An opportunity has arisen to join Access to Industry as a digital and data trainer/assessor. Your role will include developing digital & data skills for life, entering continued education and moving into jobs. You will be an experienced trainer in the field of ICT, digital and/or data. You will be able to work independently and motivate learners.
Closing date for applications is midday Monday 8 July.
Interviews will be held in Edinburgh in w/b 15 July.
Download the application pack below to find out more about the role and how to apply.
Trainer, Digital & Data Skills
Postcode: EH1 1RP
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LOCATION: Hybrid with some travel expected.
The role will be based from home and from Capital City Partnerships offices at Fort Kinnaird and Fox Glove Offices, 14 Leith Links, Edinburgh. Travel within Scotland will be expected sporadically in line with the project requirements.
FLEXIBLE WORKING: Capital City Partnership operates a flexible working policy.
Capital City Partnership is delighted to share this exciting job opportunity with all partnership agencies. Applications for secondments are considered.
We are the anchor delivery body for Edinburgh’s employability strategy, working together to tackle inequality and poverty. Our key tasks are to support and develop the city’s Jobs Strategy, and to contract, performance manage and improve outcomes from funded employability services. We are also a key stakeholder and delivery partner in the Edinburgh and South-East Scotland City Region Deal.
This opportunity has arisen due to successfully securing new funding to design and coordinate the delivery of 10 short-term training programmes across a 2-year lifespan in response to the industry demands and known skills shortages within the construction sector across Scotland.
JOB ROLE AND DUTIES
Lead an employability programme supporting the construction industry across Scotland to assist jobseekers to secure sustainable and fair employment through bespoke training academies whilst supporting employers to develop their recruitment practices and become more inclusive.
• To design, co-ordinate and facilitate the successful development and delivery of a funded project, supporting 100 individuals across 10 academies throughout Scotland
• Establish a timeline and delivery schedule in line with the funding requirements acknowledging key performance indicators and producing a plan for target achievement
• Design a training framework; identify training providers across Scotland and test ability to respond
• Manage the project budget and ensure the governance and compliance standards are agreed prior to launch and throughout the project duration
• Generate invoices and create purchase orders, tracking all expenditure and financial claims
• Establish a monitoring and evaluation framework and produce reporting templates to ensure consistency in recording activity and outcomes, including the creation of a project programme within Helix, the identified tracking system
• Create a ‘Guide of Best Practice’ for use by employers within the construction sector
• Map the employability provider landscape across the city region / growth deal areas in Scotland to support the delivery of each academy. Establish trusted partnerships with each
• Agree a list of priority client groups that will be supported through the academies
• Establish a network of Construction employers across Scotland and test appetite for engagement. Create list of eligible projects which can offer site experience, input to the academies and interviews/job opportunities
• Create marketing materials and a communications plan for the project adhering to funder and partner brand guidelines, liaise with marketing departments for each
• Develop suitable programme content for each training academy as required, booking necessary training partners and venues where appropriate
• Maintain a talent bank portal for candidates seeking ongoing support and further job matching post academies
• Produce a project report upon completion of the academies
Person Specification
EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential:
Desirable:
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
RESOURCES
A company laptop will be provided for business use and either a company mobile phone or a contribution to personal mobile phone bills will be offered.
Training will be offered in appropriate areas.
OTHER INFORMATION
Your office workplace will be Capital City Partnership Offices at Fort Kinnaird Recruitment and Skills Centre or 14 Links Place, Edinburgh.
Capital City Partnership operates a 5-day, 35 ¾ hour working week.
Some evening and weekend work may be required, and Capital City Partnership operates a TOiL system.
Payment of the annual salary is by twelve monthly instalments. This is subject to appropriate deductions for National Insurance, Income Tax and Superannuation. Any broken period at the beginning or end of your service will be paid pro-rata. Payment will be made towards the end of each month by direct credit transfer to your bank or building society.
The paid annual leave entitlement is 26 days, increasing by one day per year of service to a maximum of 31 days. Employees also receive 10 paid public holidays (6 floating and 4 fixed). Capital City Partnership’s leave year runs from 1st April to 31st March.
Under statute you are required to make provision for a pension. As an employee of the Capital City Partnership, you are eligible to participate in the Capital City Partnership pensions scheme, which is a contributory scheme, members being automatically contracted out of the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme.
Please note that conditions of service at Capital City Partnership are modelled on those applicable currently in the City of Edinburgh Council and any subsequent amendments, subject to the practicality of their implementation in a small organisation.
Any procedures that have been agreed are in the CCP staff handbook.
As of 1st May 2004, it is a requirement of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 that employers verify authenticity of specific documentation relating to an individual’s identity and UK residency status.
LOCATION: The role will be hybrid with a blend of working from home and across 2 Edinburgh offices. Offsite work is required occasionally across the region.
FLEXIBLE WORKING: Capital City Partnership operates a flexible working policy and is delighted to share this exciting job opportunity with all partnership agencies. Applications for secondment are considered.
ORGANISATION DETAILS: 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:
Capital City Partnership also leads on three of the seven skills programmes within the Edinburgh and South-East Scotland City Region Deal and supports the governance for the Regional Prosperity Framework, of which Skills is embedded.
This post will sit within the Integrated Employer Engagement project but will link into the other themes as appropriate. The Edinburgh and South-East Scotland City Region Deal is a change fund, to bring better regional alignment and facilitate change on how we work together and make better use of opportunities and economic growth.
This project has been active since 2019 and has progressed to respond to industry needs and address the known and evolving skills shortages within priority areas such as Retrofit and Net Zero through the development of skills offerings and partnership facilitation.
JOB ROLE AND DUTIES
Person Specification
EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential:
Desirable:
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
RESOURCES
A company laptop will be provided for business use and either a company mobile phone or a contribution to personal mobile phone bills will be offered.
Training will be offered in appropriate areas.
OTHER INFORMATION
Your office workplace will be Capital City Partnership Offices at Fort Kinnaird Recruitment and Skills Centre or 14 Links Place, Edinburgh.
Capital City Partnership operates a 5-day, 35 ¾ hour working week.
Some evening and weekend work may be required, and Capital City Partnership operates a TOiL system.
Payment of the annual salary is by twelve monthly instalments. This is subject to appropriate deductions for National Insurance, Income Tax and Superannuation. Any broken period at the beginning or end of your service will be paid pro-rata. Payment will be made towards the end of each month by direct credit transfer to your bank or building society.
The paid annual leave entitlement is 26 days, increasing by one day per year of service to a maximum of 31 days.
Employees also receive 10 paid public holidays (6 floating and 4 fixed). Capital City Partnership’s leave year runs from 1st April to 31st March.
Under statute you are required to make provision for a pension. As an employee of Capital City Partnership, you are eligible to participate in the Capital City Partnerships pensions scheme, which is a contributory scheme, members being automatically contracted out of the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme.
Please note that conditions of service at Capital City Partnership are modelled on those applicable currently in the City of Edinburgh Council and any subsequent amendments, subject to the practicality of their implementation in a small organisation.
Any procedures that have been agreed are in the CCP staff handbook.
As of 1st May 2004, it is a requirement of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 that employers verify authenticity of specific documentation relating to an individual’s identity and UK residency status.
WorkingRite seeks to stop the cycle of deprivation and poverty that occur in so many communities across Scotland. We do this through our award-winning, youth employability programme, which sees practical work skills coupled with personal development, strengthened through a mentored work placement with a small, local business of the young person’s choice. Our flexible, person-centred programmes of training, support and work placements put the young people at the heart of their future, helping those 15 – 24 years old who are furthest from the job market, to gain confidence, real skills and a foothold on the employability ladder. We have been operating as a charity since 2011 and in that time have supported over 3,500 young people into a positive destination. We currently operate programmes in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Argyll & Bute, Aberdeen and East Ayrshire.
All this means it is a very exciting time to be joining WorkingRite.
This exciting role delivering the ABZWorks funded RiteWorks programme will support care experienced young people age 16 - 26 from Aberdeen to achieve employment and a positive future. Using WorkingRite’s work-based mentoring method; our Project Coordinators prepare young people for work placements with local businesses and support them in their placements while they learn new skills and gain confidence. It’s a simple model that works with large numbers of young people who complete the WorkingRite programme progressing to full time jobs or apprenticeships.
We require a Project Co-ordinator who can:
You will be confident, have excellent communication skills and be well organised with experience in the delivery of similar programmes. Above all, you must be enthusiastic and want to support young people.
(This role is suitable for hybrid working in the Aberdeen area. We offer Flexible Working by default.)
Edinburgh University Students' Association is looking to recruit a Student Opportunities Officer (Peer Learning and Support) to join our Student Opportunities team.
Edinburgh University Students’ Association is an award-winning organisation, which exists to provide diverse services, representation, and welfare support to the community of over 49,500 students at the University of Edinburgh. By providing opportunities, helping to create change and offering support, we're here to help students get the most out of their time in Edinburgh. We have five venues around the University of Edinburgh campus – Teviot Row House, King’s Buildings House, Potterrow, the Pleasance and Edinburgh College of Art’s Wee Red Bar – which house our offices, cafés, bars, clubs, spaces for students to meet, study and socialise. These spaces transform into some of the most well loved Edinburgh Festival Fringe venues throughout the month of August each year.
We are a registered charity and all of the income we generate from our commercial activity goes back in to supporting our members. We’re also an organisation with a strategic commitment to support and empower all our staff, and have some exciting plans for the future. There's never been a better time to apply and join our organisation.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. Edinburgh University Students’ Association is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.
Our Student Opportunities team of 10 supports a range of student community-building and student led activities, including 370 student societies, 50+ Peer Learning and Support groups, student community volunteering, and international/intercultural activities. We support 1000s of student volunteers who create activities, events and communities for all students at the University of Edinburgh, and work collaboratively with colleagues across the Association and in the University in order to do so.
The Role:
The Student Opportunities Officer (Peer Learning and Support) is responsible (as part of a team of 4) for supporting the development and expansion of peer-led activity across the University of Edinburgh, enabling all students to enhance their experience. This will include supporting and facilitating student-led peer-to-peer activity throughout the University, encouraging students to take a holistic and autonomous approach to their learning and development.
This is a collaborative role which sits within the wider Student Opportunities team (10 in total), with a specific remit of supporting the development of Peer Learning and Support. This involves contributing to the forming of a community of learners (both staff and students) locally and across the University.
The Student Opportunities team sits within the wider Membership, Engagement and People Development Directorate at the Students’ Association (which also includes The Advice Place, Student Voice, and People and Development teams), and works collaboratively with colleagues in relation to a number of events, initiatives and activities related to student support and development.
The Person:
A confident and experienced trainer with excellent communication, interpersonal, organisational and IT skills. The post holder will have a proven track record of providing both administrative and operational support for volunteers. A student focused individual with a consistently professional approach to their duties and keen attention to detail. A person with high expectations of themselves and others, who takes pride in their work and that of their team.
Plus, a generous benefits package: