Learning & Development Officer, 2 years FT contract – Scotland & Shetland

If you are keen and enthusiastic about supporting and resourcing the mission of our churches, circuits and districts by joining a faith-based Learning and Development team, then we would like to hear from you. As an experienced professional with a proven track record in learning and development, you will be part of the Learning Network within The Methodist Church.

This is a home-based full time post (35 hours/week equivalent worked in a pattern of annualised hours), in the Scotland and Shetland Region of the Learning Network, covering a substantial geographical area.

As the Learning Network, our work encompasses a wide range of learning and development areas across a comprehensive work plan and includes:
 

• preparing and delivering a range of faith-based learning and development activities, events and initiatives
• facilitating effective and transformational conversations with individuals and groups, including utilising a variety of digital platforms
• meeting with colleagues to plan, develop and review learning and development opportunities
• building good relationships with districts and regions, individuals and communities across the church and beyond
• sharing individual gifts and experiences across a number of teams and other groups
• regular weekend and evening work, and travel

A particular aspect of this role will be to support the Church’s inclusivity, intergenerational, social and climate justice agendas and the Methodist Way of Life as an integral aspect of practice within the region.

Key skills needed by the successful candidate include:
 

• good communication skills through written, oral, visual and digital mediums;
• good planning, organising and leadership skills;
• the ability to work collaboratively and strong relationship building skills.

As an inclusive organisation we welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We welcome applications from people of Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic groups (BAME), as they are currently under-represented within the Learning and Development team.

For a lay employee, a salary of £28,250-£35,312 per annum is offered. For ministers in Full Connexion the standard terms of service apply.

Closing Date: Noon on Monday 23 August

Interview Date: 15-Sep-2021

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Alumni & Development is responsible for the University’s relationship with its graduates and fundraising for key University initiatives. As part of the Operations Team, you will have the ability to multi-task efficiently while maintaining a high level of accuracy. The post-holder will act as the first point of contact within the Operations Team for a range of enquiries as well as being responsible for all aspects of financial processing, including the annual Telethon campaign, with additional responsibilities for updating biographical and educational data and data cleansing in The Raiser’s Edge and NetCommunity. The post-holder will also have full responsibility for the administration of departmental prizes, and assist in the administration of undergraduate scholarships and the University of Strathclyde USA Foundation.

With strong IT skills, proven experience in very high volume data entry and using and reporting from relational databases, you will be a self-motivated, flexible, team player with a methodical approach to work tasks, excellent data entry, accuracy, time management and communication skills. Knowledge of the fundraising environment and The Raiser’s Edge would be an advantage. 

Job Description

To support the systems which ensure that Alumni & Development provide an efficient and professional fundraising and alumni relations service by processing and allocating gifts accurately and efficiently, reconciling actual/recorded income and producing informative financial reports. Daily tasks include high volume data entry to update biographical, academic and career details of alumni, donors and friends of the University, and produce complex lists and reports from the database.

Main Activities/Responsibilities

1. Accurate and timely updating of biographical, academic and career details of alumni, donors and friends of the University from a wide variety of sources, including e-mail, phone, letter and internet.
2. Data cleansing tasks in The Raiser’s Edge and NetCommunity (as well as MS Access and Excel), which maintain the integrity of the database.
3. Accurate and timely recording and processing of all donations received into audit books and The Raiser’s Edge.
4. Allocate gifts against the appropriate fund and liaise with the Operations Database Officer and relevant Finance Office Staff to ensure funds are properly transferred.
5. Liaise with Finance Office staff to reconcile monthly bank statements with the alumni database.
6. Full responsibility for annual Telethon gift administration, including processing all gifts, liaising with Alumni Fund Officer to resolve queries, maintaining effective and efficient processes, etc.
7. Preparation of financial reports such as quarterly tax claims, monthly reconciliation reports and ad-hoc reports.
8. Filing appropriate paperwork to maintain an audit trail for all data adjustments/donations received.
9. Administrative support of communications to alumni and alumni activity. Typical tasks involve building database queries, creating reports, preparing data, sending NetCommunity emails and producing and formatting data files for mass emails and event invitations from The Raiser’s Edge.
10. Create and perform complex data segmentation for mass emails, event invitations, direct mails, alumni magazines/newsletters, telethon campaigns, and other ad hoc requests.
11. Full responsibility for the administration of departmental prizes, including monitoring budgets, liaising with academic departments/faculties, making payments to students, etc.
12. Full responsibility for the data segmentation and transfer of data between The Raiser’s Edge and the alumni platform Strathclyde Connect., e.g. testing data segmentation/reports and running reports, exports and imports on the live systems.
13. Assisting the Operations Database Officer with administration of the undergraduate scholarship programme and the University of Strathclyde USA Foundation.
14. Provide internal IT support for alumni database and on-line community software, including the administration of webpages, online donation forms, online survey forms, etc.
15. Act as first point of contact for a range of enquiries via telephone, email and face to face, from staff, students and external interests.
16. Maintain a thorough knowledge of relevant University and legislative regulations associated with data protection, storage and use.
17. Contribute to the on-going review of department procedures, to make them more efficient and effective.
18. Maintain constructive professional relationships with colleagues within the department and across the University.
19. Attend A&D staff and other meetings as appropriate.
20. Participate as a member of the Operations Team, assisting with other operations tasks from time to time e.g. training new members of staff, etc.
21. Other activities that the Operations & Research Manager or Head of Alumni & Development may from time to time allocate, such as: 
    • updating Raiser’s Edge and NetCommunity process manuals
    • data cleansing tasks

Full job description and person specification can be found in the attached document.

Community Outreach Officer - Wildlife Trail to Loch Lomond (Fixed Term)
Reference: JUL20213616
Location: Loch Lomond
Salary:  £18,250.00 - £20,246.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, 26 days Annual Leave (pro-rata)
Duration: 12 months

This post is part of the Wildlife Trail to Loch Lomond project, will run for one year and is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The role is essential for the successful delivery of the programme of activities associated with the project and will contribute to the project outcomes and overall project success. The role will include working with a wide range of audiences in and around West Dunbartonshire and will link closely to the development of a new nature trail to allow visitors to access Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve, which includes access to the shores of Loch Lomond.

You will take the lead on delivering Wildlife Trail to Loch Lomond’s activity plan. Your role will be to further develop links with the audiences identified as part of this project; people who, because of their personal or social circumstances, can’t or don’t currently visit RSPB Scotland Loch Lomond but would like to, and people who would gain added benefits from having access to nature and to the knowledgeable team of staff and volunteers working on site. The role will involve working with adults and young people with disabilities and additional support needs, children with life limiting conditions and their families, and young people excluded from mainstream education, as well as RSPB visitors and local schools.

Working as part of a dedicated and enthusiastic team, your responsibility will be to plan, develop and deliver a dedicated programme of activities to these groups and individuals. Whilst each group is unique, the project is aiming to increase both the opportunities for groups to access natural heritage, as well as providing training opportunities that allow the development of skills, knowledge and experience to help with future employability. Additionally, you will be aiming to increase visits to the nature reserve, including from under-represented groups and individuals and providing a high-quality experience for them, which enhances their lives and provides a substantial connection to nature experience.

You will also be responsible for managing the associated Trainee Community & Education Officer that is a part of this project, with the successful candidate(s) providing dedicated support during the delivery phase of the project.

A driving licence is essential.

This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. You will be asked to declare unspent convictions and cautions at offer of employment stage.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Deliver the project’s Activity Plan, including the planning, delivery and evaluation phases
• Work towards agreed project engagement targets and project outcomes
• Work with reserve colleagues and community groups to further develop tools and resources relating to their involvement
• Maintain high-quality and regular contact with the groups and individuals involved with the project and further enhance and identify opportunities to work with them
• Encourage and facilitate visits to the site from identified user groups - working with colleagues at RSPB Scotland Loch Lomond to ensure that visitors receive a relevant, top-class experience with positive and memorable contact with staff and a beneficial connection to nature
• Write regular, engaging social media content for the Loch Lomond blog, regional Facebook/Twitter page, and write press releases and content for local community newsletters, ensuring communication is of a high standard and adheres to RSPB Brand guidelines
• Recruit and manage project volunteers including the Project Trainee Community & Education Officer positions
• Complete an end of project evaluation report

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Engaging people with the environment and education delivery methods
• Sound knowledge of ecosystems and habitats
• Good understanding of Health & Safety and safeguarding issues
• Standard written and spoken English
• Computer literacy - Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams and any other online software
• Interpersonal skills - the ability to work with people of differing ages, backgrounds and abilities to enthuse them about the natural world
• Events management - planning, running and evaluating events both on and off site
• Customer Care - making people from all backgrounds and abilities feel welcome in what may often be an unfamiliar environment
• Volunteer/staff recruitment and support
• An excellent communicator – both verbal and written
• Ability to work under own initiative
• Ability to enthuse and motivate
• A driving licence that is valid in the UK
• Community Engagement delivery
• Environmental education delivery

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• Partnership working
• Creation and implementation of training and development programmes

This role is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. We thank the players of the National Lottery who have enabled this project to take place.

This is a Contract, Full Time role for 12 months. The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.

Closing date: 09:19, 27 August 2021
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from Tuesday 24th August.

To Apply and For More Information:

If you would like to apply or find out more about this position, please click the 'Apply' button. You will be directed to our website where you can complete your application.

As part of this application process you will be asked to complete an application form to evidence of how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience requested.

This role will require completion of a PVG in addition to the standard pre-employment checks.

No agencies please.

The Dog Wellbeing Technician helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by being responsible for ensuring the mental and physical welfare and specialist care of dogs. This is achieved through carrying out husbandry duties in order to provide for the wellbeing of dogs whilst accommodated at a Guide Dogs site.

This role is worked over 5 days, Monday to Friday, 17.5 hours per week (3.5 hours per day), with 26 days paid holiday pro rata (excluding bank holidays) a year.

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

Candidate profile

Candidate requirements

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential
• Proven experience working with dogs within a professional environment.
• Experience of coaching and mentoring.
• Experience of supporting a service.
• The core principles of animal care and behaviour.
• Computer literate, with proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office and experience with using databases.

Desirable
• Working with volunteers.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply
Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above.

As part of your application ensure you provide to evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.

The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised.

If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.

Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding
Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Location: Flexible - One of our offices (London, Chesterfield, Cardiff, Glasgow, Belfast) or work from home considered
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £41,750 per annum (London), £38,750 per annum (rest of UK and home-based)
Benefits: Read more about what we offer on our website
Contract type: Fixed-term, 9 months from start date
Travel: There will be a requirement for travel to our UK offices over the longer term
Closing date: 12 August 2021

Summary

Are you a skilled and experienced insight professional looking for a new challenge? Are you a critical thinker who is skilled at identifying and summarising large amounts of evidence to meet strategic and operational needs?

At Versus Arthritis we are on an ambitious journey to push back against arthritis. To enable us to achieve this vision and our strategic goals it is important that we have excellent insight and understanding of our audiences and marketplace. Insight that tells us what our audiences need and what works will be a key element in developing an offer that gives us the best chance of success. You will join a growing team of insight, impact and evaluation specialists, championing the use of insight to support our organisational strategy and ensuring we are insight led and impact focused.

This role will play a significant part in the evolution of our organisational strategy, providing information and insight to support effective decision-making. The post-Covid world means that there will be many changes externally that we will need to ensure we are in a good position to respond to, and our insight activities need to reflect this. The function is well-established with a wide range of insight and tools already in place. The fixed term nature of this role is necessary to backfill for the existing Senior Insight Manager who is seconded to a Head of Department role for a similar period.

About the role

The Insight Manager is responsible for delivering a programme of insight activities that identifies and highlights the key insights for the organisation and furthers the charity's understanding of our audiences and their needs. You will work collaboratively to meet the insight needs of the charity, ensuring that these needs are met by delivering and evolving an impactful programme of work.

This will include commissioning and managing key research activities (quantitative and qualitative), advising and implementing best practice in terms of research design and playing a key role alongside others in the team in drawing together, synthesising and deriving actionable insight across these areas, to support the ambitions of Versus Arthritis.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Managing the development and publication of our landmark report on the unmet needs of people living with arthritis.
• Embedding existing tools and processes and ensuring the business has what it needs to make the best use of the knowledge and insight that we have.
• Building our organisational knowledge on specific audiences using externally procured resource where appropriate.
• Reviewing our current consultation approaches and make recommendations on the next steps for their evolution.
• Providing expertise and support to colleagues from across the charity.

How to apply

To apply you MUST submit:

1. a concise, up-to-date CV
2. along with a completed supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the key requirements set out in the job description and person specification for the Insight Manager role.
3. please include where you've seen this role advertised.

Email your completed application by 12 August 2021.

Interviews

Formal interviews expected: 20 or 23 August 2021.

About us

Arthritis causes pain, fatigue and isolation for 17.8 million people in the UK every single day. It can impact on the ability to work, our relationships and take away our independence. We don't accept this. We won't stop until no-one has to tolerate living with the pain, fatigue and isolation of arthritis.

Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us defy arthritis.

Read more about what we do, working for us and what we offer on our website.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Promoting and supporting diversity in the workplace

Versus Arthritis is a Registered Charity No: 207711 and in Scotland No. SC041156.

Cycling UK is an innovative and engaging organisation working towards bettering the lives of others through cycling, and we’re looking for a development officer to join us in our mission. Play Together on Pedals (PTOP) in Glasgow is a partnership project led by Cycling UK, Play Scotland, and Cycling Scotland.

If you’re passionate about community engagement, adept at project management, and you want to make a real change to people’s lives, this opportunity is for you.

The Play Together on Pedals programme supports young children and their families to discover the joy and freedom of bike riding. This role combines coordinating this impactful programme and managing the Glasgow Community Cycling Network; a collective of community-based active travel organisations across the city. No two days are the same in this role, it is interesting, challenging, and fulfilling.

If you could be the one to drive impact in this role in enabling more people to cycle in Glasgow, we want to hear from you!

Head to our website and explore the job description for full details on this exciting opportunity. Complete the application form expressing why you are the right candidate for this opening and send to our recruitment team (contact details on our jobs page).

Focus on gearing your supporting statement to exemplify how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role, directly referring to both the job description and person specification. We assess your relative strengths directly against the specified criteria, please bear this in mind when writing your application.

The closing date for applications is 09:00am on 09 August 2021. Interviews will be taking place on 17 and 18 August 2021.

We are an inclusive organisation and would particularly welcome applications from candidates from a broad range of backgrounds. We strongly believe that diversity strengthens our work. If you are already passionate about cycling, that’s great, many of us are too! But if you are simply really excellent at what you do, no matter what your background, that is what matters most to us.

If you think that this describes you and you are excited by the prospect of joining our team, please do get in touch to find out more.

PAPYRUS is the national UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people.

Parliamentary Engagement Officer

PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is the national charity for the prevention of young suicide, founded in 1997. We have grown very successfully since then and currently have bases in Warrington, Birmingham, London, Cardiff and Belfast.

We are looking to recruit a Parliamentary Engagement Officer to develop and maintain effective relationships with UK parliamentarians to further our policy and influencing aims and increase awareness of the charity’s work.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Recent experience of engaging with parliamentarians within Westminster and devolved governments
• Understanding of UK governments and parliaments, and how to influence on both devolved and reserved issues
• Experience representing an organisation with senior external stakeholders
• Experience of working productively with a range of multi-disciplinary internal teams
• The ability to work within a matrix management system working with Heads of Nations across the UK

Salary: NJC Scale SCP 13-17 (£22,627-£24,491 per annum)

Hours: 36 hours per week

Location: The successful candidate will be based at our Warrington, London, Cardiff, Glasgow or Belfast office and will be required to work flexibly and travel to across the UK as required.

Please visit our website to review the full job description and person specification for the role. To apply for the position please complete the application form on our website detailing how you meet the criteria for the role. Please return your completed application to HR email or to HR, PAPYRUS, Unit 1 Bankside, Warrington, WA1 1UP.

Closing date: 22nd August 2021 Interview date: week commencing 30th August 2021

PAPYRUS is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

PAPYRUS is committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk that interact with the organisation. The organisation recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of these vulnerable groups by a commitment to procedures to protect them. The group expects all staff and volunteers to fully support and promote these commitments.

PAPYRUS is the national UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people.

Head of PAPYRUS in Scotland

PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is the national charity for the prevention of young suicide, founded in 1997. We have grown very successfully since then and currently have bases in Warrington, Birmingham, London, Cardiff and Belfast.

We are looking to recruit a Head of PAPYRUS in Scotland to own, develop and sustain our presence and activities in Scotland.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Tertiary level education and qualification (degree level) in Leadership, Management, Health, Social Care, Social Sciences, Education or similar
• Proven experience of developing and managing services, programmes, and projects from design to outcome
• Demonstrable experience of leading a successful team, supporting their development, and managing their performance.
• Ability to translate strategic plans into outcomes
• Demonstrable business development skills developing products and growing a service from scratch

Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 per annum

Hours: 36 hours per week. Due to the nature of the role, some evening, weekend and bank holiday working may be required.

Location: Glasgow

Contract: Permanent

Please visit our website to review the full job description and person specification for the role. To apply for the position please complete the application form on our website detailing how you meet the criteria for the role. Please return your completed application to HR email or to HR, PAPYRUS, Unit 1 Bankside, Warrington, WA1 1UP.

Closing date: 25th August 2021              

Interview dates: 1st Interview 8th September (online via MS Teams)

2nd Interview 14th September (face to face – Glasgow)

PAPYRUS is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

PAPYRUS is committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk that interact with the organisation. The organisation recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of these vulnerable groups by a commitment to procedures to protect them. The group expects all staff and volunteers to fully support and promote these commitments.

Senior Business Development Officer

We are seeking an experienced Business Development Officer to support our successful Business Development Unit whilst we undergo strategic planning. As a charity within the education sector, we want to grow our annual budget by expanding its base of income by selling our services into the sector.

The charity has been working with schools for many years to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people and remove barriers to learning by promoting nurture in education

Position: Senior Business Development Officer

Location: Flexible as homeworking supported - office working available in London or Paisley

Salary: £28-29k, depending on experience

Hours: Full-time

Duration: 6 months Fixed Term Contract

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays and 5% Employer pension contribution

About the Role

As Senior Business Development Officer you will support the existing Business Development Unit in our day to day operations working to secure new funding from a range of sources including Local authorities, Multi-Academy Trusts, public funding and corporate partnerships and grow mutually beneficial partnerships with these organisations.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Income generation – Day to day management of business development pipeline, highlighting prospective clients
• Account management – Pitching our services, preparing proposals and managing the customer lifecycle from pitch to delivery.
• Relationship Management – Forging relationships with customers and ensuring timely and effective communication to secure income.
• Internal and external communications with a range of audiences – Liaising with stakeholders at all levels with confidence and conviction to build/strengthen income opportunities.

About You:

As Senior Business Development Officer you will have a good understanding of the education/charity sector and have networking and relationship building experience across the education sector.

Essential skills and experience include:

• Strong grounding in income generation across different income streams
• Good experience of income generation within a not for profit environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Highly organised, thorough in your approach and adept at writing and producing evaluation reports on activity
• Good negotiation skills, including diplomacy and partnership building

Ideally you will also have an appreciation and understanding of the impact of mental health, emotional and wellbeing upon children and young people learning, as well as experience in the education sector.

Applicants are asked to provide a current CV and a covering letter (2 pages maximum) outlining evidence against the essential criteria in the job description, clearly identifying the skills and experiences applicable to the role.

About the Organisation

With increasing numbers of children and young people affected by social, emotional and behavioural difficulties inhibiting their progress and limiting their life chances, the charity has developed a range of interventions and support to give vulnerable children and young people the opportunity to be the best they can be. Whether it is delivering certified training, supporting whole-school or authority-wide nurturing schools approach or promoting evidence-based research, the charity is providing quality support and resources to make nurturing provision a reality for pupils across the UK and beyond.

You may also have experience in areas such as; Development, Sales, Education Business Development, Business Development Executive, Account manager Education, BDM,

• We believe in the power of your personal lived experience of the criminal justice system.
• We believe with the right opportunity, encouragement, and support everybody can change.
• Do you want to use your experience to enable others to change the system from within?

IF YOU DO, THEN USER VOICE IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR YOU!  DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?

• Been in prison or on probation?
• A People person and a good listener?
• Good IT/literacy/numeracy skills?
• Turned your life around and want to help others?
• Have something to give and can say what it is?
• Manage your own life well, and can prove it?
• Highly motivated and passionate about change?

If the answer to ALL of these is yes, then we want to hear from you.

WHAT’S ON OFFER?

• Two part-time positions, 1 in each prison
• Up to £25,000 depending on experience (pro-rata for part-time)
• 25 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time)
• The posts are subject to a 6-month probationary period and Enhanced DBS check
•  

MORE ABOUT THE ROLE

Become part of a vibrant team living our values – collaborative, democratic, resilient optimistic, ordering chaos and authentic. You will get an experience like no other with the chance to fast forward your career.

We offer career enhancing opportunity, support and encouragement to develop new skills.

Successful candidates will be results and outcome-orientated with knowledge of the criminal justice sector. As well as managing the development and delivery of the service, we are looking for motivated people willing to travel and go above and beyond to get the job done.

Our Engagement Teams are responsible for engaging with a diverse range of service users with different experiences in order to improve services and promote active citizenship. As balanced Teams they have a range of complementary skills in order to achieve these aims, including service user engagement, service provider engagement, project management and administration.

Help us to support more bright, ambitious young people to obtain careers with leading employers!

Here at Leadership Through Sport and Business we are going through an exciting period of growth and have ambitious plans to diversify the career paths we offer to reach more young people who face disadvantage.

To support the next phase of our growth, we are recruiting a new Careers Development Manager.

We are particularly keen to hear from applicants who can help us to support young people in particular locations and may be based in or have significant knowledge of the Edinburgh and Glasgow areas.

About the Careers Development Manager Role

We’re looking for someone to manage and develop cohorts of young people, aged 16 – 24. We are seeking someone who will be a role model and inspire young people. The successful candidate will have a proven commitment to improving the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds with a good understanding of social mobility, diversity and inclusion issues. The main focus will be the development of young people into meaningful careers.

For more information, please see the attached job description for the Careers Development Manager role.

About LTSB

Leadership Through Sport & Business is a social mobility charity, operating programmes around the UK. Our vision is a world where all young people can flourish regardless of their background. We work with bright young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, ensuring they find meaningful, skilled careers – and firms get positive, effective employees who can make a difference from their first day.

To read more about our work and the impact we make, please see our latest Impact Report (attached). 

Application Process

To apply, please click apply to visit our recruitment page, follow the instructions and upload your CV and covering letter when prompted to attach documents.

Before applying, please ensure that you full read the job description and person specification.

Your application should clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria listed in the person specification.

Due to the nature of the role, the successful applicant will be required to apply for a DBS Disclosure at enhanced level. Our partner organisations may also require LTSB to carry out additional pre-employment screening checks on successful candidates.

Interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis as suitable applications are received. LTSB reserves the right to close the vacancy early, should a suitable candidate be appointed.

Eden Brown are delighted to be working with a leading national charity to recruit a Regional Fundraiser in Glasgow at a very exciting time, the Charity has grown their regional community team extensively in the last 12 months.

As Regional Fundraiser you will be responsible for building key relationships with stakeholders as well as implementing and developing a new fundraising strategy in Glasgow and the surrounding areas. You will be working alongside volunteers as well as identifying high value supporters within the local community.

You will be responsible for building new relationships across income streams and working collaboratively with your team.

To be successful in this role you will have had experience as a Community Fundraiser and have had experience in managing volunteers. You must also be able to work collaboratively and display innovative and creative thinking. You must also have had experience in meeting financial targets as well as exceptional relationship skills.

This really is an exciting time to join a Charity with exciting growth plans, please call Laura iliff on 01132207540 for more information. Please note the closing date is the 14th August with interviews scheduled in for the first week in September.

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.

The National Deaf Children’s Society is the leading charity dedicated to creating a world without barriers for deaf children and young people.

Head of Advice and Guidance Helpline

London, Birmingham, Belfast or Glasgow office or home based (UK)

£41,183 – £48,046 per annum (London office based)

£37,888 – £44,752 per annum (other locations)

35 hours per week

Maternity cover – 8 months

We are looking for an experienced service manager to lead our Helpline team and ensure delivery of high-quality multi-channel Helpline services and oversee our on-line community forum to our beneficiaries across the UK. 

The successful candidate will lead the Helpline team providing effective support, management, supervision and development to ensure organisational and departmental objectives are met. 

They will ensure high-quality information, advice and guidance is available via the Helpline and safe moderation of the on-line community and work with other Advice and Guidance staff and wider staff teams. 

They will join our thriving Advice and Guidance Department which comprises of a Helpline, Advice and Guidance Officers, Welfare Benefits service and an Education Appeals team. The teams provide information, advice and guidance for deaf children, young people, families, carers and professionals, taking a child centred approach, on a range of subjects including education, communication, social care, discrimination, independence and welfare benefits.

You will have proven experience of leading a service team delivering information, advice and guidance via multiple channels within the third or public sector, or equivalent.

You will have excellent communication and influencing skills, experience of staff, operational and budget management, quality monitoring and reporting. 

The successful candidate will receive a full induction and training, including deaf awareness and British Sign Language (BSL) along with continuous learning and development opportunities.

To apply for this role you will have to complete an online application and specify how you meet the person specification criteria, as outlined in the job description. To do this, we suggest that you download the job description from our website prior to starting your application.

Currently, the application process works best on desktop / laptop devices. 

The closing date for applications is on Monday, 16 August 2021 at 23:59.

We expect interviews to be held remotely on Wednesday, 25 August 2021. 

A disclosure check will be sought in relation to the successful applicant for this post. This will be shared with Human Resources and may also be shared with the Safeguarding Manager and the relevant management team. All applicants must also complete a self-disclosure form. 

We strive to provide an accessible recruitment process. If a disability or long term condition makes it difficult for you to complete our application form, please contact us to discuss alternative formats. If you require reasonable adjustments for taking part in the interview, please indicate this in response to the corresponding question in the application form. 

Additional information about the support we offer is on our jobs page. 

We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to offering interviews to candidates who request to be considered under the disability confident scheme and meet the minimum requirements of the person specification.

The National Deaf Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young adults and expects staff and volunteers to share that commitment. 

We are also committed to promoting work-life balance amongst our staff.

Permanent, full-time (37.5 hours per week)
Location: Scotland or Wales – home or office based (access to our Glasgow office is subject to Covid-19 rules). This role involves considerable travel across the UK, including regular travel to the devolved nations and our head office in London.

What the job involves
You will deliver impactful changes that measurably improve men’s experience in their access to and quality of prostate cancer diagnosis, treatment, and support. You will be a devolved nations expert – building relationships in the devolved nations and supporting the wider charity to engage effectively. You will work closely with health systems and services to understand the obstacles to improving care and work collaboratively to overcome them. You will manage and support complex and politically sensitive projects to drive change across the UK’s health services and other service providers.

You will bring your expert knowledge of how to unlock change, to develop and implement projects or campaigns to achieve our strategic aims. You will ensure change projects are underpinned by effective approaches that target those most able to bring about change.

What we want from you
You will have a proven track record in influencing change within devolved nation(s) health services, coupled with excellent communication skills and experience in developing and managing stakeholder engagement with health, political and public stakeholders.

You will have proven knowledge of the workings of at least one devolved health service and will understand the routes to influence to achieve positive change.

Why work for us?
We’re here to stop prostate cancer killing men and damaging bodies and lives. We unite the brightest minds in science and healthcare and the most passionate and caring people to help men live long and live well. As the number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer continues to rise, we continue to make advances in research to focus on radical improvements in diagnosis, treatment and support so that we can build a future where lives are not limited by prostate cancer.

Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we fight for a better future for men.

What we offer
Join our team and you’ll be working at an award-winning charity that will support you to develop your skills and expertise. We’re particularly proud of our agile working arrangements which allow (as appropriate to the role) for flexibility around where and when we carry out our work to ensure we can achieve the best results for the charity, at the same time as balancing our working lives with life’s other commitments!

We also offer a competitive benefits package including generous leave entitlements, an enhanced contributory pension scheme, a Health Cash Plan, life insurance and group income protection, as well as free advice and support on pretty much anything via our Employee Assistance Programme. Season ticket and cycle loans are also available.

Our commitment
Our teams, supporters, partners, and those living with prostate cancer, come from all walks of life. We draw upon the difference in who we are, what we’ve experienced and how we think to build a future where lives are not limited by prostate cancer. Not only is it the right thing to do, it makes our charity stronger and helps us reach more people. If you share our ambition, we’d love to hear from you.

For more information and to apply online, please visit our website via the link.

Closing date: Thursday 5th August 2021.
Interview date: Thursday 12th August 2021.

Prostate Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SC039332). Registered company number 02653887.