We are a growing place-based family support charity, established in 1996, that aims to improve the opportunities and outcomes for vulnerable children and families living within the Govan area. We offer a range of integrated, early intervention services to support children and families who are experiencing cumulative and chronic adversity.

We are looking for an Operations and Performance Manager to join our growing multi-disciplinary team to support both management and operational functions of the organisation.

We are looking for someone that has gained relevant experience in managing both operations and performance within a similar third sector or public sector organisation. The postholder will be expected to manage a busy and varied workload, have excellent communication skills and a positive friendly approach aligned with Govan HELP values.

The Operations and Performance Manager will ensure the efficiency, impact, and sustainability of our services. You will lead on performance improvement, data monitoring, and impact reporting to help Govan HELP demonstrate value, drive continuous improvement, and make informed strategic decisions.

Corstorphine Community Centre (CCC) are recruiting!

CCC are seeking an enthusiastic and supportive member to join our small dynamic and hardworking team.

Youth and Community Worker - full time (35 hours) including evening and weekend working.

The Larick Centre is Tayport’s first purpose-built community centre. It comprises a large sports hall, small meeting room, and two further rooms which can be booked for a variety of purposes.

The Larick Centre has been funded through charitable donations and grants, however as funding streams reduce, the centre must become more self-sustaining by generating its own income. Tayport Community Trust was established in 2008 to develop and support projects and activities that contribute to a vibrant and sustainable local community.

Tayport Community Trust (TCT) operates alongside its commercial arm, Tayport Community Enterprise (TCE). TCE operates the Larick and Harbour Cafes, and the Larick Campsite. Income generated by TCE supports TCT to provide the community activities of the Larick Centre.

Role purpose

We are looking for someone with the right skills and experience to provide effective leadership, direction and oversight of the Larick Centre and manage its staff, to successfully realise the plans and outcomes set out by the TCT board.

You will have the passion, energy and vision to develop strategies and set targets that ensure the long-term sustainability of this vibrant and award-winning community centre.

Key areas of responsibility and oversight

• Community development and engagement

• Managing centre staff and volunteers

• Partnership and collaborative working

• Financial management

• Fundraising

• Commercial income generation

• Governance and performance reporting

• Communication, marketing, and promotion

• Building management and maintenance

• Quality and impact monitoring and evaluation

• Administration

• Professional development

This role is 35 hours per week. It requires work outside of normal working hours in the evenings and on the weekends. A ‘time off in lieu’ (TOIL) system is in place.

The Volunteer & Programmes Assistant will help with the day-to-day coordination of those who generously share their time and talent with Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity, ensuring their experience is well-organised and supported.

You’ll work closely with the Volunteer Manager to keep our volunteer programme running smoothly - supporting fundraising events, hospital based roles and more.

You’ll also provide essential support to the Charity Impact Team, helping to manage the governance and compliance of hospital visitors such as entertainers, guests and key partners - making sure every visit is safe, meaningful and in line with required protocols.

Are you looking for an exciting new role? Do you want help Roma community members make a difference to their lives and aspirations? Are you passionate about making change happen? Then we really want you to apply for this role!

WHAT WE OFFER

• A meaningful role supporting economic inclusion and empowerment in Glasgow’s Roma communities.
• Flexible working hours and supportive team culture.
• Training and development opportunities.
• The chance to shape a new programme with long-term impact.

This role is part of a new, community-led initiative delivered in partnership between Rom Romeha and Community Renewal Trust, working closely with Glasgow City Council and local employability services.

The project is a new initiative aimed at increasing entrepreneurial opportunities for migrant Roma communities in Glasgow, providing culturally sensitive, multilingual business support, empowering Roma individuals to start and grow their own businesses. This will create a pathway to economic independence, improve social inclusion, and help achieve Glasgow’s Net Zero ambitions by supporting sustainable business practices within the Roma community.

Migrant Roma in Glasgow often face significant challenges in accessing support for entrepreneurship due to cultural misunderstandings, language barriers, and a lack of services tailored to their needs. Roma Start-Ups is a pilot programme designed to provide specialist business support to Roma entrepreneurs in Glasgow, helping them to formalise, grow, and sustain businesses. We will deliver one-to-one and group mentoring, business training, financial literacy support, and access to funding opportunities, ensuring culturally tailored, multilingual services.

This pilot will empower Roma individuals, women, and young entrepreneurs, enabling them to transition from informal trading to registered businesses. Through networking events, pop-up markets, and community engagement, we will create sustainable economic opportunities, breaking down systemic barriers and fostering entrepreneurial inclusion within Glasgow’s diverse communities.

Highland Action for Little Ones (Halo) was founded to suport local children and families in crisis.

We achieve this by working in partnershhip with statutory agencies and other support services, suppling care packages of clothes, school uniforms, shoes, baby equipment and more to families in need.

Halo also facilitates groups for vulnerable young Mums and their babies, offering weekly support groups.

We are passionate about making a difference in the lives of children in the Highlands and believe that Every Child Deserves to Thrive.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated, creative, and experienced person to join our team. You will have the opportunity to recruit, train, and build a team of volunteers to support our critical work. You will also have the opportunity to be creative with the events we attend, including fundraisers.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Volunteers

• Coordinating the operational needs for volunteers across the charity in consultation with the Operations & Administration Officer.
• Recruit new volunteers to support day-to-day activities and events in alignment with the charity’s goals.
• Oversee volunteer onboarding, induction, and training—ensuring compliance with relevant procedures, including safeguarding and role-specific preparation.
• Ensure volunteers are receiving regular supervision and support during their placement.
• Monitor volunteer satisfaction, provide ongoing recognition, and celebrate volunteer contributions
• Regularly report on the volunteer experience, including both quantitative and qualitative feedback & exit interviews
• Maintain an up-to-date volunteer database and contact list.
• Identify new volunteering opportunities and develop volunteer role descriptions.
• Work effectively to ensure volunteers feel a part of Halo and gain value from their time with us.
• Develop and maintain volunteer policies, role descriptions, and procedures.
• Promote volunteering opportunities through social media, local networks, and community partnerships
• Be the main point of contact to support volunteers, listen to suggestions and/or concerns, and support in resolving any volunteering-related issues or complaints.

Events

• Assist in the development, planning, and delivery of events to support the charity’s objectives, including third-party initiatives.
• Attend and support charity events as required, helping to ensure smooth execution.
• Contribute to post-event feedback and evaluation

General

• Ensure a safe working environment for volunteers by adhering to health and safety procedures.
• Handle enquiries about volunteering via email and phone with professionalism and warmth.
• Provide hands-on support at fundraising and awareness-raising events.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety procedures, maintaining a safe working environment for volunteers
• The above list is not exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such duties as may reasonably be expected.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

The following qualities and skills are essential for this role:

• A real people person: approachable, adaptable, and willing to collaborate while maintaining a supportive and friendly attitude.
• Volunteer Support: A proven track record of working with volunteers within a charitable or community setting and an ability to support, engage, and motivate volunteers
• Availability to work on-site: must be able to work from the office at least ½ day per week flexibly.
• Health and Safety awareness: Knowledge of basic health and safety practices
• Excellent communication skills: strong interpersonal skills, able to liaise with a diverse audience, including colleagues, volunteers, effectively in person, over email, and on the phone.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
• Highly organised: able to manage multiple tasks, conflicting priorities, and work under pressure, and be able to work logically to ensure that all needs are met.
• A creative and proactive ‘can do’ approach to all areas of work.
• Excellent IT skills; confident with Microsoft Office, including Excel, for data tracking and reporting.
• Experience in or familiarity with the voluntary, charity, or non-profit sector.
• Willingness to travel across the Highlands when required.

Desirable

• Understanding of safeguarding practices and experience with PVG checks.
• Experience setting targets or tracking volunteer engagement metrics.
• A full PVG check is necessary for this role.
• A full, clean driving licence is essential for this role.

We are recruiting a dedicated and compassionate Young Carers Pathways Coordinator, to lead the delivery of a vital mentoring initiative supporting young carers aged 12-20 across Aberdeen.

About the role:

The Pathways Coordinator will work at the heart of a collaborative effort between MCR Pathways, the Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership, and all members of the Carers Strategy Implementation Group to identify, engage and empower young carers, particularly those currently hidden from formal support. Through strong partnerships, trauma-informed practice and community-based outreach, the Coordinator will build trusted relationships with young carers, facilitate group and one-to-one sessions and support consistent, life-changing mentor matches that help young people thrive emotionally, socially, and in their education and future pathways.

Key responsibilities:

• Adapt and test the MCR mentoring model for young carers outside of school settings, developing clear methods, structures, and protocols based on a strengths-based and trauma-informed approach.
• Identify, connect with and build trusted relationships with young carers and their families, while also developing and growing new relationships with private, voluntary and statutory organisations to establish effective referral routes.
• Plan and deliver the mentoring programme, customising it to meet young carers' needs and clearly documenting what works and what doesn't.
• Undertake stakeholder engagement activities to develop non-stigmatised referral methods, manage incoming referrals and provide pastoral support to young carers.
• Drive mentor recruitment, deliver effective inductions and core mentor training, and provide ongoing support and development to mentors.
• Maintain accurate programme and quality assurance records, including data on MCR's database and contribute to performance reports and case studies.
• Proactively contribute to securing key performance targets, feed back programme improvement strategies and participate in team and training meetings.

About you:

• Exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships with young people, education colleagues, volunteer mentors, key partners and local employers
• Awareness and understanding of the principles of safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults
• Ability and confidence to present programme information and deliver prepared training sessions to groups
• Ability to work well on own initiative, as part of a team and on a flexible basis in response to young person and organisational need
• An understanding of the challenges and barriers that care-experienced and/or vulnerable young people and young adults may encounter
• Experience or a knowledge of processes to document and evidence good practice and positive outcomes.

You may have experience as a Youth, Community or Advice Worker. You will be an empathetic person who is open minded, non-judgemental, resilient and who is driven to improve outcomes for care experienced and other vulnerable young people.

About MCR Pathways:

MCR Pathways is an award-winning charity established in Glasgow in 2007. Our mentoring programme is now delivered in schools across the whole of Scotland. Our passionate team is dedicated to helping the most vulnerable young people gain self-confidence, identify their skills and recognise and fulfil their potential. Our vision is for all young people to experience equality of education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on school pupils in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression.

We are thrilled to be working with Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership and the Carers Strategy Implementation Group on this new initiative focusing on matching young carers with mentors. MCR Mentors are volunteers who make and experience a life-changing difference. You will be joining a friendly and supportive team who love what they do and enjoy working with each other. We model our values and many of us are also mentors ourselves.

Benefits of working for MCR Pathways include: 33 days annual leave in first year rising to 38 days from 2nd year of employment, additional day off for your birthday, Living Pensions Employer, Life Assurance - 4 x salary.

We’re looking for a motivated and experienced Shop Manager to lead the day-to-day running of our busy charity shop in Dunblane. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference – raising vital funds for a great cause, promoting sustainable shopping, and managing a dedicated team of supervisors and volunteers.

If you have retail management experience, a passion for second-hand goods, and the drive to support a community-focused charity, we’d love to hear from you.

Please see theJob Description and Person Specification for full details.

We are looking for a Partnerships Manager, who is based in the Inverness or Moray Firth areas to recruit volunteer mentors both in the community and through forming partnerships with key public and private sector organisations.

You will work closely with our Partnerships Managers across Scotland and England as well as our Communications team, to promote the MCR programme to organisations and individuals. The purpose is to recruit committed volunteers who will mentor a young person in their school for one hour a week during term time for a minimum of one year. Based from home, our Partnerships Managers work closely with the wider MCR team ensuring a balance of autonomy and support. Travel to meetings, events and the Scotland and South East England offices are all reimbursed.

Key responsibilities:

• Recruit volunteer mentors to reach monthly targets both through engagement in the community and with organisations
• Source and attend in person and remote events to recruit volunteer mentors
• Clearly communicate the charity's purpose and the proven benefits to young people and mentors, developing purposeful relationships with prospective mentors and organisations through face to face meetings and presentations
• Work closely with the regional team to tailor mentor recruitment to the needs of your region
• Working closely with the Partnerships Managers in Scotland and England and our Communications team to manage effective recruitment campaigns
• Manage systems to evaluate and assess the effectiveness of strategy and practice

About you

• Experience of and expertise in relationship-building on an organisational and individual level
• Experience presenting compelling and emotionally engaging information sessions to stakeholder organisations and individuals
• Experience and understanding of the importance of recruiting a diverse range of volunteers
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team
• Belief in young people’s potential, modelling motivation, commitment and resilience
• Knowledge of the north of Scotland, its community groups, employers and organisations.

You may have experience of mentoring, volunteering or the third sector. You will be a people person, open minded and equally comfortable presenting to large audiences and engaging on a one to one basis.

About us

MCR Pathways is an award-winning charity established in Glasgow in 2007. Our mentoring programme is now delivered in schools across the whole of Scotland as well as North East and South East England. We are committed to helping the region’s most vulnerable young people gain self-confidence, identify their skills and recognise and fulfil their potential. Our vision is for all young people to experience equality of education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances. Our mentoring programme has profound impacts on school pupils in their confidence, wellbeing and post-school progression. MCR Mentors are volunteers who make and experience a life-changing difference. You will be joining a friendly and supportive team who love what they do and enjoy working with each other. We model our values and many of us are also mentors ourselves.

Benefits of working for MCR Pathways include: 33 days annual leave in first year rising to 38 days from 2nd year of employment, additional day off for your birthday, Living Pensions Employer, Life Assurance - 4 x salary.

Please note, this role is subject to a Disclosure Scotland check and two satisfactory references, one of which must be from your current or most recent employer.

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 currently recruiting for an Operations Manager following a recent organisational restructure. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated individual to play a key leadership role in the day-to-day running of our services. The successful candidate will help ensure the smooth and efficient delivery of advice provision across multiple channels, including face-to-face, phone, and outreach services.

The Operations Manager will work closely with the CEO and senior staff to support staff teams, enhance service delivery, and ensure compliance with quality standards. This post plays a central role in the effective management of people, processes, and performance across the bureau.

For more details about the key responsibilities of the role and the knowledge, skills and experience required, please refer to the job description and person specification. If you would like to have an informal conversation about the role, we would be happy to accommodate this.