This is an exciting new role within the EVOC Communications and Membership Engagement Team.

The post holder will help us achieve EVOC’s business objectives, tell EVOC’s story and share stories from across the community and voluntary sector in Edinburgh.

About You

We’re looking for an excellent communicator and project manager with a creative, team-working approach. You will be comfortable in a fast-paced working environment and have a proven track record of devising and delivering campaigns to support a range of activities - events, funding opportunities, membership and training programmes and thematic and geographical projects.

About Us

EVOC (Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council) is committed to reducing poverty and building wealth in communities by providing a range of support opportunities for community and voluntary sector organisations in Edinburgh and advocating for change that allows them to thrive.

By joining the EVOC team you will:

• Receive 26 days annual leave and 11 public holidays per annum

• Have access to an Employee Assistance Programme designed to support your health and wellbeing

• Take a hybrid working approach and be provided with all the equipment you need to work remotely/from home

Edinburgh and Lothian Trust Fund (ELTF)

Edinburgh and Lothian Trust Fund is a grant making trust whose core aim is the relief of poverty. We provide small grants to individuals in need and grants to small local charities throughout Edinburgh and the Lothians. We also provide larger grants to individuals through the Edinburgh Fire Fund.

The employing organisation will be EVOC although the post is wholly concerned with the administration of Edinburgh and Lothian Trust Fund. EVOC provides the administration and staff support to ELTF.

We are looking for someone to join the ELTF team who:

• Ideally, has an awareness and understanding and experience of grant making
• Ideally, has experience and understanding of charity governance and the role and purpose of the third sector in Edinburgh and the Lothians
• Able to provide general administrative support for ELTF Trustees, including facilitating the quarterly Trustees’ meetings, including drafting an Agenda and Minutes
• Good oral and written communication skills with an ability to work in partnership with others by creating, developing and sustaining positive relationships

By joining the EVOC/ELTF team you will:

Receive 26 days annual leave and 10 public holidays per annum (pro rata share)

Benefit from access to an Employee Assistance Programme designed to support your health and wellbeing

Be able to adopt a hybrid working plan and be provided with all the equipment you need to work from home

This is a rare opportunity to lead Edinburgh’s offer of organisational development and support to the burgeoning charity, voluntary and community sector. The successful candidate will show excellent sector knowledge and leadership, continually delivering and reviewing what the sector needs and how EVOC can meet those needs. This job needs both a person with good attention to detail and a calm conciliatory approach to work successfully with people and organisations in difficulty.

The Senior Development Officer will lead the small team who primarily deliver organisational development and capacity building support to voluntary organisations in Edinburgh through identifying, prioritising and responding to the needs of the sector. They will also design and deliver individual and collective intervention activities to satisfy the identified needs. As many organisations in our sector are continually facing zero-development budgets, they will work with the development staff to identify opportunities for resources to deliver these activities alongside identify funding opportunities for categories of organisations seeking support.

We are looking for someone to join the EVOC team who:

• Has a good understanding and knowledge of the practical application of organisational development, capacity building, training and support principles, policy and practice, in voluntary sector
• Can bring expertise in the practical application of governance, trustee and charity law
• Can demonstrate confidence and experience in designing and delivering training courses to a range of stakeholders
• Has strong leadership and line management skills, together with ability to work constructively with peers in a dynamic relationship
• Can bring a positive, proactive and flexible approach

By joining the EVOC team you will:

• Receive 26 days annual leave and 11 public holidays per annum
• Benefit from access to an Employee Assistance Programme designed to support your health and wellbeing
• Be able to adopt a hybrid working plan and be provided with all the equipment you need to work from home

We are looking for a Programme Coordinator (Edinburgh Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund) to join our Adult Health and Wellbeing Team. The post holder will facilitate and support the Edinburgh Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund administrative and operational functions, including all procedural aspects of the delivery of engagement, application processes, data management, evaluation, training and reporting and due diligence.

We are looking for someone to join the EVOC team who:

• Has an understanding and knowledge of community development, capacity building, training and support principles, policy and practice in the voluntary sector
• Can bring excellent technical skills including productivity applications, Excel and database operation
• Has Strong communication, research and presentation skills (reports, meeting management, presentations etc.)
• Can demonstrate the ability to work in partnership with others by creating, developing and sustaining positive relationships with individuals and organisations

By joining the EVOC team you will:

Receive 26 days annual leave and 11 public holidays per annum

Benefit from access to an Employee Assistance Programme designed to support your health and wellbeing

Be able to adopt a hybrid working plan and be provided with all the equipment you need to work from home

We are looking for someone with site maintenance experience and a solution focussed approach to become the new facilities Caretaker for the development of the Gorgie City Farm Site. The successful applicant will work alongside the Gorgie Farm Site Development Project Manager in a new community led project to find a sustainable future for the Gorgie City Farm site.

We are looking for someone to join the EVOC team who:

• Has strong DIY skills
• Has a background in site management, security or buildings maintenance
• Can bring a positive, action-oriented and flexible approach
• Is well organised, with the ability to independently plan future site work
• Can demonstrate good communication and interpersonal skills

By joining the EVOC team you will:

• Receive 26 days annual leave and 11 public holidays per annum, pro rata.
• Benefit from access to an Employee Assistance Programme designed to support your health and wellbeing
• Be able to adopt a hybrid working plan and be provided with all the equipment you need to work from home

This is a rare opportunity to lead Edinburgh’s offer of organisational development and support to the burgeoning charity, voluntary and community sector. The successful candidate will show excellent sector knowledge and leadership, continually delivering and reviewing what the sector needs and how EVOC can meet those needs. This job needs both a person with good attention to detail and a calm conciliatory approach to work successfully with people and organisations in difficulty.

The Senior Development Officer will lead the small team who primarily deliver organisational development and capacity building support to voluntary organisations in Edinburgh through identifying, prioritising and responding to the needs of the sector. They will also design and deliver individual and collective intervention activities to satisfy the identified needs. As many organisations in our sector are continually facing zero-development budgets, they will work with the development staff to identify opportunities for resources to deliver these activities alongside identify funding opportunities for categories of organisations seeking support.

Specific knowledge and skills required include:

• Good understanding and knowledge of the practical application of organisational development, capacity building, training and support principles, policy and practice, in voluntary sector
• Good expertise in the practical application of governance, trustee and charity law
• Ability to interpret and communicate complex information in a user-friendly manner when dealing with enquiries
• Experience supporting organisational development change management processes
• Confidence and experience in designing and delivering training courses to a range of stakeholders
• Proven active listening skills – demonstrating empathy, facilitating and holding coaching style conversations
• Ability to work effectively with stakeholders at all levels of an organisation
• Good leadership and line management skills, together with ability to work constructively with peers in a dynamic relationship
• Strong work ethic, attention to detail and the willingness to take responsibility
• Evidence of a positive, proactive and flexible approach
• Confidence and strong interpersonal skills
• First class communication skill both written and verbal
• IT literacy – all MS packages, including email
• Core Capabilities:
• Demonstrating emotional intelligence
• Demonstrating inclusivity and belonging
• Embracing change through innovation
• Effective communicator across all levels
• Creative problem solver and decision maker
• Resilient and future focussed
• Strategic thinking

What we’re offering in return:

• Flexible hours + hybrid working
• All the equipment you need to work remotely
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme designed to support your health and wellbeing

Job Description - Senior Development Officer (Organisational Development & Support)

We are looking for someone with the enthusiasm and experience to project manage the development of the Gorgie City Farm Site. The successful applicant will work alongside the Gorgie Farm Site Development Partnership Steering Group and the Chief Executive of EVOC, in a new community led project to find a sustainable future for the Gorgie City Farm site.

We are looking for someone to join the EVOC team who:

• Has excellent organisational and planning abilities
• Can bring strong communication, rapport and partnership building skills
• Has knowledge and experience of developing business plans for community or social enterprise organisations
• Has skill in bringing together interested parties across a variety of sectors to work collaboratively towards a shared goal
• Can demonstrate a commitment to diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity

By joining the EVOC team you will:

• Receive 26 days annual leave and 11 public holidays per annum
• Benefit from access to an Employee Assistance Programme designed to support your health and wellbeing
• Be able to adopt a hybrid working plan and be provided with all the equipment you need to work from home

We are looking for a Development Worker (Edinburgh Alcohol and Drug Partnership) to join our Adult Health and Wellbeing Team. The post holder will ensure the voice of lived experience is heard in the planning, monitoring and evaluation of current and future service provision, delivering a programme of opportunities, activities and events with and for the recovery community.

We are looking for someone to join the EVOC team who:

• Create, develop and sustain positive relationships with the recovery community and partners in the public sector
• Generate practical ideas for generating feedback through discussions with the recovery community and other partners
• Organise and lead relevant meetings, activities and events
• Develop constructive partnerships with related organisations
• Organise practical elements of the programme such as venues, transport, refreshments etc
• Communicate details of the programme in such a way as to make them as accessible as possible
• Undertake risk assessments and take actions, supported by EVOC when required to provide safeguarding and protected spaces for participants
• Recruit and service a steering group to oversee the programme
• Through regular liaison with the wider EVOC team, contribute to the collection, collation and development of accurate, current and relevant resources, information and materials to support the work of EVOC and enable reporting
• Collate information, ideas and experience from people participating in the programme to feed into a final report for EADP making future recommendations

By joining the EVOC team you will:

• Receive 25 days annual leave and 11 public holidays (pro-rata)
• Be enrolled in a company pension plan
• Benefit from access to an Employee Assistance Programme designed to support your health and wellbeing
• Be able to adopt a hybrid working plan and be provided with all the equipment you need to work from home

We are looking for someone with the enthusiasm and experience to offer organisational development and capacity building support to voluntary and community organisations across Edinburgh. Using a community development approach the post-holder will upskill and support organisations to make changes and take action to develop their organisation. They will also design and deliver intervention activities to address the identified needs for organisations. As many organisations in our sector are continually facing income challenges, they will work with their colleagues and line manager to identify funding and sustainability opportunities.

We are looking for someone to join the EVOC team who:

• Can offer advice on governance-based and organisational development issues
• Can provide guidance on best practice to deal with a complex situation, manage a change process and developing a plan of action
• Provide practical support and coaching for activities such as creating or modifying a constitution and restructuring a charity
• Support the design and delivery of the EVOC training programme, identifying training needs for organisations
• Can line manage staff and volunteers

By joining the EVOC team you will:

• Receive 25 days annual leave and 11 public holidays (pro-rata)
• Be enrolled in a company pension plan
• Benefit from access to an Employee Assistance Programme designed to support your health and wellbeing
• Be able to adopt a hybrid working plan and be provided with all the equipment you need to work from home

We are looking for someone with the enthusiasm and experience to champion EVOC’s people and culture. The successful applicant will work alongside the board and as a key member of the EVOC management team, in a new role that has evolved from an ongoing HR review of the organisation.

We are looking for someone to join the EVOC team who:

• Is passionate about developing an organisational culture that puts staff at its heart
• Has experience of leading people, wellbeing and culture related projects that support the achievement of an organisation’s strategic objectives
• Can provide professional leadership, support and development to the people and culture team and wider organisation
• Has interest in helping to develop pioneering, new and innovative ways of working for voluntary and community sector organisations and community groups that work in Edinburgh
• Can demonstrate a commitment to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity

By joining the EVOC team you will:

• Receive 25 days annual leave and 11 public holidays (pro-rata)
• Be enrolled in a company pension plan
• Benefit from access to an Employee Assistance Programme designed to support your health and wellbeing
• Be able to adopt a hybrid working plan and be provided with all the equipment you need to work from home

Are you passionate about the voluntary sector and its support to people in crisis?

Do you believe that by working collectively as a city we can provide the best possible high quality settlement programme for incoming refugees families from Ukraine?

Enthusiastic, tenacious, a great communicator, you must enjoy dealing with sector leaders and people with passion.

Are you up for a challenge?

This is a dynamic essential new role borne from necessity and funded by Scottish Government that gives you the opportunity to co-ordinate and deliver the ambitions, activities and services of Edinburgh voluntary sector community – willing to serve the refugees from Ukraine. We anticipate appointing a highly disciplined, productive individual with excellent work management and planning skills. You will have a keen attention to detail and will flourish by engaging across all EVOC’s stakeholders in the community, voluntary and public sectors, making this job your own.

Can you see the potential in bringing together an Edinburgh community with a citywide network of cultural organisations? Are you passionate about the community & voluntary sector participating in collaborative cultural planning? Enthusiastic, tenacious, a great communicator, you must enjoy working with community organisations, sector leaders and people with passion. Are you up for a challenge? If you like the sound of the above, then the partnership of Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council (EVOC) and Festivals Edinburgh are looking to recruit: Development Officer - Connect Project.

This post would be suitable for secondment with the agreement of the existing employer.

The post-holder will be part of a small team working nationally with the network of Third Sector Interfaces (TSIs) to improve equalities and human rights practice within the third sector. They’ll play a key role in delivering training, guidance and resources for TSIs and other third sector organisations.

The programme is funded by Scottish Government through the Equality and Human Rights Fund. To ensure national coverage different posts will be employed by Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector (GCVS), Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations Council (EVOC) and Highland Third Sector Interface (HTSI).

Strong understanding of legislation, good practice, and challenges in the fields of equalities and human rights and their practical application is essential as well as experience of developing and delivering training, ideally in the fields of equalities and/or human rights.

Responsible to: Both the TSI EHR Project Manager (hosted by GCVS) and the EVOC Deputy Chief Executive

Do you believe that by working collectively as a city we can tackle some of the issues contributing to net zero targets, in addition to poverty and inequality? Are you passionate about the community & voluntary sector? Enthusiastic, tenacious, a great communicator, you must enjoy dealing with community organisations, sector leaders and people with passion. Are you up for a challenge? If you like the sound of the above, then the partnership of Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council (EVOC) and Our Future Edinburgh (OFE), are looking to recruit a Coordinator for a Community Climate Forum.

The Coordinator of Edinburgh’s new Community Climate Forum will develop spaces within which to maximise the contribution of Edinburgh’s citizen’s, community, voluntary and third sector, and citizens, to the planning for and progress towards a net zero city by 2030. The Coordinator will develop and support the role of communities in tackling climate change and enabling the development of community sector projects to tackle climate change, in addition to influencing policy and people’s knowledge and action.