At CHSS our full-time hours are 32.5 per week so at c. £21,200 the salary equates to £24,100 for an equivalent 37 hour week post.

Department: Service Development

Do you enjoy working with people? Do you know someone with our health conditions or do you have the skills to help someone live their life to the full?

Every day 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 a Peer Support Involvement Coordinator you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

We are looking for a Peer Support Involvement Coordinator to join our amazing team. The role of the Peer Support Involvement Coordinator is to support and build positive relationships with the affiliated Chest, Heart and Stroke Peer Support Groups in a designated area. Currently there are approximately 120 peer support groups in Scotland. The post holder will be required to coordinate regular visits, communicate and update the groups within their defined geographical area/s.

The Peer Support Involvement Coordinator will be required to work with other CHSS colleagues who can support the relationship with the groups by providing; advice and information, and through the development of new Peer Support Groups in a safe and sustainable way.

Candidates don’t need to have medical knowledge as training is provided on our health conditions. We are looking for someone with a positive attitude towards people with disabilities and long-term conditions; an understanding of the challenges faced by people with chest, heart and stroke conditions including Long Covid.

Applicants must have a car and a current valid driving licence (expenses are paid at mileage rate).

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.

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 member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Corporate Fundraiser to work with our Head of Fundraising and Learning to assist in the implementation and delivery of the Fundraising Department Strategy.

You will assist with developing, implementing and monitoring the Corporate fundraising operational plan achieving financial targets and Key Performance Indicators, as we as, promoting excellence in donor stewardship which motivates and inspires individuals, groups, and local business to maximise giving.

If successful you will be responsible or:

• To develop, implement and monitor effective corporate partnership plans ensuring the objectives of both corporate partners and Poppyscotland are met.
• To manage the delivery of key corporate fundraising activities.
• To act as account manager for all Poppyscotland corporate partnerships.
• To seek out and maximise all networking opportunities to build relationships with existing and potential key corporate partners.
• To develop and maintain knowledge of Scotland’s corporate sector ensuring all fundraising opportunities are maximised.
• To work closely with other fundraising functions (in particular the Poppy Appeal), to establish and deliver appropriate corporate support for those functions.
• To develop and maintain a range of corporate fundraising products and materials
• To work closely and in conjunction with the Royal British Legion Corporate Partnerships Team in the development and delivery of UK-wide corporate partnerships.

Please note that the job will require some evening and week-end work including some overnight stays. Flexibility with working hours and travel is required.

Poppyscotland provides life-changing support to our Armed Forces community which includes those who have served, those still serving, and their families. At times of crisis and need we offer them vital advice, assistance and funding.

As an inclusive employer, we welcome conversations on flexible working and any reasonable adjustments that may be required.

Diversity Statement

We believe that the compassion, understanding and service we show each, and every individual customer should be reflected in the way we all support, respect and include every individual who works with us.

At Cycling UK we want people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to be able to cycle safely, easily and enjoyably. We’re on a mission to get a million more people cycling and we need your help to deliver our vision of a better world by bike.

This is a great opportunity to join a growing team to support the monitoring, evaluation, and reporting for behaviour change programmes. You will be working with multiple stakeholders and teams to ensure we are consistent and robust in our evaluation capabilities.

Using your evaluation and analytical skills, the postholder will work with the Head of development, Project managers, development officers and the Head of monitoring and evaluation to plan and deliver the monitoring, evaluation and research aspects of our behaviour change projects – including Shift, Rural Connections, Scotland Cycle Repair Scheme – that seek to support more people to cycle in communities across Scotland.

You must be able to demonstrate experience in designing surveys, managing large data sets in excel and good working knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods.

The Scotland Cycle Repair Scheme is a fantastic initiative which works with organisations across Scotland to enable those most in need to access a cycle repair. The project supports more adults and children to either continue or return to cycling, especially those least able to afford cycle repairs, an outcome which will further our vision to get a million more people cycling!

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly organised individual with strong attention to detail, and robust IT skills to enable successes for this high-profile programme across Scotland. We need an excellent team worker with strong communication skills to work collaboratively with our managers and head of development Scotland to deliver this project successfully.

We are seeking proactive candidates with a good knowledge and experience of Microsoft excel and who have the ability to manage large data sets comfortably.