Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.
By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as Head of Professional Engagement you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.
You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart, stroke and long covid conditions to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support Service model forms a nationwide network of local support groups, nurses, volunteers and one-to-one support teams helping families adjust to life with a heart or lung condition, long covid or after a stroke.
To support the delivery of our ambitious NLHL strategy, CHSS seeks to appoint a Head of Professional Engagement who will lead the operational delivery of all of our education and health information services for health care professionals across the country and service users alike.
This critical role will have responsibility for the creation and execution of a professional engagement strategy, including a clear CHSS prospectus for continuing professional development for health care professionals working with those with our conditions, and the design, development and implementation of a new CHSS Learning Management System.
CHSS is in search of a leader with an exceptional knowledge of the health & social care landscape and who understands the evolving educational needs of health Care professionals who work within those environments. They should have a background of working with educational and / or health information services and have the ability to lead a team to deliver an educational prospectus that provides a quality of experience that matches health care professionals needs and expectations and demonstrably adds value to the wider health/social care systems within which we operate.
CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.
CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.
Community Volunteers Enabling You (COVEY) has operated across Lanarkshire for 32 years supporting 4,500 children, young people and parents/carers to become more resilient, safe and better equipped to reach their full potential. COVEY provides 1-1 and group-based befriending, mentoring and intensive family support.
This role has lead responsibility for driving strategic growth, through leading on all income generation (identifying and securing tenders, contracts, grants) and strengthening stakeholder relationships with existing and prospective funders.
We are looking for someone who has experience of securing and managing high-value partnerships at six figure levels from statutory funders and grant making trusts/foundations. You will also have substantial, proven success of meeting ambitious funding targets and have excellent oral/written communication skills with a close attention to detail. You will have the ability to think creatively to drive innovation within the team and be adaptable with the ability to cope well under pressure and work to deadlines.
What we offer
We offer a rewarding role with the opportunity to develop your skills and future career in an enriching environment with the following benefits:
The International Music and Performing Arts Charitable Trust (IMPACT) Scotland is the charity responsible for the construction and operation of Dunard Centre, a new all-purpose performance venue in Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square.
We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled person to join the Dunard Centre team as our first Head of Marketing & Communications.
This is an exceptional opportunity to help shape the brand of the Dunard Centre in its pre-opening phase and communicate our vision to the public and a wide range of stakeholders at local and national level.
As a new organisation, we are in the process of building a permanent staffing structure. We're keen to hear from people with the desire to make a real difference to the trajectory of the Dunard Centre as we grow and develop.
Job description and how to apply:
Please download the candidate information pack here or via our website: impactscotland.org.uk/jobs
This is an exciting time to join the General Synod Office of the Scottish Episcopal Church. With the newly appointed Secretary General taking up post this summer, there is scope for the Chief Operating Officer, a newly created post, to make a significant contribution to the development and evolution of the General Synod Office (GSO).
About us: The Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) is the Province of the Anglican Communion in Scotland. It has a strong and high profile in Scottish life, is diverse in character and has a presence across the whole country. The SEC is an open, thoughtful, and engaging church with over 270 congregations (or ‘charges’).
Located in Edinburgh with a staff complement of c.22, the GSO supports the governance and mission of the Scottish Episcopal Church, providing advice and support to dioceses, charges, clergy and laity across Scotland. It also facilitates liaison with other denominations and faiths.
About you: The GSO is looking for an experienced leader and manager with a well-developed understanding of governance and compliance, able to manage a broad portfolio of work, who is committed to assisting the Scottish Episcopal Church in its mission and ministry. The COO will be a member of the GSO’s Senior Leadership Team and, along with the Treasurer, will deputise for the Secretary General.
Candidates for this role need not have worked in a church setting before, bringing experience of leadership roles in similarly complex organisations that demonstrate how they would manage and develop a multi-disciplinary team to deliver results and contribute to a positive and productive culture of cross-organisational collaboration.
Note that this is a full-time role (35 hours per week); however, a four-day work week will be considered with pay and holidays adjusted.
For an informal chat about this role, please get in touch with Donna Glass (DonnaG@scotland.anglican.org) who will arrange for you to be contacted.
At Outward Bound, young people leave behind their everyday lives to venture into a new world of endless opportunities. Could you be our next Director of Finance and Resources as we embark on our new strategy, ‘The Next Horizon’?
The Outward Bound Trust partners with schools, colleges, employers and youth groups to teach young people most important lesson they could ever learn: to believe in themselves. Young people’s lives are filled with pressures and challenges. They need the means to help them cope and thrive in this noisy and uncertain world – now and in the future.
We provide opportunities for young people to seize the moment and empower them to discover and embrace their unique strengths. At Outward Bound, young people leave behind their everyday lives to experience unfamiliar environments, and through challenge and adventure, young people learn to thrive and grow. This is where they discover who they are and what they are truly capable of.
The vacancy
You will be central to the leadership and management of Outward Bound and realising the ambition set out in The Next Horizon, leading the financial stewardship of the organisation. You will both oversee the management of the organisation’s financial resources and provide leadership in their utilisation to further the charity’s mission. You will also be responsible for the organisation’s environmental sustainability journey, and for IT, Digital, and trust-wide systems and processes.
About you
The successful candidate will be central to the leadership and management of the charity in the coming years working closely with the CEO and the Senior Leadership Team. You will be astute, collaborative, risk aware, have an attention to detail and thrive on working in a fast paced environment.
A fully qualified accountant with proven experience at a senior level in a finance role with responsibility across the whole finance function, you will have substantial financial leadership and commercial acumen. Experience in a national level organisation of comparable complexity is also required.
You will be a creative and entrepreneurial leader, able to develop your team members to their full potential. You should be committed to embedding the values of equity, diversity and inclusion into everything that you do.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
4 programmes reflect our strategic objectives which are to prioritise prevention, end rough sleeping and destitution, support the transition to rapid rehousing and provide platforms for lived experience.
You will draw on your knowledge, skills and experience to:
1. Take a highly relational approach that builds and nurtures the key relationships needed to achieve policy and programme objectives.
2. Create opportunities to influence, improve and implement policy and to brief internally and across our wider networks.
3. Oversee multi-agency programmes to end homelessness and destitution, with a strong focus on delivering equality, impact and improvement.
4. Analyse the impact of Homeless Network Scotland’s strategic plan periodically and collaborate across the organisation to review and revise impact measures.
5. Develop and deliver clear and consistent policy positions across all our activities, based on best available evidence and diverse experience.
Working as part of the leadership team to:
6. Contribute to the strategic development and direction of Homeless Network Scotland, supporting equality, impact and improvement and mitigating risks and issues.
7. Provide inspiring leadership across the organisation, promoting a culture of collective responsibility that helps an expert and dedicated team to achieve their potential.
8. Work to deliver relevant and timely media statements, briefings, blogs and articles.
9. Monitor, review and continuously improve the satisfaction of Homeless Network Scotland members and the wider network.
10. Schedule and submit quality and compliant reports to Homeless Network Scotland's various funders as required.
And working as part of the full team at Homeless Network Scotland to:
11. Adopt an evidence-based and solutions-focused approach to resolving homelessness.
12. Centre lived experience and raise knowledge and awareness of how different groups experience homelessness and the action needed to reduce housing inequality.
13. Build and maintain a knowledge of the network of sectors and services that prevent and respond to homelessness in Scotland.
14. Support fundraising and income generation and create opportunities for the organisation to be commissioned as experts and consultants.
15. Represent Homeless Network Scotland in accordance with our vision and values, policies and procedures and contribute flexibly to the range of our work required to meet our objectives.
Competency Framework
“I lost my kids a few times they went to foster care and I would have gone to a place like this if I had the chance. This is badly needed. I hid my drug use and people only found out about it when I had my baby and she was in withdrawal. I loved my daughter and would have welcomed something like this.” A mother who has been supported by Aberlour
About Aberlour Mother and Child Recovery House Dundee
Aberlour is proud to be working in partnership with the Scottish Government and we are delighted that the work being done in our dedicated Mother and Child Recovery in Dundee has recently been recognised with a high level assessment awarded by the Care Inspectorate. Our service is designed to enable children of women with problematic substance use to stay with their mothers during recovery. Aberlour’s approach to rehabilitation aims to deliver positive outcomes for women and their children.
We use the Parents Under Pressure (PuP) programme which combines psychological principles relating to parenting, child behaviour and parental emotion regulation within a case management model. The programme is highly individualised to suit each family. Mothers are given their own Workbook and for many of them this becomes a personal journal of their treatment experience. The overarching aim of the PuP programme is to help parents facing adversity to develop positive and secure relationships with their children. Within this strength-based approach, the family environment becomes more nurturing and less conflictual. Full training on the PuP Programme will be provided to the whole team.
“Too many women with problem drug and alcohol issues are having their young children taken into care and many other women won’t engage with support agencies for fear of their children being removed. The new houses will improve outcomes for these women and children; reduce deaths of mothers with problem drug use; avoid family breakdown and increase the likelihood of children being cared for by their parents.” Aberlour Chief Executive SallyAnn Kelly
What we are looking for....
We are looking for a Service Manager with the passion, enthusiasm and expertise to lead this team. As part of the Management Team, you will be responsible for enhancing our relationships with the Scottish Government, Local Authorities and other stakeholders. You will play a lead role in developing the service, identifying where our role and service delivery can be enhanced and overseeing the delivery of quality care and support to mothers and their babies. The service operates a shift rota in order to provide 24-hour care. The service is registered with the Care Inspectorate as a Care Home for Adults and so you are required to register with SSSC as a Manager in a Care Home for Adults.
Ideally you will have experience of direct work with mothers in recovery, enhancing their skills and capacity for them and their babies. You must also have experience of working collaboratively with other professional agencies and a working knowledge of drug/alcohol use and its effects on women and children.
We strongly encourage people to apply who have lived experience of alcohol or drug use, with a minimum of 2 years living in recovery, free from all drug use and problematic drinking.
Applicants should hold a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 9 or above
Plus
Any award in management that is certificated at or above SCQF level 9* (minimum 60 credits) and mapped against the National Occupational Standards: Leadership and Management for Care Services SCQF 10
Or
SVQ Care Services Leadership and Management SCQF Level 10
At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. We want the mothers and babies in the Mother and Child Recovery House to experience what it is to be nurtured and loved, supporting them to begin their new family relationship in a safe and positive way. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our Aberlour team.
What we offer...
As well as being in a supportive team with excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers.
We're seeking a Chief Officer to lead us into our next phase of growth. The ideal candidate will demonstrate success in senior roles, showcasing adeptness in team development and management. A creative thinker, you'll have crafted innovative strategic initiatives and overseen their execution with transformative results.
Collaboration and partnership-building will be second nature to you, complemented by exceptional organizational skills and communication skills, including proficiency in public speaking and media engagement. Your background should reflect collaborative work with Boards of Trustees, providing invaluable guidance to fortify their decision-making processes.
Location: Hybrid working from Holyrood, Edinburgh and from home
Leave:41.5 days (including public holidays). Leave is expected to be taken within our recess periods
Contract:Permanent and fixed term positions available
Working Pattern: We have full time and part time posts available. Our full-time posts are for 37 hours per week. Working days can be long and some flexibility is required to accommodate last-minute extensions and changes to parliamentary business. We currently operate a wide variety of work patterns, successfully balancing lifestyle choices with business requirements. All requests for flexible working hours will be seriously considered.
Pension:Civil Service pension arrangements with an employer contribution of 28.97% of basic annual salary
Clearance Required: CTC security clearance will be processed at job offer stage
Do you love working with words and have a passion for detail? Are you interested in politics and current affairs? Can you make good judgments and complete assignments under intense time pressure, and are you able to manage competing priorities effectively while working unsupervised?
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join a team of committed professionals at the heart of political life who aspire to the highest standards of parliamentary reporting in order to bring the work of Parliament to the Scottish public.
The Official Report is a key parliamentary publication, as it is the only authoritative written account of all public proceedings in the chamber and in parliamentary committees. It provides an important historical record of parliamentary business and is central to the Parliament’s aims of informing and involving the people of Scotland and enabling effective scrutiny of the Scottish Government. As a parliamentary reporter, you’ll see your work published after every meeting, and it will form part of the national archive.
In this challenging and varied role, you’ll use your excellent language skills to transcribe meetings of the Parliament and its committees in well-written English without losing the character of the speaker’s voice. You’ll also take notes of committee meetings to assist with the reporting of them.
We’ll offer you robust training to support you in your role. Your career in the Official Report will start with six months of on-site training to hone your reporting skills, followed by coaching and mentoring to support your development. You’ll then have the opportunity to progress to sub-editing training if you wish.
A sound understanding of politics and current affairs is essential, as is the ability to remain professionally impartial and make good editorial judgments under intense time pressure. Official Reports of meetings of the Parliament are published on a rolling basis throughout the day, and for committee meetings the publication deadline can be the same day.
We work as a team and have to be able to trust, rely on and communicate effectively with one another at every stage of the reporting process, so we value good teamworking and communication skills. A keen eye for detail and the ability to spot errors in a speech or written transcription are also essential, along with the ability to work unsupervised while managing time and priorities efficiently.
We’re hosting an online recruitment event on Friday 10 May at 12.30pm where you’ll have a chance to meet some of our Official Report Team and find out what it’s like to work at the Parliament and in Official Report. For full details and to sign up to the event, please visit Eventbrite. If tickets are showing at capacity on Eventbrite, please contact peopleservices@parliament.scot to request a space.
We particularly welcome applications from candidates from a Minority Ethnic background and candidates with a disability. All appointments will be made on merit. We have a values-based culture of respect and inclusion embedded in our organisation, and everyone has the ability to make a difference.
We offer a great range of benefits including: 41.5 leave days (including public holidays), flexible working, paid professional subscriptions, family-friendly policies, Season Ticket advance loans, an onsite gym facility, Health and Wellbeing Schemes including discounted gym membership, a confidential counselling and information service, and the Cycle to Work Scheme.
You’ll also have the opportunity to join the Alpha Civil Service pension scheme, where we’ll offer you an employer contribution of 28.97% of your basic salary.
The Head of Scotland and Northern Ireland is responsible for leading our vision to end the need for food banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Scotland currently leads the way in having a rights-based, progressive agenda to ending the need for food banks, but there is much to do to ensure political intentions become a reality. This role directs Trussell Trust’s policy and public affairs work in Scotland and Northern Ireland, leads our Scotland and Northern Ireland department as they support our network of food banks and works strategically with key partners to tackle the underlying reasons why people need to come to food banks.