Unpaid Work Coordinator - EAD07978

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an Unpaid Work Co-ordinator to join the Justice Unpaid Work Team within East Dunbartonshire Council. The post-holder will coordinate and oversee our team of Unpaid Work Supervisors ensuring a comprehensive quality unpaid work service to the community within East Dunbartonshire. Experience of staff management (ideally within a social work setting)

Knowledge of the wide range of jobs carried out in the community e.g. woodwork, groundwork and painting and decorating is also essential.

The post will involve fostering and developing strong working relationships with other teams within East Dunbartonshire Council in addition to charitable, Third Sector and local organisations. Partnership working and co-working with other workers will form an integral part of this post in achieving positive outcomes. The development of “other activity” will be progressed by the Unpaid Work Co-ordinator and the post-holder will have the ability to be creative and innovative in their practice in developing this activity.

The post holder should also have good numeracy, literacy, organisational, time management skills and the ability to deal with the everyday challenges of the role.

This job requires a full UK driving licence. The post is permanent and is a full-time 35 hours post over 7 days.

If you would like to discuss this vacancy, please contact Stephen McGinley, Unpaid Work Manager for an informal discussion on .

PVG / Disclosure Scotland

The following criteria applies to all roles within East Dunbartonshire Council where PVG/Disclosure checks are essential criteria Where the post you are applying for is considered Regulated Work under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007, successful candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by East Dunbartonshire Council.

Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant check which will be deducted from the successful candidate’s first salary payment. In specific circumstances the payment could be deducted in instalments from an employee’s wages following commencement of employment.

Approval in such circumstances will be made by HR Services Lead. Should an employee leave in advance of the payment being deducted, the full amount will be deducted from the employee’s final salary. The criteria outlined above will apply to existing employees of East Dunbartonshire Council who apply for roles for which a PVG/Disclosure check is required.

Charter of Commitment

The commitment by East Dunbartonshire Council to job applicants is as follows: •

Individuals will be treated in a polite, friendly and welcoming manner.

• Equalities monitoring will be conducted to ensure a fair and equitable process with screening being carried out to anonymise sensitive information such as age, gender and disability.

• The information that we receive will be treated in confidence and with discretion. Only the relevant HR representative/team and the relevant service will see the application form.

• We will encourage and welcome applications from applicants under the disability symbol. Where the essential criteria are met an interview will be offered to those applying under the disability symbol.

• We will be pleased to make any reasonable adjustments to ensure accessibility at the interview.

• We will advise you within reasonable time after the closing date if you have not met the interview criteria. (Normally within 4 weeks)

• We will advise you of meeting the criteria for interview normally within 3 weeks. • We will advise you if you have been successful or unsuccessful at the interview stage as soon as practically possible.

Website

www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk