Are you interested in joining Scotland’s leading children’s charity to support our growth and development? If so, we are looking for an ambitious Data/MI Analyst who will lead the development of our data analysis and reporting. We are looking for someone with real passion for data and the ways it can be used to help our management team and services improve the lives of some of Scotland’s most vulnerable children and families.
This is an exciting position where you can make a real difference to the charity and people’s lives.
We are progressive in our approach to work and we encourage and support our staff to be innovative and proactive in improving what we do to get better outcomes for children.
We have an exciting few years ahead as we undertake our Transformation Programme which will improve both the way we work and how we deliver services.
Ensuring that we make best use of our data to help drive evidence-based decision making and monitor performance is going to be key to this transformation. The Data/MI Analyst will help turn data into information, information into insight and insight into business decisions. They will also ensure that the right people have the right information in the right format at the right time.
The Role
Aberlour is looking for a driven Data/MI Analyst who will be responsible for Aberlour’s data analysis and reporting function. It is likely that every day will be different, and you will get to interact with a lot of different people. However, a typical week for our Data/MI Analyst might include:
- Working with managers to understand their data recording, analysis and reporting needs.
- Working with our services to identify, extract and analyse data and business information and translate this to useable management information.
- Assisting one of our Directors to produce and track KPIs.
- Creating data dashboards, graphs and visualisations for groups of key stakeholders.
- Delivering easy-to-use, tailored reports that will minimise workload and facilitate informed decision making.
You must have:
- experience in data analysis and reporting from multiple data sources and complex data sets,
- a proven ability to identify opportunities for innovation and improvements from business intelligence,
- be able to manage all aspects of system-based reporting and deliver easy-to-use, tailored reports that will minimise workload and facilitate informed decision making,
- excellent written, visual and verbal communication and presentations skills,
- excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence strategy and practice,
- the ability to work with a complex and challenging set of stakeholders,
- be creative, proactive and work on your own initiative,
- a ‘can do’ attitude.
Glasgow Social Enterprise Network (GSEN) is a network of social enterprises which aims to support and develop social enterprises in Glasgow. It achieves this through sharing good practice, facilitating training, providing peer support, developing trading links and raising awareness of social enterprise at a local and national level.
The network was established in 2008 and was formally constituted in 2017. It is a registered Charity and a Company Limited by Guarantee and is governed by a Board of Directors.
GSEN’s profile has significantly grown over the past few years and now boasts a membership of over 180 social enterprises within the Greater Glasgow area. With a growing emphasis on social enterprise nationally and locally, GSEN aims to raise its profile to meet the challenges and opportunities ahead. It has a key role in the Glasgow Third Sector Interface with which it shares a number of objectives. It is also a key member of the Glasgow Social Enterprise Board.
After an exciting period of development since becoming a constituted body in 2017, GSEN are our looking for a Director to lead the organisation and continue to grow and strengthen the network. The role is varied and complex and ideally suits someone with a passion and understanding of social enterprise within Glasgow and within the wider political landscape. The ideal candidate will not only have passion for social enterprise but have at least four years’ experience working in a senior management or project management role, while also being a strategic thinker, with strong organisational skills and experience of partnership working.
Neighbour Development/Activity Co-ordinator
- Part time
- £20,020 pro-rata
- Springhall/Whitlawburn area of South Lanarkshire
- Closing 27th July 2020
REACH Lanarkshire Autism was established in 2012 to bridge the gap in services throughout Lanarkshire.
As part of our ongoing commitment to create services for children and young people with Autism and their families, we are looking for a part time (job share) Neighbourhood Development/Activity Co-ordinator to work within the Whitlawburn and Springhall area of South Lanarkshire. Their role will be to engage with families and support them to access our services such as play therapy, peer support, sport and social activities. By having dedicated workers in the area, it will help to remove any barriers which families feel might prevent them from accessing additional support as well as raising additional awareness of the services that REACH provide in the local area.
Experience of Autism is desirable but not essential as it is your willingness and enthusiasm to support our families and enable them to access the necessary support that we are looking for.
This is a five-year project funded by the National Lottery Community Fund; the contract expires in February 2023. The deadline for completed application forms will be Monday 27th July 2020 with interviews taking place soon after. Only those shortlisted for interview will be notified. The successful applicant will be required to register with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme.
If you are interested in applying for the above post, please email info@reachautism.org.uk to request an Application Form. The Job Description/Person Specification can be downloaded from the advert.
Personal Outcomes Support Co-ordinator
- Part time
- £34,599 – £38,279 pro-rata
- Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness or Aberdeen
- Closing 27th July 2020
Does the thought of working with a committed, values led team attract you? Are you a natural innovator, skilled at working through barriers and helping people get much needed support that really works for them?
Established in 2016, Future Pathways was set up to help people who experience abuse or neglect in care, in Scotland to live full, healthy and independent lives.
With compassion and empathy, Support Coordinators build trusted relationships with in-care survivors, helping people identify what matters most to them and facilitating access to resources, services and activities, forging new links and developing innovative approaches in partnership with other professionals and organisations.
A good listener with excellent communication skills, you will have substantive experience in a related field (learning disability, mental health, occupational health etc.) including trauma related work with experience of outcomes focused approaches to assessment and support.
Passionate about the principles of personalisation and collaboration, you will be good at juggling competing priorities. Knowing how important wellbeing is to resilience, you will prioritise self-care and hold boundaries in all areas of work and encourage others to do the same.
You will require a clean driving licence and access to a car, since travel will be expected, for which a standard mileage rate will be paid. Flexibility in working hours will also be expected in order to meet the needs of people we work with.
You should be a member of the PVG scheme.
Are you someone that enjoys a fast paced, varied role? We are looking for someone who is proactive, detail oriented and team-minded to join the Future Pathways Team.
There are three main areas of support: making phone calls to and receiving phone calls from people and organisations, supporting administrative processes relating to financial transactions, quality assurance processes and ensuring information about access to local services across Scotland is gathered, shared, recorded and updated.
Flexibility in work hours is required. Hours will be worked flexibly Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm.
Further information is included in or application pack.
Money Advice Caseworker / Session Supervisor
- Full time
- £25,000 – £27,500
- Hamilton
- Closing 26th July 2020
We have adapted quickly to respond to the COVID 19 Pandemic and will be adapting again in the months ahead to respond to public health guidance and the needs of our community. High quality, accessible money, social security, housing and work advice will be particularly critical.
We are therefore seeking an experienced money adviser to join our busy front-line service. You will provide in-session money advice support to volunteer advisers within our generalist service; build capacity of generalist adviser; participate on a Session Support rota for generalist advice sessions and undertake Type II money advice casework. Although this is post is currently funded until 31/3/21, we anticipate this being funded into 2021/2022.
A sound competence across all main advice areas with recent experience of providing money advice to Scottish National Standards competency is essential, along with an enthusiasm and commitment to support the principles of volunteerism. Strong effective communication skills, the ability to work as part of a team, problem solve and a flexible approach are all essential.
We are currently seeking to appoint a nursery worker for our Child & Family Centre in Govan.
Glasgow City Mission’s Child & Family Centre provides a number of valuable services to the local community from nursery provision and parenting support classes, to counselling and confidence building activities. Working with over 100 children and their families, our aim is to break the poverty cycle and give children in Govan the best start in life. By investing in safe guarding and supporting families, we help children and parent alike grow to become confident and ‘life equipped’.
The nursery worker will work as part of a team and be jointly responsible for the provision of a safe and stimulating environment for children attending the Child & Family Centre nursery.
Applicants should be qualified to SVQ III or equivalent in childcare and should have experience of working with children in a nursery setting. Candidates should be in sympathy with the Christian aims and ethos of Glasgow City Mission.
Policy Officer
- Full time
- £26,692 – £28,124
- Glasgow (Temporarily home based.)
- Closing 2nd August 2020
At Includem we work closely with children, young people, and their families, who are facing difficult challenges in their lives. Our trust-based, inclusive model of support is centred on the needs of each young person. We help young people make positive life choices and empower them to transform their lives; creating better outcomes. We know that every young person has endless potential, and with the right support, they can recognise this too.
We currently provide services in Glasgow, West Dunbartonshire, Stirling, Fife, Dundee and Aberdeen with our main office being based in the south side of Glasgow.
Our Policy Officer has responsibility for supporting the development and delivery of Includem’s policy, participation and influencing work. Responsibilities include writing and disseminating material to a variety of audiences using a range of mediums, and helping with both internal buy-in and stakeholder engagement.
The successful candidate must demonstrate that they are able to think creatively and have excellent communication, interpersonal and digital skills. The role supports the work of the Development Team, which includes business development, fundraising, communications and marketing, and research. Relevant experience is essential and knowledge of the third sector will be beneficial. If you feel you have the right skills and experience we would love to hear from you.
Communications Officer
- Full time
- £26,692 – £28,124
- Glasgow (Temporarily home based)
- Closing 2nd August 2020
As Communications Officer you will have responsibility for supporting the Communications and Marketing Manager in developing and delivering Includem’s marketing and communications programme. You will work very closely with the wider Development Team to ensure the work of the charity is effectively communicated to both internal and external audiences, and frequently engage with the wider Includem workforce.
You will work on a variety of tasks supporting our internal and external communications, write and disseminate material for a variety of audiences, using a range of mediums, and help to coordinate stakeholder engagement.
To succeed as a Communications Officer, you should be able to think creatively, work both independently and as part of a team, and demonstrate excellent communication, interpersonal and digital skills. Relevant experience is essential.
Drumchapel CAB is looking for a Board Member with a finance background to continue the work done by our current Office Bearer; and to prepare the Bureau for the demands of the future.
Following an initial settling in period it is envisaged that you will likely spend approximately 3 hours per week dedicated to general board and finance related matters, this would likely increase at financial year end to prepare and oversee the Bureau’s end of year reporting requirements.
About us
Our objective is in the delivery of activities for the relief of poverty, through amongst others, in the advancement of education, health, citizenship, community development, human rights, environmental protection or improvement and in the relief of those in need through age, ill health and disability.
Our Bureau is a member of the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (SACAB).
For more information on the role, please see the attached role Description.
The position is voluntary but reasonable expenses will be paid.
You must be 18 or over and either live or work in our operating area or surrounding areas.