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Front of House Lead – Scran Cafe at the Children’s Hospital
- Full time or Part time
- £24,479
- On site: The Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Little France, EH16 4TJ
- Closing 6th February 2026
- Advertised from 23rd January 2026
- Duration: 1 year FTC, with possibility of extension. Hours: maximum 35 hours. Please note we are recruiting for a full-time position, but we are open to considering two part-time applicants to jointly fulfil the role.
- Benefits: 25 days holiday (plus stat holidays), employer pension contributions. Enrolment onto medicash healthcare scheme. Annual duvet day allowance.
Role
Scran Academy is an Edinburgh youth work charity, supporting young people facing poverty and trauma to succeed through our innovative education and employment programmes.
We exist to alleviate poverty and provide opportunities for all young people, no matter their background or barrier. How we do this by creating real-life experiences and positive adult relationships in professional kitchen settings that help shine a light on the strengths and aspirations of young people.
We’re currently looking for a talented, experienced hospitality professional to join the frontline team in our exciting new café site at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People.
The successful candidate will be an experienced customer service professional; a talented and welcoming host with excellent communication skills and a track record of coordinating smooth front of house operations. They will be instinctively organised and process-driven, and demonstrate experience of meticulous due diligence.
They will also be deeply passionate about maximising the potential of all young people and be ready to maintain a professional environment that supports and welcomes young people with diverse backgrounds and unmet needs. Our Front of House Lead will therefore be ready to inspire and be inspired by young people. Working with placements on our employability programme will be part of the fabric of the job, supporting many in what might be their first professional environment, so compassion, patience and a non-judgemental approach are essentials.
A full Job Description and Person Specification is available for download below.
Application notes
To apply, please send a CV and a cover letter of no more than 500 words stating why you are the best fit for the role and any other relevant information you would like to highlight to david@scranacademy.com
Please send applications by 9am on Friday the 6th Feb 2026.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview w/c 9th Feb 2026.
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Carnegie UK is recruiting a new Head of Finance.
We are an endowed charity and have worked to improve wellbeing in the UK and Ireland for over 100 years. Today we seek to influence public policy and practice, building on robust evidence and research to argue for change.
We are focussed on improving the collective wellbeing of people in the UK and Ireland, ensuring everyone has what they need to live well now and in the future.
We are looking for an experienced finance professional who is motivated by the prospect of working in a values-led policy organisation.
Carnegie UK has £46m of assets under management and an annual income in the region of £1.65m. Our investments are managed by professional advisers in line with our statement of Investment Policy, which includes a commitment to investing in ways that align with our mission.
The Head of Finance, Governance and Risk leads on all financial and risk management for the Trust. The post-holder has overall responsibility for Carnegie UK’s systems of financial control and supports the CEO on financial and investment strategy and planning. They also support the Finance Committee (comprised of Trustees and two co-opted members with investment expertise), the Audit and Risk Committee, and the wider Board of Trustees, and act as the first point of contact for the Investment Manager and the auditors.
The role includes responsibility for leading on the organisation’s approach to identifying, assessing and managing corporate risk, and for advising on formal and regulatory aspects of our governance. The Head of Finance, Governance and Risk is a key member of Carnegie UK’s Senior Management Team, reporting to the CEO. As such, the postholder will take an active role in forward planning and decision making within the organisation and will be expected to act as a role model for our values and ways of working.
In summary, key areas of responsibility include:
- Permanent endowment - long term stewardship of the Trust’s endowment, including managing the relationship with our investment managers
- Provision of financial information and management of budgets
- Procurement and best value
- Salaries and pensions
- Governance – the operational approach to all governance and legal matters
- Risk management– maintaining an appropriate organisation-wide risk management framework
This is a role which plays an important part within our organisation and is a member of the senior management team. By joining us, you will be committing to help achieve Carnegie UK’s mission of improving collective wellbeing of people across the UK and Ireland and be motivated by the prospect of working in a values-led organisation with a focus on continuous learning.
The current postholder is retiring in 2026 and we are now looking for an experienced finance professional for this important role. The successful candidate will have excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills and be required to take initiative and work independently. We are seeking the following attributes:
- Highly organised, with the ability to work independently, but with a clear appreciation of the relationships between different aspects of the team’s work and pro-active in making connections.
- Actively shares knowledge, information and resources within teams and across the organisation to encourage collaboration.
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, Trustees, partners, and other stakeholders.
- Ability to represent Carnegie UK at high-level meetings, building rapport with audiences and presenting ideas with authority.
- Actively seeks and promotes a culture of continuous improvements to ways of working. Balances innovation and risk to maximise impact.
- Is approachable and solutions-focused when problems arise and encourages a supportive environment which focuses on lessons learned.
- Reports confidently and with authority to the appropriate governance structures.
We are passionate about our organisation and purpose and are looking for our next Head of Finance, Governance & Risk to share that passion and help build on our success, taking responsibility for some of the key aspects of future planning and working in a truly unique environment with a great team.
Carnegie UK offers a flexible and supportive working environment and exceptional terms and conditions. This is a 4 days / week opportunity (28-hour working week rather than our standard 35 hours) and we provide 4 paid days each year for volunteering. We aim for staff to spend two days a week (currently two days across Monday to Wednesday) in Andrew Carnegie House in Dunfermline, but for the right candidate we would be prepared to offer additional flexibility.
If you have the experience we are looking, then we’d love to hear from you.
We are recruiting a Café Manager to manage the RNIB Community Café in Edinburgh.
As part of the role, you will lead a small and robust team of volunteers in successfully and profitably managing the operation of the Café.
As Manager, you will join a welcoming team overseeing group activities in the building and be a source of information and signposting to community members and partners. The Manager will develop useful links with external organisations such as local suppliers, businesses and community groups, adhering to the most recent government guidance.
A crucial part of the role will be to actively promote and develop the use by the visually impaired community, local community and partners.
Ideally, you should hold Level 2 Food Safety Certification (however, this is not essential as training can be given).
The Manager and team will directly provide support to blind and partially sighted people, ensuring that the Café acts as a resource for community members, campaigns teams and fundraising teams.
What We Offer
RNIB prides itself on being a great place to work with a positive, progressive culture. We offer a wide range of benefits including 26 days of holiday per year (plus bank holidays) which rises with service, enhanced family friendly benefits, a contributory pension scheme with an employer contribution of up to 11% and a rewards platform with employee discounts across over 800 retailers.
For more information on our available benefits, please visit our Benefits of Working at RNIB page.
Partnership & Relationship Manager
- Full time
- £33,000 – £35,000
- Hybrid: Edinburgh with travel around Scotland
- Closing 30th January 2026
Everyday people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.
By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Partnership & Relationship Manager you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.
You will be part of Scotland’s leading health charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support Service provides access to a range of supported self management and community recovery services to support people across Scotland to manage their health as well as possible and adjust to life after a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or after a stroke.
The purpose of this role is to support the Head of External Engagement, Peer and Participation, and colleagues across the External Engagement and Service Development Directorate, in building a strong and wide-reaching network of stakeholders. These relationships will help drive forward CHSS’s No Life Half Lived ambitions and highlight the value of our community healthcare support model in achieving shared strategic and operational goals across Scotland.
You’ll play a key role in promoting and championing CHSS’s approach, helping to strengthen our reputation, broaden our reach, and demonstrate the impact of our work. This includes developing meaningful partnerships and engaging with influential decision-makers across the third sector, NHS, Scottish Parliament, NHS Boards, Integrated Joint Boards, and Health and Social Care Partnerships.
A particular focus of the role will be on identifying and developing strategic and operational partnerships in respiratory and cardiac health, increasing referrals and ensuring people living with these conditions receive the support they need.
CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.
In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or colleague is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.
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Volunteer Chair of Trustee Board
We are looking for a chair of Trustees who will lead our Board with integrity, insight and enthusiasm. This is an opportunity to guide a highly-regarded charity into its next exciting chapter.
As our new Chair you will have:
- Experience of being a strategic leader, including experience of working with a board either as a CEO/Director reporting to board, or as a board member/chair.
- Commitment and enthusiasm to the work of sparqs in terms of a student-led approach, role of student engagement in quality enhancement and value of partnership approaches.
- Ability to represent and promote the organisation publicly, acting as an ambassador and networker to further the attainment of organisational aims.
- Ability to influence, at a senior level, partner, and other stakeholder organisations particularly in the Scottish post-16 education sector.
- Commitment to the positive value of diversity, promoting equality and challenging discrimination and willingness to play an active role in creating an environment that promotes these values.
If you believe you have the experience and qualities we are seeking to contribute to this important organisation, we very much look forward to hearing from you. Working in a diverse sector and with diverse students, we are keen to receive applications from people of all backgrounds and with all different kinds of life experiences.
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