Disability Equality Scotland are looking for part time Training and Development Worker to deliver and expand a training course as part of our Easy Read Service. The post holder will also support our Easy Read Workers with some translation tasks. The post will contribute to the promotion and marketing of our Easy Read Service and Training and assist with the development of our website aimed at promoting Easy Read.

This post should have a high level of responsibility for designing, delivering, evaluating and reporting.

As a membership organisation for disabled people and disability organisations, it is important we can communicate clearly to everyone and encourage others to do this too.

Disability Equality Scotland is committed to ensuring that all its information, products and services are as accessible as possible to everyone.

Reporting to: Communications and Research Manager

The Best in You Brings Out the Best in Me

ENABLE Scotland is a dynamic and vibrant organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities. We are looking for a dynamic and motivated Administrator to join us in ensuring they have the same opportunities as everyone else.

The Administration Team has a very important role to play in ensuring the smooth running of the operational processes. They support front line management teams who are responsible for the delivery of individualised support to the people we work for.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is interested in having a career within administration to learn the ropes and gain a varied background in a high functioning administration team.

This is a very busy and varied role, and, whilst not exhaustive, the below are some of the main activities you would perform in the role:

- Customer Service, this is mostly via phone - Receiving and making calls to the people we support, their families, social workers and other partner agencies

- We coordinate the ordering and stock of all PPE and office supplies.

- We ensure all training is completed. It’s a highly regulated environment and we need to make sure our PA's have all the training they need to offer a safe service to the people we support.

- We process all leavers, new starts and change of contracts through internal systems.

- General office duties such as attending meetings to take minutes, scanning important documents into our electronic filing system, dealing with mail, petty cash, expenses etc.

Full training will be provided for this role. This administrative support role will cover a variety of tasks giving you all-round knowledge and experience of working in a busy office environment as well as working knowledge of different systems and databases.

For more information please refer to the attached job spec.

About You

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

- Administrative experience, ideally gained through employment

- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to develop effective working relationships

- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

- Attention to detail to complete tasks to a high standard

- Being self-motivated and able to work to a high standard with minimal supervision

- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage changing priorities

- The ability to work as part of a team to complete daily duties and respond proactively to operational demand

- Microsoft office skills in Excel & Word

Desirable:

- Working knowledge of Microsoft Teams

- Minute taking experience

About Us

At ENABLE Scotland we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.

We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:

Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme*

Season Ticket Loans*

Starting a career with ENABLE Scotland is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

ENABLE Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.

*Terms and Conditions Apply

We seek a part-time (28 hours per week) Learning Coordinator to promote and deliver Lead’s East Lothian Numeracy, Digital, and Employability Skills Project. This is a learning service for disabled people and carers who experience barriers to learning, work, and further education.

The successful applicant will be committed to:

1)Engaging and supporting disabled people and carers to overcome barriers and embark on personalised learning journeys, making positive, sustained transitions into their chosen progression routes and positive destinations.

2)Being an active part of the Lead Scotland team as we develop new, exciting learning opportunities in East Lothian for disabled people and carers.

This post is home-based in or near East Lothian and involves regulated work for which a satisfactory PVG will be required. Lead Scotland has aRecruiting People with Convictions Policy.

About you:

You will be passionate about the transformative power of adult learning, be confident in communicating one to one and with groups and have a flexible and creative approach to problem-solving.

You will have great organisational skills and previous experience of supporting disabled people experiencing a range of barriers, of working one-to-one with learners, and of designing and delivering learning programmes. Access to transport is essential due to the nature of the work in homes and communities across the region. You will hold an Assessors Award or be willing to work towards this.

Applications from disabled people:

Lead has Disability Confident status, and we encourage applications from disabled people. All disabled people meeting the minimum requirements will get a guaranteed interview. Information about our commitment to recruit disabled people is available on our website. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in the online form. This will in no way disadvantage you in the recruitment process. All job application information can be made in alternative formats on request including braille, large print and audio and people can make applications in alternative formats.

Recruitment paperwork is kept for 6 months before it is destroyed. Please complete our anonymousequal opportunities formto help us ensure we are attracting a broad range of candidates.

We are looking for kind, caring, creative, forward thinking and dedicated people to join our team offering care and support to children and young adults with visual impairment and complex needs within our residential houses in Morningside in Edinburgh.

If you want to make a difference to the lives of people living with sight loss and you have an HNC in Social Care plus all eight SVQ 3 units or an equivalent qualification for registration with the SSSC or other professional body please apply now, we would love to hear from you.

The role is advertised as full time however we will consider part time and flexible working patterns.

If you would like more information on the role or our residential service, please contact samantha.hood@sightscotland.org.uk

Posts are subject to PVG Scheme Record/Update.

If you require any of the information relating to this role in an alternative format, please email people@sightscotland.org.uk

Please note we cannot provide VISA sponsorship for this role.

About us

We're one of Scotland's oldest charities - for more than two centuries, we've been supporting and empowering people with sight loss to live fulfilling lives. We're proud of all we've achieved in the past - but we have our sights set firmly on the future.

We're determined that no-one should face sight loss alone. We're committed to improving, diversifying and growing our services to make sure we can reach many more people with sight loss - when and where they need us.