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At Forth Valley Rape Crisis Centre we create healing and empowering environments that make the prevention of and recovery from sexual violence possible.

We need new trustees to support and guide us; inspirational women and critical friends who share and can promote our values: Survivor Centred, Kindness, Innovation, Diversity and Representation, and Transparency.

We are looking for women from all walks of life, whether you are an experienced trustee or looking to take your first steps onto a board, we want to hear from you. Our trustees will have skills, experience or passion for one or more of the following areas:

• accountancy
• lobbying skills
• fundraising
• business development
• ensuring services are accessible and inclusive
• ability to build effective and collaborative working relationships.
• commitment to feminism and feminist governance.
• commitment to eradicating the issues around sexual violence.
• commitment to incorporating survivors’ voices and lived experience to shape services that truly meet the needs of survivors

Lifelink are looking for a new member for their leadership team.

If you are an experienced, enthusiastic Assistant Manager (or have the required experience, skills & aptitude) with existing experience of managing people and service delivery to achieve performance targets and outcomes - then we want to hear from you ASAP!

Our new Assistant Manager will be responsible for ensuring smooth delivery of Lifelink’s day to day operations. This will include scheduling and managing people and facilities to ensure they are available and ready to meet the needs of our clients. They will support and performance manage a team of staff, develop and maintain local partnerships­, deliver corporate training and community-based workshops and contribute to service delivery and development, amongst other activities.

This is a busy and demanding role with a lot of variety. As such we are looking for energetic, positive, solution focused individuals who have experience in these areas. We expect you to take our local services to the next level by providing excellent local leadership and ensuring our services remain at the leading edge, whilst meeting the needs of our service users, our business partners and our business.

You must have:

• Demonstrable experience of managing staff and service delivery
• A clear understanding of distress, anxiety, stress and mental health issues and the challenges these present to service users
• Educated to degree level/professional qualification in a supervisory or management field (or evidence of equivalent work experience and willingness to undertake ongoing CPD)
• Excellent IT skills and be comfortable with use of mobile technology
• A valid driving licence and access to own vehicle

Ideally you will have:

• Experience of overseeing confidential one to one client support services
• Experience of providing staff training / coaching to improve service outcomes and quality
• Experience of monitoring and reporting around resources and service delivery outputs

Additional benefits include generous holiday allowance, contributory pension scheme (6% from employer), cash back health plan, life cover, holiday purchase scheme, and 2 wellbeing days. Our services operate daytime, evenings and weekends and people friendly working arrangements and patterns are available.

Our mission is to be a leading and independent voice in promoting a society where people with mental illness, learning disabilities, dementia and related conditions are treated fairly, have their rights respected, and have appropriate support to live the life of their choice. People who work at the Commission play a vital role in promoting rights and welfare of some of Scotland’s most vulnerable people. It’s challenging and rewarding work that relies on excellent communication skills and the ability to work well as part of a team.

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our professional and multi-disciplinary team. This role is part of a newly expanded team that will respond flexibly and efficiently to the growing demands of the Commission.

The role of the Administration Officer is to provide a professional, effective, and high-level confidential support service to the Chief Executive and other members of the Executive Leadership Team.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and focused professional who has the relevant qualification or equivalent experience, experience working for a senior manager within a complex organisation, accurate note-taking skills, e.g., shorthand/speedwriting and excellent written and oral communication skills.

Bipolar Scotland is at an exciting time in our story. We are part-way through our 5-year strategy “A Time to Move Forward” and are offering the opportunity for an exceptional candidate to play a key part in the expansion of the organisation.

Partly funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, we are seeking an experienced Volunteer Co-ordinator to recruit, train and support Volunteers across different functions. This will include support group facilitators, and lived-experience peer volunteers, as well as working alongside senior colleagues to recruit fundraising and social media volunteers. The successful candidate will be a proactive, passionate individual with the drive and initiative to be part of a forward-looking organisation. The ideal candidate will have direct experience of recruiting and supporting Volunteers, including excellent record keeping skills and a strong commitment to compliance with due process for the protection of vulnerable groups. Knowledge or experience of working with mental health conditions is not essential but will be helpful in appreciating the context of our work.

The successful candidate must have a current driving licence and access to a vehicle. The role covers the whole of Scotland and will be based at our new office in central Paisley, with the opportunity for hybrid working. Part-time applications will be considered.

Organisation Profile

Bipolar Scotland is Scotland’s charity for people living with bipolar. Our vision is for a good life for everyone in Scotland who lives with bipolar. We are member led, collaborative, advocates of peer support, focused on equality and rights based. See our website bipolarscotland.org.uk for further information.