If you’re passionate about fundraising and making a difference, this opportunity with The Jeely Piece Club could be a rewarding fit!

The Jeely Piece Club is currently seeking a Trusts & Foundations Fundraiser to join their team. As a fundraiser, your role will involve researching information, planning, and writing bid applications to contribute to the organisation’s fundraising efforts. You’ll be responsible for communicating key messages and data about The Jeely Piece Club, inspiring and engaging potential funders, and ensuring successful bid applications. Working closely with the Senior Management Team and other staff and trustees, you’ll implement The Jeely Piece Club’s fundraising strategy to achieve sustainable income.

About The Jeely Piece Club:

The Jeely Piece Club was formed in 1975 to provide play opportunities and early education services for children in one of Glasgow’s largest housing schemes. The organisation was started by a group of local mums who wanted activities for their children. Today, that ethos remains the same. To provide opportunities for children in one of Glasgow’s most deprived communities.

For over 49 years, The Jeely Piece Club has been providing services for children, and families affected by poverty

A sector-leading, trauma-informed organisation, our mission is to work with children and their families to improve life chances by providing a range of inclusive, safe, playful experiences and opportunities.

Key Accountabilities:

1. Delivering fundraising priorities and targets for trusts and the foundation's income, including our current and future major appeals.
2. Researching, identifying, and prioritising appropriate trusts and foundations to maintain and convert a pipeline of new, prospective trusts and foundations.
3. Working with colleagues across the organisation to help shape projects for funding and creating strong Cases for Support to ensure effective applications.
4. Writing and submitting high-quality targeted funding applications.
5. Managing relationships with existing and new funders to encourage maximum funding, multi-year funding awards, and repeat funding.
6. Monitoring outcomes, updating the Funding Matrix, and producing timely reports and information as required externally by funders and internally for Management reporting.

Interested in leading and supporting the business functions of the ALLIANCE?

The ALLIANCE has an opportunity to join our Corporate Services team as a Finance and Corporate Services Manager, with management responsibility for finance, HR, office management, facilities and IT.

You will provide high level administrative, strategic planning and operational support; manage financial matters and help with budgets and financial projections; help develop policies, rules and guidelines for the whole organisation; offer advice and support to senior management; prepare reports and submissions about the ALLIANCE's resources and operations and help with staff management.

You will have:

• Accounting qualification, ideally Chartered (ACCA)
• Proven experience of working in corporate services
• Previous experience of using Sage Line 50 accounts
• Ability to horizon scan to identify opportunities and risks
• Excellent organisational skills
• Experience of staff management within an organisation
• Experience of day-to-day management of the finance function
• Experience of managing the IT function within an organisation
• Experience of preparing budgets and quarterly management accounts, including variance analyses and reforecasting
• Experience of preparing and submitting VAT returns
• Experience of month end, quarter end and year end finances
• Demonstrable skills in business administration and leadership skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience of office management and ability to establish, oversee and develop the organisation’s infrastructure
• IT skills in word processing, spreadsheets, databases and financial packages
• Flexible approach

It would be desirable for you to have experience of:

• Understanding of membership organisations
• Experience of working with Boards and Committees
• Experience of working in the third sector

As an ALLIANCE employee you will benefit from:

• 210 hours annual leave (equivalent of 30 days)
• 91 days public holiday (equivalent of 13 days) that can be taken flexibly
• Additional leave between Christmas and New Year
• Contributory pension scheme
• Open to flexible working (formal and informal)
• Hybrid working – opportunity to work from home for part of the week
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Learning and development opportunities
• Corporate rates for gym membership
• Time off in lieu
• Cycle Scheme
• Carer Positive Employer

The ALLIANCE is a healthy working lives employer and encourages a healthy work life balance and is happy to talk flexible working.

The ALLIANCE recognises that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our organisation feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

Please note, this role is subject to a 6-month probationary period.

The Court of the University of Aberdeen is seeking to appoint four new independent members (non-executive directors and charity trustees) to fill vacancies that will arise during the Summer 2024.

The University was established in 1495 to serve the north-east of Scotland, today our university is a global presence in higher education. A dual focus on our region and the wider world is as important to us today as it was five centuries ago.

After serving on our governing body, University Court, for a number of years, four of our independent Court members will step down in August 2024. The University is now seeking exceptional candidates to fill these vacancies to ensure the continued successful delivery of the University’s priorities and objectives, the setting of its strategic direction and commitment to its values and mission.

The following areas of professional expertise and/or experience would bring particular value to University Court and to the roles of independent members:

• Chartered accountancy within complex or international organisations
• People and culture at senior executive level
• Senior FTSE/international management

In addition, we would also welcome applications from individuals with professional expertise and/or experience in:

• Digitisation, emerging technology and AI
• Sustainability, net zero and transition planning
• Media and communications
• Governance, regulatory and compliance

The University is also seeking to recruit a member of Court to Chair the Remuneration Committee. The following areas of professional expertise and/or experience would bring particular value to University Court and to the role of chair of the Remuneration Committee:

• Demonstrable knowledge and expertise in people and HR leadership, change management, organisational development, culture, diversity and inclusion, and reward.
• Proven experience of connecting boards and executives to people and organisational priorities as a senior leader.

None of the posts are remunerated, however reasonable expenses incurred as result of your role on the committee will be re-imbursed in line with the University’s expenses policy.

Mainstay Trust supports adults with learning disabilities across Glasgow.

We have around 150 staff who work across housing support, care at home and care home services. We have four Service Managers and most services have a Senior Support Worker to support staff on a day to day basis.

We are recruiting a Senior HR Officer to join our team in Glasgow:

Purpose of Post:

The purpose of the Senior HR Officer role is to support the continuous improvement of the organisation as a whole by providing high quality advice, guidance and support for the effective management of all human resource functions across the organisation. This will include the ongoing development of management team members in understanding and leading with best practice in terms of managing staff as well as ensuring the organisation has robust and effective processes for recruitment, induction, training, registration compliance, absence management and the wellbeing of all staff. It will be beneficial for the individual involved in this role to have an excellent understanding of the care sector and necessary to understand current legislative requirements in this field as well as UK HR and Employment legislation.

Main Responsibilities:

• To manage recruitment and induction process based on organisational needs including advertising, interviewing, pre-employment checks and onboarding
• To ensure ongoing compliance for all staff in relation to their registration status with the SSSC, including monitoring CPD and registration status
• To offer guidance in best practice to managers for undertaking investigations in line with the organisations disciplinary/grievance policy and procedure
• To support managers with all formal meetings including disciplinary and grievance
• To manage absence and attendance to meet and consistently support required rates
• To review, update and maintain all policies and procedures relating to the employment relationship
• To develop and maintain a programme that supports the Fair Work First Guidance to ensure the organisation is compliant with the ethos of this guidance
• To maintain an effective Staff Wellbeing policy and programme.

Key Skills:

• An excellent understanding of employment legislation within the social care environment, including regulatory bodies
• Self-motivated and able to work on own initiative
• Strong interpersonal skills at all levels of engagement
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills
• Excellent communication skills at all levels
• Proven knowledge of UK HR and Employment legislation, with the ability to use appropriate judgement while working pragmatically to mitigate risk to the organisation
• Proven track record of conducting disciplinary matters, resolving grievances and supporting staff with short and long term physical and mental health conditions and employment related processes
• Ability to plan ahead and meet deadlines
• Proficient in use of Microsoft, excel and database software
• An ability to gather, analyse and report on data and stats including absence and disciplinary

Communication:

• To promote a positive, settled and stable environment for all staff
• To identify, record and report all areas of required change to the CEO
• To lead on interactions with staff in relation to health, safety and wellbeing at work including updating the Staff Area on our website and promote leading by example
• To have clear objectives for each area of work with realistic expectations communicated to senior management team through monthly reporting

Teamwork and Working Relationships:

• To develop and maintain professional and caring relationships between staff and line managers through continuous improvement activities
• To proactively engage in positive and professional relationships with all stakeholders involved in the continuous improvement and development of the organisation
• To work cooperatively as part of a team including attending and contributing to relevant team meetings.
• To develop the senior and middle management team as line managers with a focus on leading by example

Organisational Responsibilities:

• You will adhere at all times to Mainstay Trust Ltd Policies and Procedures
• You will maintain a safe working environment ensuring your own personal safety and the safety of others, reporting to CEO any concerns you have about the safety of the working environment and confirming steps taken to reduce any potential hazards identified.
• You will respect the differing roles within the organisation and engage with each stakeholder group in a manner which is both inclusive and professional

General

• The post holder will be subject to reference and right to work in the UK checks
• The post holder may be required to work occasional evenings/weekends
• To undertake any other reasonable task or responsibility as required by the organisation in line with the needs of ongoing staff development