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Social Enterprise Officer
CEMVO Scotland
Part-time
Glasgow
Hybrid
£ 28,000 pro rata + 4% pension
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Application closing date:
Aug 22, 2025
About the organisation
- CEMVO Scotland is a national intermediary organisation and strategic partner of the Scottish Government with the aim of building the capacity of the ethnic minority third sector and its communities.
About the vacancy
- We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced social entrepreneur to provide social enterprise business development support to ethnic minority groups and individual social entrepreneurs through our “Just Enterprise” partnership contract with CEiS. You will have extensive social enterprise business development experience, with skills in helping organisations to set up social enterprises, develop business plans, marketing strategies, product research/development, financial planning and advising on legal structures / governance, etc.
Key Responsibilities
- · To provide social enterprise development / start-up support to EM groups / social entrepreneurs accessing CEiS Just Enterprise (JE) Programne
· To provide business development and start up support to EM social enterprises – i.e. business planning, marketing / market research, legal structures, financial planning, product development, funding, etc.
· To work as part of a social enterprise team in providing start-up / pre-capacity building social enterprise development support to EM groups and social entrepreneurs.
· To organize and deliver social enterprise awareness raising events across Scotland targeting EM groups and social entrepreneurs.
· To work as part of a social enterprise team in delivering in-house training to EM groups – i.e. good governance, business planning, financial planning, marketing, legal structures, digital development, etc.
· To promote social enterprise to EM groups and support them to access support through the CEiS Just Enterprise programme.
· To work work closely with the social enterprise lead in monitoring and achieving social enterprise outputs and outcomes within the JE delivery contract – including ensuring drawing down of income and invoicing CEiS through the contract.
· To work closely with social enterprise colleagues on all areas of social enterprise development, including attending meetings / forums with Scottish Government and other key stakeholders / decision makers.
· To work closely with CEMVO Scotland Chief Executive and the social enterprise lead in ensuring that the social enterprise development needs of EM communities are being met, which will include drafting funding applications for CEMVO where appropriate.
· To draft responses to social enterprise related consultations and attend relevant meetings / events when requested by the Chief Executive.
· To produce reports and case studies for the Chief Executive when requested on the progress and outcomes of social enterprise development activities.
· To observe and comply with CEMVO’s policies, procedures, systems and standards and to contribute to their implementation and development.
· To work evenings and weekends on an occasional basis as required.
· To undertake such other duties, including drafting and completing funding applications as may be necessary to further the work of CEMVO Scotland.
Key Competencies
- Essential
· Extensive knowledge and experience in social enterprise and in social enterprise development, including start-ups.
· Demonstrated skills and experience in providing social enterprise business development support to both organisations and individual social entrepreneurs
· Demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience in supporting groups / social entrepreneurs in drafting business plans, product / service development, financial planning, advising legal structures, good governance, marketing / market research, accessing funding, tendering for contracts, and other business related areas.
· Experience in organising, designing and delivering training / awareness raising events, particularly around social enterprise
· Knowledge of, and good links with mainstream social enterprise sector in Scotland
· Strong commitment towards race equality, and empathy towards issues affecting ethnic minority communities / groups
· Excellent communication, inter-personal and presentation skills
· Ability to work to tight deadlines, often within conflicting priorities
· Exceptional organisational and planning skills, including ability to plan own work load, ensuring successful management of outputs and outcomes within projects
· Good monitoring, evaluation and administrative skills
· Ability to travel throughout Scotland
Desirable
· Whilst we ideally seek someone with experience of working with ethnic minority communities / groups, our essential criteria is to appoint someone with extensive social enterprise business support experience. A successful candidate will be able to develop such learning on the job and through working with CEMVO colleagues.
Desired Qualifications
- No specific qualifications are required.
How to Apply
Please submit a CV and supporting statement focusing on the person specification to: info@cemvoscotland.org.uk
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