About KO-NEKT:

KO-NEKT provides 121 support within the community and group support within specifically designed Play & Skills Centres for children & young people (age 5-25) with Additional Support Needs (ASN). We fully support the integration and independence of our service users by championing their rights and to be the best they can be, supporting them to live, work and stay in the mainstream of their communities.

Job Overview:

As the HR & Training Officer, you will play a crucial role in carrying out the administration duties in relation to human resources, training and development programs. This position requires a well organised individual that has excellent organisational skills, can multi-task and has good attention to detail. This is a dynamic role where you’ll be encouraged to take ownership of your responsibilities and make a real impact.

Key Responsibilities:

Human Resources:

• Administer end-to-end recruitment process.
• Maintain accurate employee records in line with GDPR and organizational policies.
• Liaise with Management Team and external HR Advisors in regard to employee relations issues, including grievances, absence management and disciplinary procedures
• Develop and implement HR policies and procedures in collaboration with senior management and Quest HR.
• Support management with performance reviews, goal setting and development plans.
• Manage online HR Employee Management System

Training & Development:

• Research and promote training opportunities to team.
• Maintain training records.
• Organize and coordinate internal and external training.
• Work closely with external trainers and professional bodies to provide accredited training and development opportunities.
• Track and evaluate the effectiveness of training programs, making recommendations for improvements.
• Lead initiatives around staff well-being, professional development and retention.

Essential Qualifications and Skills:

• Education: CIPD Qualification or relevant HR, Training or Business experience
• Experience: Minimum of 2 years of experience in HR, Training or Business
• Knowledge: Familiarity Care Inspectorate standards, SSSC and safeguarding (beneficial not essential)
• Skills:
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • High level of planning and organisational skills
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Ability to work collaboratively with teams and external partners
  • Excellent organizational and time-management skills
  • Strong IT skills preferably with MS365 / Sharepoint
  • Familiarity with online Employee Management System (beneficial not essential)

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Open to flexible hours over Monday to Friday
• Health & Wellbeing Benefits
• Supportive and inclusive team, we value working together and helping each other

The Company reserves the right to vary or amend the duties and responsibilities of the post holder at any time according to the needs of the Company’s business.

Inverclyde Women’s Aid’s vision is where women, children and young people are free from the threat of abuse, violence or oppression.

Inverclyde Women’s Aid is a charitable organisation dedicated to working towards ending domestic and sexual abuse. We offer a confidential service across Inverclyde to support women, children and young people who are or have experienced domestic and /or sexual abuse.

Role:

Are you passionate about helping women, children and young people in Inverclyde? Inverclyde Women’s Aid [IWA] are looking for Trustees to join its Board.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of our feminist governance team supporting and overseeing the development of the organisation to ensure the continued delivery of high quality, responsive services to vulnerable women, children and young people in our area. You do not need to know everything there is to know about domestic and or sexual abuse, but you will need to prove that you are interested in our work, be reliable, action focussed and committed to our principles and values.

We are keen to here from women, and in particular those who may have experience or skills in the areas of Fundraising, HR, IT, legal, women services or care and charity governance.

Join Our Board of Trustees: Shape the Future with Us!

Are you passionate about empowering women, girls and non-binary people to learn to cycle? Do you want to make a meaningful difference in your community and beyond?

We’re seeking committed and dynamic individuals to join the Board of Trustees at Women on Wheels.

About Women on Wheels

Women on Wheels is a women, girls and non-binary people cycling charity based in the heart of Govanhill, Glasgow. We encourage and support women, girls and non-binary people to learn how to cycle more confidently and safely. We strive to make cycling more accessible and inclusive to all women, girls and non-binary people, particularly those overcoming barriers such as lack of confidence, limited access to resources relating to cycling and safety concerns. We cater to all abilities and provide a variety of different skill-set sessions for both women and families. We are dedicated to supporting

all women to learn to cycle, and as we grow, we’re looking for leaders who share our vision and want to help guide our organisation toward a brighter future.

Women on Wheels Mission:

Our mission is to empower and enable women, families and non-binary people to overcome their barriers to take up cycling - for transport, to improve their physical and mental health, and most importantly, for the pure joy of it!

What is a Board of Trustees?

A Board of Trustees is a group of individuals entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing the management, policies, and strategic direction of an organisation, often a nonprofit, educational institution, or charitable foundation. The board ensures that the organisation operates in accordance with its mission, adheres to legal and ethical standards, manages financial resources responsibly, and fulfils its objectives. Trustees are typically volunteers and act as the governing authority, providing leadership and accountability for the organisation's long-term success.

Board of Trustee Key Responsibilities:

As a Trustee, you will:

• Provide direction and guidance for the organisation's goals and overall management.
• Shape the organisation’s direction and help achieve its mission.
• Ensure the organisation is financially sustainable and is following appropriate legislation.
• Bring your insights, skills, and networks to support our goals.
• Act as an ambassador for the organisation, promoting our values and work to a wider audience.

Benefits of being a Board Member of Women on Wheels

• By serving on the board of WOW, you directly contribute to empowering women, girls, and non-binary people through cycling, health, and environmental advocacy.
• WOW’s mission likely focuses on promoting gender inclusivity and equality in sports, transportation, or health, allowing you to make a tangible difference in these areas.
• Board membership is a strong addition to your professional profile, showing a commitment to leadership, civic responsibility, and community service.

Who We Are Looking For

We welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds and industries. Ideal candidates will have:

• A passion for empowering women into cycling.
• Expertise in finance or HR (though this is not essential).
• Leadership experience and strong decision-making skills.
• The ability to commit time to attend quarterly board meetings and occasional sub-committees.
• The desire to work collaboratively with other board members and staff to achieve long-term goals.

No previous board experience is required, but we are looking for people with commitment to our mission, leadership qualities and strategic thinking. We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, as we believe a variety of perspectives strengthens our work.

Commitment

• Meetings: 2 hour meeting every 6 weeks - usually online.
• Responsibilities: Board members may need to carry out tasks and report back to the Board, which could require an additional 2 hours of volunteer time each month.

This is a voluntary position, though expenses will be reimbursed.

Do you share our vision of creating a better world and our passion for providing long-term solutions to the world’s biggest challenges? If so, and you have the values, experience and passion you could play a crucial role in one of our governance positions that could help shape the future and build the resilience and reach of SCIAF.

About SCIAF

SCIAF is the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund - the official relief and development agency of the Catholic Church in Scotland. Around the world, SCIAF works with people of all faiths and none. We believe all God’s children are our sisters and brothers, and that everyone must be treated with dignity. We work in partnership with local and church organisations, supporting communities across the world to bring about lasting change. We are inspired by the Gospel to tackle the causes of poverty and injustice.

OUR POSITIONS

Chair of the Finance, Risk, Audit and Compliance Committee

The Finance, Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee plays a key role in the oversight and monitoring of the work of SCIAF and thus strengthens its accountability. The Chair of this committee serves on our Board of Directors.

The specific skills required for this position are accountancy, and specifically experience in any or all of financial reporting, management accounting delivery or oversight, auditing or general financial management. Fulfilling an existing role or a recent past role in any of these domains is required, and any experience of using your financial specialism in the charity sector would be particularly beneficial.

Trustee position (with International Development Experience)

One of the newly appointed trustees will provide knowledge and experience of international development on our Board of Directors. This trustee position will also serve on our Integral Human Development Committee, that plays a key role overseeing and advising on our international development and emergency work. In doing so, they will contribute to the quality and effectiveness of what SCIAF does and they will increase our accountability to our partners, the communities we serve, our supporters and our donors.

Extensive international development experience is required for this position, ideally combined with senior management experience of running a development organisation

Trustee position

We require trustees who can bring a range of skills and expertise to our Board of Directors and who possess strategic vision and good independent judgement. We are particularly keen to identify a skilled individual with experience in the one or more following areas:

• Legal
• advocacy
• Sustainability/ climate change
• Investment/finance
• HR and change management
• Property
• External communications
• IT/cybercrime
• Fundraising
• Safeguarding
• Marketing

As a Trustee, you will play a crucial role in guiding SCIAF through new challenges and leveraging new opportunities.

Integral Human Development – Committee Member

We are currently looking to appoint a new Committee Member for our Integral Human Development Committee. This Committee plays a crucial role at SCIAF by monitoring and guiding our international development and emergency work. The ideal candidate will have:

• extensive development experience, ideally with international cooperation
• understanding of the Catholic Church and its role in emergency response and development
• understanding of Catholic Social Teaching and integral human development
• a partner's understanding and perspective of development needs and appropriate practices in one of SCIAF’s priority countries.

Time commitment

• The term of office for each of our governance positions is 3 years which is renewable, normally only once.
• Both our Board of Directors and various committees meet 4 times per year. In addition to this, Trustees and Committee Members are sometimes requested to attend other SCIAF meetings to offer their advice and support.

Safeguarding/Code of Conduct

SCIAF undertakes to ensure that all staff, volunteers and relevant others, whose work might involve contact with children and vulnerable adults, will have completed additional recruitment procedures and in addition have obtained a satisfactory PVG Check from Disclosure Scotland.

All staff and volunteers are expected to adhere to SCIAF’s Safeguarding Policy and a Code of Conduct which specifies the attitudes and behaviours that all staff and volunteers are expected to maintain.

Are you passionate about making a difference to your local community. Willing and able to give up some of your valuable time to work with a Charity who has a social ethos and values to make a difference to the local communities we serve. Then we would like you to consider applying to join the Community Transport Glasgow’s (CTG) Board as a Director.

CTG is a Charity and Company Ltd by Guarantee that was established with aims to provide relief to communities of Glasgow and the surrounding area who are in need due to age, mobility and mental and physical disability, illness and poverty.

This is achieved by providing services including affordable, reliable and accessible transport solutions to the local communities of Glasgow and the surrounding area. This includes older adults, those with mobility issues and disabilities. We provide transport solutions to over 75,000 passengers a year.

We are looking to expand our Board to enable us to draw upon a wider pool of expertise, knowledge and ideas as we look to take CTG to the next level. Key skills and experience we are looking for include those with lived experience, current member groups and individuals, academic and research, strategic stakeholders, finance, HR, marketing and community engagement.

Becoming a volunteer Board member is not just about what you can offer CTG. It is a rewarding experience that includes enhancing your leadership and governance skills, broadening your network, raising your profile and learning new skills.

North Glasgow Integration Network SCIO (NGIN) is currently seeking new Board Members. NGIN is governed by a voluntary Board of Trustees, who guide and oversee our organisation. Our board is made up of people from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, with an interest in supporting asylum seekers & refugees and all New Scots in Glasgow,

The main aim of NGIN is to support asylum seekers and refugees who are accommodated in North/North East Glasgow communities. Led by the needs and interests of people accessing the service, NGIN connects people with services that will support them and hosts and promotes tailored events and opportunities. The charity works with people on an individual and group basis to help them to feel safe, develop the confidence to integrate with the host community and to have an improved quality of life.

Our Board wishes to expand its skills base and welcomes individuals with relevant financial, community and business experience, aligned with a belief in social justice and financial inclusion. We are looking to attract individuals with skills and experience ranging from social media, human resources, community learning & development, finance/fundraising, marketing and, most importantly, an interest in the wellbeing of New Scots. Given our aims and commitment to diversity, we encourage applications from all genders, the BAME community and people with additional support needs.

The position of trustee is a voluntary position but travel expenses and other reasonable expenses accrued when carrying out the role will be paid.

Time Commitment

We ask board member candidates for a minimum commitment of attending 1 meeting every quarter, held online or in person, with email contact on matters arising between meetings. Alongside this, additional requests may be made for support with board activities such as recruitment of staff on an occasional basis.