East of Scotland Manager

About the role

We are on an exciting journey. We have positioned ourselves as the leading HIV charity in  Scotland and our aim is to effectively influence the policy and service landscape to ensure that   Scotland reaches zero HIV transmission by 2030.   

To help support this, we are looking for an experienced, skilled and insightful East of Scotland Manager to provide day to day management and leadership of our staff and services across the East of Scotland. You will ensure that all our services are high quality, highly effective and are developing to meet the changing needs of the communities we serve. You will take responsibility for delivering a range of initiatives such as those related to living well with HIV (including peer support) and PrEP education programmes, along with colleagues from your team and across the organisation. 

As we progress towards 2030, you will have a leading role in shaping future services for people living with or at risk of HIV:  

• ensuring equitable access to testing and PrEP for all who need it   
• providing services that support people to live well with HIV 
• to develop services that enable people to stay engaged or to be re-engaged in care 
• to developequitableand accessible services for all communities affected by HIV  

You will provide effective support and guidance to the staff team to ensure that they feel supported and can grow and develop in their practice roles.  

 In this role, you will have operational responsibility for an exciting range of services including NHS commissioned services and local authority funded services, focusing on the East of Scotland’s diverse communities. These include HIV prevention and testing, sexual health services for gay and bisexual men and all men who have sex with men, a trans and nonbinary sexual health clinic, PrEP awareness and education and support services including supporting treatment access to enable people to living well with HIV.   

As an experienced health and social care manager, you will ensure our services meet our key strategic priorities, as well as meeting all our funding and contractual priorities. You will work with our National Operations Manager to identify unmet needs and new opportunities to ensure our services are developed to meet our strategic priorities and Scotland’s ambition to end new HIV transmission by 2030.   

In this role, you will directly line manage a range of Health Improvement staff in our East team ensuring that they all have effective supervision, learning and development plans and you will nurture and facilitate a healthy and collaborative team environment.  

You will be responsible for a range of key relationships with NHS, local authority and third sector colleagues and will represent the organisation at a range of local and on occasions national meetings.  

You will be responsible for monitoring and evaluating the work your team delivers and will be confident and skilled at preparing written reports to funders and other stakeholders.  

About the person

You will be a skilled, experienced and respected health and social care professional with a real passion and enthusiasm for improving the lives of people affected by and living with blood borne viruses.   

You will be an experienced people manager and a respected leader who can motivate, encourage and lead a staff team to deliver highly effective services. You will be driven to provide high quality person centred support to you team to enable them all to grow and reach their potential.  

You will have a commitment to providing good front line services and will be determined to keep improving, working with your own team and Waverley Care’s other teams (within Health Improvement but also Communications/Policy, Fundraising and Corporate Services) so that we reach our strategic priorities and meet the ever-changing needs of the communities we serve.   

 You will be an effective project manager who can also see the bigger picture, and will be able to demonstrate you can deliver projects in accordance with all contractual requirements and to deadline.  

 You will have excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to develop positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders including clinical colleagues, NHS commissioners, third sector colleagues and people who use our services.  

You will have exemplary written and verbal communication skills appropriate for a wide range of audiences and purposes.  

 Why Join Us? 

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a progressive organisation at a pivotal moment in Scotland’s public health journey. You’ll have the chance to influence real change, working alongside passionate colleagues committed to making a lasting impact on people’s lives. 

We offer a supportive working environment with hybrid working options, professional development opportunities and a generous annual leave entitlement. 

Application notes 

If you’re excited by this opportunity and believe you have the skills and experience we’re looking for, we’d love to hear from you! 

To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@waverleycare.org 

If you have any questions, please reach out to Christopher Ward, National Operations Manager at Christopher.ward@waverleycare.org 

Application Deadline: Midnight, 7th December 2025