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Evaluation Support Scotland works with the third sector and funders so that they can measure and report on their impact and use learning to improve practice and inform policy.

We are recruiting for 4 new trustees to join our board.

We are particularly interested in recruiting someone to be our Treasurer.

We’re looking for people who are excited about our vision and our new strategy and are committed to good governance. We welcome applications from people who would bring diversity to our board. Trustees are unpaid.

Positive Steps is a Christian charity; working in Dundee since 1989 we support some of the most vulnerable people living in our community.

Our services provide person-centred support to people experiencing a range of challenges and problems living in the community.

As the Registered Service Manager you will be able to demonstrate vision, leadership skills and a track record of managing/developing services. You will have a commitment to implementing best practice, continuous improvement and to the values and ethos of the organisation. You will be responsible for working with external partners including regulators, other support agencies, healthcare professionals and family members.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Relevant supervisory experience in a support environment.
• Qualifications suitable for SSSC registration at this level (e.g. SVQ level 4 with Leadership and Management Award).
• Good understanding of the issues surrounding people with complex needs, poverty and homelessness.
• Experience of legal, regulatory and policy requirements relating to a housing support setting.
• A commitment to service user involvement.
• Experience of risk management principles and implementing them.
• A commitment to positive risk taking within a supported environment.
• The ability to effectively and efficiently manage available resources to ensure service users receive high quality person-centred support.
• Experience developing services.
• Effective communication and coaching/mentoring skills.

The post is subject to satisfactory references, membership of the PVG (Adult) Scheme and requires the daily use of a roadworthy, appropriately insured car.

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Do you have what it takes to make a difference?

Well this may be the opportunity you have been looking for.....

ENABLE Works are the leading Scottish organisation delivering high quality employability services for people who have learning disabilities.

Your role is to lead one of four ENABLE Works regional areas, delivering support services across Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Dundee and Angus, including work in schools, on European Social Funded projects, the Employability Fund and Fair Start Scotland.

You will lead on the (1) delivery of performance and quality standards, (2) meeting of compliance and contractual requirements and (3) developing new business opportunities to support people who have additional support needs into work.

You will manage a team of Employability Team Leaders, supporting their development as leaders and ensuring your wider team of Employment Coordinators deliver high quality services.

You will engage strategically with both local and national contract managers, ensuring contracts are delivered and relationships maintained.

You will lead on developing new business, in partnership with the Head of Growth, creating new opportunities for services, securing and implementing them.

You will play a key role in how ENABLE Works influences policy and support for people who have learning disabilities in Scotland.

Responsibilities:

1. Lead a team of Team Leaders to manage the quality and performance of a wider team

2. Support the development of senior staff through effective mentoring

3. Oversee and report on overall operations and staffing for the region

4. Deliver an agreed performance and quality target annually

5. Coordinate compliant information systems and reporting systems in line with contract standards.

6. Manage regional income and expenditure in line with agreed budget

7. Ensure contracts meets key aims and objectives

8. Liaise with funders and partners regarding contract delivery, ensuring contracts are maintained

9. Develop and maintain relationships with agreed organisations, negotiating new opportunities

10. Lead on the development of grant applications and tenders for new services

11. Deliver an agreed business development target annually

12. Manage effective implementation and integration of new services into ENABLE Works

Remember this is #morethanajob - it's the first step to you making a difference and beginning your career with an award winning charity with its values at its core.

#morethanajob

Do you have what it takes to make a difference?

Well this may be the opportunity you have been looking for.....

ENABLE Works are the leading Scottish organisation delivering high quality employability services for people who have learning disabilities.

Your role is to lead one of four ENABLE Works regional areas, delivering support services across Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Dundee and Angus, including work in schools, on European Social Funded projects, the Employability Fund and Fair Start Scotland.

You will lead on the (1) delivery of performance and quality standards, (2) meeting of compliance and contractual requirements and (3) developing new business opportunities to support people who have additional support needs into work.

You will manage a team of Employability Team Leaders, supporting their development as leaders and ensuring your wider team of Employment Coordinators deliver high quality services.

You will engage strategically with both local and national contract managers, ensuring contracts are delivered and relationships maintained.

You will lead on developing new business, in partnership with the Head of Growth, creating new opportunities for services, securing and implementing them.

You will play a key role in how ENABLE Works influences policy and support for people who have learning disabilities in Scotland.

Responsibilities

1. Lead a team of Team Leaders to manage the quality and performance of a wider team

2. Support the development of senior staff through effective mentoring

3. Oversee and report on overall operations and staffing for the region

4. Deliver an agreed performance and quality target annually

5. Coordinate compliant information systems and reporting systems in line with contract standards.

6. Manage regional income and expenditure in line with agreed budget

7. Ensure contracts meets key aims and objectives

8. Liaise with funders and partners regarding contract delivery, ensuring contracts are maintained

9. Develop and maintain relationships with agreed organisations, negotiating new opportunities

10. Lead on the development of grant applications and tenders for new services

11. Deliver an agreed business development target annually

12. Manage effective implementation and integration of new services into ENABLE Works

Remember this is #morethanajob - it's the first step to you making a difference and beginning your career with an award winning charity with its values at its core.

#morethanajob

Do you have what it takes to make a difference?

Well this may be the opportunity you have been looking for.....

ENABLE Works are the leading Scottish organisation delivering high quality employability services for people who have learning disabilities.

Your role is to lead one of four ENABLE Works regional areas, delivering support services across Glasgow and Lanarkshire, including work in schools, on European Social Funded projects, the Employability Fund and Fair Start Scotland.

You will lead on the (1) delivery of performance and quality standards, (2) meeting of compliance and contractual requirements and (3) developing new business opportunities to support people who have additional support needs into work.

You will manage a team of Employability Team Leaders, supporting their development as leaders and ensuring your wider team of Employment Coordinators deliver high quality services.

You will engage strategically with both local and national contract managers, ensuring contracts are delivered and relationships maintained.

You will lead on developing new business, in partnership with the Head of Growth, creating new opportunities for services, securing and implementing them.

You will play a key role in how ENABLE Works influences policy and support for people who have learning disabilities in Scotland.

Responsibilities:

1. Lead a team of Team Leaders to manage the quality and performance of a wider team

2. Support the development of senior staff through effective mentoring

3. Oversee and report on overall operations and staffing for the region

4. Deliver an agreed performance and quality target annually

5. Coordinate compliant information systems and reporting systems in line with contract standards.

6. Manage regional income and expenditure in line with agreed budget

7. Ensure contracts meets key aims and objectives

8. Liaise with funders and partners regarding contract delivery, ensuring contracts are maintained

9. Develop and maintain relationships with agreed organisations, negotiating new opportunities

10. Lead on the development of grant applications and tenders for new services

11. Deliver an agreed business development target annually

12. Manage effective implementation and integration of new services into ENABLE Works

Remember this is #morethanajob - it's the first step to you making a difference and beginning your career with an award winning charity with its values at its core.

Can you make a difference in an organisation that supports Adults with a Learning Disability?

St Joseph’s Services have been providing housing support / care at home services to adults with a learning disability in Midlothian and Edinburgh for over 95 years.

Key duties:

St Joseph’s Services are looking for committed, enthusiastic and inspirational Trustees to ensure the effective governance of St Joseph’s Services, setting our strategic direction in accordance with our objectives, vision, mission and Vincentian values.

Having recently launched an ambitious vision for the future we are seeking Trustees who will help us realise our aspirations and share our passion in delivering services to adults with a learning disability. All applications will be considered - we would particularly welcome applications from people with a: Financial, HR, PR or Third Sector background.

South Ayrshire Women’s Aid (SAWA) delivers domestic abuse services across South Ayrshire. We aim to provide a specialist service to support the needs of women, children and young people who have experienced, or are presently experiencing domestic abuse.

We are looking for an experienced Manager who is committed to ensuring the delivery of high quality services to women, children and young people with experience of domestic abuse. The candidate will have effective and comprehensive leadership, management and communication skills with experience of leading teams. She will be responsible for leading on the implementation of South Ayrshire Women’s Aid Strategic Plan in conjunction with the Board of Trustees and the staff team.

Applicants will have a feminist understanding of domestic abuse, an understanding of the causes and effects of this on women, children and young people and be committed to working towards a society free from abuse.

Volunteer Dundee has been championing volunteering and supporting the third sector in Dundee for over twenty years. We are a flexible, forward-looking organisation that has grown and diversified over the last few years. As well as supporting volunteering, we have a number of services working within Dundee with communities and individuals with a range of support needs. Volunteering is at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking to appoint a dynamic Chair, with previous board or committee experience and a commitment to the ethos of volunteering, to work with our Board of Directors and Chief Executive to ensure that Volunteer Dundee maintains high standards of governance and implements an effective business plan for longer-term sustainability.

Our Board members, who are also our charity trustees, are friendly, hardworking and passionate about the work of Volunteer Dundee and the difference volunteering can make to people’s lives. Our Board meets at least quarterly as a full Board, more frequently as business requires. The Chair is also involved in quarterly meetings with our partners in Dundee’s Third Sector Interface. The total commitment should be no more than 10 meetings a year. Please note that this is a volunteering role; as for all our volunteers, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses will be reimbursed.

If you’re a strategic thinker and an effective communicator with an interest in the voluntary sector, we’d like to hear from you. For an informal conversation, contact Eric Knox, Volunteer Dundee’s Chief Executive, on 01382 305705 or email him at ericknox@volunteerdundee.org.uk

Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.

We support and enable hundreds of community and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline and publications. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Community Connecting Service and much more.

Our workplace training is helping employees better plan for their future and employers to create more age inclusive workplaces. We are expanding our work for people living in Scotland affected by Dementia and support older military veterans and their families with better access to information and services designed specifically for them.

We influence policy makers and run campaigns to make Scotland the best place in the world to grow older.

Due to the continuous expansion and growth of the Charity and its service provision, Age Scotland is delighted to announce the creation of a new Director of Charity Services position to join our existing Senior Management Team.

We are looking for an experienced senior manager with a substantial fundraising background to lead 3 high performing Age Scotland teams - Fundraising, Telephony Services and Training. Working closely with our Chief Executive, and as part of the Senior Management Team, you will be instrumental in developing and delivering Age Scotland’s strategic objectives, including a fundraising strategy for the growth of income generation.

An experienced leader, you will have the ability to inspire and motivate your team, as well as developing and sustaining external relationships with government, statutory bodies, commercial and voluntary organisations.

The post will be based in Edinburgh, but you may be expected to occasionally travel throughout Scotland and the wider-UK.

Unity (formerly known as Unity Enterprise) was set up in 1989.

The focus of the organisation initially was employment opportunities for young people who might otherwise be excluded or face significant barriers to employment.

Over the years, Unity has grown and developed, delivering a variety of services in different communities, and some of these continue today. Examples include work and training for people with learning disabilities, advice and support for carers of all ages, housing support to people affected by homelessness and catering services operated as Social Enterprises that offer additional training and work experience. We are always innovating and developing new projects to ensure our social impact for individuals and communities.

In January 2016, Unity experienced a change in leadership for the first time since its inception. The Board have supported a number of changes which have helped us build on the quality of our services, think about the future and direction of Unity, and explore how we can continue to have a positive impact. We are committed to our key aims of Equality, Inclusion and Opportunity.

We continue to grow and develop, with a variety of projects and initiatives planned for the near future. We are now seeking Board Members who share our core values, have a passion for social enterprise and will uphold our commitment to equality, inclusion and opportunity for all.

Overview

The Unity Board of Directors provide governance to the organisation; ensuring our purpose remains clear and has benefit, ensuring our compliance at all level, supporting responsible financial management, ensuring the charity, and senior management team, are accountable.

When Unity was set up, the Board represented different Christian denominations, who supported the aims of the organisation. We have since built on our board membership, recognising the strength of wider representation. We hope to diversify our membership further, with respect to our guiding principles and with a key focus on welcoming those who share our core values.

The Unity Board shall have a minimum number of ten and a maximum number of twelve directors. Eight places are currently filled, with one members having indicated their intention to end their term after this coming year. The term is for a minimum of three years.

Board member responsibilities include attendance at a minimum of four out of the six scheduled meetings per year alongside active participation in electronic conversations where necessary. It may be reasonable to expect attendance at some additional meetings where this is meaningful and manageable, or providing representation at other relevant events.

Considerations

Board positions require a time and energy commitment that should not be underestimated. Interested members are urged to consider personal priorities for the next year as well as the ways to contribute to the development of Unity. The Board currently meets six times per year, although this may be subject to change. Some members attend other meetings, for example as a member of the Finance Committee.

You should be able to commit to attending meetings and responding to communication as required.

We particularly welcome applicants who can demonstrate experience in one or more of the following areas;

· HR and/or employment law (this would be particularly advantageous)

· Marketing, Communications & Social Media

· Finance/Accounting

· Events/fundraising

· Community development/citizenship

· Experience of having worked in the third sector, or specific experience of services delivered to carers, people with learning disabilities, people affected by homelessness and poverty or groups/individuals at risk of exclusion or discrimination

· Lived experience of using services

· Active in a faith community

We invite you to learn more by visiting our website at unity-enterprise.com or arranging an informal chat with our CEO by contacting Head Office on 0141 552 2611.