Project Manager
- Full time or Part time
- £42,000 – £47,000
- West Calder (On site)
- Closing 19th May 2024
- Advertised from 26th April 2024
- Between 0.6 (three days) -1.0 (five days) FTE depending on the candidate.
Role
The Trust and The Scottish Co-operative Discovery Centre
West Calder & Harburn Community Development Trust is a community owned charitable company founded in 2013 and based in West Lothian. We deliver a range of local initiatives and projects identified and led by our community itself which include a Community Woods & Garden, a community café and shop, local events and a wellbeing support project.
We are currently a team of 10 staff who with volunteers, strive to improve the community around us via strategically designed services and initiatives which are effective in providing jobs, activities and local amenities to help improve and drive growth in the local area.
The Trust has been successful in raising the funding to develop a local landmark building to become a national class heritage attraction – The Scottish Co-operative Discovery Centre - that also helps deliver a range of local development priorities. The main capital works element of the project is one of several interlinked strands that include the exhibition, a shop, café and bistro, event and catering and an education and training programme.
The project will redevelop a derelict Victorian/Edwardian brick building of about 1200 square metres in a sympathetic manner to house the discovery centre. The building design has been developed by a design team led by Collective Architecture Ltd, has secured planning permission and is in the process of submitting for Building Warrant and commencing a two-stage traditional tender process for a main contractor with works hoped to commence later in 2024.
The project is funded by a range of funders that include The National Lottery Heritage Fund, The Scottish Government Regeneration Capital Grant Fund, Historic Environment Scotland and The UK Government Community Ownership and we are looking for a project manager to manage the capital works aspect of this project.
Job Purpose
We are seeking a highly motivated, dedicated and experienced individual to fill the role of Project Manager during the Delivery Phase of our new Scottish Co-operative Discovery Centre. The ideal candidate will be highly organised with proven experience in capital projects and in the not-for-profit sector. They will work collaboratively within a small, dedicated team led by our Project Director and be proficient in delivering multiple tasks on budget and within deadline and exhibit the drive to ensure project success and possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Application notes
Please submit a cv and introductory letter that highlights your specifically relevant experience, shows why you feel you will work well within our project team and makes clear why you are the best person for this role.
These should be sent to cdt@westcalder.org before midnight on 19th May 2024.
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Advice & Employability Worker – Whole Family Equality Project
- Full time
- £24,736 – £26,495
- Edinburgh (On site)
- Closing 13th May 2024
This is an opportunity for an Advice and Employability Worker to join our exciting partnership within the Whole Family Equality Project (WFEP). This project is built on our award winning Maximise! service and aims to ensure that this innovative model is extended to families from ethnically diverse backgrounds.
The Advice Worker will offer benefits, housing, debt and employability advice to families from ethnically diverse backgrounds who are affected by poverty and disadvantage. Based on the Maximise! whole family support model, the advisor will work in close partnership with colleagues in other organizations, in order to deliver a joined-up service which incorporates advice, family support and employability.
The successful candidate will have a good level of insight into and be sympathetic to the needs of families who may be facing multiple barriers to moving out of poverty, including the impacts of systemic disadvantage and discrimination.
The Advisor will be part of our wider CHAI ‘Advice For Families’ Team and will benefit from our comprehensive training programme, peer expertise, team support and ethos of continuous learning and development which is at the heart of our service delivery.
We know that there are significant social and economic disparities between families from ethnically diverse backgrounds and their white counterparts and that such families often experience multiple compounding factors which make their experience of poverty more complex.
Are you:
- Passionate and committed to making a meaningful difference for families and children from ethnically diverse backgrounds?
- Able to motivate, mentor and support adults looking to develop their confidence and skills and progress along the employability pathway?
- Able to quickly learn complex rules and legislation on Welfare Benefits, Debt and Housing?
- Able to grow trusting relationships in a formal setting?
- Understanding of people’s journeys and the challenges they have had in their lives, and how poverty and inequality can have an impact on them?
At CHAI we offer the following:
- Extensive training programme
- Flexible working
- Access to Simply Health benefit plan
- 33 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays)
- Enrolment to NOW Pension Scheme
- Supportive work environment
- Opportunities to improve services and make a difference.
Technical Officer
- Full time or Part time
- £28,500
- Flexible within Scotland. Option to work from home or from an office. (Hybrid)
- Closing 20th May 2024
Community Energy Scotland is looking to recruit an energetic individual who shares CES’ values to be part of a team delivering and providing support on the technical elements of projects.
Personal development opportunities, and support will be provided by Community Energy Scotland.
Working as part of a technical team in CES to provide practical & technical support for community energy project development across a portfolio of innovative projects and research activities on areas including renewable electricity generation, low carbon heat, sustainable transport, smart energy systems and building fabric improvements.
Full job description is available in the application pack below.
Energy Advisor
- Full time or Part time
- £25,500
- Selkirk with travel in Scottish Borders (Hybrid)
- Closing 20th May 2024
To provide free and impartial energy advice service to tenants and homeowners across the Scottish Borders.
The post will allow 20 days per annum annual leave plus public holidays. Additional leave may be granted to facilitate low carbon holiday travel.
Our Energy Advisors help people save energy, stay warm while spending less on fuel and develop skills and confidence to take more control of their energy use and bills. Our work plays a vital role in supporting people in, or at risk of, fuel poverty and makes an important contribution to tackling carbon emissions and climate change.
Location: Sustainable Selkirk office, 5 Tower Street, Selkirk, TD7 4LR (or hybrid of home and office), community locations and people’s homes throughout the Scottish Borders. Some local travel will be required to fulfil the needs of the project, using low-carbon sustainable travel where possible.
Senior Key Worker, Green Skills Centre
- Full time
- £28,759 – £31,595
- West Lothian, with travel across Edinburgh (On site)
- Closing 20th May 2024
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?
Are you able to lead groups and work one-to-one with young people, connecting them with the green space and supporting their skills development and next steps?
If so, this may be the perfect opportunity for you!
About the service
Our Green Skills Centre offers group training and development work to young people and other groups at risk of experiencing homelessness. We realise that many 'at risk' groups can suffer from a nature deficit and sense of disconnection which can intensify and compound the struggles people face. We aim to be a restorative and supportive influence. We offer workshops, accredited training and client-led learning pathways. Our learning work includes sustainable horticulture, market gardening, woodland skills, peer-mentoring and outdoor-education.
About the post
This is an exciting opportunity to be coordinate and help shape our new Green Skills project. You will work closely with the Green Skills Centre team to deliver courses to recent school leavers, many of whom are likely to have gained few qualifications while at school. You will ensure young people are supported throughout the course and will build relationships with each group. The role will include recruitment for the course and ensuring all delivery is done in a person-centred way. You will work with the young people during and after the course to identify the most appropriate next step for them such as further education, training or secure employment.
About you
You will be experienced in working with young people and have experience, or an understanding of mental health and the challenges young people face when leaving school.
Your ability to build excellent working relationships will enable you to motivate young people to engage with the service. You should also have an interest in green skills, land, animals and the environment.
This is a varied role that will require you to be well organised, able to work on your own initiative; and be positive, creative and flexible in providing support.
How we’ll support you
You’ll be working independently as part of a team 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 us
At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness by taking a Public Health Approach to Homelessness Prevention. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering all our services.
Read more about our impact and our values.
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