Top job! Operations Manager
- Full time
- £32,000 – £35,000
- Glasgow offices with flexibility
- Closing 21st April 2021
- Advertised from 1st April 2021
- Permanent (Funded until March 2022, funding dependent thereafter)
Role
We are Scotland’s LGBT Inclusive Education charity, founded in 2015 and incorporated in 2018. We take an educational approach to tackling the prejudice, stereotypes and stigma that can lead to homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying behaviours. Our goal is to raise awareness, increase knowledge, and foster good relations through educational inputs designed to tackle prejudice and bullying, and advance social change and equality. To achieve this; we work with national decision-makers and partners, deliver services to educators and young people in schools and communities, and develop teaching and curriculum resources. Our national campaign for LGBT Inclusive Education in schools was successful in 2018 and resulted in Scotland becoming the first country in the world to adopt such an approach. Our core work now focuses on leading on the development and implementation of this educational framework. In addition, we provide community outreach focused on increasing understanding of equalities, rights, and addressing prejudice, and we support others with the skills to amplify their voices to make social change.
Role Overview and Responsibilities
Following receipt of our first core funding grant, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an Operations Manager to liaise with Directors on the organisational design of how we operate, our culture and to embed the systems we need to grow from a volunteer charity to building a team of staff to lead on our core work. This appointment is pivotal to the day to day operations of the charity, so you'll be passionate about diversity and inclusion; have a strong track record in HR and financial management, organised, diligent and able to think on your feet. You will be responsible for:
1. People, Culture and Talent Development
- Responsible for contributing to how our culture is shaped, by engaging all stakeholders in the team to participate in its development.
- Personal and professional development of our staff team, to attract and retain the best talent. You will also have an eye on succession planning for key posts as we scale and grow our team.
- Overseeing, and developing additional HR policies and procedures, to ensure we are compliant with legislation.
2. Systems, Operations and Admin
- You'll develop IT systems to ensure we are agile, efficient and compliant with GDPR. Our systems will make our external and internal communications effortless to enable flexible and remote working at all times, and support efficient project management. Key communication tasks will include regular newsletters to schools, stakeholders, and supporters.
- We travel around Scotland delivering workshops and inputs in schools and communities - our diary is busy! You'll ensure bookings are organised, confirmed with all travel and events logistics in order. This will involve communicating with schools to ensure events are resourced and joining instructions are made clear, and responding to inquiries and service requests.
3. Finance, Governance and Reporting
- Working alongside the Directors, Trustees and an outsourced bookkeeper, you'll monitor budgets and staff expenses and ensure that monthly management accounts are prepared in a timely and accurate manner. This also involves day-to-day expenses management.
- You’ll work with the Directors to prepare a regular operations report for the Board of Trustees for quarterly board meetings.
- Working with the Directors and Trustees, you’ll contribute to developing fundraising strategies and approaches for the charity.
What’s in it for you?
We are determined to apply the same TIE philosophy, which motivates and guides everything we do, to our team and workplace. Rather than take a top-down approach where we make all the decisions, the successful candidate will play a central role in shaping the culture, policies and initiatives, with others on the team. This will ensure we create a thriving and exciting workplace, where employees can flourish and reach their potential. Your voice matters.
We are:
- A Living Wage accredited employer
- A multi-award winning charity with a national reach
- Committed to making a difference and achieving true social change
- A modern organisation who will remain agile and open-minded to the needs of our team
We have:
- An easily accessible management team and Trustees who are available to support you at all times
- A modern and innovative workplace environment in Glasgow City Centre, with private and co-working space, and excellent transport connectivity links
- A desire to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, and can flourish
We will:
- Invest in your growth and development with your personal development plan - including regular skills and training specific to your passions with a progression pathway
- Provide mandatory refreshed training opportunities, including in Child Protection and Safeguarding
- Hold frequent listening sessions where you can voice your ideas, and help shape the direction of the organisation
- Unequivocally prioritise your mental health and well-being with regular initiatives, including a full free employee subscription plan for Headspace
- Support trade union membership - and we have a recognition agreement with UNISON, the public service trade union
- Provide flexible working opportunities where applicable, including hybrid and multi-locational working
Salary:£32,000 - £35,000 per annum, paid in arrears on the last working day of each month.
Holiday Entitlement: 30 days paid holiday entitlement, with select public holidays in addition.
Pension:The charity provides an automatic pension scheme to employees.
Leave:Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Parental and Bereavement leave.
Safeguarding:Time For Inclusive Education is committed to safeguarding and child protection. The successful applicant will be required to undergo a Disclosure Scotland check prior to an offer being confirmed.
Contract: Permanent, initially funded until March 2022 and dependent on renewed grant funding thereafter.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
- Experience in Human Resources management, practices, and procedures, including organisational development and design
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Highly motivated and proactive with strong organisational, diary management, and IT skills
- Acute and meticulous attention to detail
- Strong research and analytical skills
- Ability to coordinate a nationwide programme of events
- Competent in coordinating a communication strategy with beneficiaries, donors, and stakeholders
- Ability to work as part of a team, and alone in a dynamic and fast-paced working environment
- Proficient as a strategic thinker - forward planning and generating innovative ideas for the future of the organisation
- Sense of initiative with the foresight to plan for future problems and opportunities taking a holistic overview and solutions-based approach
- Passionate about social change and social justice
- A broad and demonstrable understanding of equality and human rights
Desirable Criteria
- CA qualified in accountancy
- Experience working with intergovernmental organisations
- Experience in effective charity fundraising strategies and approaches
- Experience in graphic design and digital development
- An understanding of Scottish education
- An understanding of equality and human rights legislation and approaches
- An understanding of the third sector and awareness of effective fundraising
- A current full and clean UK Driving License
Application notes
Please click here or visit recruitment.tie.scot to return a CV and Cover Letter demonstrating how you meet the Essential Criteria in the Person Specification, and why you would be a suitable candidate for this post with reference to the Job Specification.
CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 21st April 2021
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to participate in an interview process.
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Inclusive Business Lead
- Full time
- £40,000 – £45,000
- Glasgow, with travel across UK (Hybrid)
- Closing 3rd May 2024
Enable Works believes in providing every individual in Scotland with the opportunity to work in a high-quality, well-paid job. They support over 5500 people annually across 29 Scottish Local Authorities to acquire skills for employment. Their client interactions occur in various settings, including schools, universities, and the community. Enable Works collaborate with numerous employers to foster inclusive cultures and enhance Scotland's workforce diversity. Together, they challenge perceptions of disability and unlock potential.
Why Enable Works is needed
Disabled individuals face significant employment barriers and are underrepresented in Scotland's workforce. The Disability Employment Gap in Scotland stands at 31.2%, the highest in the UK. For those with learning disabilities, the gap widens to 75.1%. Even when employed, disabled individuals encounter disadvantages, earning only 83p for every pound earned by non-disabled peers. Enable Works aims to change this by ensuring everyone capable and desiring to work receives the support and opportunities necessary for thriving and leading fulfilling lives.
The role
Enable Works is seeking a passionate and relationship-driven Inclusive Business Lead to support their Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) team as they seek to grow their presence and impact across the nation.
Enable Works EDI team supports employers in integrating inclusive practices into their businesses, particularly in hiring and supporting disabled employees. Your role will be crucial in establishing trust with employers, promoting services, and driving sales.
With a work culture valuing autonomy, you'll have the freedom to develop relationships with employers, prioritising those with the potential for significant impact. You'll be responsible for managing your workload and travel schedule to meet employers at their convenience.
Key role responsibilities:
• Building and Maintaining Relationships: Forging strong connections with key decision-makers in large organisations, tailoring solutions to their specific needs.
• Promote EDI and Disability Inclusion: Advocate for EDI importance, particularly disability inclusion, presenting compelling business cases for workplace integration.
• Sales and Consultative Selling: Driving the sale of services, conducting needs assessments and proposing tailored solutions aligned with client goals.
• Collaboration and Communication: Working closely with internal teams to ensure high-quality service delivery, providing timely updates and addressing client concerns.
• Market Research and Analysis: Staying informed about industry trends, offering insights to enhance services and meet market demands effectively.
Key Accountability Areas:
• Meeting performance and income targets.
• Ensuring compliance with GDPR policies.
• Reporting on activities and contributing to strategy.
• Remaining adaptable to EDI developments and fostering a positive response to change.
The ideal candidate will have:
• Ability to build relationships with employers, promote our EDI service and drive sales. Strong networking skills with the ability to connect with professionals in the field of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
• Ability to manage your own workload and prioritise as needed
• Ability to meet and exceed targets
• Confident communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
Previous experience in a sales or business development role and/or experience of building employer relationships is desirable.
Enable Works believe in developing all of their staff and provide an extensive learning programme together with career development opportunities and offer flexible working practices that promote a healthy work-life balance, allowing employees to bring their best selves to work.
Values are paramount to Enable Works, outweighing qualifications or experience. If you're passionate about the mission and believe in making a difference, we want to hear from you, regardless of meeting every requirement.
Provan Hall is an A listed medieval building located in Auchinlea Park, which sits at the heart of Easterhouse. The building has undergone a £2m restoration by Glasgow City Council that will safeguard this important heritage asset as a new hub for heritage learning and engagement, and a visitor gateway to the Seven Lochs Wetland Park.
Following its restoration, Provan Hall is managed and operated by the Provan Hall Community Management Trust. The aim of the Trust is to engage and inspire local people to value and take part in caring for their local heritage. We aim to provide opportunities that connect local people and visitors to Provan Hall through inclusive and creative means of heritage interpretation and activities.
Provan Hall Community Management Trust were awarded a grant by the National Lottery Community Awards for All fund to initiate a youth programme at Provan Hall. Following on from the success of this project, we have been awarded a grant by The Graham Trust and The Robertson Trust. These grant enables us to focus a programme of engagement with young people aged 5 – 24 across Easterhouse, Glasgow. The postholder will coordinate a programme of activities for young people to inspire enthusiasm and develop participation in our organisation. The post holder will further develop our current connections with local youth groups and initiate new ones across the wider area, furthering young people’s involvement in Provan Hall and our organisation. The role will include coordinating with our project partners, developing youth forums, liaising with freelance professionals, staff and supervising volunteers. This is a maternity leave post initially covering 9 months of maternity leave but may extend to 12 months.
Role profile and application form available below.
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Top job! Transnational Opportunities Lead
- Full time
- £38,522
- Glasgow (Hybrid)
- Closing 30th April 2024
About us
The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) Partnership is the independent organisation responsible for Scotland’s National Framework for Qualifications. The SCQF brings together quality assured assessed learning throughout life whether gained in school, workplace, college, university or online into one system for recognising achievement.
We are a Living Wage Employer and are accredited to Investors in People Gold level, working in ways that realise our values of Respect, Integrity, Collaboration and Enabling. As a small staff team of thirteen with national coverage, we also operate a Flexible Working Policy and offer hybrid working.
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team in the key role of Lead for Transnational opportunities within our Quality Enhancement and Recognition team. Your role will be critical to the relaunch of our transnational consultancy services offer promoting the SCQF globally, whilst also maintaining high standards of quality assurance for our credit rating bodies and contributing to capacity building and RPL activities.
About you
This role would suit a person with SCQF Level 9 equivalent skills or experience.
To be successful in this role you will need to be familiar with at least one aspect of the lifelong learning sector, have some knowledge and understanding of qualifications frameworks and/or quality assurance principles and ideally have a proven track record in business development and/or project management.
We are looking for someone who has excellent communication skills, including the ability to produce high quality reports and documents and present to external audiences. You need to be equally comfortable working on your own initiative or in a team setting, possess strong IT skills and show a commitment to our values of Collaboration, Integrity, Enabling and Respect. Travel, including overseas, may be required as part of the role.
Working at the SCQF Partnership
As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
- Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 12%
- Westfield Health benefits, including costs reimbursed for dental, physiotherapy and counselling services, optical fees and health club concession
- Death in Service Benefit worth 1 x annual salary
- 25 days’ annual leave rising to 28 days after 3 years’ service + 13 public holidays
- Flexible and hybrid working policy and a range of family-friendly policies to support work-life balance.
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience, and career.
Partnership Manager
- Full time
- £29,416 – £32,148
- Citywide but based within the GCA office in North Claremont Street, Glasgow (On site)
- Closing 3rd May 2024
GCA deliver services over 6 days per week and throughout Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire
Role:
Elevate is one service with two routes to employability: Elevate Glasgow PSP and the Recovery Employability Service. This role is based within the Elevate Glasgow PSP team. The Elevate PSP team work with those in the earlier stages of their employability journey working on building up confidence, training, education and volunteering. Elevate offer a person-centred approach to individuals in their employability journey. This team are also often out in the community networking with our partners within the drug and alcohol sector.
The Partnership Manager will be responsible for the development, co-ordination and management of the Elevate PSP Team and act as the key liaison and face of Elevate. The Partnership Manager will maintain and develop Elevate ethos to support individuals in their employability journey and deliver performance targets through the team by designing and developing employability initiatives for the benefit of individuals who are in recovery from drugs and/or alcohol.
The Partnership Manager will work closely with the Employability Manager to ensure a cohesive approach to delivering employability support and transition of clients between the service and will be responsible for responding to volunteering applications, volunteer recruitment and co-ordinating volunteer engagement.
In return for choosing to work for GCA, the benefits you will receive are:
- Very generous annual leave entitlement: full time employees start with an annual leave entitlement of 37 days (inclusive of bank holidays) which increases to 38 days after 2 years, 40 days after 5 years and 42 days after 10 years length of service.
- 5 duvet days where employees may take time off at short notice.
- Death in service policy of 2 times salary.
- Cycle to work scheme where employees can save money on a new bike and spread the cost.
- Training and development commitment to help employees perform to the best of their abilities.
- Working for an employer focused on delivering its vision and mission by living its values of Respect, Empathy and Collaboration.
Organisation Profile:
Glasgow Council on Alcohol (GCA) was founded in 1965 and is the oldest established Council on Alcohol in Scotland. GCA is a voluntary organisation working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol misuse through the provision of a range of high quality advice, information, counselling, support, prevention and education and training services.
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