Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week
Location: Edinburgh
In The Prince's Trust, this role is known as Prince's Trust Executive.
This is restricted to male applicants, as having regard to the nature and context of the work involved, there is an occupational requirement for someone of a specific gender for reasons of privacy and decency.
We are looking for a someone who will support our Young People activity in one of our key areas Central and South East, with flexibility to travel across the region.
You will work directly with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage young people to live, learn and earn. We are looking for individuals who engage in challenges with optimism and resilience, who are adaptive and flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation.
You will be a natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people. Working as part of a team within a defined geographical area, you will work with clear objectives to 'connect', 'progress' and help 'transform' the lives of young people who need us most.
We would like you to be experienced in providing one to one support and delivering high quality learning and development sessions through a variety of mediums including Adventurous Activities.
To support our delivery requirements across Edinburgh, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals with some of the following:
*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 - MIAS 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 licence
About The Prince's Trust
We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. 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.
To help us realise our vision, we are changing our approach and looking at innovative ways to develop and enhance our ways of working.This has led to the creation of exciting new opportunities across The Prince's Trust at all levels based throughout the United Kingdom.
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.
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I Bike Coordinator, Scotland
(Ref: SUS2776)
£27,255 per annum
37.5 hours per week - Based in Edinburgh
The I Bike Programme is an initiative to create a culture of active travel (cycling, scooting and walking) in schools promoting safer, happier and healthier communities. As well as delivering activities which promote active travel across the whole school community, I Bike aims to address two specific issues around cycling to school; the drop off in active travel between primary and secondary school and the gender gap which sees girls being less physically active than boys.
With a good standard of education and committed to sustainable travel through walking, cycling and using public transport, you will be experienced at project management and delivery in the education, community, behavior change or physical activity setting. Your leadership and motivational proficiency will complement your excellent verbal and written communications and organisational skills. You will have experience of partnership working and have a good understanding of the I Bike and active travel work. Line management ability and IT literacy are also required. Enhanced Disclosure Scotland (PVGS) clearance is mandatory for this post.
Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Monday 4 November 2019. Interviews will take place in Edinburgh on Thursday 21 November 2019.
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