Location: Self Directed Support Scotland, Norton Park, 57 Albion Road, Edinburgh, EH7 5QY
Salary: £31,500 per year pro rata
Contract Type: Permanent
Position Type: Full Time, Part Time
Hours: 35 hours per week
Work From Home: Hybrid
Our work at Self Directed Support Scotland is all about ensuring people can live well, and are able to have as much choice, control and flexibility as they wish when it comes to any support they need.
Our focus is on improving the implementation of Self-directed Support (SDS) in Scotland. We do this by working collaboratively across the social care sector: Scottish Government, Local Authorities and third sector organisations. We promote the values and principles of SDS and deliver a range of projects aimed at improving understanding of (and access to) Self-directed Support.
This is an exciting time to join our team as we work to implement the national SDS Improvement Plan and Personal Assistants Programme Board workplan. We're looking for a talented and adaptable Programme & Events Coordinator to coordinate and support our team across a range of projects and deliverables.
This position, offered on a full-time basis, will have a mixture of responsibilities: supporting our team with all project and event delivery under SDS Implementation, PA Workforce development and Community Brokerage, along with supporting communications activity.
To do this effectively, you will be a confident communicator able to build strong relationships with a range of stakeholders, have good digital skills, and a capacity for understanding the challenges faced by people accessing social care. This could come from lived experience of using social care, being an unpaid carer, or a good understanding of disability policy, for example.
Essential to the role are initiative and organisational skills, event and project delivery experience, excellent IT skills.
The role can be office based in Edinburgh or remotely, with occasional national travel for events. Confidence to use CRM/database software, social media and website CMS software is highly desirable.
Job Purpose:
* To administer secretariat tasks in support of the delivery of the SDSS workplan and strategy.
* To work to the values of SDSS in support of our stakeholders and staff.
* To undertake any duties or responsibilities deemed appropriate to the post.
Responsible for:
* Campaign and secretariat management for national collaborations, such as the Personal Assistant Programme Board and National SDS Collaboration
* Coordination of all SDS Events and projects including national conference and AGM
* Promotion of SDSS events
* Coordinating data gathering campaigns such as surveys
* Supporting delivery of stakeholder communications including social media and email newsletter
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