SWAN is an autistic-led Charity run for and by autistic women, girls and non-binary people across Scotland.
Reporting to the CEO, the role will involve providing dedicated admin support to SWAN as an organisation and to the staff team. The post holder will be working with other SWAN staff and volunteers to provide the best possible service to those who come to SWAN, and to operate an effective remote office system.
SWAN is a small but very active Charity, so multitasking, time management skills, and the ability to prioritise tasks and function well at busy times are key. The role is interesting and varied and there are opportunities to develop the post in line with your strengths and skills.
You will be working as part of a friendly, supportive team of autistic professionals, in a neuro-inclusive environment.
You can find more information about SWAN on our website and in our Strategy.
We are Scotland’s largest health charity working to help people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid. More people than ever before are living with these conditions and many experience fear, isolation and loneliness, struggling to cope with the impact of their health condition on their everyday lives. Our amazing nurses, support workers and volunteers are here to make sure no one has to recover alone and with our Community Healthcare Support Service, we ensure that people across Scotland get the support they need to live full lives.
Our role within Human Resources is to resource, enable and equip our organisation to make the difference between people just surviving and really living.
The HR Administrator plays an important role by supporting and advising on all aspects of our Human Resources functions. This role involves providing efficient and effective administrative support at all points of the employee life cycle, from recruitment to offboarding. This also includes first line advice on HR policies and procedures and ensuring compliance with employment laws, fostering a positive work environment, with a clear focus on employee health and well-being. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, data management and reporting would be very welcome, with live opportunities to help streamline and enhance our current processes.
This is an organisation which prioritises learning and development and this role represents a really positive option for someone looking to either build on existing administrative experience or to embark upon a longer-term career within Human Resources, by gaining excellent foundational experience.
CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including a 32.5-hour working week; Company pension and sick pay schemes; generous holiday allowance; employee welfare support; life assurance, health insurance and health cash plan provisions.
Please Note: This advert will close at 12pm on 15 November 2024.
CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.
This is a crucial administration, IT and customer support role in support of our work in Scotland, ensuring our data, processes and systems are meticulously maintained and for stakeholders to experience warm, accurate, and timely interactions with us.
We have a great opportunity for the right person to join our team at Southside Housing Association. We are a friendly, forward-thinking organisation where innovation, flexibility and positive communication is embraced. Our focus is on quality of service and helping others. If you like to work in a fast-moving environment with a varied workload and have excellent communication and problem solving skills this could be for you.
We are looking to recruit a full time Corporate Services Assistant with relevant experience, knowledge and skills to deliver a first class, front line service to our customers and contractors. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual, passionate about doing the right thing.
The ability to work in an ever-changing environment with competing pressures is necessary and the successful candidate will be a team player with a “can do” attitude and the desire to learn new things while ensuring that our customers receive the best possible service.
A competence in using IT packages will be required.
Marie Curie is the UK’s leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness, they’re likely to die from.
Assist the Legacy Administration Team Leader by playing a pivotal role within the Legacy Administration Team, managing a diverse and active caseload of specific, residuary, and reversionary bequests.
Ensure the protection and maximisation of legacy income for Marie Curie by adhering to best practices and maintaining effective and sensitive communication with solicitors and personal executors, enhancing the charity's reputation.
The Legacy Administration Team plays a crucial role in generating income for the charity, working closely with marketing and local legacy fundraising partners. We promote personal development through ongoing training and collaboration across the Directorate and organisation.
We do not necessarily expect the successful candidate to have experience across all UK jurisdictions as full training will be provided.
Responsibilities
At Link, people are at the heart of everything we do. Our people have made our award-winning social enterprise the success it is today and as it continues to grow, we want them to be the best they can be and to reach their potential.
Housing Registration Administrators are responsible for delivering a high quality service to customers, meeting their needs at the first point of contact. They have the ability to be flexible within the remit of the Customer Service Centre and capable of resolving enquiries in whichever manner they are received, e.g. telephone, e-mail, in person.
The postholder will be responsible for accurately processing applications to Link’s choice based letting (CBL) system, assessing applicants’ housing needs in line with our Lettings Policy and awarding priority where appropriate.
Applications are assessed using the rules set out in our Lettings Policy, and you will mostly be assessing applications using the rules and guidelines that are provided. However, you will also come across situations which fall outside of these guidelines, so you must have the ability to use your initiative and make decisions on assessments on your own.
Primarily, this role is a customer service role. Members of the team are expected to remain calm, sympathetic and supportive while dealing with both routine and difficult situations, and to always maintain confidentiality.
About You
The successful candidate will have a good standard of education combined with experience of working in a fast paced multi task role dealing with a range of duties and customers. You will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of, and commitment to, excellent customer care and equal opportunities. An understanding of Housing Management Issues and the work of Housing Associations would be an advantage.
You will have a high degree of competence in the use of IT Systems, particularly those used in a service delivery, as well as practical experience of Microsoft Office programmes – especially Outlook, Word and Excel – and a knowledge and understanding of Data Protection and its application in a customer focused environment.
Experience of Choice Based Lettings (CBL) systems is desirable.
In return you will be offered the opportunity to enhance your skills and knowledge through employee training and development. You can expect to work in a supportive, trusting and transparent working environment, with the autonomy to offer creative and innovative solutions whilst maintaining Link’s values; Responsibility, Empathy, Social Impact, Participate, Equality, Challenge and Transparency.
For further information on the main position accountabilities and a comprehensive list of the essential and desirable criteria required for this post, please refer to the Job Specification in the Job information Pack on our website.
What’s in it for you?
As an Investor in People, we strive for continuous improvement through the management and growth of our staff, offering a wide range of training and development opportunities.
As a Link employee, you'll likely benefit from the following:
For a full list of benefits available to employees, please see the following link - linkhousing.org.uk/what-we-do/work-for-us
You will work with colleagues who offer support to ensure our customers' expectations are met. In return, we are looking for applications from people who will contribute to our aims and work to the highest professional standards.
Do you have a passion for helping others? Are you customer focused with good attention to detail? Are you enthusiastic about finding the right solution for our customers when faced with challenges and changes in their homes? If so, our Customer Care Assistant role could be for you!
This post is varied and exciting, providing front-line support to our customers via telephone, email or in person at our office. You will be working within our Housing Management Team whose principal objective is to help our customers enjoy and maintain their homes.
We are a small organisation however we make a big impact in the communities where our tenants live. At Almond, we believe in finding what ‘WORKS’ for our customers and our colleagues. Our values are Work together, Open to change, Respect, Kindness and Social. If you are someone who can provide excellent customer service in alignment with our ‘WORKS’ ethos, we would love to hear from you!
Location – Our office is based in Livingston; however, we have a flexible approach to our working arrangements in line with role requirements and our hybrid working policy. For more information on our Hybrid Working Policy, and our 9-day fortnight trial, please email enquiries@almondha.org.uk.
What will we offer you?
We offer a 36-hour working week over Monday to Friday. (Currently with a 9-day fortnight trial in place, where every other Friday is a rest-day)
We actively promote a healthy work/life balance. We have access to online Health and Wellbeing services and to help promote a healthy lifestyle, we also contribute to your gym membership.
Our pension scheme is active from the day you join us, and we contribute 10% towards it.
Turn2us is a national charity tackling financial insecurity. We work with co-producers and partners to provide people in financial crisis with the means and agency to get back on their feet, build resilience, move forward with their lives and thrive.
As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to equity, inclusion and diversity and the value people from different backgrounds bring to a team. If, like us, you believe everyone has the right to have enough to live on, and you are ambitious about eradicating poverty, join us and build your career with a charity dedicated to ensuring dignity and equity for all.
As the Programmes Assistant at Turn2us, you’ll be a vital member of the Edinburgh Trust team within our Programmes & Partnerships Directorate. Your work will support the Head of Edinburgh Trust, allowing them to focus on strategic initiatives related to poverty reduction, co-production, and community engagement. The role includes a variety of tasks such as managing the Head’s diary and inbox, coordinating meetings, and maintaining an efficient filing system for key documents across the programmes portfolio. This position offers a fantastic opportunity to engage with exciting initiatives, connect with diverse stakeholders, and expand your knowledge and experience in areas like programme management and community support, all while contributing to our mission of tackling financial insecurity.
The ideal candidate will have proven experience in administration or a similar role, with strong skills in diary management. You should possess excellent organisational and time management abilities, enabling you to effectively juggle multiple tasks. We are looking for someone who is adaptable, proactive, empathetic, and skilled in communication and collaboration. An open-minded approach and the ability to devise creative solutions to administrative challenges are essential.
We offer flexible working patterns, both in terms of hours and remote working. Please note that all employees are required to work from the office a minimum of 4 days a month.
Some roles may be required to be in the office more often than others and this will be agreed with the hiring manager upon starting at Turn2us.
Please note that all job offers are subject to 2 – 3 satisfactory references and a disclosure satisfactory to Turn2us from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).
Putting people at the heart of our work
Foundation Scotland puts people at the heart of its work. We rely on the expertise, trust and experience we’ve gained in the last 25 years working with communities, philanthropists and companies all over Scotland.
Our people are passionate experts in bringing lasting, positive change to Scotland’s communities. We take great pride in supporting local projects by taking a personal approach to every meeting and decision. We’re in a unique position to fully understand communities’ needs and fund solutions that will make a difference.
Our work is nationwide. We’re working with different industries, funding various projects from renewables to digital, through to arts and heritage. Our people are always challenged and have an opportunity to learn and grow. In short - no two days are the same. Ultimately, our work is highly rewarding, and the best part is seeing the real impact we can make within Scottish communities. If you share our passion for shaping Scotland’s communities' future, think about joining our team.
We are recruiting for an organised and motivated Grants Officer to join our Philanthropy Team, supporting a portfolio of philanthropy-based funds across Scotland.
As a Grants Officer, you will get to the heart of our work – providing grantmaking and administrative support (like reviewing conditions and reports and responding to applicant queries), routinely assessing grant applications and helping to administer funds and programmes.
The role involves considerable liaison with colleagues internally as well as with applicants and grantees, so you will be a confident and effective communicator and have good planning and organisational skills.
If you have experience in grantmaking and have strong analytical and written skills, then we’d love to hear from you. Please note, that while this role is home based, some travel is required.
This is a fantastic opportunity to become the Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive at Scotland’s leading nature conservation charity. The postholder will provide high-level administrative and general support to the Chief Executive, Chair and Council (Board of Trustees), as well as liaising with a wide variety of other stakeholders inside and outside the organisation. This is a rewarding, interesting and fulfilling role for someone who enjoys developing strong relationships, has excellent organisational skills and wants to make a difference to the protection and restoration of nature at a time when it has never been more important.
Main duties include:
The successful candidate will have great people skills, professionalism, initiative and resilience. You’ll have a keen eye for detail and will relish the opportunity to play a part in bringing about nature’s recovery in Scotland, working alongside colleagues who share a common vision.
About us
For nearly 60 years, the Scottish Wildlife Trust has worked with its members, partners and supporters in pursuit of its vision of healthy, resilient ecosystems across Scotland’s land and seas.
The Trust successfully champions the cause of wildlife through policy and campaigning work, demonstrates best practice through practical conservation and innovative partnerships, and inspires people to take positive action through its education and engagement activities. The Trust manages a network of around 120 wildlife reserves across Scotland and is a member of the UK-wide Wildlife Trusts movement.
The benefits