This varied and challenging post requires an experienced person to visit, interview and assess practicing and retired registered nurses and midwives seeking financial assistance from the Fund.

Applications are invited from Qualified Individuals from Health or Social Care Sector, with a minimum of 5 years experience in that field. Applicants will have excellent communications skills, will be self motivated and be able to work on their own initiative. Experience of working in the community is essential.

Current driving licence is essential to carry out home visits throughout Scotland (vehicle can be supplied).

This is a home based post requiring a flexible working pattern and good computer skills.

Salary Range £45,833 pa (£22,000 pro rata) reviewed annually. Annual Leave to reflect part time hours.

Are you an experienced Project Development Manager who has the enthusiasm and versatility to help our community deliver its housing objectives?

Do you have a successful track record in fundraising to build upon the significant amount of funding we have already

attracted to kick-start our Tayvallich Initiative?

We are seeking a part-time, freelance Project Development Manager who will work with our Board, Community Steering Group and Housing Working Group Lead to establish and drive forward the development of housing for affordable rent on our community-owned land.

Your role will be to help us select the most suitable housing agency to deliver our vision for housing and work in partnership with them to make this a reality. You will also liaise with planners about options for housing on community-owned land and prepare pre-planning and planning applications. At each phase, you will also take a lead in involving and consulting our local community on our proposed plans to ensure continued engagement and commitment.

• Freelance opportunity, fixed term, up to October 2025
• Hours: on average 2 days a week (with flexibility to meet the varying demands of this role). Some out-of-hours working will be required
• Remuneration: £275 per day (inclusive of VAT if applicable) with a set allowance for travel and expenses £545,950 total fee
• Reporting to: Chair of Tayvallich Initiative Board
• Location: This role is home-based. You will need to be able to commit to attend regular face-to-face meetings in our community of Tayvallich, Mid Argyll on a scheduled basis

Inspiring Young Voices is a SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation) which exists to inspire and be inspired by the voices of children and young people in Highland facing challenges in their lives. We seek to ensure that these voices are raised, heard and acted upon. We will advocate for changes in policy and practice across Highland which support and promote the meaningful participation of children and young people at every level of decision making.

The role of the Participation Lead is to enable participation through engagement with children and young people, particularly those with additional support needs/ disabilities, to have their voices heard – where and when they wish, empowering them to influence policy and practice.

The Participation Lead is responsible for the development and delivery of our participation work. This includes supporting the members of Inspire Highland, our youth-led collective voice for young people in Highland. Inspire Highland was established in December 2018 in response to the views of young people with disabilities and additional support needs (ASNs) who expressed the need to have their voices heard. Inspire Highland is a creative, dynamic project which aims to promote the rights, participation and inclusion of all young people (up to the age of 25) who are facing challenges in their lives. The Participation Lead will work along with and line-manage our Youth Participation Worker and Trans / Non-Binary Inclusion Worker.

Inspiring Young Voices has played a key role in the development and drafting of the Highland Community Planning Partnership’s new Integrated Children’s Service Plan (ICSP) 2023-2026. This plan “recognises the necessity for greater active participation of children, young people and families in all aspects of planning and service delivery”. There is now an exciting opportunity for a new Participation Lead to support the implementation of the ICSP through their work with Inspiring Young Voices.

Our approach to our participation work is rights-based and grounded in trauma informed practices and principles to ensure that our charity responds in ways that prevents further harm, supports recovery, addresses inequalities and improves life chances of vulnerable young people in Highland. Our work is grounded in the principles and approaches of youth work and community development, and we adhere to the Community Learning and Development (CLD) Standards Council Code of Ethics.

The Participation Lead also promotes children’s rights, inclusion and participation across services, offering training, advice and or support.

We are a small charity and teamwork is essential to our effective functioning and success. It will sometimes be necessary and desirable for team members to share responsibility for a range of tasks such as communications, fundraising, monitoring, administration and reporting for which a larger organisation would have dedicated posts.

Tweedsmuir is a remote rural area in the Scottish Borders. It is within the Upper Tweed locality of Scottish Borders Council and is bounded to the South by Dumfries and Galloway Council and by South Lanarkshire Council to the West. The small population is scattered over a wide area. Tweedsmuir is one of the most sparsely populated areas in the Borders and is within the top 10% most deprived areas in Scotland for its geographical isolation.

Tweedsmuir Community Company (TCC), a registered charity, is looking to employ a part-time Community Development Manager, to help with delivery of their new 5-year Community Action Plan (CAP).

This plan sets out the actions needed to ensure Tweedsmuir continues to develop and thrive as a vibrant and sustainable community, to shape its future, address its needs and make the most of its assets.

The plan clearly identified the need for a Community Development Manager. Working in partnership with the community and other organisations and agencies they will take the lead to ensure the delivery of the plan’s ambitious objectives.

The postholder should be passionate about community engagement, development and capacity building with a demonstrable record of delivery, able to turn ideas into action and engage with and influence a range of stakeholders.

The delivery of the new CAP will offer new challenges for the board of TCC, who have previously managed specific projects, with clear objectives, delivered by a funded contractor appointed by the TCC, contributing to the successful delivery of the first CAP. The requirement of the TCC to respond to the needs and aspirations of Tweedsmuir will be an increasing challenge for the small board of volunteers, as the size and scope of the projects increases. The success of the organisation so far has relied heavily on a huge amount of volunteer input.

The Community Development Manager will report regularly to the Board and feedback to Tweedsmuir Community Council (the body which has ownership of the CAP), and will deliver outcomes based on the decisions made through discussions between Community Council and the Community Company.

Key Areas within the role

• Maintain, clarify and expand the partnership working agreements with external partners such as:
  • Tweedsmuir Community Council
  • Destination Tweed
  • Southern Upland Partnership
  • Talla/Hartfell Wildlands Area
  • Borders Forest Trust
  • Connecting Threads
  • Buglife

• Develop and implement an effective communication strategy:
  • Internally with the Community Company and Community Council
  • To membership of the Community Company
  • Locally (Tweedsmuir)
  • Wider community (Upper Tweed)
  • Nationally – developing tourism

• Communication methods
  • Publicity
  • Website
  • Social media
  • With funders

By the end of the six-month period of development the TCC should have cemented their partner working and improved both internal and external communication

Actions to undertake year 1

Work with TCC board and local community to develop a delivery plan for Tweedsmuir Community Company.

This will involve:

• Using the Action Plan to set priorities, actions and delivery (with input from community) to create a delivery plan. This delivery plan will identify how the CAP will be delivered over the next 5 years.
• Identifying funding requirements within CAP and securing funding
• Implementing the Comms strategy to improve communication internally and externally.
• Working as part of the CAP to explore solutions to the other Crook Inn site developments.

After Year 1

Progress report and planning of the next steps in the 5-year CAP would inform the annual targets.

This project is a 5-year plan and options to fund the Community Development Manager over the whole life time of the plan must be considered and actioned in a timely way.

Part-time role - two days per week

Salary - £16,016 (£40,040 pro rata)

One-year fixed term contract, with grant funding secured.

Funding options are currently being explored for future years.

If you have any questions about the role, please email enquiries@tweedsmuir.scot