We’re seeking an Engagement Officer in Scotland & Northern Ireland to join our small but mighty Devolved Nations team!

Supporting the Head of Devolved Nations, the Engagement Officer will raise the profile of both pancreatic cancer and Pancreatic Cancer UK in Scotland & Northern Ireland, acting as the local point of contact for the charity.

You will advocate for, support and work with pancreatic cancer communities in Scotland & Northern Ireland to ensure that supporters, volunteers and partners of Pancreatic Cancer UK feel valued, supported and inspired.

You will be responsible for supporting the development of, maintaining and expanding our networks by engaging stakeholders such as health professionals, policy makers, parliamentarians, researchers and other charities across Scotland & Northern Ireland.

You will monitor the parliamentary environment to help us anticipate and respond to opportunities to influence policy and practice, producing briefings and delivering parliamentary activity and events.

Please note that this role is a home-based role in central Scotland. There is also some travel which will be required across Scotland & Northern Ireland and to our Head Office meetings in London.

About You

• You will have experience of representing an organisation externally at meetings.
• You will have a love of relationship management to pro-actively develop and manage effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• You will understand the parliamentary landscape and how it pertains to health.
• You will be able to understand complex information and communicate it in a way that is straightforward, both in writing or verbally, and tailored to different audiences.

If this sounds like you – we’d love to hear from you!

About working for us

This is a fast-paced and growing organisation that is really committed to making a difference. Being a part of our team is being part of a thriving, positive, dynamic, successful, and welcoming community that is making an impact. We will support you and develop you should you wish this, and you get the opportunity to be involved in activities outside the scope of your immediate role. We care about your health and well-being and your work-life balance, and you will feel that your contribution is valued and matters.

About us

Pancreatic cancer is a tough one but we're taking it on. It is tough to diagnose, tough to treat, and tough to research. For too long this disease has been side-lined. We want to make sure that everyone affected by it gets all the help they need. Together we are taking on pancreatic cancer. Underpinning this vision are our three values:

• Courageous
• Collaborative
• Compassion

We cannot achieve our vision without employing people who are committed to our vision, strategy, and values.

At Pancreatic Cancer UK (PCUK) our ambition is to create an inclusive working environment that reflects the communities and audiences that we engage with and where everyone can be their true selves, where they feel respected, championed, heard, and supported. We want our workforce to achieve their potential, understand their contribution and feel proud of their impact by creating a culture and organisation that is genuinely inclusive by advancing equality, diversity, inclusion, and belonging through our policies and practices.

We believe diversity drives great outcomes by encouraging the different points of view that come from a diverse workforce. We want to hear from and engage with people whose experience of dealing with this disease may be very different depending on their individual circumstances and background. We can think of no better way to do this than by making sure this role fully represents our intent; therefore, we are especially keen to consider applications from suitable applicants who consider themselves to be in areas that appear underrepresented within the charity sector.

Safeguarding

PCUK is committed to safe and fair recruitment processes that safeguard and protect those we work with, support and serve. We make sure all our staff are selected, vetted (DBS/Criminal record checks where appropriate), trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective and compassionate care. Where we work with volunteers, we extend the same support in order to ensure that they are working within our ethos and standards.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Income Generation and Engagement Team as an Assistant Community Fundraiser!

As an Assistant Community Fundraiser, you will be an integral part of supporting the Community Fundraising team to reach their annual income target. You will oversee the running of the Edinburgh fundraising office, including stock management and managing a small team of volunteers. You will help support the team by co-ordinating supporter and volunteer communications, and attend fundraising events when required.

About You

• Experience in an office or customer facing environment

• Ability to work independently within the role, under your own initiative and cooperatively as part of the Community fundraising team.

• Excellent administration skills with a sound working knowledge of CRM databases, Windows-based software, including Word, Excel and Outlook and Teams.

• Exceptional time management and organisational skills, with experience of managing multiple projects at any given time, prioritising and meeting agreed deadlines.

• Ability to vary communication style (both written and verbal) to reflect the needs of the audience.

• Excellent attention to detail

• Knowledge and demonstrable experience of adhering to data handling/GDPR laws and codes of conduct

We are looking for an experienced Community & Corporate Fundraiser who has substantial charity experience and is passionate about the Kingdom of Fife and those who live in it. Fife Health Charity, now over 70 years along our journey, is committed to ensuring those living here are supported on their health journey.

If you are self-motivated, confident and driven to make a difference then Fife Health Charity wants you to join our team! This is an essential post within our small team and you will be responsible for implementing and delivering our charity’s approach to fundraising and increasing our unrestricted income. We know that our grants make a huge difference to the people we are here to support, and we want to increase the volume and value of our grants. Increasing our income is key to enabling this.

This is a fantastic time to be joining our charity as we have this year launched our first ever strategy to focus our grant-making on making a positive impact for people across Fife. To support our strategy we want to grow our resources and income to be able to increase the volume and value of our grants over the next five years.

Successful fundraising will be essential to achieving this goal. We are looking for a confident fundraiser who has experience in community and corporate fundraising and who can work to establish a strong supporter journey that will encourage those living in Fife to be part of their health charity. If this is you then don’t miss the opportunity to join our team.

Please note the salary for this post is pro rata to part time hours.

Find out more about this permanent role (22.5 hours per week) in our job pack and if you would like to discuss the role further, please contact the Charity Director, Mark McGeachie at mark.mcgeachie@nhs.scot

Do you want to join an innovative and collaborative Policy, Information and Communications Team? ASH Scotland is the place to come!

We are looking for a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual to complete our small team. You will aid in developing ASH Scotland’s evidence and lived experience informed policy positions through identifying and analysing policies related to tobacco control and public health improvement internationally, nationally and at community level in Scotland.

Through in-depth policy analysis, you will support our advocacy work which aims to reduce the harms caused by the use of tobacco and related products in Scotland and the delivery of a tobacco-free generation by 2034.

ASH Scotland (Action on Smoking and Health Scotland) is a Scottish health charity working for a Scotland free from the harm and inequality caused by tobacco and related products.