Generations Working Together is recruiting

Published: January 21, 2025

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Engagement and Training Officer – Vacancy

Job Description

Post: Engagement and Training Officer

Hours: P/T – 28 hrs per week (permanent – possible increase to full time 1st April 2026)

Salary: £30,060 – £31,067 (pro rata – scale dependant on experience)

Flexible Working: Monday – Friday

Start date: Monday 31st March 2025

GWT is looking for someone who is creative, energetic, friendly, has a good sense of humour and is passionate about building relationships between younger and older generations to reduce ageism, loneliness, isolation, improve skills and health and build hope in our communities.

Overview of Post 

This role will focus on collaborating with people at local and national levels. The post holder will engage with communities, authorities and businesses across Scotland, providing support to develop intergenerational activities/projects/communities. In addition the post holder will deliver a range of intergenerational training opportunities, grow our local and thematic networks as well as build a network of local volunteer Community Connectors to grow, develop and enhance the quality and longevity of intergenerational working across Scotland

Responsible for: 

  1. Developing partnerships and encouraging local councils, public bodies, community groups & organisations to embed intergenerational practice within local policy and their own organisations policy.
  2. Coordinating the local/thematic network programme, delivery of GWT’s training sessions and the collation of evaluation and feedback from intergenerational practitioners and projects.
  3. Recruitment, training and building support systems for volunteer Community Connectors.
  4. Representing GWT at local/national/international meetings/events and conferences raising the profile and understanding around the importance of building and sustaining intergenerational relationships.

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