Programme Manager – Scotland Reducing Gambling Harms (ScotRGH)
- Full time or Part time
- £39,409 – £42,510
- Hybrid: Glasgow
- Closing 27th November 2025
- Advertised from 18th November 2025
- Salary dependent on experience. 35 hours per week (28 hours considered). Fixed term until March 2027 (extension dependent on continued funding).
Role
The ALLIANCE is excited to be recruiting for Programme Manager for Scotland Reducing Gambling Harm Programme (ScotRGH).
This is an outcomes-focused programme that works towards a Scotland where people with lived experience contribute to policy and practice to reduce gambling harm, there is a growing community movement for change on gambling harm, and gambling harm is recognised and responded to as a public health issue.
The role of Programme Manager is to support the ALLIANCE’s strategic priorities by effectively leading, designing and managing the Scotland Reducing Gambling Harms Programme. The post holder will provide leadership, ensure agreed deliverables are met, build the profile of the programme, establish and maintain relationships and partnerships, identify funding opportunities, and evaluate the impact of the programme.
The successful candidate must have:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent work experience
- Experience of working at a strategic level and with senior stakeholders
- Excellent relationship building and interpersonal skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience of using asset based approaches
- Experience of working sensitively in witnessing and gathering stories from people with lived experience
- Strong leadership and programme management skills
- Experience of working effectively in politically sensitive environments and in topic areas that are likely to attract media interest
- A strong understanding of the health and social care policy and service landscape
- The ability to facilitate open, exploratory discussions
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and on own initiative
- IT skills in word processing, spreadsheets, email and the internet
- Ability to manage budgets
- An understanding and commitment to equal opportunities, non-discrimination and accessibility
Terms and conditions
This is a full time role (35 hours per week) though part time post (28 hours) considered and based in Glasgow. The post holder will be required to adopt a flexible approach to working hours as travel throughout Scotland and occasional additional hours may be required. However, this will be reimbursed through the organisation’s Time off in Lieu scheme.
As an ALLIANCE employee you will benefit from:
- 210 hours annual leave pro rata (equivalent of 30 days)
- 91 hours public holiday that can be taken flexibly pro rata (equivalent of 13 days)
- 24.5 hours additional leave between Christmas Eve and New Year pro rata (equivalent of 3.5 days)
- Contributory pension scheme 6%
- Annual incremental increase in salary (until top of grade)
- Flexible working (formal and informal)
- Hybrid working – opportunity to work from home for part of the week
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay
- Enhanced sick pay
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Learning and development opportunities
- Time off in lieu
- Cycle Scheme
- Bike storage
- Carer Positive Employer
- Disability Confident Employer
- Up to 35 hours (pro rata) paid carers leave per annum
- Up to 35 hours (pro rata) paid special leave per annum
- Up to 70 hours (pro rata) paid compassionate leave per annum
- Paid day off to move house
- Employee forum
The ALLIANCE is a healthy working lives employer and encourages a healthy work life balance and is happy to talk flexible working.
The ALLIANCE recognises that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our organisation feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.
Application notes
For an application pack please see our website, or contact HR at hr@alliance-scotland.org.uk.
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that applicants may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any during this process. We also offer reasonable adjustments on the job.
The ALLIANCE is committed to the principles of the Disability Confident Scheme, which includes offering an interview to a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
This commitment does not guarantee an interview for all disabled applicants; candidates must meet the minimum criteria of the role. The purpose of this approach is to promote positive action by encouraging disabled individuals to apply for roles and providing them with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talents, and potential at the interview stage.
There may be instances where it is not practical or appropriate to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. In such cases, we will apply the same selection process used for non-disabled applicants, shortlisting those who best meet the criteria.
Closing date for applications is 9am Thursday 27 November 2025.
Interviews will be held on Friday 12 December. If you are unable to make this date, please notify us at the time of application. We may be able to accommodate another time and date within 2 days of the original date.
About the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland
The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) is an independent Scottish Charity funded by a grant from the Scottish Government. Our vision is for a Scotland where people of all ages who are disabled or living with long term conditions, and unpaid carers, have a strong voice and enjoy their right to live well, as equal and active citizens, free from discrimination, with support and services that put them at the centre.
The ALLIANCE has three core aims; we seek to:
- Ensure people are at the centre, that their voices, expertise, and rights drive policy and sit at the heart of design, delivery and improvement of support and services.
- Support transformational change, towards approaches that work with individual and community assets, helping people to stay well, supporting human rights, self-management, co-production, and independent living.
- Champion and support the third sector as a vital strategic and delivery partner and foster better cross-sector understanding and partnership.
For details on how your applications will be dealt with in line with GDPR please see our privacy notice.
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Exciting opportunity for a Senior Staff Nurse to work in our growing and developing CHAS at Home team North, delivering care to families in their community, covering Aberdeen and The Shire.
“When Louise took my hand, I knew I would never be alone. The care my son received and the support we had as a family at the toughest time imaginable in our lives was truly a life-line", CHAS parent
Are you passionate about providing family centred, holistic and compassionate care to children and their families? Are you excited by collaborative working with local health and social care providers? Are you ready to take the next step in your career?
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Children’s Staff Nurse with a proven track record delivering exceptional care and skill in nursing practice, to join our Aberdeen CHAS at Home Team as a Senior Staff Nurse. In this role you will take responsibility for leading assessment, planning, organising, implementing and evaluating nursing care for children, young people and families. You will be supported to take on leadership and line management responsibilities and will work closely with the Senior Charge Nurses to promote effective teamwork across the service to meet the needs of children, young people and families
Why CHAS?
Working with CHAS provides a unique opportunity to support children and families to make the most of their precious time together; as a team, we make extraordinary things happen every day.
Our children’s palliative care nurses report great satisfaction in being able to provide high quality nursing care in a supportive team with exciting career development opportunities.
Some of the benefits you can expect to receive from working with CHAS:
- The opportunity to pay into an existing NHS scheme or membership of local government pension scheme
- Salary increments scale similar to NHS
- Enhanced pay for unsocial hours and overtime
- Pay matched to closest current increment with NHS
- Generous annual leave entitlement (matched to current service-based enhanced entitlement with NHS, up to a maximum of 40 days)
- Ability to provide 1:1 nursing care in a more relaxed and homely environment
- Opportunities for further learning and development
- Access to a range of tools to support wellbeing
- The opportunity to work within a multi-disciplinary team which includes volunteers
- Commitment to support clinical skills to enable development and support collaborative working across all health and social care settings.
- Flexible shift rota, full time staff usually work 3 shifts over a 7 day’s/nights. On call may be required due to the need for a more responsive reactive service – currently in consultation stage.
About you
What we need you to bring
- First level registered nurse, all applicants will need to provide a valid UK NMC pin.
- Highly experienced in a nursing role, working with children, young people and their families.
- Experience of prioritising a busy workload, acting as a role model for the team and demonstrating strong leadership skills
- Commitment to working in partnership and collaboratively with local services
- Commitment to delivering care with empathy and compassion.
- Driving licence and access to a car as this role requires travel across the community.
It would be great if you also had:
- Experience in working with children who have complex or life-limiting conditions
- Up to date mandatory training
The Nazareth Trust in Edinburgh is looking for an Administrative Assistant (part-time) to assist the UK Office Manager in her duties and other related work.
The Nazareth Trust (TNT) is one of the largest Christian charities in Scotland, tracing its roots back to 1861, and employing over 700 people in Nazareth, Israel, through its hospital, nursing college, biblical tourism village and international volunteer programme. A small Head Office is maintained in Edinburgh, which provides administrative support as well as PR and fundraising initiatives.
For more information visit nazarethtrust.org.
We are looking for a temporary part-time Administrative Assistant based in Edinburgh. He/she will be able to support our Executive Assistant/UK Office Manager in basic but varied administrative duties and should preferably have a Christian faith or at the very least respect our Christian ethos. The task is to provide high-quality administrative support across the organisation, particularly during busy Board meeting periods and in the absence of our Comms and Marketing Officer. This role ensures the smooth running of office operations, supports donor communication, assists with events, and helps maintain accurate organisational records and systems.
Please see the job description which can be downloaded below.
Special Events Manager
- Full time
- £38,908 – £41,676
- Hybrid: Edinburgh (or London)
- Closing 10th December 2025
About you
Do you want to use your skills to make it possible for people with myeloma to live longer and better lives?
Myeloma UK is looking for a motivated and experienced Special Events professional to join our Philanthropy team.
Special events play a vital role in engaging our supporters, inspiring their support, and raising vital income for the charity. Throughout 2026 we have a range of events planned, including private dinners, receptions and large fundraisers in London and Edinburgh.
Special Events is an area of growth for the charity, and this is an exciting opportunity to work alongside our major donor team and senior volunteers and supporters to develop and deliver an engaging fundraising events programme.
Experience in Special Events is essential, ideally in a charity environment. The successful candidate will have excellent event management skills, experience of working with senior stakeholders, and the ability to deliver creative and engaging events to inspire donor support.
About the role
Myeloma UK is embarking on an ambitious five-year income generation strategy, which aims to double our income by 2030.
The post holder will lead the planning and delivery of a programme of high-quality events. You will work with colleagues from across the charity to develop programmes that will engage our audiences and communicate the impact we deliver as a charity. You will have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with a range of stakeholders.
About us
Myeloma UK is the only UK charity focused on the incurable blood cancer, myeloma and its related conditions. We provide support and influence access to treatments, while researching a cure. Thanks to life-extending treatments and support, today many people affected by myeloma are able to live longer and to live well. Together, we support, so no one faces myeloma alone.
We are committed to bringing together the best and brightest people to help us ensure that every person affected by myeloma has an empowered present and a hopeful future.
Our ultimate goal is to find a cure and make myeloma history. Until then, our mission is to help every person living with myeloma, live well, for as long as possible. We are committed to diagnosing myeloma earlier, discovering and sharing knowledge, transforming the patient experience and influencing positive change.
Our culture
Wellbeing and staff engagement are at the heart of our culture. We offer employees a range of benefits including a pension salary exchange scheme, flexitime, flexible working which includes both home and hub-based office working, health plan, employee assistance plan and holiday purchase scheme. We are committed to providing learning and development opportunities for all our employees.
For further information please go to myeloma.org.uk/library/special-events-manager-12-month-fixed-term-contract
We are recruiting for a Service Manager to lead our Young People and Family Support team. The team provides flexible intensive family support than enables children and young people on the edges of care, and their families to receive the right support at the right time, building on their strengths and reducing the need for statutory reports.
As well as leading the team, the Service Manager will contribute to the ongoing development and growth of the service, ensuring all support delivered to a high standard.
Main duties and responsibilities will include:
- Provide leadership and support to your staff team
- Adopt a creative approach to managing difficult and complex situations and guiding your team during periods of challenge
- Ensure children and their families receive high standards of flexible support based on their individual needs
- Ensure GIRFEC principles underpin all support offered, with children and families at the heart of the process
- Ensure sound child protection and safeguarding protocols are in place and followed
- Arrange and facilitate regular support and supervision sessions with your staff team
- Develop strong relationships with funders connected with our Children and Families support services
- Develop new and sustain existing partnerships with external agencies especially Social Work, Education, Health and a range of voluntary sector agencies
Our values make us who we are and define our actions and behaviours every day. We’d expect the post-holder to uphold and represent our organisation in a way that reflects our values and person-centred way of working.
You will be a strong leader who has gained experience in a 3rd sector not for profit organisation, and you will have knowledge and understanding of the key issues facing children and families in Scotland today. You will also have working knowledge of current legislation, policies and strategies relating to the safeguarding and wellbeing of children and young people including UNCRC, GIRFEC and Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.
What you can expect from us...
- Your normal working hours are 35 per week, Monday to Friday, 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
- Your usual place of work is 15 Dava Street, Glasgow, G51 2JA
- Annual leave entitlement of 210 hours (equivalent to 6 weeks) pro rata per year in the first year rising to 280 hours (equivalent to 8 weeks) pro rata per year in the second.
- You will be automatically enrolled into the People’s Pension in the month that you will complete 3-months of employment, provided you meet the auto-enrolment criteria
- Cycle to work scheme
- Option to purchase and sell annual leave
About Us
We are Right There, a charity that recently celebrated our 200th anniversary. We provide tailored support for people, at home, and in the community. We are here for people who are living with the effects of homelessness, poverty, substance use, or family breakdowns.
Last year we supported almost 4,000 individuals, helping to prevent them from becoming homeless or separated from the people they love. Every person’s story is unique, and everyone’s route home is different - it doesn’t matter what the situation is – we’re not here to judge, only to help.
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