Community transport operators have a great story to tell and it is CTA’s job to help them tell it and to support them to develop excellent services that can transform lives and communities. We champion, connect, support and grow a thriving community transport movement across all parts of the UK. 

The purpose of this role is to ensure that our members receive outstanding support and development, including advice, resources, training, forums and events to derive value from their membership. The post-holders collect data from member interactions to improve our services and help us better advocate for and champion community transport.  The role provides a valuable two-way communication channel with members to gather intelligence, promote membership, increase participation in CTA initiatives and market our services and products such as driver training, permits etc.

The work of this post is primarily delivered through grant-funded programmes and, on occasions, separately commissioned projects.

Please see the Recruitment Pack attached for more detailed information about the role and our organisation.

Your application should include:

1. A personal statement that demonstrates how you meet the requirements set out in the ‘Experience’ section of the Person Specification and what you think you will bring to the role.
2. An up to date, detailed CV including all relevant employment history and expertise
 

Job title: Shop Manager
Salary: Up to £18,833.65 per annum plus excellent benefits
Location: Dalry Road, Edinburgh
Job type: Permanent
Hours per week: 35 hours
Closing date: 21 March 2021
Virtual Interview date: 01 April 2021

Please be aware this position will include working 35 hours per week (5 days) on a rota basis to include weekends.

We are seeking an innovative Shop Manager who is looking to make their mark in a high profile store in Dalry Road, Edinburgh.

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity with a nationwide network of adoption and homing centres, volunteer-run branches and charity shops. During 2019 we helped around 191,000 cats and kittens, an average of more than 520 per day.

Each of our shops has its own charm and personality due to our dedicated volunteers and colleagues. From vintage jewellery and jigsaws to harps and handbags, whether our customers are looking for that 'must have' item or simply a 'missing piece', our team of managers ensure customers are met with great customer service. We are helping the environment whilst improving the lives of cats, one t-shirt at a time.

As a Shop Manager you will combine commercial acumen with creativity, leading a team of employees and volunteers to deliver the highest standards of customer service and presentation in order to maximise income for cat welfare. This is an exciting opportunity to manage a successful store, market and promote the store within the community and build an exceptional team that are committed to raising funds to support cats and kittens in our care.

Our successful candidate will be highly self-motivated, positive and resilient and with previous retail and people management experience. A strong communicator with excellent organisational skills, you will have the ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with a variety of people and have good knowledge of the issues relating to recruiting and retaining volunteers. Experience of working to targets and KPIs within a retail environment is essential.

To apply for this position please click the APPLY ONLINE button. Our application process requires you submit a CV and answer screening questions – including explaining your interest and suitability for the role. Unfortunately we cannot accept applications or CVs that are emailed to us directly.

Executive Assistant

We have an exciting opportunity for an Executive Assistant to provide support to the Chief Executive and Board of Trustees to enhance their effectiveness in delivering the organisation’s activities and projects.

Position: Executive Assistant

Location: Home based

Hours: 22.5 hours per week worked over at least 3 days or 20 hours over 4 days would also be considered

Salary: £16,800 to £19,200 (£28,000 - £32,000 FTE)

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: Excellent benefits package including 35 days per year (inclusive of bank holidays), Employer Pension contribution of 5%, Death in Service benefits, access to an Employee Assistance Programme and the opportunity for flexible working.

Closing Date: 21st March 2021

Interviews: Interviews will be taking place on a rolling basis, so apply early to avoid disappointment.

The Role

The Executive Assistant will provide Executive and Administration support to the Chief Executive.

Main duties and responsibilities include:

• Interpreting and communicating policies and processes
• Planning and delivering projects
• Day to day communication with and support of the Trustees and other relevant committees
• Coordinating and recording meetings of the Trustees and Senior Leadership Team
• Drafting and proofing reports to the Trustees
• Keeping all company documentation for Trustees up to date
• Assisting in fulfilling charity compliance and audit requirements
• Managing the Chief Executive’s diary, appointments and documentation
• Coordinating travel and accommodation as required
• Act as an authority and champion of good governance

About You

As Executive Assistant, you will be efficient and well organised with demonstrable experience in a similar role with the ability to work with diplomacy and integrity.

You will bring with you:

• Demonstrable experience of working with Boards
• Solid working experience of office administration processes, including implementation and maintenance of filing systems
• Customer services and relationship management skills
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills
• Project management and communications skills
• Report writing and proof reading skills
• The ability to work flexibly and be able to adapt according to business requirements
• The ability to work under pressure to agreed deadlines and adapt to change
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to work across teams

When applying for this role you will be asked to submit a CV and Covering letter of no more than 2 sides of A4.

About the Organisation

The charity improves the health and wellbeing of children and adults through the healing power of live music. Every year, professional musicians share live music with over 100,000 people from across the UK, who may not otherwise get to experience it. This includes those living with dementia, mental health problems, or who are seriously ill. 

The charity is an equal opportunities employer. It welcomes enquiries from everyone and values diversity in the workforce and is committed to safeguarding. This role will require a basic DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) or equivalent check

You may also have experience in areas such as Personal Assistant, PA, Executive Assistant, Assistant, Executive Support, EA, Executive Assistant to, Administration Manager.

Global Justice Now is a democratic social justice organisation working, as part of a global movement, to challenge the powerful and create a more just and equal world. We mobilise people in the UK for change, and act in solidarity with those fighting injustice, particularly in the global south. We put pressure on decision-makers, organise public opposition to harmful policies, and produce robust research which shows there are alternatives to corporate-led globalisation.

We are seeking a campaigns officer with a keen interest in global justice issues to support our campaigns, working full or part-time (5 or 4 days a week) based in London or Edinburgh. This is a fixed term contract of one year.

Regular work will drafting emails and social media content, producing campaign materials, undertaking research, policy monitoring, responding to enquiries and providing administrative support for the policy team and the wider organisation.

You will need experience of campaigning or activism (paid or as a volunteer), producing written content, office administration, team-working and a strong commitment to Global Justice Now’s mission.

If you are interested in the post and believe you meet our requirements, we would really like to hear from you.

We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnicity, but as members of Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups are currently under-represented in the organisation we particularly encourage applications from BAME candidates. Appointment will be based on merit alone.

We offer 26 days holiday a year (pro-rata for part-time) and flexible working.

This post is based in our London or Edinburgh office. At present most staff are working from home, and we expect continuing high levels of home working in future.

Deadline for applications: 10am, Monday 22 March 2021
Interviews: Monday 29 March 2021

Please visit our website for further information and to apply. No agencies please – only personal applications will be considered.

The role will initially be home based until June 2021 and then can be based in any UK office (Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London or Manchester).

The job of a Save the Children’s UK Java Engineer is broad and complex.

• Are you a hands on and experienced Java Engineer?
• Are you passionate about developing great software?
• Do you thrive in an autonomous cross-functional team?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn’t just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children’s unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Job Purpose

Reporting directly to the Digital Technology Lead, the Java Engineer is responsible for designing, developing and maintaining the next iterations of our applications and platform. 

Using technologies such as Java, REST API, Github and JUNITs to develop back-end services and microservices, the Java Engineer will be an active member of a cross-functional Scrum team whose role it is to keep deliver great features and value to current and existing fundraising supporters.

We believe all our software should be responsive, scalable, and resilient to failure. Our pursuit of these qualities means that we use leading technologies and practices such as automated testing and continuous integration and constantly look to nurture  our culture of continuous improvement.

This is a hands-on technical role and the Java Engineer will play a key part in the implementation stage of our digital transformation programme.

As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. The Senior Media Manager will also support our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect.

Main Accountabilities

The Java Engineer will have responsibility for building and maintaining high quality and maintainable code that is well performing, secure and follows all coding standards. Key duties will focus on:

• Building shippable software following Engineering standards in place

• Developing, building and maintaining all aspects of the platforms Java code

• Ensuring the code delivered is on time and is of the required quality

• Helping to maintain the high standard of the code by following TDD and BDD

• Reviewing code of other developers to ensure the overall code quality and to encourage a collaborative development environment

• Ensuring a globally robust and highly scalable approach to development to support our growing number of global users and services

• Working with other developers across the entire technology real estate

Person Profile

Experience

• Successful, hands-on experience working in a Java Development role

• Solid experience of developing online transactional applications

• Deep understanding of Java, JEE, servlets and Java frameworks (e.g., Spring, Hibernate)

• Experience in developing RESTful microservices using Java 1.8 or later

• Experience in integrating/consuming Web Services and Rest API’s within Java web applications

• Understanding of security standards and how to make sure they are met e.g. oAuth, PCI

• Understanding of code performance and how this can affect a websites overall loading

• Experience using distributed version control systems e.g. Github, Bitbucket

Abilities

• Ability to independently and proactively execute tasks with precision

• Ability to work with collaboratively with cross-functional and remote teams

Aptitude

• A demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and their practical application and integration in the work environment

• A commitment to Save the Children UK’s aims and core values of accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

A health charity are exclusively working with Harris Hill in their search for their new Challenge Events and Campaigns Officer. This is a varied and exciting role as they will be required to work with a range of internal and external stakeholders, across all aspects of community and event fundraising. This will include helping to deliver an annual calendar of runs, walks, challenge and sporting events across the UK, as well as increasing support through campaigns like their Coffee Morning Month in November.

The post holder will have a passion for event and relationship management and as they help deliver a UK wide community events fundraising strategy, ensuring a four nations approach, engaging existing, new and lapsed supporters.

To be considered for this role you will need to have:

* At least one-year experience in an event delivery or project planning role.
* Successful and demonstrable experience of developing relationships for long-term benefit
* Experience of delivering projects/activities within tight deadlines
* Demonstrate success in building effective relationships
* Excellent organisational and IT skills
* Strong administration skills and attention to detail

If you would like to learn more about this role or would like to receive a full job description then please do get in touch with Hannah at Harris Hill on [email protected] or call her on 02078207331.

Only suitable candidates will be contacted.

Cancer Awareness Nurse - Scotland

Location: Greater Glasgow and surrounding area (within 35 mile radius). Nurses will be based regionally but will be required to travel to other areas in the UK for short periods.

Salary: £27,000 - £30,000 per annum (full time equivalent) plus car allowance

Hours: Part-time, 28 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Application deadline: We will be reviewing applications as they come in so early application is strongly encouraged to avoid disappointment. This role will close once the position is filled.

Interviews: Interviews will begin week commencing 25th January 2021 and will be held virtually.

Training dates: The successful post-holder will need to attend staff training on 8th-11th March, and campaign training at 15th-18th March. Training will be held virtually.

Apply your nursing experience to a new challenge for 2021 and help us beat cancer!  

Our Cancer Awareness Roadshow plays a vital role in achieving our vision of beating cancer. We travel to the heart of communities talking to over 60,000 people every year about cancer. Our nurses directly reach people most in need, helping people to take steps to reduce their risk of cancer through lifestyle changes and supporting them to maintain those changes lifelong. If you’ve got an interest in health promotion and you are an excellent and confident communicator then this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

About the role

We’re looking for a motivated Nurse to be part of our team in Scotland to work on our regular indoor Roadshows. In this influential role, you’ll…

• Work as a core part of our cancer awareness team to engage people face-to-face, providing information on cancer prevention, screening and early detection

• Organise and deliver cancer awareness presentations and training to community groups and support other public health initiatives

• Manage team Twitter account – posting regular updates on the team’s activity and growing the team’s social media contacts as appropriate.

• Collect and input data to evaluate local engagement activities

• Get involved with other cancer awareness outreach activity in the local community

• Manage a team of Health Awareness Volunteers and support them to be involved with cancer awareness activity where appropriate

To see a full job description please click here: https://adobe.ly/2Yd7bbV

You’ll be mainly based in Glasgow and surrounding areas within a 35 mile radius, visiting communities who are at higher risk of cancer.

About us

Our Cancer Awareness Roadshow was founded in 2006 in partnership with Ronan Keating and the Marie Keating Foundation. It plays a vital role in achieving our vision of beating cancer sooner by directly reaching people most in need with tailored health messages, encouraging them to make positive changes to their health and signposting to local health services. The Roadshow currently consists of three mobile units that visit some of the UK’s most deprived and diverse communities where cancer incidence and mortality rates are significantly above average. For more information on the Roadshow please see the Cancer Research UK Roadshow Website. Our regular Cancer Awareness Roadshow was developed off the back of the Roadshow in 2015, to enable us to have more in-depth ongoing conversations with people, to help them to sustain change in a supportive environment. The Glasgow activity is a regular indoor Roadshow only model, with a usual pattern of three days a week of Roadshow sites and one admin day.

About you

 To join us we’re looking for…

• A registered Nurse with an NMC registration

• Excellent verbal communication skills, including an ability to engage people in conversation and to use motivational interviewing techniques

• Strong writing skills

• Excellent organisational skills with a strong administrative background

• A good understanding of the challenges associated with targeting hard to reach groups and addressing health inequalities

Cancer Research UK will provide introductory training and orientation. As part of your application we’d like you to upload a CV and you will be asked to answer a few short application questions relating to your experience and skills.