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Events, Marketing & Social Media Officer Location: Edinburgh / office, hybrid, flexible Salary: £30,000 per annum Contract: Full-time, Permanent, to start asap Hours: 9.00am–5.00pm (flexibility required for events) About The Role: Our well established client is a leading national trade body representing Scotland’s retailing sector - a membership led group. They champion the interests of these members—independent retailers, retail groups as well as major corporate partners—ensuring their voice is heard at the highest levels of government and industry. The organisation works with a wide range of stakeholders across Scotland and the UK, including leading food and drink brands. As the events and engagement activity continues to grow, the team are looking for an organised, proactive professional to help shape and promote the group communications and events programme. The Role Reporting directly to the Chief Executive, the Events, Marketing & Social Media Officer will take a leading role in the planning, delivery and promotion of the entire annual programme of events. These include: • Crime Seminar, • Mini Summit, • Golf Days, • Annual Conference, • Category-specific events, • Study tours, • Staff days out and events, • Additional adhoc events throughout the year This is a hands on and varied role suited to someone who is confident managing multiple projects, building relationships with industry partners, and representing this professional body with confidence. A team player is required, who is flexible in their approach. We’re looking for someone who is proactive and reliable. Key Responsibilities Event Management • Plan and deliver all events to a high professional standard., • Develop event programmes and sponsorship/participation packages., • Manage venue research, negotiations, contracts, and logistical requirements., • Liaise with AV providers and suppliers to ensure seamless event delivery., • Coordinate speakers, contributors and partner organisations., • Support event budgeting and secure sponsorship in line with agreed targets., • Attend and oversee events (some travel and occasional overnight stays required). Marketing & Social Media • Manage a structured social media calendar covering key SGF activities and campaigns., • Create and schedule content across LinkedIn, X/Twitter, Instagram and other platforms as required., • Develop marketing materials and website updates to promote events and member engagement., • Work with colleagues and corporate partners to maximise audience reach and event visibility., • Analyse social media performance and engagement metrics to support continuous improvement. About You: You will be a proactive, organised and creative professional with: • Proven experience in event planning and delivery - a minimum of 1 year of leading event management. This is key!, • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels., • Strong written and presentation skills., • Experience in managing social media content and campaigns … a real area for growth in the role., • High levels of IT proficiency (Microsoft Office and digital tools)., • The ability to prioritise effectively, work under pressure and meet tight deadlines., • A positive, professional approach and confidence working both independently and as part of a small team. Self sufficient and self motivated A full driving licence is required for this role. What We Offer • Salary: £30,000, • Death in Service Benefit, • Critical Illness Cover:, • A supportive, collaborative working environment, • Opportunities to develop skills and build networks across Scotland’s retail sector, • Occasional travel across Scotland with all expenses covered FURTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Gilchrist Recruitment Partnership are a specialist recruitment agency and recruiting partner within the Marketing, Digital communications/PR, Creative & Design and Advertising industry for Scotland, both agency and client side. When submitting your application, please outline your current salary, salary expectations and notice period. It is also essential that you are already legally permitted to work in the UK with the associated paperwork if you are not a UK citizen. If you are not currently living in Scotland, please explain/outline your plans and timelines for relocation to Scotland. We are a Scottish based recruiter who generally do not represent “remote” opportunities - thus you will be either living in Scotland or have solid plans to relocate. We cannot guarantee a response to each individual application, made necessary by the level of response we receive. We will contact only those candidates we wish to shortlist. Apologies in advance for any inconvenience this may cause. We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that no applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race. Unless clearly stated otherwise, the advertised position is a permanent contract.

Job Description At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group. Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society. We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent. Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs: • interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them., • Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers. The Finance function, led by the Chief Financial Officer, is structured into four specialist teams and three commercially focused business units supporting interactive investor, Adviser, and Investments. The function is further enabled by a dedicated Finance COO Office, ensuring operational excellence and strategic alignment. The Tax function is one of those specialist teams, led by the Group Tax Director who leads all tax-related matters across the group, operating as a global specialist function to ensure compliance, efficiency, and strategic tax planning. The Tax function is located predominantly in Edinburgh and London. The function comprises teams covering Tax Reporting, Advisory and International, Public Markets Tax, Private Markets Tax and Indirect and Operational Taxes. This role sits within the Indirect and Operational Taxes team reporting to the Head of Indirect and Operational Taxes Indirect and Operational Taxes is a highly cross‑functional area that works closely with both client‑facing teams and a wide range of non‑finance functions across Aberdeen’s three business divisions Investments, Adviser and ii. There are three SMEs in this team which you would be managing. Key Responsibilities: • Day-to-day management of three operational tax SMEs, • Oversight of group-wide AEOI reporting obligations (FATCA/CRS)., • Oversight of the team preparing UK ISA, CT61, Pensions reporting and Other Interest returns and advising business on changes to those regimes, • US tax obligations regarding US WHT as a QI, • Lead tax advisor on ad-hoc projects and implementation of business initiatives such as the operational tax implications of launching new financial products, • Operational tax Governance. The role will involve liaising with all the business stakeholders to ensure they understand their involvement with respect to operational taxes and documenting controls as required., • Oversight from a tax perspective of the Aberdeen Groups obligations under Corporate Criminal Offence., • ACA/CTA qualified or equivalent (Qualification by experience will be considered), • Relevant experience in financial services tax, • Strong analytical skills – with a natural curiosity and confidence to proactively question and dig deeper if information does not make sense, • Excellent communication style and a collaborative mindset to aid establishing and maintaining effective working relationships across the business, • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, • Strong data management skills with an attention to detail, • Adaptable and enjoys a dynamic, rapidly changing working environment, • Commercial Mindset – Demonstrates an understanding of how the organisation creates value and uses this insight to make decisions that support long‑term performance. This includes ensures that work, projects, and advice directly support organisational strategy and contribute to sustainable growth. Our benefits There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported. When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits ___ Our business Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do ___. An inclusive way of working Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you. At Aberdeen we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business. ___, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.

Job Description At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group. Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society. We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent. Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs: • interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them., • Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers., • Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes. Your team The Finance function, led by the Chief Financial Officer, is structured into four specialist teams and three commercially focused business units supporting interactive investor, Adviser, and Investments. The function is further enabled by a dedicated Finance COO Office, ensuring operational excellence and strategic alignment. The Tax function is one of those specialist teams, led by the Tax Director who leads all tax-related matters across the group, operating as a global specialist function to ensure compliance, efficiency, and strategic tax planning. The Tax function is located predominantly in Edinburgh and London. The function comprises teams covering Tax Reporting, Advisory and International, Public Markets Tax, Private Markets Tax and Indirect and Operational Taxes. This role sits within the Tax Reporting team reporting to the Tax Director. Indirect and Operational Taxes is a highly cross‑functional area that works closely with both client‑facing teams and a wide range of non‑finance functions across Aberdeen’s three business divisions Investments, Adviser and ii. There are three SMEs in this team which you would be managing. Your role in the Team's Success You will be responsible for leading the provision of a comprehensive corporate tax reporting and compliance service to support the UK and international business. This is a key role in both the Tax and broader Finance function ensuring robust tax governance, accurate reporting and compliance whilst also driving process evolution and adaptation. The role will be supported by a team and will also play a key part in shaping the strategic direction of the Tax function more widely, overseeing risk management practices, contributing to leadership development and role modelling the organisation’s values and behaviours. The role holder will be required to develop a good understanding of how the business operates and work with a wide range of other business areas to ensure that tax is effectively managed across the organisation. The role will also require the individual to develop strong working relationships with advisors and other external suppliers. The successful candidate will have the autonomy to refine and enhance existing processes and to design new ones that keep pace with both our business and evolving global tax legislation. The key responsibilities and outcomes for this role are as follows: • Lead the reporting and forecasting of taxes across Aberdeen, • Lead the oversight of tax compliance activities for the Aberdeen corporate entities and support the relationship with HMRC and other tax authorities, • Oversight of group-level filing requirements including Pillar 2, CBCR and CIR, • Ensure the effective application and development of the tax risk and controls framework for the business together with supporting governance and reporting requirements, • Oversight of business management activities for the tax function, • Supervision and development of team members providing applicable feedback, coaching and guidance, • Work closely with other senior tax colleagues to ensure consistency of approach, sharing of knowledge and effective risk coverage for the business globally, • Develop thorough understanding of Aberdeen business operations to ensure that all relevant risks and requirements are addressed, • Understand best practice and ensure industry representation for Aberdeen as appropriate with external stakeholders including applicable industry bodies, • In conjunction with other senior members of the tax team, review and develop the tax strategy for the business What You'll Need for This Role • ACA/CTA qualified or equivalent at senior manager or director level, • Strong UK corporate tax background with exposure to international issues preferred, • Experience in financial services or a large corporate group an advantage, • Experience of finance transformation projects or development of tax systems an advantage., • Strong analytical skills – with a natural curiosity and confidence to proactively question and dig deeper if information does not make sense, • Excellent communication style and a collaborative mindset to aid establishing and maintaining effective working relationships across stakeholders, • Strong data management skills with an attention to detail, • Adaptable and enjoys a dynamic, rapidly changing working environment, • Commercial Mindset – Demonstrates an understanding of how the organisation creates value and uses this insight to make decisions that support long‑term performance. This includes ensures that work, projects, and advice directly support organisational strategy and contribute to sustainable growth., • Meaningful Impact – Delivering work that positively influences people, performance, and the wider organisation by focusing on outcomes. This includes building trusted relationships with stakeholders, enabling the ability to challenge constructively and steer conversations toward impactful solutions. Our benefits There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported. When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits ___ Our business Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do ___. An inclusive way of working Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you. At Aberdeen we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business. ___, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.

A financial planning firm in Edinburgh is looking for a Compliance Officer to ensure adherence to regulatory standards and manage compliance risks. The ideal candidate will have experience in compliance management within the financial sector and will work closely with the executive team to uphold th

A regional health authority is looking for a Resilience Officer to provide expert guidance on Emergency Planning and organizational resilience.

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an Events, Marketing & Social Media Officer to join a national trade body in Edinburgh. This role involves planning and executing events, managing social media campaigns, and collaborating with stakeholders.

Gilchrist Recruitment Partnership is recruiting on behalf of their client - Events, Marketing & Social Media Officer. Events, Marketing & Social Media Officer will take a leading role in the planning, delivery and promotion of the entire annual programme of events. Manage a structured social media c

Reporting to the CEO, the Compliance Officer (CO) will take responsibility for coordinating and liaising with our out‑of‑house Compliance Resource. As Compliance Officer, you will possess a full understanding of the key compliance risks across the Financial Planning and Investment Management bus

Midlothian HSCP are looking to recruit 4 Planning Officers to help drive forward our transformation agenda within Health and Social Care. You will join a small but growing Planning Officer Team that will have clear links to operational services and managers. Position Title: Planning Officer x4.

Senior Clerical Officer (Planning & Building Standards Business Support). Renfrewshire Council – proud recipient of Council of the Year – is seeking to recruit three well organised individuals to provide effective clerical support as part of our Planning and Building Standards Service. You will

Salary:?£42,839 - £45,091Hours per week:?37 hoursInterview date: To be confirmed following shortlistingPlanning - Shaping Tomorrow's Communities TodayOur Development Management Service is crucial in shaping Wiltshires future by determining planning applications for new developments.

About The RoleSenior Planning Enforcement Officer£41,424 £44,624 per annumPermanent | 37 hours per week | Hybrid workingLocation: ColefordForest of Dean District CouncilForest of Dean District Council is seeking an experienced Senior Planning Enforcement Officer to join our Development Management

Principal Planning Officer - Strategic Applications Team and Gilston Area TeamHertford, SG13 8EQPermanentSalary: Career Grade 9 - 10 £44,804 - £54,189 (inclusive of local weighting) plus £3,500 Market Supplement*Working Hours: 37Department: PlanningClosing date: 28/02/26Job IntroductionPrincipal

The successful candidate will manage all aspects of the planning process from initial appraisals and pre-application engagement to public consultation, submissions, and discharge of planning conditions. We are seeking an experienced and proactive Planning professional to support and lead the deliver

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A local authority planning support agency is seeking a Validations Officer to join their town planning department on a 3-month rolling contract. Candidates should have experience in a local authority planning department and ideally hold a post-graduate degree in planning. Responsibilities include va

Preparing and presenting reports to Planning Committee. Experience handling planning cases appropriate to your level. Carrington West's dedicated Town Planning Recruitment Team supply clients UK-wide on both a permanent and contract basis across all levels of seniority.

A leading recruitment agency is assisting a local authority in the Southwest of England in their search for a Principal Planning Officer. This role is offered on an initial 12-month basis and focuses on progressing major planning applications. The successful candidate should possess significant expe

Planning Policy Officer – Interim Role – Fully Remote. Vivid Resourcing are currently working with a local authority who are looking to appoint an interim Planning Policy Officer to support their Local Plan at Regulation 19 stage.

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We’re working with a well-established and highly regarded interior design and joinery contractor based in Edinburgh.They are looking to add an experienced Project Manager to their team to support their full order book.As Project Manager, you’ll take full ownership of internal fit-out and bespoke

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This is an exciting opportunity to be join the management team at Highbank.You will work alongside the Manager to provide an Intermediate Care Service to Older Adults, working with others to promote the Ethos and Aims & Objectives of both the Service and the Council overall.You will provide direct s

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Assisting with planning, programming, and coordination of site activities.

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