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Lead Officer

  • Part time
  • £38,000 – £40,000 pro-rata
  • Edinburgh/Glasgow and home working
  • Closing 2nd September 2022


  • Advertised from 10th August 2022
  • 28 hours per week
  • 3% Pension, 28 days holiday pro rata [including 8 public

Role

About Scottish Older People’s Assembly

The Scottish Older People's Assembly is a small charitable organisation which exists to give a strong voice to older people about their experiences of life in Scotland, the challenges they face and concerns they have, and to celebrate the positive contribution that older people make to society.

About the Role

This new post will have lead responsibility for working with and supporting the Board of Trustees and its Chairperson to develop its strategic direction and range of related activities. A key activity will be to organise the annual assembly and meetings with Scottish Parliament elected members and officers to ensure SOPA becomes influential in government policy affecting people in older age. A priority is to produce our Strategic Plan for the next three years and annual work priorities. Routine duties include attending and minuting meetings of the Trustees, working with our project staff and funders to produce regular performance reports, dealing with day-to-day administration, banking and finances ensuring a robust audit trail, applying for future funding, reviewing and updating our member database and communicating with our members and Trustees.

Our ideal candidate will have experience of working with third sector charities at a senior level, and of working with a Board, fundraising, performance reporting and building good working relationships with staff, partner organisations and stakeholders. The role will involve home working with some travel to our office location, Edinburgh and Glasgow for meetings and occasionally elsewhere in Scotland.

Application notes

Please submit your CV together with a supporting statement (no more than two pages) stating how your experience and achievements meet the person specification and job description. Applications to be emailed to Karen Moore at karen@scotopa.org.uk by the closing date.

Closing date 5pm Friday, 2nd September 2022.

Interviews will be held week commencing 12th September 2022.


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