The Role
Brief Overview: Director of Scotland
Background
Working closely with the wider strategic management team, the Director of Scotland will drive forward and distil the NAS five-year strategic plan into a Scotland-specific 5 year strategic plan. The post holder will provide leadership to the National Autistic Society in Scotland, both charitable and non-charitable functions, will also ensure that in Scotland the charity’s long and short term objectives are achieved in a way that is consistent with the organisation’s vision, mission and values and will lead on our business development agenda in Scotland.
About the NAS
The National Autistic Society (NAS) is the leading UK charity for people with autism (including Asperger syndrome) and their families. With the help of our members, supporters and volunteers we provide information, support and pioneering services, and campaign for a better world for people with autism.
Around 700,000 people in the UK have autism. Together with their families they make up around 2.8 million people whose lives are touched by autism every single day. From good times to challenging times, The National Autistic Society is there at every stage, to help transform the lives of everyone living with autism.
About Autism
Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with, and relates to, other people. It also affects how they make sense of the world around them.
It is a spectrum condition, which means that, while all people with autism share certain difficulties, their condition will affect them in different ways. Some people with autism are able to live relatively independent lives but others may have accompanying learning disabilities and need a lifetime of specialist support. People with autism may also experience over - or under-sensitivity to sounds, touch, tastes, smells, light or colours.
Asperger syndrome is a form of autism. People with Asperger syndrome are often of average or above average intelligence. They have fewer problems with speech but may still have difficulties with understanding and processing language.
The NAS Corporate Strategy
The NAS has a new corporate five-year strategy to focus our work in the light of current opportunities and financial circumstances, expressed as four ‘pillars’ and three ‘enablers’.
- Bringing about social change
- Becoming a partner for life with the people we support and who seek our advice
- Striving for excellence in our services
- Supporting professionals to deliver better support for people with autism
- Ensuring all our staff have the highest level of autism expertise to support their work
- Having efficient, focused support services
- Continuing to build our fundraising to ensure we are footing the bill for our charitable activities
What we can offer you
We offer excellent opportunities to make an impact and a mark in the social care sector, excellent training and mentoring opportunities, a pension scheme and 25 days’ annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (rising to 27 days after five years). An extra three days are awarded in the ‘anniversary years’ of service from ten years onwards (ie ten, 15, 20 years), taking holiday entitlement to 30 days for that year.
Further detail on the NAS and the role (including a job description and details on remuneration and benefits) can be found by downloading the following document: