About Us
The Phoenix is a vibrant community hub created and run by Rock Community Church, serving the people of Dumbarton West (Castlehill, Westcliff, Brucehill). It hosts:
•A community café
• A dynamic programme of activities including youth work, toddler groups, family fun sessions, a wellbeing programme and adult learning
• Intergenerational and community events
We are passionate about celebrating, supporting, and engaging with the local community.
Role Summary
As Centre Manager, you’ll oversee the day-to-day operations of The Phoenix, including staff, volunteers, activities, café, finances, and building maintenance. You’ll work to ensure the centre is a welcoming and impactful space for the community while driving further development and sustainability.
The post requires an individual with excellent interpersonal skills who has strengths in administration, efficiency and team management.
Greener Kirkcaldy is a community-led charity working locally to bring people together, take positive action on the climate emergency and support people through fuel poverty and food insecurity. We deliver a range of projects, events and skills training to achieve the needs and goals of local people – building resilience as a community and working towards a future where everyone can live better and tread more lightly on our planet.
Based in the heart of Kirkcaldy – with a community building, training kitchen, bike shop and garden – we carry out activities across Kirkcaldy and work with partners to deliver projects across Fife.
Our community training kitchen, The Lang Spoon Community Kitchen is a place for people to come together to cook, eat and learn. It offers training, volunteer and work experience opportunities, community cooking classes and a wide range of events, courses and workshops on all aspects of food and drink.
We run a regular community meal, a community fridge and range of activities for different groups, interests and demographics. This includes projects teaching people skills to cook on a budget, workshops promoting climate-friendly food, employability programmes, kids clubs and income-generating social enterprise classes. We also have a small kitchen garden, growing fresh ingredients.
The Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic Kitchen Assistant to support the running of a vibrant and busy community kitchen.
This is a great opportunity to gain experience working in a busy kitchen environment and assisting with the delivery of a varied programme of community events and activities. We will provide training and you will be supported by a great team.
Working at Greener Kirkcaldy
We want our town to be a good place to live and work. We believe in a future where everyone has a say in what happens locally, people are working together to protect our environment and those in hardship are supported to live well. That includes are staff and volunteers.
Working at Greener Kirkcaldy involves being part of a positive, collaborative and social team. Our culture is really important to us. We promote equality, diversity and openness. We have a strong focus on staff wellbeing and development and encourage staff initiative and ideas.
Benefits of working for Greener Kirkcaldy
Diversity and inclusion
We want Greener Kirkcaldy to be an inclusive and diverse charity where everyone feels supported, valued and able to be themselves. We take part in Fife Centre for Equalities’ Equality Pathfinders programme. We also take part in the Race Equality Environmental Programme facilitated by CEMVO Scotland. Our Equalities Action Plan sets out the steps we are taking to improve diversity and inclusion.
To achieve our vision of Kirkcaldy as a greener and fairer place to live, we need a diverse team. We encourage applications from people of any background. We know that our sector particularly lacks staff and volunteers with Minority Ethnic backgrounds and disabled people. If you identify as Minority Ethnic or have a disability, we welcome your application.
If you need additional support to apply or take part in the recruitment process, please contact our Office Manager Dianne Girvan. Email dianne@greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk.
Holy Trinity is a vibrant Word & Spirit Church community bursting with children & young people of all ages. We are a gathered congregation that sits within a diverse suburb of Edinburgh, which has experienced regeneration over recent years. We believe it is no accident that we are in the heart of Wester Hailes, as ‘God is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work in us.’ Ephesians 3:20. We have a hard-working team of 8 staff who coordinate a range of ministries and out-reach services to the local area, along with a supportive and committed group of volunteers. Our reason for being in Wester Hailes is to make the face of God human and we would love for you to partner with us on this journey.
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