Everyday people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as Partnership & Relationship Manager you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading health charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support Service provides access to a range of supported self management and community recovery services to support people across Scotland to manage their health as well as possible and adjust to life after a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or after a stroke.

The purpose of this role is to support the Head of External Engagement, Peer and Participation, and colleagues across the External Engagement and Service Development Directorate, in building a strong and wide-reaching network of stakeholders. These relationships will help drive forward CHSS’s No Life Half Lived ambitions and highlight the value of our community healthcare support model in achieving shared strategic and operational goals across Scotland.

You’ll play a key role in promoting and championing CHSS’s approach, helping to strengthen our reputation, broaden our reach, and demonstrate the impact of our work. This includes developing meaningful partnerships and engaging with influential decision-makers across the third sector, NHS, Scottish Parliament, NHS Boards, Integrated Joint Boards, and Health and Social Care Partnerships to increase our service user referrals.

A particular focus of the role will be on identifying and developing strategic and operational partnerships in respiratory and cardiac health, increasing referrals and ensuring people living with these conditions receive the support they need.

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or colleague is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

Want to lead a brilliant team and help deliver health and care services that truly make a difference across the East of Scotland? This could be your next role.

We are experiencing an exciting period of growth within our regulated services, and we welcome applications from individuals with proven experience leading teams in the regulated health and social care sector.

What does a day in the life of Health Operations Manager look like?

• Lead local managers to deliver high-quality health and care services.
• Contribute to the national leadership team to drive growth and impact in Scotland.
• Oversee daily operations, managing staff and volunteers.
• Support independence, prevent hospital admissions, and reduce isolation.
• Build relationships with stakeholders and ensure targets and quality standards are met.
• Work with business development to secure new opportunities

To be a successful Health Operations Manager, you’ll need:

• Proven operational management of health or social care services, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
• Experience developing services with NHS or local government partners to achieve agreed outcomes.
• Skilled in public speaking, presentations, and influencing diverse audiences.
• Strong people management skills, with experience leading staff, volunteers, and projects.
• Competent in budgeting, financial management, and use of Microsoft Office tools.
• Awareness of the needs of vulnerable people, with the ability to enhance service delivery; able to travel extensively across Scotland.

Girlguiding Edinburgh are recruiting for a Compliance, Membership and Growth Coordinator.

Guiding offers amazing, life-changing opportunities that help girls and young women build confidence, reach their potential and make a positive difference to their community and the world. We want to change the lives of even more girls in Edinburgh by giving them the chance to join us. Recruiting and retaining our adult volunteers is crucial to growing and developing our membership.

Role description: responsible for ensuring that the recruitment of volunteers and young members in Girlguiding Edinburgh is effectively promoted and managed through the Girlguiding online membership system (GO), while ensuring all necessary compliance checks are completed in line with Girlguiding and Disclosure Scotland policies.

Responsible to: the county commissioner

Location:This is a hybrid role. Working from home with attendance in the office at 16 Coates Crescent, Edinburgh, EH3 7AH one day a week (to be agreed). Attendance at recruitment fairs and events will be part of the role.

Job description and key responsibilities:

• Monitor and maintain the Girlguiding GO membership system to ensure compliance in line with Girlguiding policies:
  • Respond to new enquiries and gathering additional information from applicants
  • Liaise with local commissioners to match prospective volunteers to units requiring help (where no commissioner placed, liaise directly with leaders)
  • Follow- up with each new volunteer after first unit visit to assign role and arrange/conduct recruitment checks (PVG and safer guiding safeguarding training) in timely manner
  • Conduct weekly reviews of enquires, disclosures and safer guiding training progress to ensure compliance in line with internal and external policies
• Support and help leaders and commissioners using the Join Us/GO system
• Conduct regular review of volunteer needs throughout the city of Edinburgh
• Complete monthly reports on volunteer and enquiry numbers
• Work with Girlguiding Edinburgh’s executive team as membership coordinator, continuously improving volunteer and young member recruitment and retention processes
• Support lead volunteers in proactively raising awareness of opportunities to attract new members and volunteers
• Proactively seek new opportunities to recruit volunteers and young members (social media, volunteer platforms, recruitment events)
• Plan and assist in the delivery of welcome sessions for new volunteers
• Provide ad hoc administrative support to the county team as required (events, training, newsletter, minutes taking etc)

Everyday people with chest, heart and stroke conditions leave hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Living Well Coordinator you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke, including Long COVID conditions to live life to the full again. The Advice Line service is a free and confidential helpline that supports people living with our conditions to ensure that live no life is half lived.

We’re seeking a compassionate and proactive individual to support people living with long-term conditions. In this role, you’ll lead and develop a team of volunteers who provide telephone-based wellbeing support.

You’ll bring excellent communication and listening skills, along with experience in health or social care. Experience in recruiting and managing volunteers, as well as goal setting, would be desirable.

For an informal discussion please contact: Gemma Burrows, Advice Line Lead Coordinator: gemma.burrows@chss.org.uk

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families, and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a PVG check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.