goodmoves

We are a grassroots community project that supports many of the most vulnerable people in Edinburgh and its surrounds. These include people who are roughsleeping, homeless, temporarily housed, who have a disability, mental illness or mental health issue as well as people coming out of the criminal justice system, have issues with drugs or alcohol or who are simply very isolated.

Do you want to be part of the mulit-award winning dynamic and compassionate team who support over 500 people a year using partnership, a strengths based social enterprise approach and an asset based community approach to transform lives?

We’re looking for a Service Manager, someone who can:

• deliver the best outcomes for our Members, to enable individuals to develop to their full potential.
• provide inspiring leadership to and management of a team of sessional staff, students and Volunteer
• ensure that the Grassmarket Community Project complies with best practice, recommended evidence-based approaches, Asset Based/Strength Based approaches and all minimum legal Standards, Regulations and Statutory Guidance

Is that you ?

Help us build the capacity of our leadership & exec team, enjoy excellent terms and conditions including personal & professional development days, and help us transform the lives of many of Edinburgh’s most vulnerable.

As part of the organisation’s Benefits Advice Service, you will be responsible for assessing the individual entitlements of people affected by MND in the North of Scotland, and helping them to maximise the financial support available to them.

MND Scotland is looking for someone to support people affected by Motor Neurone Disease to access the benefits to which they’re entitled. Ensuring provision of the advice and practical assistance needed to maximise the financial support available to individuals and families affected by MND.

This is a key role within the Benefits Advice Service. You will work with people affected by MND to identify their entitlements, based on their individual circumstances, and submit appropriate applications. Liaising with public bodies, as required, assisting clients in navigating often complex application processes and ensuring speedy access to benefits. Reassuring people with MND that they are being supported through a difficult situation.

You will be a highly motivated individual, have experience in welfare and benefits, have excellent communication skills and enjoy new challenges. A clear understanding of statutory welfare and benefits systems and processes is essential. As well as an awareness of the barriers faced by people with significant illness in society.

This post supports families affected by MND in the local authorities of Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Falkirk, Fife, Highland, Moray, Perth and Kinross, Orkney, Stirling and Shetland.

Reporting to the Head of Direct Services, you will:

· Work with people affected by MND in line with the principles and aims of the organisation.

· Empower and involve people affected by MND as much as possible in decisions that affect them.

· Manage your workload efficiently and in accordance with the policies and procedures of the organisation.

· Liaise with colleagues in other teams to develop the support they, and the organisation, gives to people affected by MND.

· Promote and raise awareness of the organisation and its services.

The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the organisation’s mission to reduce the impact of MND on the lives of those affected today and provide hope for a world without MND tomorrow.

Big Bike Revival Scotland:

The Bike Big Revival Scotland is a community-based cycling initiative, focused on supporting a range of community organisations and agencies to engage with a wider audience though events, training, promotion and community cycling activities.

Scope of Role:

To manage the delivery of the Big Bike Revival in Scotland; this established programme engages voluntary sector organisations, community groups and grassroots groups to facilitate a programme of cycling events, training, activities and opportunities throughout the year. Funded by Scottish Government, the initiative aims to support more people in Scotland to get cycling by supporting grassroots organisations to offer cycling activities to their communities.

Working with National Active Travel Delivery Partners, such as Sustrans and Cycling Scotland, you will manage the delivery of ambitious project targets. Working closely with Cycling UK colleagues, national active travel partners and local stakeholders you will be enabling over 20,000 people to get cycling, distribute £80,000 in community grant funds and coordinate the delivery of 500 events and activities

You will have line management responsibilities for 12 members (around 6 full time equivalent) of field staff, each one working from home in locations covering the length and breadth of Scotland. Your duties will require you to support each member of the BBR field team, monitor individual staff budgets and targets, coordinate team meetings and support personal development and appraisals.

Could you help decide how National Lottery money supports communities in Scotland?

The National Lottery Community Fund (the Fund) is the largest community funder in the UK. We are recruiting a new Scotland Committee member. The Scotland Committee sets the direction of our work and takes decisions about our large grants in Scotland. There are seven members including the Chair. We are looking for someone who will add to the broad base of knowledge, skills and experience of current members.

The National Lottery Community Fund: People in the Lead

We believe that when people are in the lead communities thrive, forming relationships, developing skills and sharing ideas. This is the goal we’re working towards - a society where people can take the lead in growing happy, sustainable communities.

We help fund all kinds of organisations in Scotland. Our funding ranges from small grants of under £10,000 through, National Lottery Awards for All Scotland, to large grants in excess of £500,000 investing in projects to develop community owned assets, tackle issues like loss, isolation and loneliness or deliver new approaches to supporting families through early intervention work. Further details of our programmes can be found here: tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding

In 2018/19 we awarded 1,098 grants worth over £50 million supporting organisations in every local authority area in Scotland.

Our commitment to supporting Scotland’s young people to thrive continued as we refreshed our Young Start fund, awarding £4 million to projects which put young people at the heart of planning and delivering activity.

But we’re more than just a funder. We also collaborate with other funders, charities and individuals, sharing knowledge and building partnerships, so we can all be as effective as possible. We like to bring our stakeholders and the groups we fund together so that they can share their learning, influence policy and practice and strengthen links between them.

Skills and Experience Required

We want our Committee to have a broad base of knowledge, skills and experience and to reflect the diversity of modern society and the communities that we serve.

Our focus on places has seen the development of closer relationships in communities across Scotland. This has increased opportunities for Committee members work more closely with our Area Teams and engage directly with local stakeholders, grant holders and people who want to apply for funding. The skills and experience we are seeking for this role reflect the need to engage effectively at this level as well as performing core committee roles.

The following criteria are essential for this role:

• An understanding of and interest in the Scottish social, cultural and political landscape and the role of the voluntary and community sector in it.
• An understanding of the principles of the National Lottery Community Fund’s strategic framework ‘People in the Lead’.
• Experience of representing an organisation and willingness to represent the Fund at public events.
• A clear understanding and commitment to achieving diversity and inclusion
• The ability to understand complex issues and make decisions taking into account competing demands.
• An understanding and commitment to the principles required to hold a public post of this nature (The Nolan Principles).

We are committed to enhancing diversity and inclusion in our organisation to reflect the communities within which we work and proactively encourage applications from all groups and communities.

Time Commitment and Remuneration

The time commitment is expected to be an average of two days per month to include the following:

• The Scotland Committee meets seven times a year plus one annual planning day. Most meetings are in Glasgow but will be at other locations across Scotland at least once per year.
• Ad hoc attendance at project visits and meetings with other stakeholders at locations throughout the country.
• The successful candidate will receive an annual fixed payment of £5,232 plus expenses such as travel, and subsistence incurred on The National Lottery Community Fund business.
• The appointment is for an initial period of three years