Are you passionate about tackling child poverty and supporting Glasgow’s third sector to create meaningful change? Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector (GCVS) is seeking a motivated and skilled Development Officer to join our team. This exciting role will support our Partnership Manager in the Policy & Engagement team in addressing one of the city’s most pressing challenges – ensuring that every child and young person in Glasgow can reach their full potential.

This role provides an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by supporting the third sector and contributing to transformative change in Glasgow. If you share our values and are ready to contribute your skills to this important work, we welcome your application.

Note: We are also open to filling this position on a secondment basis and warmly encourage applications from Glasgow’s voluntary sector organisations.

About GCVS:

GCVS plays a pivotal role in supporting Glasgow’s voluntary sector to engage with public sector partners, contribute to policy development, and design and deliver services that benefit the citizens of Glasgow. Our work is rooted in collaboration, and we strive to amplify the voices of third sector organisations to ensure their expertise informs decision-making and service delivery

The Role:

As Development Officer, you will support the Partnership & Engagement Manager by:

• Facilitating strong engagement between third sector organisations and public sector partners to address child poverty and related challenges.

• Supporting the sector’s contribution to Glasgow’s response to key initiatives, including The Promise, GIRFEC (Getting It Right For Every Child), and Whole Family Support, which connects to the work of the Children’s Services Planning Partnership.

• Assisting in identifying and addressing barriers faced by families and children, particularly in areas such as child poverty, child protection, as well as mental and physical health and wellbeing.

• Organising meetings, workshops, and consultations to ensure third sector perspectives are represented in policy discussions.

• Developing resources, briefings, and reports to support knowledge-sharing and capacity building within the sector.

What We’re Looking For:

The ideal candidate will have:

• A strong commitment to tackling child poverty and promoting human rights.

• Excellent facilitation and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders.

• An understanding of the third sector’s role in addressing social issues (experience in the field is desirable but not essential).

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.

• A collaborative and solution-focused approach, demonstrating integrity and alignment with GCVS values.

What We Offer:

• A supportive and inclusive work environment.

• Opportunities for professional development and growth.

• Flexible working arrangements, including home working.

• Reduced working week – 32 hours as full time.

• The chance to make a meaningful impact on child poverty and support transformative change in Glasgow.

More Information on the Job Description, Person Specification and Main Employment conditions is provided on the document enclosed.

Please notice that we will also consider Secondment if suitable.

Do you want to work for an organisation that values its employees?

Want a fulfilling, varied and meaningful job surrounded by a friendly and supportive team?

Well look no further!

The Corstorphine Dementia Project is looking to recruit a part-time Office Administrator.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity for someone to join our small team of amazing staff. We are looking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic Office Administrator who enjoys managing their own workload, likes a variety of duties and most of all, values being part of something meaningful and worthwhile. You will be confident, hardworking and a well organised member of the team who enjoys a range of duties and responsibilities.

About the Corstorphine Dementia Project

The Corstorphine Dementia Project is an established and well-loved community charity that is dedicated to providing quality day services to individuals in the local area living with dementia. This is achieved through our day centre the Jubilee Club and our fortnightly Teatime Club.

Benefits include

• Employer contributory pension scheme subject to eligibility
• Regular training and development opportunities
• Generous paid annual leave entitlement
• Daytime Monday to Friday working
• Blue Light Card membership
• On-site parking
• Working for a well-established and respected community organisation

Alzheimer Scotland is the leading dementia organisation in Scotland. We campaign for the rights of people with dementia and their families, whilst providing an extensive range of innovative, personalised, and therapeutic support services.

We are committed to improving the lives and opportunities of people living with dementia, their carers, partners, and families as their journey transitions from the first point of contact through to end of life. We believe nobody should face dementia alone.

We are looking for a confident, innovative and collaborative Community Activities Organiser for the Angus area. You will establish a range of community activities and opportunities across the locality that fill identified gaps and meet the needs of people living with dementia and their families.

The successful applicant will have a positive approach to dementia. You will be flexible, inclusive, creative, and organised in your approach. You will be sensitive and compassionate with the ability to support people in times of difficulty or distress. You will be an excellent communicator who can work effectively both with individuals and with groups. You will have a positive approach to your own continued professional development and a willingness to participate in relevant training. A relevant qualification and previous experience of working with people with dementia would be an advantage.

In return you will be in a role which offers the opportunity to meet great people, have great job satisfaction and be employed by an Organisation that offers a range of employee benefits and career progression opportunities.

Are you a creative and motivated individual with the passion and drive to support people with a recent diagnosis of dementia to live well in their community?

If so, you can be part of a National Team of Post Diagnostic Support Link Workers (PDS Link Workers) providing high-quality, person-centred support to people living with dementia and their families for a minimum of a year following diagnosis in line the Scottish Government’s minimum guarantee.

The aim of the PDS National Service is to enable people to live well with dementia and is centred around Alzheimer Scotland's 5 pillar model so that people move on to a period of supported self- management.

The model includes understanding the illness and coming to terms with the diagnosis, peer support, connecting and maintaining links with their community along with planning for future care and decision making to develop an outcome focused plan to support their future hopes, desires and aspirations.

Supporting our Wester Ross Highland locality, the post will be based within the Community Mental Health Team at The Health Centre, Ullapool. Alzheimer Scotland’s PDS Link Workers are required to be effective team workers and have the skills to build and maintain relationships with colleagues both within Alzheimer Scotland, the NHS and other stakeholders.

Skills in using digital platforms are essential as we use a blended approach to support people that involve some virtual meetings and on-line groups.

Applicants must hold a recognised relevant professional qualification, have a good understanding of dementia and how it affects people and their families along with excellent communication skills, a warm flexible approach, combined with skills in empathy and relationship building.

In addition, you should have skills and knowledge at the Enhanced Level of the Promoting Excellence Framework or be able to evidence you are working towards its completion.

This post requires a full driving license and access to a car.

GWT is looking for someone who is creative, energetic, friendly, has a good sense of humour and is passionate about building relationships between younger and older generations to reduce ageism, loneliness, isolation, improve skills and health and build hope in our communities.

Overview

GWT is the nationally recognised centre of excellence supporting the development and integration of intergenerational work across Scotland. GWT’s vision to live in an intergenerational Scotland where all generations are better connected, and everyone can build relationships to help realise a fairer more cohesive society.

By intergenerational practice we mean projects, activities, or events where people of different generations who might not otherwise know each other, meet each other on a regular basis to work together in positive and creative ways. Intergenerational work includes any activities which remove and break down barriers between the generations.

GWT provides a range of intergenerational training opportunities, a library of resources, organises events, facilitates 18 local and four thematic networks across Scotland and deliver pilot projects. This support encourages the involvement of volunteers and grass roots projects as well as the more strategic levels of management and government. Importantly we connect individuals and organisations who work across different generations building trust and respect which creates long lasting friendships. Together through intergenerational work the different generations can share their skills and learn new ones identifying solutions on how to address local problems and challenges in their communities.

Overview of Post

This role will focus on collaborating with people at local and national levels. The post holder will engage with communities, authorities and businesses across Scotland, providing support to develop intergenerational activities/projects/communities. The post holder will in addition, deliver a range of intergenerational training opportunities, grow our local and thematic networks as well as build a network of local volunteer Community Connectors to grow, develop and enhance the quality and longevity of intergenerational working across Scotland.

Full job description is available to download below.

Are you passionate about making a difference in communities across Glasgow? South West Community Transport is seeking a friendly, flexible and experienced driver to join our team and help us to deliver our mission and achieve our aims.

Mission Statement

We fundraise to provide safe, affordable and wheelchair-accessible transport, with skilled and friendly drivers, to remove barriers and help people attend groups and healthcare services that support them on the road to better health and wellbeing

Our Vision

To unite communities by providing safe, affordable and wheelchair-accessible transport to groups, healthcare services and organisations vital to people's health and wellbeing.

South West Community Transport is a Scottish charity that supports organisations and charities in Glasgow and surrounding areas. The groups are highly varied, including specialist schools, parent and toddler groups, youth groups, elderly support organisations, sports groups and charities helping those with physical and/or mental health challenges and those fighting addictions.

We also provide a Patient Transport service which allows hundreds of individuals, with no access to a car and unable to use public transport (but not eligible for NHS ambulance support) to reach their vital healthcare appointments safely to, e.g. the Beatson Cancer Centre, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, New Victoria Hospital, health centres and clinics. We support a diverse range of people (including older, disabled, neurodiverse people from different communities which include ethnic communities; some of which are facing Dementia or Alzheimer challenges).

Role Overview

• This is a vital role in our organisation and the key duties include:
• Have a D1 category driving licence.
• Ensure the roadworthiness and cleanliness of the vehicle daily.
• Obey all traffic laws, always driving legally and safely.
• Always ensure the safety of passengers.
• Recognise and assist with the additional needs of children and vulnerable adults, the elderly, and/or people with disabilities.
• Ensure all relevant paperwork is completed as required.
• Always provide a high standard of driving and customer service, being friendly and professional to customers and colleagues.
• Have excellent time-keeping skills and flexible with working hours in accordance with the needs of the organisation.
• Any other relevant duties as directed by the Service Manager.

Why Join Us?

• Make a meaningful impact on the lives of individuals and their families and experience real job satisfaction.
• Collaborate with a passionate and dedicated team.
• Develop your skills and experience in the charity sector.
• Be part of a forward-thinking organisation.

• 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.

Join Food Train as a Trustee and Make a Difference!

Food Train provides practical support services that help older people live more independently at home. Established in Dumfries 30 years ago by older people to address food access challenges, Food Train has grown into a thriving charity supporting 3,000 older adults across Scotland with the help of 1,500 amazing volunteers.

We’re committed to promoting wellbeing, independent living, and positive ageing through our range of home support services.

We are looking for four new Trustees to join our passionate team on this incredible journey. If you’re seeking a friendly, inclusive, and productive Trustee opportunity, we’d love to hear from you!

About the Role:

• The Trustee role is non-remunerated, but travel expenses are reimbursed.
• Training will be provided free of charge.
• There are five meetings per year, including the AGM, with a mix of online and in-person attendance options.

What We’re Looking For:

• A commitment to supporting older people and promoting positive ageing.
• A willingness to contribute to Food Train’s strategy and governance.
• No prior experience as a Trustee is required – just a passion to make a difference.

For more information about Food Train, visit: thefoodtrain.co.uk

For an informal chat about becoming a Trustee, please contact: Rosie McLuskie, Chief Executive