A fantastic management opportunity to oversee all outdoor-based operations, ensuring that a programme of activities, expeditions and training is safe, effectively staffed and enjoyable.

The role supports individuals, schools and youth groups to participate in a range of nature-based youth awards, including Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Sections/Expeditions.

Awards Plus supports young people who face barriers to participation and may need extra support towards personal achievements.

Main responsibilities

• Oversee and manage operational activity including AALA status, DofE requirements, City of Edinburgh Council processes, Health & Safety compliance.
• Co-ordinate expedition delivery for young people and organisations supported by Awards Plus.
• Manage partnership with City of Edinburgh Council, including meeting funding targets.

Awards Plus supports achievement for all through youth awards across Edinburgh and The Lothians.

We have an exciting part-time role for an experienced Finance & Resources Manager to help make a difference for young people. This key role within a small team manages all aspects of charity finances and oversees office functions and resources. Financial and strong organisational skills are essential; an interest in nature-based youth awards and support for young people is desirable. Flexibility, multi-tasking and a common-sense approach are required.

Main Responsibilities:

• To develop and deliver the “Duke of Edinburgh in CAMHS and the Community” Project.

• Work in partnership with NHS Lothian Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), other key partners and agencies, and young people and their families to organise and provide opportunities for young people experiencing various mental health difficulties.

• Mentor and collaborate with the young people to enable them to participate in DofE as a means of bridging the transition from CAMHS specialist mental health services to reintegration into the community.

• Support young people to choose and engage in meaningful activities, to help them cope with or recover from the effects of poor mental health and lead fulfilling lives.

Friends of the Award (FOTA) is a registered charity (SC027771) aiming to make the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) and Junior Award Scheme for Schools (JASS) accessible and achievable for all young people, regardless of their personal circumstances. We work with a range of partners across Edinburgh and the Lothians to make this happen.

We are looking for an efficient and motivated administrator to join our small staff team, working from home with regular in person meetings, usually held in central Edinburgh.

Person specification

The successful candidate must have:

• strong literacy, numeracy and IT skills, particularly with Microsoft Office
• experience of office administration, basic finance tasks and customer service
• high levels of attention to detail, the ability to work independently and as part of a team
• ability to work from home for the foreseeable future

The following skills are also desirable:

• knowledge of website maintenance
• experience with social media- Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
• experience of Xero finance system
• experience of Hubspot CRM

Key roles and responsibilities

• General office administration, co-ordination of meetings and office access
• Dealing with general customer queries, answering phone calls and emails
• Basic HR tasks- maintaining holiday calendars, collating timesheets etc
• Basic Finance tasks- allocating payments to invoices, issuing invoices, banking cheques
• Customer service- processing orders, dealing with phone and email enquiries and complaints
• Maintaining social media accounts and updating website

PVG and Child Protection requirements

The successful candidate must agree to appropriate checks under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme in Scotland and must attend Child Protection training within 3 months of starting work. Throughout your employment with us you must comply with all the requirements in our staff handbook, particularly our Child Protection and Safeguarding policies.

FOTA work to make the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) and Junior Award Scheme for Schools (JASS) achievable by all young people, regardless of their personal circumstances, needs and abilities.

Our Youth Development Project is funded by the City of Edinburgh Council and works in partnership with schools, youth and community organisations throughout Edinburgh which support young people in areas of deprivation (SIMD1-2), young people with additional support needs, young people from ethnic minority backgrounds and those facing any other barriers to participation in DofE.

Our work in the Enhanced Complex Needs(ECN) Unit at St David’s High School in Dalkeith is funded by the Agnes Hunter Trust and our staff work in partnership with school staff to help young people supported by the ECN unit. We also work within St David’s High School to support their DofE programme.

The Development Officer will work across both of these projects to support young people to work towards achieving JASS and DofE.

Please note: This post is Regulated Work with Children and so the successful candidate will be required to become a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme and complete a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure.

This post is supported in part by the City of Edinburgh Council.