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 community 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 Community Connecting Service 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.

Age Scotland has an exciting opportunity for a Project Assistant to join the Veterans’ Project Team as part of Scotland’s Unforgotten Forces partnership.

This project enables Age Scotland to play a key coordination role in the Unforgotten Forces partnership delivering information, advice, training and physical activity opportunities for older veterans and training for community groups and organisations.

This is a fixed term post, funded through to 31st March 2023, with possible extension.

The post will be a blend of office based (in Edinburgh) and home based work but there will be some requirement for you to travel throughout Scotland and occasionally the wider UK.

Due to the Covid outbreak in the UK, we have adapted our way of working in an effort to ensure the ongoing delivery of services, while minimising risk to our employees. Depending on guidance from the Scottish Government regarding the lifting of lockdown restrictions, this role may initially be completely home based, incorporating office work and face to face contact when it is safe to do so.

About the Role

Are you interested in joining an award-winning Scottish charity whose aim is to provide support to people whose lives are affected by mental health problems or illness? Support in Mind Scotland have an exciting opportunity to join our Senior Management Team for someone with a passion for enabling people to achieve mental, physical and financial wellbeing so that they can live full, independent lives in their own communities.

The National Information and Support Service (NAIS) is the front facing service of the organisation at National level. NAIS brings together all of our current Information, Advice and Support Services into one integrated Team, and will extend our reach and our range of services nationwide.

The ideal candidate will be keen to apply their leadership and management skills to develop and lead a dedicated team of Advice and Information specialists to reach out and support people right across Scotland, empowering people with timely, targeted information and ensuring people receive the best debt and welfare advice.

Working with colleagues delivering services across the country and the CEO, you will be a key part of developing and delivering our strategy in partnership with our members, service users and supporters.

Who are we looking for?

You will have at least 3 years’ experience in a relevant Information or Advice role, and be able to demonstrate effective people management and project management skills. You will have a sound understanding of the regulatory frameworks governing advice – particularly financial advice, as well as a knowledge of the health and social care policy sector in Scotland – particularly regarding mental health and wellbeing.

In this exciting new role, you will have the opportunity to show your creativity and flair for development, working across the sector with a wide range of external stakeholders, and raising awareness of the organisation as well as this new service.

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and the charity and are a “Happy to Talk Flexible” employer.

The post is for 5 days 9am to 5pm (35 hours a week) with occasional need to work out of office hours to engage with stakeholders.

For an informal discussion please email Frances Simpson at fsimpson@supportinmindscotland.org.uk

If you are passionate about enabling Support in Mind Scotland to deliver a valuable service to the Scottish community, and feel your profile matches this role’s criteria, then we want to hear from you!

Why join us?

This is a great opportunity to join a thriving charity and help shape its future. In return for your work, passion and dedication, we offer scope for development, a benefit package including 37 days’ holiday, enhanced sick pay, season ticket loan, regular support & supervision and access to our Employee Assistance Programme.

Find out more about Who We Are and What We Do on Social Media and on our Website at supportinmindscotland.org.uk.

About the Role:

Are you interested in joining an award-winning Scottish charity whose aim is to provide support to people whose lives are affected by mental health problems or illness? Support in Mind Scotland have an exciting opportunity in their Mental Health and Money Advice Team for someone with a passion for helping people with mental health and money issues.

We are looking for someone who is skilled at managing our Mental Health and Money Advisers with their clients and casework.

In this varied and exciting role, you will be responsible for the day to day running of the Mental Health and Money Advice Service, putting our strategic aims into practice. Working alongside Mental Health UK and the Project lead within Support in Mind Scotland, you will be responsible for setting, implementing and reviewing the policies and procedures for the service.

This self-motivated role will give you an opportunity to develop and maintain positive team dynamics in an expanding service, including working closely with our referral partners and external stakeholders to promote the service across Scotland and the UK as a whole.

Additionally, you will be invited to contribute to research and consultation within the Mental Health and Money Advice landscape on behalf of Mental Health UK and Support in Mind Scotland.

Who are we looking for?

Our ideal candidate would be someone who has experience in managing advice services as well as a working knowledge of the regulatory frameworks governing financial services, mainly experience in Scottish National Standards for Advice and Information Providers. The successful candidate must have experience in providing advice on debt solutions and Welfare Rights in order to complete quality monitoring checks, in-house training, coaching, supervision and support for the team.

This is an opportunity to expand our pioneering Mental Health and Money Advice service and offer assistance with clients’ benefits and money issues. The Mental Health and Money Advice service is the first UK-wide advice service dedicated to stopping the spiral of inequality, financial difficulties and mental health issues by providing accurate, factual and tailored information to each service user. Advice will be provided online, over the telephone, and virtually, where appropriate. This service is delivered in Scotland by Support in Mind Scotland, Rethink Mental Illness in England, Hafal in Wales, and Mindwise in Northern Ireland. This service is currently referral only working in partnership with our own internal Services as well as well as our partner organisations National Debtline, Stepchange, Money & Pensions Service, Home Energy Scotland and Money Advice Scotland.

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and the charity and are a “Happy to Talk Flexible” employer: The post is for 5 days per week but we could consider applications for compressed hours or homeworking.

If you are passionate about enabling Support in Mind Scotland to deliver a valuable service to the Scottish community, and feel your profile matches this role’s criteria, then we want to hear from you!

Why join us?

This is a great opportunity to join a thriving charity and help shape its future. In return for your work, passion and dedication, we offer scope for development, a benefit package including 37 days’ holiday, enhanced sick pay, season ticket loan, regular support & supervision and access to our Employee Assistance Programme.

Find out more about Who We Are and What We Do on our Website at supportinmindscotland.org.uk and on 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 community 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 Community Connecting Service 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 are looking for a Policy Engagement & Campaigns Officer to assist Age Scotland in policy engagement with older peoples’ groups, key influencers and external stakeholders, and to plan and deliver campaigns and public affairs strategies to affect change favourable to Scotland’s older people.

The post will be a blend of office based (in Edinburgh) and home based work but there will be some requirement for you to travel throughout Scotland and occasionally the wider UK.

Due to the Covid outbreak in the UK, we have adapted our way of working in an effort to ensure the ongoing delivery of services, while minimising risk to our employees. Depending on guidance from the Scottish Government regarding the lifting of lockdown restrictions, this role may initially be completely home based, incorporating office work and face to face contact when it is safe to do so.