Capacity Building Consultant (CBC)
- Full time
- £28,000
- Glasgow based with a combination of office and home working
- Closing 31st March 2023
- Advertised from 17th March 2023
- 35 hours per week. Contract: Fixed-Term from: ASAP to 31st March 2026.
- + 4% pension. Annual Leave: 25 days per year + public holidays.
Role
Main Purpose of the job
To provide capacity building and infrastructure development support to ethnic minority (EM) third sector organisations in the Glasgow City Council area.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
- To work with EM organisations across Glasgow and provide infrastructure and capacity building support based on their need.
- To use the CEMVO Scotland diagnostic toolkit (DTK) to conduct an initial analysis of the organisation producing a report with recommendations to further capacity.
- To co-produce an action plan based on priority areas and execute the action plan with the organisation
- To evidence and collate a ‘portfolio’ for each organisation to document their journey.
- To provide appropriate training based on need to further the organisation’s capacity
- To attend networking meetings and strategic development forums to ensure issues facing EM organisations and communities are highlighted
- To develop close working links with funders, statutory and public bodies to identify opportunities for ethnic minority third sector organisations to attract funding.
- To contribute to monitoring and evaluation processes to ensure that the capacity building programme is running to schedule and meeting targets.
- Provide regular project progress updates to line management.
- To encourage co-operative and joint working within the EM third sector and to work with organisations to assist them in promoting good management practices.
- To contribute to the development of the CEMVO Scotland third sector databases as appropriate.
- To work evenings and weekends on an occasional basis as required.
- To undertake such other relevant duties as may be required from time to time and which are compatible with the main purpose of the post and its level of responsibility.
- To provide regular and end of year reports to the line management and to funders when requested
Person Specification
Essential
- Knowledge and at least 2 years’ experience of providing capacity building support within the third sector – such as business planning, marketing, funding application support, robust financial systems, good governance.
- Good communication and inter-personal skills
- Good written communication / report writing skills
- Experience in designing and delivering capacity skills training in good governance, business planning and marketing
- Knowledge and experience of the funding arena in Scotland and experience with submitting project proposals to funders
- Excellent self-management skills, working to tight deadlines, demonstrable experience in managing a portfolio of clients/organisations over a period
- Commitment to the development of the ethnic minority third sector, as well as a good understanding of race equality and issues affecting the sector
- Ability to network and advocate for EM communities and organisations
- Successful track record of achieving positive outputs in managing projects
- Good organisational and IT skills
Desirable
- Proficiency in using online meeting platforms such as Microsoft Teams or Zoom.
Application notes
Application Packs can be requested at: info@cemvoscotland.org.uk,
If you would like more information about the post, please email Shaista Asghar on shaistaasghar@cemvoscotland.org.uk
Completed applications should be sent to: info@cemvoscotland.org.uk
Closing Date for Applications: Friday 31st March 2023
Downloads
Intercultural Youth Scotland (IYS) are a grassroots, youth-led organisation supporting and advocating for young Black people and young people of colour in Scotland. We offer specialist support to Black and POC young people and advocate across Scottish Government for their voices to be heard. IYS' services include a fully-fledged youth and music program; an education program delivering anti-racism education in secondary schools; a mental health program offering free support to young Black people and People of Colour; as well as the Restless Natives employability program which the Restless Natives Manager will lead.
Restless Natives offers holistic, specialist support to Black and POC young people and school leavers to help them become work-ready, reach positive destinations, or move into further and higher education. Restless Natives also supports employers to ensure that they’re doing all they can to improve their workplaces for young Black people and young People of Colour. Join our Restless Natives team as manager to lead the delivery and development of our Restless Natives employability programme.
The Restless Natives Manager is responsible for the management of the delivery of the current Restless Natives programme in Edinburgh and Glasgow, leading a small team of practitioners. The Restless Natives Manager plays a key role in helping to establish employability partnerships and advocating for the needs of Black and POC young people to governing bodies. While the Restless Natives program in its current state has been running for two years, we are keen to take the program to new heights – we want to build a long-term, sustainable infrastructure to support Black and POC young people in becoming work-ready and improving their lives.
Employment and Entrepreneurial Skills Advisor
- Part time
- £27,141 pro-rata
- 20 Westfield Avenue, Edinburgh, EH11 2TT Hybrid Working: Minimum three days from the office and one day from home
- Closing 31st March 2023
Background information
The Welcoming Association is a charity that works specifically with New Scots (asylum seekers, refugees and migrants) in Edinburgh. We won the 2021 Ashden Award for Greener Communities, and three of our volunteers also won prestigious prizes at the Inspiring Volunteer Awards 2021.
Purpose of the role
This postholder will work in partnership with Project Scotland to deliver the ‘Inspire’ project from April 2023 to May 2024. The project aims to help Young New Scots (18-35 years old) by providing self-management and social intelligence classes, volunteering opportunities and mentoring.
Additional information
Please note that you must already be eligible to work in the UK to be employed by The Welcoming Association.
Although the project will work in partnership with Project Scotland, which has a base in Dundee, the post holder will work from The Welcoming’s office on 20/1 Westfield Avenue, Edinburgh, EH11 2TT.
Project Development Worker
- Part time
- £23,920 pro-rata
- Office based (Glasgow) / Hybrid / Flexible
- Closing 24th March 2023
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Disability Equality Scotland. We are seeking an experienced Project Development Worker to join our team.
Disability Equality Scotland is a membership organisation for disabled people and disability groups/organisations. It’s our mission to make Scotland fully accessible.
We promote access in its widest sense, including access to our built and natural environment and access to the same and equal opportunities as enjoyed by others in our communities, promoting a life of dignity, respect, choice, and independence. This extends beyond physical access to include access to information, access to inclusive communication and inclusion in decision-making, whether with planners over inclusive design or transport providers about accessible and safe travel.
Disability Equality Scotland is a key delivery partner of both Inspiring Scotland and Transport Scotland. In 2020 we launched a pilot of Scotland’s first National Hate Crime Charter with key transport providers. The pilot included front-facing staff, managers and passengers and successfully reached over 1.2million passengers in an eight-week period.
The successful candidate will be responsible for (though not exclusively): the project management of the Hate Crime Charter activities; ongoing training and development, in association with transport providers across Scotland; and undertaking monitoring and evaluation of the project,
Schools Engagement Officer in Scotland
- Part time
- £23,000 – £26,000 pro-rata
- Remote (Home based)
- Closing 20th March 2023
Aid to the Church in Need is a Catholic charity, supporting persecuted and suffering Christians around the world.
Working alongside the Community Fundraiser in Scotland, this key part-time role will engage with both primary and secondary schools in the Catholic Dioceses of Galloway, Paisley, Glasgow and Motherwell, in order to support them in delivering the ACN Schools Programme and expanding the take up of the programme, increasing school engagement and delivering assemblies in person and virtually.
Latest news See more
