Operations Manager
- Part time
- £30,000 pro-rata
- Edinburgh, with current home working
- Closing 17th February 2021
- Advertised from 28th January 2021
- 21 hours per week
Role
Following a review, this exciting new role will take the lead in ensuring the charity continues to deliver our high quality and established counselling and material aid services to anyone affected by pregnancy-related issues in Edinburgh. You will work closely with our Board of trustees to identify and take opportunities to improve and develop the services. You will lead and support our two other paid workers delivering those services, ensuring operations run safely and effectively to deliver the highest standards of service to the people receiving them.
Application notes
A Job Description and Application Form are available for download below.
Closing Date: Wed 17th February, 5pm
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Top job! Senior Public Affairs Manager
- Full time
- £38,250 – £45,000
- Scotland, regular travel to Edinburgh Office
- Closing 26th February 2021
Do you want to play a key role in an organisation which stands up for children and fights child poverty?
Join us as Senior Public Affairs Manager to help us influence policy and practice changes in Scotland that lead to families’ having enough money to meet their basic needs and children in the early years are supported to reach their potential.
Every child has the right to have their basic needs met, and to receive the support to ensure they can reach their full potential. The greatest barrier to this in the UK is poverty and inequality.
Our UK mission is to make a sustainable reduction in the number of children growing up in poverty, and to narrow the learning gap between those children and their better-off peers.
We believe this future is possible. It requires more money to be put back into the pockets of parents and carers, decent jobs, more opportunities for young children to play and learn, and policies and services which centre children and families’ needs, reduce discrimination, and that are designed to help children to flourish by preventing difficulties at the earliest possible stage: in pregnancy, at birth, in the crucial first 1,001 days of life and throughout childhood.
We work closely with the communities we aim to support. We recognise their diversity and strengths as well as the challenges they face, and we aim to reflect their diversity and experiences in our UK staff team.
As Senior Public Affairs Manager Scotland you will work collaboratively with our team and partners to identify, create and deliver creative opportunities and strategies that challenge progress and influence government and others to develop further solutions to tackle child poverty and its impact on early childhood.
You will:
· Support and develop a small team of two Policy and Practice Impact Advisers
· Oversee our approach to engaging with Scottish Parliament, Scottish Government and other decision-makers – creating opportunities to influence decision-making processes, forging trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, drafting high level briefings and correspondence, maintaining an overview of political trends, and deploying political intelligence and judgement
· Develop credible policy solutions and positions on key issues based on good political judgement, high quality analysis of policy trends and research, and working with families and others
· Build and maintain external relationships with stakeholders in the political and policy communities and build a network of allies on key issues
· Create opportunities for parents and children to shape policy solutions and influence decision-makers
· Advise colleagues on influencing practice that enables families to support their children’s wellbeing and development in the early years
To be successful you will have significant experience of securing national policy and practice changes in Scotland and an in-depth knowledge and understanding of political and policy structures and processes in Scotland and how to influence them. You will hold a network of senior contacts across government, parliament and policy sectors. You will work with minimal supervision, collaboratively with others and demonstrate positive and inclusive leadership behaviours. In addition, you will have
· Proven ability to set a clear direction, lead and motivate a small team and be a strong team player with an empowering and collaborative working style and excellent interpersonal skills
· Positive, resilient and committed to improving the lives of young children and families by working with them as partners in our work
· Outstanding communication skills with the ability to synthesise large amounts of technical information for a range of audiences
· Experience of developing policy proposals using analysis and commissioning and/ or overseeing research projects, evidence from practice, and an understanding of family’s experiences and needs
· A knowledge and understanding of key issues and what works to tackle child poverty and support early child development
Recording Practice Development Role
- Full time
- £35,064 – £37,774
- Base - negotiable
- Closing 9th March 2021
Good quality records are vital in showing individual progress against care plans and personal goals; building a meaningful description of important events in a child’s life; and ultimately providing them with a link to their past whenever they want to find out more about their childhood.
Following rigorous consultation, development and training Aberlour has been using Microsoft Dynamics as our case management system for the last couple of years. Ongoing analysis has identified a need to develop further awareness of quality recording and ensure consistent best practice across the organisation. We are looking for someone to lead a 9-month project to focus on these areas and help the organisation ensure that current and future staff can feel confident in this key area of responsibility within their role as a social care worker.
You will use your extensive experience of recording and producing reports related to assessments and care planning to work alongside Assistant Directors, Service Managers and our Dynamics Champions to embed recording best practice across our services enabling meaningful reports to be generated at individual, service and organisational level.
You will also take responsibility for supporting the training of new services just starting to use Dynamics.
The post is offered full time (although part time hours may be considered), fixed term for 9 months. Internal secondment requests will be considered, please speak to your line manager if you are interested in such an opportunity.
Do you have the experience and passion to lead a small charity that provides support, friendship and practical help to parents with young children in the local community?
We aim for confident parents who have strong relationships with their children, children who are ready for nursery and school, and families engaging fully with their communities and other local services.
Home-Start Leith & North East Edinburgh is recruiting a Manager to direct the day-to-day operations of the charity and to work in partnership with the Board of Trustees to ensure effective strategic management and the ongoing development of our work.
The successful candidate will have excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills, in addition to experience of managing similar support, and leading a team through positive development.
Last year 113 families including 181 children were supported by staff and a team of 42 volunteers.
Home-Start Leith & North East Edinburgh is committed to equality and diversity and to safe recruitment practice. The post involves regulated work with children and/or protected adults. PVG Scheme registration is essential.
Service Manager Edinburgh Family Wellbeing Service
- Full time
- £37,882 – £43,363
- Edinburgh
- Closing 26th February 2021
So why are we looking for a new Service Manager
We have a long history of working with children and families and partners in Edinburgh. Children 1st along with our partners share a determination to act upon the recommendations from The Independent Care Review and deliver The Promise to children and young people. We are also determined that the full incorporation of the UNCRC means that children will have their rights respected in all areas of their lives and will have a real say in the way they are supported.
We are looking for an enthusiastic Service Manager who can help meet the holistic needs of children, young people and their families who require support. Our Service supports families in a variety of ways to help ensure that their children can thrive. Our families require a service that is flexible and responsive to their needs and that can help them with challenges they face such as trauma, poverty and unstable family life.
Our Support is varied and includes Early Intervention Family Support, Money Advice for families, School Based Support, Community Development. It is a very exciting time for our Service as it continues to grow and develop. Our Children 1st service is looking to develop a more local community approach providing support to children and their families at the point when they need this to prevent more intensive supports being necessary.
What kind of person will make a great Service Manager for Children 1st?
· has experience of keeping children safe in their own families
· thinks it’s a privilege to work with and on behalf of children and families
· shares Children 1st belief in the rights of children, young people and families to be heard and have their views taken seriously.
· someone who can ensure that the child and family have their voices heard and considered in decision making.
· can work autonomously and develop good, strong working relationships with colleagues from a wide range of partner agencies and confidently develop our work with families and our partners.
· can help assess the child’s immediate safety and care needs and ensure children, young people and families receive timely, appropriate support.
· can lead the Team in delivering high quality support to Children and families.
· Champions participation to ensure that the experience of children and families contribute to our Service learning and evaluation.
· shares the Children 1st vision for holistic, whole family support that work in partnership with children and families.
What kind of leader will you be?
Knowing our ambition for children, you will be someone who is:
· resilient, skilled and knowledgeable who wants to transform systems as well as children’s lives
· big hearted and a courageous
· able to build great partnerships and to manage the tricky conversations
· able to understand, predict and adapt to the landscape
· bringing considerable operational service experience
· a cool head and clear minded at times of pressure
· strategic in decisions and planning and can manage complexity
· inspiring colleagues and teams to be even better
· an amazing ambassador for children and Children 1st
Above all else, the most important thing to us is that you are someone who will do the right thing for children and their families at every turn.
Base
We are working flexibly in response to the pandemic and as restrictions change and develop we will look at how we develop an appropriate Service base that meets our needs once Scottish Guidelines permit this and it is safe for you and colleagues.
Salary, Conditions, Pension
We will offer you a competitive salary, generous annual leave entitlement (40 days inclusive of 9 public holidays), flexible working opportunities and a contributory pension scheme.
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