JOB PURPOSE:

The School Programmes Officer is part of a UK wide team delivering high quality STE(A)M engagement programmes and events to schools/colleges. This role involves delivery (face to face and virtual), event organisation and administration.

ABOUT EDT:

We are an established educational charity and our mission is to connect youngpeople with STEM and inspire STEM futures. Our vision is a society where young people acrossthe UK have equal access to engage with STEM subjects and achieve their potential in STEMcareers and opportunities for further study whatever their background. Our values arepassionate, dynamic, collaborative and respect.

At EDT we deliver our own series of programmes & tailored activities supporting young peopleat every key decision-making point throughout their educational journey. Industrial Cadets isour widely recognised, accredited awards scheme providing industry-based pathwayexperiences through education to employment, delivering an employability equivalent ofDofE, patroned by His Majesty the King.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

By joining EDT as a School Programmes Officer, you will have the opportunity be a key part of our success and support thousands of young people each year by delivering engaging content to young people both virtually and face-to-face. You will work closely with our partners and volunteers to create and deliver STE(A)M-based and future-skills projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver and present large-scale programmes and events with schools and industry mentors to a high standard.
• Take responsibility for the overall planning and implementation of specific activities within a defined geographical area.
• Recruit and build strong relationships with local schools, working with the Development and Delivery Lead to match educators to funders requirements.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with teachers and industry mentors.
• Use our CRM system to manage delivery, report and track progress, ensuring that all relevant data is reviewed, managed and kept up to date.
• Be the face of EDT – take a ‘Front of house’ role at face-to-face and virtual events.
• Contribute to the expansion and development of inspirational, hands-on, virtual or face-to-face activities for young people.
• Work dynamically with all levels of the organisation to help create new and exciting additions to our programmes.
• End to end event planning with venues to ensure all programme requirements are met.
• Volunteer recruitment and management.

Competencies and Attributes:

• Professional and proactive, with a real pride in quality of work.
• Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• The ability to use dynamic and engaging presentation skills with the confidence to deliver activities to large groups of young people.
• A team worker who can liaise and collaborate with colleagues and other stakeholders.
• Attention to detail and good IT skills (databases, CRM, Excel, Canva & LMS).
• Organised: can manage workload and deadlines and demonstrate effective time management.
• Positive and resilient attitude.
• Experience in the third sector and/or youth sector is desirable.

Special conditions:

The successful candidate will be required to fulfil an enhanced DBS/PVG check and should hold a clean driving licence. The role will require regular travel around the region (Scotland) and at times nationally (involving overnight stays), access to reliable transportation is essential (own car preferred).

Close the Gap, Scotland’s expert on gender equality in the labour market, is looking for new trustees to join its board. Our trustees work to support the organisation to realise its vision for a Scotland where all women have a good working life. We do this through policy advocacy that seeks to place gender equality at the heart of policymaking, supporting employers to take action to close their gender pay gap, and developing innovative research to grow the evidence base on women’s experiences of work.

Trustees set the strategic direction, oversee the work of the organisation, manage risk, and establish policies and procedures to govern organisational activity. Key to the role is ensuring good governance practice is in place. It’s an exciting time to join the board, as Close the Gap has consolidated its growth since becoming a charity, and is exploring further opportunities for development.

About you

Committed to women’s labour market equality, you’ll have the ability to think strategically and creatively, and to respond to the needs of the organisation. You’ll also be able to commit the time to fulfil the role of trustee and help us meet our strategic objectives.

Close the Gap is strongly committed to equality, and recognises that diverse boards are more effective, and result in better governance practice. We would particularly welcome applications from racially minoritised people and disabled people, who are currently under-represented on our board.

We’re also particularly interested in receiving applications from people that have knowledge and experience in equality and/or human rights, and fundraising.

Organisation profile

Close the Gap is Scotland’s expert policy advocacy organisation working on women’s labour market participation. Our vision is for a Scotland where all women have a good working life. We do this by working strategically with policymakers, employers and unions to influence and enable action that will address the causes of the gender pay gap.

About the Company

“St Andrew’s First Aid is a long-standing charity formed in 1882 as St Andrew’s Ambulance Association by doctors and businessmen in Glasgow who showed concern for the number injuries during the rapid growth of industrial cities.

As Scotland’s leading first aid charity, St Andrew’s First Aid has an impressive country-wide network of First Aiders ready to provide support at hundreds of events. The organisation aims to provide the highest standards of first aid and to share their knowledge through training and education to the public.

In addition to providing first aid services, the charity also runs a number of projects aimed at building strong and safer communities in Scotland. With the Scottish Government they aim to equip 500,000 people with CPR skills, increasing the number of bystanders to help in an emergency thereby increasing the number of survivors.”

To learn more about St Andrew’s First Aid, please visit firstaid.org.uk

The Role

As Volunteer Development Officer, you will be responsible for many aspects of volunteer development such as recruitment, induction, training, retention, motivation and engagement. Reporting to the Head of Volunteer Development, your main responsibilities will include:

• Promote volunteering within the organisation
• Plan, organise and monitor volunteering activities to deliver St Andrew’s First Aid’s charitable aims
• Learning and development
• Manage volunteer conduct, addressing problems with performance and ensuring the quality of services are upheld by volunteers
• Promote productive working relationships between volunteers and other stakeholders
• Organise events involving volunteers such as meetings, seminars, forums, internal conferences, promotional events and social events
• Deal with conflict, volunteer conduct issues to mediate and resolve
• To represent the organisation as appropriate at meetings of relevant external stakeholders/organisations/partners
• Support the team in ad hoc administration duties.

The full range of tasks can be viewed in the attached job description. This job description describes the practical purpose and main elements of the job. Its sole purpose is to act as a guide to the nature and main duties of the job as they exist currently, but is not intended as a wholly comprehensive or permanent schedule.

In addition to the duties highlighted, the organisation operates a flexible approach to its activities and the post holder may accordingly be called upon to undertake any other duties from time to time as circumstances warrant.

An element of unsocial hours will be required to be undertaken.

Requirements

This role would best suit an individual with a passion for and experience of volunteering or working in the third sector, or any other relevant experience.

The ideal person will be very people-orientated, pro-active and flexible, empathic, creative, persuasive, resourceful and imaginative.

You’ll be someone who is a real team player who can easily fit in with a diverse team of people. You’ll be outgoing, friendly with good communication skills and be able to fit in wherever the job takes you.

If you have any questions about this role or the organisation please contact stewart.simpson@firstaid.org.uk.

This post is currently funded by the Legal Education Foundation until 30th Sept 2027.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and especially welcome applications from women of colour and those under-represented in the workforce.

The Scottish Women’s Rights Centre is a unique collaborative project between Rape Crisis Scotland, JustRight Scotland and the University of Strathclyde Law Clinic offering legal and advocacy services to women survivors of gender based violence in Scotland. Rape Crisis Scotland seeks to recruit a Development Coordinator for the Scottish Women’s Rights Centre (SWRC).

The SWRC Development Coordinator will support and develop SWRC structures, participation and partnership work to improve capacity, ensure survivors’ experiences inform SWRC developments, policy and service delivery, and enhance access to justice for women survivors of gender-based violence.