Our aim is to relieve destitution and promote wellbeing for people within the asylum system in Scotland. We have been established in the city for over 30 years and are currently seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic CEO to lead us into the future in an ever changing landscape.

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Chief Executive – Refugee Sanctuary Scotland

Purpose of Role

Provide visionary leadership to ensure the charity delivers effective support in combatting destitution and homelessness for refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland. Champion the rights and dignity of displaced people while ensuring organisational sustainability and impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic leadership: Shape and deliver a clear strategy that responds to the evolving needs of refugees and asylum seekers.
• Advocacy and representation: Act as the charity’s public voice, influencing policy, raising awareness, and challenging misconceptions about refugees.
• Governance support: Work closely with the Board of Trustees to ensure compliance with charity law, safeguarding standards, and ethical practice.
• Operational management: Oversee services such as housing, financial support, legal advice, and social support.
• Safeguarding and welfare: Ensure policies and practices protect vulnerable individuals, particularly children and survivors of trauma.
• Financial stewardship: Secure funding through grants, donations, and partnerships; manage budgets responsibly.
• Stakeholder engagement: Build strong relationships with local authorities, NGOs, donors, volunteers, and refugee communities.
• Risk management: Identify and mitigate risks, including reputational, financial, and operational challenges.

Person Specification

• Proven leadership experience in refugee support, or related social justice sectors.
• Strong understanding of refugee issues, asylum processes, and integration challenges from lived or hands on experience.
• Commitment to safeguarding and trauma-informed approaches.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to inspire diverse audiences and advocate effectively.
• Financial and fundraising expertise with knowledge of charity funding models.
• Governance knowledge including charity law, safeguarding regulations, and international refugee frameworks.
• Strategic thinker with ability to translate vision into practical programmes.
• Cultural sensitivity and ability to work inclusively with diverse communities.

At Scottish Refugee Council we believe data isn’t just numbers – it’s key to understanding the lives we touch and the change we create. We’re looking for an Impact and Improvement Manager to lead our dedicated Data and Impact team and ensure we measure, learn and improve to do ever better for the people and communities we serve.

What you’ll do:

• Lead a small, passionate team focused on impact measurement and continuous improvement
• Transform data into meaningful insights that inspire action and learning
• Work across the organisation to embed a culture of learning and evidence- based decision-making

What you’ll bring:

• Experience in impact measurement, data analysis or continuous improvement
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to inspire a team
• A commitment to using evidence to drive positive change for people and communities.

This is more than a job – it’s an opportunity to shape change and help us create a fairer, more compassionate world.

About us

Scottish Refugee Council is Scotland’s national refugee charity. Every year, we provide direct support and advice to people rebuilding their lives in Scotland, standing up for people’s rights and campaign for a fairer and more humane asylum system and enhanced integration for communities in Scotland.

The vision is for a Scotland in which all people seeking refugee protection are welcome. A place where men, women and children are protected, find safety and support, have their human rights and dignity respected and can achieve their full potential. Together, we can build a better future with refugees in Scotland. Find out more at scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk.

Employee benefits package

• 39 days of leave (including public holidays)
• Progressive salary structure
• Flexible working options
• Training and development opportunities
• Union recognition
• Fresh fruit, tea & coffee in office
• Enhanced pay benefits
• Enhanced pension
• Counselling & coaching service
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eye care scheme
• Death in service & 24-hour GP service

About Us

The Bridges Programmes is a third sector organisation dedicated to supporting refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, and anyone for whom English is a second language, supporting their social, educational, and economic integration in Glasgow. We deliver employability programmes, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses, and accredited training, working in partnership with local communities, employers, and service providers.

We are seeking a dynamic, compassionate, and visionary leader to guide our organisation through its next chapter — sustaining our impact, strengthening our financial resilience, deepening our reach and partnership working, and evolving our services to meet changing needs.

Purpose of the Role

The CEO will lead, manage, and develop The Bridges Programme, ensuring its sustainability, growth, and relevance, while upholding our values and commitment to inclusion, equality and opportunity.

This is an exciting opportunity to become Chief Executive Officer at The Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre, Perth & Kinross. We are looking for a dedicated and skilled CEO to lead RASAC P&K’s skilled and dynamic team and work collaboratively with our Board of Directors to deliver the organisation’s strategic plan and objectives.

The role requires an experienced and effective leader, with the ability to lead across both the strategic and operational work of the organisation. You will have a clear understanding of and commitment to trauma-informed, feminist management and leadership and be a person with enthusiasm, determination and vision.

As our CEO you must be an experienced manager with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will have a track record in strategic planning, people management, fundraising and charity finance management. You will be able to provide a strong visible presence to statutory partners as well as all stakeholders, engendering trust and confidence and giving clarity to our vision and mission.

Only women need apply under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Successful applicants will be subject to Disclosure Scotland checks.

The role

Scottish Women’s Aid has an opportunity to join their Policy team. This is an exciting position where the role holder will be responsible for working on policy relating to children and young people and domestic abuse, violence against women and girls, and gender related topics. They will work closely with the Membership, Training and Communications teams.

Background

Scottish Women’s Aid is Scotland’s leading voluntary sector organisation working to end domestic abuse and promoting effective policy and practice responses for women, children and young people who experience domestic abuse. We are the umbrella organisation for 32 autonomous Women’s Aid groups delivering direct services to women, children and young people across Scotland.

What you’ll do

Working across third sector organisations you will build and maintain relationships to input to policy and influencing, as SWA as well as jointly with others. You will maintain good working relationships with civil servants, challenging ideas and find solutions where necessary.

The role includes inputting to and submitting consultation responses, researching and writing briefings, preparing for SWA to providence evidence in parliament, keep our communications team up to date with policy inputs and changes, and input to good practice stemming from policy changes. All of these roles, requiring great working relationships across the organisation, but especially with Membership, Training and Communications.

What We Need

We’re looking for someone with experience in a similar role, with specific knowledge of the Scottish policy landscape and the potential that offers. We’re looking for someone who can work across domestic abuse as it relates to children and young people – examples include the Children’s Hearing system, child contact, the welfare system. We ask that you’re a self-starter, ready to apply these skills creatively to meet our strategic priorities. Excellent written and verbal communications skills go without saying: you’ll be skilled in the ability to engage confidently with a range of different audiences, and be adept at writing to suit them, working alongside colleagues across SWA and our members across the country.

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Knowledge of the Scottish policy landscape
• Awareness and understanding of the feminist analysis of domestic abuse and the impact on women, children and young people
• Demonstrable track record of developing and writing successfully in a policy context
• Highly organised approach to effective planning, delivery and the development of applicable tasks
• Drive to make a difference in a fast moving time of policy

Location

Blend of home working and office, based in Rose Street, Edinburgh or can be entirely home based anywhere in the UK. Please talk to us about your flexible working requirements!

What we offer

There are many reasons to work for Scottish Women’s Aid. We have a great working culture and our mission and vision attracts a brilliant staff team. Your hard work is rewarded with a package of support and benefits including:

• Flexible working - We offer flexible hybrid working options for the majority of our employees. Some posts are eligible for full-time homeworking. We also offer flexibility for staff and work/life balance through a number of flexible working options such as flexi time, condensed hours, job sharing.
• Pay - SWA are a Living wage employer, our pay and grading system offers a competitive starting salary and yearly progression.
• Annual Leave - We offer a full-time annual leave entitlement of 30 days (210 hours) per year plus 10 Public Holiday days (70 hours) per year. Leave is accrued at the rate of 3.33 days (23.3 hours) per month.
• Pension - SWA believes it's important that we help you save for your retirement so access to Nest pension scheme is given to all eligible employees. SWA contributes 10% of gross contractual earnings on the provision that the employee contributes a minimum of 3% towards their pension contributions.
• Learning and Development - SWA supports and develops staff to ensure they have the necessary skills, knowledge and abilities. There is an internal schedule of training on key skills and knowledge relevant to all staff. There is also scope to attend ad hoc training for employees who are working to develop specific skills.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay - SWA offers staff who meet the criteria for Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) an enhanced maternity pay of 20 weeks on full pay and 20 weeks on half pay.
• Wellbeing - As part of SWA’s commitment to staff wellbeing, staff are offered access to a confidential 24/7 health and Wellbeing service with AIG which provides confidential advice, counselling and legal support to all staff, and where applicable, immediate family members.
• Bike 2 Work - An interest-free loan to purchase a bike, can be arranged up to the value of £1,000.
• Edinburgh Leisure Gym Subsidies - Edinburgh based staff are able to access Edinburgh Leisure facilities for the reduced price of £1 per session.

POSITIVE ACTION

Applications will be accepted from women only under Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Scottish Women’s Aid is an equal opportunities employer, all women, including women with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment, may apply for women-only roles.

SWA are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce that is representative of the people we serve.

We are taking positive action to address an under-representation of minoritised and marginalised women within our workforce. We offer Disabled and racially minoritised women the option of requesting that their application is considered under the terms of our Guaranteed Interview Schemes. You will be asked if you wish to be considered when you complete our application form.

If you would like to discuss the job or any adjustments, whether due to disability or any other reason, please contact us on recruitment@womensaid.scot or on the phone on 0131 226 6606.

The Deputy Manager has day to day operational responsibility for the delivery of the bureau’s advice service. The post holder will ensure a quality service is delivered in line with the Scottish National Standards and the Bureau’s Citizens Advice membership and will provide to the Chief Executive Officer all necessary reporting, data and case study information required.

The Deputy Manager is responsible for maintaining a disciplined, professional office working environment and ensures its compliance with the Bureau’s health, safety and other working policies, practices and procedures.

Using AdviserNet and the information systems, provide 2nd tier consultancy support to staff and volunteers on complex cases to include type 3 cases i.e. representation at tribunals. The post holder will also work as part of the Senior Management Team and will deputise for the Chief Executive Officer when required to do so.

The post requires a Basic Disclosure certificate.