Community Manager West

Are you an experienced leader with a strong understanding of the housing and homelessness landscape in Scotland? Then join Shelter Scotland as our Community Manager West and play a vital role in delivering real impact for individuals and communities facing the housing emergency.

About the role

The Community Manager leads our work with and within communities across the West of Scotland. This place-based approach to driving practice, culture and systems change is currently focused on Glasgow, where we have an office anchoring us in the community from where we can express our housing and homelessness expertise.

Role specifics

We re looking for a confident and compassionate leader with a strong understanding of the challenges caused by poor housing and homelessness. You ll bring excellent management skills, with experience in leading teams, delivering services and managing budgets. A skilled communicator and relationship-builder, you ll be comfortable engaging with stakeholders, using insight and data to influence change and improve performance. You ll take a strategic approach to building partnerships, aligned with local priorities, and be committed to working flexibly to support the growth and impact of our community model. Most importantly, you'll lead the delivery of Shelter Scotland s Communities West offer ensuring real, lasting change for individuals and communities, shaped by the voices of those with lived experience of the housing emergency.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About the team

There are three Community Teams - North, West and East. These teams of housing rights workers engage with and activate communities in delivering insight and evidence and targeted interventions, to address local issues and contribute towards the Shelter Scotland Housing Emergency campaign for structural change.

About Shelter Scotland

Shelter Scotland is Scotland s national housing and homelessness charity. Our vision is of a home for everyone in Scotland. For over 50 years, the way we drive change has remained the same. We advise and support people in housing need today and use the insight we gain to inform our campaigns to change tomorrow. We also raise professional standards for those working in Scotland s housing and homelessness sector by offering a broad range of training courses.

Home is a human right. It s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday thousands of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.

We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.

We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter Scotland. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.

Safeguarding statement

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter Scotland is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter Scotland does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.