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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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HR service

rangeof topics, including: managing long-term sickness redundancies and changing terms and conditionsof employment,reviewing and developing employment policies recruitment issues and recruiting for the first time team,resources include everything you need from recruiting your first member of staff, to developing your job,descriptions and drafting an employment contract through to onboarding and beyond.,Our policies and guides include all the statutory requirements plus everything you need to be a good employer

https://scvo.scot/services/hr

Membership

It meant a lot to a small independent charity like Leuchie, and underlined the fantastic job our team

https://scvo.scot/membership

10 years of Community Jobs Scotland

We're celebrating 10 years of Community Jobs Scotland Jobs, skills and support 10,367 jobs delivered,Developing new skills Improved employability skills Progression from economic inactivity Successful,placements 84% of employers reported that all or most placements were successful Benefits for employers,93% of employers agreed that the CJS support team brought value to employees and employers The CJS programme,Scotland has benefited young people, their employers and their communities -

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/celebrating-10-years-of-cjs

Content of the advert

This helps employers ensure that people are not unnecessarily discouraged from applying, or rejected,,It is therefore advisable to review a job advert each time the job becomes vacant to ensure that the,this is an occupational requirementexplain if and why any occupational requirement existsstate if the employer,particularly under-represented groupinclude the pay and benefits availableinclude a statement about the employer's,It is, however, likely to be difficult to show that a failure by an employer to show a particular group

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/recruitment-selection/guide-to-developing-and-advertising-a-job/content-of-the-advert

Unconscious bias and accessibility

Employers are allowed to ask questions about disability for equality monitoring, to enable adjustments,which an employer will lose unless it can demonstrate that it did not take the decision based on the,has been made (this means an employer acting lawfully would make a job offer subject to satisfactory,This is where an employer is taking a positive approach to encouraging disabled candidates (which can,It is permissible to ask a candidate to confirm whether they are disabled if an employer can show this

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/recruitment-selection/guide-to-interviewing-and-selection/unconscious-bias-and-accessibility

Why pre-employment checks are important

Pre-employment checks are an important part of the recruitment process.,employee has permission to work - and remain - in the UK and has not been barred from carrying out the job,) and do not discourage people from applying for the job.,You can make any job offer conditional on the outcome of pre-employment checks.,A conditional job offer does not become a binding employment contract until both parties have agreed

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/recruitment-selection/guide-to-pre-employment-checks/why-pre-employment-checks-are-important

Job descriptions

There is no specific legal obligation on employers to prepare job descriptions, however it is good practice,Problems may arise if employers define criteria that are not actually relevant or necessary.,Equally the employer can point to the job description to indicate expectations of the performance of,There have been cases where an employer has been unable to justify and thus defend claims of this nature,Employers must ensure that such a working pattern is a real requirement for the particular job and is

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/recruitment-selection/guide-to-developing-and-advertising-a-job/job-descriptions

Where to advertise vacancies

The law does not require employers to advertise a job or to use any particular method of doing so.,It does, however, protect job applicants from unlawful discrimination by the employer in terms of arrangements,A candidate who is deterred from applying for a job cannot use this as the basis for bringing a discrimination,However, a candidate who applies for a job, even though the advert for it shows some form of unlawful,' it makes for deciding whom should be offered employment.

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/recruitment-selection/guide-to-developing-and-advertising-a-job/where-to-advertise-vacancies

Guide to developing and advertising a job

The procedure to advertise recruitment can be complicated for employers to approach.,Before starting to advertise recruitment, employers should organise and plan their approach, carefully,considering the content and the design of the job advert and the most appropriate time to publish it,can provide a useful basis for designing a job advertisement to advertise recruitment.All forms of job,advert are covered by the Equality Act 2010.Employers must not publish adverts that indicate, or could

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/recruitment-selection/guide-to-developing-and-advertising-a-job

Defining the job

To help define the role to be advertised, employers should first consider: the requirements of the job,If there is an existing job role, employers could consider: if any changes in the business have affected,the particular job or if the nature of the work has changed (for example, due to technological developments,there are any relevant factors that could require different treatment of, and contributions from, the job

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/recruitment-selection/guide-to-developing-and-advertising-a-job/defining-the-job