About East Ayrshire Citizens Advice Bureau

East Ayrshire Citizens Advice Bureau is an independent charity providing free, confidential and impartial advice to people across East Ayrshire. We support thousands of local residents every year with issues including debt, benefits, housing, employment and consumer problems.

As demand for advice continues to grow, the Bureau is entering a new phase of development. We are seeking a Business Development Manager to play a key role in strengthening the organisation’s financial sustainability and supporting the strategic development of our services.

Purpose of the Role

The Business Development Manager will lead on identifying, securing and developing funding opportunities to support the Bureau’s work. This will include building relationships with funders, developing compelling funding proposals and creating a clear and sustainable funding strategy for the organisation.

Working closely with the Chief Executive and Board, the postholder will also support the wider development of the Bureau as a resilient and forward-looking organisation, identifying opportunities for service growth, partnership working and innovation within the advice sector.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys combining strategic thinking with practical delivery and who is motivated by strengthening services that make a real difference to people’s lives.

The Scottish Information Commissioner enforces and promotes freedom of information (FOI) law.

Joining one of three teams of FOIOs, you’ll provide essential support to the Commissioner in fulfilling his responsibilities which will include the following:

• Investigating appeals made to the Commissioner
• Drafting decisions on behalf of the Commissioner
• Responding to information requests and subject access requests (relating to casework)
• Promoting good practice to the public and public authorities with advice and guidance about FOI law

You’ll bring:

• Work experience in a relevant discipline
• Excellent writing and communication skills, including the ability to write for, and speak to, a range of audiences
• Strong analytical and research skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Strong time-management skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
• Education to degree level (or equivalent level of skill or knowledge)

We offer:

• Interesting, challenging and varied work.
• Inclusive and supportive team culture.
• Strong leadership and management support.
• Comprehensive onboarding and induction programme.
• Competitive salary £45,428 (gross p.a.) FTE, on a scale rising to £54,166 (gross p.a.) FTE
• Work location in St Andrews, Fife but some hybrid working will be possible
• Flexible working arrangements (applications on a job share basis are welcome).

The Scottish Information Commissioner enforces and promotes freedom of information (FOI) law.

You will join a team that provides support to the Commissioner to fulfil his duties to promote FOI rights and FOI good practice. We support the Commissioner to:

• Engage with key stakeholders and decision makers (including the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government)
• Share widely the learning from our enforcement work
• Develop best practice in access to information held by Scottish public authorities.

This is an exciting time to join the team. Our work is interesting and varied and involves regular contact with the public, public authorities, journalists and non-governmental organisations.

You’ll bring:

• Work experience in a relevant discipline
• Excellent writing, communication and presentational skills, including the ability to write for, and speak to, a range of audiences
• Strong analytical and research skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Strong time-management skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
• Education to degree level (or equivalent level of skill or knowledge)

We offer:

• Interesting, challenging and varied work.
• Inclusive and supportive team culture.
• Strong leadership and management support.
• Comprehensive onboarding and induction programme.
• Competitive salary £45,428 (gross p.a.) FTE, on a scale rising to £54,166 (gross p.a.) FTE
• Work location in St Andrews, Fife but some hybrid working will be possible
• Flexible working arrangements (applications on a job share basis are welcome).

Our Legal Coordinator will play a key role in our work directly assisting solicitors in the provision of our helpline and legal outreach services, assisting with legal casework, information, advice and representation and contributing to our policy work.

A great Legal Co-ordinator is someone that holds a combination of skills, qualities, and behaviours that contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the team they support. We are looking for someone who is a strong communicator who thrives when working as part of a team. As our Legal Co-ordinator you will serve as a point of contact for our clients directly of via our helpline service, we are looking for someone who is empathetic, patient, and supportive.

We are looking for someone who can work independently to complete tasks, and act quickly to find workable solutions in sometimes high-pressure situations. You will be someone who works to high standards and can drive those high standards in others. This role is ideal for someone who is great at managing their time, has rigorous attention to detail and the ability to interpret and analyse data. As this is a new role for Clan it offers lots of opportunity to bring new ideas to the way we work that will enable us to achieve our goals around legal work and our helpline service.

About Clan Childlaw

Clan Childlaw stands with children and young people when they stand up for their rights.

Clan is an award-winning, independent children’s charity that actively supports children and young people to take ownership of their rights.

We are the only charity in Scotland that provides free, independent legal representation exclusively for children and young people, which is child-centred by design. Because our lawyers work directly with children and young people whose lives are affected by legal decisions, we bring that unique practice-based knowledge to every aspect of our work. This includes our specialist training, our helpline supporting others who help children to use their voices and their rights, and our work to influence children’s rights respecting changes to practice, policy and law.

What We Do

We stand with others who help children use their rights – Through our membership and training for legal professionals and in legal education we are making being a “children’s lawyer” an accredited legal skill set in Scotland. Our practical training and helpline and support for advocacy in Children’s Hearings provides adults that support children and young people information and guidance that they can use to empower young people to stand up for their rights.

We stand out through the excellence of our work – We want our work to have as much impact as possible. We listen to what children and young people tell us about what they need from lawyers and others who support them to use their rights. We use what we learn to develop and design the services they need and talk about why young people’s rights matter, and why children and young people need lawyers.

We stand for change – We are lawyers for children and young people representing children and young people in court, at Children’s Hearings, and in important meetings working to give them equal opportunity to heard and use their rights. We take cases that make change for individual children and young people and help shape better rights respecting policy and practice. We use our knowledge of the law, and experience as practising lawyers for children and young people, to ask decision makers and lawmakers to change the law and the way the law is used to make sure that children and young people's rights are respected, protected and fulfilled.

Our Values

Our values are the principles we uphold in all our work, no matter what. They are the foundation of our workplace culture. Everyone who works at Clan shows our values in all they do and say.

We are supportive: We listen and respond, we provide encouragement and emotional help to children and young people, to others who support young people, and to each other.

We are bold: We are confident and courageous in amplifying the voices of children and young people. We are prepared to take risks when we need to, to defend children and young people’s rights.

We are dynamic: We are always active, always progressing. We are positive, full of energy and new ideas. We ask for change where it is needed.

What we can offer you

Clan Childlaw’s mission is very important to us, but our people are important too. We recognise the importance of a good work-life balance and a friendly supportive work environment. We offer:

• 33 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays) increasing to 35 after 2 years’ service
• Auto-enrolment into our pension scheme after 3 months service
• Offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the option to choose the base location that works best for you.
• Flexibility around your working day and the option to work from home some of the time.
• Access to our employee counselling service.

Learning and development is important to us and our team. We hope it’s important to you too. You will be encouraged to engage in learning and continued professional development.

"I have never worked in such a lovely organisation before! I feel valued, seen and heard as an individual here." - A member of the Clan Childlaw team

"I love my job at Clan. It's busy and varied and no two days are ever the same. We have a great team here and everyone is really supportive." - A member of the Clan Childlaw team

Our Administrators play a key role in supporting day-to-day operations of the organisation. Responsibilities span across service delivery, office administration, financial administration and general support. A key aspect of this role includes supporting our Helpline and ensuring compliance with health and safety, financial processes and confidentiality policies.

About Clan Childlaw

Clan wants a Scotland where all children and young people’s rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled. For that to happen, Scotland has to be a place where all children and young people can stand up for their rights. That means children and young people need:

• Lawyers that are experts in working with children
• People around them who can enable them to use their rights and amplify their voices
• To be respected as rights-holders, who are entitled to hold duty-bearers to account if their rights are not fulfilled.

Clan is an award-winning, independent children’s charity that actively supports children and young people to take ownership of their rights. We are the only charity in Scotland that provides free, independent legal representation exclusively for children and young people, which is child-centred by design. Because our lawyers work directly with children and young people whose lives are affected by legal decisions, we bring that unique practice-based knowledge to every aspect of our work. This includes our specialist training, our helpline supporting others who help children to use their voices and their rights, and our work to influence children’s rights respecting changes to practice, policy and law.

What We Do

We stand with others who help children use their rights – Through our membership and training for legal professionals and in legal education we are making being a “children’s lawyer” an accredited legal skill set in Scotland. Our practical training and helpline and support for advocacy in Children’s Hearings provides adults that support children and young people information and guidance that they can use to empower young people to stand up for their rights.

We stand out through the excellence of our work – We want our work to have as much impact as possible. We listen to what children and young people tell us about what they need from lawyers and others who support them to use their rights. We use what we learn to develop and design the services they need and talk about why young people’s rights matter, and why children and young people need lawyers.

We stand for change – We are lawyers for children and young people representing children and young people in court, at Children’s Hearings, and in important meetings working to give them equal opportunity to heard and use their rights. We take cases that make change for individual children and young people and help shape better rights respecting policy and practice. We use our knowledge of the law, and experience as practising lawyers for children and young people, to ask decision makers and lawmakers to change the law and the way the law is used to make sure that children and young people's rights are respected, protected and fulfilled.

Our Values

Our values are the principles we uphold in all our work, no matter what. They are the foundation of our workplace culture. Everyone who works at Clan shows our values in all they do and say.

We are supportive: We listen and respond, we provide encouragement and emotional help to children and young people, to others who support young people, and to each other.

We are bold: We are confident and courageous in amplifying the voices of children and young people. We are prepared to take risks when we need to, to defend children and young people’s rights.

We are dynamic: We are always active, always progressing. We are positive, full of energy and new ideas. We ask for change where it is needed.

"I love my job at Clan. It's busy and varied and no two days are ever the same. We have a great team here and everyone is really supportive." - A member of the Clan Childlaw team

What we can offer you

Clan Childlaw’s mission is very important to us, but our people are important too. We recognise the importance of a good work-life balance and a friendly supportive work environment. We offer:

• 33 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays) increasing to 35 after 2 years’ service
• Auto-enrolment into our pension scheme after 3 months service
• Flexibility around your working day, with the opportunity to work your hours within the hours of 7am to 7pm, and the option to work from home some of your working week.
• Access to our employee counselling service.

Learning and development is important to us and our team. We hope it’s important to you too. You will be encouraged to engage in learning and continued professional development.

"I have never worked in such a lovely organisation before! I feel valued, seen and heard as an individual here." - A member of the Clan Childlaw team

"I love my job at Clan. It's busy and varied and no two days are ever the same. We have a great team here and everyone is really supportive." - A member of the Clan Childlaw team

LGBT Health and Wellbeing is a national charity founded in 2003 with a simple but powerful vision: a Scotland where LGBTQ+ people can thrive and where who we are doesn’t stand in the way of our health, happiness, or full participation in society.

Our mission, rooted in compassion, solidarity, and lived experience, is to provide specialist, life affirming support that meets LGBTQ+ people where they are, and to advocate for a Scotland where everyone can live well and be well, no matter who they are.

You can read more about our work and impact in our latest Impact Report.

The Role

The Fundraising Partnerships Coordinator is a key member of our Partnerships and Communications team, and part of an amazing wider team driven by a shared mission to grow our organisation, increase our reach, and provide safe and affirming spaces and services to Scotland’s LGBTQ+ community.

This is a role that drives unrestricted income by providing support to our fundraisers including individuals, corporate partners and local businesses. You will lead on an exciting calendar of fundraising events and help develop and deliver our future fundraising activity.

You will be involved in helping craft fundraising communications to both new and existing supporters, shape our future fundraising appeals and keep accurate records by owning our fundraising income reporting.

About You

This is an excellent role for someone who enjoys finding and developing new fundraising partnerships with individuals and groups and thrives on chasing and exceeding income targets. We are hoping to find someone with at least 2 years fundraising experience within a charitable organisation or similar, or someone who has been in a role which has helped them develop a similar range of skills and experience.

If you are someone passionate about fundraising, with fantastic planning and organisational skills who thrives in a fast-paced environment, this is the role for you.

The Equality Network works for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, ace and intersex (LGBTQIA+) equality and human rights in Scotland. We strive to be inclusive and open in our work, to challenge discrimination and to consult, involve and inform the individuals and the communities for which we work.

The Equality Network was founded in 1997 as a national organisation working for LGBT rights and equality in Scotland. We are a registered charity governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees. Scottish Trans Alliance has been an Equality Network project since 2007. Scottish Trans works to improve gender identity and gender reassignment equality, rights and inclusion in Scotland.

Partnership is a key part of our approach, and much of what we do involves working in partnership with diverse LGBTQIA+ people, other LGBTQIA+ organisations, and with organisations working in the wider equality and human rights field.

In 2026 we launched our new 3-year Strategy which addresses the current context in which we are working. With increasing risk to LGBTQIA+ protections, inclusion and equality and human rights realisation our work is more important now than ever. There are strategies working counter to our hope for a more inclusive Scotland, ones that sow division. We recognise that collaboration, partnership and coalition building is crucial. Our new strategy lays out how we will move forward, work together to push back, sustain and protect what we have already achieved, and together move towards progressive and meaningful change. You can read that here: Equality Network Strategy 2026-2029

THE ROLE

Working in cooperation with our policy team, comms team, community engagement teams and the Scottish Trans Manager and CEO, the Strategic Partnership and Campaigns Coordinator supports the development and delivery of the Equality Network’s work to improve LGBTQIA+ equality, rights and inclusion in Scotland.

The role’s primary purpose is to build strategic and accessible campaigns and relationships particularly around trans rights. This means that the post-holder will work closely with the Scottish Trans Manager.

The role will involve working with partners, the community, and with those who have influence (including the media) in Scotland and where necessary wider in the UK and internationally where expertise is needed on trans equality and human rights issues and priorities. The aim is to build partnerships and coalitions, change hearts and minds, and to collectively push for progressive change for marginalised LGBTQIA+ people, particularly trans people. This will also involve working with teams and partners on how these campaigns for progressive change can contribute to bettering narratives, particularly around trans people’s equality and human rights.

Our new strategy highlights the vital nature of partnerships in the face of a shared threat. Our partners include all other organisations which provide and advocate for our community as equalities and rights-holders, both those explicitly working for the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community and those who provide and advocate for other marginalised communities, intersectional communities or on issues relevant and pertinent to our community and their lives.

Our key aim with this role is to build effective coalitions in Scotland and to connect with intersecting campaigns to maximise impact.

This new role will work alongside our senior management team and across partner sectors to strategise and push back against current exclusionary policy and harmful narratives around trans people’s human rights.

Resolve ASL Mediation sits as a part of the Services, Participation and Policy department within Children in Scotland, alongside Enquire, the national Additional Support For Learning Helpline, and the Children’s Views Service which supports children with additional support needs to share their views in formal, adult-led disputes. The department also includes our Policy and Participation teams.

Established in 2004, Resolve is currently the largest independent mediation provider to the education community in Scotland. Our service supports parents, carers, children and local authorities to explore options and rebuild relationships in situations where there is disagreement around a child’s education and access to support.

We have a strong reputation built on many years of experience and success helping resolve conflict in education. Our core service has an emphasis on building trust and understanding to promote and support effective relationships and good communication.

Our team has a wide range of knowledge on additional support for learning legislation and the Scottish education landscape. Working with a team of skilled sessional mediators, the service is managed and delivered by the Service Manager and Senior Officer.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Senior Mediator to join our team and help us deliver Resolve’s mediation services across 15 local authorities in Scotland.

As Senior Mediator you will carry a mediation caseload and provide guidance and supervision to our team of sessional mediators and help us continue to promote and develop Resolve as a service. When required you will recruit, train and mentor new sessional mediators.

As required you will support Senior Officer with day-to-day case management to scope out incoming referrals and allocate to the mediators, liaise with parents/carers and local authority representatives, and ensure that all data trackers are kept up to date.

About Children in Scotland

Giving all children in Scotland an equal chance to flourish is at the heart of everything we do.

By bringing together a network of people working with and for children, alongside children and young people themselves, we offer a broad, balanced and independent voice. We create solutions, provide support and develop positive change across all areas affecting children in Scotland. We do this by listening, gathering evidence, and applying and sharing our learning, while always working to uphold children’s rights.

Our range of knowledge and expertise means we can provide trusted support on issues as diverse as the people we work with and the varied lives of children and families in Scotland.

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.

About Intercultural Youth Scotland

Intercultural Youth Scotland (IYS) was founded in 2019 in response to the need for safe spaces where young people could connect, share experiences, and drive meaningful change. Every programme and service we offer has been shaped directly by the voices of the young people we support. What began with a focus on Youth Work has grown to include Education, Advocacy, Employability, and a pioneering Mental Health Service, each designed with the lived experiences of Scotland’s young Black people and young People of Colour at its core.

We are dedicated to amplifying youth voices, challenging systemic racism, and creating spaces where young people feel safe, heard, and empowered.

Our approach is not about ticking boxes - it’s about real change. We don’t do surface-level diversity initiatives. We work directly with young people to dismantle barriers in education, employment, policy, and youth work.

Our work is driven by lived experience, ensuring that the voices of young people not just included but are leading the conversation.

The Role

We are seeking dedicated individuals to join our Board of Trustees to provide strategic oversight and ensure the voices of BPOC young people remain at the heart of everything we do.

We are particularly interested in people with experience in:

• Financial Oversight/Accountancy: Supporting our long-term sustainability.

• Public Policy & Advocacy: Helping us navigate the Scottish political landscape.

• Lived Experience: We strongly encourage young BPOC leaders and those with lived experience of the barriers our community faces to apply.

However, we welcome interest from people of all backgrounds. Different perspectives strengthen our governance, and your experience may be exactly what we need.

Your Commitment

• Quarterly Board meetings (held in Edinburgh/Hybrid).

• Occasional participation in sub-committees or strategic planning days.

• A commitment to the principles of anti-racism and youth empowerment.

Are you passionate about youth work and community development? Can you develop creative workshops for online youth groups? Can you provide goal orientated support for young people? If so, we want to hear from you.

Join our vibrant team of staff and volunteers delivering high quality youth work services supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex young people right across Scotland.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative person to support the delivery of our youth work services in the online and outreach team.

Based in Glasgow you will:

• Develop and deliver an online youth group for LGBTQ+ young in the West of Scotland

• Deliver a programme of outreach sessions across Scotland

• Provide one to one support to LGBTQ+ young people through an asset based coaching model, including delivering our live chat service

This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the forefront of youth work and make a lasting, and sometimes life-saving, impact for LGBTQ+ young people

We want to hear from you if you have:

• A strong foundation in youthwork or CLD.

• A passion for supporting young people to achieve their potential

• An understanding of LGBT identities and the key issues facing LGBTQ+ young people – or a willingness to learn this