- Advertised from 26th May 2023
- 28 hours per week
- RCGP699
Role
The Royal College of General Practitioners is the largest membership organisation solely for GPs in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1952, it has over 54,000 members who are committed to improving patient care, developing their own skills and promoting general practice as a discipline. General practice is the largest branch of the medical profession. It provides some 1 million consultations for patients in the UK every working day and deals with 86% of the health problems experienced by the UK population.
As the Governance Officer, you will manage the governance function of RCGP Scotland, providing high quality support, ensuring that the relevant committees and groups operate efficiently and effectively, following all governance procedures.
To be successful in this role you will have exceptional organisational skills, attention to detail and a can-do attitude. You will have previous experience of providing full administrative and governance support to committees. A confident and effective communicator, you will have demonstrable experience in drafting and presenting written material, communicating effectively to ensure committee members are kept informed.
This role will involve hybrid working with a minimum of two working days in the Edinburgh office in the city centre. We offer flexible working hours Monday to Friday.
If you’re enthusiastic, driven, and want a role where you can really make a difference to the organisation and your own career, we want to hear from you.
The successful candidate will share our corporate values. In return, the College offers excellent terms and conditions.
Application notes
To find out more and apply please visit our website
Closing date: Midnight Sunday 18 June 2023
Interview date: Wednesday 28 June 2023
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Programme Coordinator
- Full time
- £24,057
- Edinburgh office base with the option to work flexibly from home
- Closing 2nd October 2023
We’re on a journey to create fairer communities by facilitating 10 million social entrepreneurs globally by 2030. Do you want to help make this a reality?
We are looking for a customer-focused, friendly, helpful and well-organised Programme Coordinator to support us in delivering learning programmes throughout Scotland and the rest of the UK.
Your role will be to support the Adult Delivery team by liaising with learners, clients, venues, Associate Facilitators and guest speakers to make the arrangements for programmes.
You will be a key point of contact for learners and for general enquiries and will be responsible for keeping our learner and programme information up to date and accurate. You will work collaboratively with our Programme Manager, Senior Programme Officer and Programme Officers to coordinate learning programmes from start to finish and will contribute to the achievement of annual team-based targets.
We are looking for someone who wants to work with vibrant, entrepreneurial and dedicated people and colleagues and with a good value-fit with our organisation.
Having the right mindset, attitude and approach is as important for us as having the right experience and skills. We appreciate that the best person might not have all the listed criteria yet so if you feel your experience, skills and attitude will help you to make a great contribution in this role and you have the right mindset, we would welcome an application from you.
Job Purpose:
To support the effective delivery and maximise the impact of the Academy’s Adult learning programmes and the ongoing sustainability of the Academy.
• To provide effective administrative support to the Programme Manager, Senior Programme Officer, Programme Officers and Programme Manager, Associate Facilitators and the Technical Support team to ensure high-quality programme delivery, accreditation and monitoring and evaluation across the UK.
• As the learners' primary Academy touch point, to provide excellent customer care throughout the learner experience.
Key Responsibilities:
Customer Service and Signposting
• To be the main point of contact for learners in ensuring a well-administered learning journey
• To establish strong working relationships and provide outstanding customer service to Associate Facilitators, Technical Support colleagues and, where relevant, to delivery partners across the UK– ensuring good communications, providing guidance, sharing best practice, and signposting to additional support.
Administration
• To support the Adult Delivery team across a range of administrative tasks relating to day-to-day programme delivery from contract inception to final reporting.
• To appropriately plan, coordinate and make contractual and logistical arrangements for all delivery partners.
• Responsible for gathering and collating evaluation data and case study information to evidence impact and for monitoring progress towards performance indicators.
• Responsible for effective implementation of learner management systems and processes.
Promotion and awareness raising
• To support colleagues to maximise awareness of/recruitment to learning programmes and raise general awareness of the Academy.
For a full set of criteria and information on how to apply please download the recruitment pack from our website.
Organisation profile:
At the Social Enterprise Academy, we believe social entrepreneurs play an essential role in changing the world.
We strengthen their role in local communities through transformational learning programmes that will increase their community impact.
Our programmes are accredited, responsive to learner needs, and are delivered by experienced facilitators who are social change leaders themselves.
Since 2004, we have delivered over 1,900 learning programmes to 28,000+ learners in over 30 countries. We have also engaged over 55,000 young people around the world, using social enterprise as a tool to help them reach their full potential and create positive change in their communities.
Residential Care Worker
- Full time
- £30,370 – £32,576
- Cannan Lane, Morningside
- Closing 29th September 2023
We are looking for kind, caring, creative, forward thinking and dedicated people to join our team offering care and support to children and young adults with visual impairment and complex needs. This will be based within our residential houses in Morningside, Edinburgh.
If you want to make a difference to the lives of people living with sight loss and you have a HNC in Social Care plus all eight SVQ units, an equivalent degree or qualification for registration with the SSC or other professional body, please apply now. We would love to hear from you!
This role is advertised as full time however, we consider applications from candidates wishing to do part time hours and flexible working patterns.
Posts are subject to PVG Scheme Record/Update.
If you require any of the information relating to this role in an alternative format, please email people@sightscotland.org.uk.
Please note, we cannot provide VISA sponsorship for this role.
Senior Project Support Officer
- Full time
- £23,472
- Homebased with travel to head office in Edinburgh – Hybrid worker
- Closing 11th October 2023
At CHSS our full-time hours are 32.5 per week so at c. £23,472 the salary equates to £27,083 an equivalent 37.5-hour week post.
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 Senior Project Support Officer 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 Hospital to Home 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 Senior Project Support Officer to join our amazing team of Project Support Officers and Project Managers. This role will lead and support many of our Service Development Projects. The successful candidate will lead in the planning and delivery of projects, as well as organising and chairing project meetings & producing reports.
The post holder will need to support, coordinate and communicate with teams on multiple projects and will be expected to manage their time effectively.
Candidates do not 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 as well as an understanding of the challenges faced by people with chest, heart and stroke conditions.
CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.
In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure 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.
Closing date: 11/10/2023
Interviews: 16/10/2023 & 19/10/2023
Are you a strategic thinker? An experienced campaigns and policy lead with a proven track record of influencing and bringing about big systems changes?
If so, we might have the perfect role for you at Forces Children Scotland.
About the role
Forces Children Scotland is looking for someone with the expertise, passion and drive to help support change across the sector. We are looking for someone to help the charity realise its strategic vision of becoming the sector-leading charity when it comes to supporting children and young people from regular, reservist and veteran families across Scotland. We need someone with experience of developing and leading campaigns and with strengths in leading policy and influencing work. A core aspect of this role will be implementing our new co-produced approach to influencing change and realising our manifesto calls.
Our children and young people can encounter both positive and challenging experiences as part of a service family and we help them grow in confidence, develop new skills, and gain valuable experiences. We do this by co-producing projects and services to support mental health and wellbeing, education and learning, and put their unique experiences on the radar of civilian audiences. We provide life-changing experiences that forge new friendships and help develop a sense of belonging. We listen and provide financial help in lots of different ways and support those caring for loved ones or a member of the local community as well as those gaining qualifications at college or university.
You will work closely with the Chief Executive Officer, deputising as required, as well as ensuring external policy direction and research influences our work internally within Forces Children Scotland. You will champion our work and maximise its impact by sharing knowledge across organisational functions, our communication channels and externally with strategic partners, government, and professional sectors.
About the person we are looking for
To apply for this role, you will need to hold a professional qualification and/or have significant experience in a relevant field, such as health, education, social care. In addition, you will need a minimum of eight years’ experience in working within the children and young people’s sector in a multi-agency capacity. You will need to evidence strong experience of bringing about change through influencing and campaigning, across multiple sectors related to children and young people. Our ideal candidate will also have experience of establishing and leading cross sector partnerships and translating strategy and policy into practice, based on research evidence including data analysis and voices of lived experience. You will also need to have experience of working with academic establishments across the UK and beyond in commissioning and disseminating research/reports as well as significant experience of working with and influencing Scottish and/or UK Government and policy. Furthermore, you will need to possess experience of managing staff. The role will also require a strong breadth of experience in the fields of mental health and wellbeing and/or education.
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