About the Organisation

St Paul’s Youth Forum (SPYF) aims to alleviate the worst effects of poverty in the Blackhill/Provanmill area of Glasgow through our programmes for young people and our local community, focusing on eating, education, exercise and empowerment.

Purpose of the role

Are you passionate to ensure that everyone can get ‘On Bikes’. We are looking for a trained SPYF Bike Mechanic. The SPYF Bike Mechanic will help SPYF meet its aims and vision. This will compliment wider Scottish Government policies to encourage people to actively travel instead of using to private cars for transport.

The SPYF Bike Mechanic will support various projects headed up by On Bikes. This will include the Free Bikes Project, the Cycle Friendly Schools Fund and the new launch of the SPYF On Bikes social enterprise shop at the Hogganfield Loch.

We are looking for someone who is keen to work with dedicated and passionate colleagues and who is a good fit with the values of our organisation. For this role, having the right mind-set, attitude and approach is as important to us as having the right experience and skills. We appreciate that the best person might not yet have all the general requirements listed, so if you feel that your current skills and experience will help you to make a great contribution in this role and you have the right mind-set, we would welcome an application from you.

About Money Advice Scotland

The times we live through are frequently described as unprecedented.

A century pandemic and the cost of living crisis has magnified and entrenched inequality.

But it has also shown that change can happen rapidly and can make a real difference.

We need change. We need new ideas when old solutions cannot solve new problems.

Our plan sets out our approach towards securing a new different at a time when our purpose is more essential than ever.

Money Advice Scotland is Scotland’s money charity. Our mission is to be the driving force towards financial wellbeing for the people of Scotland.

We believe we will achieve this by supporting the advice workforce, empowering citizens to get help and support, and advocating for fairer policy.

About the role

Our Financial Wellbeing Team works towards the strategic aim of improving financial health and wellbeing.

We do this by delivering evidence-based money guidance to a number of audiences, including schools, colleges, communities and workplaces.

We also deliver financial capability training to professionals, administer our e-learning modules and create a wide range of digital resources so that people can access financial information in a format that is most suited to their needs.

Job description and key responsibilities

• Support the financial education of young people by creating resources and delivering workshops to schools, colleges, universities and community groups, both online and in person.
• Create and deliver financial wellbeing sessions to the wider population including employees across Scotland.
• Develop and deliver open access online workshops on various personal finance related topics.
• Design and develop financial wellbeing resources using a variety of formats.
• Deliver financial capability training to professionals.
• Help to create a resource bank on our website.
• Work with the Financial Wellbeing Lead to plan activities in line with our strategic aim.
• Support the Financial Wellbeing team in developing and delivering a money guidance programme for adults with low numeracy skills in the Scottish Borders.
• Other relevant tasks as required.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Qualifications and experience

Essential

• Degree or equivalent professional experience
• Experience of developing and delivering training and/or education
• Experience of supporting, building and strengthening relationships with partner organisations

Desirable

• Experience of financial inclusion and debt prevention
• Community engagement experience

Knowledge and understanding

Essential

• Ability to create high-quality, engaging content in a variety of formats
• Interest in financial wellbeing topics
• Willingness to learn about new subjects
• Ability and passion to work directly with people to create content and present complex information in a way that best fits their needs

Desirable

• Knowledge of the money advice sector
• Knowledge of creating video content and video editing skills

Communication and IT skills

Essential

• Excellent with Microsoft Office products
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

• Experience using online platforms such as Zoom

Evaluation and analysis

Essential

• Strong attention to detail
• Strong analytical skills

Desirable

• Knowledge of evaluation techniques, particularly capturing tangible outcomes

Autonomy and accountability

Essential

• Ability to work using own initiative
• A focused and motivated approach to achieving our strategic aim
• Organisational and time management skills, with the ability to work on a wide range of tasks, often working to a deadline
• Confidence and adaptability to work flexibly in a team as well as individually

Values and attitudes

Essential

• A commitment to our purpose
• A passion for tackling inequality

Other

Essential

• Eligible for membership of Protection Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme

Desirable

• Possession of a full, clean driving licence as travel throughout Scotland will be required

What you will get from the role

You’ll be part of a progressive organisation which aims to challenge the stigma and misconceptions that often surround how people manage their money. Your work will help to support people in Scotland to build financial resilience and improve financial wellbeing.

Your role will be varied, fast paced and will allow you to embrace creativity and innovation.

Are you passionate about high quality childcare and making a real difference to children and families in Scotland? Do you want to be part of SCMA – a thriving membership organisation, advocating on behalf of childminders and delivering services across Scotland?

We are recruiting a part time Childminding Development Officer (CDO) to support the delivery of our new Family Childminding Partnership service, funded by the Whole Family Wellbeing Fund, and meeting the principles of The Promise. This service aims to provide support by offering childminder placements to vulnerable families, with a particular focus on one-year olds and their siblings. This will be delivered across a number of targeted local authority areas.

The Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) is the national voice of childminding in Scotland. SCMA is a national Third Sector and membership organisation that promotes childminding as a quality childcare service. Working on behalf of its 2,600 childminder members, SCMA helps to improve the wellbeing and outcomes for Scotland’s children and aims to influence policy to ensure that it is informed by the experiences of childminding. SCMA provides a wide range of support and professional services for members including training and events as well as delivering local services. For more information visit childminding.org

The successful applicant will work to support and set up targeted funded placements for children with childminders. Line managed by the Area Manager East, and building on SCMA’s successful community childminding model, as well as providing learning for the future ELC expansion to one-year olds.

You will have experience of working with families and an awareness of current support available; working collaboratively with key agencies including Early Years; an understanding of childminding and the role of childminders, as well as their training and support needs.

Excellent organisational and inter-personal skills are required and working as part of a team is essential. You should be able to demonstrate enthusiasm, self-motivation, and highly developed written and oral communication skills.

Part-time 18 hrs per week, Salary £25,465 - £27,940 (pro rata) and we operate a contributory pension scheme which you will be auto-enrolled into (subject to the conditions of the scheme).

Initial funding is until March 2024, however this is part of a 3-year proposal with funding confirmation received on an annual basis. The post is home based and may require occasional travel to our Head Office in Stirling as well as central belt and wider if required.

Equipment and broadband/IT connections will be provided.

Are you passionate about climate action and community development? Do you have experience in project management and a desire to make a positive impact on East Lothian's environmental future? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

About Us:

The ELCAN Hub, a partnership between East Lothian Climate Action Network (ELCAN) and Lower Impact Living CIC (Lil), is seeking a dynamic individual to lead transformative climate & nature action and adaptation within the region. As the ELCAN Climate Hub Manager, you will play a key role in cultivating a resilient and just community-driven movement that addresses the challenges of the climate and nature emergency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project management of the ELCAN Climate Hub.
• Building and maintaining relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Leading the team to deliver Hub outputs & outcomes.
• Financial management, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Staff appraisals, development, and fundraising.