- Advertised from 14th March 2024
- Salary commensurate on experience. Hours: 9 to 5 pm. Contract: 12 months (strong prospect of extension, subject to funding)
Role
About us
EmilyTest is a small Scottish charity working to tackle gender based violence in education. We work with schools, colleges and universities, helping them to develop effective policies, procedures and practices in relation to gender based violence prevention, intervention and support.
Our aim is to ensure every young person can live, work and study free from the harms and threats of Gender Based Violence.
Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated GBV Charter Officer to join our dynamic and friendly team based in Glasgow. The GBV Charter Officer will play a key role in the delivery of the GBV Charter in universities and colleges across Scotland. Working with our Charter team, you will support roll-out and implementation of the Charter. Supporting charter universities and colleges in improving their policies, practices and procedures in relation to GBV prevention, intervention and support, helping them to meet each of the 42 minimum standards in the Charter. You will develop a customised plan for them and assist them on their journey of achieving the Charter award. Through building strong and trusting relationships with charter institutions you will provide efficient, effective and high-quality support.
The post will be subject to a 6 month trial period.
Essential knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience & personal qualities
- Strong project management skills including planning and monitoring.
- Able to demonstrate an aptitude for organisation.
- Be self-motivated, work without supervision and show initiative.
- Have a warm and friendly manner, be committed, hardworking and highly motivated.
- Adept at handling sensitive or challenging situations with tact and diplomacy while ensuring positive outcomes for all parties involved.
- Ability to work collaboratively with external partners and stakeholders to achieve shared objective.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work in a non-judgemental, confident and sensitive manner with colleagues, stakeholders and all partners.
- Have an inclusive approach to tackling GBV with an understanding of how its intersectional nature
- Sound knowledge of client confidentiality and the practical application of GDPR.
- Excellent time management with the ability to prioritise your workload.
- The ability to remain calm in pressurised situations.
- Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word, Excel and Teams.
Desirable
- Knowledge of gender based violence and trauma informed practices.
- Understanding of GBV and young people, particularly how it manifests in the College and University community.
- Previous experience working with victims/survivors of GBV.
- Previous experience working on Charters.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop comprehensive project plans, including objectives, activities, timelines in alignment with the Charter minimum standards.
- Provide regular updates and guidance for charter institutions, the team and the charity’s CEO. Reports should highlight achievements, challenges and suggested improvements.
- Maintain system to overview project dates/deadlines
- Progress report writing
- Plan and schedule (& where required attend) Charter surgeries, meetings, assessment meetings, and other Charter related events
- Liaise with colleges and universities and support Charter leads
- Further develop and enhance the ‘library of tools’ that supports Charter Institutions, ensuring a diverse set of resources is available to help them achieve Charter minimum standards
- Create, review and update Charter related guidance documents.
- Represent the organisation in relevant conferences and meetings.
Personal Requirements
It is important that you appreciate and contribute to the strong team spirit that all EmilyTest employees have adopted. You should have a solid understanding of the importance of professional working relationships whilst ensuring you don’t neglect the value of supporting colleagues with their own challenges.
Understanding small charity dynamics, particularly resource constraints, is vital. Small charities, particularly those tackling Gender Based Violence, face limited resources. Understanding this and having realistic expectations is important. Exercising creativity and having good problem-solving skills are valuable assets in small charities. Being flexible and adaptable to changing circumstances is an important skill and value to bring.
EmilyTest is an inclusive organisation and we are looking for someone equally as inclusive and has a non-judgemental approach to their work. We are interested to hear from people who are supportive of all survivors of GBV and have a good understanding of the effects of GBV on students.
If people describe you as; organised, level-headed, a listener, compassionate, patient, a great communicator, hard worker, supportive colleague, resilient, dedicated, great in a crisis – and you have the energy and commitment to always go the extra mile to support people then we would like to hear from you.
Accountability of post:The post holder will be line managed by and accountable to the CEO
Location:The post holder will be based in the Glasgow office and have the flexibility of working from home subject to meeting business needs. Travel to campuses across Scotland will be required.
Application notes
Application closing date: 5 pm Friday 5th April 2023 with interviews over the following 2 weeks.
Start date: ASAP
Please send your most recent CV, along with a covering letter (letter should be maximum of one A4 sheet of paper and in font size 10 or above) explaining why you think you are suitable for the role, to: fionadrouet@emilytest,org
Please specify which role you are applying for in the subject.
References from your current or most recent employer are required as part of the selection process.
Learn more about us
Charity No SC049072.
Website: emilytest.org
Twitter: emilytest12
Glasgow West Housing Association Ltd is a voluntary, not for profit organisation and a registered charity. With history dating back to 1978, we have a vision of shaping thriving communities. With over 1500 rented properties: Homes are our purpose, service and sustainability is our priority.
We are looking for a high performing individual to join our Management Team, with responsibility for leading the:
- delivery of projects aligned with our strategic priorities;
- co-ordination of core internal/external services, performance, and stakeholder communication;
- development of comprehensive and accurate records, reporting and administrative systems that demonstrate compliance with legislative and regulatory standards, reflecting best practice and mitigating risk;
The ideal candidate will be further educated to SCQF Level 9 or above and/or will have significant demonstrable experience of RSL reporting requirements or if operating out with the RSL sector will have relevant experience of quality management /performance excellence frameworks. The ideal candidate will also have accomplished ICT reporting and presenting skills, high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
Key Tasks:
1. Assembling and leading teams to ensure delivery of projects aligned to strategic priorities.
2. Developing robust performance management frameworks.
3. Actively contributing to policy and strategy development, including Equality Impact Assessment and compliance self-assessments.
4. Monitoring and reporting on policy/procedural compliance extending to General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and Freedom of Information.
5. Coordinating, analysing and presenting performance and compliance reports across all functions.
6. Ensuring accurate and timely completion of regulatory returns (including the Annual Return on the Charter).
7. Scrutinising and validating performance data & statistics.
8. Liaising with Teams to identify and implement process efficiencies.
9. Ensuring appropriate performance bench-marking.
In return, GWHA offer generous EVH Terms and Conditions including:
- 25 days annual leave and 15 public holidays
- Defined contribution pension scheme
- Death in Service Benefit
- Flexible working practices including flexi time, enhanced occupational maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- Specific GWHA benefits including; annual service commitment award, long service award and additional festive leave
- Professional development & training opportunities
. Post subject to satisfactory Disclosure Check.
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.
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About the Company
“St Andrew’s First Aid is a long-standing charity formed in 1882 as St Andrew’s Ambulance Association by doctors and businessmen in Glasgow who showed concern for the number injuries during the rapid growth of industrial cities.
As Scotland’s leading first aid charity, St Andrew’s First Aid has an impressive country-wide network of First Aiders ready to provide support at hundreds of events. The organisation aims to provide the highest standards of first aid and to share their knowledge through training and education to the public.
In addition to providing first aid services, the charity also runs a number of projects aimed at building strong and safer communities in Scotland. With the Scottish Government they aim to equip 500,000 people with CPR skills, increasing the number of bystanders to help in an emergency thereby increasing the number of survivors.”
To learn more about St Andrew’s First Aid, please visit firstaid.org.uk
The Role
As Volunteer Development Officer, you will be responsible for many aspects of volunteer development such as recruitment, induction, training, retention, motivation and engagement. Reporting to the Head of Volunteer Development, your main responsibilities will include:
- Promote volunteering within the organisation
- Plan, organise and monitor volunteering activities to deliver St Andrew’s First Aid’s charitable aims
- Learning and development
- Manage volunteer conduct, addressing problems with performance and ensuring the quality of services are upheld by volunteers
- Promote productive working relationships between volunteers and other stakeholders
- Organise events involving volunteers such as meetings, seminars, forums, internal conferences, promotional events and social events
- Deal with conflict, volunteer conduct issues to mediate and resolve
- To represent the organisation as appropriate at meetings of relevant external stakeholders/organisations/partners
- Support the team in ad hoc administration duties.
The full range of tasks can be viewed in the attached job description. This job description describes the practical purpose and main elements of the job. Its sole purpose is to act as a guide to the nature and main duties of the job as they exist currently, but is not intended as a wholly comprehensive or permanent schedule.
In addition to the duties highlighted, the organisation operates a flexible approach to its activities and the post holder may accordingly be called upon to undertake any other duties from time to time as circumstances warrant.
An element of unsocial hours will be required to be undertaken.
Requirements
This role would best suit an individual with a passion for and experience of volunteering or working in the third sector, or any other relevant experience.
The ideal person will be very people-orientated, pro-active and flexible, empathic, creative, persuasive, resourceful and imaginative.
You’ll be someone who is a real team player who can easily fit in with a diverse team of people. You’ll be outgoing, friendly with good communication skills and be able to fit in wherever the job takes you.
If you have any questions about this role or the organisation please contact stewart.simpson@firstaid.org.uk.
Prison Recovery Development Officer
- Full time
- £29,500
- On site: Glasgow with regular travel throughout Scotland
- Closing 14th January 2025
Scottish Recovery Consortium (SRC) is looking for a pro-active, team player to join the team to work within our Prison and Healthcare project.
As an employee of the Scottish Recovery Consortium (SRC), reporting to the Prison Recovery Development Lead. The successful post holder will have a unique opportunity to work within Scottish Prisons establishments developing and promoting peer lead recovery initiatives, creating a culture of recovery across the Scottish prison service by supporting the development of an operational approach to the “Recovery from Within” project, which works in collaboration with all stakeholders and promotes a person-centred approach to Recovery
The role involves facilitate groups delivering SRC’s “Recovery from Within” learning offerings to residents and staff across the prison service with a focus on developing community assets and supporting sustainable peer led Recovery development within prisons.
Your role will be to:
· Facilitate the delivery of SRC “Recovery from Within” learning offerings to residents, staff and partners developing greater awareness of the experience of addiction and recovery within key institutions
· Build relationships that will support the continuum of recovery for residents which compliments the core work and traditional approaches of prisons, substance use services, criminal justice and healthcare systems.
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