Greener Kirkcaldy is a community-led charity and development trust working locally to combat the climate emergency, tackle fuel poverty and food insecurity, and bring people together for a more sustainable Kirkcaldy. We deliver a range of projects, events and skills training to meet the needs and goals of local people – working towards a future where everyone can live better and tread more lightly on our planet.

We lead the ‘Cosy Kingdom’ partnership, providing a home energy advice service across Fife. The partnership has been delivering energy advice since 2012 and currently helps over 2,000 homes a year keep warm and save money. We work closely with Citizens Advice & Rights Fife, Home Energy Scotland, Fife Council and many other local partners.

We are looking for a skilled Handyperson to support people in, or at risk of, fuel poverty, by fitting simple energy-efficiency measures in their homes. This is an exciting time to join Greener Kirkcaldy. Our staff team is growing as we expand our programme of work to meet the needs of our community and tackle the twin climate and cost-of-living crises.

Are you an experienced housing adviser, supervisor or trainer in Scotland interested in making a difference?

If you are, would you like to become a SNSIAP peer reviewer?

Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) are recruiting new SNSIAP peer reviewers in housing, and. We are looking for people who are confident in their subject knowledge of housing or welfare benefits advice who can be objective about other people’s work and who appreciate that there are many different ways of delivering quality advice.

You must have good written English and be able to make and justify difficult decisions; be open and responsive to constructive feedback and be able to give the same feedback to others. Attention to detail and good time management skills are also essential.

We are looking for an experienced individual to fill an exciting role within our Housing Services Team.

Cairn Housing Group require a Housing Officer (Tenancy) to provide comprehensive housing and tenancy management services within a defined geographical area, including the management of rent and service charge payments and arrears; voids and lets; tenancy management; including nuisance and anti-social behaviour.

With a customer focussed attitude you will ensure that our customers experience is positive. A strong performance culture is key to the services that we deliver, you will be expected to deliver excellent performance results.

Due to the nature of the role there are a few things we require of you, you should be educated to HND level or other relevant professional qualification, have significant experience in a similar role delivering a customer focussed service and have knowledge of the social housing sector. Must have access to transport or be able to travel between locations.

You should also be computer literate –use of Microsoft Outlook, Word & Excel and internal systems are regularly required.

A Basic Disclosure Scotland check is required for this post.

Please note, Cairn operate hybrid working for all office based staff.

Lambhill Stables is a community owned charity in the North of Glasgow providing recreational, educational, training and employment opportunities. Our aims are to develop and deliver programmes of community-based activities in support of our provisions, to engage in viable and socially inclusive activity and to do so in a sustainable way.

This post is currently funded to 31st March 2023, and will require the post holder to provide service and maintenance to customer bikes, and service our fleet of bikes available for community hire.

As the Bike Mechanic the role will require an ability to organise repair jobs and management of personal workloads working as part of the wider staff team, whilst providing a high standard of customer service and community engagement.

There is a further opportunity for the right individual to support in the development of our bike workshop and help it become a pivotal part of our outdoor activities programme.

Key Task and Activities

• Ensure that health and safety and operational delivery is in adherence with written policies and procedures and assist to update these in line with good practice
• Provide bike maintenance within the bike workshop
• Liaise with Lambhill Stables departments to ensure the smooth running of timetabled activities
• Facilitate during bike events promoting initiatives in keeping with the project

Skills and experience required

Technical;

• Cytech level 3 qualified, or equivalent professional experience
• Experience of working in a bike workshop, booking system, cash handling and reconciliation of receipts
• Cycle Leader trained

Operational;

• Friendly, approachable and helpful attitude
• Maintain accurate records of business activity
• Ability to deliver high level of customer experience
• Motivated with excellent communication skills
• Good team worker
• Experience of supervising and training volunteers
• Ability to work with minimum supervision, multi-task effectively and to meet tight deadlines
• Willingness to undertake flexible working hours
• Willingness to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure check
• Full driving licence is desirable

Personal Qualities

• Ability to foster “a can do” culture by motivating others and actively seeking solutions to problems
• Flexibility, enthusiasm and the ability to lead and work as part of a small team
• Self starter who is proactive in raising issues and problems as they occur
• Team player who values colleagues and advice offered

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated, self driven & dynamic person to join our team. As the primary point of contact for your tenants and landlords, you work to ensure long term tenancies in well maintained homes. As Property Officer you will be responsible for all property management, tenancy paperwork, rental income management, marketing and void management of your portfolio.

You will achieve this by providing innovative person centred support & excellent customer service through regular communication over the phone, by video call and in person.

A rare opportunity to build a new long-distance walking trail. Help complete the “missing link” in the walking route to John o’ Groats. You will lead a small charity’s efforts to make the John o’ Groats Trail ready for a generation of walkers from around the world… to explore the Far North of Scotland and to complete the journey of a lifetime. Prior experience in trail development, charity management, fundraising, and volunteer coordination desired. Residency in the region of the trail will be a practical necessity.

Do you have a passion for creating positive living environments?

If so, this new, varied and rewarding Places and Projects Coordinator role could be yours!

About us

At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness. We understand that there are many routes into homelessness, and that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to supporting people towards more positive and stable futures. That’s why all our work is values-led and relationships-based.

From tenements in Edinburgh to our farm in West Lothian, our communities are at the heart of what we do; directly supporting individuals experiencing homelessness.

About the role

As Places and Projects Coordinator you’ll work closely with our Communities and Compliance teams to ensure our residential sites provide accessible, comfortable, home environments – inside and out – which live our values and meet all regulations and standards.

You’ll be involved in all aspects of building maintenance, including risk management, coordinating utilities and purchasing amenities. You’ll use your organisational and communication skills to liaise directly with contractors, landlords and service providers to improve our properties, and resolve any challenges that naturally arise at such diverse sites.

You’ll also find opportunities to help our wider teams achieve their property goals, such as finding new spaces or improving our existing places.

About you

You’ll be a natural organiser with a genuine interest in property who understands the difference a positive living environment can make. You’ll have an uncanny knack for problem-solving and thrive on creating and maintaining high standards, including around compliance, health and safety.

You’ll bring experience of working with third parties like landlords and suppliers, and achieving best value when doing so. You will be strong on compliance around your area of expertise.

How we’ll support you

We’ll encourage you to be creative and innovative, and to take a pragmatic approach to your work.

You’ll have enthusiastic, knowledgeable colleagues, and a supportive and experienced manager. You’ll also have access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme, and staff wellbeing services.

Our values

Our values drive everything that we do, and are at the heart of our communities. We are looking for someone whose values align with our own:

• Compassion: We believe that everyone should have the chance to change, no matter how long that might take.
• Respect: We believe in tolerance, acceptance, valuing diversity and treating each other as equals.
• Integrity: We are committed to the highest quality of work, grounded in honesty, generosity, sincerity and professionalism.
• Innovation: We are willing to take risks, challenge convention and be creative in our search for new ways of working, in particular by taking account of the environmental impact of our decisions.

Website: cyrenians.scot

Caledonia Funeral Aid CIC is a social enterprise and part of the anti-poverty charity Community Renewal Trust. Our vision is for a Scotland where everyone can afford a dignified funeral, personal to their needs. Currently we know thousands of bereaved Scottish families fall into deep funeral poverty which adds to their trauma and suffering at the worst possible time.

Part of our work is to act as a funeral directors, offering simple dignified caring direct cremations with high-quality service and an affordable price. This is done primarily as a telephone service and involves us collaborating with partner funeral directors and crematoria.

Caledonia Funeral Aid CIC also provides advice on funeral practicalities, funerals costs and the emotional toll of a funeral through a support helpline, online resources and community events for people who have recently experienced bereavement. Increasingly we are also seeking to provide community workshops, events and meetings for people who may in future face funeral poverty to seek to reduce this. We are hoping that these aspects of our work can increasingly be delivered through volunteers but we are aware that these volunteers need careful recruitment, training and support.

This is expected to be one of a small number of posts each sharing the delivery of all aspects of Caledonia Funeral Aid CIC and Caledonia Cremation. We do not require you to bring complete knowledge about funerals and funeral poverty but rather to draw on our existing knowledge, be both thorough and caring, and quickly build connections/expertise.

Our mission is ending funeral poverty. The key aspect of this role is to provide advice through our telephone helpline, through online resources, through social media and through other enquiries. This advice will be about funeral practicalities, funeral costs and the emotional toll of funerals. Signposting people to claim funeral benefits/grants is one part of this, but a larger part is compassionate listening. We increasingly also wish to use community events/workshops help prevent funeral poverty occurring.

Another key aspect of the role is providing funeral director services in which you will make arrangements with the family/friends of a deceased person to conduct a direct cremation funeral. You will then be involved in sub-contracting with partners to fulfil different aspects of this including the recovery, care for, storage and transport of the deceased person. Please note that we are not a traditional funeral director, indeed most of your role will be conducted working at home. However, you may have some limited involvement in recovery, care for, storage and transport, mostly to understand the process – you will never be involved in this routinely. You will be on a rota to respond to occasional out-of-hours urgent calls (sometimes overnight) from people with an emergency situation.

In this role of funeral arranging, you will need to use email, post and telephone to: listen to people’s needs, provide holistic support, take payments, arrange a formal contract and record evidence of decisions/authorisation in our secure online Management Information System. Communicating clearly, compassionately and punctually between all parties involved in the funeral at all times is absolutely vital.