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School Closure Review Panels Appointment Of Persons Eligible To Be Panel Members
- Management Board
- Sessional
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 14th October 2024
- Advertised from 2nd September 2024
- Remuneration of £226.92 per day (which is non-pensionable) is payable. Expenses for travel and subsistence relating to the Panels will be reimbursed.
Role
The Convener of School Closure Review Panels is now recruiting persons who will be eligible to be Panel Members.
The Convener and Panels were established by, and have prescribed powers and duties under, the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010 Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010 (legislation.gov.uk)Legislation is supported by statutory guidance which supports local authorities when they consult on changes to schools (including nursery) such as closing, relocating or opening a new school. Supporting documents - Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010: guidance - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
School Closure Review Panels are independent statutory bodies which have been created to enhance and strengthen the process of local authority school closures in Scotland. On 30th March 2015 the Convener and Panels took over responsibility from the Scottish Ministers for reviewing and determining local authority school closure decisions which are called-in by Ministers.
Scottish Ministers can call in a proposal when the education authority may have failed in a significant regard to comply with the requirements imposed on it by the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010 so far as they are relevant to the closure proposal, or to take proper account of a material consideration relevant to its decision to implement the proposal.
Duties and responsibilities
The Convener is responsible for appointing and maintaining a pool of persons who will be eligible to be Panel Members. Once a school closure decision is called in by Scottish Ministers, the Convener is required to select three individuals from the pool of persons eligible to be Panel Members to form a Panel to determine each case, and to identify a Chair for each Panel.
Once a Panel is established, responsibility for the review of a closure proposal and for its determination lies with the Panel. The Convener is not involved in Panel decisions.
Administrative support, organised by the Convener, is provided to the Panels. The Convener has engaged the Scottish Arbitration Centre to provide administrative support to the Convener and the Panels.
It is difficult to predict the number of school closure decisions that will be called in by Scottish Ministers. The original estimated was five or six proposals a year, but since 2015 only six Panels have been established to review decisions. The last Panel convened was in 2021.
For more on the work of SCRP: Schools Closure Review Panel (scrp.scot)
Skills, knowledge and experience required
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:
· Evidence of managing tasks involving reading complex written documents and working to deadlines.
· Experience of making effective and reasoned decisions.
· The ability to produce high quality written work.
· Good verbal communication skills.
· The ability to work well with others as part of a team.
Desirable, but not essential would be:
· Awareness of the issues involved in school closure consultations in Scotland.
· Awareness of the issues involved in the provision of education in Scotland’s rural communities.
· Legal knowledge and experience.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and wish to particularly encourage applications from disabled applicants and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants.
Remuneration
Remuneration of £226.92 per day (which is non-pensionable) is payable. Expenses for travel and subsistence relating to the Panels will be reimbursed.
Time commitment
Ideally, should you be asked to sit on a Panel, you should be able to make a firm commitment to spend up to ten days per year on Panel business. You will also be asked to attend a Panel member training day one day each year.
Location of meetings
Administrative support for the Panels is based in Edinburgh, and induction and other training is likely to take place in Edinburgh or online. Much of the work of any Panel can be performed remotely, with support from the administrative team.
Additional information
You are disqualified from being appointed as a Panel Member if you are a member of the Scottish Parliament; a Local Authority Councillor; a member of the House of Commons or House of Lords.
If you have any initial questions or requests for clarification, please email juliet@scrp.scot
Application notes
To apply
Please submit a short covering letter and CV to juliet@scrp.scot. In addition, please also submit a separate word document detailing answers to the following two questions:
1. In no more than 300 words, please give an example of a time you worked with others to reach an effective and reasoned decision. Please state what you did, why you did it and what the outcome was.
2. In no more than 300 words, please give an example of a time when you had to read and analyse complex written documents in a short timescale. Please detail how you managed this task and what the outcome was.
Applications must be submitted by 12 noon Monday 14th October 2024.
Interviews will be held on Zoom either AM on Tuesday 5th November or AM on Thursday 7th November 2024.
Join the SCSN Board!
- Management Board
- Unpaid
- Remote: with occasional meetings in Edinburgh or Glasgow.
- Closing 18th November 2024
At SCSN, we are the strategic voice for Community Safety in Scotland. If you have a keen interest interest in Community Safety, how would you feel about joining our board of directors to make a difference? We are recruiting now...
If you are looking to join our board there are opportunities to support you with the following:
1. Leadership development: You will learn complex thinking skills and become a better decision maker.
2. Personal growth: You can contribute your expertise and experience to a cause you are passionate about.
3. Networking: Board membership helps broadens your contacts.
4. Professional endorsement: Being selected for a board position raises your professional profile.
You can have a look at our Director's Profile below.
Partnerships and Relationships Manager
- Full time
- £30,000 – £35,000
- Hybrid: Edinburgh City Centre
- Closing 11th November 2024
About Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland?
Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) strive to improve the quality of life for people in Scotland affected by chest, heart, and stroke conditions. Their mission is to ensure that everyone living with these conditions gets the support they need. By joining the CHSS team, you’ll be part of a passionate and dedicated organisation committed to making a real difference in people’s lives.
What will you do as Partnership and Relationships Manager?
BTA is excited to present an outstanding opportunity to join CHSS as a Partnership and Relationships Manager to drive and manage relationships with Integrated Joint Boards, Health and Social Care Partnerships and the Scottish Government.
The Partnership and Relationship Manager will aim to build and nurture impactful relationships with corporate partners, community groups, and other stakeholders. In this role, you will aim to increase referrals into CHSS through developing, managing, and expanding strategic partnerships that support CHSS mission and increase awareness of their work across Scotland.
Key responsibilities include:
- CRM System Management – New CRM System to be implemented in January with this individual helping to oversee the implementation of the new system and drive it forward.
- Increase RIR (Reach, Income and Relationships) – An individual who can adapt to all 3 main areas and push CHSS vision forward understanding why each individual aspect is so important.
- Performance Tracking and Reporting – Monitor partnership progress and evaluate performance to ensure targets are met. Provide regular updates and insights for continuous improvement.
- Strategic Planning – Develop and implement strategies for growing partnerships, ensuring they meet both financial targets and the needs of CHSS’s beneficiaries.
- Advocacy and Promotion – Represent CHSS at meetings, events, and presentations, effectively communicating the mission and values to external audiences and advocating for the needs of people affected by chest, heart, and stroke conditions.
What does CHSS need from you?
Experience:
- A background/understanding of health and social care issues, preferably with experience working with health boards.
- Demonstrated success in selling a variety of products, concepts, and strategies, with a strong track record in securing and negotiating mutually beneficial contractual partnerships.
- Experience in coordinating and delivering projects from start to finish, ensuring that they are completed on time and within budget, with a focus on partnership or stakeholder-driven projects.
Key Skills and Attributes
- Adaptable Problem Solver – You bring strong problem solving skills and the ability to think creatively and outside the box. You can quickly adapt to changing circumstances and develop solutions that support the charity’s evolving needs.
- Exceptional Organisational Skills – Highly organised, with the capability to multitask and delegate effectively in a dynamic environment, ensuring all tasks are managed efficiently.
- Skilled Relationship Builder and Networker – You enjoy forming new partnerships while maintaining and strengthening existing relationships. You have a talent for attracting new stakeholders and increasing engagement with CHSS.
- Effective Communicator – You can manage communications with both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring that relationships are consistently nurtured. Your presentation skills allow you to convey the CHSS mission persuasively to external audiences.
LEADING A STRONG NATIONAL CHARITY
Shared Parenting Scotland (SPS) is the expert voice in Scotland promoting parenting arrangements after separation that benefit children by trying to ensure that both parents remain fully involved in their lives.
Our telephone helpline and support meetings across Scotland help parents to stay involved after separation and provide information and support about all forms of dispute resolution including mediation, legal negotiation and court action. Each support meeting is attended by a family lawyer. Around a thousand parents contact these services every year or make use of our WhatsApp closed group chats which offer support 24/7.
Our training programme delivers two innovative programmes for separated parents.
New Ways For Families® helps parents to avoid high conflict behaviour, strengthens their abilities to make parenting decisions and communicate with their ex-partner and helps them rely less on experts and the courts to make decisions for them and their children. It is licensed by the High Conflict institute to SPS for delivery throughout the UK and we have recruited a team of freelance coaches.
Love, Loss and Living was developed by SPS in partnership with psychotherapist Jan Montgomery. It helps parents who are not seeing their children to understand and manage the grief and stress. It is now being delivered through a mixture of online course material and online or face-to-face group support sessions.
We also work to influence statutory and voluntary organisations to remove barriers to shared parenting and support parents to reach agreement rather than fight each other in court. We meet regularly with civil servants and MSPS across a range of departments and are the secretary to the Cross Party Group on Shared Parenting at the Scottish Parliament We publish a range of guides on different aspects of family law, courts and other shared parenting issues. Every summer we have hosted a student intern who undertakes a project supporting our work, such as a study of the views of young people on how parental separation affected them (Sharing My Parents), a review of developments in family courts in various countries (Learning from Abroad). In 2024 our student has worked on improving the accessibility of information about family court and dispute resolution processes and developed some new information sheets and videos for us.
We have built up links with other shared parenting organisations across the world and presented papers about our work at international conferences of the International Council on Shared Parenting and the Association of Family And Conciliation Courts.
BUILDING ON FIFTEEN YEARS OF GROWTH
The charity has been operating on a volunteer basis in Scotland for a long time, but was formalised as the Scottish project of Families Need Fathers when funding was obtained in 2010 to open a Scottish office. Families Need Fathers Scotland was registered as a separate charity and has operated independently of Families Need Fathers since 2012. The name of the charity was changed to Shared Parenting Scotland in 2020.
The current national manager Ian Maxwell and Policy Manager John Forsyth have both worked for the charity since 2010, during which time the staff has grown to six people. The new chief executive will take on the challenge of maintaining and developing the organisation at a time when the need to support separated parents and their families is even greater than in 2010.
Our vision is a Scotland in which the norm after separation will be equal sharing of responsibilities between parents and more support for children after separation.
This is an exciting time to join SPS and lead on the delivery of our training and support programmes.
The Chief Executive provides leadership for the SPS team, promoting our work to funders and stakeholders, working with other sector leaders, and helping shape developments in the sector and wider political environment.
While being an expert in family law or dispute resolution is not an essential requirement, we are looking for a leader who is interested in organisational learning and development and who cares about the outcomes for separated families.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL
We would like to hear from compelling communicators with excellent team leadership skills and the ability to build and maintain stakeholder relationships. Our ideal candidate will also be experienced in financial and strategic planning with the ability to identify opportunities for SPS to develop, thrive and continue to innovate in the years ahead. Direct experience of one or more of the main areas of work (helpline, training delivery and policy work) is necessary although it does not need to be directly related to co-parenting or family breakdown.
We welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds, including experienced managers who may be considering a CEO role for the first time.
Post Overview
The purpose of the job is to:
- Overall management of the charity, line management of staff and work with trustees.
- While the following points relate to oversight of the various working areas, within a small staff team the chief executive will also be required to take part in service delivery where necessary, to obtain or enhance an understanding of the issues faced by the people using our services.
- Financial oversight: manage existing grant funding and apply for additional grants and other funding. Preparation of annual accounts information for auditor and oversight of ongoing administration of charity income and expenditure.
- Policy oversight: work to advance the policy aims of the charity. These currently include involvement in implementation of parts of the 2020 Children (Scotland) Act, provision of better early support for separating parents including dispute resolution outside court, equality issues affecting separated parents and faster, cheaper and less complex family court processes.
- Training Oversight: manage the staff who are developing and delivering training programmes and the partnership/franchising arrangements with training agencies such as the High Conflict Institute.
- Helpline and Personal Support oversight: oversee the work of the Helpline and Support team members. Ensure that the published and online information produced by the charity is maintained and developed and the appropriate activity and outcome statistics and case studies are maintained.
- Promotion and Publicity oversight: oversee the work of the Digital Marketing and Communication Manager and any external consultants, including review of usage statistics.
Brand & Marketing Officer
- Full time
- £32,319 – £36,218
- On site: Glasgow or Edinburgh
- Closing 18th November 2024
Around since 1923, SAMH is Scotland’s national mental health charity. We have represented the voice of people most affected by mental health problems in Scotland for almost 100 years. Today, in over 60 communities we work with adults and young people providing mental health social care support, services in primary care, schools and further education,
among others. These services together with our national programme work in See Me, respectme, suicide prevention and active living; inform our policy and campaign work to influence positive social change. SAMH is dedicated to mental health and wellbeing for all: with a vision of a society where people are able to live their lives fully, regardless of present or past
circumstances.
For Scotland’s Mental Health
About the Role
As part of the Public Affairs and Communications team, the postholder will support the delivery of our communications activity, in line with our strategic communications plan, with the intention of building our profile and managing our reputation.
The postholder will support the use of our brand internally and externally, and provide marketing support to teams across the organisation. This will include the development of content and assets, including merchandise, and coordination of the design and delivery of our marketing campaigns.
What we are looking for
As Scotland’s national mental health charity, delivering around 70 services in communities all over the country, we need to make sure that people know who we are and what we offer. We are looking for a marketer with the skills and knowledge to help us use our brand consistently and effectively, and to generate awareness of, and demand for, the support we offer to people with mental health problems.
You will have experience or knowledge of identifying, understanding, and engaging with different audiences; of promoting and supporting effective and disciplined use of a brand and its assets; and of ensuring that marketing campaigns really hit the mark.
Our ambition is to create a Scotland where people with mental health problems can ask once and get help fast. This is your opportunity to be part of that.
What we will provide for you
You will work in a supportive environment and will be provided with a full induction and training opportunities. You will be given the chance to develop your knowledge and skills, as well as develop professionally. Some of our benefits include:
- Funded continuous learning and development opportunities, access to over 100 courses online in addition to classroom and virtual training sessions
- 30 days annual leave rising to 33 after five years’ service
- Four public holidays
- Two paid wellbeing days off per year to use on what matters to you.
- Team wellbeing budgets
- Workplace pension scheme
- Life Assurance policy
- Employee Assistance Programme
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