- Advertised from 16th November 2022
- 0.8 FTE - 30 hours.
- 31 days, plus public holidays.
Role
The Glasgow School of Art Students’ Association (GSASA) is a student and creative led student union in Glasgow, offering space, activities, support, advocacy and representation for the students at the Glasgow School of Art. We are a non-profit charity that funds student representation projects, student exhibitions, and societies, as well as events and other programmes dedicated to members’ interests and development. As the students’ representative body, we advocate for student interests and welfare. We try to make everybody feel comfortable and welcome, and have an ongoing and self-critical commitment to accessibility, safe(r) spaces and actively opposing all forms of discrimination.
Glasgow School of Art Students’ Association (GSASA) Academic Engagement Coordinator will manage the support and development of initiatives, projects and programming with respect to learning and teaching, student partnership and the student experience. They will play a key role in supporting Sabbatical Officers (particularly the Student President), SRC members, Class and Lead Reps and societies in developing projects, initiatives and research, and will be the principal coordinator of GSASAs elections.
Enhancing Student Representation
In partnership with the school, we coordinate and develop annual elections and recruitment of reps across the school including Class Reps, Lead Reps and Student representatives on GSA Committees.
Working with the school, to co-ordinate and deliver training to student representatives across the School and develop systems that support their ongoing development.
To co-ordinate and support academic and learning partnership projects initiated by Sabbatical Officers, Lead Reps, Class Reps, the Student Representative Council and the school with the aim of improving the student learning experience at GSA.
Manage and develop the Associations’ annual elections of Sabbatical Officers, working closely with the Board of Trustees and GSA/SA staff.
Work with the Student Engagement Team, support Sabbatical Officers to ensure the Student Representative Council (SRC) runs effectively and efficiently for all students, and ensure that students on SRC Committees feel empowered and supported in their roles.
To assist the school and Sabbatical Officers in academic quality enhancement projects and processes, such as Enhancement Led Institutional Review (ELIR) and Student Partnership projects.
To attend Academic Committees, including Education Committee, Learning and Teaching Group, Student Partnership Group, SSCCs and Boards of Studies, and any other appropriate committees as required.
Working with the Student Engagement Team and the Executive Manager, to design, deliver and evaluate training sessions for Sabbatical Officers, Student Representatives and other student groups such as Societies
Research and Policy Development
Keep abreast of policy developments within the university and student union sector, particularly around Quality Enhancement and Student Partnership, and able to apply this knowledge to the development of policies and reports for the school and Association where required.
Supporting and developing the knowledge of Sabbatical Officers and student representatives in the development of policy and academic improvement projects and supporting them in their presentation and negotiation with decision makers.
Develop knowledge and practice around liberation issues and diversity, equality and inclusion practices as they apply to Higher Education and Creative Practice, and apply this knowledge in Students’ Association’s activities and provision
Support GSA Policy and Procedure development which is relevant to the business of the Association or student body as required.
Supporting Student Initiatives
Work with the Sabbatical Officers and other student groups to use GSASA’s Events programmes as a key means of addressing student feedback - engaging with the membership, student representatives, and societies to inform the development of talks, workshops, and creative activities.
Develop extra-curricular learning events which support students' academic interests, and professional development
Support for the Race, Rights and Sovereignty events programme including supporting the programme curator and GSA exhibitions team to develop events and engage students.
Work closely with fellow Student Engagement Team colleagues and the Executive Manager of the Association to administer the block grant, producing reports and managing budgets for your projects.
Work with the management team to ensure effective health and safety and insurance policies are in place to support student activities in line with agreed policies and procedures, carrying out risk assessment where required.
In collaboration with the Student Engagement Team, Chief Executive and Sabbatical Officers, to support the delivery of key annual events in the Association such as the Freshers Week Programme or Degree Show Celebrations.
Student Support
Manage and be the key point of contact for the Association’s casework and student advocacy work with respect to student going through student facing processes like complaints, disciplinary procedures and academic appeals
Develop and enhance policy and procedure with respect to the Association’s portfolio of casework, training new staff where required
General Duties
Carry out any other appropriate duties which may be considered necessary by line management
Always present the Student Association in a positive and approachable manner.
Fill in for other Student Engagement Team Members and Sabbatical Officers where required and collaborate with all staff and officers on key projects
Key Relationships
Internal: Sabbatical Officers; Student Engagement Team and Chief Executive; Student Representative Council; Student Societies and Student Representatives; GSASA Board of Trustees
External: GSA Staff; Student Support Services; GSA Senior Leadership Group; Student Participation in Quality Scotland (SPARQs); Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.
Person Specification
Essential
- Educated to Degree Level
- Experience of working or studying in a higher or further education setting
- Experience working in project development and coordination roles
- Active interest in the Arts and Creative Practice.
- Knowledge of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion issues, and experience of applying this knowledge to the workplace
- Ability to work collaboratively and creatively with people
- Ability to engender trust from colleagues, collaborators and people from a variety of backgrounds
Desirable
- Knowledge of Creative Higher Education practice and/or experience working in student representation and engagement
- Knowledge of student representation issues and students’ associations
- Experience of providing advocacy or advice to people which is compliant with policies, safeguarding processes and the law
Department: GSA Students’ Association Student Engagement Team
Reporting to: Executive Manager
Application notes
If you believe you fit the bill for the post and want to apply, please complete the appended application form ( CV’s will NOT be accepted ). Upon receipt of your application, a link to our diversity monitoring online form will be sent and which can be anonymously completed (to ensure we have attracted a wide range of great candidates from all backgrounds).
Please send completed applications to our Executive Manager, Mike Kurtyka ( m.kurtyka@gsa.ac.uk ) by midnight on Friday 2nd of December.
Please use the following format for the subject of your email: Academic Engagement Coordinator - [Your Name]
We also encourage candidates to submit equalities monitoring data and upon receipt of an application for the post, a link to our electronic form will be sent and your responses can be anonymously submitted. We will let you know as soon as possible whether you have been selected for interview by Zoom and the composition of the interview panel.
Interviews are anticipated between the 5-9th December and/or 12-16th December.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the University of Stirling Students’ Union as Sports Development Coordinator to plan, coordinate and deliver comprehensive sports development programmes, in conjunction with the Sports President. You will manage and develop the Sports Administrator. You will also support sports union members, with particular focus but not exclusively, in the areas of Club Development, Participation, Health and Wellbeing and Finance & Funding in line with our vision to ‘Make Students Lives Better’.
About Us
Stirling Students’ Union is the representative student body at the University of Stirling. We are a registered charity and exist to support students getting the best degree, helping students make friends, supporting students when they need support and building skills for the future. We do this by supporting academic reps, providing volunteering opportunities, societies and sports clubs. We also offer support, employability skills, advice and opportunities to influence our sustainability work. We are proudly student led and each spring elect four full time paid students to lead our work: President, Vice President Communities, Vice President Education and Sports Union President.
About You
We’re looking for a talented and passionate individual to join our Membership Services division. You’ll be driven, using your initiative to support a wide range of organisational initiatives, programmes and projects. Specific duties of the role include:
Club Development
- Strategic approach to development and delivery of BUCS, ensuring improvement and effective use of funding.
- Develop and implement a comprehensive plan (actions, targets, responsibilities and resources).
- Increase club membership and participation.
- Ensure clubs are accessible and inclusive to all participants.
- Contribute to the formulation of policy and procedures as required, in collaboration with other Coordinators.
- Design and deliver training for committee members of Sports Clubs.
- Effectively engage students and provide ongoing support and assistance where appropriate.
- Coordinate and deal with member discipline and complaints, contributing to effective process development.
- Assist in the recruitment of coaches to ensure quality of sports provision within clubs.
Participation & Engagement
- Work in partnership with the University to provide opportunities for students to engage in physical activity and sports.
- Work closely with the Student Sport Development Officer on participation programmes for recreational sport.
- Develop mutually beneficial relationships with external partners, (BUCS, SSS, Community Clubs and National Governing Bodies) to increase the range, and quality of sports provision and coaching services provided.
- Work with BUCS, SSS and National Governing bodies to promote volunteering opportunities.
- To monitor, evaluate and report on club activities and identify opportunities for growth.
- To be a mentor on the panel of the Tier 2 programme.
Health & Wellbeing
- Promote and evaluate student wellbeing through engagement with student sport and club activity.
- Plan and take forward projects and campaigns that aim to use physical activity and sport as a method of improving Health & Wellbeing whilst positively impacting on the student experience.
- Engage with Union, University and national campaigns and initiatives for establishing healthy and resilient student communities.
- Embed innovative practices in engaging sports members with sustainability opportunities.
Finance & Funding
- Working with Sports President and Finance Manager to ensure club funds are managed appropriately.
- Oversee the effective running of the Sports Union budget.
- Responsibility for administration of funding requests for Coaches and Capital Equipment.
- In collaboration with Union colleagues deliver signature sports events such as Sports Ball and Varsity.
- Work with Stakeholders on the Kit Tender process.
Why apply?
At Stirling Students’ Union every day is different. If you like variety and would like to utilise your skills and experiences to make a difference within a fast-paced environment, then this could be the job for you. With a competitive salary for the non-profit sector, there’s plenty of reasons to consider building a career with us.
If you’re a passionate and driven individual, exciting by the opportunity to create change and make an impact as part of a dynamic organisation then we’d love to hear from you.
Top job! Chief Operating Officer – Maternity Cover
- Full time
- £35,000 – £40,000
- Glasgow
- Closing 18th December 2023
About us:
Clyde Scouts supports around 7,000 young people and over 1800 adult volunteers across the following areas of Scotland: Glasgow; East Renfrewshire; East Dunbartonshire; North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire. Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.
By 2025 we will have prepared more young people with skills for life, supported by amazing leaders delivering an inspiring programme.
We will be growing, more inclusive, shaped by young people and making a bigger impact in our communities.
Clyde Scouts are extremely lucky to own and run two trading operations that support our charity to achieve their mission which include:
- An outdoor centre at Auchengillan, which provides a focus for the provision of adventure based programme and development activities for young people in local Scout Groups and community organisations.
- The Glasgow Scout Shop which supplies Scout uniforms, books and badges and outdoor clothing and equipment that supports the programme undertaken by our youth members.
We also have two campsites Avondyke and Coltswood.
About the role:
We have a really great opportunity for someone looking to further their career and work with an amazing team at an exciting time.
Our Chief Operating Officer, Katrina Watson, will be going off on maternity leave at the end of March 2024 and we are looking for someone to step into the role. You will play a pivotal part in leading the effective management of our Charity, ensuring the smooth running of our operations, adherence to governance standards, providing strong leadership during a crucial period of maternity leave and supporting our Groups, District and Region to provide more #SkillsforLife and develop our Adult Volunteering.
This is a fixed term contract for 11months, we are hoping to have someone start at the beginning of March 2024.
Details of the role are as follows:
Hours - Full Time, 37.5 hours per week. You will be required to attend committee meetings and support activities and events, including working during evenings and weekends, for which time off in lieu, will be agreed.
Location - Clyde Scouts Head Office (flexibility for some hybrid working) G2 4PB with travel to our outdoor Centre, campsites and occasional events.
Outdoor Play and Learning Youth Worker
- Part time
- £22,500 pro-rata
- Glasgow
- Closing 22nd December 2023
Concrete Garden are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced youth worker for its Outdoor Play project in Possilpark, Glasgow.
This post will form part of a dedicated team of Outdoor Play and Learning Youth Workers who enrich and expand outdoor child-led play and learning in the Possilpark community. Outdoor Play and Learning is all about playing outdoors, but the right candidate will also find themselves involved in supporting children and young people to cook and eat together, build fires, make dens, climb trees, and use the nature around them to create art or design and build new playful structures.
We are keen to hear from people who are passionate about free play, community participation, promoting the rights of children and young people, and striving to create positive radical change through grassroots movements.
In return for choosing to work with Concrete Garden, we will offer:
- Generous annual leave entitlement of 38 days (inclusive of bank holidays and pro-rata’d)
- Regular supervision and reflection team meetings
- Training opportunities available depending on personal development needs
For more information about the role, please see the Job Description document.
Concrete Garden is an urban community providing growing space, outdoor play, activities, events, and volunteering opportunities for the people of Possilpark and the wider North Glasgow area. We work alongside local folk to create a healthier, happier Possilpark by creating opportunities to grow, work, socialise, play, and learn together.
Concrete Garden charity began in 2010 with our flagship site at the St Matthew’s Centre. Since then, the organisation has grown to a second site – the ‘Back Garden’ – behind Possilpark Health & Care Centre.
Concrete Garden is a registered charity: No. SC043154.
Additional Support Needs Development Co-ordinator
- Full time
- £30,314 – £32,683
- Hybrid – home/nearest SU Scotland office
- Closing 5th January 2024
Ministry at the Margins is a key area of focus for SU Scotland. We are creating a culture amongst our staff and volunteer team consistent with God’s concern for the marginalised, seen throughout the entirety of Scripture.
This concern, we trust, develops a posture towards and alongside children and young people who experience marginalisation We have identified six areas in which young people can be marginalised:
· Additional Support Needs
· Relative poverty
· Affected by a family member’s imprisonment
· Care-experienced
· Refugee/asylum seekers
· Minority ethnic
Young people with ASNs access all our areas of ministry - schools, missions, holidays, school residentials, discipleship events, and yet we recognise that there is far more that could be done to see “every child and young person” engaged in SU Scotland ministry. This new full-time role aims to help us do just that connecting with staff and volunteers across the breadth of the organisation.
Who we are: Scripture Union Scotland's vision is to see every child and young person in Scotland exploring the Bible and responding to the significance of Jesus. We are a national charity, with around 100 staff and around 2,000 volunteers. Our activities take place in schools, outdoor activity centres, and churches.
We are seeking a full time Additional Support Needs Development Coordinator to join our Ministry at the Margins team, leading SU Scotland’s ministry in this area.
Key Responsibilities
• Providing strategic leadership: developing and enabling good practice for ASNs in all ministry contexts across SU Scotland
• Ensure appropriate resources are developed for use within ASN contexts
• Organising and delivering specialised events that train, resource and inspire different stakeholders
• Engaging in ministry with children and young people with ASNs
• Raising further financial support for this post
Who we are looking for: The successful applicant will have a passion for, have been involved in and have clear understanding and experience of working with children and young people with a wide variety of Additional Support Needs. A strategic and creative thinker, resource developer and trainer, you will be able to communicate confidently, sensitively and diplomatically, inspiring others, both SU Scotland staff and volunteers.
For this post, it is important that you able to demonstrate a commitment to SU Scotland’s ethos, working principles and vision. It is also an Occupational Requirement (Equality Act - part 1, schedule 9), that the post-holder is a committed Christian.
SU Scotland want everyone to feel that they are welcome, valued, and respected. Having a diverse team allows for a range of perspectives and experience. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.
The appointment will be subject to a satisfactory PVG Scheme Disclosure.
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