Primary Responsibility

To lead the day-to-day delivery of a community-led programme of food, cost of living and social support activities for residents of Partick and surrounding areas, with a particular focus on people experiencing poverty, financial insecurity and social isolation.

The post holder will coordinate inclusive, practical activities that improve wellbeing, reduce financial pressure and strengthen positive relationships, while supporting volunteers and ensuring the project is delivered in line with the outcomes agreed with the National Lottery Community Fund.

Condition

The post holder will be required to undertake PVG registration and work in accordance with Annexe Communities’ safeguarding policies.

The Safety Zone Community Project has been successfully operating for some 25 years. We wish to recruit a new staff member to oversee the smooth running of our purpose-built Centre in Bargeddie, on the outskirts of Glasgow. The successful candidate will possess proven organisational ability and good interpersonal skills, be self-motivated and – ideally – have a heart for the project.

Key Responsibilities:

• The effective day-to-day management of The Safety Zone.
• Overseeing the daily functions of property, identifying building and maintenance requirements in a timely manner, and assisting in keeping premises and equipment to the required standard.
• Ensuring the Health and Safety of all staff, volunteers, individuals and groups using the Centre.
• Researching and securing core funding for the project, with assistance from relevant personnel.
• Coordinating the duties of full-time, part-time, sessional and volunteer staff, in conjunction with the Senior Youth Worker.
• Liaising with service users or service providers as required.

Key Tasks:

• Administrative duties consistent with the position, and other appropriate duties as directed by the Board.
• Preparing reports on the activities and developments in the Centre, to be circulated to Board members one week prior to Board Meetings.
• Replenishing housekeeping and office supplies as necessary and monitoring expenditure.
• Supervising the administration of the letting of premises.
• Assisting in the promotion and development of The Safety Zone’s aims and ethos.
• Attending and participating in staff/user group meetings, chairing where appropriate.
• Helping to update Safety Zone policy documents on a regular basis.
• Liaising closely with other organisations and groups to prepare new collaborative strategies on matters of local concern or mutual interest.

Essential qualities:

The Centre Administrator will possess proven organisational ability, good interpersonal skills and self-motivation.

Shakti is a feminist Black Minority Ethnic voluntary organisation which offers information, advocacy, emotional/practical support and refuge/temporary accommodation to all Black Minority Ethnic women and their children, who are experiencing or fleeing domestic abuse.

The post holder will ideally be a bilingual speaker in one of the BME community languages; preferably Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, Swahili, Hausa, Amharic, Yoruba and Igbo or other South Asian or African or East Asian languages and have exceptional leadership and management skills to steer our strong, committed, and skilled Housing Support and Advocacy team; strong communications, influencing and negotiating skills; experience of working with Black Minority Ethnic (BME) communities. Must have sound knowledge and understanding of equalities issues and the issues affecting BME women, children, and young people, understanding of the legislative and cultural issues surrounding BME specific Gender-Based violence, domestic abuse, honour-based abuse such as forced marriage and female genital mutilation, and their effects on Black Minority Ethnic women, their children, and young people.

Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Peer and Involvement Coordinator, you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support services form a nationwide network of local support groups,

nurses, volunteers and one-to-one support teams helping families adjust to life with a heart or lung condition or after a stroke.

We are looking for a Peer and Involvement Coordinator to join our amazing Peer, Participation and Engagement team. The Peer and Involvement Coordinators support and build positive relationships with and between our partnered Peer Support Groups. You will provide advice and guidance to the Peer Support Groups in your coordinator area, connecting them with relevant services, activities and networks locally. You will manage CHSS Peer Volunteers responsible for clusters of Peer Support Groups in your geographic area.

We are looking for someone with drive and creativity to support the expansion of the Peer Support network in pursuance of our strategic aim to expand our Peer Support community from 3 thousand to 10 thousand members by 2028. You will work with Peer, Participation and Engagement colleagues to support the CHSS Participation and Involvement Framework by involving Peer Group members in our participation and engagement activity.

We are looking for someone with a positive attitude towards people with disabilities and long-term conditions; an understanding of the challenges faced by people with chest, heart, stroke and long covid conditions. Applicants must

have a car and a current valid driving licence (expenses are paid at mileage rate).

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including:

Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a PVG check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.