Top job! Head of Office for Mark Ruskell MSP
- Full time
- £43,745
- Hybrid: Parliament, regional office and home working
- Closing 11th November 2024
- Advertised from 17th October 2024
- 30 hours per week. Please note, as part of the Scottish Greens Parliamentary Group, Mark operates a four-day working week, and 30 hours is full time. Fixed term over 9 months (with the potential for extension to 12 months).
Role
Mark Ruskell MSP is seeking a proactive leader to join his team on a fixed-term basis with a passion for community engagement and office management. In the role of Head of Office, you will be responsible for the daily operations of Mark’s office both in the constituency and at Parliament. The role will also involve driving regional engagement initiatives and fostering strong relationships with key stakeholders.
The successful candidate will provide essential support for Mark’s parliamentary duties and constituency work. By enhancing Mark’s regional presence, you will play a crucial role in supporting his constituents across the Mid Scotland and Fife region.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the work of Mark Ruskell MSP in serving his constituents and shaping public policy.
Fixed term over 9 months (with the potential for extension to 12 months).
Responsibilities
- Acting in a supervisory capacity for the team and oversight of office management.
- Managing office budget in line with Members Expenses Scheme, Allowances Office and People Services Team.
- Managing constituency accounts, premises, and equipment.
- Managing three members of staff and reviewing their performance.
- Overseeing health and safety and staff wellbeing.
- Overseeing diary management and incoming correspondence
- Acting as a support to me as Party spokesperson for Environment and Transport.
- Checking for any updates to compliance related legislation and communicating changes to colleagues.
- Leading on regional campaigns and communications, including traditional
media output, digital/social media activity and local events.
- Developing a regional engagement strategy and working with the rest of the team to deliver it.
- Organising local visits, meetings, and other events, with or on behalf of Mark Ruskell.
- Producing and circulating press releases on local issues.
- Building working relationships with local and regional press.
- Developing and maintaining stakeholder contacts across the region.
- Managing Mark Ruskell MSPs social media accounts.
- Overseeing the office strategy and managing relevant research and
engagement projects.
- Leading on identifying and delivering project work to progress constituency and parliamentary issues.
- Peer-reviewing validity and quality of work to ensure accuracy.
- Delivering or commissioning relevant research projects to produce policy documents, briefings, draft speeches and similar material.
- Ensuring all office research complies with data protection legislation and GDPR requirements
- Analysing, evaluating, and interpreting data and statistics to supports
my activities in Parliament and in the constituency.
- Keeping your knowledge of relevant policy areas and local issues up-to-date.
- Obtaining and compiling relevant research documents from external bodies.
- Monitoring relevant current affairs, local issues, and parliamentary business
- Contributing to parliamentary activity such as motions, questions and debates
- Managing relationships with regional and policy-specific stakeholders to
ensure I have access to accurate and contemporary data.
- Collaborating with colleagues from different services areas across the Parliament.
- Liaising with various external groups e.g. think-tanks, NGOs, other elected representatives.
- Developing effective relationships with counterparts in other UK legislatures and wider research community.
- Performing casework-related research and preparing responses where necessary.
About You
- Have experience of working in a leadership role in policy, campaigns, or communications.
- Have experience of managing staff with the ability to nurture and build effective teams in a high-pressure environment.
- Able to foster good working relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders and build networks.
- Have excellent communication skills with accurate attention to detail and the ability to work effectively with colleagues.
- Have the creative flair and expertise to develop, deliver and evaluate regional engagement and campaigns activities.
- Have excellent organisational skills, with the ability to multitask, problem solve, and work within tight timescales.
- Have experience of project management, and able to lead on areas of project work while developing new areas and methods of research.
- Have experience of managing budgets and be confident in managing budgets for staff resources and office provisions.
- Have analytical skills with the ability to identify and investigate trends while interpreting data.
- Have an interest in Scottish politics, knowledge of the Mid Scotland and Fife Region and be sympathetic to the aims and objectives of Mark in carrying out his parliamentary duties.
Application notes
For any questions about the role please contact: Lorna.gledhill@parliament.scot
To apply, please visit our website.
If you are experiencing any issues with the applications process, please send your CV and supporting statement directly to: Jenny.smith@parliament.scot
Closing date: 11th November at 9am.
Interviews to be held on Monday 18th November
Clinical Practice Manager (Maternity Cover)
- Part time
- £38,625 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Working from home and some time spent with colleagues in the Locality Teams and at our Head Office in Stirling.
- Closing 24th November 2024
This is an exciting time to join Venture Trust as we continue to develop, embed and grow our new multidisciplinary locality teams and apply our developmental approach in communities, in greenspaces and across Scotland’s wilder places.
Venture Trust supports people facing challenging life circumstances to overcome barriers and realise their potential. We work alongside people who have been impacted by trauma, and together we build the programme they need to move forwards in their journey, utilising in communities, greenspaces and wild places across Scotland.
The Venture Trust Outdoor Therapy Service is an important service aimed at reaching clients who can sometimes have difficulty accessing traditional clinical settings. Our service is highly committed to maintaining an ethical therapeutic practice in which safety and risk are given careful consideration.
Our accredited counsellors and therapists meet with clients in their local outdoor spaces; and for our clients, who have often experienced severe adversity and trauma, meeting them in their own community may be what allows them to take the step to engage in therapy. Furthermore, working outdoors allows them to access the varied benefits of working therapeutically in nature, with the metaphors, embodied experiences and regulating effects that can occur.
About this role
The Clinical Practice Manager role is a pivotal role in the Operational Leadership team at Venture Trust. It contributes to maintaining and fostering physical and psychological safety within the organisation, its staff and in work with participants. The Clinical Practice Manager holds an integral role within the organisation, through holding a therapeutic stance and reflective thinking with Operational Leads and the Senior Leadership Team.
They will hold a knowledge and understanding of organisational dynamics, as well as group and unconscious processes. They will bring this on behalf of the organisation to support and develop staff and practice with participants. They will facilitate Reflective Practice Groups alongside the Outdoor Practice and Development Manager for inter-disciplinary Locality Teams and undertake periodic reviews.
The Clinical Practice Manager provides a framework of clinical governance throughout service areas in line with best practice. This includes creating and reviewing relevant processes and policies. The Clinical Practice Manager holds joint responsibility for overseeing and maintaining practice standards across operational staff. This includes considering the practice of clinical staff, such as Outdoor Therapists, as well as operational staff, such as, Outreach Support Workers or Senior Outdoor Practitioners.
We are recruiting for fixed-term maternity cover, and during this period we would like the Clinical Practice Manager to prioritise leading on:
• Working closely with the Outdoor Practice and Development Manager to maintain a therapeutic stance within Leadership Teams within the organisation
• Supporting and maintaining safe ethical practice across operations
• Maintaining robust clinical governance and oversight of processes and policies
• Facilitating Reflective Practice Groups for inter-disciplinary Locality Teams
• Overseeing the Outdoor Therapy Service and its staff, including periodic 1:1 meetings with staff
• Organising and Leading Outdoor Therapy Service Meetings and Supervision
• Arranging quarterly Development Days for Outdoor Therapy staff
• Working alongside the Senior Outdoor Therapist to manage the delivery of the Outdoor Therapy Service for Younger People (10-24 year olds)
• Maintaining and building relationships with key stakeholders
Key relationships:
• Reporting to Director of Operations.
• Part of Operational Leadership team, alongside Outdoor Practice and Development Manager and Head of Operations
• Senior Outdoor Therapist / Outdoor Therapists / Senior Field Therapist
• Senior Outdoor Practitioners
• Senior Leadership Team
• External Clinical Supervisors, who provide 1:1 or group supervision for colleagues
About you
Essential
During this maternity cover, we need someone who can bring a robust and deep understanding of providing therapy and therapeutic services to our client group and is able to support multidisciplinary staff across the organisation.
You will have:
• Significant experience overseeing practice of staff and managing services
• Significant experience of working therapeutically in an organisational context.
• Experience of working with Venture Trust’s client group and, preferably, young people
• Experience supervising staff, preferably qualified to offer clinical supervision.
• Ability to articulate a rationale for integrating therapy work into natural environments, and its theoretical foundations.
• Experience of participating in and an understanding of reflective practice groups
• Personal competence in outdoor environments
Desirable:
You will have:
• Experience of facilitating reflective practice groups
• Experience of facilitating trainings to professionals
• An ability to understand outdoor safety management systems when working in dynamic outdoor environments with support from Head of Operations and Outdoor Practice and Development Manager
• An understanding of and willingness to operate in the 3rd sector
• Experience of building and fostering relationships with key stakeholders
• Professional experience of working in outdoor environments
Working at Venture Trust
We are looking for someone who can work 22.5 – 30 hours a week, including Mondays. The role will be hybrid working, with some time spent working from home and some time spent with colleagues in the Locality Teams and at our Head Office in Stirling.
We offer a range of generous benefits including:
• a generous annual leave entitlement (28 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays and 3 Christmas holidays)
• an employee benefits package
• flexible and hybrid working
• a joint contributory pension scheme
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a difference in the lives of the young people in our church and community.
We are looking for someone who can expand and lead our work with the young people of the church and community, with a view to reaching out to, discipling, and supporting young people.
Top job! Head of Finance & Operations
- Full time
- £39,871
- Hybrid: Edinburgh (min 2 days per week office-based)
- Closing 18th November 2024
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the management and operation of a charity dedicated to Edinburgh’s historic environment and heritage, working with passionate staff, Trustees and partners.
We are looking for an experienced Head of Finance & Operations to lead on the delivery of finance, governance, HR and office objectives, enabling the organisation to run smoothly and efficiently.
Part of the Senior Management Team, the Head of Finance & Operations supports the Director and other senior managers in the leadership and direction of the charity, helping to formulate and execute the organisational strategy and ensuring that Edinburgh World Heritage meets the goals of the integrated business plan and organisational outcomes.
Edinburgh is a unique place – steeped in history, with iconic topography and stunning historic buildings and public spaces. In 1995, the ‘Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage Site’ was inscribed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO. Edinburgh World Heritage, an independent charity, co-ordinates the management of the Site with its partners, the City Council and Historic Environment Scotland. Our vision is to make Edinburgh an inspirational and empowering place to live, work, study or visit – no matter who you are. We believe that heritage and conservation are central to making this happen, connecting people to the city and the World Heritage Site. For more information on Edinburgh World Heritage, please visit our website at ewh.org.uk.
Top job! Head of Grants
- Full time
- £45,000 – £47,000
- Hybrid: Edinburgh. Remote, home-based work and some attendance in offices.
- Closing 17th November 2024
The Veterans’ Foundation (VF) is an independent grant-making charitable foundation. It has established a substantial grants’ programme to support charities and organisations in the UK that provide charitable support to those in need among serving armed forces personnel, veterans, operationally qualified seafarers and their immediate families. The charity has grown rapidly since inception in July 2016 and has to date (Oct 24) given away more than £25M to good causes and handed out around £1.6M to good causes each quarter for the past year.
Head of Grants will have the following responsibilities:
- Provide the lead for the Grants’ Department in the VF, managing relevant staff to best effect and shaping the Grant-Making Policy to suit the VF’s objects.
- Provide high quality policy, communications and strategic advice to the CEO and Trustees.
- Liaise with other organisations (eg Cobseo, AFCFT, OVA, other charities) to formulate policy and to enable smooth and effective operation of the VF’s Grant-Making Policy.
- Deliver the Grant-Making Policy approved by the Trustees.
- Suggest changes to the Grant-Making Policy to the Trustees when necessary, having identified impact and backed by research where possible.
- Ensure the quarterly and annual grant-making schedules are maintained, including arranging meetings and providing briefing packs for Trustees.
- Manage workloads to match staff employment contracts.
- Provide effective grant-making processes and identify improvements when necessary.
- Oversee the grant management aspects of Salesforce.
- Provide good coordination between the Grants Department and other departments in VF and with contractors.
- Promote the VF culture: cheerful, efficient and engaging effectiveness.
- Lead and manage the grants’ communications strategy.
- Overseeing the measurement of the impact of VF grants.
- Other duties and responsibilities as appropriate to the post and requested by the CEO.
Experience and Qualifications. Candidates should possess the following experiences, qualifications and skills:
Experience
- Proven experience and success in a relevant Third Sector grants’ management role.
- Good understanding and knowledge of the Armed Forces’ elements in the Third Sector.
- Experience of conducting due diligence into grantees.
- Understanding of business functions such as HR, finance and information security.
- Demonstrable competency in planning.
- Working knowledge of IT and comms systems, including Salesforces and MS 365.
- Excellent organisational and leadership abilities.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Aptitude in decision-making and problem-solving.
Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent (Must)
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