Are you an organised, people-focused administrator who thrives in a varied and meaningful role? Early Years Scotland is seeking a dedicated HR Administrator to provide high quality administrative support across the full employee and volunteer lifecycle.

Working closely with our wider staff team and external HR company, you will help ensure smooth, efficient and compliant HR processes that support our values-led, supportive and inclusive culture.

Early Years Scotland is a registered charity and Scotland’s leading national specialist organisation dedicated to supporting our youngest children, from pre-birth to age five.

With over 50 years of experience as a Third Sector organisation, we take immense pride in our long-standing commitment to those who work for and on behalf of Scotland’s youngest children.

Key responsibilities:

• Experience in an administrative role, ideally within HR or a similar support function.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a warm and professional approach.
• High level of accuracy, attention to detail and commitment to confidentiality.
• Confidence using Microsoft Office and digital systems (experience with HR software is desirable).
• A proactive, flexible, and solution-focused mindset.
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and enthusiasm for supporting our volunteer network.

What we are looking for:

• Proven experience as an HR Administrator or a similar role
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment legislation and HR best practices
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• High level of confidentiality, integrity, and professionalism
• Proficiency in HR software and Microsoft Office
• A proactive, adaptable, and solution-focused mindset
• Eagerness to learn, grow, and continuously improve
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.

What Early Years Scotland will offer:

• Competitive salary and generous annual leave
• Family-friendly policies that support work-life balance
• 5% employer pension contribution after 3 months
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Ongoing professional learning and development opportunities
• A supportive, collaborative team culture where your contribution is valued
• Hybrid working options following successful probation.

About Us

St Andrew's First Aid has been serving communities across Scotland for over 140 years. Today we're entering an exciting period of transformation, strengthening our volunteer infrastructure, modernising systems, and investing in how we deliver at scale. We’re recruiting across several roles as part of this growth and improvement journey. It’s a genuinely energising time to join us, with real opportunities to shape how we work, enhance service delivery, and contribute to a forward-looking, ambitious organisation.

The Role

We’re looking for a passionate, engaging Trainer/Assessor to deliver high-quality training and assessments for our volunteers. From first aid and manual handling to safeguarding and future programme development, you’ll help ensure our volunteers are confident, competent and fully equipped to deliver exceptional service.

This is a dynamic and people-focused role where you’ll:

• Deliver and assess volunteer training in line with national standards
• Mentor and support Volunteer Trainer/Assessors
• Maintain accurate training records and update our Volunteer Relationship Management system
• Support induction and ongoing development pathways
• Contribute to improving training materials and delivery methods
• Provide occasional cover for commercial training and emergency events

You’ll thrive in this role if you:

• Hold a recognised training and/or assessor qualification
• Have a valid First Aid at Work qualification
• Communicate confidently and engage learners effectively
• Are organised, adaptable and solutions-focused
• Enjoy mentoring others and fostering continuous improvement

This role includes periodic evening and weekend working, travel outside Glasgow, and participation in an on-call rota.

Since 2021, Loco Home Retrofit CIC has earned a respected position as an independent retrofit adviser and as an intermediary helping to scale Scotland’s retrofit sector.

Our purpose is to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuel heating in Greater Glasgow. We do this by providing services to households wishing to make their homes more comfortable, less expensive to heat, greener and more resilient to climate change. As a non-profit cooperative owned and governed by over 300 households our approach promotes consumer protection and community wealth building.

Our innovation programme is centred heat pump performance, solutions for tenements and novel methods of community engagement.

Following recent commercial success we are looking for a new Technical Manager to head up our homeowner support services and relationships with retrofit and renewables contractors.

THE ROLE

This is an opportunity to take a leading role in an innovative climate action social enterprise.

The Technical Manager will report to the Managing Director and will be responsible for leading the delivery and ongoing evolution of our retrofit support services for households.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver the service: carry out surveys and provide retrofit advice.
• Oversee service delivery by other team members ensuring standards are maintained in terms of customer service, technical robustness, health & safety and privacy.
• Lead service improvement for greater technical robustness and productivity.
• Develop and maintain commercial relationships with retrofit contractors

Skills And Experience

Required

• Demonstrated success in delivering projects in housing retrofit / building services/ construction.
• Practical expertise in one of these fields, as well as a strong desire to learn about the other:
• retrofit fabric and improvements, including risk management, or,
• heating system design, especially heat pumps.
• Proactive, entrepreneurial attitude
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills. At ease with varied audiences.
• Confident with business software including Google Workspace/ MS Office.
• Competent user of Google Sheets/ MS Excel
• Driving licence

Desirable

• Trained Domestic Energy Assessor and Retrofit Assessor
• Heating system design qualifications such as Heat Geek Awakening/ Mastery, or LCL Domestic Heating and Hot Water System Design in Dwellings
• Fabric retrofit qualifications such as AECB Carbonlite Retrofit, Retrofit Coordinator, Passive House Consultant/ Designer/ Tradesperson.
• Experience in managing health and safety policies and procedures
• Experience in implementing data privacy policies and compliance with GDPR
• Line management experience

Location

• You should be based within a commutable distance of our office in central Glasgow.
• There will be a mixture of office working, site surveys and flexibility to work from home.
• We serve households and communities across central Scotland, focussed on Greater Glasgow.

Schedule

• 8 to 4 or 9 to 5, Monday to Friday.
• This role involves limited community engagement activity in evenings and at weekends, managed with Time Off in Lieu.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for team members who share our commitment to our aims, mission and values. See more information on the Vacancies page.

You may be…

• looking for a fresh challenge in a related career path
• making a change of career and bringing relevant transferable skills.
• returning to work after an absence, such as for caring responsibilities.
• You must have a legal right to work in the UK. We are not currently in a position to act as a sponsor.

Homes for Good is Scotland’s first social enterprise letting agency, now forming part of a dynamic social business group. Established in 2013, with offices in Bridgeton, we manage and own over 575 properties within the Greater Glasgow area.

Our focus is on leading by example in the private rented sector, creating safe happy homes for tenants and sounds investments for landlords. Working across Glasgow and beyond, our relationships and customer care standards with tenants and landlords alike set us apart. We specialise in working with tenants in social housing need, and our additional services such as energy efficiency advice, financial health, interior design and employability make Homes for Good unique within the private rented sector. We work with third sector partners to maximise our charity and social enterprise supply chain, ensuring that our profits are reinvested in changing people’s lives.

We are looking for a dynamic individual to join our team as a Tenancy Sustainment Officer. In this role you will provide supportive customer service to all tenants to help them sustain tenancy and wellbeing. The key areas of responsibility for this role are:

• Tenant Satisfaction and Engagement

Use excellent communication skills to build and maintain positive relationships with all tenants. Assess tenant satisfaction, understand their future plans, and identify any needs for additional support with tenancy sustainment and community engagement.

• Tenancy Sustainment

Support tenants to develop personal life skills related to household management and maintaining a healthy home environment. Ensure tenants settle into their new property and the wider community, and that the property is kept to a good standard.

• Arrears and Welfare Management

Work collaboratively with tenants to assess income and maximise financial stability. Provide advocacy, support with applications for welfare funds, assistance with debt management, collating evidence, and attending appeal hearings when required.

• Securing Long-Term Support

Act as an introducer and representative for tenants with primary, secondary, and third-sector services. Strengthen support networks through effective engagement with community organisations and health partnerships.

• Operational Contribution to the Team

Actively contribute to the delivery of operational objectives across wider team, including accurate reporting on tenancy sustainment performance in line with the company’s Vital Signs and Social Impact metrics