The essential criterion however is for you to have an appropriate level of commitment, knowledge and experience to add value to the deliberations and strategic work of the Board of Management.

The time commitment is approximately 15 days or 105 hours per year, with hybrid meetings held mainly afternoon/early evening, time for reading meeting papers, for team building and for self development. The initial appointment would normally be four years, with potential for a second term of four years. There is no remuneration for the post, however reasonable expenses will be reimbursed, and IT equipment loaned as required.

It is the intention that following the closing date of 01 May 2025, interviews will be held during the week beginning 19 May 2025.

The interview and candidate assessment process may include opportunity to informally meet with existing College Board members, students and staff, including the Executive Leadership Team.

There will be a presentation and Q&A session with some of our existing College Board Members, held on the evening of 2nd April 2025 at 6pm via Microsoft Teams. Should you be interested in joining the Board of Management, and wish to better understand the role and commitment, please register here to attend.

If you wish to discuss the role of the Board Member further, please contact the Board Governance

Adviser, Hilary Denholm, at hilary.denholm@ayrshire.ac.uk

All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Our core values of Justice, Equity, Trust, Collaboration and Compassion are at the heart of everything we do and underpin all aspects of our work.

Roles and responsibilities:

The Debt and Money Advisor will contribute to the organisation’s vision of a Scotland in which single parents and their children are valued and treated equally and fairly, by supporting the delivery of various components which contribute to the Glasgow service, including high quality welfare benefits, money and debt advice.

The Debt and Money Advisor supporting the delivering of the National Debt Service and local Welfare Benefits Service. The role will focus on offering practical support in areas such as budgeting, debt management, access to benefits, and financial literacy. The Advisor will work closely with clients to help them navigate financial challenges and connect them to the services and resources they need to improve their financial situation.

Equal Opportunities and Family Friendly Employment

OPFS aims to be an equal opportunity and family friendly employer. OPFS has Investors In People Gold status.

About EVH

EVH – Supporting Social Employers (EVH) is an Employers Federation founded in 1978 and governed by a dedicated voluntary board. We provide bespoke HR, Recruitment and Events services to our members, through our dedicated team. Initially rooted in social housing organisations, EVH has since expanded its support to not-for-profit organisations across Scotland. Today we support governing bodies and managers in more than 135 employer members, who employ over 5000 staff between them.

You will join our HR Team who aim to make policy, terms & conditions and employment law easy to understand for our members. We provide a personalised, confidential and solution-based approach, taking account of best practice, legislation and the potential risk involved.

Your new role

As part of the EVH HR team, you will have autonomy on what your diary looks like, managing your own workload, working together with the other HR Advisors in our team. The best thing about this role is that no two days are the same, your workload will be varied, and you can be working towards different deadlines at any one time. This will include:

• Employee Relations
  • You will be fully accountable for providing support, advice and coaching to all levels of management on routine and complex employee relations matters on several cases.
• Learning & Development
  • You will design, develop and deliver training on various HR related topics, mainly delivered in person, although for some members online training is preferable.
• HR Policy & Process
  • You will develop and implement template HR policies & procedures and create bespoke materials with essential information, guidance and best practice.
• HR Consultancy Services
  • You will lead on a wide variety of consultancy services to member organisations such as support and advice with restructure, policy reviews, short life working groups, and job evaluations to name just a few.

From time to time, when supporting governing body members, we need to adapt to their availability, which can be out with normal office hours.

What you will need to succeed

• A relevant higher education qualification combined with recent practical experience of managing complex employee relations cases.
• Practical HR knowledge and skills with the ability to apply these to a variety of different situations.
• Experience in developing and implementing HR policies and procedures with a working knowledge of employment legislation.
• Experience in delivering bespoke training.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to be able to present information in various formats and easily build effective working relationships.
• Ability to work out with normal office hours as required to carry out member support.
• Full driving licence, access to a car and willingness to gain business insurance on your car.

Why you will love working for EVH

We are a small team, although we make up for that in our quirky personalities. We have a great office space based in an excellent location in the centre of Glasgow. We pride ourselves in looking after our people and ensure we provide excellent benefits for our team.

Remuneration & Benefits

• Salary - £40,635 - £44,619 per annum (EVH Grade 7)
• Essential Car User Allowance - £1708 per annum
• Pension – Employer contribution 8%, employee minimum contribution 2%. By joining our pension scheme, you also gain a three times salary life cover at no cost to you.
• Training Allowance - £600 per year for training of your choice in relation to your role and to cover your professional fees.
• Mobile phone provided
• Employee counselling - up to 6 sessions, via Rowan Counselling.
• Annual flu vaccine
• Access to discounted city centre parking

Annual / Family Leave

• 40 days holiday (which includes 15 public holidays)
• Generous family friendly leave

Work life Balance

• Hybrid working - 2 days in the office, 3 days at home.
• Flexible start and finish times - depending on business needs, hours can be worked between the hours of 7.30am - 8.30pm. You are expected to spend at least 40% of your working time in the office each week. Staff also have the option to spend 100% of their working time in the office each week if preferred.

Added Benefits

• Our team meet up together once a month for our monthly meeting, with lunch provided.
• Team building days throughout the year – we always encourage everyone to get involved.

Where the role fits in our organisation

Our Communications and Impact Group are responsible for communications, media, training and event planning plus engagement with the third sector and partners across Dumfries and Galloway. The group also leads on systems, data and insights, evaluation and impact, storytelling, regional and national sector promotion and internal communications. The team includes Development Officers, Support Officers, Coordinators and external partners and advisors.

What You'll Do

We are looking for a colleague who is talented in creating effective and impactful communications, who can use data and insights to tell compelling stories about our third sector and communities, who has creative interests and who enjoys being part of a successful and developing team. With a good understanding of digital tools, social media and creative platforms for design, the successful candidate will be keen to learn about our sector and be motivated by the opportunity to share impactful stories to a range of audiences, including our sector, partners, funders and the wider community.

What You’ll Do

• Design and deliver a range of communications for various audiences, including bulletins, newsletters, case studies, reports and presentations.
• Build on our online presence and levels of engagement with our audiences across various channels.
• Introduce creative and engaging ways to communicate key information, messages and use of our brand assets to increase reach and connections.
• Maintain and update our website and online channels.
• Identify and implement ways to better understand our communications reach and engagement.
• With colleagues, translate data, insights and external information to share stories of influence and impact.
• Lead the re-design of our key organisation publications and annual reports to maximise engagement.
• Participate in the design and delivery of regional events and workshops.

More about you

• You will be able to evidence experience and knowledge of building effective communications
• You will be able to show how you have evaluated the use of online channels and available tools or similar engagement measurements
• You will bring excellent organisation, planning and prioritising skills
• You will be able to show how you’ve effectively used your positive relationship building skills and experience
• You will be able to demonstrate your experience and approach to effective design and presentations
• You will be able to show you have used a range of standard Microsoft and other tools, such as Office, collaborative and design tools
• You may bring experience of brand design and development, website build and design or other related creative design and communication skills

Read more about working with us

More on our ways of working and benefits here

Find out more about our recruitment and selection process

If you’d like to talk to us about this opportunity to join us, get in touch…….