Scientists across the world are ready to conquer cancer. To help start more cancer cures and save lives, we are looking for a Research Funding Officer to join our Research team. Is that you?

As Research Funding Officer you will be part of the team responsible for the administration of the multi-million-pound response mode funding programme for discovery cancer research. Reporting to the Research Funding Manager, you will assist with the processing of funding applications, their review by external experts and the charity’s Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), the administration and financial management of the resulting awards, and assessing and reporting on the outputs and outcomes of the charity’s £190 million research funding portfolio.

If you have broad knowledge of the cancer research field and the funding environment, excellent and up-to-date scientific understanding, particularly of cellular and molecular biology and understanding of research funding processes and principles, including peer review and conflicts of interest, then this is the role for you!

So, if you’re up for the challenge and are excited about becoming part of Team Worldwide, we want to hear from you!

Worldwide Cancer Research is a small charity with immense ambition.

Sadly, 1 in 2 people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. For us, that’s 1 in 2 too many. We know that bold research will cure cancer. That’s why we fund the brightest minds around the world in their quests to conquer cancer.

Being a small charity with currently 40 employees allows us to be open, honest and personal with our supporters. Everyone who works for this charity plays a significant role – without them we wouldn’t exist. If supporters want to speak to the CEO, they can. If they want to speak to the Research team, they can. If they want to share their story, there will always be someone to listen.

How to apply

• Please apply be sending your tailored CV (no more than two pages) and covering letter outlining your suitability for this role.
• Closing date is Friday 4 December 2020
• Interviews will be held by Video Conferencing w/c 14 December 2020

Please note your covering letter will be key to the success of your application.

Associate Director

We have an exciting opportunity for an Associate Director to lead the charity’s work to significantly increase its reach and impact.

Position: Associate Director

Location: Homebased, Scotland

Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary: Circa £56,000 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, season ticket loan, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 30 December 2020

Interview Date: W/C 11 January 2021

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application

The Role

Reporting to the Executive Director of Locality Impact, the Associate Director – Scotland will lead the Stroke Association’s work in Scotland to significantly increase our reach and impact.

You’ll do this through effective systems leadership, creating and managing relationships with key stakeholders, influencing Scottish health policy and practice and overseeing the effective delivery of high quality stroke support.

You’ll lead a motivated and engaged team of staff and volunteers to:

• Increase our impact and reach through systems and community engagement, influencing and service delivery 
• Ensure stroke survivors have a strong an influential voice in shaping and improving health policy and practice
• Increase consistency in quality and reach of our engagement activities and services, with a focus on addressing health inequalities 
• Enable peer support and self-sustaining stroke communities to flourish in Scotland

About You

As Associate Director you will have:

• Senior-level experience in advocacy/influencing; service delivery or community engagement and development.
• Substantial experience of holding senior-level relationships with partner organisations, ideally in health and social care / the NHS and a strong understanding of systems leadership.
• Strong understanding of influencing policy in a devolved administration
• Substantial experience of leading high performing teams and large distributed teams (paid staff and volunteers) and an inspiring and motivational approach to leadership.
• Track record in developing and implementing strategy, leading change, and managing budgets.
• Demonstrable senior leader level experience in programme and project management
• Experience of managing and growing services through statutory contracts and charitable means
• An understanding of the voluntary sector and of the strategic challenges facing the sector, particularly in Scotland

Please refer to the Role Profile for the full list of essential and desirable criteria once you apply.

To full fill the role you must have the right to work in the U.K

When you apply, you will be asked to submit your CV and a covering letter demonstrating how you meet the person specification set out in the Role Profile and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience. Please specify in your covering letter which role you are applying for. Applications from individuals who are seeking flexible working options, including reduced hours or job shares, are welcomed. Please state any preferences for flexible options in your covering letter.

In return…

This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following stroke and to raise stroke awareness in the local population. We offer a host of amazing benefits and flexible working options, with opportunities to progress your career.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there. We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives. Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

You may also have experience in areas such as You may also have experience in areas such as Impact, Impact and Engagement, Engagement, Director, Associate Director, Impact Manager, Policy and Impact, Policy, Community Engagement, Service, Services, Programme, Programmes, Advocate, Advocacy, Change, Change Policy, Social Care, Volunteer Manager, Volunteer, Service Delivery Manager, Service Delivery Lead, Service Delivery

The history of CrossReach stretches back 150 years to the formation of the Church of Scotland Committee on Christian Life and Work in 1869. Throughout this time CrossReach and its predecessor bodies have worked in communities all over Scotland and beyond, providing social care for those most in need. Over the years the services provided have been vast and varied, which have been adapted as time moves on to respond to the needs and requirements in current times.

In 2005 the name of the organisation was changed to Crossreach. The name Crossreach was chosen to convey the need and desire to reach out to people across Scotland who require support, all while making it clear that faith is the motivation for their work.

As mentioned, Crossreach offer a wide variety of services that are currently broken down into three key areas: adults, older people, children and families. Within each key area there are various different support services available ranging from early years through to care homes, mental health support, creative art groups and everything in between. All services provided are working towards CrossReach’s overall mission which is ‘In Christ’s name we seek to support people to achieve the highest quality of life which they are capable of achieving at any given time’ while keeping in line with their ethos which is ‘We aim to show the practical side of our Christian faith by reflecting Christian love to those we support, through our leadership, management and working relationships’.

This is a critical role in a newly formed Fundraising Team due to a renewed investment and focus on fundraising for CrossReach.

As Partnerships Manager your main focus will be on building and maintaining an extensive portfolio of prospective high net worth and corporate supporters. You will have the ability to develop an identification, cultivation and solicitation strategy to secure donations to meet required income targets.

The successful candidate will come from a fundraising background with experience of working with Major Donors and Corporate supporters. You will need to evidence success in these income areas. You will need to have excellent networking skills that will help in the development of donor relationships. You will have the opportunity to work closely with the CEO and senior managers, other senior Church of Scotland departments and board members to build a network of supporters.

It is important to note that this job requires you to have a Christian faith and be able to work within and uphold the charity’s Christian Ethos (this is an ongoing occupational requirement under the Equality Act 2010).

How To Apply

Please contact BTA to request an information pack, full job description and person specification.

You are advised to get in touch well in advance of the closing date to give us time to consider your application and pre-interview the strongest applicants.

Closing Date: Noon, Thursday 10th December

Interview Date: Friday 18th December

This search is being conducted exclusively for the CrossReach by BTA (Bruce Tait Associates). Our leadership team has all worked in the voluntary sector and we use this experience to match organisations and individuals to create great appointments.

At Help for Heroes, we believe those who serve our country deserve support when they are wounded. Every day, men and women have to leave their career in the Armed Forces as a result of physical or psychological wounds; their lives changed forever. We help them, and those still serving, to recover and get on with their lives.

And who are we you’re wondering? We are experts and beginners. Generalists and specialists. Ordinary people with an extraordinary passion towards making a positive change to the lives of our veterans (and having fun while doing it).

As One Team we share a philosophy – I.C.A.R.E. It’s the way we walk and talk, the way we interact with others and how we approach everything we do. We are: Innovative – Collaborative – Authentic – Resourceful – Energetic. 

We have an incredible opportunity for two Community Occupational Therapists to join our team across two geographical areas. Please see below for more information on what just might be your future role.

About You

Are you a committed, flexible Occupational Therapist with a minimum of 2 years of post-graduate experience looking to expand your skills and would enjoy the opportunity to work with military veterans? Can you work independently but still enjoy having the support of a team and are happy to embrace a flexible work pattern that might include some overnight stays? If you also have experience of delivering Occupational Therapy (OT) in both physical and mental health conditions, as well the areas of sleep difficulties and sensory needs then this is the role for you. Intrigued? Keep on reading.

About the Role

In this role you will work in the homes and local communities of our veterans and be able to support them with physical and mental health needs that are creating barriers to meaningful occupation. You will also be able to identify those barriers that are affecting our veterans’ ability to be as independent as possible and enable them to live the life they want to live. You will be assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating OT interventions and have the space to be creative in your solutions that will improve the lives of our Heroes.

About the Team

Here in the Clinical Team we are resourceful in finding ways to deliver what is right and fair for our veterans in the healthcare domain seeing the bigger picture, focusing on ideas that deliver the best results for our veterans and actively challenge, test, learn and adapt ideas, making them a reality. Our aim is to champion the wounded, injured and sick as they transition to civilian life so if you want to join a passionate, fun, and forward-thinking expert team, wait no longer. Apply now.  

What we offer

To enable our employees to thrive in all aspects of their lives we proudly support flexible working practices. You can tailor your working day around your work and private commitments providing you maintain high class service to the team and our veterans at all times. And there is also a wide range of other benefits we offer like 26 days paid holiday, enhanced maternity pay, health cashback plan, and so many more.

Areas

• The Borders including Scotland and Northern Ireland
• South

Like what you see? Get in touch and apply now!

We look forward to hearing from you.

Job title: Public Affairs and Campaigns Manager - Scotland

Region: Scotland

Directorate: Public Affairs and Public Policy

Contract: Fixed Term (1 February 2021 – 30 July 2022)

Salary: £30,600 - £32,000 gross per annum

About The Royal British Legion

The Legion is at the heart of a national network that supports our Armed Forces community through thick and thin – ensuring their unique contribution is never forgotten. We’ve been here since 1921 and we’ll be here as long as they need us.

Our Values and Behaviours

Does the following describe you?

• A desire to provide a great customer service and support
• Enjoy and thrive in working in teams and with others
• Passionate about supporting the Armed Forces community and honouring their contribution
• Come to work each day to be the best you can and to learn and develop
• An encourager, eager to share your knowledge and experience to help others

If so then we would like to hear from you ….

The Role

The Royal British Legion and its sister charity, Poppyscotland, form the largest welfare provider in the military charity sector and have a long and proud campaigning history. Together, we work tirelessly to safeguard the Armed Forces Covenant, which ensures that those who serve, have served and their families are not left disadvantaged by the unique nature of military life.

The Legion and Poppyscotland are seeking a talented, committed and enthusiastic public affairs and campaigns professional to shape and deliver our political engagement and campaigning activities in Scotland. In this role, you will monitor and advise senior colleagues in both the Legion and Poppyscotland on developments in the Scottish Parliament and identify opportunities to influence in order to secure positive policy change at the national level. Working closely with PR, Welfare and Public Affairs and Public Policy colleagues, you will also grow our campaign activities at local authority level and aid in the establishment of a network of supporters who are willing to advocate on behalf of the Armed Forces community.

Able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of national, devolved and local politics, you will be familiar with both traditional and digital campaigning techniques. You will be a strong team player, have a proven track record of delivering campaign outcomes in Scotland, and possess excellent communication skills and impeccable attention to detail.

Working across two organisations, you will strive to ensure that members of the Armed Forces community can expect a consistent level of statutory support across the UK, whilst supporting policy that reflects the unique needs of serving personnel, veterans and their families resident in Scotland, using our Policy and Campaigns Framework for Scotland to guide your activity.

Please note this role is based at our Edinburgh office, which is located at New Haig House, Logie Green Road, Edinburgh EH7 4HQ, although we support flexible working.

How to Apply

Please apply by clicking ‘Apply online’

Closing date for this role is: Thursday 3 December 2020.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and submit your application form as soon as possible

RESEARCH ENGAGEMENT MANAGER

Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 per annum dependent on experience

Location: Home-based within Scotland – with travel to Cancer Research UK sites across Scotland

Contract Type: Circa 12 month fixed-term contract

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week (flexible requests considered)

Interviews: Date TBC - This will be a two-stage interview process.

Closing date: 29th November 2020, 23:30 pm - please note, we will be shortlisting on-going and may close this role earlier than listed if we receive a high volume of applications, so please do not wait until the closing date to submit an application where possible.

We have a wonderful opportunity for someone to join our Research Information team to drive support for Cancer Research UK in Scotland by increasing engagement with our life-saving research. Working closely with the Senior Research Engagement Manager, researchers, clinicians, and fundraisers; you’ll develop high-impact events for CRUK supporters and the wider public, and deliver regional communications to raise awareness of CRUK’s impact on cancer, and its benefit for people in Scotland. You will also support the Research Engagement team nationally by developing engagement experiences to communicate the impact of our work to key supporters, and leading projects aimed at developing and testing experiences for priority audiences.

Some of the key responsibilities you can expect to have are…

• Planning, delivering and supporting a busy programme of virtual and face to face (subject to COVID-19 guidelines) research engagement experiences such as webinars, lab and building tours, evening events, open days, talks and discussions

• Bringing the research CRUK funds across Scotland to life, with a focus on the Beatson Institute in Glasgow and CRUK Edinburgh Centre, building strong relationships with CRUK funded researchers across Scotland to encourage their involvement in our engagement activities

• Acting as a conduit between our research locations in Scotland and Cancer Research UK

• Strengthening relationships between CRUK, research locations in Scotland, researchers and other stakeholders 

• Raising the profile of CRUK’s role and impact in Scotland 

The kind of person we are looking for has experience in…

• Communications - Engaging communicator, with experience of inspiring diverse audiences

• Strong presentation skills and experience of presenting complex information to lay audiences and senior management 

• Influence - Ability to influence and negotiate support from a wide range of stakeholders 

• Creativity - Ability to develop new products, honing briefs, generating ideas, developing and testing new engagement activities

• Project Management - Strong planning and organisational skills; event management experience an advantage 

• Proactive  - a confident networker with experience of building and maintaining strong mutually beneficial relationships 

• Credibility - Ability to establish credibility quickly by being professional, knowledgeable and dependable 

• Problem solving and solutions-driven –  the ability to spot opportunities and ensure successful delivery of a busy programme of engagement events for which there is high demand

Closing date: 29th November 2020, 23:30pm

The Fundraising Manager is responsible for generating income from Trusts, Foundations, Lottery and Statutory sources as well as community fundraising. Working as part of a small team you will lead on building key relationships with existing funders and stakeholders. In addition, you will lead on approaches to new funding sources including the corporate sector to ensure we create innovative ways to sustain and grow our brand and organisation.

Fathers Network Scotland is a dynamic and respected charity with a passion for dads – because the family and society as a whole benefit when fathers are involved in the life of their children. That’s where we have a crucial role to play. Our remarkable growth - from a visionary seed project in 2008 to a well-funded and respected catalyst of change with government and business today – shows an increasing appetite for cultural change driven by a positive message and a passion for collaboration.

Key Responsibilities:

• To lead the completion and submission of applications to Trusts, Lottery and Statutory Fundraising, using your creativity and attention to detail.

• Play a key role, as a manager, in developing and delivering the fundraising strategy and reporting on the progress made. 

• Currently we require £150,000 for year one.

• Identify, develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders in the above areas.

• Develop new relationships whilst also engaging with existing funders with a view to maximising income. 

• Set, manage, evaluate and report on annual Organisation Operating Budget, and liaise with bookkeeper to monitor monthly budget versus actuals. 

• Set, manage, evaluate and report on annual income budget for your fundraising activity which will contribute to the overall strategic outcomes of the organisation.

• Continually identify and follow up opportunities to raise income and awareness which have the highest chance of success.

• Support the Director and Board to develop and implement appropriate policies and procedures in line with legislative and regulatory requirements; and deliver agreed best practice in all the fundraising activities.

• Ensure the maintenance of accurate and current information on our fundraising database in line with GDPR.

• Identify and submit applications for awards that will raise the profile of Fathers Network Scotland and make the most of branding opportunities.

• Oversee the reporting, monitoring and evaluation systems and help support the wider team to effectively use our database to record attendance that we use for funding reports.

• Work with the Director to ensure that we regularly evaluate our services and income streams to ensure we have feedback for our funding reports.

• To ensure the appropriate information is gathered on funded projects and provide accurate and timely reports and assisting documentation to funders and the Board.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES

Essential:

• Qualified to degree level or with equivalent relevant professional experience eg Chartered Institute of Fundraising membership.

• Experience of successful fundraising from major funders and influencers including Trusts, Lottery and Statutory sources.

• An understanding of and involvement in delivering organisational funding strategy.

• A proven track record of achieving targets of over £100k a year and evidence of how you personally have grown the fundraising.

• Experience of setting and managing budgets in particular reporting on performance to colleagues.

• Ability to develop relationships at all levels and evidence of high standards of supporter stewardship.

• Excellent written communication skills to write funding bids without support. 

• Behaviours which fit with the values of Fathers Network Scotland. 

• Fully competent in MS Office, & Excel.

• Excellent organisational skills and administrative abilities.

• Proficient in working from own initiative, as well as in a team.

• Ability to develop creative approaches and solutions to problems and situations.

• An ability to work occasional weekends and evenings, to accommodate the needs of the role.

Desirable:

• Evidence of ongoing professional development in this field. 

• Demonstrable ability to build and sustain networks with key influencers and funders.

• Sound understanding of the issues affecting Dads, children and families. 

• Full clean driving license. 

• Membership of The Institute of Fundraising. 

• Knowledge of fundraising legislation.

• Working knowledge of fundraising databases.

Your character and personality will fit with our organisational values:

Equality - We value equality and particularly want to address gender bias associated with men caring for children by; challenging social norms and helping fathers make choices that will benefit them and their families.

Pioneering - We are happy to ‘give things a go’ that haven’t been done before, allowing us to be entrepreneurial. We have flexibility in our planning to be opportunistic and responsive. We take an asset based approach to understanding our strengths and remain positive with a creative ‘can do’ attitude.

Honesty - We are honest with ourselves, each other and our stakeholders. Individuals take responsibility and are trusted to get and do what is required. We are not afraid when expectations are not met but share this openly. 

Vulnerability - We are OK with not being perfect. We allow mistakes inside and outside of work and support one another in our struggles. We raise issues which are causing us tension, sharing understanding and compassion with others and ourselves.

Humility - We are ‘quietly confident’ about what we do. Operating from these shared values allow us to get on and be authentically aligned with what we do. 

Type of role: 

• Part time 

• 10 hours per week initially for 6 months with view to increasing to 21 hours per week subject to funding

• Remote working (Scotland-based)

• Initial 6 month contract, with view to extend based on performance and funding

• Salary £28,000 - £32,000 FTE