The postholder will be expected to operate in line with our values which are: Justice, Equity, Trust, Collaboration and Compassion.

Overview:

All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Our core values of Justice, Equity, Trust, Collaboration and Compassion are at the heart of everything we do and underpin all aspects of our work.

The Childcare Connector will contribute to the organisation’s vision of a Scotland in which single parents and their children are valued and treated equally and fairly, by supporting the delivery of various components which contribute to the Edinburgh service, including proactively supporting single parents to find, secure and access flexible childcare that meets their needs, allowing single parents to progress within their current employment, enter employment or enrol in education or training.

The role will include direct work with single parents to understand their needs, their current childcare limitations, and their current barriers to work, education or training. Liaising with childcare providers within Edinburgh, helping single parents access flexible childcare options and know and understand flexible payment options at local and national level is a key element of this role.

This role will include networking and events to promote the Childcare Connector service and will include outreach work with single parents, stakeholders, and partners in and around Edinburgh.

All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Our core values of Justice, Equity, Trust, Collaboration and Compassion are at the heart of everything we do and underpin all aspects of our work.

Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our strategic vision is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland.

At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced people, and the power of their voices to bring about positive change. We provide individual lifelong relationship-based independent advocacy and a range of local and national participatory and engagement opportunities for Care Experienced people across Scotland. We work alongside Corporate Parents and communities to broaden understanding and create change. We work with policy makers, leaders, and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape law, policy, and practice, working together to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change.

The Advocacy and Participation Worker will provide independent advocacy supports to all of Orkney’s children and young people, including children who are identified as being vulnerable, children who are involved in complex decision-making processes (including both formal and informal processes), looked after children (including those who have been formerly looked after), children subject to child protection and child in need processes.

The Advocacy and Participation Worker will provide independent advocacy support to children and young people to help amplify their voices and share their views, especially within decision-making forums.

Advocacy and Participation Workers will also inform children and young people about their rights, ensuring that rights are upheld and respected by others.

At the heart of the advocacy relationship is trust – built through transparent, honest, accountable and reliable interactions between the child and their Advocacy and Participation Worker. Skilled at developing positive relationships with children and young people, you will place young people at the heart of everything you do.

As the Advocacy & Participation Worker, you will also help facilitate participatory opportunities via the Young Persons collective group. The group brings young people together, allowing them to develop confidence, a sense of belonging, and the opportunity to identify common issues. You will help ensure the collective voice of the group is heard by Corporate Parents via the Promise Board.

While we would welcome the knowledge gathered through relevant qualifications, we are just as interested in relevant work experience. We welcome and encourage applications from those with experience of care.

The successful candidate will be joining Who Cares? Scotland at an exciting time, when the voices of those who are in or have experienced care are growing in power, individually and collectively – bringing with them insight, challenge, hope and change.

If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you.

Make a difference through payroll excellence.

At Capability Scotland, our people make a real difference every day. We're looking for an experienced and motivated Payroll Business Partner to lead our payroll function, alongside another Payroll BP, ensuring our 1000 employees are paid accurately, on time, and in full.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced payroll professional who enjoys leading a team, improving processes, and acting as a trusted advisor on complex payroll matters. You'll play a key role in ensuring statutory compliance while driving continuous improvement across our payroll systems and services.

About the Role

As Payroll Business Partner, you will lead the day-to-day operation of the payroll service, managing Payroll Officers and overseeing payroll processing from start to finish. You'll ensure compliance with payroll legislation, manage relationships with HMRC, pension providers and other external bodies, and work collaboratively with Finance, HR and operational managers to deliver an outstanding payroll service.

You'll also take ownership of payroll systems, reporting, policy development and user training, helping to ensure our payroll processes remain efficient, compliant and fit for the future.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end monthly payroll processing for employees.
• Ensure payroll calculations, statutory payments and deductions are accurate and compliant.
• Produce payroll reports, reconciliations and statutory returns within required deadlines.
• Prepare and oversee BACS payment files.
• Provide expert payroll advice to managers and colleagues.
• Liaise with HMRC, pension providers and other external organisations.
• Maintain payroll systems, coordinate software upgrades and testing, and implement legislative changes.
• Develop and review payroll policies, procedures and guidance.
• Design and deliver payroll training and support sessions across the organisation.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance payroll processes and systems.

About You

You'll be an experienced payroll professional with a strong understanding of UK payroll legislation and a passion for delivering a high-quality service.

We're looking for someone who has:

• Significant experience managing end-to-end payroll.
• Experience leading or supervising a payroll team.
• Strong knowledge of PAYE, National Insurance, pensions, statutory payments and payroll legislation.
• Experience working with payroll systems and supporting system improvements.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex payroll matters clearly and confidently.
• Experience building effective relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities while consistently meeting deadlines.

If you're an experienced payroll leader who thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about accuracy, compliance and service excellence, we'd love to hear from you.

Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:

• Competitive salary - £36,925.00 (£19.14 per hour) *pay award pending
• Generous annual leave entitlement of 37 days holidays per year
• Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
• Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
• Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• EV Scheme
• 24/7 employee assistance programme.
• Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts

*Benefits are subject to contractual terms.

We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.

LifeCare has a proud 85-year history of providing uplifting, positive and practical support for older people, and they’ve never been needed more. Their services are delivered to older people age 50+ who need care within the home, out and about in the community and from their registered day clubs. This includes people living with dementia, frail older people, those living with mobility problems, poor mental health, people experiencing isolation and loneliness, and dedicated unpaid carers.

Their vision is of a society where no older person is left alone or isolated. To achieve their vision they are looking for a Trusts and Grants Fundraiser who can ensure focus is given to their pipeline of opportunities, ensure an excellent funder experience, and ultimately deliver sustainable income.

The Trusts and Grants Fundraiser is a new role for LifeCare Edinburgh, it will be offered initially as a 12-month fixed term contract with the potential to extend or become a permanent position.

This role would suit someone who has experience of trusts and grants, either at an officer or fundraiser level, who can demonstrate experience of developing a trust and grants pipeline, creating compelling applications and directly delivering income success.

There is great flexibility available; the successful postholder can choose weekly hours between 21 – 28 hours, their working pattern across the week and how often they attend the LifeCare Centre (with a minimum requirement of once per month to remain connected to service delivery).

The National Centre for Music is seeking a Creative Producer to help bring our vision to life, build the innovation, reputation and infrastructure needed to deliver success establishing NCM.

This is a hands-on production role at the heart of a bold new arts organisation working across Scotland’s music scene. You will lead end-to-end delivery across a varied programme, from performances with leading artists, to workshops with community groups, hackathons with tech start-ups, to wellbeing experiences in nature. This diverse programme across genres will stand as a vibrant celebration of Scotland’s globally renowned music making and create innovative ways for audiences and communities to discover and engage with it. Initially working in to deliver events and activities across Scotland, the role will evolve to focus on the development and execution of a complex multi-genre performance and participation programme, as we prepare to take up residence in the reimagined Royal High School on Calton Hill in Edinburgh.

Alongside day-to-day delivery, you will contribute to shaping what the organisation and its future venue become: building supplier and partner networks, informing technical and operational planning, and helping to deliver a programme identity that is genuinely multi-genre in ambition and execution.

Taking on this role at this moment will see you become part of the founding story of a new major player in the Scottish music scene.

Lochwinnoch Community Larder is one of the busiest community pantries in Scotland. We operate on dignified food principles, working to tackle the climate emergency through distribution of food which is otherwise destined for landfill, and food we grow ourselves locally. We are also addressing food insecurity for a wide rural population. Our success has attracted more than 2000 members to us from over 850 households from across Renfrewshire and North Ayrshire. Our activities include:

• A pantry which is open 4 days per week
• A community fridge & freezer which are accessible 24/7
• Courses of cooking classes and food demonstrations in fermenting
• Signposting to other support services
• Creating meaningful volunteering opportunities for people of all ages

This role is a brilliant opportunity to join a friendly team and work within the heart of an active rural community. It is a physical role which will require some lifting and period of time spent on your feet. The location for the project is within a vibrant social garden space which is also home to a Men’s Shed project, an outdoor children’s childcare group and our own food growing site.

You can find out more about LEAP and our other charitable activities here: myleapproject.org

Offering volunteering opportunities is as important as any other part of our work, and a focus of this role will be managing and developing those individuals to ensure the work is meaningful and their development is prioritised.

• This role is offered at £29225 FTE.
• Benefits include 6% workplace pension and 35 days holiday (pro rata) per annum.
• The contract is for 6 months initially, with the expectation that it will be extended on the basis of performance and funding availability.
• Hours of work will be 24 per week. While the majority of hours will be between 9.30am and 2.30 pm, there will some evening and weekend working. A preferred work schedule can be supplied on application.

A suitable candidate will be required to undergo a PVG check. Where a successful candidates does not already have Food Hygiene Level 2, they will be asked to complete relevant training.

DUTIES:

General

• Day-to-day facilitation of service;
  • Setting up and packing down shifts
  • Carrying out fridge temperature checks
  • Printing labels and safe food handling
  • Welcoming members
  • Handling and weighing food, and managing stock
• Supervising team of volunteers across varied duties including manning the Larder, food parcel delivery, collecting food from supermarkets
• Carrying out volunteer inductions and on-the-job training
• Completing volunteer rotas
• Hosting monthly volunteer meetings
• Administration and updating of digital records
• Assisting with duties at growing site such as watering plants - liaising with Food Growing Coordinator
• Promoting service on social media and updating website
• Building relationships locally with other groups and organisations
• Assisting to organise occasional cooking classes and food workshops, and other events as required
• Engaging members and handling referrals, signposting to other support services where appropriate
• Arranging added value workshops, surgeries and information days on-site and online via the Larder service with partner orgs: looking at ways we can sign-post to other services such as CAB, AdviceWorks, Renfrewshire FoodBank, RACA, HomeStart, Kairos, RAMH etc.
• Being responsible for facilities on-site relating to the project and its assets
• Identifying, developing and delivering opportunities for mini-projects and community participative events
• Liaising with food providers with regard to collections and cascading information to the volunteers
• Handling financial donations and cashier duties
• General administrative and practical duties

REQUIREMENTS:

For this role we are seeking someone with a stable work history and demonstrated experience of working in an autonomous role. You need to be able to manage your own tasks and workload independently, lead a team, and respond to changing circumstances and challenges effectively. It is a role where following processes and rules is imperative, and where you will often be required to develop and improve processes to ensure smooth running. It is also a people- focussed role; spending time with members and volunteers and creating a friendly and inclusive environment is of primary importance. You should have:

Essential requirements:

• Skills and experience in leading or supervising other people
• Administrative skills and IT literacy
• Strong communication skills, demonstrated through previous employment history
• A clean driving license and your own car
• Eligibility for PVG scheme (enhanced criminal records check)
• A can-do attitude and the ability to problem solve

Desirable requirements:

• Level 2 Food Hygiene Training
• Experience of working with volunteers in a community project

Can you turn evidence into impact and action - and make sure people’s voices shape how we enhance and deliver our programmes? We are looking for a Research, Participation & Impact Lead to strengthen how Right There learns, improves and communicates the difference we make.

You will bring together research, evaluation, participation and impact reporting across our For People, At Home and In The Community programmes. Working with colleagues, partners and people with lived experience, you will turn qualitative and quantitative evidence into practical recommendations, stronger services and informed strategic decisions.

Right There is a Scottish charity working to prevent people from becoming homeless or separated from the people they love. For more than 200 years, we have offered practical help, safe homes, emotional wellbeing support and strong community relationships.

Our vision is a world where everyone has an equal chance to create a safe and supportive place to call home. We work without judgement and tailor support to each person’s needs, strengths and aspirations.

Your Role

• Lead Right There’s research, participation and impact activity, ensuring it informs strategy, service improvement and organisational learning.
• Analyse programme performance, outcomes, lived-experience insight and external trends, turning complex information into clear recommendations.
• Strengthen practical, proportionate systems for monitoring, evaluation and reporting, and support teams to use them confidently.
• Design inclusive and trauma-informed participation and co-production approaches so feedback shapes decisions.
• Research policy, best practice and sector developments; benchmark Right There’s work and coordinate clear organisational responses.
• Test new approaches through scenario planning, focused projects and partnerships, with clear governance and learning.
• Produce compelling reports, briefings, consultation responses and evidence for tenders, grants and stakeholder engagement.
• Represent Right There in relevant local and national forums, building relationships that support learning, influence and innovation.

You will be curious, organised and confident working with people, data and evidence. You will build trust, ask thoughtful questions and make complex information useful, helping Right There make better decisions, demonstrate impact and keep improving.

You may come from research, monitoring and evaluation, participation, service improvement, impact reporting or social policy. Experience in charity, housing, homelessness, health, social care or community settings is welcome; what matters most is your ability to combine sound evidence with lived experience to improve outcomes.

What you will bring

• Experience leading or delivering research, evaluation, participation or impact work.
• Strong qualitative and quantitative analysis, with the judgement to identify what matters.
• Clear, engaging communication for different audiences, from programme teams to senior leaders and external stakeholders.
• Confidence facilitating workshops, consultation or engagement with a range of people.
• An ethical, inclusive and person-centred approach, with an understanding of trauma-informed practice.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to balance priorities, influence colleagues and work collaboratively.
• A commitment to Right There’s values and to improving outcomes for people facing tough times.

Our Offer

• The post holder will report to the Director of Programmes.
• Your normal working hours are 35 per week, worked Monday to Friday between the hours of 9am and 5pm, depending on the needs of the service, with 1-hour unpaid break.
• Your usual place of work is 15 Dava Street, Glasgow, G51 2JA. Hybrid working, minimum 3 days office based.
• Annual leave entitlement of 210 hours holiday (equivalent to 6 weeks) pro rata per year in the first year rising to 280 hours (equivalent to 8 weeks) pro rata per year in the second. This includes public holidays
• You will be automatically enrolled into the People’s Pension provided you meet the auto-enrolment criteria
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Option to purchase and sell annual leave

Are you ready to make the next positive move in your career, are you looking for a new challenge? We have been on a journey of positive change in the past three years and have very ambitious plans for the future. We are recruiting an experienced Mental Health & Wellbeing Team Lead to provide both mental health and line management support across our services who will play a vital role in the delivery and development of our services.

The principal purpose of this post is to assist the Head of Services with the day-to-day operation of the service delivery areas and line management of designated staff. With the skills and evidence of mental health and line managing staff, you should have the ability to take on the role to allow us to support our teams and continue to deliver and develop our services.

If you are able to demonstrate your ability to deliver high quality services with a sound knowledge and understanding of Child Protection and Adult Support and Protection, are positive, supportive, able to work in a collaborative way, and have excellent interpersonal skills then this could be the role for you.

The Income Generation Lead is the strategic lead for Toonspeak’s fundraising, working as part of the Senior Management team for the charity, and alongside the core and freelance teams.

The core purpose of the role is to generate income via a range of streams and initiatives, to sustain the company and the pioneering projects and programmes which Toonspeak delivers for young people across Glasgow.

The successful applicant will assist in the development and implementation of the money advice service offered across the Glasgow North West area and will work within the Money Advice Team covering welfare rights.

Limited weekend & evening work may be required.

Core function:

The core function of the Benefits Advisor’s remit is to provide advice, assistance and representation to clients with financial problems, covering all aspects of welfare rights and income maximisation.

Actual function:

The role has a variety of activities and considerations in managing the delivery of the objectives and outcomes of Drumchapel Money Advice Centre.

The tasks will include the following:

• To provide advice and assistance to clients with financial problems
• To maximise the client’s income through advice on welfare benefits and other sources of financial assistance
• To offer appropriate assistance to individuals requiring help with financial budgeting
• To provide representation and advocacy at tribunals and other formal or informal hearings
• To keep up to date with developments in money advice and changes in relevant legislation
• To liaise with appropriate local and national debt and money advice agencies in addition to statutory agencies
• To cover potential outreach clinics and work at venues across the Glasgow West area, with limited weekend and evening work as required via rota.
• Any other duties appropriate to the post