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Joined Up for Advice Network Coordinator

  • Part time
  • £34,768 pro-rata
  • Edinburgh
  • Closing 12th October 2023


  • Advertised from 25th September 2023
  • 3 days or 21 hours per week. Fixed Term until March 2025.

Role

Capital City Partnership (CCP) is an arm’s length company of The City of Edinburgh Council and is tasked with the operational development, management and support of local and regional employability and poverty reduction measures. It takes a flexible approach to changing economic conditions, needs and opportunities but its core functions comprise:

• The management of all employability related grants and contracts awarded to external providers by the council and other key partners

• The management of assessment processes related to bids received for such grants and contracts and making recommendations for funding

• The provision of policy advice, research, and development support (including secretariat functions) to the city’s Local Employability Partnership and partners

• Support of the Edinburgh Partnership Local Outcome Improvement Plans

• Provision of support to the Edinburgh and South-East Scotland City Region Deal Integrated Regional Employability and Skills programme.

Job Purpose

The Joined up for Joined Up for Advice Network Coordinator is a new position to support the development of a Joined Up for Advice (JUfA) network for better service design that is integrated, holistic, removes stigma, and leads to improved citizen engagements and referrals. It should enable earlier intervention and prevention, and ultimately improve household income and ability to move out of and/or prevent financial crisis.

To achieve this, we wish to recruit a Coordinator to support the following:

• Local Outcome Improvement Plan Priority 1: Enough Money to Live On - the post will support the main activity in this area, including a focus on the Affordable Credit Action Plan, and Money Counts training.

• Joined Up for Advice Steering Group – to provide the secretariat support for working with a JUFA Steering Group, establishing, and bringing together the core people to oversee the implementation of the Review and to consider recommendations.

• Joined Up for Advice Citizens Panel – to support a Citizens Panel with membership drawn from those with lived experience who will work directly to inform the Review recommendations on creating accessible and stigma free services. This area will also include further mapping and evaluation of services and looking at language and design for a future marketing strategy.

• Joined Up for Advice Forum – to support the refreshed development of the Advice Services Forum, with a renewed terms of reference and links to the Citizens Panel. This area will deliver a quarterly forum network with service partners, creating a place for unity, shared learning and good practice and effectively managing change and ensuring the client is placed at the centre of the conversation.

• Joined Up for Advice Charter – to support the creation of a Charter of Service Standards based on the Scottish National Standards for Information and Advice Providers supporting a refreshed approach to how services are delivered and made client centred to work together for the best outcome.

• Joined Up for Advice Bulletin – to create and disseminate a one voice professional update for the network, bringing partners together for the latest communications and encouraging a joined-up approach.

Longer term, this post will keep shared resources updated and support in the co-design/co-production of future activity including development of commissioning specifications.

Application notes

Closing date: Noon, Thursday 12th October

We expect interviews to take place on Monday 23rd October & Tuesday 24th October

Application instructions: Please send your CV and cover letter in one document to Recruitment@capitalcitypartnership.org, along with a completed copy of our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.

CCP encourages applications from people from ethnically diverse backgrounds. We are keen to receive applications from people who wish to work flexibly. Secondment requests are welcome.


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