Due to the retirement of the previous post holder, The Trustees of Abused Men in Scotland (AMIS) wish to appoint a Head of Services, to manage, monitor and develop AMIS’s work. We believe this is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about addressing domestic abuse for all victims and, in particular, ensuring that male victims can have their experience and needs recognised and addressed.
AMIS is a national organisation providing support to men who experience domestic abuse. We have provided a national helpline service since October 2010. In addition to our direct service provision, we advocate for men affected by domestic abuse on a strategic level and work with mainstream services to help improve responses to these men. AMIS is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO).
The person appointed will be our most senior employee and will work with the Board of Trustees, staff, service users and funding partners to support the development of the organisation. The ideal candidate will have a strong commitment of our aims, a deep understanding of the challenges faced by victims of domestic abuse (and in particular male victims) and a proven track record of leadership in a similar setting.
Salary £34,000 - £36,000: dependent on experience
Responsible to: AMIS Board of Trustees
Line Management Responsibilities: All staff
Office Base: AMIS, c/o Volunteer Edinburgh, Leith Walk,
Annual Leave: 24 days plus 12 statutory days
Contract: Fixed Term contract until March 31st 2027. The term may be extended, subject to funding.
Location: Much of the work will be home-based, with face-to-face meetings and training sessions as required, generally in Edinburgh, but locations may vary.
Working Hours: 35 hours per week. Primarily office hours, but some flexibility around evening and weekend working will be required.
Pension: New staff are enrolled with Now Pensions. AMIS will match employee contributions up to 6%.
Probationary period: This post is subject to a four month probationary period.
Funding: This role is funded by the Scottish Government Victim at the Centre Fund, until 31 March 2027. We hope to secure funding in the longer term.
Equal Opportunities: AMIS is committed to equality of opportunity and non-discrimination on the grounds of sex, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, marital status, disability or any other attribute.
Conditions: Eligibility to work in the UK, a successful full PVG check and two satisfactory references all to be verified before a formal offer of employment is made.
Top job! Chief Executive Officer (Maternity Cover)
- Full time
- £40,500
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 30th June 2025
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is responsible to the Board of Trustees for the overall leadership of the organisation. They will lead the strategic direction of the organisation in line with the 2025 – 28 Business Plan, which they will monitor in collaboration with the Creative Director supported by the Board of Trustees. The CEO will work with the Board of Trustees to ensure accountability and informed decision making for the governance of the organisation. They will exercise oversight of all management and financial decisions and will ensure legal compliance.
The CEO will be an outstanding leader ensuring all strands of activity contribute to shared objectives and will promote collaboration and the values of the organisation. They will be a bold and strategic think that takes a proactive approach to the role and will operate with high standards and be committed to the organisational values of excellence, equity and empowerment.
The CEO, alongside members of the team, will be an advocate and ambassador of Be United and will work to raise the profile of the organisation and champion the organisation in the wider cultural sector. They will manage relationships with key stakeholders, potential and existing funders and will be comfortable working at the most senior levels as well as with grass roots organisations and individuals.
At a practical level, the CEO’s responsibilities fall into a number of categories:
- To lead on the strategic delivery of Be United 2025-28 Business Plan and strategy to ensure implementation and delivery of objectives.
- Ensure all programmes of activity are delivered to the required standards and are regularly reviewed.
- To lead and develop the overall organisational culture, supporting and mentoring all direct reports encouraging a collaborative approach to working that contributes to clear and effective communication throughout the organisation.
- Ensure that effective partnerships are built with other organisations to expand the reach of Be United’s work, visibility and impact across the sector and within the community.
- To keep abreast of sector developments, best practice, and policy changes in order to identify and introduce appropriate innovation.
- To proactively push innovation and help the organisation evolve digitally.
Full details can be found in the job description below or on our website.
Top job! Chief Executive Officer
- Full time or Part time
- £50,000 – £55,000
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 14th May 2025
LCIL is a person-led organisation providing a range of services that enable Disabled People to live independently in the community of their choice.
The Chief Executive is responsible for leading and developing LCiL. This is an exciting opportunity to work collaboratively with the Board, staff, volunteers and other stakeholders to develop and implement a strategy for the organisation, ensuring LCiL employees are developed and supported in delivering their workplans, and to establish and maintain excellent collaborative relationships with all stakeholders to enable the delivery of the strategic aims, mission and vision of the organisation.
Key Accountabilities
• Lead and develop the organisation in line with its Person-led roots.
• Provide inspirational leadership, direction and support to enable the development and delivery of an impactful and relevant strategy/strategic framework, working closely with the Board, staff and other stakeholders.
• Create a positive and trusting culture within the organisation to enable staff to self-empower, take initiatives and become positive agent of excellence on behalf of the organisation.
• Provide leadership and good governance to ensure LCiL’s financial resources are managed effectively, promoting a culture of financial transparency, identifying risks and taking appropriate action so that LCiL remains in good financial health, updating the Board on a regular basis.
• Work with the Board and employees to generate momentum and engagement in shaping LCiL as a one-stop-shop organisation.
• Ensure the Board is supported in meeting its legal governance responsibilities by managing the organisation well in line with role accountabilities, ensuring reporting meets governance requirements, relationships are positive and it has the overview of matching funding and resources to deliver LCiL strategic aims.
• Seek out, develop and nurture beneficial partnerships with supporters and funders so that there are opportunities to raise sufficient funds and ensure organisational sustainability.
• Represent LCiL and engage with national and local policy decision making process, in line with the roots of the organisation and the Independent Living Movement.
Easterhouse Citizens Advice Bureau are looking for Committee Members
Are you passionate about supporting a local community based organisation? Do you have experience, skills or enthusiasm you’d like to put to good use in a meaningful voluntary role? Easterhouse Citizens Advice Bureau is currently seeking committed and community-minded individuals to join our committee.
As a committee member, you’ll help shape the strategic direction of the bureau, ensuring we continue to provide vital advice and support to people across Easterhouse and the surrounding areas – something we’ve been proud to do for nearly 50 years. This is a truly rewarding opportunity to contribute to a well-established and respected organisation at the heart of the community.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are particularly keen to hear from individuals with experience in: –
• Finance, accountancy or audit
• Governance and strategy
• Marketing and social media
No prior board experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn and a genuine commitment to our values and mission.
Sacro’s mission is to deliver life-changing services that empower people, give hope and protection, and help to build safe communities.
Could you be our next Support Services Administrator? We are looking for someone to provide a professional customer focused administrative support service to our Glasgow Services.
This post offers hybrid working, based in our Glasgow Hub and working from home, as agreed by the service. Tasks are varied and duties will include being the first point of contact for the service in person, by telephone or email, handling incoming mail, providing administrative support to the service, recording referrals, updating our Case Management System, financial administration and recruitment/safeguarding administration.
You should be well organised, able to work within an office environment and an effective communicator. Also, have proven literacy, data input and numerical skills and be flexible to meet the challenging and changing needs of the service. Experience of using Office 365, in particular Word and Excel, is essential.
We offer some great benefits, including family friendly policies, flexible and hybrid working and work-life balance. We also have generous annual leave entitlement, employee wellbeing scheme, cycle to work scheme, pension scheme, enhanced company sick pay. We will offer learning and development, progression and qualifications with the opportunity for growth and development.
We welcome applications from individuals who share Sacro’s aims and values and want to engage with those we support to help them move on to a more secure, settled and fulfilling life and value diversity from all sections of the community.
About Us
Zero Tolerance is a Scottish charity working to end men’s violence against women and girls (VAWG) by promoting gender equality and challenging attitudes which normalise violence and abuse. We are a values-led organisation and seek to improve the way we integrate feminism, equality, and diversity into our work. We are looking for new Trustees to diversify the skills and experience of our current Board.
Zero Tolerance has a commitment to diversity and challenging all forms of inequality alongside gender inequality. We are open to as many different voices as there are experiences, and to all genders, and particularly welcome applications from Minority Ethnic, LGBT+, disabled, migrant, and other backgrounds currently underrepresented within the women’s sector.
We achieve change in the following ways:
1. Raise public and political awareness of the root cause of VAWG (gender inequality) and call for action.
2. Challenge and support key institutions to embed primary prevention of VAWG in their work.
3. Advance and share the evidence base on preventing VAWG.
Please see our Strategic plan zerotolerance.org.uk/about
What you’ll do
Our Trustees commit to attending quarterly Board meetings (which are held virtually), sub-committee meetings, and up to two in-person training and development days annually.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for volunteers who:
• Are committed to and share an understanding of our vision, values, aims and positions
• Understand that violence against women and girls is caused by, and is a result of, a lack of equality between men and women
• Can think creatively and embrace change
We want Zero Tolerance to be a place where feminist leadership happens at all levels and are committed to welcoming Board members from all backgrounds. We are particularly interested in applications from volunteers who have skills and experience in the following areas:
• Experience of working with or an understanding of the Violence Against Women and Girls sector
• Experience of implementing equality, diversity and inclusion practices and/or representing marginalised people
What do we offer?
• The chance to use your experience to shape our work to end violence against women and girls in Scotland
• Induction and training on how to be a charity trustee plus a board ‘buddy’
• As far as possible, we will offer practical support to carry out the role, depending on individual needs, for example equipment, travel expenses or help to cover caring responsibilities
• Training on our strategic priority areas, including our feminist leadership theme
By Your Side Community Adviser x2
- Part time
- £29,734 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Based in community group premises in and around the City of Glasgow, combined with home working
- Closing 27th May 2025
Age Scotland is a flexible employer and flexible work patterns are available. 94% of our colleagues’ rate Age Scotland as a great place to work.
In return for your hard work, enthusiasm, and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous benefits package,
Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.
We support and enable hundreds of communities and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline and publications. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Friendship Line and much more.
We work in Scotland with older people’s groups who provide vital activities and services for older people in their local community. We campaign on the issues that older people tell us are important to them.
Living our values, you will help create better outcomes for older people by empowering, enabling and supporting them to access their rights and entitlements. Through the provision of advice, form filling and low-level advocacy you will support older people who cannot take the next steps themselves due to the barriers they experience in day-to-day life.
The post will be based in the Glasgow and surrounding area, with frequent visits to community groups in combination with home working. Age Scotland is a flexible employer and flexible work patters are available. In return for your hard work, enthusiasm and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous benefits package:
• Generous holiday allowance of 39 days (FTE)
• A range of learning and development opportunities
• Company sick pay
• Healthcare benefit
• Discounted gym membership
• Cashback scheme from major retailers
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of 9%
• A comprehensive package of support though our Employee Assistance Programme
• Group life cover up to three times your annual salary
• Cycle to work scheme
• Paid carers leave and dependents’ support
• The option to buy more holidays or sell them
• Enhanced maternity and paternity policies.
By Your Side Ethnic Minority Community Adviser
- Part time
- £29,734 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Based in community group premises in and around the City of Glasgow, combined with home working
- Closing 26th May 2025
Age Scotland is a flexible employer and flexible work patterns are available. 94% of our colleagues’ rate Age Scotland as a great place to work.
In return for your hard work, enthusiasm, and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous benefits package,
Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.
We support and enable hundreds of communities and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline and publications. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Friendship Line and much more.
We work in Scotland with older people’s groups who provide vital activities and services for older people in their local community. We campaign on the issues that older people tell us are important to them.
Living our values, you will help create better outcomes for older people by empowering, enabling and supporting them to access their rights and entitlements. Through the provision of advice, form filling and low-level advocacy you will support older people who cannot take the next steps themselves due to the barriers they experience in day-to-day life.
The post will be based in the Glasgow and surrounding area, with frequent visits to community groups in combination with home working. Age Scotland is a flexible employer and flexible work patters are available. In return for your hard work, enthusiasm and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous benefits package. Age Scotland is a flexible employer and flexible work patters are available. In return for your hard work, enthusiasm and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous benefits package:
• Generous holiday allowance of 39 days (FTE)
• A range of learning and development opportunities
• Company sick pay
• Healthcare benefit
• Discounted gym membership
• Cashback scheme from major retailers
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of 9%
• A comprehensive package of support though our Employee Assistance Programme
• Group life cover up to three times your annual salary
• Cycle to work scheme
• Paid carers leave and dependents’ support
• The option to buy more holidays or sell them
• Enhanced maternity and paternity policies.
Upside Community Worker - National Voluntary Throughcare Programme (NVTP)
- Part time
- £27,676 – £32,078 pro-rata
- On site: Tayside (Own car and driving licence essential)
- Closing 19th May 2025
Accountability of post:Circle Project Manager – for day-to-day line management Supported by Regional Pod Manager for service delivery (this may be a manager from another organisation in the Partnership).
Purpose of post:Providing relational support to people throughout their journey from prison to the community.
MAIN TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To work with individual’s pre and post release from prison, working with the whole family to promote positive change and a safer lifestyle.
- To support parents/carers to develop their parenting capacity and relationships with their children.
- Work collaboratively with prison workers to support pre-release planning alongside individuals.
- Utilise appropriate tools for pre-release engagement (face-to-face contact; email a prisoner (EMAP) correspondence, contribution to multi-agency release planning meetings)
- Supporting on the day of release (meet at prison) responding flexibly to individual and immediate needs e.g. housing, health, benefits.
- To record, monitor and evaluate our work, including PULSE recording and complete partnership risk assessments.
- Promote multiagency working, with a wide-range of statutory and third-sector partners, through relevant and proportionate information sharing.
- Develop and promote partnership working with NVTP and key stakeholders.
- To attend supervision, team meetings, staff development days and in-house training sessions as appropriate
- To liaise with other agencies and work in partnership with them to meet the needs of the whole family.
- To contribute to the promotion and development of Circle’s work and services
- To work within Circle’s policies and procedures.
- To work to the key responsibilities outlined in the Partnership Role Descriptor
The above accountabilities and responsibilities are not exhaustive, and the job holder may be required to undertake additional duties that are consistent with the level and grading of the role. With consultation, amendments may be made to your job description from time to time in relation to our changing needs and your own ability.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- A professional qualification in social work, social care, education or health
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience of working with individuals and families who have experienced trauma
- Knowledge of a range of interventions for supporting individuals, children and families
- Experience of working in partnership with other agencies
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Knowledge of the GIRFEC approach and the related SHANARRI Indicators
- An understanding of and commitment to equal opportunities, anti-discriminatory practice and user participation
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with children and adults
- Ability to support social work students on placement with Circle
- Ability to record, monitor and evaluate work
- Ability to plan and prioritise work
- Ability to effect change in families
- Ability to work within, and maintain, professional boundaries
- Good assessment skills
DON’T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?
If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description/person specification, we’d love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Circle team.
Child Poverty Project Officer
- Full time or Part time
- £36,646 – £39,689
- Hybrid: Livingston with some travel throughout Scotland.
- Closing 1st June 2025
Are you passionate about tackling child poverty in Scotland? The Improvement Service is seeking a dynamic Child Poverty Project Officer to drive collaboration and share best practice across local authorities and the Fairer Futures Partnerships.
In this exciting national role, you’ll support knowledge exchange, facilitate networks, analyse Local Child Poverty Action Reports, and develop learning resources that shape strategic improvements. You'll work closely with local and national partners, including the Scottish Government, to ensure that the most effective approaches to wrap-around support are understood, replicated, and scaled.
Key Skills and Experience
- Strong background in partnership working, data analysis, and knowledge sharing
- Excellent communication, relationship building and facilitation skills
- Experience engaging diverse stakeholders and managing multi-agency projects
- Understanding of how data and intelligence can be used to identify priorities and measure impact
- A solid understanding of child poverty and inequality issues in Scotland
Who We're Looking For
We’re seeking someone with a deep commitment to social justice and experience in partnership working, knowledge exchange, and systems change. You’ll be a proactive connector and skilled facilitator – comfortable engaging diverse audiences, leading learning events, and translating complex data into practical insights.
You should be:
- A confident communicator with excellent interpersonal and written skills
- Analytical, organised, and able to manage information and draw meaningful conclusions
- Skilled at building strong working relationships and networks across organisations
- Comfortable working independently and collaboratively, with a flexible and solutions-focused mindset
- Experienced in developing resources, toolkits, or publications for professional audiences.
Knowledge of Scotland’s public sector and current challenges in tackling poverty and inequality is highly desirable.
Why Join Us?
This is a unique opportunity to make a positive impact on tackling child poverty in Scotland, supporting national priorities through local innovation. You’ll work in a highly collaborative environment with supportive colleagues and meaningful partnerships. You’ll be part of a dynamic, forward-thinking organisation and enjoy a progressive, flexible working culture.
Apply now and be part of driving positive, lasting change.
For more information, download the full job description.