Jobs in Aberdeen

Who we are:

Scripture Union Scotland is a national charity, with around 100 staff and over 2,000 volunteers. Our vision is to see every child and young person of Scotland exploring the Bible and responding to the significance of Jesus.

We are seeking to recruit a Fundraising Coordinator to join our Fundraising Team. This is a newly created role to support the development of our fundraising activities.

Purpose

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising, the Fundraising Coordinator will work closely with the Fundraising Team to help deliver our fundraising and development priorities. The role will work across all income streams – trusts, major donors, individual giving and legacies with a strong focus on securing trust and foundation income, fundraising administration, supporter care and the coordination of fundraising materials and resources. The role will also contribute to reporting of Scripture Union Scotland’s impact - collecting data, case studies and updates from across our ministries to report back to funders. The post holder will also be involved in research to find new funding sources and prospects.

Key Responsibilities

· Maintain administrative systems, fundraising CRM, and databases, keeping up-to-date records of opportunities, applications, and results.

· Provide support to the Major Donor and Trusts Manager by conducting detailed, compliant research, including identifying new potential high-value supporters and trust funding sources for SU Scotland.

· Provide support to the Individual Giving Manager across a wide range of income streams: appeals, legacy fundraising, regular giving programme, donor acquisition and supporting the wider staff team in fundraising.

· Contribute to the administration and stewardship of donors and work with the Fundraising team to coordinate and improve supporter care processes.

· Develop and update fundraising materials and resources.

· Be the first point of contact for all fundraising enquiries, responding promptly to all supporters.

· Participate fully in the life and ministry of Scripture Union Scotland.

Who we are looking for:

We are seeking applicants who have experience of working in a fundraising team and have good research and analytical skills, with the ability to contribute to the development of new prospects and funding pipelines. The successful applicant will be able to develop positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders. An ability to project manage and multi task is also critical.

For this post, it is important that you are committed to SU Scotland’s ethos, working principles and vision and can demonstrate this through your commitment and motivation. It is also an Occupational Requirement (Equality Act - part 1, schedule 9), that the post-holder is a committed Christian.

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

But don't take our word for it, listen to one of our young people. MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

mcrpathways.org/jobs/mentor-services-coordinator-aberdeenshire

MCR Pathways currently supports over 4,000 young people across Scotland and we’re expanding our team so that we can support even more. We are recruiting a Mentor Services Coordinator for Aberdeenshire, to manage and engage with all mentors at different stages of their journey. Specifically from when they register an interest, through interview, training and to being matched with a young person in Abderdeenshire schools.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, resilience and empathy, administration experience, be highly organised, and have solid desktop and database skills with a real attention to detail.

Key tasks will include:

• Providing excellent customer service to mentors, volunteers and partners using strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ensuring all our volunteer mentors are personally supported and engaged at every stage of their mentor journey
• Planning and managing information sessions, conduct mentor one-to-one conversations and facilitate mentor training sessions face to face and virtually
• Consistently and meticulously update our mentor database providing reports and information to ensure an accurate and up to date record of our mentor recruitment activity.
• Be a passionate champion of the MCR programme participating in local networks to raise awareness of MCR and increase mentor recruitment

Click to see the full job description and person specification.

Sistema Scotland’s vision is to improve lives and strengthen communities. We deliver our work through the creation of Big Noise programmes within communities, and currently run five programmes in Raploch & Fallin in Stirling, Govanhill in Glasgow, Torry in Aberdeen, Douglas in Dundee and Wester Hailes in Edinburgh.

Working closely with the Operations Support Manager, you will support the organisation to maximise its use of Microsoft 365, and support the creation and refinement of IT processes and protocols. You will have experience of working in an IT support role with a mixed IT ability staff team, with demonstratable knowledge and experience in working with Microsoft 365 and SharePoint at an advanced level. You will also have excellent organisational, listening and questioning skills, with the ability to independently manage a high-pressure workload.

This is a temporary post for 6 months, working three days (21 hours) a week (pattern of work to be agreed with line manager). The role forms part of the central team, working on a hybrid basis between home and travelling throughout Scotland to all our Big Noise centres.

First started by Aberdeen University students as a soup kitchen, Aberdeen Cyrenians now put the needs of North East Scotland's most vulnerable and socially excluded people first — leading at the frontline of service, care and influence for 50+ years.

Aberdeen Cyrenians work continuously to shift perceptions and change the outlook on homelessness and vulnerability in society — the reality often differs drastically from the 'labels' that people use when thinking of those who need support. Not accepting the current perception of homelessness is something that underpins Aberdeen Cyrenians' work. Our approach puts the reality of these situations front and centre.

This reality reminds us that anyone can find themselves in difficulty, and Aberdeen Cyrenians exist to support anyone and everyone — whether they're living on the street, at high financial risk, in an abusive living situation, struggling with mental health issues, struggling with substance addiction or involved in the justice system. Our core values support a mission that prioritises close assistance, unique care and standing steadfastly by people in the midst of their most vulnerable moments.

It's the passion and integrity of Aberdeen Cyrenians that makes us a formidable force against homelessness, abuse, violence and social exclusion — we make a lifechanging difference when working alongside the people who need their support the most.

Join our team and make a real difference every day

Working at Aberdeen Cyrenians, you will be helping vulnerable people, who are often at the margins of society, every single day. You will be helping them to build a positive future, resolve their current issues and move towards positive outcomes.

In addition to competitive rates of pay, we offer both on the job and formal training, support achieving professional qualifications and good career prospects.

You can expect the following working for us:

• Comprehensive training through our online Learning Management System
• Opportunity to pursue on the job qualifications and career progression
• Industry leading systems and technology - we use an amazing apps to support our care at home services and case management systems, which helps us to ensure paperwork is streamlined and as much time as possible is spent with the service user
• Online timesheets and expenses paid weekly
• We are a Living Wage Foundation accredited employer - pay is reviewed annually each April
• Benefits including Bike to Work Scheme and retail discounts
• Employee Assistance programme offering confidential support 24/7/365
• Mileage paid at the national rate
• A warm and friendly team environment where everyone is valued.

One of our core values is that we value diversity and inclusion: exclusion has no place in our workplaces. Please let us know if you need us to make adjustments to allow you to apply for a role or attend an interview with Aberdeen Cyrenians.

If you are care experienced or have lived experience aligned to our area of work, we guarantee you an interview, subject to you meeting the minimum requirements of the role that you are applying for. We are also a Disability Confident employer.

Nothing we achieve would be possible without our employees - that's why we're as committed to their careers and professional development as they are.

You can find out more about us at weareac.org

About Ending Violence and Abuse Aberdeen ("EVAA")

Aberdeen Cyrenians Ending Violence and Abuse Aberdeen (EVAA) service work across the whole spectrum of gender-based abuse, recognising that many may experience multiple forms of abuse and crisis at once, and have different short and long-term needs. Providing person-centred holistic support for individuals, we help with both emergency and recovery, working collaboratively within local partnerships and inclusively through specialist support for LGBTQ+ abuse, sexual exploitation and trafficking.

Our aim is to ensure people are safe and healthy, respected and included, and that they are treated equally and compassionately.

Values are at the heart of our organisation informing the decisions we make, the way we offer support to our service users and our staff, and the foundation of how we deliver crisis support that is holistic, person-centred, trauma-informed and compassionate.

Are you a solution driven and customer-focussed IT professional with an in-depth experience of administration of Microsoft products and working as an integral part of a large organisation?

If you’re looking for a fresh new challenge where you can share your expertise and make a real difference supporting our colleagues then this could be the role for you!!

We’re now on the lookout for an IT Infrastructure Specialist to join us on a full-time, permanent basis.

This role can be based in our Elgin, Dundee, Aberdeen or Glasgow office or on a hybrid working model. As travel is required in this role you must flexible to occasionally travel across Scotland when needed.

We're on a journey of digital transformation, engaging our frontline workers in the tools and technologies to help them do their jobs and improve the lives of the people we support.

The Role

As our IT Infrastructure Specialist, you’ll support the Head of ICT and Digital Transformation to make technically sound and financially astute infrastructure choices which provide a stable, secure and resilient IT environment for our 2000 colleagues.

You will be responsible for the day to day running and reporting of the IT Support Helpdesk function along with providing coaching and mentoring for front line support.

Part of your role will also include investigating and resolving ICT systems and process issues, suggesting improvements and liaising with third part contractors providing hardware, software and other ICT related services ensuring that agreed SLA’s are met.

What we’ll need you to bring;

• Exceptional communication skills both verbal and written.
• Ability to analyse and interpret statistical data and to present informative reports.
• Significant experience of working as an integral part of an IT department in a large organisation.
• Experience of managing a helpdesk environment supporting various locations and a wide variety of software and hardware.
• Knowledge of Microsoft SQL, Active Directory and Group policy.
• Expert skills in performance tuning, monitoring and troubleshooting data integration solutions.
• Extensive experience of administration of Microsoft products, including Windows Server environments, Remote Desktop Services, Microsoft 365 and Azure.

It would be great if you had;

• Degree in I.T. (or related professional qualification – MCSA,MCSE)

About Us

With over 40 years’ experience delivering great care and support, Cornerstone provides tailored, individual packages of care which focus on enabling people with a variety of needs, including learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism and complex care needs, to live the best possible life. We aim to be the best employer in social care in Scotland and would love for you to come and join us. We thrive on teamwork and are passionate about the care and support we provide. If you're looking for a rewarding career where you know you can make a difference, then look no further.

We are an inclusive employer and encourage applicants from all backgrounds and communities. Talk to us about flexible working and reasonable accommodations.

Are you an experienced and motivated fundraising professional with the natural ability to build rapport and inspire? If you’re looking for a fresh new challenge where you can really make a difference and grow community networks, then this could be the role for you!!

We’re now on the lookout for a Community Fundraising Officer to join us on a full-time basis. This is a temporary 12-month role with a view to go permanent.

You can be based in any of our offices across Scotland or on a hybrid working model. As travel is required in this role you must be flexible to occasionally travel across Scotland when needed.

The Role

As our Community Fundraising Officer, you’ll be responsible for engaging with the local community, attending local events and delivering presentations to attract new supporters and secure donations. You will maintain and develop a portfolio of community fundraising activities along with organising our community events calendar including third party events and challenges.

Through your creative flair and research, you will develop new and exciting ways to engage community supporters, work closely with branch colleagues and maximise income generation. You’ll be joining a small and diverse team who are deeply passionate about raising funds for Cornerstone.

It would be great if you have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle, but this isn’t a deal breaker!

What we’ll need you to bring;

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills both verbal and written.
• Experience of working in a fundraising role.
• Excellent planning, organising and time management skills.
• Ability to produce high quality, accurate work to tight deadlines.
• Ability to deliver against specified targets.
• A confident, motivational and energetic approach.
• SVQ or HNC level in relevant subject or equivalent.

It would be great if you also had;

• Member of Chartered Institute of Fundraising.

About Us

With over 40 years’ experience delivering great care and support, Cornerstone provides tailored, individual packages of care which focus on enabling people with a variety of needs, including learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism and complex care needs, to live the best possible life. We aim to be the best employer in social care in Scotland and would love for you to come and join us. We thrive on teamwork and are passionate about the care and support we provide. If you're looking for a rewarding career where you know you can make a difference, then look no further

We wish to recruit a Full time (36.25 hrs) (job share positions would also be considered)

Community Fundraising Co-ordinator, who will help support our life-changing work with Blind and Deaf people in the North East of Scotland.

We are looking for someone with the drive, creativity and focus to raise vital funds, deliver great events, develop productive relationships and persuade people to donate.

Based in Aberdeen but covering the North East of Scotland from Moray to Tayside, success in this post will be determined by achieving agreed income targets from a range of sources including fundraising events, personal donations and corporate giving.

All posts at NESS require membership of the PVG scheme and a disclosure check.

A Job Description and Person Specification and are available to download on our website

NESS is the leading local provider of services for people who are blind, Deaf, or have hearing or sight loss.

Due to re-organisation, we are seeking to recruit a Young People’s Sensory Service Co-ordinator.

You will bring imagination, enthusiasm and leadership to NESS’s highly successful Young People’s Sensory Service (YPSS), delivering activities for young people who have vision and/or hearing loss in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire & Moray, helping them build confidence, independence and ambition.

You will hold a relevant professional qualification at SVQ level 3 or above and have a minimum of two years’ experience working with young people in a professional capacity.

Based in Aberdeen, this is a Grampian-wide post which is partly funded by BBC Children in Need and The National Lottery’s Young Start programme.

All posts at NESS require membership of the PVG scheme and a disclosure check.

Informal enquiries about this vacancy can be made to Adam Hillhouse, on the number below.

A Job Description and Person Specification and are available to download on our website

Are you an experienced Health and Social Care SVQ assessor? Do you want to join an award winning, friendly and experienced team? If so, then we have the perfect role for you!

We've got a great opportunity for a motivated and experienced SVQ Assessor to join us covering remote SVQ assessment across Scotland on a full-time, permanent basis.

​​​​​​​Our Assessor role can be based in any of our offices across Scotland or as part of our hybrid working model. We will also need you to have flexibility to travel across Scotland when required.

The Role

As part of our Training Academy, you’ll play a key role in qualifying our social care workforce along with providing learning and development support across the organisation. You will assess the Social Services and Healthcare qualifications in Cornerstone are approved to deliver at SCQF levels 6, 7 and ideally 9. We also deliver CSLM, Management, Core Skills, Business & Administration and PDA in Supervision awards.

You’ll be responsible for prioritising your own workload and planning your week to enable you to support and assess candidates through technology (eportfolio, MS teams) as well as some face to face support. You will work with candidates from induction to award completion, using your initiative to support them to meet SQA standards, agreed deadlines and organisational KPI’s.

As part of our Assessor team, you will contribute to creating, updating and delivering healthcare related training along with keeping accurate records across all candidate portfolios.​​​​​​​

To be an amazing Assessor we'll need you to bring;

• An SVQ qualification in assessment i.e.L&D9Di, A1 or D33
• An SVQ SCQF 7 in social care or above.
• Experience of assessing candidates across different SCQF levels working in health & social care
• Extensive health and social care experience
• Confident use of technology (eportfolios, MS teams, Microsoft suite)
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent organisational, planning and time management skills
• Ability to work flexibly to meet the individual needs of candidates
• Strong interpersonal, networking and facilitation skills
• An in-depth knowledge of Health and Social Care Standards, SSSC Codes of Practice, SSSC Registration requirements.

About Us

With over 40 years’ experience delivering great care and support, Cornerstone provides tailored, individual packages of care which focus on enabling people with a variety of needs, including learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism and complex care needs, to live the best possible life.

We aim to be the best employer in social care in Scotland and would love for you to come and join us. We thrive on teamwork and are passionate about the care and support we provide. If you're looking for a rewarding career where you know you can make a difference, then look no further.

Have any questions? If you'd like to find out more, please contact Pam Douglas on 07976600132 or drop her an email on Pam.Douglas@cornerstone.org.uk

Shortlisted candidates will be invited along to virtual MS Teams Interview

​​​​​​​The successful candidate will be required to go through a standard Disclosure check through Disclosure Scotland.

This is a rewarding role which will allow you to draw on your experience of the Social Care sector to provide professional assessment and support to candidates, enabling them to realise their potential.

Are you already imagining yourself as part of our team? Apply today; we would love to hear from you.

We're looking for an experienced, skilled, talented & passionate individual who shares our vision - Autism & Neurodiversity; a world of fulfilling & happy lives for those who think differently - to join & lead our team within our services in Aberdeen & Moray, playing a key & essential part of the wider A-ND leadership team.

The role of our new Service Manager will require the successful person to register with the SSSC & as registered manager with the Care Inspectorate, overseeing our existing Outreach & Support Service, & our very exciting & brand-new project, Binky the Sensory Bus. You will work closely & collaboratively with our Children’s Service Manager & effectively contribute to the wider leadership team.

You will be assisted & supported by a minimum of two Team Leaders, with one currently based in Aberdeen & two based in Moray at Winchester House. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, you will play a vital role in driving our current & new services forward.

Our Values

• We are innovators

• We are human rights led

• We are thought leaders

• We value relationships

• We are influencers

• We are passionate

What you will need to succeed

• Strong collaboration, team-working skills & a positive attitude

• Ability to communicate effectively through a variety of channels & styles, using your own initiative

• Strong work ethic & organised, supporting consistency & psychological safety

• Knowledge & ability to effectively use Microsoft packages

• Strong ability to prioritise & manage workloads of self & others

• Eager to develop

• A genuine passion for caring for others, autism & neurodiversity

• Patience & understanding

We offer a wide range of staff benefits, including:

• Competitive salary

• Flexible working arrangements & family-friendly policies

• Generous annual leave entitlement (pro-rata) – 36 days (including public holidays)

• Pension scheme

• Training & Development

• Blue Light Card Membership

If you would like more information or a confidential discussion about the role, please contact our head office on 01224 277900 & ask to speak to our CEO, Billy Alexander.

Are you an experienced bereavement co-ordinator with a passion for ensuring families receive the best possible bereavement care? Do you have experience of leading a team of staff and volunteers?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly skilled practitioner who has significant experience of leading and delivering bereavement support interventions, working with volunteers and with external partners. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced bereavement co-ordinator to take their development to the next level – leading on the development and delivery of a new bereavement team, transforming the delivery of bereavement care to families across Scotland.

You will be an innovative and tenacious individual with a real team-working ethic who identifies with CHAS’s core values, vision and purpose.

Benefits

• Continuation of NHS pension scheme if you are an existing member
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Superb training, clinical and professional development
• Regular externally facilitated supervision sessions
• Employee assistance programme
• Opportunity to join Lothian Pension fund

The CHAS service:

• Two children’s hospices, Rachel House, Kinross and Robin House, Balloch.
• An Outreach Service providing support to children and families in their own homes, hospitals and communities across Scotland
• Co-partnership working with Scotland’s three children’s hospitals.

The job:

To co-ordinate the operational and strategic delivery of the CHAS bereavement service. The post holder will also develop a counselling and emotional support service for families, ensuring that all counselling services are delivered in line with the BACP code of ethical and professional conduct. This will be done through;

• Counselling
• Service Development
• Staff Leadership and Management
• Volunteer Engagement

Do you have experience of supporting bereaved children and adults? Do you have the ability to engage and work alongside families, volunteers and other professionals?

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic person who has previous experience of delivering bereavement support to children, young people, adults and families to join our new bereavement team.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced bereavement worker to take their development to the next level - supporting our bereavement co-ordinator to develop and deliver our bereavement service to meet the individual needs of family members across Scotland.

You will be an innovative and tenacious individual with a real team-working ethic who identifies with CHAS’s core values, vision and purpose.

Benefits

• Continuation of NHS pension scheme if you are an existing member
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Superb training, clinical and professional development
• Regular externally facilitated supervision sessions
• Employee assistance programme
• Opportunity to join Lothian Pension fund

The CHAS service:

• Two children’s hospices, Rachel House, Kinross and Robin House, Balloch.
• An Outreach Service providing support to children and families in their own homes, hospitals and communities across Scotland
• Co-partnership working with Scotland’s three children’s hospitals.

The job:

To work alongside colleagues in the bereavement team and family support team to deliver a range of evidence based, high quality supportive interventions, and bereavement programmes, to meet the individual needs of family members, through:

• Service delivery
• Service Development
• Leadership
• Volunteer Engagement

Aberdeen Cyrenians is a charity and social care services provider with a 54 year history of supporting some of the most vulnerable people in North East Scotland. First started by Aberdeen University students as a soup kitchen, Aberdeen Cyrenians now put the needs of North East Scotland's most vulnerable and socially excluded people first — leading at the frontline of service, care and influence.

From these beginnings, Aberdeen Cyrenians has grown into a cornerstone of Aberdeen, supporting the most vulnerable people in our city facing crisis, trauma, addiction, homelessness, and isolation.

We are currently recruiting for 2 new Trustee Directors to join our Board of Directors. This is a voluntary role with the typical time commitment being approximately 3 hours each month reading documents in advance and attending our Board Meeting and a further one to two hours supporting a sub-committee working group which you will be part of.

We welcome applications from candidates from all walks of life, but are particularly interested in hearing from groups that are under-represented on our current Board, such as those with extensive working experience in Social Work and/or Social Care.