Community Development Worker
- Part time
- £33,740 pro-rata
- Tealing, Angus with home working
- Closing 2nd June 2023
- Advertised from 2nd May 2023
- 14 hours weekly, one-year fixed term contract
Role
In partnership with Tealing Development Trust
Background
Tealing is a small, friendly Scottish village just north of Dundee in the county of Angus, nestling at the foot of the Sidlaw Hills. It's a fine place to live, work and play despite the lack of local amenities and services. Tealing is a rural area of 15 square miles situated halfway between the market town of Forfar and the city of Dundee. Residents are heavily reliant on their cars for transport and there is a slightly higher than average proportion of older and retired people. Tealing has a widely scattered population of just over 700, 9 working farms and a thriving small primary school of 36 pupils and 8 nursery children.
Award winning community development charity, Outside the Box, undertook in-depth community engagement and research in Tealing village last summer, which helped the community regeneration steering group to formulate a draft five-year plan for change and improvement. The consultation expressed the needs and suggestions from hundreds of residents and their thoughts on how best to use the Seagreen Wind Energy Community Benefit Fund set aside for the area. The results and recommendations are fully documented in different formats on the website at tealingvillage.org
As a result, Tealing Development Trust Ltd was formed as a community (not for private profit) company limited by guarantee early in 2023 and is now embarking on delivery of the community action plan. Together we are recruiting an experienced and energetic community development worker to actively help the enthusiastic volunteers make quick progress in the first year of operation.
If you would like to be part of a creative and enterprising community development organisation, working alongside communities and people who want to make a difference, this is role could be for you.
Our vision is inclusive and welcoming communities, where people’s contributions are valued, welcomed and supported. We recognise people’s experiences, the barriers and inequalities they face, and work alongside them to identify practical approaches for change that build on people’s skills.
We use a human rights-based approach in all our work to promote respect, dignity and equality. Find out more at otbds.org
Location
Outside the Box has an office base in Kinning Park Complex in Glasgow but this post will largely be based on site in the village of Tealing in Angus and working from home.
Application notes
A full Job Description including details on how to apply is available for download below.
The closing date for applications is Friday 2 June at 5 pm please email to louise@otbds.org
For more information or an informal chat contact Louise Willson louise@otbds.org or phone 07706 433938.
Interviews
We expect the interview arrangements to be in 2 parts and held in Tealing Village Hall
• Wednesday 14 June - There will be an informal session in Tealing where short-listed applicants meet people involved with Tealing Development Trust and Outside the Box. This is an opportunity for you to ask questions and find out more about the role.
• Thursday 15 June - Panel interview with members of Tealing Development Trust and Outside the Box.
Downloads
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Are you interested in working with the black and minority ethnic (BME) communities?
Are you professional and positive?
Are you a creative team player?
Do you have skills that you would like to share with young people?
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- Part time
- £26,138 pro-rata
- The Base, Glenavon North Maryhill and surrounding areas. (On site)
- Closing 24th April 2024
We are looking for a family worker to deliver sessions, clubs and activities for our children, and families. The delivery will be varied and will always be driven by the needs of the community.
You will also be responsible for working on trips and holiday programs.
There will also be the remit of devising and implementing new projects and clubs as guided by funding requirements and service user’s needs.
You will work in partnership with local organisations and schools and build up strong positive community links.
The Base is a place based project your will be expected to work alongside and supporting local volunteers.
You will work to enhance the lives of local children by ensuring activities are provided to develop their mental, emotional, physical and social well-being needs.
You will also be committed to ongoing personal development and undertake training or other professional development activities as required.
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Are you passionate about working with young people?
Are you interested in working with the black and minority ethnic (BME) communities?
Are you professional and positive?
Are you a creative team player?
Do you have skills that you would like to share with young people?
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Please see attached job description for more details.
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- Part time
- £23,997 pro-rata
- Rosyth (On site)
- Closing 22nd April 2024
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- Work with the Education Officer and schools to design and create the growing spaces.
- Prepare the growing aspects of the project, with the Education Officer, and plan to meet the agreed timescales of the education programme.
- Maintain the growing spaces within each school and manage the soil fertility, crop rotation, sowing, irrigation, pest and disease control etc.
- Prepare for the education programme lessons so that the Education Officer has the necessary equipment and materials ready to use with the children.
- Work with the Project Administrator Officer to support how the project is communicated, for example taking photographs for promotion on social media.
- Involve families and carers in the project and work with them through out.
Please see the job description for more details and we warmly welcome inquiries by email at info@eatsrosyth.org.uk or by phone to Charlotte Oakley (General Manager) Tuesday – Thursday on 07396734859 or 01383 341260
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