Cancer Card is a national charity whose mission is to ensure no one faces cancer alone, providing a compassionate, personalised service that connects people affected by cancer with the right support, regardless of their background or circumstances.
Founded in 2021 by Jen Hardy MBE, an Edinburgh resident who has stage 4 incurable secondary breast cancer, Cancer Card has grown in reputation and reach and has expanded its offering, which now includes an online support hub, comfort boxes and service support officers.
The CEO of the charity, Ian Pirrie, has recently announced his retirement and we are delighted that Ian has agreed to step into the role of Chair for the charity, ensuring continuity of his knowledge and experience of Cancer Card and the wider cancer support environment.
Cancer Card now has ambitious and exciting plans to become even more impactful and needs an inspiring and dynamic CEO to take these forward and ensure that the incredible legacy that Jen has built continues to thrive and grow.
This is an exciting opportunity to strategically lead the charity through a period of planned growth, increasing income to fund this and ensuring that the operation is both resilient and scalable.
The CEO will be a strategic partner to the Chair and the wider Board, shaping and executing financial management that balances growth with cost control, and supporting the chair to engage with potential sponsors, funders and partners.
The role requires an authentic, compassionate and dynamic leader with high resilience, who is both able to lead Cancer Card into this next phase with authority and impact, roll up their sleeves to make a real difference and deliver positive change to the cancer community.
This is an exciting opportunity to shape and influence the development of a new non-departmental public body: The Scottish Food Commission. The Commission is being set up to provide an oversight role of provisions made in the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022. It is expected that the Commission will be formally established by mid-2025.
The Scottish Food Commission will play a significant role in reshaping the Scottish food system. The recommendations and advice provided by the Commission to Scottish Ministers and relevant authorities will be pivotal in ensuring that Good Food Nation Plans are continuously improved.
Responsibilities
As the first members of the Scottish Food Commission, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future and strategic direction of this new public body.
You will work closely with the chair of the Scottish Food Commission to identify the immediate strategic priorities and ensure the long-term viability of the body.
You will also work closely with Scottish Government officials and the Chief Executive, once in place, to enable the new public body to take on its statutory functions and full budgetary control.
Once the body is fully established, as members you will play a key part in ensuring the Commission effectively fulfils its oversight role and provides constructive challenge, that is evidence based, to Scottish Ministers and relevant authorities in relation to their Good Food Nation Plans.
These are high publicity roles that will attract great interest from key stakeholders interested in the Scottish food system.
Role Criteria
Priority criteria – applicants must provide evidence against at least one of the following:
1. Experience of research, analysis or evaluation methods;
2. In depth knowledge of one key food system challenge;
3. Experience of audit, assurance and finance;
4. Expertise in behaviour change.
Essential criteria - applicants must meet all six of the essential criteria.
1. Understanding of the complexity of the food system in Scotland;
2. Seeing the bigger picture;
3. Understanding of good governance;
4. Understanding of how government works at local, regional and national level;
5. Analysis and decision-making;
6. Communication and constructive challenge.
Please read the full details of the criteria in the person specification section of the applicant information pack.
Victim Support Scotland – Empowering People Affected by Crime.
We put victims and witnesses at the heart of everything we do so they are heard, have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure, and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference.
Who We Are?
Victim Support Scotland provides support and information to people affected by crime and campaigns for victim and witness rights. Regardless of whether a crime has been reported, or when it happened, our services are free, confidential, and tailored to individuals’ needs.
Our vision is that people affected by crime – victims, witnesses, and their families – are treated with dignity and respect and are at the heart of the justice in Scotland. Our mission is to ensure that all those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them to recover from their experiences. All our work is guided and underpinned by our six core principles of being engaging and compassionate; inclusive and accessible; person-centred; adaptive, flexible, and responsive; collaborative; and knowledgeable and skilled. Now is the time to join Victim Support Scotland, helping us work towards the ambitions of our 5-year plan: Empowering people affected by crime: VSS Strategy 2021-2026.
VSS is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all of our service users and has a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG scheme checks in place to ensure this commitment is met.
What is the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Support Co-ordinator, (up to 12 month Fixed-term contract) working 28 hours per week. Work pattern: Monday - Friday between 8AM - 8PM & Saturday 10AM - 4PM
Primary location: Glasgow, however you will be expected to cover all areas of the locality
Reporting directly to a Locality Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring, within your Service(s), that VSS’s local service development and delivery plan is being implemented within your geographical area(s). Service delivery is provided by a team of skilled and knowledgeable volunteers, you will be responsible for planning their deployment to ensure that the service delivered meets the desired outcomes of victims and witnesses of crime, our service users. Responsible for all aspects of a volunteer engagement with VSS at your services, including recruitment, induction, learning and development, ongoing performance management and support. Contributing to business planning and co-ordination ensuring that continuous learning takes place to monitor that the outcomes of service users are being met.
If you are looking for a role with a purpose, where you can really make a difference, then this may be the role for you.
What you’ll need to be successful
We are looking for someone who is experienced in a similar role and can evidence of continuing professional development, effective leadership style, able to build confidence, motivate and improve performance with a clean full driver licence. Analytical skills, must be able to understand, collect, analyse, report and present data. The ability to challenge stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination and bias. Good working knowledge of the voluntary/charity sector is required, as is a willingness to be flexible in working hours and able to travel as required.
Further details of this role are available in the job description: Support Co-ordinator - Glasgow - Victim Support Scotland
Please note - This post will be subject to a satisfactory PVG check
What we offer?
When you work for Victim Support Scotland, your wellbeing is important to us. Not only do we offer an enhanced annual leave package of 39 days (Pro-rata), but you will also have access to our free health cash plan which includes cover for you and your family across a range of benefits, which include, dental cover, access to a virtual GP, counselling, legal support and discounts on gym memberships, cinema tickets, retail and much more. In addition we offer a generous pension, enhanced maternity and paternity pay and access to a credit union. Supporting employee development is important to us and we offer comprehensive learning and development opportunities.