Top job! Head of Income Generation
- Full time
- £45,000 – £50,000
- Office Based – Glasgow/ Edinburgh
- Closing 17th March 2024
- Advertised from 21st February 2024
- Permanent.
Role
Victim Support Scotland delivers essential services including information, practical assistance, emotional support, and guidance throughout the criminal justice system. Providing specialised support for individuals affected by various crimes such as murder, terrorism, rape and sexual assault, domestic violence, and hate crime - Their aim is to empower individuals to navigate the aftermath of a crime and rebuild their lives.
With dedicated volunteers supported by paid staff, Victim Support Scotland's national and local offices across Scotland, as well as their teams in the Sheriff and High Courts, ensure the provision of high-quality support to those impacted by crime.
As the voice of individuals affected by crime, Victim Support Scotland advocates for victim and witness rights and strives to enhance support services by influencing key national policy decisions. They actively collaborate with partners in criminal justice agencies, the third sector, and local organisations to drive positive improvements within the criminal justice system.
The Role
As a member of the Corporate Leadership Team (CLT) your role involves devising and implementing effective strategies to generate new business and partnership income. Your primary responsibility is to maximise funding opportunities to support Victim Support Scotland's core mission of aiding all victims and witnesses of crime in Scotland.
You will also be responsible for diversifying the organisation's funding streams, including partnership funding, grant funding, and corporate funding, to develop a sustainable model of income. Collaboration with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), Board, and VSS partners will be essential in identifying and aligning funding opportunities with organisational objectives.
Your duties will be to develop new income generation partnerships, service invitations to tenders (ITTs), and potential grant funding sources for VSS. Additionally, you will drive efforts to identify and support the ELT in establishing strategic partnerships aligned with VSS's corporate strategy, goals, and values. Moreover, you will lead the coordination and in funding bids and tenders, ensuring active involvement from all relevant colleagues in funding development efforts and provide an effective reporting system. We are looking for an individual who is willing to do the ground work, seek and mature all opportunities that align with the funding strategy.
The professional and personal rewards of working with VSS cannot be overstated. An enhanced benefits package is provided, that covers you and your family. Additionally, being part of a national-level organisation means you'll develop significant skills as well as collaborate with good people who genuinely want to make a difference.
If you are an driven, creative, and a self-starter who understands the Scottish funding landscape and knows how to be a part of a team focused on the mission, we want to hear from you.
Application notes
Please email recruitment@brucetaitassociates.com to request an information pack, full job description and person specification.
We would strongly encourage you to get in touch well in advance of the closing date and our team will be delighted to discuss the role with you.
Closing Date: Midnight, Sunday 17th March 2024
Interview Dates: W/C Monday 25th March 2024
This search is being conducted exclusively for Victim Support Scotland by BTA (Bruce Tait Associates). Our leadership team have all worked in the voluntary sector and we use this experience to match organisations and individuals to create great appointments.
Victim Support Scotland
An independent charity, we provide support and information to people affected by crime and campaign for victim and witness rights. Regardless of whether a crime has been reported or when it happened, our services are free, confidential and tailored to individuals’ needs.
Our services are available to everyone, regardless of age, disability, sex, gender identity, race, r eligion or bel ief, or sexual orientation.
We are looking to recruit a passionate, committed person, with experience of working with young people and adults to join our team join our team as a Navigator supporting individuals away from violence.
In this equally challenging and rewarding role you will have the opportunity to be a stabilising influence on young people & adults and walk alongside them as they create healthier, safer lives.
Staff Development Team Manager
- Full time
- £46,296 – £50,102
- On site: Glasgow based, with occasional travel across our service areas
- Closing 4th August 2024
Key and our partner organisation Community Lifestyles are recruiting a new Team Manager to complete our Staff Development, Policy and Practice Team. You will be joining us at an exciting time to help influence and lead practice and systems changes within our well established and dedicated learning and training function.
You will be at the heart of the organisation, empowering and supporting our Staff Development Team and operational managers in embedding robust systems and processes that enable us to build on our commitment to workforce learning and development.
You will work with some amazing people, especially the people we support who are co-trainers, in the development and delivery of a high quality and proactive learning and development service that supports our entire workforce.
In addition to supporting and leading our committed, experienced trainers you will co-ordinate, agree, and monitor objectives and work plans, ensuring the delivery of an effective, efficient, responsive high-quality service.
You’ll be thinking carefully about relationships, wellbeing, and collaboration, as well as best practice in the use of systems and processes. You should be able to demonstrate experience in fostering positive employee relations and solution-focused strategies.
You will understand the knowledge, skills and values needed by our workforce to deliver truly person-centred human rights-based support, so having previous service management experience would be ideal.
You will have significant experience in delivering learning and development activities in a social care setting, having designed, delivered, and evaluated learning resources for social care workers and managers.
You will have a relevant qualification in health and social care, and a learning and development qualification would be advantageous.
Excellent people, organisational, communication and influencing skills are essential as are good working knowledge of Microsoft packages and systems.
If you’re ready for an amazing challenge, then we would love to hear from you!
If you would like to discuss the role further, please contact Sheila Hanney, Head of Staff Development, Policy and Practice by emailing Sheila.hanney@key.org.uk
Top job! Head of Dementia
- Part time
- £45,430 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Scotland based: Blend of office (Edinburgh-based) and home working
- Closing 9th August 2024
Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.
Our people are central to our success in delivering services for older people in Scotland. We pride ourselves on having a positive working environment and culture.
As the Head of Dementia, you will provide strategic leadership for Age Scotland’s dementia work, including (but not limited to):
• About Dementia Human Rights and community engagement work
• Dementia Friendly Communities including Network and Grants work
• Dementia training Team
Living our values, you will approach the role with integrity, while involving, inspiring, and empowering our teams, so that together we can create better outcomes for older people in Scotland.
The post will be Scotland-based, a blend of office (Edinburgh-based) and home working. In return for your hard work, enthusiasm and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous benefits package:
• Generous holiday allowance of 39 days (FTE)
• A range of learning and development opportunities
• Company sick pay
• Healthcare benefit through Westfield Health
• Discounted gym membership
• Cashback scheme from major retailers
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of 9%
• A comprehensive package of support though our Employee Assistance Programme
• Group life cover up to three times your annual salary
• Cycle to work scheme
• Paid carers leave and dependents’ support
• The option to buy more holidays or sell them
• Enhanced maternity and paternity policies.
Practice Development Manager (Complex Support)
- Full time
- £46,296 – £50,102
- On site: Based Glasgow, with regular travel to our services across Scotland
- Closing 4th August 2024
Key and our subsidiary, Community Lifestyles, we provide person-centred support to over 2,000 disabled people, across 17 Scottish local authorities, to enable them to lead full, active lives in their own homes and communities.
The people we support have a wide range of life experiences and needs, from young people still at school through to people in their 90s. Our approach, therefore, is about working in partnership with the person, and the important people in their life, to build flexible, responsive support which is focused on them achieving what they want from life.
We are committed to the Scottish Government’s Coming Home agenda, having a track record in supporting people with complex support needs, people moving out of institution care including those living in out of areas placement, far from their families, friends, and original communities. Individual services range from a few hours per week to 24/7 support in people’s own homes and communities, reflecting each person’s agreed outcomes and personal plan.
Working closely with our Learning and Development Team, operational managers, housing colleagues and team of specialist behaviour support instructors, you will:
- Promote the highest standard of person-centred, outcomes-based support.
- Lead on the delivery of our Positive Behaviour Support and Trauma-focused strategies.
- Provide supervisory guidance and development support to our team of behaviour support instructors and together oversee a Community of Practice for our Practice Leaders.
We are looking for someone who has::
- Managed and led a team delivering social care support.
- Successfully supported individuals with very complex support needs to live good lives in the community.
- Led practice development and training in relation to positive behaviour support within a human-rights and person-centred approach.
- Knowledge and understanding of current social care policy and practice environment including the Scottish Government Coming Home agenda.
- Well-developed leadership, interpersonal and written skills.
- A recognised social care or relevant professional qualification and while a recognised PBS/BILD qualification would be advantageous, this is not essential as we will offer support to attain this.
Based in Glasgow, the role is across all our operational areas, and will involve travel across Scotland working closely with managers, complex support need instructors, staff and the people we support.
If you think you’re the person we are looking for, and you’d like to discuss the role further, please contact Sheila Hanney, Head of Staff Development, Policy and Practice by email sheila.hanney@key.org.uk
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