Appointment of Lay Representative to the Joint Standing Committee for Legal Education in Scotland
The JSC is a consultative body comprised of representatives drawn from the main branches of the legal profession and the Universities.
Its aims and purposes are to act as a facilitator in promoting the interests of legal education, both at the level of academic training and in relation to legal professional training.
In recent years the Committee has been strengthened by the appointment of non-lawyers in its membership so that their views and experiences may contribute to discussions.
Applicants should have an interest in the practice of law in Scotland and the workings of the Scottish justice system, in quality assurance and professional standards, and in professional education and training. A commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is essential and an interest in trauma-informed practice would be helpful.
Previous experience of committee work would be advantageous, but it is not essential - we are also keen to hear from motivated candidates who are seeking their first committee position. The successful candidate will be keen to challenge constructively and ask curious questions.
The Committee would be particularly interested in receiving applications from applicants with experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Higher Education, including widening access;
• Widening participation to the professions, not necessarily the legal profession;
• Improving access to justice;
• Artificial Intelligence in education and / or a professional context.
Please note that, in addition to solicitors and advocates, those employed by the Law Society of Scotland, the Faculty of Advocates or one of the Scottish Universities are not eligible to sit as a lay member of the Committee.
The JSC is based at the University of Edinburgh but is an independent consultative body.
Join Our Board and Make a Difference at Edinburgh Students' Charities Appeal.
Are you passionate about empowering students, supporting charitable causes, and making a positive impact in our community? ESCA is seeking individuals to join our Board of Trustees and play a pivotal role in driving our mission forward.
About ESCA:
Our Legacy: With a history spanning over 155 years, ESCA is the link between students and charitable giving. We have a rich legacy of empowering students to fundraise for causes they care about.
Our Aim: ESCA's aim is to inspire, support, and enable students to organise innovative fundraising events that benefit both local and global charitable initiatives.
What We Do:
Empower Students: ESCA provides students with the resources, guidance, and support they need to create and manage their fundraising events. We believe in the power of young minds to drive positive change.
Fundraising Support: We offer grants, event planning assistance, technology resources, and mentorship to students, helping them turn their ideas into impactful fundraisers.
Community Engagement: ESCA fosters a sense of community among students, volunteers, and charitable organisations, strengthening our collective ability to make a difference.
Why Join ESCA:
Make a Difference: Your involvement with ESCA directly contributes to positive change in our community and supports charitable causes.
Networking Opportunities: Connect with a community of like-minded individuals who are passionate about philanthropy and community engagement.
Shape the Future: Use your expertise to guide ESCA’s strategic direction and help us evolve as we continue our legacy of student-led impact.
What to Expect as a Trustee:
Board Meetings: Our Board meets once per month in the evening, with the option of joining us virtually via a hybrid format and an expectation to attend two in-person meetings per year. We do not hold meetings during the summer months of May through August.
Communication Commitments: Alongside Board meetings, trustees will be expected to engage in occasional document reviews and correspondence, ensuring effective communication and preparation for upcoming meetings and ESCA activities.
Event Participation: Depending on your availability and interests, you may choose to participate in ESCA events, engaging with the community and supporting our initiatives.
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 Health Information Officer you can help to be the difference between people just surviving and really living.
You will be part of Scotland’s leading health charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid to live life to the full again. The CHSS Health Information service exists to ensure that people affected by these conditions are supported with information they want, when they need it, and in a way that is appropriate for them.
As the CHSS Health Information Officer you will be responsible for reviewing, developing and maintaining CHSS’s health information in all formats. As well as working on the identified processes involved in maintaining PIFTICK accreditation of these resources.
The post holder will collaborate with the appropriate internal and external professionals and advisory groups ensure that the content of all preexisting and new resources remain current, and evidence based.
Heavy Sound is a Community Interest Company, incorporated in 2015, based in East Lothian, Scotland. We deliver services in Edinburgh and East Lothian.
We work with disconnected young people and adults, re-engaging them through strength-based activities of interest including music, biking, sports, creative arts, education, therapeutic support, and mentoring. By building trusting relationships, we help inspire positive opportunities for further learning, life skills development, and future training and employment.
Job Role and Responsibilities:
Work Location: This post will be based in the Niddrie and Craigmillar areas of Edinburgh.
The successful candidate will embed themselves into Castlebrae Community Campus, supporting young people from that community both within the school environment and in the local community.
The successful candidate will:
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
Benefits:
Waverley Care is looking for a new Fundraising Manager specializing in individual giving with a secondary focus on legacy giving.
The organisation has been at the forefront of providing care for those impacted by HIV and AIDS since 1989. Waverley Care now approaches a seminal moment as they close in on Scotland being one of the first countries in the world to get new HIV transmission down to zero by 2030.
To ensure they can meet the ambition, growth and expansion the charity sees in its future, the fundraising team has been invested in, including creating this new role. The fundraising team is in a good place and just needs the right person to join the charity to provide the remaining missing puzzle piece.
The successful candidate for the role of Fundraising Manager for Individual Giving and Legacies will be someone who has previously worked on delivering successful individual giving campaigns and is looking to broaden their remit to include other income streams such as legacies and mid-value giving, and/or to take on full responsibility for an income stream. In time there is the scope to include line management under this position. The role would suit someone who is excited by potential and is ambitious. Who can lead an individual giving campaign and be a credible expert for IG within Waverley Care.
You will be skilled in providing an excellent supporter journey, and able to apply the fundamentals of gold standard stewardship to other income streams such as with mid value donors and legacy pledgers.
This role is hybrid based, with some presence expected at Waverley Care head office for meetings and to build relationships across the wider team. Waverley Care are happy to consider candidates from outside of Scotland, as long as there is agreed commitment to attend quarterly team meetings in person in Edinburgh, and support at key events across the year.
This role was previously advertised last year as Fundraising Manager covering IG, Legacies and Major Donors. Upon reflection, the team have revised the role to be more focused on just IG and Legacies in line with the skills and expertise they hope to find in the successful candidate.
About the organisation
Future Economy Scotland is a non-partisan think tank that aims to create a new economy that is democratic, sustainable and just. We believe that Scotland cannot overcome the intertwined challenges it faces by making minor tweaks to the status quo, or by simply ameliorating the worst excesses of a broken model. Instead, we must embrace bold new ideas to transform the economy. Our mission is to develop transformative policies that aim to decarbonise, democratise and decommodify Scotland’s economy. Future Economy Scotland has organisational values that aim to underpin our work. These values are:
We are an accredited Living Wage employer, and have been accredited as a Gold Standard 4 day week employer by the 4 Day Week campaign. Future Economy Scotland is not aligned to any political party and does not have a stance on Scotland’s constitutional future.
Role summary
Future Economy Scotland is looking for a Senior Economist to help deliver the organisation’s ambitious programme of high-quality and impactful research. The organisation is currently delivering a multi-year research project focused on accelerating the delivery of a just transition to net zero in Scotland by 2045. Areas of research the successful candidate will work on will include (but not be limited to) renewable energy, industrial strategy, labour market transitions, land reform, and fiscal policy. The role will also involve identifying impactful opportunities to intervene in Scotland’s policy debate, and producing rapid-response analysis of new statistical releases
The role is an opportunity to join a small, dynamic and purpose-driven team focused on driving progressive change across Scotland. It will involve working closely with the Co-Directors in a fast paced environment, ensuring that the organisation maintains its reputation for producing high-quality, impactful research. It will also involve frequent interaction with senior stakeholders in government, civil society, the media and the wider policy-making world. We are committed to developing the skills and profile of team members, including through providing training and development opportunities.
About the organisation
Future Economy Scotland is a non-partisan think tank that aims to create a new economy that is democratic, sustainable and just. We believe that Scotland cannot overcome the intertwined challenges it faces by making minor tweaks to the status quo, or by simply ameliorating the worst excesses of a broken model. Instead, we must embrace bold new ideas to transform the economy. Our mission is to develop transformative policies that aim to decarbonise, democratise and decommodify Scotland’s economy. Future Economy Scotland has organisational values that underpin our work. These values are:
We are an accredited Living Wage employer, and have been accredited as a Gold Standard 4 day week employer by the 4 Day Week campaign. Future Economy Scotland is not aligned to any political party and does not have a stance on Scotland’s constitutional future.
Role summary
Future Economy is looking for an experienced Advocacy and Engagement Lead to build strong working relationships across political parties in Scotland, shaping policy in Scotland and achieving political change. This role will also involve creating, maintaining and building strong relationships with MSPs and other policymakers, as well as key stakeholders in civil society, campaign groups and trade unions. The role is an opportunity to join a small, dynamic and purpose-driven team focused on driving progressive change across Scotland. The role involves working closely with the Co-Directors in a fast paced environment to support the delivery of a democratic, sustainable and just future. This role is Scotland-based with regular meetings in Edinburgh. Candidates have to live or be willing to relocate within a reasonable commuting distance to Edinburgh.
To note, this job is not a campaign role and does not involve movement or coalition building. Instead, the aim of the role is to ensure that Future Economy Scotland’s work successfully shapes the policy and political agenda in Scotland, and is informed by and useful to wider climate and economic movements and campaigns.
Location: Within reasonable commuting distance from Edinburgh due to regular meetings at Parliament and with other associated stakeholders. Please note, employees currently work from home, but should you prefer to work from an office, we are open to resourcing a co-working space, budget permitting
Core areas of responsibility:
You will be entitled to five weeks (pro-rata’d) paid leave and time off in lieu for hours worked at weekend or evening meetings/events.
There will be a three month probationary period.
PERSON SPECIFICATION:
It is essential that the Finance and Administration Manager:
It is desirable that the postholder:
Purpose of Job
Support the Administrator (Accredited Training) and provide effective and efficient administrative support for all aspects of ARC Scotland’s training activities including the provision of regulated qualifications.
In conjunction with the Administrator (Accredited Training) maintain systems, protocols and procedures of all administrative functions within the training department.
Full details are available in the job description below.
Are you passionate about making a real difference in people's lives? Join our Real Jobs team at The Action Group, part of the All in Edinburgh Supported Employment Consortium, where you’ll support individuals with disabilities and long-term health conditions to find, secure, sustain and thrive in meaningful employment.
Requirements
The Action Group seeks a highly organised, empathic professional with a passion for supporting and empowering people. You will work as part of the Real Jobs team helping adults with support needs to find and sustain paid employment. We support people with disabilities and long-term health conditions to find, maintain, sustain and progress in the job they choose, by providing person-centred 1:1 support following the five-stage supported employability pipeline model.
Real Jobs at The Action Group is one of four partners who make up the AiE consortium, providing supported employment across Edinburgh.
Useful skills for this Role:
These are not required, but would be an advantage to any applicants.