Would you like to make a difference for refugees living in Scotland?

Scottish Refugee Council is an independent human rights charity that has been supporting and advocating for the rights of refugees since 1985. Our work involves the provision of services and support to refugees, advocating and campaigning for change and improvements to legislation and policy in Scotland and the UK and supporting the integration of refugees into society.

We are looking for a creative and highly organised Programme Coordinator to work closely with our Arts and Cultural Development Officer in all aspects of planning and delivering a wide range of projects and activity. Cross Borders is a programme of arts and cultural activism, mentoring, commissioned projects and collaborations for and with artists, activists and cultural practitioners from refugee and other migrant backgrounds. The Programme Coordinator will support effective administration, network support, create regular content and resources and regularly update digital and social media platforms, including a new website.

Through our arts and culture work, we advocate for the cultural rights of refugees and asylum seekers, where the right to creative expression, the right to participate in cultural life and the right to earn a living from artistic and cultural pursuits is widely recognised and supported across society. We work to support activists, artists and cultural practitioners with lived experience of seeking refugee protection, and who explore narratives of refugee-hood, migration and identity. We do this through listening, nurturing development, visibility and representation and collaborating and facilitating connections across the arts and culture sector in Scotland.

Employee benefits package

• 39 days of leave (Including public holiday)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eye care scheme
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Flexible working options
• Coaching and counselling service
• Training and development opportunities
• Other enhanced pay benefits

Greener Kirkcaldy is a community-led charity working locally to bring people together, take positive action on the climate emergency and support people experiencing fuel poverty and food insecurity.

Our team of 40 staff and 100 volunteers delivers a wide range of grant-funded projects and social enterprise (income-generating) activities, including the Lang Toun Cycles Community Bike Shop and The Lang Spoon Community Kitchen. We work in Kirkcaldy and across the region of Fife, often in partnership with other charities, public-sector organisations and social enterprises. Our work is diverse and includes programmes of action on climate change, fuel poverty and food insecurity, encouraging individuals, households, community groups and businesses to make Fife a greener and fairer place to live.

We are looking for an experienced Business Development Manager to play a key role in the delivery of Greener Kirkcaldy’s organisational strategy.

The Business Development Manager will coordinate business development, funding and fundraising across the organisation. They will build internal capacity to support a more enterprising culture and grow our portfolio of social enterprise projects. They will also lead a team to coordinate communications and development services across Greener Kirkcaldy’s projects and teams.

Hours of work: full time (35 hours per week) or 28 hours per week (0.8 full-time equivalent). We would consider requests to work fewer hours.

We seek a part-time (28 hours per week) Learning Coordinator to promote and deliver Lead’s East Lothian Numeracy, Digital, and Employability Skills Project. This is a learning service for disabled people and carers who experience barriers to learning, work, and further education.

The successful applicant will be committed to:

1)Engaging and supporting disabled people and carers to overcome barriers and embark on personalised learning journeys, making positive, sustained transitions into their chosen progression routes and positive destinations.

2)Being an active part of the Lead Scotland team as we develop new, exciting learning opportunities in East Lothian for disabled people and carers.

This post is home-based in or near East Lothian and involves regulated work for which a satisfactory PVG will be required. Lead Scotland has aRecruiting People with Convictions Policy.

About you:

You will be passionate about the transformative power of adult learning, be confident in communicating one to one and with groups and have a flexible and creative approach to problem-solving.

You will have great organisational skills and previous experience of supporting disabled people experiencing a range of barriers, of working one-to-one with learners, and of designing and delivering learning programmes. Access to transport is essential due to the nature of the work in homes and communities across the region. You will hold an Assessors Award or be willing to work towards this.

Applications from disabled people:

Lead has Disability Confident status, and we encourage applications from disabled people. All disabled people meeting the minimum requirements will get a guaranteed interview. Information about our commitment to recruit disabled people is available on our website. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in the online form. This will in no way disadvantage you in the recruitment process. All job application information can be made in alternative formats on request including braille, large print and audio and people can make applications in alternative formats.

Recruitment paperwork is kept for 6 months before it is destroyed. Please complete our anonymousequal opportunities formto help us ensure we are attracting a broad range of candidates.

We have a rare and exciting opportunity for a visionary leader to take forward the Community Development work of Strathcarron Hospice.

As a Hospice, we provide a comprehensive range of specialist Hospice services across Forth Valley, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and strive to support people in our communities to live well, die well and to grieve well. For several years we have also been on a journey to walk alongside and learn from our local communities using an Asset Based Community Development approach. We believe that if we work with local neighbourhoods to discover their gifts, skills and experience, connect these together and mobilise them into action, then people will be better able to support each other in life and in times of illness, death and grief. Building a bridge between the Hospice and our communities will also help people develop a better understanding of what Hospice care is actually all about, and how they can more easily access our services at a time and in a way that is right for them.

If you would like to help us navigate the next chapter of this important journey, this may be the job for you.

In the role you will

• grasp new opportunities to build partnerships, grow and resource this important strand of Hospice work
• manage the operational aspects of Community Development and a team of community builders/ link workers,
• build meaningful connection between Hospice services/teams and the communities in our catchment area to grow support for those facing illness, death and loss.

Your gifts will include

• strategic vision,
• collaborative leadership
• effective communicator with an enthusiasm to inspire others to think and behave differently
• an ability to build partnerships and connections
• A passion for supporting local neighbourhoods to do what they can do best.
• A love of learning and proliferating others’ learning

Your skillset will include

• a sound understanding of the tapestry that is Community and how it weaves together
• an ability to drive projects forward and learn from them
• ability to evaluate the impact and share learning from all aspects of the community development work.