7 Oct, 2024 Vacancies

NOW CLOSED: Vacancy: Workshop Team Leader

We’re looking for a Workshop Team Leader to join the Glasgow Wood team!

 

bespoke furniture design in glasgow, showing a group of woodworkers in a workshop

 

We’re looking for a skilled and experienced Workshop Team Leader to lead our workshop team. You’ll be a skilled and experienced wood worker primarily, but it’s also essential that you have relevant experience in supporting a diverse team of woodworkers and volunteers.

Take a look at the full job description below for more information.

 

If you think you’re a good fit, please email your CV and brief covering note to us directly at development@glasgowwood.org.uk with the subject: Vacancy – Workshop Team Leader.

Applications close on Friday 25th October at midnight.

Interviews will follow shortly after and the start date is as soon as possible.

 

 

Job Description

To lead and supervise the effective running of the workshop, overseeing production and supporting volunteering and training activities of Glasgow Wood. The Workshop Team Leader shall have a key role in the efficient running and sustainability of the organisation.

 

Company Profile

Glasgow Wood is a social enterprise and charity established in 2006. We are committed to achieving a sustainable population and planet. We aim to reduce the amount of wood going to landfill by finding creative, and socially inclusive ways to reuse this valuable natural resource. We create this image to our customers, and try to encourage them to limit the amount of wood going to landfill.

The wood waste that we collect from all over Glasgow and further afield is gathered, and sorted at our South Street workshop. This helps achieve our enviornmental goals. We then reuse the wood waste to make quality furniture and design bespoke pieces for home, businesses and social sector organisations, anything from tables in bars to eco-gardens in schools.

Through these activities, and at the heart of what we do, we provide volunteer and training opportunities to local people, as a practical way of tackling unemployment and social exclusion. Our volunteers either participate in our workshop, help our drivers for delivery/ collection services, and offer support in our retail area, to ensure this is tidy and stock is in the correct piles.

 

Key Responsibilities 

  • Day to day supervision of the Glasgow Wood workshop operations ensuring appropriate and safe use of available resources.
  • Liaise with the operations Team Leader and the Financial and Commercial Team to agree the weekly production schedule.
  • Allocation of tasks to staff members and volunteers to meet the agreed production schedule.
  • Develop and maintain high standards and a positive ethos throughout the operation and work with other staff to ensure cohesive and cooperative working practices.
  • Working in unison with the management and staff to implement and maintain an appropriate standard of health, safety and environmental compliance.
  • Be responsible for workshop materials and inventory.
  • Oversee the implementation of machinery and equipment maintenance.
  • Supervise and develop staf ni collaboration with the other members of the management team.
  • Contribute at all times to supporting the progress of volunteers and trainees as they seek to learn and develop.
  • Undertake appropriate training and development as agreed.

 

Location

Unit 6, Barclay Curle Complex, 739 South Street, G14 0BX, Glasgow.

 

Responsible To

Managing Director

 

Rate of Pay

£14.50/h

 

Training

  • Health and Safety including manual handling and work on site safely.
  • Waste minimisation training.
  • Ongoing professional development opportunities.

 

Hours

Monday-Thursday: 9am-5pm

Friday: 9am-4pm

Willingness to work occasional weekend hours will be beneficial.

 

Holidays

20 days per year (pro rata), plus public holidays. Rising to 25 days (pro rata) after 1 year of employment.

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