- Advertised from 1st August 2022
- 0.6 FTE, 22.5 hours per week, between Mon and Fri.
Role
The Bridge Community Café & Holy Trinity Food Bank are well established, growing and exciting ministries that are part of the community facing work of Holy Trinity Church located in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh. Much of Wester Hailes is affected by marked socio-economic deprivation and the resultant challenges. The current cost of living crisis is causing even more strain for local people. The Bridge Café & Foodbank try to meet immediate practical needs, and to support and maintain contact with people from the community who need it most.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate person to lead the teams who run the church community café and foodbank in Wester Hailes as we seek to develop these ministries. The position is part time, 22.5 hours a week flexible during Monday to Friday and is subject to review after 2 years.
The Café & Foodbank Team Lead will have three main areas of responsibility:
1) The Foodbank: To strengthen and maintain a team of volunteers to run the large-scale provision of Foodbank each week. This includes training and oversight of volunteers and monitoring the effectiveness of the Foodbank processes, providing feedback to sponsors.
2) The Bridge Community Café: To act as mentor and line manager for the Café Manager. Supporting and facilitating the running of the café.
3) Development: Work with key volunteers, elders, and staff members to shape current and any future community caring initiatives. Maintaining and developing relationships with external agencies and other local supporting churches.
You will be compassionate, and able to relate to those who are poor, needy and vulnerable with a desire to help address some of their needs, demonstrating and sharing God’s love in practical ways. You will have previous leadership or managerial experience, able to nurture, develop and motivate staff and volunteers to give of their best. It is also important that you have administrative and organisational skills, including managing a budget, and are proficient in the use of e-mail, social media and MS Office products.
Application notes
More details are available by downloading the Job Description from the Holy Trinity Church website, along with the Application Form:- holytrinitywesterhailes.org.uk/cafe-food-bank-team-lead-vacancy
If you have any questions or would like an informal chat about the role, or the application process, please contact: Church Office tel. 0131 442 3304, or email: rita@holytrinitywesterhailes.org.uk
Applications should be sent to Fiona Stirrat. fiona@holytrinitywesterhailes.org.uk
Closing Date for applications - 05/08/22
Planned date for interviews - 11/08/22 If this date is not suitable it may be possible to arrange an alternative date.
Top job! Chief Operating Officer
- Full time
- £57,000 – £62,000
- General Synod Office, Edinburgh (with some home working, as business needs allow) (Hybrid)
- Closing 21st May 2024
This is an exciting time to join the General Synod Office of the Scottish Episcopal Church. With the newly appointed Secretary General taking up post this summer, there is scope for the Chief Operating Officer, a newly created post, to make a significant contribution to the development and evolution of the General Synod Office (GSO).
About us: The Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) is the Province of the Anglican Communion in Scotland. It has a strong and high profile in Scottish life, is diverse in character and has a presence across the whole country. The SEC is an open, thoughtful, and engaging church with over 270 congregations (or ‘charges’).
Located in Edinburgh with a staff complement of c.22, the GSO supports the governance and mission of the Scottish Episcopal Church, providing advice and support to dioceses, charges, clergy and laity across Scotland. It also facilitates liaison with other denominations and faiths.
About you: The GSO is looking for an experienced leader and manager with a well-developed understanding of governance and compliance, able to manage a broad portfolio of work, who is committed to assisting the Scottish Episcopal Church in its mission and ministry. The COO will be a member of the GSO’s Senior Leadership Team and, along with the Treasurer, will deputise for the Secretary General.
Candidates for this role need not have worked in a church setting before, bringing experience of leadership roles in similarly complex organisations that demonstrate how they would manage and develop a multi-disciplinary team to deliver results and contribute to a positive and productive culture of cross-organisational collaboration.
Note that this is a full-time role (35 hours per week); however, a four-day work week will be considered with pay and holidays adjusted.
For an informal chat about this role, please get in touch with Donna Glass (DonnaG@scotland.anglican.org) who will arrange for you to be contacted.
Queens Park Baptist Church in the heart of Glasgow’s vibrant southside is seeking to appoint someone for this key role. Based in the office at The Point the position will involve leading our operational staff and services to provide great support for our ministries and projects.
Bishop's P.A. & Dean's P.A.
- Part time
- £26,278 – £28,422 pro-rata
- Edinburgh (On site)
- Closing 19th May 2024
We are seeking to appoint a PA to the Bishop of Edinburgh & the Dean of the Diocese to ensure that both the Bishop and the Dean are able to efficiently fulfil the objectives of their own roles.
We are looking for someone with strong administrative and organisational abilities, who has experience/understanding of a church/ecclesiastical context. As the front face of the Bishop’s office, we are seeking the right personality as well as someone with the necessary skills.
They should also:
- Have a professional but pastoral approach to work,
- Be able to work independently and flexibly, as part of a small office team,
- Have good written and verbal communication skills
- Possess good computer skills
We offer:
- a small and friendly team, working from an office near Haymarket
- a generous non-contributory pension
- support and development through our Annual Review process and training funds
Family Support Team Lead – North of Scotland (maternity cover)
- Part time
- £27,694 pro-rata
- Home-based (must live in the North or North East of Scotland). (Remote)
- Closing 27th May 2024
You will be helping disabled people feel unstoppable. As Family Support Team Lead in the North of Scotland you will be delivering vital support to families affected by spina bifida and hydrocephalus.
You will be the person who will empower them to reach their potential, offering one to one support and coordinating chances for people to get together, make friends and build their support network.
You will be the person that raises awareness of spina bifida and hydrocephalus within the community and with service providers to ensure that no one affected by our conditions feels alone.
What Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland can offer you
Flexibility – We offer flexible working, including the opportunity to work from home or around caring responsibilities.
Motivated and supportive colleagues – Staff scored SBH Scotland as 9 out of 10 for motivation and a supportive work environment.
An opportunity to express yourself – Staff scored SBH Scotland as 8 out of 10 for being supportive in taking risks with new ideas.
We also offer: Workplace pension scheme, salary sacrifice scheme, death in service benefit, childcare voucher scheme, 30 days annual leave entitlement and 4 days Public Holidays.
Role reports to: CEO
Key duties and responsibilities:
To be as unstoppable as the people we support.
- To coordinate the delivery of engaging social groups for our children, young people, adults and their carers.
- To provide one to one support to people with spina bifida and hydrocephalus and their families – offering specialist information and advice.
- To work with families and people with spina bifida and hydrocephalus to help them advocate for services and support.
To be a team player who unifies people around our cause.
- To liaise and work in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations to respond to and develop resources to meet the needs of service users.
- To manage and motivate a small team of sessional workers and recruit volunteers.
- To work with fundraising and communications colleagues in identifying stories that can promote the work of the charity and motivate our service users, supporters and staff.
A commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
- To provide regular analysis of the service’s impact.
- To ensure that reporting and recording of all service user intervention is accurate, up to date and secure.
- To gather data and feedback to learn from failures and apply learning to improve processes and service delivery.
- To ensure all Safeguarding disclosures and regular updates are notified and recorded as per current SBH Scotland guidelines.
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