Organisation Details

Capital City Partnership (CCP) is an arm’s length company of the City of Edinburgh Council and is tasked with the operational development, management and support of local and regional employability and poverty reduction measures.

It takes a flexible approach to changing economic conditions, needs and opportunities but its core functions comprise.

• The management of all employability related grants and contracts awarded to external providers by the council and other key partners

• The management of assessment processes related to bids received for such grants and contracts and making recommendations for funding

• The provision of policy advice, research and development support (including secretariat functions) to the city’s Jobs Strategy Partnership and partners

• The development and maintenance of common communications and management information infrastructure for the Jobs Strategy Partnership

• Development and support of the Joined Up for Jobs network and the Joined Up for Business partnership

• Provision of support to the Edinburgh and South-East Scotland City Region Deal skills programme

JOB PURPOSE

Joined Up for Business (JUfB) is co-ordinated by Capital City Partnership (CCP) and is a collaborative group of public sector organisations which brings together a range of employer services under one framework, making it easier for businesses to find and access the support they need.

It works on a "no wrong door" approach and offers a bespoke, free recruitment and training service, as well as a business growth support service for SMEs and help businesses to identify funding initiatives that can support across these areas. We also support contractors in meeting their employability focused community benefits targets across the city.

JUfB directly links with the city’s employability network, Joined Up for Jobs (JUfJ) to create, maximise and simplify access to high-quality employment and training opportunities for Edinburgh citizens.

JUfB also develops and runs a number of employers led support initiatives, including skill centres around large scale recruitment opportunities, notably with retail focused locations Fort Kinnaird and FUSE at St James Quarter.

This new post is to support the development, launch and operational running of a new Recruitment Skill Centre as part of the Waterfront Development in North-West Edinburgh.

The Waterfront Development is a vibrant new city quarter with over 3,000 new homes for sale and rent, new school, health centre, commercial, culture and recreational opportunity alongside the creation of a new coastal city park, enhanced connectivity with the city centre and wider region.

The skills hub will be based within the multi-use centre at Macmillan Square in Muirhouse, North West Edinburgh, where the community can access support to overcome barriers to securing employment/upskilling, help search for vacancies advice and access to training and qualifications

The MacMillan Skills Hub Manager will have responsibility for developing and maintaining the Skill Centre offer based on our other successful skill centre models at Fort Kinnaird and FUSE St James Quarter but shaped towards the local need and opportunities. We want to respond to the projected new job growth and link citizens into job vacancies.

Are you enthusiastic about making a difference in young people’s lives?

Helm’s long-term vision is a Scotland where all young people dare to dream and can make those dreams a reality. Our more immediate mission is to ensure that young people in Scotland have access to the education and training that supports them to learn. Our strategy for achieving this focuses on three key activities, which we believe, will make education, training and employment accessible and achievable for all:

• Give Young People a Voice
• Remove Barriers to Learning and Employment
• Develop Education, Training and Employment Services

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic individual to support young people in Dundee to gain qualifications and move into employment. The successful candidate will have the experience in supporting young people in groups and through one to ones.

Key responsibilities in the role include:

• Plan and monitor programmes/projects to ensure maximum effectiveness and suitable outcomes for young people.
• Review and evaluate programme/project effectiveness in line with contractual commitments and organisation procedures.
• Implement and ensure compliance with quality assurance procedures for all programmes/projects both internal and external.
• Meet all Operational Health & Safety requirements.
• Provide informal and formal support and supervision to team members.
• Ensure and support a positive environment of youth participation throughout the organisation.

What do we give you in return? We provide you with a competitive salary, 35 days annual leave, health benefits, a pension plan, a generous range of benefits and job satisfaction with a real opportunity to make a difference every day.

We are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all young people and use a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG Scheme checks to ensure this commitment is not compromised.

Time Commitment: Attending 4 x Board Meetings per year. Attending 1 x General Meeting per year.

Meetings are held in person on a Thursday from 1:30pm – 3:00pm at Craighalbert Centre, 1 Craighalbert Way, Cumbernauld, G68 0LS, with remote attendance available where required. Approximately 4 hours per month Trustee business in support of the Centre

Terms of Office:Trustees are appointed for a 3-year term of office, with renewal for one further 3-year term to a maximum of 6-years. (Currently under review)

Salary:Unpaid (voluntary role)

Reasonable travel and subsistence expenses can be reimbursed.

Start Date: The appointee is expected to take up the post as soon as possible.

Who are we?

The SCCMI is one of only seven Scottish Government funded Grant Aided Special Schools. The Centre includes an independent school for children and young people with additional support needs, nursery services and inreach/ outreach learning and therapeutic services that support families and practitioners throughout Scotland. The children and young people attending the school and nursery experience complex health and learning needs. Families supported through inreach/ outreach services are affected by a broad range of disability impacting on motor function and learning. Our aim is simple; to support children, young people, and their families to attain and maintain the highest level of holistic well-being possible. Our ethos is to get it right for every child helping children and young people gain the knowledge, skills and attributes needed for life in the 21st century.

Trustee: Role Overview

Our trustees play a vital role in making sure that the SCCMI achieves its core purpose. They oversee the overall management and administration of the charity. They also ensure that the SCCMI has a clear strategy and that our work and goals are in line with our vision.

Just as importantly, they support and challenge the executive team to enable the SCCMI to grow and thrive, and through this, achieve our mission to enable all children/young people with motor learning difficulties throughout Scotland to develop their cognitive, psychomotor abilities, and life skills to improve the quality of their lives and achieve their maximum level of independence.

Board members have a collective responsibility. This means that trustees always act as a group and not as individuals.

An application pack is attached below.

Community House Ltd is a well-established charity in Alloa, Clackmannanshire with its roots in the local community for over 20 years. Supporting some the most vulnerable families, it employs two part-time Practitioners, 2 part time practitioners Assistant, a part-time Senior Practitioner and a full-time Chief Officer, a cleaner and volunteers

Currently our service delivery consists of groupwork, and we offer a variety to woman and children within our demographic area. Every day we offer an after-school group where children attend from local primary schools via referrals and engage in a fun activity and receive a healthy nutritious dinner. We offer baby massage, Thrive, own my Life and will be running PPP groups for parents. We are expanding our service delivery and hope to be engaging in outreach working supporting families and women who have been the victims of Domestic Abuse. We have an adult helping hands groups which supports adults with additional needs and their carers, offering some respite, fun activity, and lunch. We have a dining area, crafting area, movie room and sensory area along with a large outside space for playing that we are currently looking at developing.

Community House Ltd is seeking committed volunteer Trustees and specifically a Treasurer to join the Board to support the charity in fulfilling its objectives.

Trustees must understand that they are accountable to the Community House Ltd mission as contained in the charity’s constitution ensuring the effective governance of the charity and in collaboration with the Chief Officer.

Specifically, the Board of Trustees are looking for individuals with professional experience in any of the following fields: finance, business, or legal although any other professional vocations will also be considered. Currently the Board of Trustees meets monthly, normally for no more than two hours and when necessary, meetings can be facilitated via Zoom so internet access is vital. All documents are stored on a one drive so access to online facilities is crucial to delivering a supporting role as a trustee. There is also an AGM once a year around September.

Principle Responsibilities

In conjunction with the other Board of Trustee members, the Trustees will: -

• Ensure appropriate governance arrangements are in place and are working effectively for the organisation.
• Ensure Community House Ltd compliance with OSCR requirements.
• Ensure stewardship of Community House Ltd financial position.
• Ensure the Board of Trustees' knowledge base of issues relevant to the charity is kept up to date.
• Ensure the Board of Trustees is regularly refreshed by encouraging the recruitment of new volunteers.
• Work within Community House Ltd agreed policies and standards.
• Address any conflicts which may arise within the charity in a fair and timeous manner.

The Treasurer role is an Office-Bearers role for which there are extra responsibilities: -

• Supporting the Chief Officer of Community House Ltd in financial planning, preparing a budget and monitoring actual expenditure/income against the budget
• Preparing annual financial information for the Community House Ltd accountants
• Monthly Reconciliations

It is not a requirement that applicants are resident in Clackmannanshire, but it is hoped they have a genuine desire to help its communities and believe in the Community House Ltd mission.

Trustees are appointed for a period of one year, extendable annually at the AGM for a maximum of a further three years with board approval.

SKILL AND QUALITIES

Essential Qualities

• Trustees must be supportive of and comfortable with the Community House Ltd mission
• Trustees should demonstrate a strong commitment to the main aims and purposes of Community House Ltd
• Trustees should have good interpersonal skills and relationship and team building abilities
• A good knowledge of administrative procedures
• Ability to provide clear advice on procedural and relevant legislative matters.
• Ability to communicate clearly
• Ability to work with a team

For the Treasurer role:-

• Ability to support the preparations of budgets
• Monitoring and reporting of expenditure/income against budget to the accountants
• Ability to prepare financial information for the annual accounts
• Be a second authority for approving banking payments

Desirable Qualities

• Experience of third sector is helpful but is not necessary for the person taking on this role.
• Previous experience of charity governance would be an advantage but is not an essential requirement for the post.
• A working knowledge and understanding of the Scottish Governance Code for the Third Sector, an understanding of good governance, OSCR, Companies House requirements, relevant legislation, and statutory requirements is desirable.
• An understanding of the challenges facing small charities in maximising income streams, maintaining sustainability, and developing new business.
• An understanding of the Community House Ltd constitution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of the local voluntary sector.