The Volunteering Development Officer will recruit, support and develop volunteering throughout Falkirk and District: supporting people to become volunteers while supporting groups and organisations to develop inclusive and meaningful opportunities and placements. Encourage recognition of the value of volunteering within the third sector and with local and national strategic partners.

The position is 35 hours per week, with a salary of £27,000 per annum, and a permanent contract, subject to funding.

Through a place based approach, the Development Officer Capacity Building will support the development and sustainability of the local third sector by providing tailored organisational development support covering; governance, funding, socially enterprising activity, business planning, volunteering management and community leadership to create strong infrastructures to enable and empower third sector groups and organisations to take forward their aspirations of community ownership and community asset transfer.

This is a key role within our Empowering Communities Programme providing capacity building support services to be a catalyst in community regeneration and community ownership, encouraging community wealth and health building principles through learning and training opportunities, knowledge exchange and peer networking within the third sector and with local and national strategic partners.

The Third Sector Chief Officers Group (TSCOG) was formed in 2016 when a number of CEO’s of third sector organisations in South Lanarkshire came together under the auspices of VASLan to support each other during a period of significant strategic and financial challenge and change.

The group met fortnightly to play a significant role in providing peer support and sharing information to ensure joined up services during the Covid pandemic. The TSCOG are now ready to move onto the next stage of their development, with this shared resource providing additional capacity to deliver upon our strategic objectives.

Job Purpose:

This role is a shared resource for the TSCOG, hosted within VASLan with the workplan directed by a TSCOG Steering Group. The purpose of this role is to provide capacity within the TSCOG to deliver upon our 3 strategic objectives; strategic engagement, being collaborative, and income and strategic commissioning.

Through a place based approach, the Capacity Building Development Officer will support the development and sustainability of the local third sector by providing tailored organisational development support covering; governance, funding, socially enterprising activity, business planning, volunteering management and community leadership to create strong infrastructures to enable and empower third sector groups and organisations to take forward their aspirations of community ownership and community asset transfer.

This is a key role within our Empowering Communities Programme providing capacity building support services to be a catalyst in community regeneration and community ownership, encouraging community wealth and health building principles through learning and training opportunities, knowledge exchange and peer networking within the third sector and with local and national strategic partners.