Top job! Chief Financial Officer
- Full time
- £80,000 – £85,000
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 15th July 2024
- Advertised from 1st July 2024
Role
At Age Scotland, our vision is to make Scotland the best place in the world to grow older. We focus on the issues that matter most to older people, working tirelessly to ensure everyone has the opportunity to live the best quality of life possible. We are keen to maximise our impact on the lives of all our older people, particularly those most in need.
Our values are to inspire, involve and empower older people in Scotland and to influence decision makers and others so that people can enjoy better later lives. We plan to double our income by 2029, and we are seeking a dedicated and strategic Chief Financial Officer who will be a key part of helping us address that challenge.
Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will develop and deliver an effective financial strategy which enables service delivery and growth. You will bring strong financial leadership, working closely with our senior management team and Board to ensure effective financial governance and enable informed decision-making. You will act as a trusted source of advice and insight to our CEO and to our Board, along with its Audit and Risk Committee. Given our ambitions to grow and diversify you will be a skilled strategist, delivering robust business cases for future investment, as well as critical challenge that will help drive Age Scotland’s strategy and operational plans. As a key member of the senior management team, you will play a vital and participative role in shaping both the strategic and operational decision-making processes and ultimately ensuring the long-term financial sustainability of the charity.
We are looking for a highly experienced and strategically minded finance professional with strong commercial acumen and the intellectual flexibility to move easily between detail and the bigger picture. Highly analytical with the ability to get “behind the numbers” and carry out financial analysis to allow well-informed commercial decisions you, will also bring a pragmatic approach, the ability to work at pace and a strong commitment to the aims and vision of Age Scotland.
Age Scotland embraces hybrid working and whilst our Headquarters are in Edinburgh, the successful candidate would not be required to be in the office on a full-time basis.
This role offers a unique opportunity for an ambitious and outward-thinking finance professional to influence future strategies and drive meaningful change within a dynamic organisation that serves as a key community partner throughout Scotland. To learn more please contact Douglas Adam at Livingston James, our retained recruitment advisors, via douglasadam@livingstonjames.com
Application notes
To apply, please send CV and covering letter, outlining interest and suitability, to douglasadam@livingstonjames.com
Age Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity
Want a fulfilling, varied and meaningful job surrounded by a friendly and supportive team?
Want to work for an organisation that supports people living with dementia?
The Corstorphine Dementia Project is looking to recruit a full-time Senior Support Worker.
Apply to join us!
This is a rare and exciting opportunity for someone to join our small team of amazing staff and volunteers. We are looking to recruit a committed and passionate Senior Support Worker who shares our inclusive and caring values. Ideally you will have experience of working in an environment where person-centred care and support are at the heart of what you do. You will be confident, hardworking and well organised member of the team who enjoys a varied range of responsibilities and interactions with people. Support workers and volunteers within the organisation will look to you for support, solutions and creativity. You will enjoy a role that combines both office based and service delivery duties.
About the Corstorphine Dementia Project
The Corstorphine Dementia Project is an established and well-loved community charity that is dedicated to providing quality day services to individuals in the local area living with dementia. Our popular day centre, the Jubilee Club, is registered with the Care Inspectorate and offers up to 70 places a week. Whilst there individuals enjoy participating in a wide selection of activities whilst being supported by our skilled and dedicated staff. In addition to the Jubilee Club, we deliver a fortnightly Teatime Club which is attended by people living with dementia and their carers.
Check out our website cdp-edinburgh.org.uk and Facebook page facebook.com/corstorphinedementiaproject for more information.
Benefits include
· Employer contributory pension scheme
· Funded SVQ 3 qualification
· Regular training and development opportunities
· Generous paid annual leave entitlement
· Daytime Monday to Friday working
· Blue Light Card membership
· On-site parking
· Working for a well-established small organisation where person centred values are at the core.
Information Support Officer
- Part time
- £22,000 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Scotland based: Blend of office (Edinburgh-based) and home working (in Scotland)
- Closing 10th July 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.
We support and enable hundreds of communities and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline and publications. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Friendship Line and much more.
We work in Scotland with older people’s groups who provide vital activities and services for older people in their local community. We campaign on the issues that older people tell us are important to them.
We know that growing older doesn’t come with a manual. Later life can bring opportunities and challenges, and people may need to know about rights, organisations and services which are often unfamiliar. That’s why we provide free information, advice and friendship to support older people on a diverse range of topics.
Older people in Scotland need our support now more than ever and through living our values you will play a significant part in empowering and enabling them to access their rights and entitlements.
People-centred in approach, you will be responsible for providing an exemplary ‘First Port of Call’ service in a hybrid virtual contact centre environment. You will respond to inbound and outbound contact, providing information and friendship to older people living in Scotland, their families and carers. You will provide cover and support to other telephony services within Age Scotland.
The role will be a hybrid blend of office-based (in Edinburgh) and home-based work.
In return for your hard work, enthusiasm and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous benefits package:
· Generous holiday allowance of 37 days (FTE) plus 2 fixed public holidays
· Flexible working opportunities from day one
· 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
· Carers support
· The option to buy more holidays or sell them
· Enhanced maternity and paternity policies.
Veterans Project Officer
- Part time
- £29,386.61 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Blend of office (Edinburgh-based) and home working
- Closing 15th July 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.
We support and enable hundreds of communities and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline and publications. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Friendship Line and much more.
We work in Scotland with older people’s groups who provide vital activities and services for older people in their local community. We campaign on the issues that older people tell us are important to them.
As Veterans Project Officer, you will assist the Veterans Project and Unforgotten Forces team deliver their services across Scotland and facilitate the smooth running of the department. This will include delivering Age Scotland’s core veterans training in face-to-face and online formats, as well as keeping these training sessions up-to-date and developing new themes when required.
This role will also involve extending the outreach of the Veterans Project training programme by engaging with new audiences who would benefit from participating. This will include being responsible for the external communications output of the Unforgotten Forces and Age Scotland Veterans projects.
The post will be hybrid, with some time in our office in Causewayside (Edinburgh) as well as 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 37 days (FTE) plus 2 fixed public holidays
- Flexible working opportunities from day one
- 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
- Carers support
- The option to buy more holidays or sell them
- Enhanced maternity and paternity policies.
Top job! Independent Sector Lead – Inverclyde
- Part time
- £49,564 pro-rata
- Remote: Home based in Inverclyde
- Closing 5th July 2024
Do you have an interest in improving the quality of care, can you COLLABORATE, INNOVATE AND COMMUNICATE, and would you like to join a successful, committed and highly motivated team? This could be the opportunity you have been waiting for.
We are seeking to engage an Independent Sector Lead to support the Integration of Health and Social Care in Inverclyde. Hosted by Scottish Care and working closely with care providers and partners, the post involves ensuring sector involvement in the delivery of the integrating of health and social care in Scotland’s HSCPs.
The post holder must be highly motivated, be able to use initiative, possess excellent communication and networking skills, demonstrate success and experience working at strategic level with policy makers, providers, regulators, people supported by services and carers. Qualifications and experience at a senior management level would be a significant advantage.
The post holder will be expected to create and support significant collaborations across the independent care sector while contributing to the development of new care pathways which will result in the delivery of improved outcomes for people who access care and support. The post holder will ensure the Independent Sector’s contribution is fundamental to integrated services and transformational change and be able to evidence their impact. The role requires considerable and skilful collaboration with our key partners in the NHS, Local Authority, Carers, third sector organisations and other forums.
Inverclyde is a progressive partnership and invests heavily in this post and the Independent Sector.
The successful candidate will be required to spend a significant amount of time in the Inverclyde area.
The post is home based with travel, where necessary, and is hosted by Scottish Care.
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