The Post

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the University of Stirling Students’ Union as Sports Development Coordinator to plan, coordinate and deliver our comprehensive sports development programmes, in conjunction with the Sports President. You will manage and develop the Sports Administrator. You will also support sports union members, with particular focus but not exclusively, in the areas of Club Development, Participation, Health and Wellbeing and Finance & Funding.

About Us

Stirling Students’ Union is the representative student body at the University of Stirling. We are a registered charity and exist to support students getting the best degree, helping students make friends, supporting students when they need support and building skills for the future. We do this by supporting academic reps, providing volunteering opportunities, societies and sports clubs. We also offer support, employability skills, advice and opportunities to influence our sustainability work. We are proudly student led and each spring elect four full time paid students to lead our work: President, Vice President Communities, Vice President Education and Sports Union President.

About You

We’re looking for a talented and passionate individual to join our organisation. You’ll be driven, using your initiative to support a wide range of organisational initiatives, programmes and projects. Specific duties of the role include:

Club Development

· Strategic approach to development and delivery of BUCS, ensuring improvement and effective use of funding.

· Develop and implement a comprehensive plan (actions, targets, responsibilities and resources).

· Increase club membership and participation.

· Ensure clubs are accessible and inclusive to all participants.

· Contribute to the formulation of policy and procedures as required, in collaboration with other Coordinators.

· Design and deliver training for committee members of Sports Clubs.

· Effectively engage students and provide ongoing support and assistance where appropriate.

· Coordinate and deal with member discipline and complaints, contributing to effective process development.

· Assist in the recruitment of coaches to ensure quality of sports provision within clubs.

Participation & Engagement

· Work in partnership with the University to provide opportunities for students to engage in physical activity and sports.

· Work closely with the Student Sport Development Officer on participation programmes for recreational sport.

· Develop mutually beneficial relationships with external partners, (BUCS, SSS, Community Clubs and National Governing Bodies) to increase the range, and quality of sports provision and coaching services provided.

· Work with BUCS, SSS and National Governing bodies to promote volunteering opportunities.

· To monitor, evaluate and report on club activities and identify opportunities for growth.

· To be a mentor on the panel of the Tier 2 programme.

Health & Wellbeing

· Promote and evaluate student wellbeing through engagement with student sport and club activity.

· Plan and take forward projects and campaigns that aim to use physical activity and sport as a method of improving Health & Wellbeing whilst positively impacting on the student experience.

· Engage with Union, University and national campaigns and initiatives for establishing healthy and resilient student communities.

· Embed innovative practices in engaging sports members with sustainability opportunities.

Finance & Funding

· Working with Sports President and Finance Manager to ensure club funds are managed appropriately.

· Oversee the effective running of the Sports Union budget.

· Responsibility for administration of funding requests for Coaches and Capital Equipment.

· In collaboration with Union colleagues deliver signature sports events such as Sports Ball and Varsity.

· Work with Stakeholders on the Kit Tender process.

A fantastic opportunity has become available within the Fundraising & Engagement Team to deliver significant income from two key income streams and sustain our mission to ensure nobody faces dementia alone.

The Fundraising & Engagement Coordinator will report to the Fundraising & Engagement Leader, contributing to the delivery of our strategic objectives.

Whilst the role will work collaboratively to support all income streams, we are particularly keen to hear from anyone who has prior Corporate Partnership and/or Major Donor experience.

We are looking for someone who is naturally optimistic and empathetic, with a can-do attitude. You will be a self-starter, comfortable working independently, who thrives on building meaningful relationships. Applicants should enjoy and have a track record of working in a fast-paced and varied environment.

Successful applicants will have a positive attitude towards dementia, along with excellent communication skills and a caring manner. A pro-active approach to learn and participate in training will also be expected.

Are you excellent at organising? Great at connecting with people? Could you play a key role in inspiring your community to tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness?

If so, this role nurturing our supporter relationships is for you.

About Cyrenians

At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering our services because we understand that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to supporting people towards more positive and stable futures.

About the Relationships Team

Relationships are at the heart of everything we do at Cyrenians, with those we support and those who support us too.

It’s an exciting time for Fundraising at Cyrenians. As a relatively new team, our income generation is growing rapidly. On the cusp of delivering some transformative partnerships and achieving great success with new fundraising methods, we’re expanding our team to continue delivering growth in unrestricted income.

About the role

This role is responsible for looking after our amazing supporters, donors and fundraisers that make what we do possible. You will be their first point of contact, giving you the chance to nurture positive supporter relationships by providing excellent stewardship.

This role is an essential part of our Relationships Team - incorporating Fundraising, Communications and Policy & Public Affairs. It is a rewarding role and is part of a collaborative, supportive and motivated team.

About you

You’ll be an experienced administrator with a ‘can-do’ attitude and a genuine interest in putting our supporters first. Your attention to detail will ensure you’re a whizz at recording and processing donations, and generally supporting putting fundraising ideas into action.

Like us, you’ll be relationships-based and values-led in all that you do. Your excellent organisational skills will keep you on track in a varied role, and your strong interpersonal skills will allow you to inspire all kinds of supporters who choose to tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness with us.

How we’ll support you

As part of the Relationships Team, you’ll be supported by experienced colleagues with a passion to tackle homelessness and its root causes. We’ll encourage you to be creative and innovative in the supporter care you provide, giving you the ownership to build relationships you’re proud of.

You’ll be part of the growing Fundraising team, with the opportunity to work closely with colleagues across Marketing and Communications, the wider Relationships team and Cyrenians projects.

In this role you will learn and develop the skills needed to forge a successful career in the third sector, as well as having access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme, and staff wellbeing services.

The Post

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the University of Stirling Students’ Union as Content & Events Coordinator to plan, coordinate and deliver communications activity as well as run events to enhance the student experience. You will take lead responsibility for the Union’s digital and social media communications, creating engaging and varied content. You will regularly track and evaluate delivery being data-led in your next project. With high levels of administrative skill, you will also support colleagues across the Union with promotional activity and help deliver Union events including Welcome Week and Awards Balls.

About Us

Stirling Students’ Union is the representative student body at the University of Stirling. We are a registered charity and exist to support students getting the best degree, helping students make friends, supporting students when they need support and building skills for the future. We do this by supporting academic reps, providing volunteering opportunities, societies and sports clubs. We also offer support, employability skills, advice and opportunities to influence our sustainability work. We are proudly student led and each spring elect four full time paid students to lead our work: President, Vice President Communities, Vice President Education and Sports Union President.

About You

We’re looking for a talented and passionate individual to join our organisation. You’ll be driven, using your initiative to support a wide range of organisational initiatives, programmes and projects. Specific duties of the role include:

Content

• Lead on day-to-day planning, design, creation and delivery of social media content to support all Union activity.

• Work with the Communications & Activities Manager to deliver an annual programme of Union activity and implement processes to support colleagues in the timely design and planning of such activity.

• Coordinate communication and promotion of all areas of Union services and programmes including our membership areas and retail operations.

• Plan and complete administrative tasks to support Union activity.

• Work with the Sabbatical Officers to ensure the effective delivery of Officer content and campaign activity across all Union communication channels.

• Lead on the development, analysis and impact of all social media and digital communications (including email and website), producing regular reports for colleagues on activity performance.

• Develop project plans for key organisational activity in collaboration with relevant Students’ Union staff and Officers.

• Keep up-to-date with current trends and to assess how these innovative practices can be implemented to enhance communication between the Union and its members.

• Have input into the on-going development and delivery of all Union communication channels.

• Co-ordinate any additional promotional materials required for the Union (including but not limited to pull-up banners, publications, printed promotional materials).

• Promote good practice across the Union in the use of Union branding and support societies/sports teams with guidance on use of the Union visual identity.

• Lead training for staff, Sabbatical Officers, societies and sports teams on use of social media to support Union activity.

• Contribute across the various areas of the Students’ Union to help deliver on the Students’ Union strategic plan.

• Work with the University communications team on collaborative programmes.

• Support Union marketing activity across all relevant functions.

Events

• Lead on organising, promoting and evaluating all Union events, delivering on time and within budget.

• Ensure regular monitoring of activity to ensure proper processes are in place and relevant costs/income are fully considered.

• Lead on the development and delivery of the Union’s activity during Welcome Weeks in the autumn and spring semester involving colleagues across the Union team and working closely with the University Events team.

• Working with Union colleagues, support the development and delivery of events such as the Societies Awards Ball, Sports Union Awards Ball, Inspirational Women Awards and the RATE Teaching Awards.

• Work with external partners to support our digital events platform and associated ticketing process.

• Work with societies and sports teams where appropriate to support their delivery of student focused events.

• Work closely with the University Events team to support the Union’s input across events such as Open Days and Applicant Days and Welcome Weeks.

• Work closely and collaboratively with the University’s student belonging programme, Be Connected.

• To monitor, evaluate and report on Union events to effectively grow and develop them for the future.