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Linstone Housing Association is seeking a skilled, enthusiastic, and dynamic individual who will provide a high quality service to our residents within our Income Department. The challenges associated with welfare reform together with providing support to residents in maintaining their rent and factoring accounts will ensure that this is a challenging, varied and interesting post with an excellent salary and conditions of service.

The ability to work accurately under pressure, prioritise workloads and meet deadlines is essential along with excellent computer skills and a flexible attitude.

Based in Renfrewshire, Linstone was established in 1998 and owns and manages approximately 1600 properties, providing affordable rented and supported housing, as well providing services to a further 2000 owner occupiers.

Reporting to the Income Manager the duties will include direct contact with tenants and other customers in person and by telephone, setting up payment agreements to reduce arrears, monitoring agreements for missed payments and taking prompt action, processing of payments and other related duties. This role also involves carrying out Estate Management Property Inspections.

The successful applicant should be able to demonstrate:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent customer care skills and customer focused approach to service delivery
• Experience of debt / arrears recovery or credit control
• A self-motivated, enthusiastic and flexible attitude to tasks
• An effective team player who can cope with a diverse workload, changing circumstances and demands
• Strong IT expertise, with good working knowledge of Microsoft applications

Applicants must hold a full current driving licence and have preferably access to a car. Previous experience in a social housing environment would be advantageous but is not essential.

A Basic Disclosure Scotland check will be required for this post.

EVH Conditions of Service, flexible working hours and generous holiday entitlement are offered.

Transform Community Development has worked with vulnerable adults to help transform their lives for over 40 years. FareShare is the UK’s largest charity fighting hunger and food waste. Through redistribution centres in Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh they redistribute surplus food to frontline charities and community groups. Transform Community Development runs the Dundee FareShare operation from our depot which covers Tayside and Fife.

FareShare has been awarded funding from the Scottish Government to enable the redistribution of sanitary products to vulnerable women and girls and low-income households. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to take the lead developing the redistribution model, engaging community groups and providing training.

Starter Packs Glasgow is a charity based in Govan working to alleviate poverty across the city. By providing packs of essential household goods to those moving into a new tenancy, often after homelessness, we can make houses more homely, and help people to sustain their tenancy. We do this through the help and support of our local community, much-needed donations and the many staff and volunteers we’re lucky to work with.

Our van team are often ‘the face of Starter Packs Glasgow’. It is this team who are responsible for delivering our packs to our customers; their experience of us as a charity depends on their experience of our van team members. Equally, the van team are responsible for the collection and delivery of donations and sold goods to our supporters and shop customers; their impression of our van team can influence whether they choose to support us again in future. Our customers let us into their homes, and all deserve to receive a professional service and to be treated with dignity and respect. It is vital that our Van Crew Supervisor appreciates the importance this can play in the ongoing success of the charity. We are, therefore, looking for someone who can inspire the team, not only to meet high standards in vehicle maintenance and health and safety but also to deliver exemplary customer service.

Govanhill Community Development Trust works for the social, economic and environmental regeneration of Govanhill. We do this through the provision of affordable workspaces locally and a programme of community development activity. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Govanhill Housing Association – a community controlled Registered Social Landlord operating in the Govanhill and Merrylee areas of Glasgow. The Association owns and manages 2,400 homes and provides a Factoring Service to a further 1,200 owners. It has a substantial Development, Major Repairs and Planned Maintenance Programme and delivers wider regeneration activity in partnership with Govanhill Community Development Trust.

This Scottish Government Strengthening Communities Programme funded post is a new role which will sustain Govanhill businesses and organisations that are tenants in Govanhill Community Development Trust’s workspaces. The postholder will support the development of partnerships:

• between the Trust and its tenants to maximise the sustainability of their tenancies and their satisfaction with us as a landlord
• between tenants and the Govanhill community to ensure tenants are well connected with local services and supports and to ensure that Govanhill residents and organisations can benefit from what they offer
• with new or prospective tenants to ensure full occupancy of the Trust’s commercial property.

The postholder will work with wider GCDT colleagues to develop packages of support for tenants. They will contribute to the development of a new marketing strategy for GCDT’s commercial property and the production of new marketing materials for our workspaces. A key part of the role will be building good working relationships with tenants to ensure their needs are met and that they have maximised their connections with the local community. This is a new role which can be shaped by a creative and motivated individual. The postholder will work with a diverse array of private enterprises, social enterprises and third sector organisations in one of Scotland’s most dynamic communities.

Foundation Scotland was established to help people and organisations give to good causes effectively and inexpensively. Since 1996 the Foundation has been delivering innovative funding programmes distributing over £70 million to charities and community groups. Our knowledge of the sector allows us to find lesser known charities ensuring our awards create lasting change.

We wish to recruit a number of freelance assessors with varied experience and knowledge of the voluntary sector to assess grant applications from organisations delivering community projects in Scotland. The purpose of these assessor roles is to make objective comprehensive assessments regarding applications for funding from a range of funds managed by the Foundation Scotland. The position is a part time and freelance commitment. You will work from home and will be paid a fee, dependent upon complexity. You’ll need to be available for this work on a flexible and occasionally out of hours’ basis across the year. You will be expected to liaise with applicants over the telephone and to collate and analyse information gathered throughout the assessment process before writing up a thorough and objective assessment report.

Assessors will be recruited because of their analytical skills, clarity of reporting, and background knowledge of voluntary organisations and social issues. It is an important feature of this process that assessors can assess the structure of the applicant organisation and the proposals for their projects while retaining independence from decision making. Experience of assessing is an advantage, but we are interested in transferable skills (analytical, report writing, communication skills, for example) and experience in the social sector (voluntary, community and charity sector). Access to a phone, PC, broadband connection and email are essential.

A Role Profile is available for download below.

“A smile that says it all.”

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Build relationships with our residents

An important role in our team

At Williamwood House in Glasgow we don’t just see those we work with as older people. They’re someone’s mum. Someone’s dad. Someone’s grandparent. For us, providing the best quality of care is hugely rewarding and our goal is to ensure that every one of our residents enjoys the best possible quality of life.

If you share our belief, this is your opportunity to join us. We’ll look to you to keep our lawns and flower beds tidy, and as part of a team, to ensure a good standard of handy work around the building. We’re proud of the high standards of care we provide, and you’ll play a visible part in this.

You can also look forward to an excellent benefits package that includes an employer contributory pension and generous holiday allowance.

What’s more, you will be part of one of Scotland’s largest voluntary social work organisations. At CrossReach, we offer quality care and counselling to a wide range of people in need. But the real story of CrossReach is the work that our staff do: reaching out and making a real difference to the lives of others. If you’d like to join them, we look forward to hearing from you.

As we do our work in Christ’s name you must be respectful of our Christian Ethos and be able to work within it. You do not need to share our faith. These posts are subject to PVG Membership.

The successful applicant will work in the City of Glasgow Local Authority area to support the development of an Integrated service with childminders to provide a quality ELC and Community Childcare service. The post-holder will provide a recruitment, support & monitoring service for childminders who join this scheme.

You will have experience of delivering training to adults, an awareness and understanding of families and the support required; working collaboratively with key agencies with Early Years and have an understanding of childminding and the role of childminders.

Excellent organisational and inter-personal skills are required and working as part of a team is essential. Enthusiasm, self-motivation, drive and highly developed written and oral communication skills are required.

The post is part-time working 18 hours per week and will be home-based. Equipment and IT connections will be provided.

Starting Salary: AP3 PT 23 £21,349 pro rata and we operate a contributory pension scheme which you will be auto-enrolled into (subject to the conditions of the scheme).

Our Corporate Services team are based at our Head Office in Edinburgh’s Grassmarket area, and support the organisation’s financial, administrative and HR requirements. We’re currently looking for an Administrative and HR Officer to join them, in this full-time permanent post.

The post-holder will be responsible for providing high quality administration support to the Senior Leadership Team and Board of Trustees, organising diaries and associated travel, co-ordinating Venture Trust events, supporting the preparation and distribution of Board papers, and taking minutes at meetings. The successful candidate will provide quality HR support to the organisation, including shaping HR policies and procedures, maintaining electronic and paper records and collaborating with colleagues to implement our Developing People Strategy.

We’re looking for an articulate and highly organised individual, with excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience of minute taking. Discretion and the ability to keep confidential information will also be required, along with attention to detail and accuracy of record-keeping. Experience of working in the charity sector, and of providing governance support is essential, whilst project management experience and knowledge of health & safety provisions and procedures would be advantageous.

The successful candidate will be supported to develop their skills, access training, and contribute to the shaping of team priorities. We offer a range of generous benefits including 28 days annual leave and 9 public and bank holiday days, flexible working and a joint contributory pension scheme. Venture Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity in employment, and follows an equal opportunities policy.

Abertay is a modern university with a global outlook, rooted in its local and national communities. We have made our mark with high quality, well-directed teaching and research, and a stimulating and enriching experience for our students.

Here at Abertay, we are proud of our industry focus and links to business. Our new student enterprise programme will cover all of our academic schools – Design & Informatics; Science, Engineering & Technology; Social & Health Sciences; Dundee Business School; Graduate School.

The Student Enterprise Officer will work with the Head of Business Engagement to deliver on our operational plan for student enterprise at Abertay University, to encourage the development of enterprise skills and entrepreneurial behaviour among our students through the development and delivery of this new programme starting in 2018.

This is a new role within the University’s External & Corporate Relations team, and the post-holder will use their skills and experience to support our students to grow their ideas, start their own businesses and thrive in an economy with an increasing emphasis on self-employment and freelancing. The programme will engage with external partners in order to bring high quality training, facilitation and advice to students onto the Abertay campus, and enhance their access to competitions, challenges and funding at a local and national level. We are creating a new space on campus dedicated to student enterprise activities, which we expect to open in Autumn 2018.

You will provide an initial point of contact for Abertay students looking to get involved in enterprise and signpost people to relevant activities and sources of support. Our goal is to create a community of Abertay students who are actively working on business ideas, where we can get to know people, understand their ambitions and actively help them to achieve these. The Student Enterprise Officer will play a key role in welcoming people into this community and making them feel part of our events, activities and competitions as they develop their plans and start trading.

The postholder will also be responsible for liaising with partners, recruiting and engaging students to participate in the programme and maintaining necessary records to track progress and measure impact.

Thanks to the generosity of the late Bill Sword, the University is supporting this development of student enterprise across all academic schools to ensure that future generations benefit from his entrepreneurial spirit and philanthropy. Santander Universities are also supporting the development of student entrepreneurs at Abertay. The Student Enterprise Officer will have a key role in demonstrating positive outcomes for students and graduates, and the impact of this work.