About the role:

LEAD Scotland is a national charity that has supported disabled people and carers by providing personalised learning, befriending, advice and information services for more than 45 years. LEAD provides SQA accredited Learning Services, provides a National Disabled Students Helpline and supports Befriending Services as well as involvement in Policy work.

With our current CEO stepping down after 10 years, we are seeking a replacement to guide Lead Scotland into its future.

About you:

We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and person-centered strategic leader who can:

1. Engage with senior policy makers, service providers, and organisational leaders across Scotland, working together to improve lifelong, life-wide opportunities for disabled people and unpaid carers seeking to live their best lives.
2. Lead an organisation into the next stage of its own growth and development, ensuring that its financial security, asset management and risk appraisal is planned, maintained and enhanced.
3. Take overall responsibility for achieving and monitoring performance against targets in all areas of the charity’s activities and ensure an effective internal infrastructure providing transparent reporting to the Team, Board and other stakeholders.
4. Work with a strong team in the context of a well-developed person-centred, kind, respectful, and very effective team culture which supports the growth and development of its people.
5. Work in a long-established and well-respected adult learning organisation as we head towards a half-century of working with communities across Scotland.

Critically, you will be an expert communicator, have strong leadership skills, be a strategic and forward thinker and have an in-depth understanding of disability issues.

Applications from disabled people:

Lead Scotland is a Living Wage and Disability Confident Employer. Lead Scotland values diversity and the unique contributions our staff, volunteers, and service users bring. We are committed to attracting, developing, and retaining talent from all backgrounds.

Lead has Disability Confident status; therefore, we encourage applications from disabled people. All disabled people meeting the minimum requirements will get a guaranteed interview. Information about our commitment to recruit disabled people is available on our website. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in the online form. This will in no way disadvantage you in the recruitment process. All job application information can be made in alternative formats on request, including braille, large print and audio and people can make applications in alternative formats.

Recruitment paperwork is kept for 6 months before it is destroyed. Please complete our anonymous equal opportunities form to help us ensure we are attracting a broad range of candidates.

37 days annual leave, including public holidays

5% employer pension contribution

Wellbeing & Work-Life Balance: Flexible working

Annual Leave purchase scheme

Continuous Professional Development: Access to learning and development opportunities and support for continuous professional growth

The Electoral Commission, the independent body that oversees elections and regulates political finance in the UK, is currently seeking an outstanding candidate to join our small but high-performing team in Scotland in the role of Manager. This is a senior and highly influential role within the Commission's devolved operations, second only to the Head of Office in Scotland, and offers a unique opportunity to contribute directly to the integrity and transparency of democracy in Scotland.

As Manager, you will have responsibility for the successful operation of the office, and your leadership will ensure that key workstreams are delivered effectively, internal operations run smoothly, and external expectations are met with professionalism and authority. Working closely with the Head of Scotland, you will provide oversight to major areas of policy, planning, communications, electoral administration, and regulatory activity.

A significant part of your remit will involve engaging with senior stakeholders across Scottish and UK politics. You will represent the Commission at meetings with Ministers, MSPs and government officials, and when required provide oral evidence to Scottish Parliament Committees. You will also play a central role in preparing key documents for Parliament, including the Annual Report and Accounts for the Scottish Parliament. Flexibility and adaptability will be crucial qualities, as workplans are subject to frequent shifts, often dictated by the political landscape.

You will be responsible for managing the Scotland Office's operational plans and budget, ensuring work progresses within agreed timescales and aligns with wider Commission strategy. This includes responding to public and stakeholder queries, overseeing policy development, contributing to election reviews, and ensuring that Scotland's electoral and regulatory environment is well understood within the Commission's wider UK context.

We are looking for a self-starting, confident leader with significant management and policy experience, ideally gained in a public or third sector environment. You should have a strong understanding of parliamentary processes and experience of engaging with senior political and governmental stakeholders. Familiarity with elections or regulatory work would be highly desirable, as would a sound grasp of the legislative and operational landscape governing electoral law and political finance in Scotland.

The successful candidate will be collaborative and resilient, capable of managing complexity and working under public scrutiny. If you are passionate about supporting democracy, thrive in a dynamic environment, and are ready to take on a visible leadership role with real impact, we’d love to hear from you.

Over recent years, SBP has grown from a fledgling charity to an established and impactful organisation with an annual budget of over £1m in restricted and unrestricted funds.

This new Finance & HR Manager role will replace our existing Head of Finance, who will retire in the coming months, and have strategic and operational ownership of SBP’s finances, as well as responsibility of SBP’s HR policy and processes.

See the job description, available for download below, for the responsibilities associated with the role, as well as the experience, skills and attributes we are seeking.

Organisation profile

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture (SBP) is a charity that works to make rewilding happen across Scotland, as a solution to the growing climate and biodiversity crises, by influencing opinion and delivering practical change. Our vision is of a vast network of rewilded land and water, where wildlife flourishes and people thrive.

We are a small, friendly, agile and progressive team that works in a spirit of collaboration with many different interest groups to:

• Drive support for rewilding
• Commit more land and water to rewilding

Learn more about SBP and the way we work at scotlandbigpicture.com.

This new part-time leadership role will provide strategic leadership and business direction for Luminate, leading on business development, fundraising, finances, and operations.

Luminate is Scotland’s creative ageing organisation. We work across Scotland to ensure that older people’s creativity can flourish whatever their circumstances, experience, interests and ambitions.

We are the leadership organisation for creative ageing in Scotland. In this new role the postholder will be expected to work collaboratively with the Director, to deliver the SCIO’s creative vision and ensure that Luminate is sustainable and compliant. The postholder will also be responsible for line management of the Admin Officer and Communications Officer.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Strategic leadership
• Profile, external relationships and influence
• Fundraising and business development
• Organisational leadership and compliance
• Financial Management

For more information on Luminate visitLuminate - Scotland's creative ageing organisationandHome - Dementia Inclusive Singing Network.

The Community Alliance Trust (CAT) is an independent registered Scottish Charity and the Development Trust for Greater Craigmillar. It was established in 2011 in response to the stalled regeneration programme in Craigmillar. It currently runs the White House, a beautiful art deco building which is a community hub that includes a café (White House Kitchen) and an educational organisation (IntoUniversity) as well as being the head office for the Trust. It also has several social enterprises, including some community growing projects. CAT has a small staff currently funded through grant awards e.g. Scottish Government or the Local Authority.

Our vision is that Greater Craigmillar is a good place to live; has a quality of life that can be enjoyed by everyone, with a thriving community and opportunities for all. Our mission is to support the community by providing necessary funded projects that also contribute to community life, with good quality affordable facilities providing space for community participation.

All CAT staff and volunteers are PVG checked.

The successful applicant will have a 3 month probation period.

We are seeking an inspiring and strategic leader to serve as the Director of Edinburgh World Heritage. This is a unique opportunity to lead a globally respected organisation dedicated to preserving and enhancing the city’s World Heritage Site while promoting its positive role in a dynamic, living city.

Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the Director will be responsible for providing visionary leadership, fostering a collaborative and inclusive organisational culture, ensuring financial sustainability, effective governance and the successful delivery of strategic objectives. They will serve as the primary spokesperson for the World Heritage Site, building strong relationships with key stakeholders.

The successful candidate will bring experience in the culture or heritage sectors, strong communication and interpersonal skills, financial and fundraising knowledge, and a passion for Edinburgh’s historic environment.

This role presents a chance to make a lasting impact on one of the world’s most celebrated World Heritage Sites.

We are looking for a passionate and experienced education and youth work professional to join our growing team at Scran Academy.

This is an exciting opportunity coming at the start of a new phase of development for the organisation as we launch our next 5-year strategy. The role will suit a compassionate, proactive candidate who is passionate about changing young lives through innovative youth-led approaches to education and employment.

We are looking for an experienced leader with a strong background in youth work and education. Candidates will have experience and expertise in implementing processes which drive measurable impact for young people.

The ideal candidate will be:

• A strategic thinker with the ability to manage complexity, support staff development, and engage with regulatory bodies like the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA).
• A collaborative and hands-on leader who can engage with both senior leadership and frontline staff, promoting a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement in service delivery.
• Passionate about changing young people’s lives through youth work, committed to making a measurable difference, and eager to shape the future of youth programmes within Scran Academy.
• Values-led, ready to deeply listen to and meet the needs of young people.

The Relationships Scotland Network is the largest provider of family and relationship support in the country. We offer relationship counselling, family mediation and child contact centres through a network of 21 member services across Scotland, which provide face-to-face support to around 15,000 people each year.

We are looking for a motivated and hardworking person to join our Corporate Management Team as Head of Corporate Services. The role is based in our national office in Edinburgh, and will involve a wide range of tasks including managing budgets and finances, overseeing HR processes, and being responsible for building management, including health & safety. We would be happy to consider applications from individuals who have experience in some but not all of these areas – for instance if you have relevant finance experience but have not done building management, please do not be put off applying

Although the role is office based, we are open to discussing flexible working hours, in particular if shorter working days are needed to fit in with school hours etc. All staff work in the office on Tuesdays when possible.

To find out more about this role and how to apply, please download the application pack.

Scotland’s membership organisation and sector support body for the performing arts is looking for a new Chief Executive Officer. We are seeking a visionary and collaborative individual to lead FSTas our new CEO. You will be passionate about the transformational power of the arts and will be keen to play a significant role in futureproofing and promoting Scotland’s performing arts sector with a wide range of stakeholders. You will be an experienced communicator and someone who can make a compelling case for the impact of the arts and its importance to the world today. You will be comfortable engaging with a variety of stakeholders including individual artists and practitioners and organisations both large and small across theatre, dance and opera.

The CEO is responsible for:

• Developing and leading the strategic, financial and operational delivery of FST’s work across advocacy, strategy, and sector support.
• Ensuring the needs and priorities of the Scottish performing arts sector are effectively conveyed to decision-makers, policy developers and legislators in Scotland and across the UK.
• Raising the profile of Scottish performing arts through lobbying, increasing awareness and access.
• Leading the team and overseeing the delivery of our programmes which develop best practice and increase the potential of performing arts in Scotland.
• Developing and managing strategic relationships to support the sector within and beyond FST’s membership and across the wider public realm in Scotland, the UK, and internationally.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) is seeking an exceptional leader to drive our organisation forward as we enter an exciting new chapter. As the voice of Scotland’s housing associations and co-operatives,, we represent a sector that provides safe, warm, and affordable homes for over half a million people across the country.

Celebrating 50 years of impact, SFHA is a well-respected membership organisation with a strong financial position, an ambitious strategic vision, and close to 100% sector membership. Our role is to represent, support and connect our members, ensuring that their voices are heard and that they have the resources and influence needed to thrive.

The Chief Executive will provide strategic leadership, ensuring SFHA remains a key player in shaping housing policy at the highest levels. You will Collaborate with partners and stakeholders to ensure alignment and successful execution of projects. Acting as the organisation’s ambassador, they will foster relationships with government, regulators, and stakeholders while maintaining a strong connection with our members. Leading a dedicated team and working closely with an engaged Board, the Chief Executive will drive innovation, enhance member services, and champion the critical role of social housing in Scotland’s future.

This role offers the opportunity to lead a high-profile organisation with a talented team, a strong reputation, and a platform to influence national policy. SFHA provides a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including 29 days annual leave, five agile days, a 5% employer pension contribution, flexible hybrid working, Perkbox, a travel loan option, flu jab, online yoga, and eyecare vouchers.