We are seeking an enthusiastic, innovative, and community-focused individual to play a key role in strengthening and expanding our tenant engagement initiatives and community programmes. Working alongside residents, partners, and volunteers, you will help enhance our established projects while designing and delivering exciting new initiatives that make a real difference.
From inspiring residents of all ages to have a greater voice in shaping our services, to recruiting, developing, and supporting volunteers, this is a varied and rewarding role at the heart of our community. No two days will be the same, so we're looking for someone who thrives on creativity, embraces new challenges, and is passionate about bringing people together to create positive change.
If you are a proactive self-starter with a talent for building relationships, generating new ideas, and turning them into successful community initiatives, we'd love to hear from you.
Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.
By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Peer and Involvement Coordinator you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.
You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support services form a nationwide network of local support groups, nurses, volunteers and one-to-one support teams helping families adjust to life with a heart or lung condition or after a stroke.
We are looking for a Peer and Involvement Coordinator to join our amazing Peer, Participation and Engagement team. The Peer and Involvement Coordinators support and build positive relationships with and between our partnered Peer Support Groups. You will provide advice and guidance to the Peer Support Groups in your coordinator area, connecting them with relevant services, activities and networks locally. You will manage CHSS Peer Volunteers responsible for clusters of Peer Support Groups in your geographic area.
We are looking for someone with drive and creativity to support the expansion of the Peer Support network in pursuance of our strategic aim to expand our Peer Support community from 3 thousand to 10 thousand members by 2028. You will work with Peer, Participation and Engagement colleagues to support the CHSS Participation and Involvement Framework by involving Peer Group members in our participation and engagement activity.
We are looking for someone with a positive attitude towards people with disabilities and long-term conditions; an understanding of the challenges faced by people with chest, heart, stroke and long covid conditions.
Applicants must have a car and a current valid driving licence (expenses are paid at mileage rate).
CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.
CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.
In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a PVG check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.
Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.
By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Peer and Involvement Coordinator you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.
You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support services form a nationwide network of local support groups, nurses, volunteers and one-to-one support teams helping families adjust to life with a heart or lung condition or after a stroke.
We are looking for a Peer and Involvement Coordinator to join our amazing Peer, Participation and Engagement team. The Peer and Involvement Coordinators support and build positive relationships with and between our partnered Peer Support Groups. You will provide advice and guidance to the Peer Support Groups in your coordinator area, connecting them with relevant services, activities and networks locally. You will manage CHSS Peer Volunteers responsible for clusters of Peer Support Groups in your geographic area.
We are looking for someone with drive and creativity to support the expansion of the Peer Support network in pursuance of our strategic aim to expand our Peer Support community from 3 thousand to 10 thousand members by 2028. You will work with Peer, Participation and Engagement colleagues to support the CHSS Participation and Involvement Framework by involving Peer Group members in our participation and engagement activity.
We are looking for someone with a positive attitude towards people with disabilities and long-term conditions; an understanding of the challenges faced by people with chest, heart, stroke and long covid conditions.
Applicants must have a car and a current valid driving licence (expenses are paid at mileage rate).
This post is fixed-term until April 2027.
CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.
In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a PVG check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.
This is an exciting opportunity to join Cliftonville & Coatdyke Community Group at an important stage of its development. The Community Centre Manager will have the opportunity to make a real contribution to the ongoing development of the organisation, with scope to shape the role and influence how the Community Group operates and grows.
We are looking for someone who can not only manage the day-to-day running of the Centre, but who is also keen to develop effective systems, processes and ways of working that will support the organisation as it continues to grow.
The successful candidate will work closely with the Chairperson, Development officer, staff, volunteers and Board to identify opportunities for improvement, develop best practice and help establish sustainable and effective approaches to managing the Centre. The Chair of the Board will act as the post holder’s line manager, the role will involve close collaborative working with the Chairperson & Management team to support the continued development and growth of the organisation.
This is a role where your ideas and experience will be valued, with the opportunity to have a genuine input into the future development of both the role and the organisation.
CashBack Connections supports young people from across North and South Lanarkshire aged 10-16, who are at risk of involvement in antisocial behaviour and/ or offending. We will be providing 5 groups based in different locations across North and South Lanarkshire and where required will offer additional 1-1 support for the young people.
The Groups aim to encourage and empower young people to identify positive pathways of their choosing by providing activities that focus on both social and practical life skills, including:
The Group Facilitators will help co-design the calendar of activities in collaboration with the young people to ensure their ideas and voices are the focus and drive for each session. You will be a positive role model supporting the children and young people to actively engage with the activity, feel safe and respected and build meaningful peer relationships. As a result we are aspiring to reduce the risk of antisocial behaviour/offending and help the young people to realise their full potential.
You will have a supportive team of volunteers that will look to you for support and guidance. You will work collaboratively with the Project Coordinators to ensure all activities are risk assessed and children and young people at risk are supported in line with our Child Protection and Safeguarding polices, creating individualised, robust support plans.
We are looking for people who are enthusiastic, empathetic and inspiring to join our team and lived experience is desired.
Community Volunteers Enabling You | Registered Charity No: SCO20754
Breakdown of Hours
− 2 hours for group delivery to around 10 young people.
− 1 hour to assist with pick up and drop offs for the young people to remove barriers for attending the group.
− 2 hours dedicated to recording notes and session reports, planning and preparing for the weekly groups and any other task that the Project Coordinator may need assistance with.
If a candidate is interested in running 2 groups at a 10 hour contract, please highlight this in the application.
What we offer
We offer a rewarding role with the opportunity to develop your skills and future career in an enriching environment with the following benefits:
We are looking for Trustees to join our Board
Our Association oversees and promotes a diverse range of activities within the Southside Community Centre. Situated in central Edinburgh, the Centre serves the diverse local community. Its activities also attract individuals from across the city and South-East Scotland. Supported by major grant-funding from a broad range of organisations, including sizable financial support from the National Lottery, the Association is currently extending the use of the Centre’s facilities to more community activities. A major opportunity has emerged to develop the Centre as part of the recently issued Community Centre Strategy issued by the City of Edinburgh Council. We now wish to take advantage of this Council initiative to support a greater range of ways with which to enhance the well-being of the community.
The Association is led by a Board of Trustees. We are seeking to recruit a small number of motivated individuals to help govern our growing charity. We are particularly interested in receiving applications from those with specialist knowledge, skills and experience in:
This is an exciting time to join our charity as we have celebrated various successes over the past two years including: recruiting our first Chief Executive, extending our community centre opening hours to include weekends, expanding the range of services we deliver, and significantly increasing the amount of external grant funding we receive. We look forward to continuing to achieve further success as we continue to develop our services, including re-launching our new in-house community café and developing a long-term strategic plan.
We are keen that our Board reflects our diverse local community and we therefore welcome individuals from all minority and disadvantaged groups.
This is therefore a challenging and rewarding time to join our charity as we look towards the future. Over coming months, we need to: agree a new lease arrangements with our landlord, City of Edinburgh Council, explore and decide upon the long-term future of how our building is managed, while continuing to sustain and grow the range of services we currently provide.
Are you excited by the thought of working for an organisation whose mission is to inspire changes in behaviour to improve our environment, the quality of people’s lives, their wellbeing, and the places that they care for? If you answered yes, please read on……
Who we are
Keep Scotland Beautiful is your charity inspiring action for our environment.
Our vision is for a clean, green, sustainable Scotland. We are a practical organisation working with communities, schools, businesses, local and national government, public bodies and individuals to help combat climate change, tackle litter and waste, restore nature and biodiversity and improve the places we care for.
We support the ambitions of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
We offer a fantastic benefits package in return for your talent. These include but are not limited to a generous pension scheme; hybrid working; development opportunities; a 35-hour work week (28 hours for 0.8FTE), along with an annual free volunteer day to take your skills or interests to support others. We operate a hybrid working policy, which allows a balance between home/remote working and coming to our office Hub in Stirling.
What the role is
This is a Part-Time (28 hrs/wk), Fixed Term post to 31 March 2027.
Reporting to the Senior Officer, Campaigns and Interventions (SOCI), the Campaigns and Interventions Officer (CIO) will lead and facilitate the development and delivery of our work on marine and riverine litter, including our activities for the Marine Litter Strategy, our Upstream Battle Campaign, and associated activities.
This will include the delivery of projects, interventions and activities, managing relationships with national and local stakeholders, and undertaking monitoring and evaluation.
What you’ll need to have
We are looking for outgoing, enthusiastic and creative individuals with:
Travel across Scotland and a valid, full UK driving licence is required for this role.
Does this sound like you?
If you feel you have the elements to be our Campaigns and Interventions Officer, we would love to hear from you.
Would you like to join a vibrant, exciting team working alongside families and volunteers in North Lanarkshire?
Families Here and Now Service (FHANS) is an exciting project created in 2024 as part of the Scottish Government’s Whole Family Wellbeing Fund. This project is funded by North Lanarkshire Council providing holistic support for the whole family in local communities/hub areas.
You will play a key role in developing this service, working alongside families and community partners. The service is a collaboration between four charities: Barnardo’s, Home-Start Glasgow North and North Lanarkshire, Action for Children and Impact Arts, and you will work closely with colleagues from these organisations.
This outreach support role covers the North Lanarkshire area, based in or around community hubs/schools/nurseries and family homes. The aim of the service is to enable families (pregnant and/or with children up to age 18 years/26 years for care experienced children) to access supports at the earliest possible time, ensuring a ‘whole family’ and ‘no wrong door’ approach.
The service operates 7 days a week between the hours of 8 am – 8 pm, 365 days per year and is staffed on a rota basis.
The postholder will be required to work at least one evening per week and at least one weekend in four.
A valid UK driving licence and access to a car are essential for the role. The role is initially funded until 31 March 2028.
Do you have what we are looking for?
Would you like to join a vibrant, exciting team working alongside families and volunteers in North Lanarkshire?
Home-Start Glasgow North and North Lanarkshire is a charity making a big impact on families with young children (under 5) in the local area. We are now excited to welcome a new, confident, passionate, and enthusiastic Family Engagement Coordinator to our team who will support the expansion, promotion and delivery of group work in North Lanarkshire.
Day-to-day the Family Engagement Coordinator will be welcoming families into a warm and inclusive space, helping to build strong relationships and attachments through tailored play activities. They will nurture children’s growth and development, offer empathetic support, provide practical help, and guide families to local services when needed. Working across various venues in North Lanarkshire, they will create a safe, supportive environment where families feel valued and connected.
The role is initially funded until 31st March 2027. The project duration is initially for the remainder of 2026-2027 but with an expectation of multi-year funding thereafter (subject to ratification by the Scottish Government).
Do you have what we are looking for?
Are you passionate about tackling inequality, improving financial wellbeing and supporting women affected by economic abuse?
Financially Included is Scotland's emerging specialist economic abuse charity. Over the past five years, we have grown from an innovative local partnership into an established specialist service supporting women affected by financial and economic abuse. Part of GEMAP Scotland and supported by Glasgow Violence Against Women Partnership and a wide range of statutory, voluntary and private sector partners, we are helping shape the response to economic abuse at a local and national level.
We are an ambitious project taking action on the ground to improves the lives of women in Glasgow while campaigning for and being part of wider progress at a national level. We are now seeking an experienced and ambitious Project Manager to lead Financially Included through its next exciting stage of development.
The successful candidate will provide strategic and operational leadership, ensuring high-quality services for women affected by economic abuse while driving forward the development of the national Purple Phone Helpline and strengthening Financially Included's profile as Glasgow's specialist economic abuse advice provider.
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