Top job! Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer
- Full time
- £32,000
- Scotland - Hybrid
- Closing 19th October 2022
- Advertised from 5th October 2022
- + excellent benefits
Role
Could you be our new Scottish-based Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer?
Are you looking for your next policy challenge? Do you want to grow your experience and have a hand in shaping the future of end of life care in Scotland? Would you love to work with Hospice UK the UK’s leading hospice care charity?
Hospice UK is looking for a hands-on and creative Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer to drive its strategic aims in Scotland.
What we need
Based in Scotland but working to a hybrid pattern you’ll be reporting to the country Policy and Advocacy Manager. You will identify routes to positive change, influence decision makers, support development of policy positions and build new professional partnerships. Your work will be focused on the interests of people at the end of life and their families and carers, alongside our member hospices, as we work towards our vision of hospice care for every person in need.
This is a vitally important role helping Hospice UK drive our vision and shape the strategic direction of hospice and end of life care in Scotland, at a time when death, dying and bereavement has never been higher on the public and political agenda. In particular we will be looking for someone to develop our relationships with key individuals within Scottish Government.
You’ll also have responsibility and freedom to explore how we develop our influencing and advocacy work in Northern Ireland.
This is a full time role, initially on a fixed term contract of one year.
What can you bring?
We are seeking a confident self-starter who is able to bring order to the complexity of the continuing development and delivery of our policy presence in Scotland and Northern Ireland, creating opportunities to achieve our policy and advocacy ambitions. You’ll need to show that you are self-motivated, resilient, creative and energised by working with a lot of different people at all levels of seniority
You will already have gained some experience in policy and/or advocacy, and can show a track record of contributing to and achieving positive change. You’re probably bursting with ideas, as well as having great judgement and can show your ability to deal sensitively with your stakeholders.
More details of the role can be found in the job description and person specification available on our website.
About us
Hospice UK is the leading charity supporting hospice care throughout the UK. Our vision is hospice care for every person in need and our mission is to enable hospice care to transform the way society cares for the dying and those around them.
Hospice care supports approximately 300,000 people with terminal and life-limiting conditions in the UK each year, with tens of thousands of those in Scotland. Hospices also have an important role in supporting families, especially in providing bereavement support.
Our strategic goals for 2017 - 2022 are to:
- Extend our reach and enable hospice quality care to be delivered in any setting
- Tackle inequality and widen access to hospice care
- Work with communities to build capacity and resilience to care for those at the end of life
- Empower a strong, dynamic and responsive hospice sector
Location
There is a strong preference for candidates to be based in Scotland, however the team and organisation prides itself on being flexible and trusting, so other options would be considered. The role is hybrid so can be as home-based as you want, but there’s an opportunity to have a hospice-based desk too, depending on where you live.
The head office of Hospice UK is in London. The post will have full web-based connection to Hospice UK, regular access to your line manager who is based in Scotland and daily contact with your colleagues through email, face to face events, and internet based video calls and telephone.
Application notes
Visit our website to submit the following documents by 12-noon on Wednesday 19 October 2022:
- You’re CV. Please remove your name, address and contact details from your CV.
- A completed supporting statement form - outlining how you meet the person specification criteria and providing examples from your experience and skills. No more than 2 pages please!
- A completed equal opportunities monitoring form.
Interviews are schedule to take place between Monday 24 October to Wednesday 26 October 2022. Interviews will take place over zoom.
Hospice UK is Equal Opportunities Employer.
To be considered for this role you must have the right to live and work in the UK for your application to be progressed.
Finance and Corporate Services Manager
- Full time
- £37,147 – £40,070
- Glasgow (Hybrid)
- Closing 29th April 2024
Interested in leading and supporting the business functions of the ALLIANCE?
The ALLIANCE has an opportunity to join our Corporate Services team as a Finance and Corporate Services Manager, with management responsibility for finance, HR, office management, facilities and IT.
You will provide high level administrative, strategic planning and operational support; manage financial matters and help with budgets and financial projections; help develop policies, rules and guidelines for the whole organisation; offer advice and support to senior management; prepare reports and submissions about the ALLIANCE's resources and operations and help with staff management.
You will have:
- Accounting qualification, ideally Chartered (ACCA)
- Proven experience of working in corporate services
- Previous experience of using Sage Line 50 accounts
- Ability to horizon scan to identify opportunities and risks
- Excellent organisational skills
- Experience of staff management within an organisation
- Experience of day-to-day management of the finance function
- Experience of managing the IT function within an organisation
- Experience of preparing budgets and quarterly management accounts, including variance analyses and reforecasting
- Experience of preparing and submitting VAT returns
- Experience of month end, quarter end and year end finances
- Demonstrable skills in business administration and leadership skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience of office management and ability to establish, oversee and develop the organisation’s infrastructure
- IT skills in word processing, spreadsheets, databases and financial packages
- Flexible approach
It would be desirable for you to have experience of:
- Understanding of membership organisations
- Experience of working with Boards and Committees
- Experience of working in the third sector
As an ALLIANCE employee you will benefit from:
- 210 hours annual leave (equivalent of 30 days)
- 91 days public holiday (equivalent of 13 days) that can be taken flexibly
- Additional leave between Christmas and New Year
- Contributory pension scheme
- Open to flexible working (formal and informal)
- Hybrid working – opportunity to work from home for part of the week
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Enhanced sick pay
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Learning and development opportunities
- Corporate rates for gym membership
- Time off in lieu
- Cycle Scheme
- Carer Positive Employer
The ALLIANCE is a healthy working lives employer and encourages a healthy work life balance and is happy to talk flexible working.
The ALLIANCE recognises that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our organisation feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.
Please note, this role is subject to a 6-month probationary period.
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About us
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- Full time
- £35,098 – £37,774
- Edinburgh based (flexibly working from home with hub-based office days) (Hybrid)
- Closing 14th May 2024
About you
Are you an SEO all rounder with a passion for good content and best practice? Do you want to use your skills to make a real difference to the myeloma community?
We’re looking for a confident SEO lead to ensure the organisation is optimising its presence key search engines to help meet the organisation’s strategic objectives – reach, income, impact and corporate communications.
We’re looking for someone to take charge of developing and rolling out our search strategy. You’ll need to be able to work independently and also work collaboratively with teams across the organisation to ensure good governance and SEO best practice is followed.
About the role
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You’ll work closely with our Web Manager and Head of Digital to optimise and improve our SEO performance, increase our reach and influence, and help other teams achieve their goals.
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About us
Myeloma UK is the only organisation in the UK dealing exclusively with the blood cancer myeloma and related conditions. We are committed to bringing together the best and brightest people to help us ensure that every patient has an empowered present and a hopeful future.
Our ultimate goal is to find a cure and make myeloma history. Until then, our mission is to help every patient live well with myeloma for as long as possible. We are committed to diagnosing myeloma earlier, discovering and sharing knowledge, transforming the patient experience and influencing positive change in care.
Our culture
Wellbeing and staff engagement are at the heart of our culture.
We offer flexible working and flexi-time to allow you to find the right working pattern for you. We have a Staff Engagement Group who work with us to ensure staff are happy and who help us review and update our benefits. We offer an employee assistance program and our Wellbeing Leads are there always here to support our staff.
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- Full time
- £31,839.36 – £34,791.73
- Glasgow office based with flexible working options (On site)
- Closing 12th May 2024
MND Scotland is the only charity in Scotland dedicated to directly supporting people with MND, their families, and friends.
Since being founded over forty years ago, MND Scotland has provided practical, financial and emotional support to anyone affected by MND whilst also funding essential research into finding effective treatments and a cure.
MND Scotland is funded entirely by donations and grants. The charity’s patron is Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal.
We are looking for a highly motivated fundraising manager to join our growing fundraising team as Partnerships and Philanthropy Lead. This role will join us at an exciting time of growth to deliver a successful Partnerships and Philanthropy strategy.
In this role, you will be central to the successful delivery of our ambitious fundraising strategy, using operational and financial planning skills to develop and implement a successful portfolio for giving across Scotland. Working with a mixed audience of Trusts and Corporates, you will lead on delivering first-class supporter experiences through the creation of an innovative and engaging portfolio. You will work with the Head of Fundraising to create the infrastructure required for Partnerships and Philanthropy to thrive, developing, and managing existing relationships, whilst building new opportunities.
As Partnerships and Philanthropy Lead you will be an inspiring leader and play a vital role in driving a step change in high value fundraising, securing multiyear funding, and establishing meaningful relationships in this arena.
You will be an ambassador for MND Scotland, building relationships across the MND community to further our mission to make time count for everyone in Scotland affected by MND.
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