Are you a leader who would like to make a real difference in faith-based peace and reconciliation?

Would you love a role that allows you to support people and faith communities to flourish as they navigate change, conflict, and differences well?

Then this exciting role might be for you…

Job Summary

Under its current 5-year strategy (2021 – 2025), ‘Choosing Peace in times of fear & division’, Place for Hope has successfully grown and diversified its partnerships, funding and volunteer team. This has enabled us to grow our reach and impact in equipping people and faith communities to be peacemakers working towards a more peaceful and reconciled world.

The new Director of Place for Hope will continue to develop Place for Hope as they work with Trustees, Staff and Volunteers to shape and finalise the next 5-year strategy that ensures Place for Hope is fit for purpose in a changing UK landscape for charities and faith communities. They will provide leadership and to be responsible for the overall management and administration of the charity within the strategic and accountability frameworks agreed by the Board of Trustees.

Previous experience essential to the role includes: values-based leadership; peace, conflict transformation and/or mediation; collaborating and communicating effectively with different Christian denominations and other faiths, excellent organisational and communication skills, and experience in income generation (including through building diverse partnerships). The ideal candidate would also have an interest in supporting faith communities to transform conflict, navigate change well and be able to support an internal CPD programme and culture of reflective practice.

This is an exciting time to join Place for Hope and play an important role in equipping individuals, faith and wider communities to be peacemakers in a world increasingly conflicted and divided.

The Relationships Scotland Network is the largest provider of family and relationship support in the country. We offer relationship counselling, family mediation and child contact centres through a network of 21 member services across Scotland, which provide face-to-face support to around 15,000 people each year.

We are looking for a motivated and hardworking person to join our Corporate Management Team as Head of Professional Practice for Child Contact. This role is an integral part of our CMT, and works with all our member services and child contact centres across the network.

We have an office in Edinburgh, and would expect the post-holder to work from here on a Tuesday whenever possible (this is our office day). The remaining hours can be worked remotely if needed, or there is a desk space at York Place if you prefer to be office based.

The Relationships Scotland Network is the largest provider of family and relationship support in the country. We offer relationship counselling, family mediation and child contact centres through a network of 21 member services across Scotland, which provide face-to-face support to around 15,000 people each year.

We are looking for a motivated and hardworking individual to join our Corporate Management Team as Head of Network Services. This role is an integral part of our CMT, and works with all our member services across our network. The role involves elements of monitoring and evaluation, quality assurance, and policy development.

We have an office in Edinburgh, and would expect the post-holder to work from here on a Tuesday whenever possible (this is our office day). The remaining hours can be worked remotely if needed, or there is a desk space at York Place if you prefer to be office based.

LCIL is a person-led organisation providing a range of services that enable Disabled People to live independently in the community of their choice.

The Chief Executive is responsible for leading and developing LCiL. This is an exciting opportunity to work collaboratively with the Board, staff, volunteers and other stakeholders to develop and implement a strategy for the organisation, ensuring LCiL employees are developed and supported in delivering their workplans, and to establish and maintain excellent collaborative relationships with all stakeholders to enable the delivery of the strategic aims, mission and vision of the organisation.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead and develop the organisation in line with its Person-led roots.

• Provide inspirational leadership, direction and support to enable the development and delivery of an impactful and relevant strategy/strategic framework, working closely with the Board, staff and other stakeholders.

• Create a positive and trusting culture within the organisation to enable staff to self-empower, take initiatives and become positive agent of excellence on behalf of the organisation.

• Provide leadership and good governance to ensure LCiL’s financial resources are managed effectively, promoting a culture of financial transparency, identifying risks and taking appropriate action so that LCiL remains in good financial health, updating the Board on a regular basis.

• Work with the Board and employees to generate momentum and engagement in shaping LCiL as a one-stop-shop organisation.

• Ensure the Board is supported in meeting its legal governance responsibilities by managing the organisation well in line with role accountabilities, ensuring reporting meets governance requirements, relationships are positive and it has the overview of matching funding and resources to deliver LCiL strategic aims.

• Seek out, develop and nurture beneficial partnerships with supporters and funders so that there are opportunities to raise sufficient funds and ensure organisational sustainability.

• Represent LCiL and engage with national and local policy decision making process, in line with the roots of the organisation and the Independent Living Movement.