Edinburgh Food Project provide food and other everyday essentials, support, and advice, while working with individuals, communities, and partners to address the root causes of poverty.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the fight against poverty.

We are looking for someone who is an amazing communicator, highly organised, and digitally savvy to help us end the need for foodbanks for good.

This is a varied and vital job at the heart of our growing team: you will lead on all our internal and external communications, develop a style guide and brand guidelines, create and manage our website and social media content, work on campaigns and appeals, support fundraising events, keep our database and admin processes up to date and shipshape, and get involved at the frontline of fundraising.

While this role sits within our fundraising team, fundraising or charity experience isn’t necessary - you may come from another background altogether or be looking to take your career in a different direction.

You will likely have some comms and admin experience, excellent working knowledge of social media, a positive attitude, and a commitment to the vision, mission, and values of Edinburgh Food Project.

If you think that any of the following describe you then we want to hear from you:

Well-organised

Helpful

Efficient

Kind

Enthusiastic

Problem-solver

Creative

Accurate

Confident

Adaptable

Edinburgh Food Project offers a range of benefits including generous annual leave, competitive salaries, flexible working, and training opportunities.

The main focus of this new role is to grow and develop supporter relationships that secure the longer-term sustainability of ELFB through grants, corporate donations and sponsorships.

This role would be suited to someone with strong written communication skills and relationship building skills who is driven and well organised.

Key responsibilities

Relationship development

• Respond positively and professionally to supporter enquiries
• Identify and research funders, develop and maintain a pipeline of prospects
• Build and maintain relationships with funders
• Make applications to funders ranging from letters to small family trusts to large and complex lottery or statutory body bids.
• Ensure funding bid and reporting deadlines are adhered to and maintain productive relationships with all funders
• Report on performance and social outcomes
• Actively promote and encourage fundraising activity within the community
• Represent ELFB at fundraising and networking events as required

Fundraising Strategy

• Work closely with the Foodbank Manager to establish fundraising targets and strategy
• Support the development of a calendar of fundraising events
• Lead the development of supporter communications to effectively engage with all areas of the community across all channels including digital media
• Ensure compliance with all regulations, codes of practice and best practice in the sector
• Positively represent ELFB and its work at events, meetings and strive to increase awareness of the Organisations work and need for support
• Embed a fundraising culture throughout ELFB that maximises all opportunities for engagement and support.

Other:

• Undertake any other duties that may be reasonably expected to fulfil the role.

Person Specification

Essential:

• Experience of working in a fundraising role
• Experience of securing funds/contracts
• Experience of developing and submitting successful written applications
• Excellent written and face to face communication skills and the ability to connect with a range of different people
• Able to support and contribute in a committed and diverse team
• Ability to manage time effectively including working to tight deadlines
• Computer literacy with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

Desirable:

• Experience within the charity voluntary sector
• Understanding of GDPR and compliance re data handling
• Understanding of the causes and factors contributing to food insecurity and food poverty, and the need for crisis and more than food responses
• Knowledge of the funding landscape across Scotland
• Full Driving License

Victim Support Scotland – Empowering People Affected by Crime.

We put victims and witnesses at the heart of everything we do so they are heard, have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure, and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference.

Who We Are?

Victim Support Scotland provides support and information to people affected by crime and campaigns for victim and witness rights. Regardless of whether a crime has been reported, or when it happened, our services are free, confidential, and tailored to individuals’ needs. Our vision is that people affected by crime – victims, witnesses, and their families – are treated with dignity and respect and are at the heart of the justice in Scotland. Our mission is to ensure that all those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them to recover from their experiences. All our work is guided and underpinned by our six core principles of being engaging and compassionate; inclusive and accessible; person-centred; adaptive, flexible, and responsive; collaborative; and knowledgeable and skilled. Now is the time to join Victim Support Scotland, helping us work towards the ambitions of our 5-year plan: Empowering people affected by crime: VSS Strategy 2021-2026.

What is the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Support Co-ordinator , working 35 hours per week.

Primary location: Motherwell, however you will be expected to cover all areas of Lanarkshire (Hamilton court, Airdrie court, Lanark court, Motherwell and Paisley court and community) locality.

Reporting directly to a Locality Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring, within your Service(s), that VSS’s local service development and delivery plan is being implemented within your geographical area(s). Service delivery is provided by a team of skilled and knowledgeable volunteers, you will be responsible for planning their deployment to ensure that the service delivered meets the desired outcomes of victims and witnesses of crime, our service users. Responsible for all aspects of a volunteer engagement with VSS at your services, including recruitment, induction, learning and development, ongoing performance management and support. Contributing to business planning and co-ordination ensuring that continuous learning takes place to monitor that the outcomes of service users are being met.

If you are looking for a role with a purpose, where you can really make a difference, then this may be the role for you.

What you’ll need to be successful

We are looking for someone who is experienced in a similar role and can evidence of continuing professional development, effective leadership style, able to build confidence, motivate and improve performance. Analytical skills, must be able to understand, collect, analyse, report and present data. The ability to challenge stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination and bias. Good working knowledge of the voluntary/charity sector is required, as is a willingness to be flexible in working hours and able to travel as required.

Further details of this role are available in the job description - Support Co-Ordinator - job description - Victim Support Scotland

Please note - This post will be subject to a satisfactory PVG check, references, and proof that you have the right to work in the UK.

What we offer?

When you work for Victim Support Scotland, your wellbeing is important to us. Not only do we offer an enhanced annual leave package of 39 days, but you will also have access to our free health cash plan which includes cover for you and your family across a range of benefits, which include, dental cover, access to a virtual GP, counselling, legal support and discounts on gym memberships, cinema tickets, retail and much more. In addition we offer a generous pension, enhanced maternity and paternity pay and access to a credit union. Supporting employee development is important to us and we offer comprehensive learning and development opportunities.

Are you looking for a role where you can truly make a difference to young people’s lives? We are recruiting a Young Persons Support Worker to join our Routes team. This post supports the delivery of Scottish Families ‘Routes’ Young Persons Project, working alongside young people in East and West Dunbartonshire, to provide a programme of support for 12-26 year olds affected by family alcohol and drug use. The post operates as part of the Routes team led by a Senior Family Support Development Officer and supported by two Development Officers and one other Support Assistant.

The post is predominantly located in East Dunbartonshire but will involve travel throughout both East and West Dunbartonshire for weekly groups and activities. Some home working is involved. Due to the nature of this post, access to a car is essential. There will be a close working relationship with young people, schools and other local partner agencies in East and West Dunbartonshire.

You will play an integral part in creating a supportive and nurturing environment for young people, helping them to thrive in all aspects of their lives. Routes is co-produced in collaboration with the young people we support, so their views are central to everything we do. The Routes model encourages young people to have hope and aspirations. We provide person-centred support which combines one-to-one and/or group support, helping them to build a positive future.

Alongside advocacy and one-to-one support, we also offer a busy programme of activities and groups. We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative person to join our team.

We are seeking applicants who are educated to HNC level, have a vocational qualification (level 3) or relevant experience, along with an understanding of emotional and developmental issues for children and young people. We are seeking someone who can build rapport, positively engage and support young people, as well as having the ability to listen and talk to young people from differing abilities, understanding and backgrounds. Experience of identifying and managing risk and of delivering group work activities, along with knowledge of issues for young people affected by family substance use and an understanding of child protection issues and safeguarding practice, are an advantage.

This is a full-time role, but job share, part-time or flexible working will be considered.