- Advertised from 22nd March 2022
- 37.5 hours per week Responsible to: Director of Corporate Services. Responsible for: Finance Officer, Finance and Admin Assistant. Pay Band: Manager
Role
Venture Trust works with people experiencing complicated life circumstances. Through the provision of wilderness-based personal and social development programmes, we equip them with the confidence, motivation and core life skills that they need to make positive changes in their lives.
This is a new role which will take on responsibility for all management and statutory accounting, funder reporting, payroll, internal controls, related systems and secretarial duties. You will also be responsible for supervision of finance and admin team members.
We offer a range of generous benefits including 28 days annual leave and 9 public and bank holiday days, flexible working, and a joint contributory pension scheme.
Venture Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity in employment and follows an equal opportunities policy.
Application notes
We are recruiting for a Locality Manager to lead our service provision across the city of Edinburgh and the East.
In Edinburgh this is directly managing Our Visiting Home Service in the Northwest and Southwest of the city as well as overseeing the management of three supported accommodation programmes in the Broomhouse and Pilton areas. The Locality Manager will directly line manager a Service Manager in the city.
Right There is a charity working to prevent people becoming homeless and separated from their loved ones.
We’re here for children and adults who are living with the effects of poverty, addiction or broken relationships. Walking alongside people at home and in the community, we provide tailored support and form trusting relationships to help people feel happier, safer and more confident to live their lives.
Rooted in communities across Scotland for 200 years, we’re there for people going through tough times. Our work won’t stop until everyone has an equal chance to create a safe and supportive place to call home.
Main duties and responsibilities include:
- Directly manage delivery of the Edinburgh and East service and be service located in the city(potentially from Leith in the first instance)
- Lead service delivery in line with Right There’s aims, values and strategic objectives
- Lead your portfolio with emphasis on best practice, qualitative based outcomes and robust operational controls
- Ensure robust person-centred planning is at the heart of delivery with maintained and accurate support plans recording SMART outcomes.
- Responsibility for service development and excellence leading on the collation and implementation of annual review and improvement programme.
- Take ownership for growth of services under responsibility
- Investigate new opportunities allied to and/or supporting existing service provision
- Support leadership and senior management colleagues develop new service proposals and tenders of new and existing activity.
- Lead the Edinburgh and East delivery teams with a clear focus on delivery performance and outcome attainment
- Lead the teams to deliver great “customer” service and a People First Approach
- Work in partnership with Right There colleagues; promote clear and singular communication
- Embrace a positive working culture working collaboratively, promoting inclusiveness, cooperation, trust and open exchange of ideas to fulfil Right There’s strategic aims supporting line managers and delivery staff to do likewise.
- Accountable for service specific data collection, analysis and regular agreed reporting
- Deliver on service performance, using KPI data to support decision making and planning for current programmes.
- Responsible for upholding the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) Codes of Practice and Health and Social Care Standards within your programme.
- Lead the Edinburgh and East services in partnership with key commissioners involved in service review and reporting.
- Take the lead in service delivery matters as they apply to the Care Inspectorate, building positive working relations with respective Inspectorate staff.
- Responsible for compiling and managing the approved annual budgets
- Ensure services operate within financial parameters and targets
What we expect from you
Our values make us who we are and define our actions and behaviours every day. We’d expect the post-holder to uphold and represent our organisation in a way that reflects our values and person-centred way of working.
We need you to be qualified to SVQ Level 3 in Social Services and Healthcare (previously Health and Social Care), SCQF Level 7 or HNC in Social Services. We also need you to be qualified in, or willing to work towards SVQ Level 4 Social Services and Healthcare and SVQ Level 4 in Management, or SCQF equivalent.
We’re looking for someone that has experience of managing a service, with the ability to lead and take ownership and accountability for the programmes. We also need you to have knowledge and experience of working to Care Inspectorate standards as well as having experience of building, leading and managing a team.
What you can expect from us
We value our staff as our greatest asset and will provide the following working conditions:
- The post holder will report to the Head of Operations-Services.
- Your normal working hours are an average of 35 per week. These hours are usually worked Monday to Friday, and flexibly between the hours of 8.00am to 6.00pm, with core hours over the period from 10am to 4pm with one-hour unpaid. Variations to these hours must be agreed with your line manager.
- Your usual place of work will be 26 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 5AA
- Annual leave entitlement of 210 hours holiday (equivalent to 6 weeks) pro rata per year in the first year rising to 280 hours (equivalent to 8 weeks) pro rata per year in the second. This includes public holidays.
- You will be automatically enrolled into the People’s Pension in the month that you will complete 3-months of employment, provided you meet the auto-enrolment criteria.
- Life Insurance from day one
- Option to purchase and sell annual leave.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Ongoing learning and development
- Wellness programmes
Top job! Management Accountant
- Part time
- £37,947 – £41,225 pro-rata
- Edinburgh (Hybrid)
- Closing 8th April 2024
We are looking for enthusiastic people with varying levels of skills and experience to join Young Scot – the national youth information and citizenship charity for 11-26-year-olds in Scotland. We provide information, ideas and opportunities for young people, helping them to make informed decisions and choices, connecting them to opportunities locally, nationally and globally and empowering them to create and drive positive change.
Our Management Accountant will work closely with the Chief Executive, Senior Leadership Team and Board of trustees and will be responsible for managing key financial functions and ensuring the financial stability of the organisation. You will have strong background, knowledge, and experience in similar roles and have relevant recognised accountancy qualification. This role is an exciting chance to create a significant difference by overseeing the essential financial functions of a charity committed to supporting young people to thrive.
To find out more about who we are and what we do, visit youngscot.net
EXPERIENCE /QUALIFICATIONS:
Granton Youth is looking for a youth workers with experience of working/volunteering with young people; delivering a mixture of centre-based and detached youth work, no qulaifications are required but the opportunity for in-house learning and CPD will be provided.
These posts will involve working in within the GY team to deliver 3-4 sessions of detached youth work weekly in North Edinburgh and centre-based youth work. Both roles will involve building strong relationships with young people and supporting their on-going development.
Experience of working in marginalised communities will be an advantage.
Funding for 3 year contract.
All staff will be required to complete PVG, costs covered by GY.
RESPONSIBLE TO: GY Youth Work Coordinator/Streetwork Team Leader
Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people? Do you want a flexible, varied and meaningful job in a supportive team? Do you value great employee benefits such as 360 Wellbeing membership and an annual training budget? Apply to join us!
Bridges Project is a leading youth work charity that helps young people aged 12-25 in East Lothian and Midlothian overcome challenges and adapt to adulthood. For nearly 40 years, we have helped young people develop their life skills, improve their educational attainment and move into employment or further education.
We have a vacancy for an Educational Support Worker to deliver an effective casework and group work service to young people experiencing a range of challenges such as non-attendance at school, low attainment, poor mental health and family poverty.
The successful candidate will:
- Support young people to gain employability skills, life skills and accreditation; helping them in to work, apprenticeships, further education or vocational training
- Provide vocational/industry specific accreditation and training to groups of young people alongside individual support to address particular barriers
- Take the lead on the service and to provide an effective interface between young people, partners and stakeholders involved in the service.
This is an exciting position in which the successful candidate will take pride in developing a programme of delivery which will provide young people with clear pathways to positive destinations.
It is essential that candidates have a full, clean driving licence and constant use of a car. Membership of the PVG scheme will be an essential requirement of the post. A contributory company pension scheme is offered with a 10% employer contribution.
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