Who we are

Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone. We provide support and information to people with dementia, their carers and families, we campaign for the rights of people with dementia and fund vital dementia research.

What you’ll do

Our Community Activities Organisers are vital in providing front line support. This includes:

• Supporting individuals to stay connected to their local communities, engage in their interests and hobbies, and access peer support.
• Developing ideas and leading the way towards exciting and new activities to promote brain health.

Our groups are community based and the Community Activities Organiser is responsible for the planning and delivery of all activities, ensuring reflective practice through our activity evaluations and feedback from the people we support.

What you’ll have

Successful applicants will have a positive approach to dementia and brain health, with a passion to make a difference. You will have good communication and computer skills, a caring attitude and most of all enthusiasm for the role. You will be confident in planning activities in advance and leading any volunteers supporting at your group.

Applicants must have a full and valid driving license and vehicle to be able to travel for this role (mileage and expenses are paid).

The successful candidate for this post will be required to provide proof of right to work in the UK and will also be subject to a PVG check through Disclosure Scotland.

If you have any questions or issues with the application form, please contact HRMailbox@alzscot.org

Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone. We provide support and information to people with dementia, their carers and families, we campaign for the rights of people with dementia and fund vital dementia research.

Join our growing Fundraising & Engagement Team

With a number of exciting opportunities emerging across our fundraising programmes, we’re looking for motivated, creative individuals to help us make a real difference across Scotland. With multiple exciting roles available, from corporate partnerships to supporter care and community engagement, you’ll have the chance to use your skills to directly support people living with dementia, their families and carers, ensuring that nobody faces dementia alone.

What you’ll do

As a Fundraising & Engagement Administrator at Alzheimer Scotland, you’ll be tasked with delivering an outstanding supporter experience across a diverse community of donors, fundraisers, volunteers and stakeholders. You’ll be a key member of our Fundraising & Engagement team, where we raise vital funds to make sure nobody faces dementia alone.

You will play a central role in the supporter journey for, among others, our third-party event participants and community fundraisers, ensuring they get the information and advice to enable them to have a fruitful and enjoyable experience with Alzheimer Scotland. You will often be their first point of contact, so you’ll need to be passionate about providing first-class care to our supporters in an empathetic, efficient and enthusiastic way.

You will also be responsible for data entry and management so organisational skills and attention to detail are paramount. If you are someone who understands and uses processes with confidence and operates well in a fast-paced environment, then this is the role for you.

This role will be based in our Edinburgh office, with a minimum of four days per week in the office to ensure we give our supporters the best service. There will be occasional travel to a range of other locations, as required by the organisation.

What you’ll have

The successful candidate will be naturally optimistic and empathetic, with a can-do attitude. You will be a self-starter who thrives on building meaningful relationships. We are looking for someone who has a positive attitude towards dementia, along with excellent communication skills and a caring manner.

This role would suite someone with experience in customer service or support roles in any sector. While charity or fundraising experience is helpful, it’s not essential – we value empathy, strong communication skills and a genuine desire to help others. We would encourage applications from anyone who feels their skills and experience would translate into this role.

Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone. We provide support and information for people living with dementia, their carers and families, campaign for the rights of people with dementia, fund vital dementia research and support people to better understand and maintain their own brain health.

Join our growing Fundraising & Engagement Team

With a number of exciting opportunities emerging across our fundraising programmes, we’re looking for motivated, creative individuals to help us make a real difference across Scotland. With multiple exciting roles available, from corporate partnerships to supporter care and community engagement, you’ll have the chance to use your skills to directly support people living with dementia, their families and carers, ensuring that nobody faces dementia alone.

What you’ll do

This rewarding opportunity in the Fundraising & Engagement Team at Alzheimer Scotland reports into the Fundraising & Engagement Leader (Individuals) and focuses on our community partnerships, fundraisers and donors, as well as managing the end-to-end stewardship of our volunteers.

This role can be based in either of our city offices in Glasgow or Edinburgh with occasional travel to elsewhere in Scotland.

You will play a crucial role in cultivating and nurturing relationships, finding more efficient ways of working, developing our volunteering programme and liaising with colleagues around Alzheimer Scotland to deliver a first-class supporter journey.

What you’ll have

The successful candidate will have experience in supporter journeys, community fundraising, volunteering, a commitment to continuous improvement, a collaborative nature and will also be able to work independently.

Aligned to the charity ethos, you must have a positive attitude towards dementia.

If you have drive to work efficiently and supportively, and you thrive on building meaningful relationships, then this is the role for you.

Who we are

Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone. We provide support and information for people living with dementia, their carers and families, campaign for the rights of people with dementia, fund vital dementia research, and support people to better understand and maintain their own brain health.

What you’ll do

Thanks to some fantastic new collaborations, we’re delighted to share an exciting fixed-term opportunity within our Fundraising & Engagement Team. This role will focus on stewarding an exciting new corporate partnership, as well as managing a portfolio of existing partners, helping to generate vital support for our work across Scotland.

Based in our Glasgow office, with occasional travel across Scotland to support partnership activities, you’ll play a key role in developing and coordinating these partnerships. You’ll deliver excellent supporter experiences and work closely with colleagues across Alzheimer Scotland to ensure our partners feel fully connected to the difference their support makes.

What you’ll have

The successful candidate will have a collaborative nature, strong experience in managing corporate partnerships and will be a self-starter who thrives on building meaningful relationships.

It is incredibly important to us that the successful candidate has a positive attitude towards dementia.

If you are someone with fantastic planning and organisational skills who thrives in a fast-paced environment, this is the role for you.

Who we are

Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone. We provide support and information to people with dementia, their carers and families, we campaign for the rights of people with dementia and fund vital dementia research.

Alzheimer Scotland is committed to Fair Work and to enabling an environment of trust, personal growth, integrity, wellbeing and respect. We encourage creativity and innovation as we strive to continually improve the ways we support people with dementia, their families, and carers. We actively promote ‘employee voice’ and engagement and advocate continuous development across all our teams, providing opportunities to learn in an environment that is safe and supportive.

What you’ll do

This key role will provide comprehensive and robust administration support to our busy office in Glasgow. The role will support all aspects of administration, reception, call handing as well as providing general office support to ensure the smooth running of the office. The role will also be responsible for administration to support other portfolios, as well all aspects of our work in our premises and will be flexible in nature to adapt to the priorities of the charity at any set time.

What you’ll have

You’ll have at least one year’s experience of providing administrative support within a busy office or similar environment, although above all you will have high attention to detail, adopt a flexible approach and a willingness to undertake a wide and varied range of tasks. We’re looking for someone who has the confidence to operate within a team and engage with people at all levels, internally and externally. You’ll have excellent IT skills and be confident in using all Microsoft Office packages as well as knowledge of how an office operates on a daily basis.

We’d be delighted to hear from you if you are interested and excited by reading about this opportunity and have the necessary skills and experience to undertake this role.

Are you a creative and motivated individual with the passion and drive to support people with a recent diagnosis of dementia to live well in their community?

If so, you can be part of a National Team of Post Diagnostic Support Link Workers (PDS Link Workers) providing high quality, person centered support to people living with dementia and their families for a minimum of a year following diagnosis in line the Scottish Government’s minimum guarantee.

The aim of the PDS National Service is to enable people to live well with dementia and is centered around Alzheimer Scotland's 5 pillar model so that people move on to a period of supported self- management.

The model includes understanding the illness and coming to terms with the diagnosis, peer support, connecting and maintaining links with their community along with planning for future care and decision making to develop an outcome focused plan to support their future hopes, desires, and aspirations.

Supporting our Edinburgh locality, the post will be based within the Southwest of the city. Alzheimer Scotland’s PDS Link Workers are required to be effective team workers and have the skills to build and maintain relationships with colleagues both within Alzheimer Scotland, the NHS, and other stakeholders.

Skills in using digital platforms are essential as we use a blended approach to support people that involve some virtual meetings and on-line groups.

Applicants must hold a recognised relevant professional qualification, have a good understanding of dementia and how it affects people and their families along with excellent communication skills, a warm flexible approach, combined with skills in empathy and relationship building.

In addition, you should have skills and knowledge at the Enhanced Level of the Promoting Excellence Framework or be able to evidence you are working towards its completion.

This post requires a full driving licence and access to a car.