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EDAS is the country's foremost membership-driven association for all organisations and individuals with an interest or role in Scotland's economic development. With an extensive cross sector membership, EDAS supports the development of the knowledge, skills and networks of its near 3,000-strong membership; providing a voice for the economic development profession, and a space in which to learn about and contribute to related policy and good practice. EDAS improves the effectiveness of Scotland’s economic development policy, delivery, and capacity.

We currently have Non-Executive Director vacancies. Although any relevant background will be considered, we are particularly looking for people with expertise or a background in local government or the third sector. We are also aiming to expand the diversity of the Board.

This is an exciting position that requires broad knowledge of Scotland’s economic development community and a commitment to build on the organisation’s success in developing its membership and strategic partnerships, member offerings and CPD, and policy and practice work programme. The Board is seeking directors who will contribute to maintaining the organisation’s track record of sound strategic, operational, and financial management.

Directorships are unpaid, though expenses will be covered. The Board meets quarterly and Directors are currently meeting online. Meetings last no more than two hours. There is an expectation that Directors will contribute to one or more sub-groups, which cover Finance and Governance, CPD and Membership, and Policy and Practice. Directors serve a maximum of four terms of three years and are required to retire and be the subject of re-election every three years.

As a Director of EDAS, you can expect to enjoy making new connections, leading on the development and growth of the organisation, and supporting your professional development.

Responsible to: DTAS Development & Communications Officer

Hours: 35 hours per week (excluding meal breaks). No overtime paid, but time off in lieu may be taken as appropriate.

Leave entitlement: 25 days p/a, plus 10 public holidays

Period of Employment: Fixed term, 1 year post (with 3 months probationary period). Potential for a further 1 year extension subject to funding.

The purpose of this new post is to create a sustainable umbrella model that will support individual community transport schemes. This could help with costs like insurance, training and maintenance - but would allow the individual communities to ensure that they were introducing a scheme that worked to their community’s needs.

As a result of this pilot project, we will find a sustainable, replicable model that will help other communities to deliver successful schemes.

Context

This post is the result of a partnership between COMO UK, Community Transport Association (Scotland), Energy Savings Trust and Development Trusts Association Scotland (DTAS).

DTAS will employ a full-time a Community Transport Development Officer on a 2 year basis (initially 1 year) to support DTAS members who are delivering or looking to deliver community transport schemes in their areas.

We will identify 5 geographically dispersed areas as a pilot study and work with them to plan, implement and deliver successful, sustainable community transport schemes in their locality. Entrenched rural transport challenges like a lack of public transport and rising fuel costs that are well evidenced, coupled with the fact that independent community car club schemes are expensive to design and deliver.

Role & Responsibilities

The main responsibilities of this role will be to:

• identify a small number of community transport schemes in different parts of Scotland with the potential for development and implementation on a local level.
• build effective multi-agency partnerships to support the development and delivery of these schemes;
• work closely with Development Trusts to develop community transport schemes, provide general advice and support on all aspects of project development and signpost to specialist advice and support where required;
• assist Development Trust to identify and secure funding for initiative and explore innovative ways of resource developments;
• Research and implement shared delivery infrastructure and bulk insurance purchase;
• develop a suite of case studies and other learning materials to help other community groups to apply the approaches taken by the pilot schemes with similar characteristics elsewhere;
• report on the lessons learned and provide recommendations to the project steering group about changes to policy and practice that would make it easier for other groups to undertake similar projects elsewhere; and
• use the lessons learned from the pilot schemes to work with stakeholders to develop an innovative approach for scaling-up community led transport schemes across Scotland.
• this list is not exhaustive and the tasks may differ on occasion when required.

Kingdom Abuse Survivors Project (KASP) exists to provide support to eliminate the debilitating effects that childhood sexual abuse can have on adult survivors.

KASP are organisational members of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), providing counselling and support and more, to anyone over the age of 16 who is effected by their own or another’s childhood sexual abuse. All of our services are available throughout Fife.

We are looking for committed individuals to join our board of trustees. If you have time, are willing to ask questions and share our values of equality, transparency and community then we would love to hear from you. We are particularly looking for people with previous Board, Finance, Counselling, Human Resources experience.

Duties/tasks will include:

• Attend 6 board meetings per year – usually on a Monday evening

• Contribute to an identified sub-group that meet roughly 2/3 times a year

• Attend 1 Development Day with staff and trustees per year

• Assist in the recruitment of staff whenever necessary

Please note that all meetings at present are attended remotely.

Our Vision

We see Scotland as a welcoming place where non-native English speakers have the language skills and confidence to live fulfilling lives.

Our Mission

We provide accessible and relevant ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) learning opportunities for adults, supporting integration, employability and personal development.

We support ESOL practitioners and learners to have their views heard.

We welcome all non-native English speakers, including asylum seekers, refugees, economic migrants and members of settled communities.

Digital ESOL development coordinator

Due to Covid -19 all our ESOL classes are being delivered online. We strive for these to be accessible to all ESOL learners, including those facing digital barriers. This role will develop Glasgow ESOL Forum’s capacity for digital inclusion and support our learners to continue to learn ESOL remotely.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with experience of teaching ESOL to develop our capacity to reach digitally excluded ESOL learners. Your role will be to support the organisation by identifying, developing and distributing resources and equipment to support online ESOL learning. Your experience will develop the organisation’s capacity and strategy in digital inclusion by working with the staff team, learners, volunteers and maintaining and developing good working relationships with external partners.

The RS Macdonald Charitable Trust is an outward-looking, approachable funder, providing grants of up to £2.5m a year to charities in Scotland. This new post will grow our grants team. We are looking for an excellent administrator who will effectively and efficiently administer our grants and manage our database.

The RS Macdonald Charitable Trust awards grants to registered charities working across Scotland.

Role: the post will be the primary support for our two Grants and Relationships Managers. We receive between 100-150 funding applications per year, online, and the Administrator’s role will be a varied one to support the Managers as we move through the grant cycle for each one – this involves the facilitation of grant assessment, preparing reports, managing grant correspondence and monitoring reports.

The role will routinely work with our Salesforce database, and we are looking for a well-organised, adaptable and motivated administrator to help us deliver grant-making which is effective and meaningful.

We have a small team who all take an active interest in the work we fund and the difference it makes. Once current health pandemic restrictions are lifted, the role will be based from our office in central Edinburgh. The Grants Administrator will also have regular contact with volunteer assessors and Trustees.

Hours: 15 hours a week. In March, April, September and October this will rise to 22.5 hours per week.. We are open to discussing a working pattern around this with the successful applicant (e.g. 2 full days or 3 shorter days/4 mornings as core). Core working days for all staff are Tue-Thurs so some time during at least two of these days is essential.

Are you creative and passionate about communicating a message that gives hope and makes a positive difference to millions of people around the world?

Thanks to the commitment and generosity of our supporters, the Scottish Bible Society is a charity that helps people in over 200 countries and territories around the world to receive Bibles in a language they understand and a format they can use. We are involved in transformative projects that include teaching people how to read using the Bible, contributing to education programmes for children and much more!

We have an exciting opportunity in our communications team for someone who enjoys creating and delivering a variety of content across digital platforms, working to engage with Christian communities online, and helping to develop the effectiveness of our digital communications.

To make a positive contribution to our local and global mission, you will have experience updating websites using a Content Management System, creating and analysing digital marketing campaigns via social media and email, as well as designing and editing graphics for the web and other digital communications channels.

• This is an office based role at our head office in Edinburgh (near Haymarket train station).
• Salary depending on experience.
• Faith requirement – this role requires an active Christian faith and an understanding of the different Christian communities in Scotland.