Community and Organisational Development Lead (Wishaw and Shotts)

Community Development & Social Enterprise

Disability

Equality & Law

Health

Housing & Homelessness

Learning

Local

Local Infrastructure Organisation

Older People

Other

Social Care

Youth

• Hybrid: with a combination of home-based working and working at VANL’s office/s and other locations in North Lanarkshire as required.
• Closing: 15th May 2025
• Advertised from: 24th April 2025
• 24 hours per week. Permanent

Role

Do you have previous experience of working in a role providing community or organisational development? Are you interested in working in the community and voluntary sector? If so, then we would love to hear from you!

Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire (VANL) is the Third Sector Interface (TSI) and a respected and highly valued support organisation for the community and voluntary sector (CVS) in North Lanarkshire.

For more information about the role, please see the JD and Person Specification attached in the job listing.

VANL is a supportive employer and provides good benefits including:

• 25 days annual leave pro rata (increasing up to 27 days after 5 years, 29 days after 8 years and 30 days after 10 years) and two special leave days for birthday and Xmas shopping.
• 12 public holidays pro rata.
• 6% employer’s contribution and minimum 3% employee contribution.
• Flexible working arrangements regarding hours and home-based working.

Application notes

To apply: please refer to the post’s JD and person specification and send your CV and cover letter setting out why you are applying for the role and how your experience and skills match our requirements.

VANL is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from all members of the community. We encourage applicants from underrepresented groups including women, LGBTQI+ people, Black and minority ethnic people, and disabled people.

• VANL is a Gold Investors in People accredited employer.
• VANL is also an accredited Living Wage employer.
• We support hybrid and flexible working arrangements to help staff manage work and personal responsibilities.
• VANL is a Carers Positive employer.
• VANL is a Disability Confident Employer, committed to positive action in the recruitment and selection of people with disabilities. We guarantee an interview to any applicant who meets the essential criteria for the post and who has a disability as defined under the Equality Act 2010. If you are a disabled person and need reasonable adjustments to apply for a post or for interview, please contact hr@vanl.co.uk.

Community and Organisational Development Lead (Wishaw and Shotts)
Postcode: ML1 1LY

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What You'll Do

• Work alongside a diverse range of families, children and young people, with a focus on listening to their neurodevelopmental needs.
• Work closely with cross-sector partners to build a community-led pathway to advice and support that is accessible, inclusive and easy to navigate.
• Identify third sector training needs; working closely with all partners to co-design, deliver and evaluate a programme of accredited training to meet the identified community need.
• Plan, implement and evaluate community engagement activities, workshops, and meetings in a variety of informal settings.
• Work in a way that facilitates the delivery of safe, effective, rights-based and person-centred practices.
• Work within community engagement competencies and local and national guidelines.
• Collaborate with staff across all agencies, developing and maintaining good relationships and clear lines of communication.
• Effectively prioritise workload, recognising the requirement to be flexible whilst working alongside community members.
• Be involved in the delivery and collection of outcome measures related to the programme of work.
• Contribute to partnership working using knowledge, data and insights from across the sector to better inform decision making.
• Represent the third sector/TSDG at partnership meetings.

More about you

• You will be able to demonstrate your experience of leading programmes in the third sector and/or cross sector.
• You will be able to show your understanding of family engagement or community work and be able to evidence best practice in participatory working.
• You will be able to show your approach to effective and compassionate leadership, achieving outcomes and demonstrating impact.
• You will bring a keen interest in building and sharing knowledge, particularly in relation to good practice and to new policy.
• You will be able to show examples of effective application of key skills, including organisation and planning, problem solving and communications.
• You will have had experience of building effective professional relationships inside and outside of your organisation.
• You may have had experience, knowledge or lived experience of neurodivergence.

Given the nature of this role in community and family engagement, PVG registration is required.