Edinburgh University Students' Association is looking to recruit for the Head of People & Development to join our People & Development team.
We’re looking for an HR professional with enthusiasm, energy and proven ability to work with colleagues across the organisation to build a positive culture together. You’ll be leading our People and Development team, with a really interesting and diverse portfolio of activities. We’re a charitable organisation, with a staff team of c.100 salaried and up to 250 part time staff, supporting over 45,000 members, providing services and facilities including everything from an advice centre, to bars and nightclub activity, to Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
We’re an organisation with a strategic commitment to support and empower all our staff, and have some exciting plans for the future. So as well as ensuring consistent and high quality people management and development across the organisation, you will lead the implementation of two transformation projects on Pay and Reward, and Values and Behaviours.
The Role:
To lead the provision of the HR function ensuring consistent, high-quality people management and development across the organisation. The role will take overall responsibility for the day to day People and Development operations for a varied staff cohort and lead on the delivery of key strategic change projects to promote a positive culture and build staff engagement.
The post holder will drive effective people management and development practices, across the organisation, providing managers with the framework, tools and support to enable their people to be at their best.
Our organisation has a wide range of functions from membership services to bars and cafes, and additionally operates Festival Venues during the Edinburgh Fringe. The role is diverse and has oversight of a very diverse workforce of c. 100 salaried staff and c. 250 hourly paid staff, for whom we want to deliver the best working experience. The role also has responsibility for line managing 2 Executive Assistants who together provide a combination of individual PA and project support, and governance administration.
We are currently in the implementation phase of 2 major staff-facing strategic change projects – a Pay and Reward Review, and Values and Behaviours project (which will drive further development of performance management, reward and recognition, induction and development practices, and capacity-building across our management team for example), and the postholder will be responsible for managing the delivery of these key project outcomes.
We are Nesta, the UK’s innovation agency for social good. We design, test and scale solutions to society’s biggest problems. Our three missions are to give every child a fair start, help people live healthy lives, and create a sustainable future where the economy works for both people and the planet.
For over 20 years, we have worked to support, encourage and inspire innovation. We work in three roles: as an innovation partner working with frontline organisations to design and test new solutions, as a venture builder supporting new and early stage businesses, and as a system shaper creating the conditions for innovation.
Harnessing the rigour of science and the creativity of design, we work relentlessly to change millions of lives for the better. Find out more at nesta.org.uk
Our Sustainable Future Mission
Our mission is to accelerate the decarbonisation of household activities in Scotland and across the UK and improve levels of productivity.
In Scotland, 78% of homes use mains gas to heat their homes. To meet the Scottish Government's 2030 and 2045 carbon emissions reduction targets, heat pump installations need to double every year from now until 2030. Our mission to help decarbonise how we heat our homes in Scotland offers unique opportunities; a more favourable policy environment and a larger social housing stock mean that we can potentially work more closely with the Scottish Government, national agencies and housing providers to test and scale innovative approaches to make change happen. Our impact plan for Scotland has a particular focus on exploring how we can harness social innovation methods to help evidence and scale skills and training opportunities for the provision of low carbon heating in Scotland.
Our goal is that by 2030 the UK will have reduced household emissions by 20 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.
The role
This role leads on the scoping, design and delivery of Nesta’s work in Scotland on our Sustainable Future mission. You will work proactively to deliver active projects as well as develop a pipeline of partnerships, collaborations and business development opportunities in support of our Sustainable Future mission in Scotland.
You'll take what you know from your existing experience of social innovation and/or low carbon heating to scope innovative projects to help achieve our mission goals. You'll lead on recruiting Scottish partners to work with to test those ideas, drawing from your existing networks in the field.
You will work with our Head of Nesta Scotland (based in Edinburgh) and Mission Director (based in London) as well as colleagues across Nesta’s innovation practices - such as data science, design and behavioural science) to pull together multi-disciplinary teams to help improve local outcomes in our mission area and deliver demonstrable impact.
As the point person for this mission in Scotland, this is definitely a role for someone who likes getting their hands dirty and can proactively combine scoping, researching and doing.
As a bridge between Nesta in Scotland and the central Sustainable Future mission team, this position will play a critical role in establishing effective ways of working between Nesta’s missions and the team in Scotland, working with the rest of the mission team to ensure the ASF mission has a strong presence in Scotland and that learning from projects in the rest of the UK informs our work in Scotland, and vice versa.
Alongside these core duties you will have the opportunity to support the mission more broadly, either through delivery of projects across the UK and/or through working as a mission representative for critical organisational priorities such as Nesta’s commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
This role will be expected to:
Minimum qualifications
Preferred qualifications
What we offer
Salary: £50k-£62k plus array of benefits, including health cash plans, dental insurance, the ability to buy and sell annual leave, eyecare vouchers and more
Location: This role is based in Scotland, Edinburgh - hybrid working arrangement. This role is based out of Nesta’s Edinburgh office. We offer flexible working to fit around your personal commitments or lifestyle (including part time hours, compressed hours and early start/early finish days etc) as well as remote working for part of the week (full time until the pandemic ends), so you could be based anywhere but we would likely expect you to work at least 2 days a week in our Edinburgh office, and up to 2 days a month in our London HQ.
Hours:This is a full-time role but we offer a range of flexible working arrangements and encourage our people to take advantage of them. Many do.
Reports to:Head of Nesta Scotland
We are recruiting for a Head of Nesta Scotland
We are a UK-wide charity with dedicated offices in Edinburgh, Cardiff and London. Nesta Scotland is integral to delivering impact at scale through our strategy.
About Nesta
We are Nesta, the UK’s innovation agency for social good. We design, test and scale solutions to society’s biggest problems. Our three missions are to give every child a fair start, help people live healthy lives, and create a sustainable future where the economy works for both people and the planet.
For over 20 years, we have worked to support, encourage and inspire innovation. We work in three roles: as an innovation partner working with frontline organisations to design and test new solutions, as a venture builder supporting new and early stage businesses, and as a system shaper creating the conditions for innovation.
Harnessing the rigour of science and the creativity of design, we work relentlessly to change millions of lives for the better. Find out more at nesta.org.uk.
Our Scotland team operates alongside our central mission teams to deliver Nesta’s strategic aims in Scotland.
The Head of Nesta Scotland will work closely with Mission Directors and a dedicated Mission Manager for each mission based in Scotland.
About the role
The Head of Nesta Scotland role has several areas of responsibility:
Scotland lead: Being the “face of” Nesta in Scotland, supporting the development of impactful partnerships alongside other teams at Nesta, and acting as the expert on the policy, innovation and operating environment in Scotland.
· Responsible for being the senior point of contact for the Nesta team in Scotland and the public face of Nesta to media and high level stakeholders (eg: government, industry, academia and potential partner organisations);
· Write, edit and/or review thought leadership and policy content for a range of audiences, working with the Communications team as part of a broader communications strategy for Scotland
· Proactively championing Nesta, our missions and issues to wider audiences through media and stakeholder engagement;
· Proactively identifying and reactively responding to mission-aligned opportunities with key partners in Scotland to amplify our impact.
· Working closely with other leaders at Nesta and representing the interests of the Scotland team in leadership decisions to deliver against our strategic goals.
Driving impact at scale: Understanding how impact gets delivered at scale in relation to each of our missions in Scotland, building strong routes to working with the Scottish Government and other key partners.
· Develop and deliver on a strategy to drive impact on our missions in Scotland, including through close work with the Scottish Government;
· Work with Mission Directors and other teams at Nesta to identify opportunities to deliver on our strategies in Scotland;
· Work with mission teams to help develop robust evidence-based policy recommendations for Scotland and to effectively communicate those with government partners;
· Work with Mission Managers to build scaling into their projects from the outset and help them to dock into the right people, processes, and networks to stand the best chance of this being a success.
Office manager: Being responsible for making sure Nesta staff based in Scotland have a great home office, a safe and enjoyable working environment, and ample pastoral support at work. Oversight and responsibility for the Scottish operating budget.
· Make sure we are compliant with the terms of our lease;
· Make sure the office environment enables people to do their work;
· Make sure people feel safe and valued in the office;
· Resolve any disputes or issues (with appropriate help) that arise in relation to the office or staff;
· Ensure the team has and uses its social budget.
Team lead: Making sure Nesta staff in Scotland feel connected to colleagues across Nesta, are up-to-speed on matters that affect them at Nesta, develop professionally within their roles and are able to do their jobs well.
· Support staff in the delivery of their work, helping them to navigate uncertainty and find productive ways forward;
· Facilitate relationships between mission team colleagues and influential stakeholders. For example, by asking higher-level government contacts for an introduction to those at working level in a Department;
· Support colleagues to develop professionally, particularly in your areas of expertise.
The person
Preferred qualification and experience:
· Experience working in or with the Scottish Government and/or other key decision makers in Scotland and navigating the Scottish operating environment;
· Strong understanding of how the Scottish Government works and ways to influence it;
· Experience of communicating to a wider audience via media or other routes;
· Excellent management of high-level stakeholder relationships and networking skills;
· Ability to set out a clear strategy and convince others of a recommended strategic direction;
· Experience of how to navigate internal relationships and work effectively with a wider variety of teams to get work done;
· Excellent team management and resource management skills;
· Ability to interpret evidence, draw conclusions and recommendations and communicate these effectively internally and externally;
· (Not essential) Expertise in at least one of Nesta’s mission areas.
· Strong ability to manage and develop yourself at work. You demonstrate high levels of initiative and willingness to take responsibility for your own workload and professional development.
What we offer
Salary: £68k-£77k plus array of benefits, including private medical insurance, dental insurance, the ability to buy and sell annual leave, eyecare vouchers and more
Location: This role is based in Edinburgh. We offer flexibility for our people to work remotely, but expect everyone to work from a Nesta office two days per week and be available for key internal and external meetings.
Term: Permanent
Hours: This is a full-time role but we offer a range of flexible working arrangements and encourage our people to take advantage of them. Many do.
Reports to: Deputy Chief Programmes Officer, Nesta
Water Witness works at the frontline of the global water crisis to shine a light on its impacts, to understand its root causes and to activate an effective and lasting response. Our ambitious 2030 Strategy sets out five imperatives for a water secure future: accountable governance, progressive financing, redefining corporate responsibility, confronting climate change and activating people power.
This is new and exciting position will lead the design and delivery of global investigations, research, and advocacy to end the abuse of water - and the communities and ecosystems which depend on water - in our globalised supply chains.
They will be responsible for rigorous research, documentation, and analysis of the water impacts (pollution, depletion, degradation, conflicts, inadequate WASH access, exacerbation of droughts and floods) caused by the production of food, clothing, and consumer goods.
Working with our civil society partners in Africa, Asia and South America they will generate the chain of evidence needed to hold corporations, investors and governments to account for responsible water use, and will stimulate media attention, citizen demand and political will for water justice in both the global north and south. We are particularly keen to recruit a future global leader in the struggle for a more sustainable and just world, and are committed to developing the post holder to help realise their full potential.
ACE IT Scotland exists to advance the knowledge and connectivity of people over-50 in Edinburgh. Through digital skills coaching projects delivered across Edinburgh to improve the wellbeing, independence and active involvement of older people.
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, and caring person to help develop and oversee our outreach work throughout Edinburgh.
We have a team of dedicated, trained volunteers to work with older people across our projects. Your job is to work along with our existing two outreach workers and the wider team to ensure that projects run smoothly and that volunteers are supported to deliver the highest standard of service to our learners.
Main Responsibilities:
Person Specification
Essential
Desirable but not essential
Disclosure Scotland PVG -this role is subject to satisfactory completion of a PVG Scheme check.
Hanover has been successfully housing and supporting people in Scotland for more than 40 years. Our core purpose is to help people feel safe and secure at home so they can live full and independent lives. We proudly provide and manage a wide range of housing throughout Scotland that enhances our residents’ quality of life.
Hanover are recruiting for a friendly and positive individual to join us as the development Cleaner based at our Sunnyside Court development in Edinburgh. This permanent position involves working part-time Monday to Friday, or 3 days out of 5 days, for 15 hours per week. The efforts of the Development Cleaner are truly appreciated as the team work to ensure our residents feel safe and secure at home, living full and independent lives.
Main Responsibilities
As the Development Cleaner your contributions towards our positive and professional atmosphere will include:
About You
Benefits
Aside from offering a supportive and friendly environment where our people are valued and appreciated, we’ll see that your hard work and drive to succeed are rewarded:
Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.
We support and enable hundreds of communities and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline and publications. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Friendship Line and much more.
We work in Scotland with older people’s groups who provide vital activities and services for older people in their local community. We campaign on the issues that older people tell us are important to them.
Our mission is to inspire, involve and empower older people in Scotland, and influence others so that people can enjoy better later lives. To help us achieve that, our marketing activity aims to successfully raise our profile and impact, promote our work and services, and increase donations.
As an experienced marketing practitioner, you will deliver Age Scotland’s marketing strategy, including brand management and website development, covering the full marketing mix across multiple media channels.
Living our values, you will work with colleagues across the charity on marketing planning, promotion and campaigns, so that, together, we can make Scotland the best place in the world to grow older.
The post will be a hybrid blend of office based (in Edinburgh) and home-based work. At least 40% of the working week will be based at our office in Causewayside, Edinburgh.
In return for your enthusiasm, expertise and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous holiday allowance, a range of learning and development opportunities, optional healthcare benefits and a contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 9%.
Reports To
The Cycling Friendly Awards Coordinator will report to the Communities Manager
Job Overview
The postholder will oversee the successful delivery of the Cycling Friendly Employer (CFE) and Cycling Friendly School (CFS) award programme in partnership with Cycling Scotland.
The postholder will directly support workplaces and employers and schools across Edinburgh and the Lothians (with occasional work in the Borders) to successfully achieve the CFE Award. They will lead in the development and cooordination of skills development activity for employers in a wide range of settings. Developing strong partnerships with businesses, community based services and individuals are key to this role.
Responsibilities and Duties
EXPERIENCE
Essential:
Desirable
Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.
We support and enable hundreds of communities and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline and publications. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Friendship Line and much more.
We work in Scotland with older people’s groups who provide vital activities and services for older people in their local community. We campaign on the issues that older people tell us are important to them.
Our mission is to make Scotland the best place in the word to grow older. Our wonderful volunteers play a pivotal role in making that happen.
Responsible for the overall volunteering experience, you will work with teams across the organisation to identify and develop positive volunteering opportunities which complement the work of Age Scotland in delivering high quality services to older people in Scotland.
Raising the profile of Age Scotland volunteering, you will support teams to recruit, induct, train and retain volunteers.
Engaging with current and new volunteers, through the design and delivery of quality induction and training programmes, you will support and motivate our volunteers and their supervisors as we grow a diverse and inclusive volunteering community.
Living our values, you will approach the role with integrity, while involving, inspiring and empowering our teams, so together we can create better outcomes for older people in Scotland.
The post will be a hybrid blend of office based (in Edinburgh) and home-based work. At least 40% of the working week will be based at our office in Causewayside, Edinburgh.
In return for your enthusiasm, expertise and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous holiday allowance, a range of learning and development opportunities, optional healthcare benefits and a contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 9%.
Dog Aid Scotland (DAS) is a small, impactful and committed charity established in 1956. Following the appointment of our first CEO last year, we are now embarking on our new five year strategy to establish a firm place in the minds of dog owners across Scotland. DAS promotes responsible dog ownership through a number of programmes and schemes – the flagships being the Neutering Voucher scheme – which last year provided funding for over 400 dogs to be neutered thus preventing unwanted or unexpected puppies. Our Vet Aid scheme has also paid out over £40,000 in the last twelve months as contributions towards vet bills where dog owners are on low incomes or benefits. Our unique Re-homing service seeks suitable loving new homes for dogs of all ages being placed for adoption. The work of DAS is vital to ensure Scotland’s dogs are well cared for and owners are properly supported in providing that care. DAS currently spends in the region of half a million pounds every year and to survive long term must find new and innovative ways of funding our work.
We have big ambitions to do more in the years to come. To succeed we need a powerful, inclusive and visionary Board of Trustees to work with our Chair and Chief Executive. We are fortunate to have a varied skillset in our current Trustees but we wish to appoint an additional 3 or 4 to join them in taking our work forward.
Who are we looking for?
We are seeking people with skills and experience in the following areas:
• Fundraising, Marketing, Communications
• Finance and Administration
• Charity Law and Governance
• Digital and social media
Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.
We support and enable hundreds of communities and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline and publications. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Friendship Line and much more.
We work in Scotland with older people’s groups who provide vital activities and services for older people in their local community. We campaign on the issues that older people tell us are important to them.
We know that growing older doesn’t come with a manual. Later life can bring opportunities and challenges, and people may need to know about rights, organisations and services which are often unfamiliar. That’s why we provide free information and advice to support older people on a diverse range of topics.
People-centred, you will deliver a holistic information, advice and friendship service for older people in Scotland, their carers, families and professionals by telephone. Meeting the Scottish National Standards for Information and Advice Providers, you will act as champion on agreed subjects.
Living our values, you will help create better outcomes for older people by empowering and enabling them to access their rights and entitlements.
The post will be a hybrid blend of office based (in Edinburgh) and home-based work. As a guide, roughly 40% of the working week will be based at our office in Causewayside, Edinburgh.
In return for your hard work, enthusiasm and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous holiday allowance, a range of learning and development opportunities, optional healthcare benefits and a contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of 9%.
Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.
We support and enable hundreds of communities and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline and publications. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Friendship Line and much more.
We work in Scotland with older people’s groups who provide vital activities and services for older people in their local community. We campaign on the issues that older people tell us are important to them.
We know that growing older doesn’t come with a manual. Later life can bring opportunities and challenges, and people may need to know about rights, organisations and services which are often unfamiliar. That’s why we provide free information and advice to support older people on a diverse range of topics.
You will lead on the day-to-day implementation, management, development and growth of our free confidential helpline for older people in Scotland, their families and carers.
Responsible for overall customer experience, case checking, call quality management and impact evaluation, you will ensure we meet our funding outcomes and the Scottish National Standards for Information Providers audit requirements.
Using a collaborative approach, you will work closely with the information manager and friendship manager to provide a holistic information, advice and friendship service which places older people at the centre of day-to-day delivery and strategic planning.
The role requires an element of practitioner hours and continuous professional development and therefore a minimum of 6 hours per week of telephone advice will be required on an ongoing basis.
Living our values, you will manage the helpline with integrity, while involving, inspiring and empowering your team, so together we can create better outcomes for older people in Scotland.
The post will be a hybrid blend of office based (in Edinburgh) and home-based work. At least 40% of the working week will be based at our office in Causewayside, Edinburgh.
In return for your expertise and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous holiday allowance, a range of learning and development opportunities, optional healthcare benefits and a contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 9%.
Water Witness works at the frontline of the global water crisis to shine a light on its impacts, to understand its root causes and to activate an effective and lasting response. Our ambitious 2030 Strategy sets out five imperatives for a water secure future: accountable governance, progressive financing, redefining corporate responsibility, confronting climate change and activating people power.
We are seeking a well-organised and motivated professional, with strong administrative and financial management skills to support the Business Manager and colleagues across the wider organisation, including in our offices in Africa.
The Business Support Officer will play a key role in effective delivery of our strategic objectives and will be responsible for a range of administrative and financial management duties including processing transactions and reporting, supporting audits, fundraising, facilities, and asset maintenance, supporting meetings, correspondence, convening, monitoring, evaluation, and compliance with internal policies.
The Business Support Officer will be based in our Edinburgh headquarters with some flexibility for those wishing to work part time. This is an exciting opportunity to join a world-leading team for those seeking to develop their skills and experience in international development, or for a seasoned office support or financial management professional.