Introduction

The Edinburgh International Festival is looking for an experienced Supporter Relations Manager to join the team. We want you to help us deliver this unparalleled celebration of the performing arts, which brings some of the most exciting and creative artists working today to audiences from around the world.

As part of the Development team, the Supporter Relations Manager will create, develop and manage a programme of stewardship and cultivation activities that fosters loyalty and engagement with the Edinburgh International Festival and offers gold standard stewardship, specifically for 2021 International Festival.

We believe that being inclusive and diverse across all areas of our work helps us bring the best international festival to Edinburgh.  We believe that an inclusive culture is the foundation for a successful workplace, and we strive to grow our diverse representation across our staff, our artists and our audiences.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their backgrounds and life experience.

As part of the Development team, the Supporter Relations Manager will create, develop and manage a programme of stewardship and cultivation activities that fosters loyalty and engagement with the Edinburgh International Festival and offers gold standard stewardship, specifically for 2021 International Festival.

We believe that being inclusive and diverse across all areas of our work helps us bring the best international festival to Edinburgh.  We believe that an inclusive culture is the foundation for a successful workplace, and we strive to grow our diverse representation across our staff, our artists and our audiences.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their backgrounds and life experience.

Supporter Relations Manager  

Fixed term contract: Tuesday 6th April – Friday 3rd September 2021 (exact dates tbc with appointee)

Reports to: Head of Development

Works with: Development Team fundraisers (Corporate Partnerships Manager, Individual Giving Manager, Trusts & Foundations Manager, Strategic Partnerships Manager), Events Manager (temporary post) and Development Director.

Job Purpose: In consultation with fundraisers and others, the post holder will create, develop and manage a programme of stewardship and cultivation activities for major donors and supporters (sponsors, trusts and other stakeholders) that fosters loyalty and engagement with the Edinburgh International Festival and offers gold standard stewardship, specifically during the 2021 festival period and the limitations of COVID-19.

Specific Responsibilities

To work productively as part of the Development Team and in particular to support of the Head of Development and the Development Director with all cultivation and stewardship events and activities. 

Responsibilities include:

• Scope and implement new and innovative stewardship methods to achieve goals as creatively and impactfully as possible to advance the organisation and engage with supporters and stakeholders
• Working with the Development team to create and deliver stewardship and cultivation events (in person and virtual) for all areas of fund-raising in corporate partnerships, trusts and foundations, major gifts and international partners.
• In collaboration with fundraisers, create bespoke stewardship plans for major and principal donors (individuals and organisations) ensuring that activities give a gold-standard experience of the Edinburgh International Festival.
• Meet with fundraisers on a regular basis to discuss stewardship and/or cultivation requirements and ensure that activities are in place to support these during the Festival
• Provide best practice advice and guidance to fundraisers on stewardship activities that maximise interactions with prospects and donors of all level, building loyalty and engagement with the Edinburgh International Festival
• Support the Individual Giving Team with donor relations programme for Friends and mid-level donors
• Take the lead on complex cross-festival stewardship projects involving multiple stakeholders and working closely with senior leadership
• Working with the Executive Office to create impactful stakeholder engagement with public funders and other stakeholders
• Assist with compiling guest lists and sending invitations for International Festival events
• Record details in the Festival’s database Spectrix and ensure that information is frequently updated
• Liaise with the Head of Development and Events Manager re daily guest lists and create and circulate briefing notes to all attending EIF staff, including Directors
• With the Events Manager to be responsible for the delivery of virtual and in person events during and in the lead up to the Festival.
• Oversee the donor reporting schedule, supporting the Development Team, ensuring that reports for Supporters are produced on time

Post Festival

• Making sure records of attendance at stewardship and cultivation events and activities are complete for reporting purposes
• Completing a record of all stewardship activity and recommendations for taking this forward

General

• Attend Development Team regular meetings and stewardship planning meetings
• Attend other hospitality events and external meetings as agreed with the Development Director and Head of Development
• Be attentive to and implement EIF brand and style guidelines
• Respect Partners and EIF confidentiality
• Any other duties as requested by the Head of Development and the Development Director.

Person specification

• A proven track record of stewardship and donor engagement at senior level preferably in the cultural, university or third-sector.
• An understanding of the fund-raising process particularly in the cultivation and stewardship of relationships with individuals and organisations
• Exceptional organisational and time management skills including the ability to cope with high volumes of work, changing priorities and critical deadlines.
• Flexible approach and adaptability to last minute changes.
• Ability to analyse problems /anticipate situations, formulate suitable solutions and implement appropriate actions under pressure.
• Excellent standard of writing and confident oral communication skills
• An ability to work on own initiative, to be pro-active in developing engagement ideas
• A polished and personable manner, confident in dealing with stakeholders and senior colleagues
• Creativity and enthusiasm to inspire colleagues and create exceptional experiences
• A team player who demonstrates willingness to share information and ability to communicate positively and effectively with colleagues, including direct reports.
• Proficient in IT skills including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and ability to work from home if required
• An interest in and appreciation of arts and culture

Terms and Conditions

Our standard working hours are 35 hours per week, by agreement within standard office hours of 9.30 to 17.30, Monday to Friday. As this role starts before and continues for the duration of the annual International Festival, it will be necessary to work outside standard hours and at weekends and payment of overtime is not applicable to this post.  

We welcome any requests to discuss flexible working.  There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to.  Flexible working can also be part of the discussion at the offer stage.  Please note that during the 3 week duration of the Festival it may not be possible to offer or continue previously agreed flexible working.

Contract type Fixed term

Salary £30,000 per annum pro rata

Holiday entitlement

22 days per annum and an additional 5 public holidays to be taken pro-rata

Pension Scheme

The International Festival will comply with the employer pension duties in accordance with Part 1 of the Pension Act 2008, as amended or replaced from time to time.

Policy & Public Affairs Manager

C £35,000 per annum depending on experience

Contract:Permanent

Location:Flexible home-based, with easy access to Westminster, London and willingness to travel to Cardiff and Edinburgh on a regular basis.

A world without liver disease – that’s our vision.

The British Liver Trust is the leading UK charity for adults affected by liver disease. Liver disease is the only one of the five big killer diseases that continues to increase, the Trust works to transform liver health through increased awareness, prevention, improved care and support.

We are looking for an exceptional Policy and Public Affairs Manager to join the team. This new role, will be responsible for working across Westminster and the devolved nations to influence politicians and parliamentarians so that we reduce liver disease mortality and improve care for patients with liver disease and liver cancer in the UK.

Primarily the post holder will:

• Be responsible for developing and implementing our influencing agenda, shaping and driving policy change.
• Ensure the British Liver Trust engages effectively and works in partnership with relevant key stakeholders including parliamentarians, politicians in the devolved nations, civil servants, policymakers, researchers, other related charities and clinical bodies
• Lead activities in responding to key legislative proposals, government consultations, and other strategic political consultations and developments that impact upon liver disease and liver cancer

You must be able to demonstrate success in a similar role. This is an exciting opportunity to join a passionate and committed team, to help demonstrate the impact of our work and deliver great supporter care.

We are an equal opportunities employer and would be particularly pleased to hear from candidates from minority group backgrounds.

• a covering letter explaining how your experience, skills and knowledge make you suitable for the role, with particular relevance to the Job Description
• an up to date CV

Closing date: 9.00am 2.3.21

Interviews (via Zoom): 10.3.21

Rocket Science is a specialist research and consultancy organisation focusing on poverty and welfare, health and social care, and employability and skills. We work across the UK from our three offices in Edinburgh, Newcastle and London. We work closely with our clients including central and local government, charities and community organisations to review and evaluate services, conduct social research including understanding needs, exploring lived experience, setting strategies and governance structures and conducting quantitative impact analysis such as cost benefit analysis and SROI.

We have two opportunities for people to join our Edinburgh and Newcastle Team: 

• We are looking for a consultant to join our Edinburgh and Newcastle Team to support contracts across the UK. We are looking for an enthusiastic team member with experience in research, social research, or in one of our specialist areas. This post will be based in either our Edinburgh or Newcastle office depending on the preference of the successful candidate.

• We are looking for a health and social care research expert to join our growing team to support and help drive our health and social care social research across Scotland and the North East of England as well as provide support for projects across the UK. We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced team member who is interested in progressing into senior management of the company in the medium term.

We offer a highly supportive work environment centred around an intent-based leadership approach that empowers Rocket Scientists to be leaders in everything they do. In 2019 we were accredited at Gold level as both Investors in People and Investors in Young People.  We were one of the first companies to sign up to the Scottish Business Pledge and we are an accredited Living Wage employer. 

Full details on our website.

Gambling Treatment Practitioners x2 (Glasgow and Edinburgh)

Full time at 35 hours

Office based, Central Belt (Edinburgh/Glasgow), travelling required, UK (temporary home working due to COVID-19)

Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 Dependent on experience

Permanent

GamCare is the UK’s leading provider of information, advice and support for anyone affected by gambling-related harms. Our expert services are confidential and non-judgemental.

GamCare is now looking to recruit two Treatment Practitioners to work within our new problem gambling treatment services within the Central Belt area and Glasgow. This services will work closely with The RCA Trust, our partner which provides gambling treatment in other areas of Scotland.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Providing face to face and telephone advice, assessment, brief or structured interventions and groups work to help people achieve their goals
• Ensuring safeguarding issues are managed effectively
• Work in partnership with other local services

You should have significant experience in individual client work in the field of addictions, mental health or a social care setting with adults or young people. You should be flexible in using a range of low and high-intensity interventions and modalities including Cognitive Behavioural (CBT) tools.

You will form part of an enthusiastic team working from several locations. Our service will be based in the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh.

We are looking for individuals to work full time which will include some evenings and possible Saturdays.

This post is subject to a PVG check

To apply, please complete go onto the GamCare website.

If you would like acknowledgement that your application has been received, please ensure the application is attached and put the following subject in your email:

Job application: <NAME OF VACANCY>

Please note that if the subject is not correct, you may not receive a confirmation.

For further information, please contact Fern Hensley, Senior Services Manager.

Please note we do not accept CVs.

GamCare is committed to processing your personal data fairly, lawfully and transparently in line with GDPR. For further information on GamCare’s recruitment privacy notice please refer to our website.

Closing date for applications: Friday 26 February – close of play

Interviews will be held via video conference

ABOUT US
The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. We want to see a UK rich in native woods and trees, for people and wildlife. The Trust aims to engage and inspire people about woods and trees to help us meet our vision of creating, restoring and protecting woodland. We own and care for over 1,000 woodland sites across the United Kingdom and support the creation and management of woodland on land outside the Trust’s own estate.

Ben Shieldaig Estate is a property of 1,539 hectares set in a unique and dramatic landscape perched on the very fringes of Scotland’s west coast in the Wester Ross National Scenic Area. The mountain is home to a very special and extensive area of designated native woodland which includes a significant remnant of ancient Caledonian pinewood. Taking on the estate in 2019 has given us a rare opportunity to conserve an entire mountain and all its diverse ecosystems in one of the best-known upland landscapes in the UK.

THE ROLE
This is a unique opportunity to help drive forward one of the most ambitious conservation projects in the Highlands. The Estate Ranger will be responsible for overseeing maintenance programmes, ensuring that Ben Shieldaig is presented to the highest possible standards. You will assist with the development and supervision of management contracts, ensuring our contractors work to the highest standards, and recruit and manage volunteers on practical tasks.

Engaging with and involving surrounding communities in our work at the Ben Shieldaig will be an important part of the role. You will contribute to and implement engagement activities supporting the development of on and off-site interpretation and delivering a quality visitor experience. There will also be a strong focus on ecological monitoring to ensure the mosaic of habitats at Ben Shieldaig, especially existing native woodlands, are being protected and enhanced.

THE CANDIDATE

Ideally you will be qualified to HND/Degree level in land-based management in the conservation or forestry sector and be proficient in wildlife and habitat conservation activities. In addition, you’ll have experience of supervising contractors and managing contracts, supervising volunteers, organising public events and community engagement activities and carrying out ecological monitoring. You will be proficient in use of IT, preferably including GIS. You will need to be positive and results-focussed; determined to seek positive outcomes from challenging situations. You’ll be able to work and communicate with others effectively, be commercially astute and flexible to changing demands. A full driving licence is required.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
There’s no other organisation like the Woodland Trust. Whatever you do here you will be supporting our work to protect and enhance woods and trees. In return we recognise and value our people. You'll have our full support, training and opportunities for professional
development, along with a contributory pension, life assurance and good holiday entitlement.

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.