Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

Do you have a significant track record of generating impactful media coverage in support of influencing objectives?

Do you also have experience of delivering engaging public-facing online communications?

And are you passionate about supporting people to share their stories, in their ways?

If so, we would like to hear from you for this Media and Communications Adviser role.

The Role

Oxfam is looking for a Media and Communications Adviser to create and deliver proactive and reactive media output in Scotland and Wales. The postholder, or a combination of part-time post-holders covering each nation, will primarily generate proactive and reactive coverage in support of Oxfam’s twin Global Challenges, climate justice and action to better value and reward roles disproportionately undertaken by women, as well as Oxfam’s work in fragile and humanitarian contexts.

The postholder will also deliver media work in support of Oxfam’s brand and fundraising objectives. This will require closely aligning media and communications output with Oxfam’s influencing priorities, while maintaining strategic relationships with national and regional media. The postholder will liaise closely with colleagues in Scotland and Wales, as well as across the UK and globally.

You’ll work with people with lived experience of poverty to raise their voices in a safe, sensitive and effective way, while undertaking effective partnership working and delivering impactful supporter communications, particularly via social media.

What we are looking for

Our Media and Communications Adviser covering Scotland and Wales – or a combination of part-time post-holders covering each nation – will have strong experience of media relations with a track record of devising and implementing effective communications strategies, particularly in support of influencing objectives.

You will have excellent, accurate and impactful writing skills for a range of audiences and an ability to work effectively under deadline pressure while managing your workload with minimal supervision. You will be flexible, proactive and capable of exercising sound independent judgement. You will have a robust understanding of Scottish, Welsh and UK political contexts, and how they interact, as well as strong experience of impactful website and social media management.

You’ll underpin this rich skill set with a passion for, and knowledge of, domestic and international poverty issues and an understanding of gender and diversity.

Please note: this role is currently performed by a single post-holder covering Scotland and Wales; however, we also welcome applications from candidates who would prefer to perform the role on a part-time basis in relation to Scotland or Wales respectively. If this applies to your application, please make this clear within your covering letter.

We offer

This role will give you the opportunity to work as part of small and agile teams in Scotland and Wales with a substantial track record of achieving change. This is a role where no two days are the same. Your media and supporter communications will directly support Oxfam’s advocacy, fundraising and brand priorities in both nations.

You will have a substantial chance to help shape Oxfam’s public profile while working alongside passionate and skilled colleagues across the UK and globally on issues that really matter to people’s lives.

Flexfam

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

Working as part of a Public Social Partnership (PSP), Apex Scotland deliver SHINE - a mentoring service for females involved in the criminal justice system.

Shine women’s mentoring is a voluntary intensive mentoring service providing both practical and emotional support to women who are:

• Serving a sentence of less than 4 years not subject to statutory supervision
• On remand
• At a high risk of breaching their Community Payback Order (CPO)

The post requires working between Prison establishments, with wide coverage of the Scottish Borders area. The service aims to support and assist women from an offending background to help themselves to develop their own personal identity, skills, knowledge and abilities. We now require a member of staff to deliver this service.

The post is funded until March 2023 and we are hopeful of extension. The successful candidate will work on a one to one basis with women of all ages who may face multiple barriers to progression providing advocacy when required and through signposting to specialist agencies. The post will cover the Borders area and will require some home working and sharing offices with partner agencies. Equipment will be provided.

Experience of working with service users to help maximise their potential and an understanding of the issues facing women is desirable. The post will involve working within a prison setting as well as in the community. A current driving licence or access to a means of transport is essential as the post will cover the Borders area. Knowledge of the Scottish Criminal Justice system is desirable but not essential.

We welcome applications from individuals with lived experience of/or experience of working with those who have experienced psychological trauma such as, poverty, homelessness, criminal justice, domestic violence, addiction/recovery, looked after/care, carer/young carer services and this highlights the value we know that lived experience brings to service delivery and design.

Airdrie Foodbank was established in 2014, under Calderbank Parish Church of Scotland and in partnership with the Trussell Trust with the aim of reducing the effects of food poverty in the Airdrie area by providing emergency food parcels to those in the community most in need.

We are now embarking upon the Trussell Trust Pathfinder Programme and now require an Operations Co-ordinator to help support our work.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The Operations Co-ordinator will be responsible for all day-to-day operations within the Foodbank, working closely with our committed volunteer team and under direction of the Development Officer to ensure provision of emergency food parcels to those in need in challenging times through our crisis food service.

The role holder will be responsible for managing donations of food, stocks, and for monitoring referrals to the Foodbank, and supporting collation of data on foodbank referrals and stocks distributed for the Trussell Trust. The safety and wellbeing of our clients, volunteers and staff is a priority and as such the role holder will play a key role in ensuring we are fully compliant and able to fulfil our obligations under Food Standards legislation and with regard to workplace health and safety.

The operations co-ordinator must maintain good working relations, not only with our referral agents and partners but also with our volunteers. The core values of the food bank must always be observed and promoted to ensure we offer the best possible support to those in crisis.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

(a) Volunteers and Communications

• Under the guidance and support of the Development Officer and Project Manager, recruit and train volunteers to undertake a variety of tasks within and out with the warehouse
• Responsibility for in house communications including updating of the notice boards and ensuring volunteers are well informed on policy.
• Coordinate a programme of ‘reward and celebrate’ for volunteers including social events and volunteer meetings

(b) Warehouse operations-

• Co-ordination of the crisis food parcel delivery and distribution service
• Bringing to the attention of the Development Officer any concerns regarding the day to day operations of the warehouse and be proactive in response to addressing problems or delivering improvements
• Tracking and recording of all food donations, stock management including monitoring stock levels and responding proactively to address stock shortfalls
• Ensure all warehousing processes and procedures are followed as per the Trussell Trust foodbank operating manual and food bank policies and procedures
• Arrange rotas of volunteers for all tasks including sorting and packing and collections from all permanent collection points
• Under direction of the Development Officer, ensure maintenance of the premises, its contents and security
• Co-ordinating food donations storage including annual and special collections

(c) Health and Safety

• Ensure warehouse maintenance to allow for the safe and hygienic storage of all donations and perishable foods
• Under the guidance of the Project Manager ensure the food bank meets all legal requirements including, basic food hygiene, manual handling and lifting, first aid and fire procedures; be compliant with safeguarding policy at all times
• Ensure compliance with all health and safety statutory requirements in the warehouse and across operations

(d) Data Management

• Responsibility for all referrals and stock donations data inputting and report to the Trussell Trust and Development officer as required
• Coordinate an annual stocktake and reconciliation to verify the accuracy of data recording
• Responsibility for the volunteer database
• Alongside the Project Manager and Development officer, ensure all digital and physical paperwork is retained and stored, or deleted/shredded, in the correct manner and in compliance with GDPR

(e) Partnership working

• Coordinate up to three annual food collections in partnership with Tesco including arranging volunteers and liaising with Tesco staff and community champions
• If required by the Development Officer, attend community events and meetings to promote the work of the foodbank
• Build relationships with food donators and assist in developing additional sources of food donations

(f) Other Duties

• Support the management of cash donations
• Financial tracking of all spends and reporting these to the Project Manager and Development Officer.
• Ensure compliance with the food bank expenditure policy
• Support other staff/volunteers as required, especially with the delivery of crisis service at busy times or when cover needed for annual leave

Requirements:

• Experience of project management and development.
• Experience of line managing volunteers
• Experience of working as part of a team.
• Preferable that the candidate has experience of working or volunteering within third sector organisations.
• Be willing to undertake a Scottish Disclosure check.

Key Skills:

• Good oral and written communication
• Excellent Analytical skills
• Basic IT skills (MS Office)
• Ability to work independently and unsupervised but also as part of a team

Personal attributes:

• Honesty and integrity
• Passionate about tackling poverty
• Understanding of working with a wide range of organisations including the voluntary sector

We are looking for individuals who are passionate about bringing people together, building dialogues and listening to ideas to join the teams at our Edinburgh, Dundee and Highlands centres.

You will utilise effective and efficient administrative and fundraising skills to assist in delivering both financial and non-financial targets which will provide a gateway to all fundraising activity across Maggie’s.

You will assist the Centre Fundraising Manager to implement the fundraising strategy to deliver income targets through proactive donor recruitment and excellent donor care.

This includes supporting and retaining existing supporters and researching new key relationships with individuals as well as partnerships with local businesses, groups and associations.

You will represent the work, vision and purpose of Maggie’s whilst supporting the delivery of local and central fundraising initiatives and campaigns. This includes presentations, face to face, telephone and written communications.

There will be a requirement to work irregular hours as well as regular local travel.

In addition to a rewarding career, Maggie’s offers a range of staff benefits including competitive holiday entitlement, workplace pension, option to apply to continue NHS pension, sick pay scheme and travel and cycle loans.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a management post within Families Outside. This is a key role for a dynamic and passionate individual interested in making a real difference in the lives of families affected by imprisonment.

Families Outside is the only national charity in Scotland that works solely to support children and families affected by imprisonment. The Training & Development Manager post leads on the development and management of our training and awareness-raising programme delivered across Scotland to key professionals and community groups working with families affected by imprisonment. Training will be delivered both remotely and face-to-face in risk-assessed environments and, adopting a hybrid approach, the postholder will also further develop our training resources.

As part of the External Engagement team within Families Outside, you will be responsible for overseeing the work of the Training & Events Coordinator as well as assisting the Support & Information Services Manager and other members of the External Engagement Team staff to develop appropriate and relevant information for families and professionals in partnership with others and informed by families’ needs and views.

Ideally, this role would be based in Edinburgh but would be feasible for anyone in the central belt.

About you

Knowledge and experience of delivering learning programmes is essential, as is the ability to present to professionals across both the statutory and Third Sector. If you are a highly effective communicator, facilitator, and presenter and have a keen interest and skill in communicating to a wide audience in interesting and engaging ways, we would like to hear from you.

This is an exciting role for the right applicant and comes at a time where Families Outside has undertaken a major restructuring programme and recently revised our Strategic Plan for the next 4 years.

To work within Crew’s Counselling Team providing counselling and a range of psychosocial interventions to support people wishing to address their use of psycho-stimulant drugs. To reduce harm and the incidence of physical and mental health problems associated with the use of psycho-stimulant drugs. Some or all counselling may be by telephone or the NHS Access Anywhere/Near Me secure platform.

The Citizens Advice network in Scotland is the largest independent advice service in the country. Citizens Advice Scotland is a charity within this network – we act as a national organisation supporting and representing the service as a whole and the interests of citizens. At the heart of the network there are 59 individual citizens advice bureau across Scotland, all operating as independent charities in their own right, which focus on providing support and advice directly to clients. Each of these organisations is a member of Citizens Advice Scotland. We believe that every citizen should have access to free, impartial and confidential advice that helps them make informed decisions, whenever they need it and however, they choose to access it.

Citizens Advice Scotland runs a series of national specialist services as projects which require centralised project support. You will work as an integral part of the national projects team, with their primary role being to support the evaluation and review as well as the future execution and delivery of the project through proactive engagement, communication, planning and reporting with key stakeholders and participating member organisations of Citizens Advice Scotland.

As the Network Engagement Officer, you will ensure both external and internal stakeholders are communicated with regularly, particularly on matters relating to new projects, service development and changes affecting advice delivery. You will foster a member-focused culture, and support colleagues to communicate and engage members effectively on related matters.

This role offers the opportunity to be part of an influential organisation that campaigns for a fairer Scotland in order to make a real difference to consumers' lives. This is a great opportunity to play a critical role in helping to make society fairer, and in supporting our network of Citizens Advice Bureaux across Scotland.

This role offers the opportunity to be part of an influential organisation that campaigns for a fairer Scotland in order to make a real difference to consumers' lives. This is a great opportunity to play a critical role in helping to make society fairer, and in supporting our network of Citizens Advice Bureaux across Scotland.

*This role is based in our Edinburgh office. As a result of the COVID-19 crisis, the majority of CAS staff are still working from home, however we are now starting a transition towards a return to the office. This will be carefully planned and managed in accordance with the latest Scottish Government guidance and public health advice. Candidates should be prepared to attend the office on their first day for an induction, after which they will be able to work from home initially. Going forward, attendance at the office will be required, however CAS are introducing a blended working policy to allow our employees to balance their time attending the office with time working from home.

Employee benefits

Citizens Advice Scotland offers excellent terms and conditions, including a total of 40 days leave (including public holidays) and a pension scheme with an 8% employer contribution. We have a flexitime scheme which enables our employees to work flexibly in line with organisational requirements, and as an inclusive employer we are happy to consider other flexible working arrangements where appropriate.

We wish to recruit a Volunteer Coordinator that will oversee, engage and motivate volunteer peer supporters at the current breastfeeding support groups in the community and to support the work of the Midlothian Breastfeeding Alliance (MBA).

The post holder will work closely with the BfN Scottish Peer Support Service Manager (SPPS), playing an integral role in the general day to day workings of the volunteer work schedules and data collection. The Volunteer Coordinator will also work closely with the MBA, NHS Lothian, local midwifery and health Visiting Team and the Midlothian Infant Feeding Adviser to ensure the service fits the changing local services.

Responsible to: SPSS Manager