We are seeking a National Family Support Development Officer (Neurodiversity and Substance Use) to join our national team. This is a new post and project area developed in response to an identified need. Through our ongoing work with families, we have identified that substance use can create additional challenges for neurodivergent individuals and their families.

The post-holder will be responsible for leading the development, delivery, support and promotion of a range of family and peer support opportunities for family members affected by someone else's substance use and neurodiversity. This role will operate on a national basis and in partnership with statutory and third sector partners, including but not limited to CAMHS , Social Work, the Children's Panel and Reporters Office, as well as through engagement with local Alcohol & Drug Partnerships. This role will entail working alongside families, using evidence-based practice to tailor and develop our support offer, ensuring neurodivergent individuals and their unpaid carers can access the right help in a way that works for them.

This is a national post which will involve significant travel across Scotland, as well as work at our national office at Robertson House in Glasgow. It is expected that the post holder will be required to work some evenings and occasional weekends. This post will be part of Scottish Families’ staff team and be managed by the Senior National Family Support Practitioner.

We are looking for candidates who are educated to degree level or have a relevant professional qualification and have experience of supporting neurodiverse individuals or families. Candidates should have strong organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.

What we need?

Are you an organised and confident governance professional who enjoys working across an organisation, building relationships and making sure good governance happens in practice?

We are looking for a Governance and Information Officer to play a key role in supporting Blackwood’s corporate and information governance arrangements.

Working closely with our Board, Committees, senior leaders and colleagues across Blackwood, you will help ensure our governance arrangements are effective, regulatory and statutory responsibilities are met, and we provide high-quality information and support.

You will coordinate and support our programme of Board and Committee meetings, including agenda planning, preparation of papers and maintaining accurate records. You will also contribute to regulatory assurance activity, helping Blackwood demonstrate compliance with the Scottish Housing Regulator’s Regulatory Framework and identifying opportunities to continually strengthen our governance arrangements.

Information governance is another important part of the role. You will support responses to Subject Access Requests and Freedom of Information requests, provide advice to colleagues, support data protection and information governance training and assist with the investigation and analysis of data incidents.

Who are we looking for…

You will bring experience of supporting Senior Teams and/or Boards, with a good understanding of governance processes and procedures and experience of data protection and Freedom of Information requirements.

You will be an excellent communicator, capable of producing clear reports, minutes and briefings and explaining complex issues in an accessible way. Highly organised and able to manage competing priorities, you will be confident working independently and building effective relationships at all levels, including appropriately challenging and influencing others.

You’ll have the flexibility of our hybrid working model, with two days a week in the office, alongside virtual and in-person collaboration. Occasional support for evening meetings will be required.

If you are looking for a varied role where you can develop your governance expertise and make a real contribution to how Blackwood operates, we would love to hear from you.

Why Join Us?

Blackwood offers a range of employee benefits, including:

• Comprehensive induction and personal development opportunities

• Company sick pay scheme on completion of probationary period

• 34 days’ holiday per annum, pro rata for part-time hours

• Company pension scheme and Death in Service Benefit

• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme Help@hand

We ask that all applicants read the Job Pack. Blackwood are committed to diversity and inclusion and as an accredited Disability Confident Employer, we will interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the post.

Note to interested applicants:

SPONSORSHIP IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT BLACKWOOD

It’s a question of voltage – do you have it?

Bring your skills, experience, and energy to communicate the transformational impact of MCR Pathways’ award-winning mentoring programme.

We are looking for a high-voltage Marketing and Communications Officer to support our mission: bridging the education, skills, and opportunity gap for young people through the transformative power of mentoring. Lead hands-on operational tasks, capture impact stories, produce dynamic digital content, maintain daily channels, and deliver sharp marketing collateral. All of which is geared to support the charity to drive mentor recruitment while unlocking the collaborative power behind our strategic partnerships, and much more.

The Role Experience

Based in Central Scotland, this active role goes way beyond standard hybrid work. It’s going to be fast-paced, immersive, and deeply rewarding. It’s going to empower, challenge and push your professional development to a new level too. You will regularly be on the ground working with colleagues in schools and local communities to gather authentic stories right where the impact happens, translating them into vibrant content powering how we communicate transformational change and encourage a variety of stakeholders to join our community to help achieve our strategic vision.

Until everyone has someone – it’s time to plug in and play your role.

What You’ll Bring

• Storytelling & Production: Proven experience capturing compelling stories and producing dynamic digital & video content and marketing collateral.
• Channel Management: Confidence in managing daily digital channels and keeping campaigns powering through towards achieving outcomes.
• Trauma-Informed Practice: A sensitive, trauma-informed approach to working with young people and community stakeholders.
• Energy & Adaptability: Be proactive, approachable, a great communicator and team player to deliver a variety of outcomes across the charity.

Safeguarding

MCR Pathways is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people, and we expect you to share this commitment. This post is subject to full vetting, including a criminal record check and PVG Scheme membership.

About MCR Pathways

MCR Pathways is an award-winning mentoring programme delivered in schools, further education settings, and communities. The charity connects young people with trusted adult volunteer mentors, providing consistent guidance to help build confidence, self-belief, and ambition. Through this support, young people overcome unique challenges and barriers, enabling progression into positive destinations such as further education, apprenticeships, and employment.

Benefits include: 30 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays) in first year rising to 35 days from 2nd year of employment, 7% Employer Pension Contribution, 3 further days of annual leave between the December and January public holidays, additional day off for your birthday, annual salary increment, Employee Assistance Programme, Life Assurance – 4 x salary.

The Yard is an award-winning charity that aims to build a community of support for disabled children and young people through adventure play and in doing so create opportunities for fun and friendship and wrap around support for the whole family.

We offer play, respite and family support from our adventure play centres in Edinburgh, Dundee, Fife and Glasgow.

About the role:

As Fundraising Assistant, you will provide key administrative support to the fundraising team to achieve The Yard’s charitable objectives while helping raise the profile of our services across Scotland.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Working on small and medium funding applications to Trusts and Foundations
• Building relationships with donors through active reporting and stewardship
• Supporting the creation of content for fundraising on social media

If you are inspired by our ethos and excited to bring your knowledge and experience to a team that is highly committed to our purpose, we would love to have you on board.

About you:

This job is for you if you have:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• A positive attitude and a friendly, approachable manner
• Excellent organisational skills
• An ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Experience of delivering to targets

If you are eager to raise the profile of The Yard as we expand our services across Scotland and think you can play your part in helping us reach our goals, we would welcome your application.

Shared Care Scotland is the national charity dedicated to improving the quality, choice and availability of short breaks and respite support for unpaid carers and the people they care for.

We are seeking a Treasurer to join our Board of Directors and provide financial oversight, guidance and assurance as we continue to grow our impact and deliver programmes that make a meaningful difference to carers across Scotland.

As Treasurer, you will play a key leadership role in ensuring the organisation remains financially sustainable, robustly governed and well positioned to achieve its strategic ambitions.

About the role

Working closely with the Chief Executive, Head of Operations, Chair, Business & Finance Committee and fellow Directors, the Treasurer will oversee the organisation's financial stewardship and support effective financial governance.

The role includes helping the Board understand the organisation's financial position, supporting sound decision-making and ensuring appropriate controls, procedures and reporting arrangements are in place.

About you

We are looking for someone who can bring strong financial expertise together with a commitment to good governance and the values of the voluntary sector.

At Waverley Housing, we are committed to providing great homes and great services for our customers. As we deliver our ambitious new Business Plan, we are looking for an experienced, motivated and customer-focused housing professional to help lead and improve our Housing Management service.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone ready to take the next step into operational leadership. You may already be working as a Senior Housing Officer or Team Leader, or you may be an experienced Housing Officer with strong technical knowledge and experience of supporting and developing colleagues.

This is a key leadership role within our Housing Services team.

You will provide day-to-day management and support to our Housing Officers and Housing Assistant. You will help maintain high standards across tenancy management, rent arrears, antisocial behaviour, estate management and tenancy sustainment, while contributing to service improvement and positive outcomes for tenants and communities.

We are looking for someone who combines strong housing management expertise with excellent leadership skills and a passion for delivering positive outcomes for tenants and communities.

What you will be doing:

• Supporting, coaching and developing Housing Officers and the Housing Assistant.
• Overseeing the delivery of effective and customer-focused housing-management services.
• Supporting colleagues with complex rent arrears, antisocial behaviour and tenancy-management cases.
• Promoting tenancy sustainment and positive outcomes for tenants and communities.
• Monitoring operational performance and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Ensuring services are delivered in accordance with legislation, regulation, policy and good practice.
• Contributing to the development of housing-management procedures and wider service-improvement activity.

What we are looking for:

• Substantial recent experience of delivering frontline housing or tenancy-management services.
• Experience of managing or supporting complex housing-management cases.
• Experience of supporting, coaching, mentoring or supervising colleagues.
• A practical understanding of social housing legislation, regulation and good practice.
• Sound judgement and the ability to resolve complex or sensitive issues.
• Effective communication skills and a strong commitment to customer service.
• A relevant housing qualification, or a willingness to work towards one within an agreed period.

Why join Waverley Housing?

This is an opportunity to take on an influential operational role at an important time for Waverley Housing. You will be supported to develop professionally, contribute to the modernisation and improvement of our services, and make a genuine difference for our tenants and communities.

We offer a supportive working environment, hybrid working arrangements and a 35-hour working week, including a 12-noon finish on Fridays.

***Benefits - 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service, Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme, Perks at Work, £600 Refer a Friend & much more!***

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced care/support practitioner, to line manage our team of Support Workers within our fabulous residential service based in Elderslie.

At Wallace Court we support adults with physical disabilities, learning disabilities and sensory impairment, to live independently within their private accommodation on site. For the people we support, this is home. Our days are filled with laughter, with a focus on activities on site and externally, from football day trips to visits from traveling zoo’s, our service prides itself on being customer led.

Our closeknit team of Team Leaders, help our support staff to provide 24-hour support 7 days a week, and they require a motivated and enthusiastic leader to join the team.

Maybe you are an experienced Team Leader, Senior Support Worker or Support Worker with transferable experience, looking to advance your career.

Are you who we are looking for?

About the Role

You will be required to co-ordinate and supervise a team of support staff in delivering a high standard of social care practice using a person-centred approach that reflects individual customer's needs wants and aspirations. As a Team Leader you will occasionally work on the floor delivering direct care including medication administration, personal care and moving and assisting. Meaning it’s not all about paperwork, you still get some hands on practice.

A key part of this role is to coach, monitor, mentor and develop the skill base within the staff team, you will do this by displaying Leadership skills such as role modelling, decision making, being an effective communicator, having a positive attitude, commitment and confidence in the role.

We have a set shift pattern, 39 hours per week, typically 5/7 on a 4-week rota so you always know when you are working; early, back and late shifts, as well as weekends and on call, which is planned in advance, enabling you to plan life outside of work responsibilities.

Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:

• Competitive salary - £34,142.00 per annum (£16.79 per hour).
• We offer a fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life.
• 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.
• Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
• Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
• Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 24/7 employee assistance programme.
• Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts

*Benefits are subject to contractual terms.

Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) is Scotland’s national building preservation charity, saving significant historic buildings at risk and giving them a sustainable future in their communities. We have restored over 40 buildings and raised more than £40 million, and in 2028 we reach our 50th anniversary.

The Marketing & Communications Manager is pivotal in promoting our charitable mission, telling the story of our restoration projects, and building the audiences and public profile that our work depends on. Our commercial activities, including weddings, events and venue hire, sustain that preservation work.

Reporting to the Director and Head of Operations of SHBT, working with project managers, internal stakeholders and SHBT Trustees, you will lead communications and audience development for the Trust and its projects.

This is an ideal role for a proven storyteller, communicator and marketer with experience in heritage and culture, who wants to shape how a national charity is understood, turning complex architectural and historical context into clear and effective communications campaigns that drive SHBT towards its key objectives and support for its projects across Scotland.

Key responsibilities

Marketing

• Management and delivery of SHBT’s digital presence, ensuring our values and brand identity are communicated clearly and consistently
• Build and deliver a rich content and editorial calendar, including blog posts and newsletters, in coordination with the events, projects and properties teams
• Commission and manage film and video content, briefing filmmakers and freelancers, guiding scripts and edits, and publishing across our channels
• Design and produce promotional material for our buildings, weddings and events, including brochures, leaflets and print, working in Canva or similar and briefing designers on larger pieces
• Monitor and measure the reach and impact of our activity, collating analytics and producing reports for senior management team meetings, fundraising documents and Board meetings, ensuring GDPR compliance
• Brief and work alongside retained specialists on website, design and campaign work, making sure content is supplied in good time

Communications

• Develop, manage and implement the communications strategy for key projects, activities and events, in coordination with the project managers
• Drive engagement on social media through content appropriate to each network, growing our reach and building relationships with the audiences that matter to us
• Drive media relations through media releases and arranging interviews with relevant outlets and partners
• Promote the Director of SHBT as an authority on the work of the Trust as a building preservation trust, and as an expert in the field of regeneration, across television, radio, print, social media and blogs

Knowledge & Engagement

• Work with the Development & Engagement Officer to develop and deliver online fundraising campaigns
• Represent SHBT and reach new audiences through networking and attendance at key events on behalf of the Trust
• Create and distribute listings for our knowledge and engagement events, including lectures, conferences and supporters’ events, and promote these to deliver capacity audiences
• Evaluate campaign performance and identify opportunities to improve

Other duties

• Facilitate the Marketing Working Group of staff and trustees, taking minutes and providing quarterly reports for the group and for Board meetings
• Manage marketing administration, including image permissions and licensing
• Manage the marketing budget, tracking spend across campaigns, design, print and film, and reporting on it to the senior management team
• Support fundraising, projects and engagement work where marketing and promotion can help

Person Specification

Essential

• Proven experience in marketing and communications, ideally in the heritage, culture or charity sector
• Excellent written communication, with the ability to write accurately and at pace for audiences ranging from funders and trustees to press and the public
• Strong working knowledge of digital communications, including social media and email marketing
• Experience of creating communications material, including web content, e-appeals and social media communications
• Confidence commissioning and coordinating film and video content at a basic level, including briefing suppliers and preparing short edits for social
• Experience of report writing
• Sound understanding of GDPR
• Experience of Mailchimp or similar for mass communications
• WordPress CMS experience
• An interest in historic buildings, their conservation and cultural heritage

Desirable

• Experience of the heritage sector, the work of building preservation trusts, or capital projects in receipt of public funding
• Experience developing relationships with media partners and building a network of contacts
• A clear understanding of marketing for an organisation which undertakes both charitable and commercial activities
• Experience using analytics tools and a CRM system
• Familiarity with AI tools, and an openness to how they can be used ethically to support the work of a heritage charity
• Ability to create simple designs in Canva, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite or similar.
• Experience managing budgets

Personal Qualities

• Creative and strategic thinker with a results-driven mindset
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly proactive and ability to know what needs to happen to achieve an objective without supervision
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills
• Demonstrable ability to work on your own initiative, and to meet objectives and deadlines under pressure
• Able to work outside office hours by mutual arrangement

For the right candidate, this is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference, and to have a lot of fun along the way.

Reports To: Director/Head of Operations

Rape Crisis Scotland (RCS) is Scotland’s leading organisation working to support survivors of sexual violence, transform attitudes, improve the justice response to sexual crime and, ultimately, to end sexual violence in all its forms.

The Scottish Women’s Rights Centre is a unique collaborative project providing free legal information, advice, representation and advocacy support to women in Scotland affected by violence and abuse. The Advocacy Worker will support the delivery of core SWRC services. The advocacy worker will provide outreach and advocacy casework support to survivors who are engaged with the SWRC following an experience of Gender Based Violence (GBV). The post will also provide support to the delivery of FollowIt App.

At RCS, we offer:

• A warm, welcoming and feminist organisational culture
• Access to internal and external training and development opportunities
• A generous employment package, including 43 days of leave (pro-rata)
• Flexible/hybrid working
• A commitment to employee wellbeing

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and especially welcome applications from women of colour and those under-represented in the workforce

The Facilities Manager will lead the Facilities Management Team covering offices at 5 Charlotte Square, Broadstone, 211 Sauchiehall Street and also providing support to NTS locations in the Central Belt. This role will primarily involve the presentation of NTS Central Offices as a high standard, well organized workplace; it includes responsibility for compliance and security, administration and planning to make the Central Offices run smoothly,-.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

General Tasks

• Managing the sites at 5 Charlotte Square, Broadstone and 211 Sauchiehall Street.
• Supporting the Trust at other sites including Pitreavie and Stenhouse – there will be other sites as required.
• The postholder will be a keyholder for the buildings, with access to secure areas, including confidential information.
• The post-holder will provide a high standard of service to internal customers and to visitors to ensure that the Trust’s reputation is maintained, responding to enquiries and directing them to the appropriate members of staff.

Support Services

• Responsible for supporting facilities as required to regular head office staff and off-site staff visiting Broadstone, including but not limited to,
  • Receiving and processing incoming and outgoing mail and packages in line with safety procedures.
  • Operation and monitoring of resource booking systems, (eg, workstation requests, car parking, meeting rooms)
  • Ordering, control and replenishment of facilities supplies, such as hygiene consumables, stationery, etc in line with delivery procedures and working closely with the Procurement team.
  • Working with IT to ensure that central printing and copying equipment is serviceable and well stocked and providing support with meeting room audio-visual equipment.
• Overseeing the routine of the Central Offices including the provision of building manuals and compliance.
• Coordinating and procuring furniture and fittings.
• Arranging catering for internal meetings.

Health and Safety

• Hosting and organising induction processes for visitors and new personnel.
• In line with stated Trust policies and approaches to ensure the health and welfare of staff/volunteers and visitors in compliance with legislation.
  • Assessing and dealing with emergency response situations as they arise in line with business continuity procedures.
  • Ensuring the provision of a high standard of hygiene through external contractors, comprising daily cleans of the office and additional cleaning services as required.

Maintenance and building checks,

• Including but not limited to:
  • Carrying out property condition/safety and fire safety checks and inspections in line with Safe Systems of Work.
  • Initiating and monitoring contractor repair and maintenance in line with contractor management procedures and legislation.
  • Storing, maintaining and controlling the use of all tools/equipment at NTS properties and to carry out regular audits of same.
• Maintaining on-line records in relation to the elements above to ensure compliance with legislation.

The current duties of this job do require a criminal records (Disclosure Scotland) check to be carried out.