Penumbra is one of Scotland’s largest mental health charities. We support around 1800 adults and young people every week and employ 450 staff across Scotland. Founded in 1985, we work to promote mental health and wellbeing for all, prevent mental ill health for people who are ‘at risk’, and to support people with mental ill health to live fulfilling lives. We provide a wide range of services which offer hope and practical steps towards recovery, and we campaign to increase public knowledge about mental health and to influence national and local government policy.
Due to retirement, we are searching for a new Chief Executive to lead on our vision and develop the charity. We are looking for an authentic leader who acts with integrity and resilience, focusing on achieving Penumbra’s objectives in challenging times.
Penumbra’s Mission is to deliver exceptional mental health and wellbeing support and activities, guided by people’s own lived experience, their recovery journeys and their hopes and aspirations. In the coming period the Chief Executive will be expected to deliver on the four strategic priorities which are to ensure:
- Our services are more accessible and reach more individuals, challenging obstructions in the system with focus on distress/crisis support where we see unmet need.
- Penumbra is a great place to work, where people achieve their full potential. Including creating clear career pathways for existing staff and taking steps to increase diversity in our recruitment
- Peer support is critical to the success of our compassionate and person-centred support. We will cement our place as the leading peer support organisation in Scotland by embedding lived experience in our services.
- We use our evidence-base and learning to ensure the lived experience of our supported people is at the heart of developments in mental health. We will actively engage with the Scottish Government to influence their response to Adult Social Care review, with the goal of advocating for end users and growing the role of the third sector.
The successful candidate will be an innovative leader with experience at a senior level, managing diverse teams and developing strategies. You will champion our core values and maintain and enhance Penumbra’s reputation and wider influence. You should possess strong stakeholder management skills and have an understanding of finance. We are open to individuals from a range of different backgrounds.
musicALL has been delivering high quality music opportunities for disabled young people since 2013 and is focused on the creation of a society that ensures everyone has access to opportunities that enable them to enjoy their rights and fulfil their potential.
Due to the impending retiral of its founder, musicALL’s Board of Trustees are looking to recruit into the critical role of Director, who will:
- Continue the delivery of musicALL’s high quality offer.
- Develop, in conjunction with the Board, and oversee the delivery of a new strategic plan.
- Ensure the ongoing financial sustainability of musicALL, identifying and securing new funding streams.
- Oversee the development and implementation of a blended model of delivery, recognising both the significant benefit and impact of face-to-face interaction and the opportunities associated with new and emerging digital technologies.
- Develop and oversee a strategic and proactive approach to extending musicAll’s service provision, reach and, ultimately, its impact across Scotland.
- Develop and maintain positive strategic partnerships with local authorities, schools, care homes, funders and other third sector organisations to ensure all have access to music opportunities that enable them to enjoy their rights and fulfil their potential.
With an awareness and experience of the positive impact music can have on people’s lives, you will bring relevant strategic and operational management experience, experience of effectively managing resources and budgets, and strong stakeholder management experience. With compassion, patience and empathy, and a willingness and ability to operate at all levels within the organisation, the successful candidate will also be able to demonstrate:
- A strong commitment to musicALL’s vision to contribute to the creation of a society that ensures everyone has access to opportunities that enable them to enjoy their rights and fulfil their potential.
- Direct experience securing funding from various sources, including securing commissioned contracts and trust and foundation applications, and, ideally, experience of leading an organisation operating within tight financial constraints.
- A proven track record in building and maintaining a wide range of collaborative relationships and partnerships.
- A strong understanding of, and commitment to, the key principles of safeguarding at an organisational and practice level.
- Demonstrable awareness of the opportunities that emerging digital technology offers in transforming frontline service delivery and engagement with children and young people.
Making Rights Real is a new Scottish charity that aims to shift how grassroots communities access and understand human rights. We aim to use human rights as practical tools, to support marginalised communities achieve sustainable social and economic change.
We are seeking a Director to help the Board launch our work initially funded by the Corra Foundation and Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and the successful candidate will be a central figure in realising our vision.
The Role:The Director will provide strategic leadership within the organisational structure, build and support the staff team, develop funding strategies, and implement clear governance processes and operational practices for the successful running of the organisation. The Director will work with the Board to implement the mission and vision of Making Rights Real and to embed the values of the organisation.
Human Rights Campaigner: We are looking for a Director with strong working knowledge of using human rights to achieve social and economic change. The individual must have a sustained and demonstrable commitment to working with marginalised communities effectively, experience in leading community development initiatives. Working with academia is desirable. The successful candidate will have a keen insight into the urgency of challenging social and economic rights abuses experienced by communities across Scotland and be able to demonstrate the capacity to attract diverse stakeholders to support grassroots initiatives.
Leadership: We are looking for a dynamic team player who can work collaboratively with an established Board of Trustees and can create a new, mission-driven staff team to deliver the innovative work of MRR.
Organisational Development: Our Director will have a strong track record in a senior management role, with sound knowledge of charity reporting, finance and HR. Experience of recruitment, leadership and delegation are essential. Critically we are looking for a leader who can apply a human rights-based approach to recruitment of the team and the terms and conditions of employment.
Funding Sustainability: We are looking for someone who can develop MRR into a sustainable organisation by strengthening relationships with existing funders and developing new funding partnerships. Experience of attracting funding from major philanthropic organisations is essential.
Building Networks: Our Director will be our public face and an ambassador for the organisation. A strong legacy of knowledge exchange with key stakeholders and dissemination work in Scotland is essential and we are keen to hear from candidates who can demonstrate reach across the UK and beyond. An awareness and appreciation of the need for a strong social media presence, and the ability to harness this medium is critical.
The successful candidate will be our first Director. We are looking for a leader with passion and commitment; one with the vision and commitment to use MRR as the vehicle to drive both human rights and the participation of marginalised communities into the centre of our national decision-making processes.
We are a diverse, modern city which is re-imagining the role culture can play in bringing people together. Coventry is a city of welcome, a city of activists and pioneers, a city of peace and reconciliation, a city of innovation and invention, a City of Culture.
The Trust is committed to:
- Welcoming 2.5m additional visitors to Coventry in 2021/22
- 80% of the city’s residents experiencing at least three events in 2021/22
- Increasing audience attendance from under-represented communities by 20%
- Activating more than 16,000 volunteers and participants
- Making long-lasting, tangible social change in Coventry
- Transforming who holds the power to create and curate in the city
- Starting a wave of cultural investment across the region
Coventry’s City of Culture programme will start in May 2021 and run for 12 months, allowing us to keep our promise to the city and region - to deliver an extraordinary year and to tell the story of the city that moves.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Trust is looking to appoint a Disability Inclusion Manager managed by the Head of Team Development to ensure that all aspects of the Trust’s activities are fully accessible to D/deaf, disabled* and/or neurodivergent employees, artists, audience members, stakeholders, participants, or volunteers.
*We are defining disability based on the Social Model approach, which, by focusing on the disabling barriers imposed by society, embraces all physical, sensory, and invisible impairments, learning disability, mental health, neurodivergent and fatigue conditions.
THE ROLE
- To provide knowledge, expertise, and support to our team in developing their disability confident practices and helping to review and develop inclusive systems and processes
- To work with the Head of Team Development and key colleagues and stakeholders to plan, deliver and review Disability Inclusion focussed action plans
- To support the work of HR & Team Development to deliver disability inclusion focussed training and development activity and events
- To lead the development of the city-wide Access & Attitudes Forum, held bi-monthly
- To work with marketing, communications, delegates, ticketing, and visitor experience colleagues to ensure that the visitor invite, welcome and offer is accessible and inclusive
- To collaborate with producers and production managers to ensure that all performances and events are accessible and inclusive
- To support the Trust’s ambitions to have a leading role in promoting best practice in access and inclusion
- To oversee the booking of provision for accessible performances
- To report key initiatives and activities to stakeholders and to the monitoring and evaluation team
- To be an advocate for our disability inclusion work, internally and externally, including public speaking
- To actively engage with the organisation’s vision and mission and strategies regarding artistic ambition, equal opportunities, diversity and accessibility, participation and engagement, environment and sustainability and evaluation and monitoring
- To be aware of, and undertake to comply with and to help develop, the Trust’s policies and procedures including, but not limited to, GDPR, Health and Safety, Safeguarding and Diversity and Equality and Inclusion Policies
PERSON SPECIFICATION
- Experience of leading disability inclusion activity from planning and delivery to review and within a creative and cultural context
- Experience of ensuring that accessibility requirements are met for projects, programmes, events, and performances within a creative and cultural context
- Experience of delivering training and development activity for teams and external stakeholders
- Experience of providing advice, guidance, and support to help promote best practice
- Experience of reporting to colleagues, Boards, and funders
- Working knowledge of current access best practice
- Excellent organisation skills, with the ability to balance and prioritise a diverse workload
- A can-do attitude to working in busy team structure, with experience of working with and influencing multiple partners with competing demands
- Competent across IT and software, including a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, and willingness to learn other software programmes
- An effective communicator, able to build and maintain relationships with colleagues, agencies, and partners
- Attributes of diplomacy, confidentiality, trust and respect for colleagues and partners
- To be based in, or able to move within commuting distance of Coventry
Reports to: Head of Team Development
GENERAL
Coventry is one of the most diverse cities in the UK and we want our Team to reflect that diversity. We value the benefits of a diversity of life experiences, cultural and social knowledge and are particularly keen to hear from candidates from currently under-represented groups, including those with disabilities.
We are looking to build a team of people from a range of backgrounds and range of experiences. We can provide mentoring and training/support to less experienced candidates. Training and talent development within the Trust team and within the wider sector is central to our approach. All postholders are expected to participate in training and development activity and to contribute time and expertise to supporting our training programmes on site and occasionally off site.
We are committed to being an Equal Opportunities Employer for all roles and contracts; we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, culture, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. As a disability inclusion focussed role, we encourage disabled applicants to apply. If you are unsure about applying, please talk with us about any concerns you might have.
The Trust will undertake to meet reasonable adjustments as required and will support with making specific access requirements requests via Access To Work.
This list of responsibilities is not exhaustive and team members will be required to perform duties outside of this as operationally required.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This is a fixed term post until June 2022
- The post is working 39 hours (excluding 30 minute/1-hour lunch) per week Monday – Friday at hours to be agreed between 9am and 6pm with frequent evening work to see shows and events
- Flexible working may be agreed, including the potential for part-time working, a job share or any other necessary adjustments including ensuring support needs and access requirements are met
- The salary is paid monthly in arrears
- If asked to work additional hours at the weekend, Time Off in Lieu will be given if approved in advance with the Line Manager
- Pension auto-enrolment is applicable and employer contributions are currently 3%. The Trust’s appointed pension provider is NEST. Further details are available
- Holiday 33 days per annum including public holidays. Holiday must be taken at a time to suit all colleagues
- Main place of work is the Trust’s Office with frequent attendance at meetings offsite. However, given current government guidelines all Trust employees are currently homeworking. The successful candidate will be welcomed into the Trust and supported through a remote onboarding process
- There is a probation period of three months during which time the notice period is one week; on confirmation of appointment the notice period is one month
- On appointment the successful candidate must be able to provide the correct documents as proof of their right to work in the UK for duration of the contract
- The candidate’s contract of employment with the Trust does not come into force until the first day of work
For more information about the Coventry 10-year Cultural Strategy visit covculture.com and for more information about Coventry UK City of Culture 2021 visit coventry2021.co.uk
This role is being re-advertised.
An exciting opportunity has a risen to play a major part in one of the most ambitious community ecological restoration projects in the UK.
The Langholm Initiative, a community development trust based in Dumfries and Galloway in the Scottish Borders is currently in the process of buying over 5,000 acres of land and 6 residential properties from Buccleuch Estates in what is the South of Scotland’s first large scale community purchase.
The Langholm Initiative is now recruiting an Estate Manager to lead the creation and development of the new Tarras Valley Nature Reserve.
The community purchase is high profile and has been well covered in the media over the past 18 months. In addition to the major funders (Scottish Land Fund, South of Scotland Enterprise, John Muir Trust, Carman Family Foundation, Bently Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation and the Woodland Trust), nearly 4,000 members of the public donated to the purchase.
The role is offered on a permanent contract with a pensionable salary of £35k per annum.
Working closely with the Trust Board and Development Officer, you will be responsible for providing financial support for several projects. You will also take the lead role in managing and co-ordinating the Trust's finances, keeping financial records and providing timely financial reports.
Working hours are 14 per week on a fixed term basis to the 31st March 2022. The Trust is actively seeking funding to extend the term of this contract. Additional hours may be required on occasion, so a degree of flexibility is preferred.
We are flexible regarding the terms of employment and will readily accept applications from those who are self-employed or who wish to be employed by the Trust.
The main duties of the role will include: -
1. Bookkeeping - recording of all financial transactions on Sage, processing payments and raising invoices where required.
2. Payroll - maintaining the payroll function of the Trust and payment of its employees.
3. Financial reporting – preparation of monthly board reports, forecasts, and annual budget preparation.
4. Supporting regulatory and funding expectations - supporting compliance with all Companies House, OSCR and HMRC requirements and organising the arrangements for the annual audit.
Ideally, we are looking for a qualified accountant with experience of the third sector and a good working knowledge of charity accounting and governance. Experience in grant applications is desirable.
Business Support and Human Resource Manager
- Part time
- £30,000 – £35,000 pro-rata
- Home working and with visits to VANL’s office when safe to do so and as required
- Closing 23rd April 2021
Do you have previous experience of providing corporate support to manage business support and HR functions? Are you passionate about working within the community and voluntary sector? If so, then we would love to hear from you!
Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire is recruiting a part time, temporary Business Support and Human Resource Manager to manage VANL’s internal Business Support and HR functions and to help with the development of a Business and HR support service for the NL Community and Voluntary sector.
Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire is the umbrella support organisation for the community and voluntary sector and volunteering in North Lanarkshire. Please visit our website here for more information.
Senior Officer, Income Generation
- Part time
- £27,000 – £32,000 pro-rata
- Home working and with visits to VANL’s office and other locations in North Lanarkshire when safe to do so and as required
- Closing 23rd April 2021
Do you have previous experience of fund-raising or generating income for a charity or social enterprise? Are you passionate about working within the community and volunteering sector? If so, then we would love to hear from you!
Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire is recruiting a part time, temporary Senior Officer to support our income generation activities, including researching funding opportunities and preparing proposals.
Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire is the umbrella support organisation for the community and voluntary sector and volunteering in North Lanarkshire. Please visit our website here for more information.
Cyrenians Social Enterprise Employability Programme supports people to gain the skills and experience to move towards employment, further education, training or volunteering. Increasing employability is recognised as a key route out of social and economic exclusion. Therefore, Cyrenians sees employability as an integral part of developing a sustained solution to homelessness and helping people overcome poverty and extreme disadvantage. With increased strain on the jobs market, it is more crucial than ever that we equip people by providing good quality opportunities to gain formal qualifications or employment.
Many of the people we work with have had poor educational experiences and attainment, and may face additional barriers in accessing employment such as lack of basic education and the limitations of the benefit system. Our response to this has been to incorporate learning opportunities into our existing provision, providing a more accessible route back into positive destinations for those most disadvantaged.
We are looking for an innovative, dynamic person who will support the growth of the Employability Programme in all four of our Social Enterprises; FareShare, Food Education (and Production), Farm and Arnotdale House (Falkirk). The right candidate will join our Enterprise Employability team at a very exciting time and will contribute to the development of our programme. You should also have the ability to demonstrate our values of Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Innovation in the work that you do.
Organisation Profile:
Cyrenians is a charity working towards a society that truly values and includes all. Our Vision is of an inclusive society in which we all have the opportunities to live valued and fulfilled lives. We work to make that vision a reality through our mission to support people excluded from family, home, work or community on their life journey.
The Soil Association, formed in 1946, is the only UK charity which works across the spectrum of human health, the environment and animal welfare. That’s because we cannot tackle these issues in isolation.
We campaign for change, we support farming innovation, we serve healthy food in communities, we support and grow the organic market and we protect forests. We couldn't do any of this without our supporters, partners, donors and dedicated staff. We make a difference in the world where it’s needed the most.
About the opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity to join our friendly and close-knit Food for Life Scotland team and to lead our external communications, extending the profile, reach, impact, and engagement of the Food for Life Scotland programme.
We work in partnership with local authorities and the food and drink industry to connect producers and caterers, putting more freshly prepared Scottish food on the table using the Food for Life Served Here award as a framework for change.
We believe good food holds the key to a healthier population, a greener environment and a thriving economy.
Food for Life Scotland is a programme of Soil Association Scotland – find out more about who we are here.
About you
We’re looking for
- an enthusiastic, team player with experience of leading successful communications using a mix of communications tools and platforms.
You’ll have
- A strong track record of partnership working and the ability to collaborate well as part of close-knit team
- An interest in sustainability, food systems and behaviour change