- Advertised from 13th February 2024
- Salary depending on experience. 35 hours/5 days a week.
Role
The Peeblesshire Foodbank is looking for an engagement officer, someone who can research the key drivers of poverty in this area and work with local groups, charities, council and government agencies and politicians at all levels, working towards ending the need for foodbanks.
An engagement officer is responsible for building and leading a volunteer team to develop and deliver local influencing strategies in and with the Peeblesshire Foodbank, organising in your community to campaign for change and influence behaviours. You will be the link between the Peeblesshire Foodbank and the Organising and Local Mobilisation team at Trussell Trust, as we build a movement to end the need for food banks. Full training will be given.
This post is funded by the Trussell Trust.
Key Responsibilities:
- To develop and manage a team of volunteers, building and distributing leadership across the team, within the Peeblesshire Foodbank, to work on local influencing to reduce poverty and the need for food banks.
- To explore and understand the experiences that are bringing people to need the food bank’s support, working with food bank staff and volunteers, through listening activities and/or research.
- To map out and build relationships with the food bank’s partners, referral agencies and local anti-poverty organisations, and to engage them in identifying the local drivers of poverty.
- To identify a local issue driving poverty, build a campaign team and develop a strategy to build power and win change, working with food bank staff and volunteers.
- To deliver the local influencing campaign working with food bank staff and volunteers.
- To work with the OLM team and engage with the training and support on offer, including work with other local organisers in the Trussell Trust network
- To engage in Trussell Trust’s central priority campaign activities, working with the food bank and local community
About you
Technical skills and minimum knowledge:
- Experience of campaigning or organising to achieve a change.
- Experience managing and working with volunteers.
- Experience of community outreach in the local area.
- Good project management skills, able to balance a range of priorities.
- Behaviours and competencies:
- Confident in communicating and, able to seek and balance a range of views and stakeholders, influencing where required.
- Demonstrate a commitment to the values of the Trussell Trust /Peeblesshire Foodbank
Our Values
The Trussell Trust is a charity that works to end the need for food banks. Our values of dignity, justice, compassion and community, are central to all that we do and therefore supports our aim to be an organisation where the diversity of all employees is valued. We welcome people of all faiths and none and those that are committed to these values.
We recognise that we have under-represented groups within our workforce. As part of our commitment to diversity and equality of opportunity we are actively encouraging applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions and those with a lived experience of poverty as well as any other under-represented group in our workforce. We are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of our employees from all forms of harm.
Application notes
Applicants should send a CV and covering letter to Fiona Dalgleish, info@peeblesshire.foodbank.org.uk
Dunfermline Foodbank is offering an exciting and challenging job opportunity to assist the foodbank manager to help manage and lead a committed group of volunteers as they seek to alleviate hunger, put food on the table, restore dignity and revive hope to local people in crisis in the west of Fife.
Dunfermline Foodbank, established as a Scottish Charity in 2012, has fed over 26,000 men, women and children through its network of five foodbanks covering the west of Fife, as a franchisee of the respected Trussell Trust network of UK foodbanks.
Over the last 12 years, we have expanded our operation to include 5 satellites and a central warehouse, also increasing the number of volunteers to over 200 to better support those affected by food poverty in the West Fife area.
We require a passionate, enthusiastic and organised Assistant Foodbank Manager to continue to help lead us forward to meet future challenges and provide an excellent service for the community.
The working hours are 20 hours per week with a degree of flexibility, covering the open times of our foodbanks, occasional evening presentations and limited weekend work.
Remuneration reflects the responsibility of the post at £13,440 per annum.
The successful candidate will have the following key skills:
- Ability to manage and monitor the development of a project
- Experience of managing people
- Experience of working or volunteering in an organisation that deploys volunteers
- Good oral communication
- Driver with clean licence
- Confident user of email, word processing and internet
- Ability to work independently and unsupervised
- Numerate and comfortable interpreting statistical data
- Honesty and integrity
- Empathy and ability to work with people from disadvantaged, marginalised, or socially excluded backgrounds
As well as having the following personal attributes:
- Passionate about tackling poverty
- A sound understanding of, and experience of engagement with a wide range of stakeholders, including churches and other religious organisations, charities, statutory agencies, organisations, private companies and community groups.
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Rutherglen and Cambuslang Foodbank Manager
- Part time
- £25,500 – £29,000 pro-rata
- On site: Within Rutherglen and Cambuslang area. Regular travel will be required to visit the locations in Rutherglen and Cambuslang and further afield for conferences or to visit other Foodbanks.
- Closing 2nd August 2024
Rutherglen and Cambuslang Foodbank are currently looking to employ a FOODBANK MANAGER for the Rutherglen and Cambuslang Foodbank.
The hours of work will be flexible, but must meet the needs of the service, with some evening and weekend work required.
Full job description is available below.
Reporting Relationship
The Fundraising Manager reports to the Director of Operations
Overall Purpose
To lead on the raising and developing of funds to enable the work of Edinburgh City Mission.
Occupational requirement
Edinburgh City Mission is committed to sharing the Christian gospel with the people of Edinburgh. It is essential that every member of the team personally own, communicate and implement the aims and objectives of the Mission, sharing the Mission’s core beliefs and values to the public. Therefore, there is a requirement for the post-holder to be a committed Christian.
Way of working: you are expected to:
- Actively participate in the life of the Edinburgh City Mission team.
- Act in a professional manner at all times.
- Work in accordance with the Aims and Values of Edinburgh City Mission.
Job Details:
Line management:
- Line management of the Fundraising, Policy and Advocacy Officer
- Oversee, guide and assist the Fundraising, Policy and Advocacy Officer as they develop and lead on individual, community and corporate fundraising initiatives.
- Identify and undertake relevant training for the Fundraising Team
General Fundraising and Development:
- Set goals, targets & deadlines for the department.
- Oversee departmental budget.
- Create and develop the organisational fundraising strategy.
- Research and suggest systems that will help with fundraising.
- Lead on development and implementation of an organizational CRM.
- Work alongside Mission Strengtheners to identify story-telling opportunities that can be shared with a range of current and potential donors.
- Continually develop and update a compelling case for support.
- Communicate with the wider team, encouraging them to act as fundraising ambassadors for the organization under the mindset that we are all fundraisers.
Trusts and Grants:
- Develop and manage a pipeline of trust and foundations by researching, identifying, and prioritising appropriate funders.
- Maintain our database of existing Trusts, Foundations and special funds.
- Create high quality applications, proposals and funding bids on behalf of Edinburgh City Mission
- Liaise directly with Trusts, Foundations and special funds, managing current relationships with grant-making bodies and pro-actively developing relationships with prospective funders.
- Monitor outcomes and deliver on reporting requirements
- Keep an up-to-date and accurate record of grants from Trusts, Foundations and special funds.
- Schedule future applications according to the requirements of Trusts, Foundations, etc.
- Work with Finance to track funds and note and restricted income.
- Delegate smaller trusts and grant work to the Fundraising, Policy and Advocacy Officer as required.
Events:
- Develop and deliver annual thanksgiving event.
- Create and deliver any other future fundraising events for Edinburgh City Mission.
- Attend at least four City Vision prayer meetings a year, to share and pray with supporters.
Churches:
- Oversee and develop work with wider team to develop a church giving strategy
Legacy:
- Oversee and develop work with wider team to develop a legacy strategy
Impact Report:
- Assist the Fundraising, Policy and Advocacy Officer on all areas of impact report creation alongside the Impact Team including:
- Develop material to communicate with the team on the purpose and basis of our data gathering.
- Onboard new staff members on the purpose of data collection and reporting and share Edinburgh City Mission’s processes.
- Work with Mission Strengtheners to develop a theory of change and data collection processes that will suit their ministry, meeting with them to create changes when needed
- Laise with volunteers who assist with data input and analysis.
- Encourage staff members in their data collection and analysis throughout the year.
- Work with the Fundraising, Policy and Advocacy Officer and Communications Manager to create, write, edit and distribute the final Impact Report.
- Work alongside all members of staff and trustees to attain their contributions and feedback on the impact report.
- Facilitate the collection of stories from our guests, staff and partners for the impact report.
Changes to the above may be made by your Line Manager, with prior notice, in discussion with you.
Personal Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Evidence of an infectious and growing personal faith in Jesus
- Proven track record in fundraising or a similar role
- Evidence of strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strategically minded with the ability to plan according to current trends
- Evidence of drive and initiative, creating engaging ideas to drive projects forward
- Reliable, well-organised and able to prioritise well
- Experience of preparing funding applications to Trusts and
- Foundations
- Experience of creating and delivering fundraising events
- Ability to nurture strong relationships and influence others
- Ability to set and work to goals without immediate supervision
- Excellent presentation skills
- Excellent IT skills - particularly Excel, MS Office and databases
- Active involvement in a local church and City Mission team life
Desirable
- Experience of leading a Fundraising Team
- Experience of engaging with churches in a fundraising capacity
- Experience of stewarding and growing legacy donations
- Experience with CRM software
- Previous line management experience, with the ability to encourage and equip individuals
- Ability to create data gathering methods and interpret results
Independent Advocate for Stroke Survivors living in Edinburgh and East Lothian
- Full time
- £24,500
- On site: Livingston
- Closing 23rd August 2024
EARS is an independent advocacy provider – our mission is to ensure that people’s voices are heard, and their rights are respected.
This is an office-based post. The majority of the working hours will be spent working in Edinburgh and East Lothian communities, with the people who seek your support, and working from the West Lothian office to join meetings, record notes and compile reports. Mileage expenses are reimbursed for travel within work.
Applications
We especially welcome applications from people with any of the following:
- experience of providing advocacy
- working with individuals with a disability
- experience of the Health and Social Care Sector
- experience of the Third Sector
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