Service Co-ordinator
- Full time
- £24,024
- On site: Tranent
- Closing 23rd September 2024
- Advertised from 26th August 2024
- Permanent. 35 hours per week - Monday to Friday.
Role
About East Lothian Foodbank
East Lothian Foodbank is at the forefront of the fight against poverty in East Lothian. We believe passionately that everyone should have the right to respect, dignity and self-determination, in a world without hunger and poverty; our advice services and campaigning activities are designed to help achieve these goals, sitting alongside our core role of providing emergency food & essentials to those who need them.
As an independent Scottish charity, we are also fortunate to be part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working towards combatting poverty and hunger across the UK.
About You
We are looking for someone to join our team, who has a similar passion for driving meaningful change in our community. As one of our key “faces” to the outside world, the role would be suited to someone with strong communication skills and relationship building skills, who is driven and well organised.
About the Role
The East Lothian Foodbank Service Co-ordinator is at the frontline of our crisis service. As the first point of contact for our service users and referral partners you must be a confident communicator who can work well managing multiple tasks in a busy environment. Duties will include processing requests for emergency food support received via phone, email and online.
You will be taking care of day-to-day contacts and building relationships with partners, service users and others with regards to our crisis service. You will be expected to handle service user and referral partner information in line with data handling policy and procedures, notifying the Foodbank Manager of specific requests or requirements.
As an emergency food service, you may be dealing with people who are often in distress so the ability to deal with people sensitively and with compassion is required. The core values of East Lothian Foodbank must always be observed and promoted to ensure we offer the best possible support.
The Service Co-ordinator must maintain good working relations, not only with our referral agents and partners, but also with our volunteers. The core values of East Lothian Foodbank must always be observed and promoted to ensure we offer the best possible support to those in food crisis.
In line with our Recruitment and Selection Policy this role will be subject to a criminal record check.
Application notes
Application deadline: 23rd September 2024
Interview date: week commencing 7th October 2024
Interview location: In person, Tranent
Interview format: 45-minute interview
Please email your CV and cover letter on why you would like to work with us to joinourteam@eastlothian.foodbank.org.uk
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Office and Communications Administrator
- Full time
- £23,375
- On site: The administrative base is in Dalkeith. Travel throughout Midlothian and East Lothian including operating from other venues, may be required.
- Closing 18th November 2024
Special conditions:
- The post is funded for an initial fixed term for one year – continuation dependent on securing additional funding
- The post may involve occasional evening and weekend working.
- You must be able to travel across Midlothian and East Lothian if required.
Role
Midlothian Young Peoples Advice Service (MYPAS) promotes the health and wellbeing of young people across East Lothian and Midlothian and currently focuses on working in the areas of mental health and substance use. MYPAS is a community-based organisation with charitable status and based in Dalkeith.
Working as part of busy Core Team, the post holder will offer administrative and fundraising support to MYPAS management and service teams designed to contribute towards MYPAS aims and objectives. The key areas of focus for this role are:
- Administrative support
- Meeting and events support
- Communications co-ordination including social media
- Production of reports and resources.
The successful candidate will have experience of providing administrative support in a service-based organisation, a good knowledge of general office procedures, excellent IT and literacy skills, and the ability to accurately manage databases and spreadsheets.
This post may require evening and occasional weekend work.
Do you have a passion for tackling injustice and poverty?
The Glasgow South East and Glasgow South West Foodbanks (based in Govanhill and Ibrox) are recruiting a fundraising manager to assist them to fulfil their charitable commitments in a challenging economic climate. We are part of the Trussell Trust network, founded on and shaped by the principles of dignity, justice, and compassion.
The person appointed will have previous fundraising and leadership experience, excellent relational and communication skills; the ability to inspire others; and will implement their individual fundraising strategies.
Working Pattern – 35 hours per week - flexible by mutual arrangement; some evening and occasional weekend working may be required to fulfil the role e.g. promotion of the Foodbanks, community events or other engagements.
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Top job! Head of Financial Inclusion Programmes
- Full time
- £80,416
- Remote: Home-based within the UK, with frequent travel to London, Salisbury and other UK locations
- Closing 18th November 2024
This role is responsible for leading the development and implementation of our financial inclusion programmes across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, (428 food banks, running over 1300 centres), building strong partnerships and alliances to achieve our vision of a UK without the need for food banks.
Leading on the development and delivery of our programme and influencing work on a range of issues including income maximisation, welfare rights, social security, debt and financial inclusion, capturing evidence to demonstrate the need for long-term solutions to prioritise people facing destitution and deliver real change for people in crisis.
Victim Support Scotland – Empowering People Affected by Crime
We put victims and witnesses at the heart of everything we do so they are heard, have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure, and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference.
Who We Are?
Victim Support Scotland provides support and information to people affected by crime and campaigns for victim and witness rights. Regardless of whether a crime has been reported, or when it happened, our services are free, confidential, and tailored to individuals’ needs.
- Our Vision is that people affected by crime – victims, witnesses, and their families – are treated with dignity and respect and are at the heart of the justice in Scotland.
- Our Mission is to ensure that all those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them to recover from their experiences.
All our work is guided and underpinned by our six core principles of being engaging and compassionate; inclusive and accessible; person-centred; adaptive, flexible, and responsive; collaborative; and knowledgeable and skilled. Now is the time to join Victim Support Scotland, helping us work towards the ambitions of our 5-year plan: Empowering people affected by crime: VSS Strategy 2021-2026.
What is the role
We are recruiting for multiple Relief Support Co-ordinators to support our team across Scotland. Relief Support Co-ordinators provide cover over weekdays, evenings and weekends. Shifts are offered when they are available, but there is no obligation to accept work.
We are looking for Relief Support Co-ordinators to cover one of the following localities:
- Edinburgh, Lothian and Borders locality
- Highlands and Islands locality (Inverness, Wick, Tain, Lochmaddy, Oban, Stornoway, Campbelltown)
- Central Scotland and Fife - Fife, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes, Falkirk, Stirling and Clackmannanshire (Alloa)
- South West locality - (Areas: Ayrshire, Dumfries/Galloway, Inverclyde, east Dunbartonshire west Dunbartonshire Argyle& Bute)
- West locality - (North and South Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire)
**Note that as a sessional worker, and if you are successful, we can agree a specific area within a locality or different localities you would like to cover**
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the work of VSS through helping plan service delivery which is provided by a team of skilled and knowledgeable volunteers. You will be involved in planning their deployment to ensure that the service delivered meets the desired outcomes of victims and witnesses of crime, our service users.
If you are looking for a role with a purpose, where you can really make a difference, then this may be the role for you.
What you’ll need to be successful
We are looking for people who are experienced in a similar role. You must be confident to challenge stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination, and bias. The ability to travel across the Highlands and Islands is essential and therefore a current driving licence and access to a car is required.
Further details of this role are available in the job description - Support Coordinator
VSS is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all of our service users and has a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG scheme checks in place to ensure this commitment is met.
What we offer?
Relief Support Co-ordinators receive an hourly rate of £14.51 per hour. Full training is provided as well as opportunities for further development. Entitled to 5.6 weeks annual leave pro rata.
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