OPFS Advice and Information Service

The Scotland-wide advice and information service for single parents provides the:

• OPFS Advice Service: for single parents and practitioners seeking advice via our Helpline, Webchat, email, 'Ask a Question' and our social channels.
• OPFS Self Service Advice: on-line content on the OPFS website about issues that matter to single parents.
• OPFS Advice Training: service which delivers online training courses for practitioners working with single parents and their families.

Main Duties

To:

• Research, develop, and write advice content for the OPFS website on numerous topics relevant to one parent families.
• Make use of a range of digital tools to disseminate advice and information to single parents, wider OPFS and other stakeholders.
• Create and maintain a range of resources in different formats.
• Collaborate with parents, OPFS departments and stakeholders to produce relevant and timely content.
• Primary liaison with the OPFS Digital and Communications Team to co-ordinate content for the website and other platforms.
• Share research and content on advice issues with all colleagues throughout OPFS.
• Take responsibility for keeping informed and updated on relevant topics and changes to the law regarding single parents' issues, undertaking training as appropriate.

Personal Specifications

Qualifications and Disclosures

• Relevant experience and skills are more important than qualifications, and this is a role open to both graduates and non-graduates. However, a qualification relevant to the type of work mentioned above would be helpful.
• Satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure Check.

Experience

• Experience or knowledge of working in an advice setting, whether in paid or voluntary capacity.
• Experience of operating in a modern digital workplace, using numerous platforms and systems.
• Experience of researching and communicating information in a clear and coherent manner.
• Experience of writing content or advice, in particular for web based platforms.

Skills & Attributes

• Bring a creative and innovative outlook to the provision of web-based advice.
• Ability to provide advice and information in a professional, relevant and non-judgmental way.
• Ability to audit existing information and spot gaps in provision.
• Able to work confidently in a digital environment using a range of tools such as Microsoft 365 software packages, WordPress, social media platforms, etc.
• Keen and quick learner.
• Strong communication skills, using various methods (i.e. verbal, written, etc).
• Ability to interpret and summarise complex information into an accessible and relevant form.
• Strong team-working skills and an ability to be flexible and adapt to change.
• Ability to commit to the aims and values of OPFS, championing the experience and voice of single parents and their families throughout Scotland.

Knowledge

• Working knowledge of the UK system of welfare benefits, Scottish social security benefits, awareness of child maintenance and Scottish family law.
• Knowledge of barriers, challenges and relevant issues surrounding one parent families in Scotland.
• Understanding of the importance of assessing data and user testing to identify areas for improvement.
• Awareness/Knowledge of approaches to writing web content.

Terms & Conditions

1. Period of appointment: The appointment is permanent. Confirmation of appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of a 3-month probationary period, Standard Disclosure Checks and receipt of satisfactory references.
2. Salary: OPFS scale points 13+1 – 17+1(additional increment paid to recognise lead role) £24,509 - £29,669 for full time; £18356 - £22221 pro rata for 30 hours a week.
3. Hours of work: 25 - 30 hours per week, hours, and days to be agreed with line manager. As a flexible employer with life and family-friendly culture, flexible hours will be considered.
4. Holidays: Annual leave entitlement is 25 days and 12 Public holidays, pro rata.
5. Pension: You will be auto enrolled from your start date. OPFS pays 7% of your salary and you pay a minimum of 3%.
6. Training and support and supervision: You will receive induction training and frequent support in the first three months. Thereafter you will receive monthly individual support and supervision and annual appraisals. Regular team meetings will be held, and staff have access to internal and external training.
7. Equal Opportunities and Family Friendly Employment: OPFS aims to be an equal opportunity and family friendly employer. OPFS has Investors In People status.

The job description is a broad picture of the post at the time of preparation. It is not an exhaustive list of all possible duties, as jobs change and evolve over time.

Reports to: Advice and Information Services Manager

Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as (insert role) you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions to live life to the full again. Our Hospital to Home services form a nationwide network of local support groups, nurses, volunteers and one-to-one support teams helping families adjust to life with a heart or lung condition or after a stroke.

Do you enjoy working with people?

Do you know someone with our health conditions or do you have the skills to help someone live their life to the full?

We are looking for a Community Support Coordinator to join our amazing team in the Tayside area. This role is focused on making sure that people affected by chest, heart and stroke conditions get the help they need and get back to doing the things that matter to them.

Through our Community Support Services, you will support people to have the confidence and tools to self-manage their health condition and live as independently as possible. You’ll also help people get back to doing the things that are important to them – from simple things like walking to their local shop following a stroke, to returning to a sky-high hobby of gliding!

You’ll be directly involved in supporting people with chest, heart and stroke conditions through both one-to-one and group services in both community and hospital settings. You’ll work with the rest of the Community Support Services team in Tayside, and manage a team of incredible volunteers, to make a real difference to the lives of people with our conditions.

Candidates don’t need to have medical knowledge as training is provided on our health conditions. We are looking for someone with a positive attitude towards people with disabilities and long-term conditions; an understanding of the challenges faced by people with chest, heart and stroke conditions including Long Covid; an understanding of community service provision; the ability to recruit, manage and motivate a team of volunteers; and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

At Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, our mission is to ensure there’s No Life Half Lived in Scotland – and you can be a vital part of that. We are Scotland’s leading organisation for person-centred, user-led community support for people with our health conditions.

Applicants must have a car and a current valid driving licence (expenses are paid at mileage rate).

Applications will be considered from candidates living outside the Tayside area, but within a commutable distance.

If you would like to discuss the role or have any queries, you can contact the manager for the area at Darlene.drummond@chss.org.uk or 07918690643.

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a PVGcheck. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a values-driven organisation and work on issues including peace and climate justice.

We are looking for a Parliamentary Engagement Officer to lead our public affairs work in Scotland. The role involves:

• lobbying on topics including peace, peace education and climate justice (find out more about our work here)
• engaging with MSPs and other key stakeholders to promote Quaker priorities
• supporting Quakers in Scotland to influence the political process

The successful candidate will have:

• knowledge and experience of campaigning and influencing in the Scottish political arena
• the ability to work alone, take initiative, and manage your own workload with support from your line manager
• understanding of and sympathy with Quaker values (though you do not need to be a Quaker)

This is a part-time (24.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday), permanent position. This position is based at home, but the role will involve some meetings in Edinburgh, so we would like you to be within easy travel distance from Edinburgh.

Alongside the opportunity to strengthen the influence of Quaker values in public life, we offer a generous benefits package.

LifeMosaic supports communities and movements to protect their rights, territories and cultures and to vision and determine their own futures. We work with indigenous communities in Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America who are being marginalised and whose natural resources and cultures are under threat. We also work with visionary communities who are championing community-led approaches to self-determined development and those defending their territories and cultures.

Come join our friendly dynamic team!

Organisation: LifeMosaic (lifemosaic.net)

We are seeking a Finance Coordinator to provide us with the capacity to accelerate organisational growth to broaden our reach and deepen our impact. This is an exciting, interesting and varied role with opportunity for development. This post aims to unlock organisational growth further, particularly to help to expand the organisation in a sustainable way to meet the increasing demand that we are experiencing from indigenous partners and movements.

The successful applicant will be working closely with the Executive Director and the Board of Trustees, as well as with funders, staff, and partner organisations.

A full job description is attached below.

Are you a great communicator with a passion for inclusive communities and social enterprise?

We’re looking for a part-time Fundraiser, 2 days per week, to complete grant applications and undertake fundraising activities to help the Grassmarket Community Project (GCP) flourish.

The GCP is based at the Grassmarket Centre on Candlemaker Row in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town. The role is flexible and can be mostly carried out from home and tailored to you current life or work commitments. Ideally you will be able to visit to learn about and enjoy the community’s wide range of activities, events and support. An appropriate working pattern can be agreed.

We are looking for someone with excellent written and verbal communication skills to best present our community to prospective and existing funders, donors and friends. Reporting to the CEO, you will be responsible for applying and reporting on grant funding and managing existing and prospective funder and donor relations. As part of the team, the role may also involve community fundraising initiatives, partnerships (e.g. groups undertaking sponsored events, or corporate firms), and delivering talks to visiting groups and supporters involving a wide variety of different needs and abilities. You will be able to work on your own initiative, manage deadlines and prioritise your workload to take advantage of opportunities as they arise.

Open Seas

The Open Seas Trust is a campaigning charity working on issues of marine conservation and seafood sustainability in Scotland. We are a small, agile organisation with an evidence based, robust approach, calling out damaging and illegal activity in the press and with Scottish politicians and undertaking research and investigations to build the case for change.

We have become a prominent voice for marine conservation in Scotland, generating significant mainstream media attention and securing a strong profile for the organisation in the national press. We have also built a strong political reputation and track record delivering ambitious research projects.

You can read more about our work at openseas.org.uk

The Team

We are currently a team of 5 staff working within two pillars of the organisation – policy and campaigns. Our work spans a range of tasks including research, lobbying, boat based research, meetings with seafood and fisheries stakeholders, campaigning and hosting events. The team works entirely from various remote home and shared working space locations and so much of our work is done using online collaboration tools.

The organisation is overseen by a Board of 5 Trustees who meet quarterly and advised by an Advisory Group who meet 1 – 2 times a year. We are a growing organisation and need support facilitating and administering our ambitious workplan and delivery.

The role

This advertised role will be instrumental helping ensure the organisation is able to deliver its objectives as well as helping to build the organisation as we go through a period of growth, and ensuring that this is done in a structured and sustainable way. The role will help streamline processes and ensure that we are running as efficiently and effectively as possible. The role will report to and work closely with the Head of Policy and Operations, in particular on the delivery of the business plan and growth targets.

Key tasks will include organising and administering board meetings, oversight of day to day finances, supporting the monitoring and reporting of performance, developing financial and funder report and providing administrative and logistical support for the wider team.

The location for this appointment is flexible, most staff currently work from their homes but there is also the potential to arrange office space if necessary.

The successful candidate will join a collegiate team and have the chance to engage across the organisation’s work.

Benefits

The role will be paid £33,500 - £36,500 pro rata to 3 days per week, depending on experience. This will be a permanent contract. Open Seas offers a matched pension contribution of up to 6%. The role will be entitled to 25 days paid holiday plus Scottish public holidays, pro rata.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture (SBP) is a charity that works to drive the recovery of nature across Scotland through rewilding, in response to the growing climate and biodiversity crises. Our vision is of a vast network of rewilded land and water, where wildlife flourishes and people thrive.

We are a small but agile and progressive team that works in a spirit of collaboration with many different interest groups to:

• Drive support for rewilding

• Commit more land and water to rewilding

• Return missing species

• Develop rewilding business

Learn more about SBP: scotlandbigpicture.com

SBP is a dynamic organisation with an exciting portfolio of nature recovery projects to deliver across Scotland.

At a time when businesses are increasingly conscious of their responsibility to address climate breakdown and ecological decline, there exists an opportunity to align rewilding with investment and engagement from the business sector. Seizing this opportunity to make more rewilding happen, lies at the core of this role.

The role will report directly to the Head of Fundraising and will also have regular liaison with the wider SBP team, as well as communication with partners, supporters and other external contacts.

A full job description is attached below.

Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF) is Scotland’s national resource of expertise on drugs and related issues. We seek to lead and represent the drugs field in Scotland to improve Scotland’s response to problem drug use. This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a busy and dynamic team within a national third sector organisation.

We are pleased to be recruiting for this exciting new position of E-Learning Officer to support our e-learning activity on a day-to-day basis.

As part of our work, we provide quality training and information to stakeholders across the drugs and related-fields in Scotland – from treatment and support providers to people working in housing, homelessness, and prisons.

SDF has been building its e-learning capacity for several years, building a range of courses to support internal e-learning projects and commissioned courses. With the advent of COVID-19, there was a massive increase in people registering for the e-learning and a significant increase in the demand to create further packages. This demand arises from an increase in the use of blended learning, updating existing courses, and commissioned training. As a result of this, the post holder will update existing courses and develop more e-learning packages.

The main responsibilities of the rule include:

• Develop specific e-learning packages with both internal and external subject matter experts (SME’s) in line with current workforce development requirements.
• Management of the Learning Management System (LMS) eFront.
• Overseeing the work of the e-learning team.
• To oversee and support the e-learning volunteers.

Benefits

As an SDF employee you will benefit from generous annual leave entitlement, a range of learning and development opportunities, competitive pension contribution and an employee support and counselling service. SDF encourage a healthy work life balance and offer a flexible working scheme.

Candidates should be willing and able to work effectively from home, however, will be expected to attend our Glasgow office as the need arises as well as for team meetings, one to ones and staff meetings.

Are you searching for aposition with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational? MCR Pathways is a national, award-winning mentoring programme dedicated to addressing the long-standing inequality in education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for care experienced young people and those experiencing disadvantage. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors are volunteers who make and experience a life changing difference.

We are looking for two outstanding Partnership & Mentor Recruitment Managers based in the North (ideally Inverness) and East of Scotland (ideally Edinburgh). The roles will focus on forming pioneering partnerships with key public and private sector organisations to drive mentor recruitment and also help create other opportunities for MCR young people. You will help lead and represent the regional mentor recruitment teams, input to schools’ teams and ensure we have as many mentors local to each school as our young people need.

You’ll establish a deeply personal service that inspires every volunteer and individual to feel a hugely valued part of the MCR family and cause. This is exceptional relationship building and inspirational championing of the MCR cause in practice. You will be a motivated, committed, enthusiastic and resilient person with a strong and practical belief in addressing inequality. You will be the mentor champion for each of the young people, schools, ambassadors, mentors, their employers and the local communities we serve.

Key responsibilities:

- As a passionate MCR ambassador, develop and maintain strong and lasting partnerships with Local Authorities, businesses and schools to drive and sustain mentor recruitment.

- Manage organisational recruitment campaigns & lead on ensuring continuous engagement of prospective mentors (from the individual to their organisation) strategically & practically at each stage, with the highest service quality & response rates.

- Organise, participate in, and actively support, all forms of mentor recruitment, mentor and volunteer engagement, events, communities & marketing.

- Support all aspects of the recruitment channels to ensure individual mentors are fully and emotionally engaged throughout and an efficient pipeline flow through to effective mentor matches that meets the expectations of all participants.

- Work with our Programme Managers to deliver a tailored local approach for organisation and community engagement, and identify opportunities for mentor recruitment and support for other parts of the MCR model.

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