Top job! Head of Service
- Full time
- Circa £55,000
- Edinburgh, Dundee and Fife - Hybrid
- Closing 3rd April 2024
- Advertised from 28th February 2024
Role
The Yard is a Scottish charity with one simple aim; to build thriving communities of support that enrich the lives of disabled children, young people and their families. We offer play, respite and family support from our adventure play centres in Edinburgh, Dundee and Fife. Our approach is rooted in learning from lived experience and our team are skilled, patient and understanding and invested in each and every child and family.
To meet the increasing need in Scotland, we are planning to increase our services reaching more children and young people. We are looking to recruit a Head of Service who will be part of our Executive team.
Leading a team of experienced service managers, the successful applicant will ensure the delivery of the new services whilst making sure our current delivery is not compromised. They will implement a comprehensive evaluation system meeting the varying needs of our stakeholders; families, funders, partners and the Care Inspectorate.
Our culture is central to our success and the successful applicant will need to lead and manage in line with our values of community, inclusive, inspire, kindness and adventure. We work collaboratively, valuing insights and opinions across the team. We recognise that we have an ambitious agenda and look forward to welcoming the person who is enthused and energised by this opportunity.
In return, the successful applicant will join a warm, motivated team, where user satisfaction of our services is high. We are open to new ideas and welcome ways to develop and improve.
Read more about some of the excellent benefits available to people who work at The Yard.
If you would like to understand more about the role and The Yard, Tricia Stewart our Director of Resources, would be happy to have a conversation with you. Please email tricia@theyardscotland.org.uk to set up a time for a call.
Application notes
The closing date for applications is 3rd April 2024.
Download our Head of Services job description below.
Please send a completed application form and equal opportunities form to jobs@theyardscotland.org.uk.
The Yard aims to be an equal opportunity employer and is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on any grounds. The above post is subject to a PVG check and SSSC registration.
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Top job! Head of Quality Services
- Full time
- £46,483 – £53,362
- On site: Edinburgh or Glasgow based
- Closing 6th January 2025
Join us to make sure nobody faces dementia alone
Our charity
Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s leading charity for dementia and brain health. Our aims are to prevent, care and cure dementia, and to make sure nobody faces dementia alone.
We are a member-led charity with more than 8,000 members. We are supported by over 500 volunteers, and employ around 400 full and part-time staff, mainly in our direct service provision across Scotland. We are fully committed to Fair Work First and the support and development of our people.
The role
We are at a highly exciting stage in the reshaping of our services as we build sustainable, resilient, therapeutic, and inclusive registered day care and commissioned community supports of the highest quality that can maximise our resources and potential growth opportunities.
Based in either Edinburgh or Glasgow, the Head of Quality will work in close collaboration with the Executive Lead for Operations to ensure that our registered and commissioned services deliver high quality, safe and compassionate care. The role will be responsible for assuring and improving the quality of our registered and commissioned services by determining and undertaking appropriate scrutiny, assurance and improvement activities aligned with the Care Inspectorate Core Assurances and Alzheimer Scotland’s Quality Guarantees and Continuous Quality Improvement Framework.
The role has the lead responsibility for continuous improvement in the quality of our services, the processes that underpin high quality, evidence based, person-centred therapeutic support and in ensuring better outcomes for the people we support.
Full details about the role are provided in the job description available through the link provided.
The person
You will have the right level of personal qualities, experience, knowledge and qualifications, demonstrate excellent leadership qualities and high levels of emotional intelligence, with experience of managing people, supporting staff development and promoting a positive culture. You will be an excellent communicator, highly organised with a collaborative approach to working with others to deliver shared objectives and drive continuous improvement in our practice. You will have a high-level knowledge and understanding of dementia and substantial experience in the management and delivery of services and hold a relevant practice qualification to meet the Scottish Social Services Council registered management requirements. Further details are provided in the person specification provided.
We are looking for a HR Coordinator to work as part of the HR team and wider support services to provide a professional and customer focussed HR operational service across the colleague lifecycle in line with Scottish Wildlife Trust’s policies, procedures and values.
You will provide first level HR advice to managers and staff on all aspects of HR Management, Employment Law and the Trust's policies and procedures.
You will also be responsible for preparing payroll instructions for our outsourced payroll provider as well as liaising with our pension provider.
Qualifications / Essential Criteria
- Partially completed or working towards a CIPD qualification
Essential Experience
- Proven experience of working in a busy office in an HR environment, where the following experience will have been gained:
- Managing payroll, pensions and calculating staff entitlements and benefits
- Managing computerised HR database and other office systems and using them to collate and analyse data
- Providing quality first-level HR advice and knowing when to escalate
- Commitment to equal opportunities practice and behaviour
For more information please refer to the job description below.
If you would like more information please contact Elaine Burns, Head of HR and Support Services, eburns@scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk
About us
For nearly 60 years, the Scottish Wildlife Trust has worked with its members, partners and supporters in pursuit of its vision of healthy, resilient ecosystems across Scotland’s land and seas.
The Trust successfully champions the cause of wildlife through policy and campaigning work, demonstrates best practice through practical conservation and innovative partnerships, and inspires people to take positive action through its education and engagement activities. The Trust manages a network of around 120 wildlife reserves across Scotland and is a member of the UK-wide Wildlife Trusts movement.
The benefits
- Flexi time/Hybrid working
- Salary sacrifice Cycle to Work and pension schemes
- Weekly wellness hour
- Generous Sick pay allowance
- Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
- Training and Development focus
ScrapAntics Manager
- Full time
- £31,616
- Hybrid: Dundee (must be based locally)
- Closing 14th January 2025
We are looking for an experienced manager with a strong understanding of the third sector and a genuine passion for social justice to help lead our organisation through challenging economic times.
The role requires someone who can think creatively, adapt to change, and handle challenges with a solution-focused mindset. Experience in budgeting, financial planning, fundraising, and running impactful organisations on limited resources is essential.
The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, a non-judgmental approach, and the ability to connect with and manage a diverse team.
This office-based role is a vital position, ensuring the organisation thrives in a difficult climate, working closely with the CEO to oversee operations and drive the organisation’s growth and development.
If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you!
Job Purpose:
- To support ScrapAntics’ CEO in the running of the organisation
- To support and coordinate the team - maintaining a positive and cohesive working environment
- To manage, document and lead multiple projects
- To maintain business bookkeeping and project accounting spreadsheets
- Internal and external communications and all associated admin duties
- Collaborating on funding applications and reporting as part of the management team
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Project management of commissioned projects
- Internal communications within the team - distributing information, answering questions, carrying out supervisions and being available for support
- Communicating and liaising with external partners and organisations including Dundee City Council and national organisations, ensuring positive relationships are maintained and information is shared
- Creating and collaborating on funding applications and project reporting
- Attending and facilitating organisational meetings; taking minutes and distributing these as appropriate
- Creating and updating/maintaining booking schedules and staff rotas
- Maintaining an overview of larger projects and supporting the project leads to deliver to budget and timescale
- Handling enquiries and taking bookings for activities, play sessions, workshops and space rental
- Creating and maintaining budget spreadsheets
- Maintaining a general overview of ScrapAntics organisational running and communicating changes and issues to ScrapAntics’ CEO
Skills, Knowledge and Experience Required:
- Experience of working in a thriving third sector organisation
- Passion for sustainability, community and social justice
- Positive leadership skills and experience of managing a team
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and a welcoming, friendly and helpful manner
- High level of IT and written skills
- Project management experience
- Experience of applying for and reporting on funding
- Experience of working with budget spreadsheets
Further Details:
- Training opportunities will be available.
- Your line manager will be Sandy Greene, CEO.
Equal opportunities:
ScrapAntics is committed to being an equal opportunities organisation and welcomes all applications for consideration.
We know there are candidates who may not fit every criteria we’ve outlined here, or who have key skills we haven’t listed. If this is you, please do apply if you feel your particular experience or skill set could enhance this role.
Top job! Interim Head of Communications and Engagement
- Full time
- £54,792 – £65,800
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 20th January 2025
Are you passionate about Human Rights?
Do you want to help improve the realisation of Human Rights for everyone in Scotland?
Do you have the skills, values, experience and expertise to help make that happen?
Are you interested in strengthening Scotland’s National Human Rights Institution?
If so, you could be just what we are looking for!
The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) is Scotland’s human rights watchdog.
We are an independent, expert body that works with and for the people of Scotland; we monitor, listen, and speak up for all our rights and respond when things go wrong. We are a public body created by statute, with a mandate to protect and promote the human rights of all people in Scotland.
The Commission is established as a National Human Rights Institution. As such we are part of a global network of bodies accredited by the United Nations to monitor state compliance with international and national human rights law and treaties. We are independent of government. It is the job of National Human Rights Institutions to use the rule of law to promote and protect the human rights of all of the people who live in any given country and assess the actions of the state on that basis. This is how the Scottish Human Rights Commission approaches its work.
Recruitment
We have a number of opportunities for people who share our values and passion for human rights to join our growing team. We are a small organisation with big ambition to use our mandate to further the realisation of people’s human rights in Scotland, and these key strategic posts, working together with colleagues across the Commission, will be integral to our success over the coming years.
The Commission is recruiting for four positions.
This follows an expansion of our mandate with the enactment of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024; investment in the development of a People and Culture Programme that will enable us to conclude the implementation of our Independent Governance Review from 2023; and to fill a vacancy following the upcoming departure of a member of the team.
In April the Commission embarked on its new 4-year Strategic Plan for 2024-28, focused on standing up for those in need of protection and holding those responsible for human rights to account. This requires us to build a Commission team infrastructure that is equipped to deliver this, and the current opportunities will support us to enhance our engagement with the Scottish Parliament, the media, and the application of the law through strategic litigation and monitoring of human rights across Scotland.
The Commission is committed to being agile, engaged, accessible, open to collaboration and above all visibly committed to the realisation of rights in Scotland, as an authoritative and challenging partner in pursuit of that goal.
These posts are a critical to enhancing the skills and capacity of our existing team in order to achieve the Commission’s goals.
About the Role
This key post is central to articulating the Commission’s role as Scotland’s human rights watchdog, promoting awareness and understanding of human rights, through the effective development and delivery of the Communication and Engagement strategy.
Reporting to the Executive Director, the role requires an individual with expert level skills across the communications mix of public affairs, corporate communications, media and digital, who can lead a team and empower a shared tone of voice and brand promotion across the organisation, and who can create and deliver strategic communications with purpose and impact. Experience of this gained in a related policy discipline would be welcome. You will lead and influence core messaging and its deployment across multiple channels to maximise exposure and awareness of the Commission’s purpose and outputs. A central feature of the role will be to coordinate activities and resources across the workforce, working closely with the Head of Legal and Policy to ensure effective communications programmes and plans are developed and implemented effectively across all of our core activities.
You will be responsible for developing and embedding the voice of the Commission aligned to its Strategic Plan 2024-28 and play a central role in shaping the Commissions strategic outputs.
As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will, provide leadership and management to the organisation as the Commission delivers its People and Culture plan in 2025. In addition, you will directly lead and manage the Commission’s Communications Team, ensuring they have effective management direction, support and development as required.
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