- Advertised from 17th March 2025
Role
The Robertson Trust are looking for a fixed term Programme and Practice Officer to help us to make a real difference to preventing and reducing poverty and trauma in Scotland. If you would like to be part of one of Scotland’s biggest independent funders, with the clear aim of tackling poverty and trauma, this role could be for you.
Over the next decade, we have committed to use all of our tools and resources to work with others to reduce poverty and trauma across four themes:
- Education pathways
- Financial security
- Nurturing relationships
- Work pathways
The Programme and Practice team work collaboratively with internal colleagues and a range of external stakeholders to drive ‘big change that lasts’ on poverty and trauma. We work to develop and deliver our proactive funding strategy within the four thematic areas above. In doing so, the team will help to shape the Trust’s influencing work and build our subject and policy expertise across our thematic areas.
Key to our approach will be building relationships with our colleagues, our grantholders and with external organisations and expertise. Crucially, this will include a commitment to placing people with experience of poverty and trauma at the heart of our work.
We are looking for one individual to join our Programme and Practice Team as a Programme and Practice Officer on fixed term maternity cover (12 months from contract start).
Key responsibilities will include:
- Helping to develop and deliver the Trust’s proactive funding plans for our long-term change awards (our Programme Awards) including learning from what we fund now to shape our plans to do so in the future
- Supporting and enabling collaboration across the Trust’s full staff team in relation to our thematic areas across our work to fund, support and influence.
- Building the Trust’s relationships and connections with diverse stakeholders in our thematic areas, placing people and families with experience of poverty and/or trauma at the heart of our work
- Helping the Trust build its subject and policy expertise in our thematic areas
- Helping to shape the Trust’s plans around influencing and delivering social change
A full job description is available on our website.
The person
We are looking for someone with relevant experience in programme development and delivery, who will embody the values of The Trust.
You should have a passion for tackling poverty and trauma, an insight into and understanding of the causes and impacts of poverty and trauma for individuals, families, and communities and ideally some understanding of one or more of our themes.
You must have high emotional intelligence to support our internal and external collaboration work and a keen interest for increasing participation and placing the voice of those with experience of poverty and trauma at the heart of the work that we do.
You should have the potential to build policy and subject expertise and a keen interest for politics to develop a strong judgement in supporting our proactive funding plans and our influencing work.
We are an Equal Opportunities employer. We want to encourage applicants with diverse backgrounds to work with us. We believe that greater diversity of experience, skills and ways of thinking will challenge our thinking and practice on poverty and trauma and broaden our collective knowledge and networks. We encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates from all parts of the community, regardless of age, disability, race, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief or socio-economic background. We also encourage applications from those with experience or knowledge of how poverty or trauma impact on people’s lives.
Benefits
- Salary £39,906 FTE
- 35 days holiday per calendar year, inclusive of public holidays, which can be taken on a flexible basis apart from the Christmas and New Yer holiday when the Trust closes.
- Pension - 10% employer contribution or 14% if employee contribution is 7%
- Additional employee benefits – an attractive benefits package on offer, which is currently under review.
The Robertson Trust is committed to hybrid and other forms of flexible working. The Trust is open to reasonable adaptations to overcome barriers. We are a Living Wage employer accredited by the Living Wage Foundation.
Application notes
To apply please email recruitment@therobertsontrust.org.uk with your CV and a covering letter explaining why you want to work for The Robertson Trust and how you are suited to each point on the person specification for this role. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
Closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 6th April 2025. First interviews will take place on the 22nd and 23rd April 2025.
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- £45,000 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Glasgow or Edinburgh
- Closing 26th March 2025
About Scottish Athletics
scottishathletics is the national governing body for athletics in Scotland. Our vision is for everyone in Scotland to have the opportunity to participate in athletics and running and to achieve their personal ambitions.
Our mission is to deliver an integrated, inclusive and adaptable model of athletics and running provision that inspires everyone in Scotland to enjoy the sport and experience personal success. Equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of the work that scottishathletics leads, and the organisation works closely with all stakeholders in athletics across Scotland, to continue improving diversity and create an inclusive culture in the sport, and to be reflective of Scottish society.
Our strategy, Building a Culture of Success (2023-2027), captures the breadth of work that scottishathletics facilitates, from supporting performance athletes on the world stage to providing opportunities for people to participate in the sport within their local community. The member clubs play a crucial role in growing and developing the sport and, along with the volunteer workforce, they are integral to the sport’s future success.
Everyone in Scotland can participate in athletics and scottishathletics strives to continuously evolve to deliver on our vision for the sport.
About Athletics Trust Scotland
Athletics Trust Scotland was launched in 2021. The Trust aims to use the power of athletics and running to transform lives in Scotland and supports people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities across the country to improve their physical health, mental health, social health and wellbeing.
The Trust works closely with national partners scottishathletics and Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH), and through the delivery of our Transforming Lives grants, we are supporting athletics clubs, jogscotland groups and other community organisations across Scotland.
The Board of Trustees are led by Chair, Graeme Jack, and supported by our Patron, Eilidh Doyle, and inspiring network of Athletics Trust Scotland ambassadors.
About You
Are you looking for a role which will enable you to make a significant positive impact on the wellbeing of the three most underrepresented communities in athletics and running in Scotland?
scottishathletics collaborates closely with Athletics Trust Scotland to help get Scotland moving, through increased participation in running and more widely athletics. We are looking for an ambitious ‘go getter’ to help us to develop and deliver our fund-raising strategy which underpins our objectives.
The role will involve identifying and securing funding commitments from our three priority sources – grant funding organisations, the corporate community and the running community. You will also engage with the wider athletics community and play an active part in developing wider partnerships to support the organisations objectives
You will be able to demonstrate how you would establish, engage, maintain and develop relationships across these audiences. To support you in delivering the objectives of the role, you will have the full support of ATS Trustees alongside the scottishathletics team.
This is a fixed term role with a desired commitment of between 18 to 30 hours per week, offering hybrid working opportunities. The role can be based in either Edinburgh or Glasgow, at one of the scottishathletics’ offices.
About the Role
Working closely with the Trustees and ambassadors, the Head of Fundraising & Development will lead on the delivery of the Trust’s objectives for 2025-2027 with a specific focus on increasing fundraising across three priority sources:
Running and athletics community
Grant funding
Corporate sponsorships and partnerships
This is an exciting time to work with Athletics Trust Scotland as they enter the next phase of their development and work closely with national and local partners to increase our impact across Scotland. Particular focus is being placed on increasing access and participation for ethnically and culturally diverse communities, people with disabilities and people living in poverty.
Staff
This role will be formally employed by scottishathletics, ensuring alignment with the broader athletics community in Scotland while supporting the Trust’s mission and activities. Athletics Trust Scotland is governed by a committed Board of six Trustees who provide strategic oversight and guidance.
scottishathletics employs 32 members of staff and 24 Club Together Officers.
Place of Work
The role will be based in one of scottishathletics offices located in either the Emirates Arena, 1000 London Road, Glasgow, G40 3HG or the Laurie Liddell Clubhouse, 42 Peffermill Road, Edinburgh, EH16 5LL. Additionally, this role offers a hybrid working arrangement.
Salary
The starting salary offered for the post will be pro-rata £45,000 (FTE). Annual pay awards will be made in accordance with the salary review procedures agreed by the scottishathletics Board of Directors.
Benefits
Enhanced statutory benefits
Hybrid working
Death in Service x 2
Hours of work
The person appointed will be expected to work for a minimum of 18 hours per week. We would like to provide flexibility for the successful candidate and can offer up to 30 hours per week. On a few occasions there may be a requirement to work in the evening and at weekends. The organisation encourages a flexible working approach from all staff, consistent with meeting the needs of the business.
Pension
scottishathletics operates a qualifying group pension scheme for auto-enrolment purposes and will match the successful candidates’ contribution up to a maximum of 6% of salary, including the legal minimum contributions required.
Annual Leave and Public Holidays
The annual leave entitlement for this post is 25 days pro rata. In addition, the public holiday entitlement is 10.5 days pro rata.
Travel and Subsistence
The post holder will be required to travel to meetings within Scotland and occasionally in the UK. Travel and subsistence will be reimbursed at scottishathletics’ current rates.
Probationary Period
All new members of staff will serve a six-month probationary period before their appointment is confirmed.
Notice
This post carries a one-month period to terminate employment after the satisfactory completion of the probationary period.
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We’re recruiting for a Project Officer to play a key role in the successful delivery an ambitious multiyear project, the River Park Programme. This is part of the Leven Programme, an ambitious environmental regeneration programme in the Levenmouth area of Fife.
This position will support on a range of archaeological and heritage projects within the River Park Programme, liaising with volunteers, partners and stakeholders to deliver focused activity and provide monitoring information.
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- Organising and facilitating volunteer training
- Ensuring that all volunteers adhere to the confidentiality agreement
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- Ensuring that the Foodbank meets Environmental Health standards
- Developing, maintaining and ensuring compliance to policies and procedures (e.g. Safeguarding)
- Maintaining awareness of the benefit system and any changes to it, and understanding and responding to the impact of those changes on the Foodbank operation and future plans
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