- Advertised from 1st August 2024
- 38.75hrs per week. Permanent. Immediate start.
Role
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 Training Officer, you will be responsible for for the delivery and/or assessment of all Association first aid and related courses for volunteers, as well as for developing and maintaining volunteer training infrastructure within the organisation.
Reporting to the Volunteer Development Manager, your main responsibilities will include:
- To deliver training courses and conduct assessments to a consistent and fair standard in accordance with St Andrew’s First Aid requirements.
- To maintain current competence and continuous personal development, in accordance with the St Andrew’s First Aid National Headquarters Training Department requirements.
- To act as a point of contact for first aid advice.
- To assist in the planning, coordination and delivery of activities and training involving volunteers
- Promote positive and productive working relationships between volunteers, staff and other stakeholders
- To develop and maintain volunteer training infrastructure including volunteer trainer/assessor recruitment and development
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. It’s 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
The individual will have experience in the planning, co-ordination, delivery and
assessment of large volumes of first aid courses. The person should also be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office.
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. 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 stacey.jubb@firstaid.org.uk.
Application notes
Closing date for applications is Monday 19th August 2024 at 9am.
Interviews will be held in person on 28th or 30th August 2024.
To apply, please submit a CV and Cover Letter to stacey.jubb@firstaid.org.uk, stating your relevant experience and demonstrating how your skills match the specific requirements of the job description and person specification. All applications must be submitted by 9am on the closing date.
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Support Assistant
- Part time
- £24,598 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Glasgow office based with flexible working options
- Closing 27th September 2024
MND Scotland is the only charity in Scotland dedicated to supporting people with MND, their families, and friends.
Since being founded over forty years ago, MND Scotland has provided practical, financial and emotional support to anyone affected by MND whilst also funding essential research into finding effective treatments and a cure.
MND Scotland is funded entirely by donations and grants. The charity’s patron is Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal.
Everything we do and the way that we do it puts the MND community at its core. As a Support Assistant, you will be the key point of contact for all support enquiries, playing a crucial role in ensuring that individuals affected by MND receive timely and compassionate assistance. The role will require working closely with all teams in Support Services including Advocacy, Welfare and Benefits, Wellbeing and Equipment and you will be expected to report into the Support Services Coordinator to provide appropriate support and cover.
You will help us Make Time Count.
Positive Help is a well-established, third sector service provider – a registered charity – based in central Edinburgh. We have over 35 years’ experience of supporting adults, children and families living with /affected by HIV and or Hepatitis.
With the support of a cohort of trained and supervised volunteers, we provide a range of services to help people live fulfilling, healthy lives in the community.
We are now looking for a Volunteer Engagement Lead to join our dedicated team as we further develop the organisation. We work from our centrally situated office in Edinburgh, although there is the option to work from home for some of the hours.
The ideal candidate will have the skills and experience we need to help us run our services and the wider organisation efficiently and have a genuine interest in our meaningful and rewarding work.
You will play a key role in recruiting, training and supporting volunteers and ensuring our processes sustain high standards of volunteering practice and a positive volunteering experience.
You will develop and/ or participate in appropriate initiatives in the community and with the business sector to promote our mission and enhance interest in volunteering with Positive Help. You will work closely with colleagues in the staff team and maintain positive relationships with volunteers, service users and stakeholders.
You will have proven experience of working directly with people i.e. in a customer-facing role, with experience of training, supervising or supporting volunteers / staff.
You will have experience of managing or coordinating projects inspiring people to work together towards shared goals. You will be a problem-solver with a non-judgemental approach, and excellent communication skills
You will need to be motivated, ambitious and self-organised, and be prepared to play a part in our on-going development.
In return, we offer you a 21-hour working week, 25 days annual leave plus 10 public holidays (pro rata) and an employer contributory pension scheme.
It’s a great time to join Positive Help and be part of our journey toward an even brighter future. If you are excited by what you have read so far and think you have what it takes to be an outstanding member of our team, then please read our job specification for more information, and take a look at our website.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Please note the following dates:
Informal Discussion Opportunites:
I’ve you’d like an informal discussion about the role before applying we’re offering these on Monday 9th September 2.30 - 4.30 pm, and Wednesday 11th September 4 – 6 pm.
If you’d like to take this opportunity, email us on admin@positivehelpedinburgh.co.uk to make an appointment.
Senior Development Officer – Children and Young People
- Part time
- £33,173 – £36,011 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Glasgow
- Closing 23rd September 2024
The ALLIANCE is excited to be recruiting a Senior Development Officer – Children and Young People.
This role sits within the strategic aims and outcomes of the ALLIANCE. This includes an emphasis on the voice of lived experience, person centeredness and human rights. The ALLIANCE will be working with an increased focus on empowering disabled children and children living with long term conditions and their families to make Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) work for them, the incorporation of the United Nations Rights of the Child into Scottish law, health and social care integration, the National Care Service and NHS recovery.
The successful candidate for this role should have:
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent analytical skills and the ability to capture and convey findings effectively
- Strong, evidenced experience of developing resources
- Experience of facilitating accessible training and open exploratory discussions
- An understanding involvement of people with lived experience
- An understanding of GIRFEC policy and service landscape and United Nations Rights of the Rights of the Child
- Experience of partnership working
- An understanding of social research methods and evaluation principles and approaches
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and on own initiative
- IT skills in word processing, spreadsheets, email and the internet
- Experience of organising and presenting at events
- Experience of managing a budget
As an ALLIANCE employee you will benefit from:
- 210 hours annual leave (equivalent of 30 days) pro rata
- 91 hours of public holidays (equivalent of 13 days) pro rata that can be taken flexibly
- Additional leave between Christmas and New Year
- Contributory pension scheme
- Open to flexible working (formal and informal)
- Hybrid working – opportunity to work from home for part of the week
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Enhanced sick pay
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Learning and development opportunities
- Time off in lieu
- Cycle Scheme
- Carer Positive Employer
The ALLIANCE is a healthy working lives employer and encourages a healthy work life balance and is happy to talk flexible working.
The ALLIANCE recognises that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our organisation feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.
Travel Clinic Administrator
- Part time
- Circa from £24,000 pro-rata
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 16th September 2024
Are you interested in travel health? Are you looking for an opportunity to use your administration and customer service skills in a friendly small team environment? Would you like to join Scotland’s leading provider of medical, psychological and travel health support and contribute to the preventative health care of those committed to making a positive difference in the world and travelling overseas for work or leisure?
If so, this may be an ideal opportunity for you!
About HealthLink360
Founded in 1983, HealthLink360 is a Scottish charity and Scotland’s leading provider of medical, psychological and travel health support to mission and aid agency workers and volunteers who undertake overseas work in challenging and often hostile environments; as well as those who work within the UK. Delivered with care and empathy, we provide health and resilience support at every stage of an individual’s mission, journey or assignment and our vision is for a flourishing and effective global caring community who are making a positive difference in the world.
Our travel clinic is based at Carberry near Edinburgh and is open 3 days per week (currently Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday). Regulated by Healthcare Improvement Scotland, we provide individual tailored travel health consultations, travel health advice and vaccinations to clients travelling for both work and leisure. Our clients consist of mission and humanitarian agencies and their personnel, GAP year organisations, those in church leadership, families, young people as well as members of the general public.
You can read more about us on our website at healthlink360.org
About the role
We’re looking for a new Travel Clinic Administrator to join our team. The role, which is based in our Carberry travel clinic will see you handling all stages of a client’s booking – from responding to an initial enquiry, arranging clinic appointments through to invoicing and taking payments. Additional responsibilities include liaison with agency and corporate clients, ordering of clinic supplies and ensuring client records on our clinical software. A strong candidate will have opportunity to take on additional responsibilities and to develop within the role.
Bringing demonstrable previous relevant experience, you’ll have excellent communication skills and will be excited to contribute to HealthLink360’s vision and mission. Computer literacy is essential and you’ll be able to work on your own initiative without close supervision, as part of a small team. You’ll be self-motivated and innovative, will have attention to detail and good organisational and time-management skills. And of course, you’ll be willing to work under our Christian ethos and values of care, compassion, stewardship, service and respect.
A job description and person specification are available via: healthlink360.org/vacancies
Why work at HealthLink360?
- We offer a friendly working environment, a competitive level of pay (from circa £24,000 full time equivalent according to skills and experience) and an interesting and varied role.
- You’ll join the small but dedicated team of this not for profit organisation with a clear ethos and over 40 years’ experience.
- We are situated in the beautiful grounds of Carberry Tower just outside Musselburgh, Edinburgh (so own transport is helpful).
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