Peer Advisor Development Manager - Scotland
- Full time or Part time
- £30,075 – £39,058
- Flexible with travelling distance to Glasgow and surrounding regions
- Closing 9th August 2022
- Advertised from 20th July 2022
- Salary depending on experience. 35 hrs p/w, however part-time and secondments are welcome. Fixed Term Contract ending 29 July 2023
- Ref: PAS-223
Role
Are you an influential, dynamic and driven individual with a proven record of oversight of ambitious projects, involving delivery, extensive relationship-building, influencing, and securing buy-in, partnerships and funding on an ongoing basis? Looking for an exciting and highly rewarding new opportunity?
If so, St Giles Trust is looking for a Peer Advisor Development Manager to join our team and take on full oversight of the delivery of our Peer Advisor Programme in Scotland and the development of long-term sustainability opportunities.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
About this vital role
Our successful candidate will focus on the successful delivery of the Peer Advisor Programme in Scotland and on taking our profile, future sustainability, and growth opportunities to the next level. This will involve the line management of a small team, our training provider, and partnership working with a growing number of third sector and other organisations with a shared commitment to lived experience approaches.
We will also count on you to demonstrate and promote the impact and contribution that the programme makes to communities and people facing adversity, and to share regular news and communications, internally and externally.
You will work alongside colleagues in Northern Ireland, Wales and England developing and testing out income-generation offers, and exploring development opportunities.
What we are looking for
- Experience of networking with relevant contacts across Scotland, including potential partners to work collaboratively in the long-term, host placements, refer potential Peer Advisors, and provide support
- Proven impact managing services delivering support to adults who have experienced disadvantage and/or social exclusion
- Experience of leading and building effective teams and managing staff and volunteers
- Experience of budget setting for existing projects and new bid proposals
- A project management, business development and/or training qualification would be beneficial
- Strong interpersonal, networking and communication skills, both verbal and written
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, access to clinical supervisions, season ticket loan and much more.
Application notes
Closing date: 11pm, August 9th 2022. Interviews: TBC.
St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.
As an organisation that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the safety of our clients and successful applicants will require a disclosure Scotland Check.
For further information, or to apply, please visit our website
The Robertson Trust are looking for two Programme and Practice Officers to help us to make a real difference to reducing poverty and trauma in Scotland. If you would like to be part of one of Scotland’s biggest independent funders, with the clear aim of tackling poverty and trauma, this role could be for you.
We want to see a Scotland where everyone is valued and able to flourish. Over the next decade, we have committed to use all of our tools and resources to work with others to reduce poverty and trauma across four themes:
• Education pathways
• Emotional wellbeing and relationships
• Financial security
• Work pathways
The Programme and Practice team work collaboratively with internal colleagues and a range of external stakeholders to drive ‘big change that lasts’ on poverty and trauma. We work to develop and deliver our proactive funding strategy within the four thematic areas above. In doing so, the team will help to shape the Trust’s influencing work and build our subject and policy expertise across our thematic areas.
Key to our approach will be building relationships with our colleagues, our grantholders and with external organisations and expertise. Crucially, this will include a commitment to placing people with experience of poverty and trauma at the heart of our work.
We are looking for two people to join our Programme and Practice Team as Programme and Practice Officers - one role is permanent and one role is fixed term maternity cover until July 2023.
Key responsibilities will include:
• Helping to develop and deliver the Trust’s proactive funding plans (our Programme Awards) including learning from what we fund now to shape our plans to do so in the future
• Supporting and enabling collaboration across the Trust’s full staff team in relation to our thematic areas across our work to fund, support and influence.
• Building the Trust’s relationships and connections with diverse stakeholders in our thematic areas, placing people and families with experience of poverty and/or trauma at the heart of our work
• Helping the Trust build its subject and policy expertise in our thematic areas
• Helping to shape the Trust’s plans around influencing and delivering social change
A full job description is available on our website.https://www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/about-us/job-vacancies/
Duration of Appointment:3 years
Remuneration:Unpaid – Expenses to be covered
Industry/Sector: Sport / Recreation / Leisure
Skill Sought: Community Education, Health and Wellbeing, Diversity and Inclusion, Digital Transformation, Sport
UGFC are seeking three enthusiastic and experienced individuals to support our motivated and collaborative Board of Trustees. As a member of the trust board you will need to be committed to delivering meaningful outcomes for the Charity.
We are particularly looking for professional expertise from the following areas:
- Football Industry
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Fundraising
- Digital Transformation
- Health & Wellbeing
- Educational Leadership
We are committed to achieving greater diversity within our board, and welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief and disability. We would particularly welcome applications from individuals from a representative demographic mix including Female, Non-Binary, People of Colour, individuals with lived experience of exclusions or other forms of discrimination.
About the Company
Formed in 2011, United Glasgow FC has welcomed players from over 50 countries, making football accessible and affordable to over 300 players across a number of teams and community sessions.
Our aim is to advance public participation in sport by providing affordable facilities, promoting the game of football, arranging matches and training activities and widening community participation in the game.
To promote religious and racial harmony by bringing together individuals regardless of race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age and fitness to engage in educational and sporting initiatives.
To promote equality and diversity by striving to actively combat all forms of discrimination in football through education and learning opportunities.
Website: unitedglasgowfc.org.uk
GAMH is one of the principle providers of community mental health services in Greater Glasgow. GAMH services support people with mental health problems to recover and lead self-determined and purposeful lives. All GAMH employees benefit from excellent terms and conditions including pay which matches at least the Scottish Living Wage for every role. Our Learning and Development Programme guarantees that staff have continuous training opportunities to ensure that they have all the skills they need for the job, as well as meeting the requirements for SSSC registration.
GAMH is looking for an experienced and qualified Learning and Development Officer to join our Learning and Development Department. The role is designed to support the department to deliver courses for external customers and internally for GAMH staff. Key responsibilities will include developing, planning and co-ordinating courses in consultation with the Learning & Development Manager; supporting GAMH’s SQA Approved Learning Centre, currently focused on the delivery, assessment and verification of our Customised Induction Award, SCQF level 6. The appointed applicant will support candidates undertaking the award, mark submissions, provide feedback, attend related meetings and complete associated administration records as required by our SQA Approved Learning Centre.
The Learning and Development Officer is also responsible for the co-ordination and delivery of the mental health strand of training, commissioned by Glasgow City HSCP, for carers in Glasgow.
The successful candidate will hold a relevant qualification at SCQF level 7 or above and be able to travel throughout Greater Glasgow and beyond as required.
Applicants must be able to demonstrate the values and attitude required to work with people who are living with mental health problems and who may have complex needs.
GAMH aims to promote equality of opportunity in service delivery as well as in employment practice. To achieve this, we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. Accordingly if you have any particular requirements regarding your application please contact Pauline Stewart, Admin Support Tel 0141 552 5592.
This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. An offer of work with Glasgow Association for Mental Health will be subject to the outcome of this check being satisfactory.
Health Lead
- Full time
- £28,813
- Hybrid working model between home and Hampden Park
- Closing 17th August 2022
Scottish Professional Football League Trust - Overview
The Scottish Professional Football League Trust is the charitable arm of the Scottish Professional Football League and was established to lead and co-ordinate community engagement activities across all 42 member clubs.
SPFL clubs have a track record of credible and sustained activity, using football and physical activity as a tool to deliver positive life changes in the communities they serve. The SPFL Trust seeks to build on this reputation and co-ordinate projects that will be centrally funded and operate within and across the clubs.
Purpose
To manage effective delivery of SPFL Trust Health projects against agreed outcomes by co-ordinating project schedules, resources and information and liaising with partners to meet project requirements, scope and objectives; ultimately contributing to the successful delivery of projects within your remit, achieving agreed outcomes.
We are looking for a responsible Health Lead to comprehensively organise and manage projects which focus on improving health & wellbeing and mental health; and are designed to meet the identified social needs of people in Scotland.
The successful candidate will work closely with our Operations Manager, FFIT Officer and Wellbeing Officer to deliver action plans and evaluation plans. You will perform various tasks working with key stakeholders, undertaking project management. To succeed in this role you should have excellent time management, organisation and communication skills, allowing you to effectively collaborate with partners and internal teams to deliver results.
A full Job Description is available for download below.
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