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Senior Childminding Development Officer (SCDO)
- Full time
- £27,077
- : Home based
- Closing 21st March 2024
- Advertised from 1st March 2024
- 36 hours per week.
Role
Are you passionate about nurture, high quality childcare and making a real difference to children and families in Scotland? Do you want to be part of SCMA – a thriving membership organisation, advocating on behalf of childminders and delivering services across Scotland?
We are recruiting a Senior Childminding Development Officer to help us deliver our childminding services across Scotland.
The Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) is the national voice of childminding in Scotland. SCMA is a national Third Sector and membership organisation that promotes childminding as a quality childcare service. Working on behalf of its 2,600 childminder members, SCMA helps to improve the wellbeing and outcomes for Scotland’s children and aims to influence policy to ensure that it is informed by the experiences of childminding. SCMA provides a wide range of support and professional services for members including training and events as well as delivering local services. For more information about our organisation and services visit childminding.org
The successful applicant will coordinate and deliver the Integrated Childminding Service in the City of Glasgow area and provide appropriate support to childminders recruited onto the service. This post may require direct contact with children and vulnerable adults. You will be adept at developing relationships, negotiating and working collaboratively with partners to achieve better outcomes for children and families, along with experience of the delivery of funded ELC hours and family support. This will be underpinned by an understanding of childminding and the role of childminders.
We require a skilled communicator with the ability to engage with others while demonstrating enthusiasm, self-motivation and focus. You will possess excellent organisational skills and be comfortable using Microsoft Office packages including Excel and Sharepoint.
Due to internal secondment this post is fixed term, with initial year one funding to March 2025, as part of a 3-year funding agreement, confirmed on an annual basis.
The post is home office based but will require travel and attendance at meetings within Glasgow (including occasional travel to Head Office in Stirling). Equipment and broadband/IT connections will be provided.
Application notes
If you would like to be part of our team please download an application form from our website.
Closing date for receipt of completed applications is Thursday 21st March at 9am.
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 27th March.
Please note that only applications submitted on the correct form will be considered.
SCMA is working towards becoming an equal opportunities employer.
Impact Funding Partners works with the third sector, public sector, private companies and individual donors to create social, environmental and economic impact.
We develop grant funds with our funding partners and manage them on their behalf. This could be a national fund or one that targets a particular geographic area or group of people. Our expertise covers all elements of fund management from the initial design through to the evaluation of impact.
As CEO, reporting directly to the Board you will be proactive and passionate about supporting the team in all they do, ensuring service delivery and encouraging innovation so that we deliver support across Scotland. Your experience and networks within the Scottish not-for-profit and business communities will ensure you can act as innovator, business developer and ambassador for the organisation.
In this role you will be responsible for leading the development and continued transformation of Impact Funding Partners, devising, redeveloping and implementing the Organisation’s strategy.
A key aspect of the role is the design and delivery of a diversified new service set, and you will work closely with the Board to ensure innovation is balanced with pragmatism.
Top job! Director of Contextual Formation, Scottish Episcopal Institute
- Full time
- £37,721 – £50,155
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 6th January 2025
The Scottish Episcopal Institute (SEI) seeks to appoint a Director of Contextual Formation. The Director of Contextual Formation oversees all elements of SEI’s dispersed, part-residential, formation-led placements and contextual training in Initial Ministerial Education (IME); teaches on all levels from certificate to master’s qualifications in the areas of ministry, missiology and pastoral/practical theology, including supervising and marking dissertations. In addition to IME, SEI provides a range of training and support for lay and ordained members of the Scottish Episcopal Church to which the Director of Contextual Formation contributes. The post is based in Edinburgh with some flexibility for home working from another location in Scotland.
Candidates applying for the post will have:
• Episcopal/Anglican holy orders;
• Demonstrable ability in theological education, curate training, knowledge of current ecclesiological trends and an entrepreneurial spirit in the Episcopal/Anglican tradition;
• Postgraduate qualification in ministry, missiology, pastoral/practical theology or a closely related field (at least to master’s level);
• Passion for theological and vocational training that equips students to foster vibrant church life through evangelism and discipleship;
• The candidate will have drive and enthusiasm, be able to work on their own initiative and possess an understanding of the missiological and theological issues of the twenty-first century in Scotland.
Senior Employment Manager, Scotland
- Full time
- £38,732 – £43,374
- Hybrid: Office based in Glasgow. Regular travel across Scotland plus occasional travel throughout the UK
- Closing 3rd January 2025
About the role
Carers Scotland is seeking a Senior Employment Manager to lead our work in supporting unpaid carers in employment and employability. The role includes managing and leading the Carer Positive scheme and Employers for Carers Scotland. You should be passionate about supporting unpaid carers to enter and remain in employment, where they want to start or continue their career. A confident, self-starter you should have considerable experience of managing programmes and projects, as well experience of income generation, including preparing bids for project funding. A strong network within the business community and an understanding of employment practice would be an advantage, as well as experience in public speaking and training. A good team player is a must.
About us
Carers Scotland runs the Carer Positive initiative on behalf of the Scottish Government, which supports private, public and voluntary sector organisations in Scotland to create carer friendly workplaces. We currently have 285 accredited organisations covering over 516,000 employees in Scotland. Our training and development work offers training in self-advocacy and carers rights to carers, as well as carer awareness training to organisations and groups across Scotland. Our campaign and policy work sees us engage with Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, Local Authorities, NHS Boards and others to influence public policy and secure change to improve the lives of carers. We also offer a range of online support activity for carers providing information and support.
Diversity and inclusion
Carers UK is committed to becoming a diverse and truly inclusive organisation. We strive to create a workplace where our colleagues and volunteers can truly be themselves and feel like they belong and constantly seek to ensure all voices are heard.
To embrace this culture of diversity, our employee and volunteer recruitment should reflect our stakeholders and the society that we serve and support, regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, physical abilities, disabilities or religious practices. We value individual diversity and are actively building diverse teams here at Carers UK and value our colleagues from a wide range of backgrounds.
As a membership charity for carers, we particularly seek employees and volunteers with a real understanding of the issues faced by carers. Reasonable adjustments can be made to the process and role dependent on the needs of the applicant.
We are current looking for a Legacy & In Memory Manager. This is a hybrid role between home working and Scottish SPCA Headquarters in Dunfermline.
About the Scottish SPCA
As Scotland’s animal welfare charity, we have been on-hand to protect animals and prevent cruelty since 1839 – that’s over 184 years of creating a better world for all animals. We’ve grown to become a national charity which celebrates the strength of the human-animal bond and enriches the lives of animals and people. We are Scotland’s animal champions.
What does a Legacy & In Memory Manager do?
Legacies make up circa 42% of the Scottish SPCA’s income. This role is an exciting opportunity for a creative, driven, passionate and meticulous individual to support, steward and grow our pool of legacy donors ensuring the Scottish SPCA can respond to the changing needs of animals and their owners over the next decade.
Overview of main duties and responsibilities
Leadership & Strategy
- Developing, implementing and driving forward an exciting new strategy to engage more supporters
- Provide advice, recommendations and assistance to the Senior Leadership Team on the management, administration and use of legacy income by the Scottish SPCA.
- Raise the profile of legacy and in-memory giving nationally and highlight its impact on the work of the Scottish SPCA.
Legacy Fundraising
- Discuss the value and potential of legacies left to Scottish SPCA with existing and potential new supporters on a one-to-one basis
- Develop and re-fresh the in-memory proposition at the Scottish SPCA enabling people to give on-line and in person at local centres in-memory of a loved one or loved companion animal.
- Work with colleagues to create and deliver inspiring campaigns for new and existing supporters engaging them in legacy and in-memory fundraising
- Promote a range of free Will writing offers as appropriate to supporters, staff and volunteers, with the aim of generating legacy pledges following up unrealised enquiries and generating future income.
- Plan and organise a series of Legacy Marketing in-person and virtually, annually, generating opportunities for new legacy enquiries and pledges and following up on these.
- Support with community talks where audiences fit a legacy profile.
- Engage key solicitor contacts, keeping them informed and supplied with up-to-date Scottish SPCA legacy information, visiting firm’s offices and liaising with fee earners.
Stewardship & Administration
- Develop Legacy Supporter Journeys with the Supporter Experience Manager
- Establish nurturing compassionate relationships with executors and next of kin ensuring the reputation of the Scottish SPCA is upheld and communicating and celebrating the impact of a loved one’s gift where appropriate.
- Work with colleagues in Finance and Supporter Experience to ensure a documented end to end process for the administration of legacies income and pledges
- Liaise with co-beneficiary charities building effective relationships to ensure the proper and timely receipt of funds.
- Work with our Finance team, and our solicitors (where appropriate) on the administration of complex cases including scrutiny of sales of properties and investments ensuring funds are maximised in line with the legator’s wishes.
Please see full Job Description link for more detailed information on the role.
What makes a good Legacy & In Memory Manager?
- Significant experience of administering legacies
- Experience of using a fundraising database to record legacies and in-memory income
- Experience of speaking with bereaved supporters and demonstrating compassion and sensitivity
- Experience of meeting or exceeding targets and KPIs
- Experience in organising and delivering successful events
- An excellent understanding of the legalities of the fundraising sector, particularly those that are relevant to Legacy fundraising, along with a grasp on the wider landscape of the sector.
- Ability to work independently and to manage time effectively
- Willingness to base decisions on insight and engage a diverse range of potential supporters with the Scottish SPCA
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