Building and Celebrating Communities Development Coordinator
- Full time
- £25,341
- South Lanarkshire
- Closing 30th April 2021
- Advertised from 22nd March 2021
- Initial 18 months Contract
- 3% pension contribution
Role
“Working together to improve health and wellbeing in the community – with the community.”
What is Building and Celebrating Communities?
It is about improving people’s experience of health and social care. It is also about helping people living in their communities to live well, to know how to enhance their health and wellbeing and for communities to recognise their strengths, their dependencies and interdependencies.
The Building and Celebrating Communities (BCC) programme is based on the principles of Asset-based community development (ABCD). ABCD challenges the wider traditional approaches that try to solve urban and rural development challenges by focusing on the needs and deficiencies of individuals, and communities. ABCD demonstrates that people, local assets, and individual strengths are key to ensure sustainable community development, and that people have a life of their own choosing.
The overriding objective of BCC is to explore how we can generate more space for communities to create the things that matter to them - and how we can support these activities.
To drive this objective forward the BCC programme board are seeking to appoint a development coordinator, initially on an 18 month contract and hosted within South Lanarkshire’s Third Sector Interface (VASLan). The post holder will work across all four South Lanarkshire Localities with community groups, Third Sector organisations, the TSI, the Community Engagement Team, and wider stakeholders to build awareness and levels of community activity in support of the BCC capacity-building program.
This exciting opportunity will be the catalyst in the delivery of three key areas.
1. The identification of what it is that communities can and are doing best on their own. Not everything needs involvement from statutory agencies and this is not about reinventing the wheel or interfering. If anything, we want to celebrate what’s working – whilst being mindful many people want to help each other out without making a fuss.
2. Identify where communities require help. Sometimes this may require a very light touch, making a connection or offering minimal assistance to get an initiative, formal or otherwise, off the ground, like a sporting group or befriending network. Sometimes it may require a bit more assistance or involvement for a longer period of time.
3. Identify what communities need SLH&SCP and partner agencies to do for them, initially or on an ongoing basis - and take a leading role in making that happen.
Application notes
If you have experience of working directly with communities and a genuine interest in
this exiting area of work then get in touch and apply.
Please contact letitia.gallacher@vaslan.org.uk for a copy of the Job Description and Application Form. Closing Date 30th April 2021.
PURPOSE OF JOB
To assist in running the Grassy Riggs older people’s drop in. Ensure that older people and carers are well supported by the project. To be an effective team player in the Project. To give regular practical information and support on social care issues and issues of poverty to our members, carers, volunteers and their families.
A full job description is available for download below.
Funding & Fundraising Development Manager
- Full time
- £34,213.45
- Remote: Home based – with regular travel between PKAVS services
- Closing 12th August 2024
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Funding & Fundraising Development Manager who will play a pivotal part in raising funds and securing our financial sustainability for PKAVS by leading on the delivery of our funding strategy, engaging with individual, corporate, government, legacy and partnership funding channels and working in partnership with each of our services to support them to deliver their funding plans and fundraising activities.
If you are passionate about fundraising, have excellent communication skills, and enjoy building relationships with donors, we would love to hear from you!
Third Sector Integration Engagement Officer – Health & Social Care
- Part time
- £28,000 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Alloa
- Closing 16th August 2024
To support CTSI’s work relating to health and social care development in the sector that helps people in Clackmannanshire to live full and positive lives.
PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES
- To work within communities to maintain and build relationships with the wide range of third sector organisations/groups thriving and developing in Clackmannanshire, with particular emphasis on supporting the Clackmannanshire and Stirling Health and Social Care Strategic Commissioning Plan 2023-2033, to enable people in both areas to live full, healthy and positive lives.
- Support the work to build relationships between key stakeholders such as statutory partners and community organisations, to support collaboration and partnership in health and social care initiatives and achieve improved outcomes for the people of Clackmannanshire.
Programme Lead - Community Transport
- Part time
- £31,100 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Dumfries or Stranraer with travel
- Closing 11th August 2024
Quality programme planning
Community and stakeholder engagement
Designing new ways of working with communities
Playing your part in an ambitious team
If this sounds like you, we think you might be our next Programme Lead for Community Transport.
We are looking for an effective programme management expert to support the delivery of a new model of community transport across Dumfries & Galloway. The successful candidate will bring experience of programme and/or project planning, building activity and outcome timelines, gateways and reporting mechanisms and building effective relationships with partners. To be effective in the role, you don’t have to be a community transport expert – there will be access to a range of support and advice.
With a new prospectus and increased investment, we are now looking to our future and delivery on our big ambitions; A strong third sector; Maximising impact through great partnership working; Securing equity, dignity, belonging and justice.
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