About us

For more than 60 years, the Scottish Wildlife Trust has worked with its members, partners and supporters in pursuit of its vision of healthy, resilient ecosystems across Scotland’s land and seas.

The Trust successfully champions the cause of wildlife through policy and campaigning work, demonstrates best practice through practical conservation and innovative partnerships, and inspires people to take positive action through its education and engagement activities. The Trust manages a network of over 100 wildlife reserves across Scotland and is a member of the UK-wide Wildlife Trusts movement.

As Knowledge and Evidence Officer you will…

• Lead on the development of ArcGIS Online (AGOL) tools to support information collection, collation, dissemination and use.
• Manage conservation data throughout the entire data life cycle.
• Manage the data and maps request support service: producing guidance, data analysis, maps and web maps as necessary.
• Train and support staff in the use of Trust systems.
• Maintain the Trust’s conservation data systems, licences, documentation, protocols/guidelines and data holdings.
• Provide open access to appropriate Trust data via the website, AGOL and NBN Atlas.
• Line manage K&E support volunteers.
• Keep informed of data management best practice, policies and initiatives.
• Support the Knowledge and Evidence Manager by proactively managing team structures, processes, and reporting.
• Otherwise as necessary.

The successful candidate will have:

• A relevant degree or at least 2 years of matched professional experience.
• Experience in using ArcGIS Pro to visualise, analyse, edit and share spatial data.
• Experience in ArcGIS Online (AGOL) Apps such as ArcGIS Hub, Survey123, Field Maps, StoryMaps, Dashboards and Experience Builder.
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Experience of training and supporting people with a range of GIS/IT knowledge.
• Experience of Dashboard implementation and reporting techniques.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office 365, particularly Word, Power BI and SharePoint.
• Experience in handling and manipulating complex and varied datasets, including quality assurance.
• Experience in the use of evidence to evaluate and inform decision making.

Independent Age is the national charity focused on improving the lives of people facing financial hardship in later life. We believe no one should face financial hardship in later life.

Our Helpline and expert advisers offer free, practical support to older people without enough money to live on. Through our grants programme, we support hundreds of local organisations working with older people across the UK.

We use the knowledge and insight gained from our support services and partnerships to highlight the issues experienced by older people in poverty and campaign for change.

We would love to find individuals from all walks of life and diverse backgrounds to join us on this journey.

Responsibilities and Person Specification:

This new role is an integral part of the day-to-day delivery of our Advice and Support Service. The service is targeted at older people in or facing financial hardship, and provides information, advice and follow up support relating to a range of issues, including Welfare Benefits, Social Care and Housing.

As an Adviser (Scottish Housing, Social Care and Welfare Benefits) you will be responsible for providing specialist support to older people, their families and carers through our advice service with their enquiries relating to housing and welfare benefits in Scotland as well as providing generalist level support on a range of issues through our duty service.

You should have in depth, specialist level knowledge of Housing or Welfare Benefits in Scotland (ideally both) as they relate to older people, and experience working within a high-volume advice setting and advice supervision framework. We plan to expand our advice offer in Scotland to cover Social Care, so knowledge in this area would also be beneficial. You should be able to travel within Scotland, including to Glasgow and Edinburgh.

For full details on the role and requirements, please review the job description and person specification. If your experience doesn’t align perfectly with all of the criteria in the person specification but you do meet most of them and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply anyway.

This role could be worked full-time, 35 hours per week, which you can choose to work over five days or a 9-day fortnight, or part-time on a minimum of 21 hours per week.

Salary Information:

The salaries below are full-time (35 hours per week) and will be pro-rated if part-time.

London based: £34,493 per year

Homebased: £31,054 per year

What it’s like to work at Independent Age:

We celebrate diversity at Independent Age and champion the differences that make each of us unique. We actively support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. We aim to attract and retain a wide range of talent and create an environment where everyone can feel safe, protected, welcome and included.

We offer great benefits including 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, and fantastic learning and development opportunities. We also offer a number of enhanced leave provisions and benefits.

We know that a good work life balance helps us perform at our best and supports wellbeing. Flexible working hours and hybrid working is standard for all (those contracted to work in the office usually attend 1 day per week). But if you need a different form of flexibility, we are always happy to talk flexible working.

You can find out more about what it’s like to work at Independent Agehere.

About EmilyTest

EmilyTest is a small but impactful Scottish charity dedicated to tackling gender-based violence (GBV) in education. We work with schools, colleges, and universities, helping them develop effective policies, procedures, and practices in GBV prevention, intervention, and support. Our mission is to ensure every young person can live, work, and study free from the harms of GBV.

The Role

We are seeking a full time GBV Training Officer to support the development and delivery of our training programmes.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual with proven experience in delivering, designing and developing engaging training. The postholder will support the Training and Project Development Manager in all training activities, contribute to widening the reach of EmilyTest’s training, and bring creativity and innovation to the design of high-quality, impactful learning resources. They will also support the coordination and delivery of insight and learning sessions linked to the Network and Charter.

Are you a qualified Solicitor who is passionate about standing up for people’s rights and committed to achieving positive outcomes for clients? Then join Shelter as a Solicitor and you could soon be playing a vital role at the heart of our Legal team in Scotland.

About the role

You will work exclusively within our Scottish Legal Aid Board administered Early Resolution and Advice Programme grant funded project. Our solicitors play a fundamental role in increasing access to justice for people who are at risk of losing their home across the Borders and Tayside. You will attend Courts on a weekly basis to provide expert representation to clients facing heritable court eviction and mortgage repossession actions as a result of experiencing debt issues. You will have opportunity to test the law and advance equalities defences in eviction actions. Our Project Solicitors play a crucial role in preventing homelessness across the Borders and Tayside.

Role specifics

We’re looking for a qualified solicitor with a current practising certificate from the Law Society of Scotland and experience of court or tribunal litigation.. Working collaboratively with colleagues across our Early Resolution & Advice Partnership project, you’ll provide high-quality legal advice and representation, including in the Sheriff Court, Sheriff Appeal Court and First Tier Tribunal. You’ll have excellent case management and communication skills, a strong understanding of legal analysis and interpretation, and a passion for social justice, housing rights and delivering meaningful change for people facing the housing emergency.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About the team

Scotland needs a housing system that puts people before profit, delivers a new generation of social homes, and upholds and strengthens housing rights rather than undermining them. Shelter Scotland Housing Law Service works collaboratively with colleagues, partner organisations, and communities to deliver that change.

Our legal team prioritises tackling the root causes of the housing emergency through legal intervention and strategic litigation, that brings about systemic change. We engage in policy and campaigning on housing law and access to justice issues. The team has a strong focus on advancing equalities law and adopts a human rights-based approach in everything that we do.

About Shelter Scotland

Shelter Scotland is Scotland’s national housing and homelessness charity. Our vision is of a home for everyone in Scotland. For over 50 years, the way we drive change has remained the same. We advise and support people in housing need today and use the insight we gain to inform our campaigns to change tomorrow. We also raise professional standards for those working in Scotland’s housing and homelessness sector by offering a broad range of training courses.

Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday thousands of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.

We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.

We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter Scotland. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.

Are you interested in the heritage sector and / or the community sector? Are you a good coordinator, with excellent communication skills and digitally confident?

We are looking for a motivated and well-organised individual to support our team working with communities across Scotland on the sustainable transfer of former places of worship into community ownership.

This role is office-based, working in Edinburgh or Inverness, but with the potential for some home working. Travel throughout the country will also be required

Every day, people living with the impact of stroke are leaving hospital feeling scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to ensure there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Lead Stroke Nurse - Borders, you can be the difference between people simply surviving and people truly living.

This is primarily a home-based role, which can be carried out from locations out with the NHS Borders area. However, occasional travel to meet the Stroke Team in the Borders region will be required, so applicants should be based within a reasonable travelling distance to accommodate this.

You will provide support to service users remotely and lead a team who deliver care across the region.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity supporting people with chest, heart, and stroke conditions to rebuild their lives. Our Stroke Nurse Service, within CHSS Community Healthcare Support Services, provides person-centred, self management-focused support to people and families affected by stroke or TIA.

As Lead Stroke Nurse, you will remotely manage and develop a team of registered Stroke Nurses and Health Care Assistants, ensuring they can provide confidential, independent information, advice, and support to people affected by stroke. You will play a key role in implementing organisational policies, monitoring performance, and driving continuous improvement to support the successful delivery of our No Life Half Lived strategy.

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual with a clinical qualification and registration with a UK clinical body (such as NMC or HCPC), alongside demonstrable management experience. Comprehensive stroke knowledge is essential, and leadership experience is desirable.

The Hospital is situated on the outskirts of Melrose in the Scottish Borders. The Borders covers a large and scenically beautiful area of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Predominately rural, it is historically a unique part of the country, the home of the Border Revivers, where annually each town maintains its links with the past during the season of Common Ridings. Seven-a-side rugby originated in Melrose, and the Melrose event in particular draws large crowds each year. The Borders has tremendous facilities for sport and leisure. Glentress and Innerleithen mountain bike parks are world renowned for both cross-country and downhill biking. The beautiful Berwickshire coast provides options for sea kayaking, surfing, diving and sea fishing. In addition, there are facilities for fishing, golf, swimming, horse riding, cricket, football, hiking and many other activities. Excellent cultural opportunities in terms of music and art societies, drama, and small theatres in Melrose and Selkirk as well as amateur opera. There are excellent restaurants, cinemas and shops. Excellent Fitness Centre in Galashiels and other Borders towns. There is a purpose-built nursery in the grounds of the hospital.

The Scottish Borders offers all the benefits of rural life with very easy access to major cities such as Edinburgh (37 miles) Glasgow (75 miles) Newcastle (75 miles). Edinburgh is renowned for its cultural activities in music, including opera and ballet, theatre, cinemas (including a film theatre) and visual arts, and of course every year there is the world-famous Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe Festival. Local transport links have improved greatly in the last year or so.

The Borders Railway has train services to central Edinburgh running every thirty minutes (journey time 50 minutes approx.). Tweedbank Station is a few minutes’ walk from the Borders General Hospital. There are rail links to the rest of the country at Berwick Upon Tweed, and Carlisle and there is easy access to Edinburgh Airport (approximately 1 hour 15 minutes) and Newcastle Airport (approximately 1 hour 30 minutes).

Mission Statement

Our long-term vision is to end youth homelessness. Our more immediate mission is to ensure that every young person in Scotland has access to expert youth specific services to assist them to avoid, survive, and move on from homelessness; making it rare, brief, and non-recurring.

Context

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing organisation and lead a growing and ambitious Fundraising and Communications (F&C) team.

The primary role of the Fundraising and Communications Manager is to ensure the delivery of all fundraising and communications activity for the organisation, in line with the F&C strategies, policies and procedures.

The F&C manager will have the opportunity to shape our ongoing fundraising strategy, paying particular attention to key growth areas including Individual Giving and Events, while supporting colleagues across multiple other fundraising disciplines.

The F&C Manager holds responsibility for the development and management of our funder relationships with the overall goal of increasing our supporter base and income in line with strategic KPIs. They hold shared responsibility for promoting development, co-operation and efficiency throughout the organisation.

Would you like to join MATRICS and be part of the team that have very recently written and published the Debt Advice handbook for Scotland?

If you understand the Scottish legal system, court procedures and debt recovery and you are a good communicator with considerable experience of delivering money advice at level 2/3 this could be the role for you.

As a Money Advice Consultant, you would be providing a second tier consultancy service to money advisers on issues covering Consumer Credit law, Sequestration and Statutory Scottish debt solutions. You would enjoy the opportunity of designing and developing – and delivering - training materials for e-learning and face to face courses providing a learning pathway through Matrics Learn to embed the Scottish National Standards for money advice and ensure the provision of high quality money advice across Scotland.

Employee benefits

Citizens Advice Scotland offers excellent terms and conditions. We want our people to have a great work life balance and we have designed our working practices and benefits to support this. Here are some of things our employees benefit from: a 35-hour full time working week, 40 days annual leave, genuine flexibility in working hours with a flexi-time system, and hybrid working opportunities for every role.

Citizens Advice Scotland is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies and flexible working arrangements to support all our staff. We are also committed to equality of opportunity for all and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

CAS provides options for hybrid working to allow employees to balance their time attending the office with time working from home. The number of days you will be able to work from home each week will be dependent on your job role and can be discussed as part of the recruitment process.

This is a new role for SCMA with fixed term funding for 2 years until 31st March 2028 in the first instance.

Are you passionate about nurture, high quality childcare and making a real difference to children and families in Scotland? Do you want to be part of SCMA – a thriving membership organisation, advocating on behalf of childminders and delivering services across Scotland?

The Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) is the national voice of childminding in Scotland. SCMA is a national Third Sector and membership organisation that promotes childminding as a quality childcare service. Working on behalf of its 2,500 childminder members, SCMA helps to improve the wellbeing and outcomes for Scotland’s children and aims to influence policy to ensure that it is informed by the experiences of childminding. SCMA provides a wide range of support and professional services for members including training and events as well as delivering local services. For more information about our organisation and services visit childminding.org

We are recruiting an HR Advisor to provide pro-active and experienced HR advice, support and guidance to line managers on all aspects of our employment policies and practices

The successful applicant will be aligned to support the development of the organisations HR function. In this role you will be the first point of contact for managers requiring support, advice and guidance on all HR and employee related matters. We require an HR Advisor who will listen and support our managers and provide sound HR advice by contextualising policy, procedures and best practice. The role would suit someone with extensive HR experience, is confident to deal with the full range of low through to high-risk employee related matters and has up to date employment law knowledge.

The postholder is required to have proven ability to act with discretion and professionalism and to be able to resolve conflict and seek solutions. Enthusiasm, self-motivation, excellent communication and organisational skills are required.

Starting salary - £35,230 - £38,372 (pro rata for part time staff)

The post will be head office/home based, with hybrid working at our Head Office in Stirling.

Equipment will be provided.

We are excited to invite applications from experienced Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioners to apply to join our Distress Brief Intervention service (DBI). FDAMH’s DBI Service works in partnership with front-line agencies (A&E, Primary Care,) as part of a two-tier crisis response service. FDAMH delivers supportive interventions within a defined, and limited timescale, providing compassionate community problem solving support, wellness and distress management planning, supported connections and signposting for a period of up to 14 days.

As a Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner, you will provide person centred, holistic support to individuals referred to the service. Clients may present in crisis, experience emotional distress, or have reduced mental wellbeing.

We are seeking an experienced practitioner who can demonstrate strong knowledge, skills, and a compassionate, professional approach. Using excellent communication skills and a positive, mature attitude, you will support individuals to achieve their identified outcomes while delivering a high-quality service to our clients.

This post will be delivered through a hybrid working model, with an expectation that part of the working week will be office based.