We are looking for a proactive self-starter to sit within a high-performing team working to raise awareness of SSAFA’s support in Scotland to those in the Armed Forces Community who need it most.
With the ultimate objective being to grow SSAFA’s Scottish presence, profile, and identity, the role is responsible for all regional marcomms activation in the region. The post holder will work to deliver the central Fundraising, Marketing & Communications strategy.
This role reports into the Head of Communications, with close alignment with the Fundraising Development Manager to identify areas of greatest impact, cut through, and increased presence across the full marcomms mix: from delivering integrated awareness campaigns, or gaining media cut through for fundraising events, through to finding and elevating stories relevant for our target audiences and Call to Actions (CTA).
With a heavy focus on media and PR activity, key to the role is building strong relationships and contacts with relevant regional stakeholders: media, employees, volunteers, and case study beneficiaries.
You will be responsible for managing regional marketing campaigns in Scotland and promoting SSAFA’s fundraising initiatives and Services that it offers.
About the team
The Communications team is a small but dynamic group of individuals with strong skillsets across Public Relations, Storytelling (case studies) and Internal Communications. The team is a mix of ex-forces and civilians, and they are always sharing knowledge and expertise with each other.
You will work closely across all directorates within SSAFA, with a focus in Scotland, to garner information and create compelling marcomms campaigns and activities to raise awareness of SSAFA’s work.
About you
A highly motivated and creative communicator with a proven track record of delivering impactful PR and marketing campaigns. A natural storyteller with strong media instincts, able to secure high-profile coverage and elevate brand presence. A confident relationship builder, skilled at engaging stakeholders across the region, from media contacts to volunteers and case study beneficiaries. Able to work independently while staying closely aligned with teams across fundraising and communications, you will be proactive and have the ability to manage multiple projects.
About SSAFA
SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, has been providing practical, emotional, and financial support to our Forces and their families since 1885. SSAFA, is a trusted source of support for the Armed Forces community in their time of need; last year our trained teams of volunteers and employees helped more than 53,000 people in need, including veterans, serving personnel (regulars and reserves) and their families.
SSAFA understands that behind every uniform is a person. We are here for that person and their family – any time they need us, in any way they need us, for as long as they need us.
Diversity and Inclusion at SSAFA
SSAFA exists to support a diverse range of beneficiaries within the armed forces community, and we believe diversity within our teams is key to ensuring we can deliver our services effectively. We thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a worldwide charity. SSAFA is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.
SSAFA is committed to using the Disclosure & Barring Service to ensure we, as an employer, safeguard those we serve.
We have an exciting new opportunity within Health in Mind. We will be developing an online platform to allow Scottish veterans access to information and resources, to help them develop skills and strategies to support their mental health and wellbeing.
We are looking for a full-time Digital Services Officer to lead the process of co-production, consultation, content design and project delivery of the new service. You will work closely with stakeholders, veterans, and a specialist digital creative design agency.
If you have experience working with the armed forces and feel a connection with our approach and values, we'd love to hear from you.
Do you want to help open up the conversation on mental health?
We’re looking for a creative, thoughtful Communication Officer to join our small, committed Team.
This is a new role in a growing team, where you’ll have the opportunity to lead on social media, help develop our communication strategies, and try out new ideas. You’ll be supported to develop new skills and grow your confidence, and have the chance to work closely with a range of mental health and wellbeing specialists across a vibrant and varied organisation.
If you’re a passionate, creative communicator, experienced with digital communications and keen to learn, we’d love to hear from you!
Are you ready to inspire and support a team of amazing volunteers? Join Castle as our Volunteer Coordinator and make a real difference in the Fife community.
We’re looking for someone with experience in volunteer recruitment and management, excellent communication skills, and a passion for building strong communities. You’ll lead volunteer activities, provide support, and promote their incredible work while helping us grow our impact.
Why Join Us?
• Flexible working, including home-based options.
• A chance to lead and inspire volunteers.
• The opportunity to create meaningful change
Teapot Trust, a registered charity (SC041885) that delivers art therapy to support children and young people living with chronic health conditions, seeks: Communications and Fundraising Officer.
We are looking for an energetic engagement professional to promote the charity’s important work while delivering a schedule of varied fundraising activities. The Communications and Fundraising Officer will play an important role within a small mutually supportive team, highlighting the impact of our work and drawing supporters into deeper relationship to grow our Individual Giving income. This is important to enable art therapy to benefit more children in need.
The Communications and Fundraising Officer will take lead implementing our individual giving strategy. Familiar with tools to increase engagement, the post holder will also be responsible for our communication channels and content.
We seek an organised individual with proven relationship building experience, an engaging style and the ability to prioritise a diverse workload.
Experience gained in the charity sector and an understanding of and empathy with our cause is important. If you are a motivated and creative individual interested in playing a key role in a charity with widespread impact, we’d love to hear from you.
This role is full-time (5 days/35 hours) although it could be done in 4 days/28 hours if preferred
The Development Officer will have a key role in the establishment and delivery of the new Volunteer Academy for Highland. Their particularly role will focus on the development and delivery of a number of digitally based resources and services, including but not limited to a new resource library, a new volunteering app, social media and training services.
About BEFS
Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) is the strategic intermediary body for Scotland’s built environment sector, bringing together civic, voluntary, and professional organisations that operate at the national level. As an umbrella organisation, BEFS informs, debates and advocates on strategic issues and policies affecting the built environment. Our aim is to communicate the importance of Scotland’s built and historic environment to policy makers at all levels of government, private owners and investors, and amongst professionals and voluntary organisations. BEFS are funded via Historic Environment Scotland, and the BEFS – Fit for the Future project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund (until 31 March 2025).
BEFS overall vision is for a strong built environment sector in Scotland. One that is informed, that can debate issues in a constructive way, that can demonstrate its impact, that can advocate for good outcomes on the ground.
We are currently seeking individuals to join our Board of Trustees, to help us take the organisation forward and provide support to practitioners in addressing, together, the key issues, challenges and opportunities facing Scotland’s built environment.
Our Trustees
The role of our Board of Trustees is to support our work and ensure strategic oversight of our advocacy, events and other activities. Whilst you don’t need to have previous board level experience, participation in other types of collective / voluntary group work and working as a team would be beneficial; and you do need to have a passion for the built environment. BEFS can support and provide training if you are new to being a board member.
As a BEFS Trustee, you will have the opportunity to make an impact on Scotland’s historic and existing built environment, bringing your professional expertise to bear on shaping the organisation as we enter a new phase of development.
Trustees are appointed for a period of three years, which can be extended for up to two additional periods. Trustees are required to attend four Board meetings a year, plus the AGM in December; meetings will be a mix of online and in-person (Edinburgh).
We are particularly keen to hear from candidates with experience of the following:
Alongside these key skills we are also inviting expressions of interest for the roles of Chair and Treasurer.
About the role
The Communications Manager will lead and develop Clan’s communication and marketing strategy with the goal of enhancing our visibility, shaping policy, boosting revenue, and strengthening our brand recognition. By implementing innovative campaigns and strategic influencing efforts, the Communications Manager will work to expand our reach and impact. Additionally, they will oversee both external and internal communications, ensuring alignment and effectiveness in supporting the organisation's objectives.
Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow
You can choose the location that works best for you. We operate hybrid working with the opportunity to work from home some of the time. The role will also require travel between our office locations on a regular basis and throughout Scotland as required.
About Clan Childlaw
Clan wants a Scotland where all children and young people’s rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled. For that to happen, Scotland has to be a place where all children and young people can stand up for their rights. That means children and young people need:
Clan is an award-winning, independent children’s charity that actively supports children and young people to take ownership of their rights. We are the only charity in Scotland that provides free, independent legal representation exclusively for children and young people, which is child-centred by design. Because our lawyers work directly with children and young people whose lives are affected by legal decisions, we bring that unique practice-based knowledge to every aspect of our work. This includes our specialist training, our helpline supporting others who help children to use their voices and their rights, and our work to influence children’s rights respecting changes to practice, policy and law.
What We Do
Through our membership and training for legal professionals and in legal education we are making being a “children’s lawyer” an accredited legal skill set in Scotland. Our practical training and helpline and support for advocacy in Children’s Hearings provides adults that support children and young people information and guidance that they can use to empower young people to stand up for their rights.
We want our work to have as much impact as possible. We listen to what children and young people tell us about what they need from lawyers and others who support them to use their rights. We use what we learn to develop and design the services they need and talk about why young people’s rights matter, and why children and young people need lawyers.
We are lawyers for children and young people representing children and young people in court, at Children’s Hearings, and in important meetings working to give them equal opportunity to heard and use their rights. We take cases that make change for individual children and young people and help shape better rights respecting policy and practice. We use our knowledge of the law, and experience as practising lawyers for children and young people, to ask decision makers and lawmakers to change the law and the way the law is used to make sure that children and young people's rights are respected, protected and fulfilled.
Our Values
Our values are the principles we uphold in all our work, no matter what. They are the foundation of our workplace culture. Everyone who works at Clan shows our values in all they do and say.
We are supportive: We listen and respond, we provide encouragement and emotional help to children and young people, to others who support young people, and to each other.
We are bold: We are confident and courageous in amplifying the voices of children and young people. We are prepared to take risks when we need to, to defend children and young people’s rights.
We are dynamic: We are always active, always progressing. We are positive, full of energy and new ideas. We ask for change where it is needed.
What we can offer you
Clan Childlaw’s mission is very important to us, but our people are important too. We recognise the importance of a good work-life balance and a friendly supportive work environment. We offer:
Learning and development is important to us and our team. We hope it’s important to you too. You will be encouraged to engage in learning and continued professional development.
"I have never worked in such a lovely organisation before! I feel valued, seen and heard as an individual here." - A member of the Clan Childlaw team
"I love my job at Clan. It's busy and varied and no two days are ever the same. We have a great team here and everyone is really supportive." - A member of the Clan Childlaw team
YouthLink Scotland has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Communications Specialist to join the Policy and Communications Team.
This post would suit an outgoing and confident individual with excellent communication and organisational skills. The candidate will be great at building effective relationships with people at all levels, both within our YouthLink Scotland member organisations, and with external stakeholders.
The position is all about creating exciting digital content for our online platforms, meeting the creative multimedia needs of YouthLink Scotland and its national programmes.
The role will support the wider organisation to distil key stories from our work and research, creating content and promoting our strategic organisational objectives, with a focus on strong and engaging storytelling.
We are seeking someone with extensive experience of developing and delivering engaging social media content and communications, who also has a great creative design flair.
The company offers a 9.5% non-contributory pension scheme. The post will be part home-based and part-based at the YouthLink Scotland offices in Edinburgh. This is a full -time position working 35 hours a week, salary is £41,096 dependent on experience. By its nature, the post will sometimes require work to be undertaken during evenings and weekends. Annual holiday entitlement is 25 days plus 12 public holidays. YouthLink Scotland is an equal opportunities employer.
About us
Change Mental Health is a leading national mental health charity providing unique non-clinical and person-centered support to people affected by poor mental health and mental illness across communities in Scotland. We ensure that everyone has access to the support they need, when they need it and in a way which works best for them. With over 50 years of experience, we’re changing society by changing attitudes, fighting stigma and influencing government, ensuring a better quality of life for those affected by poor mental health and mental illness.
About the role
Change Mental Health is determined to be the leading source of information, advice and guidance on mental health and mental illness in Scotland. We want to make sure that everyone has the tools they need to make the right decisions for themselves and for their families.
The role of the Research and Content Officer is instrumental in ensuring that we do this through being information and research led. The role will work across multiple teams at Change Mental Health to source, summarise and disseminate appropriate research, as well as developing, fact-checking and composing content for our various communications channels. Content will follow best practice and meet industry standards of being user-friendly, accessible, on brand and discoverable on search engines. This educational content will align with our values to inform the public about the extent and broad nature of mental health and mental illness.
The role will sit within the Policy, Public Affairs and Communications team, actively working with the team to source research opportunities, support our wider internal and external communications work, and evidence the impact we create as an organisation.
The Research and Content Officer will closely collaborate internally to ensure our internal and external training is leading edge, supporting funding and tender applications, and working with services to meet their research and content needs for delivery where appropriate.
Additionally, the role will work with external stakeholders – including academic partners – to collaborate on research and to ensure that Change Mental Health is meeting its mission, vision and strategic outcomes.
This role would suit someone who loves learning and sharing knowledge. You will have a passion for mental health, an eye for detail, and will be able to link academia to practical impact and service delivery. You will be an excellent copywriter and familiar with academic research and its practices. You will enjoy providing knowledge and understanding to others, be an excellent team player who can lead innovations independently, while having a solid ability to forge and cultivate powerful relationships – both internally and externally.
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