The Community Development Officer (CDO) will develop mechanisms to engage communities of place and interest with SCOTLAND: The Big Picture’s rewilding projects, with particular emphasis on engaging communities with rewilding taking place within our Northwoods Rewilding Network.

Specifically, the CDO will work with communities and support them to:

• Co-create community benefit packages funded by private investment.

• Learn more about local nature restoration projects, improving understanding of rewilding.

Ultimately, this role will support more people to become informed about and involved with rewilding via recreational and educational activities across Scotland.

See the job description, available for download below, for the duties and responsibilities associated with the role, as well as the experience, skills and attributes we are seeking.

Organisation profile

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture (SBP) is a charity that works to drive the recovery of nature across Scotland through rewilding, in response to the growing climate and biodiversity crises. Our vision is of a vast network of rewilded land and water, where wildlife flourishes and people thrive.

We are a small, friendly, agile and progressive team that works in collaboration with many different interest groups to:

• Drive support for rewilding

• Commit more land and water to rewilding

• Return missing species

• Develop rewilding business

Please see our website for more information on our work: scotlandbigpicture.com.

Are you an experienced administrator keen to utilise your skills and help make a difference for people living with physical disabilities?

Role overview

Ecas is looking for a part-time (28 hours per week) administrator to join our small team, based in our offices at Norton Park, Edinburgh. The successful candidate will be responsible for the overall organisation and co-ordination of Ecas’ office operations, procedures, and resources to facilitate organisational effectiveness and efficiency. This includes acting as the Health and Safety Officer and administering Ecas’ grants fund.

About us

Ecas is an Edinburgh based charity and was established over a hundred years ago. The charity works to improve the quality of life of physically disabled people in the Edinburgh and Lothians area: promoting equality, choice and participation through our activities, befriending service and grants.

Orientation/induction

After 23 years, our current administrator is retiring. To assist the new administrator in their vital role within our small office team, there will be a handover period to work alongside our current administrator and become familiar with the widely varying tasks and responsibilities.

About this role

To provide proactive and effective administration and support for the management of aspects of the regulated services.

Lead on checking compliance and quality assurance of documentation for specific designated activities.

Manage a schedule of planned and reactive maintenance.

Provide effective administration and support for all general aspects of L’Arche activities including being a point of contact for enquiries, supporting events and the development community and providing cover as required for other administrative tasks.

Organisation and administration relating to all aspects of the supported living services and community life. This could include liaising with external suppliers e.g. for the collection of waste, supporting the organisation and smooth running of community events and producing newsletters (20%).

Attend Support and Care meetings, provide guidance and advice on administrative requirements, data on compliance and quality and follow up non-compliance or quality issues with the Support and Care Leaders, and update and or escalate to the Support and Care Coordinator (20%).

Update and managea schedule of planned maintenance and health and safety compliance checks. Liaise with external suppliers to obtain quotes and agree work schedules. Arrange emergency or urgent repairs as necessary, liaising with the Houses and external suppliers (25%).

Be a point of contact for general enquiries by phone, email and in person. Line manage the Administration Assistant. Provide cover for all critical administrative tasks (including payroll) during periods of leave (15%)

Provide administration for core member financesand for other financial transactions within L’Arche Edinburgh, liaising as required with banks and the national L’Arche finance team (15%).

Support community and the development of community (5%).

This is a varied and busy permanent role that would suit someone with excellent organisational skills and a keen attention to detail. Reporting to the Finance Manager, you'll join a small team of people dedicated to Volunteer Edinburgh’s mission – to build strong social connections, reduce inequalities and support vibrant communities through volunteers and volunteering activities.

Around half of the role involves administration work, essential to the smooth running of the organisation - office and HR admin, managing facilities, equipment and office supplies, and assisting colleagues and volunteers. The other half of the role involves finance tasks and bookkeeping, primarily using Xero, a user-friendly online accounting system.

Volunteer Edinburgh is committed to creating a positive, supportive culture where employees and volunteers can thrive. Working for Volunteer Edinburgh will offer you: 7% employer pension contribution; opportunities to learn within the organisation and outside it; an established support and supervision framework, including six-weekly meetings with your line manager; and an employer-supported volunteering policy that provides paid time off to volunteer. Salaries are contractually linked to local government pay, meaning your pay increases in line with the public sector. On top of this we offer a generous leave entitlement of 29 days plus eight public holidays, pro rata for part-time employees.

This role is part-time and the hours may be worked over three, four or five days, Monday to Friday.

About you

As well as being able to manage a busy workload with competing priorities, the ideal candidate will be comfortable learning and working with systems and processes, adapting them to improve efficiency where possible. You’ll be highly numerate as well as confident and experienced in using Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook. While experience of basic financial administration and/or bookkeeping is expected, there are opportunities to learn more of this on the job. Excellent communication skills are essential as you’ll be working with colleagues and volunteers in a busy office.

Location

This role is based at our main office. Since we serve the public, all staff take part in supporting our Core Services team. We’re therefore unable to offer remote or hybrid working. However our terms and conditions recognise that colleagues sometimes need flexibility and we have a range of polices which support well-being and a good work life balance.