For more than 25 years, Right To Play has been protecting, educating, and empowering millions of children each year to rise above adversity through the power of play.
We offer programs in 13 countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and North America, reaching millions of children each year in some of the most difficult places on earth, helping them to stay in school and learn, overcome prejudice, heal from trauma, and develop the skills they need to thrive. We do this by harnessing play, one of the most fundamental forces in a child's life, to teach children the critical skills they need to dismantle barriers and embrace opportunities, in learning and in life.
This work is supported by our two global offices in Toronto, Canada and London, UK; and seven National Offices in North America and Europe.
Right To Play UK is a charity registered in England and Wales and in Scotland that works in partnership with Right To Play International to raise funds and awareness across the UK and Ireland.
The Finance and Operations Manager ensures the effective financial, administrative, and operational functioning of Right To Play UK and support the establishment of Right To Play Ireland by overseeing accurate financial records, coordinating people and legal processes, and continuously improving business systems and practices to support and enable successful fundraising outcomes.
Benefits Highlights:
- Connect and collaborate with a global team who are passionate about protecting, educating and empowering children and youth using the power of play!
- Culture premised on our Culture Code (accept everyone, make things happen, display courage, demonstrate care, and be playful)
- Flexible work arrangements
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays per year (to be pro-rated for part-time employees)
- Competitive benefits such as Income Protection and Life Assurance
- Learning opportunities and 5 learning and development (L&D) days per year (to be pro-rated for part-time employees)
More information on what we offer is available on our website.
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Top job! Estates Surveyor
- Part time
- £51,825 pro-rata
- Remote: Home based (across mainland UK) with regular travel to Shelter locations
- Closing 24th June 2026
This role is advertised as 24 hours per week, but if you are interested in full time, please apply and specify this on your supporting statement
Do you have a strong background in property management, including good landlord & tenant experience and an excellent understanding and knowledge of property law? Then join Shelter as an Estates Surveyor and you could soon be playing a vital role at the heart of our Property and Facilities team.
About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.
We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.
About the team
Our Property and Facilities team is responsible for ensuring Shelter’s estate is fit for purpose and fully compliant for its staff, volunteers and clients. We provide a full range of professional services, including acquisitions, disposals, rent and lease negotiations, rating, estates management, building surveying, strategic planning, budgeting, compliance, health & safety and facilities management. We also support all office and shop relocations, refurbishments and planned maintenance projects, while our portfolio comprises one freehold head office property in London, 24 leasehold offices and around 90 leasehold shops across England and Scotland.
About the role
You will be responsible for all property related matters across Scotland and England for our diverse portfolio. That will involve making regular site visits, with occasional overnight stays. As well as ensuring all lease events are managed and actioned and properties are safe, maintained and fully compliant, we’ll also rely on you to assist with the development and implementation of robust policies, processes and systems to help manage the estate in an efficient and cost-effective manner. In short, it’s an incredibly varied role that will see you make a real difference in how Shelter’s commercial estate is managed.
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.
Role Specifics
You’ll need a degree level qualification in a surveying/property related discipline and full RICS membership. You’ll also need a good understanding of the planning process and building regulations approval system. The confidence to lead and manage multiple projects effectively and ensure they’re delivered on time and on budget, from inception to completion, is important too. Self-motivated, capable of working both unsupervised and as part of a team, and with a positive ‘can do’ attitude, providing solutions, giving sound property advice and negotiating effectively with a variety of key stakeholders comes naturally to you. What’s more, you have good computer literacy skills and are comfortable working with spreadsheets and data.
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.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
Top job! Befrienders Highland Executive Director
- Part time
- £44,970 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Inverness
- Closing 22nd June 2026
Befrienders Highland, a charity operating across the Highlands of Scotland for over 30 years, is recruiting a new Executive Director.
The preferred candidate will have a strong track record of leadership in the voluntary sector or related work areas, effective income generating experience and a strong knowledge of working in the Highland context.
Befrienders Highland provides befriending services in the Highlands of Scotland working with a wide-spread group of volunteers and people experiencing mental health issues across this diverse area.
Befrienders Highland is committed to an Equal Opportunities Policy and welcomes applications from all people regardless of age, gender, marital status, nationality, race, disability (physical or mental), sexual orientation or religion.
Top job! Head of Community Engagement
- Part time
- £40,331 pro-rata
- On site: Isle of Tiree
- Closing 6th July 2026
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.
Top job! Community Engagement Manager
- Part time
- £51,075 – £55,259 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Ayr
- Closing 22nd June 2026
Join our team as Community Engagement Manager! We are seeking a Community Engagement Manager who has a passion for driving forward community initiatives and programmes.
We are looking for a Community Engagement Manager who not only has the technical expertise but who can lead on our Community Engagement Strategy and has excellent project management and communication skills. We are looking for our new Community Engagement Manager to be forward-thinking with a strong commitment to enhancing developing and maintaining relationships with partners and funders.
The team at Ayrshire Housing are welcoming, dynamic and ambitious. We have a reputation as a great place to work, promoting excellent performance in a supportive environment.
You will have the opportunity to join this team just as our new 5-year business plan launches, giving you a real opportunity to help shape the future of Ayrshire Housing.
Our Offer
At Ayrshire Housing, we believe in looking after our employees. As part of our team, you will enjoy a competitive Total Reward package including:
- Competitive salary recognising your experience and expertise
- Generous annual leave entitlement of 40 days per annum (inclusive of public holidays)
- Generous final salary pension
- Meaningful work and having a real contribution to the success of Ayrshire Housing
- Opportunities for professional growth through learning and development
- Agile working including flexi-time and hybrid working arrangements (role dependent)
- Access to a range of discounts through our membership of the Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce
- Employee counselling service
- Payment of one set of professional fees per annum
- Enhanced sickness absence pay
- Cycle 2 work scheme
- Ability to apply for a Blue Light Card
Top job! CEO
- Part time
- £42,500 pro-rata
- Remote: Home based with regular Falkirk District site visits
- Closing 24th June 2026
About FOSS: Friends of Scottish Settlers (FOSS - SC050254) envisions a Falkirk District that is multicultural, multilingual, and welcoming, where local people, organisations, and services are equipped, supported, and willing to cultivate wellbeing, solidarity, community, curiosity, and respect among newcomers and longtime residents. Through befriending and other voluntary activities, FOSS enables newcomers to Falkirk District to build links and bridges with other locals, shaping and making use of the knowledge, networks and services we all need to live full, self-determined lives.
FOSS builds fruitful relationships through a culture of integrity, respect, solidarity, empowerment, and welcome. We began as an informal befriending project for resettled Syrian families in 2016, and, primarily through a befriending model, now engage a range of newcomers to Falkirk District including refugees and people in the asylum system. With partnership working, targeted activities and programmes, fundraising, advocacy, and good information, FOSS enables local volunteers and newcomers to strengthen and proliferate support networks within our communities. This also helps us to act constructively together in response to rapidly changing world events and policy that impact our lives.
Purpose of the post: The Chief Executive Officer is responsible for the strategic leadership, operational management, and sustainability of FOSS. Working closely with the Board of Trustees, the postholder will ensure high-quality service delivery, strong partnerships, effective governance, and a clear strategic direction rooted in the lived experience of newcomers and volunteers.
The CEO will provide leadership to staff and volunteers, steward organisational resources responsibly, and represent FOSS as a trusted partner and advocate within Falkirk and beyond.
About Aberlour Sycamore Children’s Houses…
Aberlour Sycamore Services’ vision is to provide warm, loving homes for children where everyone learns, laughs, grows into their future and is treasured always. Sycamore services are widely recognised in Scotland for providing a range of quality therapeutic residential houses for some of the most vulnerable children and young people in the country. The Service is a national resource and as such receives referrals from throughout Scotland.
What we are looking for....
We are looking for people to join our relief pool who are passionate about supporting children and young people. The children and young people who live in our houses have experienced significant trauma in their young lives and our aim is to create loving, nurturing family homes where they feel safe and cared for.
Our relief workers play a crucial role in supporting our teams. This work is offered on a casual, hourly paid basis to provide cover during staff absence and/or particularly busy periods.
Members of our relief pool have a varied range of backgrounds and often work in different areas of the workforce. Although experience in child-care is ideal, we would also like to hear from people who may have skills from their work experience in different sectors which would be transferrable and provide a good basis from which to learn and develop their skills, utilising the range of training we provide.
At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. To have a look at our values to understand more about what we are looking for from our employees click here.
What we offer...
You will receive a planned and supported induction consisting of a varied training programme, including Child Protection. You will be working alongside a highly motivated and skilled team. Find out more about our Employee Benefits and our commitment to Equality and Diversity on our website.
Aberlour is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our service users and uses a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG Scheme checks to ensure this commitment is not compromised.
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Financial Education Officer (FEO)
- Part time
- £32,000 pro-rata
- Remote: Home based with travel across Central Belt
- Closing 10th July 2026
Do you want to help young people build confidence with money and make informed choices for their future? Leavers’ Money Skills is expanding, and we’re looking for an engaging part-time Financial Education Officer to deliver free, impartial financial education workshops in schools across Edinburgh, the Lothians, the Scottish Borders and the wider Central Belt.
This is a rewarding opportunity to work directly with senior phase students, delivering interactive sessions on practical money skills such as budgeting, banking and financial decision-making.
You’ll build relationships with schools and education partners, organise and deliver workshops, gather feedback and help improve our resources as the programme grows. If you enjoy teaching, communicating clearly and making a practical difference to young people’s lives, look at the Job description for further details.
Salary: £32,000 FTE pro rata for 14 hours per week (£12,800)
Hours: Circa 14 hours per week over 2-3 days. School term time.
Term: Fixed term until June 2027 with scope for renewal
Place of work: Home based with regular travel for school visits and workshops. Due to the nature of the role, the successful candidate must be able to travel for school visits and events (travel expenses will be reimbursed as per policy). We are unable to support relocation costs.
Project Coordinator: Investment Investigators
- Part time
- £32,000 pro-rata
- Remote: Home based with travel across Scotland
- Closing 10th July 2026
Future Asset is looking for a creative and organised Project Coordinator to lead Investment Investigators — an exciting new educational project helping secondary school students across Scotland explore investing, finance and business in an engaging, accessible way.
This part-time role will coordinate the development and delivery of a hybrid digital and physical game, alongside classroom resources designed for students aged 11–17. You’ll work with educators, developers and partners to shape high-quality materials, support pilot testing and help roll the project out to schools.
If you enjoy bringing ideas to life, building relationships and creating resources that inspire young people, there is more information in the job description.
Salary: £32,000 FTE pro rata for 14 hours per week (£12,800)
Hours: 0.4 FTE (e.g., two days per week). Some flexibility needed around pilot events.
Term: Fixed term until June 2027
Place of work: Home based with regular travel for school visits and workshops. Due to the nature of the role, the successful candidate must be able to travel for school visits and events (travel expenses will be reimbursed as per policy). We are unable to support relocation costs.
Youth Scotland, Scotland’s national charity for the support and delivery of community-based youth work, is recruiting a Finance Officer to join our Corporate Services team.
Youth Scotland’s Finance Officer is a key position, from processing grants to youth groups to preparing management accounts, which help us to deliver services that support young people and youth workers.
Do you want to help make a difference to young people across Scotland?
Role Details
- Part-time: 28 hours per week
- Salary Scale: £34,270 - £38,080 Pro-rata (Salary points 31-35)
- Based in Edinburgh, with some hybrid working
- Permanent
The Role
Youth Scotland has an annual turnover around £2M a year, with approximately 80% of that being restricted funding. Funding is comprised of a mix of core government grants, national independent grant-making trusts and smaller programme work.
We operate a range of finance systems, procedures and reporting practices to support our operations and administer direct small grants to member groups. The Finance Officer processes monthly payroll and supports the Corporate Services Manager in preparing management accounts and reports that support effective planning, decision-making and financial management across the organisation.
This role would suit someone with experience of working in finance within a charity, voluntary sector organisation or similar environment. You will be comfortable working with financial systems, maintaining accurate records, supporting reporting processes and working collaboratively with colleagues across different teams.
The Organisation
Youth Scotland is the largest national youth work organisation in Scotland, supporting 116,979 young people, 2,430 youth groups from 628 member organisations and over 12,348 youth workers. Youth Scotland has been around since the early 20th century and has a diverse membership network – from small rural youth groups to large urban projects. The common goal that we all share is better outcomes for young people.
Our membership network is made up of local youth groups of all sizes, Area Associations and Youth Scotland staff who can provide support and training on a range of youth work topics. We are proud of the varied, universal youth work our network delivers and the innovative solutions our members create in an ever-changing youth work landscape. If you have the skills, experience and commitment to support effective charity finance, we would welcome your application.