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?

We are recruiting for this post to help us expand the childminding workforce 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 3,000 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

The successful applicant will work to support potential new childminders by delivering a childminding recruitment model in targeted local authority areas. You will work closely with the Workforce Manager, using SCMA’s successful childminding specific model, with the aim of increasing the number of childminders across Scotland.

The postholder is required to have proven ability to prioritise work and forward plan. Enthusiasm, self-motivation, good communication and excellent organisational skills are required.

The post is home/office based, requiring travel and attendance at meetings across the central belt and occasionally wider (including regular attendance at Head Office in Stirling). Equipment and broadband/IT connections will be provided.

As Volunteer Development Officer, you will be responsible for many aspects of volunteer development such as recruitment, induction, training, retention, motivation and engagement. Reporting to the Head of Volunteer Development, your main responsibilities will include:

• Promote volunteering within the organisation
• Plan, organise and monitor volunteering activities to deliver St Andrew’s First Aid’s charitable aims
• Learning and development
• Manage volunteer conduct, addressing problems with performance and ensuring the quality of services are upheld by volunteers
• Promote productive working relationships between volunteers and other stakeholders
• Organise events involving volunteers such as meetings, seminars, forums, internal conferences, promotional events and social events
• Deal with conflict, volunteer conduct issues to mediate and resolve
• To represent the organisation as appropriate at meetings of relevant external stakeholders/organisations/partners
• Support the team in ad hoc administration duties

The full range of tasks can be viewed in the attached job description. This job description describes the practical purpose and main elements of the job. It’s sole purpose is to act as a guide to the nature and main duties of the job as they exist currently, but is not intended as a wholly comprehensive or permanent schedule.

In addition to the duties highlighted, the organisation operates a flexible approach to its activities and the post holder may accordingly be called upon to undertake any other duties from time to time as circumstances warrant.

An element of unsocial hours will be required to be undertaken.

Requirements

This role would best suit an individual with a passion for and experience of volunteering or working in the third sector, or any other relevant experience.

The ideal person will be very people-orientated, pro-active and flexible, empathic, creative, persuasive, resourceful and imaginative.

You’ll be someone who is a real team player who can easily fit in with a diverse team of people. You’ll be outgoing, friendly with good communication skills and be able to fit in wherever the job takes you.

About the Company

“St Andrew’s First Aid is a long-standing charity formed in 1882 as St Andrew’s Ambulance Association by doctors and businessmen in Glasgow who showed concern for the number injuries during the rapid growth of industrial cities.

As Scotland’s leading first aid charity, St Andrew’s First Aid has an impressive country-wide network of First Aiders ready to provide support at hundreds of events. The organisation aims to provide the highest standards of first aid and to share their knowledge through training and education to the public.

In addition to providing first aid services, the charity also runs a number of projects aimed at building strong and safer communities in Scotland. With the Scottish Government they aim to equip 500,000 people with CPR skills, increasing the number of bystanders to help in an emergency thereby increasing the number of survivors.”

To learn more about St Andrew’s First Aid, please visit firstaid.org.uk

Southwest Community Transport was founded in 2009. Following the pandemic our board needs to expand to ensure that the organisation continues to grow and meet demand for our services.

We currently have vacancies for Volunteer Trustees to join our board.

We are a registered charity working with local communities to provide free transport to and from healthcare settings and also a range of minibus transport tailored to meet the needs of local people.

The board normally meet on a quarterly basis with additional sub-committee meetings throughout the year.

Knowledge of the voluntary sector is desirable but not essential. We are particularly looking for individuals with financial/ accounting acumen as our Honorary Treasurer is currently stepping down. We would also would like to attract a number of other people, who might have a range of life skills and experiences and who also want to support our aims including:

• Accountancy
• Digital Marketing
• Human Resources
• Governance in the voluntary sector Commitment to the organisation and a willingness to devote the necessary time and effort
• Good, independent judgement and strategic vision
• An ability to work effectively as a member of a team
• An understanding of the respective roles of the Chair, Directors and Senior Staff

We aim to be an inclusive organisation and would like to have a diverse Board so we particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups.

Levenmouth Foodbank Community Support Project was set up in 2013 by Local Churches in response to local need as part of the Trussell Trust national franchise network of foodbanks. A Christian ethos is central to the work of the project. Current operations include:

• Foodbank
• Café
• Schools Work

We are looking to appoint new Trustees who have good business experience with a particular interest in HR/Managing people and Funding. Prospective applicants are expected to be aware of Charity Trustee legal duties and responsibilities. Training is available to develop personal skills.

Meetings are held bi-monthly and situations arise in which Trustees may be called upon to perform additional tasks.

It is expected that candidates have excellent communication, interpersonal and writing skills with good teamwork and problem-solving abilities.

Board membership is not a remunerated position, however, expenses necessarily incurred in performing Board duties will be reimbursed.

Inverclyde Women’s Aid’s vision is where women, children and young people are free from the threat of abuse, violence or oppression.

Inverclyde Women’s Aid is a charitable organisation dedicated to working towards ending domestic and sexual abuse. We offer a confidential service across Inverclyde to support women, children and young people who are or have experienced domestic and /or sexual abuse.

Are you passionate about helping women, children and young people in Inverclyde? Inverclyde Women’s Aid [IWA] are looking for Trustees to join its Board.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of our feminist governance team supporting and overseeing the development of the organisation to ensure the continued delivery of high quality, responsive services to vulnerable women, children and young people in our area. You do not need to know everything there is to know about domestic and or sexual abuse, but you will need to prove that you are interested in our work, be reliable, action focussed and committed to our principles and values.

We are keen to hear from women, and in particular those who may have experience or skills in the areas of HR, IT, legal, fundraising, marketing, social media and charity governance.

Are you looking for a new challenge?

Would you like to support the delivery of an exciting new project for the local community in the South of Edinburgh?

Gracemount Mansion Development Trust is a (soon to be) local Charity who are in the process of applying to take over ownership of Gracemount House ‘The Mansion’ and the surrounding grounds from the City of Edinburgh Council by way of a Community Asset Transfer.

We have a number of Trustee roles available. Although not critical, ideally you will have an interest in one (or more) of the following:

• delivering great initiatives to meet the needs of the local Community;
• awareness of the Community Asset Transfer process;
• fund raising / contract negotiation;
• heritage sites / property development /design and construction
• forestry / awareness of protected trees / horticulture experience;
• Project Planning / Management;
• Community Involvement and Marketing;
• Governance and Finance.
• Legal

For over 25 years we have provided a safe space for women in Glasgow. The Women’s Centre offers social, therapeutic and educational activities with the aim of empowering women in all aspects of their lives.

We are seeking to appoint new trustees. You will be joining a small, dynamic board which is actively involved in the management, vision, and welfare of the centre. You will be required to attend a board meeting one afternoon per month in the centre, and be actively involved in the work of the centre as required.

We welcome all applications and particularly welcome applications from women with financial, HR, fundraising or legal experience.

The NESCAN Hub is a fast-paced organisation run by a small but committed team dedicated to the creation of a flourishing, connected and sustainable North East Scotland.

We’re looking for an experienced and dynamic individual who is passionate about sustainability, biodiversity and community climate action to join our team.

The Systems and Resources Lead is responsible for ensuring the NESCAN Hub, and its aim, objectives and outcomes are delivered on time, and within scope and budget. The post holder’s role will be to ensure the Hub’s governance structure, policies and procedures are followed, including HR policies and procedures, ICT, and financial budget management. They will also provide advice, support, and guidance to the NESCAN Hub Team and NESCAN members to ensure they meet their objectives. This is a managerial role but will involve ‘on the ground’ work with the NESCAN Hub team and stakeholders, including communities and members of the public across the North East of Scotland.