About QNIS: The Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) is a small charity doing big things. QNIS works with and supports community nurses and midwives all over Scotland, providing leadership and practice development opportunities. We also work closely with a range of other public and third sector organisations to advocate for the community nursing and midwifery professions.

The role: We have a great opportunity for a business support officer to join our small team. This wide-ranging and diverse role will see you providing high quality, professional business support across the organisation. You will be involved in a wide range of activities including supporting projects and events, diary management, and coordinating external suppliers. You will engage with stakeholders at all levels, including liaising with nurses and midwives, supporting senior managers, and coordinating committee meetings for the Board of Trustees. Being a small team, we need someone who is also happy to roll their sleeves up and pitch in, scanning documents, packing boxes, or running to the shops when required.

The post is full time (37.5 hours). The place of work is our office in central Edinburgh. We support hybrid working, this is dependent on business needs and would likely require a minimum of two days per week in the office. We are offering a starting salary of £30,686 (FTE). Benefits include:

• Contributory pension scheme, and salary sacrifice.
• Non-contributory death in service benefit scheme.
• 38 days of annual leave including public holidays and a day off on your birthday.
• The opportunity to work with a passionate and friendly team focused on making a difference for community nurses and midwives, and the people they support, across Scotland.
• Learning and development opportunities.

About you: An experienced administrator, you will be able to meet deadlines while maintaining a very high level of attention to detail. With strong IT skills and an ability to manage a range of work with many parallel sub-projects, you will have excellent organisation and planning skills. Experience of working with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems would be an advantage. Crucial to success in the role will be a high level of self-awareness, the ability to communicate clearly, cheerfully and tactfully with people at all levels, both internally and externally. We are looking for someone who brings energy, creativity and kindness to the team.

For more information about the role and the organisation, please download the Excellence Profile and visit the QNIS website. The Excellence Profile sets out how we might expect someone who is experienced and flourishing in the role to perform and we are not assuming that an individual will have the full suite of capabilities at appointment.

Person Specification

Essential

• Confident working across multiple workstreams and projects simultaneously
• Experience of providing comprehensive support to committees and or project leads
• Minute taking and meeting and diary management
• Experience of building relationships with a variety of stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to prioritise, plan and organise own workload to meet deadlines.
• Able to work collaboratively as part of a team and contribute to a positive working environment and culture
• Strong IT skills including proficient use of Office 365, MS Teams and Sharepoint
• Interest in working for a small charity

Desirable Experience

• Previous PA experience
• Experience planning and supporting events
• Use and management of a CRM system
• Willingness to provide support across the organisation when required

Would you like to join a busy team providing administrative support organising highly successful and sought-after sleep training courses, both online and in person across the UK and Ireland? Sleep Action are looking to expand our training team to meet increased demand for our training events.

You will have excellent organisational skills, good attention to detail and be able to communicate effectively. You will use your initiative to manage your own workload as well as be able to work effectively as part of a team. You will have experience of using IT in an administrative and supportive context, in particular Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Teams and Zoom. Interest in the voluntary sector and in sleep related information would be an advantage.

This position will be hybrid working with the majority working from home, with some work on occasion in our office in McDonald Road, Edinburgh. Occasional travel within Edinburgh and the surrounding areas will be required but planned in advance.

Sleep Scotland is a values-driven organisation, and you would be joining a close-knit and supportive team.

VisionPK is an exciting and growing charity, recently opening our new Sensory Hub in the heart of Perth. We provide specialist services for people with sight and hearing loss living within the Perth and Kinross local authority area.

We are currently recruiting a Community Involvement Coordinator, which is a newly created role, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund. This role will strengthen VisionPK’s presence in the community by overseeing volunteer recruitment and governance, building stakeholder relationships and managing our telephone befriending project.

The Role

Volunteer Recruitment and Governance

• Collaborate with the CEO to update and implement volunteer management policies, ensuring legal compliance and best practices.
• Develop and deliver induction and ongoing training for volunteers, equipping them with the skills needed to contribute effectively.
• Provide continuous guidance and supervision to volunteers, ensuring a positive experience and high performance in their roles.

Community Engagement and Relationship Building

• Establish strong connections with local community groups, service users, and stakeholders to expand VisionPK’s network and influence.
• Work with community partners to align VisionPK services with local needs and identify opportunities for collaboration.
• Raise awareness of VisionPK’s services through participation in local events, presentations, and outreach activities.

Telephone Befriending Project Leadership

• Lead the setup and delivery of VisionPK’s new telephone befriending project, designed to support isolated individuals with sensory impairments.
• Build and manage a dedicated team of volunteers for the befriending service, ensuring they are well-trained and supported.
• Promote the befriending project throughout the community to engage potential service users and volunteers.
• Track the project’s impact, providing regular reports and recommending improvements as needed.

Raising Awareness and Promoting VisionPK

• Actively promote VisionPK’s services, events, and initiatives through local and digital channels.
• Work closely with the Fundraising Manager to implement community-based fundraising events that engage local supporters and raise essential funds for the charity.

About You

• Experience in volunteer management, community engagement, or project coordination.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships with diverse groups.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• A proactive, collaborative, and compassionate individual who is passionate about making a positive difference.

Why Join Us

• Be part of an exciting time as we grow and develop our newly opened Sensory Hub in Perth.
• Make a real difference in the lives of people with sensory loss.
• Join a supportive and fun team that values hard work and collaboration.
• A supportive and collaborative working environment.

We are looking for an organised, proactive and talented team member to support our Glasgow Breastfeeding Buddies project. This role is home-based but will include travel across the NHS GGC region (expenses will be reimbursed).

About the Role

You will be responsible for delivering face-to-face cot side breastfeeding support to families, both individually and alongside NCT Peer Support volunteers, in the neonatal units throughout the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) Health Board.

• Support volunteers to assist families within the neonatal wards.

• Provide, as required, informal breastfeeding peer support to mothers in line with the NCT peer support code of conduct and the memorandum of understanding with NHS GGC.

• Support NHS GGC Healthcare Professionals with monitoring and reviewing where appropriate.

• Participate in reflective support with Neonatal Infant Feeding Lead, as required.

• Report any concerns or additional support needs of women to the NCT management team and/or Infant Feeding Lead for referral onto partner agencies as appropriate.

You must have good communication skills and be able to build relationships and create a rapport with a wide range of people easily. This is a large and complex project and covers multiple locations so you must be able to confidently prioritise your own work, be highly organised and able to work independently.

It is essential for this post that you undertake the training to become an NCT Breastfeeding Peer Supporter and Neonatal Peer Supporter. This requires breastfeeding experience of at least 3 months. The training can be undertaken within your working hours.

The role is 12 hours per week and may include occasional evening and weekends.

We are taking positive action to increase diversity throughout our organisation, at all levels, and to nurture a culture of inclusion for all our people and the parents and families that we support. Click here for more details about our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion action.

We are committed to zero discrimination both internally and externally regardless of visible or invisible difference such as sex, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity, disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, religion or belief, gender identity, economic class, marital/civil partnership, family status including single parents, socio-economic background and pregnancy and maternity. We provide reasonable adjustments and are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

We welcome and actively encourage applications from all candidates including those from under-represented groups within NCT such as individuals from Black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQI+ people and people with a disability.

The welfare and safety of individuals is at the heart of everything that we do. NCT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.