Finance and Data Officer
- Part time
- £29,359 pro-rata
- Hybrid (minimum 1 day / week in our Edinburgh office)
- Closing 3rd October 2022
- Advertised from 22nd September 2022
- Hours of work: 2 days per week (with potential to increase in due course)
Role
The purpose of this role is to enable Nourish to use our money and data most effectively in order to further our aim of improving Scotland’s food system. The successful candidate will focus on the following areas of work:
• financial management, including bookkeeping, maintaining financial records, making payments, and liaising with external accountants and payroll
• financial reporting to funders, including working with the team and our project partners to maintain relevant records throughout the grant period
• data management, including helping us to use supporters’ contact details for effective communication, ensuring compliance with data protection law, and maintaining existing systems
• IT management, including managing passwords and access to the online server (with support from external IT consultant)
In time, this role has the potential to expand into new areas of work, such as monitoring and evaluation.
For more information about the post, please see the full job description.
Application notes
Visit nourishscotland.org/about/vacancies
To apply, please submit the application form to job@nourishscotland.org.uk.
Please also submit the equality and diversity monitoring form to hr@nourishscotland.org.uk.
The application deadline is 23rd October
Start date: Immediate
About us
The Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) is a small charity making a big difference. QNIS supports, develops and inspires Scotland’s community nurses and midwives to be agents for health improvement and catalysts for social change. We help them develop their expertise to drive positive action to build a healthier, kinder, fairer Scotland.
About the role
We have an exciting vacancy for an Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive and Nurse Director. We are looking for a highly skilled administrator who will provide high quality, professional executive support, and governance support to the CEND, Chair and Board of Trustees. You will be involved in a wide range of activities from complex diary management, secretariat support to the Board, through to supporting projects and co-ordinating large scale inspiring events. This is a strategic role which requires significant diplomacy as first point for contact for a range of stakeholders.
Being a small team, we also need someone who enjoys rolling up their sleeves up and pitching in with whatever is required.
The post is full-time (37.5 hours), based mainly in our office in central Edinburgh, with scope for some flexible working from home. We are offering a salary of £33,901 - £35,119 depending on experience.
About you
Having worked in a PA/EA role with a chief executive or senior manager before, you will be able to balance the demands of strict deadlines with a very high level of attention to detail. You will have substantial administrative experience including being able to demonstrate highly proficient IT skills and an ability to cope with prioritising and interruptions. You will have demonstrable experience of supporting committees, preferably at Board level, and be able to demonstrate a high level of professionalism and discretion. An understanding of charity governance would be an advantage. Crucial to success in the role will be the ability to communicate clearly, cheerfully and tactfully with people at all levels, both internally and externally.
Top job! Head of Income Generation & Engagement
- Full time
- £40,577
- Hybrid - Edinburgh / Glasgow
- Closing 2nd October 2023
AWS Executive are working exclusively with LGBT Health & Wellbeing to appoint their Head of Income Generation & Engagement.
LGBT Health and Wellbeing was established in 2003 to support the health and wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) people in Scotland. They are a nationally respected charity that provides support services and social spaces that improve health and wellbeing, reduce social isolation, and increase community connection.
The main purpose of this role is to maximise income and other opportunities afforded to the charity through the support of charities, organisations, and individuals. This will include writing compelling and motivational funding applications to Charitable Trusts and Foundations, and developing and nurturing relationships with High Value Donors and private businesses.
You will work with your colleagues across the organisation in order to understand the communities’ needs before sourcing and pursuing appropriate funding opportunities that will enable the charity to meet this need. As a member of the Senior Management Team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of the overarching organisational strategy, along with leading on the income generation and engagement strategies.
You should have a good knowledge of the funding landscape in Scotland as well as an understanding of the social, political, and human rights issues that impact on the lives of LGBT+ people in Scotland. You will be able to evidence a track record in generating six-figure income streams (annually) in charitable fundraising.
Experience Required
- Demonstrable track record of generating six-figure income streams (annually) in charitable fundraising.
Knowledge/Skills/Attributes Required
- Demonstrable understanding of the charity sector and bid writing.
- Demonstrable success in securing funding through trusts, foundations, and/or tenders/commissions.
- Demonstrable experience of producing high quality written work with inspiring/creative flair and an eye for detail.
- Demonstrable experience of managing a diverse and busy workload and working to deadlines under pressure.
- Highly organised with a commitment to effective planning, delivery, and development of funding applications.
- Conscientious approach to meeting deadlines and delivery of work to meet the needs of the organisation and funders.
- Ability to articulately and confidently communicate with others to convey key messages and the charity’s impact.
- Ability to build effective relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders.
- Positive attitude with the ability to work on own initiative to achieve results.
- Good knowledge and understanding of equalities issues.
- Understanding / experience of working within the code of fundraising practice.
Community Engagement Trainer
- Full time
- £28,858
- The role will be based at our training centre which is located nearest to your home address, but will require travel to other areas
- Closing 29th September 2023
For over 140 years, St Andrew’s First Aid has been teaching first aid to the people of Scotland. We are a trusted organisation, built into the fabric of national life, and are standard setters in first aid.
We are working in partnerships to identify and deliver unique projects to promote and improve first aid knowledge and skills throughout Scotland. Our aim is to encourage local communities to become active stakeholders in learning first aid skills. We are seeking to recruit a motivated individual to deliver our Community Engagement Strategy. The post holder will work with new and existing community groups, schools and organisations throughout Scotland and maintain relationships with the wider local community.
This role will involve liaison and consultation with and delivery of talks, demonstrations and training sessions for a very diverse range of community-based interests. This will include designing and facilitating workshops, organising meetings, events and activities with organisations and groups, e.g. small volunteer led community groups, public sector agencies, schools, local networks and volunteers); general administrative support, e.g. grant funders monitoring and reporting requirements as well as close collaboration with partners in order to promote the delivery of first aid skills and knowledge. You will also be responsible for raising awareness of St Andrew’s First Aid.
The ideal candidate will be expected to:
• have experience in delivering first aid and/or mental health first aid sessions
• show practical and successful experience of delivering and implementing new services and approaches to volunteers;
• have excellent organisational, planning and facilitation skills
• coach and support those managing, supervising and working alongside volunteers and community partners.
The role will be based at our training centre which is located nearest to your home address, but will require travel to other areas.
Digital Communications Officer
- Full time
- £27,205 – £29,163
- Hybrid working: home and travel to National Office (Paisley) and other locations as required
- Closing 20th October 2023
Are you looking for a role in which you will help to improve the lives of families across Scotland? One that encourages you to work differently, get creative and feel valued by colleagues and the organisation you work for?
If you are someone with imagination, talent and expertise, we want to hear from you.
It’s an exciting time for the charity with the launch of Standing Tall: A Strategy For Growth 2023 - 2028 to transform the care and support of Huntington’s families, expand specialist services and deepen involvement in research and clinical trials.
This follows two years of significant expansion in our specialist teams, growth in funding, a rise in media engagement and parliamentary support for the work we do, and the success of our ground-breaking Dance 100 event in Glasgow.
Innovative and impactful communications are playing a key role in the delivery of Standing Tall 2023 - 2028 and the appointment of our first Digital Communications Officer will help us to take that vital next step.
Reporting to the Communications Lead, the successful applicant will join an ambitious and hard-working organisation dedicated to families impacted by Huntington’s disease, a devastating hereditary condition that changes the brain and causes severe and complex physical, mental health and cognitive symptoms.
A full Job Description is available for download below.
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