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Scottish Sports Futures use the power of sport and physical activity to engage with vulnerable and disadvantaged young people in Scotland and empower them to be confident, healthy and happy.

We do this using our proven and recognised Sport for Change model and its range of person-centred, youth-led programmes that provide positive experiences, inspiring role models, engaging social education, training, and youth volunteering opportunities. As a result, we seek to encourage a positive change in young people’s attitudes and behaviour that enables them to recognise and fulfil their potential, and to make a valuable contribution to their peers and their community.

We are proud to have a culture which is inclusive and collaborative, where our people are valued and supported to lead and develop ground-breaking initiatives with young people and communities at the heart.

Responding to the immediate challenges of the current pandemic has meant that SSF has had to adapt and adjust how we work. Moving forward, more emphasis will be placed on the areas of marketing, enterprise development, and alignment of these business priorities. This new enterprise development role will be focused on building relationships digitally and face-to-face to grow our customer base.

The role

The Enterprise Development Manager will have responsibility for leading the development and implementation of new trading activities for the organisation. The successful candidate will play a key role in the diversification of funding streams across the organisation, leading and supporting the successful development of trading enterprise for the charity. This is a front facing role and you will be required to develop and nurture strategic partnerships and work closely with partners to generate unrestricted income.

This work will involve close collaboration with the public, private, and third sectors. We are looking for someone with an understanding and experience of working across sectors, establishing relationships, and taking an innovative approach to income generation.

You will work with staff, board members, volunteers, and partners to create a viable, vibrant, and valued enterprise development strategy that serves our purpose.

This role will support and promote SSF’s strategic goals of Developing People, Improving Health and Wellbeing, and Strengthening Communities.

Main duties:

· Increase trading income – taking existing products to new markets and working with the Senior Team to develop new products for existing markets

· Lead on developing relationships, this is a key front facing role

· Identify and follow up key prospects to buy SSF products

· Establish and cultivate potential partnerships: third sector, public, corporate and sponsorship opportunities

· Relationship management utilising CRM system

We are looking for a full time Activity Co-ordinator to work within the Lanarkshire area.

The purpose of the post will be to engage with families and support them to access our services such as play therapy, peer support, sport and social activities. By having a dedicated worker in the area, it will help to remove any barriers which families feel might prevent them from accessing additional support as well as raising additional awareness of the services that REACH provide in the local area.

Venture Trust works with people experiencing complicated life circumstances. Through the provision of wilderness-based personal and social development programmes, we equip them with the confidence, motivation and core life skills that they need to make positive changes in their lives.

We have an exciting opportunity for a new Outreach Worker to join our team in our West hub. You will primarily work in Ayrshire but may be required to work in Glasgow and surrounding areas as needed. Our Outreach Workers deliver high quality participant support across the range of Venture Trust programmes, to engage participants in a dynamic and progressive community and wilderness-based personal development opportunity.

The successful candidate will undertake the initial assessment of potential participants for our programmes (Phase 1), preparing and supporting them to undertake their wilderness journey (Phase 2), including induction to their SQA Personal Development Award where relevant. Upon return to their community (Phase 3), you will continue to work closely with participants to develop and maintain community links, supporting them into sustained positive destinations, including education, training, volunteering or employment. You will also help to collate SQA portfolios from Phase 2, delivering and assessing final bodies of work. Additionally, you will help to promote the programme with stakeholders, providing progress updates for referring partners and agents to develop and maintain effective relationships.

Ideal candidates will have qualifications in youth work, community development or a related discipline and/or an equivalent level of experience working with vulnerable and disaffected individuals. You will also ideally be qualified as an SQA Assessor and have a strong knowledge of voluntary and statutory sectors in Scotland. You will have excellent communication skills with the ability to connect with stakeholders at all levels, and strong time management skills to manage a varied and demanding workload. An ability to work effectively under your own initiative is crucial. Experience of development training and knowledge of drug, alcohol and youth/Criminal Justice related issues would be an advantage. Please note a driving license and access to a vehicle is an essential requirement of this role.

We offer a range of generous benefits including 28 days annual leave and 9 public and bank holiday days, flexible working and a joint contributory pension scheme.

Venture Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity in employment and follows an equal opportunities policy.

Are you passionate about delivering great services? Do you have expertise in leading teams to improve processes and deliver excellent customer care? Are you digitally confident? You may be just the person we are looking for.

We’re looking for an experienced service manager with a strong background in delivering large contracts and services to ensure the continued successful delivery of Connecting Scotland. Ideally you will have experience of quality assurance, process improvement and compliance as well as a strong understanding of approaches to monitoring and evaluation.

Connecting Scotland is a major programme developed as a result of the pandemic to support people who are digitally excluded to get online. Working with hundreds of partners in communities across Scotland, people are provided with a combination of devices, internet connectivity and digital skills support to help them with learning, life and work during the pandemic. Connecting Scotland is funded by the Scottish Government and supported by all Scotland’s Local Authorities, as well as hundreds of organisations from across the public, private and third sectors.

This post will be responsible for managing the Connecting Scotland service and leading the team and suppliers responsible for providing support to both partner organisations and end users.