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- Advertised from 26th April 2022
Role
Young Enterprise (Scotland) incorporating the Stuart Ivory Financial Education Trust is a UK leader in delivering educational and entrepreneurial programmes across Primary, Secondary and College Sectors. Young Enterprise (Scotland) is part of a wider UK organisation which in turn is part of a Global network. Please find more information here; yes.org.uk
The Board have an ambitious vision for growth in support to young people in these most challenging of times. We are now seeking a CEO to deliver on this vision. Key attributes:
- Proven track record of both creating and delivering upon key strategic objectives
- Charismatic approach to leadership and be keen to continually develop your business network
- Ideally experience of managing relationships with Government at both civil servant and Ministerial level
- Experience within a Not For Profit organisation is not essential but direct or indirect experience would be helpful
- Experience of reporting at Board level. You must also be financially astute and proven to make balanced and commercial decisions.
Application notes
A full recruitment pack will be available. If this seems like an ideal opportunity for you please send a detailed Curriculum CV in confidence to youngenterprise@lusona.co.uk in the first instance.
We cannot deal with individual enquiries in the interests of transparency and consistency.
Lusona Consultancy (Group) Ltd have been exclusively engaged to manage this assignment. Please do not contact the Organisation directly or indirectly.
We aim to acknowledge and process all applications within three working days. Interviews are scheduled provisionally for mid-June.
The Chief executive officer is accountable to the Board of Trustees of Pollok United SCIO and the Directors of Nethercraigs Community Interest Company; For the management and development of the organisation’s work and for representing the organisation to the public and key stakeholders.
Since its creation, 21 years ago, the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) has become established in a central role in the Scottish education, training and skills landscape.
The SCQF is overseen by the SCQF Partnership (SCQFP), which includes organisations from different sectors of education and training.
The Partnership employs a team of 12 people to maintain and promote the Framework. The team works with a range of stakeholders across Scotland to help create new learning pathways, broaden the curriculum offer to better meet the needs of all learners, and give recognition to all types of learning, wherever it occurs.
The SCQF is a key enabler for the Scottish Government’s aim of parity of esteem and recognition for all learning pathways, including the recognition of skills through prior and experiential learning. The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Ms Shirley-Anne Somerville, has recently stressed her support for the SCQF and the SCQF Partnership team, and the need for it to retain its independent status, which she indicated is central to its ability to broker a holistic approach to improving the learner journey.
The current Chief Executive will retire at the end of 2021 and so the Partnership is now planning for a new Chief Executive to build on the successes to date and to lead the organisation moving forward.
The Chief Executive will:
- Be the advocate and public face of SCQF and SCQFP to government and to bodies with interests in education and training in Scotland;
- Act as chief advisor on matters of policy, strategy and practice to the Partnership Board and its committees
- Formulate proposals, generate consensus and implement decisions on behalf of the Board and in accordance with public policies;
- Through enlightened staff management and judicious public communications, implement Board-led policy and practice and achieve objectives set by the Board;
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with partners across sectors and borders;
- Manage the Partnership as a viable and sustainable business.
The successful candidate will show proven success at a managerial level in a policy environment, demonstrating strong analytical thinking and astute judgement, particularly in respect of learners securing access to, and recognition of, educational attainments. They will be an excellent communicator with a high level of confidence and clarity and able to work easily with a wide range of people and organisations across diverse media.
As a well-organised leader, they will be able to manage, empower and elevate a team of staff whilst simultaneously operating on a strategic, innovative and risk-aware level. The role requires a comprehensive knowledge of education, quality assurance and skills development and recognition, and the successful candidate will be expected to join colleagues in leading on such operational matters when necessary.
This is a great opportunity to join the SCQFP at a dynamic time for the organisation, and a time of great change and challenge in the economy, working with a committed team and trusted partners to invest in Scotland’s lifelong learning. With major reviews and consultations ongoing in the education, training and skills sector, this is the perfect time for the right candidate to play a leading role in change and to steer the organisation towards new horizons.
Chief Operating Officer
- Full time
- Circa £40,000
- Glasgow (hybrid working available)
- Closing 30th May 2022
Established in 2013, Braveheart Industries started as part of an initiative led by the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit (SVRU). It was registered as a private company limited by guarantee with charitable status in 2014. Braveheart Industries was developed with the aim of reducing recidivism rates by offering transformational employment and training opportunities for those who had recently offended or were deemed as high risk for committing an offence again.
The charity and social enterprise, Braveheart Industries, have been on an evolving trajectory. The intention has always been to develop an independence of the charity from its origins within the violence reduction unit. In 2019, the Board and the VRU began a process of Business Planning, supported by Community Enterprise in Scotland. Those developments were quickly overshadowed by the Covid pandemic and its impact on the business. The new Chief Operating Officer will lead the vibrant recovery of the charity.
As Braveheart Industries Chief Operating Officer, you will possess the following skills:
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to adapt your communicative skills to suit various situations.
• A strategic thinker with the ability to implement new and diversifying processes.
• Knowledge of the voluntary sector and/or commercial enterprises.
• The ability to create positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and partners.
The main objective for this role will be to develop new and viable business opportunities for the social enterprises. The post also includes responsibility for business planning, staffing, budgetary control, on-time delivery, quality control, health and safety, marketing, liaison with partners and stakeholder and customer satisfaction.
This is an exciting new opportunity for someone to really put their own stamp on the charity and drive it forward to where it can be. If you believe you have what it takes or have the transferable skills to become the new Chief Operating Officer of Braveheart Industries, then we want to hear from you.
Ochil Tower School is an independent residential school for children and young people with additional support needs from the ages of 8-21. We are committed to promoting a nurturing, safe and fulfilling environment for the children and young people that we support over 52 weeks of the year. Our ethos is based upon a social pedagogy model, and the purpose of this role is to recognise and build on the individual strengths of each young person and use their interests to help them engage in their learning. We are a Camphill community who incorporates the ethos of Waldorf education and Camphill values into our 24h curriculum which is based on the Curriculum for Excellence.
The Role
An exciting new role has opened up within our school, with a focus on learning through the 24 hour curriculum and building up a close collaboration with the care team, in order to strengthen our vision of learning and growing together across the whole school.
We are seeking a motivated, enthusiastic and confident person who has significant experience with the CfE, Hgios 4, GIRFEC and the key drivers of the NIF to join our Operational Management Team.
The Education Manager has a key role in the development and implementation of the learning and Education Strategy taking our recent move to a 52 week provision into strong consideration.
Along with leading the Education Team to implement a curriculum which enables our young people to grow and develop skills for life, working closely together with the Care Manager and the Care Team will be an important aspect of the role, building on the successful model of a 24h curriculum not only during school weeks but across the year.
Reporting to the Head of Education you will have excellent verbal and written skills. Following a staged process and upon passing the 6 month probation period you will be line manager to the Teachers and support them to deliver professional and organisational objectives and values.
Qualifications:
Essential:
- Degree level in Education or equivalent
Desirable:
- PGCert/Dipin Inclusive Practice or equivalent
- Knowledge and experience of using a wide range of augmentative communication
Registration:
GTCS Registration and continuing to uphold their registration through engagement with the GTCS standards and taking part in an annual PRD with the Head of Education as stated in our Professional Update and Professional Review & Development Policy.
This post requires PVG membership in relation to working with children/adults.
The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 ( Exclusions and Exceptions) ( Scotland) Order 2013 applies to this post.
Experience:
Essential:
- 5 years experience of ASN teaching
Desirable:
- Some Coaching and Line Management experience
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