Mentoring Coordinator
- Part time
- £22,500 pro-rata
- Stirling - with some home working possible.
- Closing 15th December 2021
- Advertised from 1st December 2021
- 14 hours per week. Fixed term contract for 3 years.
Role
Positive Changes (Scotland) CIC is an organisation which supports women who have touched the Scottish criminal justice system towards sustainable, paid employment by making and selling exquisite chocolates. One hundred percent of our profits are reinvested to support our work and fifty per cent of our workforce is made up of women who have previously accessed our services. Women can engage with our services: on regular production days; as a participant in our Making Positive Changes programme and/or as part of our mentoring programme.
By engaging with us the women have the opportunity to gain work experience, write a Personal Development Plan, improve their CV and gain workplace skills which will help lower barriers they face when looking for fulfilling employment. Each woman is encouraged to develop their own Personal Development Plan to help her set goals and aims which is her pathway towards a permanent job. The women are involved in all aspects of the making and selling the chocolates and our customers include: individuals for gifts and treats; weddings; corporate organisations for serving and giving as gifts to their clients; restaurants and event companies; and other Public Sector organisations for gifts and serving to their guests.
This post is a fixed-term contract for 3 years. The intention is the post will become permanent, subject to funding.
The Role
We want to enhance and expand the mentoring programme we are currently piloting where women with convictions are mentored by volunteers including women with lived experience of the criminal justice system and skilled volunteers keen to share and grow their existing knowledge and skills. The programme supports and encourages women with convictions on their journey to desistence by providing a holistic, wrap around service and providing a fulfilling volunteering experience for volunteer mentors. We want to increase our pool of volunteer mentors to include more people with convictions and attract skilled volunteers who have existing gifts and skills to share which they are keen to develop and grow. We have existing relationships with referral agencies and your role will include strengthen these relationships and providing greater access to volunteers facing barriers to volunteering.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Recruit volunteer mentors
- Build relationships with potential mentee referrers
- Adhere to processes and procedures in accordance with the Scottish Mentoring Network Quality Awards standard.
- Evidence the effectiveness of the mentoring programme demonstrating our social impact
- Attend regular 1-2-1 support and supervision sessions
Skills and Experience Required:
Essential:
- Excellent project management skills
- Well organised with great attention to detail
- Able to build relationships with all members of the community
- Excellent IT skills including: Word and Excel, social media and other internet platforms
- Willing to complete Mentoring Coordinator training with Scottish Mentoring Network
Desirable:
- Experience of coordinating a volunteer programme
- Existing relationships with potential referrers
Reporting To: Chief Executive, Positive Changes (Scotland) CIC
Our Team
As a social enterprise we have the chocolate production team in addition to a team of staff and volunteers who help and support women who have touched the criminal justice system. Each team member has clearly defined roles, responsibilities and duties to undertake within and across the organisation. Their collective talent, skills and strengths means that we deliver high-quality products and services to our customers and clients.
We place great value and importance on positive relationships, on our ability to communicate effectively and on our abilities, systems, processes and partnership working to support us in our work. Our aim to set high standards of practice in everything we do.
We are a small, but growing, team who work well together with the primary aim to support the women. Your contribution will be as a valuable member and enhancement of that team. We encourage positive learning using self-reflection to problem solve and learn from our mistakes. As a result, we have a harmonious working environment and it’s a pleasure to come to each day.
The kind of person we are looking for:
- Is passionate about our ethos, goals and aims of the organisation
- Highly organised with great attention to detail
- Is willing to work as a member of the team
- Is willing to pitch in, has a “can do” attitude and to go the extra mile
- Is willing to adapt to our positive learning work ethos
- Has a certain degree of flexibility around working days
- Is reliable with integrity and passion
Application notes
The closing date for applications is 5pm on Wednesday 15th December 2021.
If you are interested in applying for this role, please send a copy of your CV and a covering letter detailing suitability for the role to joyce@gracechocolates.co.uk. Please state any preferred hours/days of working and include in your letter what unique attributes you can bring to this role and why you think you are the right person for it.
We encourage applications from all sectors of the community regardless of age, race, religion, sexual orientation as we are an Equal Opportunities employer.
All applications will be acknowledged and feedback provided.
Successful written applicants will be invited to interview after which the successful candidate will be advised and the role offered.
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