Shape the Future of Home Care in Rural Perthshire

About the Role:

Lead a forward-thinking social enterprise delivering vital care services in rural communities

We are excited to announce an opportunity to establish and lead Heartland Cares Ltd, a start-up social enterprise, providing home care in rural Perthshire. We are seeking a dynamic Chief Executive Officer / Home Care Manager to shape and drive this innovative initiative. Working with an ambitious Board of Directors, and initially in the Rannoch and Dunkeld and Birnam areas, his role offers the chance to build a new and tranformative model of community-led care, enhancing services in remote rural areas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of a high-quality home care service tailored to rural areas.

• Build, motivate, and manage staff and volunteers, ensuring excellence in care and service delivery.

• Oversee the day-to-day operations and service delivery

• Build and maintain strong partnerships with local trusts, councils, stakeholders, and regulatory bodies.

• Ensure compliance with Care Inspectorate standards and lead the registration process.

• Manage financial operations, including budgeting.

• Act as the spokesperson for the organisation, promoting its services to local communities.

• Report directly to the Board, ensuring alignment with the charity’s mission and governance requirements.

Why Join Us?

• Make a Real Impact: Shape a service that directly improves lives.

• Innovative Approach: Be at the forefront of community-led care solutions.

• Supportive Team: Work with a committed and passionate group of professionals.

• Career Growth: Lead a growing organisation with long-term potential.

• Beautiful Location: Enjoy working in the heart of rural Scotland.

Are you the right fit?

We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual with a passion for making a positive impact in rural, remote communities. The ideal candidate will hold a Level 7 practitioner qualification (meeting SSSC criteria) and have proven leadership experience in care services within community settings. Financial management and exceptional communication skills are essential, along with a good understanding of the unique challenges rural communities face in accessing health and social care services.

If you are committed to building an organisation that ensures people can receive care within their own communities, we would love to hear from you!

The North East Scotland Climate Action Network (NESCAN) Hub is a regional community climate action hub, and charity registered in Scotland, covering Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. Our vision is to contribute to the creation of a flourishing, connected and sustainable North East Scotland through the provision of dedicated support for community led climate action.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Fundraiser & Business Development Lead, who will play a pivotal role in supporting the operation, development and financial security of the charity. This role will be responsible for securing funding, fostering strategic partnerships, driving business development initiatives, and working with the senior management team to provide strategic support to the organisation and board with planning and managing resources.

As part of a dynamic, values-driven network and organisation, focused on tackling climate change in North East Scotland, this is an excellent opportunity for someone with proven fundraising and business development experience and the right skillset and characteristics to develop and strengthen strategic relationships and find and secure diversified funding for NESCAN Hub.

For further information on NESCAN Hub please visit our website nescan.org

Candidates must have a right to and be eligible to work in the United Kingdom.

The Development Manager post is a new role within The Haven and offers the potential for a highly motivated individual to join The Haven’s senior leadership team. Aligning with the Haven’s 5 sustainability approaches; Involvement, Innovation, Impact, Improvement, Income; this post will be instrumental in ensuring the immediate and longer term achievement of organisational outcomes and sustainability.

The Development Manager will lead the implementation of the business development and income diversification plan for The Haven centre in Forth, South Lanarkshire. Working collaboratively with the CEO and Business Support Manager, the post holder will have a high degree of delegated responsibility within the parameters of their role. They will attend Board meetings with the CEO to report on the progress of work within their remit and contribute to strategic planning/review sessions. In line with The Haven’s succession planning strategies, success in the role also has the potential to open up opportunities for future progression within the organisation.

We’re on a journey to create fairer communities by facilitating 10 million social entrepreneurs globally by 2030. Do you want to help make this a reality?

We are looking for a talented and values-driven Head of Adult Learning to join our highly skilled, motivated and supportive team in a maternity cover position.

This is a rare opportunity to join an organisation with a global footprint and a deeply local purpose — helping individuals unlock their potential and drive change in their communities. As Head of Adult Learning, you will take on a senior leadership role in shaping how we deliver transformational learning to thousands of social entrepreneurs, community leaders and changemakers.

At the Academy, we believe learning should do more than transfer knowledge — it should change how people see themselves. Our approach is built on practitioner-led, peer- learning, where skilled facilitators — who are themselves social change practitioners — create the conditions for real, human-centred transformation. We support people develop their leadership practice. Please read our manisfesto – if it chimes with you, please get in touch. This is learning that removes barriers, unlocks confidence, and helps people step fully into their purpose.

We’ve seen how powerful this can be — not just in individual growth, but in the collective impact that ripples out when people see their own potential clearly and feel equipped to act on it. Since 2004, we’ve supported over 28,000 adult learners in more than 30 countries, and our ambition is to reach 10 million social entrepreneurs by 2030.

If you have a strong grounding in adult learning and facilitation and share our belief in the power of learning to create lasting social change, we’d love to hear from you.

Job Purpose:

The role plays a pivotal role in championing, embedding, and promoting transformational learning principles, ethos, and skills internally and across the sector, positioning the Academy as a leading provider of transformational learning.

It will lead the sales and delivery team responsible for adult learning programmes, including large-scale contracts and projects and manage key client, funder, and sector stakeholder relationships. The role will ensure the continuous innovation and impact of the adult learning offer, ensuring impactful learning and building the organisation’s reputation for learning excellence and long-term sector influence.

The role will provide leadership, mentorship, and performance management to the Strategic Partnerships and Delivery Leads. It will play an active role in driving and supporting sales, proposals, and funding bids in collaboration with the Sustainability Lead, Strategic Partnership and Delivery Leads and CEO, including attending key sales meetings and pitches.

The post-holder will work at a senior specialist level across the organisation, contributing to the long-term business sustainability, strengthening the organisation’s reputation, and ensuring excellence and innovation in the design and delivery of experiential learning interventions.

Main Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with the Senior Leadership Team, develop and drive the Academy’s business development strategy and implementation plan.
• Take ownership of business development targets and efforts including sales, pitches, and proposals ensuring Adult Learning function financial targets are set and met.
• Build and maintain excellent relationships with clients, funders, partners and sector stakeholders, acting as a champion and ambassador for transformational learning and the Academy.
• Provide strategic leadership of the Adult Learning function, ensuring sustainability, growth, and innovation.
• Champion, embed, and promote transformational learning and development design principles and ethos both internally and across the sector.
• Lead, mentor and manage three Strategic Partnership and Delivery Leads and the Business Sustainability Lead, ensuring high performance and professional development.
• Oversee the quality, design, delivery and impact measurement of all adult learning programmes, ensuring they hold true to the ethos and principles of Academy learning, are impactful, and sector leading.
• Oversee the quality, development, and effective management of the Academy’s adult learning facilitator pool, maintaining high standards of delivery and alignment with the organisation’s learning ethos and values.
• Represent the Adult Learning function at Senior Leadership Team meetings, contributing to broader organisational strategy and decision-making.
• Ensure excellence and continuous improvement and innovation in learning and development service delivery, design, client experience, and impact measurement.
• Be a role model for the organisation’s values, creating a culture that encourages a growth mindset, continuous learning, and professional learning across the Adult Learning team and wider organisation.
• Model and champion the organisation’s values, culture, and commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI).

For a full set of criteria please download the recruitment pack below.

Organisation profile:

At the Social Enterprise Academy, we believe social entrepreneurs play an essential role in changing the world.

We strengthen their role in local communities through transformational learning programmes that will increase their community impact.

Our programmes are accredited, responsive to learner needs, and are delivered by experienced Facilitators who are social change leaders themselves.

Since 2004, we have delivered over 1,900 learning programmes to 28,000+ learners in over 30 countries. We have also engaged over 55,000 young people around the world, using social enterprise as a tool to help them reach their full potential and create positive change in their communities.

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.

Are you passionate about gender equality and supporting survivors of sexual violence? Do you have the skills necessary to oversee all of RASASH’s engagement programmes including:

• the national prevention programme
• youth-led campaigns
• awareness raising and training
• access and inclusion
• communications and fundraising

to ensure they are delivered to the highest standards of quality through a community-led and strengths-based approach?

RASASH is expanding its senior management team and is looking for an Engagement Services Manager to join our team!

You will play a strategic role in linking the different strands of RASASH’s community engagement, ensuring a coherent approach and maximising impact. Your aim would be to ensure promotion of greater awareness of RASASH, ensure accessible and inclusive services, oversee the development of training to a range of stakeholders, including public and private sector professionals and work towards the prevention and elimination of sexual violence in Highland. The role is also responsible for effective management of the engagement services delivery team consisting of Fundraising & Comms Worker, Training Officer and 2 Prevention Workers.

About Us

The International Association for Community Development (IACD) is a global multi-disciplinary network for professional community development practitioners and others with an interest in community development practice. As an organisation, and collectively as members we are committed to promoting participative democracy, sustainable development, human rights, economic opportunity, equality, and social justice, through the organisation, education, and empowerment of people within their communities, whether these be of locality, identity, or interest, in urban and rural settings.

About the Role

The International Association for Community Development (IACD) is seeking a passionate, experienced, and visionary leader to join us as Strategic Director. This senior role offers the opportunity to shape and deliver on IACD’s 2024–2029 Strategic Plan, ensuring our values and voice are represented on the global stage.

As Strategic Director, you will be responsible for delivering the organisation’s mission, managing operations, guiding international advocacy efforts, and fostering member engagement across diverse communities worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation and ongoing evaluation of IACD’s strategic goals and global initiatives.
• Champion community development values and amplify practitioner voices—especially those from minority and marginalised groups.
• Strengthen IACD’s role in global policy arenas, including the UN and other multilateral forums.
• Develop sustainable funding strategies and manage budgets and resources effectively.
• Represent the organisation publicly and support IACD’s international network of members and partners through events, forums, and knowledge exchange.
• Provide strategic support to the Board of Trustees and ensure strong organisational governance.

About You

The successful candidate will be a seasoned community development professional with:

• A third-level qualification in community development/community work.
• Significant practical experience in community development and at national policy level.
• Proven leadership experience in strategy, international engagement, and stakeholder management.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and report writing skills.
• Experience working with funders and delivering large-scale programmes.
• The ability to work flexibly across time zones and travel nationally and internationally when required.
• Strong commitment to IACD’s values of inclusion, participation, and global solidarity.

Eligibility:

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be equipped to work remotely.

Are you a finance professional who thrives on purpose as much as performance? Do you want your financial expertise to make a real difference in people’s lives, not just the bottom line? Join us as our Head of Finance and help steer a unique organisation that blends the heart of a charity with the ambition of social enterprise.

Established since 2010, the Grassmarket Community Project (GCP) in Edinburgh City is a medium sized charity, incorporating income generating social enterprises. We are a vibrant, inclusive community of more than 600 people working together to overcome wide-ranging societal challenges and support positive changes in one another’s lives.

We’re looking for a committed and skilled Head of Finance to lead our finance function with integrity, clarity, and vision. This is a unique opportunity to apply your financial expertise to an organisation that genuinely changes lives — every single day.

The Head of Finance will oversee, manage and maintain the finances across our social enterprises and charitable activities. You will ensure robust financial controls and reporting, support strategic decisions with sound financial insight, and champion best practices in governance and financial administration. Reporting to the CEO and working closely with the Senior Management Team (SMT) and Board of Trustees, you’ll be a key player in ensuring our ongoing sustainability, impact, and growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the financial management of GCP, including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and year-end accounts
• Oversee finances across our charitable activities and income-generating social enterprises
• Provide clear, accurate financial reports and analysis to the CEO, SMT, Finance sub-group and Board of Trustees
• Ensure compliance with charity finance regulations and relevant legislation (incl. SORP and OSCR)
• Support strategic and operational decision-making through insightful business modelling
• Manage our financial systems, processes, and procedures for efficiency and effectiveness

The role of Head of Finance is critical to our success. Your skills and experience will enable us to ensure ongoing good financial management and admin systems, governance, due diligence, and strategic planning to support our work and future sustainability. Above all, your work will support the charity to continue to transform the lives of many of our city’s most vulnerable.

At Baby Bank Scotland we support families living in poverty by appealing to the local community to donate items they no longer use or need. Since the organisation was established in 2017 we have been volunteer led, supporting thousands of families through providing essential items. We are now in a position to recruit a member of staff to develop our organisation, and we are looking for an experienced Manager.

Main purpose of the job:

We are seeking a compassionate, organised, and motivated Manager to lead the day-to-day operations of our Baby Bank, based in Hamilton. This is a hands-on and varied role that requires strong interpersonal skills, administrative capability, and a genuine passion for helping others. You will provide a high level of administrative support to establish standard operating procedures and to prepare the organisation for further growth.

We are looking for someone with experience in:

• Financial Administration; income and expenditure monitoring and reporting; providing support to the Treasurer
• Volunteer management; recruiting and supporting the volunteers who contribute to the successful operations of the Baby Bank
• Building and maintaining relationships with partner agencies; including funder, local partners, and community groups.
• Supporting growth and promotion; including income generation and promoting the service through social media, local events, and outreach.

Fostering Compassion is a groundbreaking humane education project for vulnerable children who may be showing worrying behaviour towards animals or are struggling with compassion and empathy in general. Unique in our approach, our activities share the stories of rescued animals in a way that the children draw parallels between their circumstances and the animals, helping them see animals as sentient beings sharing similar emotions to them. Through sharing the animals’ stories, the children gain a greater understanding of their circumstances, providing a platform for them to open up about their own abuse and neglect, encouraging healing. We work to address the links between animal abuse, child abuse, elder abuse and interpersonal violence.

We are looking to recruit a Deputy Chief Executive Officer to assist and work alongside the CEO to provide strategic leadership for Fostering Compassion, ensuring that our services are delivered to the highest standards of quality and performance, fulfilling our mission and core values, leading by example.

You will support the CEO in acting as the ‘face’ of the organisation, maintaining relationships with stakeholders, donors and service users and providing direct management for the Volunteer Development Officer and the Fundraising Development Coordinator.

You will assist the CEO with the ongoing growth, development and expansion of Fostering Compassion to ensure longterm sustainability.

Responsibilities and Duties: Under guidance, the person in this role will

• Provide support to and work alongside the CEO preparing strategic plans and budgets
• Preparing and presenting (as required) Board papers and reports to enable the Board to effectively govern the Charity. To report and contribute to the Board of Trustees and CEO as appropriate.
• In conjunction with the CEO, oversee and Support the Volunteer Development Officer and Fundraising Development Co-ordinator
• Expand Supporter Base and assist with Development Plans
• Assist with development and delivery of services to a high standard
• Assist with Payroll and Staff assessments
• Assist with support and needs of Service Users and Event planning and execution
• Nurture and develop Community Relations and Partnerships
• Assist with identifying funding bodies
• Assist with Social Media and Website maintenance
• Liaise with the CEO regarding the overall financial arrangements of the Charity, ensuring relevant budgets are adhered to
• Contribute to strategic discussions
• Ensure that the gathering of performance data from services is consolidated into collective reports as required
• Ensure policies and procedures are up to date
• Ensure that disputes and complaints are dealt with quickly and effectively.
• Carry out other tasks and responsibilities of any nature as determined from time to time by the CEO, to ensure the effective management of the Charity.

Report to:The CEO. They are expected to work as part of a team but also be able to act on their own initiative

Work Hours: 70 hours per month. Work pattern flexible by agreement (some weekend work may be required. FTE £36,400)

Remuneration: £20 per hour (gross)

Location: Office based at our premises in Ormiston

Probationary period: 3 months

Requirements and skills

Essential:

• Proven experience in a similar position at Management level
• Sound knowledge of the not-for-profit sector and Charity Governance ideally including experience of Financial planning, Human Relations management, Organisational development and managing change
• Ability to work closely with the CEO while also working on your own initiative
• Have a demonstrable understanding of financial management, including budgeting and forecasting
• Have the ability to lead by example and display the personal drive, energy and coordination skills required to motivate staff and volunteers while working with them as part of a successful and established team
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills able to effectively promote the charity, its values, mission and ethos to stakeholders, funders and service users
• The ability to ensure that organisational change is managed in a restorative and positive manner, providing direction and leadership to staff and volunteers as appropriate while motivating and inspiring
• To provide cover for the CEO during absence and leave.
• Working knowledge of databases and MS Office (especially Excel)
• Knowledge and understanding of data protection, disclosure and safeguarding procedures
• Knowledge and experience of and with Social Media platforms
• A pleasant, outgoing personality
• Must love animals

Preferable:

• Knowledge of the Link
• Knowledge of the Human-Animal Bond
• Event management skills
• General Fundraising Skills
• Creativity

We are open minded about getting the right person for the position so even if you don’t feel you meet all the essential criteria, you may still want to apply.

Note: As part of the interview process we will be asking candidates to deliver a 5 minute presentation outlining their ideas for the growth and expansion of the charity to ensure long term success and sistainability.