Who are we?

NUS Scotland is one of the most influential campaigning organisations in Scotland, securing significant wins for students and promoting the importance of strong students’ associations.

Part political, part business and part charity – NUS is a third sector membership organisation with a twist! The student movement in the UK is made up of over 400 students’ unions and 4.3 million students. NUS sits at the heart of this movement, delivering a national student voice and supporting local students’ unions to grow.

In Scotland we represent 500,000 students, with 30 students’ associations in our membership, including all college associations. At NUS Scotland we’ve channelled that power in the last year to win £millions of new funding for student hardship, digital poverty, mental health and student associations.

What’s the job?

We’re on the lookout for an experienced campaigner with a strong background in communications who can help us build a bold and powerful student movement, defending students’ rights and fighting for an education system that works for everyone.

We’re a small team focused on delivering big campaigns, online and on the ground. You might bring skills in media relations, influencing policymakers, digital campaigning and content creation, mass mobilizing or community organizing. You don’t need to be an expert at all of this, but you’ll be willing to try your hand at all elements of a campaign, and embrace innovation, experimentation and collaboration.

From student housing and finance to mental health, this is an opportunity to work across a multitude of urgent issues impacting students’ lives. You’ll be able to identify structural problems and the transformational solutions. You’ll be committed to the idea that, as a union, we’re stronger together and understand that campaigning alongside our members is central to our success. Whether it’s policy makers, students’ unions or activist groups, you’ll know how to create and leverage relationships with the media, parliamentarians and key stakeholders to set the agenda and deliver collective wins.

Who you are

You’ll be totally at home fielding media enquiries, developing comms plans and drafting and issuing media releases

You’ll have an eye for digital content, digital campaigning and an understanding of social media audiences

With people at the heart of your approach you will be excited to build and maintain relationships – with our members, key-decision makers and external stakeholders

With collaboration at the heart of your approach you’ll be excited to work with colleagues and members to develop new campaigns, widen our reach and deliver wins for students

You’ll have no problems developing our public affairs briefings and using your knowledge to monitor relevant political activity

Your personal values will mean you are committed to being part of an environment that promotes equality of opportunity whilst recognising and valuing diversity

Why apply?

At NUS you can expect both fast-paced delivery alongside opportunities for learning, development and shaping our organisational culture. We aim to practice what we preach so we’re happy to offer a flexible person-centered working environment with a great benefits package:

• 27 days holiday (increasing with service) Flexible working opportunities from day one

• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoption and sick pay

• Employee wellbeing support

• Other Benefits available: Company Pension Scheme, Free Flu vaccinations, Free Eye Test vouchers, Employee Assistance Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, discounts, Childcare Allowance, Health Cash Plan

• Paid Volunteering Days

We’re see anti-oppression as central to our mission. Education isn’t working unless it’s working for everyone in our society. We’re trans inclusive without exception. And we welcome individuals who are up for taking active responsibility for their own ongoing learning on liberation, equity and social justice.

We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability. You can be yourself here whoever you are, be proud of the work you do and build a career in a place that knows different is good.

We recognise that candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised-Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are under-represented in our organisation, and that there are often additional barriers present for people from these groups when applying for roles in the charity sector and beyond. We are committed to taking positive action to expand the diversity of our staff team, and if you meet the minimum criteria for a role (at least 80% of the criteria in the person specification) and are from a BAME background, you'll be guaranteed a first stage interview. It is important to note that this scheme guarantees an interview for candidates who meet the minimum criteria and tell us that they'd like to be considered under the scheme. The selection decision at interview will be based on the most suitable candidate, regardless of any protected characteristic.

This is a full time permanent post, based at our Edinburgh office, with options for hybrid working.

What we do

The Think Positive project supports 86% of all colleges, universities and students’ associations in Scotland to develop and promote their mental health support offer. The project has the opportunity to positively impact 499,370+ students in 2022-2023.

Within our small Think Positive team we host a range of exciting projects and activities, including the Student Mental Health Agreement project, Think Positive Hub & The Forum.

The overall direction of the project is guided by our project outcomes, project advisory group and feedback from project participants.

Ultimately, we want to ensure that student mental health needs are better supported and promoted in further and higher education. As the Scottish Government’s key partner on student mental health, we have the opportunity to help shape what the future landscape looks like for students in Scotland!

It’s a very exciting time to join the team as more institutions and students’ associations are taking part in our projects than ever before. In this role you’ll have the opportunity to shape and deliver a variety of working areas.

What we need

NUS Charity is looking for a Think Positive Project Consultant to provide high quality consultancy services to colleges, universities and students’ associations across Scotland, as well as strengthen the projects that we deliver.

We’re looking for someone with experience in project design and delivery, who has worked or volunteered with projects/services that support mental health and wellbeing and is able to build strong relationships with externals. Excellent communication and presentation skills will also be especially valued.

This role is Homebased, working from the Edinburgh office with the rest of the team on average once per month.

Committed to Inclusion

We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability. You can be yourself here whoever you are, be proud of the work you do and build a career in a place that knows different is good.

We recognise that candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised-Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are under-represented in our organisation, and that there are often additional barriers present for people from these groups when applying for roles in the charity sector and beyond. We are committed to taking positive action to expand the diversity of our staff team, and if you meet the minimum criteria for a role (at least 80% of the criteria in the person specification) and are from a BAME background, you'll be guaranteed a first stage interview. It is important to note that this scheme guarantees an interview for candidates who meet the minimum criteria and tell us that they'd like to be considered under the scheme. The selection decision at interview will be based on the most suitable candidate, regardless of any protected characteristic.

Benefits

We aim to practice what we preach so we’re happy to offer a flexible person-centered working environment with a great benefits package including:

27 days holiday (increasing with service) plus bank holidays and winter closure days (pro-rata for part time)

Flexible working opportunities from day one

Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoption and sick pay

Employee wellbeing support

Other Benefits available: Company Pension Scheme, Free Flu vaccinations, Free Eye Test vouchers, Employee Assistance Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, discounts, Childcare Allowance, Health Cash Plan

Paid Volunteering Days

Who we are

NUS Charity is an exciting organisation developing and championing strong students’ unions. We connect our members and curate services to deliver advice, guidance and crisis support to students’ unions.

We do professional differently. We are a progressive charity representing students’ unions across the UK. The sector is inclusive, fun, dynamic and representative and we put students and students’ unions at the heart of everything we do. We are challenging but are committed to creating a supportive and flexible environment which pushes your personal development in your everyday activity.

What we do

Students’ unions can be transformational hubs for students, staff, and wider society. NUS Charity support our member’s development to enhance their capacity and harness opportunities to maximise their positive impact. We do this in many ways, from managing a purchasing consortium to drive great value for our members, to our development activity, supporting the best potential in students’ unions - we strive to make a difference to our members.

Within our small Union Development team we deal with a range of organisational development work, whether that’s being the Returning Officer and supporting students’ union elections, running development events/webinars, helping new students’ unions create the structures that they need, coaching a students’ union leader who needs extra support, or creating guidance on new legislation that will effect students’ unions – no two days are the same.

What we need

NUS Charity is looking for a Development Consultant to strengthen organisational development for our members, predominantly in Scotland. We’re looking to diversify the knowledge within our team to deliver high quality projects in organisational development based on our Quality Students’ Unions framework. Particularly, we are interested in broadening our team knowledge to include creating/supporting strategy development and governance. You don’t need to have worked in students’ unions before, but working in a membership/governance/charity environment would be a bonus.

Committed to Inclusion

We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability. You can be yourself here whoever you are, be proud of the work you do and build a career in a place that knows different is good.

We recognise that candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised-Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are under-represented in our organisation, and that there are often additional barriers present for people from these groups when applying for roles in the charity sector and beyond. We are committed to taking positive action to expand the diversity of our staff team, and if you meet the minimum criteria for a role (at least 80% of the criteria in the person specification) and are from a BAME background, you'll be guaranteed a first stage interview. It is important to note that this scheme guarantees an interview for candidates who meet the minimum criteria and tell us that they'd like to be considered under the scheme. The selection decision at interview will be based on the most suitable candidate, regardless of any protected characteristic.

This role will be based at our Edinburgh Office, with hybrid working options available. You will need to travel to meet the needs of our summer events or other projects when needed.

Benefits

We aim to practice what we preach so we’re happy to offer a flexible person-centered working environment with a great benefits package including:

• Generous holiday entitlement

• Flexible working opportunities

• Valuable workplace pension

• Enhanced parental pay policies

• Employee assistance programme

We’re looking for an experienced campaigner with a track record of winning and innovating.

• Working with elected student leaders you’ll manage NUS Scotland’s campaign work.
• You’ll be totally at home drafting campaign plans and understanding the Scottish political context.
• You’ll have the skills to develop campaigns that have a wide and influential reach and develop engaging digital content.
• You’ll have experience of lobbying decision-makers and holding key relationships to deliver change.
• You’ll be at ease engaging with our members and developing strategies to empower students to take action locally.
• You’ll be used to drafting and approving media releases and spotting media opportunities to grow NUS Scotland’s reach and profile.

Who we are

NUS Scotland is one of the most influential campaigning organisations in Scotland, securing significant wins for students and promoting the importance of strong students’ associations.

Part political, part business and part charity – NUS is a third sector membership organisation with a twist! The student movement in the UK is made up of 500 students’ unions and 7 million students. NUS sits at the heart of this movement, delivering a national student voice and supporting local students’ unions to grow.

In Scotland we represent 500,000 students, with 32 students’ associations in our membership, including all college associations. At NUS Scotland we’ve channelled that power in the last year to win £millions of new funding for student hardship, digital poverty, mental health and student associations.

Why apply?

In return for your passion and experience we offer the flexibility for work-life balance, a competitive salary for the non-profit sector and a great benefits package:

• 27 days holiday (increasing with service)
• Flexible working opportunities from day one
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoption and sick pay
• Employee wellbeing support
• Paid Volunteering Days
• Other Benefits available: Company Pension Scheme, Free Flu vaccinations, Free Eye Test vouchers, Employee Assistance Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, discounts, Childcare Allowance, Health Cash Plan

We see anti-oppression as central to our mission. Education isn’t working unless it’s working for everyone in our society. We’re trans inclusive without exception. And we welcome individuals who are up for taking active responsibility for their own ongoing learning on liberation, equity, diversity and inclusion.

We recognise that candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised-Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are under-represented in our organisation, and that there are often additional barriers present for people from these groups when applying for roles in the charity sector and beyond. We are committed to taking positive action to expand the diversity of our staff team, and if you meet the minimum criteria for a role (at least 80% of the criteria in the person specification) and are from a BAME background, you'll be guaranteed a first stage interview. It is important to note that this scheme guarantees an interview for candidates who meet the minimum criteria and tell us that they'd like to be considered under the scheme. The selection decision at interview will be based on the most suitable candidate, regardless of any protected characteristic.

This is a full-time permanent post with a usual working pattern of 35 hrs per week, Monday – Friday, between 8am to 6pm, with an out of hours rota for press cover.

This role is available either with an Edinburgh or Glasgow base, but we’ll consider applicants wishing to work on a hybrid basis with minimum office working of two days per week.

NUS Scotland is one of the most influential campaigning organisations in Scotland, securing significant wins for students and promoting the importance of strong students’ associations.

In Scotland we represent 500,000 students, with 32 students’ associations in our membership, including all college associations. At NUS Scotland we’ve channelled that power in the last year to win £millions of new funding for student hardship, digital poverty, mental health and student associations.

In March 2022, a policy was passed at NUS Scotland Conference calling for an independent NUS Scotland. That proposal established the democratic will of students in Scotland via their delegates to the conference to actively explore what independence for NUS Scotland would look like and take the work forward as a political priority.

As a result the NUS board has established a subcommittee (‘the advisory group’) to steer the organisation through an explorative phase on the future set-up of NUS Scotland and its relationship with NUS UK. The advisory group will be made up of four board members, four external positions and four elected positions representing NUS Scotland’s membership.

Appointed external positions

We are seeking to appoint four people to act as external members of the committee to provide advice, expertise and knowledge to the work of setting up an Independent NUS Scotland. This pack includes details of what we are looking for but fundamentally we are seeking people with the skills, knowledge and expertise to navigate us through the process of discerning what independence for NUS Scotland looks like.

The anticipated length of term for this post is until June 2024.

Who we are looking for

We are seeking to recruit the widest possible pool of talent to the advisory group and welcome applications from anyone who can make a contribution to this work. In particular, we believe experience of change management, knowledge of the political landscape in Scotland and an understanding of risk and strategy would all be helpful attributes.

We’re totally committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their age, disability, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation. We particularly welcome applications from black, asian and minority ethnic candidates, as they are currently under-represented as committee members and

NUS Scotland is one of the most influential campaigning organisations in Scotland, securing significant wins for students and promoting the importance of strong students’ associations.

Part political, part business and part charity – NUS is a third sector membership organisation with a twist! The student movement in the UK is made up of 500 students’ unions and 7 million students. NUS sits at the heart of this movement, delivering a national student voice and supporting local students’ unions to grow.

In Scotland we represent 500,000 students, with 32 students’ associations in our membership, including all college associations. At NUS Scotland we’ve channelled that power in the last year to win £millions of new funding for student hardship, digital poverty, mental health and student associations.

What’s the job?

We’re on the lookout for an experienced campaigner with a strong background in either communications or public affairs who can help us build a bold and powerful student movement, defending students’ rights and fighting for an education system that works for everyone.

We’re a small team focused on delivering big campaigns, online and on the ground. You might bring skills in media relations, influencing policy-makers, digital campaigning and content creation, mass mobilizing or community organizing. You don’t need to be an expert at all of this, but you’ll be willing to try your hand at all elements of a campaign, and embrace innovation, experimentation and collaboration.

From student housing and finance to mental health, this is an opportunity to work across a multitude of urgent issues impacting students’ lives. You’ll be able to identify structural problems and the transformational solutions. You’ll be committed to the idea that, as a union, we’re stronger together and understand that campaigning alongside our members is central to our success. Whether it’s policy makers, students’ unions or activist groups, you’ll know how to create and leverage relationships with the media, parliamentarians and key stakeholders to set the agenda and deliver collective wins.

Who you are

• You’ll be totally at home fielding media enquiries, developing comms plans and drafting and issuing media releases
• You’ll have an eye for digital content, digital campaigning and an understanding of social media audiences
• With people at the heart of your approach you will be excited to build and maintain relationships – with our members, key-decision makers and external stakeholders
• With collaboration at the heart of your approach you’ll be excited to work with colleagues and members to develop new campaigns, widen our reach and deliver wins for students
• You’ll have no problems developing our public affairs briefings and using your knowledge to monitor relevant political activity
• Your personal values will mean you are committed to being part of an environment that promotes equality of opportunity whilst recognising and valuing diversity

Why apply?

At NUS you can expect both fast-paced delivery alongside opportunities for learning, development and shaping our organisational culture. We aim to practice what we preach so we’re happy to offer a flexible person-centered working environment with a great benefits package:

• 27 days holiday (increasing with service) Flexible working opportunities from day one
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoption and sick pay
• Employee wellbeing support
• Other Benefits available: Company Pension Scheme, Free Flu vaccinations, Free Eye Test vouchers, Employee Assistance Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, discounts, Childcare Allowance, Health Cash Plan
• Paid Volunteering Days

We’re see anti-oppression as central to our mission. Education isn’t working unless it’s working for everyone in our society. We’re trans inclusive without exception. And we welcome individuals who are up for taking active responsibility for their own ongoing learning on liberation, equity and social justice.

We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability. You can be yourself here whoever you are, be proud of the work you do and build a career in a place that knows different is good.

We recognise that candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised-Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are under-represented in our organisation, and that there are often additional barriers present for people from these groups when applying for roles in the charity sector and beyond. We are committed to taking positive action to expand the diversity of our staff team, and if you meet the minimum criteria for a role (at least 80% of the criteria in the person specification) and are from a BAME background, you'll be guaranteed a first stage interview. It is important to note that this scheme guarantees an interview for candidates who meet the minimum criteria and tell us that they'd like to be considered under the scheme. The selection decision at interview will be based on the most suitable candidate, regardless of any protected characteristic.

This role can be based out of our Edinburgh or Glasgow offices (with options for hybrid working), or you can be predominantly homebased within an hour of Edinburgh or Glasgow.

You may have experience of the following: Communications Consultant, PR Manager, Communications Manager, Public Relations, Comms, Marcoms, CIM, Marketing Manager, Marcomms, Internal Communications Manager, Press Relations, Marketing Manager, Marketing Communications, Brand Manager, Brand Marketing Manager, etc.

NUS Scotland is one of the most influential campaigning organisations in Scotland, securing significant wins for students and promoting the importance of strong students’ associations.

Part political, part business and part charity – NUS is a third sector membership organisation with a twist! The student movement in the UK is made up of 500 students’ unions and 7 million students. NUS sits at the heart of this movement, delivering a national student voice and supporting local students’ unions to grow.

In Scotland we represent 500,000 students, with 32 students’ associations in our membership, including all college associations. At NUS Scotland we’ve channeled that power in the last year to win £millions of new funding for student hardship, digital poverty, mental health and student associations.

What’s the job?

We’re on the lookout for an experienced campaigner with a strong background in communications who can help us build a bold and powerful student movement, defending students’ rights and fighting for an education system that works for everyone.

We’re a small team focused on delivering big campaigns, online and on the ground. You might bring skills in digital campaigning and content creation, mass mobilizing, community organizing or influencing. You don’t need to be an expert at every aspect of it, but you’ll be willing to try your hand at all elements of a campaign, and embrace innovation, experimentation and collaboration.

From student housing and finance to mental health, this is an opportunity to work across a multitude of urgent issues impacting students’ lives. You’ll be able to identify structural problems and the transformational solutions. You’ll be committed to the idea that, as a union, we’re stronger together and understand that campaigning alongside our members is central to our success. Whether it’s policy makers, students’ unions or activist groups, you’ll know how to create and leverage relationships with the media, parliamentarians and key stakeholders to set the agenda and deliver collective wins.

We’d particularly love to hear from either experienced digital campaigners or communications professionals with solid public affairs or campaigns experience that can bring new tools and ideas to build our movement. Working with elected student leaders you’ll play a key role in driving home this shift in campaign practice across the movement from students’ unions to the grassroots.

At NUS you can expect both fast-paced delivery alongside opportunities for learning, development and shaping our organisational culture. We aim to practice what we preach so we’re happy to offer a flexible person-centered working environment with a great benefits package.

We’re see anti-oppression as central to our mission. Education isn’t working unless it’s working for everyone in our society. We’re trans inclusive without exception. And we welcome individuals who are up for taking active responsibility for their own ongoing learning on liberation, equity and social justice.

Who you are

• You’ll be totally at home fielding media enquiries, developing communications plans and drafting and issuing media releases
• You’ll have an eye for digital content, digital campaigning and a thorough understanding of social media audiences
• With people at the heart of your approach you will be excited to build and maintain relationships – with our members, key-decision makers and external stakeholders
• With collaboration at the heart of your approach you’ll be excited to work with colleagues and members to develop new campaigns, widen our reach and deliver wins for students
• You’ll have no problems developing our public affairs briefings and using your knowledge to monitor relevant political activity
• Your personal values will mean you are committed to being part of an environment that promotes equality of opportunity whilst recognising and valuing diversity

Why apply?

In return for your passion and experience we offer the flexibility for work-life balance, a competitive salary for the non-profit sector and excellent holidays and benefits.

This is a full time, permanent post, based primarily at our Edinburgh office, but there will be opportunities to work from Glasgow and we’ll consider applicants wishing to work from home.

We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability.

You can be yourself here whoever you are, be proud of the work you do and build a career in a place that knows different is good.

Who are we?

Part political, part business and part charity – NUS is a third sector membership organisation with a twist! The student movement in the UK is made up of 500 students’ unions and 7 million students. NUS sits at the heart of this movement, delivering a national student voice and supporting local students’ unions to grow.

In Scotland we represent 500,000 students, with 32 students’ associations in our membership, including all college associations. At NUS Scotland we’ve channeled that power in the last year to win £millions of new funding for student hardship, digital poverty, mental health and student associations.

What’s the job?

NUS Scotland is one of the most influential campaigning organisations in Scotland, securing significant wins for students and promoting the importance of strong students’ associations.

As part of the NUS Scotland campaigns and influencing team, you will help co-ordinate winning campaigns and craft effective public affairs content. You will help mobilise our members across Scotland to take action locally and nationally and help liaise with stakeholders and parliamentarians. Executive support for the NUS Scotland President, including inbox and diary management will be a key component of the role, which will help ensure their visibility and impact.

If you’re passionate about protecting the interests of students – come join us in Scotland’s student movement!

Who you are

You are organised and comfortable putting in place systems and processes to keep others organised too

You have an excellent grasp of how parliament and government in Scotland works and you have direct experience in either public affairs or campaigns in Scotland. You are familiar with the influencing tools that will generate success for NUS Scotland and the wider student movement

Your personal values will mean you are committed to being part of an environment that promotes equality of opportunity whilst recognising and valuing diversity

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates, as they are under-represented within NUS Scotland currently.

Why apply?

In return for your passion and experience we offer the flexibility for work-life balance, a competitive salary for the non-profit sector and excellent holidays and benefits. Please see our careers page for further information of what we offer.

This is a part time permanent post (0.6 FTE). The working pattern is 21 hours per week, to be worked Monday to Thursday. Working hours are between 9am and 6pm, and can be worked flexibly.

This role is based at our Edinburgh office, where you’d be expected to work at least once a week and to attend key meetings and events, otherwise we are happy for you to work from the office or from home the rest of your working week.

We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability.

You can be yourself here whoever you are, be proud of the work you do and build a career in a place that knows different is good.

Who we are

NUS Charity is an exciting organisation developing and championing strong students’ unions. We connect our members and curate services to deliver advice, guidance and crisis support to students’ unions.

We do professional differently. We are a progressive charity representing students’ unions across the UK. The sector is inclusive, fun, dynamic and representative and we put students and students’ unions at the heart of everything we do. We are challenging but are committed to creating a supportive and flexible environment which pushes your personal development in your everyday activity.

What we do

Students’ unions can be transformational hubs for students, staff, and wider society. NUS Charity support our member’s development to enhance their capacity and harness opportunities to maximise their positive impact. We do this in many ways, from managing a purchasing consortium to drive great value for our members, to our development activity, supporting the best potential in students’ unions - we strive to make a difference to our members.

Within our small Union Development team, we deal with a range of organisational development work, whether that’s being the Returning Officer and supporting students’ union elections, running development events/webinars, helping new students’ unions create the structures that they need, coaching a students’ union leader who needs extra support, or creating guidance on new legislation that will affect students’ unions – no two days are the same.

What we need

NUS Charity is looking for a Development Consultant to strengthen organisational development for our members, predominantly in Scotland. We’re looking to diversify the knowledge within our team to deliver high quality projects in organisational development based on our Quality Students’ Unions framework. Particularly, we are interested in broadening our team knowledge to include creating/supporting strategy development and governance. You don’t need to have worked in students’ unions before but working in a membership/governance/charity environment would be a bonus.

Committed to Inclusion

We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability. You can be yourself here whoever you are, be proud of the work you do and build a career in a place that knows different is good.

We recognise that candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised-Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are under-represented in our organisation, and that there are often additional barriers present for people from these groups when applying for roles in the charity sector and beyond. We are committed to taking positive action to expand the diversity of our staff team, and if you meet the minimum criteria for a role (at least 80% of the criteria in the person specification) and are from a BAME background, you'll be guaranteed a first stage interview. It is important to note that this scheme guarantees an interview for candidates who meet the minimum criteria and tell us that they'd like to be considered under the scheme. The selection decision at interview will be based on the most suitable candidate, regardless of any protected characteristic.

The UD team are mostly homebased, but this role can be either homebased in Scotland or based at our Edinburgh Office, with hybrid working options available. You will need to travel to meet the needs of our summer events or other projects when needed.

Benefits

We aim to practice what we preach so we’re happy to offer a flexible person-centred working environment with a great benefits package including:

• Generous holiday entitlement

• Flexible working opportunities

• Valuable workplace pension

• Enhanced parental pay policies

• Employee assistance programme

Part political, part business and part charity – NUS is a third sector membership organisation with a twist! The student movement in the UK is made up of 500 students’ unions and 7 million students. NUS sits at the heart of this movement, delivering a national student voice and supporting local students’ unions to grow.

In Scotland we represent 500,000 students, with 32 students’ associations in our membership, including all college associations. At NUS Scotland we’ve channelled that power in the last year to win over £70 million of new funding for student hardship, digital poverty, mental health and student associations.

What’s the job?

NUS Scotland is one of the most influential campaigning organisations in Scotland, securing significant wins for students and promoting the importance of strong students’ associations.

As part of the NUS Scotland team, you will provide support and advice to students’ associations in Scotland. The vital administrative, logistical and events support you provide will ensure the team and the NUS Scotland President can engage with students’ associations across Scotland and showcase the positive work they do for students.

Working alongside our NUS Charity colleagues, you’ll also support delivery of a range of events for students’ associations, including campaign training, workshops, and networking events, as well as our annual conference.

If you’re passionate about protecting the interests of students – come join us in Scotland’s student movement!

Who you are

• You’ll be organised and comfortable putting in place systems and processes to keep others organised too

• With collaboration at the heart of your approach you’ll be excited to work with colleagues across the student movement to support and advise students’ associations

• Your personal values will mean you are committed to being part of an environment that promotes equality of opportunity whilst recognising and valuing diversity

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates, as they are under-represented within NUS Scotland currently.

Why apply?

In return for your passion and experience we offer the flexibility for work-life balance, a competitive salary for the non-profit sector and excellent holidays and benefits.

This role has a usual working pattern of 35 hours per week, Monday – Friday, between 8am to 6pm, with some out of hours work to support events.

Due to the role being externally funded, it is currently fixed term until the end of March 2022. We would also be open to considering the role as a secondment opportunity.

We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability. You can be yourself here whoever you are, be proud of the work you do and build a career in a place that knows different is good.

NUS Charity is an exciting organisation developing and championing strong students’ unions. We connect our members and curate services to deliver advice, guidance and crisis support to students’ unions.

We do professional differently. We are a progressive charity representing students’ unions across the UK. The sector is inclusive, fun, dynamic and representative and we put students and students’ unions at the heart of everything we do. We are challenging but are committed to creating a supportive and flexible environment which pushes your personal development in your everyday activity.

What we do

Students’ unions can be transformational hubs for students, staff, and wider society. NUS Charity support our members’ development to enhance their capacity and harness opportunities to maximise their positive impact. We do this in many ways; from managing a purchasing consortium to drive great value for our members, to our development activity, supporting the best potential in students’ unions - we strive to make a difference to our members.

Within our small Union Development team we deal with a range of organisational development work, whether that’s being the Returning Officer and supporting students’ unions elections, running development events/webinars, helping new students’ unions create the structures that they need, coaching a students’ union leader who needs extra support, or creating guidance on new legislation that will effect students’ unions – no two days are the same.

What we need

NUS Charity is looking for a Development Consultant to deliver strategic and operational support in college students’ associations in Scotland. We’re looking to deliver high quality projects in organisational development, based on the Framework for the Development of Strong and Effective College Students’ Associations in Scotland, with a specific focus on supporting them to be autonomous, sustainable and effective in representing the interests of students. This role is part of an externally funded project, with funding provided by the Scottish Funding Council.

We welcome applications from homebased applicants outside the Edinburgh area, however there would be an expectation for you to visit the Edinburgh office once a week and students’ unions in Scotland frequently. For a successful candidate based outside the Edinburgh area, travel expenses and any travel time within work time for student union visits would be calculated based on an Edinburgh location.

Due to the role being externally funded, it is currently fixed term until the end of July 2022. However, should further, additional funding be secured, there is potential for the role's term to be extended. We would also be open to considering the role as a secondment opportunity.

We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability.

You can be yourself here whoever you are, be proud of the work you do and build a career in a place that knows different is good.

Benefits

We aim to practice what we preach so we’re happy to offer a flexible person-centred working environment with a great benefits package including:

• Generous holiday entitlement
• Flexible working opportunities
• Valuable workplace pension
• Enhanced parental pay policies
• Employee assistance programme

NUS Charity is an exciting organisation developing and championing strong students’ unions. We connect our members and curate services to deliver advice, guidance and crisis support to students’ unions. We do professional differently. We are a progressive charity representing students’ unions across the UK. The sector is inclusive, fun, dynamic and representative and we put students and students’ unions at the heart of everything we do.

The Think Positive project sits within the wider NUS Charity team. We support colleges, universities and students’ associations to develop and promote their mental health support offer in a variety of ways.

We are challenging but are committed to creating a supportive and flexible environment which pushes your personal development in your everyday activity.

What we do

Within our small Think Positive team we host a range of exciting projects and activities, including the Student Mental Health Agreement project which brings students’ associations and their institution together in a joint partnership to develop and promote the mental health work they deliver with staff and students. This year we’ll be launching a new ‘Student Mental Health Online Hub’ which will gather the support, services and resources available to students in Scotland. As well as a brand-new national student mental health campaign which we’ll co-design with project participants and the Scottish Government. The overall direction of the project is influenced by our project outcomes, project advisory group and lived experience ambassadors group.

Ultimately, we want to ensure that student mental health needs are better supported and promoted in further and higher education. As the Scottish Governments partner on student mental health, we have the opportunity to help shape what the future landscape looks like for students in Scotland!

It’s a very exciting time to join the team as you’ll have the opportunity to design and deliver a variety of brand-new working areas.

Project & External Partnerships Consultant Requirements:

NUS Charity is looking for a Project & External Partnerships Consultant to strengthen the projects we deliver and improve how we collaborate with external organisations.

We’re looking for someone with knowledge or experience in project design and delivery, developing relationships with external organisations and building effective campaigns. Excellent communication and presentation skills will also be especially valued.

We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability.

You can be yourself here whoever you are, be proud of the work you do and build a career in a place that knows different is good.

Due to the role being externally funded, it is currently fixed term until September 2022. However, should further, additional funding be secured, there is potential for the role's term to be extended. We would also be open to considering the role as a secondment opportunity.

About NUS Charity:

NUS Charity is an exciting organisation developing and championing strong students’ unions. We connect our members and curate services to deliver advice, guidance and crisis support to students’ unions.

We do professional differently. We are a progressive charity representing students’ unions across the UK. The sector is inclusive, fun, dynamic and representative and we put students and students’ unions at the heart of everything we do. We are challenging but are committed to creating a supportive and flexible environment which pushes your personal development in your everyday activity.

Benefits:

As well as a generous annual leave entitlement, we also have a range of policies focused on promoting work life balance. We offer other benefits including pension, EAP scheme and discounts:

• Generous holiday entitlement.
• Flexible working opportunities.
• Valuable workplace pension.
• Enhanced parental pay policies.
• Employee assistance programme.

Students’ unions can be transformational hubs for students, staff, and wider society. NUS Charity support our member’s development to enhance their capacity and harness opportunities to maximise their positive impact. We do this in many ways, from managing a purchasing consortium to drive great value for our members, to our development activity, supporting the best potential in students’ unions - we strive to make a difference to our members.

Within our small Union Development team, we deal with a range of organisational development work, whether that’s being the Returning Officer and supporting students’ union elections, running development events/webinars, helping new students’ unions create the structures that they need, coaching a students’ union leader who needs extra help, or creating guidance on new legislation that will effect students’ unions – no two days are the same.

Development Consultant Requirements:

NUS Charity is looking for a Development Consultant to strengthen organisational development for our members, predominantly in Scotland. We’re looking to diversify the knowledge within our team to deliver high quality projects in organisational development based on our Quality Students’ Unions framework. Particularly, we are interested in broadening our team knowledge to include creating/supporting strategy development and governance.

We welcome applications from homebased applicants outside the Edinburgh area, however there would be an expectation for you to visit the Edinburgh office once a week and students’ unions in Scotland frequently. For a successful candidate based outside the Edinburgh area, travel expenses and any travel time within work time for student union visits would be calculated based on an Edinburgh location.

We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability.

You can be yourself here whoever you are, be proud of the work you do and build a career in a place that knows different is good.

About NUS Charity:

NUS Charity is an exciting organisation developing and championing strong students’ unions. We connect our members and curate services to deliver advice, guidance and crisis support to students’ unions.

We do professional differently. We are a progressive charity representing students’ unions across the UK. The sector is inclusive, fun, dynamic and representative and we put students and students’ unions at the heart of everything we do. We are challenging but are committed to creating a supportive and flexible environment which pushes your personal development in your everyday activity.

Location: Edinburgh / Homebased

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week

Salary: £30,119 to £33,366

Benefits:

We aim to practice what we preach so we’re happy to offer a flexible person-centered working environment with a great benefits package including:

· Generous holiday entitlement.

· Flexible working opportunities.

· Valuable workplace pension.

· Enhanced parental pay policies.

· Employee assistance programme

Students’ unions can be transformational hubs for students, staff, and wider society. NUS Charity support our member’s development to enhance their capacity and harness opportunities to maximise their positive impact. We do this in many ways, from managing a purchasing consortium to drive great value for our members, to our development activity, supporting the best potential in students’ unions - we strive to make a difference to our members.

Within our small Union Development team, we deal with a range of organisational development work, whether that’s being the Returning Officer and supporting students’ union elections, running development events/webinars, helping new students’ unions create the structures that they need, coaching a students’ union leader who needs extra help, or creating guidance on new legislation that will effect students’ unions – no two days are the same.

Development Consultant Requirements:

NUS Charity is looking for a Development Consultant to strengthen organisational development for our members, predominantly in Scotland. We’re looking to diversify the knowledge within our team to deliver high quality projects in organisational development based on our Quality Students’ Unions framework. Particularly, we are interested in broadening our team knowledge to include creating/supporting strategy development and governance.

We welcome applications from homebased applicants outside the Edinburgh area, however there would be an expectation for you to visit the Edinburgh office once a week and students’ unions in Scotland frequently. For a successful candidate based outside the Edinburgh area, travel expenses and any travel time within work time for student union visits would be calculated based on an Edinburgh location.

We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability.

You can be yourself here whoever you are, be proud of the work you do and build a career in a place that knows different is good.

You may have experience of the following: Organisational Development Manager, Organisational Development Consultant, OD Manager, OD Advisor, Change Management, Business Change, Organisational Design, Organisational Development Specialist, HR Advisor, HR Manager, HR Consultant, HRBP, ODBP, L&D Advisor, Learning & Development Advisor, Public Sector, Local Authority, Local Government, Trade Union, Student Union, etc.

Benefits:

We aim to practice what we preach so we’re happy to offer a flexible person-centered working environment with a great benefits package including:

• Generous holiday entitlement
• Flexible working opportunities
• Valuable workplace pension
• Enhanced parental pay policies
• Employee assistance programme

About NUS Charity:

NUS Charity is an exciting organisation developing and championing strong students’ unions. We connect our members and curate services to deliver advice, guidance and crisis support to students’ unions.

We do professional differently. We are a progressive charity representing students’ unions across the UK. The sector is inclusive, fun, dynamic and representative and we put students and students’ unions at the heart of everything we do. We are challenging but are committed to creating a supportive and flexible environment which pushes your personal development in your everyday activity.