Apprentice Project Officer - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - With Kids

Description

Currently hybrid model two days a week Fast Forward office, Edinburgh; with regular travel across Scotland (Hybrid)
Fixed-term contract until 31st March 2025
Do you have excellent communication and presentation skills, and experience working with young people?
We are looking for an enthusiastic Project Officer to join Fast Forward's Scottish Gambling Education Hub. This rolewill have a focus on youth groups and other informal education settings.
The Hub was Scotland's first gambling education and prevention programme focusing on protecting young people fromgambling harms.

Its work includes delivering training to practitioners, staff, schools and youth groups,developing resources, as well as partnership building with national organisations.

Fast Forward is Scotland's national youth work agency, focusing on supporting children & young people to makeinformed choices regarding, and take a harm reduction approach to, risk-taking behaviours, towards reducing thenegative impacts of these on their lives and those of their families and wider community.

We promote healththrough programmes and resources developed by, with and for young people.
We are creative in our approach to identifying and responding to risktaking behaviour.

Collaborative - We coproduce, partner and learn with young people and experts from across the field We are committedto delivering an inclusive service that creates opportunities for all, and do not tolerate discrimination.

Wewelcome all people inclusive of ethnic background, disability, sex, religion or belief, gender identity orreassignment, sexual orientation, age, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, veteranstatus, and the many other parts of a person's identity.

This includes our staff team and Board members, which include individuals from communities with protectedcharacteristics.
If you would like to have a discussion about this vacancy contact Fran Howard, Project Manager, .One - two days a week in office at 4 Bernard Street, Edinburgh (Hybrid)

Do you have excellent communication and presentation skills, and experience working with youngpeople?
We are looking for an enthusiastic Project Officer to join Fast Forward's Going Forward Programme Team. This rolewill have a focus on formal and informal education settings, and youth participation.

Fast Forward is Scotland's national youth work agency, focusing on supporting children & young people to makeinformed choices regarding, and take a harm reduction approach to, risk-taking behaviours, towards reducing thenegative impacts of these on their lives and those of their families and wider community.

We promote health through programmes and resources developed by, with and for young people.
We are creative in our approach to identifying andresponding to risk taking behaviour.
Collaborative - We coproduce, partner and learn with young people and experts from across thefield

We welcome all people inclusive of ethnic background, disability, sex, religion or belief,gender identity or reassignment, sexual orientation, age, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy andmaternity, veteran status, and the many other parts of a person's identity.

This includes our staff team and Board members, which include individuals from communities with protectedcharacteristics.
Going Forward Project Background

Since May 2017, the Going Forward Project has worked with partner organisations to deliver workshop sessions tovulnerable and at-risk young people in formal and informal education settings.

Our sessions focus on core themesof health, wellbeing and risk-taking behaviours, particularly:

substance misuse (alcohol, drugs, tobacco, e-cigarettes/vaping)
online safety

Youth Participation In line with United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), Fast Forward iscommitted to developing our children and young people's participation work.

We want children and youngpeople's experiences, opinions and suggestions to shape all aspects of our work. This role will play a keypart in supporting this development, embedding a child rights approach to our work. This will include developingour children and young people's Shadow Board.
We are looking for someone to promote and deliver Lead's Adult Carers Digital Project.

This is a learning service forcarers aged 16 through to older adulthood who lack digital skills or who experience barriers when engaging withtechnology.

Project delivery options, what are you looking for?

• Are you committed to engaging and supporting adult carers to realise the potential of technology, including howtechnological solutions can support caring responsibilities? Are you passionate about the transformative power of adult learning? Are you confident in communicating one to oneand with groups and have a flexible and creative approach to problem-solving?

Would you enjoy being an active part of the Lead Scotland team as we develop new, exciting learning opportunities inFife with disabled people and carers?
Do you have great organisational skills, previous experience of supporting adults experiencing a range of barriers,of working one-to-one and in groups with learners, and of designing and delivering learning programmes?
Do you have access to transport as you will be working in homes and communities across the local authority area?

Wouldit make you proud to contribute towards this amazing mission as a Long-term Partnerships Officer? Reporting to the Long-term Partnerships Manager and working with the Postcode Trust Advisors, you will support withLong-term Partnerships Team through working with charity partners.

We are a true partner to our charities and our relationship is far more than justfunding.

As a part of the Charities Team, you must be able support your direct colleagues as well as ensure that the widerteam and players are passionate about what we do and why we do it.

This is an exciting time in the charities team.

The right candidate will have experience in funding, fundraising oraccount/relationship management and be able to manage complex projects and processes, have a clear understandingof the charity sector and be able to learn quickly and be able to adapt to the demands of this role.

Account management for up to 10 charity partner relationships (working closely with the relevant Trust Advisor),managing accounts of value up to £500,000.

When additional funds are available you will support with writing first stagecharity research briefs, exploring sector trends, themes for funding opportunities.

• Co-ordinate, plan and execute a high number of fun, learning and engaging opportunities ensuring alltravel/accommodation and subsistence is kept within budget i.e. Along with helping to organise andcontribute to the delivery of the Charity Gathering, Gala and other sector events as and when necessary.
• Manage all administration for at least 6 Trusts which includes: scheduling and arranging Trust Board meetings,preparation and provision of meeting papers, taking minutes, arrange group travel/accommodation, booking/set upmeeting rooms (inc. Maintain at least 6 Trust websites, ensuring they remainaccurate and up to date and independently manage at least 6 Trust inboxes, checking on a daily basis andresponding to a variety of enquiries and requests
• Salesforce super-user for the team including; user testing of forms, creating/amending dashboards, building/runningreports, day-to-day accuracy and usability of the database, maintaining list views, updating records; Provide up to date and relevantcontent of supported charities for all areas of the business for event content, e.g., Experience in charity account/relationship management within the voluntary/funding sector, with experience ofassessing applications for funding from charities and undertaking due diligence checks
• Experience in analysis and understanding of financial reporting including P&Ls, management information andcompany structures
• Experience of working with Salesforce (or CRM systems) in relation to grant/relationship management and runningreports
• Excellent knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• You will receive a competitive salary, join an excellent pension scheme and benefit from private medical care.
• Our Lottery Academy offers an extensive range of trainingprogrammes and courses. There are also many career opportunities in the UK and abroad.
• We regularly arrange social activities and organise our Christmas breakfast atthe end of the year, a date that everyone looks forward to, where we look back proudly at what we've achievedtogether.
• That's why we offer a variety of options including an inhouse gym, with anoptional weekly massage, and access to mental health support services.
• You're regularly involved in the work carried out by the charities thanks to the funds we raise for them. Thisincludes volunteering, project visits, presentations in our seminar space, and an invite to the annual Galaevent attended by the organisations we support.

Charities are at the heart of the organisation and this position is crucial in helping to deliver the wide-ranging,exciting and incredible work funded by our players.

We are committed to ensuring that our players remainconnected with the causes they help support. Our players win prizes together with their neighbours and raise money for charity together – it's a win-win
Postcode Lottery players have now raised over €12 billion for thousands of charities since 1989. We're the 3rdlargest private charity donor in the world.

Every day, more than 1,500 team members in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and Norway are helping toraise €2.3 million for charity partners.

We are open to ideas and are committed tocreating a culture that is inclusive, representative and celebrates diversity in everyone.

If you'd like more information, we'd would be happy to help you. WorkingRite seeks to stop the cycle of deprivation and poverty that occur in so many communities across Scotland.

Wedo this through our award-winning, youth employability programme, which sees practical work skills coupled withpersonal development, strengthened through a mentored work placement with a small, local business of the youngperson's choice.

Our flexible, person-centred programmes of training, support and work placements put the young people at the heart oftheir future, helping those 15 – 24 years old who are furthest from the job market, to gain confidence, realskills and a foothold on the employability ladder.

We have been operating as a charity since 2011 and in thattime have supported over 3,500 young people into a positive destination.

We havealso recently appointed a new CEO who has a vision to see us increase our work in the 5 local authorities wealready work in and expand into new areas of Scotland where the needs of young people are greatest.

This exciting role will support young people from different secondary schools across Edinburgh to prepare foremployment when they leave school.

By delivering WorkingRite's in-school model, Rite to Work, this post willwork with small groups of young people in their last year at school to gain the confidence and skills they needto progress into jobs, apprenticeships or further vocational learning – or gain further support withWorkingRite's post-16 work experience programme in local businesses.

We require a Rite to Work Project Co-ordinator who can:
Engage andmotivate young people in groups and 1:1
Build strong relationships with schools, parents andbusinesses
Offer new and creative ideas
Deliver accredited andcertificated learning opportunities
Support young people with challenges and barriers toprogression
Above all, you must be enthusiasticand want to support young people.
(This role is suitable for hybrid working in the Edinburgh area. We offer Flexible Working by default.)
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