Schools Coordinator (West of Scotland)
- Full time
- £22,320
- Based in West Scotland (Some remote working, some travel to schools/meetings across your area as well as the opportunity to work with colleagues in Glasgow and the option to work in our Edinburgh office)
- Closing 27th June 2022
- Advertised from 7th June 2022
- 35 hours per week
- Benefits: includes a company pension, 35 days annual leave, an employee assistance programme and learning and development opportunities
Role
Website: socialenterprise.academy/scot/join-the-team
Join us as our new Schools Coordinator (West of Scotland) to help create a social enterprise in every school in Scotland in the next 3 years.
In their 10 year Strategy for Social Enterprise, the Scottish Government announced its ambition to see a social enterprise in every school in Scotland. We have been tasked with leading on the delivery of this goal.
“If you could create a business to solve any social issue in your community, country or the world, what would it be?” This is what we ask young people across Scotland every year. The result? Innovative social enterprises that are completely pupil-led and solving the issues that matter most to them.
From making sustainable crafts to funding community defibrillators to tackling local unemployment through computer coding classes, these young people are stepping up, taking action and demanding change.
Since the Social Enterprise in Education programme began we’ve had over 1,600 school engagements across Scotland and in that time we have seen young people change how they see themselves and grow hugely in confidence while building essential skills for the future. We work with nurseries, primary and secondary schools and schools for young people with additional support needs.
Your role will be to support this activity from our Edinburgh head office, supporting facilitators and social entrepreneurs to work with the schools to make this vision a reality. As part of a highly motivated team, this opportunity offers variety, satisfaction and a great opportunity to be part of something that is making a difference to Scotland.
Having the right mind-set, 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 and skills will help you to make a great contribution in this role and you have the right mind-set, we would welcome an application from you.
Job Purpose
• To work closely with the Education Manager and the rest of the Education team to coordinate the roll-out of Social Enterprise Schools in your area.
• To provide excellent customer service, relationship building and coordination skills to support schools throughout the Academic year and at key Education events during the year.
• To ensure that young people and teachers get the best possible experience taking part in Social Enterprise Schools.
Key Responsibilities
• Take ownership of the schools in your area, supporting existing schools, promoting Social Enterprise Schools and recruiting new schools
• Act as the first point of enquiry for teachers and schools, providing information about Social Enterprise Schools, support to get started, background information and mapping to Curriculum for Excellence and other school-based initiatives
• Support schools applying for our Social Enterprise Academy Awards, sharing appropriate resources and local contacts to assist schools, supporting them to develop business plans
• Use technology systems to provide statistical information on a quarterly basis as required by your Education Manager, the Education team and by key stakeholders
• Work with the Education Marketing and Communications Officer to raise the profile of Social Enterprise Schools, obtain material and input to promote the programme, including content for case studies, Education Showcase and annual Schools Special of the Big Issue Magazine
• Continually work with and support other Education Team members and Education Facilitators to increase impact and ensure young people and teachers have an amazing experience taking part in Social Enterprise Schools
• Work closely with the Education Manager to represent the Social Enterprise Academy at events in your area, at networking opportunities and whilst working with partners
To see the full job description and set of criteria please download the recruitment pack from our website.
Organisation profile:
At the Social Enterprise Academy, we believe in the power of learning and development to transform people of all ages to be agents of change.
Since 2004, we have facilitated over 78,000 social entrepreneurs globally to help create fairer communities where people have equitable access to opportunities.
Through our social franchising model we have been scaling our impact and we want to increase this number to 10 million social entrepreneurs globally by 2030. Through our International Accelerator Fund we will build a financially sustainable hub network to increase the ripples of change taking place in communities around the world.
By providing them with the real life experience of running their own social enterprise, we are also empowering young people to become the future makers and job creators of their countries through our Social Enterprise Schools programme. Young people around the world are developing key future skills such as creativity, social entrepreneurship and financial literacy to ensure maximum sustainability and impact in their schools, communities and beyond.
Application notes
1. Complete our application form and equality and diversity monitoring form
2. Send your application form and equality and diversity monitoring form to seahr@socialenterprise.academy by 1pm Monday 27 June 2022
3. Please note that interviews will be held 04 – 06 July 2022 via Zoom
More information available at: socialenterprise.academy/scot/join-the-team
If you have any questions or if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments for the application or interview process please get in touch:
Lanagh Taylor | 0131 243 2670 | seahr@socialenterprise.academy
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The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is the leading voice of 5.5 million small businesses and the self-employed across the UK. Since 1974, we've supported people to start, run and grow their own business. With market-leading benefits, local support, financial expertise, networking events and more, we provide our members with all the tools they need to succeed in business. We’re also the UK’s leading business campaigner, focused on delivering change on issues that matter most. With teams across the UK, we work with governments and decision-makers to make real change happen.
We are currently seeking an Admin and Casework Assistant to support our Scotland Team, based in our Glasgow office. You will provide a consistently high level of support to the Scotland Office and Field team and professional front line support to FSB members, external stakeholders and the wider small business community.
What will you do?
The role is varied across four main workstreams: Frontline external support, internal support, events and membership.
The successful candidate will (but not limited to):
• Be the first point of contact / face of FSB to members and external stakeholders contacting the Scotland Team.
• Own, manage and resolve member queries, stakeholder enquiries and casework, including drafting responses; signposting to relevant member services; reporting to
the wider team on caseload, casework progress and current issues.
• Be responsible for the management of the Scotland Office, including meeting room and diary management.
• Facilitate, deliver and promote FSB online and face-to-face events, local and national, including third party expos and networking events in the FSB Scotland, Glasgow Office.
• Working with colleagues, develop and expand the member-facing event programme in the FSB Scotland, Glasgow Office.
• Oversee the administration of events, including planning with venues/speakers etc including post-event analysis and attendance monitoring.
• Working with the Comms and External Affairs Manager, generate sales leads for the sales team through 1-2-1 engagement across all communications channels including social media.
Who are we looking for?
• Experience of managing and delivering administration support and working in a customer supporting role.
• Good telephone manner with the ability to carry out customer service calls to a high standard.
• Confident in working in a role without close supervision and able in using own initiative as appropriate.
• Good all-round knowledge of managing and delivering administration support.
• Good knowledge of IT applications including Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, Outlook, databases and social media platforms.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills and strong relationship building and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload to meet deadlines and the ability to enable the smooth coordination of activities.
Essential Qualifications
• GCSE Grade 4 or equivalent in English Language
FSB is dedicated to helping small businesses survive through these difficult times, and we value our staff enough to provide highly competitive rates of pay, benefits, and internationally recognised qualifications. We believe your work life balance is important, so our working hours don’t include weekend or evening work. We provide you with all the tools, skills and support to help our members every day, and help you develop your skills through teamwork and relationship building. We believe diversity is the key to success, and we encourage people from all walks of life and backgrounds to come and join us. Our inclusive environment allows all our employees to bring their whole selves to work.
In addition to a fulfilling career with FSB, you’ll also benefit from:
• 26 days holidays per year plus bank holidays with the option to buy 3 days with your Annual Flex Pot*
• Annual Flex Pot* to spend on benefits including additional pension, additional holidays, additional critical illness cover, additional life cover, cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership
• Health cash plan* (Access to claim back numerous benefits, including towards dental treatment, optical, chiropody, physiotherapy, counselling, health and wellbeing)
• Critical illness and income protection insurance*
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
• Access to an employee assistance programme and mental health first aiders
• Group Personal Pension (GPP)
*Applicable on completion of probationary period and subject to terms
Communications Officer
- Full time
- £32,000 – £34,000
- Hybrid: Regular office working in Edinburgh with travel in and around Scotland, plus home working
- Closing 23rd September 2024
Are you looking to make a positive change in society through communications work? At Samaritans Scotland we are seeking a Communications Officer to join our friendly team in Edinburgh.
As Communications Officer, you’ll ensure the smooth delivery of internal and external communications in Scotland, including media and PR. Working across new and existing Samaritans’ campaigns, representing Samaritans to external stakeholders, reacting to the day-to-day news and supporting the development and delivery of a variety of projects.
You’ll be a key driver of our marketing and brand in Scotland. Working with our volunteers, story tellers and partners to support engagement and understanding of our work.
We are a flexible and inclusive organisation. We are moving from strength to strength and this role will make a real and lasting difference to ensure fewer lives are lost to suicide.
Samaritans Scotland
Join a friendly, supportive, and ambitious staff team in Scotland. Our established Policy and Communications team is working with a range of external stakeholders including the Scottish Government, MSPs and local partners to achieve change and have an impact on suicide risk. There are around 1000 Samaritans volunteers across Scotland working in our 19 branches. These volunteers respond to calls for help every day of the week via telephone, e-mail, text and in person at our branches or at events across Scotland. Our staff team works to support and promote our services and ensure that people know we’re here when they need us.
We also work with the public and the media to inform them about Samaritans and explain how we can help people find their own way forward, as well as supporting the delivery of media guidelines training in Scotland.
What’s in it for you – our benefits
So, you want to work for us? Good choice. We like it here too. We offer competitive salaries, flexible and hybrid working to suit your needs, family-friendly policies, 28 days annual leave inclusive of wellbeing days and a matched pension contribution up to 5%. You’ll have a structured induction and ongoing projects, secondments & learning opportunities. We also have colleague-led affinity groups made up of people with shared identities.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority. We have a staff community of Mental Health First Aiders, a Health Cash Plan and an Employee Assistance Programme. You’ll have free subscriptions to Headspace (your personal guide to mindfulness, sleep, focus, movement, and more) & Perkbox (an employee benefits platform with online exercise classes). That’s not all. We listen to your ideas and have staff forum and social committee networks.
Hybrid and flexible working
We are a flexible organisation, and we embrace hybrid working – a mix of connecting in person and remotely. We’re aware that the world is changing, and we all want and need different things from our work and home lives. So, if you need to walk the dog, go to the gym, or have commitments outside of work, we’re open to talking through flexible working options that work for you and us.
Being Inclusive
We recognise the enormous benefits and the social justice imperatives of ensuring diversity at every level of our organisation. Samaritans is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are. To ensure Samaritans is representative of those we support and who support us, we particularly welcome applications from Disabled, BAME and LGBTQ+ candidates, as these people are under-represented at Samaritans.
Iriss is seeking Board Members to help social work and social care to truly flourish.
We are a charity that helps make social work and social care better for people. We have helped people to make real change through research, improvement and innovation. We have experimented with new ideas and approaches, some have worked, and some haven’t. As an organisation with innovation at its core we keep learning from our work
We have a new strategy in the works to support this aim above so it’s an exciting time for our organisation, and for you to be part of shaping its future.
We are particularly interested in hearing from people with experience of using social work or social care support or being an unpaid carer. Experience in accessing or working in health, social work and social care is desirable but not essential as we also welcome interest from people with transferable skills and knowledge including curiosity, financial sustainability and strategy.
If you share our ambition and vision for better lives for people, workers and communities in Scotland, and have an interest in ensuring good governance, we would love to hear from you.
Could you be Key?
Being a support worker is a role where you can make every day matter. It's a job with challenges that make your heart beat faster, where you can give something of yourself and empower amazing people on their journey through life.
At key we support disabled people of all ages to make every day matter.
We are passionate about being the very best employer we can be, ensuring our staff feel well supported and valued in their roles. As well as being part of a supportive, local team you will be eligible for:
- Main Grade Hourly Rate £12.50 (Induction and Relief Register Hourly Rate £12)
- Sleepover hourly rate of £12.00.
- Competitive annual leave and company sick pay.
- Annual SSSC fees paid for all contracted support workers
- Enhanced pay for work on targeted Public Holidays.
- Paid Membership of Disclosure Scotland’s PVG Scheme.
- Full, in-depth training for your role.
- Fully funded SVQ qualification with support provided to achieve this.
- Employee Assistance Programme offering free confidential counselling, advice and support on a wide range of issues.
- A Workplace Pension.
- Free access to occupational health support.
- Credit Union Membership.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Costco Membership.
- Blue Light Card/Blue Light Ticket registration which offer a range of discounts and savings.
- Concerts for Carers registration.
Join us and make every day matter! Support Workers and Relief Support Workers.
No experience necessary! Training and support will be given to help you achieve your full potential.
If you would like to get involved in support work but cannot commit to a contract due to other commitments, we also have opportunities for you to complement our existing workers by joining our relief register of bank support workers. This will mean you can work in a way that best suits you and fits with your life.
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