Introduction

Fauldhouse and Breich Valley Community Development Trust (F&BV CDT) is a locally based charity which (primarily) aims to address poverty and inequality.

We own/manage on behalf of the community; two facilities. The Hub and Eastfield Development Centre. The successful candidate will work with the F&BV CDT team and operate within Eastfield Development Centre.

About You

You will be a proactive, creative and keen to learn. Your open and supportive style will build positive relationships with young people, our volunteers, Fauldhouse and Breich Valley Community Development Trust team (F&BV CDT) and partners.

Your passionate belief in the capability of young people will ensure you are confident in supporting colleagues to meet required standards, and to follow policies and procedures. Training will be given.

You’ll be supported and enabled to create innovative, inclusive opportunities to engage with young people. You will also support your colleagues across the organisation to ensure they are considering how their service design and implementation effects young people and children, their rights and opportunities

We are looking for someone who can listen and learn from young people; a passion for change; a desire to make a difference. We want young people to be engaged and for the successful candidate to be able to use their transferable lived skills to deliver real and lasting change.

Primary Role

Will be to help us to further develop and strengthen our partnership working in relation to young people help us to take forward our proposals to set up a Youth Pathway Project. To Engage with Young People to ensure they are at the heart of the design and planning of the Youth Pathway Project, its aims and objectives.

Key tasks

• Engage with, build and maintain positive relationships

• Engage with young people and enable them to inform and design new activities and/or programmes of support which are inclusive, innovative and responsive to their needs.

• Create, with management support, a workplan which highlights project activities and expected outcomes

The following skills would be an advantage. Training, support and supervision will be provided.

• Experience of working directly with young people in participatory and inclusive ways

• Being pro-active, working on own initiative and organising own workload

• Use of recording, monitoring and evaluation systems

• Some experience of partnership working across services and/or sectors

• Knowledge of Scotland’s safeguarding and child protection

• Training and experience in youth development or youth work

• Values and attributes: Conscientious and hard working Committed to learning and developing new knowledge and skills

• Positive thinker and creative problem solver

• Patient and respectful of all people, whatever their background or presenting behaviour

• PVG will be required

What We Offer

• A supportive and inclusive work environment.

• A supportive management team and board of trustees.

• Opportunities for personal and professional development.

• The chance to make a meaningful impact in the community.

We are seeking a professional, friendly Receptionist to manage our front desk and provide comprehensive administrative support. The ideal candidate will be the first point of contact for our company, ensuring a welcoming environment for visitors, clients, and staff while assisting with the daily operations of our office.

Linlithgow Community Development Trust is a charity formed by residents to deliver changes that benefit our community. Our vision is “Empowered, thriving communities where people work together to nurture innovation” which we hope to achieve through our mission of “Fostering creative solutions to provide community benefit and encourage a sustainable and vibrant Linlithgow”.

Our main priorities are;

• Driving Environmental Initiatives: Encouraging waste reduction, resource reuse, and recycling within the community; promoting energy efficiency, encouraging sustainable transportation options, developing friendly green spaces, supporting local food production.
• Improving Community Health and Wellbeing: Building connections, reducing social isolation, improving mental and physical health and well-being, increasing learning and skill-building.
• Facilitating Community Engagement: Empowering residents to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to create community benefit and capacity-building.

Our staff and volunteers are all local people focusing on projects prioritised by local people. By coming together, we want to access the resources needed to help develop strong, inclusive and meaningful projects that give the community a sense of purpose and value and build confidence that they can take into all areas of their lives. Annually, we engage with over 3000 people through our activities, improving the environment, people’s health and wellbeing and strengthening our communities.

Job Purpose:

The role will play a vital part in supporting the Trusts long-term financial future. This will be achieved by working to increase the income potential of our existing facilities along with developing new and creative ways to build projects that themselves would enable income generation. The funds raised through this role will contribute toward the organisations financial resilience and also generate vital unrestricted funds that can then be used to achieve greater levels of community benefit and support the objectives of the trust, which in turn will support the community of Linlithgow Ward

Embedded within Linlithgow Community Development Trust (LCDT), you will work with partners and staff to lead on all aspects of business growth, coordinating and supporting the trust to reduce its reliance on grant funding and supporting efforts to increase the level of social entrepreneurship within the town.

You will ensure growth in income through a range of means and develop new income streams that fit with our values and build resilience.

Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer

Location: Based at Linlithgow Community Development Trust office (the EH49 Hub, Linlithgow). There will be some working at the West Lothian Cycle Circuit, some working from home and travel to locations across West Lothian.

This is a hands-on, creative role working directly with young people aged 16–24.

You’ll lead a new Fair Trade Youth Collective in Glasgow, supporting young people to build skills, design campaigns, and take action on issues like Fair Trade, climate justice and global inequality.

The role is all about supporting young people to move from participants to leaders – shaping campaigns, creating content and influencing change in their communities.

Why work with us?

We’re a small, ambitious team working to build a fairer world through trade.

We offer:

• A 4-day working week (32 hours, no reduction in pay). Same benefits applied to part time workers.
• Flexible, trust-based working
• Meaningful, values-driven work
• A supportive and collaborative team

We particularly welcome applications from people currently underrepresented in Fair Trade, climate and global citizenship spaces.