Would you like to help us improve the lives of women, children and young people who experience domestic abuse in East Ayrshire? Do you have a willingness to learn, share your skills and work as part of a team? If the answer to these questions is yes, then you might be interested in becoming a Director of East Ayrshire Women’s Aid.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a team delivering vital support to vulnerable women, children and young people in East Ayrshire. You do not need to know everything there is to know about domestic abuse, but we do need to know that you are reliable and committed to our principles and values.

The position is voluntary, but we will provide you with training and support and pay your expenses. We meet at least six times a year, usually on Saturday mornings.

We welcome applications from women from all sections of the community. We particularly want to hear from women with skills and expertise in social media and communications.

Ambitious charity Above Adventure is looking to appoint a forward-thinking and organised Centre Manager to lead on the launch and running of the new state-of-the-art climbing and bouldering facility in Kilmarnock. The centre is due to open in August 2021, so there is no better time to join the team and be part of the exciting activities building up to launch day.

The highly-visible local project, is a first of it’s kind in the West of Scotland and the culmination of many years of hard work, fundraising and planning. With a long-serving team of 2 staff, and dedicated Board of Trustees, the Centre Manager will be joining an established, successful team. They will be a key contributor to recruiting the staff team needed to run the centre, and also lead on the identification and implementation of new systems and processes to support operations.

The Board of Trustees are excited to be recruiting for his key leadership role, and welcome applications from candidates with experience and attitude to succeed.

More detail can be found in the Job Description and Application Pack for the role below, but please do contact Kezia (Trustee) at kezia@aboveadventure.co.uk with any questions.

The board of ambitious charity Above Adventure is seeking new Trustees to join them on their exciting journey to open a state-of-the-art climbing and bouldering facility in the West of Scotland this year.

Trustees will be joining the organisation at an exciting time, with the bouldering centre due to open in August 2021, and the full climbing facility in Spring 2022.

If you have expertise and energy to commit to a highly-visible local project, and a hard-working team, we’d love to hear from you. All applications are welcome, but the board is particularly keen to hear from Trustees who’ve had previous board experience, or have skills in Financial and Project management or Fundraising/Business Development.

The Best in You Brings Out the Best in Me

ENABLE Scotland is a dynamic and vibrant organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities and we are looking for a dynamic and motivated Service Manager to join us in ensuring they have the same opportunities as everyone else.

You must have the passion and drive to take a lead role in continuing to improve the quality of the services we provide to the people we support and to effectively lead and support local Team Facilitators to manage our frontline support staff.

This role is pivotal to the success of our mission and ambition to support people with a learning disability to lead the lives of their choosing; lives that are full, meaningful and inclusive. A successful Service Manager will lead their teams to develop and maintain good relationships and communications with the family and Social Care professionals involved in the lives of the people we support.

About You

Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Significant experience of leading and managing Supported Living Services.
• Experience of managing teams with knowledge of culture change.
• A commitment to the inclusion of people with a learning disability.
• An in-depth understanding of the Self Directed Support Act and its principles.
• SVQ level 4 or the ability to work towards the relevant qualification required for your SSSC registration.
• A clear understanding of the need to build and sustain partnerships with stakeholders, commissioners and other third sector providers.
• The ability to lead our business strategy at a local level whilst promoting ENABLE Scotland with an emphasis on growing our business.
• Full driving licence with access to your own vehicle for business use.

About Us

At ENABLE Scotland we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities. These include, but are not limited to:

• Person Centred approaches, planning and thinking
• Introduction to autism
• Epilepsy awareness
• Moving and Handling
• Adult support and protection
• Child support and protection
• First Aid
• Positive Behaviour Support

Starting a career with ENABLE Scotland is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

ENABLE Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.

Note: The successful applicant will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of their start date.

This role will lead on the development of both CVO's own existing businesses and new enterprises, it will also have a role working with partners to identify and develop new social enterprises that support communities to thrive.

Our Opportunity

As a Director of Newmilns Snow and Sports Complex (NSASC), you can expect to join a small, dedicated team of passionate professionals who share our values and who are committed to positive social change in our community and delivering health and wellbeing opportunities through snowsports.

Following the recent retirement of one of our long-serving Directors and sad loss of another, we have a number of vacancies on our Board. In particular, we are interested in individuals with a background in the Charities or Social Enterprise sectors, who understand governance, fundraising and the financial and strategic challenges of income generation to fund the delivery of positive social impact projects within the third sector.

We would love to hear from individuals with senior level leadership expertise, experience and skills in the following areas:

• Strategic finance, fundraising and income generation

• Legal, corporate governance, charity regulation experience

• Digital transformation

• Marketing and branding

• Diversity and inclusion of under-represented groups

• Youth work, in particular with disadvantaged groups

• Community development and regeneration

• Change management

• Ability to offer strategic decision and guidance

We are keen to encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented on our Board: women, people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, people under 50 and people with disabilities.

Additionally, all directors must meet the “Fit and Proper Persons” criteria to be a charity trustee. Directors are also expected to be part of the Safeguarding Scheme introduced by the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. In making this application you are agreeing to appropriate checks being made.

The Board of Directors currently meet fortnightly via online video call, prior to covid restrictions meetings were held on site monthly. It is envisaged that meetings will continue to be held remotely, however, site visits and face to face meetings may be required ad hoc. However, geographical location won’t be a barrier to applications.

As a Director you will be expected to guide and support the leadership and management team, sharing your expertise, skills and knowledge. You will also be expected to share in our core values and ensure that any projects, business practices and processes and the strategic direction of the business is always reviewed against our mission and values.

Directors are also asked to support any relevant projects and subcommittees, such as Facilities and Maintenance, Capital Investment projects, Finance and Charitable Accounting, effective leadership and chairing skills at a senior committee level are desirable.

Members of the Board serve on a voluntary basis, without remuneration, take an active interest in the work of the NSASC and choose to attend various NSASC events.

Initial appointment is for a 2-year term with the opportunity for reappointment for a further 2 years.

This opportunity would particularly suit someone looking to gain experience at voluntary Board level before progressing to Non-Executive Director roles.