Location: Home based in Scotland

Salary: £30,000 – £38,000 per annum (pro rata)

Contract: Part time (30hrs p/w), fixed term maternity cover

A hugely exciting and challenging opportunity to support a portfolio of Cycling UK projects in Scotland with responsibility for project and financial management, as well as line management of Development Officers and a Senior Project Officer.

This multifaceted role spans across several Cycling UK projects in Scotland, alongside the Head of Development Scotland, to enable the effective and successful delivery of projects. Strong planning and management skills are a must, as well as a good understanding of the needs of different communities, including remote and rural populations. We are looking for somebody who has an aptitude towards building relationships, support, and who can motivate a team working at a distance.

This influential role is essential to the success of Cycling UK’s projects in compelling change and bettering the lives of others through cycling. Tell us why you are the person to drive impact in this capacity.

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.

Apply before: 09:00, 16 August 2021. Interviews will be held on 23 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.

Energy Saving Trust is a leading and trusted organisation, dedicated to promoting energy efficiency, low carbon transport and sustainable energy use. We aim to address the climate emergency and deliver the wider benefits of clean energy as we transition to net zero.

As a result of expansion in the team we have an opportunity for you to join the Insight and Evaluation team. As a research expert, with experience of market research and evaluation techniques, you will manage evaluation projects to deliver evidence to identify and quantify emission savings and recommendations for programme improvements. You will develop and implement work plans to evaluate programmes that Energy Saving Trust delivers on behalf of our commercial and government clients. You will also contribute to business development proposals.

Your ability to plan and prioritise work is essential in this busy environment, along with demonstrated effective communication skills enabling you to deliver a high standard of customer service to people at different levels. Your experience of evaluation and research techniques including process and impact evaluation, theory-based impact methods, quasi-experimental impact methods and value for money evaluation methods will underpin the successful delivery of this role.

This is a permanent position. Applications close 5pm, Monday 9th August.

For more information and to apply please visit our website.

Only people living in the UK with the right to work in the UK may apply for this position.

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

Our work here in Scotland is integral to this. We have around 150 members across Scotland who all provide accessible and inclusive transport solutions in our cities, our rural areas and our islands. 

We are excited to be recruiting for our new Director for Scotland. The post holder will lead the development and delivery of CTA’s research, policy and public affairs work in Scotland. They will make sure our policy is designed to create value for our members and further their aims. The role will innovate and seek creative transport solutions and policy options that will be fit for the specific context in Scotland but must also be aligned to wider UK policy work and developments across all of the devolved countries. If you like the sound of this challenge and have the qualities and potential to rise to it, then we’d love to hear from you! 

Location is flexible with an expectation that a reasonable amount of time will be spent in Edinburgh with travel to our other offices and locations across the UK.

Based in any UK Office (Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London or Manchester)

The job of a Save the Children’s UK Head of Engineering is influential and exciting.

• Would you like the opportunity to have a real impact in shaping the future of our IT Development strategy?
• Are you a passionate with exceptional technical leadership skills?
• Do you have a proven track record in leading talented cross-functional IT engineering teams?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn’t just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

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

About Us

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

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Chief Information Officer, the Head of Engineering will be responsible for leading the engineering effort to ensure effective development, enhancement and use of business intelligence, CRM and digital platforms.

The Head of Engineering role is critical to the successful delivery of technology solutions to support our goal of providing better programming for children, better engagement with supporters, and more effective internal management.

The role holder will work as a strategic partner to ensure that our organisational outcomes for technical solutions and our IT development strategy are well defined and understood. They will rigorously challenge and question both organisational requirements and proposed solutions and technology choices as necessary.

As we enter a critical period in our technology transformation journey, this role offers a true opportunity to make their mark and influence how Save the Children UK uses technology in the next 5 years.

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

Main Accountabilities

The Head of Engineering will be responsible for ensuring the effective development, enhancement and use of business intelligence, CRM and digital platforms. Key duties will focus on:

Strategy

• Drive the vision, design and implementation of an effective platform strategy. Make this a strong and collaborative contribution to the Technical Design Authority function of the CIO

• Play a lead role in the development of SCUK’s Data and Analytics strategy

• Lead and manage the execution and evolution of platforms (data, BI and digital), software and application development (adobe systems - experience manager, target and analytics)

Leadership

• Work alongside our Head of Service Delivery, Head of Business Architecture and Analysis, and Head of PMO to form a coherent leadership team for our Technology Department

• Lead a team of 20+ cross functional development and test staff, contractors and vendors

• Provide technical expertise guidance and direction to solution design and delivery

• Setting an overall strategy and workplan for the team, and ensuring optimal deployment of resources to meet requirements

• Ensuring the implementation of agile processes wherever appropriate and in all cases support engineers to participate in the methods chosen by projects

• Drive positive, proactive engagement with the wider organisation, bringing engineering into the solution design and analysis activities, and driving “can do” “yes if…” behaviours

Quality systems and methods

• Lead engineering techniques including DevOps / release management

• Set coding standards
• Own QA and testing methods, systems and environments

Other

• Manage the development, documentation and enforcement of architecture and design standards and guidelines.  Ensure that Save the Children has a complete, comprehensive and high-quality set of documents for its systems

• Keep abreast of new technologies and champion the use of data analytics and digital technologies in Save the Children’s work. Technical evangelist in areas such as data, BI, .NET, digital platforms (AEM, ACM etc.)

• Work effectively with colleagues across the Save the Children movement to ensure stronger alignment of systems within a coherent overall architecture

• Capability of becoming part of the broader iNGO tech community and keen to explore and contribute in order to share best practise and new opportunities

Person Profile

Essential Technical Skills Required

• Proven track record in a similar role leading talented cross-functional engineering teams

• Solid and demonstrable experience in most of data, BI, .NET, digital platforms (CMS, email campaign, personalisation)

• Experience of agile delivery process

• Understanding of testing methods relating to delivery of platforms and associated applications and software

• Good understanding of how quality data and information can be used to make day to day business decisions

• Previous experience in two or more of the following: 

• Experience of data virtualisation platforms e.g. Tibco, Denodo etc.
• Experience of automation and/or CI/CD
• Experience of DataOps
• Experience of data mining, machine learning, visualisation
• Integration of online and offline data in a digital world
• Enterprise architecture experience

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

Develop corporate partnerships to help those who have experienced homelessness.

Main purpose of role:  Reporting directly to the Corporate Partnerships Officer, the CCF will help Fresh Start develop partnerships with corporate supporters, community groups and maximise income opportunities through a variety of different mediums. The CCF will develop robust, long term relationships with partners and assist them to identify maximum use of their corporate social responsibility to create an environment that offers added value to all of Fresh Start’s services and developments.

Main Duties & Tasks

1. Corporate Engagement

• Build and nurture productive working relationships with existing corporate partners taking responsibility for an individual account portfolio as assigned by the CPO.
• Identify prospective new corporate partners through research and networking as assigned by the CPO. Generate ideas and contribute to discussions around different ways that corporate organisations can support Fresh Start with changes to services as they evolve. 
• Proactively develop long-term relationships to:

• Provide volunteering opportunities for corporate staff.
• Provide resources to corporate partners to hold office-based collections of goods and organise collections of these goods.
• Support corporate partners to fundraise or donate money to Fresh Start. This may include some evening and weekend working to support our partners at their fundraising events.
• Encourage corporate partners to participate in Fresh Start fundraising events e.g. The Kilt Walk.
• Draw on pro-bono corporate partner expertise to meet Fresh Start’s organisational needs,

Please note there will be some disruption to this element of the work due to the ongoing impact of COVID 19, but targets and expectations will be adjusted to take this into account.

1. Maximise income from community and individual giving

Take responsibility for partner relationships as assigned by the CPO:

• Co-ordinate awareness of Fresh Start’s work with a focus on fundraising, across key groups identified – schools, universities, other community groups and individuals.
• Develop a calendar of fundraising events that these organisations, groups, individuals and corporate partners can take part in.

• Co-ordinate and communicate regarding all aspects of these events.
• Support our supporters in all aspects of these events.

• Provide support to groups and individuals to carry out their own fundraising events.
• Establish and maintain relationships with organisations with goods to dispose of for re-use purposes [e.g., hotels, student accommodation providers, restaurant chains] and organise collections of goods.
• Organise and deliver annual Christmas present appeal to help families on low incomes drawing on corporate and community supporters.
• Create and deliver key and innovative fundraising campaigns including online giving.

1. Volunteer Management

• Take responsibility for recruitment of corporate volunteers from the partners you have responsibility for and support their participation in Fresh Start volunteering opportunities.
• Communicate expectations for both Fresh Start and the corporate supporters internally and externally.
• Ensure all Health and Safety / risk assessments have been carried out and appropriate members notified.
• Arrange and co-ordinate corporate volunteering meetings with delivery staff.
• Support the delivery of corporate volunteering days.
• Contribute to the development of volunteer management practice and policies.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of new volunteering opportunities.

1. Trust and Applications

• Prepare and submit targeted funding applications primarily those being submitted to Corporate Trusts and Foundations. 

1. Communications

In partnership with the Business Manager

• Contribute to the implementation of the communication strategy so that it is fit for purpose with our corporate and community supporters.
• Contribute copy for our social media, eshots and web updating.
• Maintain and track progress on the communications calendar.

1. Monitoring and Evaluation

• Maintain records of contacts, activities and enquiries in the Fresh Start database.
• Produce data and information for quarterly reports.
• Support the CPO in the implementing monitoring & evaluation methods.

Conditions

The post will initially be partially home based with laptop and phone supplied and partially based at our warehouse/offices at 22-24 Ferry Road Drive, Edinburgh.

• The post is for 22.5 hours per week.  Employees are afforded a degree of flexibility as to how they complete their contracted hours within a working week, however, you should be present and working between the core hours of 09.30 – 16.30. The earliest an employee may start is 08.00 and the latest finish time is 18.00, unless prior agreement has been made with your line manager.  Therefore, you may start your working day between 08.00 – 09.30 and finish it between 16.30 – 18.00.

• 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.

Title: Research and Policy Manager
Salary: £31,578 - £35,086 per annum pro-rata
Hours: 21 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Based: Links Place, Edinburgh, some remote working
Closing date: 16th August 2021
Interview date: w/c 30th August 2021

What we are looking for:

• A policy professional with experience in health and social care
• Knowledge and experience of research skills
• Understanding of Scottish public affairs and politics
• A commitment to the third sector

What's in it for you:

• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
• Continuous development
• Industry leading training programmes
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible Working

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services.

We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.
We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

This role will be subject to receiving a satisfactory Enhanced criminal record check.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.

Every day of your life matters - from the first to the last. When you work for Marie Curie, you understand that better than ever. We're a passionate, committed and diverse team of more than 4,400 staff and 12,000 volunteers, here for people living with any terminal illness, and their families. We offer expert care, guidance and support, to help them get the most from the time they have left.

Everyone knows our daffodil, but it's our warmth, creativity and care that touch lives. Here, we take the time to really get to know the people we care for and those who love them. And we do whatever it takes to give them the final days and hours they deserve.

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.

Delivery Coordinator, Active Travel Hubs

(Ref: SUS3323)

£27,804 per annum

37.5 hours per week

12 Month Fixed Term

Base: Ayr/Kilmarnock (Initially Home Based)

About Sustrans

Our vision and mission have never been more relevant. 

Across the UK, governments are pledging investment and action on walking and cycling.

We are working together to make a real difference - creating places where everyone can live and travel happily and healthily, and where nobody is excluded.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and dedication of our colleagues.

We are proud of our employee net promoter score, being in the top 20% of all employers across all sectors in the UK, due to our energised, friendly and motivated workforce.

Join Sustrans today and help us get things done, together

About the Role

We now have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team and support us with our vision, promoting walking and cycling to encourage travel behaviour change.

You will provide leadership for a team of embedded Project officers across the Ayr and Kilmarnock Active Travel Hubs, leading with our Local Authority Partners in the delivery of the Hubs projects.

About You

We believe in working collaboratively, so are looking for someone who is able to build relationships with project partners and the general public.

You will have experience of project management and delivery working with a range of partners in the community, workplace or education setting.

So if you are a confident advocate for the benefits of walking & cycling and understand the role both have to play in making better places to live & work, apply today!

What can we Offer?

Wellbeing

• 26 days’ leave per annum plus bank holidays for full-time working
• Ability to buy an extra week of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Staff volunteer days
• 24/7 free, impartial and confidential support service
• We are members of the Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme who both offer cycle to work schemes

Financial

• Group Personal Pension scheme with a 4% or 5% of basic salary contribution being matched by Sustrans
• Bike, computer and season ticket loans
• Discount benefits

Family Friendly

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Flexible Working practices (full time hours are 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday)

Interviews

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Tuesday 10 August 2021.  Interviews will take place via MS Teams on Tuesday 24 August 2021.

To apply, please complete our online application form. 

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.

We welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently, this includes people who identify as having a disability, and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.

Bike Library Officer, West Lothian

(Ref: SUS3319)

£24,938 per annum pro rata

22.5 hour per week – Fixed Term Contract to August 2022

Base: West Lothian

About Sustrans

Our vision and mission have never been more relevant. 

Across the UK, governments are pledging investment and action on walking and cycling.

We are working together to make a real difference - creating places where everyone can live and travel happily and healthily, and where nobody is excluded.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and dedication of our colleagues.

We are proud of our employee net promoter score, being in the top 20% of all employers across all sectors in the UK, due to our energised, friendly and motivated workforce.

Join Sustrans today and help us get things done, together.

About the Role

We now have a fantastic opportunity for you to use your passion for active travel at work and join our team!

You will manage school bike loan schemes for West Lothian schools taking part in a pilot scheme to provide access to free bikes for children.

Working with two schools to develop and maintain fleets of bikes and helping to run engagement events and produce materials, you will pay a key part in the success of the pilot.

About You

An excellent communicator, you will have experience of working with children and young people and partnership working within a community.

You will have bike maintenance training, ideally Velotech Gold or equivalent and an understanding of the local area in relation to cycling.

Clearance by the appropriate enhanced Disclosure Scotland check is mandatory for this role.

So, if this sounds like you, apply to join our team in Scotland today and help us get things done, together. 

Interviews

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Friday 6 August 2021.  Interviews will take place via MS Teams during the week commencing 16 August 2021.

To apply, please complete our online application form. 

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.

We actively encourage applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently, this includes people who identify as having a disability, and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.

Bike Library Officer, Dumfries and Galloway

(Ref: SUS3317)

£24,938 per annum pro rata

22.5 hour per week – Fixed Term Contract to August 2022

Base: Dumfries and Galloway

About Sustrans

Our vision and mission have never been more relevant. 

Across the UK, governments are pledging investment and action on walking and cycling.

We are working together to make a real difference - creating places where everyone can live and travel happily and healthily, and where nobody is excluded.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and dedication of our colleagues.

We are proud of our employee net promoter score, being in the top 20% of all employers across all sectors in the UK, due to our energised, friendly and motivated workforce.

Join Sustrans today and help us get things done, together.

About the Role

We now have a fantastic opportunity for you to use your passion for active travel at work and join our team!

You will manage school bike loan schemes for Dumfries and Galloway schools taking part in a pilot scheme to provide access to free bikes for children.

Working with two schools to develop and maintain fleets of bikes and helping to run engagement events and produce materials, you will pay a key part in the success of the pilot.

About You

An excellent communicator, you will have experience of working with children and young people and partnership working within a community.

You will have bike maintenance training, ideally Velotech Gold or equivalent and an understanding of the local area in relation to cycling.

Clearance by the appropriate enhanced Disclosure Scotland check is mandatory for this role.

So, if this sounds like you, apply to join our team in Scotland today and help us get things done, together. 

Interviews

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Friday 6 August 2021.  Interviews will take place via MS Teams during the week commencing 16 August 2021.

To apply, please complete our online application form. 

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.

We actively encourage applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently, this includes people who identify as having a disability, and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.

Position: Business Intelligence Partner
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent
Location: Flexible (currently home-based up to August 2021)
Salary: £46,364 - £50,909 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band G, Level 3
Department: Strategy and Business Intelligence

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

Reporting to our Head of Strategy and Business Intelligence, you’ll provide valuable and important insight to broaden and deepen our understanding of our community and help improve the MS Society’s data and insight maturity.

With a key focus on modelling and visualisation, you’ll use data and insights to help drive impact and performance across our organisation and community. You’ll have excellent data analysis, data extraction and data manipulation skills.

Using Microsoft PowerBI, you’ll deliver and maintain our organisational business intelligence hub, and develop key business intelligence resources and reporting that maximise the value we derive from our data. You must have excellent knowledge of BI and analysis tools.

You’ll be a proactive, insight-led person, able to identify opportunities where the organisation and business areas can better use data and analytics for decision-making, innovation, and continuous-improvement.

You’ll have a track record of success in delivering high quality results to deadlines and substantial experience of improving outcomes through provision of analysis and insight, particularly in a marketing or service delivery context.

We offer 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our Every MS Story strategy.

As part of this exciting transformation, we’ll be moving from our current National Centre based in Cricklewood, London to Finsbury Park, London later this year. We’re expecting to be moving into our new office from August 2021.

Closing date: 9am on Tuesday 10 August 2021

PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer. We’re committed to promoting equality and diversity. 

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and/or from ethnic minority backgrounds, where we’re looking to build stronger and better representation among our staff.

No agencies please.

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it. Crisis Skylight Edinburgh is currently recruiting a PRS Service Manager to join a busy outreach team which focuses on supporting people experiencing homelessness access the Private Rented Sector. 

About the role
As PRS Service Manager, you will lead on the development and expansion of Crisis’ Private Rented Sector procurement service. You will line manage the PRS Team and will work with partners and stakeholders to forge and embed a clear pathway from homelessness to PRS. You will produce and share rapid learning from the Help to Rent commissioned project and the Pilot project to prove concept, allowing the service to upscale in Edinburgh and be replicated in other Scottish authorities. You will also work closely with our Best Practice Team to demonstrate the impact of these services. 
This role is a 12 month fixed term contract. 

About you
To be successful in this role you will have/ be:
•  An excellent understanding of the Lothian housing market, and the barriers and opportunities faced by people moving out of homelessness and into PRS locally, including what motivates landlords and letting agencies 
•  Experience or knowledge of the legal framework governing and good practice surrounding PRS housing in Scotland
•  Skilled in sourcing and procuring properties
•  Skilled in management and managing highly effective teams
•  Excellent networking skills and stakeholder management 
We want Crisis to be an inclusive employer which then reflects our members and the communities we work in. We want to offer opportunities to everyone regardless of their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

Working at Crisis
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
•  Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy 
•  Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5% 
•  25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days 
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

When you join us you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation. 

We have 5 staff diversity networks which include Black, Asian and Ethnic people, LGBTQ+ people, those with Lived Experience of Homelessness, Women at Crisis and Disability Awareness. 

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.
Closing date:  Wednesday 11th August 2021
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 25th August
 
Accessibility
We welcome applications from people who identify as neuro diverse and want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Recruitment team, contact details can be found on our website. 

 
 Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

SRT Assistant 

The Supporter Relations Team plays a pivotal role in building relationships with our supporters and supporting our fundraising team to raise vital funds that will support our mission to beat blood cancer within a generation. The main purpose of this role is to deliver excellent customer service to our supporters from the beginning of their journey with Blood Cancer UK. Our processes need to be as efficient and effective as possible to get the best from our supporters. This role will take responsibility to help build lasting relationships through written and verbal communication with our supporters and ensure efficient administration of donations and maintaining accurate data on our CRM system.