Marketing & Events Coordinator
- Full time or Part time
- £27,000
- Merchiston, Edinburgh
- Closing 4th December 2022
- Advertised from 11th November 2022
- Full-time (5 days at 36.25 hours per week) or Part-time (4 days at 29 hours per week with the salary pro-rated).
Role
Edinburgh Napier Students’ Association (ENSA) is looking for a real people-person – someone who is engaging and energetic – a great communicator and super-organised – to help us improve the student experience for our 19,000 members based in Edinburgh and around the world. More specifically, we need someone who will work with our Elected Officers to deliver exciting events and campaigns for students throughout the year and who can help us grow our commercial income.
If you have a passion for improving the student experience and relish the idea of working in a friendly, fast-paced, ever-changing environment, we’d like to hear from you.
Note that this post may be worked full time (five days a week) or part time (four days a week).
Please see the job description (PDF) for more information.
Application notes
To apply, please send a completed application form (PDF) to HR@napierstudents.com before the deadline stated below.
Please note that you are welcome to include a CV; however, CVs will not be accepted without an application form.
Deadline for applications: 11:59pm on Sunday 4 December
Interview date: 16 December 2022 (to be held at the ENSA Office at Merchiston Campus, Edinburgh)
You must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this post.
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Top job! Chief Executive Officer
- Full time
- £65,000
- Merchiston Campus in Edinburgh, with regular travel to Craiglockhart and Sighthill Campuses within the city. (On site)
- Closing 22nd April 2024
Edinburgh Napier Students’ Association (‘ENSA’ to our friends) exists to enable students to make the most of their university experience. We do this by representing, supporting, and developing Edinburgh Napier students to be successful in their studies; to try out new things; to engage in, and contribute to university life; to be healthy and happy; to bring about positive change; and most importantly have fun to make it an unforgettable experience.
As our CEO is moving on to pastures new, we are now looking to recruit a new Chief Executive Officer who will lead a motivated and dynamic professional staff of 14 and develop and support our three sabbaticals who, each year, are elected by the student community at Edinburgh Napier. The post-holder will have the opportunity to lead on the development and delivery of a new strategic plan as our Strategy 2021 – 2024 comes to an end.
About the Role:
Under the direction of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer is accountable for the leadership, management, and sustainability of the Students’ Association, alongside providing support to the Elected Officers enabling them to fulfil their duties to the best of their potential.
In this role, you will be required to coach, develop, and provide leadership to the Students’ Association’s staff and to take responsibility for ENSA’s management and administration within the accountability frameworks established by the Board of Directors.
The role holder will not only be forward-looking, with a continuous focus on improvement but also have a deep understanding and appreciation for student issues and student experience.
We truly believe in the power of diversity and understand that different viewpoints are important to achieving goals, that's why we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.
For a comprehensive list of duties and full job description, please see the Recruitment Pack PDF.
What we will need from you:
• Experienced working at a board-level, either reporting to, or serving on a Board
• Excellent leadership, coaching and influencing skills to drive change forward.
• An excellent understanding of governance, compliance and university structures
• Writing high-quality reports and policy pieces
• Managing budgets and setting and overseeing internal controls
• Developing strategies and implementing strategic change Forging productive partnerships with stakeholders
Edinburgh University Students' Association is looking to recruit for the Head of Student Opportunities to join our Student Opportunities team.
Edinburgh University Students’ Association is an award-winning organisation, which exists to provide diverse services, representation, and welfare support to the community of over 49,500 students at the University of Edinburgh. By providing opportunities, helping to create change and offering support, we're here to help students get the most out of their time in Edinburgh.
The Student Opportunities team supports over 300 student-led societies; encourages a range of volunteering opportunities for students to participate in; and manages the Peer Learning and Support programme across the University.
We are a registered charity and all the income we generate from our commercial activity goes back in to supporting our members. We’re also an organisation with a strategic commitment to support and empower all our staff, and have some exciting plans for the future. There's never been a better time to apply and join our organisation.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. Edinburgh University Students’ Association is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.
We are looking for an experienced manager with a positive and enthusiastic outlook. They will be experienced in supporting a diverse range of volunteers and developing them through their volunteering journey, as well as being skilled in successful transformation projects within a member/volunteer led organisation. They will have demonstrable experience in managing the delivery of co-curricular and extra-curricular student opportunities.
The ideal candidate will contribute to our strategic commitment to support and help build student communities, as well as support students’ personal and professional development. To do this, they will be responsible for achieving the Student Associations’ ambitious plans around increasing engagement and interaction with student leaders and volunteers. This will require prior experience in developing and delivering cross-departmental projects, as well as proven success in engaging with key stakeholders to inform planning and decision making.
Please see the Job Description & Person Spec PDF for more information.
About ENSA
Edinburgh Napier Students’ Association (ENSA) exists to enable our 20,000 student members across Edinburgh and around the globe to make the most of their university experience. We do this by representing, supporting and developing Edinburgh Napier University students to be successful in their studies; to try out new things; to engage in, and contribute to, university life; to be healthy and happy; to bring about positive change; and to have fun.
About the role
As our Chair has now come to the end of her term in office, we are looking to recruit a new Chair with the skills and experience to lead the Board of Directors, promoting good governance and providing effective and empowering line management to support our CEO. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has the strategic focus, governance understanding, leadership experience and time to support and develop a committed Board and ensure ENSA delivers the best experience for students.
Please see the Job Description and Person Spec for full details.
About ENSA’s Board of Directors
The Board is collectively in charge of ENSA, for upholding its values and aligning it to the Association’s charitable aims. It has overall responsibility for ENSA’s governance: budget-setting and financial reporting, health and safety, human resources and legal compliance.
The Board is made up of 12 Directors: six External Lay Directors (including the Chair) appointed through a competitive process for their professional expertise; three Student Lay Directors who are registered students of Edinburgh Napier University and appointed through a competitive process; and three Sabbatical Officers who are elected by the student body.
In line with charity law, all ENSA’s Directors (elected and appointed) have equal status. Directors have a variety of experience and skills which offer different perspectives, and are all, jointly and severally, liable for the governance of the charity. Directors are expected to take their responsibilities seriously, attend meetings, and manage any conflicts of interests appropriately.
Project Development Officer
- Part time
- £26,522 pro-rata
- Hybrid working, one day a week in office at 4 Bernard Street, Edinburgh
- Closing 1st April 2024
Fast Forward is Scotland’s national youth work agency, focusing on supporting children & young people to make informed choices regarding, and take a harm reduction approach to, risk-taking behaviours, towards reducing the negative impacts of these on their lives and those of their families and wider community.
We are seeking a Project Development Officer to join Fast Forward’s Scottish Gambling Education Hub, an enthusiastic, detailed orientated person with excellent communication skills and a track record of reporting and evaluation.
The Scottish Gambling Education Hub is Scotland’s first gambling education and prevention programme, focusing on protecting young people from gambling harms, providing free training, support and resources for practitioners who work with young people and families in a range of education and health settings across Scotland.
We promote health through programmes and resources developed by, with and for young people.
Our work is underpinned by the following values:
Integrity - Our work is dynamic and informed by expertise, lived experience and relevant research
Forward Thinking - We are brave and bold. We are creative in our approach to identifying and responding to risk taking behaviour.
Inclusive- We take a person centred approach. We are non-judgemental and respectful.
Collaborative - We coproduce, partner and learn with young people and experts from across the field
Collaborative - We coproduce, partner and learn with young people and experts from across the field
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