Retail Administrator
- Part time
- £24,000 pro-rata
- On site: 123 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4JN
- Closing 30th June 2024
- Advertised from 7th June 2024
- 22.5 hours per week (possibly 30hrs) Salary: £14,040.00 (£12p/h)
Role
Hadeel, the shop, is owned by the charity Palcrafts UK, whose main aim is to relieve poverty in Palestine (primarily in the West Bank and Gaza), by providing a sustainable source of income for Palestinians working in fair trade organisations and social enterprises. Hadeel enables Palestinian fair trade and business development through our shop in Edinburgh, our website, other outlets, local representatives and events. We provide around 20 Palestinian producer groups with access to international customers. These groups include women's co-operatives, a school for deaf children, small family workshops and a few larger enterprises. From time to time, we make grants to these groups to support their sustainability and development. We also seek to raise awareness and support for Palestinian people disadvantaged by socio-economic and political systems, e.g.: by hosting Palestinian speakers, maintaining a small resource centre and organising occasional visits to the producer groups.
We have been based in Edinburgh for 20 years and have extensive sales networks across the UK and beyond. We have a team of dedicated staff and volunteers working in the shop and staffing stalls at external events.
Hadeel is governed by a Council which meets regularly to plan and oversee development of the charity, Palcrafts UK.
The Role
To assist the CBM or Volunteer Duty Manager in the efficient and profitable operation of the Hadeel shop.
Key Responsibilities
1. Operations
- Maintain and develop database of suppliers and key customers.
- Mainly perform digital admin tasks including but not limited to: website updating and administration (particularly uploading products), social media administration and other as advised and trained by CBM or his/her deputy.
- Complete stock-taking & updating stock.
- Maintaining good order in stock rooms & report on low stock levels.
- Process incoming and outgoing local & international shop orders and foodstuffs via courier and post.
- Produce and compile daily/ monthly sales summary and reports according to detailed instructions & per supplier.
- Pay in takings at bank as required
- Provide data as required to shop bookkeeper.
- Maintain shop records in good order. Order local supplies & foodstuffs as required.
- Maintain and assist in developing a good filing and digital storage systems,
- Assist in preparation of newsletters and events.
- Produce posters, signage and labels for store front and events.
- Attend events and manage outside events / stalls in the evening or on weekends.
- Communication with staff/volunteers and other involved parties with the Hadeel business as delegated by CBM.
- Prepare invoices for outside events on the EPOS system. Organise material and products for display. Ensure sales records, money received are recorded and unsold products are returned to the shop. Attend as required.
- Cover rotas when there is no CBM or VDM available in store.
- Ad hoc duties as required.
2. Customers
- Prepare invoices on the EPOS for customer orders.
- Update stock and sales orders.
- Maintain adequate stock levels.
- Assist with E-Commerce sites and website.
- Securely open and shut premises according to detailed instructions. Prepare shop for trading.
- Receive customers; answer questions and help with purchases; sell using the till and EPOS.
- Communicate with customers, retailers, and local representatives as appropriate.
- Administer the supply of mail orders and refunds
3. Education
- Ensure supply of promotional material for shop and external events in line with Palcrafts/Hadeel aims, vision and charity status.
- Organise the schedule/calendar of events, including liaising with organisations/contacts and volunteers.
Individuals must have MS Office experience and good computer along with financial skills.
Application notes
Please apply via email tomanager@hadeel.orgwith a cv and covering letter.
Closing date is 30/06/24
Member Services Officer
- Part time
- £23,545 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Mainly working from home and occasionally within our office space at Greyfriars Charteris Centre, Pleasance, EDINBURGH, EH8 9RR
- Closing 16th July 2024
The Association of Chief Officers of Scottish Voluntary Organisations (ACOSVO) is a third sector organisation who's vision is to support excellent voluntary sector leadership in Scotland through our events, services and partnerships.
ACOSVO’s Members are the senior leaders (CEOs, Senior Managers and Chairs) of charity and voluntary organisations in Scotland.
We support our Members at all stages in their role through our events and services.
About the role
The team at ACOSVO seek a Member Services Officer to deliver support with membership and carry out work which supports our Members and services. With guidance from the Development Manager you will undertake work to maintain and develop our member services and occasionally projects. Customer services skills are required as you will be communicating with our Members and other people and organisations.
This is a fixed term role for 6 months, working 20 hours per week.
The working location for this role is hybrid working from home or our workspace at Greyfriars Charteris Centre at Pleasance Edinburgh. There may be occasions when you will work at other locations within Edinburgh and the central belt and these times will be arranged in advance.
We are happy to talk about flexible working such as location and when the hours are worked within our core hours of 8am-6pm Monday to Friday.
Please note that this role is not suitable for less than 20 hours or as a job share.
Reports to: Development Manager
Position within Structure: Team Member
Travel Requirements: Occasionally in Scotland and rarely in the UK
Business Development Manager
- Full time or Part time
- £30,000 – £34,000
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 22nd July 2024
The Challenges Group is a long-standing provider of management and leadership training to a range of audiences globally, including through our strategic partnership with the Chartered Management Institute. We are seeking a Business Development Manager for our Scotland-based Learning & Leadership team. The Learning & Leadership team are responsible for facilitating a range of training delivery to a number of key client groups in Scotland, either within training programmes (such as the award-winning Making Work Work) or as a B2B training offer.
The Business Development Manager will work closely with the Business Development Director and the Senior Manager, Learning & Leadership. There may be opportunities to support other areas of Challenges work on finding enterprising solutions to global challenges, particularly around improving employability and skills and growing businesses in Scotland and in emerging economies.
The successful candidate will be expected to work flexibly in a hybrid pattern based out of the Challenges office in Edinburgh, where we are co-located with a number of social enterprises and social enterprise support agencies. It is a vibrant, dynamic working environment within the My Edinburgh ecosystem dedicated to social change. Some travel, for example to meet clients and develop business relationships, will be required. Challenges works according to an outputs-focused, flexible working model and the successful candidate will be expected to manage their time in accordance with their responsibilities, workload and non-work commitments in a way which supports team collaboration and achievement of common objectives.
Membership Team Administrator
- Part time
- £21,840 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Mainly working from home and occasionally within our office space at Greyfriars Charteris Centre, Pleasance, EDINBURGH, EH8 9RR
- Closing 16th July 2024
The Association of Chief Officers of Scottish Voluntary Organisations (ACOSVO) is a third sector organisation who's vision is to support excellent voluntary sector leadership in Scotland through our events, services and partnerships.
ACOSVO’s Members are the senior leaders (CEOs, Senior Managers and Chairs) of charity and voluntary organisations in Scotland.
We support our Members at all stages in their role through our events and services.
About the role
The team at ACOSVO seek a Membership Team Administrator to assist with membership delivery, support and services. With guidance from the Development Manager you will be acting as administrator for our member services and occasionally projects. Customer services skills are required as you will be communicating with our Members and other people and organisations.
This is a fixed term role for 6 months, working 15 hours per week.
The working location for this role is hybrid working from home or our workspace at Greyfriars Charteris Centre at Pleasance Edinburgh. There may be occasions when you will work at other locations within Edinburgh and the central belt and these times will be arranged in advance.
We are happy to talk about flexible working such as location and when the hours are worked within our core hours of 8am-6pm Monday to Friday.
Please note that this role is not suitable for less than 15 hours or as a job share.
Reports to: Development Manager
Position within Structure: Team Member
Travel Requirements: Occasionally in Scotland and rarely in the UK
Policy Assistant
- Full time
- £27,118 – £30,132
- Hybrid: Glasgow, Edinburgh or Inverness, with the option to work from home for some of the working week.
- Closing 10th July 2024
Looking for an opportunity to work for a flexible and family friendly organisation doing amazing work to support Scotland’s voluntary sector?
As SCVO’s Policy Assistant, you will have a unique opportunity to gain the skills and experience you’ll need for a policy career in the voluntary sector. This two year fixed term position will enable you to build your confidence in a range of policy and public affairs tasks, develop expertise in issues impacting on Scotland’s voluntary sector, and meet colleagues from across the sector.
You will support our policy work from day one by taking responsibility for our Policy Network, including facilitating and developing our online community, and managing online and in person events. Showing us that you have the skills and experience to do this will help to make your application stand out, but we’re also looking for a passion for policy and for the voluntary sector.
Part time hours and other flexible working options, including working from home for part of the week, will be fully considered. We encourage you to apply if you believe you meet most of the criteria in the person specification. We share our interview questions in advance. If you want to have a chat about the job or our flexible working approach, get in touch with us at recruitment@scvo.scot
SCVO is the membership organisation for the voluntary sector in Scotland and our mission is to champion the role of voluntary sector organisations in building a flourishing society and support them to do work that has a positive impact.
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