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The Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) is the national voice of childminding in Scotland. SCMA is a national Third Sector and membership organisation that promotes childminding as a quality childcare service. Working on behalf of its 2,500 childminder members, SCMA helps to improve the wellbeing and outcomes for Scotland’s children and aims to influence policy to ensure that it is informed by the experiences of childminding. SCMA provides a wide range of support and professional services for members including training and events as well as delivering local services. For more information visit childminding.org.

We are currently seeking a skilled individual to act as the Treasurer on our Board of Trustees The Treasurer will be responsible for overseeing financial matters on behalf of our Board and will be responsible for ensuring that the organisation has robust financial processes to ensure it meets its legal and constitutional requirements.

This role could appeal to a finance professional (accountant or auditor) who is mid-career and wishing to undertake some personal and professional development or to a later career stage professional who is perhaps adjusting their work/life balance or is recently retired, and wishing to use their experience, make a difference and give something back to the community.

This voluntary role would include three/four board meetings a year (currently a mix of in person and online), one of these being our Annual Vision Review Weekend held in March. Attendance at our AGM held online).

If you possess financial expertise and our organisation’s mission resonates with you, we invite you to apply for this important role.

About ENSA

Edinburgh Napier Students’ Association (ENSA) exists to enable our 20,000 student members across Edinburgh and around the globe to make the most of their university experience. We do this by representing, supporting and developing Edinburgh Napier University students to be successful in their studies; to try out new things; to engage in, and contribute to, university life; to be healthy and happy; to bring about positive change; and to have fun.

About the role

As our Chair has now come to the end of her term in office, we are looking to recruit a new Chair with the skills and experience to lead the Board of Directors, promoting good governance and providing effective and empowering line management to support our CEO. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has the strategic focus, governance understanding, leadership experience and time to support and develop a committed Board and ensure ENSA delivers the best experience for students.

Please see the Job Description and Person Spec for full details.

About ENSA’s Board of Directors

The Board is collectively in charge of ENSA, for upholding its values and aligning it to the Association’s charitable aims. It has overall responsibility for ENSA’s governance: budget-setting and financial reporting, health and safety, human resources and legal compliance.

The Board is made up of 12 Directors: six External Lay Directors (including the Chair) appointed through a competitive process for their professional expertise; three Student Lay Directors who are registered students of Edinburgh Napier University and appointed through a competitive process; and three Sabbatical Officers who are elected by the student body.

In line with charity law, all ENSA’s Directors (elected and appointed) have equal status. Directors have a variety of experience and skills which offer different perspectives, and are all, jointly and severally, liable for the governance of the charity. Directors are expected to take their responsibilities seriously, attend meetings, and manage any conflicts of interests appropriately.

We have a brilliant opportunity for a dynamic and experienced head of programme delivery to join our team.

As the head of programme delivery, you will play a pivotal role in leading and overseeing the successful execution and development of a portfolio of Scottish Government funded and related programmes. We are looking for a strategic leader who can drive excellence in programme management, ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality outcomes.

Who we are

Energy Saving Trust is a leading and trusted organisation, dedicated to promoting energy efficiency, low carbon transport and sustainable energy use. We aim to address the climate emergency and deliver the wider benefits of clean energy as we transition to net zero.

At Energy Saving Trust we don’t just offer jobs – we offer careers. For our people, being part of the effort to address the climate emergency makes working for us truly meaningful and rewarding.

Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• We offer an outstanding pension scheme including employer contributions of up to 9%, 11% or 13% (age-linked).
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Private BUPA insurance.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with service-linked increases as well as three goodwill days over the Christmas period.
• Staff wellbeing allowance of up to £25 per month / £300 per year.

Please see our careers page for the full list of benefits we have to offer and why Energy Saving Trust is a great place to work.

The team

This role will lead delivery of all our work that is grant funded by the Scottish Government and other related work. Situated in the energy department, the Home and Business Energy Scotland team delivers a portfolio of programmes and projects.

Importantly, this includes our management of Home Energy Scotland (HES) and Business Energy Scotland (BES) as well as a range of other programmes including the Scottish Government’s Green Heat Installer Engagement Programme, management of the Scottish Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) register, provision of advice tools and reporting on low and zero emissions heating and other renewable energy, plus other projects.

Home Energy Scotland is an award-winning advice service that supports hundreds of thousands of households across Scotland every year to make their homes warmer and more affordable and to reduce carbon emissions. Business Energy Scotland provide free and impartial support to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) save energy, carbon and money. The Green Heat Installer Engagement Programme provides assistance and support for businesses in Scotland to help them to participate fully and effectively in the green heat supply chain encompassing low and zero-emissions heating, energy efficiency and microgeneration installations.

What you’ll do

You will provide strategic and operational leadership and manage and develop the work of the department to effectively contribute to Energy Saving Trust’s mission of addressing the climate emergency, including:

• Leading, overseeing and managing the successful delivery of multiple programmes, providing strategic direction, leadership and highly effective operational oversight to ensure the department executes programmes efficiently, on time and within budget to meet user and funder needs.
• Leading and managing the teams and individuals in the department, providing motivation, effective coaching and support to ensure efficient and effective successful programme and project delivery.
• Collaborating at a senior level with stakeholders and external partners as well as cross-functional teams, to identify and pursue new opportunities as well as to drive successful programme delivery and development.

What you’ll bring

You will be a strong leader and people manager, with the ability to inspire and support dispersed teams to achieve objectives. You will have a track record of successfully delivering a variety of complex programmes concurrently, which is underpinned by your proven strategic planning, budget and contract management skills and your strong customer and client orientation. You will have excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder relationship management skills and an ability to work effectively with and present to senior stakeholders.

You will need to have ideas to solve problems and foresight to identify opportunities for us to have even more impact. You will be excellent at prioritising tasks and delivering effectively within a demanding environment, with the determination to ensure targets are met and high-quality services delivered.

The successful candidate will be good at analysing data and other information to mitigate risk and make informed decisions and must have excellent writing skills and fluency with Microsoft Office products. You will have an excellent understanding of Scottish heat in buildings, energy efficiency and fuel poverty policy and of the wider landscape across the UK or may have worked on other areas of important work across different Government contracts and have the ability to acquire this knowledge rapidly.