The Church of Scotland is looking for a Net Zero Implementation Director to lead the delivery of its commitment to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions by 2030. This is a unique opportunity to take on a national leadership role, driving forward a bold and urgent sustainability agenda across a large and diverse organisation.
Working in close partnership with colleagues across all entities of the Church, the successful candidate will provide strategic leadership for the Net Zero strategy and its implementation. The role will involve inspiring, influencing and supporting stakeholders at all levels to ensure a coordinated and high-impact approach to achieving absolute carbon emissions reduction.
The Net Zero Implementation Director will act as the Church’s principal advisor on all aspects of sustainability. The postholder will support compliance with UK climate policy and best practice, while developing and delivering clear, measurable pathways towards Net Zero. A key aspect of the role will be aligning the Church’s mission with its operational practices, embedding sustainability into governance, decision-making and day-to-day activities.
The ideal candidate will be a credible and experienced leader with a strong track record in sustainability, climate strategy or a related field. They will bring excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, along with a deep understanding of UK climate policy and carbon reduction frameworks. The ability to work across a complex and multi-layered organisation is essential, as is a strategic mindset combined with a practical, delivery-focused approach.
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Head of Funding and Engagement to play a pivotal role in shaping the future sustainability and growth of Merry-go-round.
This is a key senior position responsible for growing income, strengthening partnerships and raising the organisation’s profile so that more families can access sustainable, affordable children’s goods and community services.
Reporting directly to the Board of Directors, you will lead the development and delivery of fundraising, engagement and communications activity while helping shape the strategic direction of the organisation. You will build meaningful relationships with supporters, partners, businesses and communities, ensuring long-term, sustainable funding and engagement.
You will develop and deliver an ambitious fundraising and income growth strategy, securing grants, growing individual giving and developing sponsorship and partnership opportunities. Alongside this, you will lead communications and engagement activity that clearly tells Merry-go-round’s story, increases awareness and strengthens community connection.
Working closely with the Head of Retail and Operations, you will align income opportunities with organisational priorities, support campaigns and events that drive engagement and footfall, and provide clear reporting and insight to the Board to support decision-making.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who combines strategic thinking with hands-on delivery and wants to help grow an ambitious social enterprise with strong community roots and a strong commitment to sustainability, reuse and social impact."
The Volunteer Tutors Organisation (VTO) is seeking an exceptional Head of Service to lead the charity through its next stage of growth.
VTO exists to build a more equitable society through education by providing high-quality tutoring to children and young people who need it most. The Head of Service is the organisation’s most senior operational role, responsible for leading the team, delivering our strategy, and ensuring the effective running of the charity.
Reporting directly to the Board of Trustees, the successful candidate will play a key role in shaping the future of VTO by strengthening our services, diversifying funding, and expanding our reach to support more young people across Scotland.
If you are a passionate, energetic leader who wants to make a measurable difference in the lives of children and young people, we would love to hear from you.
A full Job Description is available for download below.
Corra Foundation’s vision is for a society in which people create positive change and enjoy fulfilling lives. At Corra we are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and encourage applications from all backgrounds.
We are now recruiting for a part-time Finance Manager. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with relevant skills and experience to join a friendly, hardworking, passionate team. This role would suit a team player with a willingness to learn.
The role of Finance Manager is to support the implementation of Corra’s Long term finance strategy, as well as supporting, management, and training the wider finance team. You will work closely with colleagues across Corra, working within the Finance Team and reporting to the Head of Finance.
The role will suit someone with experience of working in a charity or similar organisation, managing a finance team, and have strong analytical skills demonstrating both operational and strategic thinking. Ability to evidence successful production of annual accounts, a strong focus on project accounting and management reporting are needed.
Beith Trust is seeking an experienced General Manager to oversee the management and development of our community-owned estate and facilities.
The role will ensure the effective operation, maintenance and improvement of Geilsland Estate, Main Street properties and Beith Astro, supporting the Trust’s work to provide community activity, enterprise opportunities and accessible facilities.
Working closely with the CEO, the General Manager will oversee estate maintenance, contractor management, health & safety compliance and facilities operations. The role will also involve coordinating maintenance teams, supporting tenants and site users, and delivering estate improvement projects.
Applicants should have at least two years’ experience in a similar estates, facilities or property management role, with strong organisational, communication and leadership skills.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the continued development of Beith Community Development Trust.
About Falkland Estate
Nestled in the hills at the heart of Fife, Falkland Estate spans approximately 4,000 acres in total of exceptional landscape, heritage and natural beauty. The Estate welcomes over 250,000 visitors annually and operates as a purpose-led regenerative estate.
Falkland Estate Trust (FET) is owned by a private (Stuart) family trust who are actively considering how to hand assets on to a new form of steward-ownership. Falkland Rural Enterprise Ltd (FREL) is responsible for running Pillars of Hercules and the Home Farm. Falkland Stewardship Trust (FST) is a charitable company that cares for heritage assets and stewardship education. All three boards are committed to the wellbeing of this place - balancing social, environmental and financial returns - and an inspiring vision of being a beacon of learning and sustainability in Scotland.
The Estate comprises:
The Estate is entering an important new phase of enterprising stewardship, with the long-term aim of establishing a values-led charitable company to safeguard heritage, sustainability, community participation and public access for future generations.
The Role
We are seeking a Head of Finance to provide senior financial leadership across the Estate and its various entities, spanning both charitable and commercial operations.
This is a strategic and hands-on role during a pivotal period of transition. The postholder will strengthen the Estate’s financial framework, working closely with the Estate Director, staff and board members to ensure clarity, resilience and long-term sustainability.
A core element of the role will be to develop a comprehensive understanding of the Estate’s current financial landscape and shape a sustainable, regenerative financial future. The Head of Finance will review existing financial practices, systems and controls, and lead the implementation of proportionate improvements to performance, governance and risk management.
The role carries responsibility for financial oversight across multiple rural commercial enterprises and a charitable trust. The successful candidate will provide clear, confident financial insight and consolidated reporting to support informed decision-making at both operational and Board level.
The scope of the role will remain under review to ensure alignment with agreed hours, organisational priorities and the evolving governance structure.
Full details can be found in the job description below.
Finding strength through support
The Stroke Association is the UK’s leading charity providing lifelong support for all stroke survivors and their families. We provide tailored support to tens of thousands of stroke survivors each year. This support includes one-to-one and group support, funding vital scientific research into stroke prevention, acute treatment, recovery and long-term care, and campaigning to secure the best care for everyone affected by stroke.
We’re here for stroke survivors and their loved ones, from the moment they enter the new and frightening post-stroke world, supporting them every step of the way as they find their strength and their way back to life.
It’s only thanks to the generosity of our supporters and donors that we can provide vital support.
Stroke Association is driven by our ambition to improve the lives of everyone affected by stroke. This means we’re determined to create an equitable and inclusive workplace that benefits from the difference, and thrives on the diversity, of our people. Guided by Our approach to solving inequity in stroke, we are prioritising listening to, and learning from, lived experience across our charity.
We are working to improve the representation of this lived experience at all levels within the Stroke Association, and we are eager to recruit applicants from a variety of communities and backgrounds. We are keen to receive applications from people affected by stroke, people of colour, members of LGBT+ communities, and disabled people because these identities and experiences are underrepresented and would add enormous value to how we work.
We are a Disability Confident employer, and we are making great progress focusing on flexible working, reasonable adjustments and access to work. Our charity has a variety of staff network groups, and we're committed to continuously improving our diversity and inclusion efforts. If you have questions, or access needs, we’re happy to discuss any support and adjustments we can make throughout the recruitment process so that you’re able to contribute your best in a way that meets your needs.
We’re looking for an exceptional systems leader to drive our work across Scotland and ensure people affected by stroke have the support they need to rebuild their lives. You’ll shape and deliver our vision for Scotland, focusing on what matters most to stroke survivors and ensuring our work has real, measurable impact.
In this influential role, you’ll build strong relationships across health and social care, Scottish Parliament and Government, and the wider stroke community. You'll bring deep understanding of the Scottish context and ensure our work is grounded in the lived experience of stroke survivors and their families.
Key responsibilities will include:
• Lead the Stroke Association’s strategic direction and impact in Scotland, ensuring people affected by stroke receive high quality support.
• Build and manage relationships with key health, social care and political stakeholders, acting as a credible and respected systems leader.
• Adapt organisational priorities for Scotland and ensure effective delivery through strong planning and performance oversight.
• Lead and develop the Scotland team, addressing capacity needs and building volunteer capability to meet local priorities.
• Strengthen partnerships across the stroke community to improve access to support and tackle health inequalities.
• Lead engagement in local policy and pathway development, influencing improvements at health board level.
You will have:
• Significant senior-level experience in advocacy and influencing, including shaping policy change in values-driven, social-impact contexts within Scotland’s health and social care sector.
• Substantial experience developing and managing senior-level relationships across partner organisations, using strong negotiation skills and sound political judgement.
• Experience leading complex organisational change and transformation, ensuring people-centred and sustainable outcomes.
• Strong understanding of the Scottish health and social care landscape, including Parliament, Government, influencing systems, and awareness of UK-wide legislative procedures.
• Ability to balance local, national and UK-wide organisational priorities.
To fulfil the role, you must live in Scotland and have the right to work in the UK. This role requires travel and overnight stays across the UK. Candidates must be able to demonstrate how they can meet this requirement of the role.
The Presbytery of Clyde offers an exciting opportunity for an individual who is visionary, approachable and passionate about mission and reform in the Church of Scotland. You will help to shape the future of our Presbytery to best serve God and our varied communities. You will bring experience of the Church of Scotland, inspirational leadership and a flexibility in working practices to respond to the changing needs of our Presbytery as we meet the challenges of our day.
Working as part of a team, with staff and volunteers representing all aspects of Clyde Presbytery, you will provide strategic and organisational leadership, guidance, advice and pastoral support.
Girlguiding Scotland is seeking an experienced Chief Executive to lead and inspire both staff and volunteers in shaping the future of guiding across Scotland. This is a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact, helping girls and young women across the country reach their full potential.
As Chief Executive, you will provide visionary leadership, creating a positive, supportive culture where staff and volunteers feel valued, empowered, and motivated to deliver the organisation’s mission. You will work closely with the Scottish chief commissioner and trustee board to ensure strong governance, sustainability, and a clear focus on strategic priorities.
You will also work in partnership with the deputy Scottish chief commissioner to guide the operational board in successfully delivering key projects, ensuring goals are met and opportunities for growth are maximised.
As a visible leader, you will act as a role model for members and represent Girlguiding Scotland in the wider Scottish community. In addition, you will strengthen connections with Girlguiding UK, building positive, reciprocal relationships and ensuring alignment of vision, purpose, and strategy.
This role is a chance to lead a passionate organisation at an exciting time, making a tangible difference in the lives of girls and young women throughout Scotland.
This is a full-time position based at Girlguiding Scottish Headquarters in Edinburgh, with some hybrid working. Hours of work will normally be Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm. There will be an extensive requirement to attend meetings and events held in the evening and at weekends, in line with volunteer availability, for which time off in lieu (TOIL) will be given. There will be a requirement for travel throughout Scotland and the UK including evenings and weekends with occasional overnight stays.
The Head of Legal Services will provide line management, leadership, and professional support to legal staff, strengthening child-centred practice and building confidence and capacity across the team.
You will ensure the legal team is equipped to deliver high-impact, child-centred legal services that empower children and young people to use the law to make positive change in their lives.
The role will oversee the effective management of legal resources and the day-to-day operation of the legal practice, ensuring the smooth delivery of Clan’s services. These include child-centred legal outreach, the Children’s Rights Helpline, lawyer-led training, Legal Support for Advocacy, and the Lawyers for Children programme.
You will provide operational leadership across legal practice management, including finance and compliance, case-flow and resource planning, project delivery, partnership and stakeholder relationships, and the monitoring and evaluation of service impact.
The Head of Legal Services will also contribute to the strategic planning and development of Clan’s services, strengthening the organisation’s role within the communities we serve and supporting Clan’s strategy to work alongside others to improve children’s access to justice and their ability to exercise their rights.
About you
Showing a genuine commitment to the mission of Clan Childlaw you will be a proactive, solutions‑focused, confident leader who shapes positive team culture through integrity, clarity, and consistency. With a solid background in legal practice management or senior operations within professional services, you will have experience of leading operational change and allocation of resources to multiple workstreams to balance demand, sustainability, and staff wellbeing. You will be someone who delegates effectively and works alongside their team, taking ownership of performance, compliance, and effectiveness to ensure the teams success.
You will have the ability to deliver on plans and reporting frameworks for legal services that strengthen accountability and demonstrate impact. You will have experience of using insight from data, financial reporting, and feedback to drive continuous improvement and inform operational and strategic decisions.
About Clan Childlaw
Clan Childlaw stands with children and young people when they stand up for their rights.
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.
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:
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