Housing Co-Ordinator

• Edinburgh based with at least one day per week in the office. (Hybrid)
• Closing19th April 2024
• Advertised from 3rd April 2024
• Pay Award Pending. 35 hours per week. Permanent.

Are you ready to make an impact and elevate our housing services? We're looking for a Housing Coordinator to joinour team on a permanent basis.

You will help propel our housing team towards excellence by contributing to exceeding our department'sgoals.

We will achieve this by championing extraordinary customer service and driving digital transformation andinnovation.

Key Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will deliver exceptional housing and customer Service and be the responsive go-to forinquiries, offering expert advice.

They will play a crucial role in termination of tenancy processes and allocation management and be the ambassador forcustomer-facing services and self-service options.

Collaboration with Key Stakeholders is a crucial part of the role as you will be the support system for both internaland external agencies.

For more information, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Blackwood offers a range of employee benefits, including:

• Enhanced Well-being package including 24 hour GP service, physiotherapy and mental healthsupport
• Company sick pay scheme on completion of probationary period
• 34 days’ holiday per annum,pro rata for part-time hours
• Company pension scheme and other benefits
• Development and Learningopportunities

Blackwood are committed to diversity and inclusion and as an accredited Disability Confident Employer, we willinterview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the post.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS ROLE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SPONSORSHIP

• Glasgow, Edinburgh, Galashiels, Girvan, Fife, Inverness, Stornoway, Duns and more
• Closing29th April 2024

The Supported Housing Worker role requires assisting in the management of the development thusensuring the tenants are able to enjoy an acceptable standard of living in an environment which is clean, safeand friendly. You will be responsible for overseeing the wellbeing of the tenants and for assisting them inmaintaining their independence.

As Housing Care Worker your role will involve working with our tenants to ensure they receive thesupport and personal care identified in their care plans. You will directly support tenants in their homes byproviding individual advice, practical housing support assistance and personal care.

Both roles are to ensure that we are able to offer the best service to our tenants and make it possible for ourtenants to continue enjoying as much independent living as they’re able.

As well as a competitive annual salary, our valued team also benefits from:

• competitive hourly rates of £10.50 - £10.88 per hour
• generous annual leave entitlement
• a choice of pension scheme with employercontributions
• flexible working policies
• access to extensive paid training and developmentopportunities
• a supportive and inclusive culture.

We also have opportunities with our Trust Staff Agency - for employees who want to work across different locations,in various roles, with highly flexible hours to suit family commitments - it's a great opportunity with thesame training and development that our other roles benefit from.

Previous experience working in social care or the housing sector would be an advantage but this is not alwaysnecessary. Our ideal candidate is someone with enthusiasm, a caring nature and willingness to learn as fulltraining, support and ongoing development will be provided.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Fundraising Assistant to support our Fundraising Manager. You will provideexcellent supporter care, ensuring all supporters in our community have an excellent experience of makingdonations and fundraising for Edinburgh Women’s Aid (EWA). You will also be responsible for accurate, efficientand effective administration, ensuring that our database and reporting systems meet our fundraising andreporting needs.

Prostate Scotland, Scotland’s prostate disease charity is looking for an enthusiastic Communications and SupporterCare Administrator to help us in our communications, supporter care and fundraising. Prostate Scotland is a busyactive charity working across Scotland to inform, support and advance on prostate cancer and disease. You willplay an important role in helping to look after our supporters and fundraisers, assisting with ourcommunications and sending out merchandise to people supporting the charity.

This role will involve:

•Providing support to and administering local level giving and liaising with fundraisers in taking forward activitiesin aid of Prostate Scotland

•Supporting active fundraisers throughout their fundraising journey

•Administering donations and assisting with communications to supporters

•Helping on the development of fundraising and marketing materials and plans to promote Prostate Scotland’s work

•Ensuring that we have up-to-date information on our Customer Relationship Management System.

•Developing, sourcing, managing and dispatching stocks of branded fundraising merchandise and sending these out toour supporters

•Assisting with the co-ordination and development of communications activity with supporters and service users aspart of communications and supporter care team

•Assisting with writing content for social media and website.

Your good people skills will assist us in working with local fundraisers and supporters to help develop fundraisingfor Prostate Scotland in communities and in events across the Scotland. You will also have the opportunity toattend and represent Prostate Scotland at local fundraising and supporter external events.

This new post will play an important role in supporting the charity’s communications and fundraising by providingsupport to and administering local level giving and donations and fundraising events and liaising withfundraisers in taking forward activities in aid of prostate Scotland. The role also will involve helpingadminister donations and assisting with communications with supporters, along with helping on the development offundraising materials and plans to promote Prostate Scotland’s work.

Good administrative, IT and digital skills will be important. Prior knowledge of prostate cancer and disease is notrequired (though helpful) and training about this will be provided.

Occasional travel in Scotland will be required. Management of the post will be from the charity’s Communications andSupporter Care Manager. The post is available on a two-year contract.

• Columcille Centre, 2 Newbattle Terrace, Edinburgh (On site)
• Closing10th April 2024

Columcille offers creative activities in a community setting for adults with learning disabilities, autism and mentalhealth needs. Activities include gardening, cooking, pottery, crafts, printing, drama, music, dancing, andjoinery. Our approach values the uniqueness and gifts of each person and supports people to develop theircreative skills and do meaningful work and activities in a friendly and warm social environment. Columcille isfounded on the ideas of social therapy which originate in the thinking of Rudolf Steiner.

The café at Columcille is used by individuals who attend the centre and staff and is the social heart of the buildingproviding morning and afternoon tea breaks, and a cooked lunch each day. The post holder will shareresponsibility for running the café at Columcille, supporting a small group of adults with learning disabilitiesto prepare lunch and tea breaks. The post holder will work closely with the other workshop co-leader who worksThursday and Friday, in planning and coordinating the smooth running of the café including record keeping, foodand equipment ordering, stock control. Maintaining a high standard of food hygiene and cleaning routines is animportant part of the role.

We are looking for someone with experience of supporting adults with learning disabilities, knowledge and experienceof meal preparation and menu planning, and an interest in working for an organisation working from the ideas ofsocial therapy and social pedagogy.