The Alumni and Development team at the University of Strathclyde seeks to appoint an experienced fundraiser to the post of Development Officer (Scholarships). This is a 12-month maternity cover contract where you will be responsible for an exciting and popular student scholarships programme. You will play a key role in the account management of student scholarship support from our alumni, trusts and company supporters. This is an opportunity to progress your fundraising career in a Higher Education environment and to develop your fundraising skills.
Strathclyde is a socially progressive university and we aim to widen access to university for students from all backgrounds, including those in financial need. We are also a research intensive university, which makes and impact on society and our scholarships help us to attract the most talented research students. If you are passionate about helping students to succeed, then you will have the opportunity to support our vision and make an impact.
Your day to day responsibilities include face-to-face fundraising meetings with donors and potential donors; organising small cultivation events to develop donor relationships and working across the University with staff and students to deliver a variety of important scholarship programmes.
The successful candidate will have some face to face fundraising experience and will be looking to take the next step in their career as a fundraising professional in a supportive environment.
At Scottish Bible Society we share the Bible.
Thanks to the commitment and generosity of our supporters, the Scottish Bible Society (‘SBS’) is a charity that helps individuals and communities in over 200 countries and territories around the world to receive Bibles in a language they understand and in a format they can use. We are creative in supporting churches in Scotland to keep the Bible central and encourage meaningful engagement to deepen encounters with God.
We have an exciting opportunity for someone who is practical, helpful and can take care of our building and supervise the provision of office services so that our staff can work safely, effectively and efficiently.
Although there is no Faith requirement associated with this role, there is an expectation that there will be respect for the Christian ethos of SBS.
Fife Communities Action Network (FCCAN) is a network of community groups in Fife that are taking action on climate change. Our aim is to empower and enable communities to create a low carbon future and promote local resilience and well-being.
We have an exciting opportunity to lead our Fife Climate Hub team, funded by the Scottish Government.
The Fife Climate Hub is part of a new network of regional community climate action hubs, created by the Scottish Government. The Hub empowers community-led action on the climate crisis. Our vision is for a growing Fife-wide network of groups taking climate action to meet the needs of their communities. We build capacity of existing community groups working on climate, encourage collaboration and reach beyond the climate engaged to grow a diverse network across Fife. We also provide a voice for our members to influence local and national policy. Together we are driving change and strengthening climate resilience in Fife.
The Hub offers training, advice, inspiration, networking, funding and signposting to places of support. We provide opportunities for networking and shared learning to create a strong climate movement across Fife and drive change across all sectors.
We’re looking for a passionate, enthusiastic leader to further develop the project. This is an exciting opportunity to shape community climate action within Scotland through a model of localised ‘grassroots’ collaborative support.
The Project Manager will ensure the Hub and its aims, objectives and outcomes are delivered on time, within scope and budget. This involves line managing a team of community engagement officers, communications and administrative staff. The Project Manager will oversee delivery of the action plan and lead on monitoring, evaluation and reporting. They will represent Fife Climate Hub and FCCAN to external partners and networks. The role also involves developing a long-term strategic plan for the Hub and applying for funding to continue the project.
The post is currently funded until 31st March 2025, but there is the possibility of extension to March 2026 and beyond, subject to continuation funding.
The post is available as a secondment, subject to agreement from both parties.
Freelance Trainers to support Health Walk training in High School settings.
Paths for All is a Scottish Charity. We have a clear focus. We want to get Scotland walking: Everyone. Everyday. Everywhere. Our vision is for Scotland to be a walking nation. We want everyone to have the opportunity to be active every day, creating a happier, healthier and greener Scotland.
Paths for All is launching a new Walking for Health programme in high school settings. The aim of the programme is to improve the physical, mental and social health of young people by creating a culture of walking within high schools and doing this in an inclusive and sustainable way. Young people will be trained as Health Walk Leaders and empowered to deliver Health Walk opportunities within their schools.
The Walk Leader training for young people will be a flexible, modular course with around 4 hours of delivery time. This course will be delivered by a range of partner organisations including schools and third sector organisations.
We are looking for experienced freelance trainers who will primarily deliver a train-the-trainer course to upskill professionals working in high schools to deliver the Walk Leader training for their young people.
There may also be some direct delivery for young people who do not have access to a trainer locally. There may also be opportunities to provide additional support to our community of practice through specific networking and CPD days. We anticipate the training will be delivered face-to-face, but some courses may be online.
Paths for All is a Scottish Charity. We have a clear focus. We want to get Scotland walking: Everyone. Everyday. Everywhere. Our vision is for Scotland to be a walking nation. We want everyone to have the opportunity to be active every day, creating a happier, healthier and greener Scotland.
Our Walking for Health programme offers opportunities for people across Scotland to enjoy the benefits of walking and wheeling. We achieve this by supporting the delivery of short, safe, social, local, low-level Health Walks, led by trained staff and volunteer Walk Leaders. We also support walking, mobility and movement for older adults by working with staff in health and social care settings.
To support people towards meeting the UK Chief Medical Officers Physical Activity Guidelines for adults and older adults, we support the delivery of our Strength and Balance programme, promoting gentle movements to strengthen muscles, improve balance and boost confidence, which can be integrated into a Health Walk, health/care settings or done from the comfort of home.
We are looking for experienced freelance trainers to support this growing area of our work. The role will involve delivering training sessions to Health Walk Leaders, (many of whom are volunteers) and staff supporting adults in health and social care settings to enable them to promote walking with strength and balance. In some instances, we also deliver train-the-trainer courses to upskill staff to deliver Strength and Balance training in their own locality.
In the first year, we anticipate the requirement for delivery of 4 to 6 training sessions of 3.5 hours each.
An exciting opportunity to join our Walking for Health Team
Paths for All is a Scottish Charity. We have a clear focus set out in our Step it Up strategy. We want to get Scotland walking: Everyone. Everyday. Everywhere. Our vision is for Scotland to be a walking nation. We want everyone to have the opportunity to be active every day, creating a happier, healthier and greener Scotland. A key element of this work involves encouraging behaviour change and participation in daily activity through the right programmes, infrastructure and community opportunities.
As a result of some of our team taking up exciting new opportunities within Paths for All, the Walking for Health team is looking for two Development Officers to join us to empower and develop the Scottish Health Walk Network.
Are you passionate about empowering communities to tackle inactivity, improve health and health inequalities to positively impact well-being on a population-wide scale? Well, you could be the person we are looking for!
Day to day tasks for the postholder will include working mainly with the Scottish Health Walk Network member organisations and strategic partners in disadvantaged communities, supporting management of our Walking for Health grants and developing and promoting national resources and campaigns for Walking for Health.
The successful candidates will enjoy working to make a positive difference to individuals health and well-being through Health Walks. They will thrive in a busy environment on a wide range of activities. They should have the ability to form strong relationships with our partners, strategic organisations and SHWN members.
We offer the opportunity to be part of an organisation that recognises staff as our most valued asset. Attractive employment conditions include a contributory pension scheme and flexi-time policy.
If you’re looking for a new challenge in a varied role, and you’re interested in supporting communities to thrive and reducing health inequalities and working towards net-zero, we’d love to hear from you.
If you would like to discuss this role further, please contact Gill McShea, Senior Development officer by email at Gill.McShea@pathsforall.org.uk
Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.
We support and enable hundreds of communities and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline and publications. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Friendship Line and much more.
We work in Scotland with older people’s groups who provide vital activities and services for older people in their local community. We campaign on the issues that older people tell us are important to them.
As Grants Officer for About Dementia, you will support the Grants and Learning Manager and fellow Grants Officer in running a community grants programme to help people living with dementia and unpaid carers across Scotland. This grants programme places the voices of lived experience of dementia at the forefront through our lived experience panel members, and this should be reflected through all your work. The duties of the role include:
•Working with the Grants and Learning Manager colleagues to oversee the administration and distribution of a community grants programme
•Supporting community groups to apply to the programme
•Enabling lived experience panel members to have their voices and experiences heard throughout the grant-making process.
•Working with the Communications team to ensure as wide a reach as possible around Scotland.
•Represent About Dementia and promote our work at conferences, events, and meetings.
•Support evidence-gathering to measure impact and capture learning
•Assisting in monitoring and evaluating grant recipients.
•Any other ad hoc duties as required.
This role will be a hybrid blend of office-based (Edinburgh) and home working.
Living our values, you will approach the role with integrity, while involving, inspiring and empowering our teams, so that together we can create better outcomes for older people in Scotland.
In return for your hard work, enthusiasm and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous benefits package:
•Generous holiday allowance of 37 days (FTE) plus 2 fixed public holidays
•Flexible working opportunities from day one
•A range of learning and development opportunities
•Company sick pay
•Healthcare benefit through Westfield Health
•Discounted gym membership
•Cashback scheme from major retailers
•Contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of 9%
•A comprehensive package of support though our Employee Assistance Programme
•Group life cover up to three times your annual salary
•Cycle to work scheme
•Carers support
•The option to buy more holidays or sell them
•Enhanced maternity and paternity policies.
Wigtown Festival Company is looking to appoint a Young People’s Engagement Officer to develop and run our year-round programmes with 15-25-year-olds. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a fresh way of working with our target group of 15-to-25-year-olds at Wigtown Book Festival and around the year.
We are seeking a dynamic and imaginative individual who is experienced in enabling young people (YP) to develop cultural skills and explore their interests in a secure and supportive environment. The ideal candidate will be passionate about widening cultural access and overcoming barriers to participation.
Working within a small programming team and reporting to the Creative Director, they will be responsible for initiating, delivering and evaluating projects, and delivering against the aims of the Festival Company’s Young People’s Engagement Plan. An ability to self-organise and juggle multiple projects in a busy workplace is essential.
The Young People’s Engagement Post is kindly supported by The Holywood Trust.
Salary and Terms
The position is full-time / 35 hours a week. The salary is in the range of £26,000-£30,000 depending on experience, with an initial contract for two years.
WFC is a Fair Work and Real Living Wage employer and is open to flexible working from day one.
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We are seeking 2 people to join our Board in 2024 to work alongside our existing board trustees in supporting The Work Room in its mission to empower artists in making thoughtful and pioneering dance for diverse contexts at home and internationally.
We’d love to hear from you if you share our values and are:
You don’t need to have previous experience of being on a board and for many of our existing trustees, this has been their first experience in such a role. The Trustees work collectively and you will be provided a full induction to help you understand the role and responsibilities of being a charity trustee.
We also want to make sure our board is made up of a diverse range of intersectional identities and experiences. The Work Room recognises systemic exclusion within the arts sector and we are striving to put equity and inclusion at the heart of our work. We are working towards an Anti-Racism practice and we want the board to reflect the diversity of our membership.
The Work Room operates a co-chairing approach in which two members are responsible for effectively facilitating and steering the board and governance processes. We are specifically seeking one new trustee who will take on the role of Co-Chair.
Fife Women’s Aid are looking for a part-time member of staff to join our existing MARAC team, working with women experiencing domestic abuse who are at high levels of risk.
If you want to help make a difference in the lives of women, children and young people with experience of domestic abuse, have direct experience of providing one to one person-centred support, an understanding of the causes and impacts of domestic abuse along with good interpersonal skills then you may be the person we are looking for. Applicants will have at least 2 years’ experience of working in a support or advocacy role. The MARAC team is a small supportive team with a wealth of experience to share with new workers. Training will also be provided for the successful candidates.
The successful applicant(s) will have at least SVQ Level III or equivalent level of qualification in social care or other relevant subject, or equivalent experience and willingness to work towards a qualification.
Please join us for an online session to find out more about FWA MARAC service. This will be at 6.30pm on Tuesday 23rd July. Please confirm your attendance to info@fifewomensaid.org.uk and we will send you details of the zoom meeting. We hope to see you there.
Fife Women’s Aid is a feminist organisation and strives to be a supportive and empowering employer offering competitive terms and conditions.
Membership of Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme is a requirement for this post.
If you would like further information about the post, please contact Kate McCormack, CEO at kate.mccormack@fifewomensaid.org.uk