Position: National Director
Salary: £75,355 - £78,582 (dependent on skills and experience)
Contract: Fixed Term Secondment to 30 June 2025
Closing Date for Applications: Friday, 20th September 2024
Location: This post is based at the CRS Glasgow office. However, this role will involve travel and work throughout Scotland. Hybrid working is available.
Hours: Full-time, Monday to Friday (35 hours per week). We understand the importance of work-life balance, so alternative working patterns or arrangements will be considered.
The Role
The Care and Repair services play a crucial role in offering people personal, financial, and technical support, enabling them to repair, improve, or adapt a home that is no longer suitable to their needs. The impact of these services on the quality of life of many older and disabled people in Scotland is significant, bringing peace of mind to carers and families and reducing the need for more expensive services like home care, hospital treatment following falls, and even residential or nursing care. Care and Repair Scotland is the national body for Care and Repair in Scotland. We aim to provide a national platform to lead, promote, and support local Care and Repair teams. Your role as the National Director will be crucial in achieving strategic outcomes that will help older and disabled people live independently in their homes.
Care and Repair Scotland’s National Director is retiring after 25 years of leading the organisation. This presents a unique opportunity for someone interested in building on the success of the past and taking forward the role, initially as a secondment until June 2025. You will have the chance to make a significant impact, part of which will be to liaise with the Scottish Government to put in place funding that will allow the continuation of the post on a full-time basis. Your leadership will shape the future direction of Care and Repair Scotland.
Objectives of the Post:
1. Responsible and accountable for fulfilling the partnership objectives outlined in the Business Plan and as agreed with the Scottish Government.
2. Provide a national platform to lead, promote, and support local Care and Repair teams, working collaboratively to achieve strategic outcomes by helping older and disabled persons live independently in their own homes.
3. Responsible for effectively and efficiently running the Care and Repair Scotland office.
4. Responsible for overall financial strategy and budgetary control as outlined in governing documents.
5. Provide information to Care and Repair Scotland's board members to enable them to fulfil their strategic direction, financial control, legal obligations, organisational, policy, and performance management responsibilities.
About You
Some skills are essential requirements for this post. You will need to be a self–starter who is used to working without the support of a team. You must have a working knowledge of Care and Repair and the ethos of a home-based, personalised service. You will demonstrate a solid commitment to our client group and understand why it is essential to help older and disabled homeowners remain in their homes and communities. Your success in the role will depend on your ability to network with a wide range of organisations, including local authorities, health and social care providers, voluntary groups and Care and Repair teams. You will also demonstrate an understanding of how the home is central to delivering health and social work policies. You will have a clean driving license and must be prepared to travel throughout Scotland, which will sometimes be mitigated by online conference calls. You will be willing to work outside office hours to attend events and meetings. It is also essential that you can speak in public and have strong writing skills.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification:Job Description PDF Person Specification PDF
What’s in it for you?
Care and Repair Scotland is a full member of Employers in Voluntary Housing (EVH), and as an employee, you benefit from their Terms and Conditions of Employment, including:
• Competitive salary that is reviewed annually,
• 40 days’ holiday per year (inclusive of public holidays), pro rata
• Defined contribution pension (SHAPS) with matched employer pension contributions and additional voluntary contribution options
• Travel and Subsistence Payments
Other benefits require one year’s continuous service and will not be available during the secondment period.
This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure check, confirming your legal right to work in the UK.
How to Apply
You can download an application form here: Application Form
To be considered for this vacancy, you must complete an application form. Please do not submit a CV.
You can also request a digital or hard copy of the application form by sending your mailing details to: CareRepScotland@outlook.com
You may wish to have an informal discussion about the post before applying, and this can be arranged with either the Chair of the Board or the current National Director. Please make your request to: CareRepScotland@outlook.com
Closing Date for Applications: Friday, 20th September 2024
Interviews will be held on the week commencing 14th October 2024 at Care and Repair Scotland, 135 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 2JA.
Please note that should an internal or external applicant successfully apply for this seconded position, they will be subject to the terms and conditions associated with the role for the duration of their post. You will be responsible for arranging the practical details of the secondment with your current employer.
We aim to recruit the person most suited to the job at all times and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusion.
