Role and Responsibilities

Weekly:

• Managing data entry, monitoring and reporting data necessary for grant reporting; providing reports and analysis to the Project Coordinator
• Keep foodbank paperwork up to date and relevant.
• Shred confidential paperwork.
• Send thank you letters to supporters
• Check and respond to emails and Facebook messages.
• Keep volunteer records up to date.

As required:

• Prepare agenda for management meetings and send to the Foodbank Co-ordinator, before circulating to the management group.
• Prepare minutes at foodbank planning meetings and circulate to the management group, within 1 week, after the meeting takes place.
• Set up refreshments for meetings and groups.
• Create new forms, spreadsheets or documents to ensure the foodbank and advice service runs as efficiently as possible.
• Develop flyers, posters and promotional materials for use by the foodbank.
• Recommend new technologies that will make the work of the foodbank and advice service more streamlined and safer.
• Produce quarterly volunteers and supporter's newsletter.
• Oversee and supply the needs of volunteers, such as lanyards, uniform and equipment.
• Ensure rotas for volunteers are completed & communicated in a timely manner.
• Update all social media sharing, in conjunction with the social media volunteer.
• Keep foodbank publicity up to date.
• Assist in the set-up of Foodbank activities.
• Ordering stationary, promotional and office supplies as required by the foodbank
• Provide support to the Treasurer and other members of the Management Group.
• Monitor Health & Safety practices and ensure that all recording is kept up to date, such as fire alarm testing, emergency lighting tests, PAT tests etc
• Work under the direction of the Project Manager on new initiatives. And undertake any other reasonable tasks at a commensurate level as requested by the Foodbank Project Coordinator.
• Every 6 months/Annually:
• Carry out Risk Assessments for new activities.
• Ensure that a fire drill is carried out at least twice a year. (Bring this to the attention of the management group in January and August each year)
• Keep all Church of Scotland and Foodbank policies and procedures are up to date and clearly displayed.

Full job description is available to download below.

The Robertson Trust is looking for a Programmes Manager (Social Change Movements) to lead a new Programmes team. Based primarily at Robertson House, Glasgow, with hybrid working available, this is a leadership role supporting The Trust to secure big change that lasts in preventing and reducing poverty and trauma in Scotland.

Over the next decade, we are committed to using all our tools and resources to reduce poverty and trauma across four themes:

• Education Pathways

• Financial Security

• Nurturing Relationships

• Work Pathways

As a senior member of the team, you will lead the design and delivery of our new approach to ‘social movement funding’, a new part of our Programme Awards funding stream. You will lead the team to work to proactively build cohorts of projects, aligned to our strategic priorities, utilising knowledge of the full range of social change activity (including influencing, campaigning, policy work and community empowerment).

For further details, including the full job description and person specification, please visit: Job Vacancies | The Robertson Trust

The Role

This role supports the Head of Programmes and Practice and leads the development and delivery of our ‘social movement funding’ approach, our most proactive Programme Award work, aligned to our long-term change priorities. It will contribute to spending a planned budget rising to up to £10m per year for Programme Awards as a whole.

You will play a key role in delivering the Trust’s approach to direct and indirect influencing, strengthening strategic relationships across policy and practice, and ensuring our funding and influencing activity is coherent and aligned.

You will line manage the Social Change Movements team, including our direct influencing capacity, and contribute as a member of the Management Team, working collaboratively across the organisation to support delivery of our strategic priorities.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of our new ‘social movements funding’ approach – our most proactive Programme Award cohorts aligned to long-term change priorities

• Contribute to shaping and delivering the Trust’s approach to direct and indirect influencing

• Build and sustain strategic relationships with policymakers, sector leaders, funders and experts by experience

• Ensure coherence across proactive and responsive Programme Awards and the wider organisational strategy

• Oversee programme budgets, governance and strategic risk

• Line manage and develop the Social Change Movements team

• Embed participation and co-production with people with lived experience in strategy and delivery

• Represent the Trust externally and contribute to cross-cutting organisational priorities

About You

We are looking for an experienced and thoughtful leader with a strong understanding of poverty, trauma and the policy landscape in Scotland.

You will bring:

• Significant experience contributing to long-term social change through influencing, policy, systems change, campaigning and/or advocacy

• A strong understanding of poverty and poverty-related trauma as both a subject and policy area

• Experience shaping and delivering strategic programmes, including managing substantial budgets

• Experience leading and developing high performing teams

• Strong political and strategic judgement, including the ability to assess reputational and strategic risk

• A deep understanding of the third sector and independent funding landscape in Scotland and across the UK

• Experience building networks and working collaboratively across sectors

• A commitment to embedding lived experience in strategy and delivery

• High emotional intelligence and the ability to build trusted, strategic relationships

You will be collaborative, values-led and motivated by securing long-term change that prevents and reduces poverty and trauma in Scotland.

We encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates from all parts of the community, regardless of age, disability, race, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief or socio-economic background. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience or knowledge of how poverty or trauma impact lives.

Benefits

• Salary £49,951 to £56,006 FTE

• 35 days holiday per calendar year, inclusive of public holidays

• Pension – 10% employer contribution or 14% if employee contribution is 7%

• Additional employee benefits package (currently under review)

• This role is advertised as full-time, but we are open to applicants who wish to work part-time.

The Robertson Trust is committed to hybrid and flexible working. We are open to reasonable adaptations to overcome barriers and are a Living Wage employer accredited by the Living Wage Foundation.

Stirling Baptist Church is a vibrant church in the heart of Stirling with a heart for the people of Stirling: ‘A church in the city, for the city’.

Our church family is made up of a diverse group of Christian people drawn from various backgrounds.

Based on Acts 1:8, our vision is to be a Spirit-filled & empowered witnessing community. We desire to see everyone in our church serving locally in Stirling, witnessing regionally in the areas that they live and work and engaging globally. We have a variety of programmes and ministries running throughout the week that enable us to see this vision fulfilled.

More information can be found on our website: stirlingbaptist.org

The Finance Assistant will support the Treasurer by maintaining financial records, producing reports for internal church management, reporting externally as required, help prepare annual church budgets, and assist in the preparation of annual accounts for audit.

The Finance Assistant will have accounting accreditation by examination and will have experience working in a similar church or charity environment.

The person appointed to this role will be a committed Christian who plays a key part in enabling the church to honour God through integrity, transparency, and good financial management.

This role is based at the church office, with flexibility for some home working by arrangement. Line management will be through the Operations Manager and Church Treasurer, both of whom will provide ongoing advice and support.

Role

Working with Xero and MyGiving software, maintaining income and expenditure records, producing management reports, reporting externally as required, helping prepare annual church budgets, and assisting in preparation of annual accounts for audit, the Finance Assistant will have already reached or gone beyond AAT Level 2 Certificate in Bookkeeping and will have experience working in a similar church or charity environment.

There has never been a more exciting moment to join Generations Working Together. As Scotland’s nationally recognised centre of excellence for intergenerational work, we are entering a landmark year—one filled with learning, global collaboration and the opportunity to shape real social change. With Global Intergenerational Week taking place in April 2026 and the Global Intergenerational Congress coming to Glasgow in September 2026, we are bringing people, ideas and generations together on a truly groundbreaking scale.

Joining our team now means stepping into the heart of a movement. You’ll be part of an organisation that champions connection, challenges ageism, and supports communities to build strong, meaningful relationships across generations. Your work will directly influence policy, empower local groups, and support volunteers and practitioners across Scotland to create inclusive, innovative intergenerational opportunities.

As Engagement and Training Officer, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping how individuals, communities, organisations and public bodies understand and embrace intergenerational practice. From supporting grassroots initiatives to contributing to major national and international events, your efforts will help Scotland move towards a fairer, more cohesive society where everyone feels valued—regardless of age.

2026 is a year of energy, visibility and impact for GWT. If you’re passionate about communities, inspired by people, and excited by the chance to make lasting change, we would love you to join us.

Current driving licence and own transport is required due to the potential travel to deliver training sessions /meetings where public transport is not an option.