the wider UK to attend meetings, events and deliver training.

Benefits: You will receive 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time workers), hybrid and flexible working arrangements, an attractive pension scheme, Simply Health membership and enhanced sick pay. Please visit our website for more details.

We are recruiting a Volunteer Coordinator to promote volunteering for PAPYRUS across Scotland, and to recruit, engage and manage volunteers to support the work of the charity.

What you will do:

• Recruiting, training, supporting, engaging, and managing volunteers.
• Developing and maintaining partnership in local communities to enable and enhance our
• volunteer programme.
• Meeting with volunteers regularly on a one to one and groups setting to review their roles
• and encourage engagement.
• Maintaining accurate records for all volunteers in compliance with GDPR and reporting to
• the Area Manger on impact of our volunteering.
• Completing exit interviews with volunteers and ensuring feedback is implemented back into
• the PAPYRUS teams.
• Working with other Volunteer Coordinators across the charity to review, develop and
• implement best practice within our programme.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Proven experience of recruiting, supporting, engaging, and managing volunteers.
• Previous experience working in a community setting, delivering information and training
• sessions, leading workshops, or educational activities.
• Ability to accurately record and manage data and report to on outcomes to deadlines.
• Ability to travel to different locations within Scotland to attend meetings and
• Events

We are looking to recruit a Community Development Officer in Stirling, to engage key partners and stakeholders in the region tailoring support, training, and education to create suicide safer communities.

What you will do:

• Identify, develop and maintain effective partnerships with local communities, volunteers and key partners across the region to engage them in the prevention of young suicide.
• Proactively promote suicide prevention including raising the profile of PAPYRUS and engaging with those personally affected by young suicide.
• Equip a wide range of stakeholders to enable them to create sustainable suicide safer communities through the provision of tailored support, training, and education.
• Deliver training and awareness raising products to a variety of groups including professionals, parents, young people, volunteers, and other trainers.
• Contribute to the development and review of projects, and education and training products, in line with the strategic plan.
• Contribute to and promote campaigns, training and opportunities as outlined in the Regional and Strategic Plans.
• Represent the charity at events including conferences, panels, working groups and through media channels as required.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Previous experience working in a community setting, delivering information and training sessions, leading workshops, or educational activities.
• A proven track record of networking and building and managing effective relationships, tailoring the approach to meet the differing needs of the audience.
• Experience as a qualified ASIST Trainer or willingness to gain qualification and experience.
• Experience of using own initiative and creativity to develop a project, programme, or area of work.
• The ability to travel to different locations across Scotland and the wider UK to attend meetings, events and deliver training.

We are looking to recruit two Community Development Officers in Aberdeen, to engage key partners and stakeholders in the region tailoring support, training, and education to create suicide safer communities.

What you will do:

• Identify, develop and maintain effective partnerships with local communities, volunteers and key partners across the region to engage them in the prevention of young suicide.
• Proactively promote suicide prevention including raising the profile of PAPYRUS and engaging with those personally affected by young suicide.
• Equip a wide range of stakeholders to enable them to create sustainable suicide safer communities through the provision of tailored support, training, and education.
• Deliver training and awareness raising products to a variety of groups including professionals, parents, young people, volunteers, and other trainers.
• Contribute to the development and review of projects, and education and training products, in line with the strategic plan.
• Contribute to and promote campaigns, training and opportunities as outlined in the Regional and Strategic Plans.
• Represent the charity at events including conferences, panels, working groups and through media channels as required.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Previous experience working in a community setting, delivering information and training sessions, leading workshops, or educational activities.
• A proven track record of networking and building and managing effective relationships, tailoring the approach to meet the differing needs of the audience.
• Experience as a qualified ASIST Trainer or willingness to gain qualification and experience.
• Experience of using own initiative and creativity to develop a project, programme, or area of work.
• The ability to travel to different locations across Scotland and the wider UK to attend meetings, events and deliver training.

We are looking to recruit 2 Community Development Officers to engage key partners and stakeholders in the region tailoring support, training and education to create suicide safer communities.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Previous experience working in a community setting, delivering information and training sessions, leading workshops or educational activities
• A proven track record of networking and building and managing effective relationships, tailoring the approach to meet the differing needs of the audience
• Experience as a qualified ASIST Trainer or willingness to gain qualification and experience
• Experience of using own initiative and creativity to develop a project, programme or area of work
• The ability to travel to different locations across the Scotland area to attend meetings, events and deliver training.

PAPYRUS is the national UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people.

We are looking to recruit an Area Manager to create and cultivate sustainable community services across Scotland to contribute to PAPYRUS creating suicide-safer communities for young people across the whole of the UK.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Proven experience of building, managing and enabling a successful team
• Experience of identifying new approaches to underpin strategy, progressing new opportunities and translating these into sustainable, funded projects in the community
• Previous experience of preparing a budget, securing funding for projects/ programmes and having financial accountability for successful implementation
• Experience of managing complex projects with a positive impact on social change.
• Proven track record of successfully building, developing and managing effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in the community, voluntary, statutory and political settings
• Proven experience of effective working as part of a management group
• A Bachelor Degree Level or equivalent professional qualification in Leadership, Management, Health, Social Care, Social Sciences, Education, Business Development, Community Work, or Public Health