The Royal College of General Practitioners is the largest membership organisation solely for GPs in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1952, it has over 54,000 members who are committed to improving patient care, developing their own skills and promoting general practice as a discipline. General practice is the largest branch of the medical profession. It provides some 1 million consultations for patients in the UK every working day and deals with 86% of the health problems experienced by the UK population.

The Governance Coordinator will coordinate the governance function of RCGP Scotland, ensuring that the relevant committees and groups are fully supported and operate efficiently and effectively.

We are looking for someone with exceptional organisational skills, attention to detail and a can-do attitude. You will have previous experience of providing full administrative and governance support to committees and groups.

You will:

• organise and provide a full secretariat service for the quarterly Scottish Council meetings and AGM
• provide governance support to all necessary committees and groups
• maintain an accurate register of all RCGP Scotland committee and group members
• ensure the smooth running of the online Scottish Patient Forum
• organise and provide a secretariat service to other meetings as required
• respond to internal and external requests in a timely manner
• organise travel and accommodation where required.

This role will involve hybrid working with a minimum of two working days in the Edinburgh office in the city centre. We offer flexible working hours Monday to Friday.

If you’re enthusiastic, driven, and want a role where you can really make a difference to the organisation and your own career, we want to hear from you.

The successful candidate will share our corporate values. In return, the College offers excellent terms and conditions.

Obesity Action Scotland (OAS) is hosted and supported by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. The post holder will be employed within Obesity Action Scotland and will provide support and input to Scotland’s early adopters programme on a whole system approach to diet and healthy weight.

Reporting to the Programme Lead of OAS, the National Co-ordinator will play a key role in the development and championing of a whole systems approach to diet and healthy weight being led by early adopter areas including North Ayrshire, Dundee, Dumfries and Galloway and the East Region.

The programme is a key commitment within Scottish Government’s Diet and Healthy Weight Delivery Plan. A national steering group support and oversee the early adopter activity and the post holder will work closely with the national steering group, national partners and appointed leads within the early adopter areas.

The College supports hybrid working practices including working from home, however, regular attendance at meetings in Glasgow city centre would also be a requirement of the role.

A full Job Description is available for download below.

We are looking for enthusiastic and engaging individuals wanting to start their next chapter in their management careers.

We currently have 3 Assistant Team Manager opportunities for the right candidates.

As an Assistant Team Manager, you will generally work alongside other staff on a day-to-day basis to provide a wide variety of support to people with diverse support needs. You will also work closely with other ATMs and Managers, so regular communication and contact is the key to our success.

You need to be organised and able to manage a varying workload that can change on any given day. A good sense of humour and patience are the key to success in the role. The role of ATM within any of our services is to act as a liaison between the service and the managers. You must be digitally connected and comfortable with technology, as most of the tasks are IT based. The job also entails compiling team rotas, undertaking supervisions, and regular audit of the service for things like medication and finances. Along with the team managers, you will be responsible for ensuring that all paperwork is present and regularly updated.

You will be a trusted source of knowledge and guidance for members of the team, and have a hands-on approach to problem solving. If you are a positive, upbeat individual with patience and a good sense of humour this is the job for you!

We welcome applications from candidates with at least one year’s experience of support work/ providing person-centred support to individuals who have support needs. You must be able and prepared to complete an SVQ 2 in Social Care within one year of taking the post, or be the holder of an equivalent qualification. If not already registered with the SSSC, then you must be registered within 6 months of starting the role. If already registered then you will need to update your membership accordingly.

The successful candidate will have outstanding administrative and communication skills, and demonstrate an empathy for The Action Group’s values, especially surrounding confidentiality.

Benefits include:

• Pension
• 24/7 employee assistance programme, with access to free legal advice and counselling
• Good annual leave entitlements
• Ongoing support, training and development opportunities
• TAG Rewards – our exclusive discounts and savings programme
• Travel time payable where applicable
• Mileage allowance where applicable

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and experienced Co-ordinator to oversee the day-to-day administration of Cruse Scotland South Area, this includes our teams in Edinburgh, The Lothians, Scottish Borders, Forth Valley and Stirling.

Candidates are required to have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills to provide managerial support, which is often provided from a distance.

Excellent communication skills are essential as the postholder is required to respond effectively to a wide range of enquiries which includes bereaved people. You will be required to establish effective working relationships with a range of Cruse volunteers and staff, as well as organisations and funders. In addition to general administrative duties, the post-holder will provide support to our South Area Manager, to ensure Area targets are met as outlined in our Strategy and associated Implementation plan.

The postholder will be based in our office in Leith with flexibility to work from home on days when reception cover is not required; there will be occasional travel to each of the service bases within our South Area and to our HQ in Perth as required.

The working pattern shall be:

· 3 full days 9am to 5pm – Monday, Wednesday and Friday

or

· 5 part-time days equally split Monday to Friday