We are looking for a HR Coordinator to work as part of the HR team and wider support services to provide a professional and customer focussed HR operational service across the colleague lifecycle in line with Scottish Wildlife Trust’s policies, procedures and values.

You will provide first level HR advice to managers and staff on all aspects of HR Management, Employment Law and the Trust's policies and procedures.

You will also be responsible for preparing payroll instructions for our outsourced payroll provider as well as liaising with our pension provider.

Qualifications / Essential Criteria

• Partially completed or working towards a CIPD qualification

Essential Experience

• Proven experience of working in a busy office in an HR environment, where the following experience will have been gained:
• Managing payroll, pensions and calculating staff entitlements and benefits
• Managing computerised HR database and other office systems and using them to collate and analyse data
• Providing quality first-level HR advice and knowing when to escalate
• Commitment to equal opportunities practice and behaviour

For more information please refer to the job description below.

If you would like more information please contact Elaine Burns, Head of HR and Support Services, eburns@scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk

About us

For nearly 60 years, the Scottish Wildlife Trust has worked with its members, partners and supporters in pursuit of its vision of healthy, resilient ecosystems across Scotland’s land and seas.

The Trust successfully champions the cause of wildlife through policy and campaigning work, demonstrates best practice through practical conservation and innovative partnerships, and inspires people to take positive action through its education and engagement activities. The Trust manages a network of around 120 wildlife reserves across Scotland and is a member of the UK-wide Wildlife Trusts movement.

The benefits

• Flexi time/Hybrid working
• Salary sacrifice Cycle to Work and pension schemes
• Weekly wellness hour
• Generous Sick pay allowance
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
• Training and Development focus

RSPB Scotland is a leading nature conservation charity dedicated to protecting Scotland's wildlife and natural habitats.

We are looking for a Fundraising Officer to join our Fundraising Team in Scotland to help generate and maximise income from external funding sources (mainly charitable trusts and grants). This role is based in Scotland but flexible - The ideal candidate will be home-based unless there is a need for a reasonable adjustment.

Role involves:

• Researching and identifying potential funding opportunities and matching these with agreed priority work
• Writing compelling fundraising applications, as well as detailed and accurate evaluation reports and grant claims
• Collating relevant financial information for both funding applications and grant claims
• Communicating with project partners and other charities to share knowledge and experiences
• Accurately recording income and donor communications on a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system

The ideal candidate would have excellent writing skills as well as an attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks. Fundraising is a dynamic area of work and an ability to re-prioritise workloads to meet tight deadlines is essential. The successful candidate must also be confident in building and developing strong relationships, both externally with funders and internally with RSPB staff from other departments and nature reserves, whom you will work with to draft applications and updates to funders.

This role is primarily responsible for fundraising to enable work undertaken by RSPB Scotland, and as such the successful candidate will ideally be based in Scotland. This role will be home-based; but will involve some infrequent travel to offices and reserves across Scotland.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Excellent writing skills in multiple formats and writing styles – experience in writing persuasive and compelling fundraising applications is desirable
• Ability to communicate confidently and professionally over email and phone, and develop good working relationships with both internal teams and external funders and partners
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise work and meet tight deadlines
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities, often at short notice
• Capability to work both within a team environment and independently
• Strong numeracy skills – experience working with budgets is desirable
• Excellent data management skills are a necessity for this role, as you’ll be recording data on Customer Relationship Management systems (CRM’s)
• Competent user of the full suite of Microsoft Office programmes
• Awareness of, and interest in, the challenges facing the natural world

For over 20 years, LGBT Health and Wellbeing have been helping LGBTQ+ people in Scotland to thrive.

We are now seeking an Administrator to join our team in Edinburgh. You will be responsible for all aspects of the efficient running of our Edinburgh office and other organisational duties.

We are seeking candidates who are motivated, skilled and organised in administration. Often being the first point of contact, you will have an empathetic and sensitive approach.

The successful post-holder will be expected to operate in line with our values which are:

Justice, Equity, Trust, Collaboration and Compassion.

Overview

OPFS was founded in 1940 and since then we have been at the forefront of shaping policy and services in Scotland, that support single parents and their children. Today, there are over 144,000 single parent families in Scotland, 25% of all families. We involve parents, champion their voices and keep their needs at the heart of everything we do.

Purpose of Role

Working as part of the administration team based at OPFS HQ and provide administrative support by accurately, and efficiently, contributing to the operations of the HR & Administration, Finance and Business Development teams. The post holder will report to the HR & Administration Manager with day-to-day mentoring and support provided by the Administrator.

Equal opportunities and family friendly employment

• OPFS aims to be an equal opportunity and family friendly employer and flexible working requests will be considered. OPFS has Investors In People silver status and Living Wage accreditation.