The Dundee Partnership and Dundee & Angus Chamber of Commerce are committed to a local Living Wage Campaign that helps businesses retain staff, invest in their culture, and to commit to paying the Scottish Living Wage. In order to support local businesses, we are looking forward to the support of a dedicated person in our area who can work with employers to gain accreditation.
The Living Wage has been one of the most successful civil society campaigns in Scotland and the UK in recent years. Not only has it won cross party political support, and gained increased acceptance amongst employers, it has also delivered tangible benefits for thousands of workers.
The Poverty Alliance are now looking to further expand the work of the Scottish Living Wage Accreditation Initiative to support more employers to pay the Living Wage in the North East of Scotland. This post will be the first to be based outside their head office in Glasgow and is located in the Dundee Council offices. There will be regular travel to Glasgow and likely travel around the North East (Dundee, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.) for which travel expenses will be provided.
The Living Wage Accreditation Officer Post is 35 hours per week and is a 1 year fixed term contract. They are looking for someone to start as soon as possible.
Working remotely with the rest of the team - namely, the Progamme Manager, three other Living Wage Accreditation Officers and two Administrative Assistants, the successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring that more employers and workers benefit from the Living Wage in the North East of Scotland. The Accreditation Officer will be responsible for engaging with employers in the North East of Scotland – private sector, public and third sector - and contributing to the development and updating of materials relevant to the projects aims (case studies, web materials, articles, promotional resources, etc).
The post of Living Wage Accreditation Officer will suit an individual who not only has excellent verbal and written communication skills and experience in engaging with employers, but also a strong commitment to the struggle for social justice and a desire to tackle in-work poverty.
Closing date: 12 noon, Monday 27 March 2017
Interview date: Wednesday 5 April 2017
Interview location: The Poverty Alliance offices in Glasgow (interview expenses will be paid)
For more information and to download an application form please visit their website
Dundee City Council
Dundee draws skilled workers from a 60-minute catchment population of 640,000 and has a local population of over 140,000. The availability of a large pool of highly skilled labour is a key feature in the Dundee economy. Flexibility in the labour force is currently more prevalent in Dundee than in Scotland as a whole. All forms of labour market flexibility - part-time, temporary employment, self-employment and shift work - are widely operational within the city. Labour force stability in the city is excellent, enabling companies to plan with confidence. Labour turnover levels are less than 5% and absenteeism averages 2%.
Dundee & Angus Chamber of Commerce
As the leading business membership organisation in Dundee & Angus and part of the worldwide long-established Chamber of Commerce brand, we help local businesses to connect, communicate and develop for business benefit.
