About the role:

Our administration team is the backbone of our organisation, providing efficient, reliable, and professional support across all departments. They manage a wide range of tasks including office management, travel arrangements, event coordination, database maintenance and supporting our accounts, human resources and project teams.

Known for their attention to detail, adaptability, and proactive approach, the team ensures that day-to-day operations run smoothly, they consistently demonstrate versatility and a can-do attitude, taking on new challenges with enthusiasm and professionalism

The Senior Administrator will provide a range of general administrative and clerical support across the organisation, including extensive use of Microsoft Office applications such as Outlook (diary management), Word (reports), PowerPoint (presentations), Excel (spreadsheets), and Access (database management).

The Administration Team maintain excellent working relationships, giving staff confidence in delegating tasks and trusting in reliable, high-quality outcomes. The postholder is expected to be highly proactive, taking initiative to identify priorities, solve problems, and ensure tasks are completed efficiently and to a high standard.

Benefits

SDF offers generous annual leave, competitive pension contributions, enhanced sick pay, learning and development opportunities, and access to an employee counselling service. We are committed to supporting a healthy work–life balance through flexible working arrangements.

A full job description and application form are available on our website: sdf.org.uk/sdf-jobs

We aim to make our recruitment process work for people, please approach us if you have any particular requirements.

We actively encourage applications from people with lived or living experience of drug use, and from candidates of all backgrounds and identities. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the communities we serve.

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact the office on 0141 221 1175 and we will arrange for the line manager to call you.

* The admin team typically attend the office 2–3 days per week and working at home for the remainder, office attendance and specific days are determined by organisational needs and may vary from week to week. There may be some occasions where attendance in the office is required up to five days per week.

About Us:

Murray’s Initiative (formally known as Glasgow Council on Alcohol) is an independent Scottish charity that works to reduce alcohol and drug-related harm at both individual and community levels. Established in 1965, Murray’s Initiative adopts a long-term, trauma-informed and asset-based approach to changing the culture around substance use. Its services are built on a person-centred, harm-reduction model, supporting people whether their goal is to reduce consumption or achieve abstinence.

Murray’s Initiative offers free, confidential counselling services for people concerned about their own or someone else's drinking. Murray’s Initiative delivers a range of interventions including groupwork and employability support as well as a number of holistic and inclusive services, such as a women’s service for survivors of gender-based violence, young persons peer education service, LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing support and tailored wellbeing programmes.

Murray’s Initiative is also a recognised provider of professional development, offering a comprehensive training portfolio including education aimed at increasing awareness of alcohol use and promoting healthier lifestyles, COSCA Counselling Skills and a Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Murray’s Initiative deliver services over 6 days per week and throughout Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire, helping people make meaningful, positive change in their lives.

The foundation of Murray’s Initiative is our supportive and inclusive culture for all who engage and work with us.

About the Role:

The role of Community Engagement Worker is to provide a community-based Alcohol Brief Intervention (ABI) service in the wider community and primary care settings within Greater Glasgow in partnership with other statutory, voluntary and community agencies within the area.

As part of the role, the Community Engagement Worker will host alcohol information stalls in communities across Greater Glasgow to talk to members of the public about alcohol consumption and provide evidence based screenings and interventions.

The postholder will also be support the wider Education & Development team on delivery of the Alcohol Brief Interventions Skills training.

Travel throughout Greater Glasgow will be essential for this role.

The Community Engagement Worker will report to the Service Manager – Education & Development.

This post requires membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme for protected adults. Successful applicants will be required to join the PVG Scheme.

Phoenix Futures have an exciting opportunity to support our brilliant Scottish operational team with property maintenance and development. This newly created role will support us to maintain our excellent standards of therapeutic environments and will enable us to expand our reach.

A little about us - Phoenix Futures

The Phoenix Futures Group has 60 years’ experience delivering pioneering psychosocial treatment services. We believe in being the best, which means constantly learning, innovating, and collaborating with partners who share our vision.

Phoenix Futures are the leading provider of residential rehabilitation services in the UK. We have several large residential properties across the UK. As part of our continued development of capacity and specialism in the sector, we also plan to develop further residential services if funding allows. Alongside our residential services we are a registered social landlord and deliver specialist supported housing from properties across the UK. We hold leases for community service spaces and offices across multiple geographies.

Our managers and leaders are guided by a shared set of qualities that shape how we work with colleagues, partners and the people we support. These are: BRAVE, HONEST, VISIBLE, VISIONARY, NURTURING AND COLLABORATIVE. These qualities underpin our approach to inclusive leadership, accountability and compassionate practice across Phoenix Futures and support the development of a values aligned culture.

What you can expect in the role

This position reports to Director of Strategic Initiatives and has day to day liaison with the Assistant Director of Operations Scotland. You will be required to work as part of a multi-functional team to deliver our objectives.

The role will support operational staff to help them to identify, commission and manage cyclical maintenance, renovations, moves and property changes. It will also require contribution to the creation of property specifications for new and existing services.

Health and Safety responsibilities will include identifying areas of concern or potential non-compliance and working with health and safety representatives and consultants to ensure compliance with policy.

You will have responsibility for supporting on property related procurement and responsibility for property insurance.

The role will also have responsibility for Carbon Emission monitoring and reporting to enable us to work towards maintaining Carbon Neutral Status.

What we’re looking for in you

We are looking for an exceptional individual to provide support to our Scottish operational teams to enable them to design, maintain and create outstanding environments for our services to operate from. The successful candidate will:

• Be understanding and passionate about the needs of people who use our services
• Have knowledge of the practical elements of property management and project work
• Be able to evidence experience of developing relationships and working across multi-functional teams, ensuring that the environments in which we work are both fit for purpose and inspirational
• Hold or be working towards RICS qualification or related property professional qualification
• Have prior experience of working on the maintenance and management of CQC or CI registered care home properties, registered social housing or similar
• *Health & Safety qualifications are desirable which could include but are not limited to IOSH Managing Safely, NEBOSH Level 3 or equivalent (NCRQ, NVQ, etc.,).

Benefits of joining us

• A salary of £43,500 + 8% PRP
• Committed to providing a Real Living Wage for you, through accreditation with the Living Wage Foundation
• 25 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing each year to a maximum of 30 days)
• Benefits including season ticket loan, pension scheme and life assurance
• Support through occupational sick pay, eye-care vouchers and regular wellbeing talks and activities
• Continuous training and career development via PXL our dedicated learning management system
• Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance program including telephone and online access
• A rewarding role with the opportunity to help us support people on their journey to recovery and change their lives for the better
• We’ll ensure you get all the support you need to thrive and succeed in your role and find your place amongst our incredible and collaborative team

The Interview

Interviews will be held during April in Scotland. Full details will be provided to shortlisted candidates.

*Please note, we will be assessing applicants as they are submitted and may close this role should be find sufficient applicants with which to make our shortlist. As such, we would advise applying as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Are you someone who enjoys a varied workload and who is passionate about promoting recovery?

The role of Recovery Worker involves working with the Team Lead and colleagues to focus on building and strengthening visible recovery within and across communities. You may have lived experience of recovery or have skills and experience in a similar role. This role requires energy, enthusiasm and adaptability across the 7-day working week. Some evening and weekend work is critical to our operational delivery. The role demands a solution focused and strengths-based approach when working with all Recovery Scotland stakeholders.

About the job

The Recovery Development Worker is suited to an individual with "lived" and/or “learned” experience of recovery from problematic substance use or addictive behaviours, such as problem gambling, or someone who has been directly affected by another person’s substance use or addictive behaviours. This experience of recovery and resilience can instil hope and is a powerful example within recovery communities. Individuals with lived experience of substance use must be at least 24 months free from problematic substance use and not engaging with services. The post holder will be required to join the PVG scheme.

About you

You will be keen to work in a small, enthusiastic, and committed team. You are excited to develop your experience and skills in promoting recovery. Using your lived experience or volunteering/work experience, you can demonstrate a focus on recovery and resilience. You are open to develop your organisational and team working skills. You are committed to developing your skills further and passionate about lifelong learning. You will be dedicated and compassionate when working with the Recovery Scotland team and with community members, families, volunteers, and external partners. About Recovery Scotland Recovery Scotland is a charity working with local and national partners to support and promote recovery from substance use. We do this by ensuring lived experience is visible, included and represented. We work with communities supporting a wide range of recovery focused activities and educational opportunities. We work within local and national guidelines promoting resilience and recovery with individuals, families, and communities. Our work champions community membership, volunteering, self-management, and personal and professional development.