DVVA and the Protecting People Strategic Support Team based within Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership are seeking a passionate and dedicated Authentic Voices Project Manager to play a pivotal role in amplifying the voices and experiences of individuals with lived experience within strategic planning and decision-making forums. This will include an initial focus on the protecting people partnerships and committees. This position is instrumental in supporting a whole system culture shift in strategic spaces and ensuring that the needs, perspectives, and insights of the individuals we serve are authentically represented and integrated into the development and improvement of our programs and initiatives.

The post holder will be employed by Dundee Volunteer Voluntary Action and co-located to work as a member of the Protecting People Strategic Support Team (based within Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership).

Ideally you’ll have experience of supporting the engagement of people with lived experience as well as networking with a variety of partners and stakeholders. You’ll be able to balance the differing needs and expectations of those you are working with to facilitate successful working relationships and outcomes. Qualified to degree level in a relevant subject, and with significant working experience, you’ll have experience of project management and delivering change programmes.

Job description and person specification

To deliver Community Link Working in localities in Angus taking additional responsibility for connecting with wider VAA Locality workers third sector and strategic partner opportunities and connecting GP practices with community-based opportunities which help improve wellbeing.

Key Responsibilities:

The role will involve supporting personal options and choice for patients to help improve wellbeing, referring patients to comprehensive social care services, taking referrals, and ensuring that you target groups and communities most in need and helping them to live a healthier, happier life.

This is a very stimulating role that will allow you to work with a wide range of people such as GP’s Statutory partners such as Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), Community Planning Partnership (CPP) and voluntary organisations and will also include patients with:

• One or more long-term conditions in need of support with improving mental well-being.
• Who may endure loneliness or isolation
• Experience poverty and inequalities which may be a determinant to poor health.
• Have concerns about drug and alcohol issues.
• Who have complex social needs which affect their well-being

To deliver Community Link Working in localities in Angus taking additional responsibility for connecting with wider VAA Locality workers third sector and strategic partner opportunities and connecting GP practices with community-based opportunities which help improve wellbeing.

Key Responsibilities:

The role will involve supporting personal options and choice for patients to help improve wellbeing, referring patients to comprehensive social care services, taking referrals, and ensuring that you target groups and communities most in need and helping them to live a healthier, happier life.

This is a very stimulating role that will allow you to work with a wide range of people such as GP’s Statutory partners such as Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), Community Planning Partnership (CPP) and voluntary organisations and will also include patients with:

• One or more long-term conditions in need of support with improving mental well-being.
• Who may endure loneliness or isolation
• Experience poverty and inequalities which may be a determinant to poor health.
• Have concerns about drug and alcohol issues.
• Who have complex social needs which affect their well-being

CVS Falkirk & District is pleased to announce a new vacancy within our team: Community Participation and Engagement Manager. Funded directly by Scottish Government, the Community Participation and Engagement Manager, is a newly created role to shape, and contribute to, an important and innovative programme of work Greener Grangemouth: a 10-year programme as part of the Grangemouth and Falkirk Growth Deal (2024-2034) putting community health and wellbeing at the heart of Grangemouth’s Just Transition Programme.

We are looking for a person who understands the community landscape of Grangemouth, the priorities and challenges faced by the people who live and work in the town and is interested in supporting the transition to net zero through the decarbonisation of industry and community justice.

With strong communication skills, and exceptional at managing relationships, the postholder will engage with a wide network of stakeholders including representatives from the third sector and local communities, industry, business, public sector, and academic sector to create a visible and consistent ‘on the ground’ presence in Grangemouth, focusing on developing relationships with people across the breadth of the community, ensuring those seldom heard have a route to participation, and supporting collaboration across networks.

There is no fixed route map for how to do this and it is a significant challenge. Whilst enhancing community capacity to take part in the Just Transition process in Grangemouth, the Community Participation and Engagement Manager will be fundamental to establishing a new approach to multi-partner participatory democracy.

About CVS Falkirk & District

CVS Falkirk & District is an independent registered charity and company limited by guarantee and is recognised as the Third Sector Interface for the Falkirk Council area. CVS Falkirk & District is committed to supporting the development of community empowerment, driven by local communities working alongside public services to improve the lives of people living in the Falkirk and District area through:

• Strengthening its role as an Anchor Institution to support and empower Falkirk’s communities through the development of a strong and independent third sector.

• Supporting and developing volunteering, social enterprise, organisational development, third sector partnering making key contributions to the delivery of the CPP Falkirk Plan and associated initiatives and strategies.

• Bringing the third sector together through thematic forums and community leadership to contribute to local and national policy and strategic initiatives.

• Continuously improving its services to offer best value to its clients, stakeholders, third sector and communities.

We are a small team, highly motivated and with a wealth of expertise in developing new projects and programmes supporting community participation and engagement through collaboration, co-production and partnerships. We promote continuous learning and work hard to being an inclusive and supportive workplace.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including hybrid working, an excellent pension scheme, 25 days paid holiday plus 12 public holidays per year as well as a workplace health and wellbeing plan where you can claim back some of the costs associated with essential healthcare, as well as providing access to valuable health and wellbeing services.