About us

We are a fast paced and progressive organisation, that aims to support children, young people, and their families through the provision of positive activity.

Fuse makes a commitment to contribute to the Scottish Government’s National Performance Framework and its contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals in supporting our community to adapt to life in 2025 and beyond. With poverty, digital exclusion, and rising unemployment prevalent in our community, Fuse has identified and embedded the following key themes into their business strategy and programming:

• Participation
• Mental Health & Wellbeing
• Life skills & Employability
• Attainment
• Digital Inclusion

Fuse supports and serves its community by continually striving towards an inclusive facility; being a progressive organisation that meets the needs of its community and being a knowledgeable and informed organisation.

Job Role:

The overall aim of the project is to deliver a programme of services to target and support young people in the east end of Glasgow who are under-achieving by raising and recognising achievement and creating opportunities.

Working across the Fuse programmes you will ensure that each participant is matched to an award, has an individual development plan where appropriate accreditation folders are kept up to date with all evidence captured and support young people to overcome barriers to participation and learning.

The aims and outcomes intended to achieve with this grant and the indicators identified to bring about the intended outcomes are as follows:

The aim is:

• To develop and inspire young people (including volunteers)

The Outcomes are:

• Improved access to accredited training and learning
• Increased employability and employment options
• Increased leadership and mentoring
• Volunteer mentoring and support.

Full job description available below.

The COVEY Board of Trustees currently seeks to fill three Trustee vacancies before the end of the current financial year, 31st March 2025.

COVEY (Community Volunteers Enabling You) is a lifeline for children, young people, and families across Lanarkshire. Since 1992, we have provided 1-1 and group-based befriending, mentoring, and family support services tailored to those who need it the most. Please view our short impact video here.

Our Board of Trustees bring wide ranging skills, knowledge, expertise and passion to the organisation. Working closely with the Chief Executive and Leadership Team of the charity, the Board is responsible for the legal and operational oversight of the charity, ensuring that it is financially sustainable, has strong governance and safeguards against risk to protect its reputation and that it delivers against its strategy and charitable objectives.

We have created a supportive, welcoming Board of Trustees and will give you the support you need to be able to get the best out of this experience.

Applications are encouraged from groups currently under-represented on charity Boards in Scotland. The Board would particularly welcome applications from people with at least one of the following areas of expertise:

• HR / Employment Law - A Trustee with expertise in assisting in the review of HR policies and staff handbook as well as offering guidance on staffing and recruitment.
• Legal - A Trustee with the ability to help in confidently scrutinising contractual funding/ partnership delivery documents.
• Senior Leadership - A Trustee with leadership and service delivery experience in the charity or public sector particularly within Family Support organisations.

This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual. You will have the opportunity to use and develop your skills and experience to support children and families across Lanarkshire and beyond.

The role will involve attending six board meetings per year including preparation time. In addition, you may be invited to be involved in the Finance, Risk and Audit (FRA) subcommittee, depending on your skills and interests.

The position is voluntary, however reasonable travel expenses are reimbursed.

Location: Meetings of the Board are normally held midweek in East Kilbride between 6.00 – 8.30pm.

YouthLink Scotland has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Communications Specialist to join the Policy and Communications Team.

This post would suit an outgoing and confident individual with excellent communication and organisational skills. The candidate will be great at building effective relationships with people at all levels, both within our YouthLink Scotland member organisations, and with external stakeholders.

The position is all about creating exciting digital content for our online platforms, meeting the creative multimedia needs of YouthLink Scotland and its national programmes.

The role will support the wider organisation to distil key stories from our work and research, creating content and promoting our strategic organisational objectives, with a focus on strong and engaging storytelling.

We are seeking someone with extensive experience of developing and delivering engaging social media content and communications, who also has a great creative design flair.

The company offers a 9.5% non-contributory pension scheme. The post will be part home-based and part-based at the YouthLink Scotland offices in Edinburgh. This is a full -time position working 35 hours a week, salary is £41,096 dependent on experience. By its nature, the post will sometimes require work to be undertaken during evenings and weekends. Annual holiday entitlement is 25 days plus 12 public holidays. YouthLink Scotland is an equal opportunities employer.

Core areas of responsibility:

• Book all receipts and payments of funds and upload all invoices on to our accounts package;
• Manage all regular monthly and annual donations;
• Notify the Director of all grants and donations received.
• Work with external accountant ensuring they have all information needed in time for preparation of management accounts and the annual accounts and annual financial returns.
• Provide all documents required to independent examiner to allow them to complete the annual audit.
• Manage relationship with independent examiner and respond to any enquiries raised;
• Contribute to budgeting process and monitoring of income and expenditure actuals against budgets.
• Provide updates and information for the Director and Chair as required;
• Manage all transfers of funds to partner organisations overseas.
• Manage savings and current account and timely transfers from savings to current to meet scheduled outgoings.
• Maintain our database, ‘donorfy’, on which all donation income is recorded.
• Manage relationships with landlord, contractors and suppliers
• Work closely with Appeal Manager to record all donation sources
• Manage annual due diligence requirements with bank
• Ensure efficient maintenance of all financial records including filing on shared folders.
• Other duties as required.

You will be entitled to five weeks (pro-rata’d) paid leave and time off in lieu for hours worked at weekend or evening meetings/events.

There will be a three month probationary period.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

It is essential that the Finance and Administration Manager:

• Has some financial experience
• Is able to work effectively on their own
• Is able to work effectively as part of a small, geographically dispersed staff team, and with trustees
• Is able to work effectively and sensitively with staff in partner organisations overseas
• Takes pride in the quality of the work they produce
• Is numerate and accurate, with experience of collaborative working.
• Understands the importance of meeting deadlines and of compliance with Board and statutory requirements
• Knows when to ask for help
• Is committed to Firefly, its mission, its partners and the children and young people it helps.

It is desirable that the postholder:

• Has experience of Xero or another widely used accounts package such as Quickbooks or Sage. Training in Xero will be given.
• Has experience of using a CRM for the input and management of data. Training in Donorfy will be given.
• Has experience of book-keeping.