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We are looking for a highly motivated Universal Credit Officer to join our fast based & dynamic professional family. Always working to our core values of being kind, honest, friendly and fair we provide a high standard of service to all our customers (tenants and landlords alike), ensuring quality by investing in the team’s expertise and always willing to go the extra mile to get the job done.

Due to the growth of our Social Business Group we are currently looking to recruit a Universal Credit Officer with experience supporting vulnerable adults to join our Tenancy Support Team. This post will be based in Bridgeton, Glasgow and will involve travel around Greater Glasgow and Ayrshire to provide person-centred support to our tenants in their homes and at appointments.

You will play a key role in helping us support our tenants through providing innovative person centred support and excellent customer service to help them sustain their tenancies in happy, stable homes.

To find out more, please download the Job Description below.

Could you help decide how National Lottery money supports communities in Scotland?

The National Lottery Community Fund (the Fund) is the largest community funder in the UK. We are recruiting a new Scotland Committee member. The Scotland Committee sets the direction of our work and takes decisions about our large grants in Scotland. There are seven members including the Chair. We are looking for someone who will add to the broad base of knowledge, skills and experience of current members.

The National Lottery Community Fund: People in the Lead

We believe that when people are in the lead communities thrive, forming relationships, developing skills and sharing ideas. This is the goal we’re working towards - a society where people can take the lead in growing happy, sustainable communities.

We help fund all kinds of organisations in Scotland. Our funding ranges from small grants of under £10,000 through, National Lottery Awards for All Scotland, to large grants in excess of £500,000 investing in projects to develop community owned assets, tackle issues like loss, isolation and loneliness or deliver new approaches to supporting families through early intervention work. Further details of our programmes can be found here: tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding

In 2018/19 we awarded 1,098 grants worth over £50 million supporting organisations in every local authority area in Scotland.

Our commitment to supporting Scotland’s young people to thrive continued as we refreshed our Young Start fund, awarding £4 million to projects which put young people at the heart of planning and delivering activity.

But we’re more than just a funder. We also collaborate with other funders, charities and individuals, sharing knowledge and building partnerships, so we can all be as effective as possible. We like to bring our stakeholders and the groups we fund together so that they can share their learning, influence policy and practice and strengthen links between them.

Skills and Experience Required

We want our Committee to have a broad base of knowledge, skills and experience and to reflect the diversity of modern society and the communities that we serve.

Our focus on places has seen the development of closer relationships in communities across Scotland. This has increased opportunities for Committee members work more closely with our Area Teams and engage directly with local stakeholders, grant holders and people who want to apply for funding. The skills and experience we are seeking for this role reflect the need to engage effectively at this level as well as performing core committee roles.

The following criteria are essential for this role:

• An understanding of and interest in the Scottish social, cultural and political landscape and the role of the voluntary and community sector in it.
• An understanding of the principles of the National Lottery Community Fund’s strategic framework ‘People in the Lead’.
• Experience of representing an organisation and willingness to represent the Fund at public events.
• A clear understanding and commitment to achieving diversity and inclusion
• The ability to understand complex issues and make decisions taking into account competing demands.
• An understanding and commitment to the principles required to hold a public post of this nature (The Nolan Principles).

We are committed to enhancing diversity and inclusion in our organisation to reflect the communities within which we work and proactively encourage applications from all groups and communities.

Time Commitment and Remuneration

The time commitment is expected to be an average of two days per month to include the following:

• The Scotland Committee meets seven times a year plus one annual planning day. Most meetings are in Glasgow but will be at other locations across Scotland at least once per year.
• Ad hoc attendance at project visits and meetings with other stakeholders at locations throughout the country.
• The successful candidate will receive an annual fixed payment of £5,232 plus expenses such as travel, and subsistence incurred on The National Lottery Community Fund business.
• The appointment is for an initial period of three years

Lothian are the principal transport provider in Edinburgh and the surrounding areas of Mid, East and West Lothian. This year we are celebrating 100 years of providing public transport in the city!

That is 100 years of creating memories and experiences with our customers and we want to make sure they’re always fond ones.

That’s where you come in…….

In this newly created position you will play a critical role in assessing, developing and enhancing accessibility for our customers as well as supporting them in overcoming barriers when using our fleet and services. You’ll be responsible for ensuring that the Lothian Group complies with relevant legislation and best practice, as well as striving to enhance the customer experience and promoting equality for all.

Accessibility Officer responsibilities -

• You’ll develop and introduce an Accessibility & Inclusion strategy for the Lothian Group, review regularly and take appropriate action to ensure the objectives are being met. As well as liaising with our internal teams to ensure our external websites reflect any improvements made.
• You’ll represent the Lothian Group externally on accessibility and inclusion related matters at events/meetings to develop and maintain strong partnership working and community involvement.
• You’ll work in partnership with equality groups to test and develop proposals, ensuring any likely impact is explored and considered.
• You’ll lead, develop and co-ordinate initiatives which promote and develop improved accessibility and inclusion on our services, which includes working with internal partners to achieve this.
• You’ll provide advice and support to individual customers and local groups as required.
• You’ll develop and implement actions plans to ensure continuous improvement for our customers.
• You’ll be responsible for assessing and responding to customer concerns relating to accessibility and/or inclusion as well as building and retaining the statistical data capturing this information, ensuring it can be reported on, complete audits, as and when required.
• You’ll work in partnership with our Police Liaison Officer on acts of a criminal nature to ensure all such cases are appropriately dealt with through the judicial system.
• You’ll ensure to maintain up to date knowledge of equality and diversity legislation including discrimination and then translate into practice to ensure statutory requirements are met and also good practice is adopted.
• You’ll devise, develop and implement relevant policies and procedures in support of the Accessibility & Inclusion strategy, which will include assisting delivering internal disability awareness training.
• You’ll work with our colleagues internally, providing advice and guidance on accessibility and inclusion.

Accessibility Officer requirements -

• You’ll have previous experience in a diversity and inclusion role or a role where the focus was on improving accessibility.
• You’ll have extensive knowledge of equality and diversity legislation and experience of translating this into working practices.
• You’ll have great communication skills, both verbal and written (with good report writing sills)
• You’ll have strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain good working relationships with colleagues, customers and partners both internally and externally.
• You’ll have a well-developed use of initiative and problem-solving skills.
• You’ll have experience of implementing quality assurance systems and procedures.
• You’ll be self-motivated, and be driven to deliver results on time, to budget and quality measures.
• Ideally, you’ll have previous exposure to the public sector or local council but not essential.

Get paid to meet people in your community and carry out important studies including the Scottish Health Survey, Growing Up in Scotland and the Scottish Crime & Justice Survey.

As a ScotCen interviewer you’ll visit people in their homes to ask them about all sorts of interesting topics.

What you find out will ultimately contribute to future social policy in Scotland.

We offer full training with a competitive rate of pay and travel expenses. We normally offer you work three months in advance.

What we offer:

• High quality initial training with ongoing support
• Flexible working hours
• Competitive rates of pay, including a bonus scheme, travel expenses and holiday pay
• Opportunity of pay progression
• Opportunities to develop your skills and work on a wide variety of surveys

What you need:

• Internet broadband at home
• Able to work at least 6 hours a day, including evenings and weekends, for at least 3+ days a week.
• You need to be available for a minimum of 20 hours per week including weekdays/evening and weekends
• Use of a car is essential
• Documents to verify your identity and to show you’re eligible to work in the UK
• Comfortable with using computer equipment

An exciting opportunity has arisen within East Dunbartonshire Voluntary Action (EDVA) for a Community Builder Development Officer

The Community Builder will work with local people and communities in East Dunbartonshire and support them to develop viable and sustainable local groups to make a positive impact in their communities and empower local people as well as working with existing groups and organisations to assist with their development and progress.

In addition, the Community Builder will develop a programme of activity with local community councils that will help them increase capacity and activity.

The Community Builder will also ensure that the voluntary sector and community groups are involved in community planning and engage with the local community planning partnership to ensure the sector is actively included and represented in the work of the partnership.

The role will operate through partnership principles and support the delivery of public health approaches that build capacity and improves the quality of life in local areas.

This post will work as part of a team of Development Officers in EDVA whose expertise in volunteering, the social economy, local planning partnerships and social care will add value to the post. The post will contribute to a thriving, vibrant and sustainable community led voluntary sector in East Dunbartonshire.