The MS Society is a community of scientists, campaigners, volunteers, fundraisers and staff who are dedicated to transforming the lives of people living with and affected by MS. We are building on our rich 70-year history. We have ambitious plans as we work towards the culmination of our current five-year strategy and prepare for the next phase. The evolving needs of the MS community, coupled with the challenges in the external environment, necessitate a steadfast, long-term commitment.

There are over 17,000 people with MS in Scotland. This makes MS more common in Scotland than most other countries in the world. The Director for Scotland role is to provide leadership and management of the MS Society’s work in Scotland and to act as the principal representative and spokesperson of the MS Society in Scotland. The position is an active member of the MS Society’s senior leadership team reporting to the CEO.

In particular, the Director for Scotland will represent the MS Society and engage with senior stakeholders to actively influence policy and support for the MS community in Scotland in line with the MS Society’s key campaigns and priorities. The role will build and maintain successful strategic partnerships with charitable, not for profit organisations, private organisations and individuals in Scotland and hold collegiate responsibility for the effective management and operations of the organisation as part of the senior leadership team.

Candidates should be able to take a strategic overview and work collaboratively and effectively with both Nation/local-level and organisation-wide teams to drive strategic delivery. Experience of working with relevant statutory and voluntary organisations, influencing policy, practice and managing stakeholders will be important as well as having high level planning, programme and project management skills to control effective use of resources. Knowledge of public policy and health and social care agendas within Scotland is desirable.

We are excited to share news of an opening for a new Senior Manager within our Partnerships and Philanthropy Team, focused on Partnerships and High Profile Events.

The Partnerships and Philanthropy team are moving through a period of change and growth which will set this team up to strategically align their resources and skill where it is most needed, in order to attract, cultivate and retain strategic partnership and income from high profile event.

Reporting to the Head of Partnerships & Philanthropy, the Senior Partnerships and High Profile Events Manager will lead a team to drive high-value income growth, developing relationships and securing income from Corporate Partners and High-Profile Events, delivering exceptional levels of tailored engagement and stewardship. This is a unique opportunity to join CHAS at a key moment in our future developments.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have skill and experience in the following areas:

• Substantial experience of, and a strong track record in fundraising, including personally soliciting and stewarding 5, 6 and 7 figure gifts from corporate partnerships or major donors.

• Experience in income generating and stewardship event development, project management and delivery.

• Leadership skills with experience of leading a team, nurturing development and managing performance.

• Experience of strategy development and implementation.

• Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written skills with great attention to detail, and an ability to flex your style according to the audience.

• Managing a diverse workload with multiple deadlines, deliverables and stakeholders, thinking creatively to leverage opportunities and develop relationships.

Why CHAS?

At CHAS, we support families during the toughest of times. We have ambitions to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together. The skill, determination and creative flair of our Fundraising Teams makes this possible.

We offer

• Flexible Working: our teams work flexibly and in a hybrid manner with time split between at home and onsite in Edinburgh and Glasgow. CHAS offers flexible and family friendly working. and are happy to discuss working arrangements that work for you!

• Development Opportunities: exposure to a variety of fundraising activities

• Professional Growth: Work with industry leaders in a high-performing team where you will be encouraged and supported to excel and develop your skills.

• Comprehensive Benefits: Including generous annual leave and pension, incremental salary progression, access to Blue Light discounts, and health and wellbeing support.

Paths for All's vision is for a happier, healthier Scotland where physical activity improves quality of life and wellbeing for all. To achieve this mission, Paths for All are investing in their fundraising capability with a new Head of Income Generation role.

The Head of Income Generation will join Paths for All at an exciting stage, with a roadmap planned but plenty of opportunities to put your personal stamp on the role. Paths for All have some successful existing fundraising products such as their Step Challenge, and a huge volunteer base to tap into. They are continuing to invest, with a brand review also happening – there is plenty of energy, enthusiasm and ambition throughout the organisation, and they need the right person to join the team to use that energy to deliver fundraising success.

If you are an experienced leader, looking for a chance to make a fundraising function your own, this is a fantastic opportunity to join a popular cause at a pivotal time.

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.

Our people are central to our success in delivering services for older people in Scotland. We pride ourselves on having a positive working environment and culture.

As the Head of Dementia, you will provide strategic leadership for Age Scotland’s dementia work, including (but not limited to):

• About Dementia Human Rights and community engagement work
• Dementia Friendly Communities including Network and Grants work
• Dementia Training Team

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.

The post will be Scotland-based, a blend of office (Edinburgh-based) and home working. As a hybrid role the intention is that office based and external facing work will constitute 40% of working time over each month. Age Scotland is a flexible employer and flexible work patters are available. In return for your hard work, enthusiasm and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous benefits package:

• Generous holiday allowance of 39 days (FTE)
• 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
• Paid carers leave and dependents’ support
• The option to buy more holidays or sell them
• Enhanced maternity and paternity policies.

Are you passionate about leading a community organisation with an experienced, committed team delivering vital health services to local people facing entrenched multiple deprivation?

The Health Agency (THA) is a leading community-based organisation providing services within the integrated Health and Social Care Healthy Living Centre in Wester Hailes. Set up in 1999, it aims to make a positive and meaningful impact on the physical and mental health and wellbeing of those who live within the local community.

THA does this in partnership with the local community through a rich provision of services covering;

• Mental Health support through Counselling delivered by qualified therapists
• Support services to those affected by cancer and long-term conditions such as COPD and long COVID. Services are also provided to relatives, carers, and friends of anyone who has received a diagnosis and anyone bereaved due to cancer
• Food insecurity and the health inequalities that prevent people from accessing good quality, affordable, healthy food
• Physical activity and maintaining a healthy diet long term.
• Community groups for carers, women and more
• Complementary therapy services
• A community gardening group and much more

We are seeking an inspiring and dynamic Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead our organisation. As the CEO you will be overall accountable for the vision and delivery of exceptional standards of critical services to the local community in Wester Hailes as well as the best possible employee experience for all working at The Health Agency.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement a community empowerment strategic plan in partnership with the Board that aligns with our mission. Lead the organisation in identifying opportunities as well as adapting to emerging needs and policy changes.
• Operational Management: Oversee the daily operations of the organisation, ensuring efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with safeguarding and all regulatory standards. Manage budgets, resources, and employees to deliver exceptional services.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Develop projects and meaningful cross-sectoral inclusive partnerships with community members. Maintain positive relationships with other key stakeholders, including session providers, funders, local authorities, other third sector and private organisations. Act as the primary spokesperson for the organisation.
• Fundraising and Financial Management: Lead fundraising initiatives, secure sustainable funding streams, grants and manage financial resources to ensure the organisation's stability and growth.
• Team Leadership: Inspire, mentor, and manage a dedicated team of professionals, fostering a positive and inclusive workplace culture. Promote professional development and ensure employee well-being.
• Governance: Work closely with the Board to ensure effective and collaborative decision making, governance and transparency. Report on organisational performance, risks, and opportunities.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Proven experience in a senior leadership role within the third sector or a related field.
• A solid understanding of the challenges faced by people living in areas of multiple deprivation
• Evidence of delivering positive and impactful mental and physical health improvements in partnership with the local community.
• Excellent strategic thinking, with the ability to translate detailed data analysis, knowledge and vision into actionable plans.
• Financial acumen and experience in managing budgets and securing funding.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence e a wide range of stakeholders.
• Experience in leading and developing teams, with a collaborative and inclusive leadership style.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, policies, and best practices in the third sector.
• Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including excel and digital media channels
• Right To Work in the UK

What We Offer

• A unique opportunity to lead a respected and impactful organization.
• The chance to make a real difference to the lives of individuals and communities in Wester Hailes.
• A supportive and committed Board
• A base salary between £40 – 50k per annum plus 3% contribution to NEST pension scheme with an employee contribution of 5% required.
• Working hours: 35 hours per week (part time of not less than 28 hours may be considered) based at The Living Well Centre in Wester Hailes.

Are you looking for a fantastic opportunity in an exciting and rewarding role making a difference to children’s lives?

The Lucy Faithfull Foundation is a UK-wide charity that exists to prevent child sexual abuse and exploitation. We’re bold, we’re pioneering, we’re growing and we want your help.

Our Edinburgh based team – formerly known as Stop It Now Scotland – covers the whole of the country. Our practitioners have extensive backgrounds in child protection and sex offender rehabilitation. We provide individual and groupwork to around 150 adults and adolescents every year who present a sexual risk of harm to children who cannot access statutory service. We work with around 100 partners, family members and members of wider networks around these individuals. We use what we learn from our work to develop and deliver resources, information and training for professionals and the public, so that they can better protect children from harm and prevent abuse before it happens.

About you and the role

We are recruiting a practitioner to join our multi-disciplinary team in Edinburgh to lead our work with children, young people and young adults up to the age of 21.

You will head up our flagship project working with high schools in Edinburgh promoting the prevention of harmful sexual behaviour in an educational context. This includes running workshops for parents on how they can promote positive and healthy relational and sexual development. It will include helping teachers respond sensitively and effectively to early concerns about children’s sexual behaviour. And it will involve working with young people themselves to help develop a curriculum that actively promotes prevention of sexual harm. You will work with our research team to help establish evaluation methods for all aspects of this project and to develop a scaleable model of prevention that can be rolled out across all schools, better protecting children from harm. You will work closely with our UK based Schools Project Manager who will support all aspects of this project.

You will also have a small caseload, working with young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour online. You will contribute to training, consultation and policy work in relation to tackling youth perpetrated sexual abuse. It’s a wide ranging and exciting role, and we will be able to support and train the successful candidate in all aspects of our work. You will be supported by our UK based young people’s team.

Our ideal candidate will be a dynamic practitioner with a proven ability to drive projects to achieve required outcomes. You will be professional, proactive and outcome-focused with exceptional communication and engagement skills and an ability to develop partnership ways of working with professionals and agencies. The role requires expert knowledge in relation to working with children who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour and significant experience with supporting and advising leaders, child care professionals, young people and parents. You will have an impeccable understanding of child protection policies and principles and evidence of working with safeguarding partners to keep children safe from harm. A track record of providing consultancy and training to other professionals is desirable.

You will be able to demonstrate confidence in translating the charity’s mission into direct child protection practice and equipping other professionals in tackling child sexual abuse.

Key attributes we are seeking include:

• Deliver assessment and interventions for children, young people and families in relation to harmful sexual behaviour
• Vision and operational capabilities to co-ordinate and deliver on a substantial project focussing on the prevention of harmful sexual behaviour in education settings
• Leadership and management skills in producing successful outcomes
• Impeccable knowledge of safeguarding principles, policies and practices
• Proven track record of working in and/or with education providers
• Collaborative and supportive ethos, enabling effective working with team members and leaders across the charity
• Flexibility and passion to work alongside internal and external colleagues to ensure quality work is delivered efficiently
• Excellent engagement skills and experience of working professionally with professionals (including school staff), young people and parents
• Confidence in providing expert consultancy to internal and external professionals concerning best practices for working with children
• Ability to provide confidential advice to callers, including education leaders and staff
• Effective record keeping in line with the charity’s policy and practice
• Stakeholder engagement and excellent communication skills to promote the mission and values of the Lucy Faithfull Foundation.

This is a highly rewarding role making a genuine difference to children’s lives. It involves working within a friendly, supportive and hardworking team which is committed to keeping children safe from sexual harm.

Why Lucy Faithfull Foundation? We’ll offer you…

• An opportunity to make a positive difference to the lives of children who have the right to live free from sexual abuse and exploitation
• Access to continuous professional development
• A competitive salary and access to a pension scheme
• Access to a hybrid working scheme with a minimum of 2 days in the office
• Full time staff receive 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 30 days following 5 years’ service and in line with our leave year January-December)
• A dedicated employee assistance programme
• Access to Benenden medical cover and Employee discounts
• Free eye tests, discounted gym membership and employee discount savings

AWS Executive are working in partnership with Space to appoint their Head of Service (Enterprise and Learning) based The Broomhouse Hub in Edinburgh. This is a part time role 21 hours per week, over 3 days.

Space @ The Broomhouse Hub is a Scottish Award-nominated charity championing community development and bringing people together.

Job Purpose

• To be a key member of Space Management Team, providing leadership and building positive working relationships across the organisation, and externally.
• To develop and lead on Space Enterprise and Learning strategy, working collaboratively with the Board of Trustees and sub committees to deliver sound advice across all areas of responsibility, and contribute towards strategic decision making.
• To oversee the day to day operations across front line projects, bringing stability and resilience, enabling any growth and improvement that may be required in order to deliver on our strategic objectives, now and in the future.
• To drive income generation, building an understanding across the organisation of the need for successful commercial projects.

Key Responsibilities:

Delivery

• Set ambitious income targets for Enterprise and Learning services, identifying market gaps and trends, delivering sustainable commercial ventures which are both financially and environmentally sustainable.
• Contribute to the regular review of the needs within Space services, planning and delivering the implementation of any new business opportunities across the organisation.
• Working with the CEO and the wider Management Team to deliver the organisation wide strategy for Space.
• Contribute to the continual review and delivery of the organisation's Standard Operating Procedures, Risk Assessments and Risk Management Strategy.
• Ensure efficient reporting systems are in place for accurate data gathering to enable informed decision making.
• Ensure Enterprise and Learning services meet all statutory and regulatory requirements as a charity, company and service provider. Ensure that all data is kept and processed securely and in line with Data Protection Act and GDPR.
• Engage with the communications team to raise awareness and raise the profile of our work by sharing positive, impactful stories.
• Support the effective governance of Space by engaging fully with all relevant governance bodies and processes.
• Ensure Space is appropriately represented across all relevant networks, partnerships and collaborations.

Leadership and people management

• Provide line management to Enterprise and Learning managers in accordance with Space values and people policies, ensuring all direct reports and their teams have the support, information, skills and learning opportunities to be highly effective in their roles.
• Hold regular individual 1:1 meetings with line reports and provide coaching, mentorship and performance management.
• Provide direction and strategic support to line reports on Enterprise and Learning annual planning processes including service work plans and budget control.
• Be a role model to all staff across the organisation and provide leadership support to other members of management.
• Encourage all staff to engage and contribute constructively to matters across the organisation.
• Comply with organisational HR policies and employment law.
• Continually monitor and assess the effectiveness and efficiency of Enterprise and Learning services, identify opportunities for growth and development, writing the business cases for any adjustments and managing the change process.

Finance and Fundraising

• Be financially accountable for all Enterprise and Learning services, ensuring Project Managers have distinct budgets, and understand their responsibilities and targets.
• Work with the fundraising team to research potential new income streams, ensuring funding is in place for all areas of responsibility
• Keep abreast of sector knowledge and standards in order to inform practical funding bid submissions.
• Nurture relationships with existing funders, ensure all agreed conditions are met and data requested is provided.

Do you have a business brain, a marketing instinct and a taste for innovation? Are you passionate about helping the most marginalised people to flourish, thrive and reach their potential? This brand-new role is for a special individual with vision and imagination as well as proven practical expertise across marketing and income generation, business development and innovation.

In this role you will have the opportunity to connect the people and businesses of Aberdeen and the North-East of Scotland with those who most need support. You will have the freedom to explore new ways of working, new ways of engaging with supporter groups and new ways of generating income – from traditional marketing, fundraising and sales approaches to new models of co-funding and social investment – all alongside local authority-commissioned services.

There will be opportunities to extend the reach and impact of VSA services, learning from local communities, not only as professionals but as neighbours and friends; to broaden the network of financial and business support from commercial, philanthropic and community organisations, and from the people of Aberdeen – and ultimately help to transform the lives of those who most need the professional services and support of VSA.

As part of the senior team, you will work directly with the CEO and the Senior Management Team, supported by a committed Board of local trustees, in building a thriving community of investment in the care and wellbeing of the people of Aberdeen and the North-East – and contributing to more and better services to meet the care needs of all local communities.

Your role will include leading the marketing, communications and fundraising team, building a stronger connection with the VSA brand, increasing awareness and confidence in how the organisation delivers impact, increasing their fundraising and new income stream capacity, and nurturing a highly-motivated and effective team.

We are keen to speak to candidates with experience in the following areas:

• Income Generation (in particular; Legacy, Major Gift/Philanthropy, Corporate and/or Individual Giving.
• Innovation – experience and implementation of a business case/strategy at this level in a similar role.
• Senior Management/Leadership – experience in a similar role at this level with a non profit would be an advantage.

Scottish Women’s Aid has an exciting opportunity to Head up their policy team. This is an influential and dynamic position, where the role holder will be responsible for leading on a diverse range of policy areas and levers for change to end domestic abuse and violence against women and girls in Scotland. They will be a key member of the Senior leadership team and will support and manage a team of policy officers, identify, shape an develop policy priorities, and SWA’s campaigning an advocacy work in line with our strategic objectives. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive, the Head of Policy shares responsibility for the leadership of the organisation and the management of people, services and resources. They will also work closely with the Membership, Training and Communications teams.

Background

Scottish Women’s Aid is the lead organisation in Scotland working to end domestic abuse. We are both a children's rights and a women's rights organisation.

• We directly campaign to institutions and leaders for policies and laws that address the drivers of women’s inequality and improve responses to domestic abuse. This work makes women and children safer and helps them disentangle themselves from their abusers.
• We provide training to public and private bodies from the police and judiciary to child welfare systems, to effectively respond to survivors.
• We raise the profile of domestic abuse nationally and internationally so that domestic abuse is treated like the critical threat to human rights that it is.
• We host Scotland’s 24-Hour Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline to ensure help is always available while actively supporting a network of 33 specialist local Women’s Aid services that directly support and provide refuge to women and children of Scotland affected by domestic abuse
• We are the umbrella organisation for 33 autonomous Women’s Aid groups delivering direct services to women, children and young people across Scotland.

What you’ll do

Working with the Chief Executive, Policy and other teams within SWA, you will develop and implement strategies to achieve key objectives on policy social change. You will provide leadership and line management to the Policy Team to ensure that SWA achieves its strategic objectives. You will collaborate on and direct work including but not limited to; analysis and challenge of government and public policy reports, development of consultation responses, parliamentary briefings, and policy and advocacy materials for a range of audiences. You will build strong relationships and work collaboratively with government officials, other organisations and charities to influence and promote SWA policy and objectives, representing SWA well to target audiences, including government and Parliamentary liaison where you will speak at public events, committees and give evidence.

What We Need

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Experience in a similar role, with strong leadership skills working across a range of complex issues to develop and deliver effective policy and strategy.
• Awareness and understanding of the feminist analysis of domestic abuse and the impact on women, children and young people
• Knowledge and understanding of the UK and Scottish policy and legislative context in relation to violence against women and children and domestic abuse in Scotland, and the environment in which SWA operates, including the opportunities and risks it faces.
• Experience of leading, supporting and managing teams and of providing line management of staff, including the supervision and quality assurance of policy work.
• Excellent written skills, demonstrable track record of leading research, analysis and development of government public policy reports, consultation responses, briefings and advocacy materials
• Communications experience, you’ll be skilled in the ability to engage confidently with a range of different audiences, building maintaining alliances with key stakeholders and speaking with government minsters, MP’s/MSP’s, to committees and at events.

Location

Blend of home working and office, based in Rose Street, Edinburgh. There will be a requirement to attend in-person events and meeting, based predominantly in Edinburgh. Please talk to us about your flexible working requirements!

What we offer

There are many reasons to work for Scottish Women’s Aid. We have a great working culture and our mission and vision attracts a brilliant staff team. Your hard work is rewarded with a package of support and benefits including:

• Flexible working - We offer flexible hybrid working options for the majority of our employees. Some posts are eligible for full-time homeworking. We also offer flexibility for staff and work/life balance through a number of flexible working options such as flexi time, condensed hours, job sharing.
• Pay - SWA are a Living wage employer, our pay and grading system offers a competitive starting salary and yearly progression.
• Annual Leave - We offer a full-time annual leave entitlement of 30 days (210 hours) per year plus 10 Public Holiday days (70 hours) per year. Leave is accrued at the rate of 3.33 days (23.3 hours) per month.
• Pension - SWA believes it's important that we help you save for your retirement so access to Nest pension scheme is given to all eligible employees. SWA contributes 10% of gross contractual earnings on the provision that the employee contributes a minimum of 3% towards their pension contributions.
• Learning and Development - SWA supports and develops staff to ensure they have the necessary skills, knowledge and abilities. There is an internal schedule of training on key skills and knowledge relevant to all staff. There is also scope to attend ad hoc training for employees who are working to develop specific skills.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay - SWA offers staff who meet the criteria for Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) an enhanced maternity pay of 20 weeks on full pay and 20 weeks on half pay.
• Wellbeing - As part of SWA’s commitment to staff wellbeing, staff are offered access to a confidential 24/7 health and Wellbeing service with AIG which provides confidential advice, counselling and legal support to all staff, and where applicable, immediate family members.
• Bike 2 Work - An interest-free loan to purchase a bike, can be arranged up to the value of £1,000.
• Edinburgh Leisure Gym Subsidies - Edinburgh based staff are able to access Edinburgh Leisure facilities for the reduced price of £1 per session.

Positive Action

SWA are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce that is representative of the people we serve.

We are taking positive action to address an under-representation of minoritised and marginalised women within our workforce. We offer Disabled and racially minoritised women the option of requesting that their application is considered under the terms of our Guaranteed Interview Schemes. You will be asked if you wish to be considered when you complete our application form.

Applications will be accepted from women only under Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Scottish Women’s Aid is an equal opportunities employer, all women, including women with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment, may apply for women-only roles.

If you would like to discuss the job or any adjustments, whether due to disability or any other reason, please contact us on recruitment@womensaid.scot or on the phone on 0131 226 6606.

The Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland’s role is to advocate for the systematic improvement in the safety of health care and to promote the importance of the views of patients and other members of the public in relation to the safety of health care.

This is a new high-profile appointment. We are looking for a talented individual who has drive, integrity, credibility, resilience and excellent communication skills to be the inaugural Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland.

We would welcome applications from those working in academia, the legal profession (e.g those doing medical negligence) and NHS Primary Care.

The appointment is for a fixed term of up to 8 years, attracts a starting salary of £89,685 and is pensionable.