Do you have a track record of working with care experienced children, young people and their families, either in adoptive families or living in kinship care arrangements? We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist to join our supportive and innovative team within Adoption UK.
Do you want to support people affected by domestic abuse and forced marriage? Could you be there during the quiet hours of the night, to offer vital support when many services aren’t available? If you’re looking for flexible, remote work that fits around your life while making a real difference, we want to hear from you.
Scotland’s Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline, run by Scottish Women’s Aid, is looking for Relief Helpline Call Handlers for night shifts (10pm to 8.30am). We offer shifts on a relief, as-needed basis to provide extra cover and fill gaps in our rota. While there are no guaranteed hours, you will have the flexibility to choose open shifts that fit your availability. By taking on these shifts, you will help us provide a reliable 24/7 service, every day of the year, for anyone who needs us.
We are looking for a Mentor Services Coordinator to help recruit and support our volunteer mentors in North Ayrshire.
About the role:
Our Mentor Services Coordinators are the key contacts for our volunteer mentors from their first enquiry about mentoring until they are matched with a young person. The Mentor Services Coordinators conduct in depth interviews with all prospective volunteer mentors, organise training, organise PVG checks and make the process as smooth as possible.
Key responsibilities:
- Providing excellent customer service to mentors, volunteers and partners using strong communication skills on the telephone, in virtual meetings, by email and sometimes in person
- Ensure all of our volunteer mentors are individually supported and fully engaged at every stage of their mentor journey
- Deliver information sessions, participate in mentor one-to-one conversations and facilitate mentor training sessions and other mentor engagement activities.
About you:
- Customer service experience
- Experience of or strong interest in working or volunteering in the charity or third sectors
- People person with excellent communication and listening skills and empathy
- Well organised with great administrative skills and attention to detail
- Excellent desktop and database skills
About us:
MCR Pathways is an award-winning charity established in Glasgow in 2007. Our mentoring programme is now delivered in schools across the whole of Scotland as well as West London, Hertfordshire and Surrey. Our passionate team is dedicated to helping the most vulnerable young people gain self-confidence, identify their skills and recognise and fulfil their potential. Our vision is for all young people to experience equality of education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances. Our mentoring programme has profound impacts on school pupils in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors are volunteers who make and experience a life-changing difference. You will be joining a friendly and supportive team who love what they do and enjoy working with each other. We model our values and many of us are also mentors ourselves.
Read the Job Description and Person Specification
Benefits include:
Are you a skilled trainer who would like to make a real difference?
Would you love a training role that allows you to support people and faith communities to flourish as they navigate change, conflict, and differences well?
Then this exciting new role might be for you…
Job Summary
In its current 5-year strategy, ‘Choosing Peace in times of fear & division’, Place for Hope identified the growth of its training work as a key strategic goal. The Trainer (Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation) will play a critical role in the ongoing achievement of this goal of equipping more people and faith communities to be peacemakers as we work towards a more peaceful and reconciled world.
The post holder will support all work related to Place for Hope’s Training Programme, internal and external, both online and in-person training. They will develop and maintain delivery and administration elements of this role. They will share the vision and ethos of Place for Hope.
Previous experience of training (including facilitation, mentoring/coaching), collaborating and communicating effectively with different Christian denominations and faiths, as well as excellent organisational and communication skills are essential to the role. The ideal candidate would also have an interest in supporting faith communities to transform conflict and a willingness to engage with CPD which is provided to build your knowledge and skills in this area. This is an exciting time to join Place for Hope and play an important role in equipping individuals and faith communities to choose peace in times of fear and division.
Join Our Board of Trustees: Shape the Future with Us!
Are you passionate about empowering women, girls and non-binary people to learn to cycle? Do you want to make a meaningful difference in your community and beyond?
We’re seeking committed and dynamic individuals to join the Board of Trustees at Women on Wheels.
About Women on Wheels
Women on Wheels is a women, girls and non-binary people cycling charity based in the heart of Govanhill, Glasgow. We encourage and support women, girls and non-binary people to learn how to cycle more confidently and safely. We strive to make cycling more accessible and inclusive to all women, girls and non-binary people, particularly those overcoming barriers such as lack of confidence, limited access to resources relating to cycling and safety concerns. We cater to all abilities and provide a variety of different skill-set sessions for both women and families. We are dedicated to supporting
all women to learn to cycle, and as we grow, we’re looking for leaders who share our vision and want to help guide our organisation toward a brighter future.
Women on Wheels Mission:
Our mission is to empower and enable women, families and non-binary people to overcome their barriers to take up cycling - for transport, to improve their physical and mental health, and most importantly, for the pure joy of it!
What is a Board of Trustees?
A Board of Trustees is a group of individuals entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing the management, policies, and strategic direction of an organisation, often a nonprofit, educational institution, or charitable foundation. The board ensures that the organisation operates in accordance with its mission, adheres to legal and ethical standards, manages financial resources responsibly, and fulfils its objectives. Trustees are typically volunteers and act as the governing authority, providing leadership and accountability for the organisation's long-term success.
Board of Trustee Key Responsibilities:
As a Trustee, you will:
Benefits of being a Board Member of Women on Wheels
Who We Are Looking For
We welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds and industries. Ideal candidates will have:
No previous board experience is required, but we are looking for people with commitment to our mission, leadership qualities and strategic thinking. We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, as we believe a variety of perspectives strengthens our work.
Commitment
This is a voluntary position, though expenses will be reimbursed.
SBP has a compelling story to tell about the transformational recovery of Scotland’s nature. It’s called rewilding.
As an organisation with an exciting portfolio of projects to deliver across Scotland, we are looking for a highly skilled and passionate individual, who will develop and manage our varied campaigns to drive support for rewilding, while also amplifying SBP’s voice and visibility across all media.
See the job description, available for download below, for the duties and responsibilities associated with the role, as well as the experience, skills and attributes we are seeking.
Organisation profile
SCOTLAND: The Big Picture (SBP) is a charity that works to drive the recovery of nature across Scotland through rewilding, in response to the growing climate and biodiversity crises. Our vision is of a vast network of rewilded land and water, where wildlife flourishes and people thrive.
We are a small, friendly, agile and progressive team that works in collaboration with many different interest groups to:
Please see our website for more information on our work: scotland big picture.com.
SWAN is an autistic-led Charity run for and by autistic women, girls and non-binary people across Scotland.
Reporting to the CEO, the role will involve providing dedicated admin support to SWAN as an organisation and to the staff team. The post holder will be working with other SWAN staff and volunteers to provide the best possible service to those who come to SWAN, and to operate an effective remote office system.
SWAN is a small but very active Charity, so multitasking, time management skills, and the ability to prioritise tasks and function well at busy times are key. The role is interesting and varied and there are opportunities to develop the post in line with your strengths and skills.
You will be working as part of a friendly, supportive team of autistic professionals, in a neuro-inclusive environment.
You can find more information about SWAN on our website and in our Strategy.
Would you like to be part of the much loved charity which won the SCVO People’s Choice Award this year? Simba is here to support anyone affected by baby loss, now and always. We help bereaved families create precious memories with their baby and offer tangible ways to honour and remember them.
We are looking for a talented Trusts Fundraiser to inspire funders to support Simba in our mission to honour baby loss, now and always. Are you a sensitive storyteller, enthusiastic fundraiser, confident collaborator and dedicated researcher? You will design compelling funding applications, innovate new ways to connect with Trusts and Foundations, and steward vital income for our projects and services.
You will be part of an award winning fundraising team and will work closely with colleagues across the charity. You will join us in demonstrating our values; compassionate, empathetic, thoughtful, and supportive.
This is a crucial administration, IT and customer support role in support of our work in Scotland, ensuring our data, processes and systems are meticulously maintained and for stakeholders to experience warm, accurate, and timely interactions with us.
Do you believe in the power of young people, families and local practitioners to directly influence decisions surrounding resources and services that impact their own lives and those of people in their community?
What Matters to You (WM2U) is a voice-led community-based systems change programme working alongside families in Dundee and Clackmannanshire. The ambition of WM2U is to move public resources to offer support earlier, enable children to flourish within their own families and local communities.
You will lead the Clackmannanshire WM2U approach to build and sustain the trust and confidence of families, practitioners and leaders at all levels to achieve change.