Finance and Administration Officer
- Part time
- £28,000 – £30,000 pro-rata
- On site: Penpont, Nithsdale, Dumfries & Galloway
- Closing 28th February 2025
- Advertised from 10th February 2025
- 2-year contract (extension subject to funding) Part-time (18 hours/week)
Role
The KPT Development Trust (KPTDT) is a charitable company, established in 2018 to work with local people, community councils, the regional council and others, to tackle:
- jobs, disadvantage and conditions of life generally;
- the provision of local services and infrastructure;
- the protection, improvement and promotion of the local environment; and
- the advancement of the local, cultural heritage;
- across the rural communities of Keir, Penpont and Tynron.
Since its establishment, the Trust has:
- opened and maintained a central office / drop-in resource centre, with a Project Development Officer;
- set up a hydro-electric scheme – as part of a separate company - which produces green energy and raises funds for community projects;
- opened a community café – also as part of a separate trading company - which employs 7 part-time staff (3 full-time equivalent) and several volunteers;
- created a community garden employing a part-time gardener working with a team of around a dozen volunteers;
- developed a bicycle-friendly infrastructure and e-bike rental scheme with an associated events programme;
- promoted and signposted local walks and cycling routes;
- constructed the first phase of a 3.5-km active travel path which will eventually join the community with Thornhill a safe and sustainable way;
- provided broadband in local village halls;
- supported nearly 100 households during the recent cost of living crisis with loft insulation, shop and cafe vouchers, fuel, blankets and flasks, etc.;
- completed a public consultation, feasibility study and business plan for a proposed affordable housing scheme for local residents.
The Trust keeps local residents aware of all of these developments, and more, through a weekly bulletin that is emailed to local households, posted on Facebook and circulated as hard copies to local community sharing boxes.
However, the Trust now requires an experienced, efficient and preferably qualified Finance and Administration Officer to help us manage the range and complexity of our current activities.
This is a rare opportunity to work in a beautiful part of rural Dumfriesshire, Scotland, supporting the development of local communities. The right person will be an organised self-starter, experienced in, and proficient with, financial and administrative systems who will help the Trust to consolidate its many achievements to date in tandem with the Project Development Officer, a freelance Finance Manager, directors, volunteers and other members of the local community.
Application notes
For more information or to discuss this job in more detail, please contact Iain Wilson at ibwilson1@outlook.com
Applicants should submit a CV with covering letter to the same address by 5pm on Friday 28 February, 2025.
Interviews for shortlisted candidates will take place in Penpont, Dumfries & Galloway on Monday 10 March.
Website - kptdevelopmenttrust.org
Facebook - facebook.com/KPTDevTrust
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Community Development Worker
- Full time
- £24,000 – £27,000
- On site: Auchinleck
- Closing 26th March 2025
Auchinleck Community Development Initiative is a company limited by guarantee and was formed in 2005 to assist in the regeneration of the physical, economic, social and cultural infrastructure of the community of Auchinleck in particular but also the surrounding area.
Over the years we have developed & provided a range of activities and projects including the Knowe Garden Centre and other floral and fauna displays, musical entertainment, employability advice and information, addiction recovery services, community cinema and various children and young people's activities and youth clubs. The organisation is based in the local Boswell Community Centre where most of our activities and services take place.
The work of ACDI is guided by our 5-year Development plan and specific Action Plans which are currently being reviewed to take account of our new role as managers of the Boswell Centre. The Community development Worker will play a key role in the review and implementation of these plans which will have a strong emphasis on capacity building within our existing groups and those developed in the future.
THE ROLE
As a community development worker working with the Auchinleck Community Development Initiative, you'll work with the organisation's existing projects, individuals, families, the wider community and partners, supporting them to:
build trusting and supportive relationships with you and the wider team
identify their assets, needs, opportunities, rights and responsibilities
co-produce what they want to achieve and take appropriate action
co-design activities and services to generate aspiration and confidence
achieve a status of independence and self-government.
You'll do this by acting as a link between the Organisation, the local community and a range of other local authority and voluntary sector providers to ensure that the Boswell Centre is a well-used resource and a focal point within the community
Your role will frequently involve addressing inequality and the projects you work on will be in communities perceived to be culturally, economically or geographically disadvantaged.
Fauldhouse and Breich Valley Community Development Trust
Aims to address issues, concerns, needs, aspirations which relate to the social, economic, physical, environmental health, well-being, and regeneration of our communities. Relieve poverty, advance education, address exclusion, and disadvantage.
We have a wide range groups & projects: Anti-Poverty Projects, Communication & Engagement, Range Community-Based Projects (Social Prescribing Model) education, skills development, advice, information, support, services, and volunteer led opportunities. We employ 4 full time members of staff, 5 part time.
We have conducted several community consultations and research projects since the Trust was established in 2006. This has allowed us to gather and disseminate essential information within our communities. This helps us to formulate community led, community driven responses to local issues and needs. We have further developed our services and resources to confront and address the lasting consequences and effects of the Pandemic, and the cost-of-living crisis.
It is through our community development work, our community consultations, and experience of working within the local community that we have identified the need for the Mental Health and Wellbeing Project.
Advice Worker - Advice In Schools Project
- Full time
- £25,478 – £27,290
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 4th April 2025
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Do you want to help alleviate poverty and improve the lives of families and children?
Within the UK there is over £22bn a year in unclaimed welfare benefits, and in Edinburgh it is estimated that 1 in 4 children are living in poverty. Are you understanding of people’s journeys and the challenges they face in their lives, and how poverty can have an impact on this?
This is an exciting opportunity for an Advice Worker to join our ‘Advice In Schools’ team.
The project provides a high-quality advice service to families in Edinburgh who are impacted by low income and the effects of living in poverty. Working in partnership with all stakeholders including parents, schools and other statutory and third sector agencies, the project takes a whole family and trauma-informed approach to helping parents who may face multiple barriers to moving out of poverty. The Advice Worker will help families by maximising income, providing support to claim benefits as well as offering housing and debt advice. Continuous training is provided and the adviser is expected to contribute to the continued development of this successful service.
The Advisor will be part of our wider CHAI ‘Advice For Families’ Team and will benefit from our comprehensive training programme, peer expertise, team support and ethos of continuous learning and development which is at the heart of our service delivery.
Are you?:
- Passionate and committed to making a meaningful difference for families and children.
- Able to quickly learn complex rules and legislation on Welfare Benefits, Debt and Housing.
- Able to grow trusting relationships in a formal setting.
- Understanding of people’s journeys and the challenges they have had in their lives, and how poverty can have an impact on them.
Advice Worker – Growing Families Project
- Full time
- £25,478 – £27,290
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 4th April 2025
Background information
Do you want to help alleviate poverty and improve the lives of families and children?
Within the UK there is over £22bn a year in unclaimed welfare benefits, and in Edinburgh it is estimated that 1 in 4 children are living in poverty. Are you understanding of people’s journeys and the challenges they face in their lives, and how poverty can have an impact on this?
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Growing Families project and help deliver a quality advice service to families with young children in Edinburgh. Working alongside the project’s current advice team and working in partnership with Health Visitors in Edinburgh, this post will support and develop this service. The Advice Worker will provide income maximisation; housing and debt advice as well budgeting support to expecting families and families with babies and young children who are supported by their Health Visitors. Comprehensive and continuous advice training is provided by CHAI to support this rewarding role.
The Advisor will be part of our wider CHAI ‘Advice For Families’ Team and will benefit from our comprehensive training programme, peer expertise, team support and ethos of continuous learning and development which is at the heart of our service delivery.
Are you?:
- Passionate and committed to making a meaningful difference for families and children.
- Able to quickly learn complex rules and legislation on Welfare Benefits, Debt and Housing.
- Able to grow trusting relationships in a formal setting.
- Understanding of people’s journeys and the challenges they have had in their lives, and how poverty can have an impact on them.
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