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Top job! Director of Membership and Communications
- Full time
- £85,000 – £90,000
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 20th April 2026
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) is one of the world’s oldest and most respected surgical institutions. With a heritage spanning more than five centuries and a vibrant global community of over 34,000 members across 110+ countries, the College continues to lead the way in surgical education, professional standards, and patient safety.
With membership growing, new governance in place, and an ambitious 2026–2030 strategy underway, the College is seeking to recruit a senior and strategically pivotal Director of Membership and Communications.
In this role, you will lead a multidisciplinary directorate covering communications, membership services, digital engagement, and outreach, ensuring all activity is cohesive, purpose-driven, and fully aligned with the College’s strategic priorities. You will shape and deliver integrated communications and membership strategies that advance the College’s objectives, drive membership growth, and strengthen engagement through a compelling, contemporary membership proposition. By translating strategic intent into actionable plans and driving their delivery, you will make a lasting contribution to the professional development of surgeons and dental surgeons worldwide, ultimately supporting improvements in global surgical care and patient safety.
We are looking for an accomplished and visionary senior leader with significant experience in communications and/or membership within a complex, multi-stakeholder environment. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of leading high-performing teams, delivering integrated, insight-driven strategies, and navigating complex governance and organisational structures. Strong strategic capability, excellent communication and influencing skills, and the ability to embed a culture of performance, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement are essential. The role also requires strong digital and analytical capability, commercial acumen, and the confidence to engage effectively with Executive, Trustee, and Council-level stakeholders, positioning the College as a modern, inclusive, and globally relevant institution.
This is a unique opportunity to join a forward-thinking, globally engaged organisation committed to excellence, innovation, and inclusivity. You will have the ability to shape strategic direction, strengthen key operational areas, and enhance services and engagement for members, leaving a lasting impact on the College and the global surgical profession.
RCSEd supports hybrid working, offering flexibility while maintaining connection with the team. The successful candidate will be expected to work from the Edinburgh office at least two days per week and will occasionally travel within the UK and internationally to support College initiatives and engagement activities
Care Support Scotland
We are a charity with decades of experience supporting people across Scotland, providing those who need us with support that ranges from Mental Health, Learning Disability and Neurodiversity, Youth and Adult Homelessness and Older People services. Guided by our values of Respect and Compassion, we empower both the people we support and our colleagues to Thrive every day
Why work with us?
At Care Support Scotland caring isn’t just a job — it’s who we are. Join our dedicated team and help transform lives while growing your own career.
- Pension contributions matched up to 6%
- Financial Flexibility – Access your wages as you earn them with our Earned Wage Access benefit.
- Employee Assistance Programme through HSF
- Contribution to HSF Health Plan – supporting your everyday health needs
- Generous annual leave – 33 days including public holidays, increasing with service
- Supportive absence policies to help when you need time off
- Death in Benefit Cover – 2x annual salary
- Support with funded qualifications
- Career development and progression opportunities
Who we are looking for
We are looking for a hard working and enthusiastic support worker to join our expanding team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about a career in social care who wants to gain valuable hands-on experience and enhance their skillset. Above all we want someone that shares in our values. Our mission is to provide positive, life changing support, delivered by inspiring, professional staff. This is a 21 hours per week post with up to 2 sleepovers a week
About the Service
We offer a range of support in Edinburgh working in partnership to build trust to people to live independently and be engaged in communities. We offer supported accommodation in Edinburgh with the goal to Identify personal outcomes and build on skills to support living well and living life together.
We welcome candidates who are eager to develop their skills, gain valuable experience in social care, and thrive in a supportive, learning-focused environment. Previous experience in a support role is desirable but not essential as full training and support will be given.
Most importantly, we are looking for people who share our values, are kind, compassionate, and are committed to creating positive, lasting impact for the people we support
Role and Responsibilities:
- Provide support that positively impacts the person we support’s health and wellbeing
- Contribute and implement support plans
- Be responsible for the delivery of all support and its administration, including personal care, tenancy support, health needs (including assistance with medication), personal development, emotional needs and inclusion.
Essential Skills and Attributes
- Qualified to the level required by the SSSC as a support worker in a housing support service/care at home service, or a willingness to work towards and to successfully complete qualification within the SSSC specified timeframe.
- An energetic, enthusiastic person who would be interested in supporting a young man who lives with autism and learning disability; for whom the service provides 24/7 cover.
- Support is inclusive of indoor and outdoor activities, so a willingness to be outdoors and be fit enough for longer walks would be essential, within the rural community.
- A clean UK driving licence is required in order to take our client to and from activities.
- Ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative
- Passion for helping people live independently
- Experience or interest in housing, social care, or community support
- Commitment to the values and mission of Care Support Scotland, and to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
Desired Skills and Attributes:
- A practice qualification (at least SCQF level 7 or above) recognised by the SSSC, in the category of support workers in a Housing Support Service / Care at Home service, or willingness to work towards this.
- Understanding of benefits and budgeting support
- Previous demonstrable experience working within an adult social care setting
- Understanding of the Care Inspectorate and its purpose
- Understanding of the SSSC and its purpose
- A Positive Behaviour Support, or Trauma Informed Practice qualification or accreditation.
Additional Notes
- Shift work, weekend work/sleepovers may be a requirement of this role.
- PVG scheme membership
- SSSC registration are requirements of this post
- Please note, you will be asked to provide evidence of your eligibility to work in the UK.
- We reserve the right to bring the closing date forward if a suitable candidate is identified.
Care Support Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and always welcomes applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of: sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy and maternity.
Senior Digital Marketing Officer
- Full time
- £30,412 – £32,920
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 5th April 2026
Edinburgh University Students' Association is looking to recruit a Senior Digital Marketing Officer to join our Marketing & Communications team.
Edinburgh University Students’ Association is an award-winning organisation, which exists to provide diverse services, representation, and welfare support to the community of over 49,500 students at the University of Edinburgh. By providing opportunities, helping to create change and offering support, we're here to help students get the most out of their time in Edinburgh. We have five venues around the University of Edinburgh campus – Teviot, King’s Buildings House, Potterrow, the Pleasance and Edinburgh College of Art’s Wee Red Bar – which house our offices, cafés, bars, clubs, spaces for students to meet, study and socialise. These spaces transform into some of the most well loved Edinburgh Festival Fringe venues throughout the month of August each year.
We are a registered charity and all of the income we generate from our commercial activity goes back in to supporting our members. We’re also an organisation with a strategic commitment to support and empower all our staff, and have some exciting plans for the future. Plus, over 90% of our staff would recommend the Students' Association as a place to work. There's never been a better time to apply and join our organisation.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. Edinburgh University Students’ Association is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.
Plus a generous benefits package:
- 35 days per year holiday entitlement
- Company pension with 14.5% employer contribution
- Enhanced company sick pay, leave and loan policies
- Hybrid working - up to 40% working from home per week
- A comprehensive package of support via our Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to money saving discounts from hundreds of retailers via our Pluxee Discounts Hub
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Discounts on food and drink across our venues
The Role:
The Students’ Association’s Marketing and Communications team works to increase engagement with, and sales of, the Association’s activities (both on and offline) through the creation and delivery of effective communications, marketing campaigns and initiatives. This work spans officer profile raising, representation, student activities, awareness and behavioural change campaigns, and commercially competitive activity (e.g. events, retail and hospitality).
The Senior Digital Marketing Officer acts as the Association's subject matter expert in digital marketing and is responsible for the management of all of the Students’ Association digital communication channels. These include our website, Sharepoint site, Intranet, email and multiple social media platforms (including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Tik Tok and YouTube).
With a keen eye for current trends in online communications for our target audience, the post holder is responsible for working with Marketing & Communications - and other - colleagues, and student officers to develop exciting and creative ways to drive digital engagement with what they are working on and their success with students.
The Senior Digital Marketing Officer is required to produce fast and accurate work, undertaken with a keen eye for detail, and work on multiple projects simultaneously.
The post-holder should be able to demonstrate experience of successful professional digital marketing and communications work, and a client and customer focused approach.
The Person:
A talented digital marketeer, with experience in delivering web, email and social content and who has a strong understanding of current digital trends. The post holder will be flexible in their communications style and approach to enable them to manage and support the creation of messaging for each topic.
The post holder will need to be able to quickly assimilate information, multitask and work to often tight deadlines, managing their workload by prioritisation and delegating tasks where necessary. They should also be able to demonstrate experience of successful professional marketing and communications work, and a client and customer focussed approach.
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is seeking candidates for a new role within the Fundraising Team.
The Individual Giving Officer will help our teams across our visited sites optimise donated income from visitors and supporters. If you love Scotland’s history and want to ensure that it is protected, understood and enjoyed by everyone, this role will give you a chance to make that possible for generations to come.
By using your skills with people, fundraising and marketing, you will help us understand our audiences and increases our philanthropic income from across Scotland. This is a new role that will build on our work to enable donations across our visited sites, via our website and to become ready for fundraising appeals to a wide audience.
You will be engaging with knowledgeable and passionate colleagues, visitors and supporters to help keep Scotland’s story going.
About the role
The primary focus of the role is to advance fundraising from individuals through a number of channels including donations at our properties in care, website driven donations, future appeals and campaigns. In addition to building on existing income streams, the Officer will help identify new audiences and channels with the small fundraising team.
Over the last 3 years the Fundraising Team has trialled several options to enable donations at our historic sites across Scotland (from world famous castles to remote archaeological sites). It is now time to scale up our operations and ensure that our service to colleagues and donors is all that it can be.
With the launch of new websites and a new CRM system, this is a great time to join the team to maximise our reach to potential supporters and see results. You will work alongside Operations, Finance and Marketing teams to ensure excellent service to colleagues and an inspiring donor journey.
About you
You will be passionate about the power of philanthropy and have experience in fundraising or marketing for income generation. You will take pride in working constructively with colleagues in other areas to find the right pathway to enabling donations. Your experience of working with relevant data to help identify and monitor fundraising opportunities will contribute not only to Individual Giving activities but the wider areas of major donations and appeals. This will require excellent communications skills for face-to-face conversations and fundraising messages on digital platforms. You will be an organised team worker committed to delivering excellent service and someone who can scan the horizon to see the next opportunity. You will be happy to travel across Scotland. The details of essential and desirable criteria can be found in the job description.
Interested?
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