Since 1996, Foundation Scotland has distributed significant funding to charities and community groups across the country, creating happier, fairer and more sustainable communities. We support philanthropists to help their personal giving make the most difference, work with donors to invest in community action, and work alongside communities to ensure that local funds are distributed by communities themselves. We also offer social investment opportunities to enable social enterprises, community organisations and charities to grow and deliver positive social impact. For a quick introduction to how we make a difference, watch our animation.

Foundation Scotland is looking for an interim Grants Assessor to join us on a six month fixed term contract. In this role, you’ll review grant applications from charities and community organisations, explore the evidence behind each proposal and assess whether projects are well planned, financially sound and capable of creating meaningful impact.

You’ll balance careful analysis with clear communication, spend time examining budgets, governance and safeguarding information, speaking with applicants where further detail is needed, and producing concise assessment reports. Your evidence based recommendations will help ensure funding decisions are fair, consistent and focused on the needs of communities.

About the role

• Assessing grant applications consistently and proportionately, considering organisational strength, community need, project design and potential impact.
• Review budgets, governance, safeguarding and other due diligence information.
• Write clear assessment reports and make well-reasoned funding recommendations.
• Communicate professionally with applicants to clarify information and manage assessments to agreed timescales.

What you’ll bring

• Experience assessing funding applications, grants or similar decision-making processes.
• Strong analytical skills and confidence reviewing budgets and financial information.
• Excellent written communication, sound judgement and close attention to detail.
• An understanding of Scotland’s voluntary and community sector and the ability to build positive stakeholder relationships.

More information about the role can be found in the Grants Assessor Role.pdf profile.

If you are motivated by purposeful work and enjoy turning complex information into balanced decisions, we’d love to hear from you.

Please note, this is a six-month fixed-term contract position.

We can be flexible on hours and working pattern so please speak to us about what might suit you best.

Sacro is a Scottish community justice organisation with a powerful purpose: to help people move forward, rebuild lives and create safer communities. For 55 years, we have delivered innovative services across Community Justice, Community Safety and Public Protection, supporting people affected by harm, conflict and offending.

Joining Sacro means being part of work that offers hope, protection and real opportunities for positive change.

We’re proud to be recognised as:

• Investing in Volunteers accredited
• Investors in People Gold
• A Living Wage Employer
• A Disability Confident Committed employer

About the Role

We’re seeking a Justice Worker to join a new Scottish Government-funded Bail Support pilot programme. This is a unique opportunity to help shape and deliver a new service that aims to improve outcomes for people involved in the justice system while contributing to safe and stronger communities across Scotland.

Working with people assessed by Justice Social Work as suitable for supervised bail, but who have instead been granted bail without supervision, you will provide practical, person-centred support to help them understand and comply with their bail conditions.

You will work collaboratively with Justice Social Work and a range of partner agencies to help individuals access the services and support they need to improve their wellbeing and deliver positive longer-term changes.

As part of an overall 18-month pilot, the successful candidate will join the service in October for an initial 15 months, with referrals expected to commence in November. While funding is currently in place for the pilot period, there is potential for the service to continue beyond this timeframe.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day service delivery, including case management, engaging compassionately with people supported, working in partnership and enabling connection with local support and communities.
• Assess risk and need, produce clear reports, maintain case records and effectively manage competing priorities.
• Develop tailored intervention and action plans to support positive outcomes across a range of person-centred needs including accommodation, education, employment, life skills, wellbeing, health, relationships and substance misuse.

Required Skills & Experience

• A valid driving license and access to a car are essential for this post
• Experience of supporting people who have a history of offending behaviour and/or substance misuse
• Proven ability to build and maintain effective multi-agency partnerships.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet competing demands.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle, with the ability to travel as required.

Benefits

At Sacro, we know our people are our greatest asset. That’s why we offer a competitive benefits package, including:

• Flexible working options
• 8% employer pension contribution
• 31 days’ annual leave + bonus birthday off
• Enhanced family-friendly policies
• Enhanced company sick pay

Plus, a range of additional benefits, including death in service cover, cycle to work scheme, wellbeing support and everyday shopping discounts.

Fife Women’s Aid are looking for an additional full-time member of staff to increase the capacity of our existing MARAC team, working with women experiencing domestic abuse who are at high levels of risk.

If you want to help make a difference in the lives of women, children and young people with experience of domestic abuse, have direct experience of providing one to one person-centred support, an understanding of the causes and impacts of domestic abuse along with good interpersonal skills then you may be the person we are looking for. Applicants will have at least 2 years’ experience of working in a support or advocacy role. The MARAC team is a small supportive team with a wealth of experience to share with new workers. Training will also be provided for the successful candidates.

The successful applicant(s) will have at least SVQ Level III or equivalent level of qualification in social care or other relevant subject, or equivalent experience and willingness to work towards a qualification.

Please join us for an online session to find out more about FWA MARAC service. This will be at 6.30pm on Monday 19th October. Please confirm your attendance to info@fifewomensaid.org.uk and we will send you details of the zoom meeting. We hope to see you there.

Fife Women’s Aid is a feminist organisation and strives to be a supportive and empowering employer offering competitive terms and conditions.

Membership of Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme is a requirement for this post.

If you would like further information about the post, please contact Claire Rigby, Team Manager at claire.rigby@fifewomensaid.org.uk.

At Waverley Housing, we are committed to providing great homes and great services to our customers across the Scottish Borders.

We are looking for an experienced, motivated and customer-focused Housing Officer to provide a comprehensive housing and tenancy management service. This is a varied frontline role in which you will work closely with tenants, colleagues and partner organisations to sustain tenancies, protect rental income and help create safe, well-managed neighbourhoods.

You will manage your own workload and make sound day-to-day decisions within the relevant legal and regulatory framework. The role involves regular travel across our communities and visits to tenants in their homes, including responding calmly and professionally to complex or sensitive situations.

What you will be doing

• Managing tenancies and estates, ensuring tenancy conditions are understood and upheld.
• Preventing, managing and recovering rent arrears while supporting tenants to sustain their homes.
• Investigating anti-social behaviour complaints and neighbourhood disputes and working with partners to reach appropriate resolutions.
• Supporting the re-let of homes through accompanied viewings, tenancy sign-ups and settling-in or sustainability visits.
• Managing competing priorities, maintaining accurate records and contributing to performance targets and continuous improvement.
• Sharing knowledge and working collaboratively with Housing Assistants and colleagues across Waverley Housing.

What we are looking for

• Significant experience in a housing management role or a broadly similar customer-facing role.
• Knowledge of relevant housing and benefits legislation, with the confidence to apply tenancy and management conditions fairly and consistently.
• Strong communication, judgement and problem-solving skills, including the ability to handle contentious and sensitive issues.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills, with the ability to work independently, meet deadlines and balance competing priorities.
• A full driving licence.

Why join Waverley Housing

This is an opportunity to make a visible difference to tenants and communities across the Scottish Borders. You will join a supportive team, work in a role with real variety and responsibility, and have opportunities to develop your professional knowledge and housing career.

If you share our commitment to delivering responsive, fair and effective services, we would be pleased to hear from you.

Join Our Growing Team

As our organisation continues to grow and develop, we are expanding our team and are delighted to be recruiting for a number of new roles, including the introduction of a dedicated Administration function.

Our new team will provide high-quality, consistent administrative support to our Chief Executive, Senior Leadership Team and wider organisation, helping teams to work effectively, streamline processes and focus on delivering our charitable objectives.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a purpose-driven organisation at a time of positive development and growth, where your skills and contribution will directly support the delivery of our services and make a meaningful difference to the people and communities we support.

We are seeking an organised, proactive and customer-focused Administrator to provide high quality support across Beatson Cancer Charity and help drive an efficient, professional administration service.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join Beatson Cancer Charity in a newly created Administrator role within a developing centralised administration function. Reporting to the Administration Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring colleagues across the organisation receive consistent, responsive and professional administrative support.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing efficient administrative support to the Administration Manager and wider teams.
• Coordinating meetings, preparing agendas, taking minutes and monitoring actions.
• Preparing, formatting and maintaining documents, reports, correspondence and templates.
• Maintaining accurate records, trackers, filing systems and databases.
• Supporting document management systems and administrative procedures.
• Welcoming visitors and answering telephone enquiries.
• Providing reception cover when required.
• Ordering office supplies and supporting general office administration.
• Using Microsoft Office and digital systems for scheduling, record keeping and communication.
• Assisting with continuous improvement of administrative processes.
• Handling confidential information appropriately.
• Working collaboratively across teams.

Benefits

• 40 days annual leave including Public Holidays.
• Generous pension scheme with 7% employer and 3% employee contributions.
• Supportive and collaborative working environment.
• Learning and development opportunities.
• Opportunity to make a genuine difference to people affected by cancer.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme providing 24/7 confidential wellbeing, financial and legal support.

About you

You will have:

• Minimum of 2 years' administrative experience in a busy and professional environment.
• Proven experience in:
  • Taking accurate minutes.
  • Recording actions.
  • Producing clear meeting documentation.
• Confident user of Microsoft Office applications, including:
  • Outlook
  • Word
  • Excel
  • Teams
• Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail.
• Effective communication skills.
• Proactive, reliable, and able to work effectively both independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
• Able to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
• Committed to maintaining confidentiality at all times.

About Beatson Cancer Charity

Beatson Cancer Charity supports and enhances the treatment, care and wellbeing of current, former and future cancer patients and their families. Working in partnership with the NHS, The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre and all related facilities. We also offer the wider community a unique opportunity to contribute to the advancement of cancer care.

Other roles you may have experience of could include:

Administrative Assistant, Office Administrator, Business Support Administrator, Office Assistant, Team Administrator, Executive Assistant, Clerical Assistant, Reception Administrator, Coordinator, Business Support Officer and Operations Administrator.

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 an Impact and Evaluation Officer you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living. You will be part of Scotland’s leading health charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid to live life to the full again.

What the role will involve

The role's purpose is to provide support across CHSS’s impact and evaluation framework, helping to strengthen how the charity understands, demonstrates and improves the difference it makes for people with our conditions.

Working directly with the Impact and Evaluation Manager, the postholder will support the consistent application of evaluation practice, use of insight and outcome reporting across CHSS. The role will support teams with evaluation planning, data collection, analysis and reporting.

A core component of the role will be supporting the Service Delivery team to maintain high quality and effective insights for the Community Healthcare Support Service Model. The postholder will maintain strong engagement with the Service Delivery team and response rates from service users, ensuring that everyone who accesses our services has an opportunity to feedback on their outcomes and experiences.

Benefits of working with us

CHSS offers a shorter full-time working week of 32.5 hours alongside a range 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.

The STAR Centre is seeking two full-time Outreach Support and Advocacy Workers (35 hours per week) who will work across North and South Ayrshire, with one worker based in each area. Full details of the requirements for these posts are contained in the application packs.

This is an essential car user post. Only applicants who have a full, clean drivers licence and the use of a car for the workday will be considered.

At Teens+, we support young adults with additional support needs to reach their potential through person-centred education, and the development of life and social skills.

Due to continued growth, we are looking for passionate and motivated individuals to join our Project Worker team.

You will work alongside our Centre Manager, Education Team and Senior Project Workers to support and develop our students - each with their own strengths, talents and support needs. This is a rewarding role where you can make a real difference in people’s lives while helping them build skills for the future.

Our values

• Tailored – We put people at the centre of everything we do
• Humour – We believe positivity and enjoyment help people thrive
• Resilience – We embrace challenges with confidence and creativity
• Integrity – We act with passion and professionalism
• Value – We respect and celebrate differences
• Empathy – Compassion is at the heart of our work

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

What we offer

• 36 days’ holiday (increasing to 40 in line with length of service)
• Discounted gym membership (Edinburgh Leisure Community Access Programme)
• Free breakfast and lunch
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
• Confidential employee counselling service
• Full training and ongoing development opportunities

The vacancy

To provide in-person, practical support for people with visual impairment, including veterans, to help them maintain or regain independence and participate in their community. Working within agreed care plans and organisational protocols, the role supports clients to access services, build confidence, and progress towards agreed goals.

You don’t need to meet every single requirement to be a great candidate. Most people learn parts of the job once they’re in post, so if a role interests you and you believe you could grow into it, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re committed to fair, accessible recruitment. If you need any adjustments, like extra time, a different format, or other support, at any stage of the process, just let us know. Please contact People and Culture on 0131 378 2793 or via people@sightscotland.org.uk who can arrange for any support you need.

About us

For more than 230 years we've been supporting and empowering people with sight loss to live fulfilling lives. We’re proud of what we’ve achieved, but we want to do more. We will build on our rich history to create an organisation which is prepared for the future, and ready to respond to the needs of people impacted by vision loss.

Our vision is bold. We want to be at the leading edge of positive societal change by:

• Investing our funds in the support that makes the biggest difference
• Putting our community at the heart of what we do
• Campaigning for change
• Accelerating prevention and treatment of eye conditions
• Fostering a collaborative culture of innovation and learning

We're determined that no-one should face sight loss alone. We're committed to improving, diversifying and growing our services to make sure we can reach many more people with sight loss - when and where they need us.

Our organisational values - Transform, Unite and Thrive - underpin all the work we do at Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans.

Benefits

• Generous employee pension scheme
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Employee assistance programme
• Discounted cinema tickets
• Discounts for
• carers

Could you play a vital role within our national Support Line, helping deliver Scotland's mission to eradicate child poverty?

Join Children First and be part of a once in a generation transformation in how families access help to alleviate crisis, prevent harm and build long term stability to break the cycle of child poverty.

Funded by the Scottish Government, we are doubling the size of our Support Line with the aim of supporting 7,500 more families across Scotland in the first year. Through this investment, we are creating an accessible national front door to family support, ensuring families can access practical, emotional and financial help when they need it most.

As Scotland's national children's charity, we've been preventing harm, supporting recovery and driving change since 1884. Our ambitious plans build on decades of experience delivering cash-first, short, medium and long-term holistic support to families living in, or at risk of, poverty.

We're looking for passionate, talented and ambitious professionals to join our growing team and help shape the future of family support in Scotland.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to lead the direction, development and quality assurance of Children First's Welfare Benefits and Debt Advice Service.

As Senior Money Advisor, you will provide leadership, supervision and support to a team of advisers, ensuring families receive high-quality welfare benefits, debt and financial wellbeing advice that improves outcomes for children and reduces the impact of poverty.

Alongside leading a team, you will maintain a small caseload of complex cases, providing specialist welfare benefits and debt advice, supporting Social Security appeals and working directly with families experiencing financial hardship. You will help families maximise income, manage debt, access entitlements and build greater financial resilience.

Working across Children First and alongside external partners, you will contribute to service development, quality assurance, partnership working and continuous improvement, ensuring our financial wellbeing services remain accessible, effective and impactful for families across Scotland.

Why This Role Matters

Poverty remains one of the greatest threats to childhood in Scotland.

At Children First, we know that financial hardship affects every aspect of family life. By providing timely, expert advice and support, we can help alleviate crisis, strengthen family wellbeing and create better outcomes for children.

As Senior Money Advisor, your expertise will directly contribute to our ambition to reduce child poverty and ensure families have access to the support they need to thrive

What We're Looking For

We're looking for an experienced and values-driven leader with a strong background in welfare benefits and debt advice who is passionate about reducing child poverty and improving outcomes for children and families.

You will bring:

• Significant experience providing welfare benefits and debt advice.
• Experience leading, supervising or developing staff and advisers.
• Strong knowledge of social security systems, welfare benefits and debt management.
• The ability to manage complex casework and provide specialist advice.
• Excellent coaching, communication and relationship-building skills.
• Experience working collaboratively with a range of partners and stakeholders.
• A commitment to high-quality advice practice, continuous improvement and relational working.
• The ability to lead through change while maintaining service quality and compliance standards.

Above all, you will share our commitment to putting children at the heart of everything we do.

Our Values

Everything we do is guided by our values:

With Love

We put children first with compassion and kindness.

With Purpose

We work alongside families and partners to transform children's lives together.

With Strength

We do whatever it takes to protect Scotland's children.

What You'll Get From Us

At Children First, you'll be part of a values-led organisation committed to supporting and developing our people.

We offer:

• 40 days annual leave, inclusive of public holidays.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
• Access to Westfield Health and wellbeing support.
• Blue Light Card discounts.
• A Fair Work accredited workplace.
• Ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.
• The opportunity to help shape a national service that is transforming how families access support across Scotland.

Join Us

If you share our belief that every child in Scotland can grow up free from poverty and are committed to making it happen, we want to hear from you.

Together, we can alleviate crisis, prevent harm, strengthen families and create brighter futures for children across Scotland.