• Are you a confident communicator who enjoys working with people?

• Do you see the potential in ideas as well as the challenges?

• Are you passionate about the power of communities to change things for the better?

We have six Funding Officer opportunities in our Scotland Directorate.

One permanent and five fixed term contract opportunities. Please state what is of interest in your statement, this can be all.

You’ll be part of a team of Funding Officers, led by a Funding Manager, responsible for our grant-making activity in a geographical area. There are eight Funding teams in Scotland each covering a different geographical region with between 4 and 8 Funding Officers in each team.

Funding Officers usually work on grant-making activity within one local authority area and are the main point of contact for all grant-holders and applicants in that area.

Role Responsibilities include:

• You will provide advice to prospective applicants, assess applications and will be in regular contact with grant-holders as they progress with their projects. Your recommendations will guide decisions on awarding grants and how we support grant-holders.

• You will contribute to learning and evaluation of our work, outreach and stakeholder engagement in your area. You will ensure that our funding responds to the local context and our commitment to equity and inclusion. You will be expected to challenge yourself and colleagues to continually improve the way we work.

• You will be responsible for understanding how an organisation’s ideas align with our funding priorities and making good judgements about when to take an application further or when to signpost to alternative opportunities. You will be able to communicate clearly and concisely your recommendations about who and what we fund. Your natural curiosity combined with a genuine interest in people and projects in your area will enable you to try new approaches and develop your understanding of what works.

During your first few weeks with the Fund, in person training will be delivered in Glasgow, you can expect to be office based on most working days. After the initial training period work patterns are more flexible. In a typical week most full-time Funding Officers would be likely to spend one day in our Glasgow office, one or two days out for meetings and project visits in their assigned area, and will work from home on other days. There can be occasional weekend and evening working, but most of our work takes place on week days in normal working hours.

About You

We are looking for talented people from a wide range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences who share our values and are passionate about making a difference through our funding. Whether through lived or gained experience you will really understand the communities we work with.

We are very open to flexible working both full time and part time applications, minimum 2 days a week.

Background

We have developed expertise in stimulating demand for, and trust in, green home improvement through our cooperative membership and through in-person events such as community hall presentations and open house events. This report summarises some pilot work in this area. We have since refined our approach and seek to expand it across Glasgow City Region, complemented by traditional and digital marketing approaches.

The Role

This role is an opportunity to take a senior role in an expanding social enterprise focused on the climate change crisis.

The Marketing and Community Engagement Manager will drive demand for our householder services. This will be achieved primarily through in-person community engagement events. Public speaking is a key part of this role. This role also covers brand development, digital marketing and traditional advertising but these are lesser considerations than expertise with in-person activity.

In addition, they will ensure an excellent customer experience using customer feedback and market knowledge to steer improvements in service design.

Key Responsibilities

• Meet targets for numbers of customer enquiries
• Deliver a programme of in-person and online community events.
• Other marketing activity including traditional advertising and partnerships with other service providers.
• Manage our retrofit champion volunteering programme.
• Data protection for customer data, including GDPR compliance, with outsourced advisory support.
• Monitoring our customer handling and feedback. Steering service design improvements.
• Manage team member(s)
• Support delivery of innovation and consultancy projects

Skills And Experience

Required

• Demonstrable experience of developing and delivering successful campaigns which create demand, including community events, online and traditional media.
• Skills in market research, brand development and product/service design.
• Confident public speaker
• Experience of successfully engaging with communities, such as participatory design processes or consultations.
• Line management experience

Preferred

• Experience in service design.
• Expertise in workshop facilitation
• Comfortable with managing IT platforms such as CRM, website, collaboration tools.

Location

You should be based within a commutable distance of our office in central Glasgow.

• There will be a mixture of office working, events in the community and flexibility to work from home.
• We serve households and communities across Glasgow City Region.

Schedule

We will consider schedules between 0.6 to 1.0 FTE. Please tell us your preference.

This role involves community engagement events in evenings and at weekends.

About You

We are looking for team members who share our commitment to our aims, mission and values. See more information on the Vacancies page.

You may be…

• looking for a step up or a fresh challenge in a related career path
• making a change of career and bringing relevant transferable skills.
• returning to work after an absence, such as for caring responsibilities.

Legal right to work

You must have a legal right to work in the UK. We are not currently in a position to act as a sponsor.

Supported by Postcode Innovation Trust, thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery

General Role: Generations Working Together (GWT) is seeking enthusiastic, committed, dependable and proactive volunteer trustees with a background in human resources/marketing or environment.

Our volunteers will have experience of working in the voluntary, public or private sector who would like to become actively involved in progressing the field of intergenerational work across Scotland and the UK. This person will have a strong background, expert skills and experience in any one of the following areas:

• Human Resources - we are looking for someone with expertise in recruitment, staffing, learning and development and performance management. We wish to develop two areas of HR within the charity - supporting the developing of our intergenerational workplace training and in our own HR processes which are currently supported by Peninsula UK.
• Marketing – at present we have a dedicated Communication and Digital Marketing Officer and have been developing this area raising the profile and image of our work. As we continue to grow, we recognise the importance of attracting a Trustee with marketing expertise who could help us expand and develop this area, targeting a wider audience.
• Environment - our Corporate Plan 2025-2030 identifies five strategic aims which will include regenerative practice and environment/climate as an additional theme for intergenerational working. The charity looks to attract someone with a wealth of knowledge in this area who can help the team identify how best to support people, communities and organisation in this area of work.

Trustees are appointed for a term of two times three years and are eligible to serve a further three-year term or three one-year terms, after which they must retire from the board. Our Trustees are responsible and accountable for the overall strategic leadership and direction of the organisation and share our vision and passion about promoting strong, generationally connected communities.

We ask for a commitment which involves attending:

• Four online board meetings (normally held on a Wednesday, 5.30pm to 8pm) (however this could alter in the future due to the needs of Trustees)
• The Annual General Meeting (online) – November 2025
• One development session (day time - in person normally Glasgow) each year to develop and review the corporate plan/manifesto (September time)
• Occasional GWT Conferences (30th Sept 2025, Inverness)/ Parliamentary receptions or other events (Global Intergenerational Congress (Glasgow), Sept 2026)

As a small charity it is expected that Board members will take on additional responsibilities between meetings consistent with the aims and outcomes of GWT. This may include membership of task and finish groups, standing committees or specific tasks consistent with their areas of expertise. Much of the subgroup work is done via email and video conferencing.

Organisation profile:

Generations Working Together is the nationally recognised centre of excellence supporting the development and integration of intergenerational work across Scotland. Our mission is to develop, expand and improve IG practice nationwide. Our vision is to live in a Scotland where different generations are more connected, where everyone has opportunities to build relationships that help to create a more inclusive society.

Intergenerational work means relationship-based projects, activities and events where people of different generations, who might not otherwise meet, do things together in positive and creative ways. It includes any activities which purposefully ignore, remove or break down social, environmental, cultural or institutional barriers between generations e.g. ageism, making spaces for older & younger people to meet naturally, get to know each other, share ideas, pass on &/or learn new skills, work together to identify solutions to problems, addressing challenges in their communities, all the while forging relationships and friendships.

An intergenerational lens can also be applied to the workplace which can now have up to five generational cohorts within. Organisations are considering the impact of this and are questioning whether they have the right policies, processes and ethos in place to support their diverse expectations. Applying an intergenerational lens to the workplace provides an opportunity to consider the benefits that come from diverse generational groups.

As a membership and capacity-building organisation, GWT operate locally and nationally raising awareness, sharing and expanding knowledge and understanding of intergenerational practice and its impact. We provide training and wide-ranging resources and organise learning events and facilitate local and thematic networking opportunities, to enable high quality intergenerational activity to take root on the ground & flourish. GWT lead and deliver pilot projects to support and encourage the development and delivery of intergenerational practice in new settings. We also participate in research projects and scan relevant research taking place across the world for distilling and sharing with our members and others.

A short film narrated by our retired chair Alan Hatton-Yeo MBE can be viewed here on our YouTube channel detailing our history and the background of intergenerational work and its growth in the UK.

The next three years look very exciting with GWT developing new programmes of work including support to the workplace, a new corporate plan, manifesto and on top of our normal networks and training programme an events calendar which includes the following:

• 2025 – Four learning roadshows building on our 2024 learning roadshows
• Global Intergenerational Week Campaign (yearly) – 24-30th April – include 7 daily themes
• National Conference to be held 30th September 2025 in Inverness
• Global Intergenerational Congress, Glasgow, 29th September – 1st October 2026

Hear from our volunteer Trustees below:

Q. What is it like to be a volunteer Trustee?

A. “Volunteering with GWT this past few years has let me see the value of intergenerational practice in many arenas of life. It has given me greater insight into the passionate practice out there and also the resource and specialism required to support it to be done in ever more meaningful and measurable ways. I have loved the opportunity so far of being part of a Board with such great diversity of age and experience.” (Trustee)

A. “My experience volunteering as a Trustee for GWT over the past six years has been both rewarding personally and beneficial professionally. Exposure to the Governance and Compliance aspects of Trusteeship has been useful supporting my role as a senior manager within a private sector business, while the opportunity to present to workshops and conferences has been invaluable experience of public speaking. Additionally, working alongside the other Trustees and GWT staff who have a wealth of diverse and in-depth experience has been extremely useful from a professional development perspective. From a personal perspective, being able to give my time to support a cause which is increasingly important to society overall and impacts on the lives of everyone I know is rewarding and well worth the investment in time.” (Trustee)

generationsworkingtogether.org/volunteering/651d222ab9fb2

Are you passionate about rural regeneration and preserving Scotland’s cultural heritage? The Cabrach Trust is seeking a dedicated Trustee to help shape the future of this unique community.

The Cabrach, located in the breathtaking landscapes of North East Scotland, is steeped in history and recognised as one of the birthplaces of malt whisky. The Trust is leading a transformational regeneration strategy, including The Cabrach Distillery, community projects, and heritage initiatives, to breathe new life into this remarkable area.

As Trustee, you will guide the Trust’s strategic direction, ensure effective governance, and act as an ambassador for its mission. We are looking for individuals with a strong connection to rural Scotland, expertise in governance or business, and a commitment to community-led development.

We’re looking for an experienced partnership manager who’s passionate about supporting Highland communities, improving energy efficiency and tackling fuel poverty to manage our Highland Community Energy Partnership.

A strong communicator with experience of delivering innovative community projects you will oversee the day-to-day management and co-ordination of the Highland Energy Community Partnership (HECP) an exciting new programme funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and coordinated by Changeworks, in partnership with six community partners across Highland.

The project will build collaboration across implementing partners and beyond, aiming to improve community knowledge of energy efficiency, provide advice to individual households and intensive support to those most in need while supporting the establishment of a local supply chain for domestic retrofit. Sharing learning across the partnership and beyond you will support the partnership board in delivering this transformative five-year project.

We are looking for an individual who can combine their knowledge of low carbon solutions and experience of community development to design, deliver and co-ordinate energy efficiency activities which meet the long-term needs of communities across the partnership.

About us

Changeworks is a great place to work. We hold Investors in People Platinum accreditation (something only a few organisations in Scotland have), and we were nominated for employer of the year by the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce this year. Our staff overwhelmingly would recommend us as an employer too.

The Climate Emergency has resulted in ambitious national targets to reduce carbon emissions from the built environment and reduce rates of fuel poverty. This has driven a significant increase in the number of pilot and large-scale interventions delivered by Changeworks and external organisations in this area. These include area-based domestic energy efficiency retrofit and decarbonisation projects and programmes.

We are a growing organisation, and this role is crucial to the delivery of our ambitious objectives. We want to decarbonise homes in Scotland on a massive scale, and that needs talented individuals like you to help us deliver on our objectives. You’ll receive full training plus coaching and mentoring.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits including flexible working, bike to work scheme, an excellent pension scheme and 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.

At Changeworks, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone.

We’re looking for a pro-active, methodical and well organised co-ordinator with excellent communication skills. We need someone who is passionate about supporting Highland communities to improve energy efficiency and tackle fuel poverty to be our Highland Energy Community Partnership Co-ordinator and Engagement Officer.

The Highland Energy Community Partnership (HECP) an exciting new programme funding by The National Lottery Community Fund and coordinated by Changeworks, in partnership with six community partners across Highland. We’re looking for someone who can co-ordinate activities across all of our public sector and community partners while also ensuring activities meet the requirements of the National Lottery.

A key component of this role is engagement with the local installer network working to establish and communicate their needs through focused research and engagement activities. The partnership is ambitious in its aim to establish a local supply chain for retrofit activities and this role is key to identifying local solutions across the partnership.

The project will build collaboration across implementing partners and beyond, aiming to improve community knowledge of energy efficiency, provide advice to individual households and intensive support to those most in need while supporting the establishment of a local supply chain for domestic retrofit. Sharing learning across the partnership and beyond you will support the partnership board in delivering this transformative five-year project.

We are looking for an individual who can combine their project experience, collaborative working style and innovative thinking to deliver the ambitions of the Highland Energy Community Partnership.

About us

Changeworks is a great place to work. We hold Investors in People Platinum accreditation (something only a few organisations in Scotland have), and we were nominated for employer of the year by the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce this year. Our staff overwhelmingly would recommend us as an employer too.

The Climate Emergency has resulted in ambitious national targets to reduce carbon emissions from the built environment and reduce rates of fuel poverty. This has driven a significant increase in the number of pilot and large-scale interventions delivered by Changeworks and external organisations in this area. These include area-based domestic energy efficiency retrofit and decarbonisation projects and programmes.

We are a growing organisation, and this role is crucial to the delivery of our ambitious objectives. We want to decarbonise homes in Scotland on a massive scale, and that needs talented individuals like you to help us deliver on our objectives. You’ll receive full training plus coaching and mentoring.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits including flexible working, bike to work scheme, an excellent pension scheme and 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.

At Changeworks, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone.

South Seeds is looking for someone who knows the Southside of Glasgow well and is good with people. Our team will train the successful candidate to become an experienced energy officer.

Within the first month the successful candidate will have completed their city and guilds energy awareness training and will be mentored to work with clients to reduce their electricity and gas bills. We want someone who can start straight away, is ready to learn and is up for fitting into an existing team.

Home, a place where you belong

Home in Scotland is looking for new Board Members to deliver our mission to build homes, independence and aspirations across Scotland.

Home in Scotland is part of part of Home Group, one of the UK’s largest providers of high-quality housing, integrated health and social care. In Scotland we manage over 5500 homes serving 12,500 customers.

As a member of our Home in Scotland Board, you’ll set the strategic direction and offer support, guidance and constructive challenge, ensuring our Board discharges its legal and regulatory responsibilities.

Your key responsibilities

• Set clear strategic direction and priorities for Home in Scotland. Monitor and review Home in Scotland’s progress and performance in accordance with our strategy and business plan.
• Contribute your personal and professional knowledge and expertise to Board discussions and decisions, ensuring that we Deliver for our Customers and Communities.
• Promote and uphold the highest standards of corporate governance, ensuring the Board discharges its duties and complies with all statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure appropriate controls and risk management are in place.
• Maintain high standards of honesty and integrity, adhering at all times to our Board Members Code of Conduct.

Why Choose Us

Joining our Board is a fantastic opportunity to expand your professional network, develop governance and leadership skills, and make a meaningful impact on communities across Scotland.

We provide a comprehensive induction and ongoing support to help you settle into your role, including mentoring from experienced Board Members. Whether you're new to board level roles or bring a wealth of experience, we’ll ensure you feel confident and well prepared.

You bring

• Knowledge or experience of social housing in Scotland, including its regulatory and policy environment.
• A strong sense of social purpose and empathy with Home Group’s mission, along with a passion for housing and communities, making a difference for our customers.
• Proven ability to work at a strategic level, think creatively, and challenge constructively.
• An understanding of the role of a Board Member, commitment to the highest standards of corporate governance, and the ability to build constructive working relationships with Board Members and colleagues.
• A commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• Excellent communication and networking skills, enabling you to collaborate effectively and represent Home in Scotland externally.

A place where you belong

We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We value diversity in all its forms and our goal is to foster a culture where everyone feels respected and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, do let us know if we can do anything to help you shine in the process in the way of reasonable adjustments.

What’s involved

• The role is unpaid, however all reasonable expenses are reimbursed.
• We ask you to commit an average of 1 day per month to Home in Scotland Board meetings and activities. You will have as much notice as possible for all events.
• As a Board we meet 6 times per year. Most meetings are virtual.
• Some meetings include site visits and engagement with our customers. In-person commitments may very occasionally involve travel and an overnight stay.
• The initial term of your appointment is for three years and may be renewed.
• If you are successful, we’ll ask you for details of two referees