Top job! IWA Manager
- Full time
- £40,000 – £42,000
- George Square Office, Greenock and IWA Refuge
- Closing 15th July 2022
- Advertised from 20th June 2022
- 35 hours per week
Role
We are a Registered Charity and SCIO SC046936. Established in 1985, the Charity has been delivering vital services for women and children across the Inverclyde area for over 37 years. Inverclyde Women’s Aid’s vision is of a society, in which women, children and young people are full and equal participants, free from the threat of abuse, violence or oppression.
Our posts are open to women only applicants as we are a woman only service, covered by the occupational requirement exemption under the Equality Act 2010.
Role
The IWA Manager will lead the Charity and continue to build and future proof the Organisation. We are a specialist provider of support for women, children & young people who have experienced domestic abuse. Our service is free, confidential and independent, and we are affiliated to Scottish Women’s Aid.
The successful Manager will be an experienced leader with a proven track record in ensuring the delivery of high-quality services. The Manager will have excellent organisational, motivational and governance skills at a service level. They will have experience of working in a fast-paced environment and will have the ability to prioritise and delegate tasks effectively. They will have experience of developing and delivering strategic and service plans, applying for funding and budget management. The Manager will need to have knowledge of change management and leading teams through a change process.
Successful candidates will have a passion for improving the lives of women, children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse. Applicants should be qualified appropriately in order to register at the appropriate level for a Housing Support Service with SSSC or be committed to achieving this qualification.
Application notes
To apply send a two page CV and two page covering letter outlining why you are a good fit for the role and how you meet the criteria outlined in the Job Description and Person Specification. Send your application for the attention of Karen Moore, Change Manager at karen.moore@inverclydewomensaid.co.uk
Closing Date for applications: 15 July at 5pm
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Top job! Head of Smart Works Scotland
- Full time
- £44,000 – £50,000
- Based across our Scotland centres in Edinburgh and Glasgow (Hybrid)
- Closing 19th April 2024
About Smart Works
Smart Works is a dynamic, high profile and fast-growing UK charity that dresses and coaches unemployed women for success at their job interview. We empower each woman by giving her the clothes and the confidence she needs to succeed. After visiting Smart Works, 69% of clients secure a job within a month, gaining financial independence and transforming their lives.
More information about who we are can be found on our website.
About the role
Smart Works is volunteer-powered and exists to empower all women who need help getting into work. As such, a fantastic opportunity has arisen for a proactive self-starter with outstanding leadership skills to take on the pivotal role of being the Head of Smart Works Scotland. Reporting to the Chair of the Trustee Board, the role is responsible for developing and delivering our core strategies and for the overall operation of our two centres in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
In practice, this involves leading a small staff team to thrive in their roles and deliver outstanding results, with direct line management responsibilities for 3 team members out of 8. It also includes representing our charity to a range of stakeholders across the region, contributing to our ambitious client targets and unlocking vital funds to deliver the Three Year Plan.
A major focus of this role will be to deliver, and support team members to aid delivery, of our annual fundraising target (c. £400k) via, grants and trusts, corporate partnerships, fundraising events, and identifying new income streams.
The Head of Smart Works Scotland must build strong working relationships with the staff team and Board of Trustees, foster excellent collaborations with a variety of stakeholders and have significant experience across multiple fundraising streams.
Whilst the successful individual will be supported by the Chair, Board of Trustees and colleagues in other centres, they will be expected to work autonomously and confidently in carrying out their duties. There may be occasional evening and weekend work in order to support fundraising, networking and key events as required.
The role will be based in our Edinburgh or Glasgow centre, and flexible working options are available.
If you are passionate about supporting women, are flexible, have excellent organisation and prioritisation skills and can liaise confidently and successfully with a broad range of stakeholders, then this is an ideal opportunity.
Duties and responsibilities
- Leading a staff team of 8 across two centres, ensuring all team members are thriving in their roles and continuing to develop their skills.
- Supporting each direct report with project deliverables and identifying continuous improvement opportunities in our ways of working.
- Oversee the smooth running of both centres, ensuring all client and service delivery targets are on track and all protocols such as safeguarding and governance are adhered to.
- Setting and delivering our core strategies, across all functional areas.
- Working with various staff members on targeted campaigns and corporate partnerships, providing guidance and support on the annual fundraising target c. £400k via our three revenue streams - Corporate, Community and Events, Grants and Trusts.
- Manage the day-to-day costs of the budget, contributing to timely process reconciliation with the Board Treasurer and Group Finance Team.
- Delivering financial activities to target, maintaining an up to date database with relevant income tracking and pipeline information to facilitate regular financial reporting to the Board of Trustees and timely process reconciliation with the Board Treasurer and Group Finance team.
- Supporting the team to raise awareness of our charity and increase our supporter community through social media campaigns and in-person events throughout the year.
Personal Specification
Essential Criteria
- Outstanding interpersonal and team management / leadership skills.
- Significant experience of generating income from a variety of sources, including Events, Trusts, Foundations, Community and Corporate sponsorship.
- Demonstrable experience of securing new business and onboarding new partnerships.
- Experience of managing four figure+ partnerships across the following activities: employee fundraising, sponsorship, commercial or grants.
- A strong networker, with relationship management experience across seniority levels and sectors.
- Strong presentation skills, with prior experience delivering engaging sessions to large audiences.
- Experience of balancing changing priorities and responding to delivery needs.
- Proactive approach to problem solving, with an entrepreneurial attitude towards fundraising strategy.
- Ability to work autonomously and also have a strong team focus and ethic.
- Good working knowledge and experience using Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, CRM systems.
- Target driven, with excellent organisation and time management skills to meet deadlines and monthly / quarterly KPIs.
Desirable Criteria
- An understanding of the employment and skills landscape in Scotland.
- Experience of working collaboratively with volunteer teams and / or in the not for profit sector.
- Financially aware, able to interpret basic financial accounts for reporting purposes.
Scottish Women’s Aid has an opportunity to join their membership services team as a Participation Lead. This role has been established within SWA core work for a couple of years offering the opportunity to develop our participation work as an organisation and managing the relationship with the Survivor Reference Group (SRG), a group of women with lived experience who offer their invaluable knowledge and experience to our work. This position will work as a part of the Membership Services Team, but work very closely with other teams within the organisation including Policy and Training.
Location: Blend of home working and office, based in Rose Street, Edinburgh or can be entirely home-based anywhere in the UK. Please talk to us about your flexible working requirements.
Assertive Outreach Domestic Abuse Practitioner
- Full time
- £29,881.93
- Honeygreen Homeless Unit, Dundee (On site)
- Closing 19th April 2024
To work as a member of the Assertive Outreach Team, which aims to offer support to single homeless women, providing permanent housing directly to homeless individuals with ongoing assertive but flexible support, with a strong focus on harm reduction and sustainable tenancy within the community.
Women only including those with a Gender Recognition Certificate need apply under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010.
You will be required to provide creative permanent housing solutions, whilst providing support consistent with the internationally recognised Housing First Fidelities:
- People have a right to a home
- Flexible support is provided for as long as is needed
- Housing and support are separated
- Individuals have choice and control
- An active engagement approach is used
- The service is based on people’s strengths, goals and aspirations
- A harm reduction model is used
Children & Young People’s Support Worker
- Part time
- £28,702 pro-rata
- Kilmarnock, providing services throughout East Ayrshire.
- Closing 3rd May 2024
Do you have experience of working with vulnerable children & young people? Are you passionate with the energy to provide high quality individual and group support for children who have experienced or are experiencing domestic abuse? Are you able to demonstrate a flexible, practical and positive approach to working with children and young people? Do you have an understanding and awareness of domestic abuse and a reflective, sensitive, non-judgmental approach? Can you work in a way that promotes equality and empowerment? If so we would like to hear from you.
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