Cookery School Chef
- Full time
- £21,500 – £24,500
- Ramekin & Rolling Pin Cookery School, Kirkintilloch
- Closing 29th November 2022
- Advertised from 8th November 2022
- Will include some evenings and Saturdays.
Role
This is an exciting time for us as we move forward in the development of our cookery school and chocolate making facility based in North Glasgow. We are now looking for a chef to join the team to assist the Cookery School Manager in the growth and delivery of both the commercial cookery school and the community kitchen. This is not your average chef role, but an opportunity to be part of a vibrant new cookery school where your skills and creative input are valued and vital to the vision of our enterprise.
If you have proven hospitality/catering experience, a wide-ranging knowledge of different cuisines and techniques and most importantly exceptional people skills then this could be the role for you.
About Us
Ramekin and Rolling Pin is a social enterprise based in East Dunbartonshire run by Silver Stag of Scotland Community Interest Company, which means we have a social purpose as our driving force. Any profits made are reinvested into our social purpose.
Ramekin and Rolling Pin aims to address food injustice so that people and communities have the opportunity to access a healthy and acceptable diet for themselves, their families and their communities whilst also considering the environmental challenges of the climate emergency, fuel poverty and food insecurity.
Ramekin and Rolling Pin has two main objectives:
- To be a financially viable commercial enterprise which provides cookery workshops to those travelling to Scotland as visitors and individuals and groups who are looking for a unique experience to celebrate a special event.
- To provide cookery classes and culinary therapy workshops for those who have experienced distress, disadvantage or isolation, or whose mental health has been adversely affected.
Our cookery masterclasses and events help fund our community cookery classes and culinary therapy workshops for those in the local area who have experienced distress, disadvantage or isolation, or whose mental health has been adversely affected.
The Role
In the main the successful candidate will assist the Cookery School Manager in the planning and delivery of our Community Cookery Programmes and our Commercial Cookery School. This will include daily, weekly or monthly duties (whichever applicable) from the categories below.
1. Facilitating Workshops
Community
- Assisting the CSM in the planning and delivery of easily prepared nutritious meals for sessions ensuring that content is suitable to the age, physical, emotional and social ability of all participants and is in line with health and safety standards and healthy eating guidelines.
- Assisting in the sourcing of ingredients, using fresh produce and/or edible food waste wherever possible
- Preparing the workstations with awareness of potential risks
- Encouraging participants to try healthy food and promote healthy eating within the home, drawing upon a common selection of ingredients
- Ensuring that basic food hygiene procedures are followed
- Preparing for and clearing up after cookery sessions
- Working with and training a group of volunteers to become peer-to-peer workshop facilitators.
Commercial
- Working with the CSM to determine marketing and sales strategies to maximise exposure and income
- Sharing responsibility for monitoring weekly, monthly and annual sales performance and achieving targets for income
- Working within an environmental agenda to ensure effective zero waste and waste management protocols.
- Assisting in the development and promotion of creative, engaging workshops and events.
2. Monitoring and Evaluation
- Supporting the CSM in taking part in regular evaluation reviews of programme delivery ensuring the continuous improvement of our services
- Supporting the CSM in ensuring all data recording is captured accurately enabling robust impact assessment, delivery of funding agreements and the effective use of our resources
- Assisting in the writing up of evaluations of the sessions
- To undertake other duties appropriate to the post in support of the organisation’s smooth functioning
Person Specification
Essential
- An interest in and desire to work towards the vision, mission and aims of Ramekin and Rolling Pin including a commitment to healthy diet and living.
- Well organised with an ability to plan and deliver cookery classes enthusiastically, within agreed timelines and following set processes
- Ability to respect individuals and during delivery encourage their interest in food relating to all aspects of their lives.
- Ability to deliver food demonstrations in an engaging, interactive and informal way to all ages including children and young people, striving for an inclusive approach
- Experience of using and working within appropriate protocols and procedures such as Cooksafe
- Commitment to working in a values-based culture including non-discriminatory and equal opportunities practice
- Proven professional cookery experience
- Elementary Food Hygiene Certificate
- Willingness to undergo PVG check
- Experience of cooking food from different cultures (including Scottish)
Desirable
- Experience of supporting people with higher support needs eg: those with learning difficulties or mental health issues
- Awareness and understanding of community food and health issues
- Experience of monitoring and evaluation
- Experience of working in tourism/visitor experience
Application notes
Closing date for receipt of applications is Tuesday 29th November @ 9am.
For an informal chat about the post please contact us on 0845 528 0040
If you are interested in this offer, please send us your CV and covering letter to info@silverstag.scot
Membership of the PVG scheme will be an essential requirement of the post.
Parish Assistant/Deacon – St Paul’s
- Part time
- £30,274 – £34,224 pro-rata
- On site: Glasgow
- Closing 8th January 2026
Could you be part of something different? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of the people in our parishes and communities.
We are looking for someone to assist the Interim Moderator and Kirk Session to enable us to reach a greater number of people through pastoral care, build on the school’s chaplaincy with the support of other local churches and lead weekly worship. With over 400 people a week using the church building and a chaplaincy reach of 1,300, this post will be able to create new ways of connecting, ensuring that the parish continue to know that we are “alive in our worship and involved in our community”.
This post is also suitable for that of Parish Deacon (please see additional information under Main Duties, Person Specification and Terms and Conditions for candidates wishing to apply for this post as a Deacon).
The successful candidate will be a committed Christian with an active Church connection (Genuine Occupational Requirement in terms of the Equality Act 2010).
It is essential you have the right to work in the UK before applying to work with us. You will be asked to provide proof of your eligibility to work and remain in the UK if you are invited to attend for an interview.
Are you motivated by the power of strong financial systems to support meaningful social change? Do you take pride in accuracy, clarity and well-organised processes that help an organisation thrive? MCR Pathways is looking for a diligent and proactive Finance Assistant to join our friendly and dedicated Finance team in Glasgow.
About the Role:
This role sits at the heart of our financial operations, ensuring we can continue delivering life-changing mentoring support to young people across the UK. As Finance Assistant, you will play a key part in maintaining accurate financial records, supporting smooth transactional processes, and ensuring the integrity of the data we rely on to make informed decisions.
Working closely with our Finance Director and Finance Manager, you will help keep our systems running efficiently, supporting both day-to-day activity and the wider mission of the organisation.
Key responsibilities:
- Ensure all invoices and expenses submitted through Dext are accurate before publishing to Xero, resolving any discrepancies and confirming correct coding and tax treatment.
- Complete regular bank reconciliations in Xero, matching transactions and promptly investigating variances.
- Keep supplier and customer contact records in Xero accurate and up to date.
- Prepare and set up payment batches for approval, ensuring invoices are correctly coded, authorised and processed in line with internal procedures.
About you:
- Experience working with Dext and Xero and online expense management systems.
- Confident handling day-to-day financial processes.
- Organised, with an eye for detail and accuracy, you take pride in keeping data clean, reliable and easy to navigate.
- Comfortable following established processes but also able to improve or update them when needed.
- You enjoy solving problems and can work independently, managing your workload efficiently and proactively.
- You communicate clearly and professionally, and you work well with others across different teams.
About MCR Pathways:
MCR Pathways is an award-winning charity established in Glasgow in 2007. Our mentoring programme is now delivered in schools across the whole of Scotland as well as South East and North East England. We are committed to helping young people gain self-confidence, identify their skills and recognise and fulfil their potential. Our vision is for all young people to experience equality of education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances. Our mentoring programme has profound impacts on school pupils in their confidence, wellbeing and post-school progression. MCR Mentors are volunteers who make and experience a life-changing difference.
You will be joining a friendly and supportive team who love what they do and enjoy working with each other. MCR Pathways’ values are Respect, Communication, Trust and Growth and they inform everything we do.
Benefits of working for MCR Pathways include: 33 days annual leave in first year rising to 38 days from 2nd year of employment, additional day off for your birthday, Living Pensions Employer, Life Assurance - 4 x salary.
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Outreach Worker and Cycle Trainer
- Full time
- £24,897
- On site: Recyke-a-bike, Causewayhead, Stirling
- Closing 31st January 2026
About Us
Recyke-a-bike (part of Fallin Community Enterprises) has been in operation since 2005. We began as a small recycling social enterprise that quickly grew into a job club, using bike recycling as work experience for our members. Over the years we’ve seen a lot of growth and now offer training services and cycling outreach work, in addition to our bike recycling and sales through our well stocked and modestly priced shop.
Purpose
To support the delivery of the Bikeability programme in partnership with Cycling Scotland and Stirling and Clackmannanshire local authorities. The Outreach Worker and Cycle Trainer will also support the delivery of all cycling-based activities delivered by Recyke-a-bike.
Responsibilities
Main:
- Delivery of Bikeability Training to Children.
- Delivery of Adult Cycle Training.
- Maintenance of bikes and equipment for each of the following fleets: Stirling, Clackmannanshire, EBike, Practical Cycle Awareness Training (PCAT) and Adult Cycle Training Fleets.
- Managing health and safety within area of responsibility.
- Carrying out risk assessments for Bikeability sessions.
- Planning, risk assessing and delivering other cycle related sessions, events and activities.
- External liason with third parties including schools, local councils, community groups and organisations, as well as charities and businesses.
- Attending team meetings.
- Attending continuous professional development (CPD) training.
Additional:
- Building bikes for the shop when not busy.
- Collecting bike donations for the shop.
- Deliver Doctor Bike services across the Forth Valley when required.
- Assisting other departments where needed.
- Any other reasonable duties consistent with working for a small charitable organisation.
Schools and Family Worker - Barony Campus, Cumnock
- Full time
- £30,274 – £34,224
- On site: Presbytery of the South West
- Closing 8th January 2026
Could you be part of something different? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of the people in our parishes and communities.
This role is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and committed youth worker to engage with children and young people within a school and church setting, providing spiritual, emotional, and social support. The successful candidate will play a key role in discipleship, community-building, and outreach, helping young people explore and develop their faith within the context of the Church of Scotland.
The successful candidate will be a committed Christian with an active Church connection (Genuine Occupational Requirement in terms of the Equality Act 2010).
It is essential you have the right to work in the UKbefore applying to work with us. You will be asked to provide proof of your eligibility to work and remain in the UK if you are invited to attend for an interview.
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