Executive Director - cum - Development Officer
- Full time
- £36,000
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 23rd February 2025
- Advertised from 31st January 2025
- 36 hrs per week. Fixed term: until 31 March 2027 (renewable depending on the availability of funding).
- Annual Leave: 28 days per year including public holidays. Pension: Employer contribution 8%.
Role
LINKnet Mentoring Limited is based in Edinburgh and provides mentoring support to minority ethnic people on career, education and personal development as its core service. The post holder will be responsible for the overall management of LINKnet and the project work of the NINT project.
Job aspects:
Mangement
- Organisation management
- Operations management
- Supply chain management
- Human resource management
- Finance management
Development work
- Making and supporting 35-45 befriending pairs per year
- Holding 10 social, educational or cultural events with the participation of 150-200 people per year.
Application notes
For an application pack, please email volunteers@linknetmentoring.com
Closing date: 12pm, Sunday 23rd February 2025
Starting date: 01 April 2025
As an equal opportunities provider, LINKnet wishes to encourage people from disadvantaged groups of society to apply.
LINKnet Mentoring Ltd
31 Guthrie Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1JG
Phone: 0131 2614463
Website: linknetmentoring.com
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About BEFS
Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) is the strategic intermediary body for Scotland’s built environment sector, bringing together civic, voluntary, and professional organisations that operate at the national level. As an umbrella organisation, BEFS informs, debates and advocates on strategic issues and policies affecting the built environment. Our aim is to communicate the importance of Scotland’s built and historic environment to policy makers at all levels of government, private owners and investors, and amongst professionals and voluntary organisations. BEFS are funded via Historic Environment Scotland, and the BEFS – Fit for the Future project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund (until 31 March 2025).
BEFS overall vision is for a strong built environment sector in Scotland. One that is informed, that can debate issues in a constructive way, that can demonstrate its impact, that can advocate for good outcomes on the ground.
We are currently seeking individuals to join our Board of Trustees, to help us take the organisation forward and provide support to practitioners in addressing, together, the key issues, challenges and opportunities facing Scotland’s built environment.
Our Trustees
The role of our Board of Trustees is to support our work and ensure strategic oversight of our advocacy, events and other activities. Whilst you don’t need to have previous board level experience, participation in other types of collective / voluntary group work and working as a team would be beneficial; and you do need to have a passion for the built environment. BEFS can support and provide training if you are new to being a board member.
As a BEFS Trustee, you will have the opportunity to make an impact on Scotland’s historic and existing built environment, bringing your professional expertise to bear on shaping the organisation as we enter a new phase of development.
Trustees are appointed for a period of three years, which can be extended for up to two additional periods. Trustees are required to attend four Board meetings a year, plus the AGM in December; meetings will be a mix of online and in-person (Edinburgh).
We are particularly keen to hear from candidates with experience of the following:
- Finance and fundraising;
- Communications, digital and marketing;
- Legal and contractual;
- Human Resources;
- Public Affairs;
- Sustainability & Net Zero
Alongside these key skills we are also inviting expressions of interest for the roles of Chair and Treasurer.
Top job! Director of Studies - Scottish Episcopal Institute
- Full time
- £37,721 – £50,155
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 17th March 2025
The Scottish Episcopal Institute (SEI) seeks to appoint a Director of Studies to take over from the present Director of Studies who is transitioning to SEI’s new role of Director of Contextual Formation from May 2025.
The Director of Studies oversees all elements of SEI’s dispersed, formation-led training courses that are validated under the Common Awards scheme via Durham University in Initial Ministerial Education; acts as the senior tutor and so leads the teaching staff; teaches on all levels from certificate to master’s qualifications in Theology, Ministry & Mission, and leads the MA programmes in Theology, Ministry & Mission; Worship & Liturgical Studies; and Contemporary Christian Leadership. The Director also coordinates, supervises & marks bachelor’s and master’s dissertations; oversees SEI’s Moodle and edits the SEI Journal.
In addition to Initial Ministerial Education, SEI provides a range of programmes and support for lay and ordained members of the Scottish Episcopal Church to which the Director contributes. The post is based in Edinburgh with some flexibility for hybrid working from another location in Scotland; the new Director is expected to be in post no later than 1 September but is welcome to start from 1 May.
Candidates applying for the post will have:
• a clear belief in, and commitment to, Jesus Christ
• an earned doctorate in Christian theology or biblical studies
• a demonstrable commitment to theological reflection and ministerial formation in the Episcopal/Anglican tradition
• experience in the training of those entering ordained and lay ministries in the Episcopal/Anglican tradition
• experience in higher-education teaching and/or tutoring
• an ongoing commitment to research and publishing in one’s own theological subject area
• Administrative competence and the ability to network well and initiate projects.
There is an Occupational Requirement for the post holder to be a practising Christian in accordance with Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010. The post is subject to satisfactory Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme disclosure.
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We are now recruiting for a Creative Communities Lead at Art in Healthcare.
Are you articulate, empathetic and values-led? We are looking for someone to lead Art in Healthcare’s ambitions to increase access to visual art and creativity for individuals and communities across Scotland, with a particular focus upon individuals and communities that have been over-looked and under-served historically. You will devise, develop and manage a range of creative programmes that meet the needs, interests and aspirations of participants. Working with the wider Art in Healthcare team and Artists you will ensure that our services are inclusive, impactful, developmental and sustainable. You will be part of the management team and will help us to meet our six strategic aims [these can be reviewed in our Strategic Plan].
Who are we looking for?
To succeed in this role, you will already have a good understanding of creative health and significant experience of developing and delivering creative programmes that prioritise access, inclusion and quality. We are looking for someone with at least three years of relevant work experience and a minimum of two years within a role with line management, budget and fundraising responsibilities.
You will have extensive experience of working with diverse audiences including vulnerable individuals and communities. You will also have experience of working with a range of visual artists to develop creative opportunities that are person-centred and that support creative journeys. You will be able to demonstrate your commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and an understanding of the value of lived experience through previous roles.
You will have experience of working in a reflective way, documenting and evaluating programmes and projects, using the findings to shape future developments and for reporting to external funders. You will also have some experience of supporting, developing and managing a small team that includes paid staff and volunteers. Experience of fundraising will be helpful. A knowledge of the visual art sector in Scotland and key organisations within the creative health space will be advantageous.
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Top job! Director of Workforce Strategy and Business Transformation
- Full time
- £77,591
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 4th March 2025
Ark is a major provider of Care and Support to people with long term and enduring conditions such as learning disability, mental health issues, dementia and autism. As a housing association we are one of the smaller providers in Scotland. Ark currently employ’s circa 750 staff and we work in thirteen local authorities areas across Scotland.
Our aim is to ensure that those who use our services get the very best out of Ark to enable them to live a good life and to provide the best quality of housing to our tenants, some of whom we provide support to.
An exciting opportunity has arisen as we seek to recruit a Director of Workforce Strategy & Business Transformation, based in Ark’s Edinburgh Office and working from home. The role of Director of Workforce Strategy & Business Transformation reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer.
The post holder will work with the Executive Team to drive Ark towards realising the aspirations of its vision and mission and ensure that the values of the organisation are explicit within and resonate throughout all behaviours and activities.
As a member of the Executive Team your primary role is to provide strategic leadership that delivers good governance for Ark Group and our subsidiary companies, (Ark Services Ltd and Ark Commercial Investments Ltd), and to put in place risk managed strategic plans that will ensure the continued development of the organisation within operating models that are both viable and sustainable over the longer term.
The Director of Workforce Strategy and Business Transformation will have responsibility for creating and leading Ark’s workforce strategy, with the aim of transforming and shaping Ark’s future workforce to support delivery of Ark’s strategies. Key to the success of this role, will be the delivery of sustainable and future focused people resources, that enables Ark to deliver our strategic priorities within financially sustainable frameworks.
The Director of Workforce Strategy and Business Transformation will also lead Ark’s approaches to business performance and ensure effective implementation of frameworks that provides performance reports on the delivery of strategies, strategic objectives and operational performance across the organisation. The Director of Workforce Strategy and Business Transformation will ensure that the Executive Team and Board of Management can use data and reports to make decisions that drives drive continuous improvement across the organisation.
As a member of the Executive Team the post holder will have the responsibility for ensuring that Ark provides services and developments of the highest standard, that are safe, compliant and which are cost effective and responsive to the needs of the people we support and tenants. You are responsible for the proper safeguarding of public money as it is used in the pursuance of the organisations aims.
This is an exciting, yet challenging time to join Ark. We are an ambitious organisation that seeks to develop a future for our customers and people we employ, so that Ark can have a positive impact on their lives. These ambitions are against a backdrop of significant challenge within the sectors Ark operates and this post will be key to leading the level of transformation Ark requires to overcome the challenges we face.
If you’d like to discuss the opportunity and find out more about the role, please contact Lindsay Fallon via email lindsay.fallon@arkha.org.uk to arrange a time to speak to Bobby Duffy, Chief Executive Officer.
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