East Dunbartonshire Women’s Aid (EDWA) is looking for a passionate and skilled individual to join our team. We are looking for a Finance Officer who will be committed to our aims and values and who will bring extensive financial management experience and skills to our charity.

The main role of the post holder will be to oversee and manage the overall financial health of the charity, ensuring the sustainability of our services and providing financial monitoring information to our main funders and our Board of Trustees. As our Finance Officer, you’ll help ensure that every £1 donated creates maximum impact for the women, children and young people who need it most.

EDWA operates with a high level of funding from a variety of sources and applicants should therefore have at least two years’ experience of managing significant budgets with a high degree of autonomy and responsibility.

You are required to have the appropriate skills, experience and qualifications that are relevant to the duties outlined in the job description, including being proficient in the use of Sage One Payroll and Microsoft Excel.

You should have an understanding of the feminist analysis of domestic abuse and be willing to work within the group’s collective, non-hierarchical structure.

The role is based in Kirkintilloch with potential for home/flexible working as part of your working week. Attendance will be required at our weekly team meetings to fulfil collective management responsibilities.

As there may be times where you will informally meet women, children or young people using our services, this post is subject to a successful PVG scheme check. We will also require suitable references and completion of a satisfactory 6-month induction period.

Why work with us?

• Pension Contribution of 8%
• Optional on-call allowance of 7.5% (on completion of probationary period)
• 30 days’ annual leave per annum (entitlement for this post will be pro rata)
• 12 public holidays per annum (entitlement for this post will be pro rata)
• Training and development opportunities
• Reimbursement of mileage & necessary expenses
• Hybrid / flexible working opportunities
• Small and friendly team

Make a Difference. Shape the Future.

Are you passionate about inclusion, community, and reducing social isolation? Do you want to play a meaningful role in supporting adults with learning and physical disabilities?

Friends for Inclusion is seeking a committed and enthusiastic individual to join our Board of Trustees.

About Us

Friends for Inclusion is a small but impactful organisation dedicated to creating social opportunities and fostering meaningful connections for people with learning and physical disabilities.

Designed by and for people with disabilities, we provide safe, welcoming spaces where individuals can build friendships, grow in confidence, and overcome isolation. With strong roots in Ayrshire, our work is guided by the values of friendship, empowerment, and community connection.

About the Role

As a Trustee, you will help guide the strategic direction of the organisation, ensuring we remain responsive to the needs of our members while growing sustainably.

You will:

• Contribute to the overall governance and strategic planning of the organisation
• Support the development and expansion of our services
• Ensure we stay true to our mission and values
• Work collaboratively with a small, passionate board team

Who We’re Looking For

We welcome applications from individuals who bring:

• A genuine passion for inclusion and social impact
• Commitment to supporting vulnerable adults
• A collaborative and thoughtful approach

Previous board or governance experience is helpful but not essential.

Skills & Experience (Desirable)

We are particularly interested in people with experience in:

• Finance & Fundraising – budgeting, financial oversight, or funding applications

What You’ll Gain

• The opportunity to make a real difference in people’s lives
• Experience of charity governance and strategic leadership
• Being part of a supportive, inclusive team
• Reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses

Time Commitment

• Quarterly board meetings
• Occasional additional meetings, particularly during key development periods

Why Join Us?

This is a chance to directly influence the future of a grassroots organisation making a tangible difference in people’s lives. Your contribution will help us grow, reach more people, and strengthen our community impact.

Join a charity that’s passionate about safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. If you want your work to have a real-world impact, this is the role for you.

What You’ll Do:

You'll head up our Membership team, responsible for new and existing members. This is a front-line role where you’ll:

• Grow and develop membership by identifying, engaging and converting new member organisations, building a strong pipeline of opportunities and increasing membership income.
• Manage and strengthen member relationships to maximise engagement, retention and progression across Thirtyone:eight's tiered membership offering.
• Lead membership operations and performance through effective use of CRM data, reporting, budgeting, process improvement and line management of the Membership Officer.
• Champion the membership proposition by collaborating with internal teams, developing strategic partnerships and representing Thirtyone:eight at events, conferences and networking opportunities.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to combine relationship management, business development and strategic leadership to grow Thirtyone:eight’s membership community, strengthen engagement across churches and Christian organisations, and support the charity’s mission of creating safer environments for vulnerable people.

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

• Purpose-driven work: Everything you do helps protect children and vulnerable adults.
• Flexible working options: Balance your life and work with hybrid arrangements.
• Professional growth: Opportunities to learn, innovate, and lead.
• Supportive culture: Join a friendly, collaborative team that values your ideas.

If you enjoy delivering excellent customer service, handling detailed processes, and contributing to work that makes a meaningful difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead the active recruitment of new members with a particular focus on decision-makers and leaders.
• Build, manage and progress a membership pipeline, using proactive activity, referrals, events, partner networks and existing organisational data.
• Use Thirtyone:eight’s membership database to identify prospective organisations, map trends and growth opportunities aligned with our tiered membership model.
• Initiate and lead conversations with prospective members, articulating the value of membership clearly and confidently, responding to questions and handling objections appropriately.
• Manage relationships with existing member organisations, ensuring they understand and experience the value of their membership.
• Identify opportunities to grow value within existing accounts, including movement between membership tiers or increased engagement with services.
• Work with the Head of Membership and Finance & Business Manager to develop systems and processes that support effective relationship management and growth.
• Contribute to the ongoing review and development of Thirtyone:eight’s membership offer, ensuring it remains relevant, clearly articulated and aligned with member need.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure a joined-up member journey from first contact through to ongoing engagement.
• Ensure staff and volunteers across the organisation are well equipped and confident to promote the benefits of membership.
• Represent Thirtyone:eight, its Christian ethos and safeguarding mission at external events, exhibitions, networks and conferences.

Specific Responsibilities

• Line manage the Membership Officer, providing supervision, support and clear objectives aligned to recruitment and relationship management priorities.
• Work with the Membership Officer to embed an effective membership account management structure that develops member relationships at the appropriate level with key clients.
• Work closely with the Communications Manager to shape and deliver member communications that support recruitment, retention and progression across membership tiers.
• Produce regular, insightful reporting on member recruitment, retention and churn, pipeline health and activity, and performance against agreed targets.
• Ensure staff and volunteers across the organisation are properly equipped to promote the benefits of membership.
• Work collaboratively as part of Thirtyone:eight’s management team to support the delivery of the organisation’s strategic objectives.
• Identify and develop opportunities to work with partners and networks that can support membership growth and visibility.
• With the head of department and finance team to set the annual membership budget and ensure all spend is within budget, appropriately accounted for, and that maximum return on investment is achieved.

Person Specification

Essential Personal Characteristics and Qualities:

• Humility - Having a modest view of your own importance.
• Integrity - The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.
• Openness - Acceptance of, or receptiveness to change or new ideas.
• Collaborative - Involving two or more parties working together.
• Solution-focused - Concentration in problem solving or dealing with a difficult situation.
• Learning - Knowledge acquired through study, experience, or being taught.
• Creative - Having good imagination, thinking differently, or having original ideas.
• Fair - Treating people equally without favouritism or discrimination.
• Committed - Dedicated to a certain course, cause or policy.
• Passionate - Having or showing strong feelings or beliefs.

Essential Experience:

• Sales and marketing experience with good relationship/account management experience.
• Experience of using a CRM system to manage and analyses data and record activities. (Knowledge of MS Dynamics desirable).
• Relevant experience of managing and developing relationships with churches, Christian faith-based organisations, or charities, to increase engagement.
• Experience in developing and embedding of processes and procedures to ensure high levels of customer service are monitored and maintained across an organisation.
• Experience of line managing a team of staff and volunteers as well as working with external agencies.
• Comfortable working to targets and being accountable for outcomes.

Essential Abilities, Knowledge & Motivation:

These are the skills we regard as essential for the role:

• A strong working knowledge of churches, Christian faith organisations and charities.
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively at all levels of an organisation.
• Motivated to continually improve on past success and to challenge the status quo.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to engage an audience.
• Self-motivated, resilient and outward-looking
• Ability to build strong, professional relationships with contacts of the charity.
• Ability to work as a team member with colleagues and across departments.
• Good IT skills (MS Office applications as a minimum) with analytical capability.
• An ability to travel independently; both regionally and nationally as required.
• Knowledge and understanding of Equal Opportunity and Anti-discriminatory practice.
• Willingness to promote and participate in relevant training and CPD.
• Ability to identify with and accept the aims and objectives of the charity and statutory and other professional guidance as appropriate.

Accountable to: Head of Strategic Communications

Responsible for: Membership Officer X1

DBS Eligibility: Basic DBS check

We and enthusiastic person to join the Enquire communications team as an Assistant Communications Officer and contribute to the work to raise awareness of the Service and the information and advice we provide.

Your role will involve providing core communications support across the team for both internal and external communications and across a range of Service outputs including website, social media and information sessions or events. You will also provide administrative support across the wider Service team.

Enquire

This role will be based within Enquire. Enquire is the Scottish advice service for additional support for learning. Enquire provides a range of information and advice for families and professionals on supporting children and young people with additional support needs throughout their learning. Enquire have an accessible website, a helpline and run a series of free events throughout the year.

Enquire is funded by the Scottish Government and managed by Children in Scotland.

More about Enquire can be found here

About Children in Scotland

Children in Scotland is a welcoming and dynamic charity that amplifies the voices, views and experiences of our members and children, families and professionals across Scotland. We achieve this through direct services, meaningful participation, policy work, inspiring communications and sector-leading events and learning opportunities.

We are a vibrant and inclusive community of dedicated individuals and organisations who use our skills and passion to bring evidence-based and fresh thinking together, with one shared aim of giving all children in Scotland an equal chance to flourish.

We are stronger together in driving lasting impact for Scotland’s children.

Diversity

Children in Scotland values the contribution of all our staff, whatever their background. Our recruitment decisions are based on fair, open processes, with appointment on merit. We welcome applications from everyone.

Working as the Senior HR Officer within a busy and dynamic HR team, you will support people managers to build their people capability and give advice and guidance on current or recurring people challenges as well as developing and deploying expertise and advice that helps shape positive change.

Responsibilities & Success Factors:

Reporting to an HR Business Partner, the Senior HR Officer role is a generalist role, however the successful candidate will lead and develop our resourcing strategy, while rising to the challenge of recruiting in a competitive market.

Success in this role includes:

• To lead on the recruitment process in accordance with the Recruitment Policy and Safer Recruitment guidelines.
• Provide HR advice and support to managers on a range of HR issues, such as disciplinary, grievance and absence management.
• To support with HR data management.
• To support with areas of compliance within the organisation
• Support the development of our HR systems.
• Lead on, or working closely with the HR team, on organisational projects aligned to Carr Gomm’s strategic plan.
• Having an awareness of the aims of the organisation and actively working towards supporting these to be achieved through working groups and supportive actions.
• Effective communication within the HR team, wider organisation, external partners and interested parties.
• Strong administrative and organisational skills, including effective use of Office 365 and HRIS platforms to maintain accurate employee records, support reporting requirements and ensure compliant HR service delivery.

What we are looking for…

In our eyes, the best Senior HR Officers are proactive with a logical and organised mind whilst also being focused and flexible in both their outlook and approach. We expect that you will hold a professional HR qualification or be qualified by experience. We are particularly interested in applicants with experience of working in the social care sector.

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice and Housing is seeking to appoint two Members to join the Scottish Commission on Social Security (SCoSS).

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping Scotland’s devolved social security system, ensuring it operates in line with the principles of dignity, fairness and respect.

SCoSS is an independent advisory Non-Departmental Public Body established by the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018. It provides independent scrutiny of Scottish social security regulations and reports to both the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Ministers.

SCoSS plays a vital role in:

• Scrutinising draft social security regulations and making recommendations
• Reporting on how well the Social Security Charter commitments are being met
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of Scotland’s social security system

Through its work, SCoSS has made a significant contribution to the development of the Scottish social security system, with many recommendations influencing legislation.

MEMBER ROLE

As a Member of SCoSS, you will:

• Work collaboratively with fellow Board members to deliver SCoSS’s statutory functions
• Analyse complex information, including draft regulations, and contribute to evidence-based recommendations
• Constructively challenge proposals and support high-quality, timely reporting
• Contribute to strategic discussions, risk assessment, and continuous improvement
• Engage in Board governance activities, including business planning and oversight of resources
• Attend regular Board meetings and prepare thoroughly in advance
• Uphold the Principles of Public Life in Scotland and the values underpinning the social security system

SCoSS operates as a “working Board”, meaning all Members actively contribute to scrutiny and decision-making.

Further information

An online information session will be held on Monday 29 June 2026, from 1 pm to 2 pm, led by the Panel Chair and the Chair of SCoSS.

This session is an opportunity to learn more about what is involved in being a member of the SCoSS Board and to ask any questions you may have.

If you would like to attend or if you have any questions about the role itself please contact Stephen.Herbert@socialsecuritycommission.scot.

For any questions about the public appointment process or the application portal please contact public.appointments@gov.scot.

REMUNERATION AND TIME COMMITMENT

The Member role is remunerated at a daily fee of £225, based on a 7.5‑hour day. This fee is set in accordance with the Scottish Government’s Public Sector Pay Policy for public appointments. The role is non‑pensionable, meaning no employer pension contributions are paid

Members devote 36 days per annum to performing your functions as and when required. You will be expected to attend meetings regularly, prepare in advance, and contribute fully to all aspects of the role.

Board meetings are currently held online approximately once a month, with around one in‑person meeting held annually. Additional ad hoc online meetings are scheduled as required.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

In respect of these posts, both the priority and essential criteria are a mandatory requirement.

Priority Criteria

1. Good knowledge or experience of Social Security and the ability to interpret and apply this within the Scottish Social Security system.

Essential Criteria

1. Analysing information and making recommendations
2. Working collaboratively, constructively and effectively with others.
3. Personal Commitment to progressing the Social Security Principles.
4. Challenging the views of others in a constructive and supportive way

Desirable Criteria

The following criteria are desirable and are not required for appointment. Applicants who do not meet these criteria will not be disadvantaged unless candidates are otherwise assessed as being of equal merit:

1. Lived experience of poverty, or a strong understanding of the impacts of poverty.
2. Lived experience of disability, or a strong understanding of the impacts of disability.

Mission Statement

Our long-term vision is to end youth homelessness. Our more immediate mission is to ensure that every young person in Scotland has access to expert youth specific services to assist them to avoid, resolve and move on from homelessness, making it rare, brief, and non-recurring.

Context

The Upstream Project Worker plays a key role in delivering early intervention and homelessness prevention support to young people within secondary schools. Working directly with young people aged approximately 14–18, the Project Worker provides flexible, relationship-based one-to-one support alongside informal school drop-ins and targeted interventions. The focus is on building trust, creating a safe space to talk and supporting young people to navigate challenges such as family conflict, emotional wellbeing, identity, school engagement and housing instability before situations reach crisis point.

The role also involves working closely with families and school staff to ensure young people are supported in a joined-up way. This includes contributing to multi-agency discussions, supporting early identification of need through school surveys and triage processes and linking young people into appropriate services such as counselling, housing support, welfare advice and wider community resources. Practical support is a key part of the role, alongside future planning work such as CV building, employability and preparation for post-school transitions.

Legal Services Agency (LSA) is seeking a motivated and detail‑oriented Finance Assistant to join our Finance team. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a values‑driven organisation while developing your skills in a varied and supportive environment.

LSA is one of Scotland’s largest Law Centres. Through its solicitors and other staff, operating as Brown & Co. Legal LLP, LSA has a 30‑year legacy of serving individuals, families and communities across Scotland, addressing unmet legal need and the effects of poverty, disadvantage and discrimination.

We provide high-quality legal advice, assistance and representation in areas including housing, homelessness prevention, mental health, discrimination, welfare benefits, community care, criminal injuries compensation and employment law. Our work is highly regarded and nationally recognised.

Your work will support the delivery of legal services to individuals and communities experiencing disadvantage across Scotland.

About you

You will have experience maintaining accurate financial records and completing reconciliations to audit standards. You will be confident supporting financial reporting and budgeting, and able to work effectively with colleagues across the organisation to resolve finance queries.

You will be organised, adaptable and able to manage competing priorities, with a flexible and collaborative approach to your work.

Experience of working with legal aid accounts or similar systems is desirable; however, full training will be provided.

What we offer:

• 25 days annual leave + 12 public holidays
• 2 discretionary leave days (December), birthday leave, and 5-year service day
• Pension contribution and salary sacrifice schemes
• Hybrid and flexible working options
• Trial of a 4-day working week (32 hours, no salary reduction)

Help shape the future of dementia support in Scotland

Town Break Dementia Support is seeking an inspiring and committed individual to become the next Chair of our Board of Trustees.

For almost three and a half decades, Town Break has supported people living with dementia and their unpaid carers to remain connected, active and engaged in their communities. As we approach our 34th year, we continue to build on that legacy through relationship-based support, community activities, carer support and meaningful opportunities for connection. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a respected and ambitious charity at a pivotal point in its development, helping shape how dementia support evolves for the future.

Demand for dementia support continues to grow, and Town Break is well placed to build on its strong foundations, deepen its impact and reach more people who need support. As Chair, you will help guide the organisation through its next chapter, ensuring it remains financially sustainable, strategically focused and true to its values.

As Chair, you will lead the Board of Trustees, work closely with the Chief Executive and play a key role in shaping the future direction of the organisation. You will help ensure Town Break continues to deliver high-quality services, maintain strong governance and respond confidently to the opportunities and challenges ahead.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and support the Board of Trustees in fulfilling its governance, legal and strategic responsibilities.
• Ensure the charity operates in line with its charitable purposes and Scottish charity law.
• Provide oversight of the organisation's long-term priorities and future development.
• Chair Board meetings and promote effective decision-making.
• Support and challenge the Chief Executive in delivering the charity's objectives.
• Ensure appropriate oversight of finance, risk, safeguarding and organisational performance.
• Promote high standards of integrity, accountability and transparency.
• Act as an ambassador for Town Break with partners, stakeholders and supporters.

We are looking for someone who can bring:

• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Strategic thinking and sound judgement.
• Experience of governance, leadership or organisational oversight.
• An understanding of financial stewardship and risk management.
• A commitment to inclusion, dignity and person-centred values.
• A genuine commitment to improving outcomes for people living with dementia and those who support them.

Why Join Us

This is a chance to make a lasting difference to the lives of people living with dementia and their families, while helping guide the future of an organisation with a proud 34-year history and an ambitious vision for the years ahead.

The role is voluntary, with reasonable expenses reimbursed.

Rape Crisis Scotland (RCS) is Scotland’s leading organisation working to support survivors of sexual violence, transform attitudes, improve the justice response to sexual crime and, ultimately, to end sexual violence in all its forms.

The National Advocacy Service Coordinator (maternity cover) will be responsible for the operational coordination of the National Advocacy Service. This post will involve working closely with the National Advocacy Service network and will help to inform broader criminal justice work at Rape Crisis Scotland.

At RCS, we offer:

• A warm, welcoming and feminist organisational culture
• Access to internal and external training and development opportunities
• A generous employment package, including 43 days of leave (pro-rata)
• Flexible/hybrid working
• A commitment to employee wellbeing

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and especially welcome applications from women of colour and those under-represented in the workforce.