Jobs in Stirling

Socialudo is recruiting a Development Officer to help grow and support our work with public and third sector organisations using serious games. We are a small social enterprise dedicated to helping organisations and communities achieve positive change through serious play.

The role of Development Officer is to grow and deliver our serious games for communities and organisations to support strategic development and community engagement. This new role will include both building new and existing relationships and partnerships, as well as delivering events and workshops, as part of the Socialudo team.

We are looking for a confident communicator with strong networking and relationship-building skills. You don’t have to be familiar with serious games, but experience of building relationships and partnerships with organisations will be important.

Socialudo is a fast-growing social enterprise with ambitions to create even more impact with our work. This exciting new role will be critical to those ambitions, and we are looking for the right person to help us achieve big things!

You can find out more about Socialudo and our serious games here: socialudo.org

JOB PURPOSE

To develop, coordinate and deliver services and projects that align with PLUS’ strategic goals. This post will lead on planning, implementing and evaluating service delivery, ensuring a person-centred and outcomes focused approach. They will work collaboratively with children and young people, families and partner organisations (including third sector, education, health and statutory partners) to enhance service quality, promote inclusion and create meaningful opportunities for those supported by the organisation.

Our Values

Our people and values are important to us, so any member of our team must understand and live these values.

Integrity – you demonstrate honesty, professionalism and ethical decision making

Dependability – you are reliable, organised and committed to delivering consistent support

Compassion – you approach challenges and people with empathy, care and understanding

Respect – you value diverse perspectives and treat everyone with fairness and dignity

Benefits

• Real Living Wage Employer
• Organisation-wide festive closure 24th Dec - 2nd Jan (annual leave reserved for this period)
• Access to Bright Exchange staff benefits platform
• Structured induction and ongoing professional development, including SVQ3/SVQ4 in Social Services and Healthcare to meet SSSC registration conditions (supported by the organisation)
• Company pension
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Enhanced mileage allowance for work-related travel of 50p
• Sick pay entitlement
• Competitive on-call rate/supplement
• Optional overtime opportunities

plusforthvalley.org.uk

Are you currently working in social care or interested in considering a social care career? If you are and you would like to have an informal chat before applying then please call our House Manager, Tracey Chalmers on 07854958138.

We do not offer sponsorship for work visa’s therefore you need to have the right to work in the UK to apply for any of our posts.

About Sycamore Inverness

At Aberlour, we believe that every child deserves the chance to flourish regardless of their background and the circumstances that have brought them to live with Aberlour. The children we support are presently not able to live safely with their own families and many of them have suffered from trauma and loss in their young lives.

Our experienced team seek to create a comfortable home for them where they can grow and flourish, participating in educational and community activities to achieve their goals.

What we are looking for....

We are looking to recruit a Residential Worker to join our team in Inverness, you will work 37.5 hours per week working in a residential house which is home for up to five young people. We have a core team of Residential Workers who support our young people, helping them to achieve and overcome the challenges they face. At Aberlour, we believe that every child deserves the change to flourish regardless of their background and the circumstances that have brought them to live with Aberlour. Working therapeutically with the young people our aim is to help the young people to develop their confidence and self-worth and therefore to maximise their potential and opportunities for living fulfilled and happy lives. As a Residential Worker, you will play a fundamental role in ensuring that our young people are working towards their goals through supporting them with different daily activities. These activities can include college, different hobbies and attending fun groups. Not without its challenges and demands, this is a highly rewarding role.

This service operates a residential rota and, as part of this, you will be expected to work evenings, weekends, public holidays and sleepovers. Shifts are set on a monthly basis, however may be altered to suit the needs of the service.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team.

What we offer...

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers.

FEL Scotland is looking for a Project Officer to support delivery of our Trees for Goals project.

This exciting project uses grassroots sport as a gateway into climate action, linking goals scored on the pitch with trees planted in local communities. Working with sports clubs, partners and residents across Forth Valley, the project aims to increase climate awareness, encourage community climate pledges and support tree planting in areas with low tree canopy cover.

You will work closely with FEL colleagues and partner organisations including The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) and Forth Climate Forest to engage clubs and communities, coordinate activities and help deliver local impact.

We are looking for someone with strong people skills who enjoys community engagement and partnership working. Experience in community projects, climate action, sport, volunteering or environmental work would be valuable, but we welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds.

The role is primarily office based in Stirling, with regular travel across Forth Valley and occasional evening or weekend work for community activities. Limited home working may be available by agreement.

We offer a supportive and flexible working environment, generous annual leave, pension contribution, training opportunities and family-friendly policies.

At Walking Scotland, we believe in the power of everyday walking and wheeling to transform lives and communities. We’re looking for a proactive and innovative Communications and Policy Manager who will play a key role in shaping the national walking conversation, influencing policy, amplifying our voice and inspiring action across Scotland.

About us

It’s an exciting time to join Walking Scotland. Nearly a year on from the launch of our new name and brand, and as we approach our 30th anniversary, we’re stepping confidently into a bold new chapter.

Walking Scotland is a charity that helps make walking and wheeling a part of everyday life. We promote the benefits of walking and wheeling on our physical, social and mental health. Our programmes connect communities and inspire positive behaviour change. We also improve places and spaces to walk and wheel.

We’re an advocate for making walking and wheeling inclusive. We work with partners and local communities to reduce barriers. This ensures everyone has the chance to walk and wheel everywhere they go. By focusing on walking and wheeling, we’re helping to solve some of Scotland’s biggest challenges, from health inequalities to the climate-nature emergency.

About the role

As our Communications and Policy Manager, you’ll lead our communications and policy work. You’ll develop strategies, manage campaigns and build relationships that help us reach more people and bring about real change. You’ll work closely with a passionate team and collaborate with partners, policymakers and the public to make walking and wheeling part of everyday life across Scotland.

Ready to walk the talk?

The application pack for this role and information on how to apply are available at walkingscotland.org.uk/about-us/careers.

If you have any difficulty accessing the recruitment documents please get in touch at. recruitment@walkingscotland.org.uk

If you would like to discuss this role further, please contact Alana Genge, Head of Communications and External Affairs, by email at alana.genge@walkingscotland.org.uk

About Aberlour

Aberlour is Scotland’s leading children’s charity and has been recognised as a Top 100 best places to work winner by the Sunday Times for the last two years.

Our strategy is to be bold and brave, to ensure that every child in Scotland has an equal chance. As an organisation we are ambitious to deliver real and lasting change for children, young people and families.

Ensuring effective records management and digital information handling is critical for business operations, delivering services to those we currently support and maintaining the legacy information we store for those children, young people and families who will want to understand their life story with Aberlour.

What we are looking for

Using your extensive professional knowledge and experience of implementing records management strategies, policies and practices you will oversee a variety of activities. These include the management of Aberlour’s corporate digital records, work with services to manage legacy records, as well as designing training and guidance to enhance understanding of good recordkeeping principles. The focus will be to work collaboratively to embed practical, scalable information management frameworks, standards and procedures into the organisation.

You will ensure compliance, advise on day-to-day management of high-quality information assets, and support the handling of data subject access requests. You will champion best practice in data quality, data protection, records management’ and information lifecycle management. Translate legislation and regulatory requirements into workable solutions within our digital infrastructure.

You will hold a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 9 or above and have knowledge of relevant legislation and digital records management including metadata schema.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. To have a look at our values to understand more about what we are looking for from our employees click here.

What we offer

As well as a supportive team, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme, life assurance worth 3x salary and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers. Find out more about our Employee Benefits and our commitment to Equality and Diversity here.

We also follow Data Protection Guidelines - Here is our privacy policy.

About Aberlour

We are a values driven organisation delivering services across Scotland supporting children, young people and families. Our central support functions, including our Information Governance and Data Protection Team, are critical in ensuring our services can provide the best care possible.

What we are looking for

Using your administrative experience, you will support the team with the management of meetings, documents, and diaries. You will complete data entry and retrieval to enable the development of required reports. In addition to managing digital information, requests, you will support the collation of information for subject access requests from those previously supported by Aberlour.

You will have good communication skills, be confident with IT having used Microsoft Office systems, digital information, enquiry processing and be able to prioritise tasks.

This is a part time post working 18.75 hours per week. Hours can be worked flexibly, and home working arrangements are available although there will be a requirement to attend our office in Stirling on an ad hoc basis.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. To have a look at our values to understand more about what we are looking for from our employees click here.

What we offer

As well as a supportive team, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme, life assurance worth 3x salary and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers. Find out more about our Employee Benefits and our commitment to Equality and Diversity here.

We also follow Data Protection Guidelines - Here is our privacy policy.

Bumblebees are in crisis. Could you help us in leading the fight to secure their future? We are looking for a Trustee with digital expertise to join our Board.

The Trust is a science-led charity, concerned with halting and reversing the decline in bumblebees. We are governed by a Board of ten Trustees who work together, and with the executive team with a spirit of openness and trust. We recruit individuals skilled in their field and passionate about nature, species conservation and bumblebees! We’re very proud of our inclusive culture at the Trust and we welcome applications from those who are new to trusteeship as well as those with previous experience.

We’re looking for a highly organised and proactive Executive Support and Office Manager to support our leaders and teams to do their best work, strengthening the systems and processes that help our charity thrive.

About us

It’s an exciting time to join us. As Walking Scotland approaches its 30th anniversary, we’re stepping confidently into a bold new chapter.

We’re a charity that helps make walking and wheeling a part of everyday life. We promote the benefits of walking and wheeling on our physical, social and mental health. Our programmes connect communities and inspire positive behaviour change. We also improve places and spaces to walk and wheel.

We’re an advocate for making walking and wheeling inclusive. We work with partners and local communities to reduce barriers. This ensures everyone has the chance to walk and wheel everywhere they go. By focusing on walking and wheeling, we’re helping to solve some of Scotland’s biggest challenges, from health inequalities to the climate-nature emergency.

About the role

As our Executive Support and Office Manager, you’ll play a critical role in supporting the charity to deliver its strategic ambitions. You will do this by continuously improving systems and processes that underpin a sustainable and resilient charity.

You will provide high level executive support to the CEO, Senior Leadership Team and Board. Working closely with the Head of Finance and Corporate Services, you will help ensure the charity has high quality, effective administrative processes and that resources are allocated effectively in line with strategic objectives.

This is a newly created central role within the organisation.

We offer the opportunity to be part of an organisation that recognises staff as our most valued asset. Attractive employment conditions include a contributory pension scheme and flexi-time policy.

We’re looking for a skilled and forward thinking Finance Manager to provide high quality financial management and to strengthen our financial systems and processes that support our leaders, teams and long term sustainability.

About us

It’s an exciting time to join us. As Walking Scotland approaches its 30th anniversary, we’re stepping confidently into a bold new chapter.

We’re a charity that helps make walking and wheeling a part of everyday life. We promote the benefits of walking and wheeling on our physical, social and mental health. Our programmes connect communities and inspire positive behaviour change. We also improve places and spaces to walk and wheel.

We’re an advocate for making walking and wheeling inclusive. We work with partners and local communities to reduce barriers. This ensures everyone has the chance to walk and wheel everywhere they go. By focusing on walking and wheeling, we’re helping to solve some of Scotland’s biggest challenges, from health inequalities to the climate-nature emergency.

About the team

The finance team plays a critical role in supporting the organisation to deliver its strategic ambitions, ensuring strong financial stewardship, robust reporting, and effective decision-making. There is also a commitment to continuously improve systems and processes to support a sustainable and forward-looking charity. This role is key to the ongoing development of the finance function as the charity continues to evolve and grow.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Finance Manager to support the Head of Finance and Corporate Services and lead the day-to-day operations of the Finance team. You will be responsible for delivering accurate and timely financial information, including management accounts, forecasts, budgets, and statutory reporting across the charity. You will also play a key role in driving finance transformation activity, including the implementation of new systems and continuous improvement of financial processes and controls.

Working closely with the Head of Finance and Corporate Services and budget holders across the organisation, you will act as a trusted business partner, providing financial insight and guidance to support decision-making. You will lead on budget holder reporting and review meetings, support audit processes, and contribute to the development of financial policies, procedures, and a cost-effective procurement approach.

We are looking for a fully qualified accountant (CA, ACCA, CIMA) with strong experience managing and developing finance teams. You will bring excellent technical knowledge, including an understanding of charity finance regulations, alongside strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills. You will be comfortable operating both strategically and operationally, with the ability to drive change, improve processes, and deliver high-quality outputs in a dynamic environment.

We offer the opportunity to be part of an organisation that recognises staff as our most valued asset. Attractive employment conditions include a contributory pension scheme and flexi-time policy.