Project Ability is seeking an experienced Finance and Operations Manager to drive our strategic vision, champion equality, diversity, and inclusion, and ensure the continuing success of the organisation.

The Role

Project Ability creates opportunities and provides a professional, welcoming and safe environment for people of all ages with disabilities and lived experience of mental ill health to engage with visual art.

Working alongside the Executive Artistic Director and Board of Trustees, this is a busy, multi-faceted senior role and you will lead on business planning, financial management and governance, venue management, legislative compliance, health and safety and administrating staff, board, contractors and volunteer paperwork.

This is an opportunity to join a highly successful and motivated team of 8 professional staff, assisted by art practitioners and volunteers to deliver our core workshops, exhibitions, events and outreach sessions. Based in Trongate 103 in the centre of Glasgow, we operate over 6 days a week, 40 weeks a year.

Project Ability supports, celebrates and provides a platform for disability, diversity and inclusion in the arts.

We are keen to create a work force that reflects the backgrounds of our participating artists and would like to encourage applications from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities’

Key Information

• Job Title: Finance and Operations Manager
• Responsible to: Executive Artistic Director
• Salary:£40,000
• Hours:37.5
• Location: Trongate 103, Glasgow, G1 5HD
• Pension: a 3% pension contribution
• Annual Leave: 24 days annual and 10 public holidays
• Start Date: July 2025
• Application Deadline:Monday 12 May at 12 noon
• Interviews: Friday 23rd May
• Probationary period: 3 months

Are you ready to make a real difference in people's lives by providing specialist debt, benefit, and money advice?

This is an exciting opportunity to join Poppyscotland/RBL, to help deliver a new Scotland wide service offering debt and money advice to Scotland’s Armed Forces community.

As a Senior Benefits, Debt, and Money Adviser, you'll provide expert advice on debt, money, and welfare benefits, managing complex referrals, supporting with debt issues, Mandatory Reconsiderations, Appeals, and Tribunal representation. You'll supervise and train new staff, conduct file reviews, and assist senior colleagues with technical matters.

What You’ll Do:

• Maximise income through debt management and benefit calculations, including complex cases like Student Finance and Armed Forces Pensions.
• Advise on Scottish debt options (Bankruptcy, Debt Arrangement Scheme, Trust Deeds) and assist with overpayments, late claims, and backdating.
• Challenge benefit decisions, liaise with benefit offices, and gather evidence for appeals and tribunal representation.
• Manage caseloads, ensuring timely support and maintaining detailed case records using IT systems.
• Build relationships with local agencies and charities, providing advice and training on benefit issues.
• Assist the Regional Lead with Quality Assurance, conducting case reviews, identifying trends, and providing support to advisers.
• Support recruitment, induction, and training of new staff, including managing performance where needed.
• Deputise for the Regional Lead during their absence, handling new referrals, urgent issues, and queries from colleagues.

Poppyscotland offers a holistic Benefits & Debt advice service, with the expectation that the successful candidate will develop knowledge, skills & experience in welfare benefits (full training and supervision provided) to be able to support clients in challenging social security benefit decisions via the appeals process.

The role is homebased with occasional travel required throughout Scotland. This includes travel to home visits and tribunal locations. In addition, travel to team meetings and training, usually in Edinburgh, is required. You may also be required to attend national BDMA Service annual events held across the UK. We do cover travel expenses.

Living within Scotland area is essential in being able to undertake this role.

This position is also subject to pre-employment checks including an Enhanced PVG check.

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience providing advice on welfare benefits and debt, with knowledge of Scotland’s insolvency processes (Minimal Asset and Full Administration Bankruptcies, DAS, Trust Deeds).
• Strong understanding of welfare benefits, including rates, payments, and calculations.
• Skilled in complex benefit calculations and challenging decisions.
• Experience in case submissions and tribunal representation for DWP and Social Security Scotland benefits.
• Experience working with vulnerable adults, particularly those with mental health issues.
• Ability to manage a caseload and handle personal administration.

Why join us?

Our self-funded service operates without external constraints, ensuring long-term support. The service is not target driven and instead takes a holistic approach, working alongside other teams to address wider issues like homelessness and complex needs. We have access to grants to assist with priority debts and other essential items.

Come and be part of the leading Armed Forces charity, making a difference to the lives of those who have served to keep us safe and protect our way of life.

Employee benefits include -

• 28 day’s paid holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with optional annual leave purchase scheme of up to 5 working days
• Generous pension contributions, with Employer contributions ranging from 6% to 14%
• Range of flexible working options may be available, depending on your role
• Employee Assistance Programme providing confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
• Range of courses delivered by learning specialists to support your development goals and objectives
• Opportunities to volunteer
• Travel loans, Cycle to Work, and more!

Join ELCAP and help us make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals with learning and physical disabilities and mental health challenges. We seek a proactive and detail-oriented Executive Assistant to support our CEO and the board of directors.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administration and for the CEO, Board of Directors and Senior Leaders
• Organise diaries, board, committee and senior leaders meetings and prepare necessary documents.
• Serve as a point of contact for communications and draft important correspondence.
• Assist with project management and fundraising initiatives.

Qualifications:

• A degree in business administration or another subject related to the field.
• Proven experience as an executive assistant, preferably in the nonprofit sector.
• Exceptional organisational and communication skills.

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and commited Project Worker to join our Pentland Way Residential Service working on a rota basis (including weekend).

Barnardo's Caern Disability Services consists of three unique Projects who deliver a variety of quality services for young people with learning disabilities and/or autism. We have done this for over forty years.

Our Pentland Way service supports up to 3 young people in a residential setting. Our staff play an active role in supporting the young people and their families/carers to achieve positive outcomes, as identified in the Young People's Individual Support Plans.

About You

Ideally you will have experience in working directly with children and young people in a similar setting. Experience in supporting children and young people with a learning disability and/or Autism would be an advantage. Communication with the young people is paramount - the key is time tabling; structure; reliability and consistency. You will be faced with behaviours that challenge, including physical.

The staff team across Caern Services must be fully accepting of our children and be prepared to offer them a professional relationship based on acceptance and informed by our understanding of their individual needs, wishes and experiences. We are passionate about the children and young people that we care for, showing understanding, empathy and consistency in our approach.

You will hold (or be willing to work towards) a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 7 or above (for example SVQ3 children and young people) plus an HNC in social services. These qualifications are required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) as part of your employment. There may be external grants available to partly fund this.

Please see the attached role profiles detailing further information and the requirements for this role.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.

Our basis and values

About the Organisation:

Camphill Estates is a Scottish charity that owns and stewards the land and properties used by five independent Camphill charities in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire: Beannachar, Camphill School Aberdeen, Camphill Wellbeing Trust, Simeon Care for the Elderly, and Tigh a’Chomainn.

Camphill Estates works in partnership with four independent Camphill charities and a social enterprise, each dedicated to making a meaningful impact on the local and wider community of Aberdeen City & Shire. Their work spans all age groups - from early years to older age - and covers a wide range of areas, including health and wellbeing, education, lifelong learning, social care, and sustainability.

While these organisations are independently governed, they share a common ethos rooted in the Camphill tradition: inclusion, dignity, purposeful living, and a deep connection to community and place.

“Everyone is appreciated for who they are, their unique personality and the special qualities they bring to community life.”

We maintain and develop the land, heritage buildings, infrastructure, and green spaces across the estates - most notably as stewards of the historic Camphill and Murtle Estates, where the global Camphill movement began in 1939.

In addition to our role as landowners and custodians, we provide a professional fundraising function for Beannachar, Camphill School Aberdeen, Camphill Wellbeing Trust, and Simeon Care for the Elderly. While we support the land and buildings at Tigh a’Chomainn, we do not currently fundraise on their behalf.

Following a strategic review and planning process, we have identified over £15 million in capital projects aimed at improving and expanding the facilities that underpin this vital work. Our experienced fundraising team is focused on delivering transformational funding to ensure these organisations - and the people they support - can thrive for generations to come.

About the Role:

As Senior Fundraising Executive (Trusts and Foundations), you will be responsible for raising mid-level grants - typically in the £10,000 to £100,000 range - from trusts, foundations, and public funders. These grants will support a wide range of capital, community, and sustainability projects across Camphill Estates and the four Camphill charities we fundraise for.

You’ll report to the Director of Fundraising and work closely with the Fundraising Manager, who oversees day-to-day fundraising operations and strategy delivery. You will also collaborate with our Fundraising Executive, who focuses on lower-level grants, and the wider estates and charity teams to develop strong, funder-ready proposals with clear impact.

We’re looking for someone with proven success in securing five and six figure grants, who can combine strategic thinking with exceptional storytelling. You’ll need excellent written and verbal communication skills, a good grasp of project development and budgeting, and the ability to build and sustain productive relationships with funders.

You’ll be joining a small, motivated and collaborative fundraising team where mutual support, ambition and shared purpose are at the heart of how we work. Your contribution will directly support the growth and sustainability of some of the most impactful charities in the North of Scotland.

This is more than a job - it’s a chance to be part of something meaningful. A place where your skills will help transform lives, protect heritage, and support inclusive communities to thrive for generations to come.

Everyday people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Stroke Healthcare Assistant you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading health charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support Service provides access to a range of supported self-management and community recovery services to support people across Scotland to manage their health as well as possible and adjust to life after a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or after a stroke.

We are looking for an individual who has experience of working in a health care setting particularly with stroke patients to work with our Grampian Stroke Nurse Team to support patients following a stroke and their families. As our Stroke Healthcare Assistant, you will be key in providing this support ensuring stroke survivors and their families receive the help and support they require to live the best lives they can. Driving is a requirement of this post a clean driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a PVG check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Community Support Services Coordinator you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions to live life to the full again. Our Community Health Support Services form a nationwide network of local support groups, nurses, volunteers and one-to-one support teams helping families adjust to life with a heart or lung condition or after a stroke.

We are looking for a Community Support Services Coordinator to join our amazing team in the Lothian area. This role is focused on making sure that people affected by chest, heart and stroke conditions get the help they need and get back to doing the things that matter to them.

Through our Community Support Services, you will support people to have the confidence and tools to self-manage their health condition and live as independently as possible. You’ll also help people get back to doing the things that are important to them – from simple things like walking to their local shop following a stroke, to returning to a sky-high hobby of gliding!

You’ll be directly involved in supporting people with chest, heart and stroke conditions through both one-to-one and group services in both community and hospital settings. You’ll work with the rest of the Community Support Services team in Lothian, and manage a team of incredible volunteers, to make a real difference to the lives of people with our conditions.

Candidates don’t need to have medical knowledge as training is provided on our health conditions. We are looking for someone with a positive attitude towards people with disabilities and long-term conditions; an understanding of the challenges faced by people with chest, heart and stroke conditions including Long Covid; an understanding of community service provision; the ability to recruit, manage and motivate a team of volunteers; and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

At Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, our mission is to ensure there’s No Life Half Lived in Scotland – and you can be a vital part of that. We are Scotland’s leading organisation for person-centred, user-led community support for people with our health conditions.

Applicants must have a car and a current valid driving licence (expenses are paid at mileage rate).

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a PVG check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.