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The following posts have become available with The Mental Health Foundation and Positive Action in Housing. See below for details.

Positive Action in Housing is an independent, anti-racist homelessness and human rights charity (SC027577) dedicated to supporting women, children and men from refugee and migrant backgrounds to rebuild their lives. We believe in a society where everyone has the right to live safe and dignified lives, free from poverty, homelessness or inequality.

The following vacancy has become available.

Finance Officer

Salary: 21 hours per week (over 4 days) £23,145 – £25,186 pro-rata + 4% Pension

Based in and working from our Glasgow Office

We are looking for a well-organised, self-motivated person with strong bookkeeping skills. You will assist with the finances of a small, but busy charity based in and working from our offices in the centre of Glasgow. You will enjoy working as part of a small, diverse team to maintain and develop the charity's finance systems. You will be responsible for undertaking accurate and timely recording of income and expenditure, bank reconciliation, purchase ledger, donor's database, payment of invoices and reclamation of Gift Aid. You will ensure all income and expenditure is accurately named and documentation filed immediately. You will prepare and post general ledger journals and provide regular reports as requested.

You will have the skills and aptitude to accurately maintain our computer-based finance records. You will have excellent IT skills, and are familiar with spreadsheets, word processing, email and MS Office. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as excellent numeracy skills.

You are honest, hard working, self-motivated and know how to work as part of a team. You have a positive outlook and are able to maintain clear communications with colleagues and take the initiative when required. You know how to plan, manage and prioritise a varied workload, meet deadlines and respond flexibly to unforeseen events. An ability to carry out tasks with minimum supervision is essential. You will pay meticulous attention to detail and have the aptitude and skills to learn on the job.

CVs are not accepted.

Successful candidates will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and Disclosures.

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Email your completed application to home@positiveactionh.org by the closing date: 10 am, Monday 9 August 2021

Charity registration. no. SC027577

Voices of Experience (VOX), Scotland's lived experience members led charity is recruiting for a Membership Development Officer. The Mental Health Foundation, the UK's leading charity for everyone's mental health host VOX and as such will be the employer of the Membership Development Officer.

Membership Development Officer
Starting salary £30,000 rising to £33,857 pro rata, 21 hours per week
Location – Glasgow 
 
VOX is Scotland's members led charity for people with lived experience of mental distress. We represent our members' views to Scotland's politicians and health professionals to make sure Scotland's laws and mental health services reflect our members needs and interests. 
This exciting Membership Development Officer role will focus on reigniting the membership of VOX to ensure we are hearing from a broad range of people who have lived experience of mental health problems/mental distress. We want to ensure we can represent the voice of lived experience across Scotland and to develop good practice ways to capture members experiences and views around mental health and related issues.  

  • To recruit a large pool of members who can become part of the "snapshot of members views" mechanism we want to develop to inform policy
  • To work with a range of stakeholders to arrange and facilitate conferences and events to build and develop our membership, and raise VOX's profile
  • To create and edit content for external communications on several platforms, ranging from website articles, press releases, editorial and newsletters
We are looking for an individual who has a wide-ranging understanding of human rights, social justice issues and the inequalities encountered by those who have experienced mental health problems/distress.

We require an individual who understands how to grow membership, plan events and build an organisations profile effectively. Experience within marketing or communications is crucial as well as two years' experience within a mental health or related field.
 
The post holder will be employed by the Mental Health Foundation, the UK's leading charity for everyone's mental health, which focusses on the sources of mental health problems so that people and communities can thrive.
 
Why should you apply for this role?
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 27 after 5 years' service
  • 3 closure days between Christmas and New Year
  • Up to 3 wellbeing days per annum
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Generous non-contributory pension scheme, 8% at 3 months service, rising to 10% at 6 months service employer contribution
  • Life Assurance Scheme at four times annual salary 
  • Flexible working
  • Season Ticket Loan
  • Cycle to work scheme

Please note that for safeguarding purposes, all our roles require a DBS check.  Also, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.  
 
How to apply
If you think your skills match and you'd like to be part of a dynamic and growing organisation, please complete via www.mentalhealth.org.uk/jobs and send your application form to vacancies@mentalhealth.org.uk / vacancies-scotland@mentalhealth.org.uk (along with a completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form).  Please note that all sections of the application form should be completed as CVs will not be accepted.  Applications will close at 5pm on Friday 16th July 2021.  Interviews are planned for Wednesday 4th August 2021. 
 
Diversity is greatly valued at the Foundation.  Applications from all sections of the community are actively encouraged.  If you have a disability, require any additional support or have any questions regarding the role, please contact us at vacancies@mentalhealth.org.uk / vacancies-scotland@mentalhealth.org.uk.
 
Due to Covid-19 and until further notice, we are operating digital recruitment (including interviews via video conferencing) and on-boarding processes.  We are blending office and homeworking until further notice.
 
We look forward to hearing from you!

Voices of Experience (VOX), Scotland's lived experience members led charity is recruiting for a Volunteer Engagement Officer. The Mental Health Foundation, the UK's leading charity for everyone's mental health host VOX and as such will be the employer of the Volunteer Engagement Officer.
 
Volunteer Engagement Officer
Starting salary £30,000 rising to £33,857 pro rata, 21 hours per week.
Location – Glasgow 
 
VOX is Scotland's members led charity for people with lived experience of mental distress. We represent our members' views to Scotland's politicians and health professionals to make sure Scotland's laws and mental health services reflect our members needs and interests. 
This exciting Volunteer Engagement Officer role will focus on empowering people with lived experience of mental health problems to utilise their expertise to improve the way mental health services and society develop. 
 
This will involve developing programmes of work using co-production or community development approaches in order to ensure VOX's work is driven by its members. The Volunteer Engagement Officer shall identify individuals who can become actively engaged in key programmes of work, and sustain, build and manage this involvement to ensure co-production becomes embedded in how VOX facilitates change. 
 

  • To embrace innovative and flexible ways of engaging with people with lived experience of mental health problems that are meaningful to them e.g. visual arts, drama, podcasts.
  • To utilise a range of approaches to increase involvement within VOX, and encourage volunteering in our programmes of work.
  • To develop work with volunteers on creating "mentally healthy safe spaces", and "good practice guidelines around engaging with members" and to review volunteering policies currently being used.
  • Engage with external stakeholders to work collaboratively with our programmes, and in-line with co-production/members led principles.
 
We are looking for an individual who has a wide-ranging understanding of human rights, social justice issues and the inequalities encountered by those who have experienced mental health problems/distress.
 
We require an individual who understands emancipatory approaches to working with volunteers - to foster ownership and commitment to the work of the project is of primary importance. A demonstrable ability toinspire, engage and build trust with individuals, and experience of how to plan and deliver members led programmes of work. 
 
The post holder will be employed by the Mental Health Foundation, the UK's leading charity for everyone's mental health, which focusses on the sources of mental health problems so that people and communities can thrive.
 
Why should you apply for this role?
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 27 after 5 years' service
  • 3 closure days between Christmas and New Year
  • Up to 3 wellbeing days per annum
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Generous non-contributory pension scheme, 8% at 3 months service, rising to 10% at 6 months service employer contribution
  • Life Assurance Scheme at four times annual salary 
  • Flexible working
  • Season Ticket Loan
  • Cycle to work scheme

 
Please note that for safeguarding purposes, all our roles require a DBS check.  Also, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.  
 
How to apply
If you think your skills match and you'd like to be part of a dynamic and growing organisation, please complete via www.mentalhealth.org.uk/jobs and send your application form to vacancies@mentalhealth.org.uk / vacancies-scotland@mentalhealth.org.uk (along with a completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form).  Please note that all sections of the application form should be completed as CVs will not be accepted.  Applications will close at 5pm on Friday 16th July 2021.  Interviews are planned for Thursday 5th August 2021.  
 
Diversity is greatly valued at the Foundation.  Applications from all sections of the community are actively encouraged.  If you have a disability, require any additional support or have any questions regarding the role, please contact us at vacancies@mentalhealth.org.uk / vacancies-scotland@mentalhealth.org.uk.
 
Due to Covid-19 and until further notice, we are operating digital recruitment (including interviews via video conferencing) and on-boarding processes.  We are blending office and homeworking until further notice.
 
We look forward to hearing from you!

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