Jobs in Southside & Newington, Edinburgh

About The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is an independent membership organisation dedicated to the education, training and advancement of surgeons, dental surgeons, doctors, and various individuals throughout healthcare who are involved in the surgical care of patients. The College has a current membership approaching 29,000 and growing, with members spanning over 100 countries around the world.

From our founding in 1505, the College has been committed to the advancement of surgery and driving patient safety standards worldwide. In our 515-year history, there has never been a better time to join the College than now.

Working with us

At the College we aim to embrace views from across the organisation, sharing common goals and values for the betterment of healthcare through the advancement of surgical and dental professionals. We aim to develop teams that are reflective of the needs of our members and maximise the potential of every employee.

To reflect the varying needs across the organisation, we offer a range of policies and benefits for our workforce including a generous 42 days annual leave, flexible working practices, enhanced employer pensions contribution and various discounts throughout the College including the Ten Hill Place Hotel, 1505 Café and free entry to Surgeons’ Hall Museums.

About the Role

Working within the Skills Centre team, the post holder will assist with the running of a wide range of course and events associated with surgical education. This will include skills courses aimed at the full spectrum of medical personnel, from junior trainees to experienced consultants, as well as examinations and outreach events. The Skills Centre Technician will contribute to the smooth-running of the Skills Centre, providing practical support with course set-up and delivery, assisting with stock control, and ensuring that animal tissue models and cadaveric material are prepared appropriately.

In order to accommodate Skills Centre activities, the post-holder will be required to work out-with the standard 9am-5pm working pattern on a regular basis. Working arrangements will be agreed with the Skills Centre Manager on a rolling basis, dependent on Skills Centre requirements. The Skills Centre Technician may on occasion be required to travel and work away from Edinburgh, this may involve overnight stays away from their normal place of residence. These commitments are an integral part of the job’s activities.

Experience/Qualifications/Key Skills

This is a superb opportunity for an individual who has a methodical and conscientious approach to work, with excellent attention to detail. This role would suit a confident and organised individual with practical experience in a laboratory or healthcare setting. However, significant training and support will be given to the selected individual.

You will ideally have experience in a customer-facing role and be able to communicate at all levels. A high level of professionalism is required for the role as is flexibility and a willingness to take on new challenges.

SOHK’s Scotland Schools - Lead Rugby Coach (thanks to Wooden Spoon funding) will share responsibility for frontline schools delivery in Scotland, predominately Edinburgh and Glasgow. This is a role that will provide excitement, challenge and a huge sense of purpose for the right candidate.

Working as part of our Scotland team, you will focus on leading delivery of the schools rugby curriculum of the charity, mentoring young people and coordinating projects. You will market the programme to new schools and build strong relationships with existing schools; deliver each day of the programme; and support participants on a 1:1 basis to address issues in their lives and help them reach goals.

SOHK for Schools is a full academic year intervention, working with groups of young people. The pupils will be chosen by the school and will typically be the ‘hardest to reach’ young people. We will work with them for half a day every week, delivering rugby training, personal development sessions on subjects such as growth mindset, goal setting

and choices and we’ll deliver weekly 1:1s for each pupil. The programme will be evaluated by SOHK staff, teachers, parents and the pupils themselves.

We are looking for a motivated and talented Fundraising Manager (FM) who will help promote the financial security and sustainability of Pet and Companion (PEACE). Working closely with the Chief Executive Officer, the postholder will help secure and sustain existing and future funding streams. The FM will be required to lead on researching and identifying potential new funders, submit funding applications, build strong relationships with donors and provide them with feedback, monitoring and assessment if requested.

The post-holder needs to think strategically. They must be confident in representing PEACE and coordinate and maintain strong working relationships internally and externally.

Duties

• To set and achieve income targets for a variety of funding streams for PEACE. In particular, develop strategies to maximise unrestricted income in consultation with the CEO.

• Ensure all fundraising and marketing initiatives are planned, delivered, monitored and evaluated effectively.

• Ensure all fundraising strategies and campaigns reflect the ideals of the charity.

Person specification (E= Expected, D= Desirable)

• Previous experience in professional fundraising (E)

• Experience of developing strong partnerships, particularly with Corporates, Trusts and Foundations, and Major Donors (E)

• Sound knowledge of the charity sector (E)

• Excellent written, verbal and telephonic communication skills (E)

• Knowledge of legal and policy issues relating to fundraising (E)

• Knowledge of current best practice in Fundraising (E)

• Able to demonstrate a commitment and sensitivity to the aims and objectives of PEACE (E)

• Able to work as part of a small but growing team (E)

• Candidate must be self-motivated and enjoy working independently and primarily from home (E)

• An understanding of the needs and concerns of vulnerable people including but not limited to those with mental health concerns/ dementia/ palliative care needs (D)

• Have an active Christian faith (D)

Life Church is recruiting an Operations Lead to support and develop our gatherings and ministry teams. As well as coordinating gatherings, developing and managing teams, the role will also include administration, communication, and oversight of the safeguarding across the breadth of the work we do.

This role is diverse and its primary purpose is to manage the operations of the church by supporting the Lead Pastor. It exists to recruit, lead and develop the spiritual and practical life of the church through its various gatherings, ministries and outworkings in cooperation with and accountability to its senior leadership. The role embodies our desire to ‘express the heart of God in the city’ and to mobilise that vision into our various ministries.

In addition, the role is designed to increase efficiency in the life of the church by organising, developing and initiating current and / or new systems to bring order to the ongoing work of Life Church.

RESPONSIBLE TO: Lead Pastor

RESPONSIBLE FOR

Ministry Leads, Safeguarding, Servers

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ministry Leadership - Spiritual direction over our various ministries and teams - such as prayer, worship, Soul Food, hospitality - to cultivate and develop them for the purposes of supporting and aligning them with our vision.
• Logistics and Operations – To have oversight of Life Church’s broad operations. Ensure the effective and efficient operations of the church, including logistics, facilities, resources, people and projects.
• Office Admin – Ensure the effective and efficient operation of the church office, including logistics, facilities, resources, IT, administration and projects.
• Safeguarding – As Life Church’s Safeguarding Deputy you will ensure safeguarding compliance and promote a safeguarding culture at our gatherings, courses, events and Soul Food. Handle case work and other safeguarding issues with the relevant people.
• Communications - create and initiate church communications in collaboration with the Lead Pastor.
• Building operations - help to maintain the practicalities surrounding the building and ensure compliance of our various activities i.e. first aid, fire safety.
• Building expansion - join the current ‘building discernment team’ taking on a key role in facilitating momentum with our building expansion; organising and liaising with architects, funding lead, QS and so on.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

As the role is both spiritual and operational and the work is heavily connected to the pastoral role of the Lead Pastor the character of the person is vital. It would be important that the person, in addition to being a committed Christian, carries spiritual maturity, discretion and care for others whilst also having experience of leading teams. Sharing in our desire to continue the work of Jesus by expressing the heart of God in the city.

Skills

The jobholder should:

• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Be a good planner, meticulous and well organised
• To be visionary, creative and enthusiastic
• To have excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with and enthuse servers
• Be calm under pressure

The role ‘Operations Lead’ will bring with it relevant training and support, which will upskill the jobholder.

Knowledge

The jobholder should have knowledge of:

• Comfortably working with a range of software’s such as: Microsoft, Google, email platforms

Experience

The jobholder should have experience of:

• Giving spiritual and practical direction to teams
• Event and meeting coordination and planning (private or public)
• Working in an environment that requires a high standard of planning and administration

OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Holidays: 28 working days per annum (including public holidays)

PVG: This appointment is subject to the candidate obtaining an Enhanced Disclosure.

*The reason for the wide range in hours is so that we can be as agile as possible in the recruitment process. The minimum time required for the key elements of the role is 15 hours p/w. The hours can be spread over the course of a week and include evenings and weekends.

**Salary of up to 30k is dependent on experience.