About The Cats Whiskers:
The Cats Whiskers was formed in 2018 by a group of dedicated local volunteers, who saw a need in our local community for the care and re-homing of cats. Initially, these efforts were all carried out with the support of incredible foster carer volunteers. We are now thrilled to operate our re-homing centre in Alloa.
We also have a charity shop in Alva, opened in 2018, which generates income for our core purpose of rescuing, rehabilitating, and rehoming cats.
Purpose of the job:
Since welcoming the first cat into our shelter in October 2022, our activities have grown to meet
need. In 2023, we rehomed 150 cats. In 2024, this increased to 179. We have also had an increase
in foster care, launched a pet food bank, and become a distribution partner for The Blue Cross. We
are seeking to onboard this role, our first paid staff member, to ensure the smooth day to day
running of our Rehoming Centre on Broad Street. To take on this role, we are looking for someone
who shares our passion for cat welfare, and wants to provide a quality, community service,
supporting our incredible volunteer team, working with, and furthering our local partnerships, and
ensuring the best possible care for our cats.
Main Responsibilities:
As the Volunteer and Centre Coordinator, you will be responsible for the day to day running of the Centre, focusing on the welfare of all cats in our care, and managing our volunteer programme. You will also ensure that all administrative and maintenance procedures are completed to a high standard.
We are looking for someone who is positive, driven and has the ability to thrive under pressure. You will support the board of trustees to continue to develop our Centre and services to meet local need. You will be someone who has:
- Experience and passion for cat care
- Great communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
- Current (clean) driving license
- Strong organisational, administration and analytical skills
- Experience of working within local communities; creating and nurturing partnerships
- Awareness of health and safety legislation
- Willingness to learn
- Preferred experience of volunteer recruitment, support and supervision
Community Connection Volunteer Co-ordinator
- Part time
- £25,794 pro-rata
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 5th January 2026
Street fit Scotland (SFS) is seeking a dedicated and dynamic individual to join our team as a Community Connection Volunteer Co-ordinator. This role will involve working independently and as part of a team to lead and manage and train a growing volunteer network, providing coaching, development opportunities, and nurturing connections with the local community. The successful candidate will be proactive, empathetic, and passionate about supporting people to reach their full potential.
Main Purpose of the Role
This role is central to the continued growth and development of Street Fit Scotland’s (SFS) volunteer offering. As Community Connection Volunteer Co-ordinator, you will lead with empathy, creativity, and a person-centred approach, encouraging and supporting our members to step into volunteer roles. You’ll provide inclusive, tailored support to help individuals flourish, ensuring every volunteer journey aligns with SFS’s core values of kindness and inclusion.
You’ll oversee all aspects of the volunteer function, developing meaningful roles, delivering training, nurturing development, and building a connected, supported, and empowered community.
Our main aim is to offer sessional work to volunteers when they pass the 6-month probation as we SFS values lived experience.
Key Responsibilities
As the main point of contact for all volunteers, you will be fully integrated into the heart of SFS activities, forming trusted relationships with both volunteers and wider community members. Your work will focus on meeting people where they are, understanding complex needs, offering emotional and practical support, and providing a bridge to meaningful experiences and future opportunities.
Volunteer Support & Development
- Deliver person-centred emotional and practical support to all volunteers and community members.
- Provide one-to-one and group support for community members exploring volunteering, helping them progress at their own pace.
- Design and facilitate internal training, including groupwork, inductions, policies and procedures, and skill-building sessions.
- Develop and share innovative tools and resources to support volunteer engagement and learning.
- Supervise and support the personal development of volunteers, helping them grow in confidence, responsibility, and pre-employability.
- Carry out continuous evaluation to monitor volunteer progress and impact.
- Coach and mentor members through tailored development journeys, helping individuals identify their strengths and contribute meaningfully.
Volunteer Management & Coordination
- Manage and coordinate all SFS volunteers (internal and external), ensuring people are matched to roles that reflect their skills, interests, and availability.
- Identify new opportunities for members to volunteer within SFS, co-creating role descriptions where appropriate.
- Assess individuals’ readiness and suitability for specific roles, offering additional support as needed.
- Oversee PVG processes and ensure a smooth onboarding experience.
- Build relationships with external volunteer services, such as Volunteer Scotland to recruit external volunteers, and stay up to date with relevant training and guidance.
- Attend and contribute to team meetings and service development discussions.
Community Engagement & Integration
- Participate in weekly core, stretch, and strength sessions, as well as community lunchtime drop-ins, to build relationships and encourage engagement.
- Accompany members to SFS sessions to foster community connection and shared experience.
- Support external training pathways (e.g. food hygiene, SDF training, or other personal development courses).
Operational Responsibilities
- Share responsibility for maintaining a clean, safe, and welcoming community base.
- Ensure SFS equipment (computers, desks, shared spaces) is cared for and cleaned when necessary.
- Wear PPE when required and complete relevant health and safety training, including food hygiene certification.
- Be an active team player; supporting colleagues, contributing to team culture, and helping shape a positive working environment.
Person Specification
Essential Skills & Experience
- Knowledge and understanding of the issues affecting members at SFS Working with individuals affected by homelessness, addiction, and trauma.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively, taking initiative while contributing to a supportive team environment.
- Knowledge of safe practices including adult and child protection.
- Strong demonstration of people skills, with a passion for helping others reach their potential.
- In-depth understanding of volunteers from recruitment and training to supervision and support.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to connect meaningfully across diverse backgrounds.
- A genuine commitment to creating inclusive, empowering spaces where everyone feels valued and heard.
- Highly organised, with strong computer skills and record management.
- Group work skills, experience of delivering workshops or sessions that involve team building exercises.
Desirable Experience
- Background in training or community education, with a focus on personal development / Experience in coaching, mentoring, or life coaching.
Additional Information
- Reports to: Michelle Reilly, CEO
- Responsible for: SFS equipment, the volunteer team, and maintaining a safe, clean, and welcoming shared space
- Base: SFS Community Hub, 19 south clerk street, EH8 9JD
Values
- Empathy - listen to and understand an individual’s needs and circumstances
- Treat everyone at SFS with dignity respect and kindness
- Take a non-judgemental approach
- A commitment to anti-discriminatory practice
- Recognise and uphold boundaries
Family Support Worker (Children, Young People and Parents/Carers)
- Full time
- £23,549 – £29,669
- Hybrid: Hamilton
- Closing 23rd January 2026
Community Volunteers Enabling You (COVEY) has operated across Lanarkshire for 32 years supporting 5,000 children, young people and parents/carers to become more resilient, safe and better equipped to reach their full potential. COVEY provides 1-1 and group-based befriending, mentoring and family support.
COVEY is seeking a passionate, professional and proactive individual to provide support to families who are experiencing difficulties or challenges in their everyday lives such as isolation, mental and physical health problems, disability, poverty and trauma. This involves direct work with children, young people, parents/carers and whole families via 1-1 intervention/support and group-based mentoring.
The successful candidate will provide person centred, relationship-based support to children, young people and parents/carers to help them identify and address short-term needs (strengthening confidence, wellbeing and family/community relationships) and support long-term aspirations into positive destinations. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with experienced professionals, manage complex cases, and support volunteer mentors. If you have a strong background in family support and are driven by our mission to create positive change, apply today and help families thrive.
What we offer
We offer a rewarding role with the opportunity to develop your skills and future career in an enriching environment with the following benefits:
- 6% employer pension contribution
- flexible working (including flexi-time)
- access to learning and development opportunities
- one special leave day to celebrate your birthday
- annual staff and volunteer recognition awards
- quarterly staff wellbeing activities
- annual all staff outing/activity
- HSF Health plan for employees (and their spouse/partner and children) including dental and optical claim back, physio claim back, personal accident coverage, GP, mental health counselling, legal support, discounts for gym, cinema and shopping
- access to ScotWest Credit Union offering loans, mortgages and savings accounts
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The Deputy Manager has day to day operational responsibility for the delivery of the bureau’s advice service. The post holder will ensure a quality service is delivered in line with the Scottish National Standards and the Bureau’s Citizens Advice membership and will provide to the Chief Executive Officer all necessary reporting, data and case study information required.
The Deputy Manager is responsible for maintaining a disciplined, professional office working environment and ensures its compliance with the Bureau’s health, safety and other working policies, practices and procedures.
Using AdviserNet and the information systems, provide 2nd tier consultancy support to staff and volunteers on complex cases to include type 3 cases i.e. representation at tribunals. The post holder will also work as part of the Senior Management Team and will deputise for the Chief Executive Officer when required to do so.
The post requires a Basic Disclosure certificate.
Green Spaces & Wellbeing Officer
- Part time
- £28,000 pro-rata
- On site: Scottish Borders (multiple community garden sites)
- Closing 9th January 2026
Abundant Borders works to reduce food insecurity, improve wellbeing and strengthen community resilience across the Scottish Borders. We do this by creating and supporting a network of community food gardens where people can learn to grow food sustainably, build skills, connect with others and improve their physical and mental health. Volunteers are at the heart of everything we do, and our gardens provide welcoming, inclusive green spaces that bring communities together.
About the Role
We are looking for a compassionate, organised and community-minded Green Spaces Officer to support volunteers across our network of community gardens. This role will help people to take part in outdoor activities that improve wellbeing, increase confidence, and strengthen social connection.
Working closely with Garden Leaders and volunteer teams, the Green Spaces Officer will help ensure our gardens are safe, welcoming, inclusive environments where everyone can participate—particularly individuals facing disadvantage, isolation, or poor mental health.
This is a highly rewarding role for someone who enjoys working outdoors, supporting people, and helping communities to thrive.
Key Responsibilities
- Support volunteers to participate in garden sessions in inclusive, safe, positive ways
- Provide 1:1 support where needed, helping individuals to build confidence and skills
- Organise small group activities such as nature walks, seasonal tasks, wellbeing sessions, and gentle gardening
- Work with staff and volunteers to ensure gardens remain welcoming, accessible community spaces
- Help volunteers to set goals, reflect on progress, and engage fully in community life
- Contribute to monitoring, evaluation and volunteer feedback
- Support the development of wellbeing-focused initiatives within garden settings
- Liaise with referring partners (e.g. mental health teams, housing associations, support workers)
About You
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Warm, patient and able to build trusting relationships
- Comfortable supporting people with additional needs or low confidence
- Passionate about the role green spaces play in wellbeing
- Able to work independently across multiple locations
- Organised, reliable and confident managing small groups
- A good communicator who can work collaboratively with staff, volunteers and partners
- Experience in community gardening, mental health support, social care, outdoor learning or community development is welcome—but above all, we value enthusiasm, attitude and commitment.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary
- Supportive, friendly staff team and trustees
- Training opportunities aligned with the role
- Flexibility within working hours
- Opportunity to make a meaningful difference to people and communities across the Borders
HTSI brings together a wide range of community groups, charities, and social enterprises. We work collaboratively with five local delivery partners to ensure that the needs of our communities—spanning an area larger than Wales—are met with innovation, partnership, and integrity.
HTSI continues its ambition to be a catalyst for positive change, investing in the strength and resilience of the Third Sector through knowledge sharing, capacity building, partnership, and a steadfast commitment to ensuring our sector’s voice is heard in policy, planning, and service delivery. Our work and impact rest on a team that values expertise, creativity, and a shared commitment to making a meaningful impact. We foster an inclusive, respectful, and empowering working environment, where staff are encouraged to develop professionally, contribute ideas, and take on responsibility.
We are now seeking an inspiring leader who shares our values and vision. The ideal candidate will bring strategic insight, excellent communication skills, and a proven ability to build strong, collaborative relationships. You will be comfortable advocating for the Third Sector at both local and national levels, engaging with policy forums, and championing the interests of our diverse communities. We are looking for someone who thrives in a dynamic and challenging environment, who demonstrates flexibility, resilience, and the ability to listen as well as lead. Your leadership will be instrumental in shaping progressive change, securing sustainable funding, and nurturing community-led solutions for the Highlands and beyond.
If you are passionate about driving real and lasting impact, and have the experience and vision to take HTSI forward, we warmly invite your application for this pivotal role.
Full details are available in the recruitment pack below.
About Ramblers Scotland
Ramblers Scotland is a registered charity and the leading voice for walkers in Scotland. We exist to help everyone, everywhere enjoy walking. We know how much it contributes to improvements in individual and community wellbeing, and our strategy sets out to tackle the barriers that prevent more people from enjoying those benefits.
Vice Convener – Ramblers Scotland Strategic Committee
About the Role
As Vice Convener of the Ramblers Scotland Strategic Committee (RSSC), you’ll play a key role in supporting the Convener and contributing to the strategic direction of our work. The committee oversees our activities in Scotland, helping to ensure that walking is accessible, enjoyable, and open to all.
This is a strategic and advisory role — there is no operational decision-making responsibility. You’ll collaborate closely with fellow volunteers and staff to help shape our campaigns, policies, and priorities, aligning your leadership with the organisation’s refreshed strategy — which emphasises removing barriers to walking, improving access for under-represented communities, and safeguarding natural spaces.
This volunteer role also provides an excellent career development opportunity — offering experience in governance, strategic planning, and leadership within a national charity.
This is a national volunteer role that involves quarterly in-person meetings, with occasional ad hoc sub-committee meetings (often online). While the role is unpaid, reasonable expenses (e.g. travel and subsistence) will be reimbursed.
Convener – Ramblers Scotland Strategic Committee
About the Role
As Convener of the Ramblers Scotland Strategic Committee (RSSC), you will play a key leadership role in guiding the strategic direction of our work in Scotland. The committee oversees our activities across the country, helping to ensure that walking is accessible, enjoyable, and open to all.
This is a strategic and governance-focused role, with no operational decision-making responsibilities. You will collaborate closely with fellow volunteers and staff to help shape our campaigns, policies, and priorities, aligning your leadership with the organisation’s refreshed strategy — which emphasises removing barriers to walking, improving access for under-represented communities, and safeguarding natural spaces.
Serving as Convener also offers a valuable career development opportunity, providing experience in charity governance, strategic planning, and leadership at a national level.
This national volunteer role involves quarterly in-person committee meetings and occasional ad hoc or informal sub-committee meetings (often held online). You will also represent Ramblers Scotland as a full member of the Ramblers GB Board of Trustees.
While the role is unpaid, reasonable travel and subsistence expenses will be reimbursed.
Top job! Director
- Full time or Part time
- £45,000 – £48,000
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 19th January 2026
The Director is the senior leader of Firefly International, responsible for driving the charity’s mission to support war-affected children through the provision of education, mental health and peacebuilding programmes delivered in genuine partnership with our overseas partners. This is a hands-on leadership role within a small, donation-dependent charity, suited to an adaptable allrounder who is motivated to lead growth and change rather than maintain the status quo. Firefly has a good track record and a good reputation and has both the will and the capacity to do more and do better, for the children it exists to serve. To do that, it needs to recruit the right Director.
Organisation Profile
Firefly International was established as an arts-based playgroup, as civil war was coming to an end in Bosnia, to bring Bosnia’s Croat, Serb and Muslim children together. The founder, Ellie Maxwell, was a student at the University of Edinburgh at the time. Firefly still works in Bosnia, supporting its locally registered partner, Svitac (Firefly in local language) which is based in Brcko in the north-east, where the population is divided between the three ethnicities. It runs daily classes for pre-school children, outreach sessions with high schools and a youth group for the 16+ age group. All activities aim to build tolerance between different ethnicities and tackle the ignorance that fuels hatred and fear.
Since 2016 it has also been working with a Syrian partner organisation, delivering trauma-informed education. Initially it was working just in the Syrian refugee communities in Turkey. Later, it began work in northern Syria and more recently it has begun teaching in and around Latakia in western Syria. This is the largest of our three programme areas and the one with the most pressing demands for expansion, in response to the gaps in education in Syria today.
Until 7th October 2023 we partnered with a child mental health centre in Gaza. We have had to close the centre but aim to return to Gaza when we can. Meantime, we partner with an Egyptian group who help child medical evacuees from Gaza with therapeutic and educational activities.
Firefly is a long-established charity, small but with a long reach and ambitious goals. It is distinctive in its stated aim of remaining with its partners for as long as it is needed and useful. It encourages the development of projects by local staff in response to local needs. Its income and scope have grown considerably in recent years. It is driven by the need to be as effective as it can be, supporting partners in their aspirations for the children and young people of their own communities.
The Role
This is a full-time role based in Edinburgh for a Director at Firefly International (open to discussing part time or flexible working arrangements). The Director will oversee the strategic direction, daily operations, and overall performance of the organisation. Key tasks include managing budgets, fundraising efforts, supervising staff and volunteers, maintaining strong relationships with partner organisations, and ensuring the effective delivery of programmes. The Director will also represent Firefly to stakeholders, including donors and international partners, and work to enhance its impact and visibility.
Top job! Charity Manager
- Full time or Part time
- £38,788
- Hybrid: Campbell House, Gartnavel Royal Hospital in Glasgow’s West End
- Closing 9th January 2026
Common Wheel is a Glasgow-based charity dedicated to supporting people with mental health issues. Our vision is for individuals to live meaningful, satisfying lives and contribute to society. Our mission focuses on improving mental wellbeing, building skills, reducing isolation, and challenging stigma through creative, practical activities like music, art, bike building, and climbing. We have been supporting people manage or recover from mental illness for 25 years. We work in the community, in hospital wards and care homes and at our 2 purpose-built bike workshops in Maryhill and Glasgow.
Role Overview
The Charity Manager will lead the day-to-day operations of Common Wheel, ensuring the effective delivery of programmes, sound financial management, communications as well as contributing to successful fundraising. With an annual income of between £250,000 and £300,000, the charity is at a pivotal stage of growth and impact. The Manager will play a key role in shaping strategy, managing the team, and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Management
- Lead and manage a small team of 7-10 staff, a pool of freelance practitioners and a team of volunteers.
- Foster a positive, inclusive, and high-performing organisational culture.
- Work closely with the Board of Trustees to develop and implement strategic plans.
Programme Delivery
- Oversee the planning, execution, and evaluation of all programmes and services, such as build-your-own-bike workshops, climbing, art, music and others.
- Ensure programmes align with the charity’s mission and deliver measurable impact to participants.
- Monitor performance and report on outcomes to funders and trustees.
Fundraising & Income Generation
- Develop and implement a fundraising strategy to sustain and grow income.
- Cultivate relationships with funders, grant-makers, corporate partners, referrers and community supporters.
- Work with our Fundraiser to prepare funding applications and manage grant reporting requirements.
Finance & Governance
- Manage the charity’s budget, ensuring financial sustainability and compliance.
- Oversee financial reporting, including monthly management accounts and annual audits, working with our finance manager and treasurer.
- Ensure compliance with charity legal and regulatory requirements.
Communications & Stakeholder Engagement
- Represent the charity externally, acting as a spokesperson and champion for Common Wheel when required.
- Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including beneficiaries, partners, and funders.
- Oversee marketing, communications, and public relations activities.
Person Specification
Essential
- Proven experience in charity management or a leadership role in an equivalent organisation.
- Strong understanding of fundraising, financial management, and governance.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to lead and motivate a team.
- Strategic thinker with hands-on operational capability.
- Interest in mental health and a commitment to challenge the stigma surrounding mental illness.
Desirable
- Experience working with a charity of similar size and scope.
- Knowledge of the charity’s sector or beneficiary group.
- Familiarity with regulation, relevant systems and processes
Top job! Policy and Engagement Officer
- Full time
- £42,646 – £45,909
- Hybrid: Office is based in central Edinburgh
- Closing 11th January 2026
We’re looking for a Policy and Engagement Officer to join the team at the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission, which helps resolve issues raised by the public about work carried out by Scottish lawyers and oversees complaint handling across the legal services sector. We help hundreds of people a year, and our team make decisions which make a difference to people’s lives.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we’re open on both professional and work experience. We want to build a diverse team, so would positively encourage applications from all candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion, pregnancy or maternity.
We’re a small team of around 60 staff, which makes for a close, friendly team to work in. We deliver serious work, but we also have a great deal of fun as a team working together. It also means there are great opportunities to get involved in different aspects of our work, from driving improvements in our customer service, to running sprints to test new ways of working.
In this role you will help us shape our thinking, build our understanding and communicate our views on key issues to our partners, stakeholders and users. You will also help ensure that we develop robust policies to help govern our complaints and regulatory work, drawing on strong horizon scanning, robust research and meaningful consultation.
You will build strong relationships with key stakeholders at all levels and manage the organisation’s engagement with them. You will be responsible for drafting reports, responses and other public communications and responding to enquiries from politicians, regulators, consumer groups and other bodies. You will also develop policy proposals and recommendations across a range of issues and deliver briefing and policy advice to board members and senior staff.
You will be enthusiastic, motivated and able to work with others. You’ll bring strong relationship building skills and stakeholder engagement experience. And you’ll be a confident communicator with strong writing skills and an ability to adapt your approach for different audiences.
You must be able to demonstrate experience of policy development and a proven ability to analyse information to produce robust findings and recommendations.
You will need to be able to quickly grasp complex or technical issues. It’s a benefit if you have knowledge of regulation policy, consumer policy, legal issues or equalities issues, but we’re very open to hearing from those with experience in other areas.
This is a hybrid role. We require that you attend our Edinburgh office a minimum of one-third of your working time a quarter (we estimate around 2 days per week for a full-time colleague). There may also be some specific events that you will need to attend in person. Please note your induction will include more office days in the beginning to help you settle into the SLCC, learn about the role and to provide the most support. We also offer flexible working hours that means when you are working from home you can work anytime between 6am and 10pm and 7am to 7pm in the office.
You will also have 42 days paid holiday, including public holidays (pro-rata for less than 35 hours a week). We also offer a Group Self Invested Personal Pension, company sick pay scheme, life assurance, cycle to work scheme, travel loan scheme, volunteer days and a confidential employee assistance programme offering free advice and support across a range of work and personal issues.
We also pride ourselves on being an enjoyable place to work, with a supportive environment, opportunities for self-development, staff charity events and the opportunity to socialise. We have a staff led Wellbeing and Inclusion Group. In our last staff survey 97% said they have a good working relationship with their colleagues.