Locality Manager, Victim Support Scotland

Location

Grampian, Shetlands – based in Aberdeen

Salary

£30,708

Hours of work

35 hours per week

Contract

Permanent

Closing date

18 June, 2021

Victim Support Scotland

Our mission at Victim Support Scotland is to ensure that those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them to recover from their experiences. We want victims and witnesses to be at the heart of everything we do so they have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference. We aim to do this by adhering to our own organisational values of being supportive, striving for excellence and offering personalised and accessible services and these are reflected in the behaviours expected of all staff and volunteers.

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Your role

Based in Aberdeen this post will have geographical responsibility for Grampian, Shetland and Orkney.

Reporting directly to the Head of Service Delivery, you will be responsible for a team of Co-ordinators who in turn manage groups of volunteers to deliver and evaluate the support to victims and witnesses, our service users, at local court and community-based services. You will be responsible for ensuring, within your services, that VSS’s organisational objectives are being implemented at a local level and have a role in business planning to ensure that all service users within your local area are aware of, and have access to, the support they need. You will be responsible for all aspects of people management for staff in your area, ensuring that employees and volunteers are supported, knowledgeable and capable to deliver the support that meets service user’s needs.

This post will be subject to a PVG check.

Completed applications should be returned by 5pm on Friday 18th June 2021.

Interviews will take place online, via Teams on Tuesday 29th June 2021.