Volunteer Lead
- Part time
- Sessional
- On site: 20 Shairps Business Park, EH54 5FD
- Closing 17th December 2024
- Advertised from 11th December 2024
- £16 hours per week. 3 year fixed term contract.
Role
About our Service:
The Bridge Community Project story began in 2014 when a small group of people reflected on their own life struggles and decided to make a difference to the everyday wellbeing of people across West Lothian.
Overseen by a Board of Trustees, the foundations of the Charity are based on the aims of providing financial and emotional wellbeing to the local community. In our story, however, we seek to be different - not so much in what we do, but in how we go about providing our services.
Building on the principles of compassion and love, a decade on, we continue to seek to share the journey with our clients to see lasting hope and change. Our vision is to “improve the everyday wellbeing of the people of West Lothian.” We aim to do this by “providing practical and relational support to families and individuals.”
The Volunteer Lead will be responsible for building and maintaining a robust volunteer network to support the various services of The Bridge Community Project. Using your expertise in volunteer leadership or coordination, you will recruit, train, and oversee volunteers to ensure their effective integration into our services.
Volunteer Coordination
- Review and refine existing processes, procedures, and volunteer policies to ensure effective volunteer processes across The Bridge Community Project.
- Liaise with departmental leads to support the diverse needs of various services.
- Recruit, supervise, and support new and existing volunteers.
- Partner with the wider community to develop new volunteer-led services for The Bridge Community Project.
- Provide administrative and communication support while adhering to best practices.
- Conduct regular monitoring meetings, including annual appraisal processes.
- Instil a culture of continuous learning and improvement to enable the volunteering team to lead innovation within the department, develop new skills to benefit our organisation and their wider career ambitions
Organisational Strategy & Development
- Collaborate with service leads to oversee the onboarding of volunteer groups.
- Establish and track targets and milestones in partnership with service leads.
- Ensure seamless operations by working closely with service leads across departments.
- Explore external collaborative opportunities, including the volunteer friendly award
Internal Communications
- Attend relevant leadership and key meetings central to the needs of the service.
- Provide leadership and support to volunteers, including performance and attendance monitoring
- Assess, monitor, and optimise volunteer motivation and engagement.
- Take overall responsibility for volunteer wellbeing and satisfaction.
- Work with service leads to ensure efficient operations and services within The Bridge Community Project.
- Implement and monitor mechanisms for gathering volunteer feedback and suggestions.
External Focus & Relationships
- Enhance the charity's volunteer brand visibility and reputation through effective social media strategies and community engagement.
Candidate Profile: Volunteer Coordinator
- The ideal candidate will have a strong background in volunteer coordination and communication, with a proven ability to manage, inspire, and support a diverse volunteer team. They will demonstrate excellent communication skills, possess leadership qualities, and show a proactive approach to building a positive and engaging volunteer environment.
- Additionally, the candidate will have a deep commitment to the values and mission of The Bridge Community Project, embodying its ethos in their daily work.
Due to the nature of this position this role is on site.
Key Skills and Attributes:
- Volunteer Management Expertise: Experience in recruiting, training, and supervising volunteers, along with developing and implementing volunteer policies.
- Leadership and Inspiration: Ability to inspire and motivate volunteers while providing clear guidance and support.
- Exceptional Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication abilities to engage effectively with volunteers, staff, and external stakeholders.
- Excellent Administration Skills: Strong administrative skills to manage records, coordinate schedules, and oversee administrative processes with accuracy and efficiency.
- Commitment to Values: Passionate about the mission of The Bridge Community Project and dedicated to upholding its core values.
- Organisational Skills: Efficient in managing multiple priorities, meeting deadlines, and maintaining accurate records.
- Collaborative Mindset: Capable of working closely with service leads, community partners, and volunteers to achieve shared goals.
- Adaptability: Resilient and flexible in a dynamic environment, comfortable working onsite and being flexible to ensure availability for shadowing volunteers at various times between Monday - Friday
- Flexibility: is key, as the candidate will be expected to take direction from service leads or the CEO as required, assisting with additional tasks to support the broader goals of the organisation.
Application notes
Closing Date: Tuesday 17 December 2024
Oral Historian/Project Manager Tender
- Part time
- Sessional
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 4th January 2025
The Astley Ainslie Community Trust is a charity working to achieve community ownership of the Astley Ainslie hospital in Edinburgh, when the NHS vacate the site. We have 750 local members, and a wider community of people interested in the future of the site.
The hospital celebrated its Centenary in 2023. To commemorate this milestone, the AACT are conducting an Oral History project which will collect spoken memories from people with connections to the hospital over the years. Heritage Lottery have awarded funding for this project.
The project will involve recording and collecting 40 oral history accounts from staff, patients, friends and family. The oral histories will be archived with Edinburgh Universities Lothian Health Services Archive. There will also be a small exhibition showcasing a selection of the oral histories in a public space.
We are looking for someone to project manage and lead the execution of this project.
Key service requirements:
Project management
Volunteer management, recruitment and training
Recruitment of subjects for interview
Reviewing, editing of interviews for archives and public facing outputs
Project administration, including regular evaluation and progress reports
Final project report
Leading development of public exhibition
We are looking for a person who will be:
Highly organised with an eye for detail
Friendly and able to communicate effectively with different project stakeholders
Familiar with the requirements of working on a self-employed basis (eg covering own tax and insurance etc).
Comfortable engaging with volunteers and members of the public.
We would expect provision of these services to occupy 80-90 days from January 2025 until the project end date of 25th November 2025, for which we are offering £200 per day based on time invoiced.
Remote and in-person working at multiple locations will be required.
The post will be managed by the Astley Ainslie Community Trust Project Management Committee and Project Director.
Finance & Office Manager
- Part time
- £41,039 pro-rata
- On site: The Compass Centre, Lerwick, Shetland
- Closing 6th January 2025
This is an exciting opportunity to join the team at Shetland Rape Crisis (SRC), based in The Compass Centre in Lerwick. You will play a key role ensuring that we meet our priorities and invest in our people, culture, and systems to support the safe, sustainable, and effective delivery of our services, increasing the positive impact of our work across Shetland as a whole. You will be supported to learn and grow in your own practice and values-base, and robust training and induction will be provided to ensure you are able to carry out the full responsibilities of the role.
Job Purpose
You will be responsible for the management and ongoing development of all financial, administrative, and office-based systems necessary to the operation of SRC. You will support the core-functioning of the organisation to ensure that its activities and services continue to be delivered safely, effectively, and to the highest standard of quality.
You will be part of the Senior Management Team and work closely with the Board of Trustees. You will plan your work and objectives to align with SRC’s strategy and values, and all relevant legislative and quality assurance frameworks. This includes providing effective financial monitoring and evaluation of funded activities across the service, and producing regular funding reports to the Managing Director, Board of Trustees, and funding partners. You will also look for opportunities for future funding and contribute towards and, where instructed, lead on making funding applications.
Restrictions:Only women need apply under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010. We encourage applications from those with lived experience, but we cannot consider applications from current service users or ex-service users who are less than 1 year since leaving service.
Contracted to:The post is funded until 31 March 2026 by The Scottish Government’s Delivering Equally Safe Fund & The Shetland Charitable Trust. Contracts are re-issued annually upon confirmation of funding. The post-holder will be responsible, alongside senior management and the Board of Trustees, to help ensure continued funding thereafter.
Trustees
- Management Board
- Unpaid
- Remote: Virtual with one in person strategy day per year
- Closing 19th January 2025
Hey, we’re ProjectChange, and we’re looking for new trustees.
We want cool people—show us your cool or tell us you’re cool. Whether you’re an experienced trustee looking for a fresh challenge or someone curious about what this whole “trustee” thing is about, we’d love to hear from you.
You don’t need to be an expert or have loads of experience—just some passion and the willingness to show up.
Who Are We?
We’re unserious people doing serious things. ProjectChange is a small charity created by care experienced people, for care experienced people. We spend a lot of our time answering two things, how can we help people talk and how can we make people listen. For almost five years, we’ve been working with our community, (friendly) challenging systems across Scotland, and creating spaces where everyone feels like they belong.
We believe in the power of care experienced people leading change—and if you do too, you might just belong on our board.
What Do our Trustees Do?
Trustees help steer the charity, keeping it on track and making the big decisions. Here’s what it looks like in practice:
• 4–6 meetings a year, mostly on Zoom, so you can join from your couch.
• A chance to share your ideas and experiences to help shape our future.
• Working with a passionate team to make sure care experienced voices lead the way.
If you’re an experienced trustee, you’ll get the chance to take on something bold and different. If you’ve never done it before, don’t worry—we’ll guide you through and make sure you feel comfortable every step of the way. Whether it’s your first trustee role or your fifteenth, you’ll be part of something meaningful and exciting.
What’s the Process?
No long applications, no CVs. Just:
• Write something short (400 words max) OR
• Send a quick video (2–3 minutes)
Answering these two questions:
1. What change would you like to see for care experienced people, and how do you think we can get there?
2. Why do you want to join our board?
We’ll chat with everyone who applies. No stress, just a conversation about what excites you
We’ll chat with everyone who applies. No stress, just a conversation about what excites you.
National Volunteer Coordinator (Communications and Engagement Lead)
- Full time
- £31,890
- Hybrid: Glasgow
- Closing 13th January 2025
Victim Support Scotland – Empowering People Affected by Crime.
Do you want to work with an organisation that makes a difference to the lives of people affected by crime? We put victims and witnesses at the heart of everything we do so they are heard, have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure, and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference.
Who We Are
Victim Support Scotland provides support and information to people affected by crime and campaigns for victim and witness rights. Regardless of whether a crime has been reported, or when it happened, our services are free, confidential, and tailored to individuals’ needs.
Our vision is that people affected by crime – victims, witnesses, and their families – are treated with dignity and respect and are at the heart of the justice in Scotland. Our mission is to ensure that all those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them to recover from their experiences. All our work is guided and underpinned by our six core principles of being engaging and compassionate; inclusive and accessible; person-centred; adaptive, flexible, and responsive; collaborative; and knowledgeable and skilled. Now is the time to join Victim Support Scotland, helping us work towards the ambitions of our 5-year plan: Empowering people affected by crime: VSS Strategy 2021-2026.
What you’ll need to be successful
The postholder will be the volunteering team lead on the strategic and cross-organisational approach to volunteer communications and engagement, ensuring our volunteers feel connected and committed to Victim Support Scotland and have the information and updates they need to carry out their roles. This involves acting as a source of expertise around volunteer communications and engagement and being a key enabler of engagement initiatives. For example, the postholder will keep up to date with innovative practice around volunteer engagement and retention, making recommendations to colleagues about new approaches, driving forward key programmes and projects such as Volunteers’ Week and advising and empowering colleagues and stakeholders to value and recognise volunteers. Alongside these responsibilities, the postholder will work closely with other members of the volunteering team on shared ongoing responsibilities within the team. These include the delivery of our volunteering strategy, the recruitment and induction of volunteers, and supporting the onboarding and offboarding of volunteers.
Further details of this role are available in the job description - Volunteer Co-ordinator – Communications and Engagement Lead - Victim Support Scotland
What we offer
When you work for Victim Support Scotland, your wellbeing is important to us. Not only do we offer an enhanced annual leave package of 39 days, but you will also have access to our free health cash plan which includes cover for you and your family across a range of benefits, which include, dental cover, access to a virtual GP, counselling, legal support and discounts on gym memberships, cinema tickets, retail and much more. In addition we offer a generous pension, enhanced maternity and paternity pay and access to a credit union.
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