Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire provides support and guidance to local community and voluntary organisations to help them be as effective as possible.
We are recruiting a full time, fixed term Finance Officer to support our day to day financial management and administration. If you have sound experience in a general finance role, including transactions using SAGE, payroll and preparation of financial information, we would love to hear from you.
We’re looking for a candidate with strong volunteer development credentials to take a hands-on approach to developing our volunteering support programme.
The successful candidate will deliver key volunteering projects and as well as supporting volunteer involvement across South Lanarkshire, operating with a wide and flexible remit to harness opportunities and deliver maximum impact.
You will support with the development and delivery of strategic volunteering action plans, as well as development of inspiring volunteering opportunities for new supporters to volunteer and leading on specific volunteering communications and engagement initiatives.
VASLan has an exciting opportunity for a creative thinker with a talent in both communications and marketing. The Communications & Marketing Officer role has a key part in raising awareness of the VASLan’s activities both internally and externally with a key role in developing an integrated communications strategy for the organisation.
Applicants should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to develop strong working relationships internally and with outside agencies to ensure effective promotion of the VASLan and South Lanarkshire’s Third Sector.
You should have experience in both developing and producing written publications, producing content and images relevant for websites, social media, publications and leaflets to a range of audiences.
You will have a good grasp of digital communication channels and be a confident user over a range of software applications including Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Canva, mail-chimp and Google analytics.
If you feel you could contribute in this way, we look forward to hearing from you.
Main purpose of the job
The post holder will aim to support, connect and enable five volunteer-led organisations in their journey through the asset transfer process where they take ownership of community hall facilities. To support each group to identify their client market and community activities for their community facilities. Working together with the groups you will aim to encourage them to build a consortium, work collectively to save on overhead costs and engage more with their local communities and build partnerships. You will support their liaison with the local authority around the asset transfer of their community facilities.
MAIN DUTIES
- Identify support for each group and their key priorities
- Develop business and marketing plans for each individual group
- Coordinate a programme of support and training including liaising with Clackmannanshire Council, COSS/DTAS and other support national organisations
- Liaise with the local community to build membership for each organisation through community events and engagement programme
- Liaise with Clackmannanshire Council and legal department around asset transfer of the community facilitates
- Work closely with the CTSI team and in particular the Team Leader - Membership, Enterprise and Community Capacity to seek additional funding and support if required
Location: The post will be based in the offices of Clackmannanshire Third Sector Interface (CTSI) in Alloa - however, the post holder will be required to work throughout Clackmannanshire between the five community facilities.
This role will involve geographically working across Clackmannanshire on a regular basis – access to personal transport would be beneficial.
Our Transform project provides supported volunteering opportunities for young people aged 14-25, and has recently reached a milestone of having had 1000 young people volunteer with the project over its entire lifespan. We work alongside a number of key local partners to support young people, in particular those from a disadvantaged background, to improve their confidence, learn new skills, and to reach positive destinations.
As Youth Support Coordinator you will have a flexible approach to your work, with great problem solving and organisation skills. You will use your effective communication and interpersonal skills to build positive working relationships with partner agencies within the local community.
A relevant Youth Work qualification or equivalent is essential, and experience and knowledge of working in a youth work, education and/or training context is essential.
This post is jointly funded by Midlothian Council and Children In Need, and is available until March 2022.