The Scottish Green Group operates a 30-hour, four-day full-time working week with no reduction in pay. This role is 22.5 hours per week (0.75 FTE). We welcome applications for job shares and will consider hybrid working arrangements. We will consider job shares and requests for a hybrid working arrangement.

We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates whose backgrounds may be under-represented in politics, for example, trans applicants, applicants from racialised or migrant communities and disabled applicants.

Working for a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP)

MSPs are employers in their own right. Under their employment, you will become part of a team supporting them in carrying out their duties. You'll work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment to provide an outstanding service to the team and in turn, the constituents Kate represents.

Purpose of this role

You will play a lead role within the office of Kate Nevens MSP, leading on community outreach and campaigns, and ensuring that local priorities shape Kate's parliamentary work and communications. You will also support casework, including line managing the team’s Caseworker, and hold responsibility for the team’s Engagement budget. This role will require a high degree of flexibility and will involve working closely with Kate Nevens MSP, her team, regional colleagues and the wider Scottish Green Group in Parliament.

Responsibilities

• Leading the development and delivery of Kate's regional engagement strategy, monitoring political, environmental and social issues across Edinburgh and Lothians East and identifying opportunities for engagement, campaigns and communications aligned with Kate’s regional priorities and portfolio responsibilities.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with a range of stakeholders across Edinburgh and Lothians East, with a particular focus on community groups and communities experiencing inequality or oppression. Organising and attending meetings, community events and workshops, and supporting the delivery of MSP surgeries and drop-ins.
• Working closely with colleagues in the region (including local councillors) to identify recurring issues and ensure community and casework priorities shape Kate's parliamentary work
• Translating local issues into parliamentary activity, including drafting parliamentary questions, motions, letters, speeches, responses to mass emails and briefings as relevant;
• Developing and delivering a small number of focused regional or community campaigns related to Kate’s national portfolio or key regional issues;
• Leading regional communications, including press releases, social media content, newsletters and the production or commissioning of photography and videos
• Providing line management to the Caseworker and supporting them with complex casework enquiries where required. Working with the Parliamentary Lead to establish effective team processes, staff wellbeing practices, and learning and development opportunities.
• Supporting office administration and financial processes as required, ensuring compliance with GDPR and data protection requirements, maintaining accurate engagement records, and managing the Engagement Costs budget.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Support & Development Worker to join our Midlothian Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Team. This post is fixed term and is funded by Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnership.

The successful applicant will support people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties by developing, organising and delivering community-based green, art and active groups. You will work in a person-centered, trauma informed, strength-based and creative way, supporting people with a range of issues important to their mental health and well-being. You will also recruit, coordinate, support and supervise volunteers who co-facilitate groups, help promote services and resources and actively contribute to shaping services.

Groups will be delivered in various community venues across Midlothian,

You will have experience of developing and delivering art, green and active groups, excellent communication, IT, administration, and organisational skills, and you will develop and maintain positive and effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders, key partners, and relevant professionals.

You will be office based, travel is required across Midlothian and flexibility in working hours will also be expected to meet the needs of people we support.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual to join our Carer Information & Engagement Team. You will play a key part in delivering our commissioned information, advice and campaigning services, ensuring unpaid carers across North Lanarkshire have the support, information and voice they need.

You will provide accessible information, signposting and referrals to appropriate support including short breaks and Carer Support Plans; deliver Carer Aware training; work in partnership with health, social care and third sector organisations; gather feedback from carers through forums and consultations; and help organise key events such as Carers Week and Carers Rights Day. Occasional evening and weekend work will be required.

About you

Essential criteria:

Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar information, support or engagement role

Ability to analyse and present information clearly for different audiences

Strong verbal and written communication skills, able to engage with people from all backgrounds

Proficient in Microsoft Office 365

Understanding of the challenges faced by unpaid carers and knowledge of the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016

Able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team

Empathetic, non-judgmental approach and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

Willingness to travel and work flexibly as required

Desirable criteria:

Experience within the third sector or carer services

Knowledge of Charity Log

Relevant qualification in health, social care or community work

Understanding of local health and social care structures

Bi or multi-lingual

What we offer

25 days annual leave plus 12 public holidays

8% contributory pension scheme

Death in service benefit of 2x annual salary

Blended working – mix of office, home and community-based

Full IT equipment provided

Supportive supervision and access to training and development

St Andrew's First Aid has been serving communities across Scotland for over 140 years. Today we're entering an exciting period of transformation, strengthening our volunteer infrastructure, modernising systems, and investing in how we deliver at scale. We’re recruiting across several roles as part of this growth and improvement journey. It’s a genuinely energising time to join us, with real opportunities to shape how we work, enhance service delivery, and contribute to a forward-looking, ambitious organisation.

We’re looking for two proactive, relationship-focused Volunteer Development Officers to support, develop, and engage our volunteers. You’ll work closely with Regional Development Groups, Company Commandants and head office colleagues to ensure our volunteering function runs smoothly and continues to grow.

This is a varied and people-centred role where you’ll:

• Support volunteer recruitment, induction, training and retention

• Act as a key point of contact to resolve issues and strengthen engagement

• Help develop clear training and progression pathways

• Gather volunteer feedback and champion continuous improvement

• Support conduct, performance and safeguarding matters where required

• Become a “super user” of our Volunteer Relationship Management system

You’ll thrive in this role if you:

• Have experience in volunteering, community development or the third sector

• Build trusted relationships and communicate confidently

• Are organised, resilient and solutions-focused

• Understand health & safety and safeguarding responsibilities

• Are comfortable using Microsoft Office

Some evening/weekend work, as well as occasional on-call support, will be required.

Beatroute Arts is seeking an experienced, motivated Impact & Development Lead to strengthen our fundraising, impact measurement and organisational learning. Working closely with senior staff and our Engagement Team, the successful candidate will lead high-quality funding applications and reports, help embed practical monitoring and evaluation systems, and ensure members’ voices and lived experiences inform planning and decision-making across the organisation. This flexible, hybrid freelance role would suit a skilled third-sector professional who combines excellent writing and analytical abilities with a genuine commitment to community-led practice and reducing poverty-related barriers.

Key Responsibilities:

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

• Alongside the senior team, oversee organisational analysis of quantitative and qualitative evidence to identify outcomes, trends, learning and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Support the ongoing development of Beatroute’s impact measurement systems (Upshot), ensuring they remain practical, robust and embedded throughout the organisation.

Fundraising and Development

• Identify funding opportunities aligned with Beatroute Arts’ strategic priorities.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of fundraising strategy and income diversification plans.
• Lead the preparation of high-quality funding applications, monitoring returns and impact reports.
• Prepare quarterly fundraising reports for the Board and wider staff team, with ongoing updates.

Organisational Development

• Support reflective practice and knowledge sharing across the organisation, including facilitating Board, staff and volunteer learning sessions and contributing to strategic planning days.
• Produce a quarterly project synopsis/overview comprising data from Upshot which reflects the needs and interests of members for senior management in order to feed into ongoing strategic planning.

Member Voice and Community Consultation

• Support the Engagement Team to confidently gather high-quality stories, feedback and evaluation evidence that reflects members’ lived experiences.
• Ensure community voice is consistently represented within organisational planning, reporting, fundraising and strategic decision-making.

General Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with staff, volunteers, members, Board and external partners.
• Attend meetings, training and events as required.
• Represent Beatroute Arts positively and professionally at all times.
• Comply with all organisational policies, procedures and relevant legislation.

Person Specification:

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Experience of writing successful funding applications and monitoring reports for charitable trusts, foundations and public funders.
• In-depth understanding of the third sector funding landscape, and willingness to embed this knowledge within a team.
• Experience of monitoring, evaluation and learning , including analysing qualitative and quantitative data to demonstrate impact.
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and accurately.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines independently.
• Confidence using databases, spreadsheets and digital systems to manage information and produce reports.

Desirable

• Understanding of community-led practice and the importance of embedding member voice within organisational planning and decision-making.
• Understanding of the social, economic and structural challenges experienced by communities living in areas of multiple deprivation, and a commitment to reducing poverty-related barriers through community-led approaches.

Personal Attributes

• Teamwork: Builds positive working relationships with colleagues, members, volunteers, Trustees and external partners.
• Independent Working: Able to manage a varied workload, prioritise competing demands and work proactively with minimal supervision, consistently meeting deadlines and maintaining clear communication.
• Commitment to Community-Led Practice: Demonstrates a genuine commitment to Beatroute Arts' mission, recognising the importance of community-led practice and member voice.
• Solutions Focused: Approaches challenges with curiosity, initiative and a positive attitude, identifying practical solutions and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Attention to Detail: Produces consistently high-quality work that is well-presented and evidence-based.
• Adaptability: Comfortable working within a dynamic community organisation, responding flexibly to changing priorities whilst maintaining a strategic perspective.
• Integrity: Acts with professionalism, discretion and accountability, handling sensitive information appropriately and representing Beatroute Arts positively.

The Super Power Agency (SC046550) is a Scottish charity founded in 2016. Our mission is to engage and re-engage disadvantaged and under-resourced young people aged 8 - 18 through a range of creative writing workshops, interdisciplinary programming, and mentoring. Our programmes provide opportunities for students to explore the potential of the written word all while fostering aspiration, creativity and strengthening valuable writing skills, skills that will help them in the classroom, in employment, and in life.

Job Purpose

The Partnerships Manager will play an integral part in developing the Super Power Agency's relationships with businesses, organisations and supporters.

Reporting directly to the CEO, the Partnerships Manager is a revenue-focused role dedicated to securing corporate partnerships and financial contributions to grow the Super Power Agency's income.

As the Super Power Agency continues to grow and strengthen its long-term sustainability, the primary measure of success in this role will be securing new corporate income that enables us to achieve our strategic ambitions - including our long-term goal of establishing a permanent writing space for young people.

Working closely with the CEO and Programme Manager, the Partnerships Manager will identify, develop and secure new corporate partnerships while maintaining and growing existing relationships.

Download the Job Description to find out more about the role.

The National Centre for Music is seeking a Creative Producer to help bring our vision to life, build the innovation, reputation and infrastructure needed to deliver success establishing NCM.

This is a hands-on production role at the heart of a bold new arts organisation working across Scotland’s music scene. You will lead end-to-end delivery across a varied programme, from performances with leading artists, to workshops with community groups, hackathons with tech start-ups, to wellbeing experiences in nature. This diverse programme across genres will stand as a vibrant celebration of Scotland’s globally renowned music making and create innovative ways for audiences and communities to discover and engage with it. Initially working in to deliver events and activities across Scotland, the role will evolve to focus on the development and execution of a complex multi-genre performance and participation programme, as we prepare to take up residence in the reimagined Royal High School on Calton Hill in Edinburgh.

Alongside day-to-day delivery, you will contribute to shaping what the organisation and its future venue become: building supplier and partner networks, informing technical and operational planning, and helping to deliver a programme identity that is genuinely multi-genre in ambition and execution.

Taking on this role at this moment will see you become part of the founding story of a new major player in the Scottish music scene.

Lochwinnoch Community Larder is one of the busiest community pantries in Scotland. We operate on dignified food principles, working to tackle the climate emergency through distribution of food which is otherwise destined for landfill, and food we grow ourselves locally. We are also addressing food insecurity for a wide rural population. Our success has attracted more than 2000 members to us from over 850 households from across Renfrewshire and North Ayrshire. Our activities include:

• A pantry which is open 4 days per week
• A community fridge & freezer which are accessible 24/7
• Courses of cooking classes and food demonstrations in fermenting
• Signposting to other support services
• Creating meaningful volunteering opportunities for people of all ages

This role is a brilliant opportunity to join a friendly team and work within the heart of an active rural community. It is a physical role which will require some lifting and period of time spent on your feet. The location for the project is within a vibrant social garden space which is also home to a Men’s Shed project, an outdoor children’s childcare group and our own food growing site.

You can find out more about LEAP and our other charitable activities here: myleapproject.org

Offering volunteering opportunities is as important as any other part of our work, and a focus of this role will be managing and developing those individuals to ensure the work is meaningful and their development is prioritised.

• This role is offered at £29225 FTE.
• Benefits include 6% workplace pension and 35 days holiday (pro rata) per annum.
• The contract is for 6 months initially, with the expectation that it will be extended on the basis of performance and funding availability.
• Hours of work will be 24 per week. While the majority of hours will be between 9.30am and 2.30 pm, there will some evening and weekend working. A preferred work schedule can be supplied on application.

A suitable candidate will be required to undergo a PVG check. Where a successful candidates does not already have Food Hygiene Level 2, they will be asked to complete relevant training.

DUTIES:

General

• Day-to-day facilitation of service;
  • Setting up and packing down shifts
  • Carrying out fridge temperature checks
  • Printing labels and safe food handling
  • Welcoming members
  • Handling and weighing food, and managing stock
• Supervising team of volunteers across varied duties including manning the Larder, food parcel delivery, collecting food from supermarkets
• Carrying out volunteer inductions and on-the-job training
• Completing volunteer rotas
• Hosting monthly volunteer meetings
• Administration and updating of digital records
• Assisting with duties at growing site such as watering plants - liaising with Food Growing Coordinator
• Promoting service on social media and updating website
• Building relationships locally with other groups and organisations
• Assisting to organise occasional cooking classes and food workshops, and other events as required
• Engaging members and handling referrals, signposting to other support services where appropriate
• Arranging added value workshops, surgeries and information days on-site and online via the Larder service with partner orgs: looking at ways we can sign-post to other services such as CAB, AdviceWorks, Renfrewshire FoodBank, RACA, HomeStart, Kairos, RAMH etc.
• Being responsible for facilities on-site relating to the project and its assets
• Identifying, developing and delivering opportunities for mini-projects and community participative events
• Liaising with food providers with regard to collections and cascading information to the volunteers
• Handling financial donations and cashier duties
• General administrative and practical duties

REQUIREMENTS:

For this role we are seeking someone with a stable work history and demonstrated experience of working in an autonomous role. You need to be able to manage your own tasks and workload independently, lead a team, and respond to changing circumstances and challenges effectively. It is a role where following processes and rules is imperative, and where you will often be required to develop and improve processes to ensure smooth running. It is also a people- focussed role; spending time with members and volunteers and creating a friendly and inclusive environment is of primary importance. You should have:

Essential requirements:

• Skills and experience in leading or supervising other people
• Administrative skills and IT literacy
• Strong communication skills, demonstrated through previous employment history
• A clean driving license and your own car
• Eligibility for PVG scheme (enhanced criminal records check)
• A can-do attitude and the ability to problem solve

Desirable requirements:

• Level 2 Food Hygiene Training
• Experience of working with volunteers in a community project

Are you ready to make the next positive move in your career, are you looking for a new challenge? We have been on a journey of positive change in the past three years and have very ambitious plans for the future. We are recruiting an experienced Mental Health & Wellbeing Team Lead to provide both mental health and line management support across our services who will play a vital role in the delivery and development of our services.

The principal purpose of this post is to assist the Head of Services with the day-to-day operation of the service delivery areas and line management of designated staff. With the skills and evidence of mental health and line managing staff, you should have the ability to take on the role to allow us to support our teams and continue to deliver and develop our services.

If you are able to demonstrate your ability to deliver high quality services with a sound knowledge and understanding of Child Protection and Adult Support and Protection, are positive, supportive, able to work in a collaborative way, and have excellent interpersonal skills then this could be the role for you.

Tiree Community Development Trust (known as “Urras Thiriodh”) are seeking a suitably experienced and skilled candidate to play a key role in development and delivery of community projects in the beautiful and vibrant Inner Hebridean island of Tiree.

This established role is based within our Projects and Services Team, and will take a lead on areas of project work within our company group, as part of a wider team delivering our Community Development Plan, and developing new income streams to support the future funding of the Trust. Current project work ongoing includes home energy efficiency initiatives, renewable energy development, and the development of community housing, and the eventual administration of that housing for affordable let to local residents.

The role will play a key part in the ongoing delivery of our Community Development Plan – tireetrust.org.uk/the-development-plan and would suit candidates who are strongly motivated by doing meaningful work to improve lives and sustainability of a close-knit community.