About Aberlour …

Aberlour is Scotland’s leading children’s charity and has been recognised as a Top 100 best places to work winner by the Sunday Times.

Our strategy is to be bold and brave, to ensure that every child in Scotland has an equal chance. As an organisation we are ambitious to deliver real and lasting change for children, young people and families. At Aberlour we strive to deliver the highest quality care and support to babies, children and families across Scotland and are committed to doing all we can to deliver on Scotland’s Policy aspirations (The Promise, UNCRC).

This leadership role offers an opportunity to keep Aberlour at the forefront of child care practice and influence.

What we are looking for...

Aberlour is looking to recruit an experienced leader who can ensure that we have robust systems and process in place to enable best practice and to support quality and quality assurance, safeguarding and improvement.

As a person with significant experience in the field of child protection, you will enjoy supporting and coaching service managers in the provision of good quality and safe care. You will ensure our child care policies are fit for purpose, lead and manage complaints procedures, lead audit and review processes, review behaviour management and risk management activities and support health and safety and personalisation development activities throughout Aberlour. You will support our learning culture, facilitating review processes ensuring babies, children and families voices and experiences are listened to and acted upon.

This is a leadership opportunity to work alongside our Assistant Directors and Service Managers to implement and oversee a range of quality assurance methods that will improve the services we provide.

You will hold a relevant professional social care or social work qualification at SCQF level 9 or above. You will also have a management qualification at SCQF level 8 or above, or equivalent knowledge gained through alternative means.

To find out more about the requirements of the role check out our jobs page on our website.

What we offer...

As well as a supportive team, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme, life assurance worth 3x salary and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers.

Do you want to use your skills to make it possible for people with myeloma to live longer and better lives? We are looking for a People Experience Business Partner who will lead the transformation of Myeloma UK's volunteering offer, shaping the future of how we engage with our volunteers and how they help us in our ambitions.

You will bring a progressive approach as either having been a Head of Volunteering, HR Business Partner or People Experience Partner to lead the development and implementation of a new volunteering proposition. From recruitment to recognition, from training to promoting inclusion, you will help shape it all. The post holder will work collaboratively, have good influencing skills with excellent stakeholder management, but most importantly will be someone who naturally leads with heart and compassion.

Your background/ skills:

• Experience in HR, People & Culture, Colleague Experience or leading volunteering.
• Experience from the third sector including volunteering.
• Experience leading organisational change, transformation or projects.
• The ability to design and implement people-focused solutions at pace.
• A compassionate, collaborative approach, with the confidence to challenge constructively and build trusted relationships.
• Digital confidence and a curiosity to embrace new ways of working.
• Continues improvement mindset and willingness to learn.

In return, you'll join a values-led charity where your work will make a genuine difference to people affected by myeloma. You'll be part of an ambitious, supportive People & Culture team and have the opportunity to shape a role that can grow alongside your career.

About the role

Help us transform the volunteering experience at Myeloma UK.

We're looking for an experienced People & Culture, People Experience or Senior Volunteer Management professional who combines compassion with action. Someone who leads with heart, builds trusted relationships and enjoys turning ambitious ideas into practical, sustainable solutions.

Reporting to the Director of People & Culture, you'll work with senior leaders, volunteer managers, People and Culture Colleagues and volunteers across the organisation to design and embed a modern volunteer experience that reflects our values and supports our ambitious People & Culture agenda.

You'll create a complete volunteer lifecycle, from attraction and recruitment through to onboarding, development, engagement, recognition and retention, ensuring every volunteer has a consistent, inclusive and rewarding experience.

This is primarily a transformation role. Around three-quarters of your time will be spent leading a high-profile organisational project to redesign and embed our volunteering experience, while the remaining time will focus on coordinating volunteering activities that help our volunteers and managers succeed.

This is a rare opportunity to build something from the ground up and leave a lasting legacy by creating an outstanding volunteering experience for current and future volunteers.

You don't need extensive volunteer management experience although charity sector and understanding of volunteering is a must. We're looking for someone with strong people experience expertise, project and change management skills and, above all, someone who leads with compassion. You'll be equally comfortable influencing senior leaders, supporting managers and rolling up your sleeves to make things happen.

For the right person, this role offers genuine opportunity to develop into a broader People & Culture leadership role as our organisation and team continue to evolve.

About us

Myeloma UK is the only UK charity focused on the incurable blood cancer, myeloma and its related conditions. We provide support and influence access to treatments, while researching a cure. Thanks to life-extending treatments and support, today many people affected by myeloma are able to live longer and to live well.

We are committed to bringing together the best and brightest people to help us ensure that every person affected by myeloma has an empowered present and a hopeful future.

Our ultimate goal is to find a cure. Until then, our mission is to help every person living with myeloma, live well, for as long as possible. We are committed to diagnosing myeloma earlier, discovering and sharing knowledge, transforming the patient experience and influencing positive change.

Our culture

Wellbeing and staff engagement are at the heart of our culture. We offer employees a range of benefits including a pension salary exchange scheme, flexitime, flexible working which includes both home and hub-based office working, health plan, employee assistance plan and holiday purchase scheme. We are committed to providing learning and development opportunities for all our employees.

An unexpected and exciting opportunity has arisen at Scottish Mediation for the key role of Executive Director to lead the organisation. This is a great time to be joining, with mediation playing a more central role in Scottish public life and Scottish Mediation continuing its work supporting excellence in mediation. This unique opportunity is one of the most interesting senior roles in the sector.

Whether in the courts, schools, workplaces and in our communities, mediation has a significant role to play. Scottish Mediation has both led and collaborated with others to drive the uptake of mediation and helping to build a coalition of the willing, and is a key part of the Executive Director’s role

If you are looking for an interesting new senior role and believe you are ready for a new challenge, then Scottish Mediation would like to hear from you !

Pregnancy Counselling & Care Scotland (PCCS) is seeking an experienced and compassionate Interim Head of Operations to help lead our charity as we continue to grow and support more families than ever before.

Celebrating our 50th anniversary, PCCS supports families across Edinburgh and the Lothians through two life-changing services: a Baby Bank providing essential items to families experiencing hardship, and a Specialist Perinatal Counselling Service supporting those affected by pregnancy, baby loss and early parenthood.

Reporting to the Board of Trustees, you will provide operational leadership across our services, staff, volunteers, finances, fundraising and organisational systems. We're looking for an experienced leader with strong operational, financial, fundraising and people management skills who enjoys working collaboratively and making a meaningful difference. This six-month fixed-term opportunity provides leadership and continuity during the CEO's planned sabbatical.

For over a century, Erskine has supported veterans across Scotland through exceptional care, housing and community services. Our estate is at the heart of that mission, providing the environments that enable veterans and their families to thrive.

We are seeking an experienced Head of Facilities Management to lead the strategic and operational management of our diverse property portfolio, including care homes, the Veterans Village, supported accommodation and community facilities across Scotland.

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will lead the development and delivery of Erskine's estates and facilities strategy, ensuring our buildings remain safe, compliant, sustainable and fit for the future. You will oversee maintenance and capital investment programmes, drive improvements in performance and value, and play a key role in supporting the organisation's future growth, including the development of new Veteran Activity Centres.

We are looking for a commercially minded facilities management leader with experience of managing complex, multi-site estates. You will have a strong track record in compliance, health and safety, contractor management, asset planning and budget leadership, alongside the ability to build effective relationships with colleagues, suppliers and senior stakeholders.

Experience within the care sector is not essential. We welcome applications from candidates with facilities leadership experience gained in sectors such as housing, education, defence, commercial property, hospitality, infrastructure or other safety-critical environments.

This is a unique opportunity to combine strategic influence with meaningful purpose, helping to shape the environments that support veterans across Scotland today and for generations to come.

Based at Erskine Veterans Village in Bishopton, the role will involve travel to services across Scotland as required and operates within Erskine's hybrid working model, with the successful candidate expected to spend approximately 50% of their time on site.

Erskine is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.

Are you an experienced social work leader who wants to shape a sector-leading service where relationships come first?

JMT Care Services, we do things differently. We don’t just find placements—we focus on building stable, loving, and lasting relationships that give children and young adults the foundation they need to thrive. We are incredibly proud of our team’s hard work, which hasearned us Grade 6 (Excellent) Care Inspectorate ratings acrossthe board for our wellbeing, care support, and care planning.

We are looking for a dedicated and forward-thinking leader to step into the role of Head of Fostering and Young Adult Placement (YAP). If you have a deep commitment to trauma-informed practice and the energy to help us reach more families, we would love to hear from you.

The Role

As our Head of Fostering and YAP, you will join the Moore House Group Senior Management Team, acting as the main voice and advocate for our service across Scotland.

A big part of your role will be guiding our growth. We want to expand our community so we can support around 50 permanent, full-time foster families. Working closely with our marketing team, you will design welcoming, creative recruitment campaigns as well as look after the wonderful carers we already have. At the same time, you’ll ensure we stay responsive to changing local needs, keep our Care Inspectorate standards high, and act as our trusted expert for Safeguarding.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Leading with Vision:Map out our annual development plans, turning our hopes for the service into real, positive milestones.
• Growing our Community:Take the lead on finding and welcoming new foster families, while ensuring our existing carers receive the extensive training and support they deserve.
• Staying Responsive:Adapt our services creatively to meet the needs of local authorities and support national agendas such as 'The Promise'.
• Keeping Us Safe & Compliant:Oversee a supportive, thorough Foster Panel and manage our budgets appropriately.
• Supporting the Team:Inspire a close-knit staff team rooted in relationship-based care, and look after the supervision and professional development of our senior staff.

About You

We are looking for someone who is genuinely motivated, resilient, and ready to grow a vital social care service. You should be someone who thinks outside the box, loves working collaboratively, and can talk warmly and openly with prospective carers, local authorities, and our own teams.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Essential:A professional qualification in social work (BA in Social Work, DipSW, CQSW, or equivalent).
• Essential:Current registration with the SSSC.
• Essential:At least 2–5 years of management experience within social work or family placement.
• Preferred:Experience within an Independent Fostering Provider (IFP), with a track record in developing services, quality assurance, and / or carer recruitment.

Key Skills:

• Strong expertise in child and adult protection and safer-caring risk management.
• The ability to navigate change smoothly, handle pressure with grace, and keep the team focused on what matters.
• A good understanding of how to run public awareness or recruitment campaigns.
• Up-to-date knowledge of childcare theory, Care Inspectorate frameworks, and best practice.

Statutory Requirements

• Before starting, the successful candidate will need:
• Satisfactory Enhanced PVG Scheme Membership (Children and Vulnerable Adults).
• A satisfactory SSSC Register Check.
• Verifiable professional references that speak to your leadership skills.

About The Neuro Therapy Place

The Neuro Therapy Place provides a therapeutic community hub where people living with neurological conditions can access a wide range of therapies, rehabilitation, wellbeing services, advice and support in a friendly and welcoming environment.

Our services include physiotherapy, oxygen therapy, rehabilitation and wellbeing programmes, complementary therapies, alongside referrals and partnership working with other organisations. We are committed to delivering high quality, person centred services while ensuring the long term sustainability and growth of the charity.

Purpose of the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to lead our organisation at a pivotal stage in its development. Following a period of significant organisational development and transformation, The Neuro Therapy Place is entering its next phase of growth, focused on sustainability, external partnership development and excellence in service delivery.

We welcome applications from both experienced Chief Executive Officers seeking a new challenge and ambitious senior leaders who are ready to take the next step into executive leadership.

The appointment made will reflect the successful candidate's experience, skills and readiness for the role:

• Experienced CEOs: or candidates with demonstrable CEO-level capability, may be appointed directly as Chief Executive Officer.
• Aspiring CEOs: will be appointed as Chief Executive Officer and supported through a structured succession and development programme.

Experience of working at senior management, Head of Service, Director, CEO or Deputy CEO level would be advantageous.

Transition

As part of the Board's planned succession arrangements, the current Chief Executive Officer will provide a comprehensive leadership transition and organisational handover and will be available for up to three months following the appointment of the successful candidate, providing mentoring, knowledge transfer and strategic support. The duration and level of support will be tailored to the needs of the successful candidate and the organisation.

The salary range of £35,000–£46,500 reflects the breadth of experience, skills and capability we are seeking for this role. The starting salary will be determined based on the successful candidate’s experience, expertise and the level at which they are appointed. Following the successful transition of the outgoing CEO, the Board will undertake a review of your salary. This review will provide an opportunity to discuss your contribution, responsibilities and future role with the organisation, and may result in a salary increase beyond the advertised range. Any changes would be discussed and agreed between you and the Board.

Responsibility for the full range of CEO duties and accountabilities will progressively increase throughout the handover period, with full responsibility for the role transferring upon the departure of the current CEO.

This is a fully onsite leadership role, reflecting the nature of The Neuro Therapy Place’s services, the importance of visible and accessible leadership, and the need to work closely with clients, staff, volunteers and partners. The successful candidate should be comfortable working primarily from our centre as part of the planned leadership transition.

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including enhanced occupational sick pay, enhanced parental leave, life insurance, and access to Edinburgh Leisure gyms at a heavily subsidised rate. These benefits are designed to support the wellbeing, security, and work-life balance of our employees.