Closing date: 10 December 2019 at 11.30pm
We’re looking for a proactive individual with experience of using community organising approaches and/or working in a charity, political or social campaigning environment to join us as a Community Organiser. Experience of local political and policymaking systems and how to influence them is also required.
A decent, safe and affordable home is a fundamental human need, yet tens of thousands of people across Scotland struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, unaffordable rents and the threat of eviction. Our strategy sets out a new approach to support local communities to demand long term solutions to this housing emergency, including the delivery of more social housing and to defend hard-won housing rights. To achieve this we are creating a network of Community Organisers, who will be located in each of our Hubs in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee by the end of our three year strategy.
Community Organising differs significantly from one-off charity campaigning and service user participation or co-production as an approach to achieving change. It is a process that seeks to put power in the hands of the people affected by a social injustice or societal problems. We need ambitious individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve in Glasgow.
Organising, engaging, influencing and working in local communities is critical to all that we do, and this includes running national and local campaigns, influencing politicians and working to build a network of active and motivated campaign supporters. Join us, and you could soon be helping to grow and develop local activism in Glasgow.
About the role
As a Community Organiser, you’ll play an important role in developing local community responses to the housing emergency in and around Glasgow, coordinating and delivering a range of community-based activity including rights awareness workshops and developing and facilitating local activist groups. You will develop local knowledge and create a community organising plan, working closely with the teams in the Glasgow hub and across Shelter Scotland.
We will rely on you to build on existing national and local campaigns and priorities and develop that further in the Glasgow context. Understanding the local dynamic, identifying opportunities, managing projects and motivating others to get involved will also be a large part of this role. You will work closely with the various teams including Glasgow Hub, Campaigns, Policy and Communication amongst others, to ensure the Glasgow community organising activity aligns with existing workstreams and national priorities.
About you
As well as experience of delivering effective community organising activity and/or working in a charity/social campaigning environment, you have a good understanding of local political and policymaking systems and how they operate. We’re also looking for a proven ability to work with and represent an organisation effectively to a range of stakeholders. A good project manager, with lots of enthusiasm and a ‘can-do’ approach, you have strong influencing and negotiating skills too. Finally, while prior housing and homelessness working experience is not a requirement, you’ll need a passion for Shelter Scotland’s issues. A good, affordable, safe and secure home is critical to all of us, yet this is being denied to an increasing number of people. You’ll thrive on the challenge of taking on this issue, working with the community to create relevant campaigns and making it a local priority.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
Shelter Scotland helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter Scotland please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter Scotland is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
At Shelter Scotland, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.
Shelter Scotland does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
This role is known as Prince’s Trust Executive in The Prince’s Trust
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week
Location: You will be based in our Glasgow hub but will have flexibility to travel across the region
The Prince’s Trust specialises in helping young people develop the confidence and skills to live, learn and earn, and has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic youth worker to join our dynamic team. This permanent position is well suited to an individual that is looking to gain hands-on experience in a thriving and supportive workplace and is as passionate as us about transforming the lives of young people.
Objectives:
You will work directly with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage 11-30 year olds. Working as part of a team within Glasgow, you will work with clear objectives to ‘connect’, ‘progress’ and help ‘transform’ the lives of young people who need us most.
Responsibilities:
- You will predominately be in the delivery team which focuses on Personal and Social development courses including the use of Adventurous Activities.
- You will be on delivery between 3-4 days a week.
- The other days you will be in the office planning courses, maintenance checks of kit training, team meetings etc.
Requirements:
To support our delivery requirements across Glasgow, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals with some of the following:
- To be able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience.
- To be adaptive and flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation.
- Experienced in providing one-to-one support and delivering high quality learning and development sessions through a variety of mediums including adventurous activities.
- Natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people.
- A sound understanding of how Outdoor Education can be adjusted and applied in an urban setting.
- Good outdoor group management experience
- A minimum of two NGB qualifications from: Summer Mountain Leader/Walking Group Leader assessed – Rock climbing Instructor/Climbing Wall instructor – Paddle Sport Leader or Instructor – MIA S Level 2 or British cycling Level 2.
- Skills or training evidence in a third adventurous/outdoor activity
- First Aid qualification with outdoor focus and relevant to other qualifications (BASP, REC, etc)
- D1 driving license.
Perks of working at The Trust:
- 25 days annual leave entitlement rising by 1 day per year to 30 days, plus bank holidays
- Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
- Interest free season ticket loans
- A contribution of 5% of your salary by The Trust to the Trust Pension Scheme
- Flexible, family-friendly policies (maternity, adoption, paternity, shared parental leave)
- Opportunities to volunteer for and/or attend events e.g. music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
- In-house and external training opportunities available throughout the year
- You will be supporting young people to develop skills for life – confidence, communication, teamwork.
- You will be supporting young people to gain qualifications
- You will be supporting young people to set and achieve their goals
- You will be supporting young people to move into positive destinations – employment, education, diversionary activities or further development opportunities
- Work in a challenging, fast-paced but fun and supportive environment
- Working with a diverse team of people.
The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.
To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application. To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.
About The Prince’s Trust youth charity
This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome.
We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years. Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.
We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world. We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.
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Children’s Hospices Across Scotland, better known as CHAS, is Scotland’s national children’s hospice service which cares for children with life-shortening conditions and their families. We operate across the country through our two hospices as well as in hospitals and our home care service in the community.
Three children die every week in Scotland from an incurable condition. Presently, CHAS reaches only 1 in 3 of those families which is why we’ve launched our ‘Keep the Joy Alive’ fundraising campaign, the ambition to support our new strategy ‘Reaching Every Family in Scotland’.
Do you want to be part of this amazing ambition and help us reach every family in Scotland that needs us?
Would you like to play a critical part in delivering our exciting vision for a supporter experience that is different and more rewarding than that of any other charity and which will inspire supporters to commit to CHAS? We would love to hear from passionate individuals who demonstrate a passion for excellence in Supporter Care and who have experience using Raisers Edge fundraising and donor management software.
The successful applicant would be expected to work ca. 14 hours per week on specific projects to ensure donor information is accurate and used to maximise the teams’ ability to deliver exceptional donor journeys. Please note this is a temporary position until 31 March 2020.
If you think that you want to be part of a young, fun and dynamic team have a read of the job description. To apply for this opportunity, please click 'Apply Now' at the top of this screen and complete our online application form. We look forward to hearing from you.
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