Grants Officer
- Full time
- £26,633 – £28,980
- Hybrid: Scotland based: Hybrid blend of office-based (Edinburgh) and home working
- Closing 2nd August 2024
- Advertised from 12th July 2024
- Salary depending on experience. 35 hours per week. Fixed term until 31/03/2025.
Role
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 Grants Officer for About Dementia, you will support the Grants and Learning Manager and fellow Grants Officer in running a community grants programme to help people living with dementia and unpaid carers across Scotland. This grants programme places the voices of lived experience of dementia at the forefront through our lived experience panel members, and this should be reflected through all your work. The duties of the role include:
•Working with the Grants and Learning Manager colleagues to oversee the administration and distribution of a community grants programme
•Supporting community groups to apply to the programme
•Enabling lived experience panel members to have their voices and experiences heard throughout the grant-making process.
•Working with the Communications team to ensure as wide a reach as possible around Scotland.
•Represent About Dementia and promote our work at conferences, events, and meetings.
•Support evidence-gathering to measure impact and capture learning
•Assisting in monitoring and evaluating grant recipients.
•Any other ad hoc duties as required.
This role will be a hybrid blend of office-based (Edinburgh) and home working.
Living our values, you will approach the role with integrity, while involving, inspiring and empowering our teams, so that together we can create better outcomes for older people in Scotland.
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.
Application notes
Full details of the role are available from our website: age.scot/workforus. Alternatively, you can call 0333 323 2400.
Closing date: 12 noon on Friday 2nd August 2024
Interviews will take place in Edinburgh on Tuesday 13th August 2024.
Age Scotland, part of the Age Network, is an independent charity dedicated to improving the later lives of older people on the ageing journey, within a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in Scotland. Reg No: 153343 Charity No: SC010100. Registered Office: Causewayside House, 160 Causewayside, Edinburgh EH9 1PR.
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Volunteering Development Lead
- Part time
- £31,000 – £33,500 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 28th October 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 the Volunteering Development Lead, you will lead the development and implementation of our volunteering strategy and frameworks. These will enable a structured, inclusive and supportive volunteer environment aligned with Age Scotland’s strategic goals.
A positive volunteer experience is vital, and you will support us to ensure that our volunteers are an integral part of the Charity, engaged with and recognised for the impact they have on our service delivery. Our aim is that our volunteers have positive experiences and can act as effective ambassadors for the charity.
This role will also involve extending the outreach of the Veterans Project training programme by engaging with new audiences who would benefit from participating.
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 39 days (FTE)
- 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
- Paid carers leave and dependents’ support
- The option to buy more holidays or sell them
- Enhanced maternity and paternity policies.
Services Support Worker
- Part time
- £22,003 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Office based at Wardpark South, Cumbernauld G67 3EN. With some flexibility for hybrid working.
- Closing 20th October 2024
We are a small charity dedicated to supporting older, vulnerable, and isolated individuals. In this role, you will work closely with the Service Activities Lead and the Senior Leadership Team to promote, develop, and deliver our services at CACE. You will also collaborate with and support our volunteers, ensuring that all services align with CACE's policies and procedures.
We are seeking someone who is genuinely passionate about helping older adults remain engaged in their communities, while promoting their physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing. You will also provide opportunities for them to explore fun, stimulating activities that encourage new skills and help maintain their independence.
Top job! Independent Sector Lead - Angus
- Full time
- £49,564
- Remote: Home based with travel across Tayside
- Closing 18th October 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 Angus. 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.
Angus 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 partnership area and across Tayside.
The post is home based with travel, where necessary, and is hosted by Scottish Care. Flexible working is available.
You will be joining a Fife-wide charity, with a big reach, to support and develop both existing Forums and new platforms which aim to afford Older People the opportunity to participate, engage, influence and shape the issues and agendas that matter to them.
- Are you able to evidence experience of planning and delivering group advocacy or action groups which support people being heard?
- Are you able to self-motivate and work with a degree of autonomy to manage your workload safely and efficiently within a prescribed framework?
- Are you passionate about working to promote inclusion and engagement, particularly for Older People?
- Are you able to effectively record and report on your work activity which includes the use of IT software and systems?
- Do you possess the creativity, energy and commitment required to work with a broad spectrum of people, some of whom might be vulnerable and/or experiencing challenging circumstances?
If you feel you are up to this challenge, we want to hear from you.
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