We are seeking an experienced buildings manager to oversee Cove Park’s 50-acre site and facilities. The Site, Facilities, & Compliance Manager is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance and safety of Cove Park’s 50-acre site and facilities. This includes health and safety, security, and the servicing of all facilities to ensure they meet the needs of the organisation, our residents, visitors, and team.

Aberlour Sycamore Services- Fort William, is a residential care home for children and young people between the ages of 12 years and 18 years old, helping them to live and grow in a community setting. We work using a Dyadic Developmental Practice model which means that we ensure that the child and their behaviour is understood and the child feels as safe as possible at home, in school and in social activities.

‘Staff have a warm and friendly approach with the young people and there are plenty of organised activities for the young people to take part in’-Child Care professional working with Sycamore Fort William.

What we are looking for....

You will contribute to the leadership, management and development of services for children, young people and families in line with planned objectives and assist with service review and evaluation. You will play an important role in the overall management function of the service.

There will be an expectation that you work part of your hours on a shift rota, that will be Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm with the exception of one back shift per week (2pm to 10pm) and one day of a weekend monthly and be part of the on call rota including every 5th weekend.

You will have relevant experience of working with children and young people with a in a residential or community setting and understand the impact of trauma on social inclusion. You are required to meet the qualifications requirement for this post which is at SCQF Level 8 (eg. HNC, SVQ Level 4). This post requires you to register with the Scottish Social Services Council as a Residential Child Care Worker with Supervisory Responsibilities.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. To have a look at our values to understand more about what we are looking for from our employees click here.

What we offer...

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers. Find out more about our Employee Benefits here and our commitment to Equality and Diversity here.

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About Aberlour Sycamore Inverness…

At Aberlour, we believe that every child deserves the chance to flourish regardless of their background and the circumstances that have brought them to live with Aberlour. The children we support are presently not able to live safely with their own families and many of them have suffered from trauma and loss in their young lives.

Our experienced team seek to create a comfortable home for them where they can grow and flourish, participating in educational and community activities to achieve their goals.

What we are looking for....

We are looking to recruit a Residential Worker to join our team in Inverness, you will work 37.5 hours per week working in a residential house which is home for up to five young people. Our Residential Workers support our young people, helping them to achieve and overcome the challenges they face. At Aberlour, we believe that every child deserves the change to flourish regardless of their background and the circumstances that have brought them to live with Aberlour. Working therapeutically with the young people our aim is to help young people to develop their confidence and self-worth and therefore to maximise their potential and opportunities for living fulfilled and happy lives.

As a Residential Worker, you will play a fundamental role in ensuring that our young people are working towards their goals through supporting them with different daily activities. These activities can include college, different hobbies and attending fun groups. Not without its challenges and demands, this is a highly rewarding role.

This service operates a residential rota and, as part of this, you will be expected to work evenings, weekends, public holidays and sleepovers. Shifts are set monthly, however may be altered to suit the needs of the service.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team.

What we offer...

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers. Find out more about our Employee Benefits and our commitment to Equality and Diversity on our website.

Could you be part of something different? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of the people in our parishes and communities.

This is an exciting opportunity to work across our parish to grow and develop existing and new initiatives. Key areas of focus are children, families and youth work and community engagement.

LEAP Sports is looking for a passionate and motivated Project Officer – Highlands & Moray to lead our OUT and About in the Highlands project.

The project aims to improve the mental wellbeing of LGBTIQ+ people across the Highlands and Moray through sport, physical activity and the outdoors. You’ll work directly with local LGBTIQ+ communities, develop opportunities for people to get active, build partnerships with local organisations and support sports clubs and groups to become more inclusive.

We’re looking for someone with experience of community engagement and partnership working, a strong understanding of equality and LGBTIQ+ inclusion, and a belief in the positive role sport and physical activity can play in health and wellbeing.

The role is 18 hours per week and home-based within the Highlands or Moray, with regular travel across the area. Some evening and weekend work will be required.

About Us:

The Scottish Food Commission was established as a new independent statutory body within the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022. The Commission’s purpose: to provide stewardship and oversight of Scotland’s Good Food Nation ambition, and to support progress towards a fairer, healthier and more sustainable food system for all.

The Commission are now recruiting our first senior staff team. These initial roles will shape how the Commission operates, how it scrutinises evidence and policy, how it engages with relevant authorities and communities, and how it communicates its work with clarity, independence and impact.

We should at the outset make you aware that there is a Programme for Government (PfG) commitment for the Commission to be integrated into Food Standards Scotland, and with this planned integration is the possibility that organisational structures, policies and processes, as well as aspects of the roles may change over time. Whilst we do not expect these changes to be forthcoming imminently, if there are any changes before the appointment start date, these will be communicated with the successful candidate. We do not however expect there to be any changes to the role itself.

Equalities:

The Scottish Food Commission is an inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity, relationship status, disability, age and social class.

We want this recruitment process to be inclusive. Candidates will be invited to tell us about any reasonable adjustments needed in relation to the application process, assessment exercise or interview.

The Role:

The Head of Engagement and Communications is a senior leadership role with responsibility for the Commission’s engagement across the food system particularly with the Relevant Authorities, interested parties’ relationships, public involvement, communications strategy, digital channels, publications and public profile, giving you the opportunity to lead on shaping how a new national body connects with people and organisations across Scotland’s food system. This is a chance to bring strategic communications, relationship-building and public engagement together in a role with real purpose and visibility.

You will ensure the Commission engages diverse perspectives, including relevant authorities, communities, people with lived experience of food-related issues, children and young people, and interested parties across Scotland’s food system. In practice, you will ensure a wide range of voices are heard, including those who are often less involved in decision-making. If you are passionate about inclusive engagement and creating trusted spaces for people to contribute, this role gives you a strong platform to make that happen.

You will lead communications that make the Commission’s work clear, accessible, inclusive and impactful, while safeguarding its statutory independence and reputation as a credible and constructive body. You will help people understand the role of the Commission and its work. You will play an important part in building confidence in the Commission’s independence, credibility and public value.

You will work closely with the Head of Policy and Research to ensure engagement informs scrutiny, evidence, advice and recommendations, and with Corporate Services to ensure publication processes, organisational coordination and corporate requirements are well managed. This means, working collaboratively with colleagues across the senior team, helping to turn engagement insight into practical evidence, advice and recommendations. This is a role where your ability to connect people, ideas and processes will be highly valued.

The role requires excellent engagement, facilitation, relationship-building and strategic communications capability, with strong judgement in handling sensitive or high-profile issues. You can expect to demonstrate your confidence in working with people, ability to navigate complexity with sensitivity and calm judgement, and represent the organisation on issues that matter.

As a member of the Senior Management Team, you will also have an organisational leadership role, working closely with the Chief Executive and other Heads of Function to ensure the Commission is effective, independent, collaborative and influential. Giving you the opportunity to be part of the organisation’s senior leadership from the outset, helping to shape its culture, ways of working and external influence.

So, if you are keen to be our Head of Engagement and Communications and you can display the skills and experience listed here, this is the role you’ve been waiting for.

Further information regarding the role can be found in the recruitment pack and job description

Scottish Food Commission Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days with service, plus Public Holidays
• Flexible working
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Civil service pension scheme – some of the benefits include:
• member contribution rates among the lowest in the public sector
• tax relief on your contributions
• generous employer contributions
• a secure, inflation-proof pension for life, with no investment uncertainty
• the option of tax-free lump sum on retirement
• potential access to ill health and injury benefits if you become too ill to work
• life assurance cover
• benefits for loved ones and dependants
• keeping all your pensions in one place by transferring in a pension you have built up elsewhere

About You:

Some of the skills you will need to be considered as our Head of Engagement and Communications (please refer to job description for full list of criteria):

• A relevant degree or equivalent professional experience
• Experience of leading inclusive engagement and communications
• Awareness of food systems policy context
• Exemplary communication skills
• Experience developing communications strategies, plans, and publications
• Ability to communicate complex issues clearly
• Strong judgement in handling sensitive, high-profile or reputational matters
• Ability to gather, interpret and present engagement insight clearly to inform scrutiny, advice and recommendations
• Understanding of how lived experience, public insight and expert perspectives can inform policy and decisions
• Strong management skills and the ability to lead staff
• Ability to provide organisational leadership
• Experience of business planning and budget management
• Current UK Driving Licence and Willingness to travel
• Permission to work in the UK

JOB PURPOSE

The post‑holder will support the Head of Health & Safety in delivering a comprehensive range of health and safety services across the Highland and Islands region. They will act as the primary point of contact for property management teams within their allocated property portfolio.

A core requirement of the role is to build strong, effective working relationships with management teams at their allocated properties, including the Regional Director, Business Manager and Operations Managers. The post‑holder is expected to respond promptly to requests for support and to be a dependable, readily accessible health & safety professional. They will form a key part of the planning and decision‑making process within their portfolio.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Health & Safety System Monitoring

• Contribute proactively to the Trust’s health & safety agenda by supporting the development, implementation and communication of policies, guidance, and relevant information.

Health & Safety Performance

• Conduct audits to test compliance and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Develop and monitor agreed improvement plans with properties/functions.
• Produce clear, high‑quality audit reports and summaries to inform management of property/function-level performance.

Accident and Incident Investigation

• Carry out thorough investigations into accidents and near misses to identify root causes and recommend measures to prevent recurrence.
• Prepare statistical analyses to identify trends and propose appropriate risk‑mitigation actions.

Identifying Emerging Risks

• Maintain awareness of emerging health & safety risks within the allocated portfolio and consider any wider implications for the Trust.
• Monitor potential risks arising from incidents, legislation changes, enforcement activity, or relevant court cases.

Property Support

• Serve as the first point of contact for specialist health & safety advice within the portfolio.
• Escalate matters of concern to the Head of Health & Safety and relevant regional management when necessary.
• Provide practical, timely, and proportionate advice to property teams.
• Work with Operations Managers and property management to agree improvement areas based on audits, investigations, or policy/legislative updates.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the People Directorate to ensure consistency of approach and the effective use of resources.

Attendance at Meetings

• Attend regional management and property-level meetings as appropriate to report on performance, promote improvement initiatives, and advise on the implications of Trust policies and procedures.

Training and Development

• Identify health & safety training needs and work with the H&S team and People—Training & Organisational Development to meet requirements efficiently.
• Deliver training within the scope of personal competence.
• Evaluate training effectiveness to ensure learning is embedded and performance improvements are sustained.

Risk Management

• Provide relevant data (audit findings, accident/near miss statistics) for the Operational Leadership Group and regional meetings.
• Contribute to the Operational Risk Register where required.
• Support the Head of Health & Safety in proposing appropriate risk‑management measures.

Do you want to be part of something life-changing?

At Columba 1400, our core purpose is to enable young people, especially those from tough realities, and the key adults in their lives to lead lives of purpose, meaning and contribution.

Through values-based leadership experiences, we help people recognise the greatness within themselves and make real lasting change in their lives and communities. Our approach is rooted in our founding principles of the warmth of welcome, the warmth of hospitality and the warmth of being on a shared journey.

If you enjoy bringing people, plans and details together; if you are organised, thoughtful and calm under pressure, then you may be exactly who we are looking for.

What makes this role special?

You will help ensure our Head Teacher Leadership Academies (HTLA) and Key Adults Values-Based Leadership Experiences are planned with care, well organised and delivered with the warmth, quality and attention to detail that matter to Columba 1400.

Working with team members, facilitators and wider partners, you will support planning, communications, practical arrangements, records and follow-up, helping each experience feel thoughtful, welcoming and well-held from preparation through to completion.

About you

You are organised, practical and attentive to detail. You communicate with warmth and clarity, manage priorities well and follow through on agreed actions. You will have an adaptable approach and able to deal with unexpected circumstances and last-minute changes / requests bringing sound judgement, care and accuracy to your work. You will be confident using Microsoft Office to support planning, communication, reporting and record keeping. Experience in operations, administration, coordination or programme support is essential.

Join Our Team as a Customer Service Advisor!

We are seeking two Customer Service Advisors to provide an excellent and consistent service to all internal and external customers, using different communication channels and promoting future digital and ongoing changes within the organisation.

You will provide a first point of contact for all enquiries and to have a vast knowledge of all departments within the organisation ensuring correct and efficient responses are delivered against our agreed service standards and key performance indicators.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain the day-to-day operation of the Cairn Connect service, taking ownership of customer enquiries and ensuring customer information is efficiently and effectively handled within agreed service level agreements to meet the expectations of our customers.
• Assisting in the delivery of key business services, including Income Management payments and administration, Tenancy Services housing enquiries, antisocial behavior, Repairs reporting and invoice administration and general day-to-day business enquiries, where possible offering a first-time resolution service to meet our key performance indicators.
• Delivers a high level of customer service to all internal and external customers using various sources including telephone, email, face to face, webchat and other digital platforms to ensure an excellent customer journey.
• Perform effective data capture/management using various software systems, to enable accurate reporting and monitoring.
• Maintain and assist with partnership working across the group to ensure collaborative working and consistency of service in key areas and to promote a streamlined one team way of working.

Requirements – What We’re Looking For:

• Experience of working in a fast-paced frontline customer Contact Centre.
• Experience of delivering excellent frontline customer service.
• An understanding of effective and best practice in customer service.
• You should be able to demonstrate high level of computer skills and excellent customer care skills
• A Basic Disclosure and Right to work checks are required for this role.

Employee Benefits: Why Cairn is the Best Place to Work

Join Cairn and enjoy a range of benefits including flexible and hybrid working, health and wellness support, tech and cycle schemes, compassionate leave, and more!

Cairn HA is passionate about creating equal opportunities for everyone and warmly invites applications from all community members.