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.

Our Routes Young Persons programme is currently expanding in West Dunbartonshire. Due to an internal promotion, we have a vacancy for a Young Persons Support Worker to join our existing team.

Are you looking for a role where you can truly make a difference to young people’s lives? Routes is our youth work programme which launched in 2019. We support young people in East and West Dunbartonshire aged 12-26 years who are affected by family alcohol and drug use. You will play an integral part in creating a supportive and nurturing environment for young people, helping them to thrive in all aspects of their lives.

The post is predominantly located in West Dunbartonshire but will involve travel throughout both East and West Dunbartonshire for weekly groups. The post has an area-wide remit and will involve significant travel throughout the area and some to our offices in Glasgow, as well as occasional travel elsewhere in Scotland. Some home working is involved. Due to the nature of this post, access to a car is essential. This post will be part of Scottish Families’ staff team and be managed by the Senior Family Support Development Officer – Young People. There will be a close working relationship with young people and with local partner agencies in West Dunbartonshire.

The post-holder will support the delivery of Routes; ensure that young people engaged with the project are properly safeguarded and supported; co-facilitate a range of group activities with the young people; support young people to develop coping skills and strategies to help reduce the negative impact that other’s substance use may have on them; transport young people to and from groups, trips, and activities; plan, organise and facilitate trips and activities; and support young people to source and apply for Education, Training and Employment opportunities.

Applicants should be educated to HNC level, vocational qualification (level 3) or relevant experience; with an understanding of the emotional and developmental issues for children and young people. Experience of community-based youth work experience via employment or as a volunteer, and experience of delivering group work activities, are an advantage. We are seeking someone who is able to build rapport, positively engage and support young people; with the ability to listen and talk to young people from differing abilities, understanding and backgrounds. You should be available to work flexible hours, including some evenings (rarely beyond 7pm). Due to the nature of this post, access to a car is essential.

Chair of the Board of Trustees

We are excited to have the opportunity to recruit a committed, experienced Chair with outstanding strategic planning ability, to lead our charity as we enter the next stage of our evolution and prior to the launch of our new strategy in April 2025.

As Chair of MCR Pathways, you will play a crucial role in shaping the strategic direction of the charity, ensuring the highest standards of charity governance and effective oversight of our operations. Drawing on your substantial non-executive experience, ideally as Chair, you will ensure a cohesive and well-functioning board where diverse views are encouraged to improve consensus decision-making.

You will work closely with board colleagues through quarterly board meetings, and working groups and provide support and constructive challenge to the Chief Executive, Sharon McIntyre and her senior team. With a track record of identifying and mitigating risk, you will protect and promote the charity’s excellent reputation, and represent us at external events and with key stakeholders.

Trustees

We are also looking for three committed individuals to join our Board of Trustees. This is an incredible opportunity to make a difference with MCR,build on your existing skills and potentially discover new ones. We are currently recruiting for Trustees to join our board from December 2024, with a particular interest in candidates with experience in the following areas:

Charitable / Voluntary sector

Charity Finance

Marketing/Communications

Fundraising

We are focused on identifying new trustees who:

Believe strongly that care experienced young people should have the same opportunities to learn and develop as their peers. And are passionate about making this happen.

Are committed to making a meaningful contribution to fulfilling the Board’s strategic, financial and legal responsibilities.

This is an incredible opportunity to make a difference with MCR, build on your existing skills and potentially discover new ones. The most important attributes trustees joining us should have include: a willingness to ask questions, sharing our values of Respect, Person-Centred practice, Integrity and Communication and a guaranteed time commitment to the role. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

You will work closely with board colleagues through quarterly board meetings, and working groups and provide support and constructive challenge to the Chief Executive, Sharon McIntyre and her senior team. With a track record of identifying and mitigating risk, you will protect and promote the charity’s excellent reputation, and represent us at external events and with key stakeholders.

Our Commitment

In return, we offer a comprehensive induction programme including charity trustee training, CPD as a trustee and the opportunity to be part of a forward thinking, committed and impactful team working to help care experienced young people transform their lives. These positions are a voluntary role in a national third sector organisation that has important stature in Scotland with a growing reach in England.

MsMissMrs is recruiting for a positive, super-organised and tech savvy administrator to join our operations team.

We are passionately a values-driven, living wage, fair work first bunch, so we offer flexible working to fit around mumming and caring responsibilities and encourage work-life balance.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a role in supporting our daily operations and finances and fostering a welcoming environment in our spaces for our community of women.

Our ideal candidate will have a background in office, facilities and financial administration and be able to handle administrative duties accurately and independently, including proficient and up-to-date knowledge of Microsoft packages and SAGE administration. You’ll be highly organised with excellent communication and numerical skills and able to balance a range of day-to-day priorities. You’ll take pride in our beautiful project spaces and take the lead in ensuring they are always clean, presentable and welcoming.

We are a small but mighty team who care passionately about addressing wellbeing inequalities and supporting and empowering women and girls to thrive. Our culture and values are of utmost importance to us as we strive to be collaborative, relational and non-judgemental in everything we do. As an integral part of our team, you will share and embody these values too.

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!

What you’ll be doing day-to day:

Finance

• Payment and issuing of invoices
• Reconciliation of petty cash and credit card spends
• Financial data entry to SAGE
• PAYE, payroll and pensions administration
• Support accountants with preparation of quarterly reports

Facilities

• Maintenance of project buildings, equipment and computer systems
• Management of supplier contracts eg. waste management, cleaning, utilities, IT
• Ensure effective operation of IT systems with external contractor
• Responsibility for keeping project spaces clean, tidy and presentable
• Preparation of project spaces for meetings, events and visits

General Admin

• Act as first point of contact for in person, telephone and email enquiries
• Diary management and PA support to senior management team
• Assist with preparation of reports and presentations
• Assist with organisation of company events and travel
• Packing and postage of our products for sale

About MsMissMrs:

Since 2014, MsMissMrs has been supporting women to rebuild their lives after trauma, poverty and adversity and empowering young women and girls through early intervention programmes. As a community-based enterprise, MsMissMrs forges nurturing relationships with women and girls creating a supportive environment that promotes self-esteem and grows capabilities. We have 3 project spaces- our Wellbeing Hub in Maryhill, our community kitchen, Femfoods and our micromanufacturing space, Womanufacture, both in Possilpark. We also deliver early intervention training to teachers to support girls in secondary school with self esteem and wellbeing. All of our spaces and programmes have one key ingredient- a culture that enables our professional team, who bring a wealth of lived experience, wellbeing and community knowledge, to drive our mission forward.

Person Specification:

Essential outlook, skills and experience

• Self-motivated, proactive and problem-solving
• Desire to be a role model and custodian of our company values
• Adept at communicating with tact, diplomacy and professionalism
• Organisational, administration and IT skills
• Aptitude with Microsoft Office 365, with proficiency in Excel
• Numerical accuracy and attention to detail
• Experience of using Sage accounting software
• Great interpersonal skills an ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• Excellent verbal and written literacy skills
• Pre-emptive and proactive working style
• Commitment to process improvement
• A full UK driver’s license
• Previous experience in financial administration
• Previous experience in office administrator / business support role

Desirable skills and experience

• Experience with PAYE, payroll and pensions administration
• Experience working in settings with vulnerable adults
• Understanding of trauma informed practises

*As a female only project, we are exempted under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9