Roma Entrepreneurship Business and Finance Advisor (Roma Start-Ups Project)

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Roma Entrepreneurship Business and Finance
Advisor (Roma Start-Ups Project)

Govanhill, Glasgow
(Band B3-4) £ £16913.52 for 18 hours non
negotiable

Employer pension contribution.
36 days annual leave (pro-rata)
Free Access to Health Assured Employee
Assistance Programme and online Health Portal.
Loyalty scheme with up to 48 additional days
leave.
Part Time 18 hours per week Fixed Term Contract
ends 31st May 2026
Project Manager

ROMA ENTREPRENEURSHIP ADVISOR
Are  you  looking  for  an  exciting  new  role?  Do  you  want  help  Roma  community
members make a difference to their lives and aspirations? Are you passionate about
making change happen? Then we really want you to apply for this role!

WHAT WE OFFER

-  A meaningful role supporting economic inclusion and empowerment in

Glasgow’s Roma communities.

-  Flexible working hours and supportive team culture.

-  Training and development opportunities.

-  The chance to shape a new programme with long-term impact.

HOW TO APPLY
Please send your CV and a short cover letter (maximum one A4 page) explaining
why you’re a strong candidate for this role to:
recruitment@communityrenewal.org.uk

We  especially welcome applications from  Roma individuals and others with lived
experience of exclusion or marginalisation.
Community Renewal Trust is an equal opportunities employer and committed to
inclusive recruitment.

Please note that the ability to speak a language relevant to the Roma community
members e.g. Slovak/Romanian is advantageous.

ROLE SUMMARY
This role is part of a new, community-led initiative delivered in partnership
between Rom Romeha and Community Renewal Trust, working closely with
Glasgow City Council and local employability services.

The project is a new initiative aimed at increasing entrepreneurial opportunities
for migrant Roma communities in Glasgow, providing culturally sensitive,
multilingual business support, empowering Roma individuals to start and grow their
own businesses. This will create a pathway to economic independence, improve
social inclusion, and help achieve Glasgow’s Net Zero ambitions by supporting
sustainable business practices within the Roma community.

Migrant Roma in Glasgow often face significant challenges in accessing support for
entrepreneurship due to cultural misunderstandings, language barriers, and a lack
of services tailored to their needs. Roma Start-Ups is a pilot programme designed
to provide specialist business support to Roma entrepreneurs in Glasgow, helping
them to formalise, grow, and sustain businesses. We will deliver one-to-one and
group mentoring, business training, financial literacy support, and access to
funding opportunities, ensuring culturally tailored, multilingual services.

This pilot will empower Roma individuals, women, and young entrepreneurs,
enabling them to transition from informal trading to registered businesses.
Through networking events, pop-up markets, and community engagement, we will
create sustainable economic opportunities, breaking down systemic barriers and
fostering entrepreneurial inclusion within Glasgow’s diverse communities.

KEY OBJECTIVES
Delivery of Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Support Services
Our approach will be culturally sensitive, holistic, and community-driven,
providing both practical and emotional support. This will ensure access to the
tools, networks, and knowledge needed for success.

We are seeking a proactive, culturally competent Roma Entrepreneurship Advisor
to support Roma individuals at the very beginning of their journey into
entrepreneurship.

You will work closely with Glasgow City Council and local employability partners to
identify and support individuals who are considering self-employment but need
guidance, encouragement, and access to tailored support. You will deliver one-to-
one mentoring and group sessions, build local partnerships, and ensure participants
are connected to wider support systems across Glasgow.

INTRODUCING COMMUNITY RENEWAL TRUST
Community Renewal is a dynamic and innovative organisation at the cutting-edge
of work towards ending persistent poverty and inequity in Scotland. We work in
deprived communities where we have been long-established to develop, deliver
and share better approaches based around whole-person, whole-neighbourhood
support. This means we always place people and communities in the lead: listening

to them, identifying their strengths, supporting them on their terms, and building
their capacity to flourish.

Community Renewal alleviates poverty by engaging and forming trusting
relationships with individuals, whole families and whole communities together
then supporting them by combining holistic case management (e.g. around income,
work, health, wellness) with community development (e.g. forming new
community activities/groups). This work is about testing change which can inform
policy, be scaled up or replicated to achieve a much greater impact than our
direct delivery alone. A set of core values guides all the work of Community
Renewal:
The most important element of any support relationship is listening to what the
person wants deep down and working alongside them to achieve it

•  To stay alongside people for as long as it takes
•  Many people find it hard to articulate what they want at first and so need to

be able to experience an environment of trust and safety in order to
uncover buried aspirations – this cannot be rushed
•  People don’t resist change – they resist being changed.
•  People in deprived communities already know what is required to improve

their lives – what they need is help with how to make it happen.

•  Compassionate listening is a basic human need and is central to the way

that we engage with people.

•  Every individual and community have assets

Sustainable transformation in communities is possible but needs a long-term
commitment.

A team of around fifty staff we deliver community services based around three key
neighbourhoods: Pennywell/Muirhouse (Edinburgh), Bingham (Edinburgh),
Govanhill’s Roma (Glasgow). The full Community Renewal Group consists of the
lead charity Community Renewal Trust SCIO plus four subsidiaries: Caledonia
Funeral Aid CIC, Community Renewal Rom Romeha (registered as Roma Life CIC),
Pennywell Community Renewal Trust SCIO and Community Renewal Training &
Consultancy Ltd.

OBJECTIVES
Culturally Sensitive Business and Finance Support (approx. 20% of your time)
Objectives:
−  Deliver one-to-one financial mentoring and guidance in accessible formats and

languages including Romanian, Slovak, and Romanes.

−  Support clients with tailored business support, particularly around financial

readiness and sustainability.

Entrepreneurial Training (approx. 15% of your time)
Objectives:
−  Lead financial literacy and planning sessions within wider business training.

−  Help participants understand and manage business finances, legal obligations,

and growth planning.

Support for Green and Sustainable Businesses (approx. 10% of your time)
Objectives:
−  Mentor clients exploring environmentally sustainable business ideas, helping

integrate cost-effective green practices.

−  Assist in financial planning for low-carbon and resource-efficient business

models.

Mentorship and Networking (approx. 15% of your time)
Objectives:
−

 Provide direct mentoring on financial decision-making and business strategy.

−  Help build connections between Roma entrepreneurs and key sector partners,

including investors and business networks.

Access to Financial Resources (approx. 20% of your time)
Objectives:
−  Offer expert guidance on grant applications, loan processes, crowdfunding

strategies, and investor relations.

−  Support entrepreneurs in developing compelling pitches and sustainable

financial plans.

Community Engagement (approx. 5% of your time)
Objectives:
−  Attend events and liaise with Roma community members to raise awareness of

financial support options.

−  Promote inclusive pathways to economic empowerment through business.

Reporting and monitoring (approx. 5% of your time)
Objectives:

-  Use the team’s paperwork and databases (no technical expertise needed) this

must include basic monitoring data.

-  Proactively and effectively collect feedback (including complaints) to support

our congoing quality improvement across the organisation.

-  Proactively write up and share internally case studies demonstrating learning

from both successes and failures.

Communications and Relationship Development (approx. 5% of your time)
Objectives:

-  Use  care  in  liaison  with  local  partners  to  ensure  trusting  relationships  are
formed and maintained with clients able to be introduced to known workers
at other agencies.

-  Development,  under  the  coordination  of  the  Project  Manager,  strong  and
trusted relationships with local third sector and public sector partners with
delivery in neighbourhoods in which we deliver integrated services.

-  Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with the Marketing and
Communications  Manager,  following  their  lead  on  branding,  external
communications, marketing and internal communications.

-  Engage  effectively  and  proactively  in  team  meetings  and  organisational

activities to share insights/learning and build connections.

Other requirements
Objectives:

-  Complete  objectives  set  in  Performance  Review,  Probation  Reports,  our

Competency Framework and/or Appraisal Reports.

-  At  all  times  conform  to  organisational  policies  and  practices  around  data
management,  H&S,  safeguarding,  lone  working,  equalities,  environmental
management, and business continuity.

-  Deliver  agreed  for  which  you  are  responsible  which  were  agreed  in  our

internal regular Quality & Learning meetings (or similar).

-  Carry out other duties as reasonably requested.

Personal and Professional Development
Demonstrating a track record of continuous learning and personal/professional
development is a requirement of this role and evidencing that this is being actively
progressed must be evidenced at every appraisal. The post holder has
responsibility to actively participate in sessions organised by the organisation
including training in compliance/regulatory processes and meetings in which
learning and improvement is discussed for the purposes of quality management.
The post holder is responsible for collecting feedback from people they support
both to demonstrate their own strengths and to understand how to improve what
they do. This evidence of both types of feedback about their work is required for
every appraisal.

Key professional development of relevance to this role includes leadership skills;
coaching skills; understanding of benefits/housing advice; understanding of
employment advice and employer engagement; skills to building resilience and
self-management.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS/PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential
Expertise

-  Strong  understanding  of  Roma  culture,  identity,  and  lived

experience, particularly within Glasgow.

-  Experience of direct community engagement or outreach.

-  Knowledge  of  small  business  development  or  self-employment

pathways in the UK.

-  Confident  working  one-to-one  with  individuals  from  diverse  and

disadvantaged backgrounds.

-  Excellent interpersonal, communication, and mentoring skills.

-  Organised, proactive, and able to manage a varied and evolving

caseload.

-  Passionate about inclusion, empowerment, and social justice.

Desirable
expertise

-  Lived experience as a member of the Roma community.

-  Experience working with or within employability or local authority

programmes.

-  Awareness  of  Glasgow’s  enterprise  and  business  support

landscape.

-  Ability to deliver workshops or group sessions.

-  Fluency in Romanes or another relevant community language.

Essential
Qualifications

-  None  (but  competent  literacy  and  computer  literacy  will  be

essential)

Desirable
Qualifications

-  Coaching or similar training/qualifications
-  Community development or similar training/qualifications