We are an award winning community regeneration organisation, our premises are based in Raploch, Stirling and we deliver with and in the Inspiring Communities in (Urban) Stirling. We co design, develop and deliver holistic, people centred community regeneration activities in Stirling. This encompasses employability, training, digital, volunteering, intergenerational and early years activities, along with lots of services designed to tackle social isolation and loneliness.

Supported by valued, progressive funders, we exist to help people make a difference in their own lives, doing things WITH, not TO people. We work WITH, and IN, Inspiring Communities in Stirling, Scotland. We focus our efforts on putting health, wellbeing and active citizenship at the heart of all we deliver, and every change we help people and their communities make and sustain. Full details on our website or social media.

You will help us, reporting to our Community Connector, to deliver our digital offerings. The role, and the hours, and the areas we need people to operate in are varied.

The Role

The Digital Project Officer will be a hardworking and versatile individual with a ‘can do’ attitude. You will be a people person, who wants to help people get to where they, and their communities, want to be. You will join a committed, passionate team as we build community capacity to allow co design and delivery of activities in priority areas in Stirling. You will engage with the community to maximise our digital community regeneration offerings in areas of multiple

deprivation, linking with colleagues to ensure a holistic service is delivered. Currently we run ‘Getting Started with Computers’ along with a response led offering such as ‘Staying Safe Online’, ‘Managing your Money Online’ and others. This role requires a self-starter who can work collaboratively with multiple partners and stakeholders, adapting communication styles to suit diverse audiences of all ages and backgrounds.

Sight Scotland is Scotland’s leading charity providing specialist care, education and research for people with vision impairment. The charity has been in existence for over 230 years, and offer a variety of services in the community as well as education, transcription into alternative formats and residential care for adults and children. Their vision is of an inclusive Scotland where people of all visual abilities have the opportunity to thrive. To achieve their mission they are looking for a Supporter Fundraiser who will proactively engage with supporters, community groups and volunteers in the community.

The Digital Mobilisation and Fundraising Specialist is a new post, joining the Fundraising team within a newly formed Cause and Engagement team. It is an exciting time to join with investment in the Fundraising team, a new organisational strategy and direction, and a roadmap for fundraising planned. The charity is recruiting for 5 other fundraising roles alongside this role, including another digital fundraising role.

This post holder will curate, creates and manage digital content for fundraising purposes at Sight Scotland. The role will introduce and test new, innovative digital products and tools that build audience engagement, supports fundraising and campaigning goals and encourages people living with sight loss to contact the charities for support. The role will also manage Sight Scotland’s website and email marketing.

This is the first role of its kind at Sight Scotland. There is a world of opportunity we want this role to explore, and there is budgetary support to test and trial new ideas.

It is important that the successful candidate for this role has existing experience of working within a charity/fundraising environment. In order to ensure the role is successful, an understanding of fundraising and how we can effectively apply digital tools and techniques to support income generation is vital.

Sight Scotland is Scotland’s leading charity providing specialist care, education and research for people with vision impairment. The charity has been in existence for over 230 years, and offer a variety of services in the community as well as education, transcription into alternative formats and residential care for adults and children. Their vision is of an inclusive Scotland where people of all visual abilities have the opportunity to thrive. To achieve their mission they are looking for a Supporter Fundraiser who will proactively engage with supporters, community groups and volunteers in the community.

The Supporter Fundraiser will join Sight Scotland at an exciting stage, with a newly formed Cause and Engagement team, a new organisational strategy and direction, and a roadmap for fundraising planned. The charity is recruiting for 5 other fundraising roles alongside this role.

This role gets to see the full spectrum of what Sight Scotland’s amazing supporters do for the charity. You will spend time out and about meeting supporters across Scotland, understanding their fundraising goals and supporting them to achieve and surpass them. You will engage with community groups, speak at schools and workplaces, recruit and manage volunteers and support the delivery of fundraising events.

This role would suit someone who enjoys building relationships with people across a wide spectrum of age, background, disability, and motivation. You would need to be enthusiastic, proactive and able to work effectively both independently and as part of a team. A willingness to travel is a must as you will need to be out from behind a desk to build those all important relationships. There will be some evening and weekend work (for which TOIL is provided), so flexibility is key.

You might see similar roles called Community Fundraiser or Regional Fundraiser.

This role is an excellent starting point for fundraising as a career path, but some experience within charities would be useful for this role. This role could suit someone who has experience as a Fundraising Assistant and is looking to step into a role with more responsibility and supporter interaction, or perhaps someone who has worked in a different team within a charity but can demonstrate great relationship building skills.

Sight Scotland is Scotland’s leading charity providing specialist care, education and research for people with vision impairment. The charity has been in existence for over 230 years, and offer a variety of services in the community as well as education, transcription into alternative formats and residential care for adults and children. Their vision is of an inclusive Scotland where people of all visual abilities have the opportunity to thrive. To achieve their mission they are looking for a Supporter Fundraiser who will proactively engage with supporters, community groups and volunteers in the community.

The Digital and Social Media Creative is a new post, joining the Fundraising team within a newly formed Cause and Engagement team. It is an exciting time to join with investment in the Fundraising team, a new organisational strategy and direction, and a roadmap for fundraising planned. The charity is recruiting for 5 other fundraising roles alongside this role, including another digital fundraising role.

This role is responsible for developing and creating engaging digital content and for managing Sight Scotland’s social media channels. This role requires a mix of creativity, digital storytelling and a passion for social media in the charity sector. The role will enhance Sight Scotland’s online presence and engage their audiences, inspiring people to donate, take part in sponsored events and online campaign actions as well as contacting the charities for support with sight loss.

It is important that the successful candidate for this role has existing experience of working within a charity/fundraising environment. In order to ensure the role is successful, an understanding of fundraising and how we can effectively apply digital tools and techniques to support income generation is vital.

We are looking for two Pathways Coordinators for Golspie High School and Nairn Academy, to work with young people, mentors and school staff involved in our programme.

About the role:

You will be an integral part of the school community and wider MCR team and be the key person delivering the MCR programme to young people in the school.

Key responsibilities:

- Helping to build exceptional individual relationships with young people across S1 to S6 and delivering S1 & S2 group work.

- Helping to drive volunteer mentor recruitment. Consistently supporting, actively engaging and motivating mentors from training through the length of their engagement with the programme.

- Actively support MCR young people to set, experience then follow their education and employment pathways.

- Evidence progression, impact and best practice with YP input, quantitative feedback and qualitative case studies.

About you:

- Exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships with young people aged 11-18 years, education colleagues, volunteer mentors and local employers.

- Awareness and understanding of the principles of safeguarding and child protection.

- Ability and confidence to present programme information & 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 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 in 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. 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.

Are you a highly organised individual with excellent administrative skills and a good understanding of governance and compliance in a charity context?

The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church is looking for an experienced Governance and Compliance Officer who will bring professionalism and consistency to the way we service our boards and committees, enabling better information-sharing and decision-making. The postholder will also support congregations across Scotland in meeting their statutory obligations in relation to compliance on Data Protection and Health & Safety.

Who are we?

The Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) is a diverse church in the liturgical tradition, with approximately 300 congregations across Scotland. We are part of the Worldwide Anglican Communion. The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church is a registered charity serving the Church at national (or ‘provincial’) level. The General Synod Office, with a staff complement of c.30, supports dioceses (regions), congregations, clergy and laity across Scotland and facilitates the governance of the Church.

Who we’re looking for…

You should have demonstrable experience providing secretariat support to committees and have a good understanding of governance and of external statutory and regulatory requirements for compliance (for example, data protection and health and safety), preferably in a charity setting. You will also be highly organised, have excellent administrative skills and be confident in dealing with a wide range of people, both staff and volunteers.

This is a wide-ranging role which will require flexibility and adaptability.

We are an equal opportunity employer and invite applications from people of all backgrounds and from any faith or none.

Salary and benefits:

Starting salary is £34,770 (with annual increments)

Annual leave: 28 days, plus 10 public holidays). We offer a work place pension, a non-contributory defined pension scheme which allows additional voluntary contributions. We offer a flexible working policy and family friendly policies.

Hours and location: This post is offered as a full-time role (35 hours per week); however, a four-day work week will be considered with pay and holidays adjusted. Our office is located in Edinburgh, easily accessible via public transport; it also has a small car park. It is expected that the post-holder will work at least three days a week in the office (office days are negotiable).

This is an exciting time to join Venture Trust as we continue to develop, embed and grow our new multidisciplinary locality teams and apply our developmental approach in communities, in greenspaces and across Scotland’s wilder places.

Venture Trust supports people facing challenging life circumstances to overcome barriers and realise their potential. We work alongside people who have been impacted by trauma, and together we build the programme they need to move forwards in their journey, utilising in communities, greenspaces and wild places across Scotland.

The Venture Trust Outdoor Therapy Service is an important service aimed at reaching clients who can sometimes have difficulty accessing traditional clinical settings. Our service is highly committed to maintaining an ethical therapeutic practice in which safety and risk are given careful consideration.

Our accredited counsellors and therapists meet with clients in their local outdoor spaces; and for our clients, who have often experienced severe adversity and trauma, meeting them in their own community may be what allows them to take the step to engage in therapy. Furthermore, working outdoors allows them to access the varied benefits of working therapeutically in nature, with the metaphors, embodied experiences and regulating effects that can occur.

About this role

The Clinical Practice Manager role is a pivotal role in the Operational Leadership team at Venture Trust. It contributes to maintaining and fostering physical and psychological safety within the organisation, its staff and in work with participants. The Clinical Practice Manager holds an integral role within the organisation, through holding a therapeutic stance and reflective thinking with Operational Leads and the Senior Leadership Team.

They will hold a knowledge and understanding of organisational dynamics, as well as group and unconscious processes. They will bring this on behalf of the organisation to support and develop staff and practice with participants. They will facilitate Reflective Practice Groups alongside the Outdoor Practice and Development Manager for inter-disciplinary Locality Teams and undertake periodic reviews.

The Clinical Practice Manager provides a framework of clinical governance throughout service areas in line with best practice. This includes creating and reviewing relevant processes and policies. The Clinical Practice Manager holds joint responsibility for overseeing and maintaining practice standards across operational staff. This includes considering the practice of clinical staff, such as Outdoor Therapists, as well as operational staff, such as, Outreach Support Workers or Senior Outdoor Practitioners.

We are recruiting for fixed-term maternity cover, and during this period we would like the Clinical Practice Manager to prioritise leading on:

• Working closely with the Outdoor Practice and Development Manager to maintain a therapeutic stance within Leadership Teams within the organisation

• Supporting and maintaining safe ethical practice across operations

• Maintaining robust clinical governance and oversight of processes and policies

• Facilitating Reflective Practice Groups for inter-disciplinary Locality Teams

• Overseeing the Outdoor Therapy Service and its staff, including periodic 1:1 meetings with staff

• Organising and Leading Outdoor Therapy Service Meetings and Supervision

• Arranging quarterly Development Days for Outdoor Therapy staff

• Working alongside the Senior Outdoor Therapist to manage the delivery of the Outdoor Therapy Service for Younger People (10-24 year olds)

• Maintaining and building relationships with key stakeholders

Key relationships:

• Reporting to Director of Operations.

• Part of Operational Leadership team, alongside Outdoor Practice and Development Manager and Head of Operations

• Senior Outdoor Therapist / Outdoor Therapists / Senior Field Therapist

• Senior Outdoor Practitioners

• Senior Leadership Team

• External Clinical Supervisors, who provide 1:1 or group supervision for colleagues

About you

Essential

During this maternity cover, we need someone who can bring a robust and deep understanding of providing therapy and therapeutic services to our client group and is able to support multidisciplinary staff across the organisation.

You will have:

• Significant experience overseeing practice of staff and managing services

• Significant experience of working therapeutically in an organisational context.

• Experience of working with Venture Trust’s client group and, preferably, young people

• Experience supervising staff, preferably qualified to offer clinical supervision.

• Ability to articulate a rationale for integrating therapy work into natural environments, and its theoretical foundations.

• Experience of participating in and an understanding of reflective practice groups

• Personal competence in outdoor environments

Desirable:

You will have:

• Experience of facilitating reflective practice groups

• Experience of facilitating trainings to professionals

• An ability to understand outdoor safety management systems when working in dynamic outdoor environments with support from Head of Operations and Outdoor Practice and Development Manager

• An understanding of and willingness to operate in the 3rd sector

• Experience of building and fostering relationships with key stakeholders

• Professional experience of working in outdoor environments

Working at Venture Trust

We are looking for someone who can work 22.5 – 30 hours a week, including Mondays. The role will be hybrid working, with some time spent working from home and some time spent with colleagues in the Locality Teams and at our Head Office in Stirling.

We offer a range of generous benefits including:

• a generous annual leave entitlement (28 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays and 3 Christmas holidays)

• an employee benefits package

• flexible and hybrid working

• a joint contributory pension scheme

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Could you be part of something different? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of the people in our parishes and communities.

Castlemilk Parish Church are looking for a Children and Families Worker to serve the needs of both the community and the congregation with relevant groups and individuals to enhance the lives of vulnerable people in the community.

With significant experience of working with children and families, the successful candidate will also have experience of project/centre management with strong interpersonal skills to maintain positive relationships. The candidate must be a committed Christian with an active Church connection (Genuine Occupational Requirement in terms of the Equality Act 2010).

It is essential you have the right to work in the UK before applying to work with us. You will be asked to provide proof of your eligibility to work and remain in the UK if you are invited to attend for an interview.

It is an exciting time at the DRC Youth Project! Our charity is growing, and we are looking to strengthen our team by welcoming a new motivated group worker onto our team of staff.

• Are you motivated and passionate about working together with young people?

• Do you have a ‘can do’ attitude?

• Can you inspire young people to make positive changes in their lives?

• Are you excited about working for a modern charity with great opportunities for career progression?

• Do you have a UK Drivers License (held for a minimum of 12 months)?

The DRC Youth Project is a modern youth service which offers safe spaces and supports young people. The new group worker will work together with groups of young people across DRC personal development initiatives. The aim of each group is to provide support, advice and guidance on employment, training and career and personal development for the young people. In doing this, the new group worker will liaise with relevant bodies as directed with a key focus on prevention, employability and in some cases, recovery. At the DRC, young people are at the heart of everything we do, and our aim is that every young person we work with is empowered to live their life to its fullest potential.

The group worker’s core function is to offer a variety of information and support that will help fulfil the personal development requirements of each young person. The group worker will equip the young people to meet life challenges and in particular allow them to access employment and a career path within their own aspirations and capabilities. To achieve this, the post holder will continually engage with young people utilising various DRC Youth Project resources and key specialist partners. The post holder will also support the DRC management team in the day to day running of the project’s various youth provisions.

Sight Scotland is Scotland’s leading charity providing specialist care, education and research for people with vision impairment. The charity has been in existence for over 230 years, and offer a variety of services in the community as well as education, transcription into alternative formats and residential care for adults and children. Their vision is of an inclusive Scotland where people of all visual abilities have the opportunity to thrive. To achieve their mission they are looking for maternity cover for their Fundraising and Engagement Administrator role – a crucial role providing a solid foundation of support to the whole Fundraising team.

The Fundraising and Engagement Administrator will join Sight Scotland at an exciting stage, with a newly formed Cause and Engagement team, a new organisational strategy and direction, and a roadmap for fundraising planned. The charity is recruiting for 5 other fundraising roles alongside this maternity cover.

This role provides vital administrative support to the fundraising function. You will perform a variety of tasks ranging from regular banking, data entry and the opening of fundraising post to more ad-hoc tasks such as handling supporter enquiries and working with the fundraising team to support their calendar of activities and key priorities. This role would suit someone who is competent with handling data, and perhaps has experience using a database, but who is equally happy delivering amazing supporter experiences / customer service and speaking to colleagues and supporters face to face, on the phone and via email.

You might see similar roles called Supporter Care Officer, or Fundraising Assistant.

If you are looking for your first role in a charity, or perhaps you have experience in a charity but are looking to reduce your hours yet still play a part in having a positive impact on a fundraising function at a national charity, this is a fantastic opportunity to join a popular cause at a pivotal time.