We’re looking for a Content Creator who knows how to tell a good story – the kind that makes people stop scrolling. If you can capture what student life at UWS really feels like, from powerful campaigns and inspiring societies to the everyday moments that build community, we want to hear from you.

At UWS Students’ Union, we represent over 22,000 students across five campuses in Scotland and London. Our social media is thriving, with over 1.2 million TikTok views and viral campaigns that celebrate student voices. Now, we’re ready to take it further -and that’s where you come in.

In this role, you will:

• Create bold, authentic short-form videos for TikTok and Instagram
• Work with our Presidents, societies, and students to tell their stories.
• Promote belonging, wellbeing, equality, and sustainability through creative storytelling
• Help us grow our digital presence and engage more students across all campuses

What you’ll get:

• Creative freedom to experiment and find your own style
• A supportive, values-driven team that loves new ideas
• 23 days’ annual leave plus public holidays (pro rata)
• Flexible working options
• Professional development and training
• NUS Totum & Perks at Work discounts
• Access to Health Assured employee wellbeing support

If you’ve got an eye for detail, love visual storytelling, and want to make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you.

We are looking for an organised, enthusiastic, and customer-focused individual to contribute to the professionalism of ENSA by providing high-quality administrative and reception support for key functions across the organisation.

Edinburgh Napier Students’ Association (ENSA) exists to enable students to make the most of their university experience. We do this by representing, supporting and developing Edinburgh Napier students to be successful in their studies; to try out new things; to engage in, and contribute to, university life; to be healthy and happy; to bring about positive change; and to have fun.

Reports to: CEO

Location: Merchiston Campus, Edinburgh

Holiday entitlement: 22.8 days / 160 hours.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reception duties as required and support for the ENSA Administrator
• Provide reception and administrative support to the Advice Service (including the C Card scheme), Senior Managers and Officers Group, the Student Communities and Engagement Team, and the Board of Directors, including minute-taking and record keeping
• Support the Finance Officer to carry out financial and HR administrative tasks
• Provide dedicated support to the Student Activities Coordinator in relation to clubs and societies, ensuring that funding requests from Office Holders have the required documentation and that financial transactions are properly recorded
• Ensure health and safety and HR records are kept up-to-date and that there is an appropriate organisation-wide e-filing system in place
• Contribute, as needed, to the delivery of Welcome Week and other ENSA events throughout the year
• The principal role and responsibilities will change from time to time and the post holder is required to undertake any additional duties as deemed appropriate.

The main role and responsibilities may change from time to time and the post holder is required to undertake any additional duties as deemed appropriate.

Refugee Festival Scotland is a unique arts, culture and community festival dedicated to achieving positive and lasting social change.

The festival is held across Scotland every June in the lead-up to World Refugee Day on June 20th. Scottish Refugee Council co-ordinates the festival programme, which includes: running a small grants programme to support organisations and groups to put on their events; providing a platform for anyone else willing to take part in the festival to register their event; and organising a number of projects and partnership collaborations every year to run alongside.

We are inviting applications for a Festival Co-ordinator to be the main point of contact for the festival’s small grants and event registration programmes, supporting the participation of refugee-led and refugee-supporting groups and organisations who put on festival events.

The role also involves planning and co-ordinating community focused events as part of the festival, which may change from year to year depending on programme requirements, as well as supporting the co-ordination and delivery of year-round developmental activity

Employee benefits package

• 39 days of leave (including public holidays)
• Progressive salary structure
• Flexible working options
• Training and development opportunities
• Union recognition
• Fresh fruit, tea & coffee in office
• Enhanced pay benefits
• Enhanced pension
• Counselling & coaching service
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eye care scheme
• Death in service & 24-hour GP service

The ALLIANCE is excited to be recruiting for a Community Links Practitioner (asylum seeker (AS) thematic post), based across three GP practices in Glasgow.

The Community Links Practitioner (asylum seeker thematic post) will provide a person-centred service that is responsive to the needs and interests of GP practice population who are in the asylum-seeking process. They will support them to identify issues that affect their ability to live well. Working collaboratively with the patient, the post holder will support them through decision making processes to help them decide upon the issues that they would like to address and help them to overcome any barriers to addressing these.

Using service improvement methodology, the Community Links Practitioner (AS) will support primary care teams to adopt a links approach. They will support existing staff and the wider Links teams in becoming skilled in identifying services relating to seeking asylum.

The Community Links Practitioner (AS) will identify appropriate community resources related to asylum seeking and facilitate relationships between these resources and the practice for the benefit of the patients. They will also build relationships and processes with statutory organisations, health services and organisations such as the Scottish refugee council, Migrant help, Mears, Foodbanks, Money Advice Service, NHS services and charities.

The aim of the Links Programme is to support people to live well through strengthening connections between community resources and primary care in deprived areas in Scotland.

The successful candidate for the role should have:

• Ability to develop a non-dependent relationship with awareness of personal and professional boundaries, whilst being supportive and respectful of others and non-judgmental
• Resilience
• A solution-focused approach
• Non-discriminatory values
• Knowledge and experience of working with people who are experiencing complex social and emotional circumstances. For example, people who have social, emotional and mental health issues, complex life circumstances, have experienced traumatic life events, may not speak English
• Knowledge and experience of asylum-seeking processes
• Strong understanding of the challenges faced by people claiming asylum and living in areas of deprivation in relation to living well
• Proven and highly effective interpersonal and communication skills in working with people on a 1:1 basis and with organisations
• Excellent influencing, negotiation and motivational skills in order to engage people and to enable them to take up a wide range of community services and activities
• Excellent networking and information management skills
• Ability to manage time effectively
• Ability to effectively manage priorities
• Good understanding of data protection
• Knowledge of facilitating service improvement
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and on own initiative
• IT skills in word processing, spreadsheets, email and the internet
• An ability and willingness to travel extensively within the local community and wider area.

As an ALLIANCE employee you will benefit from:

• 210 hours annual leave pro rata (equivalent of 30 days)
• 91 hours public holiday that can be taken flexibly pro rata (equivalent of 13 days)
• 24.5 hours additional leave between Christmas Eve and New Year pro rata (equivalent of 3.5 days)
• Contributory pension scheme 6%
• Annual incremental increase in salary (until top of grade)
• Flexible working (formal and informal)
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Learning and development opportunities
• Time off in lieu
• Cycle Scheme
• Carer Positive Employer
• Up to 35 hours (pro rata) paid carers leave per annum
• Disability Confident Employer
• Up to 35 hours (pro rata) paid special leave
• Up to 70 hours (pro rata) paid compassionate leave
• Paid day off to move house
• Employee forum
• Trade union recognition for Glasgow Links programme

The ALLIANCE is a healthy working lives employer and encourages a healthy work life balance and is 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.

PVG Scheme membership is required for this post.

About the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland

The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) is an independent Scottish Charity funded by a grant from the Scottish Government. Our vision is for a Scotland where people of all ages who are disabled or living with long term conditions, and unpaid carers, have a strong voice and enjoy their right to live well, as equal and active citizens, free from discrimination, with support and services that put them at the centre.

The ALLIANCE has three core aims; we seek to:

• Ensure people are at the centre, that their voices, expertise, and rights drive policy and sit at the heart of design, delivery and improvement of support and services.
• Support transformational change, towards approaches that work with individual and community assets, helping people to stay well, supporting human rights, self-management, co-production, and independent living.
• Champion and support the third sector as a vital strategic and delivery partner and foster better cross-sector understanding and partnership.

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