SAMH is Scotland’s mental health charity. For almost 100 years SAMH has promoted the importance of good mental health; delivered dynamic and innovative recovery-focused services across Scotland; campaigned on behalf of people with mental health problems; and challenged stigma and discrimination. Our own strategic vision sits across 3 priorities: psychological wellbeing, suicide prevention and care and support with areas of focus including workplaces, children and young people’s mental health, sport and physical activity and our national programmes on anti-bullying and anti-stigma and discrimination.
We have established a strong supporter and partnership base with c30,000 relationships on our supporter database, 60 corporate partners and have a number of existing strategic partnerships with organisations to deliver multiple national and community based programmes. We campaign and influence across the country for people’s mental health. In the past year we engaged with over 7,000 people to influence national policy and our own strategy and continue to be viewed strongly by key decision makers with SAMH being considered the most effective charity 5 out the last 6 years in a survey of MSPs.
We are now looking to appoint a new Director of Delivery & Service Development. With over 50 community based services across Scotland, SAMH is at the forefront of providing person centred and recovery focused support to people with mental health problems. Across this range of locality based services; including health and social care, employment, primary care; distress interventions and therapeutic approaches; you will lead teams to deliver high quality outcomes that make a real difference to people’s lives.
As a key member of the Executive Team and Senior Management you will shape the SAMH Strategy and ensure the delivery and development functions work in support of the organisations ambitious plans for the coming years. Specifically, you will lead the transformational change of psychological wellbeing and the development and redesign of our core service offers will both be crucial features of the post as the organisation seeks to change, grow and innovate at a critical time in mental health.
The ideal candidate will have operated at senior management level, have drive and enthusiasm to create opportunities and be able to bring influence to bear in the external environment. A strategic thinker with a track record in delivery too, we are looking for someone who can be part of a high performing team to lead the organisation to continued success in meeting the aspirations of those who we support. Considerable experience of financial management and an understanding of economic drivers will be essential in a field where contract delivery and results are key.
Closing date for applications is Friday 29th October 2021.
Hours: Full time/Permanent, 37.5 hours – flexible, to include some evenings and weekends
Location: SCOTLAND - Remote working, but based in general location, unless where specified below
Do you have a passion for fundraising and the desire to be part of a dynamic Community Outreach Team? Join us to support suffering and persecuted Christian communities around the world—Aid to the Church in Need needs YOU!
We are working in partnership with the international Catholic charity, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), to assemble a brand new team of full-time Community Fundraisers.
We are seeking two Community Fundraisers, based in strategic locations throughout Scotland. This ambitious and exciting new team will work with parishes, schools, special interest groups and individual benefactors to raise awareness, generate prayer and fundraise for thousands of life-changing projects around the world.
Successful candidates will be creative, enthusiastic, self-motivated individuals with excellent communication skills. ACN Community Fundraisers will be part of a supportive remote team committed to sharing ideas, strategies and training to ensure maximum success and satisfaction across the team. All postholders must hold a driving licence, have access to a car and be prepared to travel with occasional overnight stays.
For more information, please contact Katherine Anderson-Scott, Charisma Charity Recruitment.Applications should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.
Candidates will need to sympathise with the purpose, mission and values of ACN UK, which is part of a Pontifical Foundation of the Catholic Church.
Locations:
- Scotland – working across the Catholic Dioceses of Argyle & the Isles, Aberdeen and Dunkeld and the Archdiocese of Edinburgh & St Andrews (Applicants must reside with ten miles of Dundee.)
- Scotland – working across Catholic Dioceses of Motherwell, Paisley and Galloway, and the Archdiocese of Glasgow (Applicants must reside with ten miles of Glasgow or Motherwell.)
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Public Affairs and Policy Manager
We are looking for a confident and experienced Public Affairs and Policy Manager to develop and deliver an impactful programme of policy, public affairs and advocacy to benefit both our beneficiaries and the member community.
The charity has been working with schools for many years and is dedicated to improving life chances of every child and young person by promoting nurture across the whole education system and beyond.
Position: Public Affairs and Policy Manager
Location: Flexible as homeworking supported - office working available in London and Glasgow if required
Salary: £30,900 - £36,000 dependent on experience
Hours: Full-time
Duration: 12 months Fixed Term Contract (becoming permanent if funding allows)
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays and 5% Employer pension contribution
About the role:
The Public Affairs and Policy Manager will work with the charity to build their profile in the media and policy world to support them in achieving their goal of the UK governments adopting nurture for all children. The focus will be to identify and secure opportunities to promote the charity’s profile, policy position and campaigns with policymakers.
The charity has been working with schools for many years, to improve the social, emotional, mental health and wellbeing of children and young people by removing barriers to learning by promoting nurture in education. There is a great deal of untapped potential for a proactive influencer to really help to define a strong and powerful policy position and to drive forwards the nurture approach among key stakeholders.
Working alongside the Head of Marketing Communications the post-holder will be responsible for establishing the vision and strategic direction of the charity’s Policy and Public Affairs work.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Producing concise, clear, well-structured policy positions
- Responding to and advocating for policy developments that will further the charity’s goals
- Building relationships with civil servants, MPs, MPSs and leaders and colleagues across the education and third sector
- Establishing the charity as a thought-leader and trusted voice within the nurture and social, emotional, mental health (SEMH) agenda, specifically in relation to children and young people’s education and wellbeing
- Collaborate with teams across the organisation to inform and support communications, campaigns and influencing
About you:
As Public Affairs and Policy Manager you will have experience working in a Policy and Public affairs position. You will also have experience in all or most of the following areas:
- Significant experience in designing, delivering and managing ambitious social change campaigns at a national level
- A strong track record of successful delivery of public affairs and communications
- Experienced at developing and managing high quality relationships with key stakeholders
- Experience of talking to the media and briefing senior colleagues ahead of media engagements
- Experience of research projects to inform policy, campaigns and communication
- Considerable knowledge of effective communications channels to different target audiences in multi-media formats
- Excellent understanding of developing campaigns, including digital and online campaigning
- Excellent understanding of gaining and using data and evidence to guide activity and outputs
- Knowledge of equality, diversity, rights of the child and education policies, legislation and practice
- Knowledge across key social policy areas; specifically social, emotional, mental health and education
Other roles you may have experience of could include: Public Affairs Officer, Senior Policy Officer, Policy and Public Affairs, Public Affairs Adviser, Head of Public Affairs and Campaigns, PR & Public Affairs, Public Affairs Manager, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Senior Public Policy Manager, Senior PR Officer, Press Officer, Senior Media Officer, PR Manager, etc.
Membership Development Officer
We are looking for an experienced Membership Development Officer to support in the design, delivery and launch of an exciting new membership package.
The charity has been working with schools for many years and is dedicated to improving life chances of every child and young person by promoting nurture across the whole education system and beyond.
Position: Membership Development Officer
Location: Flexible as homeworking supported - office working available in London and Glasgow if required
Salary: £28,840 to £29,870 dependent on experience
Hours: Full-time
Duration: 12 months Fixed Term Contract (becoming permanent if funding allows)
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays and 5% Employer pension contribution
About the role:
The charity will soon begin a process of reviewing and redesigning its membership offer. They will then launch a new membership package, which adds significant value to what is offered with the intention of best supporting members and growing membership.
As Membership Development Officer you will be responsible for helping to define the new package and for delivering it, both at launch and ongoing to grow the membership base.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Market and audiences research and insights
- Product, eg. the membership package design and delivery
- Marketing and communications activities
- Regular acquisition and retention marketing and communication activities
- Content development
- Event design and management
About you:
This is an excellent opportunity for a forward thinking and passionate individual, with experience of working to grow a membership base and community.
You will also have experience in all or most of the following areas:
- Sound experience and knowledge of membership organisations and how to grow and retain the membership base
- Experience of being able to manage projects and plan a whole workstream
- Acquisition and retention marketing experience
- Events management experience
- Desk research and customer research to gain insights and need
- Experience of the third sector and or membership organisations
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to multitask and manage time effectively
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent copywriting skills and tailor content for different audiences
- Good attention to detail, and the ability to keep accurate records and work at pace
- Ability to listen to customers and colleagues with empathy, to think critically and solve and escalate problems
- Ability to manage a fast-paced, unpredictable workload with professionalism and enthusiasm
- Enthusiasm for digital solutions, and a customer-focused mindset
Other roles you may have experience of could include: Membership Officer, Senior Development Officer, Membership Development Support Officer, Membership Officer/Annual Renewal, Marketing Officer, Fundraising and Membership Officer, Events and Membership Officer, Membership Data Officer, Partnership and Membership Officer, Subscriptions, Marketing, Communications and Membership Officer, etc.
Subscriptions Product Manager
We are looking for an experienced Subscriptions Product Manager to drive product growth and improve overall customer experience of a flagship digital product.
The charity has been working with schools for many years and is dedicated to improving life chances of every child and young person by promoting nurture across the whole education system and beyond.
Position: Subscriptions Product Manager
Location: Flexible as homeworking supported - office working available in London or Paisley
Salary: £30 - £36k dependent on experience
Hours: Full-time
Duration: 12 months Fixed Term Contract (becoming permanent if funding allows)
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays and 5% Employer pension contribution
About the role:
As Subscriptions Product Manager you will drive product growth for the charity’s flagship product, the Boxall Profile® Online (BPO). This supports educational professionals to improve the social, emotional, mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in their care, and ensure that social, emotional and behavioural difficulties are identified early.
You will be responsible for establishing the vision and strategic direction of BPO, lead and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure continuous technical development of the product and its optimisation, as well as increasing its reach, achieve revenue targets and exceed customer satisfaction. Key responsibilities include:
- Strategic planning and revenue generation
- Product management and development
- Customer-centric service
- Market and audiences research and insights
- Marketing and communications
- Line management
About you:
This is an excellent opportunity for a forward thinking and passionate individual, with significant experience working in a Subscriptions/Product Manager role.
You will also have experience in all or most of the following areas:
- Sound experience and knowledge of product management and development of online subscription-based products
- Knowledge of customer-centric services
- Good experience of strategic planning
- Knowledge of financial planning and strategy
- Knowledge of lean product development and agile development methodologies
- Sufficient technical knowledge to critically engage with developers and understand the software the team is building
- Familiarity with business process improvement
- Familiarity with analytics tools and platforms, Salesforce CRM and project management and product development tools
- Acquisition and retention marketing experience
- Research and impact evaluation experience
- Proven ability to lead, set direction, coach, empower and inspire teams to deliver whilst driving through continuous improvement
- Experience of the education sector
Other roles you may have experience of could include: Product Manager - Digital Subscription, Product Manager - Cloud Subscriptions, Product Manager – SaaS Subscription, Product marketing Manager, Commercial Product Manager, Head of Product Management, SaaS Product Manager, Technical Product Manager, etc.
Launch It Paisley are offering an exciting opportunity to manage our Enterprise hub, Start Up Street, in George Street, Paisley. Start Up Street supports local young people, who are facing barriers to explore enterprise as a route to self employment. We do this by providing subsidised space, business support and guidance, facilitating training, mentoring and sales opportunities and working with every client on a one to one basis.
The Enterprise Manager plays a key role in the delivery of the Start Up Street programme. Their role is to ensure that our clients have the best chance of success by empowering, providing training support and the guidance needed to give every client the best opportunity to develop a successful business. This includes:
- Supporting all clients to gain the knowledge, training and confidence to start and develop business.
- Embedding Start Up Street locally.
- Facilitate training opportunities for every client.
- Manage the facilities and operations of Start Up Street.
Delivery will be supported by sister charity Launch It and dedicated local trustees with support from Renfrewshire Council.
Key RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Support Launch It Paisley clients to gain knowledge, training and confidence they need to start a business, by:
- Working with pre start clients to develop a viable business plan.
- Managing and allocating subsidised workspace.
- Providing opportunities to gain access to funding.
- Offering every client bespoke one to one support.
- Embedding the centre locally, by:
- Working with local delivery partners to develop opportunities for clients.
- Creting and hosting local events.
- Developing opportunities to sign post and recruit clients.
- Facilitate training opportunities for every client:
- Working with Launch It’s mentor co-ordinator to match clients with a mentor.
- Develop and provide access to training opportunities both through Launch It and partner organisations.
- Develop a programme of activities to enhance clients business knowledge and opportunities.
- Manage facilities and operations:
- Oversee all facilities management at Start Up Street.
- Adhere to building health and safety, fire safety and security requirements.
- Manage rental payments and invoicing.
- Manage operations for the property.
Please include a CV and cover letter
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