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Befriending Services Manager

  • Part time
  • £37,502 pro-rata
  • Remote: Fife
  • Closing 26th September 2024


  • Advertised from 6th September 2024
  • 21 hours per week, contracted to 31 March 2026 in the first instance.
  • pension, expenses, 25 days annual leave and 12 days public holidays per year (pro rata). Annual Leave Purchase Scheme.

Role

This is an exciting post to develop Lead Scotland Befriending Services to take forward our strategic ambition.

The successful applicant will:

  1. Work with the management team to extend our local projects and explore wider coverage of services.
  2. Lead the development of:
    1. High-quality befriending opportunities, with links to our Learning Service.
    2. Online volunteer training resources/programmes.
  3. Enable more disabled people and carers to engage with befriending services which lead to a range of positive outcomes, including positive transition into learning services where appropriate.
  4. Manage befriending projects, contracts, and partnerships.
  5. Home-based in Fife to ensure close contact with our existing Befriending Services.

This post will suit someone who is passionate about the power of befriending services to reduce loneliness and isolation, and who has a track record of successfully managing people and projects.

You will need very good digital skills and excellent communication skills to balance a busy workload, supporting our strategic growth agenda and creating the conditions for staff and volunteers to flourish.

This post is home-based, with remote working generally focused on administrative aspects as there will be a significant element of leading the service through in-person partnership networking and team support/development. A satisfactory PVG will be required. Lead Scotland has a Recruiting People with Convictions Policy.

Lead has Disability Confident status, and we encourage applications from disabled people. All disabled people meeting the minimum requirements will get a guaranteed interview. Information about our commitment to recruit disabled people is available on our website. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this on your covering letter. This will in no way disadvantage you in the recruitment process. All job application information can be made in alternative formats on request including braille, large print and audio and people can make applications in alternative formats. Recruitment paperwork is kept for 6 months before it is destroyed. Please complete our anonymous equal opportunities form to help us ensure we are attracting a broad range of candidates.

Application notes

1. Answer the questions in this online application form. This will help us assess your approach and transferable skills for this specific role and replaces a cover letter.

AND

2. Email your CV to recruitment@lead.org.uk.

Further information on our website: Job description and essential additional information

If you have any further queries about the role, please email recruitment@lead.org.uk

Closing Date: 26 September 2024

Interviews: 03 October 2024

Lead Scotland is a charity which provides learning, befriending and helpline services for disabled people and carers. Charity no. SC003949