- Advertised from 20th September 2024
Role
The Ripple Project is seeking a chair and board members to help the community of Restalrig, Lochend and Craigentinny to flourish.
We are a company limited by guarantee and charity that both serves and works with its local community to tackle poverty and inequality by responding to local priorities, circumstances and needs in a sustainable way.
The Ripple is looking forward over the next 5 years to build our capacity to respond to the increasing needs within our community. This is an exciting opportunity for board members and an experienced chair to help make a genuine difference in a community that is struggling but strong.
We are seeking both an experienced chair and board members.
We are particularly interested in people who have knowledge and experience in the following areas:
• Role of Chair
• Role of Vice Chair
• Funding and Investment
• HR
• Communications
If you share our ambition and vision for better lives for local people and their communities we would love to hear from you.
Application notes
Please see our recruitment pack which can be downloaded below for further details.
Closing date for applications Friday October 25th
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Are you looking to broaden your experience, learn new skills and share your abilities with a wider community?
ACE IT Scotland is a successful and growing Edinburgh-based charity. We provide free coaching and support to people over 50 to help them access everything the digital world can offer.
Working out of our city centre office, we have a small team of employees and a larger bank of volunteers who provide most of our services. These include community services, such as one-to-one coaching, group sessions, information services, and activity groups within local care homes. Demand for our services continues to grow. The recent events have reinforced just how important digital technology is for the health, wellbeing and connectivity of older people.
We have plans and resources in place to move ahead with our strategy of delivering our core services, seeking to help more people in more areas, and exploring more transformational opportunities longer-term.
We're now looking for new trustees to join our Board. The current Board of six trustees meets four to five times a year, normally in person. In between the formal Board meetings, trustees will serve on one or more of six sub-committees which take a more detailed view of the operation. Extensive use is made of remote meetings and online collaboration tools.
We would be particularly keen to hear from potential trustees who have experience of working with older people, the third sector or health and social services. As an organisation we value diversity and we warmly welcome applications from people with protected characteristics.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- embrace our vision for all older people to be connected and reach their full digital potential
- help us to ensure that ACE IT Scotland complies with its Constitution, OSCR regulations and any other relevant legislation
- assist ACE IT Scotland to pursue its goals as laid out in our Strategy 2026
- support the development of ACE IT Scotland future operating models and future strategic plan revisions
- offer guidance, constructive challenge and insight to staff and trustees in relation to change proposals
- be aware of current issues that may impact the organisation
Top job! Head of Service (Enterprise and Learning)
- Part time
- £45,000 – £50,346 pro-rata
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 23rd September 2024
AWS Executive are working in partnership with Space to appoint their Head of Service (Enterprise and Learning) based The Broomhouse Hub in Edinburgh. This is a part time role 21 hours per week, over 3 days.
Space @ The Broomhouse Hub is a Scottish Award-nominated charity championing community development and bringing people together.
Job Purpose
- To be a key member of Space Management Team, providing leadership and building positive working relationships across the organisation, and externally.
- To develop and lead on Space Enterprise and Learning strategy, working collaboratively with the Board of Trustees and sub committees to deliver sound advice across all areas of responsibility, and contribute towards strategic decision making.
- To oversee the day to day operations across front line projects, bringing stability and resilience, enabling any growth and improvement that may be required in order to deliver on our strategic objectives, now and in the future.
- To drive income generation, building an understanding across the organisation of the need for successful commercial projects.
Key Responsibilities:
Delivery
- Set ambitious income targets for Enterprise and Learning services, identifying market gaps and trends, delivering sustainable commercial ventures which are both financially and environmentally sustainable.
- Contribute to the regular review of the needs within Space services, planning and delivering the implementation of any new business opportunities across the organisation.
- Working with the CEO and the wider Management Team to deliver the organisation wide strategy for Space.
- Contribute to the continual review and delivery of the organisation's Standard Operating Procedures, Risk Assessments and Risk Management Strategy.
- Ensure efficient reporting systems are in place for accurate data gathering to enable informed decision making.
- Ensure Enterprise and Learning services meet all statutory and regulatory requirements as a charity, company and service provider. Ensure that all data is kept and processed securely and in line with Data Protection Act and GDPR.
- Engage with the communications team to raise awareness and raise the profile of our work by sharing positive, impactful stories.
- Support the effective governance of Space by engaging fully with all relevant governance bodies and processes.
- Ensure Space is appropriately represented across all relevant networks, partnerships and collaborations.
Leadership and people management
- Provide line management to Enterprise and Learning managers in accordance with Space values and people policies, ensuring all direct reports and their teams have the support, information, skills and learning opportunities to be highly effective in their roles.
- Hold regular individual 1:1 meetings with line reports and provide coaching, mentorship and performance management.
- Provide direction and strategic support to line reports on Enterprise and Learning annual planning processes including service work plans and budget control.
- Be a role model to all staff across the organisation and provide leadership support to other members of management.
- Encourage all staff to engage and contribute constructively to matters across the organisation.
- Comply with organisational HR policies and employment law.
- Continually monitor and assess the effectiveness and efficiency of Enterprise and Learning services, identify opportunities for growth and development, writing the business cases for any adjustments and managing the change process.
Finance and Fundraising
- Be financially accountable for all Enterprise and Learning services, ensuring Project Managers have distinct budgets, and understand their responsibilities and targets.
- Work with the fundraising team to research potential new income streams, ensuring funding is in place for all areas of responsibility
- Keep abreast of sector knowledge and standards in order to inform practical funding bid submissions.
- Nurture relationships with existing funders, ensure all agreed conditions are met and data requested is provided.
Fife International Forum is a leading third-sector charity dedicated to supporting migrant and refugee communities across Fife. We work in partnership with these communities and other stakeholders to deliver holistic, professional, and high-quality services. Our people-led approach is grounded in human rights, aiming to foster positive, inclusive community development and integration. Our vision is to build a sustainable, collaborative organisation focused on engagement, participation, and social cohesion. We empower individuals to fully contribute to their communities and advocate for policy and practice changes that benefit migrant and refugee populations.
Join our Board of Trustees to help lead and shape our charity's mission.
We are looking to fill several Trustee vacancies to assist with the governance and in continuing to set the strategic direction of the organisation with current Members, ensuring its long-term success. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals with a wide range of backgrounds, skills, and experiences. If you think you have something to offer, please get in contact with us. A list of responsibilities and full person specification is available in the downloadable document.
Further information on the role, responsibilities and duties of Trustees is available on the website of the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.
The full role descriptions for Trustees are available to download.
Are you passionate about young people and wellbeing?
The Junction is an award-winning charity that takes a holistic approach towards young people’s health and well-being. Our vision is for all young people to achieve their full potential.
We work with 12-21 year olds in North-East Edinburgh offering one-to-one support, counselling and creative projects to support their wellbeing by helping them explore their life choices.
Trustee opportunities
We are looking for committed individuals to join our Board of Trustees. This is an incredible opportunity to make a difference with The Junction and build your skills. We are currently recruiting for Trustees to join our board from October 2024, with a particular interest in candidates with experience in the following areas:
- HR
- Charitable / third sector
- Marketing
- Fundraising
We are looking for candidates with Trustee/Board experience, who are committed to our values and in supporting young people in the community, with an understanding of the issues affecting them as well as the opportunities and challenges of the third sector landscape.
The most important attributes of trustees joining us include a willingness to ask questions, share our values of equality, transparency and community as well as their time commitment to the role. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.
Role responsibilities
Duties/tasks for the year include:
- Attend 4 board meetings a year (quarterly)
- Attend or dial-in to 4 informal meetings with board members
- Contribute to a sub-groups that meets roughly 4 times - a team of staff and board members
- Attend 2 Development Days with staff and/or trustees (usually but not always a Saturday in Spring and Autumn)
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