We have one sessional work opportunity available to deliver our North Lanarkshire Adult Learning Service. The role is focused on delivering non formal and formal learning programmes one to one and in small groups in homes and community venues. The time commitment in hours per week will be agreed by negotiation but is likely to be around 16 hours per week, flexibly worked up to 31st March 2027.

The work is in person delivery working in a peripatetic way using local community venues and learner’s own homes to deliver learning.

It is regulated work for which a satisfactory PVG will be required.

About you:

You will be passionate about the transformative power of confidence building, digital skills, digital confidence, employability, and adult learning. You will be confident in communicating one-to-one and with groups and have a flexible and creative approach to problem-solving.

You will be enthusiastic with good organisational skills and have previous experience of supporting people experiencing a range of barriers to enhance and improve their skills and accredited results profiles. You will be capable of working one-to-one with learners, and of tailoring and delivering learning programmes. The role involves travelling throughout the local authority area to meet one to one and group learner demand.

Applications from disabled people:

Lead has Disability Confident status, and we encourage applications from disabled people. All disabled people meeting the minimum requirements will get a guaranteed interview. Information about our commitment to recruit disabled people is available on our website. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in the online form. This will in no way disadvantage you in the recruitment process. All job application information can be made in alternative formats on request, including braille, large print and audio and people can make applications in alternative formats.

The Open Door Edinburgh (Scottish Charity Number SC007315) has provided activities and services for adults at our Morningside hub for over 40 years. This charity is in the heart of the local community and provides a high-quality day service for vulnerable older adults, including transport and meals, Mondays-Fridays. Care, connection and community are central to The Open Door and this role will lead, and be supported by, a dedicated and skilled team of staff and volunteers who keep the service welcoming and enriching for all.

We are seeking an experienced, compassionate and highly organised Operations and Day Service Manager. This role is to lead and act as Named Manager for our Care Inspectorate-registered adult day services and support other projects to promote community inclusion.

We are looking for someone who can provide strong operational leadership, ensure excellent governance and regulatory compliance, and support our staff and volunteers to continue to deliver meaningful, high-quality services every day.

Do you have some experience of advice work, preferably with a focus on housing issues, and a real desire to advance your specialist level knowledge? Then join Shelter Scotland as a Housing Rights Worker and you could soon be playing a vital role in helping to identify and resolve the homelessness and bad housing issues facing local communities.

About the role

We’re looking for someone who can provide high-quality housing advice, advocacy and casework to people facing the housing emergency, both in local communities and remotely. You’ll work collaboratively with colleagues and external partners to promote housing rights, deliver capacity-building activities and respond to local housing issues through influencing and advocacy. You’ll also gather evidence and insight to help shape our work, build strong relationships with communities and decision-makers, and support people with lived experience to influence services, campaigns and wider change. Through everything you do, you’ll help ensure Shelter Scotland delivers high-quality, person-centred support while working to tackle the root causes of housing injustice.

Role specifics

We’re looking for someone with excellent communication and relationship-building skills who enjoys working collaboratively to make a real difference. You’ll be confident delivering workshops and presentations, engaging with individuals, communities and partners, and explaining complex information in a clear and accessible way. Experience of housing advice or social justice work would be an advantage, alongside the ability to challenge poor practice, influence decision-makers and solve problems creatively. Ideally, you’ll also be comfortable using a range of IT systems, including Microsoft Office and CRM systems.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About the team

There are three Community Teams - North, West and East. These teams of housing rights workers engage with and activate communities in delivering insight and evidence and targeted interventions, to address local issues and contribute towards the Shelter Scotland Housing Emergency campaign for structural change.

Are you a qualified accountant who enjoys partnering with colleagues to turn financial insight into better decisions? Join Shelter as our Project Accountant and play a key role in supporting a high-profile programme that will help deliver our strategic priorities.

About the role

We’re looking for someone who can provide expert financial support to a high-profile programme, ensuring robust budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting throughout its lifecycle. You’ll work closely with programme leads and senior stakeholders to translate operational plans into financial forecasts, provide insightful analysis to support decision-making, and monitor performance, risks and opportunities. The role is responsible for maintaining strong financial controls, ensuring accurate cost allocation, supporting funding applications, and keeping key finance leaders informed of significant financial activities. Through effective business partnering and financial oversight, you’ll help ensure the programme delivers maximum value while remaining financially well managed and compliant.

Role specifics

We’re looking for a qualified accountant (CCAB, CIMA or equivalent) with experience of providing financial support and insight to complex projects and senior stakeholders. You’ll be confident producing budgets, forecasts and financial analysis, assessing financial risks and explaining complex information clearly to both finance and non-finance audiences. Experience of charity finance, including restricted funds, SORP and project accounting, would be an advantage, alongside strong financial control, reporting and forecasting skills. You’ll be highly organised, analytical and proactive, with excellent attention to detail, strong Excel and IT skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities while building effective relationships and influencing decision-making across the organisation.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About the team

Shelter’s Finance Team sits within the Strategy Enablement Directorate, which also includes HR Operations, Technology and Data, and Governance, Planning and Property. The Finance Team consists of 32 people led by the Assistant Director of Finance.

Equal Say has been providing advocacy for people with disabilities since 1995. We want to recruit a several staff for our projects in Lanarkshire. These posts are full time (35 hours) fixed term for 7 months initially but expected to become permanent dependent on funding.

We have vacancies for staff working in our projects working with adults with disabilities, mental ill health and/or long-term conditions.

We also have vacancies for staff working in our addictions project. We welcome applications from people with lived experience; this may be a person in recovery or a person with significant family experience of addiction.

If you have knowledge or experience of any of the following, we want to hear from you:

• Providing advocacy or representation to marginalised people
• Extensive experience of working with adults with disabilities, mental ill health or long-term conditions or addictions.
• Experience of casework in a community setting
• Autonomous working within a small team
• A passion for inclusion and natural justice

We offer 37 days holiday, employer pension contribution of 8.75% if the employee contributes 6%, travel allowance, company mobile phone/laptop and flexible working.

Access to suitable transport and driving license are essential for this position due to the size and nature of the Local Authority area covered.

This post is subject to membership of the PVG scheme and suitable references. Starting salary is dependent on experience and highly experienced staff may start higher up the scale.

Please read the Job Description and Advocacy Worker Competencies.

Purpose of the Role

The Lay Member provides independent oversight and a patient-centred perspective to the governance, quality assurance and continuous improvement of the Dental Specialty Fellow Examinations and MFDS examinations.

The role exists to:

• ensure that public and patient interests are considered in examination policy and decision-making;
• support confidence in the fairness, transparency and integrity of dental postgraduate assessment; and
• act as a constructive critical friend to the Committee, Chair and the Dental Examinations Executive.

Key Responsibilities

The Lay Member will:

• Attend and contribute to meetings of the Dental Specialty Fellowship Examinations /MFDS Executive Committees (and sub-groups as appropriate).
• Provide an independent lay perspective on matters relating to:
  • examination governance and quality assurance
  • candidate experience and fairness
  • equality, diversity and inclusion
  • reasonable adjustments and mitigating circumstances
  • complaints and appeals processes (where appropriate).
• Scrutinise papers and supporting information in advance of meetings and contribute thoughtfully to discussion and decision-making.
• Support the Committee in ensuring that examination processes align with:
  • best practice in postgraduate assessment
  • regulatory expectations
  • public and patient confidence.
• Participate in short-life working groups or review activity as required (e.g. policy development, QA reviews, or candidate feedback themes).
• Engage in induction, training and periodic review of the role.

The Lay Member does not participate in:

• question writing or marking
• examiner appointment decisions
• operational delivery of examinations.

Time Commitment

• Typically 2–4 meetings per year, plus preparation time.
• Occasional additional meetings or papers for specific reviews or working groups.

Could you be part of something different? We have a rewarding opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of individuals and communities in the parish of Knightswood Anniesland Trinity.

We are looking for a Parish Assistant or Deacon to support the work of the interim minister to help develop relationships and fellowship in the congregation through assisting the minister in a range of pastoral, congregational and community-related activities.

The hope is the congregation will move into a season of more settled, refreshed and missional ministry in their very large parish, ensuring a flourishing viable congregation moving forward with the postholder providing a greater level of continuity after the period of interim ministry ends.

It is essential you have the right to work in the UK before applying to work with us. You will be asked to provide proof of your eligibility to work and remain in the UK if you are invited to attend for an interview.

This is a full-time role with an agreed flexible/reactive working pattern. However, to accommodate the right candidate, there is the opportunity to apply on a part time basis.

We are seeking a new Chair to lead our committed Board of Trustees. This is a pivotal leadership role for someone passionate about resolving housing insecurity who wants to make a lasting impact at a national level.

The Chair provides leadership to the Board, works in close partnership with the Chief Executive and ensures the organisation remains accountable to its members and mission. Key responsibilities:

1. Leadership & Strategy: Guide the Board in setting strategic direction, aligned with our purpose, values and resources. Champion long-term vision and monitor progress.
2. Meeting Management: Work with the Chief Executive to set agendas and chair productive, inclusive Board meetings that lead to clear decisions.
3. Governance and Compliance: Promote excellent governance, risk management and financial oversight. Ensure the Board meets all legal duties as company directors and charity trustees.
4. CEO & Staff Support: Provide support and conduct the performance review for the Chief Executive. Facilitate effective communication between the Board and staff.
5. Board Development: Support trustee recruitment, induction and development. Conduct skills audits, nurture a positive culture and encourage full participation.
6. External Representation: Act as an ambassador for the organisation, representing Homeless Network Scotland at key events, with stakeholders, and in the media.

Qualities & Skills We’re Looking For

• Leadership Experience: Influential and impactful leadership in the public, private or voluntary sectors.
• Governance Experience: we value prior experience as a charity Chair, Trustee or Non-Executive Director in Scotland.
• Strategic Thinker: Strong facilitation, communication and decision-making skills.
• Commitment: Deep alignment with our mission to prevent and resolve homelessness. Experience in housing, health or social care is welcome, but not essential.
• Personal Attributes: Collaborative, relationship-builder, resilient and dedicated to good governance.

Practical Details

• Voluntary, unpaid role with reasonable expenses reimbursed.
• Term: three years, with option to stand for re-election.
• Time Commitment: Estimated time commitment is approximately 4-6 hours per month on average.

Our Coordinator represents Stirling Street Pastors and supports the promotion, management and co-ordination of the initiative in Stirling.

Reporting to a Board of Trustees the Coordinator’s key duties will be to:

• Organise and manage the rotas
• Provide leadership to our volunteers
• Organise volunteer recruitment and training
• Manage the patrol base, and monitor and order equipment/street supplies
• Promote and develop relationships with churches, the Council, Police and other key stakeholders
• Identify funding opportunities and apply, where appropriate
• Be our liaison with Ascension Trust (AT) and Ascension Trust Scotland (ATS)

The post holder must:

• be a Christian with an active relationship with a local church
• subscribe to the Street Pastors core values and ethos
• be trained or willing to train as a Street Pastor volunteer and participate in a patrol rota

We offer:

• a salary of £15,000 p.a. for 18 hours a week
• a degree of flexibility over working arrangements
• an employer pension scheme – employee contribution of 4%; employer 3%

A full job description can be found on our website or below.

Due to overwhelming interest, applications will close on 31st July. Applications received after this date cannot be shortlisted.

Job purpose

To contribute to SIAA’s work to promote and protect people’s human rights by strengthening the understanding, practice and impact of independent advocacy in Scotland. The postholder will work on specific policy and advocacy priorities and respond to legislative, policy and practice developments that affect independent advocacy, human rights, and people who rely on independent advocacy.

What is Independent Advocacy

Independent advocacy is about speaking up for, and standing alongside individuals or groups, and not being influenced by the views of others. Fundamentally it is about everyone having the right to a voice addressing barriers and imbalances of power, and ensuring that an individual’s human rights are recognised, respected, and secured.

The Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance

The Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance (SIAA) is a membership organisation, set up in 2002, to promote, support and advocate for independent advocacy across Scotland. SIAA’s vision is a Scotland where independent advocacy is available to strengthen everyone’s voices. Our aim is to actively influence, support and maintain high quality independent advocacy which uphold people’s human rights. Read more about how SIAA advocates for independent advocacy.

SIAA provides support for SIAA member organisations and groups and raises awareness and understanding of independent advocacy across Scotland. SIAA is funded by the Scottish Government Advocacy, Access and Models of Care Unit.