Knowledge exchange officer (part-time)

• Hybrid: Edinburgh Office at least once a fortnight
• Closing 20th November 2024
• Advertised from 31st October 2024
• 17.5 hours per week (with opportunities for flexible working).
• 31 days annual leave plus 6 public holidays (pro-rata)

Role

Working closely across the small team at Scotland’s International Development Alliance (SIDA), this post offers an exciting opportunity to support and coordinate knowledge-exchange communities of practice across a network of actors on global sustainable development in Scotland, including members from public and private sectors, academia, and civil society. The role will support our members to contribute effectively to global sustainable development by developing learning opportunities, tools, and resources based on members’ needs, as well as on key developments across the sector.

The postholder will lead on the planning, delivery, and evaluation of SIDA’s programme of learning activities for members including workshops, peer learning events, mentoring, webinars, and other events on key topics of interest to the sector.

About Scotland's International Development Alliance

Scotland’s International Development Alliance is the membership body for everyone committed to creating a fairer world, free from poverty, injustice, and environmental threats.

Our work facilitates connections in global development to improve impact and effectiveness for a range of actors including public sector bodies, third sector and international NGOs, private companies, universities, and charitable trusts.

Our network has a global reach, with members working in more than 100 countries with a wide range of specialisms. We exist to improve the capacity, influence, and effectiveness of those working on global development connected to Scotland through providing opportunities for networking, debate, training, and promotion of good practice. We help members share their skills and learn from each other’s best practice to boost the effectiveness of our members and their partners.

SIDA has excellent working terms including a 4-day week currently in place.

Interviews will be held remotely w/c 25 November.

Job Opportunity

Looking for an opportunity to work for a flexible and family-friendly organisation doing amazing work to support Scotland’s voluntary sector?

SCVO is seeking a Head of Information and Support Services to lead the charge in building skills, confidence, and capability across the sector. In this role, you’ll manage our information, events, and training services, focused around our core areas of expertise on governance, management, funding, digital, and growing climate confidence.

We’re looking for a strategic thinker with strong leadership and people management skills who is driven to make a difference. If you have a deep understanding of the voluntary sector and extensive experience in managing information or capacity building services, we want to hear from you.

Join SCVO in supporting Scotland’s thriving voluntary sector and be part of a team committed to building a fairer, more inclusive society.

We offer a hybrid working environment, flexible hours, and an inclusive culture that values diversity and innovation. We encourage you to apply if you believe you meet most of the criteria in the person specification. We share our interview questions in advance. If you want to have a chat about the job or our flexible working approach, get in touch with us at recruitment@scvo.scot.

SCVO is the membership organisation for the voluntary sector in Scotland and our mission is to champion the role of voluntary sector organisations in building a flourishing society and support them to do work that has a positive impact.

Additional Job Opportunity

We are looking for a detail-oriented and customer-focused administrator to work across our busy payroll and recruitment service (goodmoves) teams. The successful candidate will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth daily operations of both teams, providing a seamless experience for our customers.

Part-time hours and other flexible working options, including working from home for part of the week, will be fully considered. We encourage you to apply if you believe you meet most of the criteria in the person specification. We share our interview questions in advance. If you want to have a chat about the job or our flexible working approach, get in touch with us at recruitment@scvo.scot.

SCVO is the membership organisation for the voluntary sector in Scotland and our mission is to champion the role of voluntary sector organisations in building a flourishing society and support them to do work that has a positive impact.

Area Coordinator Role

At Fife International Forum, we work to engage with and support members of international communities to deal with the many challenges faced in health, social, and the economic environment empowering and enabling families to successfully establish themselves in Scotland.

We have exciting opportunities for an Area Coordinator to join our established team.

We are looking for a personable, organised, and creative individual with good attention to detail, a passion for delivering high-quality support, and good IT and administrative skills. You will have demonstrable leadership skills, including integrity, self-discipline, communication and people skills, trustworthiness, teamwork, conflict management, problem solving, sound judgement, initiative, and decision-making. The initial responsibilities of this varied role will include managing staff, creating, and maintaining work plans and programme schedules to deliver programmes of activities. You will also be required to prepare for and facilitate our Employability Skills Programmes in collaboration with other Area Coordinators. This is a very varied and responsible role, and the successful candidate will work as part of a small, friendly, forward-thinking team delivering a role with a purpose that benefits migrants and refugees in Fife.

The successful candidate will be expected to have a good command of English, both written and oral, and be able to communicate effectively with people whose first language is not English.

Would you love to support community organisations to thrive? Are you an exceptional communicator, able to provide information and develop a range of engaging resources?

We are looking for a dynamic and committed individual to provide advice and information to communities on their journey towards setting up development trusts.

This role is office-based, working in DTAS’ offices in Edinburgh but with the potential for some home working. Travel throughout the country will also be required.