Our services in Glasgow, managed from our locality office in Govan, Glasgow, are looking for a long-term Operations Manager. This role would suit an experienced, values-oriented, person-centred social care professional. With a desire to lead teams working to support adults and young people, you will be familiar with the complex challenges that people can face, whether that is a young person experiencing distress, a person experiencing housing issues, or someone having their first experience of psychosis.

As an Operations Manager, you will be working closely with the Local Management Team – a brilliant team of experienced, social care managers – with the ability to manage your own diary and work routines.

This role has a good degree of autonomy, within clearly defined values and strategic objectives. You will be working within a busy and dynamic locality, which requires the flexibility to be responsive to the ever-changing environment. Contributing to the strategic management of Carr Gomm, you will have an appreciation of organisational values while developing a greater understanding of the organisational goals and objectives both for the people we support and all colleagues.

This is a dynamic role in which you will never settle for ‘good enough’ but will always prioritise effectively in an ever-changing environment. You will appreciate that there is always capacity to innovate, improve, develop and stretch targets in the pursuit of a more equitable society in which people can lead full and positive lives as active citizens.

Reporting to the Senior Operations Manager, the Operations Manager is an essential role for the success and development of the locality.

Success in this role

The key to being successful in this role, in Glasgow, is the experience of managing person-centred services to individuals, and an awareness of what getting it right for people means, both when driving quality in existing services, and in developing new services. We are committed to always shaping our services to meet the needs of people within the city of Glasgow, and are keen to hear your experience of managing young people’s services, of managing services to people with mental ill health, or any other kind of complex service. For full details, please refer to the job description on our website carrgomm.org/jobs/operations-manager-glasgow

Who we are looking for:

Successful Operations Managers may come from different backgrounds and have a range of work and life experiences. All are creative and a have flair for engaging and inspiring people, whilst sharing our values of respect, interdependence, choice, control, openness and honesty, kindness, and compassion.

About Carr Gomm

Carr Gomm is a leading Scottish social care and community development charity. We provide person-centred support to over 4500 people every year so they can live their best possible life.

Our services are based on our values and reflect the choices and aspirations of each individual and community we work with. Our qualified staff work with people in their homes and communities, supporting people in their day-to-day lives and making plans to achieve their hopes and dreams in the future. Carr Gomm also fundraises to tackle isolation and loneliness in our communities through projects and activities across Scotland.

What We Offer

As a way of demonstrating how much we value you and your commitment we offer a range of great benefits:

• 35 days holiday per year, increasing to 40 days with length of service
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and sick leave
• A Defined Contribution pension scheme, with incremental employer contributions
• Access to the Carr Gomm App: which includes free physiotherapy, health coaching and counselling
• Free Blue Light Card (giving access to thousands of discounts and promotions)
• Membership of a credit union
• Cycle to work scheme; and more!

Dundee Heritage Trust (DHT) is a highly regarded heritage charity responsible for some of Dundee's most significant and internationally recognised attractions, including RRS Discovery, Discovery Point and Verdant Works. Through its heritage, collections, learning and visitor experiences, the Trust connects people with Dundee's rich industrial and maritime history and creates opportunities for learning, inspiration and engagement.

The Trust is now seeking a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead the organisation into an exciting new phase of transformation, growth and development. This is a pivotal leadership role, responsible for shaping and delivering the Trust's strategic direction, strengthening financial sustainability, growing audiences and income, and maximising the impact of its world-class heritage assets.

Reporting directly to the Board of Trustees, the CEO will provide strong, visible and collaborative leadership across DHT, working closely with the Chair, Trustees, Executive Management Team and wider staff team. They will ensure the organisation remains financially sustainable, operationally effective and focused on delivering its charitable objectives, while creating a positive and high-performing culture where people are valued, empowered and accountable.

A major priority for the incoming CEO will be leading the Trust through a significant period of transformation, including the Discovery Point Transformed project, representing an investment of approximately £11 million. This ambitious project provides an opportunity to transform the visitor experience at Discovery Point, strengthen the Trust's commercial and learning offer, attract new audiences and help secure the long-term future of RRS Discovery. The CEO will play a key role in ensuring this investment delivers lasting heritage, visitor, community and financial benefits for the organisation.

Financial sustainability and growth will also be central to the role. The CEO will work closely with the Finance, Commercial and Development teams to strengthen and diversify income streams across admissions, commercial activity, grants, donations and high-net-worth fundraising. They will provide strategic oversight of financial performance, cash, reserves and investment, while identifying new opportunities for sustainable growth and ensuring that commercial activity remains aligned with the Trust's charitable purpose.

To succeed in this role, you will be an experienced senior leader with a strong track record of strategic and organisational leadership, financial management, income generation and people development. You will bring the ability to balance commercial opportunities with charitable purpose and will be comfortable operating at Board level and working across a diverse range of stakeholders.

You will be a strategic and creative thinker who can translate ambition into practical delivery, combined with strong communication, influencing and decision-making skills. Experience within the arts, culture, heritage, museum, visitor attraction, charity or wider not-for-profit sector will be highly relevant, alongside experience of leading change, major projects, fundraising and developing sustainable income.

This is an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious and values-led leader to shape the future of one of Scotland's most distinctive heritage organisations. With significant heritage assets, a committed team and a major capital investment programme underway, the incoming CEO will have a unique opportunity to protect the past, transform the present and build a sustainable future for Dundee Heritage Trust.

Venture Scotland are looking to recruit a skilled and experienced, values led CEO to lead our organisation. This is a unique opportunity to join a well-established charity, to work as part of an inclusive, supportive team culture and to make a real, often life-changing difference in the lives of our participants. Our work is meaningful, varied and challenging and in return, you will be able to lead on the delivery of our organisation’s strategy and direction, have opportunities for self-development and training and benefit from our comprehensive staff support package.

Venture Scotland offers a long-term, outdoor-based personal development programme which empowers young people aged 16-30 and adults in addiction recovery, who face complex and difficult challenges in their lives, to create and sustain change. There are currently 9 employees and we have a turnover of just over £600,000.

We focus on the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of our participants, working with them both in group settings and 1-2-1, to make lasting changes in their lives and help them play a positive role in their communities.

We are seeking a CEO, who identifies with our values of Trust, Respect, Belonging, Compassion and Empowering, to lead our team to deliver on our strategy. Volunteers are at the heart of our organisation and you will support our volunteer team and young ambassador programme. We welcome applications from diverse communities.

As the key leader within our organisation, the CEO evaluates, supports and develops volunteers and staff, manages logistics and ensures the highest standards of safety while building on our caring, open, collaborative and inclusive work culture.

As CEO within the organisation, you will also manage and work closely alongside the Senior Management Team comprising Programme Delivery manager, Finance and Administration Manager and Fundraising Manager to use your skills and experience to lead the organisation forward. You will report directly to the Chair and Board of trustees.

Do you want to lead a supportive team of people who really care about the people we are helping? Do you want to work in an organisation which listens, values everyone’s views and cares about the health and wellbeing of their staff? Do you understand the transformative effect of the outdoors? Are you passionate about #ChangingLivesOutdoors?

This role is considered ‘regulated work’ as it involves activities with both children and protected adults. Under our safeguarding policy, this role will require a PVG.

If you are applying for this role, you need to prove that you have the right to live and work in the UK. If you do not possess this right, then your application will not be considered.

**Please note - Unfortunately, we are not able to support sponsorship to work in the UK at this time**

Scripture Union Scotland is a national charity, with 140 staff and 2,500 volunteers. Our vision is to see every child and young person of Scotland exploring the Bible and responding to the significance of Jesus. At the heart of our current strategy is a focus on growing SU Scotland’s ministry, especially in priority communities and with priority schools and young people, removing barriers and partnering with local churches.

We are now seeking an experienced Head of CRM and Analytics to manage the ongoing implementation and development of our MS Dynamics365 CRM and to ensure that the system is used to its full potential to support the ministry of SU Scotland.

Purpose:

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, to lead SU Scotland’s strategic development, delivery and effective use of Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM, ensuring that organisational processes, reporting, data analysis and insight inform ministry decision making, support training development, and strengthen strategic priorities.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the ongoing development and effective use of Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM (D365) across SU Scotland.
• Ensure the CRM supports organisational strategy, reporting, communication, data quality and compliance.
• Translate organisational needs into practical CRM improvements including dashboards, reports and business processes.
• Support colleagues and key user groups through training, guidance and user adoption activity.
• Work with external CRM, IT and related technical suppliers to deliver system improvements, integrations and support.
• Maintain confidence in the accuracy, reliability and responsible use of organisational data.
• Provide insight and analysis to support decision making across fundraising, finance, volunteering, digital and wider

Who we are looking for:

To achieve this, we want to identify someone with a vibrant Christian faith who has a heart to use their IT skills to support SU Scotland's ministry. The successful applicant should possess proven project management skills and a strong working knowledge of CRM systems, ideally Dynamics365. Experience of managing suppliers and building relationships across the organisation is essential.

For this post, it is important that you are committed to SU Scotland’s ethos, working principles and vision and can demonstrate this through your commitment and motivation. It is also an Occupational Requirement (Equality Act - part 1, schedule 9), that the post-holder is a committed Christian.

Dundee Bairns is a Dundee-based children’s charity working to reduce the impact of poverty on local children, young people and families. Through its food and activity provision, clothing programmes and Bairns at Home multibank, Dundee Bairns helps ensure children have access to essentials such as food, clothing, household items and opportunities to take part in positive experiences. This is an exciting new opportunity to join a growing, practical and values-led organisation at the heart of Dundee’s community support network, helping to develop and coordinate a vital service for families who need it most.

Job Purpose

The Finance and Business Manager is responsible for the operational management of Dundee Bairns' finances, ensuring robust financial controls, effective budget management, compliance with charity accounting requirements, and the provision of high-quality financial information to support decision-making.

The role will work closely with the Executive Director, Board of Trustees and external accountants to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the charity.

This role also provides Business Support across the organisation.

Job Tasks

Financial Leadership

• Lead all aspects of the charity's financial management.
• Develop and maintain strong financial systems, policies and controls.
• Support the Executive Director in financial planning and organisational development.
• Identify financial risks and recommend mitigating actions.

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Lead the annual budgeting process.
• Prepare financial forecasts and cashflow projections.
• Monitor organisational and project budgets.
• Support budget holders in understanding and managing finances.

Financial Reporting

• Prepare monthly management accounts.
• Produce quarterly reports for the Board of Trustees.
• Analyse income and expenditure trends.
• Provide financial information to support strategic decisions.

Fund Accounting and Grant Management

• Maintain accurate accounting records within the charity accounting system Xero
• Monitor restricted and unrestricted funds.
• Support managers to ensure grant expenditure complies with funding conditions.
• Prepare financial returns and claims for funders.
• Maintain accurate records for grant-funded projects.

Statutory Compliance

• Ensure compliance with OSCR requirements and Charity SORP.
• Liaise with auditors or independent examiners.
• Coordinate year-end accounts preparation.
• Oversee payroll and statutory reporting obligations.

Payroll and Banking

• Oversee the charity bank accounts to ensure that all payments and receipts are properly authorised and optimum cashflow is achieved
• Oversee payroll processes and pension administration.
• Authorise payments in accordance with financial controls.
• Manage relationships with banks and financial service providers.

Support the Board of Trustees

• Set agenda for Board meetings, in conjunction with Chair of Board of Trustees
• Gather/write papers as required for Board meetings
• Formulate/update policies as directed by Executive Director and Chair of Board of Trustees
• Support the Finance, Audit and Risk Subcommittee; arrange meetings, prepare reports collate and circulate papers, take minutes and maintain records.
• Maintain the risk register, with timely submission to Finance, Audit and Risk subcommittee and Board as appropriate, considering changes in legislation, operating environment, internal factors etc.

Business Management

• Manage contracts for IT, telecommunications, insurance, and other services
• Oversee health and safety arrangements
• Support the Board and Executive Director in developing organisational strategy and business plans.
• Contribute to funding applications and financial sections of bids.
• Identify opportunities for operational improvements and efficiencies.
• Maintain and develop Airtable capability, including training staff members across the organisation.
• Support with HR-related tasks – setting up 1:1’s, diary input and supporting staff management where appropriate

Skills and Experience

Essential

• Financial Management
• Budget preparation and monitoring
• Financial forecasting and cash flow management
• Management accounts and financial reporting
• Year-end accounts and audit preparation
• Payroll, VAT, and tax compliance
• Strong understanding of charity accounting principles, including restricted and unrestricted funds
• Ability to build strong relationships with trustees, funders and stakeholders
• Strong organisational and project management abilities.
• Ability to present financial information clearly to non-financial audiences.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience managing staff.

Desirable

• Accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, ACA or equivalent).
• Experience within the Scottish charity sector.
• Experience supporting funding applications and grant management.
• Understanding of OSCR requirements.