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Are you a great relationship builder and administrator? Are you passionate about inspiring and supporting people?

We are looking for an expert and driven Administrator to join our Learning and Development (L&D) team at an exciting time of change and growth.

Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) is evolving at pace and we know that supporting our people with adequate, timely and fit-for-purpose opportunities for learning and growth are essential. The L&D team ensures such learning opportunities are available and accessed, using a range of systems and processes and this role is key to making this happen.

About You

We are seeking a confident and expert Administrator, with a ‘can do’ attitude and strong interest and passion for working with others. This is a fantastic opportunity for a skilled communicator who:

· enjoys working collaboratively with others

· is highly organised

· is a team-player

· has excellent written and verbal communication skills

· has a high level of attention to detail

· finds it easy to quickly establish working relationships

· is focused on delivering on task and deadlines

· knows how to get the best out of Microsoft Office, information databases and other management information systems.

· has experience of working in a busy office environment

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

Travel between sites may be required and as such holding a full UK driving licence can be useful.

At CHAS, we are on a mission. We’re going to make sure wherever there is a child in Scotland with a life shortening condition their family know about the vital support we can provide. To do this we need to reach into every community across Scotland and this is where you come in! We are looking for a driven and ambitious individual to join the Community Fundraising team.

You will be responsible for getting out into the local community, raising awareness and engaging your supporters in their fundraising! You will grow and develop existing relationships and create new community fundraising activity alongside an amazing Fundraising and Communications team. You will manage a fantastic group of existing CHAS volunteers and grow your volunteer networks.

Key Responsibilities

• Relationship management of existing and new community fundraising supporters and volunteers
• Create new, cost-effective, community-based fundraising activities within a specific geographic area, ensuring contacts are established and maintained.
• In line with the community fundraising strategy, take the lead on a specific income stream, developing materials and fundraising activities.
• Provide market-intelligence and research on the community fundraising function, enabling future planning of activities within CHAS.
• Regularly present complex fundraising information to groups, including existing and potential supporters.
• Delegate work to volunteers, ensuring appropriate support mechanisms are in place and that individual skills are utilised appropriately.

About you

In order to successfully drive fundraising and support for CHAS in your area, you will work co-operatively with colleagues, form meaningful relationships with others, demonstrate initiative, act with integrity and be accountable for your actions and decisions. You will also have:

• A HND or equivalent qualification.
• Experience of growing external financial support by developing new contacts and networks.
• Advanced level of communication and presentation skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and related software applications.
• Highly developed inter-personal skills.

About CHAS

At CHAS, our ambition is to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying, and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together. As a Community Fundraiser, you will be instrumental in achieving this vision.

CHAS is a charity on a mission. We’re going to make sure that wherever there’s a child in Scotland with a life-shortening condition we’re on hand to support them and their family. We want to make sure that no matter how short their time together, it is filled with moments of joy.

Key Responsibilities

This role will work closely with the Associate Director for External Affairs, CHAS CEO and the senior leadership team. The Policy and Public affairs Manager will:

• Support the delivery of CHAS’s influencing strategy

• Support CHAS’s engagement with parliamentarians, local government, policy makers, civil servants and other stakeholders

• Ensure that CHAS develops and delivers on our policy and advocacy strategy

About You

We are looking for a dynamic individual and excellent communicator with strong analytical skills. In order to help us achieve our mission while representing the interests of the children and families we support, you will have:

• Strong policy experience

• A proven record of developing and delivering successful public affairs programmes

• The ability to maintain positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders

• A commitment to working with volunteers

About CHAS

At CHAS, our ambition is to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying, and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together. As a Policy and Public Affairs Manager, you will be instrumental in achieving this vision.

Introduction

Do you have a passion for developing a culture of learning that supports people to deliver and be the best they can be? Does designing and delivering learning in fun, exciting, energising and innovative ways excite you?

If yes, then we’d love to hear from you!

We are looking for a Learning and Development Advisor to join our L&D team on a 12-month contract. In a fast-paced and growing organisation, you will play a key role in ensuring that colleagues across CHAS have access to learning they need to do their jobs well and that makes CHAS the best place to work and volunteer.

Key Responsibilities

At CHAS, we are proud that learning can take many forms and is an essential part of how we work towards achieving our goals.

As L&D Advisor, you will be responsible for:

· Planning, designing and delivering a range of L&D support, projects and programmes across CHAS

· Ensuring different learning needs aligned to CHAS’ strategic priorities are met

· Providing support and advice on L&D Policy and best practice

· Partnering individuals and teams in providing generalist L&D support and advice

This is a fantastic opportunity for an L&D practitioner to use and grow your skills and experience in:

· All aspects of an organisation’s L&D cycle, from analysing learning needs to designing and delivering learning approaches and evaluating for impact

· Facilitating learning using a variety of methods in key areas such as core (mandatory) learning, employee review and development, management development and team development

· Developing a culture of learning that encourages values-based behaviours and reflective practice

As part of an ambitious and high-performing L&D team, you will deliver L&D initiatives that complement a diverse and successful L&D offer at CHAS. Reporting into the Head of L&D, you will lead L&D projects that meet CHAS’ needs, build strong proactive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and be involved in the implementation of key CHAS-wide people initiatives.

Experience and skills

Proven track record of L&D practice and evaluation, including organisational L&D cycle, core learning and working with L&D suppliers

Experienced in designing and delivering engaging L&D content using a range of learning methods, including e-learning

Experience of L&D Policy implementation, review and development

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including facilitation and presentation skills

About You

Professional and engaging

Self-starter, with an entrepreneurial spirit

A strong team player with a flexible and enthusiastic ‘can-do’ approach

Passionate about L&D and understands its key role in an employee’s journey and in supporting an organisation to achieve its aims

An energetic and positive person who is curious and constantly looking for ways to improve

Works collaboratively to deliver results

Encourages reflective practice and supports others to change and improve

Able to build strong relationships internally and externally with all stakeholders.

Strategic partner, with the ability to facilitate learning needs and influence others

Comfortable with a fast-paced, changing and sometimes ambiguous working environment

Role models our CHAS core values

About CHAS

Children’s Hospices Across Scotland, better known as CHAS, cares for children with life-shortening conditions and their families. We operate through our two hospices, our network of staff in hospitals and our home care service in every part of Scotland.

At CHAS, our ambition is to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prospect that their child is dying, and offer them our care and support to make the most of the short time they have together.

As L&D Advisor, you will be instrumental in achieving this vision and shaping the future of CHAS.

Children’s Hospices Across Scotland – better known as CHAS – is Scotland’s national children’s hospice service.

Following the expansion of our services, we have an Administration Assistant vacancy at Rachel House in Kinross, one of the two hospices run by CHAS. This position involves providing a full range of administrative support to the Diana Children’s Nurses (DCN) alongside the Team Administrator. Please note this is a temporary role for up to one year.

CHAS employs the Diana Children’s Nurse Team to provide inspirational, strategic and professional nursing leadership across multi-professional services. They work alongside hospital and community based staff leading and supporting to ensure there is the necessary knowledge, skills and expertise to deliver high quality palliative care. The assessment, planning and delivery of direct care integrates palliative care for babies, children, young people and their families across all sectors.

Role responsibilities

· Provide support and assistance to the Diana Children’s Nurses (DCN), including reviewing and maintaining diaries, emails and computer based filing.

· Create documents as requested using Microsoft Office e.g. presentations, letters and reports.

· Create and maintain databases and children’s records, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality.

· Act as the first point of contact for the DCN, dealing with general enquiries and providing information in a tactful and sensitive manner.

· Welcome internal and external visitors in a friendly and professional manner, liaising with other departments as required.

· Reconciling credit card statements, coding team invoices and completing expenses.

About You

In order to support the Diana Children’s Nurses in providing a high standard of care to children and families, and to help CHAS achieve its objectives, you will have:

· Administrative or secretarial qualification to SVQ level 3 or equivalent

· Knowledge of administrative practices and procedures

· Working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite packages including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

· Experience in a busy office setting

· Experience of diary management and travel planning

· Developed planning and organisational skills

· Commitment to a high quality service

· Good degree of accuracy and attention to detail

The following would also be desirable:

· Experience of working in the public or voluntary sector

Are you an experienced fundraiser with a passion for relationship development, and the drive to recruit and steward strategic corporate partnerships? Then we need you to join our expanding team to transform the provision of children’s palliative care across Scotland and keep joy alive for every child and family that needs us.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed professional with creativity, fantastic communication skills, and corporate knowledge to join our successful Corporate Partnerships Team. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced fundraiser to take their development to the next level - ensuring we capitalise on CHAS’s compelling case for support and strong prospect pool to attract, cultivate, and retain high-level transformational corporate partners.

You will be an innovative and tenacious individual with a real team-working ethic that identifies with CHAS’s core values, vision and purpose.

Role responsibilities

· Attract and Retain new high level, transformational corporate partners through effective relationship management.

· Supporting the Corporate Partnerships Manager on strategy development.

· Lead on acquisition of transformational corporate partnerships.

· Prepare, develop and deliver professional high quality and persuasive pitches and present them to key corporate contacts.

· Act as the central contact for large national partnerships, helping to develop a national fundraising strategy for the company to be supported by the Corporate Partnerships team.

· Support the Corporate Partnerships Manager in the development and improvement of fundraising practice in the area of corporate fundraising.

· Develop relationships with key stakeholders, supporters, and Senior Staff in order to involve them appropriately in our Corporate Partnerships programme

About You

· Acts as an engaging and inspiring ambassador for CHAS and displays positive behaviours

· Self-motivated with proven ability to engage and motivate others

· Professional and proactive attitude with a real pride in quality of work

· Forms meaningful relationships with others

· Accountable for own actions and decisions

· Commitment to ongoing learning and development

· Commitment to CHAS core values, vision and purpose

· Commitment to working with/supporting volunteers

· Views change as a natural, positive and continuing process

About CHAS

At CHAS, our ambition is to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying, and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together. As a Senior Corporate Partnerships Executive, you will be instrumental in achieving this vision and shaping the future of CHAS.

Are you a passionate, energetic and confident relationship builder? Then we need you to join our expanding team to transform the provision of children’s palliative care across Scotland and keep joy alive for every child and family that needs us.

We are looking for a committed and creative individual with great communication skills to join our expanding Corporate Partnerships Team. This is a wonderful opportunity within a dynamic and supportive team to use your networking skills and attention to detail to recruit, steward and retain corporate partners. Ensuring CHAS can capitalise on our compelling case for support at all levels within the business sphere. From employer supported volunteering to ‘charity of the year’ partnerships and beyond.

You will be an innovative and tenacious individual with a real team-working ethic that identifies with CHAS’s core values, vision and purpose.

Role responsibilities

· Attract and retain corporate partners through effective relationship management

· Support the Corporate Partnerships Team in maximising new business opportunities through established initiatives such as events and campaigns whilst supporting the development of the new business pipeline

· Identify key partnership prospects.

· Prepare, develop and deliver professional high quality and persuasive pitches and present them to key corporate contacts.

· Maintain existing supporter relationships through the Corporate Fundraising journey, ensuring all possible opportunities for revenue generation are utilised

· Day to day management of corporate volunteering requests and development of Employer Supported Volunteering (ESV) within CHAS in line with Corporate. Partnerships Strategy

· Works closely with others across the organisation to ensure opportunities for corporate partnerships are identified and developed at the appropriate level within the Corporate Partnerships Team

About You

· Acts as an engaging and inspiring ambassador for CHAS and displays positive behaviours

· Self-motivated with proven ability to engage and motivate others

· Professional and proactive attitude with a real pride in quality of work

· Forms meaningful relationships with others

· Accountable for own actions and decisions

· Commitment to ongoing learning and development

· Commitment to CHAS core values, vision and purpose

· Commitment to working with/supporting volunteers

· Views change as a natural, positive and continuing process

Are you a passionate, energetic and confident relationship builder? Do you have a commitment to detailed research and planning, but an ability to innovate? Then we need you to join our expanding team to transform the provision of children’s palliative care across Scotland and keep joy alive for every child and family that needs us.

We are looking for a committed and creative individual with great communication skills both written and oral to join our expanding Trusts and Foundations Team. This is a wonderful opportunity within a dynamic and supportive environment to use your research, planning and writing skills to make detailed proposals to Trusts and Foundations in Scotland and beyond. Ensuring CHAS can capitalise on our compelling case for support by identifying both capital and revenue projects suitable for funding. From small items of equipment to large capital projects and staff salary projects you will be part of a team with ambitious financial targets.

You will be an innovative and tenacious individual with a real team-working ethic that identifies with CHAS’s core values, vision and purpose.

Role responsibilities

· Identifies appropriate trust and corporate foundations suitable for CHAS to approach for funding

· Prepares written funding applications for funders

· Provides specialist support on all aspects of trust fundraising to the Trusts and Foundations Fundraising Manager

· Provides market-intelligence and research on Trusts, foundations and grant-making organisations.

· Collates information regarding project outcomes in order to report on these to funders when required.

· Sends timely and appropriate proposals and reports to size medium trusts and foundations using either agreed templates or written formal methods to a schedule agreed with the Trust Fundraising Manager

· Establishes contact and develops relationships with staff and/or trustees of trusts and maintains these, maximising the opportunities for income generation

About You

· Acts as an engaging and inspiring ambassador for CHAS and displays positive behaviours

· Self-motivated with proven ability to engage and motivate others

· Professional and proactive attitude with a real pride in quality of work

· Forms meaningful relationships with others

· Accountable for own actions and decisions

· Commitment to ongoing learning and development

· Commitment to CHAS core values, vision and purpose

· Commitment to working with/supporting volunteers

· Views change as a natural, positive and continuing process

For over twenty years, CHAS has been offering a full family support service for babies, children and young people with life-shortening conditions. We are committed to making sure that no matter how short their time together may be, it is a time filled with happiness and fun. And our expanding volunteer force is at the heart of that ambition.

It’s crucial that we create a positive experience for all our volunteers and we are passionate about inspiring more people to join us. To help us grow and develop our volunteering programme, we are recruiting a Volunteering Team Coordinator to join our central volunteering function at CHAS.

You’ll be joining a dynamic team of values-driven professionals, passionate about inspiring people to make a meaningful impact on the lives of children and families.

Working within the Volunteering team, you will coordinate Scotland-wide volunteering initiatives and projects. You will support the delivery of volunteer recruitment campaigns, training requirements and methods of reward and recognition in order to deliver the CHAS volunteering strategy.

Your passion for volunteering, coupled with your outstanding organisational skills will allow you to manage the digital volunteer communications platform and the volunteer e-learning system. Your attention to detail and commitment to providing exemplary customer service will mean that every enquiry is handled professionally and timeously.

You will be a confident presenter with a track record of building positive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

If you’re an enthusiastic team-player, with a strong work ethic and passion for volunteering, we’d love to hear from you.

The role is based in our office in Stepps. We will provide you with the equipment you need to be able to work remotely and flexibly as occasional travel within Scotland is required.

Further information can be found in the attached job description and person specification.

For more information contact Morven MacLean, Head of Volunteering, on 07483 453922.

Can you advise families on Self-directed Support and other Welfare Benefits?

Children’s Hospices Across Scotland, better known as CHAS, cares for children with life-shortening conditions and their families. We operate through our two hospices, our network of staff in the community and hospitals, and our CHAS at Home service in every part of Scotland.

Caring for a very ill child can bring with it unexpected financial responsibilities which can lead to poverty and hardship. These include increased care costs and the possibility of a parent giving up work to become a fulltime carer.

Three children die every week in Scotland from an incurable condition. Our doctors, nurses, chaplains and social workers support as many of those families as we can. We aim to reach every family in Scotland and have an amazing opportunity for you to join our team and develop a new service to help families who may be experiencing money concerns.

As our Family Income Maximisation Officer, you will:

· work with our team of social workers to develop a specialist money support service for families

· provide intensive 1-to-1 support for families

· with our volunteering team, grow a small pool of volunteers to help even more families.

This is an excellent chance to use and grow your skills and experience in:

· providing advice to people who need it

· undertaking complex casework about benefits and money

· developing and motivating volunteers who want to do similar.

Good at working with people, you will already have specialist knowledge and experience in welfare rights or money advice, and strong knowledge of the benefits system. If you are determined to make an impact for children and families, we want to hear from you.

CHAS offers an excellent package which includes access to the NHS or local government pension scheme, and comprehensive work/life balance policies. We anticipate this first role being based in East Central Scotland (we have offices in Kinross or Edinburgh, or you could work from home).

However for exceptional candidates we would be willing to discuss operating this service in another part of Scotland. The post is offered for 2 years initially but may be extended as this service develops.

To be part of the future of CHAS, click 'Apply' at the top of this screen and complete our online application form.

This post is subject to a Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check.

We’re looking for a dynamic, values-driven individual to develop and lead our volunteer home support service in east and central Scotland. This an exciting opportunity to be involved in the growth of a new and innovative service for the families of children with life-shortening conditions. Home support involves volunteers visiting families in their homes to provide practical and sibling support. Volunteers help out at home, giving parents time to be parents and to focus on their families as well as having some valuable time to themselves.

“Our volunteer, Susie, comes to our house regularly – and for me it’s the small things that she does that mean so much. The (volunteer home support) service really adds to my son’s quality of life. It has really removed some of the stress and guilt that I have felt in not always being able to be there” (A Mum who is supported by the service).

Based at Rachel House hospice in Kinross, you’ll be responsible for scaling up the existing pilot and managing around 20 matches. If you have experience of service development and volunteer management and are excited by the prospect of improving the quality of life for families supporting a child with a life-shortening condition, we’d love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion about this post please contact Jill Cook, Voluntary Services Manager on 01577 866 061.

Children’s Hospices Across Scotland, or as we are better known, CHAS, is a charity on a mission. We’re determined to ensure that wherever there’s a child in Scotland with a life-shortening condition we’re on hand to support them and their family. We want to make sure that no matter how short their time together, it is filled with moments of joy.

Three children die in Scotland each week from an incurable condition. Presently, CHAS is only able to reach one of those children and their families. We are determined to change that.

We are looking for a Shop Assistant Manager to join our Kinross shop to help us maximise vital income and raise awareness of CHAS. This will be a part-time (15 hours per week), three-month contract.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Shop Manager you will be responsible for ensuring the efficient day to day running of the charity shop. You will:

· Promote a service driven culture, providing excellent customer service to help maximise sales, donations and the profitability of the shop

· In the absence of the Shop Manager assume full responsibility for the day to day running of the shop

· Manage stock processes and maximise visual merchandising opportunities

· Open and close the shop and complete end of day cash reconciliation procedures

· Support the recruitment and retention of volunteers, deliver training on key processes and ensure consistent delivery

About You

In order to effectively support CHAS and its fundraising activities, you will:

· Be enthusiastic and energetic, passionate about the values, vision and purpose of CHAS

· Deliver excellent customer service and enjoy working in retail

· Have excellent communication and inter-personal skills to build effective relationships with staff, volunteers and the general public

About CHAS

At CHAS, our ambition is to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying, and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together. As a Shop Assistant Manager, you will be instrumental in achieving this vision and shaping the future of CHAS.

Are you a passionate, energetic and confident relationship builder? Then we need you to join our expanding team to transform the provision of children’s palliative care across Scotland and keep joy alive for every child and family that needs us.

We are looking for a committed and creative individual with great communication skills to join our expanding Corporate Partnerships Team. This is a wonderful opportunity within a dynamic and supportive team to use your networking skills and attention to detail to recruit, steward and retain corporate partners. Ensuring CHAS can capitalise on our compelling case for support at all levels within the business sphere. From employer supported volunteering to ‘charity of the year’ partnerships and beyond.

You will be an innovative and tenacious individual with a real team-working ethic that identifies with CHAS’s core values, vision and purpose.

Role responsibilities

· Attract and retain corporate partners through effective relationship management

· Support the Corporate Partnerships Team in maximising new business opportunities through established initiatives such as events and campaigns whilst supporting the development of the new business pipeline

· Identify key partnership prospects.

· Prepare, develop and deliver professional high quality and persuasive pitches and present them to key corporate contacts.

· Maintain existing supporter relationships through the Corporate Fundraising journey, ensuring all possible opportunities for revenue generation are utilised

· Day to day management of corporate volunteering requests and development of Employer Supported Volunteering (ESV) within CHAS in line with Corporate. Partnerships Strategy

· Works closely with others across the organisation to ensure opportunities for corporate partnerships are identified and developed at the appropriate level within the Corporate Partnerships Team

About You

· Acts as an engaging and inspiring ambassador for CHAS and displays positive behaviours

· Self-motivated with proven ability to engage and motivate others

· Professional and proactive attitude with a real pride in quality of work

· Forms meaningful relationships with others

· Accountable for own actions and decisions

· Commitment to ongoing learning and development

· Commitment to CHAS core values, vision and purpose

· Commitment to working with/supporting volunteers

· Views change as a natural, positive and continuing process

About CHAS

At CHAS, our ambition is to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying, and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together. As a Senior Corporate Partnerships Executive, you will be instrumental in achieving this vision and shaping the future of CHAS.

Children’s Hospices Across Scotland, better known as CHAS, cares for children with life-shortening conditions and their families. We operate through our two hospices, our network of staff in hospitals, and our home care service in every part of Scotland.

Three children die every week in Scotland from an incurable condition. Our doctors, nurses, social workers and chaplains support as many of those families as we can. We aim to reach every family in Scotland and have a unique opportunity for you to join our team and design new bereavement support services across the country.

As the CHAS Bereavement Support National Lead, you will:

Design services to support families experiencing grief and bereavement across Scotland

Develop approaches that CHAS can deploy in hospices, homes, hospitals and communities

Build credible and effective relationships with a wide range of partners, so that that we work really well with other grief and bereavement services.

This is an excellent chance to use and grow your skills and experience in:

Providing support to children and families who need it most

Designing and delivering new services which have a positive impact for children and families

Developing and motivating others who want to do similar.

Good at working with people, you will already have significant experience in grief and bereavement support, working with volunteers, and in local communities. Ideally, you will have some experience of working on a national level, or you might be ready to make that next move. If you are strongly motivated to make an impact for children and families, please read the job description.

CHAS offers an excellent package which includes access to the NHS or local government pension scheme, and comprehensive work/life balance policies. The role can be based in any CHAS office in Scotland (Kinross, Balloch, Stepps, Inverness, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh).

The post is offered for 2 years initially but may be extended as this service develops. Secondments welcome.

Every week three children die in Scotland from an incurable condition. CHAS intends to be there for every one of those children.

This newly created role will be responsible for the development and implementation of the digital communication strategy, the CHAS website and all CHAS social media channels, ensuring that CHAS at all times delivers high quality and engaging content that inspires the public and stakeholders to support our cause.

Key Responsibilities

Working as part of the Communications Team, you will be playing a key role in developing and delivering on a bold digital strategy, developing creative and dynamic content to promote CHAS’s work to connect with a number of audiences across a multitude of platforms. You will drive the development and implementation of CHAS’s website, our digital engagement programmes and campaigns, identifying new audiences to extend our reach, enhance our influence and grow our income.

About You

You will have notable previous experience in producing and implementing a digital communications strategy. You will have extensive experience of content management and of directing the work of designers and developers.

This post will draw heavily on your familiarity with the whole digital landscape, including CMS and CRM systems, digital communication reporting tools, and social platforms.

With an excellent understanding of social media and website development, you will be experienced in running digital campaigns and driving engagement. You’ll have a good eye for detail and excellent understanding of the importance of user experience. A self-starter, you will be comfortable building relationships both across the organisation, as well as with the children and families using CHAS’s services.

About CHAS

At CHAS, our ambition is to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying, and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together. As a Digital Development & Engagement Manager, you will be instrumental in achieving this vision.

Children's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) are looking for a dynamic, values-driven individual to lead our volunteer home support service in east and central Scotland. This an exciting opportunity to be involved in a new and innovative service for the families of children with life-shortening conditions. Home support involves volunteers visiting families in their homes to provide practical and sibling support. Volunteers help out at home, giving parents time to be parents and to focus on their families as well as having some valuable time to themselves.

“Our volunteer, Susie, comes to our house regularly – and for me it’s the small things that she does that mean so much. The [volunteer home support] service really adds to my son’s quality of life. It has really removed some of the stress and guilt that I have felt in not always being able to be there” (a parent who is supported by the service).

Based at Rachel House hospice in Kinross, you’ll be responsible for managing around 25 matches. If you have experience of service development and volunteer management and are excited by the prospect of improving the quality of life for families supporting a child with a life-shortening condition, we’d love to hear from you.

About CHAS

At CHAS, our ambition is to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying, and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together. As a Volunteer Home Support Lead, you will be instrumental in achieving this vision.

At CHAS, our ambition is to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying, and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together. As our new Senior Community Fundraiser, you will be instrumental in achieving this vision.

As one of two Senior posts in the community fundraising team, this role is integral to the implementation of our five year Joy of Giving strategy. Based in Glasgow or Edinburgh, the role supports a team of Community Fundraiser’s across the South of Scotland to achieve our ambitious income targets.

About You

You will be an excellent relationship builder with highly developed communication skills who has significant community fundraising experience and knowledge of the processes involved in the successful delivery and follow-up of community fundraising activity.

You will be driven and self-motivated, comfortable making decisions within the agree delegation levels. You will also have experience of managing volunteers within a volunteer-supported community fundraising environment, and a high level of knowledge of the voluntary sector within Scotland.

Key Responsibilities

· Relationship management and income generation within a specific patch

Inputs into community fundraising strategy and budget development

Leading and coaching peers across the South of Scotland ensuring strategy implementation and income generation

Volunteer recruitment and relationship management

Ensures effective use of resources across the South of Scotland

Line management of Community Fundraising Assistant for the South of Scotland

Represents the Community Fundraising Team both internally and externally

Deputises for the Community Fundraising Development Manager as required

CHAS is Scotland’s national children’s hospice provider, embarking on a new project to establish and develop a world class bereavement support service for the children and families we support across Scotland

Are you an experienced bereavement support expert? Have you got the skills and qualities we need to deliver on this ambition?

As the CHAS Bereavement Support Development Service Lead, you will:

• Design services to support families across Scotland at various stages of experiencing grief and bereavement as a result of child loss.

• Develop approaches that CHAS can deploy within the hospice, home, hospital and community environment.

• Build credible and effective relationships with a wide range of partners, finding compatibility with existing grief and bereavement services.

This is an excellent chance to employ and develop your skills and experience in:

• Providing vital support to children and families referred to CHAS.

• Designing and delivering new services to have a positive impact on those families.

• Engaging with and providing developmental support to internal and external allies to support those goals.

Effective at working with people, you will already have significant experience in grief and bereavement support, working with volunteers, and out in local communities. Ideally, you will have experience of working on a national level, or will at least be ready to make that move. If you meet the above criteria and are strongly motivated to make a positive impact on children and families dealing with the most difficult of circumstances, we invite you to give our job specification your consideration.

CHAS offers an excellent package which includes access to the NHS or local government pension scheme, and comprehensive work/life balance policies. The role can be based in any CHAS office in Scotland (Kinross, Balloch, Stepps, Inverness, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh).

The post is offered for 2 years initially but may be extended as this service develops. Secondments are also welcome.

CHAS is a charity on a mission. We’re determined to be there for every child in Scotland with a life-shortening condition, and their family. To do that, quite simply, we need to raise more money. The Community Fundraising Development Manager is integral to achieving this goal.

Through the implementation of our five year Joy of Giving strategy, this role will lead the community fundraising team across Scotland to achieve our ambitious targets. Based in any CHAS office, you will work with a dynamic team of staff and volunteers to ensure CHAS fundraising is present in every community in Scotland.

Key Responsibilities

• Team management and leadership
• Team development
• Relationships management
• Working with volunteers
• Community Fundraising Strategy setting
• Budget setting and management
• Represents the Community Fundraising Team both internally and externally
• Contributes to the CHAS Joy of Giving Strategy implementation, and the wider CHAS Plan

About You

You will be a highly skilled fundraiser with experience leading teams and working with colleagues and volunteers to achieve a shared ambition. You will be an excellent relationship builder with highly developed communication skills and significant community fundraising experience. You’ll have knowledge of the processes involved in the successful delivery and follow-up of community fundraising activity, as well as a proven track record of successful fundraising growth. You will have experience in strategy and budget setting, and the monitoring and evaluation of activities. You will be driven and self-motivated, and work with a high degree of autonomy.

About CHAS

At CHAS, our ambition is to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying, and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together. As Community Fundraising Development Manager, you will be instrumental in achieving this vision.

Further Information and How to Apply

For an informal chat about the position with Sarah Secombes, Head of Community Fundraising, please call 0131 444 4904.

For any queries regarding the recruitment process, please contact our HR team on 0131 444 3296 or by email to careers@chas.org.uk.

To be part of the future of CHAS, please follow the link to our Website and complete our online application form.

This post is subject to a Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check.

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About You

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About CHAS

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