We’re seeking a new leader for the Scottish Seabird Centre
After 6 years leading the Scottish Seabird Centre the Chief Executive Officer – Susan Davies FRSB - is moving on. This presents an opportunity for someone with a passion for inspiring people to act for Scotland’s marine environment to shape the future of our Charity and visitor attraction as we move into the next 25 years of our journey.
Chair, Stuart Housden said, “We are very grateful for the leadership that Susan has provided to the Scottish Seabird Centre on its path to playing a more prominent role in marine nature conservation in Scotland and to promoting our visitor attraction and activities to educate and inspire more people to act for Scotland’s seas and amazing wildlife found there. Despite this having been a challenging period, not least with the pandemic and rising business costs, we have established much stronger links with our local and science communities and continue to increase our reach and impact through new partnerships.
With a new 5-year strategy and business plan to develop in the coming year this is a great opportunity for someone to build on the progress made as we enter the next 25 years in our Charity’s journey”.
Susan Davies said “The Scottish Seabird Centre will always hold a place in my heart; especially our dedicated team and the conservation, education and community partnerships we have developed. The time is now right, with the recent support we have secured to grow our membership base, in developing partnerships and being more sustainable and inclusive in our approach, to pass on the reins to a new leader as we approach our 25th year”.
Blue Triangle is a social care organisation that empowers people to thrive, by delivering solutions in connected communities which focus on the needs of each individual. We are looking for enthusiastic people who share our values (Kind, Passionate and Creative) to join our services accommodating and supporting people experiencing homelessness and empowering them to thrive.
If successful, you will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 6 months of your start date. After registration, there is a requirement to be qualified and to maintain professional learning, which we will support you to achieve.
Blue Triangle recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
What we offer:
Aside from offering a supportive and friendly environment where our people are valued and appreciated, we’ll see that your hard work and drive to succeed is rewarded.
About the Role:
As a Support Worker, you’ll work as part of a team in providing safe, secure, supported accommodation for the people who use our services. The successful candidate will be expected to provide a meaningful support service to our supported people who live in the project and/or in the community via our outreach service, supporting people to live independently in their own homes. You will provide a quality service tailored to the assessed needs of each individual by identifying, planning and facilitating support to enable appropriate move-on options for each supported person. You will use all of your knowledge and experience to help build their life skills and prepare for independent living.
Main Responsibilities:
We have 2x Support Worker roles working at our East Lothian Services. Both roles are 36 hours per week following a rolling rota of day, mid and back shifts including some weekend work. The Support Worker will:
About You:
We care about one another whilst taking pride in the service we offer. You will be working in a company with a strong identity and with the guidance and support of experienced Managers you will be able to develop in your career.
Douglas Alexander, Member of Parliament for Lothian East, is looking for an experienced and well organised person to join his team as a Caseworker. We are open to discussing full time and part time hours at interview. This is an opportunity to work in a varied role where you can make a real difference. The role will involve supporting Douglas’s work by responding to constituents’ queries. You will be a key part of the team based in the constituency.
Key Responsibilities:
Key Skills and Experience:
Desirable skills:
Upon appointment you will be required to apply for security clearance, undertaken by the Security Vetting and Pass Office.
Circle is a Scottish charity providing whole family support services to some of the most marginalised children and families in Scotland.
We have an exciting opportunity for a committed and enthusiastic individual to join our team.
Funded by East Lothian Council, our Families Affected by Substance Use Service aims to address the needs of, and improve the safety, health and wellbeing of children, young people and families affected by parental substance use, while promoting their strengths.
Applicants should possess a qualification in social work, social care, health or education, and have relevant experience.
Fidra is an environmental charity based in Scotland. Our mission is to achieve pragmatic and proportionate solutions to environmental issues using best available science working in collaboration with the public, industry and government. Fidra fulfils its mission through discrete demonstrator projects that seek to address environmental threats from pollution and habitat degradation. We are recruiting a Project Officer to support the delivery of existing initiatives, with the potential to support the development of new projects.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly motivated and effective organisation to support the scope, design, delivery and monitoring of effective science driven environmental projects. As a Project Officer you will be keen to deliver results. You will be expected to be driven by the science, delve into the detail and context and seek to grasp the complexity of the issues you are working on. You will need to be able to analyse and distil information in a simplified manner appropriate for different audiences. You will work closely with the Project Managers to influence a range of stakeholders from government and industry to civil society. This will require polite persistence as well as drive, creativity and resilience to ensure change happens. In this role you will be expected to be flexible and agile and willing to move between different projects as required. You will be joining a small, dynamic and supportive team. Fidra offers generous terms and conditions including employer pension contribution, generous holiday allowance and life insurance. You must be eligible to work legally in the UK.
Fostering Compassion is a groundbreaking humane education project for vulnerable children who may be showing worrying behaviour towards animals or are struggling with compassion and empathy in general. Unique in our approach, our activities share the stories of rescued animals in a way that the children draw parallels between their circumstances and the animals, helping them see animals as sentient beings sharing similar emotions to them. Through sharing the animals’ stories, the children gain a greater understanding of their circumstances, providing a platform for them to open up about their own abuse and neglect, encouraging healing. We work to address the links between animal abuse, child abuse, elder abuse and interpersonal violence.
We are looking for a Fundraising Development Co-ordinator to assist us during this exciting stage of growth for the charity. You will be responsible for increasing donations, submitting grant applications and diversifying our income streams. You will be tasked with increasing unrestricted and restricted income for the charity through a variety of sources and forming new and innovative partnerships for income generation and developing new opportunities.
We are looking for the eventual development of a Fundraising Team to allow us to expand and support many more children and animals, so the role has great potential for expansion.
The goal is to help ensure the sustainability of our organization through diversified income streams well into the future.
Responsibilities and Duties: Under guidance, the person in this role will
Report to: The CEO. They are expected to work as part of a team but also be able to act on their own initiative
Probationary period: 3 months
Requirements and skills
Essential:
Preferable:
We are open minded about getting the right person for the position so even if you don’t feel you meet all the essential criteria, we would encourage you to apply.
Note: As part of the interview process we will be asking candidates to deliver a 5 minute presentation outlining their ideas for fundraising expansion and donor recruitment.
Are you interested in travel health? Are you looking for an opportunity to use your administration and customer service skills in a friendly small team environment? Would you like to join Scotland’s leading provider of medical, psychological and travel health support and contribute to the preventative health care of those committed to making a positive difference in the world and travelling overseas for work or leisure?
If so, this may be an ideal opportunity for you!
About HealthLink360
Founded in 1983, HealthLink360 is a Scottish charity and Scotland’s leading provider of medical, psychological and travel health support to mission and aid agency workers and volunteers who undertake overseas work in challenging and often hostile environments; as well as those who work within the UK. Delivered with care and empathy, we provide health and resilience support at every stage of an individual’s mission, journey or assignment and our vision is for a flourishing and effective global caring community who are making a positive difference in the world.
Our travel clinic is based at Carberry near Edinburgh and is open 3 days per week (currently Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday). Regulated by Healthcare Improvement Scotland, we provide individual tailored travel health consultations, travel health advice and vaccinations to clients travelling for both work and leisure. Our clients consist of mission and humanitarian agencies and their personnel, GAP year organisations, those in church leadership, families, young people as well as members of the general public.
You can read more about us on our website at healthlink360.org
About the role
We’re looking for a new Travel Clinic Administrator to join our team. The role, which is based in our Carberry travel clinic will see you handling all stages of a client’s booking – from responding to an initial enquiry, arranging clinic appointments through to invoicing and taking payments. Additional responsibilities include liaison with agency and corporate clients, ordering of clinic supplies and ensuring client records on our clinical software. A strong candidate will have opportunity to take on additional responsibilities and to develop within the role.
Bringing demonstrable previous relevant experience, you’ll have excellent communication skills and will be excited to contribute to HealthLink360’s vision and mission. Computer literacy is essential and you’ll be able to work on your own initiative without close supervision, as part of a small team. You’ll be self-motivated and innovative, will have attention to detail and good organisational and time-management skills. And of course, you’ll be willing to work under our Christian ethos and values of care, compassion, stewardship, service and respect.
A job description and person specification are available via: healthlink360.org/vacancies
Why work at HealthLink360?
About East Lothian Foodbank
East Lothian Foodbank is at the forefront of the fight against poverty in East Lothian. We believe passionately that everyone should have the right to respect, dignity and self-determination, in a world without hunger and poverty; our advice services and campaigning activities are designed to help achieve these goals, sitting alongside our core role of providing emergency food & essentials to those who need them.
As an independent Scottish charity, we are also fortunate to be part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working towards combatting poverty and hunger across the UK.
About You
We are looking for someone to join our team, who has a similar passion for driving meaningful change in our community. As one of our key “faces” to the outside world, the role would be suited to someone with strong communication skills and relationship building skills, who is driven and well organised.
About the Role
The East Lothian Foodbank Service Co-ordinator is at the frontline of our crisis service. As the first point of contact for our service users and referral partners you must be a confident communicator who can work well managing multiple tasks in a busy environment. Duties will include processing requests for emergency food support received via phone, email and online.
You will be taking care of day-to-day contacts and building relationships with partners, service users and others with regards to our crisis service. You will be expected to handle service user and referral partner information in line with data handling policy and procedures, notifying the Foodbank Manager of specific requests or requirements.
As an emergency food service, you may be dealing with people who are often in distress so the ability to deal with people sensitively and with compassion is required. The core values of East Lothian Foodbank must always be observed and promoted to ensure we offer the best possible support.
The Service Co-ordinator must maintain good working relations, not only with our referral agents and partners, but also with our volunteers. The core values of East Lothian Foodbank must always be observed and promoted to ensure we offer the best possible support to those in food crisis.
In line with our Recruitment and Selection Policy this role will be subject to a criminal record check.
The best part of my job is the people. I became a Support Worker as I wanted to help make a difference to someone’s life, however big or small.’
- Margaret, Visualise Support Worker
Do you want to join a team that is making a real difference to people’s lives? If so, Visualise Scotland are looking to recruit committed and passionate individuals for Support Worker positions that will allow you to work as part of a close knit, skilled and talented team.
Working for Visualise involves supporting adults living with disabilities to have the best quality of life possible, supporting their independence and choice. This can be in our housing support, day services or care at home. This includes supporting people with their day to day life- getting them ready in the morning, supporting them with personal care and hygiene, preparing food and meals, getting out and enabling them to take part in hobbies and leisure activities, using public transport, administering medication, attending appointments, managing their finances and accompanying them to social events. We are looking for someone who thrives on building relationships and working in a fast-paced environment where two days are never the same.
Good interpersonal skills, patience, and a willingness to learn are essential. Experience of working with people with disabilities is desirable but not essential as full training and support will be provided. Visualise provides quality support. We were graded 5 (very good, by Care Inspectorate in 2020).
About Visualise Scotland
Visualise is a small Edinburgh based charity providing support to adults who have complex support needs. The people we support are treated and respected as individuals with personalised care at the heart of what we do. We have a good record of providing high-quality support.
We are proud of our role as a local employer, and we pay over the Scottish living wage. We also offer a great staff benefits package, including Sick Pay, Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay, Life Insurance and access to the Hospital Saturday Fund and a Credit Union.
We provide a comprehensive induction and a variety of training including epilepsy, first-aid and manual handling. We are passionate about developing our employees and helping them achieve their career goals.
Benefits:
Ability to commute/relocate:
Work Location: In person
Successful candidates who have passed their probationary period, will get the chance to work towards an SVQ2 or SVQ3.
Collective Advocacy Worker for two projects:
• Experience of Eating Disorders
• LGBTQIA+ community
CAPS is looking for a new Collective Advocacy worker to lead the work of these two established collective advocacy projects. The role is to ensure people’s voices in both these groups are heard by decision-makers locally. Each group has developed its own priorities by drawing on their experiences to bring about change and improve attitudes and services.
This role will support and join the existing enthusiastic team of CAPS Collective Advocacy workers, who work across Lothian on eight different mental health related collective advocacy projects.
The role offers autonomy and flexibility. You should be friendly and approachable, with the ability to form trusting relationships with group members and colleagues. Some working from home is possible. This is a great opportunity to work with a dynamic independent advocacy organisation that’s making a real difference to people’s lives. Find out more about CAPS Independent Advocacy at: capsadvocacy.org
Familiarity with the experiences of these groups would be an advantage. There will be a 6-month probationary period attached to this post. This post will be subject to membership of the PVG Scheme and appropriate check. The