Shakti is a feminist Black Minority Ethnic voluntary organisation which offers information, advocacy, emotional/practical support and refuge/temporary accommodation to all Black Minority Ethnic women and their children, who are experiencing or fleeing domestic abuse.

Shakti is seeking to recruit an experienced Assistant Finance Worker / SMV Fund Coordinator with relevant accounting qualifications. Your role will involve assisting and supporting the lead Finance Worker to ensure the day-to-day finance and accounts tasks are carried out effectively.

The post holder must have relevant accounting qualifications; have at least 1 year experience of general accounting and reconciliation work to audit level, a sound knowledge of Sage 50 Accounts, Excel, must be IT literate, have good keyboard skills with good planning, organisational and communication skills. The post holder must have knowledge and understanding of no recourse to public funds, domestic abuse and honour-based abuse within Black Minority Ethnic communities.

This is a full-time post compromising of two roles (21 hours per week Assistant Finance Worker and 14hrs per week Supporting Migrant Women (SMV) Fund Coordinator; based in Edinburgh.

We are seeking a person with extensive knowledge and understanding of Anti-Racism and Intersectional EDI to support the further development of the Scottish Environmental EDI Network (SEEN) which is part of our Race Equality Environmental Programme (REEP). SEEN is a wide membership of environmental sector organisations that are committed to developing improved anti-racism and intersectional equality policies and good practices within their organisations. You will therefore need experience in developing anti-racism and intersectional good practice guidance and toolkits such as race / equality policy templates and good practice briefing materials for shared learning.

It would also be highly desirable (though not essential) if your knowledge of anti-racism and intersectional equalities has been developed through experience in delivering race / equalities training and providing consultancy support to organisations.

You will also be responsible for promoting membership to the SEEN, developing SEEN newsletters and developing / updating anti-racism good practice materials on the REEP good practice hub, and so you will require good digital skills, ability to develop newsletters, and working knowledge of uploading materials onto websites / hubs.

If you have a strong passion for anti-racism, intersectional equalities and the environment then this post will an ideal opportunity to help influence and progress race and intersectional equalities within the environmental sector.

Carers of East Lothian is a values driven local charity making a real impact in the community supporting adults who care for family and friends. We have an excellent reputation, gaining recognition through the Carers Trust ‘Excellence for Carers’ Award and have secured the contract to deliver adult carer services across East Lothian for an initial two-year period and a total period of up to six years, to 2031. We are a Carer Positive Exemplary employer, Disability Confident Committed and a Living Wage employer. We are currently recruiting for the following opportunity:

Key Responsibilities:

• Re-establish, champion and promote Respitality as a valued part of Carers of East Lothian’s short breaks offer.

• Build relationships with local hospitality, tourism and leisure businesses, approaching at least one new business each month to secure donated breaks.

• Work with carers to understand their circumstances, preferences and support needs; match them with suitable local or national breaks and assist with bookings, donor communication and referrals where required.

• Develop partnership working with East Lothian Young Carer Service and colleagues to extend appropriate opportunities to young carers and families and, where helpful, combine breaks with other grants.

• Maintain accurate records of enquiries, donations, matches, outcomes, feedback and impact, and provide regular statistics and progress updates for funders and stakeholders.

• Ensure delivery complies with GDPR, confidentiality, safeguarding procedures and organisational policies.

• Contribute to the Respitality Delivery Network, maintain contact with Shared Care Scotland, and support related carer-friendly initiatives including Carer ID Card, Carer Positive and Think Carer training.

• Undertake other reasonable operational duties consistent with the purpose and level of the post.

Flexible working arrangements and 6% matched pension.

If this sounds like the kind of meaningful, varied and enjoyable role you are looking for, please apply and tell us how your skills, experience and enthusiasm would help us develop Respitality for carers in East Lothian.

About Refugee Sanctuary Scotland

Refugee Sanctuary Scotland works to prevent and alleviate destitution and homelessness among people seeking asylum and refugees in Scotland. We provide safe accommodation, practical and financial assistance, access to legal support, advocacy, wellbeing activities and opportunities for people to build greater stability and independence.

Our accommodation programme supports people who have become destitute, including people who have received a negative decision on their asylum claim and have No Recourse to Public Funds.

RSS is now expanding its accommodation work beyond Glasgow and Edinburgh into Aberdeen, where we intend initially to accommodate four people across two two-bedroom flats.

Purpose of the Role

The Ending Destitution Coordinator (EDC) will have day-to-day responsibility for supporting individuals accommodated by RSS in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

The postholder will provide practical, person-centred support, helping residents maintain stable accommodation, access appropriate legal and other specialist services, attend important appointments and work towards positive and sustainable move-on outcomes.

A key element of the role will be supporting the establishment and ongoing delivery of RSS's new accommodation provision in Aberdeen.

Key Responsibilities

Resident Support and Casework

• Act as the principal RSS contact for individuals living in our accommodation.

• Build professional, respectful and trusting relationships with residents, ensuring that dignity, choice and independence remain central to our support.

• Develop and regularly review individual support and move-on plans with each resident.

• Maintain regular contact with residents and undertake scheduled accommodation visits.

• Identify practical, financial, health, wellbeing, safeguarding and other support needs and make appropriate referrals.

• Support residents to understand correspondence and access appointments and services where appropriate.

• Maintain accurate, confidential and up-to-date case records.

• Encourage residents to develop independence and prepare for sustainable move-on from RSS accommodation.

Immigration and Legal Support

• Work closely with residents and their legal representatives to ensure they have access to appropriate immigration and asylum advice.

• Support residents to engage effectively with solicitors and other specialist agencies.

• Help residents gather information and documentation required by their legal representatives where appropriate.

• Monitor progress and significant developments in residents' cases and ensure that changes affecting their accommodation or support needs are communicated appropriately.

• Recognise the boundaries of the role and refer all matters requiring immigration or legal advice to appropriately qualified professionals.

Accommodation

• Oversee the day-to-day wellbeing of residents within RSS accommodation in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

• Conduct regular property visits and identify maintenance, safety or welfare concerns.

• Support residents to understand their responsibilities while living in RSS accommodation.

• Liaise with the Operations Manager and other colleagues regarding repairs, utilities, furnishings and other property-related matters.

• Help ensure accommodation remains safe, welcoming and appropriate for residents.

• Respond appropriately to accommodation-related concerns, disputes or incidents and escalate serious matters to the CEO.

Aberdeen Expansion

The EDC will play a central role in establishing RSS's new accommodation provision in Aberdeen and will support four residents accommodated across two two-bedroom RSS flats in Aberdeen.

A driver with their own vehicle is desirable.

For more information, please download the Person Specification below.

The Senior Legal and Policy Manager leads Together's influencing and scrutiny work and manages the legal and policy team. The postholder supports the Director and Assistant Director’s relationships with the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government, leads our annual State of Children's Rights report and our Implementation Strategy Group, and leads our access to justice work. Through these, the role is central to holding Scotland to account for its implementation of the UNCRC and wider international human rights treaties.

The role oversees the quality of Together’s legal and policy work, including our legal analysis, consultation responses and committee submissions, and assuring the legal content of our training and consultancy. In doing so it ensures that the specialist expertise held in the legal and policy team reaches every part of Together's work.

Working closely with the Director, and alongside the Assistant Director and the Child Rights Implementation Manager, the postholder ensures that learning from our members and from our capacity building work informs Together's influencing, and that our influencing in turn shapes what we offer members.

About Together

Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights) has a vision of Scotland becoming a place where all babies, children and young people can grow up in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding. To achieve this, we work with our membership to take action to ensure that babies, children and young people growing up in Scotland have all their human rights respected, protected, and fulfilled, all the time. Our three strategic priorities reflect a holistic approach to achieving our mission, focusing on proactive measures, responsive actions, and building the strength of the children's rights community to ensure the rights of every baby, child and young person in Scotland. Together is at the forefront of influencing policy, enhancing understanding, and ensuring the integration of children's rights across all aspects of life in Scotland, making us a pivotal voice and authority on children's rights.

Our values

• Courageous: We are independent, and we challenge when we need to. We always stand up for children's human rights.
• Collaborative: We involve, engage, and consult our members, children and young people, parents and carers. We are representative, open, and transparent in all we do.
• Constructive: We do things in a respectful way. We support all those we work with and for to reach their full potential.
• Inclusive: We actively enable everyone to participate equally and with dignity, especially those babies, children and young people whose rights are most at risk.
• Creative: We bring fun and creativity to everything we do, embracing imaginative and innovative thinking.

Following successful incorporation of the UNCRC into Scots law, Together is working to ensure this new law becomes reality for children. The post-holder will play a crucial role in supporting Scotland to implement children’s rights, by supporting adults across Scotland to use law and policy in practical ways.

The Child Rights Implementation Manager leads the planning and delivery of Together's capacity building work, with a particular focus on our Communities of Practice, and leads the growth of our membership. The postholder designs and drives the Community of Practice model and delivers both Communities of Practice, building the capacity of members and public bodies to embed a children's human rights approach in their own practice.

The role requires the confidence to interpret children's human rights law and policy to shape and drive capacity building activity like training, consultancy and Communities of Practice, drawing on the legal and policy team where deeper analysis is needed. This is also the route by which practice evidence reaches Together's influencing work, through the analysis and learning summaries drawn from Together’s capacity building activity.

The postholder works to the Assistant Director, who sets the strategic direction for capacity building and consultancy, and works closely with the Senior Legal and Policy Manager and the Senior Legal and Policy Officer so that evidence and learning move in both directions between Together's two teams.

About Together

Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights) has a vision of Scotland becoming a place where all babies, children and young people can grow up in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding. To achieve this, we work with our membership to take action to ensure that babies, children and young people growing up in Scotland have all their human rights respected, protected, and fulfilled, all the time. Our three strategic priorities reflect a holistic approach to achieving our mission, focusing on proactive measures, responsive actions, and building the strength of the children's rights community to ensure the rights of every baby, child and young person in Scotland. Together is at the forefront of influencing policy, enhancing understanding, and ensuring the integration of children's rights across all aspects of life in Scotland, making us a pivotal voice and authority on children's rights.

Our values

• Courageous: We are independent, and we challenge when we need to. We always stand up for children's human rights.
• Collaborative: We involve, engage, and consult our members, children and young people, parents and carers. We are representative, open, and transparent in all we do.
• Constructive: We do things in a respectful way. We support all those we work with and for to reach their full potential.
• Inclusive: We actively enable everyone to participate equally and with dignity, especially those babies, children and young people whose rights are most at risk.
• Creative: We bring fun and creativity to everything we do, embracing imaginative and innovative thinking.

Help Shape Good Governance at the SLCC

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) is the independent body responsible for handling complaints about legal practitioners in Scotland and providing oversight of the relevant regulatory bodies. We play an important role in maintaining public confidence in legal services and the sector as a whole and are preparing for significant change as we implement the reforms brought in by the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025

We are looking to appoint an Independent External Member to join our Audit & Risk Committee.

This is an opportunity to bring your expertise, insight and independent perspective to support our Board in overseeing governance, risk management, financial stewardship and organisational assurance.

About the Role

The Audit & Risk Committee supports our Board by providing scrutiny, challenge and assurance across a wide range of areas including:

• Governance and accountability
• Risk management and internal control
• Financial reporting and stewardship of levy income and public funds
• Internal and external audit
• Cyber security and information governance
• Business continuity and organisational resilience
• Fraud prevention and whistleblowing
• Health and safety assurance
• Compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements

As an Independent External Member, you will contribute to Committee discussions, review reports and assurance information, ask constructive questions and help the Board gain confidence that risks are being effectively managed and that appropriate controls are in place.

Who We Are Looking For

All applicants should be able to demonstrate:

• experience in at least one relevant area such as governance, audit, risk, finance, compliance, regulation or organisational assurance;
• experience scrutinising complex information and providing constructive challenge;
• sound judgement, independence and integrity; and
• an understanding of effective governance and accountability.

We would particularly welcome experience in:

• audit or accountancy;
• risk management;
• cyber security or information governance;
• health and safety governance;
• regulatory or public-sector environments;
• board or committee membership; or
• organisational, digital or service transformation.
• Operating at senior executive, non-executive, board, committee or an equivalent strategic level.

You do not need to be a lawyer or have worked in legal services.

More important is your ability to analyse information, exercise sound judgement, provide constructive challenge and work collaboratively with Board members and senior staff.

What You'll Bring

You will be able to demonstrate:

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Independence of judgement
• A commitment to integrity, accountability and public service
• The confidence to provide constructive challenge where appropriate
• The ability to work effectively as part of a committee
• Experience of scrutinising complex information, risks and controls, and using that analysis to provide proportionate and constructive challenge.

Time Commitment

The Committee normally meets four times each year, with the option to attend in person or online. Papers are provided in advance. Additional reading or occasional development sessions may be required.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to public service in Scotland, supporting good governance and helping ensure public resources are used effectively and responsibly in what is a key sector for our communities and economy.

You will join an organisation that values openness, integrity, continuous improvement and constructive challenge as we progress much needed reforms in the legal sector.

Remuneration

This role is remunerated at an hourly rate of £35.71 and travel expenses may be claimed.

About LGBT Health and Wellbeing

LGBT Health and Wellbeing was established in 2003 to improve the health, wellbeing, and equality of LGBTQ+ people across Scotland.

We are a national charity providing support services and community spaces that help people stay well, reduce isolation, and feel more connected.

We are recognised as a trusted and credible voice on LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing, particularly in areas such as mental health, trans wellbeing, and the experiences of LGBTQ+ elders.

We are working for a Scotland where LGBTQ+ people are healthier, connected, and able to live well.

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

The Role

We're looking for an experienced fundraiser to help us grow and diversify our income at an important time for LGBT Health and Wellbeing.

Demand for our services continues to grow, whilst the funding environment is becoming increasingly challenging. We have ambitious plans for the future, and building a stronger, more sustainable income base is essential to making those plans a reality.

As our Fundraising and Partnerships Manager, you'll take a hands-on role in securing significant funding, with a particular focus on trusts and foundations and corporate partnerships. You'll build relationships with funders and supporters, identify new opportunities, and develop compelling proposals that help us secure the resources needed to support LGBTQ+ communities across Scotland.

You'll also provide leadership and line management to our Fundraising and Partnerships Coordinator, supporting them to grow our individual giving programme and build a stronger base of regular donors.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive, you'll play an important role in shaping our fundraising approach, taking ownership of income targets, and developing a strong pipeline of opportunities for the future.

About You

We're looking for someone with a proven track record of securing funding and the confidence, creativity, and determination to develop new opportunities.

You'll be an excellent relationship builder and a credible communicator, able to turn ideas into compelling funding proposals and lasting partnerships. You'll be comfortable taking responsibility for delivering results, balancing longer-term planning with the practical work needed to bring funding in.

Above all, you'll share our commitment to LGBTQ+ equality and be motivated by the opportunity to use your fundraising expertise to make a real difference to people's lives.

Join MECOPP & Help support the effective running of Scotland's leading BME carers' organisation.

Minority Ethnic Carers of People Project is Scotland's leading Black and Minority Ethnic carers' organisation. We work to reduce inequalities, improve access to culturally responsive services, and support some of the most marginalised communities across Scotland.

We are seeking a motivated and organised individual to join our team as an Administration & Finance Assistant. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the smooth and effective operation of our organisation by providing high-quality administrative, financial and office support across a range of services and projects.

This varied role will support the day-to-day administration of the organisation, including reception duties, maintaining records and databases, processing financial transactions, supporting meetings and events, and assisting with office management. The successful candidate will have strong administrative and organisational skills, excellent attention to detail, and experience of working in a busy office environment.

The Communications and Campaigns Officer will play a central role in raising awareness of unpaid carers and Carers Trust's work across Scotland. The postholder will develop and deliver engaging communications and campaigns that generate support for unpaid carers, strengthen the profile of Carers Trust Scotland, and showcase the impact of our network of local carer organisations. Working closely with colleagues across Carers Trust, including the UK Communications and Marketing Team, they will help ensure unpaid carer voice is at the heart of our communications, amplifying lived experiences and supporting campaigns that influence change.

This role is central to advancing our mission by increasing understanding of the challenges and contributions of unpaid carers and helping to build support for lasting change. Through effective storytelling, digital content, media activity and stakeholder engagement, the postholder will help ensure carers' voices are heard by decision makers, partners and the wider public. As maternity cover, the role is essential in maintaining continuity and momentum across our communications and campaigning activity during a key period for the organisation, ensuring we continue to raise awareness, influence policy and demonstrate the impact of our work across Scotland.

As the postholder you will:

• Collaborate with colleagues across Carers Trust - including working closely with our UK Communications and Marketing Team - to deliver effective communications and campaigns in Scotland in line with Carers Trust’s strategic plans.

• Support the planning and delivery of annual campaigns, including Young Carers Action Day and parliamentary activities.

• Have a lead role in co-ordinating the day-to-day of Carers Trust Scotland’s online/digital communications.

Please download the recruitment pack below to find out more.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities' employer, Carers Trust is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Carers Trust. Find out more about Working for Carers Trust