Youth and Community Leader

Edible Estates is seeking to recruit either a full time workshop leader or 2 part-time workshop leaders, to deliverconstruction workshops in community gardens in Edinburgh. Edible Estates is a Community Interest Company set upin 2017 to instigate and deliver community greenspace projects across Edinburgh and the Lothians. Since 2021, wehave been been contracted to Edinburgh Council to deliver upon its Community Gardening Framework, supportingcommunity gardening in the city’s council estates. We have been responsible for the construction of over twentycommunity gardens across the city. Our Learning & Wellbeing Programme seeks to use the construction of ourcommunity gardens as an opportunity to provide learning and wellbeing activities for folk of all ages, includinghigh school pupils, young adults and the over fifties. The Construction Workshop Leaders deliver volunteer workshops within our Learning & Wellbeing Programme. Theseworkshops play an important role in the construction of the community gardens and other green infrastructureprojects which we deliver in Council estates across Edinburgh. The successful candidate will have experience andskills in joinery and general construction coupled with the ability to lead small groups of volunteers (up tofive participants) in construction activities. In particular, experience of first fix joinery, roofing andtimber cladding, simple foundations and other general construction activities is important. Construction Workshop Leaders have responsibility for the planning, preparation and delivery of workshops to buildbespoke timber stud construction sheds and other garden infrastructure in community gardens across Edinburgh.Some of the workshops will be delivered to groups of adult volunteers under our Lend A Hand project, some to highschool aged pupils under our Growing Youth - High Schools project, or to young adults (16-24) through theGrowing Youth - Young Adults project. The overarching aim of these projects is to provide learners andvolunteers with practical experiences which will improve their life chances and support them on to positivedestinations, such as employment, further volunteering, training and education. The workshops should be safe,enjoyable, paced to the needs of the participants and result in good quality construction, as well as a positiveexperience for volunteers.
Hanover has been successfully housing and supporting people in Scotland for more that 4 years. We proudly provide andmanage a wide range of housing throughout Scotland that enhances our residents' quality of life.
We are a diverseorganisation offering Housing and Care as well as our central functions. Monitor and report on key performance indicators, in line withprocedure. Support delivery of the strategic objectives of both Asset Management and Hanover.
Update and check data, ensuring information held on any database is accurate and up to date,producing KPI data as and when required and identifying, in liaison with the Repairs and Voids Co Ordinator ,any actions required to improve performance.
Deliver excellent opportunities for customer feedback onthe repairs service, carry out analysis in liaison with the Repairs and Voids Co Ordinator to ensure anyrequired improvements are actioned.
Monitor contractors’performance ensuring a high standard of work is provided at all times and to work with the Repairs and CustomerSafety Manager to ensure any performance issues are dealt with in a timely manner and a solutioncreated.
Manage any complaints relating to the reactive repair or voids service in a timely mannerand in line with our customer service standards. To coordinate any required actions/lessons learned to ensure areduction in complaints relating to the service.
Assist in the monitoring of the repairs and voidsbudget ensuring that all jobs provide value for money. Monitor contractor variations, limiting these were possible. Monitor and approve payments forall reactive and void works in a timely fashion, ensuring that any financial regulations and procedures arealways followed.
Assist the Repairs and Customer Safety Managerto ensure that there is a full suite of policies and procedures around the repairs and void functions, thatthese are implemented and monitored.
Deliver the checks on all contractors to ensure that they meet therequired standards for onboarding and continual health & safety and insurance requirements.
Competitive Salary & Pension Options
Health Cash Plan
Access to our Hanover Perks platform with 24/7 GP helpline, high street discounts and fuel card discounts
Are you passionate about Craft or Art, and helping people with a physical disability in Edinburgh?
Ecas is an Edinburgh based charity and was established over a hundred years ago. The charity works to improve thequality of life of physically disabled people in the Edinburgh and Lothians area: promoting equality, choice andparticipation through our activities, befriending service and grants. Provision of activities for physicallydisabled adults is one of Ecas’ core aims. Craft activities such as felting, printing, crochet, handicrafts and jewellery making.
Art activitiesthough painting, drawing, collage, sculpture and mixed media.
Group Leaders are encouraged to develop new projects based on their own skills set and adapt to individual needs asrequired. The successful candidate must be willing to undertake further and ongoing training as part of theirprofessional development and as deemed appropriate to the role of Group Leader.
Experience of teaching is desirable but not essential if Group Leaders can demonstrate an understanding of what totake into account when supporting service users of varying needs and abilities; Edinburgh hub and partner local authority offices across Scotland. (Hybrid)

You will manage a team of embedded Senior Project Officers working within thepartner national organisations and delivering in partnership with a broad range of local stakeholders to developand deliver local Active Travel Strategies, Visions and Plans.
You will ensure our for everyone values – to strengthen diversity and inclusion acrossthe charity, whilst ensuring that a more systematic approach to the embedding of our ‘for everyone’ principlespermeates through our work.
You will advocate for sustainable transport across the region, and you will use that platform to influence localdecision makers, through engaging in policy and planning work, leading on communications, and contributing to acoordinated approach to business development opportunities in Scotland.
This role will require travel and work at locations as necessary to undertake projects on behalf of Sustrans.
You should be an experienced leader, expert at developing and maintaining relationships at senior levels in a varietyof sectors e.g. National organizations, Local Authority, business and industry bodies. You should have linemanagement experience and substantial experience of project management, including budget management.
You must have the ability to communicate authoritatively and persuasively to a range of audiences, with demonstrableexperience of remote and face-to-face partnership development techniques.
We aim to be a truly inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, inparticular from under-represented groups.
Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.
In return we can offer true hybrid working to suit individual circumstances and a flexible, supportive and rewardingworking environment.
~28 days’ leave per annum plus bank holidays for full-time working
~ Ability to buy an extra week of annualleave (pro-rata for part-time staff)
~We are members of the Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme who both offer cycle towork schemes
~ Group Personal Pension scheme with a 6% or 7% of basic salary contribution being matched bySustrans
~ Bike, computer and season ticket loans
~ London WeightingAllowance of £4,530 for all those living within a London Borough (32 local authority districts plus the City ofLondon)
~ Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
Flexible Working practices (full time hours are 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday)
Edinburgh or Midlothian (car owner preferrable for some posts) (On site)
For 30+ years, Into Work has supported the aim of a world where disabled people, neurodivergent people and those withlong-term health conditions have equal access to fair work and opportunity to sustain and develop in work. Livedexperience of disability is at the heart of our service design and delivery. Having been operational in Edinburgh and Lothian for many years, Into Work has a long-standing record of successfulpartnership working and project delivery for disabled people. Due to the expansion, we are now looking forsuitably experienced and motivated people to join our growing staff team for both our Disabled Young People andDisabled Adult service.
To enhance our user experience and encourage engagement, we offer additional in-housewraparound support including Income Maximisation and Wellbeing input. We help disabled people take those firststeps towards making sustainable employment a reality.
Working alongside the Young People Project Lead your role on the project is to support young disabled people aged 16to 24 on a 1:1 basis initially, then supporting them to progress to groupwork sessions further into the processand ultimately, into a positive destination such as education, training, volunteering, employment, employabilityprogrammes and onward referrals for continued support.
Focusing on young disabled people who have no identified positive destination, you will be helping them to exploreemployability, wellbeing and strengthening community connections.
Looking at empowerment, with support around self-travel, building confidence to participate in local communities.Helping build routine and become financially aware/independent.
Disabled Adults Service – Role Summary:
Developing working relationships with local agencies to establish appropriate referrals and linking in with employersto promote opportunities.
For this role we require someone who aligns with Into Work values and who is looking for the opportunity to make adifference to the employment prospects of disabled people, neurodivergent people and those with long-term healthconditions.
You will need to be able to organise and manage your own workload and be flexible about supporting across Into Workprojects and teams.
Working for a small specialist charity supporting people requires a flexible approach to work. You can expect autonomy and the opportunity to be creative, helping contribute to the development of our services.You will receive regular support and supervision sessions, as wellas annual appraisal, relevant training, and personal development opportunities.
We hold a GOLD Investor in People award and are committed to the continuous improvement and development of ouremployees.
We are a Living Wage accredited employer, a Disability Confident Leader and received the Employer of the Year award2023 from the Scottish Union of Supported Employment Apt, sponsored by Diversity Scotland.
A generous starting annual leave entitlement of 34 days, increasing to 37 days with length of service (pro-rated for part time employees).
Employer pension contribution of 7.Enhanced company sick pay.
Paid carers leave.
Free and confidential employee assistance programme and services.
Access to cycle to work and tech scheme discount.
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