East Ayrshire Citizens Advice Bureau (EACAB) is a progressive and innovative advice organisation dedicated to providing free, impartial, and confidential advice to local communities. We offer both generalist advice and specialist casework services to support people in need across East Ayrshire.

We are seeking 2 highly organised, experienced and values-driven Generalist Addvisers to support the Family Forward Ayrshire project, an ambitious whole-family support programme funded through the Scottish Government's Whole Family Support Third Sector Delivery Fund to join the team in East Ayrshire Citizens Advice Bureau in Kilmarnock. This role is offered on a temporary basis until March 2027 with extension subject to funding and is offered at 35 hours per week.

Lung Ha Theatre Company is looking for a new Chair of its Board of Trustees. We’re seeking to find someone who can support us with delivering our ambitious plans and our work as Scotland’s leading theatre company for actors and theatre makers with a learning disability and autism.

The Chair of the Board of Trustees provides strategic leadership to the organisation, ensuring effective governance and supporting the delivery of its artistic vision and charitable purpose. Working closely with the Board and senior staff, the Chair helps shape the organisation’s direction, safeguards its values, and promotes its role within the community and the wider arts sector in Scotland.

Culture Perth and Kinross is a dynamic cultural trust which aims to be at the heart of communities, connecting people, ideas, knowledge with the rich heritage and diverse cultures of the region.

We are recruiting for a professional librarian to lead on the strategic development of Library Services across the region. The post will suit someone with experience of working in a public library setting at a senior level, supporting reader development activity and working collaboratively with communities to deliver projects which meet their needs and interests.

Based in Perth this role will require travel on a regular basis across Perth and Kinross to support all our library venues and occasional evening working and Saturday working will be required to support community engagement and reader events.

Applicants from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Do you want to use your skills to make it possible for people with myeloma to live longer and better lives? We are looking for an Accounts Assistant to join our Finance team in this varied role which is suitable for someone who is accurate and organised, but also curious, improvement-minded and keen to contribute beyond transactional processing.

You will need experience of being in an Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) end-to-end role with knowledge of VAT reporting and requirements and a strong understanding of month end and reconciliations.

You will have excellent attention to detail with the ability to build relationships and to work in partnership with both internal and external stakeholders. The post holder will be highly proficient in the use of Excel and have excellent communication and organisational skills with the ability to work calmly under pressure. Experience of XLedger cloud accounting software and/or Raiser’s Edge CRM software would be an advantage but not essential.

About the role

The Accounts Assistant will work closely with the Financial Controller and colleagues across the organisation, taking ownership of key AP and AR processes while also acting as a trusted finance contact for teams, helping them understand processes, resolve queries and make confident, well-informed decisions.

You will maintain strong financial controls and processes across the AP and AR functions, ensuring compliance with accounting requirements as well as identifying and implementing process improvements and efficiencies across AP and AR, including opportunities for automation.

The post holder will support the month-end including reconciliations, accruals, journals and ensuring the AP ledger reconciles to TB. You will prepare and review VAT workings and returns, ensuring accurate VAT treatment, reconciliations and timely submissions.

About us

Myeloma UK is the only UK charity focused on the incurable blood cancer, myeloma and its related conditions. We provide support and influence access to treatments, while researching a cure. Thanks to life-extending treatments and support, today many people affected by myeloma are able to live longer and to live well.

We are committed to bringing together the best and brightest people to help us ensure that every person affected by myeloma has an empowered present and a hopeful future.

Our ultimate goal is to find a cure and make myeloma history. Until then, our mission is to help every person living with myeloma, live well, for as long as possible. We are committed to diagnosing myeloma earlier, discovering and sharing knowledge, transforming the patient experience and influencing positive change.

Our culture

Wellbeing and staff engagement are at the heart of our culture. We offer employees a range of benefits including a pension salary exchange scheme, flexitime, flexible working which includes both home and hub-based office working, health plan, employee assistance plan and holiday purchase scheme. We are committed to providing learning and development opportunities for all our employees.

Make a Difference Every Day

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland is seeking a compassionate, organised and experienced Advice Line Coordinator to join our advice line team. This is an exciting opportunity to support people living with chest, heart and stroke conditions, as well as their families, carers and healthcare professionals, by providing high-quality information, guidance and support.

This role is primarily home-based, working Monday to Friday 0900 – 1630 hours. Initial training will be delivered in person at our Head Office in Edinburgh, and the successful candidate must be willing and able to travel occasionally throughout Scotland to attend events, meetings and represent Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland.

About the Role

As Advice Line Coordinator, you will be responsible for coordinating and delivering our advice line service, supporting people through a range of communication channels including telephone calls, emails, text messages and web referrals

You will respond to enquiries from members of the public, carers and healthcare professionals, providing information, emotional support and practical advice. The role involves assessing individual needs, making referrals to appropriate internal services, signposting to external organisations, and supporting people with a range of wellbeing, advocacy, cost of living and benefits-related enquiries.

You will also recruit, train and manage a team of volunteers who will support service users through telephone and other remote contact methods.

Key Responsibilities

• Respond professionally, empathetically and effectively to enquiries received by telephone, email and text message.
• Provide information, support and guidance to people affected by chest, heart and stroke conditions.
• Assess individual needs and make appropriate referrals to Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland services and programmes.
• Signpost callers and service users to relevant external organisations, statutory services and support agencies.
• Support service users with wellbeing concerns and provide information relating to welfare benefits, advocacy services and cost of living support.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with NHS Scotland professionals, community organisations and partner agencies.
• Recruit, train, support and supervise volunteers who assist with service delivery.
• Monitor volunteer activity and ensure a consistently high-quality service.
• Maintain accurate and confidential records in line with organisational policies and data protection requirements.
• Represent Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland at events and meetings as required.

About You

Applicants must have the legal right to work in Scotland and be resident in the UK at the time of appointment. Unfortunately, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland is unable to provide visa sponsorship and cannot consider applications from candidates requiring sponsorship to work in the UK

Essential

• Experience working in a telephone-based advice line, helpline, customer support or care coordination role.
• Experience managing enquiries across multiple communication channels, including telephone, email and messaging services.
• A good understanding of NHS Scotland and Social Care Services, pathways and referral processes.
• Excellent communication, listening and interpersonal skills.
• Experience supporting members of the public, carers and/or vulnerable individuals.
• Confidence in assessing needs and identifying appropriate support options.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Experience recruiting, training and supporting volunteers and/or staff.
• Good IT skills and the ability to maintain accurate records and case notes.
• Ability to work independently in a home-based environment.

Desirable

• Knowledge or experience of chest, heart and stroke conditions.
• Experience working within the charity, health or social care sectors.
• Basic understanding of welfare benefits, advocacy services, cost of living and wellbeing support.
• Experience working collaboratively with healthcare professionals and external agencies.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to attend in-person training at Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland's Head Office in Edinburgh.
• Willingness and ability to travel occasionally throughout Scotland to attend events, meetings and stakeholder engagements.
• Access to a suitable home-working environment.

What You'll Bring

You will be empathetic, proactive and committed to delivering outstanding support to people affected by long-term health conditions. You will have the confidence to manage complex enquiries, work collaboratively with colleagues and partners, and motivate volunteers to deliver excellent service to those who need our support.

Join us and help ensure that nobody in Scotland must face chest, heart or stroke conditions alone.

Shared Care Scotland is a small team with big ambition: we aim to be the lead organisation in Scotland on all aspects of short breaks policy and practice. We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled Operations Assistant to fulfil an important organisation-wide role in providing efficient, accurate and responsive administrative support that helps colleagues, Board members, partners and enquirers work effectively.

If you have skills and experience in delivering administrative and operational support to a busy and diverse team, are self-motivated and keen to develop your knowledge of the health and social care sector then we’d love to hear from you.

For the right candidate, this is an exciting opportunity to work with a dedicated team to deliver on a range of activities that can improve the lives of unpaid carers in Scotland.

In return we offer a supportive, collaborative team environment with excellent terms and conditions.

About Shared Care Scotland

Shared Care Scotland (SCS) is a dynamic and ambitious charity dedicated to improving the quality and provision of short breaks in Scotland for adult and young carers and the people they help care for. It is estimated there are 700,000 to 800,000 unpaid carers in Scotland.

We have a vision of a Scotland where everyone who receives support or provides unpaid care can live a satisfying life, with the assistance they need to take regular, quality breaks from demanding caring routines.

As one of Scotland’s leading National Carer Organisations we contribute to the development of policy and best practice for carers. We host a national online directory of short break services, manage a £10m Short Breaks Fund on behalf of the Scottish Government which provides grant funding to third sector organisations to help carers access breaks from caring, and deliver an innovative social tourism programme called Respitality.

For more information visit our website: sharedcarescotland.org.uk

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

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

l Empathy (listen to and understand an individual’s needs and circumstances)

l Respect (treat others the way they wish to be treated)

l Integrity (be honest and have strong moral principles)

l Caring (show kindness and concern for others)

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

· Personal development and employability programmes

· Self-help coaching

· Supported accommodation

· Care at home

· Housing support

· Befriending

· Social cafes

The Service

LinkLiving’s HoME service (Help on Managing Everything) provides an intensive housing management service to Link Housing Association tenants who are struggling to maintain their tenancies.

The Job

The purpose of the job is to provide practical and emotional support to people who have been referred to the service who’s condition of property requires specialist support. Through building positive relationships with tenants, you will work with them to maintain their home, working closely with Housing Officers as well as the wider Mental Health & Wellbeing Services team.

You will be responsible for the provision of individually tailored one to one support. The service you provide will focus on the safety and well-being of clients creating a supportive environment which to address the issues they are experiencing with their tenancy. This role will require a high level of multiagency working.

About You

You’ll be someone with a good standard of general education. With a genuine understanding of the challenges faced by individuals with complex needs, you will have experience supporting clients with a range of issues and demonstrate a strong grasp of the skills required to live independently.

Your positive, can-do attitude will shine through in your hands-on approach to providing practical support, while your non-judgemental mindset and commitment to embracing diversity will be at the heart of how you work. You’ll bring excellent communication skills—written, verbal and digital—and be comfortable using IT systems, including online client management platforms.

You will have knowledge of available grants and resources for individuals on low incomes. Adaptability is key, as is the ability to build meaningful relationships and partnerships with other voluntary and statutory organisations.

You’ll be a proactive team player who can work openly and honestly within a team setting, while also being confident in prioritising and managing both your own workload. Reflective practice will be important to you—you’ll welcome feedback and support to ensure continuous improvement in your work.

A full driving licence and access to your own vehicle is essential for this role.

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

What’s in it for you?

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

· Competitive salary, reviewed annually, and opportunity for annual performance related salary increases and discretionary non-consolidated pay awards, subject to terms of the scheme

· 35 days’ holiday per year (inclusive of public holidays) pro rata plus additional 3 days pro rata after 3 years’ service

· opportunity to buy and sell holiday

· enhanced company sick and family friendly pay

· access to paid SVQ qualifications and a wide range of learning and development opportunities

· funded Disclosure Scotland and Scottish Social Services Council memberships

· defined contribution pension scheme with generous employer contributions plus salary exchange and additional voluntary contribution options

· access to a Salary Exchange car leasing scheme, subject to the terms of the scheme

· life assurance scheme providing death in service benefits

· healthcare cash plan for employees (and dependents) to support health and wellbeing plus discounts on shopping, restaurants, and other services

· employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate household dependants to support health, mental and financial well-being

· access to purchase annual corporate clothing vouchers

· annual flu vaccination

· access to a credit union savings and borrowing scheme

· cycle to work scheme

· access to discounts on mobile airtime plans and much more!

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

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

Further Information

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

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

About Us

Braveheart is a forward-thinking health promotion charity dedicated to improving wellbeing through healthy lifestyles and physical activity. Braveheart has been providing community-based health services in Forth Valley for 30 years and is well established in the locality.

The Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Co-ordinator to lead and develop our footcare initiative across the Forth Valley area. Braveheart’s Top Toes service is already operating in Falkirk District and your role will be to drive forward the growth of the social enterprise, while managing the high quality of the footcare service. Joining the Braveheart team at this exciting time in the organisation’s development offers the successful candidate the opportunity to make a tangible difference to the lives of hundreds of people in the Forth Valley communities. Key challenges of the role will include implementing a new online payment system, recruiting and developing volunteer teams and promoting the footcare service through partnership development and marketing activities.

Our footcare clinics are delivered by volunteers. The Co-ordinator role includes organising regular training including with the NHS podiatry team, mentoring and supporting volunteers, promoting good communication and holding regular volunteer team meetings.

The post is initially funded by Clackmannanshire and Stirling Health and Social Care Partnership for up to 2 years, however, the aim of the socially enterprising project is that it will become self-sustaining through the income raised by the service.

About You

We are looking for someone who is passionate about health promotion and community engagement with strong organisational and interpersonal skills. Familiarity with community health networks and knowledge of the local area will be an advantage. Please see the attached Job Description for further details of the post responsibilities and person specification.

What We Offer

• A supportive and flexible working environment
• Opportunities for professional development
• The chance to make a real difference in people’s lives

About Us:

Murray’s Initiative (formerly known as Glasgow Council on Alcohol) is an independent Scottish charity that works to reduce alcohol and drug-related harm at both individual and community levels. Established in 1965, Murray’s Initiative adopts a long-term, trauma-informed and asset-based approach to changing the culture around substance use. Its services are built on a person-centred, harm-reduction model, supporting people whether their goal is to reduce consumption or achieve abstinence.

Murray’s Initiative offers free, confidential counselling services for people concerned about their own or someone else's drinking. Murray’s Initiative delivers a range of interventions including groupwork and employability support as well as a number of holistic and inclusive services, such as a women’s service for survivors of gender-based violence, young person’s peer education service, LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing support and tailored wellbeing programmes.

Murray’s Initiative is also a recognised provider of professional development, offering a comprehensive training portfolio including education aimed at increasing awareness of alcohol use and promoting healthier lifestyles, COSCA Counselling Skills and a Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Murray’s Initiative delivers services over 6 days per week and throughout Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire, helping people make meaningful, positive change in their lives.

The foundation of Murray’s Initiative is our supportive and inclusive culture for all who engage and work with us.

About the Role:

The role of the Employability Support worker is to support participants who are in the earlier stages of their employability journey. The Employability Support Worker will support participants with confidence building and motivation and will prepare participants to work towards training, education and volunteering.

The Employability Support Worker will make a real impact to individuals’ day to day lives as they uniquely tailor their personal development, offer emotional and practical support and set realistic goals as part of their journey to employability opportunities.

The Employability Support Worker will report to the Service Manager - Employability.

This post requires membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme for children and/or protected adults. Successful applicants will be required to join the PVG Scheme.

Street Soccer is a charity using football to create lasting change in the lives of isolated and excluded adults and young people. We run 60 sessions a week of free, inclusive and judgement-free football. These sessions provide person-centred support to players facing a number of challenges including mental health, homelessness, long term unemployment, problem substance use, criminal justice and seeking asylum. Our mission is to create hope and opportunity for all.

We support thousands of players a year on their journey to positive change by providing a safe space, trusting relationships and a sense of belonging. We fight isolation and exclusion by bringing people together, building confidence and creating supportive communities. We support people of all ages and backgrounds through relationship-based support, focusing on trust and personal development, supporting everyone to set and achieve their own goals. Thanks to the support of Street Soccer, 82% of players say that their quality of life has improved.

Lived experience is at the heart of what we do, with over 80% of our staff having lived experience of the challenges our players face.

97% of players think that Street Soccer is a unique organisation. With over 16 years of experience delivering positive change through football, we are now working in more communities than ever, with city hubs in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen and South London, as well as a network of sessions across 6 other local authorities.

Leith United is an innovative new partnership of Street Soccer Scotland and YMCA Edinburgh, working together to deliver an impact programme that strengthens community cohesion, promotes inclusive growth, and creates meaningful opportunities for all who call Leith home. At the heart of this initiative is the Leith Community Centre, a vibrant hub for creativity, support, and connection.

Role Purpose

The Street Soccer Women’s programme (previously Street45) provides a safe, supportive space where socially disadvantaged women and girls can be active, connect and build confidence while engaging in football related activity and personal development opportunities.

The Women’s Programme Co-Ordinator will be responsible for developing the Women’s Programme across Scotland in areas including Ayrshire, Glasgow, the Central Belt and Fife . Responsible for sourcing and managing suitable venues for sessions to take place. They will recruit and work with partners to ensure players get the right level of support across a variety of issues. They will grow the number of players attending sessions by promoting these across the community in a variety of ways.

An enthusiastic person, the Women’s Programme Co-Ordinator will be able to build relationships with a series of communities where sessions take place. They will also work with the Fundraising Team to establish local opportunities for sponsorship and other support.

The Women’s Programme Co-Ordinator will also be involved in our Team Scotland Women’s activity including the annual Homeless World Cup Tournament.

We are particularly interested in applications from those with the same lived experience as our players, further information about our Safer Recruitment process can be found within section 8 of our Safeguarding Policy.

Street Soccer value work life balance and are happy to discuss part time hours, job share and flexible working.