Policy and Research Officer
- Part time
- £29,797 – £32,891 pro-rata
- Edinburgh*
- Closing 5th November 2021
- Advertised from 15th October 2021
- Part time, permanent (subject to continued funding). Starting Salary: £29,797 (pro rata). Working hours: 30 hours per week
Role
About Us
Zero Tolerance is a Scottish charity working to end men’s violence against women by promoting gender equality and by challenging attitudes which normalise violence and abuse.
Zero Tolerance has a commitment to diversity and challenging all forms of inequality alongside gender inequality. We would be particularly keen to encourage applicants from Black Minority and Ethnic, LGBT, disabled, migrant and other backgrounds currently underrepresented within the women’s sector.
What You’ll Do
We are looking for an experienced Policy and Research Officer to join our team and lead on our work to influence key decision makers and stakeholders across local authorities, Scottish and UK governments and third sector organisations. You will support the organisation’s aims by building and developing effective networks and relationships, whilst monitoring and analysing developing national and local public policy. In addition, you will maintain our organisational evaluation framework and the development and management of ZT’s evidence base, to ensure all of our activities are robustly underpinned.
What We Need
The successful candidate will have previous experience in a similar role with strong knowledge and understanding of violence against women and gender equality. You’ll be a skilled communicator with the ability to present complex ideas to a variety of audiences: as an effective negotiator, you will have the ability to influence at the highest levels with a diversity of stakeholders and partners.
You will also have:
· Clear concise written skills with the ability to turn research evidence into clear findings that inform decisions
· Excellent understanding of the Scottish political landscape
· Demonstrable project management skills, managing both reactive and planned work
· Proven experience of building networks
What We Offer
As well as a competitive salary, we offer an excellent pension scheme (6% employers’ contribution) and 28 days annual leave plus 10 public holidays. We have a flexible working hours policy, and actively encourage continuous professional development for all our employees. We also offer annual pay progression, and operate a grading structure based on five salary grades. New employees start on point 1 of each salary grade and receive annual increments until the top of the grade is reached. This role is Grade 3 £29,797 – £32,891.
*Location: Our office is in Edinburgh. We are currently all working from home. We will review working from home in January 2022 to determine future working arrangements for the organisation.
Application notes
For a full job description, application form and details of how to apply, please visit our Careers page Zero Tolerance careers - hireful. (livevacancies.co.uk)
For any questions relating to the vacancy please contact carolyn.hughes@squarepeghr.co.uk Square Peg HR is our recruitment partner for this vacancy and application forms will be returned to Square Peg HR’s recruitment platform.
Closing date for applications: Friday 5th November @ 12 noon.
Interview date: Monday 15th or Wednesday 17th November
We are looking for an enthusiastic Fundraising Assistant to support our Fundraising Manager. You will provide excellent supporter care, ensuring all supporters in our community have an excellent experience of making donations and fundraising for Edinburgh Women’s Aid (EWA). You will also be responsible for accurate, efficient and effective administration, ensuring that our database and reporting systems meet our fundraising and reporting needs.
Evaluation Coordinator
- Full time
- £36,839 – £39,704
- Home based - regular travel for work and meetings/supervision in Glasgow (Remote)
- Closing 29th March 2024
We’re hiring for an Evaluation Coordinator!
We’re recruiting for an Evaluation Coordinator who will work with colleagues and partners to embed evaluation in our team and across our network.
Innovation and impact are central themes of our work as we seek to promote and support the development of recovery approaches, share learning, inform and influence. We are keenly interested in the impacts of our activities and also to better understand the wider impacts of the many recovery approaches we promote and support.
You will be committed to values-based practice, mental health recovery and excited by the opportunity to work with others to bring about much needed change in our mental health system.
CRM Process Analyst and Implementation Lead
- Full time
- £37,870 – £40,501
- Glasgow or Edinburgh with some remote working (Hybrid)
- Closing 3rd April 2024
Introduction
Are you someone who genuinely wants to make a difference? Are you motivated by transformational change? Have you experience in improving processes and creating successful business systems? If so, we want to hear from you!
This is a vital and exciting role that will allow the award winning fundraising team at Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) to rethink and change how we use the CRM and the associated processes as we look ahead to the next decade of fundraising.
This multi-disciplinary role will work as part of a small team providing specialist technical expertise to manage the CRM development. You will be responsible for reviewing all existing CRM process to ensure they are appropriate for the new system as well as managing the implementation of integrations with the CRM and third party applications.
Key responsibilities
- Lead the analysis and development of existing processes to support the growth ambitions of CHAS and align with the move to an updated version of our current CRM.
- Research, propose and develop changes to policies, services and processes
- Train and support colleagues in the move to our updated CRM
- As a process improvement expert you have freedom to act to address issues identified without reference to line manager working within change control and risk management mechanisms
About you
You will have knowledge of fundraising CRMs and experience in process analysis and change. You will be an excellent project manager and communicator with a proven track record in managing system integration projects.
- Experience in implementation as a functional lead, CRM and fundraising systems or equivalent
- Demonstrable experience of process analysis, process improvement and resolving complex issues
- Highly effective team working skills, with an ability to collaborate with others and develop strong and effective working relationships across an organisation
- Excellent communicator with a friendly manner
- Meticulous approach to planning and excellent attention to detail
- Accountable for self, actions and decisions
We are looking for two full time (35-hour post Mon-Friday 9-4.30pm)Women’s Support Workers.
This role focusses on offering practical and emotional support to women who have experienced domestic abuse. Support is offered to women who are living in our safe accommodation and on an outreach capacity.
The successful candidate(s) will have at least 2 years of experience in a role where you have supported vulnerable clients. You will also hold an SVQ 3 Health and Social Care or equivalent or be willing to undertake this upon completion of your probationary period.
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