About Sunny Cycles

Sunny Cycles is a community-focused cycling organisation which enables people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds to enjoy the mental and physical benefits of cycling and cycling activities. Founded in 2022, we support mental health, social inclusion, and accessibility by providing led rides, cycling lessons, adaptive cycling for disabled people, and creating welcoming spaces for refugees and New Scots. We operate a community hub at Glasgow Green, and Victoria Park offering free or low-cost cycling sessions for individuals facing financial hardship, social isolation, or discrimination. We provide adapted bikes for those who cannot ride standard 2 wheelers and work with individuals and groups within the community to enable people to experience the mental and physical benefits of cycling.

Sunny Cycles operates as a registered charity and a social enterprise. As we grow, we are looking for a Development & Enterprise Officer who can strengthen our income generation pathways and support the long-term sustainability of our work, including our expanding work with disability and care-home cycling programmes.

Role Purpose

The Development & Enterprise Officer will lead on developing and delivering income-generating opportunities that support Sunny Cycles’ mission. This includes building partnerships, developing commercial activities, strengthening our social enterprise offer, managing budgets and ensuring financial sustainability so we can move away from grant funding.

The role is ideal for someone who is proactive, entrepreneurial, and passionate about inclusive cycling and community wellbeing.

Purpose of the Role:

The Volunteer Support Coordinator will develop and enhance Sunny Govan Community Radio’s volunteer programme, providing structured support, training, and development opportunities. The role is critical for creating a high-quality volunteer experience, ensuring volunteers are empowered, valued, and able to contribute meaningfully to the organisation.

The Coordinator will document processes and systems to help the organisation move towards the ‘Investing in Volunteers’ (IiV) standard, the UK quality standard for good practice in volunteer management. Working towards IiV demonstrates our commitment to providing an outstanding volunteer experience, shows volunteers and potential volunteers how much they are valued, and provides confidence in Sunny Govan Community Radio’s ability to deliver effective volunteer support.

The role will also provide targeted support for volunteers facing barriers, including those in recovery, with mental health challenges, disabilities, or learning difficulties. It will support volunteers in achieving recognised awards, such as the Saltire Award or the King’s Award for Volunteering.

Key Responsibilities

Volunteer Recruitment & Induction

• Recruit 21 new volunteers from across Govan and the surrounding areas, ensuring diversity and inclusion, with priority for those experiencing disadvantage and barriers to volunteering. Priority groups include people in recovery, asylum seekers and refugees and women and girls.
• Deliver inductions, including safeguarding, health & safety, and office and broadcasting procedures.
• Ensure volunteers understand their roles, responsibilities, and organisational expectations.

Volunteer Support & Development

• Provide one-to-one or small group support and supervision for new volunteers and 100 existing volunteers, including regular well-being check-ins.
• Develop Personal Development Plans where appropriate — prioritising new volunteers seeking structured development, awards, or facing barriers.
• Support volunteers to access accredited volunteering awards (Saltire / King’s Award).
• Monitor and review volunteer progress, providing constructive feedback.
• Develop new volunteering opportunities aligned to volunteer interests, abilities, and organisational needs.
• Implement structured support and training programmes to enhance volunteer skills and engagement.
• Introduce procedures and systems to align with IiV standards, supporting continuous improvement in volunteer management practices.

Teamwork & Organisational Contribution

• Work proactively as part of a small team, supporting colleagues across programming, events, and operations.
• Assist during busy periods and organisational ‘pinch points’ — such as festivals, major broadcasts, and community events — ensuring volunteer support remains strong during key delivery times.

Community & Partnership Engagement

• Build and maintain relationships with local organisations, schools, and community groups to expand volunteering pathways.
• Support outreach to adults and young people in recovery, those with complex needs, and other marginalised groups.
• Promote Sunny Govan Community Radio volunteering opportunities to the wider community.

Compliance & Quality Standards

• Lead initiatives to work towards Investing in Volunteers (IiV) accreditation.
• Maintain accurate volunteer records and ensure compliance with safeguarding, health & safety, and data protection requirements.
• Assist in reporting, monitoring, and evaluation for funders and partners.

Strategic Contribution

• Advise the Development Manager on volunteer engagement strategies and development opportunities.
• Contribute to organisational planning, ensuring volunteer programmes align with strategic goals.
• Begin using IiV indicators to benchmark practice, identify areas for improvement, and promote a ‘best in class’ volunteer experience.

Person Specification Essential Skills & Experience

• Experience coordinating, supporting, or managing volunteers.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, health & safety, and wellbeing in a community or voluntary sector context.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills.
• Ability to motivate, support, and develop individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Experience supporting volunteers with barriers, including recovery, mental health, disabilities, or learning difficulties.

Personal Attributes

• Strong team player, willing to contribute beyond core responsibilities when required.
• Enthusiastic about Sunny Govan Community Radio’s mission
• Ability to inspire and motivate volunteers
• Flexible and adaptable to changing needs and priorities
• Good problem-solving skills and the ability to handle challenging situations with tact

Working arrangements

• Flexible hours
• Some evening and weekend work will be required

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience in community media, radio, or creative arts.
• Knowledge of the Govan/Glasgow communities and local social challenges.
• Experience in designing volunteer training programmes and Personal Development Plans.
• Familiarity with volunteer awards such as the Saltire Award or King’s Award for Volunteering.
• Knowledge of Investing in Volunteers (IiV) standards and accreditation process.

Key Outcomes

• A structured, supported, and inclusive volunteer programme across Sunny Govan Community Radio.
• Volunteers achieving accredited awards (Saltire / King’s Award) and personal development milestones.
• Increased volunteer satisfaction, retention, and skill development.
• Enhanced support for volunteers in recovery, with mental health challenges, or facing other barriers.
• Demonstrable compliance with best practice standards in volunteer management, including IiV accreditation.
• Improved organisational capacity and community impact through volunteer contributions.

We are hiring for 3 Housing Rights Workers

Do you have some experience of advice work, preferably with a focus on housing issues, and a real desire to advance your specialist level knowledge? Then join Shelter Scotland as a Housing Rights Worker and you could soon be playing a vital role in helping to identify and resolve the homelessness and bad housing issues facing local communities.

About the role

In our Community Team, we identify, investigate and intervene in housing and homelessness issues. We are engaged in our local communities to understand the housing issues people are facing, and we apply our expertise to work toward solutions. Lived experience of the housing emergency is at the heart of everything we do.

Role specifics

You will have the ability to engage and work collaboratively with individuals, communities and with all stakeholders, including running group workshops and presentations. You have experience, knowledge of and/or proven ability in housing and homelessness advice and advocacy, with the ability to progress to specialist level knowledge. Essential to the role will be good time management, carrying out casework related interviews, maintaining detailed case records and offering advice and support to clients to inform their decisions.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About the team

There are three Community Teams - North, West and East. These teams of housing rights workers engage with and activate communities in delivering insight and evidence and targeted interventions, to address local issues and contribute towards the Shelter Scotland Housing Emergency campaign for structural change.

About Shelter Scotland

Shelter Scotland is Scotland’s national housing and homelessness charity. Our vision is of a home for everyone in Scotland. For over 50 years, the way we drive change has remained the same. We advise and support people in housing need today and use the insight we gain to inform our campaigns to change tomorrow. We also raise professional standards for those working in Scotland’s housing and homelessness sector by offering a broad range of training courses.

Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday thousands of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.

We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.

We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter Scotland. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.