Development Lead - Glasgow, United Kingdom - With Kids

Description

• FTE 0.8. Fixed term contract (12 months)

Role

About the role

The Development Leads in Iriss design and deliver high quality and effective projects that have relevance to thesocial work and social care sector. Directed either by sector or policy priorities, and working with a range ofpartners, our work aims to make support work better for both workers and people.

Our Development Leads come from a wide range of backgrounds including research, systems thinking, social work/carepractice, community development, and design. What they have in common is a drive to support positive change andan ability to take a project through from initial idea to completion and product development.

Main activities

• Working with partners to develop and design projects and programmes using the broad parameters of our innovationapproach.
• Developing and delivering engaging workshops and facilitated discussions, both online and inperson.
• Delivering projects to overall time and budget, using the right project management approach forthe task.
• Developing and maintaining good relationships with key people and organisations relevant tothe project.
• Taking a flexible approach to managing projects, considering partner pressures and thechanging context in which we work.
• Identifying learning from projects, workshops, and programmes througheffective capture during sessions, post-session reflection and wider discussion.
• Synthesising a range oftypes of evidence and knowledge to draw practical conclusions and develop useful products for thesector.
• Contributing to the development of Iriss' positions on key social policy issues throughknowledge synthesis and discussion with colleagues.
• Working with communications and digital colleaguesto produce a range of outputs from project work. These might be written, video, audio, an online course orsomething else.
• Being part of the Iriss team through participating in monthly team sessions, 1:1 supportmeetings, project and organisational level planning.
• Contributing to funder and other reporting asrequired.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for someone who really wants to change the social work and social care system for the better. Thisrole would suit someone with the following qualities:

• Innovation and change: You are confident in supporting people, teams or groups to make change happen. You areconfident using a range of methods and approaches to doing this, bespoke to the situation.
• Curiosity andlistening: You are curious about social work and social care and how it could be made better. You listen andattend to what workers and people tell you about their experience and use your expertise to help them solve theproblems they face.
• Analysis and synthesis: You enjoy using evidence, knowledge, data, and informationand ideas to create practical resources and programmes that will make a difference.
• Working in a team:We are a small, busy team that works hard to make best use of everyone's skills.
• Learning anddevelopment: You should be a confident problem solver and able to learn new skills, methods andapproaches.
• Diplomacy and customer focus: We want everyone who comes into contact with Iriss to have agood experience. You are the kind of person who takes pride in doing excellent work and supportingothers.

You will have skills and experience in:

• Working confidently with a range of types of knowledge including academic research; practice wisdom; livedexperience; and policy literature.
• Facilitating groups and designing workshops, including confidentfacilitation in online environments.
• Writing clearly and persuasively.
• Synthesising projectactivities and identifying learning into readable, usable resources for people working in social work and socialcare.
• Project development in areas where 'the right answer' is unclear, contested orunknown.
• Using the standard MS Office suite (or equivalent) in a work or study environment.

You will have knowledge of:

• Research and evidence use.
• Facilitation techniques and approaches.
• The social work and socialcare sector.

A typical week in the role

In a typical week in the role, you might be doing the following:

• Working with a colleague, analysing outputs from a series of discussions, and deciding on the range ofproduct(s) needed from what you have learned.
• Working with the Iriss CEO to develop an evidence-informedresponse to a social care consultation.
• Meeting with the Scottish Government to help shape a piece ofresearch related to social work in Scotland.
• Spending time reading academic research and otherliterature in preparation for designing a new project.
• Doing an in-person facilitation with a socialwork team to help them think through what they want to make better about their systems and processes.

What we can offer you

• 42 days annual leave (pro rata)
• 9% employer contribution to your pension
• Flexible, results based work environment
• A learning culture with dedicated individual CPD budget and commitment to skills and knowledge development
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) support for health and wellbeing

Application notes

A Recruitment Pack is available for download below

Timings

Applications close at 12 noon on Friday the 24th of May 2024

Notification of call to interview on Tuesday 28th of May 2024

Deadline for completion of pre-interview task EoP Monday 3rd of June 2024

Interviews (online) on Thursday the 6th of June 2024 with Dee Fraser (CEO), Ellen Daly (Development Lead) and StuartMuirhead (Head of Programmes)

Notification of interview outcomes by close of business Monday the 10th of June 2024

Iriss supports people, workers and organisations to make social work and social care support work better throughevidence based innovation. Iriss is a charity that works across Scotland and our principal funder is theScottish Government.

About the role

The Research Analysis Lead role is to provide high quality research and analysis support to the Iriss team. There area number of specified key activities attached to the role.

Key activities

We have summarised below the three key activities that will be attached to this role:

CSWO ANNUAL REPORT SUMMARY

Iriss is funded by the Office of the Chief Social Work Adviser in the Scottish Government to undertake the analysis,and produce an overview, of the Chief Social Work Officer (CSWO) Annual Reports.

These annual reports are a means for Councils to report on the delivery of social work services in their area,highlighting key activities, developments, and challenges. The summary report document that you will produce isintended to highlight key themes drawn from the reports received to improve understanding of the performance,improvement and challenges being experienced across the sector.

ADULT SUPPORT AND PROTECTION (ASP) BIENNIAL REPORT SUMMARY

This report provides a summary of the main themes emerging from the 32 ASP biennial reports from across Scotland,giving a general overview of the ASP landscape. Iriss is funded to analyse and report on behalf of the ScottishGovernment and the report you complete will be submitted to them.

ASP QUARTERLY DATASET ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION

Iriss has been involved with the ASP community in Scotland over the last three years to develop a new minimum datasetthat ASP Committees can report against. That is now complete and the 32 Committees have started to submitquarterly against this new dataset. The type of data collected include demographic and referral routeinformation, as well a number of other agreed on key areas. The role for you here will be to collate, analyseand visually present this quarterly data back to ASP practitioners and the Scottish Government.

Who we are looking for

This role would suit someone with the following qualities and experience:

• Desk/literature research and analysis skills: We are looking for someone with experience of theming and codinglarge amounts of material as this role involves the secondary analysis of research and reports.
• Clearand accessible writing style: Key delivery areas of the role are synthesising large amounts of narrative andwritten material from reports and succinctly summarising that material.
• Qualitative data analysis,interpretation and presentation: Ability and familiarity with the production of graphical representations anddata visualisations and an ability to carry out data quality control, validation and collation for large datasets is required.
• Spreadsheets: An advanced level of using MS Excel/Google sheets to analyse and presentdata is essential.
• Good communication and diplomacy: This role will involve working closely withcolleagues from Iriss and the Scottish Government to consider, draft and communicate these findings.

Specific experience in the third (charity) sector and/or social care/work areas are desirable but not arequirement.

A typical week in the role

In a typical week in the role, you might be doing the following:

• Analysing Chief Social Worker Officer reports for key themes
• Summarising literature and presenting it ina clear and accessible way
• Meeting Scottish Government funders to talk through findings
• Meetingwith Iriss colleagues to decide how to best communicate the findings from a literature review

What we can offer you

• 42 days annual leave (pro rata)
• 9% employer contribution to your pension
• Flexible, results based work environment
• A learning culture with dedicated individual CPD budget and commitment to skills and knowledge development
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) support for health and wellbeing

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The Jeely Piece Club is currently seeking a Trusts & Foundations Fundraiser to join their team. As a fundraiser,your role will involve researching information, planning, and writing bid applications to contribute to theorganisation's fundraising efforts. You'll be responsible for communicating key messages and data about TheJeely Piece Club, inspiring and engaging potential funders, and ensuring successful bid applications. Workingclosely with the Senior Management Team and other staff and trustees, you'll implement The Jeely Piece Club'sfundraising strategy to achieve sustainable income.

About The Jeely Piece Club:

The Jeely Piece Club was formed in 1975 to provide play opportunities and early education services for children inone of Glasgow's largest housing schemes. The organisation was started by a group of local mums who wantedactivities for their children. Today, that ethos remains the same. To provide opportunities for children in oneof Glasgow's most deprived communities.

For over 49 years, The Jeely Piece Club has been providing services for children, and families affected bypoverty

A sector-leading, trauma-informed organisation, our mission is to work with children and their families to improvelife chances by providing a range of inclusive, safe, playful experiences and opportunities.

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Do you have a passion for helping people?

Do you have excellent communication skills?

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Would you like to help someone with barriers to work find their dream job?

Then come and work for Enable Works.

Your role, as an Employment Coordinator within our Supported Employment programme across Inverclyde will be toactively identify and engage individuals with a learning and/or physical disability aged You willdeliver access to long term, flexible, multi staged support and help remove barriers through the creation of abespoke, personalised package based on individual need.

Enable Works are the leading specialist provider of employability services for people who have barriers to work. Webelieve that every person in Scotland has the right to work in a job that is high quality and well paid.

Enable Works supports over 5500 people every year across 29 Local Authorities to learn skills for work.

We partner with thousands of employers to create inclusive cultures and improve the diversity of Scotland'sworkforce.

We are incredibly proud of our smart, capable, and motivated colleagues across Scotland and following a period ofsignificant growth we are looking to grow our team.

We offer a generous salary, excellent benefits, and opportunities to develop and grow in your role.

We offer flexible working practices that promote a strong work/life balance so that when you are at work you can bethe best version of you.

Values are more important to us than qualifications or experience, so if you don't think you meet every requirementthat's ok, we still want to hear from you. Please tell us in your supporting statement how your values alignwith our organisation.

For further information please see our full job pack.

About You

We really need you to have these

• The drive, energy and commitment to support people to obtain high quality, well paid jobs
• Ability tomanage your own workload and prioritise as needed
• Strong attention todetail
• Professional presentation and personality
• Some knowledge of the localcommunity
• Ability to work with people at any age who have challenging barriers to employment
• ITliteracy
• Comfortable working towards targets
• A natural, professional relationshipbuilder
• A full driving licence

Why?

Our vision is that every person in Scotland is able to access the support they need to find a high quality job thatpays them well and your drive and commitment to this job will help them get there. You will recognise eachclients individual skills and aspirations and work with them to find a job that they love.

Our culture is autonomous so that means we trust you to make the right decisions for your clients, therefore you needto manage your work load well and be accountable for your time. Attention to detail is important as it means youcan work accurately and follow instructions.

About Us

At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together within-house career development opportunities.

We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:

• Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everydayhealth care.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme*
• Season TicketLoans*

Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity'smission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely onvalues, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.

• Home or office based with occasional travel (Hybrid)
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You will also lead important organisational initiatives, and will bring the creativity and strategic focus requiredto develop and grow key programmes and projects.

Excellent communication, analysis, influencing and partnership working are amongst the core attributes that are vitalfor this post. If you have these, and the other essential skills and experiences detailed in the full JobDescription, then we look forward to receiving your application for this exciting and important role

For an informal and confidential discussion about this role please contact Stephen Plunkett (TRFS Head ofDevelopment) at who will respond during the week beginning 15th April.