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We are looking for team players who can innovate, develop and lead our Youth and Creative Projects - people who can build a strong team of volunteers to explore the themes of faith, identity and creativity. We want our building to become the creative hub of our community as a result of the work done. We want people who are passionate about faith and who believes that Jesus can change any person’s life.

We want someone who has experience and passion in using the Creative Arts to engage with a range of ages and stages across the community.

We also are looking for someone with a heart for young people, recognising the interaction of spiritual, emotional, physical and mental health, able to develop relationships and create programmes that address all of these.

It may be that these posts could be filled by the same person – we are open to that.

Carrick Knowe is a busy parish church situated in the west of Edinburgh. The church buildings act as a focal point for the community, attracting more than 800 people through the week to a variety of church and community organisations.

We are looking for a Children and Families worker to take forward an existing project which over the past seven years has successfully delivered a range of events for families in our community such as ‘Meal and a Movie’ evenings, Cooking with Children classes, and craft afternoons. There is an established network of volunteers who are available and keen to support the work.

This appointment is for twelve months initially from a mutually agreed start date. The post is part-time, 10 hours per week, paid pro-rata based on an annual salary of £25,624. You will have an operational budget to pay for events and expenses.

We would expect you to work two hours on Sunday morning and two four hour sessions during the week (flexible and negotiable). You will report to the Minister as line manager and Chair Person of the Project, and to the Project Steering Group and Kirk Session.

The Whiteinch Centre is a valuable, multi-use community hub facility based in the centre of Whiteinch Glasgow. After a long period of closure due to lockdown we are now looking ahead to the coming year and seeking to develop and re-establish our myriad community activities, training & wellbeing services within the Centre.

At the heart of our future development sits our café and kitchen training facility and we are seeking to recruit a skilled Catering Manager (25-28hrs per week) to help us develop our Café & Kitchen training facility over the coming year.

Overall Job Purpose

To supervise and organise daily operations of the Whiteinch Training kitchen & cafe including motivating staff and volunteers to provide excellent food and customer service.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee all café, food pantry and catering operations, including food preparation, inventory, equipment and special events
• Help to recruit, train and supervise café staff incl volunteers & trainees
• Prepare weekly work schedules in relation to the main kitchen, pantry & café areas
• Oversee good quality food preparation and service
• Maintain a consistent high standard of food quality, hygiene and health & safety
• Ensure café costs are within budget and identify ways to increase catering income
• Maintain records and prepare reports of daily, weekly and monthly revenues and expenses
• Keep records of all kitchen/catering related supplies and order new stock as required
• Resolve customer complaints regarding food or customer service
• Support and facilitate food provision at events and with/for partner organisations
• Suggest new menu items based on customer feedback
• Identify strategies to retain and attract customers
• Ensure the Kitchen & café areas are clean and tidy
• Promotion and marketing of the café

Other Duties

• Support the Centre Business Manager in overall Centre operations
• Take up occasional duties which will support the success of the organisation
• Identify & participate in any necessary training to acquire and develop skills
• Participate in and contribute to volunteer & staff team meetings as required
• Provide appropriate support to volunteers, interns and trainees as required
• Ensure that work is carried out in accordance with the values, equal opportunities, policies and procedures of the Whiteinch Centre

St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral is situated in the West End of our City and is a Cathedral for the Diocese of Edinburgh and for our city.

We seek to be a place where all are nurtured in faith and hope and love: through transforming encounter with God in word, music and beauty, and with one another in the warmth of welcome, the depth of theological engagement and in generous action for our community and city.

We are looking for a skilled and competent administrator to support our clergy and musicians. Excellent administrative skills are required along with the flexibility to respond to the changing demands of a busy city centre church.

Church membership is not a requirement, but applicants are expected to be sympathetic to the aims and objectives of St Mary’s Cathedral.

A full Job Description is available for download below.