We are seeking volunteers to join our Board of Trustees. Specifically, we are looking for volunteers to fulfil the role of Chair of the Board and also Treasurer. It’s an exciting time to join our Board as we continue to develop our strategy and target growth in all aspects of our work.

If you are passionate about making a difference in peoples’ lives and want to volunteer your skills and experience, we want to hear from you. This is an opportunity to volunteer for a charity that provides high-quality psychodynamic training and services, aiming to make psychodynamic counselling and therapy, and the theories that inform them, more accessible across Scotland.

Chair

Working closely with the Director and fellow Trustees, the Chair will utilise their skills and experience to lead the Board on matters of governance, ensuring that all activities align with HDS’s charitable aims, publicly stated objectives values and constitution, and that there is appropriate risk management in place (financial and other).

The ideal candidate will have a substantive employment background in one or more of the following areas:

• Psychotherapy and/or counselling
• Financial management and accounting
• Business management
• Governance
• Management within the public or charity sector

Treasurer

The ideal candidate will have substantive employment background in financial management and accounting to fulfil the role of Treasurer of the Board. The postholder will work closely with our Director and provide financial oversight to the management and administration of HDS activities.

In addition to the above, we are looking for someone who has substantive experience in one or more of:

• Business management
• Governance
• Management within the public or charity sector

Role of all Trustees

Our volunteer Trustees contribute significantly to our overall charitable objectives and we value their knowledge and experience. Trustees dedicate time to attend Board meetings (usually six meetings per year). While an in-depth understanding of the theories informing the psychotherapeutic training or work of the organisation is not required, our Trustees should have a grounded belief in the value of high-quality psychotherapy and counselling in effecting change in people's lives.

About HDS

Human Development Scotland (HDS) is a charity that provides high-quality psychodynamic training and therapeutic services, aiming to make psychodynamic counselling and therapy, and the theories that inform them, more accessible across Scotland. Our office is based in Glasgow city centre which includes a Training Suite for our part-time students to receive their teaching, and counselling rooms where some of our therapeutic services operate from.

Are you looking for an exciting new role? Do you want help Roma community members make a difference to their lives and aspirations? Are you passionate about making change happen? Then we really want you to apply for this role!

WHAT WE OFFER

• A meaningful role supporting economic inclusion and empowerment in Glasgow’s Roma communities.
• Flexible working hours and supportive team culture.
• Training and development opportunities.
• The chance to shape a new programme with long-term impact.

This role is part of a new, community-led initiative delivered in partnership between Rom Romeha and Community Renewal Trust, working closely with Glasgow City Council and local employability services.

The project is a new initiative aimed at increasing entrepreneurial opportunities for migrant Roma communities in Glasgow, providing culturally sensitive, multilingual business support, empowering Roma individuals to start and grow their own businesses. This will create a pathway to economic independence, improve social inclusion, and help achieve Glasgow’s Net Zero ambitions by supporting sustainable business practices within the Roma community.

Migrant Roma in Glasgow often face significant challenges in accessing support for entrepreneurship due to cultural misunderstandings, language barriers, and a lack of services tailored to their needs. Roma Start-Ups is a pilot programme designed to provide specialist business support to Roma entrepreneurs in Glasgow, helping them to formalise, grow, and sustain businesses. We will deliver one-to-one and group mentoring, business training, financial literacy support, and access to funding opportunities, ensuring culturally tailored, multilingual services.

This pilot will empower Roma individuals, women, and young entrepreneurs, enabling them to transition from informal trading to registered businesses. Through networking events, pop-up markets, and community engagement, we will create sustainable economic opportunities, breaking down systemic barriers and fostering entrepreneurial inclusion within Glasgow’s diverse communities.

Our great manager Esme, who has seen us through the last three years, is off travelling. This is well deserved after all her hard work and we wish her all the best.

Therefore we are recruiting a new Manager for Auchencairn Community Store and Café.

The ideal applicant should be an enthusiastic, experienced retail/café manager used to managing staff and volunteers. They should be able to work in a fast paced flexible way with a focus on customer relations.

Help us grow the Living Wage movement in Scotland!

We’re excited to share an opportunity to join the Living Wage Scotland team at the Poverty Alliance to help us expand our employer engagement activities and increase our impact.

Living Wage Scotland was established in April 2014 by the Poverty Alliance with the aim of increasing the number of employers in Scotland who are recognised for paying their staff the real Living Wage. It is a partnership with Living Wage Foundation, with the Scottish Government as a key funder.

The high-profile campaign has been hugely successful in accrediting more than 3900 Living Wage employers in Scotland, who have delivered pay uplifts to the real Living Wage to more than 70,000 workers. Almost £600 million in extra wages has gone to low-paid workers in Scotland since the campaign began.

The Living Wage Projects Officer will play a crucial role in retaining and growing the number of Living Wage accredited employers in Scotland and supporting the growth of additional accreditation schemes that support fair work: namely Living Hours and Living Pension accreditation.

We are seeking someone with experience in employer or business engagement with excellent communication and persuasion skills, and a proactive approach to collaboration. The Living Wage Projects Officer will work in a small team to engage with employers in a range of sectors and industries across Scotland to recognise the social value and business benefits of our accreditation schemes. Some travel is required to attend or deliver events, or to meet employers in person where needed.

Highland Action for Little Ones (Halo) was founded to suport local children and families in crisis.

We achieve this by working in partnershhip with statutory agencies and other support services, suppling care packages of clothes, school uniforms, shoes, baby equipment and more to families in need.

Halo also facilitates groups for vulnerable young Mums and their babies, offering weekly support groups.

We are passionate about making a difference in the lives of children in the Highlands and believe that Every Child Deserves to Thrive.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated, creative, and experienced person to join our team. You will have the opportunity to recruit, train, and build a team of volunteers to support our critical work. You will also have the opportunity to be creative with the events we attend, including fundraisers.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Volunteers

• Coordinating the operational needs for volunteers across the charity in consultation with the Operations & Administration Officer.
• Recruit new volunteers to support day-to-day activities and events in alignment with the charity’s goals.
• Oversee volunteer onboarding, induction, and training—ensuring compliance with relevant procedures, including safeguarding and role-specific preparation.
• Ensure volunteers are receiving regular supervision and support during their placement.
• Monitor volunteer satisfaction, provide ongoing recognition, and celebrate volunteer contributions
• Regularly report on the volunteer experience, including both quantitative and qualitative feedback & exit interviews
• Maintain an up-to-date volunteer database and contact list.
• Identify new volunteering opportunities and develop volunteer role descriptions.
• Work effectively to ensure volunteers feel a part of Halo and gain value from their time with us.
• Develop and maintain volunteer policies, role descriptions, and procedures.
• Promote volunteering opportunities through social media, local networks, and community partnerships
• Be the main point of contact to support volunteers, listen to suggestions and/or concerns, and support in resolving any volunteering-related issues or complaints.

Events

• Assist in the development, planning, and delivery of events to support the charity’s objectives, including third-party initiatives.
• Attend and support charity events as required, helping to ensure smooth execution.
• Contribute to post-event feedback and evaluation

General

• Ensure a safe working environment for volunteers by adhering to health and safety procedures.
• Handle enquiries about volunteering via email and phone with professionalism and warmth.
• Provide hands-on support at fundraising and awareness-raising events.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety procedures, maintaining a safe working environment for volunteers
• The above list is not exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such duties as may reasonably be expected.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

The following qualities and skills are essential for this role:

• A real people person: approachable, adaptable, and willing to collaborate while maintaining a supportive and friendly attitude.
• Volunteer Support: A proven track record of working with volunteers within a charitable or community setting and an ability to support, engage, and motivate volunteers
• Availability to work on-site: must be able to work from the office at least ½ day per week flexibly.
• Health and Safety awareness: Knowledge of basic health and safety practices
• Excellent communication skills: strong interpersonal skills, able to liaise with a diverse audience, including colleagues, volunteers, effectively in person, over email, and on the phone.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
• Highly organised: able to manage multiple tasks, conflicting priorities, and work under pressure, and be able to work logically to ensure that all needs are met.
• A creative and proactive ‘can do’ approach to all areas of work.
• Excellent IT skills; confident with Microsoft Office, including Excel, for data tracking and reporting.
• Experience in or familiarity with the voluntary, charity, or non-profit sector.
• Willingness to travel across the Highlands when required.

Desirable

• Understanding of safeguarding practices and experience with PVG checks.
• Experience setting targets or tracking volunteer engagement metrics.
• A full PVG check is necessary for this role.
• A full, clean driving licence is essential for this role.

We are recruiting a dedicated and compassionate Young Carers Pathways Coordinator, to lead the delivery of a vital mentoring initiative supporting young carers aged 12-20 across Aberdeen.

About the role:

The Pathways Coordinator will work at the heart of a collaborative effort between MCR Pathways, the Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership, and all members of the Carers Strategy Implementation Group to identify, engage and empower young carers, particularly those currently hidden from formal support. Through strong partnerships, trauma-informed practice and community-based outreach, the Coordinator will build trusted relationships with young carers, facilitate group and one-to-one sessions and support consistent, life-changing mentor matches that help young people thrive emotionally, socially, and in their education and future pathways.

Key responsibilities:

• Adapt and test the MCR mentoring model for young carers outside of school settings, developing clear methods, structures, and protocols based on a strengths-based and trauma-informed approach.
• Identify, connect with and build trusted relationships with young carers and their families, while also developing and growing new relationships with private, voluntary and statutory organisations to establish effective referral routes.
• Plan and deliver the mentoring programme, customising it to meet young carers' needs and clearly documenting what works and what doesn't.
• Undertake stakeholder engagement activities to develop non-stigmatised referral methods, manage incoming referrals and provide pastoral support to young carers.
• Drive mentor recruitment, deliver effective inductions and core mentor training, and provide ongoing support and development to mentors.
• Maintain accurate programme and quality assurance records, including data on MCR's database and contribute to performance reports and case studies.
• Proactively contribute to securing key performance targets, feed back programme improvement strategies and participate in team and training meetings.

About you:

• Exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships with young people, education colleagues, volunteer mentors, key partners and local employers
• Awareness and understanding of the principles of safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults
• Ability and confidence to present programme information and deliver prepared training sessions to groups
• Ability to work well on own initiative, as part of a team and on a flexible basis in response to young person and organisational need
• An understanding of the challenges and barriers that care-experienced and/or vulnerable young people and young adults may encounter
• Experience or a knowledge of processes to document and evidence good practice and positive outcomes.

You may have experience as a Youth, Community or Advice Worker. You will be an empathetic person who is open minded, non-judgemental, resilient and who is driven to improve outcomes for care experienced and other vulnerable young people.

About MCR Pathways:

MCR Pathways is an award-winning charity established in Glasgow in 2007. Our mentoring programme is now delivered in schools across the whole of Scotland. Our passionate team is dedicated to helping the most vulnerable young people gain self-confidence, identify their skills and recognise and fulfil their potential. Our vision is for all young people to experience equality of education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on school pupils in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression.

We are thrilled to be working with Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership and the Carers Strategy Implementation Group on this new initiative focusing on matching young carers with mentors. MCR Mentors are volunteers who make and experience a life-changing difference. You will be joining a friendly and supportive team who love what they do and enjoy working with each other. We model our values and many of us are also mentors ourselves.

Benefits of working for MCR Pathways include: 33 days annual leave in first year rising to 38 days from 2nd year of employment, additional day off for your birthday, Living Pensions Employer, Life Assurance - 4 x salary.

If you are looking for a rewarding career and to work within an epic team that will help you grow and thrive, then you have come to the right place. Working within our Finance Team you can start your day knowing what you do really does make a difference!

We are looking for a friendly and customer focused individual who can come and join our Finance Team, which is responsible for recording, processing and reconciling Penumbra’s income and expenditure, including sales ledger, credit control, purchase ledger, cash & banking and payroll functions.

As a mental health charity, we really value the wellbeing of our staff. That’s why we want you to know that you’ll be joining a friendly team, who will give you a supportive environment to help you thrive in your role, including all the training you need to feel confident and equipped.

We can offer you a tonne of employee benefits, and we can promise you’ll be inspired by some pretty amazing humans every single day. We will support you on your own career path; developing new skills, accessing formal and informal learning experiences and providing opportunities to put your continual progress into practice.

For more information, including full job description and application/interview guidance, please download our recruitment pack.