* Salary inclusive of 7% unsocial hours allowance. Permanent. 37.5 hours per week.
* REQ001352
Role
About Aberlour Glasgow Early Intervention Service…
Our Aberlour Glasgow Early Intervention Service will work in partnership with children and young people (aged 12 years and under) and their families to develop relationship-based, strengths-focused whole family support.
What we are looking for....
We are looking for someone who is passionate about ensuring our young people live their best lives and have opportunities to develop and grow. This is a highly rewarding role. We are looking for someone who will contribute to the leadership, management, and development of the service for children, young people and their families in line with agreed objectives and assist with service review and evaluation. Working 37.5 hours per week, these hours will be worked flexibly Monday – Sunday 8am – 10pm to suit the needs of our families.
Ideally, you will hold a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 8 or above, together with relevant experience of working directly with children or young people and their families.
At Aberlour, we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team.
What we offer...
As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme, and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers.
Aberlour is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our service users and uses a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG Scheme checks to ensure this commitment is not compromised.
Applications to be returned by: Midnight Sunday 23rd March 2025.
Interviews are expected to be held: Thursday 3rd April 2025.
The post holder will work directly with children and young people with experience of care, in an individual relationship-based advocacy role, and within participation and group activity across our Northwest region. This unique role requires you to listen to what children and young people with experience of care say and support them to ensure their rights are upheld and their voices are heard in the processes of making decisions about their lives.
The right candidate for this post will be brilliant at forming positive relationships with children and young people. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, adaptable to a wide range of contexts. You will enjoy working collaboratively with partners. You will be committed to children’s rights, inclusive working, equal opportunities, and believe that all young people can make transformative change happen in their lives if given the opportunity.
The successful candidate will be joining Who Cares? Scotland and working within the West Central locality team at an exciting time, when the voices of those who are in or have experienced care are growing in power, individually and collectively - bringing with them insight, challenge, hope and change. Flexibility will be required given the remit of the role. Some evening and weekend work will be necessary, as will a full driving licence and access to transport.
If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you. For an informal conversation about this opportunity please contact Jamie McAnally, our Advocacy and Participation Manager for our West Central team at jmcanally@whocaresscotland.org.
We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of care who meet the criteria for the post.
Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.
A bit about the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join Action for Children as a Senior Bid Writer, with responsibility for producing professionally written high scoring bid responses to meet defined quality standards.
Reporting to the Head of Business Development for Scotland, the successful candidate will predominantly be working on bids for the business in Scotland but will also work flexibly across the wider UK Business Development Team, as required.
The bids will be for a variety of service areas, and you will ensure that the written bid clearly articulates Action for Children's offer in a way that is compelling to provide a competitive advantage and is consistent with our brand and our passion to deliver service excellence.
How you'll help to create brighter futures
* Apply functional expertise to clearly articulate the quality of our service provision through written submissions.
* Work collaboratively and engagingly with internal colleagues to translate quality practice into conceptual model descriptors.
* Use a range of software packages to visually represent complex ideas in accessible ways.
* Work collaboratively and effectively with members of the Business Development team and Operational Colleagues.
* Interpret complex data to ensure the commissioners' preference is evident in the written submission.
* Source business opportunities, including finding out about the service/sector for the written bid.
* Gather evidence to answer PQQ (Pre-Qualification Questionnaire) questions, including collecting data for bids.
Let's talk about you
* High level written skills to translate and structure complex information in a simple, straightforward, and logical way to support high scoring bids.
* Demonstrates the ability to lead or support the development of bids that win new business.
* Ability to gather and manage intelligence to inform the development of bid win narratives.
* Experience of bid work; transferable experience will also be acceptable.
* High level of IT skills including ability to use graphic design programmes to support bid production.
29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts.
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