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Top job! Project Manager
- Part time
- £40,280 – £47,700 pro-rata
- Edinburgh/Flexible hybrid working
- Closing 6th July 2023
With the climate as our entry point, Sniffer takes a distinct approach to drive forward the change we need. Sniffer go deeper, examine structures, and provide a route-map for action. Building on their leading work over the past two decades, Sniffer creates spaces for organisations and places to come together to understand, anticipate, and flourish in the face of environmental pressures and societal impacts.
In partnership with academia, government, technical experts, and creative practitioners, Sniffer bring the very latest thinking and innovation to their collaborations with communities, organisations, and business so they can transform the way they work. Sniffer are part of the global movement for change.
At Sniffer, they share a common belief that taking a collaborative approach to understanding and responding to environmental change will have the greatest benefit for people and places.
At an exciting time in Sniffer’s development as an organisation, with a new strategy and a growing portfolio of projects, they are on the search for new talent to join their dynamic team. Their work is structured across three areas:
- Climate Ready Leadership: empowering and equipping leaders from across society, to lead transformation toward a fair and flourishing future for all
- Climate Ready Placemaking: ensuring that more places across Scotland are better able to flourish in a fair way in our changing climate
- Climate Ready Innovation: working with others to learn by doing things differently and doing different things
The role
This role is an exciting opportunity to manage and lead delivery of Sniffer’s new Creative Climate Futures project, working collaboratively with Sniffer colleagues, the project partners and communities.
Part of Sniffer’s Climate Ready Placemaking workstream, Creative Climate Futures is a new two-year project funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund as part of the Glasgow Communities and Place Fund. The project will work with communities in Glasgow who are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change to design climate ready futures for their neighbourhoods and catalyse action to make these visions a reality. The project builds on Sniffer’s existing portfolio of work within Glasgow and the wider City Region, including through the Climate Ready Cycle initiative.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Excellent project and stakeholder management experience and skills, and knowledge of the impacts of climate change, placemaking and/or community development.
- Demonstrable track record of managing one or more complex, multi-partner projects on time and to budget
- Ability to develop and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with a wide range of partners and stakeholders including third sector, community and public sector organisations
- At least five years’ experience working in a relevant field, including climate change, community development and/or placemaking
- A degree or equivalent professional experience in a relevant field including sustainability, natural or social sciences, planning, community development
- Knowledge of one or more of the following:
- Climate change adaptation and resilience
- Community environmental action
- Community development and/or engagement
- Community-led placemaking
This is a unique opportunity for an experienced project manager to work as part of a team of changemakers and support Sniffer’s strategy by delivering an exciting and innovative project within a knowledgeable, supportive, and collaborative organisation.
Scottish Care wishes to appoint a Policy Lead to work at a strategic level as part of our national team. The post is full time (35 hours per week), for a 12 month period, based from home with regular requirement to attend meetings and events throughout Scotland.
This is an exciting time to join Scottish Care as we will be supporting the Scottish Government’s commitment to introducing ‘Ethical Commissioning’ in social care. The symbiotic relationship between commissioning and procurement has a direct effect on care providers and their ability to deliver the high-quality care human rights-based care and support that those who access and work in the sector deserve. The role of Policy Lead will play a key part in shaping the development of ethical commissioning policy through; collaboration with stakeholders, research and capturing good practice, identifying areas for improvement, and making recommendations that will bridge the implementation gap.
Scottish Care is based in Prestwick but works across Scotland as the representative body for the largest group of health and social care sector independent providers delivering residential care, day care, care at home and housing support. Working on behalf of a range of providers, Scottish Care speaks with a single unified voice for members and the wider independent care sector, at both a local and strategic level. Our vision is to shape the environment in which care services can deliver and develop the high-quality care that communities require and deserve.
In addition to the core work of Scottish Care, the organisation’s activities include leading on Scottish Government funded projects and, in this context, contracts a number of ‘leads’ and colleagues to support a range of national initiatives including; workforce, the integration of health and social care, and technology and innovation.
The post of Policy Lead is key to the continued development and overall success of this high-profile organisation. The post holder will work with a complex variety of partners and stakeholders involved in the development and operation of the organisation. He/she must be able to communicate, maintain credibility and have influence at all levels through partnership working.
Previous experience of working in policy roles with evidence of impact and influence is essential. Experience of working in the health and social care sector and a clear understanding of Scottish Care’s role and objectives is highly desirable.
Top job! Director of Children and Families
- Full time
- £71,444 – £76,793
- Stirling or Glasgow
- Closing 12th June 2023
Aberlour Child Care Trust (“Aberlour”) currently supports disadvantaged children, young people and families to have a brighter future throughout Scotland. Giving children an equal chance and the best possible start in life is at the heart of everything we do.
With ambitious growth plans we acknowledge that, as an organisation, we need to be nimbler and embrace change and innovation. Working collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation to deliver operational efficiencies and enable the growth of our services to support more children and families earlier, our new Director of Children and Families will be pivotal to the sustainability, reputation, success and future of Aberlour.
With strategic and operational responsibility for all Children and Families Services you will focus on ensuring: regulatory compliance; continuous practice improvement and excellence; effective people, risk and financial management; the growth and development of new services and the maintenance and sustainability of existing services.
As an informed and authoritative voice on social policy affecting children and families in Scotland at both a national and local level you will develop and embed a culture of continuous improvement whilst also further raising the profile of Aberlour and the voices of the children, young people and families we support, building on our reputation as a trusted provider of high-quality services.
Having recently appointed a new Director, SCDC is now seeking to recruit a Head of Programmes to support the strategic and operational direction of the organisation. You will be expected to represent SCDC at a strategic level, and influence policy and strategy related to community development. As a member of the senior management team, you will need extensive experience of community development at a senior level. You will also work to ensure the sustainability of SCDC, will be accountable for the successful delivery of programme and contract work, and will be expected to promote and develop the work of SCDC through engaging with a range of external stakeholders at both national and local level.
Top job! Head of SafeLives Scotland
- Full time
- £47,012 – £52,000
- Scotland (home based, with occasional travel across UK)
- Closing 9th June 2023
About SafeLives
We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.
Last year alone, 14,000 professionals received our training. Over 80,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 100,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last six years, over 4,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start.
Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.
Role summary
You will drive the strategic development of all our work in Scotland, delivering our Whole Picture strategy and our whole family approach to keeping families safe sooner.
You will lead the Scotland team, drawing on our data, practice and survivor voice to define our strategy in Scotland, set our policy messages, design our services, deliver our training, and influence stakeholders to bring about positive change. You’ll also work closely with all SafeLives teams, playing a key part in sharing learning from across the UK where relevant.
You’ll have strong strategic leadership skills combined with a clear practice focus, and an excellent understanding of the specific needs of Scotland in terms of the work of SafeLives, including a strong grasp of the Scottish Government’s VAWG strategy and other relevant policy areas, including Equally Safe.
You will ensure the delivery of four key workstreams in Scotland, covering our professional training offer, the development of effective multi-agency working in Scotland, the accreditation of services and professional standards, and ensuring the authentic voice of survivors of domestic abuse play a key role in our work. And you will continue to develop our reach and impact, identifying opportunities beyond our existing funded programmes and initiatives.
Reports to: Director of External Relations
Education and Engagement Officer
- Full time
- £23,674 – £29,592
- National Office, Glasgow with flexible homeworking
- Closing 2nd July 2023
Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our mission is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland and we currently have over 3,500 Care Experienced members.
At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced people, and the power of their voices to bring about positive change. We provide individual lifelong relationship-based independent advocacy and a broad range of participatory and engagement opportunities for Care Experienced people across Scotland. We work alongside Corporate Parents and communities to broaden understanding and create change. We work with policy makers, leaders, and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape law, policy and practice, working together to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change for Care Experienced people.
The Education and Engagement Officer will work as part of the Education and Engagement Team at Who Cares? Scotland, reporting to the Education and Engagement Manager. The post holder’s main responsibilities will be to develop positive relationships with Corporate Parents; to design and deliver education and learning projects and activities for Corporate Parents and relevant stakeholders that will help drive positive lasting change for Care Experienced people in Scotland.
You will be joining the Education and Engagement Team at an exciting time, sitting within a wider Engagement and Influence Directorate. You will collaborate with colleagues to support the influencing of policy makers, leaders, and elected representatives locally and nationally. You will utilise Each and Every Child framing to play a key role in our anti-stigma approach for Care Experienced people.
The right candidate will be a highly effective communicator, facilitator and presenter and have a keen interest and skill in communicating complex policy landscapes to a wide audience in engaging ways. Knowledge and experience of delivering learning programmes is essential, as is the ability to present to senior professionals across the public, private and third sector. The location of the postholder is flexible, however they will be expected to travel across Scotland, with a focus on the central belt, to fulfil their remit. Occasional evening and weekend work, including overnight stays, is a requirement of the role.
While we would welcome the knowledge gathered through qualifications we are just as interested in relevant work experience. We welcome and encourage applications from those with experience of care.
Evaluation and Impact officer (part-time)
- Part time
- £28,665 pro-rata
- Hybrid working, Edinburgh Office at least once a fortnight
- Closing 22nd June 2023
Working closely across the small team at the Alliance, this post plays a key role in ensuring the Alliance is implementing its strategy principally through key data management. The postholder will lead on the Alliance’s work of using data to measure and help maximise our impact by ensuring evidence-gathering and evaluation systems are in place, supporting organisation of membership data to improve services, collecting evidence for report writing for internal and external audiences, working with other team members to harmonise processes and tools for learning and reporting on activities and outcomes, and ensuring compliant data handling by leading on data protection within the Alliance.
The jobholder will also be expected to support the delivery of Alliance activities and events, including logistical preparations and reporting; to assist with documenting, administration, reporting and evaluation for both online and in person training, learning activities and other events.
About Scotland's International Development Alliance
Scotland’s International Development Alliance is the membership body for everyone committed to creating a fairer world, free from poverty, injustice and environmental threats.
Our work facilitates connections in global development to improve impact and effectiveness for a range of actors including public sector bodies, third sector and international NGOs, private companies, universities and charitable trusts.
Our network has a uniquely global reach, with members working in more than 100 countries with a wide range of specialisms. We exist to improve the capacity, influence and effectiveness of those working on global development connected to Scotland through providing opportunities for networking, debate, training and promotion of good practice. We help members share their skills and learn from each other’s best practice to boost effectiveness of our members and their partners
The Alliance has excellent working terms including piloting a 4 day week which may continue.
Knowledge exchange officer (part-time)
- Part time
- £28,665 pro-rata
- Hybrid working, Edinburgh Office at least once a fortnight
- Closing 22nd June 2023
Working closely across the small team at the Alliance, this post offers an exciting opportunity to coordinate knowledge-exchange communities of practice across a network of actors on global sustainable development in Scotland, including members from public and private sectors, academia and civil society. The role will support our members to contribute effectively to global, sustainable development by developing learning opportunities, tools, and resources based on members’ needs, as well as on key developments across the sector.
The postholder will lead on the planning, delivery and evaluation of the Alliance’s programme of learning activities for members including workshops, peer learning events, mentoring, webinars and other events on key topics of interest to the sector.
About Scotland's International Development Alliance
Scotland’s International Development Alliance is the membership body for everyone committed to creating a fairer world, free from poverty, injustice and environmental threats.
Our work facilitates connections in global development to improve impact and effectiveness for a range of actors including public sector bodies, third sector and international NGOs, private companies, universities and charitable trusts.
Our network has a uniquely global reach, with members working in more than 100 countries with a wide range of specialisms. We exist to improve the capacity, influence and effectiveness of those working on global development connected to Scotland through providing opportunities for networking, debate, training and promotion of good practice. We help members share their skills and learn from each other’s best practice to boost effectiveness of our members and their partners
The Alliance has excellent working terms including piloting a 4 day week which may continue.
Do you want to play a key role at the heart of an organisation which makes a real difference to people’s lives through volunteering? Volunteer Scotland has exciting and fulfilling opportunities for up to 3 Trustees including a Treasurer, to join our Board of Trustees.
About Us
We exist to help you make a difference through volunteering. Scotland, more than ever, needs us all to share in the nation’s common good. The potential to bring out the best in us has never been better and we’re supporting you by:
- Recognising the need for volunteers and demonstrating how this makes a difference
- Understanding what volunteers and volunteer involving organisations want to do
- making volunteering easy for everyone, so that more people volunteer and have a great time
Volunteer Scotland are the only national centre for volunteering; we receive funded support from the Scottish Government and others to:
- research, demonstrate and measure the impact made by volunteers
- develop volunteer practice through training and accreditation as well as useful volunteer development tools, policies and guides
- offer a one stop digital gateway to anyone looking for volunteer opportunities
- support organisations to advertise volunteer opportunities and events online
- provide an expert disclosure service for voluntary organisations
- promote and grow volunteering through partners, funders, Government, and policy makers
- work with others to support projects, innovation and creativity in volunteering
Our Board
Our Board of Trustees provides strategic direction, accountability and support
to the organisation. If you can contribute well-founded views on current, emerging and future volunteering issues then we want to hear from you.
Appointments are normally for an initial three year term with the opportunity to serve a second three year term. Although unpaid, becoming a Trustee offers great opportunities to network and influence the future of volunteering at all levels throughout Scotland and further afield.
Volunteer Scotland is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all backgrounds and sections of the community as we wish to reflect the diverse communities we serve.
The Role of Treasurer
The Treasurer is a key role within our governance structure which aims to make a real difference to volunteers and volunteering in Scotland. You will contribute to the delivery of Volunteer Scotland’s strategy as a member of our Board of Trustees and as Chair of the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee (FARC). As Treasurer, you will have oversight of the finance function, provide guidance on matters of finance and investments to the Trustees and work closely with other members of FARC and the Head of Corporate Services.
We are interested in applications from individuals who have a track record of financial management. You might be an accountant or experienced finance worker, with skills and knowledge developed through working or volunteering with another third sector organisation, or working in the public or private sector.
The Role of Trustee
The role of the Trustee is to support the organisation in achieving its overall aims and objectives and ensure that the policy and practices of the organisation are robust, in-keeping with its aims and as a minimum meet the legal and financial requirements of a charitable organisation.
While we appreciate that no single Board member can have all of these qualities, we are particularly interested in applications from individuals with the following backgrounds, skills, knowledge and experience:
- Finance/Accountancy (Treasurer)
- Policy/Advisory
- Social Enterprise
- Fund raising/Income generation
- Commercial
- Sustainability
- Governance and Audit
- Legal
- Project Management
Time commitment
Our Board of Trustees will meet at least 4 times per year (2 hour meetings in January, March, June, September) with an option for additional meetings if required. These are a combination of online and in-person meetings. (We will support accessibility requirements).
Trustees may be asked to join one of our Board Committees depending on their area of expertise and interest. Both Committees meet regularly prior to our Board meetings - our Finance, Audit & Risk Committee is chaired by our Treasurer, and our Governance Committee provides a strategic overview of Volunteer Scotland’s governance.
You will attend the Annual General Meeting (a half-day in November). You will also have the opportunity to attend further internal and external events for learning and collaboration.
How we will support you
You will be fully supported to undertake your role safely and effectively, including ongoing support, an annual review and regular check ins with the Chair of the Board. You will be given a full induction, including meetings with the Chair, CEO and other members of the Senior Leadership Team. There’s also an ongoing training and development programme, informed by an annual Board survey on areas Trustees would like to look at in more depth.
Poverty and inequality are the greatest challenges Scotland faces. The Poverty Alliance is building our network across Scotland to challenge, and ultimately solve, poverty. With partnership and support from the Robertson Trust we are launching Taking Action on Rural Poverty – to develop new ways of addressing rural poverty in Scotland by reducing the rural poverty premium.
There are opportunities to join our team to a key role in helping us achieve our objective of tackling rural poverty.
Job purpose: deliver a programme of learning and research with partner organisations in rural Scotland as part of the Poverty Alliance’s Taking Action on Rural Poverty project.