Strategic Partnerships Manager - Glasgow
- Full time
- £42,435
- Remote: Glasgow
- Closing 21st April 2025
- Advertised from 3rd April 2025
Role
Do you want to drive long-term, community-led transformation in Glasgow?
We are recruiting a permanent Strategic Partnerships Manager in Glasgow to partner with senior leaders from the business, voluntary and public sectors to achieve lasting improvements for Glasgow’s Place programme.
You will manage relationships with key funders, ensuring targets are met and securing new funding to grow the programme.
You will be a credible and tenacious individual capable of building trust, collaborating with businesses, and developing partnerships with the public sector to lead the plan's development and delivery. This work is supported by BITC’s wider UK Place Team.
You will be homebased but able to travel regularly in the Glasgow area.
Application notes
For further information and to apply, please visit our website.
Closing date: 21 April 2025 at 12 noon
Interview date: 29 April 2025 (in Glasgow)
The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) is seeking an exceptional leader to drive our organisation forward as we enter an exciting new chapter. As the voice of Scotland’s housing associations and co-operatives,, we represent a sector that provides safe, warm, and affordable homes for over half a million people across the country.
Celebrating 50 years of impact, SFHA is a well-respected membership organisation with a strong financial position, an ambitious strategic vision, and close to 100% sector membership. Our role is to represent, support and connect our members, ensuring that their voices are heard and that they have the resources and influence needed to thrive.
The Chief Executive will provide strategic leadership, ensuring SFHA remains a key player in shaping housing policy at the highest levels. You will Collaborate with partners and stakeholders to ensure alignment and successful execution of projects. Acting as the organisation’s ambassador, they will foster relationships with government, regulators, and stakeholders while maintaining a strong connection with our members. Leading a dedicated team and working closely with an engaged Board, the Chief Executive will drive innovation, enhance member services, and champion the critical role of social housing in Scotland’s future.
This role offers the opportunity to lead a high-profile organisation with a talented team, a strong reputation, and a platform to influence national policy. SFHA provides a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including 29 days annual leave, five agile days, a 5% employer pension contribution, flexible hybrid working, Perkbox, a travel loan option, flu jab, online yoga, and eyecare vouchers.
Join our team
Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of families affected by imprisonment? At Families Outside, Scotland's only national charity dedicated solely to supporting these families, we're looking for a dynamic, compassionate, and skilled leader to join us as a Regional Manager.
About the Role
This vital position is your chance to lead a team of dedicated Regional Family Support Coordinators, providing professional support to families and professionals across Scotland. You'll collaborate closely with internal teams and external partners to shape, develop, and deliver effective support services tailored to the needs of families. From managing a regional team to influencing local and national strategies, this role is as rewarding as it is impactful.
Role Summary
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Two years fixed term (subject to renewal where funds allow)
Starting salary: £37,827 - £41,039
Probation period: 6 months
Location: Glasgow/Home-Based
Staff Benefits
- 25 flexible leave days plus 10 public holidays
- 4% matched contribution workplace pension scheme
- Hybrid & flexible working
- Employee Assistance Programme (Health Assured)
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Laptop and mobile phone for all staff
What You’ll Do
- Lead, inspire, and develop a team of Family Support Coordinators across multiple local authorities.
- Build and maintain strong partnerships with community justice and local authorities, ensuring the voices of families are heard.
- Develop and improve family support services to meet regional needs, monitoring effectiveness and driving positive change.
- Represent our values of integrity, expertise, tenacity, and compassion in everything you do.
What We’re Looking For
- A skilled leader with a proven track record in team management and service development.
- Someone who values collaboration and can foster strong relationships with stakeholders.
- A proactive leader with a vision for driving positive change, focused on equipping families with the tools and support they need while ensuring their voices are heard and valued.
- A leader who is committed to trauma-informed and rights-focused practices, creating a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment for families, adults, children, and young people.
Join a values driven organisation where your work makes a lasting impact on families across Scotland. At Families Outside, you'll find a supportive, collaborative environment that values innovation and compassion. We empower our team to lead with purpose, offering opportunities for personal and professional growth while contributing to meaningful life changing work.
We welcome applications from individuals who are passionate about making a difference. If you have the skills, dedication, and drive to support families and create lasting impact, we want to hear from you. We value diverse perspectives and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Together we can shape a brighter future for families affected by imprisonment.
Top job! Head of Service Delivery
- Full time
- £47,266 – £62,420
- Hybrid: Edinburgh or Glasgow
- Closing 14th April 2025
Victim Support Scotland – Empowering 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 (VSS) 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.
VSS is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all of our service users and has a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG scheme checks in place to ensure this commitment is met.
What is the role?
As a member of the Corporate Leadership Team (CLT) and reporting directly to the Director of Service Delivery, you will be responsible for delivering, implementing, and evaluating victim support services across Scotland. You will work in partnership with the current Head of Service Delivery and together you will ensure that our services meet the needs of all our service users.
You will have responsibility for managing staff and volunteers, ensuring that they are supported, knowledgeable and capable to deliver services that meet service users' needs.
As part of the VSS team you will work collaboratively to ensure that VSS’s strategic objectives are being implemented and will have a key role in developing future strategies and business planning to ensure that the needs of victims and witnesses are being met.
Primary location:Edinburgh or Glasgow
Salary:£47,266 - £62,420 per annum. Salary on appointment will normally be at the lower salary point, with progression subject to regular review in line with VSS performance appraisal arrangements. A higher salary placing will be considered in exceptional circumstances subject to experience demonstrated.
What you’ll need to be successful
You will hold a demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development with a solid academic foundation. As well as excellent quantitative and qualitative research skills, meticulous attention to detail, and excellent organisational and planning abilities encompassing program, resource, and performance management.
Showing effective communication skills, both written and verbal, demonstrated through successful external relationship management and the ability to present complex information visually to diverse audiences.
Further details of this role are available in the job description-Head of Service Delivery
Please note-this post will be subject to a Basic Disclosure Scotland check and two satisfactory references. The role is based in the Central Belt but the ability to travel to all VSS bases and spaces is a requirement.
To ensure you are in the best position to perform to your highest standards during our selection process, make sure you review the competencies outlined in the Job Description and have prepared examples of times you have successfully demonstrated these behaviours in the past.
What we offer
When you work for Victim Support Scotland, your wellbeing is important to us. Not only do we offer a generous annual leave package of 42 days (pro-rata), 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. Supporting employee development is important to us and we offer comprehensive learning and development opportunities.
If you are looking for a role with a purpose, where you can really make a difference, then this may be the role for you.
As a Disability Confident Committed employer, please advise if you require any adjustments in the application process by contacting Jobs@victimsupportsco.org.uk.
Impact and Evaluation Manager
- Part time
- £38,204 – £41,449 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Glasgow
- Closing 25th April 2025
In 2023, the ALLIANCE adopted a new, five-year strategic plan and since 2024 we have been strengthening the way we effectively evaluate and report on the impact of our activity to share learning, influence decision-makers, and strengthen reporting.
To continue this work, we are seeking a dynamic and creative Impact and Evaluation Manager to undertake and support impact planning at individual, programme and organisation level, providing practicable support to enable and evaluate impact and help embed a culture of evaluation impact and knowledge exchange.
You will have previous experience of developing and supporting research impact and knowledge exchange activity, and of reporting on research activity. You will have strong organisational, analytical and communication skills, and an ability to work effectively with a range of stakeholders internally and externally.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the implementation of an organisation-wide approach to evaluating ALLIANCE activity and its impact.
• Work collaboratively with ALLIANCE colleagues and external consultants to develop and refine outcome maps and suitable evidence data-gathering tools
• Support ALLIANCE colleagues to gather accurate and meaningful data linked to our activities, programmes and strategic priorities
• Work with colleagues and partners to develop and embed a consistent approach to evaluation
• Ensure evaluation processes are used effectively to ensure that they provide accurate data and regular, meaningful reports
• Analyse, interpret and communicate monitoring and evaluation information to colleagues, external partners and funders
• Work with ALLIANCE colleagues to create a range of robust and accessible evaluation reports and other outputs from data gathered including the Annual Report and a mid-term review of our strategic priorities
• Support to teams to gather data and develop impact case studies for reporting and communications activities
• Any other duties as dictated by the evolving nature of the ALLIANCE’s monitoring and evaluation work
• Any other reasonable duty as required by senior management.
As an ALLIANCE employee you will benefit from:
• 210 hours annual leave (equivalent of 30 days) (pro rata)
• 13 days public holiday that can be taken flexibly (pro rata)
• Additional leave between Christmas and New Year
• Contributory pension scheme
• Open to flexible working (formal and informal)
• Hybrid working – opportunity to work from home for part of the week
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Learning and development opportunities
• Corporate rates for gym membership
• Time off in lieu
• Cycle Scheme
• Carer Positive Employer
We are a healthy working lives employer and encourage a healthy work life balance and we’re happy to talk flexible working.
The ALLIANCE recognises that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our organisation feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.
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