Scottish Athletics Limited (scottishathletics) is seeking two new non-executive Director to join the diverse and experienced Board on an industry leading governing body of sport.

Our existing Board can be viewed by clicking here.

About Us

scottishathletics is the national governing body for athletics in Scotland. Our vision is to give everyone in Scotland the opportunity to participate in athletics and running and to achieve their personal ambitions.

Our mission is to deliver an integrated, inclusive and adaptable model of athletics and running provision that inspires everyone in Scotland to enjoy the sport and experience personal success. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of the work that scottishathletics leads, and the organisation works closely with all stakeholders in athletics in Scotland, to continue improving diversity in the sport and to be reflective of Scottish society.

Our strategy, Building a Culture of Success (2023-2027), captures the breadth or work that scottishathletics facilitates, from supporting performance athletes on the world stage to providing opportunities for people to participate in the sport within their local community. The members clubs play a crucial role in growing and developing the sport, and with the volunteer workforce, they are integral to the sports future success.

Everyone has a role to play in athletics in Scotland and scottishathletics strives to continuously evolve to deliver on our vision for the sport.

Key information for applicants

Conditions of Appointment

Non-Executive Directors are appointed for an initial period of four years, with a maximum of two terms of four years. Appointments are subject to approval at the Annual General Meeting.

Staff

scottishathletics employs 33 members of staff and 23 Club Together Officers.

Commitment

The successful candidate will be required to attend five Board meetings per year and contribute to Board sub-committees where appropriate. The expected time commitment is 5-8 days per year.

Remuneration

This is a voluntary role.

Travel and Subsistence

The post holder will be required on occasion to travel to meetings within Scotland. Travel and subsistence will be reimbursed in accordance with the scottishathletics policy.

Other Information

The successful candidate will be required to complete a fit and proper persons declaration and regularly update their declaration of interests.

Role 1: Non-Executive Board Director (including Board Equality Champion)

About the Role

Our Board is seeking a new Director with a background in equality, diversity and inclusion preferably either in a sporting context or through lived experience. Alongside the other members of our Board, you will be responsible for ensuring the best long-term interests and prosperity of (scottishathletics) by supporting and challenging the executive team in the direction of its affairs, while meeting the appropriate interests of its members, and relevant stakeholders, taking into account legislation, relevant regulations and commercial considerations.

General duties and responsibilities:

• Set objectives, define policy and work with the executive team to develop strategic direction;
• Incorporate good governance and ethical standards into daily activities and ensure compliance of policies, laws and regulations;
• Ensure the CEO provides excellent leadership, planning, organisation, control and succession;
• Monitor the performance of scottishathletics against the agreed goals and ensure present plans and actions provide for scottishathletics’ continuity;
• Manage risk; and
• Ensure the Board receives and reviews regular financial information concerning the management of scottishathletics and is informed in a timely manner about any concerns about the activities of scottishathletics

Specific duties and responsibilities:

• Assume the role of Board Equality Champion for scottishathletics leading and informing discussion and planning at Board level on equality, diversity and inclusion;
• Support the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group to ensure equality, diversity and inclusion is embedded throughout the organisation and across the wider sport;
• Liaise with the Equalities Officer to provide the Board with updates, progress reports, information and advice relating to equality, diversity and inclusion;
• Support the Equalities Officer and senior management team to evaluate and continually enhance the work the organisation does to improve equality, diversity and inclusion in the sport; and
• Promote and demonstrate anti-discriminatory good practice.

Role 2: Non-Executive Board Director (Commercial)

About the Role

Our Board is seeking a new Director with experience and expertise in building, developing and retaining commercial relationships either in an executive and/or non-executive role. Alongside the other members of our Board, you will be responsible for ensuring the best long-term interests and prosperity of scottishathletics by supporting and challenging the executive team in the direction of its affairs, while meeting the appropriate interests of its members, and relevant stakeholders, taking into account legislation, relevant regulations and commercial considerations.

General duties and responsibilities:

• Set objectives, define policy and work with the executive team to develop strategic direction;
• Incorporate good governance and ethical standards into daily activities and ensure compliance of policies, laws and regulations;
• Ensure the CEO provides excellent leadership, planning, organisation, control and succession;
• Monitor the performance of scottishathletics against the agreed goals and ensure present plans and actions provide for scottishathletics’ continuity;
• Manage risk; and
• Ensure the Board receives and reviews regular financial information concerning the management of scottishathletics and is informed in a timely manner about any concerns about the activities of scottishathletics

Specific duties and responsibilities:

• Support the Board, CEO and Head of Communications to promote the scottishathletics brand, package commercial assets and secure sponsorship and strategic partnerships to further the organisations objectives;
• Advise and support the executive team on building, developing and retaining commercial and strategic partners;
• Support and influence the delivery of the ‘Commercial and Partnerships’ pillar of the scottishathletics strategy ‘Building a Culture of Success (2023-2027)’;
• Work with the Chief Executive Officer to oversee the sourcing, negotiating, evaluation and retention of sponsorship and partnership agreements;
• Ensure the Board is equipped to make well-informed commercial decisions; and
• Represent the Board of Directors on, and Chair, the Commercial Committee.

Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Shop Manager you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading health charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support Service provides access to a range, of supported self management and community recovery services to support people across Scotland to manage their health as well as possible and adjust to life after a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or after a stroke.

Be the Spark Behind Real Change

Our Shop Managers don’t just run a shop - they help transform lives!

Can you?

• Lead and inspire a passionate retail team of volunteers in our vibrant NEW Motherwell store
• Drive community engagement and deliver key performance targets
• Bring creativity and innovation to the shop floor - your ideas matter here
• Be a vital part of a charity that’s changing lives every single day

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic mDisclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination.

We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

We are recruiting for six Funding Officer roles for our Scotland Funding Team.

Place Teams: One Permanent position and three 12-month contracts.

Scottish Land Fund work: One Permanent position and one FTC until March 2027

• Are you a confident communicator who enjoys working with people?
• Do you see the potential in ideas as well as the challenges?
• Are you passionate about the power of communities to change things for the better?

If that sounds like you, we’d be delighted to hear from you.

You’ll be part of a team of Funding Officers, led by a Funding Manager, responsible for our grant-making activity in a geographical area or thematic approach. There are eight place teams in Scotland each covering a different geographic region with between 4 and 8 Funding Officer’s in each team. We also have a small number of thematic-led teams with a country-wide brief. Funding Officers work on grant-making activity within specific boundaries and are the main point of contact for all grant-holders and applicants in that area.

Alongside our place teams, we are also recruiting staff for our Scottish Land Fund work. The roles (one permanent and one fixed term until 31st March 2027) will initially be attached to the Scottish Land Fund.

Role Expectations

You will provide advice to prospective applicants, assess applications and will be in regular contact with grant-holders as they progress with their projects. Your recommendations will guide decisions on awarding grants and how we support grant-holders. You will contribute to learning and evaluation of our work, outreach and stakeholder engagement in your area of interest. You will ensure that our funding responds to the local context and our commitment to equity and inclusion. You will be expected to challenge yourself and colleagues to continually improve the way we work.

You will be responsible for understanding how an organisation’s ideas align with our funding priorities and making good judgements about when to take an application further or when to signpost to alternative opportunities. You will be able to communicate clearly and concisely your recommendations about who and what we fund. Your natural curiosity combined with a genuine interest in people and projects in your area will enable you to try new approaches and develop your understanding of what works.

During your first few weeks of on-boarding with the Fund, in person training will be delivered in our Glasgow office. After the initial training period, work patterns are more flexible. We currently operate a hybrid work model which includes office, community and home working. In a typical week most full-time Funding Officers would be likely to spend a mixture of times in this approach. Part-time and non-standard work patterns will be considered.

Skills & Requirements

We are looking for talented people from a wide range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences who share our values and are passionate about making a difference through our funding. Whether through lived or gained experience, you will bring a strong understanding of the communities we work with.

Looking for a rewarding voluntary role where you can make a real difference in your community?

Vesta, a commercial subsidiary of Barrhead Housing, is seeking a Chairperson and Board Members to help shape its growth and impact.

Vesta provides services and housing solutions that meet local needs, with profits reinvested into communities across East Renfrewshire. Currently managing mid-market rental homes in Barrhead, Vesta has ambitious plans to expand.

We’re particularly interested in individuals with experience in:

• Property or housing development
• Private lettings
• Business growth
• Governance
• Finance or law
• Social investment

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute your skills, influence strategic direction, and support thriving communities.

We are committed to diversity and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Together we can change children’s lives. At Place2Be, we believe every child should have easy access to mental health support whenever they need it. We create a safe place in schools where children and young people can open up without pressure or stigma. Allowing our highly skilled and diverse counsellors to reach children, young people and their families who need us.

Qualified, creative and ambitious. Sound like you? As a level 4 qualified therapist / counsellor, you’ll not only work in one to one situations with young people providing clinical assessments and interventions, you’ll also engage in the wider school community to strengthen skills, and promote understanding of child mental health and the importance of early intervention.

As part of a huge community across the United Kingdom you’ll have opportunities to bring your fresh thinking and ideas to the table to help us shape our programmes for today and tomorrow. You’ll have access to an enormous range of training and development and a pathway to develop and grow your career.

For a career with purpose, this is your place.

Our Benefits

When you work at Place2Be –whether that's in a school, supporting families, providing clinical supervision, or in IT, Finance, or Fundraising –every role can make the difference to a young person.

To achieve this, we ask that you bring your best self to your role and our commitment to you, is to welcome you into our community, and help you progress. Because we know that you being at your best, means the best outcomes for the children we support. Here’s just a few things we have on offer:

• Annual Leave that increases with service
• Comprehensive learning and development to enable you to progress your career
• 5% contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance of four times your annual salary
• A comprehensive employee assistance programme
• Mobile Phone Discounts (EE network)
• Wellbeing days to allow you some ‘you’ time
• Christmas holidays closure period in addition to your annual leave

About Partick Thistle Charitable Trust

Partick Thistle Charitable Trust (PTCT) is the official charitable arm of Partick Thistle FC.

We use the power of football and sport to improve lives across Glasgow, delivering programmes that support health and wellbeing, education, inclusion and community cohesion. Our work engages children, young people, adults and older people from diverse backgrounds, with a strong focus on those facing disadvantage.

Role Purpose

The Community Engagement Manager will lead the delivery of our Stand Up, Speak Out project and oversee the development, coordination and delivery of community engagement activity across Firhill, Springburn and the wider north of Glasgow.

The core purpose of the role is to provide support, safe spaces and meaningful opportunities for young people predominantly aged 14–21 within the communities we serve. These young people are from disadvantaged backgrounds, may be facing exclusion, or may be at risk of offending. You will develop, plan and lead sessions within Firhill Stadium, Petershill Park and other community safe spaces, ensuring that young people’s voices shape our work and that they feel valued, included and empowered. This role is funded through the CashBack for Communities scheme.

A key element of the post will be the creation, development and ongoing support of a Youth Panel, enabling local young people to influence PTCT programmes, co-design activities and act as ambassadors for their peers and communities.

The role will also build strong relationships with local residents, community groups, schools, partners and stakeholders; ensure that PTCT programmes are responsive to local needs; and help grow participation, impact and the visibility of the Trust’s work.

At Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) it’s our people that make us special as a values-led community-based housing association. BHA’s successful befriending service, BeFriend operates across Berwickshire and the Kelso area, providing informal companionship to people over 65 who are living in their own homes and are isolated or lonely.

As a BeFriend Service Worker, you will work within the befriending service, providing a first class befriending service to people over the age of 65 living in Berwickshire and Kelso. Reporting to the BeFriend Co-ordinator, you will assess older people in the community, who are living with dementia and are isolated, to provide BHA’s befriending service. In conjunction with the coordinator you will lead on managing, training, and expanding the team of volunteers who provide one to one befriending.

You will assess befriendees who are living with dementia and match them with a befriender, referring them to our community befriending service, or to external services which might be able to help.

You should be enthusiastic about promoting BeFriend in the community and be able to speak confidently about BHA/BeFriend and what they have to offer.

You are someone who enjoys helping your colleagues out when needed, with the services that BeFriend has to offer.

Training can be provided.

This role is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund

Please Note: BHA and the BeFriend Project operate an agile working model, which means you can flex your location between your home, our offices in Duns, and other hubs as appropriate, however as this role is part of a customer facing responsive service, any discussion about working hours would take place upon a successful offer.

What we offer:

• A defined contribution pension scheme with an employer contribution up to a maximum of 9%
• Westfield Health Care Plan
• Westfield Rewards
• Agile working
• Employer Supported Volunteering

An exciting opportunity has opened up in the Crisis Intervention division. We are looking for a Care Van Coordinator to oversee and develop the lunchtime Care Van service in Glasgow.

We are looking for someone who has a real heart to serve the communities of Royston, Govan and Parkhead. Someone who has good organizational skills to manage a rota of volunteers to serve alongside in helping some of the most vulnerable people in those areas.

This is a part time role, 12 hours a week. Ideally, you will have knowledge and understanding of working with vulnerable groups and will be PVG checked. A full driving licence and preferably experience of driving a long wheel base transit van. If you fit these criteria or looking to find out more about this role, please contact the People Team or the Care Van manager.

At Bethany we are committed to helping our employees flourish personally and professionally. Bethany provides 30 days of annual leave initially to all contracted staff, rising to a maximum of 40 days depending on length of service. We also provide enhanced payments for maternity, paternity, and adoption. Bethany also provides a company pension scheme and a death in service benefit scheme.

As Bethany is a Christian organisation this post carries an Occupational Requirement in line with Equality Act 2010. Please note that one reference must be from your church minister or leader to endorse your live and active Christian faith and commitment. Successful applicants for this post will require membership of the PVG scheme. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

Recruiting New Members of the Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland (AROS) Strategic Advisory Board

Scotland is taking a vital step in tackling systemic racism with the establishment of the Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland (AROS).

AROS has been made possible thanks to years of work by communities and experts, and has been established to support community-led efforts to tackle racism in the public sector.

To support and guide AROS through its incubation period to December 2027, a Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) has been established to provide strong, transparent external oversight. We are now recruiting two new Board members with specific skills to join this body.

We are looking for candidates who bring knowledge, skills and experience in anti-racism in the Scottish context, alongside the qualities needed to steer, provide oversight and govern the work of the Observatory. The Board specifically requires a Board member with legal expertise.

AROS is committed to ensuring its Board reflects the communities it serves and would strongly encourage applications from all racialised communities and those with lived experience of racialisation. Previous applicants are warmly encouraged to reapply.

About us

The ICAS Foundation’s vision is an accountancy profession without unnecessary barriers to entry, where every talented young person, regardless of their background, has the opportunity and support to pursue a successful career.

We provide every student on our programme with individualised support, to help them make the most of their university education and get ready for further professional training and employment. We strive to be recognised as the leading charity increasing social mobility and widening access to the accounting profession – and we want our students to be just as aspirational.

What’s the job?

You’ll support the delivery of the ICAS Foundation’s programmes that help widen access to the profession and promote social mobility. Working closely with students, alumni, volunteers and partner organisations, you’ll help coordinate programmes, events and training that make a real difference, with a focus on expanding our learning and development opportunities. The role combines programme administration, stakeholder engagement, events support and volunteer coordination, with opportunities to contribute to fundraising and promotional activity.

Who do we need?

We’re looking for a motivated, organised and people focused individual who enjoys working with young people and volunteers. You’ll be confident managing multiple priorities, building positive relationships and working independently as part of a small, collaborative team.

Ideally, you will have experience in working with young people (particularly in educational environments, or with university or college students) and adept at supporting your customers/partners learn and develop new skills.

An understanding and dedication to inclusion, confidentiality and commitment and support for the advancement of social mobility is essential.

What you’ll bring

• Experience working with young people (ideally university or post 16 learners)
• Experience supporting / developing a range of learning, training or development programmes
• Experience working with volunteers
• Strong administration and IT skills, including Microsoft Office
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to manage workload, meet deadlines and work independently
• Experience with data input and managing accurate records (experience of using CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce) is desirable)
• Understanding of data protection and confidentiality
• Awareness of widening participation and social mobility in the UK is desirable

This is a regulated role and PVG membership is required (or a willingness to join prior to starting).

The ICAS Foundation is an independent charity with its own Board and governance, with paid roles employed on a joint contract between the ICAS Foundation and ICAS.