Charity registered in Scotland SC026570
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced individual to join Humanist Society Scotland as our Head of Ceremonies.
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in far-reaching wedding, funeral and naming services across the entire country. Over one million people in Scotland attend a humanist ceremony every year and this role holder has a unique opportunity to shape how these services are delivered across a wide range of communities the length and breadth of Scotland.
As the Head of Ceremonies, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing all aspects of our ceremonies department, ensuring seamless operations, maintaining high standards, and fostering relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
We are especially interested in hearing from someone who has experience in strategic development of marketing and promoting services.
As a highly motivated self-directed individual you will manage a network of over 140 celebrants and line manage two support staff. We are seeking someone with considerable people management skills and a strong knowledge of marketing and promotion to direct and ensure delivery of growing the current demand and market share for our services.
In order to avoid conflict of interest and as this role has key management responsibilities in overseeing the delivery of all of our ceremony services this role holder cannot also hold a position as a celebrant. Individuals who are interested in becoming a celebrant can register their interest here instead.
Responsibilities:
• Oversee Day-to-Day Operations:
• Budget Management:
• Promotional Plan:
New Celebrant Recruitment:
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Coordination:
Reviews Oversight:
Complaints Management:
Relationships with External Stakeholders:
Person Specification:
Join our team and contribute to creating meaningful and memorable ceremonies that celebrate life and humanist values. If you're passionate about making a difference and thrive in a dynamic environment, we want to hear from you!
Humanist Society Scotland is looking for someone with a proven track record in policy and campaign work. The successful candidate will develop and support the policy and campaign work of Scotland’s national charity for people seeking an ethical, rational, secular future. Our current campaigns include fighting for safe access to reproductive services for women, making the case for compassionate assisted dying laws, and working to reduce the influence of religious privilege in the Scottish education system.
This is a role that seeks to build on the charity's existing policy and campaign work and improve the organisation's ability to inform national policy and engage our supporters and members in making the case for change.
We are looking for an individual who has experience of the Scottish political and media landscape and can help make the case for the campaign issues we care about. You will be passionate about progressive change and share our vision for a caring and compassionate Scotland informed by reason. Your work will be in line with our organisational values of cooperation, integrity, reason, courage and sustainability.
The successful candidate will have experience of working on campaign and policy development. They will have excellent communication skills and knowledge of the Scottish parliamentary system and politics. They will relish collaborative working and be willing to represent the organisation at external events and through partnerships and umbrella groups. They will understand the role of media relations in awareness raising.
Key Responsibilities of the role
About Humanist Society Scotland
Humanist Society Scotland is part of the global Humanist movement of people and organisations. We are a registered charity of over 15,000 members, governed by an elected Board of Trustees. We are the longest-running and most trusted provider of humanist wedding ceremonies in Scotland, and we also offer humanist funerals and naming ceremonies through our network of trained celebrants.
Our Vision
A caring and compassionate Scotland informed by reason.
Our Mission
To be the champion for Humanism in Scotland.
Read more in our:
2021 Scottish Parliament Election Manifesto
Person Specification
Essential
Desirable
This role will mainly be home-based. However the role-holder will need to be able to attend face-to-face events at the Scottish Parliament and meetings with Scottish Government staff and agencies, partner organisations, local groups across Scotland and occasional travel further afield. While every day will be different, the role holder will be therefore required to travel to locations across Scotland on a reasonably regular basis, although most events/meetings will take place in the Central Belt of Scotland.
Humanist Society Scotland is Scotland’s national humanist charity and one of our key goals is to ensure everyone has access to humanist ceremonies to mark important life events. Our celebrant network conducts over 6000 funeral, wedding and naming ceremonies every year throughout the country.
We’re currently looking for an enthusiastic Development Officer to join our busy ceremonies team to support the growth and development of Humanist Society Scotland’s ceremonies. The role requires excellent communication skills, confident use of IT and social media, and entails working widely with our Celebrants, stakeholders and members of the public.
This is a key role for our ceremonies work, including supporting the development of our ceremonies digital marketing strategy and sharing with the world the great work our celebrants do, which includes conducting funeral ceremonies for families during difficult times in their lives.
The role will be really rewarding and you will be joining an inclusive workplace. The role also offers flexible working hours. The post is home based and will involve occasional evening and weekend work when required.
We encourage everyone to apply to work for us including people with disabilities, people from ethnic minority backgrounds and the LGBT+ community.
Key responsibilities of the role
Person Specification
Essential
Desirable
Humanist Society Scotland is looking for someone with a proven talent for engaging and effective communications. The successful candidate will lead the wide-reaching communications of Scotland’s national charity for people seeking an ethical, rational and secular future. This is an exciting role that focuses on the Society’s aim to grow awareness of
Humanism in Scotland to new audiences, as well as focussing on our key campaigns and ensuring the public are aware of the services offered by the Society.
As part of a small team of national staff, the Communications Manager is responsible for managing all communications and marketing activities, both at a strategic level and on a day-to-day basis.
Humanist Society Scotland offer benefits of 6% employers pension contributions, 35 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time), winter flu jab and telephone counselling care.
Key responsibilities
Person Specification
Essential
Desirable
Managed By: Chief Executive
Humanist Society Scotland is looking for someone with a proven track record in policy and campaign work. The successful candidate will develop and support the policy and campaign work of Scotland’s national charity for people seeking an ethical, rational, secular future.
This is a new role that seeks to build on the charity's pre-existing policy and campaign work and improve the organisation's ability to inform national policy and engage our supporters and members in making the case for change.
The Policy and Campaigns Officer will lead on:
We are looking for an individual who has experience of the Scottish political and media landscape and can help make the case for the campaign issues of importance to humanists. You will be passionate about progressive change and
share our vision for a caring and compassionate Scotland informed by reason. Your work will be in line with our organisational values of cooperation, integrity, reason, courage and sustainability.
The successful candidate will have experience of working on recent influencing campaigns. They will have excellent writing skills and a good understanding of the role media relations play in raising awareness of a cause. In addition they
will have a good knowledge of the Scottish parliamentary system and politics.
A full job description is attached below
We’re currently looking for an enthusiastic administrator to join our busy staff team who will support our activities, mainly across our Ceremonies and Community Engagement teams. The role requires excellent communication skills, confident use of IT, and entails working widely with our Celebrants, stakeholders and members of the public.
Key Responsibilities
This is not an exhaustive list of activities.
A copy of our strategic plan and most recent annual report is included below for information.
We’re currently looking for a Ceremonies Manager to manage the day-to-day operations of our ceremonies team. We have a network of around 150 celebrants across Scotland who conduct over 7000 naming, marriage and funeral ceremonies each year, and we require an enthusiastic manager to support our ongoing growth and development.
The role requires excellent communication skills, confident use of IT, and entails working widely with our Celebrants, stakeholders and members of the public.
Key Responsibilities
- Day to day management of our ceremonies function
- Communicate key information to Celebrants and relevant stakeholders
- Ensure appropriate processes and policies are in place
- Ensure online content re Humanist Society Scotland ceremonies is up to date and accessible
- Oversee promotion of Humanist Society Scotland ceremonies through a range of activities such as social media, wedding exhibitions, promotional packages
- Managing relationships with external stakeholders such as funeral directors, wedding suppliers etc and being a champion for Humanist Society Scotland ceremonies
- Support the professional development of Humanist Society Scotland Celebrants
- Manage delegated ceremonies budget
- Line management responsibility for support staff
- Work as part of the Humanist Society Scotland team
This is not an exhaustive list of activities
A copy of our strategic plan and most recent annual report is included below for information.