This post is a fixed term 35 hours per week contract until 31st March 2028.

Partners in Advocacy has established itself as one of Scotland's leading providers of independent advocacy, delivering exceptional advocacy services since 1998.

We are thrilled to present a wonderful opportunity within our children’s advocacy service nationwide throughout Scotland- “My Rights, My Say ”. As an independent advocacy worker, you will have the privilege of providing one-to-one independent advocacy to children and young people with additional support needs who are age 12 to 15 and support them to exercise their rights within education. Through this role, you will ensure that their voices are heard, enabling them to make informed choices, protect their rights and have a meaningful impact on decisions that affect their education and lives.

Please note that although this post is advertised as hybrid, the successful candidate will work from home or office if preferred with the need to travel to meet advocacy partners and as this is a nationwide service this could mean travel at times to all areas of Scotland.

Applicants should also hold a current driving licence and have access to a roadworthy vehicle for work use.

We strongly encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds to apply. If you believe your skills, experience, and expertise align with the criteria outlined in the person specification, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please complete the application form, ensuring that you provide examples of how your knowledge and experience fulfil each aspect of the person specification.

Partners in Advocacy takes pride in being a Disability Confident Employer, fully committed to creating an inclusive and accessible work environment.

Are you passionate about nurture, high quality childcare and making a real difference to children and families in Scotland? Do you want to be part of SCMA – a thriving membership organisation, advocating on behalf of childminders and delivering services across Scotland?

We are recruiting a Childminding Development Officer to help us expand the childminding workforce across Scotland and support the delivery of school age childcare placements with childminders.

The Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) is the national voice of childminding in Scotland. SCMA is a national Third Sector and membership organisation that promotes childminding as a quality childcare service. Working on behalf of its 2,500 childminder members, SCMA helps to improve the wellbeing and outcomes for Scotland’s children and aims to influence policy to ensure that it is informed by the experiences of childminding. SCMA provides a wide range of support and professional services for members including training and events as well as delivering local services. For more information about our organisation and services visit childminding.org

The successful applicant will work to support potential new childminders by delivering a childminding recruitment model in targeted local authority areas and by setting up funded placements for school age children. You will work closely with the Childminding Liaison Officer and Area Manager and recruitment team, using SCMA’s successful childminding specific models of recruitment and placements, with the aim of increasing the number of childminders across Scotland and the number of children accessing placements with childminders.

The postholder is required to have proven ability to prioritise work and forward plan. Enthusiasm, self-motivation, good communication and excellent organisational skills are required.

Full-time 36 hrs per week, starting salary £27,278

This post is fixed term, with initial funding to March 2027

The post is home/head office based, requiring regular attendance at Head Office in Stirling, and travel on occasion to local authority areas across Scotland as required.

Equipment will be provided.

Change Mental Health is a leading national mental health charity providing unique support to people with severe and enduring mental ill health. With over 50 years’ experience across Scotland, we believe people affected by poor mental health and illness deserve the highest quality of support in the community and that every person has the right to be valued and to share in the opportunities, challenges, and joys of everyday life.

In this role you will support all areas of fundraising and in particular drive Community Fundraising, Individual Giving and Corporate Fundraising. This will involve helping individuals who choose to fundraise for us, developing relationships with local partners, and growing income through events, activities and supporter led challenges.

You will shape and deliver our fundraising programme, creating simple but innovative experiences for supporters; making sure they feel appreciated and connected to our work. This is a hands-on role and you’ll be involved in everything from planning community events to speaking with individual fundraisers, attending local events and finding new opportunities for support.

You will work confidently and independently, using my own experience and judgement to prioritise tasks, solve problems and manage my own workload. You’ll also work closely with colleagues across fundraising and communications so that fundraising plays a strong part in the wider development of the charity.

Key Responsibilities:

Building Community Support

• Develop relationships with individual fundraisers, volunteers, community groups, schools, and local businesses.
• Look for new opportunities for community support and act on them.
• Provide friendly, timely and supportive communication to everyone who chooses to fundraise for us.

Events and Activities

• Support and grow income from mass participation events, challenges and supporter-led activities.
• Help plan, promote and deliver community events, ensuring supporters have a positive experience from start to finish.

Corporate Relationships

• Account manage current key corporate relationships.
• Work closely with the Business Development Manager to steward and engage with prospective corporate partners.
• Develop new corporate relationships

Volunteer Involvement

• Develop volunteer opportunities to support the fundraising team, and wider organisation, as well as recruit for and build a pool of dedicated volunteers.
• Help develop a positive volunteer experience.

Organisation and Reporting

• Keep accurate records across our CRM systems (including Donorfy and Monday.com) and contribute to income reporting and forecasting.
• Take responsibility for maintaining high data quality and ensuring supporter information is recorded accurately and consistently
• Work with colleagues to ensure good processes, clear messaging and consistent supporter journeys.

Working Across the Charity

• Work closely with both Fundraising Managers and Head of Fundraising to implement the fundraising strategy.
• Collaborate regularly with colleagues across development, communications and service delivery.
• Represent the charity confidently at community events, meetings and presentations.
• Support the wider work of the fundraising team as needed.

Essential Criteria:

• Experience in fundraising that allows you to step into a busy fundraising environment and take ownership quickly.
• Ability to work independently with confidence, using initiative to manage competing demands.
• A track record of generating income and exceeding targets.
• Confident in building relationships with a wide range of people.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to balance different priorities.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Great understanding of supporter care and engagement.
• Good financial awareness and the ability to work to budgets.
• Great IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and databases
• A positive attitude and willingness to get stuck in.
• Knowledge of fundraising regulations and GDPR.
• Strong attention to detail with a methodical approach to recording, processing and reporting data.

Desirable Criteria:

• Working with community organisations or local partners.
• Experience delivering events or mass participation fundraising.
• Experience in working across multiple income streams.
• Experience of supporting or coordinating volunteers.
• Fundraising qualification (or similar).

Benefits:

• 24/7 access to an award-winning Employee Assistance Programme providing free legal, financial, and medical advice as well as support with life’s challenges.
• A 35-hour working week, enhanced sick pay & season ticket loan.
• A great work life balance with flexible and blended working environment.
• Blue Light Discount Card
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Enhanced sick pay and leave entitlements.
• Generous 37 days’ holiday
• Paid Mental Wellbeing Days
• Professional development including funded opportunities.

Presbytery Support Officer - Clèir Eilean Ì The Church of Scotland in the Highlands and Hebrides

The Presbytery Support Officer is key to ensuring that all who contact the Presbytery have a positive experience with a warm, welcoming and helpful approach. Using your significant administration experience you will ensure all processes run smoothly and efficiently and the presbytery website and social media channels are kept up to date.

The Presbytery Support Officer will work closely with the Presbytery Clerk to ensure that those within the Presbytery are well resourced and supported.

Alongside office management duties such as minute taking, diary management and maintaining procedures, you will also bring strong interpersonal skills, enthusiasm, flexibility, creativity and approachability to this role.

Change Mental Health is a leading national mental health charity providing unique support to people with severe and enduring mental ill health. With over 50 years’ experience across Scotland, we believe people affected by poor mental health and illness deserve the highest quality of support in the community and that every person has the right to be valued and to share in the opportunities, challenges, and joys of everyday life.

In this role, you will lead Change Mental Health’s trust fundraising activities to sustain current services and generate new income for the organisation. You will develop fundraising strategies and lead on developing and writing bids to Trusts and Foundations. You will work closely with the Head of Fundraising and Director of Development, as well as other colleagues, to ensure that we maximise opportunities to identify funds for our existing and new local and national services. You will project manage and lead our tenders for services and contribute to ensuring the organisation remains tender ready.

You will oversee the quality and integrity of our fundraising to ensure we meet the highest standards, protecting the brand and reputation of Change Mental Health.

Essential Criteria:

Fundraising Experience: You will have a proven track record in trust fundraising but also an interest in other areas of fundraising. You’ll be keen to be part of the wider team’s activities, supporting the writing of corporate proposals or getting involved in individual giving or community fundraising.

Excited by growth: You will be ambitious and proactive and relish the opportunity to support the charity to achieve its ambitious goals.

Strategic: You will enjoy thinking strategically to map out the needs of the charity and the ways in which this can be aligned with opportunities for financial support from funders

Relationship Management: You’ll have a proven track record of developing positive relationships with staff at all levels, as well as partner and funder organisations. This will include developing detailed funding propositions in collaboration with project staff. You will thrive working with funders and partners on a day -to-day basis, be a self-starter and have high standards for yourself and others.

Creative and Innovative:You will have a creative approach, with an ability to write interesting and engaging proposals.

Passionate about writing:You’ll enjoy the writing about the work we do and showcasing this to potential funders in a way that engages them effectively. You’ll have excellent written and spoken communication skills, and confidence writing for different audiences/contexts.

You will need to have experience of:

• Responding to funding opportunities and developing attractive funder-focussed proposals
• Producing impact and evaluation reports for funders
• Multi-tasking and managing multiple complex and multi-faceted projects.
• Building pipelines and cases for support in response to organisational needs.
• Developing and reporting on complex budgets
• Solid IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and databases.
• Sound understanding of relevant fundraising regulations and GDPR.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience of managing staff and/or volunteers
• Experience of successful fundraising or relationship management outside of Trusts and Grants
• Experience in engaging with emerging technology and fundraising platforms

General Duties

• Act in accordance with Data Protection legislation. Ensure all records, personal, staff and client data are managed in line with Data Management and Information Governance policies.
• Comply with legal and regulatory requirements such as provisions set out in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• As with all employees, workers and volunteers; to encourage people to join Change Mental Health as a supporter, donor or activist.
• To act in accordance with the charity’s Health & Safety and Safeguarding policies and to notify your line manager promptly if there are any concerns.
• To participate in regular supervision and appraisal and undertake any relevant training as appropriate to the role.
• To work in accordance with the charity’s national policies and local operating procedures and those of external regulators or professional bodies

This job profile and list of duties is not exhaustive and serves only to highlight the main requirements. The line manager may stipulate other reasonable requirements and projects commensurate with the general profile and grade of the post.

Benefits:

• 24/7 access to an award-winning Employee Assistance Programme providing free legal, financial, and medical advice as well as support with life’s challenges.
• A 35-hour working week, enhanced sick pay & season ticket loan.
• A great work life balance with flexible and blended working environment.
• Blue Light Discount Card
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Enhanced sick pay and leave entitlements.
• Generous 37 days’ holiday
• Paid Mental Wellbeing Days
• Professional development including funded opportunities.

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is seeking candidates for a new role within the Fundraising Team.

The Individual Giving Officer will help our teams across our visited sites optimise donated income from visitors and supporters. If you love Scotland’s history and want to ensure that it is protected, understood and enjoyed by everyone, this role will give you a chance to make that possible for generations to come.

By using your skills with people, fundraising and marketing, you will help us understand our audiences and increases our philanthropic income from across Scotland. This is a new role that will build on our work to enable donations across our visited sites, via our website and to become ready for fundraising appeals to a wide audience.

You will be engaging with knowledgeable and passionate colleagues, visitors and supporters to help keep Scotland’s story going.

About the role

The primary focus of the role is to advance fundraising from individuals through a number of channels including donations at our properties in care, website driven donations, future appeals and campaigns. In addition to building on existing income streams, the Officer will help identify new audiences and channels with the small fundraising team.

Over the last 3 years the Fundraising Team has trialled several options to enable donations at our historic sites across Scotland (from world famous castles to remote archaeological sites). It is now time to scale up our operations and ensure that our service to colleagues and donors is all that it can be.

With the launch of new websites and a new CRM system, this is a great time to join the team to maximise our reach to potential supporters and see results. You will work alongside Operations, Finance and Marketing teams to ensure excellent service to colleagues and an inspiring donor journey.

About you

You will be passionate about the power of philanthropy and have experience in fundraising or marketing for income generation. You will take pride in working constructively with colleagues in other areas to find the right pathway to enabling donations. Your experience of working with relevant data to help identify and monitor fundraising opportunities will contribute not only to Individual Giving activities but the wider areas of major donations and appeals. This will require excellent communications skills for face-to-face conversations and fundraising messages on digital platforms. You will be an organised team worker committed to delivering excellent service and someone who can scan the horizon to see the next opportunity. You will be happy to travel across Scotland. The details of essential and desirable criteria can be found in the job description.

Interested?

Visit our website to view the full job description and for information about applying online for this interesting and exciting opportunity.

Are you a motivated fundraiser who wants to help make a difference to young people across Scotland?

Youth Scotland is looking for a Fundraiser to join our team and help strengthen our fundraising activity, supporting community-based youth work across Scotland.

Working as part of Youth Scotland’s Impact and Business Development team, the postholder will support the development of funding applications, coordinate grant reporting, research new funding opportunities and contribute to partnership funding bids. The role will focus particularly on funding from charitable trusts and foundations,

Scottish Government programmes and other public bodies, while also supporting wider partnership and business development opportunities.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for someone who is organised, curious and motivated by social impact, and who enjoys bringing together information, evidence and ideas to help secure funding that supports young people and youth organisations.

Youth Scotland is the national charity for community-based youth work, supporting a national network of 600+ youth organisations and over 2,400 youth groups. Together they provide opportunities for more than 110,000 young people, supported by 12,000 youth workers and volunteers in communities across Scotland.

Alongside fundraising activity, the role will also contribute to initiatives that support the wider youth work sector, including helping organise Meet the Funder events and supporting Youth Scotland’s involvement in the National Impact Network.

Why join Youth Scotland?

• Be part of a national organisation supporting community-based youth work across Scotland
• Help secure funding that directly supports young people and grassroots youth groups
• Develop your fundraising skills across trusts, public funding and partnership bids
• Work in a flexible and supportive organisation with hybrid working options

If you have the skills, experience and enthusiasm to help strengthen Youth Scotland’s fundraising activity and support opportunities for young people across Scotland, we would love to hear from you.

Role Details

Hours:Flexible – between 0.6 FTE (21 hours) and full-time (35 hours). We are open to discussing working patterns with the successful candidate.

Salary:£32,204–£37,327 per annum (full-time equivalent), pro rata for part-time hours

Contract:Permanent

Youth Scotland prides itself on being a flexible employer. Office space is available at our HQ in Edinburgh but, depending on personal circumstances, home-based or hybrid working is available for this role. You will be required in Edinburgh for occasional in person planning or strategy days.

The Preshal Trust is seeking a highly organised and practical Administrator to play a key role in the day-to-day running of the organisation. This varied position combines supporting our community activities with managing office systems and operations. It is ideal for someone who enjoys working with people, thrives in a varied role, and takes pride in ensuring everything runs smoothly behind the scenes.

As Administrator, you will provide essential support to the CEO and staff team, helping to maintain effective systems, oversee office administration, and ensure health and safety protocols are followed. You will also occasionally assist the staff team with activities taking place within the hall.

This role would suit someone who is resourceful, proactive, and comfortable working both independently and as part of a team. A warm, professional approach and strong problem-solving skills will help you succeed in this position.

Job Purpose

The Senior Education Delivery Officer plays a leading role in the development and delivery of the Trust’s school-based and community learning programmes, supporting children, young people, and families to build essential META Skills, STEM understanding, resilience, and wellbeing through high-quality, engaging, and hands-on learning experiences. In addition to delivering whole-class sessions, targeted small groups, and structured out-of-class activities, the Senior Officer provides leadership, mentoring, and modelling of best practice to other delivery staff. This includes leading and delivering targeted small-group interventions for pupils with additional support needs, ensuring activities are inclusive, trauma-informed, and adapted to meet individual developmental needs. The role also contributes to the design and improvement of innovative learning resources and projects, including wellbeing initiatives, intergenerational experiences, and alternative holiday programmes such as LEGO Clubs and creative learning camps. Acting as a key representative of the Trust, the Senior Education Delivery Officer builds and maintains strong partnerships with schools, community organisations, and families - supporting improved life chances, reducing inequalities, and helping children and young people thrive. The role also leads on aspects of monitoring, evaluation, compliance, and project coordination to ensure high standards of delivery and the achievement of project outcomes.

Job Role & Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver targeted small-group interventions for pupils with additional support needs, adapting activities, resources, and approaches to ensure inclusive, trauma-informed, and developmentally appropriate learning for every child.

• Plan, develop, and deliver engaging whole-class, small-group, and out-of-class activities, ensuring alignment with the Trust’s strategic aims and contributing to the design of innovative learning resources and session plans using tools such as physical activity, LEGO Six Bricks, and Sphero BOLT robots.

• Lead, mentor, and support colleagues, sessional staff, and volunteers, modelling best practice in facilitation, behaviour management, and inclusive pedagogy to ensure consistent, high-quality delivery across all programmes.

• Lead team building, structured play, and social-emotional learning activities and contribute to intergenerational programmes which promote empathy and positive relationships between children and adults.

• Oversee the development and continuous improvement of alternative holiday programmes, including LEGO Clubs and Cardboard Creation Clubs.

• Lead monitoring, evaluation, and quality assurance, including data collection, observations, session audits, coaching feedback, and reporting to the Senior Management Team, using insights to drive improvements.

• Manage resources and operational logistics, overseeing the organisation and procurement of materials, and supporting staff rotas, delivery schedules, and multi-site readiness.

• Build and maintain strong partnerships with pupils, families, schools, community organisations, and local authorities, acting as a key representative of the Trust at meetings and public events.

• Champion trauma-informed and inclusive practice, supporting colleagues to meet the needs of children with SEBN and embedding these approaches across the team.

• Lead specific projects or thematic areas, managing planning, delivery, performance tracking, and reporting, and contribute programme insights for funding bids and strategic planning.

• Ensure all activities comply with safeguarding, health & safety, and data protection requirements, and undertake additional duties as reasonably requested by the Senior Management Team.

Are you an experienced Team Leader who supports continual improvement driving to practice excellence? Are you passionate about providing the best quality support for those in your care?

If yes, then we have the perfect role for you!

We are looking to appoint a Team Leader within our Adult Services here at Donaldsons. Focussing on the day-to-day delivery of the Treehouse service; a specialised service for neurodivergent adults who require bespoke support in wellbeing and learning.

We know how important a good work–life balance is, so our hours are designed to give you plenty of time back for yourself. You will work within our core hours, Monday to Friday, 8am–5pm, with no shift work, no on‑call, and no weekends. It’s a simple, steady schedule that lets you enjoy your evenings and keep your weekends completely free.

You will have an SVQ L3 / SCQF L7 in Health & Social Care, and a willingness to work towards becoming a Care Inspectorate Registered Manager. You will also have a working knowledge of Health and Social Care Standards and the SSSC Codes of Practice and experience in leading a team.

Experienced working in partnership with parents, carers and multi-disciplinary teams to develop robust Personal Support Plans, as well as overseeing the effective evaluation of supported people’s journeys and personal outcomes, ensuring needs are being met to the highest of standards.

You will align with our purpose, values and attributes of being professional, dependable, collaborative, curious and adaptable and if you are able use and/or understand Makaton, that is a bonus!

What we offer?

• An opportunity to work in a values-led, inclusive environment where our supported peoples’ wellbeing is at the heart of decision making
• Ongoing professional development including accessing training such as Makaton, and mental health and wellbeing
• Being part of a team with a strong culture of support and reflective practice
• A meaningful opportunity to make a long-lasting difference to people we support