Clackmannanshire Economic Regeneration Trust (SCIO) – CERT – is a small, innovative charity established to help Clackmannanshire to become a vibrant place to live where people are happy, healthy and where opportunities, connections and support are available for all. clacksregen.org.uk

In 2022, CERT completed the delivery of a major Pre Employability programme in Clacks and are now contracted to deliver the Multiply programme in Clacks as well as part of Positive Moves, the Shared Prosperity Fund People and Skills programme. Working in partnership with others, we are working to increase the capacity of childcare provision in Clackmannanshire including afterschool care; leading the design of innovative transport solutions to reducing barriers to employment; establishing close engagement with community organisations to stimulate and support positive resident engagement with supports.

Through our support of the Clackmannanshire Provider Network, we are working with over 100 stakeholders in Clacks to improve supports to residents in a wide range of areas including mental health, school engagement and wider economic regeneration.

CERT has grown rapidly over 2 years and now has a turnover of over £300,000 and 8 members of staff. We have a strong board of 7 trustees and reflecting our expected continued growth, we are now looking to further grow and strengthen the board.

We are particularly interested in those who have a close connection to Clackmannanshire and those with experience and knowledge of employability supports, transport, childcare, mental health (key barriers to securing employment) and physical regeneration.

The Board meets every 2 months, on line for c2 hours.

Clackmannanshire Economic Regeneration Trust (SCIO) – CERT – is a small, innovative charity established to help Clackmannanshire to become a vibrant place to live where people are happy, healthy and where opportunities, connections and support are available for all.

CERT have been awarded the contract to deliver the MULTIPLY programme in Clackmannanshire - a UK Government initiative to boost people's ability to use maths in their everyday life and work, or go on to achieve qualifications which open doors to further learning or employment. It has also been awarded part of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund’s People and Skills Programme (POSITIVE MOVES) to support those who are economically inactive and unemployed to progress to employment.

CERT has recently secured SQA Approved Centre status to deliver SVQs in numeracy, communication, employability, preparing for employment and wellbeing courses. This may be expanded in the future.

CERT are looking to recruit a passionate and dedicated individual to work across both our main programmes to help enhance the programme through:

• Increasing and improving the reach of the programmes into the community, helping to identify individuals who would benefit from these programmes and support them to join them
• Building strong and ongoing relationships with a range of formal and informal community based organisations and stakeholders to encourage collaboration, particularly in the joint delivery of courses.
• Deliver a range of SVQ courses to participants of these programmes.

At the core of our community engagement aspect is the targeting and securing engagement with those members of the community who are traditionally “hard to reach” and those who have disengaged with the wider community and society.

The successful candidate will work in a small, dynamic team and will have experience of successfully working with our clients. They will have an ability to build a rapport with this client group, engage them with learning and be able to work flexibly on your own and as part of a small team.

Clackmannanshire Economic Regeneration Trust (SCIO) – CERT – is a small, innovative charity established to help Clackmannanshire to become a vibrant place to live where people are happy, healthy and where opportunities, connections and support are available for all. CERT have recently completed the delivery of a major Pre Employability programme in Clacks (PEC) and are now contracted to deliver part of Positive Moves, the Shared Prosperity Fund People and Skills programme and Multiply the adult numeracy programme in Clackmannanshire.

In the delivery of the PEC programme and on the basis of feedback from unemployed and economically inactive residents of Clackmannanshire, the lack of affordable and flexible childcare has been identified as one of the major barriers to allow them to move to stable employment. This has been confirmed by government policies such as the Child Poverty Fund and Best Start Bright Futures.

Within Clackmannanshire there is a substantial shortage of childcare provision, particular of childminders which experience a major reduction post Covid, and in out of school care for school age children.

CERT now wish to appoint a Project Executive, with support from The Robertson Trust and Clackmannanshire Council, to work to secure a greater level of appropriate childcare infrastructure and places throughout Clackmannanshire to meet these gaps.

The post will work closely with the Council’s Child Poverty Co-ordinator, Parental Employability Support Programme, Department for Work and Pensions and the Council’s Family Wellbeing Partnership which is delivering school age child care in Alloa South and East.

Early priorities will be to establish a programme to increase the number of childminders in the area and to work with primary schools to support the establishment of after school child care.

CERT are looking to recruit a passionate and dedicated individual to work with partners to deliver these often complex projects, drawing on their knowledge of project design and implementation, partnership development, market appraisal, finance, skills and training, and public and private sector funding.

The post is full time, based in Alloa. It is 35 hours per week with flexibility.

The post is fixed term for 3 years.

Clackmannanshire Economic Regeneration Trust (SCIO) – CERT – is a small, innovative charity established to help Clackmannanshire to become a vibrant place to live where people are happy, healthy and where opportunities, connections and support are available for all. CERT have recently completed the delivery of a major Pre Employability programme in Clacks and are now contracted to deliver part of Positive Moves, the Shared Prosperity Fund People and Skills programme and Multiply the adult numeracy programme in Clackmannanshire.

POSITIVE MOVES is a new employability programme in Clackmannanshire which provides support to those who are unemployed and economically inactive to support their progression to stable employment. The programme is funded by the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund.

In Clackmannanshire the programme is delivered jointly by Clackmannanshire Works and CERT, where CERT provides support for those who are economically active, and are further away from the labour market. The programme is build around a core of key working which provides one to one support to our clients, in a structured and continual basis to support their progression. The key worker will draw on a range of supports to help address any identified barriers including health and wellbeing workshops, training courses, specialist advice and others.

Building on the hugely successful Pre Employability in Clackmannanshire (PEC) programme, Positive Moves will be able to build on this strong foundation to achieve greater positive outcomes for our clients.

CERT are looking to recruit a passionate and dedicated individual to work within our clients who can inspire and motivate a diverse range of clients to progress to employment.

The post is full time, based in Alloa. It is 35 hours per week with flexibility

The post is fixed term until 31 March 2025.

Clackmannanshire Economic Regeneration Trust (SCIO) – CERT – is a small, innovative charity established to help Clackmannanshire to become a vibrant place to live where people are happy, healthy and where opportunities, connections and support are available for all.

CERT have been awarded the contract to deliver the MULTIPLY programme in Clackmannanshire - a UK Government initiative to boost people's ability to use maths in their everyday life and work, or go on to achieve qualifications which open doors to further learning or employment.

Recognising that poor numeracy skills are often an integral part of a wider core skills weaknesses such as literacy and communications, CERT are delivering the Multiply programme in a holistic manner so that its participants are provided support to address wider skills areas as well as help participants progress to employment and other positive outcomes if appropriate.

We are looking to recruit a passionate and dedicated individual to work within this holistic programme, who can inspire and motivate a diverse range of adult learners in community settings around Clackmannanshire and where appropriate help them progress to employment.

The successful candidate will work in a small, dynamic team and will deliver certified and non-certified courses and one to one tutoring which will provide the skills and confidence with numbers and other core skills which will enrich our clients’ lives and support their onwards development.

The successful candidate will have experience of working with clients with education gaps and other barriers to development, be educated to a graduate level, will have skills to be an SQA assessor or be willing to complete the appropriate qualifications to achieve this, and a love and enthusiasm for supporting adult learning and progression. They will have an ability to build a rapport with our client group, engage them with learning and be able to work flexibly on your own and as part of a small team.

Clackmannanshire Economic Regeneration Trust (SCIO) – CERT – is a small, innovative charity established to help Clackmannanshire to become a vibrant place to live where people are happy, healthy and where opportunities, connections and support are available for all.

CERT have been awarded the contract to deliver the MULTIPLY programme in Clackmannanshire - a UK Government initiative to boost people's ability to use maths in their everyday life and work, or go on to achieve qualifications which open doors to further learning or employment.

We are looking to recruit an experienced, innovative and creative maths tutor who can inspire and motivate a diverse range of adult learners in community settings around Clackmannanshire.

The successful candidate will work in a small, dynamic team and will deliver non-certified courses and one to one tutoring which aim to provide them with skills and confidence with numbers which will enrich their lives and support their onwards development.

The successful candidate will have experience of adult education, have appropriate maths qualifications, and a love and enthusiasm for supporting adult learning and numeracy. They will have an ability to build a rapport with our client group, engage them with learning and be able to work flexibly on your own and as part of a small team.

CERT are a new charity which has been established to improve the economic inclusion, development and regeneration of Clackmannanshire. In the first instance the priority for CERT is to improve the economic wellbeing of young people.

We are now looking to appoint a trainee Key Worker/Outreach Worker to help deliver its first projects.

We have been successful, alongside 9 other third sector organisation, in securing a £500k Community Renewal Fund programme – Pre Employment in Clacks (PEC). pec.scot. We are responsible for the delivery of elements and its overall project management. CERT are also in the process of establishing other complementary activities.

The main functions of the job are:

Trainee Key Worker. In the first instance this will support PEC clients, and then extended to others after Dec 22.

• Recruiting individuals to PEC. This will including
  • Handling enquiries
  • Holding one to one meetings with participants – either at drop in sessions or elsewhere
  • Developing action plans to suit their needs
• Ongoing liaison and support with a portfolio of clients
• Contact and support to encourage attendance
• Project end review for each participant as they complete PEC and discuss next steps and encourage transition
• Input and maintain real time online records in CERT based system
• Provide miscellaneous client support and liaison with other elements of PEC for clients.

Trainee Outreach Worker

• Work closely alongside schools, statutory, faith, and community-based organisations to reach out to those at risk of or who are economically inactive & marginalised within the community of Clackmannanshire.
• Facilitating and organising participation and engagement events/activities.
• Liaise with organisations and advocate on behalf of clients to support their access to information, support, & resources.
• Establish and ensure the provision of a peer-to-peer approach removing the barriers and challenges that ‘economically inactive & marginalised communities’ experience to accessing support.
• Organise and attend community events to reach out to communities who the project is aiming to support and reach.

A fuller overview of CERT and the job description and person specification of the Project Manager are available to download.

CERT are a new charity which has been established to improve the economic inclusion, development and regeneration of Clackmannanshire. In the first instance the priority for CERT is to improve the economic wellbeing of young people.

We have recently been successful, alongside 9 other third sector organisation, in securing a £500k Community Renewal Fund programme – Pre Employment in Clacks (PEC). We are responsible for the delivery of elements and its overall project management. A key of this project is the establishment of an online database of existing provision to support those who are inactive in the labour market.

We are now looking to appoint an administrator and database researcher to help lead CERTs work in developing and delivering the online database and the general administration of PEC.

The main functions of the job are:

Mapping and Database of Provision

To gather and input accurate information on the provision. The researcher will:

· Gather information on known support programmes

· Work with the project manager and other stakeholders in Clackmannanshire to identify other projects and supports for inclusion in the database

· Input the information and verify with those that are managing the projects

· Manage the content of the CERT web site including the interface to the database.

Pre Employment in Clacks.

This is a major new programme which will provide support to those who are unemployed or economically inactive to help them move towards employment. The post will

· Provide administrative support for the programme including maintaining participant records and coordinating registrations to different elements (eg training courses and placement programmes)

· Support the gathering of information to support the monitoring and evaluation of the programme

· General administration

General Administrative support for CERT

CERT are a new charity which has been established to improve the economic inclusion, development and regeneration of Clackmannanshire. In the first instance the priority for CERT is to improve the economic wellbeing of young people.

We are now looking to appoint a Project Manager to help establish CERT as an organisation, lead its work in developing and delivering its first projects.

We have recently been successful, alongside 9 other third sector organisation, in securing a £500k Community Renewal Fund programme – Pre Employment in Clacks (PEC). We are responsible for the delivery of elements and its overall project management.

Our next major project is the establishment of an advocacy service to support young people into stable employment.

The main functions of the job are:

Project Management

• Ensuring the delivery of the Pre Employment in Clackmannanshire (PEC) programme

• Deliver the CERT led element of PEC including development of a database and mapping of employability supports; a web site; evaluation and monitoring; and literacy/numeracy elements

• Admin & Reporting on all of the above

• Providing the operational liaison with all partners of the PEC project including Clackmannanshire Council and CTSI

• Provide support to the Clackmannanshire Providers Network

Advocacy Work

• One to one support to young people who are not in employment, education and training or who are economically in active

• Coordinate support, for an individual client, from multiple agencies and programmes