Dunfermline Foodbank is offering an exciting and challenging job opportunity to assist the foodbank manager to help manage and lead a committed group of volunteers as they seek to alleviate hunger, put food on the table, restore dignity and revive hope to local people in crisis in the west of Fife.

Dunfermline Foodbank, established as a Scottish Charity in 2012, has fed over 26,000 men, women and children through its network of five foodbanks covering the west of Fife, as a franchisee of the respected Trussell Trust network of UK foodbanks.

Over the last 12 years, we have expanded our operation to include 5 satellites and a central warehouse, also increasing the number of volunteers to over 200 to better support those affected by food poverty in the West Fife area.

We require a passionate, enthusiastic and organised Assistant Foodbank Manager to continue to help lead us forward to meet future challenges and provide an excellent service for the community.

The working hours are 20 hours per week with a degree of flexibility, covering the open times of our foodbanks, occasional evening presentations and limited weekend work.

Remuneration reflects the responsibility of the post at £13,440 per annum.

The successful candidate will have the following key skills:

• Ability to manage and monitor the development of a project
• Experience of managing people
• Experience of working or volunteering in an organisation that deploys volunteers
• Good oral communication
• Driver with clean licence
• Confident user of email, word processing and internet
• Ability to work independently and unsupervised
• Numerate and comfortable interpreting statistical data
• Honesty and integrity
• Empathy and ability to work with people from disadvantaged, marginalised, or socially excluded backgrounds

As well as having the following personal attributes:

• Passionate about tackling poverty
• A sound understanding of, and experience of engagement with a wide range of stakeholders, including churches and other religious organisations, charities, statutory agencies, organisations, private companies and community groups.

The Best in You Brings Out the Best in Me

Enable is a dynamic and vibrant organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities and we are looking for a dynamic and motivated Team Leader to join us in ensuring they have the same opportunities as everyone else.

Do you have a passion for helping people?

Do you have excellent communication and customer service skills?

Do you want to work for one of the best employability providers in Scotland?

Would you like to help someone with barriers to work find their dream job?

Then come and work for Enable Works.

Your role as Team Leader will be to provide support to people who have barriers to work to make progress towards and achieve well paid, sustainable employment and provide targeted coaching and mentoring for our front line teams.

What will you do?

• Delivering a person-centred approach to ensure the right job
• Work to our tried and tested models of success
• Generate referrals for the programme through partners and community
• Delivering individual opportunities for progression including Soft Skills training and work experience
• Accredited qualifications
• Vocational Skills
• Build and maintain positive relationships with clients
• Build and cultivate professional relationships with stakeholders
• You will work largely out in the community engaging people face to face.
• You will work with clients on a one to one and/or group basis to profile their skills and aspirations for work.
• You will provide high quality support by: right person engagement and professional support circles and employers to create opportunities for your clients to get the job they want!
• Mentor & support staff including best practice and compliance.

Enable Works are the leading specialist provider of employability services for people who have barriers to work. We believe that every person in Scotland has the right to work in a job that is high quality and well paid.

Enable Works supports over 5500 people every year across 28 Local Authorities to learn skills for work.

We partner with thousands of employers to create inclusive cultures and improve the diversity of Scotland's workforce.

We are incredibly proud of our smart, capable, and motivated colleagues across Scotland and following a period of significant growth we are looking to grow our team.

We offer a generous salary, excellent benefits, and opportunities to develop and grow in your role.

We offer flexible working practices that promote a strong work/life balance so that when you are at work you can be the best version of you.

Values are more important to us than qualifications or experience, so if you don’t think you meet every requirement that’s ok, we still want to hear from you.

Please make sure you include a detailed personal statement in the ‘More about you’ section of the application to tell us how you are suited to the post.

About You

We really need you to have these

• The drive, energy and commitment to support young people to gain an aspiration for work as they transition from school
• Ability to build relationships with employers to offer opportunities for our young people
• Ability to manage your own workload and prioritise as needed
• Confident communicator
• Strong attention to detail
• Professional presentation and personality
• Some knowledge of the local community
• Ability to work with people at any age who have challenging barriers to employment
• IT literacy
• Comfortable working towards targets
• A natural, professional relationship builder
• A full driving licence

Why?

Our vision is that every person in Scotland is able to access the support they need to find a high-quality job that pays them well and your drive and commitment to this job will help them get there. You will recognise each client’s individual skills and aspirations and work with them to find a job that they love.

Our culture is autonomous so that means we trust you to make the right decisions for your clients, therefore you need to manage your work load well and be accountable for your time. Attention to detail is important as it means you can work accurately and follow instructions

About Us

At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.

We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:

• Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme*
• Season Ticket Loans*

Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.

The Butterfly Trust is the lead agency providing social support for people affected by Cystic Fibrosis throughout Scotland. We provide a comprehensive and diverse range of outreach services for all ages of people with Cystic Fibrosis and their families across Scotland.

We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and approachable individual to join our team, with an appropriate skillset to add value and who has a commitment to continued professional development. We will provide both in-house and external training to ensure all of our team develop their skills and knowledge to fulfil their role to the best of their ability.

The successful candidate will have good communication, problem-solving and organisational skills and they will be able to motivate others and work with people at all levels.

The main duties for this role include:

• To take responsibility for delivery direct one-to one support for children affected by Cystic Fibrosis, and the supervision of the volunteer befrienders providing some of this the support
• To provide direct support for children and their carers and to deal with complex issues
• To work in collaboration with specialist medical personnel to ensure provision of professional and integrated medical and social support services
• To liaise, when necessary, with Social Care Services, Local Authorities and other relevant specialist agencies
• To contribute to recruitment, selection, induction and training of volunteers who provide outreach support and ensure volunteer befrienders are skilled to respond to issues affecting people living with Cystic Fibrosis and their carers
• To maintain communication and information systems to ensure good practice and effective monitoring, maintain accurate records and provide monthly reports to the Managing Director

Full driving licence and a car is essential.

For this regulated work the successful candidate will be required to gain/maintain PVG scheme membership which will be paid for by the Trust.

We offer:

• Out of pocket expenses
• Mileage allowance
• Individual staff training budget/in-house training
• Generous holiday entitlement