- Advertised from 12th May 2022
- Permanent. 35 hours per week. Salary – £30,667.85
- Ref: ESOCS0522
Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who shares our values (Kind, Passionate and Creative) to join our organisation, assisting in supporting people experiencing homelessness and empowering them to thrive.
The Executive Support Officer provides efficient, high quality and proactive support to the Board, CEO and the Senior Leadership Team at Blue Triangle. The post holder coordinates and oversees a diverse portfolio or corporate activities including central support reception and customer service, committee management, compliance and regulatory reporting, policy & procedures, and risk management.
This critical role will support the organisation in achieving our mission and values and is responsible for represent the CEO in all they do, reflecting the values of our organisation in every interaction and communication.
Your normal working hours will be Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm
The Executive Support Officer is responsible for supporting the Director of Corporate Services:
- Board & Committee Management: Manage the coordination and administration of the management committee including all board committee meetings, ensuring consistency in approach to papers, minutes, meeting notes, and action logs, recognising the board want to see a single action list across all meetings
- Policies & Procedure Management: Manage the portfolio of policies and procedures across the organisation, bringing consistency in the levelling of information in all documentation, using model documents as far as possible, sourcing advice and insights from membership bodies, ensuring that review cycles are in place, and working with the L&D Manager and Communications & Engagement Manager to ensure all policies are effectively trained/cascaded out into effective working practice.
- Risk Management: Manage the organisational risk register and the levelling of risks at board, committee, and programme level. Ensure that risks have closure or mitigation actions that are owned and are being completed. Ensure that processes are in place for identifying and reporting on new risks and/or on any change to risk profile (increasing or decreasing).
- Compliance Management: Manage the key compliance-related processes including FOI Requests, Complaints, Data Access Requests, Board Governance, Regulatory Returns and Regulator Information Requests. Ensure that all processes and responses are managed effectively and in line with legislation and guidance, seeking legal advice where required.
- Corporate Action Tracking: Manage a single register/log that tracks all Corporate Actions, including from Board & Committee Meetings, Internal Audit Reports, Corporate Risks, and to meet any Compliance and Regulatory requirements.
- Funding Coordination: Track new sources of Trust & Foundation Grant funding using Grant Finder, add to the Funding Pipeline to be qualified In or Out as a potential source of funding for new service developments, and support the coordination of Funding Bids across the Bid Team allocated to each opportunity.
- Tender Coordination: Track new Public Tenders using PCS Scotland, add to the Opportunity Pipeline to be qualified In or Out as a potential new service contract, and support the coordination of Tender Responses across the Bid Team allocated to each opportunity.
- Regulatory Reporting: Coordinate all required reporting and updates to SHR, OSCR, Care Inspectorate, and SSSC in line with annual calendars or as incidents or events require. Ensure our records held with each regulator remain accurate.
- Central Support Reception: Manage our ‘first contact’ presence in a physical sense in Central Support, via our corporate phone number, and through other corporate contact channels such as e-mail.
- Administration Support: Provide administration support to the Senior Leadership Team with first line management to the corporate support administers/apprentices.
- Executive Support: Provide ad-hoc support to CEO and Director of Corporate services as require for diary management and scheduling.
Please find attached a role profile further highlighting the experience and qualifications required to undertake this role.
Application notes
Should you wish to apply, please send over a Cover Letter and CV to recruitment@bluetriangle.org.uk detailing how you meet the requirements for the position, with the job reference (ESOCS0522) in the subject field.
Closing date for applications is Friday 27th May 2022 by 12 noon.
Blue Triangle Housing Association recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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Project Worker – Glasgow
- Full time
- £24,553 – £27,652
- Glasgow with some home working (Hybrid)
- Closing 22nd April 2024
Rock Trust are delighted to be expanding the successful ‘Housing First for Youth’ service into Glasgow. We are looking for a team member who has experience of supporting young vulnerable people accessing our services. The role will involve working intensively with a small caseload of young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support.
The Project Worker will work directly with young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support on a 1:1 and group basis. Working with young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to ensure that when homelessness can’t be avoided, their experience of homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring.
The Project Worker will offer line management, guidance, and support to Support Assistants and volunteers, working together to support young people to return or remain at home, improve their practical independent living skills, set up their own tenancy and access other services and to reach their full potential. Project Workers are responsible for completing support plans and risk assessments and are the main contact for any key people involved in the care and support of young people.
In addition to the responsibilities in the JD, the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:
- An ability to build trusting, lasting relationships with young people
- Support young people to manage and thrive in their home
- Motivate young people to set goals and reach their potential
- An ability to work effectively with partners and other key people to provide young people with
- excellent care and support
- Adopt a ‘whatever it takes’ and rights based approach
- Work in a psychologically and trauma informed manner
Project Worker (Youth Boost project)
- Full time
- £24,553 – £27,652
- Perth and Kinross with travel required across the locality and some home working (Hybrid)
- Closing 1st May 2024
We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Project Worker to join our Youth Homelessness Support Service, funded by Perth and Kinross Council the service aims to support young people to transistion from homelessness into settled accommodation, as well as supporting those in tenancies who may be at risk of eviction and young people who want to return home and maintain relationships with their families. The Project Worker will work with young people aged 16-25 years.
The Project Worker will be a leading member of the team, establishing positive relationships with partner agencies across Perth, working to ensure that youth homelessness rates reduce, and that a young person’s experience of homelessness is rare, brief and non-recurring.
This post is ideal for a self-starter, who has previous experience of working in a supportive role in a paid or voluntary capacity and is looking for a new challenge.
For applicants that don’t currently meet the requirements for registration as a support worker in a Housing Support service with the SSSC, this post can be offered as a technical apprenticeship giving the successful candidate a pathway to achieving the SVQ level 3 or 4 in Health & Social Care.
Top job! Senior Service Manager – Health & Wellbeing
- Full time or Part time
- £44,132 – £49,796
- Edinburgh based with travel to other sites (Scottish Borders and West Lothian) (On site)
- Closing 30th April 2024
Are you…
- An experienced manager who can think strategically and lead operationally?
- Passionate about the benefits of positive health and wellbeing
- Keen to use relationship-based ways of working to build resilience and reduce social isolation?
Do you want to play a lead role at the heart of an organisation which makes a real difference to people’s lives?
If you’d love to lead an innovative and varied range of services which all promote health & wellbeing, then this could be the job for you! Our Health & Wellbeing pillar provides Preventative and Early Intervention services which support people to build community connections and promote positive health and wellbeing, thereby reducing the risk of homelessness. We know the power of food and greenspace in bringing people together and building community connections.
About the role
The Health & Wellbeing pillar is full of knowledgeable, experienced, dedicated staff, and this role leads them to deliver the following services:
- Reset
- Food Education
- Golden Years
- OPAL (West Lothian and Borders)
You’ll be responsible for leading the pillar’s strategic and operational activities. This includes planning, budgeting, funding, partnerships, quality assurance and risk management.
About you
You will have a knack for translating strategic aims into operational reality. You will be a role model of Cyrenians’ values-led, relationships-based approach, with experience in managing, developing and supporting services and people. You’ll be keen to use your excellent management skills to support your teams, build connections and share learning across the Health & Wellbeing pillar and beyond.
You’ll bring knowledge of health and social inequalities, their impact on people today, alongside excellent partnership-working and contract management skills. You’ll have experience in building, developing and evaluating services. As this is a busy, complex role, you’ll benefit from being organised and skilled in managing expectations and competing priorities.
We welcome applications from people with lived experience of the issues Cyrenians works on.
How we’ll support you
You’ll be supported by an experienced Director of Services, and join a collaborative, knowledgeable senior management team, who will support you to develop and grow in your role. You’ll also have access to wider Cyrenians’ support, including our learning programme, and staff wellbeing services.
About Cyrenians
At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness by taking a Public Health Approach to Homelessness Prevention. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering all our services. You can find out more about our organisation and our impact online.
Our values
Compassion | Respect | Integrity | Innovation
Community Gardener
- Part time
- £25,101 – £27,097 pro-rata
- Walled Garden, Falkirk (On site)
- Closing 29th April 2024
Do you want to work outdoors, explore your creative flair, and make a real difference to your local community?
If you have a passion for growing plants and supporting people to grow this could be the perfect role for you! Would you enjoy contributing and implementing new innovative ideas in our walled garden, helping to develop a ‘growing and maintenance’ plan?
A new opportunity for a Community Gardener within our Falkirk services has arisen that could be perfect for you!
About the Walled Garden
The Walled Garden is one of Cyrenians public facing services, where we support people on Community Payback Orders to put back into the community and develop their own horticultural skills.
Set in a public space of half an acre within Dollar Park, Falkirk the garden is highly valued by the community, and is a home for events, volunteering and enjoying the tranquillity it has to offer.
About the role
As Community Gardener you’ll contribute to developing a creative and interactive garden and programme for those engaging with our services. You’ll be surprised at how many opportunities you’ll have to perfect planting, bring new ideas and share your enthusiasm and garden knowledge with others. As you’d imagine, there are plenty of chances to get your hands dirty – and it’s safe to say you’ll never be bored!
You’ll be part of a small garden team who engage with a real variety of people to help us meet our aims, including those on community payback orders and community volunteers.
About you
You’ll be an experienced gardener with a dynamic ‘can-do’ attitude and a genuine interest in people, gardening and working outdoors. Your enthusiasm and positive outlook will help you nurture an environment where people feel safe, valued and an opportunity to gain new skills
What we can offer you
- Our garden services are delivered 7 days a week and offer working flexibility for the postholder and meeting service delivery needs.
- You’ll be part of an enthusiastic, knowledgeable staff team who will help you develop and grow in your role and a supportive line manager
- You’ll also have access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme, and staff wellbeing services.
- Opportunities to participate in any relevant training for continued personal development.
About us
At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness by taking a Public Health Approach to Homelessness Prevention. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering all our services.
You can find out more about our impact and our values online.
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