Shakti is a feminist Black Minority Ethnic voluntary organisation which offers information, advocacy, emotional/practical support and refuge/temporary accommodation to all Black Minority Ethnic women and their children, who are experiencing or fleeing domestic abuse.

The post holder will ideally be a bilingual speaker in one of the BME community languages; preferably Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, Swahili, Hausa, Amharic, Yoruba and Igbo or other South Asian or African or East Asian languages and have exceptional leadership and management skills to steer our strong, committed, and skilled Housing Support and Advocacy team; strong communications, influencing and negotiating skills; experience of working with Black Minority Ethnic (BME) communities. Must have sound knowledge and understanding of equalities issues and the issues affecting BME women, children, and young people, understanding of the legislative and cultural issues surrounding BME specific Gender-Based violence, domestic abuse, honour-based abuse such as forced marriage and female genital mutilation, and their effects on Black Minority Ethnic women, their children, and young people.

About the RSE

As Scotland’s National Academy with over 1,800 Fellows from academia, business and public service who are among the most distinguished in their fields; we engage and connect nationally and internationally to share knowledge and tackle the most pressing challenges of the modern world.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Buildings and Facilities Officer to join us in ensuring the smooth operation of the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s venue and services. You will play a key role in ensuring maintenance, compliance and operational services are delivered to meet RSE’s needs, while providing support to venue activities when required.

About you

You will bring:

• Proven experience in providing buildings, facilities, or property services support; including maintenance, coordination, and contractor liaison.
• Experience of supporting statutory compliance and building safety checks such as water hygiene (Legionella), fire safety, and other facilities compliance activities.
• Strong collaboration skills and experience in supporting different teams where required.
• Experience of working with contractors and service providers.
• A high level of attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills; oral and written.

Experience in supporting health and safety activities and assisting with fire safety coordination is desirable, and a willingness to learn are equally important.

This role is ideal for someone who is comfortable working independently, being proactive and taking initiative.

Are you passionate about helping people to live a better life? Do you want to work for a charity where your health and wellbeing matter just as much as the people you support? Do you want to be part of a trauma-informed team where you will be supported to develop creative and flexible ways of working?

You don’t need to have previous experience or qualifications in this field. If you share our values, this could be the role for you!

At LinkLiving, our values and people are at the heart of everything we do including how we recruit our staff. It is important for us to find people who share our values, which are:

• Empathy (listen to and understand an individual’s needs and circumstances)
• Respect (treat others the way they wish to be treated)
• Integrity (be honest and have strong moral principles)
• Caring (show kindness and concern for others)

LinkLiving is a Scottish health and wellbeing charity that supports people to manage or overcome the effects of negative life experiences (including trauma, mental health challenges, poverty and inequality) so that they can build on their strengths and aspirations in order to live their best possible lives. We support people through a range of models including:

• Personal development and employability programmes
• Self-help coaching
• Supported accommodation
• Care at home
• Housing support
• Befriending
• Social cafes

The Service

Our Edinburgh Mental Health Services is made up of five teams of support workers who provide visiting tenancy support across Edinburgh to people experiencing mental ill health. The service also has a Core and Cluster accommodation service which provides more intensive support to people who have spent time in long-term hospital care. Our support enables the people we work with to live as independently as possible in their own home and improve their mental and physical health.

The Job

We have an exciting opportunity for ambitious and motivated Support Workers to join our team and improve the lives of people supported by our Edinburgh Mental Health Services.

In this role, you will be supported to work using a person centred and trauma informed approach and develop effective relationships with people affected by a range of mental health problems, supporting them to cope in difficult times and working towards recovery and a good life. You will provide emotional, practical and social support to enable people to live as independently as possible and make informed choices in all aspects of their lives.

This role involves the administration of medication to some of the individuals we support. Full training will be provided for this.

For a comprehensive list of the essential and desirable criteria required for this post, please refer to the Job Specification in the Job information Pack above.

What’s in it for you?

The benefits of being a LinkLiving employee (subject to the policies and benefit terms and conditions) include:

• Competitive salary, reviewed annually, and opportunity for annual performance related salary increases and discretionary non-consolidated pay awards, subject to terms of the scheme
• 35 days’ holiday per year (inclusive of public holidays) pro rata plus additional 3 days pro rata after 3 years’ service
• opportunity to buy and sell holiday
• enhanced company sick and family friendly pay
• access to paid SVQ qualifications and a wide range of learning and development opportunities
• funded Disclosure Scotland and Scottish Social Services Council memberships
• defined contribution pension scheme with generous employer contributions plus salary exchange and additional voluntary contribution options
• access to a Salary Exchange car leasing scheme, subject to the terms of the scheme
• life assurance scheme providing death in service benefits
• healthcare cash plan for employees (and dependents) to support health and wellbeing plus discounts on shopping, restaurants, and other services
• employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate household dependants to support health, mental and financial well-being
• access to purchase annual corporate clothing vouchers
• annual flu vaccination
• access to a credit union savings and borrowing scheme
• cycle to work scheme
• access to discounts on mobile airtime plans and much more!

For a full list of benefits available to employees, please see the following link - linkliving.org.uk/work-with-us

Successful applicants will be required to apply for registration with SSSC within 3 months of their start date and be registeredwithin 6 months.

This role is subject to PVG membership under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020. Individuals who are barred from working with children or protected adults will not be considered for this position. Link will meet the cost of any new PVG scheme membership or membership update.

Further Information

Interested? If you have any questions about the role, please email jobs@linkhaltd.co.uk and we can arrange for someone from the service to call you for an informal chat.

To find out more about what LinkLiving do and to view the generous pay and benefits package, please visit our website at linkliving.org.uk

Calum’s Cabin is seeking a highly motivated individual who is looking for an opportunity to make a huge impact for the organisation. If you are looking for a Fundraising role where you will directly see the difference every pound raised makes to the hundreds of families we support every year, this is it. In 2025:

• 201 families had a holiday in one of our 6 (now 7) holiday homes
• 41 families stayed in our 12 home-from-home Glasgow flats
• 687 Christmas and Easter gifts given
• 7,975 snacks given to hospitals
• 2,454 fairy box items donated
• 1,064 people attended our mindfulness sessions

As we work towards our 20th Anniversary in 2027, we have ambition to support more families across Scotland and the UK. This will mean further capital investment and ultimately increased running costs. You could be a major part of ensuring we have the sustainable income required to achieve that.

Role Purpose

The Fundraising and Corporate Partnerships Manger plays a key role in growing sustainable income for Calum’s Cabin by developing and managing high-value fundraising streams, including a renewed focus on corporate partnerships. The postholder will build strong relationships with corporate supporters, trusts, and community partners, delivering innovative fundraising initiatives that support families affected by cancer.

This role combines strategic development with hands-on delivery and is ideal for an experienced fundraiser who is passionate about making a tangible impact in a small, dynamic charity environment. You will work closely with the Chief Operating Officer and the founders to develop and deliver the Fundraising Strategy.

Who we are looking for

You will be experienced in and passionate about the charity sector, with an ambition to grow as an expert in fundraising. We are looking for a someone with the creativity and initiative to develop new fundraising ideas, and who is professional, personable, and resilient.

As a small team, we provide a significant level of support to families each year. You will be required to undertake a variety of tasks, sometimes working with others in the team, and at other times working independently. You will be a strategic thinker with a hands-on approach.

You will have excellent communication, relationship-building and influencing negotiation, and organisational skills, with a track record of achieving targets.

Do you want to help create a safer, brighter future for children in Scotland?

At Children First, Scotland’s national children’s charity, we stand up for children, keep them safe, and support families to thrive.

This is an exciting opportunity to utilise and develop your skills, knowledge and experience by joining our North Strathclyde Bairns Hoose team.

Scotland’s first Bairns Hoose was opened in 2023 in North Strathclyde and since then has continued to place the best interests of the child at the centre of all the systems that are there to protect them and to offer the child and their family or caregivers all the support they need.

Our North Strathclyde Bairns Hoose is an innovative partnership between Children First, 4 Local Authorities ( East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, and East Dunbartonshire), Police Scotland, SCRA, Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service, and Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service.

Bairns Hoose is based on the European Barnahus model. Barnahus is a child-friendly, multidisciplinary, and interagency model of justice, care and recovery for children who are victims and witnesses of all forms of violence. A place where all Police, Social Work, Health, Court and Recovery services are based under one roof. Children receive a coordinated trauma responsive plan to support their journey through the care, protection, and justice system. The aim of the model is to prevent re-traumatisation caused by delayed and disjointed investigation and court proceedings; to keep children safe; allow them access to fair justice and to help them recover from the trauma of their ordeal.

We are currently looking for the right person to join our team on a temporary basis whilst a colleague is on Maternity Leave.

What kind of person will make a great Bairns Hoose Rights, Advocacy and Trauma Recovery Worker for Children First?

• is fiercely passionate about children’s rights
• thinks it’s a privilege to work with and on behalf of children and families
• is kind and will bring their whole selves to the job: heart and mind
• is committed to being part of transformational change alongside children and their families

What kind of Rights, Advocacy and Trauma Recovery Worker will you be?

Knowing our ambition for children, you will be someone who:

• is resilient, skilled and knowledgeable; who wants to transform children’s lives
• can connect well with young people and their families, help them to feel safe and build a relationship based on trust
• understands trauma and knows that with the right support children and young people can recover – there is always a way
• is able to build strong relationships and manage tricky conversations
• is able to work collaboratively with partners
• has a cool head and clear minded at times of pressure
• is able to make decisions
• can inspire colleagues and teams to be even better
• is an amazing ambassador for children and Children First

Above all else, the most important thing to us is that you are someone who will do the right thing for children and their families at every turn.

Who we are

Reeltime Music is a creative youth work charity supporting disadvantaged young people through music and the creative industries. We work in partnership to deliver high-quality workshops, projects, volunteering opportunities, and recording and rehearsal services across North Lanarkshire.

The role

As Project Officer, you will work closely with our CEO to coordinate externally funded, organisational-level projects that support Reeltime Music’s strategic ambitions.

In this role, “project” means funded programmes (e.g. Creative Scotland awards, local authority contracts, targeted funder initiatives) rather than short-term blocks of tutor-led workshops. You’ll help turn strategy into delivery, ensuring projects are well-planned, well-evidenced, and aligned with our long-term goals.

Your work will directly contribute to delivering meaningful, high-quality impact for young people and the wider community.

What you’ll do

• Coordinate externally funded projects, ensuring agreed outcomes and outputs are delivered
• Translate strategic plans into clear project plans, schedules, and workflows
• Liaise with funders, partners, tutors, and volunteers to support effective delivery
• Gather monitoring and evaluation data and produce high-quality reports for funders, the CEO, and board
• Track project budgets and support financial reporting
• Uphold safeguarding, equality, and data protection standards across all activity

About you

• Experience coordinating externally funded projects or programmes
• Strong organisational and project management skills
• Confident communicator, able to work closely with senior leaders and external partners
• Comfortable with reporting, monitoring, and evidencing impact
• Aligned with Reeltime Music’s values of respect, collaboration, creativity, and integrity

Why join us?

• Flexible and family-friendly working
• Meaningful work that creates real impact for young people
• Supportive, values-driven organisation
• 32 days leave (pro-rata), including public holidays
• Real Living Wage employer

About the team

The Information & Support team is based in Glasgow and Liverpool and offers a range of services to people affected by lung cancer across the UK. The team works closely with our Research, Finance, Income generation and Marketing teams based in Liverpool. Our main activities include distributing information designed to support medical understanding and psychological coping; delivering our Ask the Nurse service which provides support and advice; supporting people affected by lung cancer face to face via our Support Group network and Information Days; and our Connect online and 1-1 support services, promoting awareness of signs and symptoms and the benefit of early diagnosis of lung cancer.

About the role

You will be working in the department dealing directly with people affected by lung cancer. The post holder will provide operational management and engagement for our growing range of information and support services. This role will focus on building our service capacity, systems and profile. It will contribute to the involvement of people affected by lung cancer in the services, advocacy and policy reach of the charity.

Fife Women’s Aid are looking for a full-time member of staff to join our existing MARAC team, working with women experiencing domestic abuse who are at high levels of risk.

If you want to help make a difference in the lives of women, children and young people with experience of domestic abuse, have direct experience of providing one to one person-centred support, an understanding of the causes and impacts of domestic abuse along with good interpersonal skills then you may be the person we are looking for. Applicants will have at least 2 years’ experience of working in a support or advocacy role. The MARAC team is a small supportive team with a wealth of experience to share with new workers. Training will also be provided for the successful candidates.

The successful applicant(s) will have at least SVQ Level III or equivalent level of qualification in social care or other relevant subject, or equivalent experience and willingness to work towards a qualification.

Please join us for an online session to find out more about FWA MARAC service. This will be at 6.30pm on Monday 6th April 2026. Please confirm your attendance to info@fifewomensaid.org.uk and we will send you details of the zoom meeting. We hope to see you there.

Fife Women’s Aid is a feminist organisation and strives to be a supportive and empowering employer offering competitive terms and conditions.

Membership of Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme is a requirement for this post.

This is a key role in Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis survivor services teams that provides specific support services to girls 13+ and women. The role requires a strong commitment to anti-discriminatory and equality work and must demonstrate experience working directly with girls and women. The post holder will be comfortable and confident in representing the service externally across agencies. Experience and understanding of working within an organisation that operates within a feminist, equality, and human rights framework is preferable for this role. Ideally candidates will have a least 2-years working experience in a similar role, or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience gathered from volunteering, education or other routes. Joining an already established team, this role will work closely with the Team Leader for the Service, while also being accountable for maintaining 1 and applying the values, principles, and competencies of the role to the Director of the Centre.

A PVG check will be undertaken as part of the selection process. Only women need to apply under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

The role

The postholder will work with colleagues across the organisation to deliver the objectives outlined in EVOC’s five-year strategic plan. Reporting to the EVOC Chief Executive, the role of the Business Operations Manager is to work as part of the Senior Management Team (SMT) to provide leadership and management to the organisation. Leads the admin and operations team, with three direct reports.

This role combines aspects of business operations, communications and marketing along with membership services, training and administration across the whole organisation.

About you

We’re looking for an experienced Business Operations and Communications Manager to provide leadership and management to the organisation. You will work with the CEO to oversee aspects of EVOC’s business operations and communications, along with membership services, training and administration across the whole organisation. You will also line manage three members of staff.

About us

EVOC (Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council) is a charity that was established in 1868. In July 2025, we published a new strategic plan to guide our work for the next five years.

Our purpose is to serve the needs of people and communities across Edinburgh by supporting our members and third sector organisations to be effective and drive the change they need.

We work in three areas – advocacy, capacity building and collaboration – underpinned by research and analysis to inform our work to support third sector organisations and the communities they serve.

EVOC is a living wage employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity, inclusion and diversity and welcome applications from members of all communities.

Benefits:

• 26 days of annual leave per year
• 10 public holidays (6 fixed and 4 floating) per year
• Pension (6% company contribution)
• Additional annual leave between Christmas and New Year when the EVOC office closes
• A hybrid working approach
• All the equipment you need to work remotely
• Competitive salary
• Continued investment in your development to support you in this role
• The chance to make a real difference to the sector and the city