We are recruiting for a Regional Coordinator based in Scotland.

Working closely with the Area Supervisor, you will be responsible for ensuring the successful coordination of donation sessions within your region. With a regional collection team comprising of between 15-25 Vets, Nurses and Donor Assistants, you will be a key person in building relationships with our venues, increasing donor recruitment and retention, and developing our growing pool of regional volunteers whilst striving to make sure our donation sessions are successful.

Background

Launched in 2007, Pet Blood Bank UK is the only charity that provides a blood bank service for all vets across the UK. As part of our charitable remit, our aim is to advance animal health and welfare and to relieve suffering by providing quick and convenient access to blood. Every unit of blood helps save up to four other lives, saving thousands of lives every year.

Our Values

Caring. Pioneering. Real. These are the values Pet Blood Bank UK is built upon. Our values bind us together as a charity and guide everything we do. We expect every team member to know, understand and embody our values, helping to build our reputation as a pioneering, caring and practical charity. Read more about our values.

What you’ll do

As the Regional Coordinator, you will be responsible for ensuring all the relevant tasks and procedures are adhered to, to successfully coordinate donation sessions within your region. This will involve:

• Working closely with the Area Supervisor who will provide support and guidance on this evolving role.
• Ongoing development and support of donation sessions within your region, ensuring sessions run as efficiently and effectively as possible, whilst increasing donor recruitment and attendance.
• Responsible for ensuring that any feedback is communicated between the Area Supervisor and the regional clinical team at the earliest opportunity.
• Working alongside the Area Supervisor to ensure the region is meeting the key performance indicators set out for the collection teams, looking at methods to motivate the team and encourage them to achieve the most successful outcome for each potential donor.
• Support the building of a volunteer team within the region, develop a pool of volunteers trained to support sessions, events and ,where appropriate, the transport of kit and blood.
• Organise and manage the rota for your region by liaising with the team to ensure all sessions are fully covered.
• Help organise and attend events to raise awareness of Pet Blood Bank in your region. You will be required to deliver presentations on Pet Blood Bank to potential donor owners, veterinary professionals, and other organisations.
• As part of this role, you will be required to build relations with the other departments within Pet Blood Bank and support the communication between the collection team and other departments.
• Due to the nature of the work carried out by Pet Blood Bank, flexibility is key to this role. You will be expected to be part of a weekend duty on-call rota (1 in 6 weekends).

What we need

An excellent, confident communicator (written and verbal) who has a proven background working effectively with a variety of people including peers, clients, and volunteers. Good time management, ability to self-motivate, think proactively, and be an enthusiastic team player who strives for continued improvement. Experience of working within or knowledge of the charity sector is beneficial.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has an animal health related qualification, proven experience working with dogs, or holds a veterinary qualification
• Has previous team leadership or supervision experience
• Experience using Microsoft Office (word, outlook, excel)
• Holds a full UK driving licence and has access to their own transport
• Has a confident and professional manner with the ability to problem solve
• Is committed to positive customer experience
• Confident engaging and speaking to the public and professionals.

What's in it for you

In return, we offer full training, competitive salary with pay progression, contributory pension scheme, lifestyle rewards, and 30 days annual holidays (pro rata, including bank holidays).

Further details

This is a flexible role, comprising of 11.5 hours administration time per week and 24 blood donation sessions annually (2/month) minimum. Flexibility around the time work is undertaken is essential as some evening and weekend work will be required. Administration days will be Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, working core hours of 10am - 12pm (the remaining hours can be worked either side of these). Donation sessions are predominantly on weekend days. Full training will be given for both the administration role and to perform a team role on a donation session relevant to qualifications.

Living within the region you are supervising is essential, a central location to sessions is preferable.

Travel is required within your region to and from donation sessions, a mileage allowance is paid for this, there is no access to a company vehicle. Occasional travel to neighbouring regions or Pet Blood Bank offices (Loughborough and Dunfermline) will be required with notice

Working in Care and Support Services

Would you like to make a difference to a person’s quality of life? Would you like to learn BSL while being paid? We are looking for caring and motivated staff to support deaf BSL users to join our team. Could that be you?

Who are we?

Deaf Action is a deaf-led charity, supporting and celebrating deaf people. We were established in 1835 and work with deaf people across Scotland and the South of England. Our work is geared towards empowering all deaf people to achieve their potential and fully participate in society, with equality of rights, access, and opportunity.

You can find out more about us at deafaction.org.

About you

We are looking for people who are caring, fun, motivated, willing to learn and show initiative. The people we support want our team to be friendly, reliable and practical.

If you have experience in supporting people in their own homes, tenancies, or a care home setting, that is beneficial. If you do not, we can provide training. We always provide on the job and formal training, and our workers often go on to complete formal qualifications in social care. If you already have knowledge of BSL that is a bonus, however we can provide training if you do not.

The ideal candidates will be fully committed to our values, which can be found on our website.

The role

We have varied roles within our Care and Support Services such as Care at Home support worker, Outreach Support worker in our services in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Glasgow; as well as Care and ancillary positions at our Care Home at Isle of Wight.

You will be delivering a person-centred service supporting deaf people within our services. This will enable them to fully participate in the decisions affecting their lives, ensuring that wherever possible, service users benefit from informed choice, control, and independence. This will include both activities in the care home, in their own home and within the community which will promote independence and social inclusion.

What do we offer?

• Living Wage Employer - £12 per hour
• Occupational pension scheme with employer contributions
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme provided by Health Assured. Access to the Cycle to Work Scheme and IT Voucher Scheme
• Ongoing support for learning and development through our PDR process
• Training to learn British Sign Language at Level 1 and 2
• Death in service benefit.

• Excellent administrator and coordinator
• Confident in meeting new people and providing a warm welcome
• Committed to improvement and contributing where you can
• Keen to learning and share

If this sounds like you, we think you might be our next Business Support Officer.

We are looking for a colleague who can provide the highest quality of administrative and coordinating support as we embark on delivering our new ambitions. You will support our resources, finance and policy development work with effective planning and administration, provide excellent reception services and be involved in range of projects and events. The successful candidate will enjoy planning and coordination, administration and reception activity and being part of a flexible and enthusiastic team.

With a new prospectus and increased investment, we are now looking to our future and delivery on our big ambitions; A strong third sector; Maximising impact through great partnership working; Securing equity, dignity, belonging and justice.

It’s a great time to join us.

MECOPP is Scotland’s leading Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) carers’ organisation providing a variety of care and support services to carers and cared for people from BME and those with one or more protected characteristics.

Purpose of Job

To provide an administrative and support service for the organisation.

Main Duties:

• Provide administrative, and minute-taking support to the Board and senior management team (SMT); and any other advisory groups and meetings as required, including co-ordination of MECOPP team meetings
• General reception duties including welcoming visitors, managing room bookings, monitoring the info email inbox and answering the main telephone line. Informing users, professionals and members of the public, via telephone calls and personal callers to the office, of MECOPP’s work and give appropriate and up-to-date information
• Collation and creation of social media content as required
• Office management duties including photocopying, mail outs, creating and maintaining office recording systems, databases and files, purchasing stationery and office supplies with responsibility for health & safety matters and liaison with the NP office management team .
• Provide administrative and practical support in the organisation of MECOPP training events, workshops and meetings, including the creation of display material
• To undertake other duties as may reasonably be required by the post