Who we are
The Fostering Network is the UK’s leading fostering charity and membership organisation, dedicated to empowering, enriching and supporting the relationships at the heart of the fostering community.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for someone with extensive experience of the fostering sector to assist with leading the work in one of our four nations. You will have experience of working with local authorities, key government officials and a broad range of key stakeholders.
A strategic thinker, collaborative, with excellent leadership skills and a wide range of experience. You will be a member of a leadership team or looking to progress your career to this level. You will bring a track record of delivering excellent outcomes in the field of social work, specifically fostering and care experienced children, along with a desire to continue to develop your skillset.
Additionally, you will have experience of managing budgets and able to demonstrate a knowledge of sound safeguarding practice.
What you’ll be doing
This is an exceptional opportunity for a high calibre professional with leadership experience to join our fantastic organisation. This post is one of four Country Directors, working with the CEO to deliver on our organisational strategic objectives.
The post will manage and lead on key initiatives in a specific country, drive forward the monitoring, impact and evaluation of our work and ensure continuous improvement through innovative models of practice. Have responsibility for developing and maintaining key stakeholder relationships and be responsible for securing grants, fundraising and engage in activity to promote TFN and respond to the needs of the sector. A key responsibility for the post holder is to ensure that our services and products are sector leading, evidence-based and child centred.
What we can offer you
Our commitments to you
The Fostering Network is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community and especially those from under-represented and minoritised backgrounds. All applications and hiring decisions will be considered on merit.
Looking for more information?
For an informal conversation about the role, please contact sarah.thomas@fostering.net. You can also find more information about us on our website thefosteringnetwork.org.uk
The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) is seeking an experienced and values driven senior leader to join our Executive Team as Director of Operations & Membership.
In this pivotal role, you will lead the organisational functions that power SFHA’s success including governance, finance, people and culture, membership services, corporate services, risk and digital compliance. You will ensure our operations are efficient, our services deliver exceptional value, and our members experience a modern, professional and supportive federation.
You will lead governance, organisational compliance and the delivery of high quality Board and Committee support while overseeing financial planning, reporting and resource management to ensure long term sustainability. You will drive a positive and inclusive people culture by leading HR, workforce development and organisational wellbeing, and strengthen the membership offer by ensuring services reflect sector needs and deliver clear value. In addition, you will improve systems, processes and data use to enhance operational performance and the member experience, while providing visible leadership across the organisation and deputising for the Chief Executive when required.
You will be a senior leader with experience across operations, corporate services, membership or organisational management, skilled in leading multidisciplinary teams and shaping a positive culture. Confident working with Boards and senior stakeholders, you will be an effective communicator with a strong track record of improving systems, services and organisational performance, and you will be motivated by purpose, collaboration and delivering meaningful impact.
At SFHA, we believe in collaboration, integrity and the collective strength of our members. We are looking for someone who shares these values — someone who leads with respect, empowers people, champions inclusion, and is committed to building an organisation that supports the people who provide safe, warm and affordable homes across Scotland. If you’re inspired by purpose and driven to make a difference, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Scottish Refugee Council is seeking a skilled Data & Impact Officer to join our team. The Data and Impact Officer will be responsible for implementing systems that collate data and evidence to monitor outcomes and demonstrate the impact of the work of Scottish Refugee Council. The role will support data gathering, recommend improvements to existing systems and contribute to Scottish Refugee Council’s aim to lead a step-change in evidence and experience informed policy and service development.
The post holder will be part of a small team, working closely with Senior Management, collaborating across the organisation and with a range of external stakeholders including, funders, suppliers, independent evaluators and partners, to ensure appropriate and robust monitoring tools and systems are in place to measure outcomes and capture learning and impact.
About us
Scottish Refugee Council is Scotland’s national refugee charity. Every year, we provide direct support and advice to people rebuilding their lives in Scotland, standing up for people’s rights and campaign for a fairer and more humane asylum system and enhanced integration for communities in Scotland.
The vision is for a Scotland in which all people seeking refugee protection are welcome. A place where men, women and children are protected, find safety and support, have their human rights and dignity respected and can achieve their full potential. Together, we can build a better future with refugees in Scotland. Find out more at scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk.
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Could you help guide one of the UK’s top Students’ Unions?
Strath Union – the Students’ Union at the University of Strathclyde – is looking for an External Trustee with finance expertise to join our Board.
Recently ranked 4th in the UK in the Whatuni Student Choice Awards (WUSCAs) and one of the top Students’ Unions in Scotland, Strath Union plays a vital role in supporting and representing more than 25,000 students.
We’re looking for someone with experience in finance, accountancy, audit or risk who would like to use their expertise to support a student-led charity and help guide our long-term financial sustainability.
As an External Trustee you’ll work alongside fellow trustees and the Senior Management Team to:
This is a voluntary role and a great opportunity to contribute your skills while making a meaningful impact on the student experience.
Meetings take place in Glasgow with hybrid options available.
If you’d like to support students and help shape the future of Strath Union, we’d love to hear from you.
CEMVO Scotland is a national intermediary organisation and strategic partner of the Scottish Government Equalities Directorate. With a network of over 600 ethnic minority (EM) organisations throughout Scotland, our aim is to build the capacity of the ethnic minority voluntary sector and its communities
We have recently secured funding from the Scottish Illegal Money Lending Unit (Trading Standards) and The Robertson Trust to continue our Financial Capability Programme.
We’re looking for a Financial Capability Officer to support ethnic minority communities across Scotland to develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence to make informed financial decisions and improve long-term resilience.
You’ll deliver engaging support both online and face-to-face, working directly with individuals and community organisations, while connecting people to the right money and welfare advice services.
If you have experience working with diverse communities, understand financial capability or welfare issues, and can build strong partnerships, we want to hear from you.
Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our strategic vision is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland.
At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced people, and the power of their voices to bring about positive change. We provide individual lifelong relationship-based independent advocacy and a broad range of imaginative participatory and engagement opportunities for Care Experienced people across Scotland. We work alongside Corporate Parents and communities to broaden understanding and create change. We work with policy makers, leaders, and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape law, policy, and practice, working together to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change.
As a project, Communities that Care works to create a world where Care Experienced children, young people, and adults are known, understood, welcomed, celebrated, and loved. The aim of the Communities that Care Team is to educate the public about the reality of care (as told to us by Care Experienced people), challenge stigma around care experience, and create the conditions for children, young people, and adults with care experience to thrive.
We are seeking a passionate and talented communicator to join our Communities that Care Team as a Development Officer. Working to shape, deliver, and evaluate our work in schools nationwide, with a particular focus in Clackmannanshire, you will provide training and support to educational establishments and organisations. You will also lead on the local participation offer for Care Experienced people within Clackmannanshire; supporting, developing and facilitating our current group and considering how we grow its reach within the local authority.
You will be welcomed into the team and expected to play a key role in supporting the delivery of our wider Communities that Care work, including Care Aware workforce training to employers and organisations.
As an individual with a background working with children and young people, you are adept at creating and delivering learning, teaching, and project plans, with experience providing dynamic training to a range of audiences. Confident writing reports and evidencing practice and impact, you have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, as well as the ability to develop strong professional relationships. Committed to child and human rights, working inclusively, and with the belief that young people can make transformative change in their lives, you understand how structural barriers, social oppression/liberation and intersectionality shape our world. With a deep knowledge and desire to learn about the issues affecting Care Experienced people, you are keen to help create meaningful positive change, challenge stigma, and to keep The Promise.
There is an expectation that the postholder will have a regular presence within the National Office in Glasgow to connect with the wider team, and across Clackmannanshire. Home working is offered as part of our commitment to flexible working and wider travel across Scotland will be necessary. Given the remit of the role, as well as the need from team members to contribute to our diverse calendar of exciting local and national participation groups, some evening and weekend work, including overnight stays, will be necessary.
The successful candidate will be joining Who Cares? Scotland at an exciting time, when the voices of those who are in or have experienced care are growing in power, individually and collectively – bringing with them insight, challenge, hope and change. While we would welcome the knowledge gathered through relevant qualifications, we are just as interested in relevant work experience.
We welcome and encourage applications from those with experience of care.
If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you. For an informal conversation about this opportunity please contact Donna Nicholas at dnicholas@whocaresscotland.org.
About the role
The Legal Policy Manager plays a key role in empowering the children’s sector to use the law to drive systemic change and ensure children experience their rights in practice.
This role is employed by Clan Childlaw and is central to delivery of a jointly funded partnership project between Clan Childlaw and Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights), supported by the Human Rights Fund. The post holder will work closely across both organisations to deliver shared objectives.
Clan Childlaw is a leader in child-centred strategic litigation that drives systemic change, while Together represents over 600 organisations working to promote and protect children’s rights in Scotland.
The post holder will support strategic legal interventions, including the use of the UNCRC, to drive change for children and young people in Scotland.
The project aims to empower and enable Scotland’s children’s sector to use the law to advance children’s rights. These legal interventions may include strategic litigation, and seeking legal opinions, as well as wider measures such as supporting Together members to challenge rights breaches through informal processes etc.
Responsibilities include managing Clan’s Strategic Litigation Group, helping Together members identify opportunities for legal intervention, identifying strategic cases for Clan, and developing resources to promote the implementation and advance of children’s rights.
About Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights)
Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights) is a national alliance working to make children’s rights real for babies, children and young people across Scotland. We do this by supporting changes in law, policy and practice in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and other international human rights standards. We bring together over 600 members, from large national and international NGOs to small volunteer-led after school clubs and interested professionals.
About Clan Childlaw
Clan wants a Scotland where all children and young people’s rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled. For that to happen, Scotland has to be a place where all children and young people can stand up for their rights. That means children and young people need:
• Lawyers that are experts in working with children
• People around them who can enable them to use their rights and amplify their voices
• To be respected as rights-holders, who are entitled to hold duty-bearers to account if their rights are not fulfilled.
Clan is an award-winning, independent children’s charity that actively supports children and young people to take ownership of their rights. We are the only charity in Scotland that provides free, independent legal representation exclusively for children and young people, which is child-centred by design. Because our lawyers work directly with children and young people whose lives are affected by legal decisions, we bring that unique practice-based knowledge to every aspect of our work. This includes our specialist training, our helpline supporting others who help children to use their voices and their rights, and our work to influence children’s rights respecting changes to practice, policy and law.
What We Do
• We stand with others who help children use their rights –
Through our membership and training for legal professionals and in legal education we are making being a “children’s lawyer” an accredited legal skill set in Scotland. Our practical training and helpline and support for advocacy in Children’s Hearings provides adults that support children and young people information and guidance that they can use to empower young people to stand up for their rights.
• We stand out through the excellence of our work –
We want our work to have as much impact as possible. We listen to what children and young people tell us about what they need from lawyers and others who support them to use their rights. We use what we learn to develop and design the services they need and talk about why young people’s rights matter, and why children and young people need lawyers.
• We stand for change –
We are lawyers for children and young people representing children and young people in court, at Children’s Hearings, and in important meetings working to give them equal opportunity to heard and use their rights. We take cases that make change for individual children and young people and help shape better rights respecting policy and practice. We use our knowledge of the law, and experience as practising lawyers for children and young people, to ask decision makers and lawmakers to change the law and the way the law is used to make sure that children and young people's rights are respected, protected and fulfilled.
Our Values
Our values are the principles we uphold in all our work, no matter what. They are the foundation of our workplace culture. Everyone who works at Clan shows our values in all they do and say.
We are supportive: We listen and respond, we provide encouragement and emotional help to children and young people, to others who support young people, and to each other.
We are bold: We are confident and courageous in amplifying the voices of children and young people. We are prepared to take risks when we need to, to defend children and young people’s rights.
We are dynamic: We are always active, always progressing. We are positive, full of energy and new ideas. We ask for change where it is needed.
"I love my job at Clan. It's busy and varied and no two days are ever the same. We have a great team here and everyone is really supportive." - A member of the Clan Childlaw team
What we can offer you
Clan Childlaw’s mission is very important to us, but our people are important too. We recognise the importance of a good work-life balance and a friendly supportive work environment. We offer:
• 33 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays) increasing to 35 after 2 years’ service
• Auto-enrolment into our pension scheme after 3 months service
• Offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the option to choose the base location that works best for you.
• Flexibility around your working day, with the opportunity to work your hours within the hours of 7am to 7pm, and the option to work from home some of your working week.
• Access to our employee counselling service.
Learning and development is important to us and our team. We hope it’s important to you too. You will be encouraged to engage in learning and continued professional development.
"I have never worked in such a lovely organisation before! I feel valued, seen and heard as an individual here." - A member of the Clan Childlaw team
"I love my job at Clan. It's busy and varied and no two days are ever the same. We have a great team here and everyone is really supportive." - A member of the Clan Childlaw team
*You can choose the location that works best for you. We operate hybrid working with the opportunity to work from home some of the time. The role will also require travel between our office locations on a regular basis and throughout Scotland as required.
The Benefit, Debt and Money Advisor will contribute to the organisation’s vision of a Scotland in which single parents and their children are valued and treated equally and fairly, by supporting the delivery of various components which contribute to the Glasgow service, including high quality welfare benefits, money, and debt advice.
The Benefit, Debt and Money Advisor supporting the delivering of the National Debt Service and local Welfare Benefits Service. The role will focus on offering practical support in areas such as budgeting, debt management, access to benefits, and financial literacy. The Advisor will work closely with clients to help them navigate financial challenges and connect them to the services and resources they need to improve their financial situation.
All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Our core values of Justice, Equity, Trust, Collaboration and Compassion are at the heart of everything we do and underpin all aspects of our work.
Charity Information
Family Mediation West provides support to families affected by separation, divorce, and conflict. We have premises in Glasgow and Kilmarnock allowing us to offer services across the West of Scotland. We are affiliated to Relationship Scotland, who support a national network of 21 local service providers for individuals, couples and families experiencing relationship breakdown. The values and the standards of the organisation help to ensure effective support can be provided to help families through difficult times.
Job Information
The Family Mediation West Child Contact Centre Service experiences high demand in the West of Scotland. With children’s needs being at the heart of our service delivery, we seek to recruit a manager with a proven record within a child centred environment to manage all aspects within our centres. Contact Centres throughout Scotland will become regulated via the Care Inspectorate which offers an exciting opportunity for a manager to support planning to meet the needs of the regulation. This post is part of a 4-person Senior Management Team.
Would you like to come and work at the number one Students’ Union in Scotland (as voted in the recent Whatuni Student Choice awards)? Strath Union is looking for a talented individual to join our team as Advice Manager, providing maternity cover until 2nd April 2027.
The Advice Manager provides leadership for Strath Union’s Advice Hub, ensuring the delivery of a high-quality, safe, and student-centred advice service. Working on a part-time basis, the role focuses on oversight, prioritisation, quality assurance, and the professional supervision of staff delivering advice and casework, rather than day-to-day operational delivery.
The postholder is responsible for line managing the Advice Hub team, providing professional supervision, guidance on complex cases, and ensuring robust advice standards are consistently applied. The Advice Manager plays a key role in shaping service priorities, managing risk, and ensuring the Advice Hub operates effectively within available capacity.
The role sits within Strath Union’s Management Team, and, given the part-time nature of the post, the Advice Manager will work closely with colleagues to ensure clear delegation, communication, and escalation arrangements are in place.
Strathclyde Students’ Union is committed to promoting diversity and equality for all and welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from applicants with disabilities, from ethnic minority backgrounds, and those with diverse sexualities or marginalised gender identities as these groups are underrepresented.
As an Engineer at Walk Wheel Cycle Trust (WWCT) you will be responsible for creating clear and accurate technical work. You will use your professional skills and experience to complete tasks with minimal supervision. The work plays a key role in delivering complex projects that support WWCT’s mission to provide high quality and sustainable infrastructure.
You will work as part of a multi disciplinary team which includes designers, engineers, technicians and other specialists. Together, they deliver projects and programmes that support the Trust’s strategic priorities.
In this role, you will use your recognised technical knowledge, apply practical and creative problem solving, and produce reliable technical outputs. You will work closely with colleagues across different disciplines and contribute to solutions that help improve places for people to walk, wheel and cycle. Your contribution is important to creating sustainable and accessible transport networks.
What You’ll Be Doing
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a creative, fast moving environment and wants to stretch their skills across a wide range of disciplines. Working at WWCT means being part of a passionate, multi skilled team where you’ll collaborate with designers, engineers and specialists to shape real, positive change in communities. It’s an opportunity to grow your technical expertise, tackle meaningful challenges, and make a visible impact on the places people walk, wheel and cycle every day.
ABOUT YOU
We’re looking for someone who has experience and understanding in the areas listed below. You don’t need to meet every requirement — if you feel you’d be a good fit, we encourage you to apply.
The ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of children, young people and adults at risk.
Disclosure: Basic/Enhanced/ DBS is not required for this position as the post holder will not be working with school and community groups in the region.
LIVING OUR VALUES
At the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, we’re a values driven organisation. We’re looking for people who are:
Through our values we make it possible for more people to walk, wheel and cycle safely, healthily and joyfully.
WHAT WE OFFER
We want you to feel supported, valued, and empowered in your role. That’s why we offer flexible working, a positive team environment, and benefits designed to support your wellbeing, finances, and family life.
Wellbeing Support
Financial Benefits
Family Friendly Policies
Blue Triangle is a social care organisation that empowers people to thrive, by delivering solutions in connected communities which focus on the needs of each individual. We are looking for enthusiastic people who share our values (Kind, Passionate and Creative) to join our services accommodating and supporting people experiencing homelessness and empowering them to thrive.
If successful, you will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 3 months of your start date. After registration, there is a requirement to be qualified and to maintain professional learning, which we will support you to achieve.
Blue Triangle recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
What we offer:
Aside from offering a supportive and friendly environment where our people are valued and appreciated, we’ll see that your hard work and drive to succeed is rewarded.
And many more!
About the Role:
As a Support Worker, you’ll work as part of a team in providing safe, secure, supported accommodation for the people who use our services. You’ll do this by providing practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes in all aspects of their daily lives. Our Holland Street service is 24/7 emergency access, supporting individuals aged between 16-35 who are experiencing homelessness with referrals coming via the case work teams at Glasgow City Council.
Main Responsibilities:
This Support Worker role working at our Holland Street service involves working nightshifts on a rota that includes select weekend work. The working hours for this role are 34 hours per week, comprised of 4x 8.5 hour shifts, following an 4 week rolling rota.
The Support Worker will:
To find out more about being a Support Worker, click the link below:
About You:
We care about one another whilst taking pride in the service we offer. You will be working in a company with a strong identity and with the guidance and support of experienced Managers you will be able to develop in your career.
CEMVO Scotland is a national intermediary organisation and strategic partner of the Scottish Government Equalities Directorate. With a network of over 600 ethnic minority (EM) organisations throughout Scotland, our aim is to build the capacity of the ethnic minority voluntary sector and its communities.
We have initiated a new exciting 4-year project “Mobilising Community Action Scotland” (MCAS) in partnership with Changeworks and The Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park with funding through The National Lottery Community Fund.
The overall aim of MCAS is to increase awareness and empower EM communities to adopt nature positive and energy saving behaviours in their everyday lives.
We already have a good MCAS team in place and now looking to recruit the following post:
Financial Administrator
Responsible to: Chief Executive & Head of Operations & Resources
Salary & Hours: Part-Time, 21 hrs per week, £24,480PA (£14,687 pro-rata) + 4% pension
Length of Contract: Fixed Term to 30th September 2029
Office Base: Glasgow (Hybrid Working)
We are seeking a financial administrator with at least 3 years financial administration experience to undertake day to day financial administration of the MCAS project budget. You will provide regular financial updates on project spend to the MCAS co-ordinator and also work closely with CEMVO financial officer in day to day financial administration of MCAS, in supporting financial monitoring and reporting to the National Lottery Community Fund and in undertaking general financial administration tasks for both MCAS and CEMVO. You will also provide general administrative support to the MCAS project team when needed.
You will require a high level of book-keeping and financial administration experience with a working knowledge of Excel or Access packages. You will also require experience in producing financial reports, assisting with audit processes and processing internal and external invoicing aswell as good general administrative skills.
Ricefield Arts & Cultural Centre is a registered charity and social enterprise for the exploration and promotion of Chinese culture and has an excellent reputation for delivering original and inspiring creative experiences, cultural events and workshops to community groups, public institutions and arts audiences around Scotland.
We are currently looking to appoint a Treasurer to join our small Board. The Treasurer will be responsible for managing all financial matters on behalf of our organisation and will be responsible for ensuring that the organisation has robust financial processes to ensure it meets its legal and constitutional requirements. It will also be the responsibility of the Treasurer to report the financial position at the board meetings. While we encourage and welcome applicants of all backgrounds, we are keen to hear from candidates that have experience of charity financial management or are chartered in a suitable accountancy field.
All Trustees are required to attend monthly board meetings, either at our office located in the heart of Glasgow city centre or via Zoom. In addition, we ask Trustees to attend our annual board development day, important meetings with stakeholders and some events and projects, where possible. As Ricefield Arts is a social enterprise, the role also involves serving as our Board of Directors.
Please note that this is a voluntary role. Neither the Trustees nor Board of Directors receive any remuneration, however, travel expenses incurred in carrying out board duties will be fully reimbursed.
Other than the Treasurer, we also wish to appoint additional Trustee(s) with community engagement or cultural events management experience to serve our Board. Please check our website for more information.
The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Partnership (SCQFP) is the independent charity responsible for maintaining Scotland’s qualifications framework.
We are a forward-thinking, purpose-driven organisation at the heart of Scotland’s education and skills system. As an employer, SCQFP offers a supportive and collaborative working environment where innovation, inclusivity and professional development are actively encouraged. With a strong commitment to flexible working, wellbeing and continuous learning, SCQFP provides a rewarding workplace for those passionate about widening access to education and improving lifelong learning opportunities.
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team in the key role of Executive Assistant.
You will support work closely with the CEO, providing crucial and confidential executive support to the CEO and Chair while delivering key administrative tasks necessary for the smooth operation of the organisation, the office and its services.
Reporting to: Chief Executive (CEO)
This role would suit a person with SCQF level 7 equivalent skills or experience.
To be successful in this role you will be highly organised with experience of working in an administrative or executive support role and enjoy managing projects that maximise operational efficiency. You will also be committed to the principles of lifelong learning.
You will have excellent interpersonal skills and IT skills, and be equally comfortable working on your own or as part of a wider team. As you will often be the first point of contact for people visiting the office, you need to be friendly, enjoy helping and be willing to learn about SCQF Partnership and its activities.
Working at the SCQF Partnership
As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.
Inclusion Scotland is a national network of disabled people, organisations and allies. We are a Disabled People’s Organisation (DPO) – run by disabled people ourselves. This is important because disabled people know best what prevents our full inclusion into Scottish society and what needs to be done to remove the barriers we confront. We know this through our daily lived experience. But too often our voices are not heard.
Our vision is that Scotland is a society fit for disabled people. We seek a fully inclusive Scotland where every person knows and exercises their rights and can live their lives fully as equal, included citizens.
Inclusion Scotland works to achieve positive changes to policy and practice, so that disabled people are fully included throughout all Scottish society as equal citizens.
We support disabled people to participate and to be decision-makers themselves, promoting our equal representation and our right to make choices.
At Inclusion Scotland our approach to diversity is simple: it’s about embracing everyone. From cultivating a culture where all team members can be their best at work, to deploying diversity initiatives that support and welcome all.
We’re working to build a more equitable workplace and society.
We are delighted to have opportunities for new people to join us and want to meet candidates who share our values and commitment to Inclusion Scotland’s mission. Applications from disabled people are particularly welcome.
About this role:
This role involves working collaboratively to ensure inclusivity and accessibility for all involved with Inclusion Scotland. This role has been created in response to the publication of theDisability Equality Planand will provide administrative support to the staff involved in the delivery of its actions.
Administrative Support includes:
See job description and person spec for full role outline and responsibilities.
Inclusion Scotland is a national network of disabled people, organisations and allies. We are a Disabled People’s Organisation (DPO) – run by disabled people ourselves. This is important because disabled people know best what prevents our full inclusion into Scottish society and what needs to be done to remove the barriers we confront. We know this through our daily lived experience. But too often our voices are not heard.
Our vision is that Scotland is a society fit for disabled people. We seek a fully inclusive Scotland where every person knows and exercises their rights and can live their lives fully as equal, included citizens.
Inclusion Scotland works to achieve positive changes to policy and practice, so that disabled people are fully included throughout all Scottish society as equal citizens.
We support disabled people to participate and to be decision-makers themselves, promoting our equal representation and our right to make choices.
At Inclusion Scotland our approach to diversity is simple: it’s about embracing everyone. From cultivating a culture where all team members can be their best at work, to deploying diversity initiatives that support and welcome all.
We’re working to build a more equitable society and workplace.
We are delighted to have opportunities for new people to join us and want to meet candidates who share our values and commitment to Inclusion Scotland’s mission. Applications from disabled people are particularly welcome.
About this role:
We are looking for aParticipation and Policy Officerwho will work to deliver the organisation’s policy and research strategies as part of the Policy and Engagement team and in collaboration with colleagues across the organisation.
This role has been created in response to the publication of theDisability Equality Planand will involve supporting Scottish Government, funders and other stakeholders with delivery of the actions in the Plan. Engagement with disability-led lived experience and leadership groups and synthesis of diverse lived experience into clear policy lines will be a key focus of this role.
Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders will be critical to ensuring that the voice of lived experience influences decision makers and policy development.
See job description and person spec for full role outline and requirements.
Inclusion Scotland is a national network of disabled people, organisations and allies. We are a Disabled People’s Organisation (DPO) – run by disabled people ourselves. This is important because disabled people know best what prevents our full inclusion into Scottish society and what needs to be done to remove the barriers we confront. We know this through our daily lived experience. But too often our voices are not heard.
Our vision is that Scotland is a society fit for disabled people. We seek a fully inclusive Scotland where every person knows and exercises their rights and can live their lives fully as equal, included citizens.
Inclusion Scotland works to achieve positive changes to policy and practice, so that disabled people are fully included throughout all Scottish society as equal citizens.
We support disabled people to participate and to be decision-makers themselves, promoting our equal representation and our right to make choices.
At Inclusion Scotland our approach to diversity is simple: it’s about embracing everyone. From cultivating a culture where all team members can be their best at work, to deploying diversity initiatives that support and welcome all.
We’re working to build a more equitable workplace and society.
We are delighted to have opportunities for new people to join us and want to meet candidates who share our values and commitment to Inclusion Scotland’s mission. Applications from disabled people are particularly welcome.
About this role:
The Learning and Community Development Coordinator will work with guidance from the Head of Development and Engagement to grow community among disabled people and their organisations and to share learning, contributing to achieving the vision of disabled people being fully included throughout all Scottish society as equal citizens.
This role has been created in response to the publication of the Disability Equality Plan and will involve supporting Scottish Government, funders and other stakeholders with delivery of the actions in the plan. It will involve working collaboratively with colleagues and partners to develop and deliver accessible and inclusive training and capacity building, and to measure the adoption of the learning from these. This work aims to expand disability competence of recipients alongside disabled people’s and disabled people’s organisations’ (DPOs) influence so that their rights are recognised and delivered in practice.
See job description and person spec for full role outline and requirements.
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) is seeking to appoint a new external member to its Audit and Risk Committee (ARC). This is an opportunity to contribute independent expertise to one of the UK’s leading art and design institutions and deepen your non-executive and governance experience.
About Glasgow School of Art
Founded in 1845 as one of the UK’s first government-supported schools of design, the GSA can trace its lineage to the 1750s and the establishment, during the Scottish Enlightenment, of the Foulis Academy, the UK’s first school of art.
Over 270 years later, we remain an independent school of art and are ranked as one of the top art and design schools in the world.
About the Role
The Audit and Risk Committee plays a key role in supporting the Board of Governors by providing assurance on the effectiveness of the School’s financial systems, internal control environment, and risk management arrangements.
This appointment is intended to strengthen the Committee’s collective expertise, particularly in audit and finance.
The successful candidate will:
Focused on the work of the Audit and Risk Committee, this role does not involve membership of the Board of Governors and carries no wider Board responsibilities. The Audit and Risk Committee Remit and Membership can be located here for information.
Time Commitment
Skills and Experience
We are particularly interested in candidates with strong experience in the following:
Any application should make it clear where the applicant’s skills and experience meets one or more of these areas.
In addition, experience in public, third sector or education governance is desirable but not essential.
Person Specification
Candidates should meet at least one of the areas specified in Skills and Experience (above) and demonstrate:
Applications from first-time non-executives are welcome, provided candidates understand the nature of the governance role and can demonstrate that they are ready to contribute at that level.
Diversity
The GSA encourages applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, belief or disability. As those from an ethnic minority background and disabled people are currently under‑represented on the Board, applications from individuals within these groups would be particularly encouraged. All appointments will be made on merit, following a fair and transparent process. In line with the Equality Act 2010, however, the organisation may employ positive action where candidates from underrepresented groups can demonstrate their ability to perform the role equally well. More on the GSA's commitment to Equality can be found here.
Remuneration
External committee members are not remunerated but the GSA will reimburse reasonable expenses including travel costs should attendance be required.
Blue Triangle is a social care organisation that empowers people to thrive, by delivering solutions in connected communities which focus on the needs of each individual. We are looking for enthusiastic people who share our values (Kind, Passionate and Creative) to join our services accommodating and supporting people experiencing homelessness and empowering them to thrive.
Blue Triangle recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
What we offer:
Aside from offering a supportive and friendly environment where our people are valued and appreciated, we’ll see that your hard work and drive to succeed is rewarded.
And many more!
About the Role:
We’re seeking a highly motivated National Training Manager to develop the learning and growth of our team on a full time basis. Committed to creating a lively and inclusive learning atmosphere, the National Training Manager will design, deliver and accredit learning programs for our employees, stakeholders, and external experts. Working in close partnership with our Service Delivery team, they will guarantee that the workforce is equipped with the essential skills and capabilities to adapt to the organisation’s changing requirements.
Interviews are expected to take place from our Central Support base in Glasgow on the week commencing 11th May 2026.
To find out more about being our National Training Manager, click the link below:
National Training Manager – Role Profile
About You:
Drawing on your past experience in developing training, you should be characterised by creativity and emotional intelligence, with a caring nature and professional attitude. Your attention to detail and positive approach to problem solving will drive you to consistently seek opportunities for enhancing the learning programs provided to our employees. Moreover, you should possess the following qualifications and attributes:
We care about one another whilst taking pride in the service we offer. You will be working in a company with a strong identity and with the guidance and support of experienced Senior Managers you will be able to develop in your career.
To apply for this role, please click ‘Apply’ below where you’ll be given important information regarding the process and an application form to complete and upload.
Due to the Safer Recruitment requirements by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and Care Inspectorate we do not accept CV’s and you must therefore complete our application form.
Please note we do not accept applications from out with the UK as we do not have a UK visa sponsorship license.
Thank you for your interest in applying to become a Reporting and Compliance Officer at JustRight Scotland.
This is an important, time-limited role at a key moment for the organisation.
We are strengthening how we understand, evidence and communicate the impact of our work. At the same time, we need to make sure our reporting and compliance processes are consistent, proportionate and support our teams to do their best work.
You will help us put this into practice.
You will support the rollout of our Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) framework, improve how we collect and use data, and coordinate reporting and compliance across the organisation. You will work closely with colleagues across legal and operational teams to make systems clearer, simpler and more effective.
This role sits within our organisational development function, with close working across the organisation.
Contract: 6 Month Fixed Term
Salary: £32,025 – £35,456 FTE (pro rata)
Appointments are ordinarily made at the minimum salary point. Candidates who achieve exceptional scores at shortlisting and interview may be appointed at a higher point. Following appointment, annual progression will take place in line with the charity’s policy.
Benefits:
8% employer pension contribution
37.5 days annual leave (FTE), inclusive of public holidays, pro‑rata for the contract term plus 1 additional day.
Flexitime and flexible working
Remote and hybrid working
Access to funded counselling service
Personal training and development budget
Personal Wellbeing Budget
Location:
Home-based and JustRight Scotland (JRS) Offices – Glasgow
We want this role to be as accessible as possible.
We know that people develop skills and experience in different ways. You may not meet every requirement listed below – if you think you could do the role, we would encourage you to apply.
We welcome applications from people with lived experience of the issues we work on and from groups underrepresented in the legal and charity sectors. We are open to flexible working, including part-time and job share arrangements.
Legal Caseworker – Scottish Refugee and Migrant Centre (SRMC) and Scottish Anti-Trafficking & Exploitation Centre (SATEC)
Permanent or 6 Months Fixed Term
Thank you for your interest in applying to become a Legal Caseworker for Scottish Refugee and Migrant Centre (SRMC) and Scottish Anti-Trafficking & Exploitation Centre (SATEC), which is a specialist legal centre run by JustRight Scotland.
SRMC provide legal advice and representation to women, children and other migrants who are struggling to access their rights because of their refugee, asylum seeker or migrant legal status. We use our casework experience and expertise to engage in policy and influencing work and are stakeholders on Scottish Government working groups – often invited to contribute to policy evidence and to draft guidance in areas that impact our client group.
SATEC provides legal advice and representation to child and adult survivors of trafficking and exploitation across Scotland, as well as serving as a hub for outreach, policy, training and research. It is the only specialist legal project in Scotland that provides direct legal advice and representation to child and adult survivors of trafficking and exploitation in Scotland regardless of nationality, gender, type of exploitation and geographical location.
Contract: Permanent Full-Time or 6 Month Fixed-Term
Salary: £28,950 to £31,890 [pro-rata]
Appointments are ordinarily made at the minimum salary point. Candidates who achieve exceptional scores at shortlisting and interview may be appointed at a higher point. Following appointment, annual progression will take place in line with the charity’s policy.
Benefits:
8% employer pension contribution
38.5 days annual leave (FTE) inclusive of public holidays
Flexitime and flexible working
Remote and hybrid working
Peer support programme
Access to funded counselling service
Personal training and development budget
Location:
Home-based and JustRight Scotland (JRS) Offices – Glasgow, with travel expected around Scotland
As Legal Caseworker, you will assist the SATEC and SRMC solicitors to provide trauma informed legal information, advice and representation to refugees, migrants, and victim-survivors of trafficking and exploitation, throughout Scotland and to input into policy, training and research work linked to the legal work of the Centres.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the work of our innovative legal centres and develop your knowledge and experience of human rights law and practice. Please note, this role has very limited direct client work. If successful, you will work under the supervision of the SRMC Senior Associate Solicitor.
Glasgow West Housing Association Ltd is a voluntary, not for profit organisation and a registered charity. With history dating back to 1978, we have a vision of shaping thriving communities. With over 1500 rented properties: Homes are our purpose, service and sustainability is our priority.
With one of our key priorities focusing on service excellence, we launched our new Front-Line Services Team in 2024, set up to enhance the customer service experience and support the delivery of our new response repairs service.
We are looking for two motivated customer services minded individuals to join the team.
The Services Assistants are responsible for the delivery of front-line customer service, liaising with external stakeholders in relation to work orders, supporting completion of housing applications, arranging, and attending home visits and initial front line complaint resolution.
The ideal candidates will have a minimum of 3 x SCQF Level 5 or equivalent (including English), customer service experience, including front line resolution of complaints and strong IT skills with experience of reporting.
Experience in a similar role would be advantageous as would completion of CIH (Chartered Institute of Housing) Level 3 but this is not essential.
We are keen to hear from you if you think you might be a match for our role, even if you do not have all the skills and/or experience we are looking for. For the right person, we can offer formal training, ongoing support and continuous professional development to help progress your career in housing!
Key Tasks
1. Front-line customer service role and contact for enquiries in relation to housing management, tenancy, allocations and repairs services including Right to Repair and Insurance claims.
2. Liaise with external stakeholders as required to ensure effective service delivery.
3. Routinely pursuing outstanding work orders to completion including associated administration and invoice approval within delegated authority levels.
4. Providing a courteous and efficient service to residents and the community.
5. Working with team members to ensure duty officer cover.
6. Arranging and carrying out viewings and house visits as required.
7. Assisting tenants and service users in the completion of housing application forms, and liaise with housing applicants in relation to the assessment of housing needs in accordance with GWHA Housing Allocations Policy.
8. Supporting the tenancy services team in the administration of policies and procedures, and in the delivery of team plans, objectives and performance indicators.
In return, we offer generous EVH Terms and Conditions which include 25 days annual leave and 15 public holidays, as well as a range of current additional GWHA benefits: including:
All posts subject to satisfactory Disclosure Check.
The Big Issue is looking to appoint to a critical role supporting our vendors. The Support and Outreach Worker will be a leading role in our belief of “A Hand Up Not a Hand Out”, and has been created to improve our service to vendors, helping them to increase their income through selling our magazine and providing casework support. In April 2023, the Big Issue Group launched a community interest company, Big Issue Changing Lives, to support more people affected by poverty and increase the impact of our services. Big Issue Changing Lives C.I.C. provides vendors with the end-to-end support they need including sales set up and support, access to health and wellbeing services, and employment opportunities.
You will also positively promote The Big Issue in your region, build partnerships with third-party organisations and identify and promote opportunities all with the aim of moving people out of poverty.
To offer our vendors the best possible support you will have experience and knowledge of working with vulnerable adults in a frontline setting, along with the ability to offer effective sales advice and guidance helping them to increase their income through magazine sales.
The role requires the willingness to drive a vehicle throughout the region, therefore a full driving license is essential and due to our insurance regulations you must be over the age of 21.
Full details of the role including key responsibilities and required skills and experience are available in the Job Description.
Salary and Benefits offered:
Workplace details
The role is centrally based at our Offices in Glasgow but you will be supporting vendors and therefore must be willing to travel throughout the region as required.
Charity Information
Family Mediation West provides support to families affected by separation, divorce, and conflict. We have premises in Glasgow and Kilmarnock allowing us to offer services across the West of Scotland. We are affiliated to Relationship Scotland, who support a national network of 21 local service providers for individuals, couples and families experiencing relationship breakdown. The values and the standards of the organisation help to ensure effective support can be provided to help families through difficult times.
Job Information
FM West is entering a new and exciting chapter of service led growth across our charity. We are seeking a Trust & Foundations Executive that can implement a realistic 1-year strategy with the aim of securing additional funding through a variety of funders. The funding we seek is both unrestricted and restricted funding which is key to meet future growth and objectives of the charity. In addition, the postholder will research well aligned funding bodies, complete evaluations and maintain key relationships with existing and new funders. The successful candidate can work within either office, or sometimes both and would mostly be office (not home working) based.
Looking for an opportunity to work for a flexible and family friendly organisation doing amazing work to support Scotland’s voluntary sector?
We’re looking for the right person to join us to support the delivery of SCVO’s communications and marketing needs. The post is a 12-month, fixed term contract to provide cover during a period of leave for a full time member of staff.
In this role, you’ll join SCVO’s marketing and communications team and work alongside colleagues to nurture and grow SCVO’s membership community and to tell the story of SCVO and Scotland’s essential voluntary sector.
We’re looking for someone with hands-on experience and strong marketing skills who can support our busy marketing and comms team in delivering our goals.
You’ll use your skills and experience in content development, email marketing, social media marketing and media relations to engage our membership and sector-wide audiences with audience-focused, impactful marketing and communications content.
Part time hours and other flexible working options, including working from home for part of the week, will be fully considered. We encourage you to apply if you believe you meet most of the criteria in the person specification. We share our interview questions in advance. If you want to have a chat about the job or our flexible working approach, get in touch with us at HR@scvo.scot
SCVO is the membership organisation for the voluntary sector in Scotland and our mission is to champion the role of voluntary sector organisations in building a flourishing society and support them to do work that has a positive impact.
Appointment of Board Members to the Scottish Library and Information Council
The Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC) is seeking to appoint new members to its Board. The appointments are for three years and will run from November 2026.
Information about the Scottish Library and Information Council
SLIC is the independent advisory body to the Scottish Government on library and information related matters. It is a registered charity and an independent company. It is also a membership organisation representing the interests of public, academic, FE College and special interest libraries within Scotland. SLIC is responsible for leading on the national strategy for public libraries and school libraries.
Board Responsibilities
The Board meets four times a year in addition to the AGM. Board members are expected to serve on a sub-committee which can involve a commitment of up to another three days.
The Board provides strategic direction and oversight. Major policy decisions are made at Board level. The decisions of the Board are actioned through the Chief Executive and senior management team of the organisation. As Board members are directors of the organisation applicants must:
Please note the appointments are on a voluntary basis, however reasonable out of pocket expenses will be paid.
The Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC) Board is seeking a new Chair who is prepared to be a strong public advocate for the library sector in Scotland alongside the Chief Executive, has a good understanding of what effective governance looks like and is committed to assisting SLIC’s management in the delivery of its strategy. This presents a great opportunity to lead the Board of one of Scotland’s major cultural institutions.
There is a strong working relationship between the Chair, the Board and the Chief Executive at SLIC. In recent years, SLIC has been able to take major strides forward because it has benefitted from a strong management team, a clear strategy and a highly supportive Board.
The governance of SLIC is recognised as being highly effective. We are looking for a Chair who can guide the organisation as it seeks to continue to build on these strong foundations.
About Us
The Scottish Library and Information Council is the independent advisory body to the Scottish Government on library and information-related matters.
SLIC was formed in 1991 and provides a leadership focus for Scottish library and information services. We lead development in the library sector, monitor standards of provision and promote development. We also regularly undertake research, promoting innovation and a greater understanding of the library and information sector in Scotland.
Our greatest strength is our membership. Members are drawn from the public sector, higher education institutions, further education colleges and special interest libraries. Every member brings expertise, knowledge, and innovation to the library sector. By working together, that expertise is shared through SLIC.
Over the last five years SLIC has expanded considerably. We have built upon existing partnerships and forged new ones, particularly in the education sector and business community.
We have led in both the creation of a bold new public library strategy, Forward: Scotland’s Public Library Strategy 2021 -2025, its refresh in 2026 Fast Forward and Vibrant Libraries, Thriving Schools: A National Strategy for School Libraries in Scotland 2018-2023 – a UK first.
Our aim is to support Scottish library and information services through service innovation, funding provision and informative research. For more information on the Scottish Library and Information Council read the SLIC Strategy.
SLIC is a registered charity and registered company guided by a Board. The SLIC Board has strong sector and industry representation as well as independent members. The organisation is core funded by the Scottish Government and achieves additional funding to support its purpose through its membership and projects.
Further information about SLIC is available at scottishlibraries.org
Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid supports women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse, forced marriage and honour-based abuse primarily from the Asian, Black and Minority Ethnic community. We provide refuge accommodation, follow on and outreach services for women and children.
We have a vacant post for a women’s worker to support women experiencing domestic abuse or who have experienced domestic abuse. It is essential that you have knowledge and understanding of the impact of domestic abuse upon women.
A suitable qualification that meets the needs of the Scottish Social Servies Council (SSSC) housing support registration is required otherwise training will be provided to allow you to achieve this qualification.
The nature of our work requires a commitment to a feminist analysis of domestic abuse and values of Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid.
Recruiting New Members of the Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland (AROS) Strategic Advisory Board
Scotland is taking a vital step in tackling systemic racism with the establishment of the Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland (AROS).
AROS has been made possible thanks to years of work by communities and experts, and has been established to support community-led efforts to tackle racism in the public sector.
To support and guide AROS through its incubation period to December 2027, a Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) has been established to provide strong, transparent external oversight. We are now recruiting two new Board members with specific skills to join this body.
We are looking for candidates who bring knowledge, skills and experience in anti-racism in the Scottish context, alongside the qualities needed to steer, provide oversight and govern the work of the Observatory. The Board specifically requires a Board member with legal expertise.
AROS is committed to ensuring its Board reflects the communities it serves and would strongly encourage applications from all racialised communities and those with lived experience of racialisation. Previous applicants are warmly encouraged to reapply.
The Robertson Trust is looking for two Programmes Officers (Social Change Movements) to join our new Programmes team. Based primarily at Robertson House, Glasgow, with hybrid working available, this role supports the Trust to secure big change that lasts in preventing and reducing poverty and trauma in Scotland.
Over the next decade, we are committed to using all our tools and resources to reduce poverty and trauma across four themes:
• Education Pathways
• Financial Security
• Nurturing Relationships
• Work Pathways
As a member of the team, you will support the delivery of our new approach to ‘social movement funding’, a new part of our Programme Awards funding stream.
The Role
The Programmes Officers will support the Programmes Manager (Social Change Movements) to contribute to the development and delivery of our ‘social movement funding’ approach, our most proactive Programme Award work, aligned to our long-term change priorities.
You will contribute to influencing and social change activity, particularly through the projects we fund, build strong relationships with grantholders and stakeholders, and support the effective development, assessment and management of both our ‘social change movement’ Programme Awards and our wider Programme Award portfolio.
You will gather and apply insight to strengthen programme development and learning, contribute to meaningful participation of people with lived experience, and work collaboratively across the organisation to ensure our programme work is informed, connected and effective.
Key responsibilities
• Support the development and delivery of our new ‘social movements funding’ approach – our most proactive Programme Award cohorts aligned to long-term change priorities
• Contribute to identifying and supporting influencing opportunities, particularly through funded projects
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with grantholders, stakeholders and experts by experience
• Support the development, assessment and management of Programme Awards in line with governance and good practice
• Gather and apply insight to inform programme development and organisational learning
• Contribute to participation and engagement with people with lived experience
• Support monitoring, review and learning processes to ensure programme activity remains aligned and impact focused
• Represent the Trust externally as required and contribute to cross-cutting organisational priorities
A full job description is available on our website – therobertsontrust.org.uk
About You
We are looking for someone with knowledge of the Trust’s mission on poverty and trauma and an understanding of the third sector and independent funding landscape in Scotland and across the UK.
You will bring:
• HNC/D, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Relevant experience in a field related to poverty and/or trauma
• Experience contributing to programmes, projects or initiatives with demonstrable impact or influence
• An understanding of effective and relational funding practice
• Experience or understanding of funding processes such as assessment, decision making or grant management
• Insight into inequality, poverty or trauma through lived, paid or voluntary experience
• Strong analytical skills, sound judgement and attention to detail
• The ability to build collaborative relationships across diverse stakeholders
• The confidence to manage competing priorities and use your own initiative
• High emotional intelligence and the ability to relate to people from different backgrounds
• An interest in Scotland’s policy and political landscape and the potential to develop political judgement
You will be adaptable, collaborative and aligned to the Trust’s values.
We encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates from all parts of the community, regardless of age, disability, race, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief or socio-economic background. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience or knowledge of how poverty or trauma impact lives.
Benefits
• Salary £41,104 to £48,715 FTE
• 35 days holiday per calendar year, inclusive of public holidays
• Pension – 10% employer contribution or 14% if employee contribution is 7%
• Additional employee benefits package (currently under review)
• This role is advertised as full-time, but we are open to applicants who wish to work part-time.
The Robertson Trust is committed to hybrid and flexible working. We are open to reasonable adaptations to overcome barriers and are a Living Wage employer accredited by the Living Wage Foundation.
The Robertson Trust is looking for an Influencing Officer (Fixed Term – 1 Year) to join our new Programmes team. Based primarily at Robertson House, Glasgow, with hybrid working available, this role supports the Trust to secure big change that lasts in preventing and reducing poverty and trauma in Scotland.
Over the next decade, we are committed to using all our tools and resources to reduce poverty and trauma across four themes:
• Education Pathways
• Financial Security
• Nurturing Relationships
• Work Pathways
As part of our cross-cutting Influencing objective, this role will support the development and delivery of the Trust’s direct influencing activity, working with partners and stakeholders to influence decision making and systems change.
The Role
This role supports the Programmes Manager (Social Change Movements) and the wider organisation to strengthen the Trust’s influencing work in preventing and reducing poverty and trauma in Scotland.
You will help to develop and test effective approaches to direct influencing and support the Trust to build relationships with those who have the power to deliver change. You will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to ensure influencing activity connects with our wider work, including communications, convening, the influencing work we fund and the learning from our funding.
You will also support stakeholder engagement, network development and policy insight, helping the Trust identify opportunities to influence policy, practice and decision making.
Key responsibilities
• Support the development and delivery of direct influencing activity aligned to the Trust’s influencing objective
• Work collaboratively across the Trust to ensure direct influencing activity connects with communications, convening and the indirect influencing work we fund
• Support the development of influencing plans and help test effective approaches to influencing
• Build and strengthen networks with grantholders, stakeholders and peer organisations undertaking influencing work
• Monitor and analyse policy, political and practice developments relevant to poverty and trauma in Scotland
• Support stakeholder mapping and engagement with decision makers and influential actors
• Contribute to gathering and applying insight from across the Trust’s work to strengthen influencing activity
• Represent the Trust externally as required and contribute to cross-cutting organisational priorities
A full job description is available on our website – therobertsontrust.org.uk
About You
We are looking for someone with a strong understanding of poverty and trauma and the policy, political and practice landscape in Scotland.
You will bring:
• HNC/D, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Relevant experience in a field related to poverty and/or trauma
• Experience supporting influencing, policy, advocacy or strategic engagement work
• A strong understanding of the voluntary sector in Scotland
• Experience building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders and networks
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate complex issues clearly
• The ability to manage competing priorities and work using your own initiative
• Experience supporting the development of influencing plans or campaigns
• High emotional intelligence and the ability to build relationships with diverse stakeholders
• An interest in policy, politics and practice in Scotland and how social change happens
• A commitment to addressing inequality and placing lived experience at the centre of work
We encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates from all parts of the community, regardless of age, disability, race, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief or socio-economic background. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience or knowledge of how poverty or trauma impact lives.
Benefits
• Salary £41,104 to £48,715 FTE
• 35 days holiday per calendar year, inclusive of public holidays
• Pension – 10% employer contribution or 14% if employee contribution is 7%
• Additional employee benefits package (currently under review)
• This role is advertised as full-time, but we are open to applicants who wish to work part-time
The Robertson Trust is committed to hybrid and flexible working. We are open to reasonable adaptations to overcome barriers and are a Living Wage employer accredited by the Living Wage Foundation.
Are you passionate about supporting families?
We are seeking new Board members, including those with Digital, Finance, Policy or Communications expertise.
Scottish Families supports anyone who is concerned about someone else’s alcohol or drug use. We were established in 2003 by families themselves, who came together to support each other and to campaign for recognition. Our five Outcomes are that Families are Supported, Included, Heard, Connected, and that Families Create Change.
We are a national charity based in Glasgow but working right across Scotland. We provide a range of national and local services, including a national helpline, one to one support, bereavement counselling and local family support services. We also deliver a national workforce development programme; Connecting Families; My Family, My Rights; communications; fundraising; and policy/ campaigning work, as well as our Routes young persons programme, and Grow Your Own Routes national development programme.
We are Scotland’s leading charity supporting families affected by substance use, and are recognised by the Scottish Government as one of their Key Third Sector Partners in the field of alcohol and drugs. We are funded through a combination of Government grants, commissioned services, charitable trusts and fundraising.
You can find out more about our work by reading ‘The Cost of Loving’, our Strategic Plan 2023-26, and ‘Celebrating Families’, our Impact Report 2023-24. Our website is at sfad.org.uk.
We are seeking a number of new Board members in response to recent and upcoming changes in our Board membership. (Board members serve an initial three-year term, which can be extended for a further three years).
You should be available to attend quarterly meetings, which are held in person at our national office in Glasgow city centre (with the option of joining online via MS Teams). Meetings are held on Saturday mornings and the schedule is set well in advance.
Join Us at Staf – Be Part of our work with young people moving on from the care and justice system.
Staf are delighted to be recruiting for a new role to support our work across Scotland amplyfing the voice of care and justice experienced young people and those who support them
This is an exciting opportunity for someone to use their acumen for policy and creativity in communications to drive and deliver real change.
Background:
Established in 1998, Staf (Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum) is a membership organisation for all those working with young people leaving care.
At Staf (Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum), we believe that young people’s voices should shape the systems that affect their lives
The Role
We are seeking a dynamic and motivated individual to support Staf’s policy and communications activity. This role will undertake policy research and analysis, contribute to the development of Staf’s policy positions, and support the delivery of our communications and engagement work.
You will work closely with the Communications and Connecting Members Manager and the wider Staf team to produce high-quality, engaging content that amplifies the voices of care and justice experienced young people. This includes supporting the work of Youth Justice Voices and other participation projects that are developed.
You will also contribute to marketing and communications activity that supports membership growth and increases Staf’s national profile and influence which reinforces Staf’s role as the national voice of the workforce supporting young people moving on from care.
Why This Matters
At staf we create meaningful opportunities for young people and those who support them to share their experiences, influence policy, and shape practice across Scotland. This is your chance to be part of something that makes a real difference.
If you
Then we would love to hear from you.
What You’ll Get
If you are passionate about amplifying young people’s voices and want to be part of a team that is shaping the future of youth justice in Scotland, we would love to hear from you.
Join Us at Staf – Be Part of our work with young people moving on from the care and justice system.
Staf are delighted to be recruiting for a new role to support the expansion of Youth Justice Voices our national participation project for care and justice experienced young people.
This is an exciting opportunity for the right applicant to support a prestigious, creative and dynamic youth-led project which is influencing real change in the care and justice systems in Scotland. If you are passionate about driving change and developing meaningful participation opportunities and relationships with young people, then we want to hear from you.
Background:
Established in 1998, Staf (Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum) is a membership organisation for all those working with young people leaving care. Staf is a national organisation which represents all 32 Local authorities in Scotland
At Staf (Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum), we believe that young people’s voices should shape the systems that affect their lives. That’s why we developed Youth Justice Voices to ensure that young people with experience of the care and justice system are heard, valued, and influential in driving change.
The Role
We are looking for passionate, skilled, and values-driven individual who will ensure the effective delivery and continuous development of a high-quality national participation project, enabling young people with lived experience of the care and justice systems to influence policy, practice and service design.
The role requires a balance of project management, staff supervision, stakeholder engagement, learning development and direct work with young people, ensuring that participation activity is safe, ethical, impactful and aligned with Staf’s values and strategic priorities.
This role presents an opportunity to lead a nationally significant project that supports young people with lived experience to influence meaningful change within youth justice systems in Scotland.
The postholder will play a key role in ensuring that participation is embedded, impactful and contributes to improved outcomes for young people.
Responsible for: Youth Justice Development Worker / Participation Assistants.
Why This Matters
At staf we create meaningful opportunities for young people to share their experiences, influence policy, and shape practice across Scotland. Our work supports participation that is authentic, trauma-informed, and rooted in relationships.
This is your chance to be part of something that makes a real difference.
If you
Then we would love to hear from you.
What You’ll Get
If you are passionate about amplifying young people’s voices and want to be part of a team that is shaping the future of youth justice in Scotland, we would love to hear from you.
About Us
BEMIS Scotland is a national umbrella body supporting the development of the ethnic minorities voluntary sector in Scotland. We are committed to empowering communities, promoting equality, and advancing human rights.
Our core values include:
The Role
We are seeking a highly organised and motivated Administrative Assistant to support our day-to-day operations. This role is ideal for someone who is detail-oriented, reliable, and committed to the values of equality and social justice.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a strategic organisation that partners with communities, collegial organisations, and government to address structural inequalities in Scotland.
You will report directly to the Executive Director and work as part of a collaborative team including the Senior IT & Information Officer and Race Equality, Training and Human Rights Officers.
You will play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of administrative and financial processes, supporting project delivery, and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders and grant providers.
Additional Information
Equal Opportunities
BEMIS Scotland is committed to being an inclusive and equitable employer. We actively encourage applications from individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds and other underrepresented groups.
Eligibility to Work
Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application. Evidence of this will be required prior to appointment.
About the team
The Information & Support team is based in Glasgow and Liverpool and offers a range of services to people affected by lung cancer across the UK. The team works closely with our Research, Finance, Income generation and Marketing teams based in Liverpool. Our main activities include distributing information designed to support medical understanding and psychological coping; delivering our Ask the Nurse service which provides support and advice; supporting people affected by lung cancer face to face via our Support Group network and Information Days; and our Connect online and 1-1 support services, promoting awareness of signs and symptoms and the benefit of early diagnosis of lung cancer.
About the role
You will be working in the department dealing directly with people affected by lung cancer. The post holder will provide operational management and engagement for our growing range of information and support services. This role will focus on building our service capacity, systems and profile. It will contribute to the involvement of people affected by lung cancer in the services, advocacy and policy reach of the charity.