Panel Members – 10 posts
- Part time
- Sessional
- Remote: Home Working
- Closing 24th November 2024
- Advertised from 6th November 2024
- The appointment is remunerated at a daily rate of £390 (non-pensionable).
Role
Are you looking for a rewarding opportunity in which you can use relevant skills, knowledge, and experience to contribute to a collective endeavour and provide tangible recognition of harm to survivors? The role will involve making complex, high quality and holistic decisions that are thoughtful, robust and take full account of the unique experience of individual survivors of historical child abuse in care.
For decades, some children in residential care in Scotland were failed by those entrusted to look after them. Scotland has taken steps to face up to the failings of the past by establishing a redress scheme for survivors of historical child abuse in care. The Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Act 2021, legislated for the establishment of a survivor focused route to redress for historical child abuse in care, and in some circumstances, their next of kin.
Scottish Ministers are now looking to appoint additional panel members to Redress Scotland.
About the role
Panel members will be expected to uphold the highest standards of impartiality and objectivity in making determinations, to help foster trust in the work of Scotland’s Redress Scheme, with Redress Scotland, and survivors. Panel members will be fully supported in the role and will receive training to develop a good understanding of, and be closely guided by, statutory guidance, including the assessment framework.
We welcome applications from people who have considerable experience from a range of areas including health, law, justice, social work, and human rights. Additionally, individuals with an understanding of the Scottish care system and child development, or specialist knowledge of complex trauma, are particularly encouraged to apply.
Skills and experience required
Essential Criteria
- A track record of delivering evidence based decision making
- Working effectively with others
- Excellent communication skills
- Expertise working in emotional and psychological trauma, law, social work, health, or other relevant fields
Additional desirable criteria
- Resilience and self-awareness
- Experience of working on a decision making panel, tribunal or committee setting
This is a challenging yet rewarding role, through which you can make a real difference to people’s lives.
Time commitment
Due to the nature of the panel member role, the weekly time commitment will vary. However, it is anticipated that a commitment to attend at least 12 panel sitting days per year will be required. Additionally, there will be a need to allocate extra days each month for pre and post panel work, training, and other relevant meetings. We estimate that these activities will require a commitment of at least 38 days annually. There is scope to work additional days, up to a maximum of 180 days per year, depending on your overall availability.
Remuneration and expenses
The appointment is remunerated at a daily rate of £390 (non-pensionable). Travel and subsistence costs, as well as reasonable receipted dependant carer and childcare expenses, incurred in relation to the work of Redress Scotland, will be reimbursed.
Location
Redress Scotland is a digital first public body and has no office base. Most of Redress Scotland’s work is conducted remotely, however some ‘in-person’ meetings will be required at times to carry out the full range of panel member activities.
Further information
For full details, please download the Applicant Information Pack
For further information about Redress Scotland, please see redress.scot where you will find key reports and resources on operational activities.
Do you want to find out more about the role of a panel member at Redress Scotland? Sign up to an open session being held remotely on Thursday 14th November 2024 at 12:30, by completing the short form here: forms.office.com/e/aChL1EaEHt
If you would like to discuss the work of Redress Scotland in more detail, please send your contact details to RedressScotlandResourcing@gov.scot and we can arrange an informal conversation with a senior member of staff from Redress Scotland.
Applicants for public appointments must be legally entitled to work in the UK. Please see the applicant information pack for more details.
Application notes
To apply, please click on this link Redress Scotland Panel Member - Scottish Government Recruitment Careers (oraclecloud.com). As part of the application process, you will be required to provide the following:
- Your CV (not more than two A4 pages) including full contact details of three referees; and
- An accompanying ‘letter of application’ providing evidence which clearly demonstrates how you meet the essential and desirable criteria. This letter should refer to specific projects or tasks and use a STAR(R) format – Situation, Task, Action, Result, Reflection. Your letter of application should not exceed 1,500 words.
Completed applications which include your CV and letter of application should be submitted by 23:59 on Sunday 24th November 2024.
The Scottish Government will always consider disability related reasonable adjustments that an applicant might request to enable them to demonstrate their merit and participate fully in the selection process. If you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please let us know via RedressScotlandResourcing@gov.scot.
As part of any recruitment process, Scottish Government and associated public bodies collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants and applicants for public appointments.
Interviews will be held between early December 2024 and 24th January 2025 – excluding the two week festive break.
At Thistle Foundation we believe in a world of inclusion, free of isolation and loneliness, where a health crisis doesn’t mean a life crisis. Our organisation supports people living with disabilities and long-term health conditions to lead good lives and achieve what matters most to them. Every year, our health and wellbeing team supports 1000s of people across Scotland, and our Supported Living teams work alongside just under 100 people in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife. They promote citizenship and inclusion and support people to live in their own homes, in their local community.
This new post will form part of the management team and work closely with the Chief Executive and Director of Resources to plan and deliver the Thistle Strategy.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Providing leadership, strategic direction and overall accountability for person-centred activities and a strength-based approach, ensuring continuous improvement and delivery against quality standards.
- Ensuring managers are accountable for their own and their teams’ objectives
- Representing Thistle with a range of stakeholders internally and externally and key contact for contracting organisations.
- Overseeing operational management targets particularly in relation to statutory compliance
You should have both operational and strategic management experience within the health and/or social care sector and professionally qualified to SCQF level 10 or above in a relevant health/ social care qualification and hold appropriate leadership and management qualifications or demonstrate equivalent learning.
Members of the Board of Trustees
- Management Board
- Unpaid
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 25th November 2024
The Edinburgh International Book Festival is looking for several new members to join the Book Festival’s Board of Trustees. We are seeking to appoint trustees with specific skills, experience, and interest in any of the following areas:
• Writing and/or illustration (based in Scotland)
• Publishing/media (wider UK)
• Finance and risk
• Law
• Community engagement/creative learning
• Sustainability/climate emergency
Key Information
• Board meetings take place four times per year in March, June, October, and December. Meetings are held in central Edinburgh and take place during the day. There is the option to join remotely.
• Trustees are appointed for a term of 5 years initially, with the option to stand for re-election for an additional 3-year period.
• This is a voluntary position, but reasonable expenses incurred in attending meetings (including costs of childcare) and other Festival related activities will be paid.
• The Edinburgh International Book Festival’s work is framed by a commitment to equality, diversity, care, and inclusion.
• We want to create a working environment where everyone is treated fairly and our differences are celebrated as strengths. We actively encourage applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. We also welcome applications from younger people in the early stages of their careers (aged 21-35) who are keen to build their board and strategic leadership experience.
• For any questions, please contact our Executive Assistant, Danielle McCann danielle.mccann@edbookfest.co.uk in the first instance to arrange a call
Summary
Project Esperanza (SCIO) launched officially in 2021. We are a trusted organisation whose social purpose is to offer practical, emotional and integration support predominantly to families of African heritage but also support a huge base of people from multi ethnic backgrounds. We are the pioneers of race and faith sensitive, culturally authentic and appropriate, specialised support and services in North Edinburgh. We are a registered charity (SC051454) looking for several new members to join the organisation’s Board of Trustees. We are seeking to appoint trustees that will fill vacancies at the end of the financial year in March 2025.
We are looking for a new Non Executive Board to shape our strategy around the future of Black families in Scotland, steer our direction, support the development of our organisation in its next phase of growth and hold us accountable to our mission. We are looking for applicants with specific skills, experience, and interest in any of the following areas:
- Digital marketing and public relations
- Secretary to the Board
- Journalism/Publishing/Media (wider UK)
- Accountancy
- Fundraising
- Employment Law
- Sustainability/climate emergency
- Women’s health
The role of on Executive Board members
This role involves:
- Holding the CEO/Director and staff accountable to delivering our mission
- Reviewing strategy, outcomes and progress against the mission and objectives
- Identifying and agreeing new areas for development
- Overseeing and supporting on strategies for funding and revenue generation
- Making
decisions to safeguard the reputation and maximising the success of the organisation, including:
- Ensuring governance requirements are met
- Complying with safeguarding and data protection policies
Non Executive Board members will be required to:
- Board meetings take place four times per year in March, June, October, and December.
- Trustees are appointed for a term of 2 years, with the option to stand for re-election for an additional 2-year period after a performance review
- Attend our Annual General Meeting
Remuneration
There is no remuneration for this role but reasonable expenses incurred in attending meetings (including costs of childcare) and other Project Esperanza related activities will be paid.
Are you a highly organised individual with excellent administrative skills and a good understanding of governance and compliance in a charity context?
The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church is looking for an experienced Governance and Compliance Officer who will bring professionalism and consistency to the way we service our boards and committees, enabling better information-sharing and decision-making. The postholder will also support congregations across Scotland in meeting their statutory obligations in relation to compliance on Data Protection and Health & Safety.
Who are we?
The Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) is a diverse church in the liturgical tradition, with approximately 300 congregations across Scotland. We are part of the Worldwide Anglican Communion. The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church is a registered charity serving the Church at national (or ‘provincial’) level. The General Synod Office, with a staff complement of c.30, supports dioceses (regions), congregations, clergy and laity across Scotland and facilitates the governance of the Church.
Who we’re looking for…
You should have demonstrable experience providing secretariat support to committees and have a good understanding of governance and of external statutory and regulatory requirements for compliance (for example, data protection and health and safety), preferably in a charity setting. You will also be highly organised, have excellent administrative skills and be confident in dealing with a wide range of people, both staff and volunteers.
This is a wide-ranging role which will require flexibility and adaptability.
We are an equal opportunity employer and invite applications from people of all backgrounds and from any faith or none.
Salary and benefits:
Starting salary is £34,770 (with annual increments)
Annual leave: 28 days, plus 10 public holidays). We offer a work place pension, a non-contributory defined pension scheme which allows additional voluntary contributions. We offer a flexible working policy and family friendly policies.
Hours and location: This post is offered as a full-time role (35 hours per week); however, a four-day work week will be considered with pay and holidays adjusted. Our office is located in Edinburgh, easily accessible via public transport; it also has a small car park. It is expected that the post-holder will work at least three days a week in the office (office days are negotiable).
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