To oversee all aspects of the Hamilton District Foodbank operation and ensure alignment to the agreed operating model as follows:

• Recruiting volunteers including interviews, reference checks, disclosure checks (as required), and obtaining signed confidentiality / GDPR agreements
• Recruiting and supporting Duty Co-ordinators
• Organising and facilitating volunteer training
• Ensuring that all volunteers adhere to the confidentiality agreement
• Ensuring that the Foodbank meets Health and Safety standards
• Ensuring that the Foodbank meets Environmental Health standards
• Developing, maintaining and ensuring compliance to policies and procedures (e.g. Safeguarding)
• Maintaining awareness of the benefit system and any changes to it, and understanding and responding to the impact of those changes on the Foodbank operation and future plans
• Communicating with all the relevant people including churches, volunteers, Trussell Trust, Referring Agencies and Committee members
• Ensuring that the Foodbank maintains the online database, website, and social media
• Communicating with local media and positively promoting the Foodbank service
• Organising Foodbank representation at Community events
• Working in partnership with the Salvation Army in Hamilton

Shettleston is a community-based housing association, and a Scottish Charity, which has played a major role in the regeneration of the local area for 45 years.

We are seeking an experienced and proactive individual to fill an exciting role within our Customer and Community Services Team.

We require a Welfare Rights Assistant who will support and assist our Welfare Rights Officer provide a customer focussed Welfare Rights service for the customers of Shettleston Housing Association.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team making a real difference for the community of Shettleston.

Key responsibilities include to:

• Support the Welfare Rights Officer to provide a Welfare Rights service to customers of Shettleston Housing Association.

• Be the first point of contact for enquiries relating to welfare benefits.

• Maintain an effective casework management system and comprehensive record of welfare rights advice.

We are seeking a positive, self-motivated individual who is a team player, with excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will have welfare rights experience, excellent planning and organisational skills. Experience of AdvicePro would be advantageous.

We offer excellent EVH terms and conditions and a pension scheme up to 10% Employer Contribution.

We have an opportunity for a Strategic Planning Manager to join the Strategic Planning team on a full-time fixed term contract for 12 months. This is a dynamic role where you will co-ordinate the key components of the strategy management system.

It’s an exciting time to join the Fund as we implement our 2030 strategy ‘It Starts with Community’. Our ambitious 3-year Corporate Plan sets stretching goals to guide the organisation’s delivery of the strategy. The Strategic Planning team plays a key role in driving the Fund to achieve our overarching strategic ambitions. Through our strategy, we aim to build resilient communities that are more inclusive and environmentally sustainable. We’re committed to focusing our efforts where the need is greatest, particularly with people, places and communities who experience poverty, disadvantage, and discrimination. We’re eager to make a significant impact in the years ahead.

You will be part of a small, dispersed team working flexibly to meet the needs of our key stakeholders. The team oversees the Fund’s corporate planning, business planning and project/programme management processes to ensure we achieve our strategic ambitions.

You will bring expertise in strategic planning to facilitate the annual business planning process within senior leadership teams across the Fund, supporting directorates to deliver our strategic aspirations. We are looking for someone with a keen eye for detail who can also see the bigger picture. Through a continuous improvement approach you will regularly review our ways of working and be empowered to identify and implement innovative solutions. With your strategic thinking and analytical skills you will contribute to reports to senior leaders to provide assurance, raise issues and support effective decision making.

You will work collaboratively with our wider network of colleagues from across the organisation to deliver our key corporate processes, including the Finance team to ensure alignment between planning and budgeting.

You’ll play a key role in reporting against our strategic transformation and delivery programme, helping the Fund to assess whether we are on track to achieve our goals. You will have a strong background in project delivery, helping to develop and strengthen our internal project management capabilities by rolling out project management tools and templates, and providing coaching and guidance to project leads.

With strong organisational skills you will manage your workload and priorities throughout the year, ensuring that team priorities are met and aligning your efforts with the overall goals of the team. Your strong communication skills and passion will help raise the profile of the team and our work with colleagues across the Fund. There will be some travel expectations, with quarterly face-to-face team meetings within one of our offices.

Join our team as Community Engagement Manager! We are seeking a Community Engagement Manager who has a passion for driving forward community initiatives and programmes.

We are looking for a Community Engagement Manager who not only has the technical expertise but who can lead on our Community Engagement Strategy and has excellent project management and communication skills. We are looking for our new Community Engagement Manager to be forward-thinking with a strong commitment to enhancing developing and maintaining relationships with partners and funders.

The team at Ayrshire Housing are welcoming, dynamic and ambitious. We have a reputation as a great place to work, promoting excellent performance in a supportive environment.

You will have the opportunity to join this team just as our new 5-year business plan launches, giving you a real opportunity to help shape the future of Ayrshire Housing.

Our Offer

At Ayrshire Housing, we believe in looking after our employees. As part of our team, you will enjoy a competitive Total Reward package including:

• Competitive salary recognising your experience and expertise.
• Generous annual leave entitlement of 40 days per annum (inclusive of public holidays).
• Generous final salary pension.
• Meaningful work and having a real contribution to the success of Ayrshire Housing.
• Opportunities for professional growth through learning and development.
• Agile working including flexi-time and hybrid working arrangements.
• Access to a range of discounts through our membership of the Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce.
• Employee counselling service.
• Payment of one set of professional fees per annum.
• Enhanced sickness absence pay.