Charity registered in Scotland SC003453
Communications Lead
- Full time
- £37,000 – £40,000
- Blended working - Glasgow office and home
- Closing 28th July 2023
Your role in our team is to design and deliver a communications, engagement and learning strategy that will mobilise wider participation across our work to connect, learn and act on homelessness.
Our ideal candidate is someone who combines strong writing and content creation skills, with experience of coordinating learning opportunities using creative digital engagement skills. But it might be that you are stronger at some than the other and so long as you can commit to developing with us, then we’d love to hear from you.
Programme Advisor
- Full time
- £43,000 – £46,000
- Blended working - Glasgow office and home
- Closing 28th July 2023
Your role in our team will be to provide project management expertise and oversight to increase the impact of Homeless Network Scotland’s programmes. And pursue opportunities for the organisation to support cross-sector partnerships, alliances and collaborations that are focused on what works and what matters.
Our ideal candidate is someone who can help us to keep improving and delivering on our partner’s expectations across our key programmes and projects. We want to welcome an experienced project manager and a highly relational collaborator. Someone who is organised, proactive – who makes things happen.
Policy Advisor
- Full time
- £43,000 – £46,000
- Blended working - Glasgow office and home
- Closing 28th July 2023
Your role in our team will be to connect through a diverse network to instigate and influence the policy and system changes needed to resolve homelessness. And advise on what works and what matters, helping to generate new knowledge and evidence.
Our ideal candidate is someone who can influence and advise on policy development and implementation, communicate compelling evidence and knowledge – and ask the right questions in the right places. All while taking account of the range of perspectives and challenges experienced across the sector.
Responsible for the financial operations of Homeless Network Scotland, a medium-sized charity and company limited by guarantee with a turnover of just over £1m. The main day to day responsibilities of the Finance Manager are drawing up budgets, costing projects, making payments and reporting to funders. And at regular periods, preparing quarterly management accounts, drafting annual budget and drafting annual accounts ready for audit, reporting to the Board of Directors.
Occupational Benefits
- Employer contribution pension scheme at 9.72%
- Death-in-service cover
Incentives:
- Blended working – Glasgow office and home
- Flexible working hours
- Annual pay increment
- Access to free professional coaching sessions
- Access to free confidential counselling services
Top job! Head of Policy and Equalities
- Full time
- £50,704 – £53,088
- Blended working between home and Glasgow office
- Closing 13th August 2021
This is a very promising time to be part of a team working to end homelessness in Scotland. The issue is high on the agenda with a joint Scottish Government and COSLA action plan and 32 local plans. And a national collective of third and academic sector organisations providing an active infrastructure of key services and key knowledge.
Homeless Network Scotland is a small organisation making a big impact. We are a membership organisation that helps drive the policy and system changes needed to resolve homelessness in Scotland. We do this through our links to a wider network of sectors and services and our connections with people with first-hand experience of homelessness.
Overall Purpose of the Post
You will bring a strong focus and ability to influence and instigate the policy and system changes needed to achieve that goal and especially in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion.
You will also provide strategic leadership and collaboration, across the organisation and alongside our wider network, to ensure that our work is:
· evidence led: using the best knowledge available.
· focused on impact: making a measurable difference.
· contextualised: sensitive to current environment we operate in.
· equalities competent: recognising that risk and impact of homelessness is different.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Draw on your knowledge, skills and experience to:
1. Work with the Chief Executive and leadership team to strengthen our ability to access key relationships and to inform and influence decision-makers to meet our strategic objectives.
2. Advise on and improve how the organisation and wider network combats discrimination and is sensitive to inequality, including the characteristics protected in equality legislation.
3. Lead collaborative work to develop specialist pathways for specific equality groups based on analysis of equality data and build expertise in this area.
4. Support pivotal multi-agency programmes to end homelessness and destitution, with a strong focus on supporting equality, impact and improvement.
And as part of the Leadership Team, you will also:
5. Contribute to the strategic development and direction of Homeless Network Scotland and support the organisation's approach to risk and issues management.
6. Set the pace and model an approach to our work that helps an expert and dedicated team to achieve their potential.
7. Monitor, review and continuously improve the satisfaction of Homeless Network Scotland members and the wider network.
We provide
- Blended working between home and Glasgow office
- Flexible working hours
- Annual pay increment
- Employer contribution pension scheme at 9.72%
- Death in service cover
- 37.5 days holiday each year