After being with us for over five years, our current Dundee and Perth & Kinross Regional Manager is relocating to England in November 2023 to be closer to family. As a passionate, experienced professional in the identification, creation and management of a wide range of great partner relationships, you will ensure the Career Ready programme in Dundee City and Perth & Kinross continues to thrive across 8 schools in Dundee and 9 in Perth & Kinross.

This is a wonderful role that requires a broad range of skills, so you will be well organised, confident and able to positively influence a wide range of people, approaching opportunities that are well researched and outcomes with an entrepreneurial mindset. It’s also a great chance to develop personally.

Leading our work involves growing, developing and maintaining the brilliant employer and education partnerships that deliver the Career Ready programme, which includes the Local Advisory Board, the Local Authorities (key sponsors), schools (we have a Career Ready coordinator in each school), the Developing the Young Workforce Regional Group, and the many employer organisations and their people who volunteer as mentors, provide quality paid internships and deliver engaging masterclasses.

By assimilating what, why, when and the how of our work, you will be able to:

Lead and develop our Career Ready partnerships in Dundee and Perth & Kinross, optimising the programme experience for all stakeholders and securing ongoing or new employer support for the growing number of students each year (c.64 in Dundee and 50 in Perth & Kinross) who participate in the 18-month long Career Ready programme annually.

Lead programme delivery, stakeholder engagement and business development by working closely with the Career Ready Dundee and Perth & Kinross Local Advisory Board; Leanna Sinclair, Partnerships Development; Janine McFarland, Head of Programme & Operations; and the Career Ready Regional Manager and Scotland Operations team on a continuous improvement agenda that is focused on quality, impact and sustainability underpinned by attention to detail with efficient and effective processes.

• £34,000 – £37,500 DOE (pro rata)
• A working from home allowance of £300 (pro rata) pa is provided
• 33 days holiday (pro rata) plus 2 additional days in the summer. In addition, Career Ready is closed between Christmas and New Year and the time off is not taken from annual leave entitlement
• 6% of salary contribution to a private pension subject to an employee contribution of 3%
• Access to our Reward Gateway Portal and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to discounted BUPA private healthcare membership, personal accident insurance and a Cafeteria Benefits system that allows staff to buy holidays
• Interest-free season ticket or bicycle purchase loans
• Business expenses including mileage allowance for car usage

Are you enthusiastic about making a difference in young people’s lives?

Helm’s long-term vision is a Scotland where all young people dare to dream and can make those dreams a reality. Our more immediate mission is to ensure that young people in Scotland have access to the education and training that supports them to learn. Our strategy for achieving this focuses on three key activities, which we believe, will make education, training and employment accessible and achievable for all:

• Give Young People a Voice

• Remove Barriers to Learning and Employment

• Develop Education, Training and Employment Services

Our education and employment services are core to what we do at Helm. We provide young people with the support, qualifications and experience required to build the skills and knowledge to secure and maintain employment. We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic individual to support young people to increase their knowledge and skills in numeracy and move on to a sustainable progression.

Key responsibilities in the role include:

• Key Worker to your own caseload of young people, working effectively to build their knowledge and skills in numeracy and support and progress them to a sustainable progression.

• Ensure set targets and outcomes are met relating to your caseload and contractual requirements in programme delivery.

• Assess young people’s skills and identify their needs and support required in order to produce an individual training plan, which is agreed and understood by them.

• Plan and organise a range of individual or group activities (in-house/outside) to best support the needs of young people.

• Resource, prepare and deliver training, obtaining feedback from young people to assess programme effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.

What do we give you in return? We provide you with a competitive salary, 35 days annual leave, health benefits, a pension plan, a generous range of benefits and job satisfaction with a real opportunity to make a difference every day.

We are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all young people and use a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG Scheme checks to ensure this commitment is not compromised.

Capital City Partnership (CCP) is an arm’s length company of The City of Edinburgh Council and is tasked with the operational development, management and support of local and regional employability and poverty reduction measures. It takes a flexible approach to changing economic conditions, needs and opportunities but its core functions comprise:

• The management of all employability related grants and contracts awarded to external providers by the council and other key partners

• The management of assessment processes related to bids received for such grants and contracts and making recommendations for funding

• The provision of policy advice, research, and development support (including secretariat functions) to the city’s Local Employability Partnership and partners

• Support of the Edinburgh Partnership Local Outcome Improvement Plans

• Provision of support to the Edinburgh and South-East Scotland City Region Deal Integrated Regional Employability and Skills programme.

Job Purpose

The Joined up for Joined Up for Advice Network Coordinator is a new position to support the development of a Joined Up for Advice (JUfA) network for better service design that is integrated, holistic, removes stigma, and leads to improved citizen engagements and referrals. It should enable earlier intervention and prevention, and ultimately improve household income and ability to move out of and/or prevent financial crisis.

To achieve this, we wish to recruit a Coordinator to support the following:

• Local Outcome Improvement Plan Priority 1: Enough Money to Live On - the post will support the main activity in this area, including a focus on the Affordable Credit Action Plan, and Money Counts training.

• Joined Up for Advice Steering Group – to provide the secretariat support for working with a JUFA Steering Group, establishing, and bringing together the core people to oversee the implementation of the Review and to consider recommendations.

• Joined Up for Advice Citizens Panel – to support a Citizens Panel with membership drawn from those with lived experience who will work directly to inform the Review recommendations on creating accessible and stigma free services. This area will also include further mapping and evaluation of services and looking at language and design for a future marketing strategy.

• Joined Up for Advice Forum – to support the refreshed development of the Advice Services Forum, with a renewed terms of reference and links to the Citizens Panel. This area will deliver a quarterly forum network with service partners, creating a place for unity, shared learning and good practice and effectively managing change and ensuring the client is placed at the centre of the conversation.

• Joined Up for Advice Charter – to support the creation of a Charter of Service Standards based on the Scottish National Standards for Information and Advice Providers supporting a refreshed approach to how services are delivered and made client centred to work together for the best outcome.

• Joined Up for Advice Bulletin – to create and disseminate a one voice professional update for the network, bringing partners together for the latest communications and encouraging a joined-up approach.

Longer term, this post will keep shared resources updated and support in the co-design/co-production of future activity including development of commissioning specifications.