Join Our Board – Make an Impact

Help shape Scotland’s future. As a Board Director at the ALLIANCE, you’ll influence policy, guide strategy, and champion our vision: A Scotland where everyone has a strong voice and lives well with dignity and respect.

Why Join Us?

• Drive change at a national level
• Develop strategic leadership skills
• Expand your professional network
• Make a lasting impact on people’s lives

Who We’re Looking For

We’re seeking passionate leaders with expertise in:

• Business development and innovation strategy
• Artificial Intelligence
• Cyber security
• Influencing change
• Charity finance
• Governance, charity law and compliance
• Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Human Rights

Your Commitment

• 4 Board meetings per year (2.5 hrs each) – hybrid option
• 4 Finance, Audit and Risk committee meetings per year (2 hrs each) – hybrid option
• 1 development day plus occasional events (AGM, annual conference, self management awards).

Term

• Up to 6 years (renewable)
• Nomination required by an ALLIANCE standard member organisation.

Board Directors will be elected by our membership at our AGM on 23 March 2026.

PVG Scheme membership is required for this post.

Board Directors are unpaid but reasonable travel and subsistence expenses will be paid.

Full induction will be provided.

For more information about the ALLIANCE please visit our website.

The ALLIANCE is excited to be recruiting for a new Development Officer!

This role requires the postholder to play a key role in supporting and strengthening the work of the Strategic Partnerships, External Affairs and Outreach team. The role will contribute to a wide portfolio with a strong focus on person‑centred policy development, European engagement, global health and the inclusion of prescribing and vaccination initiatives. The postholder will operate within the broader landscape of Scottish Government health and social care reform and relevant UK Government strategies, ensuring that activity is aligned, collaborative and effectively delivered.

The successful candidate must have:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Strong research and analytical skills
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral
• Strong organisational and co-ordination skills
• Experience of stakeholder engagement, liaising with partners, and other external organisations to ensure buy-in
• IT skills in word processing, spreadsheets, PowerPoint, databases, financial packages and MS Office suite including SharePoint
• Experience of content creation and using social media and other online platforms as an engagement tool
• Demonstrate independent judgment and initiative
• Highly motivated and able to work flexibly in a fast paced environment
• Good understanding of data protection, privacy and confidentiality
• Good understanding of Scottish, UK and European governmental structures.

As an ALLIANCE employee you will benefit from:

• 210 hours annual leave pro rata (equivalent of 30 days)
• 91 hours public holiday that can be taken flexibly pro rata (equivalent of 13 days)
• 24.5 hours additional leave between Christmas Eve and New Year pro rata (equivalent of 3.5 days)
• Contributory pension scheme 6%
• Annual incremental increase in salary (until top of grade)
• Flexible working (formal and informal)
• Hybrid working – opportunity to work from home for part of the week
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Learning and development opportunities
• Time off in lieu
• Cycle Scheme
• Bike storage
• Carer Positive Employer
• Disability Confident Employer
• Up to 35 hours (pro rata) paid carers leave per annum
• Up to 35 hours (pro rata) paid special leave per annum
• Up to 70 hours (pro rata) paid compassionate leave per annum
• Paid day off to move house
• Employee forum

The ALLIANCE is a healthy working lives employer and encourages a healthy work life balance and is happy to talk flexible working.

The ALLIANCE recognises that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our organisation feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

About the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland

The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) is an independent Scottish Charity funded by a grant from the Scottish Government. Our vision is for a Scotland where people of all ages who are disabled or living with long term conditions, and unpaid carers, have a strong voice and enjoy their right to live well, as equal and active citizens, free from discrimination, with support and services that put them at the centre.

The ALLIANCE has three core aims; we seek to:

• Ensure people are at the centre, that their voices, expertise, and rights drive policy and sit at the heart of design, delivery and improvement of support and services.
• Support transformational change, towards approaches that work with individual and community assets, helping people to stay well, supporting human rights, self-management, co-production, and independent living.
• Champion and support the third sector as a vital strategic and delivery partner and foster better cross-sector understanding and partnership.

For details on how your applications will be dealt with in line with GDPR please see our privacy notice.