- Advertised from 29th April 2022
- Grade 3 Salary band. 37 hours per week. Please note secondments would be welcomed.
Role
We are looking for a Executive Assistant on a temporary basis of 6 months, could this be you?
The Executive Assistant is a pivotal and unique role within our office. As a key member of staff, we need you to coordinate the work of the Commissioner, working to fulfil our statutory duty to promote and safeguard the rights of children and young people.
You will have primary responsibility for ensuring the effectiveness of the Commissioner’s internal and external work and the gravitas to manage their busy diary, prepare briefings, attend meetings and take minutes, and will coordinate their work in collaboration with the Senior Management Team.
Reporting directly to the Head of Corporate Services, you will also play a central role in the effectiveness of the organisation.
As a team, we work to our shared values of bravery, independence, leadership, participation and respect so that we can be the fierce champions of rights that children and young people need us to be.
Who we are
The Commissioner for Children and Young People Scotland is an independent statutory body. The office has a current budget of £1.3 million and a multidisciplinary team of 15 staff based in an office in central Edinburgh but working all across Scotland. We promote and safeguard the human rights of everyone in Scotland up to 18, or up to 21 if the young person has care experience.
Scotland’s children and young people have told us that they need fierce champions for their human rights: people who share our values of bravery, independence, leadership, participation and respect.
You’d be joining the Commissioner, Bruce Adamson, and his hard-working and committed team striving to influence and drive progressive law, policy and practice within children’s human rights. We do this by:
- Raising awareness and understanding of children’s human rights
- Reviewing law, policy and practice relating to children’s human rights
- Promoting best practice by service providers
- Promoting, commissioning, undertaking and publishing research to promote better implementation of children’s human rights
In doing this, the Commissioner must have regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and act in a way that encourages equal opportunities. We must also encourage the involvement of children and young people in the work of the office and consult relevant organisations working with, and for children and young people, placing a particular emphasis on those who are less likely to be included or listened to, and those whose rights are most at risk.
Why join us?
You’ll be valued as an essential part of a busy team, working every day to make an impact in children and young people’s lives in Scotland.
You’ll also get the chance to work directly with children and young people.
We offer flexible working hours and excellent holidays and benefits within the public sector in Scotland.
Secondments would be welcomed.
Application notes
Closing date for applications: May 13, 2022, at 4pm
For further details and to download an application pack please visit cypcs.org.uk/jobs
Please note that CV’s will not be accepted.
Guaranteed Interview
Disability
Disabled candidates who satisfy the essential basic criteria for the post will be invited for interview. Disability is defined as a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
Care Experienced
Candidates who are Care Experienced who satisfy the essential basic criteria for the post will be invited for interview. We consider you to be care-experienced if you have ever been looked after in local authority care (for instance if you have been in foster care/kinship care/residential care or have been looked after at home on a compulsory order).
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We are recruiting for a Locality Manager to lead our service provision across the city of Edinburgh and the East.
In Edinburgh this is directly managing Our Visiting Home Service in the Northwest and Southwest of the city as well as overseeing the management of three supported accommodation programmes in the Broomhouse and Pilton areas. The Locality Manager will directly line manager a Service Manager in the city.
Right There is a charity working to prevent people becoming homeless and separated from their loved ones.
We’re here for children and adults who are living with the effects of poverty, addiction or broken relationships. Walking alongside people at home and in the community, we provide tailored support and form trusting relationships to help people feel happier, safer and more confident to live their lives.
Rooted in communities across Scotland for 200 years, we’re there for people going through tough times. Our work won’t stop until everyone has an equal chance to create a safe and supportive place to call home.
Main duties and responsibilities include:
- Directly manage delivery of the Edinburgh and East service and be service located in the city(potentially from Leith in the first instance)
- Lead service delivery in line with Right There’s aims, values and strategic objectives
- Lead your portfolio with emphasis on best practice, qualitative based outcomes and robust operational controls
- Ensure robust person-centred planning is at the heart of delivery with maintained and accurate support plans recording SMART outcomes.
- Responsibility for service development and excellence leading on the collation and implementation of annual review and improvement programme.
- Take ownership for growth of services under responsibility
- Investigate new opportunities allied to and/or supporting existing service provision
- Support leadership and senior management colleagues develop new service proposals and tenders of new and existing activity.
- Lead the Edinburgh and East delivery teams with a clear focus on delivery performance and outcome attainment
- Lead the teams to deliver great “customer” service and a People First Approach
- Work in partnership with Right There colleagues; promote clear and singular communication
- Embrace a positive working culture working collaboratively, promoting inclusiveness, cooperation, trust and open exchange of ideas to fulfil Right There’s strategic aims supporting line managers and delivery staff to do likewise.
- Accountable for service specific data collection, analysis and regular agreed reporting
- Deliver on service performance, using KPI data to support decision making and planning for current programmes.
- Responsible for upholding the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) Codes of Practice and Health and Social Care Standards within your programme.
- Lead the Edinburgh and East services in partnership with key commissioners involved in service review and reporting.
- Take the lead in service delivery matters as they apply to the Care Inspectorate, building positive working relations with respective Inspectorate staff.
- Responsible for compiling and managing the approved annual budgets
- Ensure services operate within financial parameters and targets
What we expect from you
Our values make us who we are and define our actions and behaviours every day. We’d expect the post-holder to uphold and represent our organisation in a way that reflects our values and person-centred way of working.
We need you to be qualified to SVQ Level 3 in Social Services and Healthcare (previously Health and Social Care), SCQF Level 7 or HNC in Social Services. We also need you to be qualified in, or willing to work towards SVQ Level 4 Social Services and Healthcare and SVQ Level 4 in Management, or SCQF equivalent.
We’re looking for someone that has experience of managing a service, with the ability to lead and take ownership and accountability for the programmes. We also need you to have knowledge and experience of working to Care Inspectorate standards as well as having experience of building, leading and managing a team.
What you can expect from us
We value our staff as our greatest asset and will provide the following working conditions:
- The post holder will report to the Head of Operations-Services.
- Your normal working hours are an average of 35 per week. These hours are usually worked Monday to Friday, and flexibly between the hours of 8.00am to 6.00pm, with core hours over the period from 10am to 4pm with one-hour unpaid. Variations to these hours must be agreed with your line manager.
- Your usual place of work will be 26 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 5AA
- Annual leave entitlement of 210 hours holiday (equivalent to 6 weeks) pro rata per year in the first year rising to 280 hours (equivalent to 8 weeks) pro rata per year in the second. This includes public holidays.
- You will be automatically enrolled into the People’s Pension in the month that you will complete 3-months of employment, provided you meet the auto-enrolment criteria.
- Life Insurance from day one
- Option to purchase and sell annual leave.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Ongoing learning and development
- Wellness programmes
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- Part time
- £37,947 – £41,225 pro-rata
- Edinburgh (Hybrid)
- Closing 8th April 2024
We are looking for enthusiastic people with varying levels of skills and experience to join Young Scot – the national youth information and citizenship charity for 11-26-year-olds in Scotland. We provide information, ideas and opportunities for young people, helping them to make informed decisions and choices, connecting them to opportunities locally, nationally and globally and empowering them to create and drive positive change.
Our Management Accountant will work closely with the Chief Executive, Senior Leadership Team and Board of trustees and will be responsible for managing key financial functions and ensuring the financial stability of the organisation. You will have strong background, knowledge, and experience in similar roles and have relevant recognised accountancy qualification. This role is an exciting chance to create a significant difference by overseeing the essential financial functions of a charity committed to supporting young people to thrive.
To find out more about who we are and what we do, visit youngscot.net
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- Full time
- £28,582 – £31,567
- Edinburgh (Hybrid)
- Closing 10th April 2024
We are looking for enthusiastic people with varying levels of skills and experience to join Young Scot – the national youth information and citizenship charity for 11-26-year-olds in Scotland. We provide information, ideas and opportunities for young people, helping them to make informed decisions and choices, connecting them to opportunities locally, nationally and globally and empowering them to create and drive positive change.
Our new Digital Information & Social Media Officer will support the Digital Information & Social Media Manager alongside the digital information team to develop digital information and social media content for our audiences. You will work directly with young people and content creators to develop user-generated content for our campaigns – and will ensure our website and social channels are at the forefront of innovation. Your work will to ensure that young people from all communities and backgrounds in Scotland access the highest-quality, most relevant and timely information they need to thrive and make the most of their lives as they grow up.
To find out more about who we are and what we do, visit youngscot.net
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