We have an exciting opportunity to work as part of The Church of Scotland, Faith Action Recruitment Team. The postholder will lead the strategic development of recruitment to the recognised ministries of the Church of Scotland as well as lead the team which prepares, develops and supports those exploring a call to ministry.

The successful candidate will have a working knowledge of Ministry recruitment and an understanding of the demands of ministry as it is practised in the context of a national church. Significant experience of effective leadership while managing programmes and multiple projects must be demonstrated. They will have a creative outlook to explore new innovative ways of working with the ability to effectively communicate across a wide-ranging ideological, social and theological base.

The successful candidate is required to be a committed Christian with a live Church connection, which is a Genuine Occupational Requirement in terms of the Equality Act 2010.

Could you be part of something different? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of the people in our parishes and communities.

We are looking for someone with the energy and desire to see faith develop amongst the children, youth, and young families within our parishes, and work as part of a team to help develop a healthy, growing, missional and transformational community within Patna Waterside and Dalmellington Parishes.

Carr Gomm is one of Scotland’s leading social care and community development charities; we strive to support people to achieve their individual hopes and dreams every day. We know our work is challenging and very rewarding, and we require people with a flexible and inspirational approach who are able to find innovative solutions with people, not for them.

Responsibilities and Success Factors:

As one of our Marketing & Communication Officers, you will work across Scotland to establish and cultivate relationships with people who share our mission and aim.

You will support the business development team in representing the organisation by liaising with a wide range of people; be it building relationships with commissioners and partners, inspiring others to fundraise, or creating videos featuring our staff and the people we support.

Reporting to Media & Communications Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the team with a wide variety of projects. Examples of your work include supporting the team to:

• research potential development, communication and engagement opportunities
• support communications and marketing projects, within the context of the Strategic Plan and the team’s priorities areas of fundraising, tendering and marketing
• support the creation an extensive photo and video library as part of the organisation’s PR assets
• administer and maintain accurate databases, systems and processes to ensure efficiency and inform decision making

Successful projects officers come from different backgrounds and have a range of work and life experiences. All have a keen eye for detail and a flair for engaging with and relating to people, and all share our values; respect, interdependence, choice, control, openness and honesty. In our eyes, the best officers are focused, creative, tech-savvy, patient, positive, and self-motivated team players who are wonderful ambassadors, analytical thinkers, excellent storytellers, and passionate world changers

About us

At Simon Community Scotland, our vision is for everyone to have a safe place to live with access to the help they need. Every day we help make positive things happen for people facing extremely difficult circumstances. Everything we do is about and for people: the people we support, our staff, our partners and everyone affected by homelessness.

Leading the way

We have been leading on digital inclusion within the homelessness sector for the past 5 years through our national programme Get Digital Scotland. As a response to the pandemic, we launched a new, innovative initiative called Get Connected to help the people we support get online and access all of the benefits of the digital world.

Get connected initiatives

What we did

In 2021 we connected 100 people experiencing homelessness with a digital device, unlimited connectivity and support in our Get Connected 100 project - the results were TRULY LIFE CHANGING!

(see Podcast and Report below).

What’s next

We are now expanding this groundbreaking, sector leading project and are looking for a person with drive, passion and ambition to support us to take it to the next level. We have received significant funding to connect a further 500 people experiencing homelessness to the digital world over the next 18 months and we CAN’T WAIT to deliver more incredible outcomes for the people we support.

What We Need

We need an outstanding candidate to join our award winning team, to support our national digital inclusion programme (Get Digital Scotland) across the homelessness sector nationally.

Are you interested?

Are you interested in joining an amazing team and supporting this truly inspirational project? Are you interested in this opportunity to deliver life changing outcomes for people experiencing homelessness?

We have strong evidence to demonstrate this approach works (listen to the podcast / read the report below), and now we need an outstanding person to join our team to support us in the delivery of the project.