About Us

The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest funder of community activity in the UK – we support people and communities to prosper and thrive.

National Lottery players raise an incredible £30 million a week for good causes. This money funds projects and activities that transform communities, protect our heritage and enrich lives through arts, spots and culture. We are proud to be one of 12 distributors responsible for awarding this funding across the UK.

Thanks to National Lottery players, last year we were able to award over half a billion pounds of life-changing funding to UK communities, supporting thousands of projects making a real difference to people’s lives.

Over eight in ten of our grants were for under £10,000 going to grassroots groups and charities across the UK doing great things to support their communities, during a particularly tough time.

We also distribute non-National Lottery funds, working closely with Government on funding for important issues, such as tackling loneliness, multiple and complex needs, mental health and distributing Dormant Accounts money.

Over the last five years we’ve awarded a total of £3.4 billion, of which £2.7 billion is National Lottery money.

We fund things that matter – whether helping communities respond positively to national, regional or local priorities, or helping the UK achieve its big social ambitions. Our grants range from £500 up to multi-million-pound programmes – supporting people and projects to do extraordinary things and bring great ideas for their community to life.

About the Role

You’ll be part of a team of Funding Officers, led by a Funding Manager, responsible for our grant-making activity in a geographical area. This will include advice, assessment, grant management and learning. You will ensure that our funding responds to the local context, our commitment to equity and inclusion and challenge yourself and colleagues to continually improve the way we work.

You will build good working relationships with people and organisations in the area you cover. This will include reaching out to new and different groups, supporting people who are applying and continuing to work with them after a grant has been awarded. You will be rewarded by seeing groups thrive with your support.

You will be responsible for understanding how an organisation’s ideas align with our funding priorities and making good judgements about when to take an application further or when to signpost to alternative opportunities. You will be able to communicate clearly and concisely your recommendations about who and what we fund. Your natural curiosity combined with a genuine interest in people and projects in your area will enable you to try new approaches and develop your understanding of what works.

You will represent the Fund within your local area and create opportunities for people to come together. You will share learning with other colleagues within and outside the Fund so that we can make the greatest difference.

Based on ENABLE Group’s three pillars – ENABLE Scotland, ENABLE Works and ENABLE Cares – we are one of the most impactful organisations in delivering support, employability and skills services, and advocacy on behalf of people with additional support needs and their families in communities across Scotland. ENABLE Group is at the forefront of innovation in the provision of our services, as we work to achieve a more equal society on behalf of all those we support.

We now have an opportunity for a Diverse Communities Facilitator to join our Charity team.

The primary role of the Diverse Communities Facilitator is to lead the development and facilitation of ENABLE Scotland’s ACE and Family Connect Strategy with a particular focus on engagement with ethnically diverse communities.

The Diverse Communities Facilitator will work with our members towards an equal society for every person who has a learning disability. They will:

• work to grow the ENABLE Community in their area with a particular focus on the building of relationships and connections with people within ethnically diverse communities.
• work with the organisation to develop relationships, tools and resources to encourage engagement with with individuals and families who identify as part of ethnically diverse communities
• coordinate and facilitate ACE groups for all, in line with the ENABLE Scotland Participation Plan.
• coordinate and facilitate Family Connect groups in line with the ENABLE Scotland Participation Plan.

About You

At ENABLE Scotland we are striving towards an equal society for all people who have a learning disability. We acknowledge that currently our membership does not represent the diversity of the communities in which we work. For this reason we would particularly welcome applicants from individuals from ethnically diverse communities. To support our engagement the ideal candidate will have fluency in at least two community languages including English

The ideal candidate would be supportive of our ambitions to engage meaningfully with the wider community and be willing ,as part of their role, to share their insight into how we can improve our approach to inclusivity as a committed anti-racist organisation.

Knowledge

• Commitment to ENABLE Scotland’s mission and values
• Knowledge and understanding of the barriers faced by individuals and families from minority ethnic groups when accessing support and services.
• Good understanding of the voluntary sector environment.
• Knowledge and understanding of issues faced by people who use support services and how this can impact on their life.
• Good understanding of national and local priorities relating to learning disability, family carers, and other related issues.
• An understanding of the value of involving people who have learning disabilities and their families.

Core Skills

• Excellent communication skills including oral, written, facilitation and presentation skills essential.
• Fluency in at least two community languages, including English
• Ability to establish personal credibility to build and sustain good working relationships.
• Excellent prioritisation and time management skills.
• Computer literacy, including word processing and use of Microsoft Office.
• Good analytical problem-solving skills.
• A self-starter, able to take the initiative and work independently in developing projects.
• A clean and valid UK / EU Driver’s license would be beneficial

Experience

• Experience of working in a community setting.
• Experience of youth or community work.
• Experience of member involvement in activism or campaigning.
• A team player who can build good working relationships both internally and externally to provide the best platform for ENABLE Scotland’s work.

About Us

What’s also great about ENABLE Group is that we’re passionate about developing all our staff and provide an extensive training programme, combined with a commitment to create career development opportunities.

We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:

• Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Season Ticket Loans

Remember, this is an exciting opportunity to join a group which is shaking up the social care sector in Scotland and making a real difference to people’s lives. Don’t miss the chance to help shape this journey.

ENABLE group is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.

Are you looking for a role where every day is different and you work in a team to make a real difference to young people’s lives?

Do you want to do job in the community where you’ll work one-to-one with young people and not stuck behind a desk?

If so, this role may be the perfect opportunity for you!

About the post

Using an outreach approach, the post holder will provide key work, careers guidance and tailored support to young people identified by their school as at risk of leaving without a positive destination, likely to be struggling to engage with mainstream curriculum and have experienced disrupted attendance.

About you

Our keyworker will be experienced in working with young people and have experience or understanding of mental health issues.

You should be experienced in working with vulnerable young people, have the ability to build excellent working relationships; and be positive, creative and flexible in delivering support. You should also have the ability to demonstrate our values of compassion, respect, integrity and innovation in the work that you do.

How we’ll support you

You’ll be working independently as part of a team of skilled, experienced keyworkers with a supportive manager. We will encourage you use your creativity to innovate new activities, and support you to introduce them.

You will have access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme, and staff wellbeing services.

About the service

Cyrenians Key to Potential service provides holistic, person-centred support, to help young people coming up to school leaving age to progress into further education, training, or secure employment. This new post is an extension to the Key to Potential project, in response to increasing demand.

About us

At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness. We understand that there are many routes into homelessness, and that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to supporting people towards more positive and stable futures. That’s why all our work is values-led and relationships-based.

Our values

• Compassion: We believe that everyone should have the chance to change, no matter how long that might take.

• Respect: We believe in tolerance, acceptance, valuing diversity and treating each other as equals.

• Integrity: We are committed to the highest quality of work, grounded in honesty, generosity, sincerity and professionalism.

• Innovation: We are willing to take risks, challenge convention and be creative in our search for new ways of working, in particular by taking account of the environmental impact of our decisions.

We are seeking to recruit a variety of staff, with a range of skills and experience. We are particularly interested in hearing from individuals with skills and expertise in retail, employability, IT/digital, dance and performance.

This role includes supporting students in workshops of their choosing, working one to one with students, and facilitating workshops. The role also involves supporting people with personal care, as and when required.

We are recruiting for full time staff who can work 30 hours a week, between the hours of 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday. Upmo is a Living Wage Employer; the rate of pay for this role is £10.50 per hour.