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 Jobs Strategy Partnership and partners

• The development and maintenance of common communications and management information infrastructure for the Jobs Strategy 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 skills programme.

JOB PURPOSE

The Communications and Participation Assistant will support the delivery of Capital City Partnership’s Whole Family Equality Project. The Whole Family Equality Project aims to arrive at a better understanding of what makes sustainable, good quality employment for people from ethnic minorities in Edinburgh and brings together organisations who are working with those individuals, supporting collaborative work. It develops resources to help employers diversify their workforces and support their employees from Minority Ethnic communities to thrive in the workplace. At the heart of all that we do is an understanding of the experience of education, training and employment by people from ethnic minorities and refugees; learning from the project will be further enhanced and tested through the lens of lived experience by the Skilled Voices Panel.

 Whole Family equality project (WFEP) Strategic Objectives.

1. To maximise equitable support for minority ethnic families and communities through a joined-up whole family support model of delivery.

2. To reduce social and economic disparities through improvement of minority ethnic family well-being, education and attainment, employment opportunities and outcomes, social and economic outcomes.

3. To improve participation and representation through elevating the voices of minority ethnic families and communities.

4. To make racial equality an everyday accountability through securing change at system and structural level. 

The post holder will undertake the day-to-day administration of the project, event and workshop organisation and co-ordination of our lived experience panel. They will also be responsible for communications relating to the project to a wide range of stakeholders.

Application notes

How to apply: Please send your CV and covering letter in one document to recruitment@capitalcitypartnership.org, along with our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form. 

Interviews will take place on Thursday 17th July 2025.

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