RSGS (the Royal Scottish Geographical Society) is one of Scotland’s most dynamic small charities. We are engaged in an exciting and wide variety of public events, education, science communication and active policy advice. We work with a broad range of public, private, academic and voluntary sector organisations to enhance people’s understanding of the world.

Applications are invited from hard-working, enthusiastic and ambitious individuals seeking a challenging, fast-paced and multi-faceted position with considerable scope for professional and personal development, in an exciting and varied role.

Because of growing success and workload, we are seeking to appoint a Deputy Chief Executive, based at the RSGS HQ in Perth, to support the Chief Executive, particularly in fundraising and business development. The person appointed will focus initially on helping us to significantly increase uptake of our major Climate Solutions training programme, and then increasingly transition into the many broader aspects of RSGS’s work at a senior level.

We need a highly-motivated individual who can credibly represent RSGS with integrity, with everyone from local volunteers to global leaders. Someone who can help increase the profile of RSGS amongst core audiences, maximise RSGS income, and work with colleagues to ensure that Climate Solutions training courses and other RSGS policy and public-focused activities are smoothly delivered and have maximum impact.

You should possess a high level of initiative and organisational aptitude, superb negotiation and marketing skills, excellent communication skills and computer literacy, a willingness to learn, an ability to deal calmly with the unexpected, a personable manner, and ideally a solid grounding in sustainability, an empathy for geography, and the drive and passion to change the world.

A team player, you should be good at developing networks and relationships, good at prioritising work and coordinating teams, and able to respond quickly and efficiently to new opportunities. Some experience of working for a charity would be helpful, as would a good sense of humour.

The Scotland Malawi Partnership (SMP) is an independent umbrella organisation with >1300 members; a small charity whose vision is to inspire and support Scottish society to work in solidarity with the people of Malawi in an informed, co-ordinated, and equitable way – ever mindful of the legacy of colonial rule - for the benefit of both nations.

We are looking to recruit a new Chief Executive Officer. We need an energetic and inspiring leader with a strategic mindset; someone who is an innovative and decisive strategic policy leader, someone who is passionate to make a difference, someone who can play a crucial role in Scottish internationalism and help define how Scotland engages the global south in the years ahead. This is a wide-ranging role with unashamedly ambitious targets.

Could this be you?

You will be responsible for delivering the SMP’s unique brand of dignified civic partnership between Scotland and Malawi, determining SMP strategy and driving appropriate delivery structures, while continually seeking to bring our Partnership Principles to new groups within youth and civic society.

You will be resilient and have an ability to move quickly in a fast-changing landscape. You will have an ethos of achievement, to speak confidently and persuasively and show an ability to build successful relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, ranging from the President and First Minister, to young people and learners in schools.

You need strong political acumen and ability to bring different political parties together for a collective endeavour, while fastidiously maintaining the SMP’s party political neutrality.

The SMP has significant leverage across its extensive networks. You will have the opportunity to use this influence and leverage in focused and considered ways, to drive specific strategic objectives in support of the Partnership’s values and charitable purpose.

If you feel that we’ve just described you, and you’re excited by this challenge and the prospect of helping people from across Scotland and Malawi, then we would love to hear from you.

Further information:

This is a full-time appointment of 37.5 hours per week based in Edinburgh and a salary range of £50-60,000 depending on experience. SMP wants its staff to retain a healthy work life balance, by providing flexibility in working hours and blended/hybrid working opportunities for every role.

Amnesty International UK (AIUK) has a simple aim: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they are denied. Do you want to use your skills, knowledge and experience to help change the world? You could be our new Law & Policy Manager - Scotland.

About the role

This role is central to our plans in Scotland for our next strategic period to 2030. This comes at an incredibly important time for human rights in Scotland and the UK and there will be opportunities to work with organisations and experts across Scotland to influence legislation and provide strategic legal advice within Amnesty and to external partners.

The Scotland team help us achieve our goal of ending human rights abuses in Scotland and across the world by achieving human rights compliant legislation and policy from the Scottish Parliament, Government and police, empowering activists in Scotland and shining a light on human rights abuses around the world.

The Law & Policy Manager is accountable for leading our policy development on the incorporation of international law into Scottish legislation. As part of the UK Section of Amnesty this role also ensures our UK-wide policy takes account of the strategic use of the Scottish legal system. The day to day of this role involves working with civil society organisations and legal academics to identify and deliver research and legal analysis of human rights legislation in Scotland. More details can be found by downloading the job description from our careers portal.

The role may be for you if:

• You’re skilled in translating legal knowledge into policy development.
• You can communicate technical legal detail to a variety of audiences.
• You will be qualified to degree level or above in Law with demonstrable knowledge or other qualification in Scots Law, human rights law and public law.
• You collaborate and positively contribute to an inclusive culture.
• You also have strong knowledge and interpersonal skills to allow you to develop strategic relationships with the legal profession.

Our Commitment to you

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) are at the core of our values. We want to be an organisation that tackles structural inequality and prejudice as well as be an actively anti-racist organisation. This means taking a meaningful and equitable approach to supporting and developing you and others during your time with us.

New colleagues receive 27 days leave annually (29 after five years), as well as bank holidays (pro rated for part time). 2-5% employee pension contributions are matched at 6-9% and we offer 6 months full pay for family leave. We offer flexible working such as compressed work patterns and job shares. See more details of our benefits here.

About us

We make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told us is important to them. It gives us a clear and determined focus.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference.

About this job

We’re looking for a Head of Community and Events to join our ambitious fundraising team. Growing income through a portfolio of sports and challenge events, community fundraising activities and mass participation products.

You’ll have the opportunity to review and improve existing activity, build on the success of newly-developed initiatives, and identify potential areas of growth.

This is a key leadership role, providing strategic direction for our community and events fundraising across the MS Society.

And working collaboratively with senior colleagues across the Engagement and Income Generation Directorate to support our broader organisational goals.

You’ll be responsible for the line management of our Community and Events, Retail Fundraising and Area Fundraising Teams. Including oversight of the operational delivery of our portfolio, setting and managing significant budget and expenditure, and enabling the team to build solid relationships with supporters, as well as personally maintaining networks.

You’ll be the leading authority and champion of our Community, Events and Retail Fundraising, making sure that it is seen as central to the organisation.

In addition, this post is accountable for the fundraising carried out by the network of our local support and fundraising groups, based in all regions of the UK, and so this is an exciting opportunity to be part of a fundraising team with both local and national impact.

We’re seeking an individual with significant fundraising leadership and strategic experience, and a strong track record of delivering successful community and events programmes.

This person will be confident with budget management and tracking and reporting on expenditure, and will have solid knowledge of the fundraising environment and best practice, keeping up-to-date with changes. Experience of working with a volunteer network would be desirable.

This is an exciting opportunity for a confident, experienced fundraising leader to join one of the UK’s leading charities as we work to bring about significant and lasting change for the better for those living with MS.

More about our employee benefits:

We have a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to):

Encouraging work life balance

• 38 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata for part-time
• More annual leave entitlement, based on length of employment
• Smart working options (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us)
• Flexible working options

Caring for you and your family

• Generous sick pay entitlement
• More sick pay entitlement, based on length of employment
• Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave in each calendar year
• Free access to a GP virtually 24 hours a day/7 days a week allowing you unlimited advice, reassurance and where appropriate diagnosis
• Enhanced leave for new parents
• Free access to a confidential 24 hours a day/7 days a week helpline service for both you and your family with a specialist range of support and information
• Special leave options (such as up to 5 days paid leave for domestic or personal emergencies a year)
• 10 days paid disability leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
• 10 days paid carers’ leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
• New family-friendly benefits, including paid leave:
  • in the event of miscarriage or still birth
  • to support fertility treatments
  • for antenatal appointments for both parents
• Cycle to work scheme
• Death in service scheme
• Health cash plans to help offset the cost of health care for you and your family

Thinking about your finances

• Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Discounted season ticket loan and interest-free emergency loans
• Give as you earn to support other charities of your choice before tax
• New employee portal including lifestyle savings vouchers and personal wellbeing

Enriching your life at work

• Personalised development plans with a wide range of training courses and opportunities to source additional training options with your line manager
• Yearly internal apprenticeship opportunities
• New, modern offices that embrace working together both in-person and remotely
• Various opportunities to influence how we internally operate (including surveys, and focus and committee groups)
• Active and supportive internal employee networking groups for collaboration and peer support
• 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering for MS Society activities during normal working hours (such as fundraising events, or campaigning in the local community)
• 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering with other charities during normal working hours

What is planet youth?

Planet Youth is based on an approach first trialled in Iceland, where they saw spectacular results leading to Icelandic teens being labelled ‘The cleanest living teens in Europe’. It involves using surveys to take a snapshot of teenage life in a local area, and then working with the community to address the needs and issues raised in the surveys.

In 2021 we surveyed teens across 13 Scottish high schools and this year will be reaching 24 schools across 6 areas, with enhanced and strengthened local coalitions groups created to drive change.

Visit winningscotland.org/planetyouth and planetyouth.scot for more.

Overview

Following the award of significant funding by the Scottish Government, Planet Youth is being accelerated in Scotland, through a two-year pilot phase led by Winning Scotland. We are looking to take on a Strategic Delivery Manager to grow the model in Scotland by strengthening its reach in local areas and increasing its profile across the country.

Over the next 18 months, we want to support existing partners who work with the model to ensure that it is as effective as possible, and that learning about the model is spread widely.

This is an exciting role, joining at a pivotal time for the Planet Youth programme. You will be expected to manage a range of complex and sensitive relationships as well as contributing to the development and delivery of a programme of work spanning diverse local and national partners. You will bring clear leadership to this work, working closely with other Winning Scotland colleagues and reporting to the Youth Programme Director.

Supported by our Planet Youth Programme Director, you will take responsibility for the Planet Youth network management and development whilst leading programme monitoring to support reporting through the governance framework and evaluation work.

The Role

This is a unique and exciting opportunity for the right person to play a leading role in the implementation and success of Planet Youth in Scotland, an evidence-based model creating a positive change in the lives and decisions of our teenagers and young people.

We are looking for someone who is inspiring and proactive, with strong experience of working on projects and programmes delivering real change. This role calls for a self-starter and someone who can work under their own initiative to drive strong collaborative endeavour, making the most of all the skills, knowledge and experience that is available internally and externally to the programme.

To succeed, you will need to be highly collaborative, well organised and someone who can establish and build strong relationships, and team spirit, within both the immediate team in Winning Scotland and also the wider Planet Youth family. You will also be adept at problem solving, finding appropriate solutions to issues that might arise, swiftly and creatively.

You will have significant experience operating in a comparable role, with strong project management competencies and analytical aptitude. The role offers an opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of other people, providing stimulating professional interest and challenge.

You will be an ambassador for Planet Youth, and Winning Scotland, so strong influencing and negotiating skills will be essential as well as high levels of integrity. The role is not have currently anticipated to have direct line management responsibilities; however, people management competencies will be important given that the post-holder will need to develop and maintain close productive working relationships with the local leads.

Responsibilities

• Strategic responsibility for partner delivery coordination, ensuring effective operational planning and implementation of all activities required by the model, working closely with local partners across the pilot areas
• Ensure effective and efficient strategy development and implementation for local partner engagement, providing the support and challenge required to optimise the value derived from the grant funding, whilst capturing learning and driving improvement as appropriate
• Create and drive networks and knowledge exchange opportunities between all of the Planet Youth Scotland local areas, bringing in external expertise as required
• Represent the organisation at events, conferences and in the print and social media in respect of the programme.
• Plan and execute data gathering from partners on a regular basis, and driving the strategic usage of this data, processing and analysing it for progress monitoring and reporting purposes
• Provide proactive support for programme evaluation work and scoping forward developments, working with colleagues across the wider Winning Scotland team

Experience required

Essential criteria

1. Excellent project planning and management competencies, adept at designing and implementing supporting processes and competent with standard business tools / software to enable efficient collaborative working and programme delivery
2. Operational stakeholder engagement, building rapport and providing an effective support and challenge function
3. Strategic thinking: horizon scanning and forward planning
4. Analytical aptitude for data and information gathering followed by digestion into reporting outputs for a range of audiences, ensuring clarity and high attention to detail
5. Excellent written and verbal communication
6. Proactive and able to work at pace under own initiative with minimal steer, manage competing priorities in a complex landscape and deliver milestones to high standards

Desirable Criteria

1. Knowledge of the Scottish delivery landscape supporting work for children and young people, and current national and local government policies that are relevant to Planet Youth (across, e.g., education, community, health, prevention)
2. Understanding of relevant local and national government structures and approaches to decision making
3. Data management and analytical skills

Location:Hybrid working includes 1-2 days in the Edinburgh office each week, including every Thursday

What is planet youth?

Planet Youth is based on an approach first trialled in Iceland, where they saw spectacular results leading to Icelandic teens being labelled ‘The cleanest living teens in Europe’. It involves using surveys to take a snapshot of teenage life in a local area, and then working with the community to address the needs and issues raised in the surveys.

In 2021 we surveyed teens across 13 Scottish high schools and this year will be reaching 24 schools across 6 areas, with enhanced and strengthened local coalitions groups created to drive change.

Visit winningscotland.org/planetyouth and planetyouth.scot for more.

Overview

Following the award of significant funding by the Scottish Government, Planet Youth is being accelerated in Scotland, through a two-year pilot phase led by Winning Scotland. We are looking to take on a National Development Manager to support the piloting and potential growth of the model in Scotland. In particular, the role will focus on assessing the strategic potential of Planet Youth as a model for improvement work for young people going forward. This will involve ensuring that learning about the model is spread widely, increasing the Planet Youth programme’s profile in Scotland, and stimulating dialogue across local and national stakeholders to shape future strategy around upstream prevention work.

This is an exciting role, joining at a pivotal time for the Planet Youth programme. You will be expected to develop and manage a range of complex and sensitive relationships, influencing dialogue and development work as the programme delivery work unfolds. You will bring clear leadership to this work, working closely with other Winning Scotland colleagues and reporting to the Youth Programme Director.

Supported by our Programme Director, you will focus on forwards development of strategy in relation to locally-driven upstream prevention work for children and young people, playing a significant role in shaping future Planet Youth strategy in light of learning from the programme to date.

The Role

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to play a leading role in the implementation and success of Planet Youth in Scotland, an evidence-based model creating a positive change in the lives and decisions of our teenagers and young people.

We are looking for someone who is inspiring and proactive, with strong experience of developing strategy to deliver real change, working within a broad and complex policy and delivery landscape. This role calls for a self-starter and someone who can work under their own initiative to drive strong collaborative endeavour, making the most of all the skills, knowledge and experience that is available internally and externally to the programme.

To succeed, you will need to be forward thinking and highly collaborative and someone who can establish and build strong relationships, and team spirit, within both the immediate team in Winning Scotland and also the wider Planet Youth family. You will be a strategic thinker, adept at horizon scanning and problem solving, identifying opportunities for positive change and developing strategic solutions to policy and delivery issues around young people’s health and

well-being. driving forward the outcomes sought by Winning Scotland around their resilience, confidence and empowerment.

You will have significant experience around policy and strategy development, with analytical aptitude to drive programme evaluation work and utilise findings effectively. The role offers an opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of other people, providing stimulating professional interest and challenge.

You will be an ambassador for Planet Youth, and Winning Scotland, so strong influencing and negotiating skills will be essential, along with high levels of integrity.

Responsibilities

• Responsibility for strategic stakeholder engagement around the forwards development of Planet Youth in Scotland in light of experience from the pilot programme.
• Lead on the development of wider communications activity and events to share learning and stimulate thinking around the programme, nurturing strategic-level relationships across interests including national and local government, delivery agencies, third sector organisations including those reaching young people and and parents.
• Manage analytical development work and the delivery of robust programme evaluation to inform wider thinking around next steps from the pilot.
• Develop forwards strategy in the wake of the Planet Youth pilot, including thinking around alternative options/innovations, working with existing and potential new local stakeholders to scope approaches to expanding the pilot as appropriate.
• Engage proactively with national level partners (e.g., Scottish Government, Public Health Scotland) to scope out opportunities for future developments and further innovation .
• Support fundraising activity by Winning Scotland to drive the delivery of further initiatives and projects to promote upstream prevention work for young people

Experience required

Essential criteria

1. Strategic thinking: horizon scanning and forward planning
2. Stakeholder engagement and political acuity
3. Analytical aptitude, able to shape evaluation work and utilise findings effectively
4. Project planning and management competencies, highly competent with standard business tools / software to enable efficient collaborative working
5. Excellent written and verbal communication
6. Proactive and able to work at pace under own initiative with minimal steer, manage competing priorities in a complex landscape and deliver milestones to high standards

Desirable Criteria

1. Knowledge of the Scottish delivery landscape supporting work for children and young people, and current national and local government policies that are relevant to planet Youth (across, e.g., education, community, health, prevention)
2. Understanding of relevant local and national government structures and approaches to decision making
3. Data management and analytical skills.

Location:Hybrid working includes 1-2 days in the Edinburgh office each week, including every Thursday

Charity Information

Glasgow’s Golden Generation (GGG) has been supporting older adults across Glasgow since 1948. The charity was set up initially to alleviate loneliness and isolation within older people. While these services still exist today, GGG provides so much more in modern times including: 2 Day Care Centres, Befriending Services, Weekly Clubs, Careline, Digital Coaching and Welfare Services.

Job Information

Glasgow’s Golden Generation (GGG) is a long-established charity with an approximate turnover of £950K and 31 staff (part time and full time).

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the role of Chief Executive Officer; perhaps you are already in a CEO/Directors role, or you may be looking to step up from Senior Management to continue the excellent work of the charity. GGG is seeking experienced candidates that will have a proven record of good business acumen, an extensive knowledge of charitable services and the sector in general. In addition, GGG seek to appoint a candidate that has a strong fundraising background and particularly within statutory and private trust and foundation making bodies. GGG has strong income relationships with several significant multiyear funders already in place; it is essential to our charity that these networks and additional funding pipeline can continue.

GGG has a strong and experienced team; including an experienced Board, established Management team and long-standing staff. The role is well supported by third party consultants for HR and Health and Safety (Law at Work) and IT (McDonach IT Consultancy) and Auditors, Milne Craig.

As Toonspeak embarks on an exciting new chapter, giving more young people the opportunity to access the arts and experience the life changing magic of being a ‘Toonie’, we are delighted to advertise two roles that will form the charity’s Senior Management team.

The Head of Corporate Serviceswill work alongside the Head of Programme and Creative Developmentunder the guidance of the Chief Executive to lead and inspire both the staff team and the community of children and young people.

As Toonspeak embarks on an exciting new chapter, giving more young people the opportunity to access the arts and experience the life changing magic of being a ‘Toonie’, we are delighted to advertise two roles that will form the charity’s Senior Management team.

The Head of Programme and Creative Development will work alongside the Head of Corporate Services under the guidance of the Chief Executive to lead and inspire both the staff team and the community of children and young people.

Link Group is a group of award-winning social enterprise companies serving more than 15,000 customers – making them one of the largest social landlords in Scotland. They work together to provide affordable housing, property management, regeneration, advice, financial inclusion and employability services. Since its establishment in 1962, it has become a leader in developing and delivering innovative homes and services for those in need. Within the group structure are companies which share our aim of improving the lives of more people and it comprises 4 specialist housing organisations, 1 specialist maintenance services business and a charitable social care provider.

In delivering housing care and asset management services to over 14,000 homes, the Link Group strategy and mission statement includes a tailored housing service for customer needs which delivers affordable homes that represent value for money and improving and delivering sustainable services – an area that they are industry leaders. Link Group is the first Scottish housing association to achieve the international ‘Certified Sustainable Housing Label’, awarded by RITTERWALD consulting.

The Opportunity

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced business or corporate services leader to join a diverse and growing organisation, to lead and develop business services which are the heartbeat of everything that Link Group does.

As part of a close-knit executive leadership team, you will assume responsibility for the creation and implementation of the group corporate services strategy and will be accountable to the main board for overall service delivery.

You will be responsible for ensuring high standards of governance, group compliance with all necessary regulatory and statutory obligations, and driving best in class financial, HR, and ICT service levels across all Partner organisations within the group. The post is a critical piece of the group infrastructure, and the role holder is charged with ensuring that the Link Group vision, values, strategic objectives are delivered through the provision of high-quality services benefiting tenants and service users.

If you are an experienced corporate or business services leader that would enjoy the breadth and variety of working with different organisation types united by a shared set of values and mission, this could be the role for you!

The Successful Candidate

Given the continual desire for learning and improvement we are open to considering candidates from a variety of sector backgrounds.

To be considered for this role, you will be an experienced executive leader with a breadth of knowledge across corporate functions in a complex or group structure.

The successful candidate will possess most of the following:

• You will be a proven leader with sound financial and commercial business acumen, experience of strategic planning and delivery of those objectives.
• Proven experience of delivering high quality professional and customer orientated corporate services
• You will be an experienced leader with previous involvement in Board or Management Committees.
• You will possess an understanding of the impact of political factors on Link Group and its partner organisations
• First class communication skills, you will build high trust relationships quickly, with the ability to negotiate in difficult situations
• Previous experience of budget preparation including setting, monitoring and financial forecasting
• Membership of a relevant professional body

The post holder will be subject to a basic Disclosure Scotland check.