Salary: £27,598 per year
Contract Type: Permanent
Position Type: Full Time
Hours: 35 hours per week
Victim Support Scotland – Empowering People Affected by Crime.
We put victims and witnesses at the heart of everything we do so they are heard, have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure, and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference.
Who We Are?
Victim Support Scotland provides support and information to people affected by crime and campaigns for victim and witness rights. Our services are free, confidential, and tailored to individuals’ needs.
Our vision is that people affected by crime – victims, witnesses, and their families – are treated with dignity and respect and are at the heart of the justice in Scotland. Our mission is to ensure that all those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them to recover from their experiences. All our work is guided and underpinned by our six core principles: engaging and compassionate; inclusive and accessible; person-centred; adaptive, flexible, and responsive; collaborative; and knowledgeable and skilled.
What is the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Support Co-ordinator, working 35 hours per week.
Working pattern: Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm and Saturdays between 10am to 4pm.
Primary location: Aberdeen. The post holder will support service delivery across the whole locality, with travel across the area. Our service delivery model is outreach to meet the needs of people impacted by crime.
Reporting directly to a Locality Manager, you will ensure that VSS’s local service development and delivery plan is implemented within your geographical area. You will be responsible for planning the deployment of a team of skilled volunteers to ensure that the service delivered meets the desired outcomes of victims and witnesses of crime. This includes all aspects of volunteer engagement, including recruitment, induction, learning and development, ongoing performance management, and support. You will contribute to business planning and coordination to ensure continuous learning and that the outcomes of service users are being met.
If you are looking for a role with a purpose, where you can really make a difference, then this may be the role for you.
What you’ll need to be successful
We are looking for someone experienced in a similar role who can demonstrate continuing professional development, effective leadership, and the ability to motivate and improve performance. A clean full driver licence is required. You should have analytical skills to understand, collect, analyse, report, and present data. The ability to challenge stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination, and bias is essential. A good working knowledge of the voluntary/charity sector is required, along with a willingness to be flexible in working hours and the ability to travel as needed.
Please note - This post will be subject to a satisfactory PVG check.
What we offer?
When you work for Victim Support Scotland, your wellbeing is important to us. We offer an enhanced annual leave package of 39 days (Pro-rata), access to our free health cash plan, which includes cover for you and your family across a range of benefits, including dental cover, access to a virtual GP, counselling, legal support, and discounts on gym memberships, cinema tickets, retail, and more. Additionally, we offer a generous pension, enhanced maternity and paternity pay, and access to a credit union. Supporting employee development is important to us, and we provide comprehensive learning and development opportunities.
As a Disability Confident Committed employer, please advise if you require any adjustments in the application process by contacting Jobs@victimsupportsco.org.uk.
Closing date – 12 January 2025
Interviews will take place on Wednesday 22 January 2025.
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