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Early Years Scotland is Scotland’s leading national Third Sector specialist organisation that supports our youngest children from birth to 5 years of age.

Our fully qualified early years staff work directly with children and their families to deliver our unique Stay Play and Learn sessions in a variety of settings including nurseries, community halls, schools and prisons. We work increasingly in prisons, and areas where there are children and families who have the greatest need, and will benefit most from our services.

We have been established for over 50 years, and we are very proud of our long and ever-growing track record in supporting Scotland’s youngest children to have the very best start in life.

Early Years Scotland is looking for an exceptional individual to join their Professional Learning Team at an exciting stage in its development. This is an exceptional opportunity and a unique challenge waiting to be shaped by you!

You will work closely with the Head of Professional Learning and Quality Assurance supporting them to achieve the highest standards in all aspects of the Professional Learning Team’s remit.

You will have a pivotal role in shaping learning programmes, creating materials and influencing and improving practice. You will ensure that Early Years Scotland builds on its excellent reputation in this field and becomes a leading and sought after professional learning provider for the early years sector in Scotland.

You will bring a range of experience and skills including:

• a relevant degree level qualification relating to early years
• significant experience of delivering professional learning to qualified early years professionals
• knowledge and experience of developing professional learning programmes
• extensive experience and sound knowledge of current early years policy at local and national level
• enthusiastic team player and an adept self-starter
• A full, current driving licence with own transport insured for business use and membership of PVG Scheme will also be required.

We also offer an excellent range of professional development opportunities and the chance to be truly instrumental in making a difference to the lives of young children across Scotland.

The purpose of the Office Manager is to work very closely with the Director and provide The Welcoming staff with day-to-day running of the assocation and to be responsible for the provision of an efficient and effective communication, administration, and financial record keeping.

For and informal chat about the role please contact our Director Tesfu, on 0131 346 8577 or by emailing tesfu@thewelcoming.org.

As a leading not-for-profit provider of quality housing for older people, we want to make a positive difference to our customers’ lives. One of our key commitments is to exceed our customers’ expectations and to provide high quality, personalised services that enhances their quality of life.

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Welfare Rights Officer to join our Performance Management team. As part of your role, you will be providing a comprehensive welfare rights service to our residents (tenants and owners) and applicants for housing to ensure that a maximum uptake of benefits is achieved

You will be educated to degree level or equivalent and have a minimum of two years’ experience working within welfare benefit services.

This post requires PVG Scheme membership (adults).

As part of Hanover’s vital development teams, you’ll be working in one of the sector’s most forward-thinking organisations that strongly values its staff and customers. We’re Investors in People accredited, and offer a highly competitive benefits package including flexitime, generous annual leave and a choice of pension scheme. A car company car/car allowance is provided.