Construction Workshop 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. Experience inlandscaping and/or horticulture would be advantageous but not essential.

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.The workshops would also support the development of participants' soft skills.

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 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.

An application form is available to download below.

Hanover has been successfully housing and supporting people in Scotland for more that 4 years. Our core purpose is tohelp people feel safe and secure at home so they can live full and independence lives. We proudly provide andmanage a wide range of housing throughout Scotland that enhances our residents' quality of life.

Hanover has an exciting opportunity for a Repairs & Void Team Leader to join our team. We are a diverseorganisation offering Housing and Care as well as our central functions. The organisation is going through aperiod of significant change at the moment.

About The Role

To deliver the Reactive Repairs and Voids function of the organisation to ensure an efficient and effective serviceis provided with excellent customer service. Monitor and report on key performance indicators, in line withprocedure. To support and develop the team of Repairs Advisors in line with Hanover's people managementprocedures.

Main Duties

• Support delivery of the strategic objectives of both Asset Management and Hanover.
• Deliver the reactiverepairs and voids service proactively promoting excellent customer service as set out in our target timescalesand general customer service requirements.
• Monitor the reactive repairs and voids processes undertakenby the Repairs Team proactively to minimise variations promoting excellent budget control, ensure works areaccurately recorded to facilitate right first time and support the team to use additional technical advice whenrequired.
• 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.
• Lead, motivate and manage the team to provide an excellent servicesuited to current and future organisational needs with excellent customer service.
• 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.
• Liaise with other employees involved in the void process, ensuring void turnaround times arekept to a minimum and within our required target timescales.
• Deal with any complex reactive or voidrepair jobs, escalating any which are of highly technical or costly nature to the appropriatestaff/manager.
• Manage any complaints relating to the reactive repair or voids service in a timely mannerand in line with our customer service standards. Ensure all responses are within the required target timescaleand completed to a satisfactory conclusion. 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. Highlighting any issues to your linemanager.
• 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.
• Ensure repair and void recharges are promptly actioned and maintained and that allcolleagues involved in the process are kept up to date.
• 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.
• Manageformal processes for your direct reports by working in partnering with the HR team and conducting investigationsor hearing disciplinaries and appeals, where required, to ensure an impartial, prompt, and confidential approachis taken and fair outcomes are delivered, in line with employment legislation, best practice, and HR policiesand procedures.

What We Are Offering

Aside from offering a supportive and friendly environment where our people are valued and appreciated, we'll seethat your hard work and drive to succeed is rewarded.

• 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
• Norton Park, 57 Albion Road, Edinburgh EH7 5QY. (On site)

Are you passionate about Craft or Art, and helping people with a physical disability in Edinburgh?

About us

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. Groups are likely to be of mixed ability and to have varied physicaldisabilities.

Role overview

Ecas runs two art and crafts activities each week and is seeking a Group Leader for the Friday morning craft groupand/or the Friday afternoon art group. The roles involve the smooth running of the craft and/or art group usingthe most appropriate objectives, methods and materials on a case-by-case basis with the aim of encouraging groupmembers to take part in the activities and to become more independent in their outlook.

Experience required

The post will interest anyone who has qualifications (or a willingness to work towards a qualification), skills andexperience in craft and/or art.

• 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; ability to plan a coursetailored to meet individual needs; a knowledge of a range of teaching methods and use of materials; anunderstanding of the required aims and a willingness to work in a person centred way. Please see the GroupLeader Job Description for further information.

• Edinburgh hub and partner local authority offices across Scotland. (Hybrid)

As The National Partnership Manager, you will report directly to the Head of Strategic Partnerships & BusinessDevelopment function for Scotland. 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 work closely with colleagues to secure funding for our work, capturing and communicating the impacts ofbetter places for people. 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.

You will build and manage internal and external relationships with key people across governance tiers within nationalpartner organizations. You will work with internal and external partners to build the team's knowledge andcapacity around inclusive programme design and delivery. In this respect, working to ensure that our partnershipprogrammes are for everyone and do not have unintended consequences for disadvantaged population groups.

This role will require travel and work at locations as necessary to undertake projects on behalf of Sustrans.

About you

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.

What we offer

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)
• 24/7 free, impartial and confidentialsupport service
• 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)
• Death in Service benefit – 3 x annual Salary

Family Friendly

• 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. Since1998 we have provided a 1:1 person-centred service, following the 5-stage model of Supported Employment. Livedexperience of disability is at the heart of our service design and delivery. For more info, please

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.

For some people, the idea of working or engaging with employability services can feel unachievable and seem like anunrealistic prospect. 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:

This service involves advisers working with a caseload of clients on a 1:1 basis, using the 5-stage model ofsupported employment.

Collaborating with Income Maximisation and Wellbeing colleagues to provide wraparound support and ensure a positiveemployment journey for clients.

Developing working relationships with local agencies to establish appropriate referrals and linking in with employersto promote opportunities.

About you – who we are looking for:

Our staff come from range of sectors and career backgrounds and become successful employment advisers.

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.

What is in it for you?

Working for a small specialist charity supporting people requires a flexible approach to work. It also bringssubstantial fulfilment, job satisfaction and variety.

You can expect autonomy and the opportunity to be creative, helping contribute to the development of our services.You can also expect a supportive and progressive working environment which reflects our values of openness,flexibility, perseverance, and collaboration. 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.

You will also benefit from:

• 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 7.5%.
• Access to death in service scheme.
• Flexitime.
• Enhanced company sick pay.
• Paid carers leave.
• Free and confidential employee assistance programme and services.
• Access to cycle to work and tech scheme discount.