About Us

Our aim is to find routes out of homelessness and into independent living for the people we support every day. Alongside our services, we have two social enterprises, that provide vital income for our charity as well as volunteering and training opportunities for people using our services and the wider community.

About The Job

Our people are at the heart of the organisation and this role supports our team through all aspects of their time with Four Square. The postholder will oversee recruitment, deliver organisation inductions, support managers, monitor and arrange skills training and help deliver our payroll function. The role will have lead responsibility in delivering our organisational development programme Impactful People.

This is varied role working across our services and social enterprise which comprises of over 100 staff, volunteers, and students on placement. The postholder will gain exposure to a wide range of HR aspects and will play a key role in supporting the team.

All Four Square employees must complete a Basic Disclosure and provide evidence of the outcome when received from Disclosure Scotland.

Main Responsibilities

• Oversee recruitment, onboarding and deliver organisational inductions to new staff;
• Oversight and maintenance of the HR database, including producing regular reports to provide KPIs as well as ad-hoc reports when requested;
• Responsible for the administration of the employee assistance programme;
• Produce payroll reports for monthly payroll;
• Work with managers in handling employee relations matters including, investigations disciplinary or grievance issues, providing appropriate and timely support and maintaining appropriate records;
• Provide support to Director of HR and Corporate Services on relevant HR matters and support the delivery of Impactful People, our Organisational Development programme
• Produce a monthly staff newsletter, supporting the culture and providing information to all our staff;
• Able to step in to support business critical functions in the central team when required (full training provided);
• Conduct exit interviews and collate data on reasons for leaving;
• Any other tasks which support the HR and payroll functions within Four Square.

Employee Benefits

• 35 days holiday including public holidays.
• Pension with People’s Pension (employees 3%; employers 5%).
• Casual dress code.
• On-site parking.
• Access to Organisational Development Programme.
• Access to advice and support through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• 15% staff discount plus free delivery for items purchased in Edinburgh Furniture Initiative.
• 20% staff discount at Four Square Park Cafe *excluding alcohol.
• Access to exclusive deals and discounts through our HR platform.
• Access to a staff support fund to help with unexpected one-off costs.
• Involvement in Four Square’s strategy planning.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• At least three years’ experience of working in HR and ideally a qualification in HR, working towards a qualification.
• Ideally a Chartered member of CIPD or working towards membership.
• Proven ability to multi-task and prioritise an everchanging workload.
• Ability to take responsibility to proactively resolve issues and provide support in challenging situations.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. Ability to build relationships at all levels across the organisation and with external stakeholders.
• Detailed focus, highly organised and able to plan and organise work with strong attention to detail.
• Advanced skills in MS Office Packages; and remote meeting technology.
• Office based to ensure collaboration with stakeholders and a consistent presence in the organisation.

Reports to: Director of HR and Corporate Services

About Us

Our aim is to find routes out of homelessness and into independent living for the people we support every day. Alongside our services, we have two social enterprises, that provide vital income for our charity as well as volunteering and training opportunities for people using our services and the wider community.

About The Job

This is a key role in the organisation supporting the Chief Executive and Leadership Team (LT) to execute and deliver the strategy. You will be a highly visible and pivotal member of the team arranging support and access to the LT and the Board of Directors. You will report to the Director of HR and Corporate Services, supporting the CEO and others with a range of diverse tasks and activities.

All Four Square employees must complete a Basic Disclosure and provide evidence of the outcome when received from Disclosure Scotland.

Main Responsibilities

• Proactive management of CEO and Leadership Team (LT) diaries. While acting as first point of contact for those seeking the CEO, diverting requests as appropriate.
• Provide proactive support to board members including recruitment, induction, SharePoint and events.
• Organises meetings including drafting papers for meeting and minute taking.
• Manage key governance documentation and KPI information.
• Other tasks as required to ensure overall administrative responsibilities of Four Square are met.

Employee Benefits

• 35 days holiday including public holidays.
• Pension with People’s Pension (employees 3%; employers 5%).
• Casual dress code.
• On-site parking.
• Access to Organisational Development Programme.
• Access to advice and support through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• 15% staff discount plus free delivery for items purchased in Edinburgh Furniture Initiative.
• 20% staff discount at Four Square Park Cafe *excluding alcohol.
• Access to exclusive deals and discounts through our HR platform.
• Access to a staff support fund to help with unexpected one-off costs.
• Involvement in Four Square’s strategy planning.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Able to demonstrate recent experience of providing administrative support to senior stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise with an everchanging workload.
• Ability to proactively provide support in challenging situations to resolve issues.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal;
• Ability to build relationships at all levels across the organisation and with external stakeholders.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
• Advanced skills in MS Office Packages; and remote meeting technology.
• Able to be mainly office based to ensure collaboration with stakeholders and a consistent presence in the organisation.

Rock Trust are delighted to be expanding the successful ‘Housing First for Youth’ service into Glasgow. We are looking for a team member who has experience of supporting young vulnerable people accessing our services. The role will involve working intensively with a small caseload of young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support.

The Project Worker will work directly with young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support on a 1:1 and group basis. Working with young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to ensure that when homelessness can’t be avoided, their experience of homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring.

The Project Worker will offer line management, guidance, and support to Support Assistants and volunteers, working together to support young people to return or remain at home, improve their practical independent living skills, set up their own tenancy and access other services and to reach their full potential. Project Workers are responsible for completing support plans and risk assessments and are the main contact for any key people involved in the care and support of young people.

In addition to the responsibilities in the JD, the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• An ability to build trusting, lasting relationships with young people
• Support young people to manage and thrive in their home
• Motivate young people to set goals and reach their potential
• An ability to work effectively with partners and other key people to provide young people with
• excellent care and support
• Adopt a ‘whatever it takes’ and rights based approach
• Work in a psychologically and trauma informed manner

Are you a skilled mediator with a collaborative approach and the ability to make a difference to the lives of young people and their families?

If so, this role could be for you!

About the service

Cyrenians Mediation & Support service has been working with families in Scotland since 2006. We know family breakdown is the main cause of youth homelessness in Scotland, which is why we endeavour to ensure every young person we work with has a safe home environment and the strong relationships that make this possible.

About the role

This role is part of the Promise Partnership Project - Youth Justice & Rights. You’ll be working with young people and their families, carers or guardians, to offer a mediation process that will help them address conflict before it leads to the young person becoming homeless.

The people we work with experience varied challenges, including: involvement in the criminal justice system; substance abuse; being in the care-system; and adverse childhood experiences.

In collaboration with our Family Outreach Workers, you will offer mediation to support the whole family to provide a safe space that will help them achieve a positive outcome (i.e. the young person remains at home, or moves out in a planned way).

About you

We are looking for a qualified and experienced mediator. You will be an excellent communicator who is able to build trusting relationships with people from a range of different backgrounds.

You should also be:

• Well organised
• Effective with your time management.
• A strong team player
• Committed to providing the highest quality of support
• Able to demonstrate our values of compassion, respect, integrity, and innovation in the work that you do.

How we will support you

You’ll be part of a small team, led by a supportive manager. There will be

great opportunities for you to learn and develop, while sharing your skills and experiences. You will have access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme, and staff wellbeing services.

About us

At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness by taking a Public Health Approach to Homelessness Prevention. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering all our services.

You can find out more about our impact and our values online.