Advertised from 23 June 2025

Role

Capital City Partnership (CCP) is an arm’s length company of The City of Edinburgh Council and is tasked with the operational development, management and support of local and regional employability and poverty reduction measures.  It takes a flexible approach to changing economic conditions, needs and opportunities but its core functions comprise:

• The management of all employability related grants and contracts awarded to external providers by the council and other key partners.

• The management of assessment processes related to bids received for such grants and contracts and making recommendations for funding. 

• The provision of policy advice, research, and development support (including secretariat functions) to the city’s Local Employability Partnership and partners.

• The development and maintenance of common communications and management information infrastructure for the Local Employability Partnership.

• Development and support of the Joined Up for Jobs network and the Joined Up for Business partnership.

• Provision of support to the Edinburgh and South-East Scotland City Region Deal Integrated Enhanced Skills (IRES) programme.

Job Purpose

The Contracts and Grants Officer is a position requiring a wide-ranging skillset to meet the contract management and partnership relationships remit we deliver through our Joined Up for Jobs infrastructure. Joined Up for Jobs reflects the Scottish Government Fair Work Framework, No One Left Behind (NOLB) and Tackling Child Poverty strategies. 

The Edinburgh Local Employability Partnership is the forum in which we manage the Edinburgh employability landscape. Joined Up for Jobs is the network infrastructure of employability provision available in the City. It provides a space to bring the collective strengths of stakeholders and funded partners together to identify shared opportunities, facilitate integration of services and align priorities, bringing added value wherever possible.  

We require an Officer to support the Head of Contracts and Grants to oversee the contract and grants offer under Joined Up for Jobs. This involves direct support in overseeing contracts and grants by the City of Edinburgh Council of up to £8m per annum and working with third sector providers who are the recipients of these grants. The successful candidate will be expected to provide support with grant management, with a particular focus on working with youth-specific employability organisations. Other work includes contract and grant monitoring, audit and tracking whilst identifying opportunities for partnership working, and facilitating networking. The post holder will create and define materials that support effective project delivery.

Other significant duties include supporting the development, design, and commissioning of new services; supporting the Joined Up for Jobs Charter for service standards of delivery; co-ordinating communications linked to all contracts and grants, including a quarterly Joined Up for Jobs Forum to support the network; oversight of the Local Employability Partnership website; working alongside the management information team for client tracking; and ensuring best value from spend in this area. 

The post holder will be part of a small team headed by CCP’s Head of Contract and Grants. Within the team, there are two Contracts and Grants Managers, two other Contracts and Grants officers and an administrator in place to support this work. The successful candidate will also liaise with our employer engagement team to link funded providers with clients to jobs and training opportunities.

Application notes

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Please send your CV and cover letter in one document to recruitment@capitalcitypartnership.org, along with a completed copy of our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.

• CCP encourages applications from people from ethnically diverse backgrounds.  

• We are keen to receive applications from people who wish to work flexibly.  

• Secondment requests are welcome.

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