The Scottish Community Safety Network (SCSN) is a registered charity. We are the strategic voice for community safety in Scotland. We create spaces for collaboration, co-production, dialogue, sharing and learning. We commission research, facilitate workshops, advocate for what works, and coordinate forums and events. We help local and national partners stay informed. We work with a diverse, broad spectrum of stakeholders, including Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, COSLA, Local Authorities, Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs), Scottish Government and many others.

We are seeking a motivated National Development Officer (NDO) to join our small, agile team, to help push forward improvements to community safety in Scotland. You will become an integral part of the organisation and our National Development Team. You will work closely with the Senior National Development Officer (SNDO) and the other NDO. Your work will be varied, often complex, sometimes challenging but rewarding and satisfying, knowing that real-world change - legislative and practical - can happen as a result of the evidence, advocacy and persuasion we help provide.

This is an excellent opportunity for candidates passionate about community safety, keen to help build resilient communities, and alive to issues affecting citizens and neighbourhoods in Scotland. You will be welcomed as an essential colleague and co-worker, into a team who are looking forward to working with you. SCSN is a progressive, person-centred, compassionate organisation, among the first to trial and permanently adopt 4-day working, with no loss of pay or conditions. SCSN offers staff generous annual leave and wellbeing days too, to help support mental health.

We encourage you to visit our website, to see what we do and who we are. Read the job description and person specification, and please view the short video we have made for you. If you think you are the right fit for us, we would love to hear from you.

SCSN is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and every community.

We know that not everyone has the access, skills or motivation to be online, but we also know that providing that access can be life changing. If you feel the same way, we have an opportunity that could be perfect for you.

This role is based in our Digital and Development Department, working across our programme of digital inclusion initiatives and supporting organisations funded to undertake digital inclusion projects.

We’re looking for someone who has a good working knowledge of poverty and inequality, and how this impacts on digital inclusion.

Our team has a wide-ranging portfolio of upcoming work. This will be of interest to candidates who would like an opportunity to make an impact on how we reach those most affected by digital exclusion and poverty, helping them access essential digital services. Our current work plan includes the re-design of Connecting Scotland and thematic projects focused on harm reduction, Technology-Enabled Care (TEC) and digital ethics, as well as ongoing work on Essential Digital Skills and supporting community-based digital inclusion partnerships.

To help us deliver this programme of work we’re looking for someone who understands the digital inclusion landscape in Scotland, and has a good working knowledge of service design and applying agile project management methodologies to their work.

Introduction to Community Renewal Trust

ommunity Renewal Trust is a dynamic and innovative organisation at the cutting-edge of work towards ending persistent poverty in Scotland.

In keeping with our atmosphere of trusting and valuing our staff we offer generous benefits, policies and a flexible approach to working.

Community Renewal Trust works among deprived communities to develop, deliver and share better approaches to unlocking flourishing lives and flourishing neighbourhoods. These approaches always place people and communities in the lead: listening to them, identifying their strengths, supporting them on their terms, and building their capacity to flourish.

Community Renewal Trust alleviates poverty by engaging and forming trusting relationships with individuals, whole families and whole communities together then supporting them by combining holistic case management (e.g. around income, work, health, wellness) with community development (e.g. forming new community activities/groups).

The role will be as part of our Pennywell Neighborhood Team specialising in providing employability support to local people presently facing unemployment and who are actively seeking to return to work. The successful applicant will also support other colleagues with different specialisms working in the same communities. From time-to-time employment support will also be provided to clients across Edinburgh. Due to the client group, evening and/or Saturday work may be required. Outreach work will be required.

We are keen to hear from people with experience and/or knowledge an interest in areas of support such as Digital Skills training / Income Maximization / Self-employment / Housing Advice and Employer Engagement/partnerships

Capital City Partnership is delighted to share this exciting job opportunity with all partnership agencies (applications for secondment are welcomed).

Capital City Partnership (CCP) is an arm’s length company of the City of Edinburgh Council and is tasked with the operational development, management and support of local and regional employability and poverty reduction measures.

Funded by National Lottery Young Start, the Youth Engagement Officer will play an integral role in shaping and developing the pioneering Whole Family Equality Project (WFEP), ensuring that the joined-up support is offered to those from minority ethnic backgrounds who are affected by poverty and disadvantage.

The Youth Engagement Officer role will be an exciting and varied role: including engagement with young people, families and communities, participation in our Citizen’s panel, multi-agency working with delivery partners, and contribution to shaping the evolving Joined Up for Families strategy with the aspiration to lift ethnic minority families out of poverty.

For details, please find the attached Job Description. We are keen to hear from organisations who have staff that would be interested in a secondment opportunity and welcome the chance to work with voluntary and community-based organisations in partnership. Should you require further information, please contact Ying Zhang, Strategy and Development Manager on 07513 233614 or ying.zhang@capitalcitypartnership.org .