goodmoves

Mary’s Meals is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. We continue to change the lives of more than 1.6 million children who today will receive Mary’s Meals.

The East Scotland supporter engagement officer will play a key role in the development and implementation of fundraising activities by Mary’s Meals in the UK. The officer will help to develop local strategies and plans, to secure increased support and funding for Mary’s Meals school feeding programmes around the world.

Responsibilities include growing and nurturing our volunteer network by building relationships with community volunteers, churches, schools, and faith groups.

This role is home-based, working in the community in the East of Scotland.

· Are you passionate about making a difference for families?

· Do you have proven experience in developing Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (PIMH) services within the voluntary or public sector?

· Can you influence policy and lead coalitions, partnerships and funding to deliver better perinatal outcomes for families?

1 in 5 women develop a mental illness during pregnancy or within the first year of having a baby. 1 in 10 fathers suffer from depression during their partner’s pregnancy and following birth. If left untreated these perinatal mental illnesses can have a devastating impact on the parents affected and their families. During Covid-19 the experience for many new parents has been particularly difficult. All have had to navigate huge uncertainty without the statutory and informal support systems available that they would usually rely on. These experiences have been dramatically unequal with families already at risk of poorer outcomes affected the most.

Home-Start has been providing volunteer-led home visiting and community based services for families for almost fifty years. Home Start UK is now looking for a passionate, knowledgeable and committed individual to be responsible for enhancing its perinatal services for parents across an amazing federated network of around 31 local Home-Starts throughout Scotland.

Join Home-Start and let’s make Scotland the best place in the world to raise a family.

Could you be part of something different? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a different to the lives of the people in our parishes and communities.

The postholder will work to support the aspirations of the Churches within the Cluster to develop

new initiatives which engage with the needs of their local communities and offer opportunities for

outreach and service.

Are you passionate about supporting very young children and their families? We at Cattanach are looking for individuals with expertise in key areas relating to our grant making work in the Early Years sector to join us as Cattanach Associates. Together, we want to drive positive change for very young children in Scotland and hope to strengthen our support for frontline Early Years organisations. For more information on our work, visit our website: https://www.cattanach.org.uk/.

We are particularly interested to hear from individuals with experience and expertise in the following areas:

• Early Years Practice
• Early Years setting management & operations
• Infant mental health
• Perinatal mental health
• Early learning (in general, but also with specialisation e.g. additional support needs, English as a Second Language, etc.)
• Dads work
• Social work (with an Early Years focus)
• Outdoor/Nature play
• Voluntary organisation governance
• Finance/Accounting (with a focus on charities)
• Governance (with a focus on charities)
• Family law
• Criminal justice
• Charity fundraising
• Capital project management/Architecture
• 
  

The list is not exhaustive, of course. If you feel you could add value to Cattanach’s work in different ways, please contact our Chief Executive Dr Sophie Flemig (sophie@cattanach.org.uk) for an informal chat. We welcome applications from individuals in the private, voluntary and public sectors.

We ask that all candidates demonstrate their understanding and commitment to the four Cattanach values:

• integrity – We strive to be fair, ethical and accountable.
• love – We recognise the importance of nurturing relationships, with kindness and compassion at the heart of all our work.
• consideration – We are mindful of the challenges, hopes and aspirations of others.
• hope – We are passionate about enabling change through our work with partners and the organisations we support.
• 
  

As Associate with Cattanach, we will ask you to perform one of three tasks on an as-needed basis: 1) support the Grant Committee as a co-opted member, 2) provide capacity support to the charities we are funding, and 3) provide advisory support to Cattanach Trustees and the executive team. This is all on a flexible basis, which means that you can work around your other professional or personal commitments. We do not commit to a minimum number of hours of work per year. We would expect the average Associate to be asked to work for between one to five days per year, subject to our grant making work and demand for capacity support.

You will be line managed by the Chief Executive and receive thorough on-board training, together with annual appraisals and peer learning across the Associate network supported by the Business and Development Officer.