Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our strategic vision is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland.

At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced people and the power of their voices to bring about change. We provide individual relationship based, lifelong independent advocacy and a range of connection and participation opportunities for Care Experienced people across Scotland. We work alongside Corporate Parents and others to broaden understanding and challenge the stigma experienced by Care Experienced people. We create opportunities for people with lived experience of care to influence policy makers, leaders, and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape legislation, policy, and practice. We do this collaboratively to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change.

Purpose of the Post

The Advocacy and Participation Manager will oversee the development of our independent advocacy services in the North East region, including our lifelong advocacy offering, and the engagement and empowerment of Care Experienced people through participation opportunities.

This role oversees work that is crucial in what it does for Care Experienced people, that is further validated by The Promise’s commitment to independent and lifelong advocacy, which will have more prominence as The Promise implementation develops.

This role will contribute to Who Cares? Scotland’s leadership team and will be expected to share the learning of this work positively and proactively across the organisation. All work will provide a robust evidence base to support the evolvement of this work nationally.

The right candidate will therefore be capable of forming positive relationships with people of all ages and backgrounds, will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, and be adaptable to a wide range of contexts. With experience managing budgets and performance targets, as well as reporting internally and to key stakeholders, you will also be skilled at supervising and supporting the work of staff and volunteers. Some travel, as well as some evening and weekend work, is required due to the remit of the post.

You will have a proven record of working collaboratively with partners successfully and will be committed to children’s rights, inclusive working, and equal opportunities. You believe that all people can make transformative change happen in their lives if given the opportunity.

For an informal conversation about this opportunity please contact Caroline Richardson, Director of Advocacy and Participation at crichardson@whocaresscotland.org.

For more information, please download the job description and person specification below.

Garvald Edinburgh is a long-established Scottish charity supporting adults with intellectual disabilities through creative day opportunities, workshops, community participation, and public-facing social enterprise activities. Rooted in the principles of social therapy inspired by Rudolf Steiner, Garvald places creativity, respect, rhythm, individuality, and community at the centre of personal development. The organisation exists to offer adults with intellectual disabilities meaningful opportunities to develop skills, confidence, and a sense of belonging, achieved through purposeful creative work, strong community integration, and innovative social enterprise.

Operating across multiple sites in Edinburgh, Garvald employs approximately 180 staff and has an annual turnover of over £4.5+ million. The organisation is entering a period of important development, guided by a multi-year strategic plan that includes organisational review, enhancing financial stability, facilities planning, digital transformation, and the continued growth of social enterprise activity. This is a pivotal moment in Garvalds history, offering the opportunity to shape the organisation’s future while strengthening its values-driven culture.

The organisation is now seeking a Human Resources Manager to lead and develop Garvald Edinburgh’s HR function, ensuring that the organisation has the people, policies and culture necessary to fulfil its mission. Working closely with the Head of Finance and Resources, the Senior Management Team and managers, this is a key role in supporting a positive and values-led working environment.

In this role you will provide strategic and operational HR leadership by overseeing the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, employee relations, performance management and staff retention. The role also encompasses workforce planning, employment law compliance, learning and development, staff wellbeing, employee engagement and volunteer management, ensuring HR practices are effective and aligned with organisational values.

The Human Resources Manager will play a central role in developing and implementing Garvald Edinburgh’s People Plan, supporting organisational development and promoting a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. The role will provide professional advice and guidance to managers and employees, while leading initiatives relating to staff wellbeing, engagement, internal communications and volunteer development.

The successful candidate will bring demonstrable experience in an HR generalist or people-focused role, with a CIPD Level 5 qualification or above, or equivalent relevant experience. You will have sound knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice, alongside experience of providing practical HR advice, managing employee relations matters and developing policies and procedures. You will be confident balancing strategic priorities with day-to-day HR responsibilities. You will also be an effective communicator, with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build positive, trusting relationships across the organisation. You will manage sensitive matters with discretion, professionalism and empathy, exercising sound judgement and initiative.

Above all, the Human Resources Manager will combine professional expertise with compassion, integrity and a genuine commitment to people. You will be motivated by the opportunity to contribute to a purpose-driven organisation, helping to create an inclusive and supportive workplace and enabling Garvald Edinburgh to continue delivering meaningful and creative opportunities for the individuals supported by Garvald Edinburgh.

Could you help decide how National Lottery money supports communities in Scotland?

We are recruiting for a new Scotland Committee member for an initial period of up to four years. The Scotland Committee sets the strategic direction and policy framework for our work. It oversees effectiveness and impact and takes strategic funding decisions. We are looking for one additional member who will add to the broad base of knowledge, skills and experience of the existing Committee.

We are a place-based and relational funder, so it is vital that our Scotland Committee reflects this approach. Through this recruitment, we will seek to strengthen the diversity and inclusivity of the Scotland Committee, ensuring it continues to reflect the communities we serve.

We are looking for candidates with:

• An understanding of and interest in the Scottish social, cultural and political landscape and the role of the voluntary and community sector in it

• Experience and understanding of working with and for communities to deliver local priorities

• The ability to understand complex issues and make decisions taking into account competing demands

• An understanding and commitment to the principles required to hold a public post of this nature

This is a significant opportunity to be involved in an organisation transforming people’s lives. If you believe you have the background and personal qualities needed, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Remuneration: £5,232 per annum. Expenses will be paid.

For more information, please download the candidate briefing below.

About Revive MS Support

More than 17,000 people (approximately 1 in 300) are living with multiple sclerosis in Scotland – the highest prevalence of any country in the world.

Revive MS Support is a Glasgow-based charity providing vital person-centred support to people affected by MS. Established in 1984 by people living with MS and their families, our mission is to be a caring and inclusive community where everyone affected by MS can find physical, emotional, financial, and social support. We provide a range of clinical and non-clinical services designed to promote independence, improve quality of life, and address inequality.

About the Job

This role will play a key part in maximising Revive MS Support’s income by working as part of the fundraising team to deliver the organisational strategy, specifically those aspects relating to raising funds, developing relationships and maintaining the CRM database.

You’ll be organising and delivering events within the Revive MS Support Centre, supporting community fundraisers with any fundraising activity they undertake, and providing excellent stewardship to fundraisers taking part in third party events.

You’ll also be helping the Head of Fundraising engage and develop existing supporters, and identifying and researching potential new opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

Management and Planning

• Plan and deliver events throughout the year, as agreed with the Head of Fundraising, and coordinate volunteers as required.
• Ensure fundraising activities achieve agreed financial and other relevant targets (e.g. return on investment).
• Identify appropriate third-party event opportunities for supporters to become involved in, and liaise with the communications and marketing team to ensure these are promoted to maximise recruitment.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues throughout the charity to maximise overall income for Revive MS Support.
• Contribute to the development of new fundraising activities.
• Ensure all activities are compliant with the Code of Fundraising Practice.
• Represent Revive MS Support at external events.
• Supporter Care and Administration
• Be a key point of contact to existing and potential supporters.
• Steward fundraisers who are involved in third-party events such as running, adrenaline, or challenge events.
• Steward third party fundraisers wishing to organise events to support Revive, responding promptly, professionally, and accurately to provide them with advice and assistance as required.
• Deliver personalised donor and supporter journeys which make our supporters feel valued and help them to achieve the best outcomes both for themselves and Revive MS Support.
• Accurately maintain and update the CRM database, monitor the receipt of funds, and ensure contact preference information is accurately recorded in line with GDPR.
• Ensure fundraisers are provided with an appropriate range of fundraising and promotional materials.
• Any other reasonable duties as required.

For more information, please visit the Revive MS Support website.

Person Specification

Essential

• Experience of working in a similar role for a charitable organisation, or a customer service, sales, marketing, or equivalent role.
• Demonstrable experience of planning, organising and delivering successful events.
• An understanding of the context within which the third sector operates.
• A good understanding of the principles of excellent stewardship.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work to deadlines and meet targets.
• Ability to prioritise and work flexibly in an ever-changing environment.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Office.
• Demonstrable experience of developing good working relationships at all levels.

Desirable

• Experience of working in the third sector.
• An understanding of, or direct experience of, good fundraising principles and practices.
• Experience of organising successful fundraising events or activities.
• Experience managing a fundraising CRM database such as Beacon.
• Awareness of the experience of people affected by multiple sclerosis.

Special conditions

• There is a need within this post for the holder to be flexible about hours of work, with some requirement for work in the evenings and weekends.
• The postholder must be willing to occasionally travel within Scotland

CEMVO Scotland is a national intermediary organisation and strategic partner of the Scottish Government Equalities Directorate. With a network of over 600 ethnic minority (EM) organisations throughout Scotland, our aim is to build the capacity of the ethnic minority voluntary sector and its communities.

We have an exciting project “Mobilising Community Action Scotland” (MCAS) in partnership with Changeworks and The Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park with funding through The National Lottery Community Fund.

The overall aim of MCAS is to increase awareness and empower EM communities to adopt nature positive and energy saving behaviours in their everyday lives.

We already have an excellent MCAS team in place and now looking to recruit the following post:

Financial Administrator

We are first and foremost seeking essentially a person with excellent financial administration skills and experience. If the person also has good general administration skills added to their financial expertise then that would be ideal.

You will have at least 3 years financial management or administration experience to help undertake day to day financial administration of the MCAS project budget. You will provide regular financial reporting updates to the MCAS co-ordinator on project expenditure and projected spend. Working closely with CEMVO financial officer and MCAS co-ordinator you will undertake broad financial administration of MCAS, including developing and maintaining a financial system to keep track of expenditure against various budget lines, keeping accurate financial records, processing invoices and tracking payment, financial forecasting for over or underspends, and working with CEMVO financial officer to provide information for financial reporting to the funder, for external audits, etc.

Your secondary role will be to provide general administrative support to the MCAS project team, such as organising venues and catering, event registration, providing administrative support at events when needed and undertaking general administrative tasks.

You will require a good level of book-keeping and financial administration experience with a working knowledge of Excel or financial packages such as Xero or SAGE. You will also require experience in producing financial reports, processing invoices and assisting with audit processes along with good general administrative skills.

For more information, please download the job description and person specification below.

This is an excellent opportunity for you to join Scottish Book Trust as a Writing Communities Co-ordinator (Writer Development). The position offers flexible, part-time working within our Writing Communities Team.

Scottish Book Trust is a national charity that believes books, reading and writing have the power to change lives. A love of reading inspires creativity, improves employment opportunities, mental health and wellbeing and is one of the most effective ways to help break the poverty cycle. We work towards a Scotland where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive through literacy.

What we offer

• Part time, permanent role
• Competitive salary
• Flexible hybrid working between home and our Edinburgh City Centre Office, with great access by train, bus, and tram
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Company Sick Pay
• Pension with 5% employer contributions
• Death in service benefit
• Free access to employee assistance programme

Scottish Book Trust’s Writing Communities programme supports writers with advice, funding, professional development opportunities, retreats and mentoring. Our Writer Development programme includes the New Writers Awards, Scots Language Publication Grant, and the 50-Word Fiction competition. We work in partnership with a range of organisations to provide support tailored to the needs of writers, including Gaelic Books Council, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Push the Boat Out, Society of Authors and the Edinburgh University of Glasgow.

The Writing Communities Co-ordinator (Writer Development) supports the efficient running of the Writer Development programme. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that communication with writers and partners is effective, efficient, and appropriately tailored to individual needs. The role is responsible for organising annual panel meetings and supporting the New Writers programme each year, including supporting the organisation of the annual Showcase event.

About Us

Tiny Changes is Scotland’s first national young people’s mental health charity. We co-produce and run projects with young leaders that help young minds feel better. The charity was set up originally by the family of Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison, who took his own life in 2018. We believe that Scotland’s young people deserve great mental health, and we believe in their insight and innovation to make this possible. We exist to nurture the talent of young people to find creative solutions that work for them.

We are looking for people to join our Board of Trustees who have the experience and/or skills to step into an office bearer role either in 2027 or after a period of finding your feet on the Board - Secretary, Chair, or Treasurer. We are also looking for young trustees under 30, with or without office bearer experience. Trustees are responsible for the overall control and governance of the organisation. This is an exciting leadership opportunity to join a small Scottish charity and help improve its income and impact.

About You

You have knowledge and experience to bring to the Tiny Changes Board that you are confident will improve the sustainability and strategic direction of this small charity. You know the difference between governance and operations, and how to make the most of the relatively small amount of time you likely have to offer as a voluntary trustee. You have a can-do attitude and one of your strengths is that you know which questions to ask, and what level of risk to take with decisions and finances, at the right time.

We’re looking for Trustees who:

• Share our values – Hopeful, Brave, Honest, Kind

• Are committed to our vision and goals

• Are under 30

• Are any age and have experience and skills suited to becoming a Secretary, Treasurer or Chair

• Have knowledge of and interest in mental health issues and systemic inequalities affecting children and young people in Scotland

• Bring a different perspective to the work of the trustees and leadership team

• Are self reflective and confident at asking questions or contributing to high level decision making

• Are able to commit the charity commission recommended approx. 2 hours per month, and more hours to prep for Board meetings, and as an office bearer

We are interested in hearing from people with skills in organisational leadership at chief executive or director level, financial management, fundraising and related marketing, equalities, HR and/or legal, youth-led movements and creative co-production, or non-clinical young people’s mental health services.

We particularly welcome applications from the following groups:

• Young people under 30

• Disabled people

• Neurodiverse people

• People with experience of caring roles

• Care experienced people

• People from minority ethnic communities

• Asylum seekers or refugees

• People who identify as any gender that’s not cisgender

• People who identify as LGBTQIA+

• People from gypsy traveller communities

• People from a wide range of religious and cultural backgrounds

Borders Community Action (BCA) is seeking a creative and proactive Communications & Impact Officer to strengthen engagement with the third sector across the Scottish Borders and raise awareness of the organisation’s work, services and impact.

This role will lead on communications activity across a range of channels, developing compelling content, managing digital platforms, promoting volunteering and community initiatives, and ensuring members and stakeholders remain informed, connected and engaged.

The postholder will work collaboratively with colleagues, members and partners to deliver BCA’s communications strategy, capture and showcase the impact of the third sector, and help amplify the voice of communities and organisations locally and nationally.

For more information, visit the Borders Community Action website.

Partners in Advocacy has established itself as one of Scotland's leading providers of independent advocacy, delivering exceptional advocacy services since 1998.

We are thrilled to present a wonderful opportunity within our children’s advocacy service nationwide throughout Scotland- “My Rights, My Say”. As an independent advocacy worker, you will have the privilege of providing one-to-one independent advocacy to children and young people with additional support needs who are age 12 to 15 and support them to exercise their rights within education. Through this role, you will ensure that their voices are heard, enabling them to make informed choices, protect their rights and have a meaningful impact on decisions that affect their education and lives.

Please note that although this post is advertised as hybrid, the successful candidate will work from home or office if preferred with the need to travel to meet advocacy partners and as this is a nationwide service this could mean travel at times to all areas of Scotland.

Applicants should also hold a current driving licence and have access to a roadworthy vehicle for work use.

We strongly encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds to apply. If you believe your skills, experience, and expertise align with the criteria outlined in the person specification, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please complete the application form, ensuring that you provide examples of how your knowledge and experience fulfil each aspect of the person specification.

Partners in Advocacy takes pride in being a Disability Confident Employer, fully committed to creating an inclusive and accessible work environment.

About Edinburgh Samaritans

Samaritans of Edinburgh and the Lothians is a registered Scottish charity whose vision is that fewer people die by suicide. Based in Edinburgh, our volunteers provide confidential emotional support 24/7 via phone and online chat. Our branch is run almost entirely by volunteers and we operate a successful charity shop, which is our largest regular income source.

Our Mission

• To provide 24/7 confidential emotional support for anyone struggling to cope.

• To provide people with somewhere to turn to and get support when they need it most.

• To collaborate with Samaritans Central Charity and affiliated branches to further these objectives.

Organisational Structure

• The Board of Trustees includes the Branch Director, Secretary, Treasurer, and up to eight elected trustees, all unpaid volunteers.

• The Branch Leadership Team (BLT) manages day-to-day operations.

• The Board meets at least four times a year, often more frequently.

The Treasurer Role

We are seeking to appoint a new voluntary Treasurer. The Treasurer is a Trustee and a member of the Branch Leadership Team, accountable to the Branch Director. The branch Accountant reports into the Treasurer. Time commitment is estimated between 4 to 6 hours each week, but this is variable with some peak periods of activity around budget, forecasts and year end.

General Purpose of the Role

The Treasurer is a trustee of the charity with particular responsibility for overseeing the charity’s financial affairs. The Treasurer helps ensure that the charity remains financially sustainable, compliant with Scottish charity law, and able to deliver its charitable purposes.

Working closely with the Board of Trustees, the Director, and any paid staff or third party suppliers, the Treasurer provides leadership on financial governance while sharing collective responsibility for the overall direction and management of the charity.