Our Leith-based Sheltered Housing development is recruiting for a new part-time Cleaner to join our friendly team. As our Cleaner, you’ll play an important part in helping us provide a supportive, caring, and friendly environment for all our sheltered tenants.

There are two parts to this role. This first part is to ensure all common areas are cleaned to the highest standards, in line with our procedures and health and safety requirements. The second part is to assist with delivering social events, such as lunch clubs, coffee mornings and various fundraisers.

We’re looking for someone reliable, thorough, and friendly, who can work on their own initiative and take responsibility for the common area cleaning tasks. There is a requirement for some flexibility to assist with social activities, although we are looking for someone to work Monday – Wednesday/Friday 9am – 12pm and Thursday 9am – 1pm.

The new post holder will primarily be based at Hermitage Court but will also be required to provide holiday cover in our other developments, which are also in Leith.

In return, we offer generous holidays of 35 days per year full-time, rising to 37 after three years (pro rata for part time), a workplace pension scheme, membership of our rewards and discount scheme, as well as various initiatives to support employee wellbeing.

Harbour Homes is Leith and north Edinburgh’s biggest social landlord, providing thousands of affordable homes from Portobello to Granton and everywhere in between. It’s our mission to: ‘make a positive impact on people’s lives in Leith and north Edinburgh by providing affordable homes and services and creating brilliant communities.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced trainer to use their commercial know how and qualifications to make a difference to the people of Leith and North Edinburgh.

Working as part of the Harbour Homes Placemaking Team your role will be to promote, design and deliver quality training to new and existing commercial customers with revenue generated financing local community projects. You will also be responsible for some of the internal training delivery to the Harbour Homes group.

Educated to HND level, you will have at least 3 years’ experience in a training delivery role. In addition, you will be accredited to a relevant body which will allow you to deliver IOSH and other H&S courses, including Emergency First Aid and First Aid at Work and if required Mental Health First Aid.

You will have experience of developing and delivering original training content to specification both classroom based and online.

Delivery will largely be based in Edinburgh, although depending on commercial need there may be some travel to Fife and wider areas.

Ownership of a car is essential for which relevant expenses will be paid.

Harbour is Leith and north Edinburgh’s biggest social landlord, providing thousands of affordable homes from Portobello to Granton and everywhere in between. We’ve been contributing to the regeneration of local areas since 1975, and it’s our mission to: ‘make a positive impact on people’s lives in Leith and north Edinburgh by providing affordable homes and services and creating brilliant communities”.

The post will be subject to a Police Standard Disclosure Check.

We are seeking a voluntary member to join the Harbour Homes Board and Finance and Risk Committee.

We are a Registered Social Landlord providing thousands of affordable homes in and around Leith. We have award winning developments stretching from Granton to Portobello! You can find out more about Harbour online at Harbour.

If you have a background, skills or experience in Finance, Risk Management and/ or Treasury we want to hear from you!

In addition, ideally, you will also have skills, experience or an interest in one or more of the other areas below – no formal qualifications are required.

• Community Development
• Local Economic Development
• Public Health and Wellbeing
• Property / architecture
• Eco / sustainability
• Digital
• Human Resource
• Legal

In each year we have four formal Board meetings, three Finance and Risk Committee meetings plus two away days with board members of other parts of Harbour, including Harbour Lettings, Harbour Connections and Harbour multi-Trades.

As a voluntary board member you will have the opportunity to:

• play an important role in the development of a growing, ambitious and award-winning group
• put your experience, skills and knowledge to constructive use
• develop your own knowledge, experience and personal skills
• network with others with shared commitment and ideals
• contribute to the Group’s visions to make a positive impact on people’s lives in Leith and north Edinburgh by providing affordable homes and services, and creating brilliant communities.

Our Leith-based Sheltered Housing development is recruiting for a new part-time Cleaner to join our friendly team. As our Cleaner, you’ll play an important part in helping us provide a supportive, caring, and friendly environment for all our sheltered tenants.

There are two parts to this role. This first part is to ensure all common areas are cleaned to the highest standards, in line with our procedures and health and safety requirements. The second part is to assist with delivering social events, such as lunch clubs, coffee mornings and various fundraisers.

We’re looking for someone reliable, thorough, and friendly, who can work on their own initiative and take responsibility for the common area cleaning tasks. There is a requirement for some flexibility to assist with social activities, although we are looking for someone to work Monday to Friday 9am-12pm.

The new post holder will primarily be based at Jameson Place but will also be required to provide holiday cover in our other developments, which are also in Leith.

In return, we offer generous holidays of 35 days per year full-time, rising to 37 after three years (pro rata for part time), a choice of workplace pensions, membership of our rewards and discount scheme, as well as various initiatives to support employee wellbeing.

Harbour Homes is Leith and north Edinburgh’s biggest social landlord, providing thousands of affordable homes from Portobello to Granton and everywhere in between. It’s our mission to: ‘make a positive impact on people’s lives in Leith and north Edinburgh by providing affordable homes and services and creating brilliant communities.

We think our new Energy Advice Officer posts will make a big difference to the lives of our customers and we can’t wait to start offering this important service on a wider basis. Part-funded by the Big Lottery Cost of Living Fund, the two postholders will share their knowledge and compassion with a wide range of customers.

The postholders will be employed by Harbour Homes and will provide an energy advice service to the customers of a seven-strong consortium of small, locally based, registered social landlords in Edinburgh, and so will work in a range of locations. We’re looking for people who can hit the ground running, with experience of providing energy advice and advocacy work to a very diverse group of customers. You must be prepared to go out and about, depending on service need.

Harbour Homes is Leith and North Edinburgh’s biggest social landlord, providing thousands of affordable homes from Portobello to Granton and everywhere in between. We’ve been contributing to the regeneration of local areas since 1975, and it’s our mission to: ‘make a positive impact on people’s lives in Leith and north Edinburgh by providing affordable homes and services and creating brilliant communities’.

For the past 45 years Harbour Homes has been providing high quality affordable housing and actively contributing to the regeneration of Leith and North Edinburgh, in line with our Group mission ‘to make a positive impact on people’s lives in Leith and north Edinburgh by providing affordable homes and services and creating brilliant communities’.

We are seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic Welfare Rights/Money Advice Officer to join our Tenant Advice service, based in our office in Leith. You will provide an excellent service to our tenants to ensure that income is maximised through welfare benefits and debt and budgeting advice. You will have excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills and be able to work with minimum supervision.

The main purpose of the role is to:

• Carry out benefits check

• Advise on entitlements

• Assist with benefit applications

• Liaise with DWP, CEC and other agencies

• Prepare for and represent customers at benefit appeals and tribunals

• Provide high quality, specialist debt counselling, debt adjusting and budgeting advice to our tenants to ensure that income is maximised, and tenancies sustained

• Carry out case checks for colleagues to ensure compliance and quality of advice to ensure all data and statistical information is recorded accurately

You will have a thorough and current knowledge of welfare benefits and money/debt advice with at least 2 years’ relevant experience working in this field, along with a good general level of education. You should also be familiar with case recording on AdvicePro.

This post is subject to Police Check Standard Disclosure.

For the past 45 years Port of Leith Housing Association has been providing high quality affordable homes and actively contributing to the regeneration of Leith and North Edinburgh. It’s an exciting time to join our group which has grown to include three other companies, TB Mackay Energy Services, Persevere Developments and Quay Community Improvements. We are also just about to launch new names and branding for our group.

We have ambitious plans to create even more excellent affordable homes and provide life-changing services to the brilliant communities that make up Leith and north Edinburgh, and our Communications & Marketing Team is growing to help turn these plans into reality.

We are looking for someone to join our small team who loves Leith and north Edinburgh as much as we do, and who is eager to assist with communications and marketing activities aimed at internal and external stakeholders, in both not for profit and commercial settings.

The successful candidate will predominantly assist with the delivery of multi-channel communications and marketing materials and campaigns for our multi-trades, maintenance and repairs company, TB Mackay Energy Services. However, they will also have the opportunity to work across the rest of our group in what promises to be a varied and exciting role.

This opportunity is likely to suit a recent graduate or a graduate with one-two years’ experience in a similar role.

For the past 45 years Port of Leith HA has been providing high quality affordable housing and actively contributing to the regeneration of Leith and North Edinburgh, in line with our Group mission ‘to make a positive impact on people’s lives in Leith and north Edinburgh by providing affordable homes and services and creating brilliant communities’.

We have ambitious plans to create more affordable homes and provide life-changing services to the brilliant communities that make up Leith and north Edinburgh, and we are seeking a Tenant Participation Coordinator to help us achieve this.

We are looking for someone who loves Leith and north Edinburgh as much as we do, and who has a strong track record of encouraging and supporting tenants to participate in and influence decisions taken by their Registered Social Landlord.

The successful candidate will also collaborate with colleagues across our subsidiaries to facilitate the involvement of our Mid Market Rent tenants, and other customers, in service improvement.

If you are passionate about working with tenants to improve service delivery and adopting fresh approaches to tenant participation, we want to hear from you.

For the past 45 years Port of Leith HA has been providing high quality affordable housing and actively contributing to the regeneration of Leith and North Edinburgh, in line with our Group mission ‘to make a positive impact on people’s lives in Leith and north Edinburgh by providing affordable homes and services and creating brilliant communities’.

We are looking for an experienced Customer Advisor to join our dedicated team of customer service professionals. In this key role, the post-holder will be responsible for contributing to the customer experience, ensuring excellent customer service is always received by our client base. The successful candidate must have demonstrable experience of delivering excellent customer service and be able to work well in a dynamic and busy team.

The team is made up of seven permanent members of staff. We all work closely together, both within the team and with the wider Association, in a friendly and supportive working environment, sharing ideas and information. Due to Covid restrictions we are all working from home but hope to be back soon within PoLHA’s modern office premises on Constitution Street, in the heart of Leith. The office is close to cafes, shops and restaurants and is conveniently located for several public transport routes, including the Newhaven tram link which opens in 2023.

Port of Leith Housing Association offers an excellent benefits package and is able to provide opportunities for training and development.

We have ambitious plans to create more excellent affordable homes and provide life-changing services to the brilliant communities that make up Leith and north Edinburgh, and our Communications & Marketing team is growing to help turn the plans into reality.

We are looking for someone to join our small team who loves Leith and north Edinburgh as much as we do, and who has a strong track record of developing effective multi-channel communications and marketing content and campaigns.

The successful candidate will be well versed at managing a wide range of audiences to include internal and external stakeholders in both not for profit and commercial settings.

We are undergoing a rebranding exercise, making this is an exciting time to join the organisation. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the rollout of our new branding.