Community Volunteer Engagement & Project Support Officer
- Full time
- £21,589 – £23,836
- Carluke
- Closing 28th October 2022
- Advertised from 14th October 2022
Role
Carluke Development Trust (CDT), as the executive support organisation for the ONECarluke Area Network (ONECAN) is seeking an experienced individual to join, its support team.
The successful individual will have a great deal of autonomy to the development of a supportive and welcoming volunteer programme that will support a number of community-led projects, Duties will include:
• Recruit, train and manage volunteers involved in the delivery of activities developed by the ONECAN Group and CDT ensuring that the organisations are following best practice and that risk is always managed.
• Monitor and evaluate the project, identifying how the programme empowers, builds confidence, increases the social impact of the various projects, whilst decreasing the social isolation of participants
• Build relationships with local organisations and services to generate and promote appropriate
• Research and write volunteer policies and procedures, including risk assessments
• Recruit and interview volunteers and ensure they are appropriately matched and trained for a position within the relevant project/opportunity.
• Carry out pre-volunteering checks, including references and Disclosure/PVG checks
• Ensure there is appropriate support and training for volunteers.
• Contribute to project activity and work plan reports including recording progress against agreed outputs and milestones.
• Contribute to ONECAN’s monitoring, review, evaluation, and reporting structures ensuring they monitor the progress of each project against output and outcome targets agreed and included within the relevant funding agency’s Offer of Grant.
• Provision of clear and concise update/progress reports to the groups/boards that CDT supports outlining progress against budget and performance outputs and outcomes.
Experience/Qualifications
It is more important that our new team member, has the passion to support our communities, but some of the experiences, qualifications and skills set out below would be advantageous.
• Relevant qualifications or extensive experience in Volunteer Development and Support policies and support structures.
• Experience in contributing from a volunteering aspect to the development and submission of grant funding application to a variety of local, and national funding agencies.
• Experience of reporting to several funders ensuring they receive progress information reports within agreed timeframes.
• Experience of Community Engagement and Participation support.
• Experience in supporting communities to own the development and delivery of community led and local projects.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Due to the nature of the post a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle would be required.
Application notes
Interested? then:
Send your CV by email to:
Bill Anderson, CDT Development Manager, at:
Closing date: 28th October 2022
Interviews will be held week commencing 7th November 2022.
Community and Engagement Team Member – Thinking Space
- Full time
- £28,800
- Hybrid: Scotland (hybrid role based between home and the identified partner locations predominately in Central Belt of Scotland)
- Closing 8th January 2026
Passionate about engaging with young people? Experienced in creating a safe environment and allowing young people to talk about what is important to them? This opportunity is for you!
Join the Why Not? Trust team as a Community and Engagement Team Member – Thinking Space. Due to further development, we are now offering a second full-time appointment.
Thinking Space is a unique initiative funded by The Henry Smith Foundation, designed to support care-experienced young people across Scotland. Underpinned by Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) principles, Thinking Space uses mapping techniques to help young people explore their past, understand how previous experiences and relationships influence their present circumstances, and consider the potential impact on their future.
This confidential and safe environment enables participants to develop positive coping strategies and build resilience. Following your induction and initial training, you will work directly with care-experienced young people in specific locations, offering them the opportunity to reflect on how past relationships may have shaped their sense of self, decision-making, and ability to form new connections. You will also support them in exploring learned coping mechanisms and adopting healthier alternatives.
As part of The Why Not? Team, you will have access to ongoing support and professional development opportunities to enhance your practice and impact. This role will be line managed by the Why Not Trust, Operational Lead. A UK driving license is required for this role. A secondment will be explored if requested.
Everyone's behaviour will be led by the principles of The Why Not Trust.
Why Not Principles
These principles are what underpin all we do; they show our values and shape our behaviours. They make it clear to all what they should expect from us and what we expect from them.
#1 Show respect - everyone is worthy of being treated with a high level of respect. Stigma and discrimination are not welcome, and we will strive to eliminate both.
#2 Be Kind – We cannot control other people’s behaviour, but we can control our own. We will treat people with kindness and use curiosity and listening to understand other perspectives.
#3 Be human – we are all human and no matter how well intended we are, we will all make mistakes, we will own these and learn from them. We will help each other learn by being honest with each other.
#4 Promote the positives – we will focus on strengths and support learning in every way we can. We will celebrate success and recognise achievements. We will recognise everyone is doing their best.
#5 Be ambitious – we will strive for success in all we do, recognise the change we want to make and go for it!
#6 Recruit allies – we will work with others to achieve our aims and support others to achieve theirs.
#7 Champion individual growth – we will support the development of individuals, promote opportunities, and develop leadership qualities.
#8 Keep it real – we will do our best to recognise when we or others are feeling challenged and offer support where we can. We will pull together; no-one is too important to help do what needs done. We will strive to avoid jargon and use inclusive language.
#9 Be storytellers – we will share our learning and tell our generic stories or share themes, where it supports learning. We will not share individual ‘case studies’ or require people to tell their story.
#10 Listen to learn – we will listen to people to learn, not to respond. We will allow others processing time and go at their pace.
Online Info Sessions to find out more about us and the role:
Performance and Impact Advisor – Delivering Equally Safe
- Full time
- £28,000 – £34,000
- Remote: Home-based with the expectation of some travel to the Inspiring Scotland office in Edinburgh and across Scotland for team and external stakeholder meetings.
- Closing 26th January 2026
Inspiring Scotland is seeking passionate and proactive Performance and Impact Advisor to join our Delivering Equally Safe fund team. As a trusted partner to funded organisations, you’ll manage a portfolio of organisations to provide tailored support with budgets, delivery plans, objectives, and monitoring impact.
We’re looking for someone with strong analytical, communication, and relationship-building skills, and a passion for social justice and equality. You’ll work within a collaborative team, contributing to the wider Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights team within Inspiring Scotland. We are a collaborative, supportive organisation that places high emphasis on teamwork and sharing best practice and learning, both internally and externally.
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Outreach Worker and Cycle Trainer
- Full time
- £24,897
- On site: Recyke-a-bike, Causewayhead, Stirling
- Closing 31st January 2026
About Us
Recyke-a-bike (part of Fallin Community Enterprises) has been in operation since 2005. We began as a small recycling social enterprise that quickly grew into a job club, using bike recycling as work experience for our members. Over the years we’ve seen a lot of growth and now offer training services and cycling outreach work, in addition to our bike recycling and sales through our well stocked and modestly priced shop.
Purpose
To support the delivery of the Bikeability programme in partnership with Cycling Scotland and Stirling and Clackmannanshire local authorities. The Outreach Worker and Cycle Trainer will also support the delivery of all cycling-based activities delivered by Recyke-a-bike.
Responsibilities
Main:
- Delivery of Bikeability Training to Children.
- Delivery of Adult Cycle Training.
- Maintenance of bikes and equipment for each of the following fleets: Stirling, Clackmannanshire, EBike, Practical Cycle Awareness Training (PCAT) and Adult Cycle Training Fleets.
- Managing health and safety within area of responsibility.
- Carrying out risk assessments for Bikeability sessions.
- Planning, risk assessing and delivering other cycle related sessions, events and activities.
- External liason with third parties including schools, local councils, community groups and organisations, as well as charities and businesses.
- Attending team meetings.
- Attending continuous professional development (CPD) training.
Additional:
- Building bikes for the shop when not busy.
- Collecting bike donations for the shop.
- Deliver Doctor Bike services across the Forth Valley when required.
- Assisting other departments where needed.
- Any other reasonable duties consistent with working for a small charitable organisation.
Top job! Chief Executive Officer
- Part time
- £61,000 – £74,000 pro-rata
- Remote: Home-based with travel as and when required
- Closing 16th January 2026
About The Enchanted Forest:
The Enchanted Forest Community Trust (EFCT) is the charity behind Scotland’s longest-running and most successful sound and light show—an award-winning immersive experience that draws approximately 85,000 visitors each year and contributes around £10 million annually to the Highland Perthshire economy. The Trust’s purpose is to transport and delight audiences while celebrating the remarkable natural beauty of Faskally Woods and ensuring the event remains welcoming, inclusive, and accessible to all.
Now approaching its 25th anniversary, The Enchanted Forest has grown from a pioneering creative idea into one of Scotland’s most iconic cultural events. Supported by over 100 seasonal staff, local suppliers and businesses, and a strong community ethos, the event has welcomed nearly one million visitors since its inception. Importantly, proceeds from the show are reinvested back into Highland Perthshire, with the Trust awarding grants to local charities and community groups every year.
Values:
EFCT’s values underpin everything they do. They are the motivators and they determine the way they make emotional connections with their audience.
Community - From the team that pulls the event together and the dedicated partners, to the volunteers and visitors – it is one big community. Everyone is important, and everyone is appreciated.
Respect - Caring about customers, the environment, their team and the local community – treating each group with the respect they deserve.
Quality - When customers buy The Enchanted Forest tickets, they are guaranteed excellence. They know their experience is going to be the best. And with each event, they are striving to enhance that further.
Creativity - Innovation, art, spectacle, wonder – The Enchanted Forest is breathtaking. They don’t just want to get it right; they want their customers to be in awe and leave inspired.
The Role of CEO:
In 2026, as EFCT celebrates its milestone 25th event and welcomes its 1,000,000th visitor, the organisation is looking to the future and seeking a visionary Chief Executive to lead its next chapter.
The new CEO will work in close partnership with the Board of Trustees to steer the long-term strategic direction of the charity, ensuring the continued success, sustainability and creative evolution of its flagship event. They will safeguard the Trust’s financial health, uphold best-practice governance, and provide strong, values-led leadership to the operations, creative, and production teams. As the public ambassador for EFCT, the CEO will build and nurture key relationships with partners, funders, local authorities, media, and the wider community—protecting the reputation of the event and amplifying its impact.
The CEO will also oversee the Trust’s community grant-giving programme, ensuring that the surplus generated by the event continues to benefit organisations across Highland Perthshire in meaningful and impactful ways. With responsibility for strategic planning, financial management, operational delivery, risk oversight and compliance, they will ensure that the Trust continues to operate transparently, ethically, and sustainably.
Candidates will bring proven senior leadership experience, ideally gained in a creative, cultural, events, charity or tourism environment. They will have successfully led organisations through development and change, managed complex operational programmes, and implemented financially sound, future-focused strategies. A strong communicator and relationship-builder, they will demonstrate high emotional intelligence, commercial acumen, and an ability to inspire multidisciplinary teams. Importantly, they will share a genuine passion for the mission, community benefit, and unique magic that The Enchanted Forest brings to Highland Perthshire every year.
This is a rare opportunity to lead one of Scotland’s most celebrated cultural experiences at a pivotal moment in its history. The next Chief Executive will inherit a thriving, values-driven organisation and play a defining role in shaping its next decade—ensuring the event continues to evolve creatively while delivering real and lasting benefit to the local community.
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