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General Manager & Development Officer
Colintraive and Glendaruel Development Trust are seeking a General Manager & Development Officer for 4 days a week to work with the trust on projects as varied as the Cowal Way, Stronafian Forest and Community Broadband. This is a self-employed contract for self-starting, highly motivated individual with an interest in Community Development and our community.
Terms: £16 p/hr, 4 days p/w, 6 month contract to March 2018. Contract share available.
Application Form | Job Description
More details from cgdt@cgdt.org Closes 28th September
Colintraive & Glendaruel Development Trust are recruiting a General Manager for a 1 year part-time post (14 hours)
An exciting opportunity to join a highly successful and ambitious community organization at the heart of Cowal.
The general manager will have responsibilities in the key areas of governance, human resources (HR), public relations and initial project development.
Application forms can be requested by ringing 01700 841 358, emailing cgdt@cgdt.org or downloaded from www.cgdt.org/form
Applications can be emailed to cgdt@cgdt.org or delivered to CGDT, Colintraive Village Hall, Colintraive, PA22 3AS
Funded by Highlands & Islands and the Cruach Mhor Windfarm Trust
CGDT is a highly active Development Trust with a wide range of projects the voluntary board wishes to progress.
We are therefore seeking to appoint a part time officer who will enable us to develop and deliver the strategic vision for the Trust by providing capacity in the key areas of governance, human resources (HR), public relations and initial project development.
The successful applicant will also be responsible for financial management, including management of budgets, management accounts, financial accounting, and management of governance, human resources (HR), public relations and initial project development.
The ideal candidate for this role will be an experienced manager with a background in the charity sector who can help the Board create a self-sustaining series of social enterprises.
Application packs are available via email from cgdt@cgdt.org. Closing date for applications is Friday 13th November 2015, with interviews the week after.
More information is available here.
This post is supported by Highlands and Islands Enterprise & the Cruach Mhor Windfarm Trust
COMMUNITY FOREST DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
- Contract worth: £28,000
- Initial period: 1 Year
A varied role with sustainable woodland development its core and community revitalisation its heart.
Colintraive and Glendaruel Development Trust is recruiting for a new Community Forest Project Officer to work with the board over the coming year to maintain the momentum in our high profile and highly successful Stronafian Forest Project.
Purchased in February 2013 for £1.55M Stronafian forest is the trust’s flagship project, providing a focus for the community’s aspirations to increase local employment, housing and visitor attractions, as well as sustainable income through renewables. In our first year we met and exceeded many of our funder-led objectives, but it is in our second year we expect the project to take off and provide the foundation for an ongoing and exemplary community endeavour.
On the agenda for a successful candidate will be woodland crofts, the chambered cairn, a wind turbine, woodland burials, access design and management, deer management, woodfuel, walker and mountain bike use and a potential dark skies park. Of course there will also be funder liaison, including claims and report writing, as well as all the necessary administrative tasks which come with that, and equally important will be liaison with the community, our commercial forestry tenant and their clients.
The role is therefore multi-faceted, needing a person with the strategic vision to manage the project, and also the experience both at a commercial and community levels who understands the forestry context.
With potential to continue beyond the period we are now advertising for, the focus in the coming year will be to continue with our highly successful and motivated community working groups as well as pursuing positive outcomes with the wind turbine, crofting, housing and biomass.
Based at the Colintraive Village Hall office, the successful candidate will become part of a highly successful team at the trust which is presently delivering excellent and ongoing Climate Challenge Fund Project “Greener ColGlen”, as well as planning the revitalisation of the Cowal Way, a Community Broadband project for Southwest Cowal and a further community asset acquisition.
We are open to applications from candidates who cannot commit to a full-time contract but are willing to share it on a pro rata part-time basis.
Application packs are available by writing to Colintraive and Glendaruel Development Trust, The Village Hall, Colintraive, Argyll, PA22 3AS, via email at cgdt@cgdt.org, can be downloaded here, or by telephoning 01700 841358. Applicants should be available for immediate start. Closing date for applications Monday 28th April 2014
We’re looking for two dynamic people to help us implement our latest project, Greener Colglen (more details here).
- Project Development Officer (Full-time, £25,200pa) (click here for more details) and
- Admin & Communications Officer (Part-time, 24 hrs p/w – £18,480pa pro rata) (click here for more details)
If you are interested please contact us through the contact form on this website, cgdt@cgdt.org or at the DT office 01700 842 358.
Closing date for applications 18th October 2013
It’s almost two months since the Trust’s Annual General Meeting and those members who attended will recall the various presentations which outlined the Trust’s achievements to date. Against the priorities highlighted by the community which were collated in the Development Plan, significant progress has been made in a relatively short time. The community now owns an extremely valuable asset in Stronafian Forest which offers tremendous potential for regeneration of the area. Employment opportunities; jobs creation; affordable housing and amenity use all have the potential to impact on community confidence. Increasing the economically active population will, in turn, help improve the local economy; create service provision; and help secure the local school.
A great deal of time and effort has been expended on the Forest project to date and Mark, our Forest Officer, is promoting an open evening (with homemade soup!) on 13th September (6-8p.m.)in Colintraive Village Hall when local residents can learn how they can be involved in influencing what happens in the forest.
The Community Development Plan highlighted Stronafian Forest as the “Flagship” project and now that this is well and truly underway, the Trust is considering the next priority to be tackled. This is the optimum time to inspire the next phase of development, so why not consider joining the board and influencing what major project should be tackled next. We currently have a board of 5 dedicated individuals but additional directors would help move projects forward sooner rather than later. Whilst it’s true that Directors have certain responsibilities which demand a degree of diligence, these are not onerous and there is no threat to any individual – or their assets – as the liability of members is limited to £1 should the Trust ever be wound up.
Progress towards the aspirations of the Community Development Plan can be accelerated with the commitment of additional board members. Could you be that addition? Would you like to talk it over with an existing board member? Directors can be contacted for an informal chat without any obligation (contact details below).
The Trust has helped both Colintraive and Glendaruel Village Halls to upgrade and is currently supporting a further phase of improvements to the Glen Hall; the feasibility study has been completed for the Cowal Way; renewable energy projects, both wind and hydro, are currently being investigated and several other priorities contained in the Development Plan are under investigation.
Please consider exploring the possibility of joining the Board – your community needs you!
A vacancy has arisen in the Colintraive Post Office for a new Post-mistress / -master. The position is for 20 hours a week and all applications for more information should be made to Patricia Watt at the Colintraive Hotel, phone no. 01700 841207 / email. enquiries@colintraivehotel.com
We’re delighted to welcome Mark Chambers to our community. Mark will be working with us for at least two years bring forward all the elements in our Business Plan for Stronafian Forest. Mark will be spending the first couple of months getting up to speed on the project, meeting people and settling in. We’ll be announcing a Forest event shortly when everyone will get to greet Mark officially!
Colintraive and Glendaruel Development Trust (CGDT) have purchased Stronafian Forest and are now recruiting for a dynamic Community Forest Development Officer.
CGDT are delighted to confirm that they have now purchased Stronafian Forest on the Cowal Peninsula, Argyll. The forest, purchased for £1.55M from the Forestry Commission under the National Forest Land Scheme, will provide the community of Colintraive and Glendaruel with opportunities to create sustainable housing, woodland crofts, renewable energy sources and wonderful amenity spaces.
The Trust has been working since early 2010 on the acquisition of the 600ha+ woodland, developing a thorough-going business plan, as well as working on the funding package which includes £1.3M from a commercial tenant for the rights to the commercial forestry over 99 years. Alongside this tranche of money, raised from the private sector, the trust has also raised over £300,000, both for the balance of the purchase price, but also the legal fees and a two year Community Forest Project Officer post. The trust believe this is the first purchase of its kind to combine private and public sectors in a community woodland acquisition.
Come Work With Us
The Trust are still recruiting for the post which offers an exciting blend of community engagement, project management and business development in a forest context. The Community Forest Project Officer will be tasked with taking forward a community wind turbine, developing 4-6ha woodland crofts and preparing building plots for self-build and affordable homes, as well as making the forest accessible to the local community and its visitors. This is an opportunity to work with one of the West Coast’s most innovative trusts, in an environment of outstanding natural beauty, with a community whose Hogmanays are reputed to be the best in Argyll. To apply download our application form here.
CGDT’s chair, Charles Dixon-Spain said, “We are thrilled with this acquisition which is confirmation of the momentum our community has been building over the last five years. Colintraive and Glendaruel is a community that has been in decline for many years, and the Trust feels this purchase signals the renewing of our community, of bringing people in and services back and of ensuring the future of those services that we have held onto. Thanks to everyone who has helped us get to this stage!”
CGDT wish to thank Forestry Commission Scotland, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Argyll and the Islands LEADER, the Scottish Land Fund, the Big Fund, Aitchesse Ltd. and our tenant for all their help, financial support and encouragement over the last three years.