Introducing Community Renewal Trust

Community Renewal is a dynamic and innovative organisation at the cutting-edge of work towards ending persistent poverty in Scotland.

Community Renewal works among deprived communities to develop, deliver and share better approaches to unlocking flourishing lives and flourishing neighbourhoods. These approaches always place people and communities in the lead: listening to them, identifying their strengths, supporting them on their terms, and building their capacity to flourish.

Community Renewal alleviates poverty by engaging and forming trusting relationships with individuals, whole families and whole communities together then supporting them by combining holistic case management (e.g. around income, work, health, wellness) with community development (e.g. forming new community activities/groups). This work is about testing change which can inform policy, be scaled up or replicated to achieve a much greater impact than our direct delivery alone.

THE ROLE

Citywide Caseworker – Edinburgh

The role will be as part of our Next Step City-wide Next Step Team specialising in providing employability and welfare advice support to people presently facing unemployment and who are actively seeking to return to work. The successful applicant will be home-based, working city mainly with clients remotely with some work taking place at community events and outreach locations mainly between 10-3 as required.

We are keen to hear from people with experience or knowledge in Employer Engagement.

Additional Benefits include:

• 4.5% employer pension contribution
• 36 days annual leave including public holidays
• Loyalty scheme with up to 48 additional days leave
• Free Access to Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme and online Health Portal

Fintry Development Trust are seeking the addition of a Financial Consultant to join them at a crucial growth point to develop the strategic and operational processes to advance the direction of their aims.

Fintry Development Trust is based in the village of Fintry, Stirlingshire. It is focussed on sustainability and carbon reduction in the Fintry area. It was founded in 2007.

We are keen to engage a consultant to help manage our now substantial income secured through our partnership deal with a windfarm developer.

fintrydt.org.uk/about/history

Working closely with the Board, the treasurer and the finance sub-committee, the Financial Consultant will assume full responsibility for providing required financial information, advice and recommendations to the Development Trust Board.

Outlined below are a few standard duties that this job role entails.

Principle responsibilities

• Overseeing, approving, and presenting budgets, management accounts, projections, financial statements, and financial reports to the Board of Trustees after discussion with the financial sub-committee. (Financial sub- committee will normally include the Treasurer, The Chair, and the Manager)
• Being assured that the financial resources of the Trust meet its present and future needs and are within the charity’s objectives.
• Being instrumental in the development and implementation of appropriate financial reserves policies and investment policies.

Making Rights Real is a human rights organisation in Scotland that works with communities and grassroots activists to deliver human rights for everyone. We launched in 2020 and are currently developing human rights initiatives with community groups.

We are keen to extend our board.

We have set up Making Rights Real to be a kind, fun and useful organisation.

Our Values are based on core human rights values of dignity and respect, all our work is underpinned by the principles of a human rights based approach. We are known for:

• Our commitment to the meaningful and inclusive participation of people who most need change, using a friendly and accessible approach.
• Our fearlessness and ambition for practical and impactful change, by holding power to account.
• Using our skills and expertise at the service of people who most need change.

We are looking for new Board members who will help us shape the organisation and decide how we should invest our time.

We would particularly value people with expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Living with human rights concerns
• Experience of accessing justice for issues you have experienced
• Fundraising strategies
• Employment law / human resources

More than anything though, it is your enthusiasm and commitment to social justice and human rights that we need.

The role of Trustee / Board Member may be carried out online or in person.

Opportunity to develop your professional skills in a values-led context, supporting a fundamental part of Scotland’s social and economic fabric.

We’re looking for a qualified accountant who values the role of the voluntary sector to be co-opted onto our Board of Trustees and act as our Treasurer. No previous board experience is required.

SCVO is the national body for Scotland’s voluntary sector. Over 3,600 charities, community organisations, and social enterprises are members of SCVO, including grassroots groups, Scotland-wide organisations, and international bodies.

Through influencing and service provision, SCVO seeks to advance the interests of our members and the wider sector, and the people and communities they serve.

We believe that a thriving and effective voluntary sector is vital to Scotland’s economy and society. We support the sector to achieve its ambitions through delivering services, by giving the sector a voice at a national level and promoting and supporting innovation and improvement. Our strategic plan 2023-28 can be found here.

We are actively promoting better diversity of trustees across the voluntary sector, and we need our board to demonstrate diversity of thought, background and experience. We welcome applications for the role of Treasurer from people from ethnic minorities and people with disabilities.