Where the role fits in our organisation

Our Partnerships and Communities Group are responsible for our work with the third sector, partners and communities across Dumfries and Galloway. The group leads on community insights and involvement, Locality Hubs, sector advice, training and development, building sector capacity, encouraging community involvement and representing the third sector. Key partnerships are with Dumfries and Galloway Council, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, Community Planning, Scottish Government and national sector bodies. The team includes Lead Officers, Development Officers, Support Officers, Coordinators and professional advisors.

What You'll Do

We are looking for a dedicated and relationship-driven colleague to lead an exciting one-year programme focused on improving community support for people living with Energy Limiting Conditions (ELCs). You’ll be at the heart of strengthening understanding, coordination, and sector capacity across Dumfries & Galloway — with the opportunity to shape future work around wider long-term conditions.

If you thrive on engagement, insight-gathering, and helping organisations build their confidence to support people with fluctuating conditions, this role is for you.

What you’ll do

• Carry out a region-wide mapping and gapping exercise to understand current community support.
• Build strong relationships with third sector organisations, community groups, practitioners, and lived experience voices.
• Facilitate conversations, engagement sessions, and two forum-style events to deepen shared understanding.
• Develop resources, guidance, and introductory capacity-building activity to strengthen sector confidence.
• Capture insights, identify priority needs, and highlight opportunities for future development and investment.
• Produce clear reports, summaries, and a baseline evidence report with recommendations for future work.
• Explore how learning from ELCs can inform support for wider long-term conditions.
• Represent TSDG and support collaborative working across our community health and wellbeing portfolio.

More about you

• You bring experience from within, or closely alongside, the third sector — ideally in community health, wellbeing, or long-term conditions.
• You are exceptionally organised — able to manage multiple priorities, track actions, and keep workstreams aligned.
• You’re confident creating and maintaining documentation, whether that’s action notes, work plans, trackers, or briefing materials.
• You have strong communication skills and can build positive relationships with partners from different sectors.
• You’re comfortable analysing information, capturing learning, and communicating it clearly and accessibly
• You’re digitally confident, with experience using tools such as Teams, shared drives, spreadsheets, or project management platforms.
• You work well both independently and as part of a dispersed team, sharing knowledge and supporting colleagues.
• You are self-motivated, committed to improvement, and keen to contribute to a programme that strengthens the sector and the communities we serve.

Where the role fits in our organisation

Our Partnerships and Communities Group are responsible for our work with the third sector, partners and communities across Dumfries and Galloway. The group leads on community insights and involvement, Locality Hubs, sector advice, training and development, building sector capacity, encouraging community involvement and representing the third sector. Key partnerships are with Dumfries and Galloway Council, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, Community Planning, Scottish Government and national sector bodies. The team includes Lead Officers, Development Officers, Support Officers, Coordinators and professional advisors.

What You'll Do

We are looking for a colleague who is passionate about the best start for all our children, the importance of community-led neuro-diverse support around families and who recognises the essential role the third sector plays in achieving positive outcomes for people across Dumfries and Galloway. You will lead our new partnership project focused on the delivery of a community-led model of support for neurodivergent children, young people and their families. Working closely with families, third sector and statutory partners, you will lead this exciting project from through implementation to evaluation, sharing and embedding the learning across our cross-sector partnership.

What You’ll Do

• Work alongside third sector organisations supporting a diverse range of families, children and young people, with a focus on listening to their neurodevelopmental needs.
• Work closely with cross-sector partners to build a community-led pathway to advice and support that is accessible, inclusive and easy to navigate.
• Identify third sector training needs; working closely with all partners to co-design, deliver and evaluate a programme of accredited training to meet the identified community need.
• Plan, implement and evaluate community engagement activities, workshops, and meetings in a variety of informal settings.
• Work in a way that facilitates the delivery of safe, effective, rights-based and person-centred practices.
• Work within community engagement competencies and local and national guidelines.
• Collaborate with staff across all agencies, developing and maintaining good relationships and clear lines of communication.
• Effectively prioritise workload, recognising the requirement to be flexible whilst working alongside the third sector and community members.
• Be involved in the delivery and collection of outcome measures related to the programme of work.
• Contribute to partnership working using knowledge, data and insights from across the sector to better inform decision making.
• Represent the third sector/TSDG at partnership meetings.

More about you

• You will be able to demonstrate your experience of leading programmes in the third sector and/or cross sector
• You will be able to show your understanding of family engagement or community work and be able to evidence best practice in participatory working
• You will be able to show your approach to effective and compassionate leadership, achieving outcomes and demonstrating impact.
• You will bring a keen interest in building and sharing knowledge, particularly in relation to good practice and to new policy.
• You will be able to show examples of effective application of key skills, including organisation and planning, problem solving and communications.
• You will have had experience of building effective professional relationships inside and outside of your organisation.
• You may have had experience, knowledge or lived experience of neurodivergence

Given the nature of this role in community and family engagement, PVG registration is required.

About the role

Make 2nds Count is a fast-growing UK-wide patient and family focused charity dedicated to giving hope to the women and men living with secondary (metastatic) breast cancer.

The Fundraising Officer is an essential part of the Fundraising team. This role serves as the primary point of contact for supporter enquiries, providing vital administrative support across the team.

Dealing directly with our supporters and volunteers, the role requires a proactive and effective communicator who is passionate about both fundraising and volunteering. This role provides integral support to individuals and community groups raising funds for the Charity, underpinning overall Charity activity.

Duties and responsibilities

Fundraising Activities

• Support fundraising campaigns and events, helping inspire and steward supporters
• Assist with event administration, organising and advertising
• Attend and support the fundraising team at events
• Assist the Fundraising team with research into new fundraising products and prospects to help with income generation

Supporter care

• Be the first point of contact for fundraising enquiries - from donors and event participants to community groups and corporate partners
• Help process donations, thank-you's, communications and post fundraising materials
• Maintain and update fundraising-specific data on the CRM database (eTapestry), including recording all fundraiser communications, contact preferences and donations
• Support the Fundraising team to ensure supporters are well managed, engaged and feel appreciated

General responsibilities

• Collaborate effectively with the wider Make 2nds Count team, particularly the Programmes and Marketing & Communications teams
• Contribute actively to the achievement of Make 2nds Count's overall objectives, undertaking other necessary and occasional tasks
• Assist the Make 2nds Count team with postal dutiesTake responsibility for managing office material stock levels and placing orders for new supplies as needed
• Be a positive ambassador for Make 2nds Count, acting as an enthusiastic and proactive member of the team

Benefits of this role

• Flexible Working: The position is full-time (35 hours per week) and primarily based in the office. However, to support a positive work-life balance, the role offers the flexibility of home-working for a couple of days per week once the post-holder is fully trained.
• Annual Leave Enhancement: Privilege days between Christmas and New Year are granted in addition to annual leave.
• Collaborative Team: Join a supportive environment where you will work across the charity to support people fundraising on behalf of Make 2nds Count.
• Positive Culture: Be part of a values-led organisation dedicated to compassion, innovation, and hope for patients and families across the UK.

Equal Opportunities

At Make 2nds Count we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of our work. We know that diverse teams bring different perspectives, experiences and ideas, which helps us deliver the best possible support for people living with secondary breast cancer. We warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, and encourage anyone with the skills and passion for this role to apply.

If you are bright, reliable, energetic, passionate about making a difference and have access to your own vehicle, we want to hear from you!

ESUB is an award-winning charity based in Edinburgh. We support families experiencing hardship by providing school uniform and other essentials so that children and young people can go to school with dignity and confidence, fitting in with their peers and ready to make the best of their education.

ESUB is looking to recruit an enthusiastic Operations Assistant to work closely with the small staff team and a busy group of volunteers. We are based in the Gyle area of Edinburgh, and travel in and around Edinburgh will be required. We welcome applications from individuals with transferable administrative skills and experience gained in a work or volunteering. If you genuinely have an eye for detail and are committed to providing a quality customer service then we would love to hear from you.

The Position:

To assist the Operations team with the day to day running of the charity including:

• Purchasing new clothing, footwear and other items to fulfil requests, and undertaking the associated administrative tasks.
• Sorting and recording donations,
• Maintaining a stock of suitable items
• delivering items around the city, and various other activities.

The Operations Assistant will need use of their own vehicle to travel in and around Edinburgh as part of the role. Please note that this post is not suitable for working from home.

Our Benefits:

• Salary of £24,479 (pro rata)
• Family-friendly working hours (20 hours per week, Monday to Thursday).
• Provision of work laptop and mobile phone
• Mileage allowance for travel on ESUB business
• 25 days per year annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata)
• Initial 12 month contract, renewable subject to funding.

We’d love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Work experience in a similar or transferable capacity.
• Demonstrable organisational skills and meticulous attention to detail, with functional maths skills, for example managing lists and putting together accurate costings
• Basic proficiency in using Excel, Word and Email in the Microsoft environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Ability to work as part of a small team in a cosy space
• Familiarity with what children and young people wear to school
• Personal values that are aligned with ESUB’s ethos of equity and dignity for all