The new role of Business Development Manager will be a key one within the organisation, to ensure that we are well-resourced to achieve our aims and appropriately positioned to make the most of new opportunities.

Key responsibilities will be:

Fundraising

• Identify funding opportunities that are a good fit for our activities and plans
• Write and submit funding applications and tenders, to support and develop our activities
• Provide performance reports to funders as required
• Work closely with the Finance Manager to project and forecast income
• Ensure that the funding data base is well maintained and regularly report on progress

Business Development

• Identify and develop opportunities for growth and partnerships
• Build and maintain a network of contacts, including corporate, to maximise opportunities
• Ensure that our business practices are efficient, effective and fit for purpose
• Lead on staff understanding and delivery of our business priorities and targets
• Identify and negotiate supplier services and contracts that deliver best value

Marketing

• Lead on staff understanding and delivery of our brand values and their communication of key messages
• Collect performance data, photos, stories and case studies from our activities
• Research and write reports that demonstrate our social impact
• Promote our brand values and visibility to relevant client groups
• Ensure successful use of various social media platforms to maintain our profile

General

• Be an ambassador for the organisation and its services
• Set a positive example, as a role model for our values, principles and behaviours
• Share leadership responsibility, as a key member of our senior management team
• Support and deputise for, colleagues as needed
• Take ownership, responsibility and accountability for own and team, performance

The above is, of course, not exhaustive! We operate a culture where trust and respect are earned through our values and behaviours and everyone, including the CEO, mucks in whenever and wherever, needed.

Full details can be found here.

Barnardo's Scotland Fostering Edinburgh have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Supervising Social worker to join our busy team on a Full Time (37 hours) permanent basis.

Location: The successful candidate will work on a hybrid basis with their office base in Edinburgh, however some meetings and training occur Scotland Wide.

As a Supervising Social Worker, you will work within a team of supervising social workers, children's workers, therapists, education liaison worker, managers, and admin staff responsible for the recruitment and support of foster carers who provide care to looked after children and young people who are referred to the service from the Local Authority.

Some of the key responsibilities are:

• Work alongside others in providing support and advice to carers being able to demonstrate initiative whilst also being part of a team
• Ensure that Children & Young Peoples welfare remains paramount and central in all aspects of the service.
• Ensure the voice of children/young people and carers/adopters are represented in the service through engaging in and where appropriate lead in the delivery of participation and consultation activities.
• Deliver relevant training to Barnardo's cohort of foster carers and adopters to the relevant standards on both a group and individual basis and provide feedback to enable training materials to be updated to remain relevant and effective.
• Be flexible to respond to the needs of young people, carers and colleagues.

Ideal Candidate's must haves:

• Demonstrate both excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience of Fostering assessments or similar.
• Have a good understanding of the legislation and National Standards we work within.
• Relevant Social Work Qualification such as DipSW, CSS, CQSW
• Valid Social Work Registration with SSSC.
• Demonstrable and applied knowledge of child protection procedures.
• Previous post qualifying experience in childcare setting settings and/or pre- qualifying work experience in Family Placement
• Hold a full UK driving licence with access to their own vehicle.

History of Service

Barnardo's has well over 100 years of experience delivering fostering and adoption services across the UK.

Our fostering service in Scotland has been operational for over 18 years and rated ‘Good' across most areas from Care Inspectorate. Our fostering Service is supported by Practice Managers, comprising of new and experienced team members. This team is supported by experienced administrative staff, and the work of the supervising social workers, childrens worker (PW2) and a Psychotherapist. The Edinburgh team is the only Scottish Service operating the Mockingbird model, supported by the fostering network.

When completing your application please refer to your skills, knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable) This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.

Our basis and values

The Cottage Family Centre was established in 1987. The focus of the work at the Centre is to provide a range of support to those families and individuals within family units who are vulnerable to social exclusion as a result of factors such as poverty, unemployment, poor housing, relationship breakdown, drug and alcohol problems and health related issues.

We are looking for an efficient and self-organised Finance & Business Support Worker to provide effective administrative & financial systems support for our organisation.

You will be expected to be competent in working with Microsoft based software, have a flexible approach, a good team worker and have the ability to work independently. As a first point of contact, you must also have a friendly and approachable manner.

Previous experience of using QuickBooks would be advantageous however training will be given

The individual must have at least 3 years’ experience in a similar role

and

Relevant Qualification required e.g.

Business Administration/Accounting

This post will be subject to a PVG Scheme Record check and 2 references.

Local Campaigns Officer – Scotland (maternity cover)

Have you had experience of campaigning? Have you a proven track record of awareness raising in local communities? Can you influence and inform professionals on how to respond to child abuse and neglect? If the answer is “Yes, yes, yes” we want to hear from you.

The NSPCC is wishing to recruit a Local Campaigns Officer for Scotland (maternity cover) to support our campaigning work. We want to reach into local communities in order to influence the general public, parents, young people and professional networks. To this end, you will lead a number of projects, reporting into the Local Campaigns Manager for Scotland.

You will have experience of shaping and delivering local and community based campaigns, encouraging public and professional responses to child neglect, consulting parents on how they respond to child sexual abuse, or working with a local agency on raising awareness of child sexual exploitation.

We are looking for someone who is highly organised and solution focussed. As a team player, you will work in partnership with both local NSPCC services and other locally based organisations. You are someone who is proactive, persistent, and thrives on managing a varied and busy workload; you will be happy to work across Scotland and willing to travel.

For further information or to arrange an informal chat please contact:

Carla Malseed – Carla.Malseed@nspcc.org.uk