Are you an experienced money/debt or housing, supervisor or trainer interested in making a difference?

If you are, would you like to become a Scottish National Standards for Information and Advice Providers (SNSIAP) peer reviewer?

Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) are recruiting new SNSIAP peer reviewers in money/debt and housing. We are looking for people who are confident in their subject knowledge of housing or money/debt advice who can be objective about other people’s work and who appreciate that there are many different ways of delivering quality advice.

You must work in Scotland, have good written English and be able to make and justify difficult decisions; be open and responsive to constructive feedback and be able to give the same feedback to others. Attention to detail and good time management skills are also essential.

Please read the Peer reviewer specification for further detail about the role.

This is a unique opportunity to influence positive change for blind and partially sighted people across Scotland. You’ll be supporting partnership working with the third sector, government, health and social care and academia through Vision Collaborative Scotland and other joint initiatives. Join Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans to help drive impactful projects, develop your professional network and play a key role in shaping the future of the vision impairment sector.

What does a day in this role look like?

The Strategic Partnership Specialist works closely with the Head of Strategic Partnerships to build and maintain relationships across third sector partners, government, health and social care and academia, to support collaborative projects that improve outcomes for people with vision impairment across Scotland. A typical day may involve co-ordinating Vision Collaborative Scotland activity, engaging with partners, organising meetings and events, undertaking research, preparing reports and presentations, supporting workforce development initiatives, and ensuring partnership actions and projects are delivered effectively and on schedule.

What development opportunities are available within the role?

Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans provide a wide range of training opportunities to support your career development. In this role, you’ll have the chance to support meetings with Scottish Ministers, third sector leaders and academic institutions, while building skills in research policy, programme development, communications and influencing. You will represent the charities at events and get involved in large-scale impactful projects which will shape the future of the vision impairment sector in Scotland.

What is expected of you within this role?

A motivated and organised person, you will work collaboratively with colleagues and partners to build positive relationships, co-ordinate activity and maintain momentum. You will use your great communication skills adaptably, building trust with partners. A self-starter, you’ll be expected to work independently and collaboratively and adopt a solution-focused approach to balancing priorities and outcomes.

Summary of requirements of the role

Essential

• Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships and stakeholder relationships.
• Understanding of the vision impairment, sensory impairment or similar sector.
• Experience of coordinating projects or collaborative activity involving multiple stakeholders.
• Experience of undertaking research and bringing together information from a range of sources.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage different audiences.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, work collaboratively and deliver activity to agreed timescales.

Desirable

• Experience of working in the charity or voluntary sector.
• Experience of working with Government, public sector, health and social care or academic organisations.
• Experience of policy, workforce development or professional education initiatives.
• Experience of managing website or social media content.

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 on 0131 378 2793 or 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.

Benefits

• Generous employee pension scheme
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Employee assistance programme
• Discounted cinema tickets
• Discounts for carers

Established in 1944, One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS) is the leading charity working with single parent families in Scotland. We provide expert advice, practical support and campaign with parents to make their voices heard to change the systems, policies and attitudes that disadvantage single parent families. We work alongside single parents and their families, placing them at the centre of everything we do. Creating ways to overcome barriers, changing their lives and

fulfilling their potential. We also celebrate the many achievements of single parents and their children.

Our vision is to see a Scotland where single parent families are celebrated in all their diversity, are treated fairly and live free from discrimination and poverty. Our mission is to amplify the voices of single parent families in their unique role as sole carers and providers and together challenge stigma, poverty and inequality to achieve change.

Our values are trust, equity, justice, collaboration and compassion. These are the principles or standards that we consider important in life. They shape behaviour and guide our decisions and actions.

Our strategic objectives shape and guide all roles at OPFS. They are the pillars that underpin all our work. We all will:

1. Support single parents to build on their strengths and attributes to achieve their goals.
2. Strengthen single parent families’ wellbeing, enabling children to be happy and thrive.
3. Influence policies to eradicate child poverty taking an intersectional, equalities approach to policy making.
4. Involve single parents, experts by experience, to co-produce OPFS services and policy priorities.
5. Challenge societal attitudes and behaviours to fully support and respect single parent families.

About this role

We're looking for an experience Research Officer to join our Policy, Participation and External Relations team. This is an exciting opportunity to drive forward research projects, produce compelling findings, recommendations and high quality impact reports and webinars that bring our findings to life. We're looking for a creative and insightful person who is passionate about creating a Scotland where single parent families can thrive.

For more information, please download the Job Description & Person Specification below.

Every day, people across Scotland are adjusting to life following a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition, after experiencing a stroke or dealing with Long Covid. At Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS), Scotland's leading health charity, we're working to ensure there is No Life Half Lived, and you could play a vital role in making that happen.

We provide a range of services, notably through our Community Healthcare Support Service, which delivers supported self-management and recovery services across Scotland.

By joining CHSS as Data Governance Lead, you’ll have a real opportunity to help people move beyond simply surviving, towards managing their health, regaining confidence and independence and connecting with their communities.

About the Role

As our Data Governance Lead, you’ll play a key role in helping CHSS manage and use data responsibly, ensuring the people we support, volunteers and colleagues can trust us with their information.

Working across the organisation, you’ll lead the day-to-day delivery of our data governance and data protection activities, including UK GDPR compliance, DPIAs, data sharing, consent, information assets, data quality and AI governance. You’ll also act as the main internal contact for our external Data Protection Officer and provide clear, practical advice to colleagues on data protection and governance matters.

This is a great opportunity for someone with strong data protection or information governance experience who enjoys turning complex requirements into practical solutions. You’ll help embed good governance into projects and systems from the start, support colleagues to use data safely and confidently, and help CHSS continue to improve how we manage and protect information across the organisation.

Why Join CHSS?

At CHSS, you'll be joining a charity where your work has a genuine impact on people's lives across Scotland.

Our colleagues describe working at CHSS as rewarding, fulfilling, impactful, friendly and inclusive, reflecting both the purpose of our work and the supportive culture we continue to build together.

We value people with different experiences, skills and perspectives. Our colleagues join us at many stages of their careers, from those taking their first steps into employment, to professionals seeking a new challenge, people changing sectors, and those looking to use their experience in a purpose-driven organisation. What unites us is a shared commitment to improving the lives of people across Scotland.

What We Can Offer You

Working at CHSS means being part of a passionate organisation that makes a real difference every day. We offer:

- A rewarding, positive and supportive work environment

- Company pension scheme

- Generous annual leave entitlement

- Company sick pay scheme

- Employee wellbeing support

- Life assurance

For full range of our benefits, please see the Benefit Summary document attached to our advert.

Flexible Working

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”. While we encourage flexibility wherever possible, please note that our Retail Shop roles operate within set business hours of 10:00 am to 5:00 pm to meet the needs of the business.

Safeguarding and Equality

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check.

CHSS is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and to creating an environment free from unlawful discrimination. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates and aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or colleague is treated unfairly because of their background or circumstances.

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.

We’re looking for a policy or public affairs professional who shares our purpose – bringing about a Scotland where every animal is freed from suffering.

We have a large supporter base whose priorities include ending factory farming, phasing out animal testing and creating stronger protections for wild animals. We are known in the Scottish parliament and government and have a strong record of bringing constructive evidence-based challenge. You would have an amazing opportunity to build on this and help persuade decision-makers to act for animals.

You would be joining a small team of friendly, passionate and dedicated professionals. We are home-based but regularly meet online and usually once a month in-person.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Keeping across the latest policy developments and identifying opportunities for progress

• Ensuring animal protection issues are reflected in government consultations, parliamentary debates and committee evidence sessions

• Lobbying politicians and advisers

• Maintaining an understanding of evidence in animal welfare and other relevant fields

• Engaging with other stakeholders such as government agencies and industries

• Advocating our positions in an engaging way in the media and on social media

Benefits:

In addition to the £32,500 salary and 4 day working week, we offer a pension with 5% employer contribution and a total of 29.5 days annual leave.

As well as a strong sense of purpose, we have a culture of kindness at OneKind where we prioritise staff wellbeing, offering flexibility around working patterns and encouraging personal development opportunities.

About us:

OneKind is Scotland’s animal campaigns charity. We’ve been making progress for animals since 1911. We channel our donors’ compassion so we can deliver research, advocacy and campaigns. We bring about changes in legislation and regulation. Our recent successes include securing a pause in the guga hunt, the ban on snares, the end of greyhound racing and the ban on glue traps.

About you:

We’d love to hear from you if you have some of the following qualities:

• An understanding of current animal welfare issues and related subjects

• An understanding of Scottish politics and the parliament

• Experience of advocating with politicians

• Experience of constructive engagement in policy discussions where there may be opposing viewpoints

• Experience of communicating complex information in an engaging way

• Comfortable using website tools to publish documents and blogs

• An understanding of how policy development and political advocacy connect with public campaigning and fundraising

Be part of something bigger than housing. Use your skills, experience, and ideas to influence decisions, strengthen communities, and make a real difference to people’s lives at Paisley.

Bring Your Experience - Help Shape Our Future.

An opportunity to make a difference

At Paisley Housing Association, we believe homes are more than bricks and mortar. We provide safe, affordable homes while investing in communities, supporting tenants and helping people thrive. As we continue to deliver our vision for the future, we are looking for enthusiastic and committed people to join our voluntary Board of Management. You do not need previous Board experience. What matters most is that you share our values, bring an open mind and want to create positive change.

What you will gain

• Board-level governance and leadership experience
• Professional development, induction and training
• The chance to learn from experienced colleagues
• New connections and wider perspectives
• The satisfaction of giving something back

What you will help us do

• Shape our strategic direction and future priorities
• Keep tenants and communities at the heart of decisions
• Provide constructive challenge and sound judgement
• Support good governance and accountability
• Help create stronger homes, places and futures

Could this be you?

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. We are particularly keen to hear from people who can contribute knowledge or insight in areas such as:

• Finance
• Property & Development
• Risk & Governance
• People & Culture
• Digital & ICT
• Community Development
• Customer Experience
• Sustainability

What is involved?

The position is voluntary. Board Members take part in regular meetings, training and strategic planning sessions. You can join us in person or digitally and full induction and ongoing support will be provided.