We are looking for an ambitious and enthusiastic individual to support the delivery of CVS Inverclyde’s Community Enterprise Project (ICE) which is funded by the Scottish Government, Investing in Communities Fund. The aim of the project is to work with community organisations and residents to help regenerate and build capacity across areas of deprivation.

Reporting to the Project Manager the postholder will be responsible for developing and supporting both existing and new social enterprises across the locality. You will build and manage data of community groups, residents, and interest groups, co-creating and maintaining a geographical community map. You will bring experience of developing relationships with communities and individuals. Duties will include designing, planning and delivering engagement activities.

We are looking for an experienced, ambitious and enthusiastic individual to deliver CVSI Enterprise Project for Inverclyde’s Communities (EPIC) which is funded by the United Kingdom Shared Prosperity Fund. EPIC is an ambitious project that aims to develop and build the capacity of Inverclyde’s Social Enterprise Sector. The postholder will work across four deprived areas of Inverclyde. Offering a tailored and bespoke programme of intensive support and provide tools to develop and grow social enterprises through tendering for contracts and generating income from charitable sources.

Reporting to the Project Manager, you will be experienced in working with community organisations and possess relevant knowledge of developing and creating social enterprise structures. You will be able to build relationships with ease, bringing with you experience of working across multiple sectors and organisations. You will have an interest and understanding of key policies and the social enterprise national landscape

Service: Central Support

Responsible to:Chief Executive Officer

Responsible for:HR Administrator

Purpose and outcomes

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer the HR Manager at PKAVS is responsible for establishing HR operational excellence and for working in partnership, providing generalist operational HR support to the management team and service coordinators.

About you

You’ll help to shape, communicate, and implement the People Plan which will underpin the delivery of the organisation’s vision, mission, and strategic objectives.

You’ll be an expert in understanding and delivering what it takes to continue PKAVS as a great place to work and grow.

You’ll have a real passion for people and for providing the team at PKAVS with everything they need to succeed in their roles. You’ll be inspiring and self-motivated with the ability to communicate effectively and engage the team in understanding the importance of their role and in living our values day in and day out.

You will be an experienced HR leader with a true belief in people-first strategies as the first step in delivering the organisation’s goals and objectives.

Key strategic responsibilities

You’ll lead on our key strategic theme of People & Culture – continuing to establish PKAVS as a great place to work, where morale is high, and we operate in a culture of openness and trust.

Key operational duties and responsibilities

1. People Plan

You’ll help to shape and set the direction for all critical HR processes and capabilities including recruitment, induction, learning and development, progress and talent development, employee engagement, change management, compensation and benefits and succession planning.

2. Recruitment and Career Development

Work in partnership with the management team to ensure that we have the right people in the right place at the right time within our staffing budgets.

3. Volunteer recruitment and coordination

Establish a volunteer recruitment and development programme and processes that ensure each of the PKAVS services have a bank of people they can rely on to support the delivery of their services and events.

4. Learning and Development

Help to improve the capability of the team at all levels by facilitating the progress review process and learning activities for employees and managers who are new to role, in-role and preparing for their next role in the organisation.

5. Employee engagement

Continue to put everything in place that creates a great place to work. Optimise the employee experience from the first to the last day of employment to drive continuous improvement in motivation and performance.

6. Employment relations

Act as the point of advice and contact for all HR and employment related queries, helping to prevent and resolve problems and disputes, providing advice and guidance to managers and coordinators to enable them to establish trust-based relationships with their teams and escalating issues to the appropriate person where required.

7. Payroll

Support all aspects of the payroll function, ensuring compliance with the latest relevant legislation, statutory filing deadlines and internal management reporting requirements.

8. HR Administration and reporting

Ensure that all administrative aspects of HR are always kept fully up to date and compliant.

9. Change implementation.

Manage, enable, and support the implementation of all change projects by facilitating and coaching managers to deliver the change process effectively and provide communication and consultation tools that will inform and engage people in the change.

About PKAVS

PKAVS is a charitable organisation that serves the community of Perth & Kinross by offering five community-led services supported by a team of 70 colleagues and up to 100 volunteers.

Our vision: A Perth and Kinross where people flourish, and communities thrive.

We operate across five locations in Perth & Kinross under our service banners which include Carers PKAVS, the Gateway TSI, Walled Garden + Wise Craft PKAVS and Shopmobility PKAVS.

We offer these varied social care and welfare services as well as support and advocacy to the dynamic third sector in Perth and Kinross.

Carers PKAVS is our largest service. We provide support and respite care to unpaid carers aged 5+ across Perth & Kinross at our Carers Centre in Lewis Place Perth.

The Third Sector Interface is administered by PKAVS on behalf of the Scottish Government and provides four crucial support streams to the third sector in Perth & Kinross from the Gateway in Perth

• Voice – supporting the voice of the third sector.
• Connection – Connecting communities through the third sector.
• Building Capacity – supporting the development and growth of the third sector.
• Volunteering – developing and growing the volunteer programme to support the ongoing operation of third sector organisations.

The Gateway is our Third Sector Hub in the centre of Perth. We provide shared office accommodation, meeting places and enjoyable workspaces that enable the third sector in Perth & Kinross to collaborate and communicate together.

Walled Garden + Wise Craft PKAVS - provides therapeutic support and engagement activities that serve to improve the mental health and well-being of the people of Perth & Kinross from their two locations at the Walled Garden & Cafe in Perth and at our Wise craft Workshop in Blairgowrie.

Shopmobility PKAVS promotes independence in the community by providing mobility support equipment from its purpose built Shopmobility hub in Perth's Canal St car park.

The benefits of working at PKAVS

In return for your hard work and commitment, we offer the following:

• The opportunity to be part of the next exciting chapter in PKAVS history and to work with a highly skilled, highly committed, and thoroughly lovely team of people.
• Personal development and opportunities that will help you continue to develop your career aspirations.
• A working environment that is designed to make it as easy as possible for you to balance your home life and deliver effectively in your working life.
• A generous salary that values your skills, knowledge, and experience.
• Auto-enrolment into our pension scheme.
• 6.8 weeks of annual leave (pro-rata) which increases according to your length of service.
• An enhanced sick pay scheme which increases with length of service.
• Employee Assistance Programme that offers 24/7 advice and listening for all your support needs.

The Communications and Marketing Officer plays an important role in VASLan. We tell wonderful stories from across the sector in South Lanarkshire from various organisations that dedicate themselves to supporting the community. We promote our vision and mission to ensure everyone can participate in making a difference.

Background

Perth & Kinross Association of Voluntary Service (PKAVS) is a local charity who provide a diverse range of services that enable the organisation’s vision of a Perth & Kinross where people flourish, and their communities thrive. Every year PKAVS supports over 5,000 local people across all communities, helping them to overcome barriers and achieve their goals.

PKAVS administers the Third Sector Interface (TSI) function for Perth and Kinross on behalf of the Scottish Government; enabling, empowering, and collaborating with third sector organisations across the region to achieve a positive impact and timely responses to local challenges and priorities, providing capacity building support, strengthening partnership working, supporting the third sector volunteering needs and facilitating an effective and robust third sector contribution to strategic discussions at both local Perth and Kinross Community Planning Partnership level and national level.

The TSI team provide a free suite of support for community groups, voluntary organisations, charities, and social enterprises alike. Underpinned by an assets-based approach and a commitment to community empowerment and democratic renewal, the TSI supports individuals and communities to act on their priorities and generate new ideas for positive change to flourish.

Role

As the Marketing and Communications Coordinator your ability to spread the word about our mission; your knowledge and experience about social media channels and your innovation in maximising our social engagement is critical to the success of our work. You’ll thrive on working closely with the TSI team coordinating and implementing all social media activities and administrating our marketing and communications projects and campaigns across all channels.

Key Objectives – the key objectives of this position are to:

• Spread the word about our TSI mission. Create demand for our services, increasing conversion and third sector engagement by utilising, identifying, and connecting our third sector organisations through our social media networks.

• Ensure all communication is relevant, compliant and compelling to our stakeholders. Take ownership for the end-to-end coordination and delivery of campaigns.

• Review analytics regularly and use the information to predict where success lies in continuously improving our engagement with the third sector in Perth & Kinross.

• Be knowledgeable and passionate about what the third sector in Perth & Kinross cares about and be able to connect their issues to our services.

Critical competencies - To be successful in this position you’ll need to be:

• An excellent ambassador of our mission, our vision, and our brand.

• A strong, positive, confident, and kind person with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to make things happen.

• Great at writing copy in our tone of voice and make both creative and strategic decisions that preserve our brand.

• Skilled in planning ahead and working proactively while being adaptable and comfortable in working reactively when required.

• Responsible for owning your role in the organisation, working both collaboratively and independently to drive forward and deliver on all projects.

• Adept at interpreting social media data and analytics and to act on findings and create continuous improvement.

• Able to demonstrate a proven track record of success in the strategic management of social media accounts.

• Competent in SMM software such as Canva, HubSpot, Adobe Suite or other relevant software.

• A good understanding about the mission of the Third Sector Interface and how it contributes to the dynamic third sector in Perth & Kinross.

Success Criteria– you’ll know you are succeeding if there is a continuous increase year-on-year in the awareness, engagement and conversion of our third sector stakeholders.

In return for your hard work and commitment, we offer the following:

• The opportunity to be part of the next exciting chapter in PKAVS history and to work with a highly skilled operational leadership team.

• Personal development and opportunities that will help you achieve your career aspirations.

• A working environment that is designed to make it as easy as possible for you to balance your home life and deliver effectively in your working life.

• A generous salary that values your skills, knowledge, and experience.

• Auto-enrolment into our Pension scheme.

• Entitlement to 6.8 weeks of annual leave (pro-rata) which increases according to your length of service.

• Enhanced sick pay scheme.

• Employee Assistance Programme that offers 24/7 advice and listening for all your support needs.