Do you want to use your skills to make it possible for people with myeloma, an incurable blood cancer, to live longer and better lives?

Myeloma UK is looking for a motivated and highly proactive Senior Policy Officer to join our Patient Advocacy team within the wider Research and Advocacy directorate.

You will have experience in analysing, developing, and communicating complex policy issues, strong communication skills, and the ability to prioritise a fast-moving and wide-ranging workload.

You will also have experience working collaboratively and building relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

You will have the ability to present findings and recommendations to a range of audiences and produce high-quality succinct briefings in a timely fashion, underpinned by evidence.

Empathy and sensitivity are required to work closely with patients and their families and friends.

Experience in the health charity sector, public/patient engagement work, and working on the National Institute of Health Care Excellence (NICE) and Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) consultation processes would be beneficial but not essential.

About the role

As Senior Policy Officer you will be part of the Patient Advocacy team who work to ensure that the patient voice is heard and acted upon by UK and devolved nations healthcare policy decision makers. You will represent the charity externally including national meetings with senior healthcare decision makers.

Your role is vital to developing strategic approaches to health technology appraisals (HTA), regulatory pathways (MHRA), clinical development programmes (academic and industry clinical trials) and commissioning routes to broaden access to new myeloma drug therapies and diagnostic technologies.

You will apply your skills flexibly across key policy areas including access to treatment, patient voice, stakeholder engagement and general healthcare policy and work with colleagues in communications and fundraising to make sure our supporters and the wider myeloma community understand the positive impact we make.

About us

Myeloma UK is the only UK charity focused on myeloma and its related conditions. We provide support and influence access to treatments, while researching a cure. Thanks to life-extending treatments and support, today many people affected by myeloma are able to live longer and to live well. Together, we support, so no one faces myeloma alone.

We are committed to bringing together the best and brightest people to help us ensure that every patient has an empowered present and a hopeful future.

Our ultimate goal is to find a cure and make myeloma history. Until then, our mission is to help every patient live well with myeloma for as long as possible. We are committed to diagnosing myeloma earlier, discovering and sharing knowledge, transforming the patient experience and influencing positive change in care.

Our culture

Wellbeing and staff engagement are at the heart of our culture. We offer our employees a range of benefits including a pension salary exchange scheme, flexitime, flexible working from home with hub-based office working, health plan, employee assistance plan and holiday purchase scheme and we are committed to providing learning and development opportunities for all our employees.

Do you want to use your skills to make it possible for people with myeloma, an incurable blood cancer, to live longer and better lives?

Myeloma UK is looking for a motivated and pro-active Policy Officer to join our Patient Advocacy team within the wider Research and Advocacy directorate. You will have experience of analysing, developing, and communicating policy issues, excellent communication and influencing skills and the ability to present findings and recommendations to a range of audiences. The post holder will have excellent attention to detail and the ability to prioritise and work under pressure.

The successful candidate will be a highly regarded ambassador for Myeloma UK with a desire to continuously improve and to make a difference while working flexibility and using their own initiative.

Experience of public/patient engagement work, participating in government policy consultations and patient advocacy campaign work would be beneficial but not essential.

About the role

As the Policy Officer you will be part of the Patient Advocacy team who work to ensure that the patient voice is heard and acted upon by UK and devolved nations healthcare policy decision makers. You will support Myeloma UK’s ambition to deliver personalised medicine, such that every person living with and affected by myeloma and associated conditions has access to the best diagnostics, treatment and care services and quality of life experience.

Your role is vital to developing strategic approaches to UK health policy legislation and consultations to ensure that UK government and devolved nations healthcare policy supports the needs of people living with and affected by myeloma and associated conditions.

You will support the Policy Manager to assess existing healthcare policies, regulations and legislation to understand their implications for myeloma-specific healthcare systems, providers and patients

About us

Myeloma UK is the only UK charity focused on myeloma and its related conditions. We provide support and influence access to treatments, while researching a cure. Thanks to life-extending treatments and support, today many people affected by myeloma are able to live longer and to live well. Together, we support, so no one faces myeloma alone.

We are committed to bringing together the best and brightest people to help us ensure that every patient has an empowered present and a hopeful future.

Our ultimate goal is to find a cure and make myeloma history. Until then, our mission is to help every patient live well with myeloma for as long as possible. We are committed to diagnosing myeloma earlier, discovering and sharing knowledge, transforming the patient experience and influencing positive change in care.

Our culture

Wellbeing and staff engagement are at the heart of our culture. We offer our employees a range of benefits including a pension salary exchange scheme, flexitime, flexible working from home with hub-based office working, health plan, employee assistance plan and holiday purchase scheme and we are committed to providing learning and development opportunities for all our employees.

Are you passionate about inclusive, community-led support? Do you want to play a vital role in shaping the future of services for people living with dementia and their families? We want to hear from you!

Meeting Centres Scotland is a small but mighty national organisation that supports a network of community-based dementia Meeting Centres. We're now recruiting for a National Sustainability Lead to help ensure these vital services thrive well into the future.

You'll work closely with centres across Scotland to strengthen their evidence base, diversify their funding, support their staff, and raise their profile with decision-makers. If you have a strategic head and a collaborative heart, we’d love to have you on our team.

To find out more about the position or Meeting Centres Scotland as an organisation please contact graham@meetingcentres.scot

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer, Meeting Centres Scotland

Enhance your knowledge, skills, experience, and future career by joining the Scottish Land Commission as our Research Officer.

We are seeking a researcher with strong qualitative and quantitative social science skills to lead on the delivery of research within our Programme of Work, by commissioning research externally, carrying out in-house research, delivering the Commission’s wider research strategy and supporting policy advice. The postholder will lead delivery for our influential annual Land Market Insights and Data Reports.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop a career in research with real world impact in an area of high civic and political importance. The post is well suited to applicants looking for a secondment opportunity, and we would be happy to facilitate a secondment where practical.

What we offer:

• Civil Service Pension with over 28% employer contribution
• 25 days annual leave and 11.5 day public holidays per year
• A varied and impactful role
• Hybrid working with a friendly and supportive team
• Professional development opportunities
• Access to a free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to a cycle to work and employee discount scheme
• Flexible working and flexi time arrangements for all staff
• Experience within our policy team, where you will gain insight to all areas of our policy work.

If you're passionate about exemplary research, informing evidence-based policymaking, and want to contribute to land reform in Scotland, we want to hear from you.

Come and be part of something Amazing!

We are delighted to be recruiting an Inclusive Employment Programme Lead to manage and deliver Down’s Syndrome Scotland’s new Inclusive Employment Programme for adults with Down’s syndrome seeking meaningful employment to reach their fullest potential.

For too long, people with Down’s syndrome have experienced barriers to employment and we want to change that, for good. Can you help us do that?

Passion, innovation, and integrity are at the heart of our culture. So, we are dedicated to bringing together highly skilled people who are also passionate about making a difference. In return, we offer a flexible, professional and friendly working environment in which our staff team are truly valued and fully supported.

As our Inclusive Employment Programme Lead you will drive our Inclusive Employment Programme by working in partnership with a host of willing employers who truly value the contribution that people with Down’s syndrome can make to their workforce. You will get right alongside people with Down’s syndrome and support them to reach for the stars in seeking employment opportunities across a wide range of settings, right across Scotland.

You will recruit and lead a new team including Training and Mentoring Workers with lived experience, support staff and volunteers.

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate individual with a strong track record of success in this area.

RSPB Scotland is passionate about enabling children and young people to engage with and take action for nature. The ideal candidate will have experience in youth participation, and a commitment to the rights of children and young people to be involved in decisions which affect them. Our Education, Families and Youth team helps colleagues across our reserves and projects in a variety of ways to engage with our younger supporters. We also work directly with young people through our Network for Nature and other youth initiatives.

What's the role about?

Part of this role involves building the capacity of RSPB colleagues on our reserves and sites to safely and effectively engage children, young people and families in our important conservation work. However it also requires working directly working with young people interested in our national campaigning and advocacy aims to restore nature in Scotland.

Duties include - Non-Exhaustive

• Enhancing RSPB colleagues' understanding and confidence in youth participation - so that more young people can take action for nature.
• Communicating complex conservation and policy issues to young people in a way that enables them to campaign and express their views on issues they feel strongly about.
• Supporting youth group volunteers with the compliance, training and administration needed to run successful groups.
• Monitoring evaluating and reviewing areas of Education, Families and Youth delivery to ensure we meet agreed targets.
• Delivering safeguarding training and responding to queries/incidents involving children and vulnerable adults across a range of RSPB activities.
• Supporting and supervising volunteers to extend the work of the Education, Families and Youth team.
• Seeking opportunities to develop new approaches to helping young people gain experience in conservation activities.

What we need from you

Essentials:

• Effective skills in working with young people and supervising volunteers to do so as well.
• Excellent communication (both verbal and written) and interpersonal skills - being able to communicate ideas effectively relative to the audience your working with.
• Ability to collaborate with internal colleagues and external partners.
• Attention to detail - an ability to plan events and activities safely and effectively.
• Excellent time management, planning and organisational skills an ability to manage and deliver pieces of work within an agreed time frame.
• Ability to be proactive, use initiative and work independently.
• Ability to balance a strong focus on achieving successful outcomes with the need to empower, enable, motivate, and develop others.
• Competent in the use of cloud based platforms such as SharePoint, OneDrive, Office 365, etc. for normal business use.
• Experience of being an effective member of a team.

Desirables:

• Experience of working in the charitable sector or in an organisation that works closely with young people or families.
• Youth Work qualification.

This post is a fixed term 24 hour per week contract until 30th September, 2026 (with likelihood of continued funding).

Partners in Advocacy has established itself as one of Scotland's leading providers of independent advocacy, delivering exceptional advocacy services since 1998.

We are thrilled to present a wonderful opportunity within our supportive and welcoming Highland Carers Advocacy team. As a Service Co-ordinator you will supervise our small team of Advocacy Workers whilst also providing one-to-one independent advocacy to unpaid carers across the Highlands. Through this role, you will ensure that unpaid carers’ voices and wishes are heard, enabling them to make informed choices, protect their rights and have a meaningful impact on decisions that affect their lives.

We strongly encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds to apply. If you believe your skills, experience, and expertise align with the criteria outlined in the person specification, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please complete the application form, ensuring that you provide examples of how your knowledge and experience fulfil each aspect of the person specification.

Partners in Advocacy takes pride in being a Disability Confident Employer, fully committed to creating an inclusive and accessible work environment.

Everyday 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 a Stroke Healthcare Assistant you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading health charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support Service provides access to a range of supported self-management and community recovery services to support people across Scotland to manage their health as well as possible and adjust to life after a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or after a stroke.

We are looking for an individual who has experience of working in a health care setting particularly with stroke patients to work with our Grampian Stroke Nurse Team to support patients following a stroke and their families. As our Stroke Healthcare Assistant, you will be key in providing this support ensuring stroke survivors and their families receive the help and support they require to live the best lives they can. Driving is a requirement of this post a clean driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a PVG check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

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 a Community Support Services Coordinator 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 and stroke conditions to live life to the full again. Our Community Health Support Services form 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 or after a stroke.

We are looking for a Community Support Services Coordinator to join our amazing team in the Lothian area. This role is focused on making sure that people affected by chest, heart and stroke conditions get the help they need and get back to doing the things that matter to them.

Through our Community Support Services, you will support people to have the confidence and tools to self-manage their health condition and live as independently as possible. You’ll also help people get back to doing the things that are important to them – from simple things like walking to their local shop following a stroke, to returning to a sky-high hobby of gliding!

You’ll be directly involved in supporting people with chest, heart and stroke conditions through both one-to-one and group services in both community and hospital settings. You’ll work with the rest of the Community Support Services team in Lothian, and manage a team of incredible volunteers, to make a real difference to the lives of people with our conditions.

Candidates don’t need to have medical knowledge as training is provided on our health conditions. We are looking for someone with a positive attitude towards people with disabilities and long-term conditions; an understanding of the challenges faced by people with chest, heart and stroke conditions including Long Covid; an understanding of community service provision; the ability to recruit, manage and motivate a team of volunteers; and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

At Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, our mission is to ensure there’s No Life Half Lived in Scotland – and you can be a vital part of that. We are Scotland’s leading organisation for person-centred, user-led community support for people with our health conditions.

Applicants must have a car and a current valid driving licence (expenses are paid at mileage rate).

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a PVG check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.