Douglas & Mid Craigie Parish Church

RockSolid Dundee | SCO43761

Douglas & Mid Craigie Parish Church

Balbeggie Place

Dundee

DD4 8RD

01382 732322

Title of Post:YouthBank Coordinator

Salary: £22,257 -£23,697 pro rata

Salary info:17.5 hours per week

Job Type:Part-Time

Duration:Fixed Term to April 2020

Location:East End, Dundee

Role:

RockSolid Dundee is looking for an enthusiastic and inspiring candidate to continue to develop the new role of YouthBank Coordinator to:

To coordinate and support young people to develop and maintain the YouthBank;

Encourage inclusion and equality by supporting young people to address barriers inhibiting their participation;

To support young people to promote the project and identify the priorities in their local community that they will support.

The post is a fixed term contract until April 2020 and is funded by Big Lottery Fund.

Organisation profile:

RockSolid Dundee was established in 2013 as a charitable community organisation in the East End of Dundee. RockSolid works with young people in the local community between the ages of 10-24.

When working with young people, RockSolid has three broad aims:

1.Young people will become more confident in expressing themselves;

2.Young people will have an increased sense of community belonging;

3.Young people will have an increased ability to work effectively as a team.

At RockSolid we use a co-production model in our approach to community development work. This means that we try not to do thingsforyoung people, but work alongside young people to identify local issues and priorities - shaping the local community through developing a variety of programmes and activities.

RockSolid works in close partnership with local agencies including the East End Learning Partnership, Craigiebank Church, Douglas and Mid Craigie Parish Church of Scotland, Claypotts Primary, St. Pius X Primary, and Craigie High, Grove Academy and Craigiebarns Primary as well as a number of charities in delivering youth work and tackling poverty in the East End of Dundee.

Application notes:

For more information or to request an application pack please contact Catriona Wood at or by telephone on 01382 732322. Application packs are also available on our website at

Additional details:

For successful applicants, we will arrange an induction, relevant training and on-going support;

All successful applicants will be required to undertake a PVG Disclosure;

RockSolid is an Accredited Living Wage Employer.

Closing date for applications: Friday 19th January 2018.

We anticipate that interviews will take place on 30th and 31st of January 2018.

RockSolid Dundee is a registered SCIO. Charity no: SC043761. Registered address: Douglas and Mid Craigie Church, Balbeggie Place, Dundee DD4 8RD.