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 2029.

Reporting to the Our Heritage, Our Future Coordinator, the Our Heritage, Our Future Project Officer will support the project team in delivering a programme of place-based cultural heritage activity as part of the Our Heritage, Our Future: Community, Climate and Heritage Action project.

This project will provide a multi-faceted, community-based approach within communities and across heritage sites throughout Scotland, with the core aims of:

• taking action to conserve and enhance historic monuments,

• engaging with communities to bring heritage to life,

• raising awareness of the importance of conserving heritage, and the benefits heritage can provide for individuals,

• using heritage as a means to enhance a shared sense of place and purpose, and

• creating a lasting legacy of ownership and ongoing heritage conservation.

What you’ll need to have

We are looking for someone with a passion for Scotland’s historic environment and an understanding of the risks posed by the climate emergency.

You will have experience of working in a community setting, supporting learning and coordinating volunteer activity.

Ability to travel.

This post is funded by Historic Environment Scotland and The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players.

About the role

This is a key support role sitting at the heart of everything we do, keeping our projects well resourced, organised, and running smoothly. Day-to-day tasks include:

• Monthly payroll preparation
• Processing income and charges using SAGE
• Invoice preparation and credit control
• Purchasing and procurement support
• Expenses processing and travel bookings
• Financial information for grant claims
• Supporting project budget preparation and maintenance
• Bank reconciliation
• General operational support (annual leave, timesheets, etc.)

About you

We're looking for someone with good attention to detail, strong organisational skills, and a flexible, positive approach. You don't need to tick every box, and training can be provided, but ideally you'll bring some of the following:

• Experience managing a purchasing cycle (invoicing, cost estimates, managing creditors)
• Experience with SAGE accounting software
• Payroll experience
• Experience working with grant-funded projects and financial reporting
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
• An understanding of, and enthusiasm for, ACT's work

You will be delivering our mission to give everyone the chance to feel unstoppable. As a Community & Events Fundraiser you’ll be right at the heart of our team’s efforts to make sure no one affected by spina bifida and hydrocephalus feels alone.

Each year, we aim to raise over £1.2 million through multiple fundraising streams to support our essential services. We have exciting plans to grow our income and service reach over the next four years. Your mission will be bringing communities, local businesses and supporters together to get behind the cause. You will also be recruiting participants for some of Scotland’s most well-known large-scale events run by SBH Scotland – The Strathclyde Zipslide (formerly Zipslide the Clyde), the Falkirk Wheel Abseil and the Port of Leith Abseil.

This is an exciting and creative role where you will work closely with the Community Events Manager to implement your joint fundraising strategies. As you grow your fundraising success, you’ll have the chance to shape your own career path.

A driving licence and access to a car is essential for this role.

What SBH Scotland can offer you

Flexibility – We offer flexible working, including the opportunity to work from home or around caring responsibilities.

Supportive colleagues supporting you to express yourself - Staff scored SBH Scotland 8 out of 10 for being supportive in taking risks with new ideas.

We also offer: Workplace pension scheme; salary sacrifice scheme; death in service benefit; paid Carers Leave; 30 days annual leave entitlement and 4 days Public Holidays; an additional day off for your birthday and wellbeing days.

We welcome applications from disabled people and those with lived experience of disability or caring responsibilities. SBH Scotland is a Real Living Wage and Disability Confident employer.

Reporting to: Challenge Events & Community Fundraising Manager

Place of Work: Hybrid office/home-working model with base being the Dan Young Building, Dullatur G68 0LS. Occasional travel within Scotland to accommodate needs of fundraising.

Working Hours: The role is 28 hours across four or five days (can be discussed). Normal work hours are 9.00am to 4.30pm. The role will necessitate working some hours out with normal office hours, including evenings and some weekends in line with demands of fundraising activities.

You will be delivering our mission to give everyone the chance to feel unstoppable.

As the Challenge Events & Community Fundraising Manager, you’ll be right at the heart of our team’s efforts to make sure no one affected by spina bifida or hydrocephalus feels alone.

Each year, we aim to raise over £1.2 million through multiple fundraising streams to support our essential services. We have exciting plans to grow our income and service reach over the next four years. Your mission will be to generate income by creating partnerships with charities, supporters and community groups. You will lead and line managing the team in innovation and third-party challenge events across Scotland.

You will be leading some of the most high-profile fundraising events in the country, including the Strathclyde Zipslide (formerly Zipslide the Clyde), the Falkirk Wheel Abseil and the Port of Leith Abseil.

This is an exciting and creative role where you will lead the Schools & Community Fundraiser, Events & Community Fundraiser and Fundraising Assistant to implement your joint fundraising strategies.

As you grow your fundraising success, you’ll have the chance to shape your own career path. At SBH Scotland we believe in rewarding success and encouraging staff to fulfil their potential. You’ll also be part of an experienced team to support you every step of the way.

What SBH Scotland can offer you

Flexibility – We offer flexible working, including the opportunity to work from home or around caring responsibilities.

Supportive colleagues supporting you to express yourself – Staff scored SBH Scotland 8 out of 10 for being supportive in taking risks with new ideas.

We also offer: Workplace pension scheme; salary sacrifice scheme; death in service benefit; paid Carers Leave; 30 days annual leave entitlement and 4 days Public Holidays; an additional day off for your birthday and wellbeing days.

We welcome applications from disabled people and those with lived experience of disability or caring responsibilities. SBH Scotland is a Real Living Wage and Disability Confident Employer.

Reporting to: Head of Fundraising and Communications

Place of Work: Hybrid office/home-working model with base being the Dan Young Building, Dullatur G68 0LS. Occasional travel within Scotland to accommodate needs of fundraising.

Working Hours: The role is 35 hours across 5 days (can be discussed). Normal work hours are 9.00am to 4.30pm. The role will necessitate working some hours out with normal office hours, including evening and some weekends.

Salary: £36,139

Driving license and access to a car is essential for this role.

Responsible to: Head of Fundraising and Communications

The vacancy

We are looking for a Vision Information Line Advisor to act as the first point of contact for individuals seeking information and support relating to visual impairment. In this role, you will provide clear, accessible and empathetic guidance to a wide range of callers, including people with visual impairments, their families, carers, employers and healthcare professionals. You will play a key part in helping callers understand the options available to them, offering appropriate advice, referrals or signposting to relevant services. Using your judgement, you will recognise when to involve a specialist or manager to ensure every interaction is safe, accurate and consistent. With a strong understanding of our services and processes, alongside awareness of external resources, you will deliver reliable information and create a positive, supportive experience for every caller.

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 via peopleandculture@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.

The role

Award-winning animal charity Pet Blood Bank UK is recruiting for a Regional Coordinator based in Scotland.

Working closely with the Area Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring the successful coordination of donation sessions within your region. With a regional collection team comprising of between 15-25 Vets, Nurses and Donor Assistants, you will be a key person in building relationships with our venues, increasing donor recruitment and retention, and developing our growing pool of regional volunteers whilst striving to make sure our donation sessions are successful.

Background

Launched in 2007, Pet Blood Bank UK is the only charity that provides a blood bank service for all vets across the UK. As part of our charitable remit, our aim is to advance animal health and welfare and to relieve suffering by providing quick and convenient access to blood. Every unit of blood helps save up to four other lives, saving thousands of lives every year.

Our values

Caring. Pioneering. Real. These are the values Pet Blood Bank UK is built upon. Our values bind us together as a charity and guide everything we do. We expect every team member to know, understand and embody our values, helping to build our reputation as a pioneering, caring and practical charity. Read more about our values.

What you’ll do

As the Regional Coordinator, you will be responsible for ensuring all the relevant tasks and procedures are adhered to, to successfully coordinate donation sessions within your region. This will involve:

Working closely with the Area Manager who will provide support and guidance on this evolving role.

Ongoing development and support of donation sessions within your region, ensuring sessions run as efficiently and effectively as possible, whilst increasing donor recruitment and attendance.

Responsible for ensuring that any feedback is communicated between the Area Manager and the regional clinical team at the earliest opportunity.

Working alongside the Area Manager to ensure the region is meeting the key performance indicators set out for the collection teams, looking at methods to motivate the team and encourage them to achieve the most successful outcome for each potential donor.

Support the building of a volunteer team within the region, develop a pool of volunteers trained to support sessions, events and, where appropriate, the transport of kit and blood.

Organise and manage the rota for your region by liaising with the team to ensure all sessions are fully covered.

Support the co-ordination and maintenance of session kit stored in Dunfermline, collaborating with Loughborough teams to ensure all items remain fit for purpose.

Help organise and attend events to raise awareness of Pet Blood Bank in your region. You will be required to deliver presentations on Pet Blood Bank to potential donor owners, veterinary professionals, and other organisations.

As part of this role, you will be required to build relations with the other departments within Pet Blood Bank and support the communication between the collection team and other departments.

Due to the nature of the work carried out by Pet Blood Bank, flexibility is key to this role. You will be expected to be part of a weekend duty on-call rota (1 in 6 weekends).

What we need

An excellent, confident communicator (written and verbal) who has a proven background working effectively with a variety of people including peers, clients, and volunteers. Good time management, ability to self-motivate, think proactively, and be an enthusiastic team player who strives for continued improvement. Experience of working within or knowledge of the charity sector is beneficial.

We’re looking for someone who:

Has an animal health related qualification, proven experience working with dogs, or holds a veterinary qualification

Has previous team leadership or supervision experience

Experience using Microsoft Office (word, outlook, excel)

Previous experience of working in a remote environment

Holds a full UK driving licence and has access to their own transport

Has a confident and professional manner with the ability to problem solve

Is committed to positive customer experience

Confident engaging and speaking to the public and professionals.

What’s in it for you

In return, we offer full training, competitive salary with pay progression, contributory pension scheme, lifestyle rewards, and 30 days annual holidays (pro rata, including bank holidays).

Further details

This role comprises of 15 hours administration time per week, these hours are hybrid and worked across Monday/Wednesday and Friday, working 5 hours per day you will have flexibility to pick the hours worked between 9am-5pm ensuring the core hours of 10am-12noon are covered. In addition, it includes a minimum of working 12 blood donation sessions annually (average 3/quarter) at varied locations on weekend days. Flexibility around the time work is undertaken is essential as some evening and weekend work will be required. Full training will be given for both the administration role and to perform a team role on a donation session relevant to qualifications.

Living within the region you are supervising is essential, as well as the flexibility to travel and attend sessions across the whole region. Candidates will need to be based within a 30 minute commute of Dunfermline to allow a minimum of once weekly working from our Dunfermline office.

Travel is required within your region to and from donation sessions and our Dunfermline office, a mileage allowance is paid for this, there is no access to a company vehicle. Occasional travel to neighbouring regions or Pet Blood Bank offices (Loughborough) will be required with notice.

Edinburgh University Students' Association is looking to recruit an Officer (Peer Support) to join our Student Opportunities team.

Edinburgh University Students’ Association is an award-winning organisation, which exists to provide diverse services, representation, and welfare support to the community of over 49,500 students at the University of Edinburgh. By providing opportunities, helping to create change and offering support, we're here to help students get the most out of their time in Edinburgh. We have five venues around the University of Edinburgh campus – Teviot, King’s Buildings House, Potterrow, the Pleasance and Edinburgh College of Art’s Wee Red Bar – which house our offices, cafés, bars, clubs, spaces for students to meet, study and socialise. These spaces transform into some of the most well loved Edinburgh Festival Fringe venues throughout the month of August each year.

We are a registered charity and all of the income we generate from our commercial activity goes back in to supporting our members. We’re also an organisation with a strategic commitment to support and empower all our staff, and have some exciting plans for the future. Plus, over 90% of our staff would recommend the Students' Association as a place to work. There's never been a better time to apply and join our organisation.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. Edinburgh University Students’ Association is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

The Student Opportunities team focuses on supporting and developing a wide range of student led activity, and additional opportunities to ensure students have the opportunity to meet each other and have fun; to build community amongst our members; and to support their personal and professional development.

Salary: £29,280 - £30,190 (Band C)

In line with our Pay Policy, the successful candidate will typically be offered the lowest salary band point, dependent on experience.

Plus a generous benefits package:

• 35 days per year holiday entitlement
• Company pension with 14.5% employer contribution
• Enhanced company sick pay, leave and loan policies
• Hybrid working - up to 40% working from home per week
• A comprehensive package of support via our Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to money saving discounts from hundreds of retailers via our Pluxee Discounts Hub
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounts on food and drink across our venues

Hours:37.5 hours per week

Contract: Salaried - Permanent

The Role:

The Officer (Peer Support) will empower students to take a holistic and autonomous approach to community building and facilitate the development and expansion of peer-led activity across the Association and the wider University environment.

This will include:

Supporting school-based peer support programmes of activity in line with the Association’s methodologies and approaches

Leading the annual distribution of grants to students (Student Opportunities Development Fund)

Developing evidence-based guides to support student-led community building and wellbeing activities

Collaborating with departmental colleagues to empower students to lead community building activity (Blether Together)

Working collaboratively with student sabbatical officers, staff, and the wider student body to develop robust, evidence-based plans for future community building events that celebrate the diversity of the student population

Supporting a review of the Association’s contribution to peer mentoring programmes across the university and associated change management plans

This role will also work as part of a team on delivering support for a wider range of student groups and will contribute to our overall objective of providing all students access to diverse, inclusive and innovative activities and developments, in order to enhance their student experience.

You will collaborate with colleagues within Student Opportunities and a variety of other teams across the Association, including planning for Welcome Week, Careers Fairs, National Volunteering Week, Give it A Go, Student Awards etc.

The Person:

You will be a confident and experienced project worker with excellent communication and interpersonal, organisational and IT skills. You will have a proven track record of supporting peer support opportunities for young adults. As the front line of support for our members, you will be a natural people-person with a flair for on-the-spot problem-solving, an ability to stay calm under pressure, and a natural warmth.

You will maintain high expectations of yourself and others, with a passion for supporting students to make connections and grow through wider personal development, who takes pride in your work and that of your team. Customer satisfaction and service excellence will be central to your work with a consistently professional approach to your duties and keen attention to detail.

You will be motivated by working in a complex multi-disciplinary environment, engaging effectively and proactively with all departments across the Association to provide the very best for our members.

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to work with a driven team of social enterprise and community developers in one of Scotland’s most well regarded and effective social enterprise support providers. Community Enterprise Ltd is a well-established third sector support organisation with a progressive outlook and a diverse portfolio.

Demand for our services continues to grow and the sector is moving towards new and innovative models. We are therefore looking to add to our Development Team to meet that demand. The post involves delivering capacity building and business support to a wide range of clients and projects across Scotland. These can range from established social businesses to smaller voluntary sector organisations concerned about their sustainability as well as new and emerging individual social entrepreneurs. We someone who is driven, positive and an innovative solutions focused thinker.

We are keen to enhance the capacity and skillset of our development team where possible by recruiting someone with experience in some or all of the following: finance and financial, impact evaluation, and marketing. The successful candidate will be able to deliver this alongside broader development work.

£38,000 f/t pa. 7.2% Workplace pension employer contribution

Hybrid working model. Minimum one day per week in West Lothian office. Travel throughout Scotland required. The post holder must hold a clean driving license.

The Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights works to eliminate racial discrimination and harassment and to promote racial justice across Scotland. We are looking for an outstanding candidate to take forward our communities and campaigns work.

Key duties include driving CRER’s public education campaigning work (including on Black History in Scotland), and mobilising communities and other stakeholders to engage, empower, educate and advocate for racial equality and social cohesion.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, an understanding of community development and awareness of Black History in a Scottish context. They will have experience in building networks and campaigning. Most importantly, they will have the desire and ability to make a real improvement to racial equality in Scotland.

Care Opinion CIC is an independent, not for profit social enterprise run by a small, committed and passionate team. Our mission is to make it safe and simple for everyone to share their experiences of health and care services in ways which connect people together for change. Inclusion, transparency, integrity and innovation are some of the values which drive what we do and how we do it. We run a feedback website and we work closely with staff in healthcare organisations across the UK and further afield.

We are recruiting an enthusiastic Engagement and Support Officer to be part of our Support Services Team and predominantly across Scotland but will also include projects across the UK and the wider business.

You will join a team responsible for delivering comprehensive support and engagement services to existing Care Opinion subscribers, while supporting the engagement and onboarding of new subscribers across health and social care.

Many of the organisations and teams that Care Opinion works with recognise they would like to do more with online feedback but need support to do this. This involves working with both an executive and operational lead to drive forward their involvement with Care Opinion. Support will be wide ranging; from helping to collate information and working on implementation plans, to supporting individual staff to promote Care Opinion at a local level and respond to online feedback in an open and transparent way.

The post holder must have a passion for harnessing the citizen voice in improving health and adult social care services, as well as share our commitment to delivering a personal and friendly customer service. You must demonstrate commitment to Care Opinion’s vision, mission and values.

Key role areas

The job includes:

Preparing and delivering excellent training to staff from subscribing organisations via webinars and occasional face to face.

Providing quick, constructive and engaging support and inspiration to subscribing organisations on all issues relating to the effective use of their subscription.

Handling queries from other organisations and the public via telephone or email in a friendly and professional manner.

Being the lead contact for a number of subscribing organisations and reporting progress to the Subscriber Services Manager.

Carefully moderating stories/responses and ensuring accurate and speedy publication.• Contributing enthusiastically to sales and marketing planning and activity.

Website administration: diligently updating service tree, maintaining subscriptions, developing and updating site pages.

Proactively seeking customer feedback and using this to contribute to product and service development.

Organising and participating in the delivery of informative subscriber, networking and awareness raising events, both online and occasionally in person.

Contributing to Care Opinion’s social media presence e.g. BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Vimeo.

Working closely with the wider support team to improve service delivery and creative engaging and exciting new initiatives for subscribing organisations.

Carrying out all those necessary little administrative tasks as required.