With support and investment from Impact Funding Partners, we are recruiting for a Volunteer Coordinator to build on Westfield Park Community Centre’s (WPCC) volunteer engagement strategy with the local community. The post will be responsible for volunteer recruitment needed to support the development of a programme of activities and events and to meet the needs of the local community.

The position is 20 hours per week, with a degree of flexibility and incorporating occasional evening and weekend work. Salary at full time equivalent is £24,000 on a fixed term 1 year contract. WPCC offers 29 days Annual leave and will include 2 fixed public holidays. The organisation contributes equivalent to 6% of the post’s salary into the pension scheme.

The Volunteer Coordinator will contribute to the day-to-day management and smooth running of WPCC, ensuring that WPCC is a vibrant, welcoming and well managed facility that operates for the benefit of the local community and the residents of the Falkirk District area.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate relevant experience in recruiting, training and supporting volunteers and have a very good understanding of community development and challenges facing local communities. Relevant experience of the third sector would be beneficial.

The Yard is an award-winning charity that runs adventure play services for children with disabilities and/or additional support needs and their families.

As a Play Team Leader, you will supervise and deliver a range of inclusive social, recreational and adventure play-based activities at The Yard, with the rest of the play team.

About the role:

Your daily routine will be as varied as the needs of the people you are supporting. You will be ensuring the safety of the children within The Yard, engaging children and young people in creative play, liaising with their parents and carers, schools and other organisations to ensure service satisfaction remains high and supervising the play and volunteering staff effectively.

About you:

If you would like to work in a supportive and understanding work environment, where the team is highly committed to our mission, we would love to have you on board:

This job is for you if you have:

• Experience of working with children and young people with a range of disabilities.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent organisational skills and administrative abilities.
• Leadership skills and team building capacity.

As the charitable subsidiary of West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA), Willowacre Trust’s overarching aim is to tackle social and economic disadvantage and impact on tenancy sustainment within the communities served by WSHA. We want a staff team and Board that shares our values and puts customers at the centre of service delivery.

Our staff are at the heart of our business and we support them to be their best which is demonstrated with 84% of staff saying Willowacre Trust and WSHA is a good place to work.

We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, age, or religion or belief. We are particularly interested to hear from applicants with a disability, or from a black, asian or minority ethnic background.

Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria will, where possible be granted an interview under the Disability Confident scheme.

We are committed to achieving high standards of quality in recruitment and to ensuring that our appointments are made solely on the basis of merit and that you are treated in a fair and equitable manner.

We are looking for a new Community Hub Coordinator who shares our values and will use them to guide the way they work on a daily basis. You will be accountable to our Community Services Manager.

The post-holder will play a key role in ensuring the management, development and smooth operation of Barrowfield Community Hub, MUGA and play park. Working closely with colleagues and external partners the Community Hub Coordinator will ensure that the Community Hub is a vibrant, well managed facility, with a wide range of activities, groups and events for the benefit of local people, anchor tenants and those booking community spaces

You should:

• Have experience of managing a Community Hub and ensure the effective day to day operation for the benefit of the community, anchor tenants, external organisations and other users of the building

• Ensure effective maintenance of the building, grounds and play areas- including repairs and supervising contactors and others regarding work in the building

• Have good literacy and numeracy skills with the ability to collate and analyse information, maintain written records and write reports

We are looking for a Senior Technical Officer who shares our values and will use them to guide the way they work on a daily basis. You will be accountable to our Maintenance Manager in delivering a high-quality repairs service that our customers are satisfied with.

You should:

• Have excellent building/technical knowledge with comprehensive knowledge of housing maintenance, construction, building processes

• Have excellent IT skills including proficiency in digital repairs systems, customer relationship management databases and Microsoft 365, to include Teams, SharePoint, Excel, Word

• Have excellent communication skills being a clear and effective communicator at all levels including the ability to explain technical information to laypersons

• Have knowledge and experience of repairs management databases

• Have good knowledge of Annual Return on the Charter for Registered Social Landlords