Are you a passionate leader ready to make a difference in the social care sector? We’re looking for a Director of Corporate Services and Governance to oversee our finance, human resources, shared services, IT, governance, risk management and quality assurance functions. This is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role in shaping our organisation’s strategic direction and ensuring we deliver high-quality, efficient services aligned with our mission.

At Care Support Scotland, we are dedicated to providing high-quality social care services that enhance the lives of those we support. As a forward-thinking and compassionate organisation, we champion a culture of inclusivity, collaboration, and innovation.

About the role

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership & Management: Actively participate in the Senior Leadership Team to support the organisation’s objectives and aims. You will provide strategic leadership to the teams, ensuring compliance with legislation and regulatory requirements. You will lead the Corporate Strategy, Business Plan, and Performance Management Framework.
• Financial Management: Ensure efficient financial operations, overseeing budget preparation, treasury management, and long-term financial planning to ensure compliance with financial reporting requirements.
• ICT Function: Develop and coordinate an ongoing ICT strategy that maintains the integrity and security of our network, along with effective disaster recovery plans.
• Shared Services: Ensure GDPR compliance as the Data Protection Officer. Oversee procurement processes to ensure value for money and take strategic responsibility for Health and Safety. You will also be responsible for maintaining and regularly reviewing business continuity plans.
• Governance & Assurance: Serve as Company Secretary and lead the organisation’s approach to quality improvement and management, establishing a robust quality assurance framework and timely management information infrastructure.
• Partnership Working: Proactively engage with partnership working to enhance our reputation, representing the organisation in the community, and leading suppliers and outsourced providers in delivering high quality services
• Human Resources: Develop and implement people strategies that align with our values and ensure compliance with employment law. Lead talent identification and recruitment strategies while managing complex employee relations issues.
• Strategic Planning & Organisational Leadership: Contribute to the strategic direction of the organisation, fostering a culture of collaboration, compassion respect, and accountability. Ensure Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is a priority across the organisation, and teams are supported to learn and reflect.

Your Benefits:

We offer an exceptional benefits package to ensure your personal and professional well-being:

• 33 days of annual leave, with additional leave as you grow with us
• A flexible hybrid working model to support work-life balance
• Matched employer pension contributions up to 6%, ensuring your future security
• Additional perks like a Season Ticket Loan, Employee Assistance Programme, Holiday Purchase Scheme, Cycle to work scheme and more

Why Join Us?

At Care Support Scotland, you will be part of a mission-driven organisation committed to making a meaningful impact in our communities. We offer a collaborative and supportive environment where your professional development is a priority, and you can lead transformative initiatives.

If you’re a forward-thinking, values-driven leader ready to make a meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you!

About you

We are looking for a strategic leader with a proven ability to drive transformation across key corporate functions, who thrives in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.

Essential qualifications:

• A relevant degree (at least SCQF level 10 or above) or equivalent professional qualification in HR, Finance, ICT or Business Management
• A recognised management qualification (SCQF level 10 or higher) or evidence of substantial management training and development that is in line with the learning outcomes of a management qualification.

Essential experience:

• Significant experience of leading and managing a range of corporate services functions at a senior level, preferably in the social care or charity sector
• Experience of leading and managing change and innovation, using recognised change management methodologies, within a complex environment
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of current employment law and best practice in HR management, learning and development, and employee engagement
• Proven track record of developing and implementing effective HR, EDI, and workforce strategies, policies and procedures that support organisational objectives and culture
• Extensive experience of overseeing the delivery of ICT, digital transformation, marketing and communications projects and services
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, with the ability to manage budgets and ensure value for money
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence, motivate and inspire others at all levels
• Evidence of strategic thinking and planning, with the ability to translate vision into action
• A robust knowledge of risk management approaches and leading on strategic risk management.
• Experience of working collaboratively and constructively with internal and external stakeholders, including Board members, regulators, funders, and partners
• Commitment to the values and mission of Care Support Scotland, and to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion

Desirable qualifications:

• A postgraduate qualification (SCQF level 11 or above) in a relevant field
• A professional membership of a recognised body such as CIPD, CIMA, BCS, CMI, ICAS
• A project management qualification

Desirable Experience:

• Knowledge and understanding of the social care sector in Scotland and the regulatory framework that applies to it
• Experience of fundraising, income generation, or business development

If you're a forward-thinking, values-driven leader who is ready to take on a strategic role that will shape the future of social care, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and be part of a team making a tangible difference

Are you an inspiring leader with a passion for transforming services and making a lasting impact in the social care sector? Care Support Scotland is looking for a dynamic Director of Service Delivery & Development to shape our strategic direction and lead with purpose." We are looking for an inspiring individual to join our Senior Leadership Team as Director of Service Delivery & Development, guiding our strategic direction and ensuring top-quality service delivery. This is a unique opportunity to lead with purpose, shape our future, and leave a lasting impact in our organisation and the community.

At Care Support Scotland, we are dedicated to providing high-quality social care services that enhance the lives of those we support. As a forward-thinking and compassionate organisation, we champion a culture of inclusivity, collaboration, and innovation.

About the Role

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership & Management: As a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will shape and drive our Services and Development Strategy, Business Plan, and Performance Management Framework. You’ll ensure our teams are aligned with our organisational goals and regulatory requirements, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Safeguarding: Lead our safeguarding efforts by ensuring policies and procedures are compliant, effective, and regularly updated. You’ll create a culture where safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility, ensuring that staff and volunteers are trained and supported to act appropriately.
• Service Delivery: Lead the development of a service delivery strategy that drives meaningful change, ensuring our services positively impact the lives of those we support and align with our vision for a stronger, more compassionate social care system. Ensure services are responsive to the needs of the people we support and that they are realistic, measurable, and regularly reviewed. You will oversee the management of budgets and resources to ensure financial sustainability and accountability.
• Business Development: Take ownership of our Business Development strategy, championing new funding and service delivery opportunities. Lead on bid management, ensuring high-quality tender submissions and proposals, and work closely with the Head of Developments to manage contracts and secure long-term sustainability for the organisation.
• Partnership Working: Build and maintain strong relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders. Representing the organisation at various levels, you will enhance its profile, collaborate on joint initiatives, and ensure stakeholder feedback informs service delivery.
• Practice & Quality: Ensure the organisation meets the highest standards of practice, with effective quality assurance systems in place. You’ll oversee data collection and analysis to monitor service impact and drive improvements. You’ll be responsible for compliance across all areas, including safeguarding, health and safety, and equality and diversity.
• Strategic Planning & Organisational Leadership: You’ll help shape the strategic direction of the Organisation. You’ll lead with compassion, collaboration, and accountability, fostering a culture aligned with our core values. You’ll also promote a learning environment by prioritising continuous professional development, ensuring teams are supported in learning and reflection.

Your Benefits:

We offer an exceptional benefits package to ensure your personal and professional well-being:

• 33 days of annual leave, with additional leave as you grow with us
• A flexible hybrid working model to support work-life balance
• Matched employer pension contributions up to 6%, ensuring your future security
• Additional perks like a Season Ticket Loan, Employee Assistance Programme, Holiday Purchase Scheme, Cycle to work scheme and more

Why Join Us?

At Care Support Scotland, you will be part of a mission-driven organisation committed to making a meaningful impact in our communities. We offer a collaborative and supportive environment where your professional development is a priority, and you can lead transformative initiatives.

If you’re a forward-thinking, values-driven leader ready to make a meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you!

As the National Body for Neurodiversity, The Donaldson Trust (‘Donaldsons’) strives to lead by example to enhance public understanding of neurodiversity, foster excellence in practice, and empower neurodivergent individuals to find their voice.

We believe there is a genuine opportunity to create positive societal change – making a difference with, and for, neurodivergent people. As our new Chief Executive, you will drive the organisation’s future strategy, focusing on broadening our reach, increasing our societal impact and influence, and amplifying neurodivergent voices. Ensuring that neurodivergent individuals remain central to everything we do will be your guiding priority.

In this role, you will enhance and build upon Donaldsons’ profile by fostering strong networks with a diverse range of stakeholders. Acting as the organisation’s primary ambassador, you will champion awareness of neurodiversity and issues facing neurodivergent individuals and raise the profile of both the organisation and its impact at both a local and national level.

As a visionary, ambitious, compassionate, and forward-thinking leader, you will bring a proven track record of achievement in a senior strategic role. You will have expertise in resource and budget management, delivering long-term financial sustainability. With strong commercial acumen, you will balance mission-driven objectives with the long-term financial health of the organisation, and your high levels of political acuity, emotional intelligence, and advocacy skills will empower you to champion neurodivergent individuals and their families.

This role presents an exceptional opportunity for a dynamic leader to make a significant impact within an organisation committed to transforming the lives of neurodivergent individuals.

Poverty and inequality are the greatest challenges Scotland faces. The Poverty Alliance is working to create a wide coalition that can bring about real change.

A vacancy has arisen for an experienced social researcher to join the Poverty Alliance’s busy and impactful Research and Information Team. We are looking for a new Senior Research Officer, who will work across a range of qualitative research projects including supporting peer research with people with direct experience of poverty and on projects that span across different social policy areas relating to poverty including social security, employment and health.

The right person for this job will have significant experience and knowledge of conducting and managing qualitative research, preferably in an applied research context. You will have excellent knowledge of a range of qualitative and participatory research methodologies and methods. Alongside a sound knowledge of current issues and trends in relation to poverty and inequality, you will have experience of research focused on delivering real social change.

Above all, we are looking for a dynamic, passionate and committed individual, who not only wants to understand the nature of the social challenges we face but wants to change them too.

We are delighted to share news of a Senior Management Accountant vacancy in the Finance team.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, this newly created post will provide a unique opportunity to work with a leading Scottish charity. You will be responsible for the preparation, analysis and reporting of financial information to a variety of internal and external stakeholders, while maintaining and developing a robust accounting structure and systems. You will act as trusted and valued business partner across the organisation, providing financial insight to budget holders to support them in delivering their financial objectives and to inform strategic planning and decision-making.

This is a pivotal role within the Finance team and will significantly contribute to the development and implementation of an improvement programme for financial processes and systems.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have skills and experience in the following areas:

• Significant experience of delivering high quality monthly reporting and analysis of financial performance
• Key contributor to the annual budget process from planning through to completion, ensuring robust systems in place supporting budgetary control
• Proven delivery of effective business partnering providing support and collaboration on financial matters to budget holders and other colleagues
• Strong team player with excellent communication skills, developing trusted working relationships with stakeholders at all levels
• Display excellent verbal, interpersonal and written skills with great attention to detail, and an ability to clearly explain complex issues to non-financial colleagues
• Well versed in organising and prioritising tasks, effectively managing a diverse workload often with conflicting timelines

Why CHAS?

At CHAS, we support families during the toughest of times. We have ambitions to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together. The skill, dedication and efficiency of our Finance team helps makes this possible.

We offer

• Flexible Working: our teams work flexibly and in a hybrid manner with time split between at home and onsite in Edinburgh. CHAS offers flexible and family friendly working. and are happy to discuss working arrangements that work for you!
• Development Opportunities: play a lead role in the Finance Improvement Programme, collaborating to create efficient and effective ways of working
• Professional Growth: Exposure to excellent Learning and Development opportunities suited to your needs and interests and to enhance your skills
• Comprehensive Benefits: Including generous annual leave and pension, incremental salary progression, life assurance, employee assistance programme, access to Blue Light discounts, and health and wellbeing support.

Maryhill Burgh Halls is an historic landmark building in North Glasgow. The listed 19th century façade wraps round a modern interior following the building’s comprehensive restoration and reconstruction completed in 2012. The Halls are owned and operated by Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust, a registered charity. The Trust operates the building for two principal functions:

• Event space - for heritage & art exhibitions, community activities and events as well as for private event hire.
• Business centre with business tenancies (providing the finances to support the overall operation)

Job Overview:

The key role of the Building Facilities and Lettings Manager is to look after the building and the occupational needs of the tenants and of the Trust. This includes acting as landlord to the business centre and as managed space provider to Trust’s hire, heritage and community use of the event space.

The Building Facilities and Lettings Manager will report in the first instance to the Trust’s Buildings and Lettings Committee and will be primarily responsible for the facilities and commercial lettings business and will work closely with the Trust staff managing the event and heritage activities.

Trust staff will provide financial (including purchasing, invoicing and bookkeeping) and administrative support to the Building Facilities and Lettings Manager.

A standard form of occupational licence is in use (with a structured service charge regime) and legal and property marketing services are available from agents.

Responsibilities:

Building:

• Oversee responsive, planned, and cyclical repairs, maintenance, and minor refurbishments to the structure, M&E and all other elements of the building fabric,
• Build a network of skilled trades to handle routine, planned, and emergency maintenance needs
• Be hands-on when necessary to troubleshoot and resolve key maintenance issues.
• Achieve best value, quality standards, and budget goals.
• Oversee statutory compliance and ensure health & safety protocols are being followed.
• Undertake risk assessments and manage risks associated with the building facilities and use.
• Improve and manage energy efficiency.
• Manage and operate the BMS.
• Manage building services including waste management, utilities, security and cleaning etc. including: Oversight of retained M&E management contractor and Management of caretaking staff.
• Preparation of budgets for maintenance management

Tenants:

• Manage lettings, re-lettings, reviews etc relating to the leases and licences of the business centre.
• Manage dilapidations agreements and related works
• Production, management, and reconciliation of service charge budgets.
• Act as first point of contact with tenants for all property related matters.

Others:

• Support the Halls Team with any property related requirements to support events/bookings/exhibitions.
• Advise the Trustees on all strategic and operational property matters.

Better Lives Partnership

Better Lives Partnership exists to help young people with additional support needs find their place in the world.

Since 2016 we have supported in the region of 100 young people offering accredited training in work-related skills helping them find fulfilment as contributors to the greater good in a wide range of salaried and voluntary roles.

We are proud of our achievements to date and now seek an accomplished leader to guide the organisation through the next phase of long-term growth and development.

The Board is looking for a dynamic and innovative person to develop the organisation across all its sites. The person will be a good leader with an effective interpersonal style. Governance experience in a charitable setting is important. The person will be a good communicator with a high level of people management skills. They will be highly motivated, able to prioritise and manage their workload within the time available. Access to a car is essential since the position will cover wide areas of rural Dumfries and Galloway.

Purpose of the Role

Reporting to the Board of Trustees and accountable for the full range of senior management responsibilities within a SCIO, your success will be measured on your ability to achieve:

• Consistently exceptional outcomes for the young people we support.
• Fulfilment, development, personal & professional growth for our team.
• Resilience, flexibility and the freedom to expand and develop as an organisation.

Main Areas of Responsibility:

• To promote and refresh the Vision and Aims of the Organisation.
• To provide Leadership and oversee Governance.
• To promote a culture of Continuous Quality Improvement.
• To develop relationships and networks, locally and nationally.
• To report regularly to the Board.

This is a great opportunity for a person with experience of the Third Sector, education, employability or working with young people to be at the forefront of exciting developments in Dumfries and Galloway.

This post is subject to the regulations of working with vulnerable children and adults and the successful applicant will be required to obtain a PVG certificate.

Better Lives Partnership is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for our employees. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued and respected and that our organisation is representative of all members of society. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – we value our employees, job applicants, young people, staff members, associates and visitors as people. This is reflected within our values.

Better Lives Partnership acknowledges the duty of care to safeguard, protect and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and is committed to ensuring safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice and Disclosure Scotland requirements.

Do you have an interest in improving the quality of care, can you COLLABORATE, INNOVATE AND COMMUNICATE, and would you like to join a successful, committed and highly motivated team? This could be the opportunity you have been waiting for.

We are seeking to engage an Independent Sector Lead to support the Integration of Health and Social Care in Angus. Hosted by Scottish Care and working closely with care providers and partners, the post involves ensuring sector involvement in the delivery of the integrating of health and social care in Scotland’s HSCPs.

The post holder must be highly motivated, be able to use initiative, possess excellent communication and networking skills, demonstrate success and experience working at strategic level with policy makers, providers, regulators, people supported by services and carers. Qualifications and experience at a senior management level would be a significant advantage.

The post holder will be expected to create and support significant collaborations across the independent care sector while contributing to the development of new care pathways which will result in the delivery of improved outcomes for people who access care and support. The post holder will ensure the Independent Sector’s contribution is fundamental to integrated services and transformational change and be able to evidence their impact. The role requires considerable and skilful collaboration with our key partners in the NHS, Local Authority, Carers, third sector organisations and other forums.

Angus is a progressive partnership and invests heavily in this post and the Independent Sector.

The successful candidate will be required to spend a significant amount of time in the partnership area and across Tayside.

The post is home based with travel, where necessary, and is hosted by Scottish Care. Flexible working is available.

Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council (EVOC) exists to support the strengthening of Edinburgh’s communities for all its citizens and a leader for the voluntary sector to support organisations to develop and thrive.

Following a strategic review in 2024, we require an experienced Chief Executive who will manage EVOC through a significant period of change as we develop a new strategic approach in response to the needs of the sector in Edinburgh and to create a more resilient, sustainable organisation.

The Chief Executive of EVOC will lead and manage the organisation's operations, ensuring financial sustainability while building strong relationships with our local members, stakeholders, funders and communities. The Chief Executive will work alongside a new Senior Management Team to oversee staff, develop a long-term financial and fundraising strategy and effective project management and delivery.

The Chief Executive will lead a whole-team approach to our work that all EVOC staff are skilled and supported to deliver across a range of issues and themes in a team culture aligned to our values: creative, collaborative, enabling, excellence, fair, inclusive and supportive

The person

We are looking for someone with significant experience in managing and motivating staff – preferably with experience as a Chief Executive or senior role.

The candidate must have a deep knowledge of Edinburgh’s voluntary sector and experience public, private, and voluntary sectors. They should have a proven track record in service development and delivery with an ability to deliver on contract outcomes and key deliverables. Excellent communication skills are required alongside the ability to build effective professional cross-sector relationships.

Financial and project management skills are essential. Experience in developing funding strategies is required, along with a demonstrable ability to develop and implement income generating and fundraising activities.

If you're a passionate leader who would like to take EVOC forward and be a committed and effective champion of Edinburgh’s third sector then we’d love to hear from you.

By joining the EVOC team you will:

Receive 26 days annual leave and 10 public holidays Be enrolled in a company pension plan Benefit from access to an Employee Assistance Programme designed to support your health and wellbeing Be able to adopt a hybrid working plan and be provided with all the equipment you need to work from home.

Change Mental Health is a leading national mental health charity providing unique support to people with severe and enduring mental ill health. With over 50 years’ experience across Scotland, we believe people affected by poor mental health and illness deserve the highest quality of support in the community and that every person has the right to be valued and to share in the opportunities, challenges, and joys of everyday life.

About the Project / Service

Change Mental Health is determined to deliver excellent services and support across Scotland and we need a Head of National Services to help us to achieve this. This role will ensure that national programmes of work are delivered to a high standard, and that they are developed both operationally and strategically. This role will have oversight and responsibility for developing our newly launched Advice and Support Service, our Distress Brief Intervention (DBI) portfolio, our Suicide Bereavement Service (SBS) as well as other programmes and projects of national reach and scope.

The role of the Head of National Services is instrumental in ensuring that we provide innovative support to people affected by poor mental health and mental illness. It will be responsible for working closely with our Policy and Communications Team around nationally funded projects by Scottish Government and will play a key role in the National Management Team of Change Mental Health. The role will work closely with the Director of Services to develop and work in partnership with a range of different stakeholders to increase the impact of our work and generate new opportunities for the organisation.

This is an exciting new role for the organisation and would suit someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, is committed to continuous service improvement and who excels in managing both operational and strategic relationships.

A full Job Description is available for download below.