This is an excellent opportunity for you to join Scottish Book Trust as a School Communities Regional Outreach Co-ordinator (West of Scotland). The position offers flexible, part-time working within our School 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:
The School Communities (SC) team delivers a range of programmes that inspire schools, learning professionals, children and young people, and families to establish a culture of reading and writing for pleasure. Key programmes include Reading Schools, Read Write Count with the First Minister, Authors Live, the SC events programme, and the delivery of professional learning opportunities and learning resources.
The Regional Outreach Co-ordinator (West of Scotland) post is designed to cover the local authority areas of East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, and South Lanarkshire, with the initial focus on East Renfrewshire and Glasgow City. The post holder will work closely with the School Communities Manager (Learning and Development) on the delivery and development of the SC Outreach programme in the West of Scotland. The ROC’s are a remote team of four people based across Scotland supporting schools both within their areas and more widely across Scotland.
The role involves working closely with individual schools or key stakeholders in the designated local authorities to identify ways that they can engage with and benefit from our School Communities programmes. They will also join their ROC colleagues in delivering sessions that may require travel/ overnight stays away from home to ensure that we can cover the whole of Scotland to meet the needs and focus of the funding.
The post will also deliver professional learning opportunities to a range of audiences, in-person and online, to support the SC programmes, providing support to the Learning Content Manager to develop resources and working alongside the SC team and other SBT colleagues to ensure maximum impact for the programmes and audiences.
LEAP Sports is looking for a passionate and motivated Project Officer – Highlands & Moray to lead our OUT and About in the Highlands project.
The project aims to improve the mental wellbeing of LGBTIQ+ people across the Highlands and Moray through sport, physical activity and the outdoors. You’ll work directly with local LGBTIQ+ communities, develop opportunities for people to get active, build partnerships with local organisations and support sports clubs and groups to become more inclusive.
We’re looking for someone with experience of community engagement and partnership working, a strong understanding of equality and LGBTIQ+ inclusion, and a belief in the positive role sport and physical activity can play in health and wellbeing.
The role is 18 hours per week and home-based within the Highlands or Moray, with regular travel across the area. Some evening and weekend work will be required.
Looking for an opportunity to work for a flexible and family friendly organisation doing amazing work to support Scotland’s voluntary sector?
We’re launching a brand-new Bookkeeping Support Service, and we’re looking for a skilled and motivated Bookkeeper to help us build it from the ground up.
This is a unique opportunity to shape a service that will support voluntary organisations across Scotland with their financial management and compliance.
Part time hours and other flexible working options, including hybrid working, will be fully considered. We encourage you to apply if you believe you meet most of the criteria in the person specification. We share our interview questions in advance. If you want to have a chat about the job or our flexible working approach, get in touch with us at recruitment@scvo.scot
SCVO is the membership organisation for the voluntary sector in Scotland, and our mission is to champion the role of voluntary sector organisations in building a flourishing society and support them to do work that has a positive impact.
Greyfriars Kirk’s (GK) roots go back to 1620, and the site was a place of worship well before then. Today GK is a member of The Church of Scotland, and it has a small and committed congregation. The roll is about 250 and about 60 attend the main service on Sunday. GK hosts other services on Sundays as well as mid-week prayers on Thursday lunchtime. GK is a unique and special venue for special services such as weddings, funerals and memorials. GK is also hired for a variety of non-religious events such as concerts, exhibitions, conferences cèilidh’s, receptions and informal social functions. GK welcomes over 120,000 visitors throughout the year - (February to December).
Role Purpose
The key responsibility is to offer a supportive service to the Ministry Team to facilitate all practical aspects of services of worship in a respectful and dignified way. The Ministry Team includes the Minister, Associate Minister and other members of the Faith and Action Team. You will be required to attend Kirk’s core Sunday Services when on duty: weekly at 10:30am to 11:30am, and 12:30pm to 1:30pm for the Gaelic Service and monthly at 9:30am of communion. You will also be required to attend (where possible) funerals, weddings and other services (including rehearsals) in the Kirk and will be paid an additional fee to do so. You will offer a sensitive. supportive and welcoming service to all who attend.
Prison Fellowship Scotland is a Christian charity working with the men and women in Scotland's prisons. Through our partnership with the Scottish Prison Service, we support chaplains by running programmes that allow people in prison to explore and respond to the Christian faith and to take responsibility for the harm they have caused. We also support the families of those in prison.
Purpose of the role
To lead the delivery and development of the Sycamore Tree Programme across Scotland and contribute to the growth of restorative justice practice within the criminal justice system, working in partnership with prisons, volunteers, and external organisations. Additionally, role will also promote the work of Prison Fellowship Scotland within churches and contribute to wider awareness and understanding of justice issues. Beyond this part of the role will be to work well as part of the wider PFS team as we actively look at new ways of growing the work of the organisation.
A Unique Heritage Destination
The MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust (DPT) is seeking an experienced and inspiring Site & Heritage Manager to lead Dunollie Museum, Castle & Grounds, one of Scotland's most significant heritage sites.
This is an exciting opportunity for a heritage professional with strong management, fundraising and business skills to lead our heritage site and museum during a pivotal period of transformation. Working closely with the Board of Trustees, you will balance heritage conservation with income generation, visitor engagement and long-term sustainability.
Key Responsibilities
• Oversee all on site operations for the Trust, including funded projects, events, commercial activities and the heritage offer.
• Develop and enhance Dunollie's visitor experience.
• Lead and motivate a multidisciplinary staff team.
• Assist and monitor in grant funding and identify new income opportunities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with funders, donors, partners and stakeholders.
• Monitor budgets and financial results, analyse financial performance and report against organisational objectives.
• Ensure the preservation of the site's historic assets, collections and museum standards.
About You
We are looking for someone with:
• Significant experience in a management role within the heritage, museum, cultural or visitor attraction sector.
• A strong understanding of heritage conservation, museums and visitor engagement.
• Proven involvement in fundraising and grant management experience, including developing funding applications and reporting to funders.
• Excellent people skills, with the ability to inspire teams and build productive relationships with trustees, funders, partners and communities.
• Competent analytical and financial skills, including budgeting, performance monitoring and strategic planning.
• Experience of managing projects, delivering against targets and supporting organisational sustainability.
• A passion for heritage and a commitment to sharing cultural history with diverse audiences.
Why Join Us?
Dunollie Museum, Castle & Grounds occupies a unique place in Scotland's heritage landscape. This is a rare opportunity to lead a historic site with ambitious plans, helping to preserve its legacy while ensuring it remains vibrant, resilient and accessible for generations to come. The DPT is in an exciting transition stage with plans being made to transform and develop new buildings, enhance the heritage, visitor and learning offer, laying the foundations of a new era. This is an exciting opportunity to make a lasting contribution to the future direction of the DPT while ensuring the continued success of our day today operations.
Ocean Youth Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Head of Income Generation to lead our fundraising and wider income generation team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a long-standing outdoor education charity to lead the development and delivery of an income generation strategy that will build on our sustainability and ensure we are delivering innovative and impactful outdoor education for young people in Scotland.
Ocean Youth Trust Scotland is a charity providing adventure and youth work on the waves for over 600 young people each year.
We’ve been operating for more than 25 years and provide a number of different programmes supporting learning and youth work outcomes. We are first and foremost a youth work organisation but delivering our programme at sea provides a challenging environment and accelerates impact for young people.
Scottish Book Trust is a national charity that believes books, reading and writing have the power to change lives.
Reading together and sharing personal stories is a powerful mechanism to connect people, support relationships and provide activities which prioritise authentic, equal participation from each partner.
Project: Development of the Life Story Book Box
We are seeking a consultant to create a co-designed toolkit and guidance to develop and implement our existing “Life Story Book Box” tool.
The new model should support people living with dementia to create their own “Life Story Book Box” during the earlier stages of their dementia journey and explore how this tool can be used by carers to support person-centred practice. The consultant will co-design an actionable, practical guide for the creation and use of this resource by people living with dementia. This builds upon and complements the training currently provided to carers of people living with dementia to co-design “Life Story Book Boxes” in later stages of the dementia experience by giving the individual greater ownership and agency.
This resource will supplement the existing Reading is Caring shared reading approach.
Project: Development of the Group Delivery Model
We are seeking a consultant to design and develop a group-based training model that complements our existing one-to-one approach.
The new training model should explore how participants can learn from and support one another through peer engagement, helping us reach more people while maintaining programme quality and effectiveness. The consultant will help design an approach that is engaging, practical and scalable, enabling the programme to support a greater number of participants.
Projects timeline: Sept 2026 – Feb 2027.
Budgets: Max. £9,000 per project (inc. VAT & exp)
Applicants should provide details of their approach against this budget.
Deadline for questions: 9:00am 27th July
Interested parties can contact readingiscaring@scottishbooktrust.com
If you are interested in undertaking both pieces of work, please note this in your application and reflect this in your suggested timings and budget allocation. We are open to some flexibility on the suggested timescale.
We are looking for a part-time Project Coordinator for to join our team in Glasgow two days per week. The post holder will be responsible for day-to-day delivery of our Creative Social Action Project reaching out to and engaging refugees and individuals seeking safety in our activities. This is a leading role for our exciting new project facilitating and enabling communities to lead their own social change contributing their skills, cultural knowledge, and stories that matter to Scotland's public life.
The role includes setting up the infrastructure of the project, outreach and participant recruitment, facilitating meetings and conversations about issues affecting them, organising training with specialist trainers and supporting participant to develop a social action project and creative outputs, collaboration with cultural institution partners, developing exhibitions, and evaluation.
The Project Coordinator will join our team two days per week from September/October 2026 and be based in our Glasgow office.
Ricefield Arts & Cultural Centre is a registered charity and social enterprise for the exploration and promotion of Chinese culture and has an excellent reputation for delivering original and inspiring creative experiences, cultural events and workshops to community groups, public institutions and arts audiences around Scotland.
We are currently looking to appoint a Treasurer to join our small Board. The Treasurer will be responsible for managing all financial matters on behalf of our organisation and will be responsible for ensuring that the organisation has robust financial processes to ensure it meets its legal and constitutional requirements. It will also be the responsibility of the Treasurer to report the financial position at the board meetings. While we encourage and welcome applicants of all backgrounds, we are keen to hear from candidates that have experience of charity financial management or are chartered in a suitable accountancy field.
All Trustees are required to attend monthly board meetings, either at our office located in the heart of Glasgow city centre or via Zoom. In addition, we ask Trustees to attend our annual board development day, important meetings with stakeholders and some events and projects, where possible. As Ricefield Arts is a social enterprise, the role also involves serving as our Board of Directors.
Please note that this is a voluntary role. Neither the Trustees nor Board of Directors receive any remuneration, however, travel expenses incurred in carrying out board duties will be fully reimbursed.
Other than the Treasurer, we also wish to appoint additional Trustee(s) with community engagement or cultural events management experience to serve our Board. Please check our website for more information.