The Wise Group is a leading social enterprise helping to lift people out of poverty across the UK. In 2020 the Wise Group supported over 40,000 people through various services and programmes across three key areas – employability, energy advice & advocacy and community justice. The Wise Group builds better lives, better communities, and stronger businesses in partnership with a diverse range of organisations across the UK.

The fallout from covid has impacted us all and The Wise Group have been working tirelessly to support those in need throughout 2020 and 2021, providing tailored services and embracing new organisational values. They want to attract exceptional people that want to join their winning team. The group have achieved so much in the last 12 months that they are on a high. Revenue has increased by 50% in this period to accommodate the delivery of key contracts and services. The Group expects this growth to continue as their services are in high demand UK wide.

The Wise Group now has an ever-growing pool of opportunity and they are looking to recruit a new Bid Lead. This post will own and manage all aspects of bidding to grow the enterprise income through competitive tenders, grant awards and other sources. The Bid Lead will project manage and continue to develop and improve the bid process whilst producing high quality, engaging proposals.

We are seeking enthusiastic candidates with a strong track record in bid management who can work with a range of stakeholders and lead teams. The role is open to bid experts from any background, if relevance and capability are highlighted within your application.

Would you like to work with a dynamic team and take a lead on care standards and practice development?

About the role

We are looking for a dynamic and committed individual to join our leadership team. Working with a supportive, capable and friendly multidisciplinary team, this new clinical leadership role reports to our Medical Director and will support us to continue to strengthen and develop our service and organisational impact.

This rewarding and exciting role will be key in ensuring that effective, efficient and appropriate care is delivered across all WDP adult and young person service types.

As part of this clinical role, you will:

• Provide excellent leadership, line management, developmental and practice development support to senior clinical roles (excluding prescribers).
• Lead on clinical modelling and improvement against internal and external clinical standards, including CQC KLOEs and NICE guidelines.
• Focus on supporting high quality, high impact, value for money delivery, leading on specialist skills deployment.
• Oversee qualification monitoring and clinical training, including the development and delivery of clinical training and embedding of trainee, assistant and student roles.
• Lead on clinical quality assurance, risk and safeguarding.
• Work collaboratively with lead clinicians, service leads, and subject matter experts to ensure effective development and performance management of clinical staff and to support skills development across non clinical practitioners.
• Maintain high quality dialogue and public relations with partner agencies and commissioning bodies, supporting the development of effective strategic relationships.
• Be a clinician (nurse, medic) with the associated up-to-date registration in place

There is an expectation for the successful candidate to be able to work across our service hubs, as well as occasional travel to our head office in London.

Why should you apply?

• You want to make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged people,
• You want be part of a high-performing team focused on achieving positive outcomes,
• You want to progress your career and increase your own knowledge and skills in a supportive and compassionate environment,
• You want a competitive salary and excellent benefits

To see the generous range of benefits we offer at WDP – including health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities – visit our Benefits Package

We are delighted to be recruiting a Director for Scotland , this is a key role in leading Place2Be in Scotland.

Reporting to Director of Operations, you will provide strategic leadership for all aspects of Place2Be service delivery in Scotland, ensuring that Place2Be delivers great services to our schools, supporting the needs of children in Scotland.

You will have overall responsibility for leading and developing our mental health services in Scotland.

You will lead, build and develop school-based service management teams, ensuring appropriate professional development, training and succession plans are in place and that resources are available to meet service commitments.

To be considered for this position you will have a demonstrable track record of delivering results with quality outcomes. You will need to be a collaborative team player, concerned with team success as well as individual performance.

You must have experience of financial and budget management including planning, development, forecasting and business development.

The successful candidate needs to have a clear understanding of the requirements of delivering services to schools in Scotland and the stakeholder environment.

What will I be responsible for in my new role?

Following geographical regions:

• Scotland (all areas)
• Scotland East
• Scotland West
• Scotland North

Travel across this region may be required

Main responsibilities:

You will:

• drive and deliver high quality standards in Place2Be schools; ensuring standards are met or exceeded
• ensure policies and procedures are effectively implemented and adhered to
• hold accountability for school retention and development of partnerships with Place2Be schools
• Identify opportunities for growth and development through partnership building with a range of stakeholders
• lead, build and develop effective relationships with the Scotland Business Development Manager and Scotland Clinical Lead to ensure continued delivery and expansion of Place2Be services
• take lead responsibility for safeguarding management and work with the Head of Safeguarding to ensure best practice of all safeguarding issues and concerns in line with Place2Be’s policy
• be accountable for Place2Be service that delivers a whole-school approach to mental health; involving sourcing adequate numbers of trainee counsellors through local colleges, universities and other providers

Diversity and Inclusion

Place2Be is committed to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination practices and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are particularly interested in attracting applications from candidates from diverse groups who are underrepresented.

About You

As the successful candidate, you will:

• possess degree level qualification or equivalent
• have experience leading multi-functional teams at senior management level and fostering a culture of learning, growth and professional development
• have a track record of delivering results with quality outcomes
• have demonstrable experience in leading and developing clinical services for children and young people
• experience of previously building and nurturing strong relationships both internally and externally
• experience of financial and budget management including planning, development, forecasting and setting
• have a proven ability to think strategically, use initiative and to actively seek innovative approaches to problem solving and delivering results
• possess strong interpersonal skills including motivation, negotiating, influencing and networking to build strong internal and external relationships
• have good understanding of quality assurance and effective performance monitoring

Forgan Arts Centre is seeking to recruit an exceptional candidate to the new role of Centre Director. We are looking for an individual with relevant and proven experience in managing an Arts Centre or similar. This role requires a candidate with the drive to deliver the ambitious Forgan Arts Centre business plans to relocate in to larger premises, expand our arts and crafts classes and activities and develop new income streams required to ensure a sustainable future for the centre while delivering maximum benefit to the community.

INSP (International Network of Street Papers) works to alleviate poverty and build a global movement for social change, leading and supporting a network of street paper organisations in 35 countries worldwide.

The Relationship & Fundraising Manager will lead on building relationships, developing and delivering INSP’s fundraising strategy. It is a strategic and operational role, which will be critical to the sustainability and financial health of our organisation.

We are looking for a candidate with drive and creativity who is willing to work with a level of autonomy, and also able to work closely with our passionate and creative staff and board team. The candidate will lead on building a fundraising culture for INSP and will be prepared to work with us to build the systems to manage this.

This is a unique and challenging role in a dynamic organisation. The right candidate will be able to manage multiple moving parts and think strategically across different relationships, opportunities and networks. We are looking for a strategic and energetic individual who shares our commitment and vision to develop the potential from existing relationships, as well as having the ability and experience to harness and maximise the huge potential from our international community.

As an employer committed to diversity and flexible working, we will consider a range of options for the successful candidate, including part time, flexi-time, job sharing, compressed hours and remote working.

Main duties:

Relationship management:

• Identify, develop and maintain relationships with all existing and potential individual donors, including major donors.
• Devise and implement ways to connect and engage companies, individuals and trusts & foundations in the difference they’re making/could make.
• Secure meetings, face to face and virtual engagement with potential corporate partners, individual donors and trusts & foundations.
• Strategically plan events to encourage conversations with potential supporters and organise events so attendees get the best experience and impression of INSP.
• Support the Chief Executive, and other staff and trustees with relationship fundraising approaches, conversations and asks.

Planning and prospecting:

• Create an annual fundraising delivery plan with clear milestones and targets.
• Work with the Chief Executive and other staff to develop and execute INSP’s fundraising strategy and build a robust fundraising culture.
• Develop specific strategies for donor relations and cultivation, corporate sponsorships, events and communications.
• Research connections, network and identify opportunities to form new relationships with major donors, foundations and trusts and companies.
• Implement prospecting processes.

General:

• Develop an understanding of the key aspects of INSP’s work and be able to articulate the vision and impact of the organisation in a clear, passionate and confident way.
• Work with team to ensure that INSP’s external communications and online presence is optimised to encourage donor engagement.
• Act as an ambassador of INSP at public engagements and supporter events, and where necessary, deliver speeches or presentations to a wide range of audiences.

Administrative:

• Use and develop the Salesforce CRM to record, plan and analyse all major donor activity and contacts.
• Provide verbal and written reports as required and update plans where necessary.
• Adhere to the Scottish Fundraising Code of Practice and ensure that all team members are up to date with current practice.
• Ensure all data is processed within the framework of the Data Protection Act (1998) and GDPR.

COPE Ltd is a well-established, successful social enterprise, and registered charity, committed to its social purpose of supporting people with learning disabilities or autism, creating skills development and supported employment opportunities across its four business units in Shetland.

We are looking for a visionary leader to help us shape the future of COPE Ltd. Our CEO will be ready to use their knowledge and experience to transform and grow the company, inspire our team, and enhance the positive contribution we make to our community.

We want someone capable of driving our organisation forwards, who is passionate about what we do, embodies our values, and can apply their business knowledge and expertise to help us to grow and thrive. We want to develop our organisation, improve and expand our services, and transform more participants and supported employees’ lives by fostering their abilities and guiding them towards achieving their full potential.