Do you want to help shape empty homes policy and influence change across Scotland? Join Shelter Scotland as our Policy and Communications Manager and play a leading role in developing evidence-based policy, influencing decision makers and raising the profile of empty homes as part of the solution to Scotland's housing emergency.

About the role

This a senior role within the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP) team which brings together policy development and communications leadership and will play an integral part in helping the team achieve their strategic aims. This role will work closely with another manager and provide cover for the National Manager.

Role specifics

This role leads the development of evidence-based policy that helps shape Scotland’s approach to bringing empty homes back into use. You'll provide leadership across policy, communications and strategic projects, working with local authorities, partners and the media to influence change and raise the profile of the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP). You'll also lead and support a small team, oversee key publications and reports, contribute to major events, and ensure the successful delivery of SEHP's strategic priorities.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About the team

Part of an award-winning Communication & Policy Department, our Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP) is a Scottish Government funded project aimed at enabling private sector empty homes to be brought back into use across Scotland. The Partnership achieves this via a mix of policy work, capacity building, training, best practice sharing and awareness raising across the sector. It’s also home to the national Empty Homes Advice Service - a public facing advice service that anyone can contact for help or to report an empty home. Most recently we have launched a National Matchmaker Service which aims to match owners of empty homes with potential buyers, ensuring that less homes continue to remain empty.

Camphill School Aberdeen is seeking an experienced and compassionate House Co-ordinator to lead one of our residential houses and support children and young people with additional support needs to live, learn and flourish within a caring community.

Reporting to the Head of Care, you will provide leadership and oversight of a residential house, ensuring high standards of care, safeguarding, wellbeing and staff performance. You will create a warm, supportive environment where children and young people can develop independence, achieve their potential and enjoy meaningful relationships and experiences.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and supporting a multidisciplinary residential team.
• Managing staff rotas, supervision, appraisals and training.
• Ensuring compliance with Care Inspectorate, SSSC and safeguarding requirements.
• Overseeing care planning, record keeping, medication management and house administration.
• Working closely with families, social workers, therapists, education staff and other professionals.
• Promoting social pedagogical practice and person-centred care

You will have:

• 3-5 years' experience in a supervisory or management role supporting children and/or adults with additional support needs.
• A degree-level qualification in Social Pedagogy, Education, Social Care or equivalent. Full SSSC registration and PVG membership.
• Strong leadership, communication and organisational skills.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, Care Inspectorate standards and relevant legislation.
• A full driving licence and good IT skills

We offer the opportunity to make a lasting difference in the lives of children and young people while working within a supportive and values-led organisation committed to professional development and outstanding care.

If you are an inspiring leader who shares our commitment to helping children and young people reach their full potential, we would love to hear from you.

Are you a change maker? Are you an experienced family outreach and engagement professional who is passionate about bringing about change for the under-fives.

Thrive at Five is a national charity focused on giving every child the best possible start in life. By working alongside families, communities, and local partners, we help build stronger, more connected support so more children get what they need to thrive. This is one of three Lead posts we are recruiting to over the summer to start delivery of our new programme in West Dunbartonshire, our first in Scotland. Alongside a new Early Years Health Lead and Early Years Education Lead, you will work to design and deliver an outreach and engagement strategy that identifies and responds to local needs, helping to reach up to 2,500 local children through our multi-year programme. Thrive at Five has recently signed an initial three-year partnership agreement with Dunbartonshire Council. Senior leaders in the Health and Social Care Partnership are also closely involved in shaping the programme.

Do you have experience of leading a small but dynamic marketing team? Are you a champion for internal comms? Do you understand the importance of press and public affairs?

If so, this role leading our Marketing & Communications team is for you.

About Cyrenians

At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering our services because we understand that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to supporting people towards more positive and stable futures.

About the Marketing & Communications Team

Relationships are at the heart of everything we do at Cyrenians, with those we support and those who support us too.

With a new CEO having just joined us, it’s an exciting time to be in communications at Cyrenians. Our team covers all marketing, including in-house video production, as well as policy, press and public affairs.

With a variety of services and almost 200 colleagues across several locations, the need for good internal communications is high. And, of course, these services and colleagues, as well as our donors, fundraisers and volunteers also deserve marketing expertise and guidance.

About the role

This role, as a fixed-term opportunity, will drive forward our fundraising strategy and have responsibility for leading the team to deliver in a way that is collaborative, reliable and measurable. Close relationships with our Fundraising and service teams are integral to delivery.

The role has a strong focus on nurturing, developing and championing the team, together with using data and insight to drive our activity.

About you

You’ll be an experienced marketing leader who can hit the ground running, quickly building relationships and sustaining performance. You’ll bring a calm, collaborative approach to leadership—supporting and reassuring your team while building strong connections with colleagues and external stakeholders.

You’ll understand the importance of financial and performance reporting and be confident using data and insights to inform decisions and shape activity.

As the lead for internal communications, you’ll engage confidently with the leadership team and CEO, shaping and delivering clear, effective plans.

Like us, you’ll be values-led and relationship-focused in everything you do.

How we’ll support you

Working closely with your peers in Fundraising, Corporate Services, Community & Enterprise and our delivery services, you’ll be warmly supported by those who share your passion to tackle homelessness and its root causes. Cyrenians is a place of work where people quickly feel at home and we want your experience with us to be as fruitful and enjoyable as possible.

You will be supported to attend training and networking events to deepen your knowledge of the issues surrounding homelessness and social exclusion.

Are you a strategic leader who cares passionately about delivering positive outcomes for people and is excited by helping people to thrive?

At Citizens Advice Scotland we are a service for people and by people. People are the heart of our network.

We are looking for an experienced, people focused strategic leader to become our new Head of People. This is an exciting opportunity to really make a difference to the lives of people across Scotland and ensure that the people that work and volunteer for our network thrive in their roles.

This newly created role will lead Citizens Advice Scotland and our members, 58 local bureaux to be regarded as be one of the best places to work in Scotland.

What you will do:

• Build a culture that aligns with our values and ensures our decisions and interactions with each other are person-centred, inclusive, collaborative, empowering and supportive.
• Support our people to deliver advice and insight that changes lives through ensuring that we have the right policies, procedures, training and support to do their role.
• Champion the value that people bring to the network and ensure people drive our decision making.

If you are ready to lead meaningful change and make a lasting impact, we would love to hear from you.

For more information about the role, please refer to Job Pack - Head of People.pdf.

Please familiarise yourself with Our People Charter.

For further information on how we process your data and your information rights, please refer to our Privacy Notice - Job Volunteer and Applicants.

If you have an issue with downloading the above document, please request it at recruitment@cas.org.uk.

Employee benefits

Citizens Advice Scotland offers excellent terms and conditions. We want our people to have a great work life balance and we have designed our working practices and benefits to support this. Here are some of things our employees benefit from: a35-hour full time working week, 40 days annual leave, genuine flexibility in working hours with a flexi-time system, and hybrid working opportunities for every role. For more details of some of the other benefits on offer to our employees, please see the section on employee benefits in the job pack.

Citizens Advice Scotland is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies and flexible working arrangements to support all our staff. We are also committed to equality of opportunity for all and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

CAS provides options for hybrid working to allow employees to balance their time attending the office with time working from home. The number of days you will be able to work from home each week will be dependent on your job role and can be discussed as part of the recruitment process.

Working at Cassiltoun offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact, influence strategic decision-making, and contribute to an organisation with a strong social purpose, ambitious plans, and a genuine commitment to improving the lives of local people.

We are looking to recruit an experienced, motivated and enthusiastic individual to play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering high quality housing and environmental services.

As an experienced housing professional with strong leadership skills you will work closely with colleagues across the Association and a wide range of partner organisations and agencies to deliver positive outcomes for tenants and the wider community.

Why Join Cassiltoun?

• A chance to lead and develop the housing services team in an organisation with a strong community focus.
• Opportunity to influence both housing and wider regeneration outcomes.
• Collaborative and supportive working environment.
• Strong reputation for innovation, partnership working and tenant engagement.
• The satisfaction of making a tangible difference to the lives of local people every day.

This post is subject to a satisfactory standard Disclosure Scotland check.

Tiree Community Development Trust (known as “Urras Thiriodh”) are seeking a Head of Community Engagement to take on a lead role in delivering our community-focused services and engagement work in the beautiful and vibrant Inner Hebridean island of Tiree.

The newly created role combines management and direct service development and fundraising work and would suit a candidate with relevant experience and a pro-active approach looking to take on a challenge in a unique, bustling and diverse community development environment. Current key members of your team would include our Youth Activities Co-ordinator, Community Support Officer (working in an established partnership with CAB) and our Ranger. You’d join a strong established staff team with a track record of delivering vital community services, with the goal of ensuring the sustainable development of a small island community, making Tiree the best possible place to live, work and grow. The role involves working across our company group to support communications with key stakeholders, which includes supporting the use of Gaelic across our work and ensuring ongoing efforts to retain Gaelic as a living community language.

The role will play a key part in the ongoing delivery of our Community Development Plan – tireetrust.org.uk/the-development-plan

You will form part of the senior leadership team supporting (and occasionally deputising for) the Chief Exec, ultimately accountable to the Trust volunteer board of directors.

Are you a strategic thinker who enjoys bringing people together and turning ideas into real impact? This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of Citizens Advice Scotland at an important point in our journey.

We are looking for a strategic, hands-on leader who can bring people together, drive collaboration, and help deliver our ambitious plans, with a strong focus on growing income and building impactful partnerships.

Working closely with the Director of Advice and Executive Leadership Team, you’ll help connect teams, improve how we work together, and ensure we’re set up to deliver our strategy.

You will lead cross-organisational work, strengthen communication across Directorates, and support greater consistency in how we operate. You’ll also deputise for the Director of Advice when needed.

A key focus will be income generation - developing and delivering a clear strategy to unlock opportunities across partnerships, trusts, public funding, and new income streams. You will take a proactive, practical approach - building relationships, testing ideas, and embedding a culture where income generation is a shared priority.

You will help create a more connected, sustainable organisation—strengthening how we use data, improving decision-making, and enabling greater impact across our network.

What we are looking for

We are looking for someone who can:

• Combine strategic thinking with a practical, hands-on approach

• Build strong relationships and influence across a wide range of stakeholders

• Spot opportunities and turn them into action

• Work comfortably with complexity and bring people with them

• Use data and insight to inform decisions and improve outcomes

This is a high-impact role with real scope to shape how we grow, work together, and deliver for communities across Scotland.

Employee benefits

Citizens Advice Scotland offers excellent terms and conditions. We want our people to have a great work life balance and we have designed our working practices and benefits to support this. Here are some of things our employees benefit from: a 35-hour full time working week, 40 days annual leave, genuine flexibility in working hours with a flexi-time system, and hybrid working opportunities for every role. For more details of some of the other benefits on offer to our employees, please see the section on employee benefits in the job pack.

Citizens Advice Scotland is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies and flexible working arrangements to support all our staff. We are also committed to equality of opportunity for all and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

CAS provides options for hybrid working to allow employees to balance their time attending the office with time working from home. The number of days you will be able to work from home each week will be dependent on your job role and can be discussed as part of the recruitment process.

*Hybrid working - min 2 days a week at the office. This is a minimum, but a successful candidate can opt to be office based 5 days per week.

At Camphill School Aberdeen we currently have an exciting opportunity for a Head Teacher to join our school.

We are looking for someone who can provide strategic leadership and direction to the education staff team, fostering a culture of high professional standards, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Support and guide teachers in understanding and fulfilling their responsibilities in curriculum planning, ensuring high-quality learning experiences for all pupils. Someone who can Promote a strength-based approach to supporting students with behaviours that can challenge, creating an inclusive and nurturing environment.

Apply if you have A strong knowledge and experience of a range of specialist teaching and learning approaches, experience of teaching children and young people with additional support needs, sound knowledge of special education, particularly in relation to learning disabilities and autism.

We offer - comprehensive support packages. Relevant training. Learn, work and share with a great team of people. Exciting opportunities to help grow our provision Security, here for over 80 years.

GCVS Recruitment Service is pleased to be recruiting on behalf of the newly established Glasgow Advice Partnership (GAP) for an exceptional Chief Executive Officer.

The Glasgow Advice Partnership (GAP) is a newly established, independent charity formed by 16 advice and information agencies in collaboration with Glasgow City Council.

GAP has been created to prevent and relieve poverty—including child poverty—and promote equality and diversity across Glasgow. Central to this mission is the development of early intervention and prevention strategies, alongside strengthening collaboration across the advice sector.

By bringing together key local and strategic partners, GAP seeks to build a more inclusive city, ensuring individuals and families have access to the financial support and guidance they need to thrive.

A Unique Leadership Opportunity

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to shape and lead a new organisation from its inception, making a lasting impact on financial inclusion across Glasgow.

We are seeking a visionary and collaborative Chief Executive Officer to drive the organisation forward, champion the advice sector, and build strong partnerships that deliver meaningful change for communities.

About the Role

As CEO, you will provide strategic leadership and operational direction, working closely with the Board of Trustees and our Advice partners to establish GAP as a high-impact organisation.

This is a dynamic role that will evolve alongside the organisation, requiring ambition, adaptability, and a strong commitment to tackling poverty inequality.

About you

We are looking for a leader who brings:

• A strong strategic vision and commitment to tackling poverty and inequality
• Proven experience in senior leadership, ideally within the charity, public, or advice sectors
• A track record of building effective partnerships and collaborations
• Experience of financial management and track record of securing funding and ensuring compliance with funders conditions
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• A passion for driving social change and improving lives

Above all, you will have the drive, ambition, and values to help create a future-ready advice system that ensures fairness and opportunity for all.