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Volunteer and Community Programmes Manager
- Full time or Part time
- £33,366 – £35,235
- Remote: Home-based in Scotland with occasional travel
- Closing 31st March 2026
- Advertised from 17th March 2026
- Full-time or 0.8 FTE (part-time / job share also considered). 12 months initially, with the opportunity to extend or become permanent subject to funding.
Role
Volunteers are central to SWAN’s work. This role supports a network of 70+ volunteers across Scotland who facilitate meet-ups, digital community spaces and wellbeing activities.
The Volunteer and Community Programmes Manager will ensure volunteers feel welcomed, supported and confident in their roles. You will develop systems and processes to support recruitment, training and ongoing volunteer development, helping SWAN’s volunteer programmes to continue in an inclusive and sustainable way.
This role involves balancing supportive relationship-building with volunteers and external stakeholders alongside the practical coordination needed to run programmes effectively, including planning, communication, record-keeping and reporting.
Most work takes place remotely, although occasional travel for meetings, training and conferences, volunteer development events, quality assurance, or programme delivery may be required.
SWAN offers staff a neuro-inclusive working environment, and takes a proactive, neuro-affirming approach to adjustments, support and flexible working which seeks to remove barriers and enable you to work to the best of your strengths and abilities.
You can find more information about SWAN on our website and in our Strategy.
Application notes
Please download the Recruitment Pack below for full details of what the role involves, the skills and experience we are looking for, and what SWAN can offer you as an employer.
To apply for the role, please email us:
- Your CV – focusing on relevant experience.
- A Covering Letter (one page maximum) outlining your relevant skills and experience and your suitability for the role, based on the information in the Recruitment Pack.
Please email your CV and Covering Letter, as attached documents, to: info@swanscotland.org
Interview questions will be provided in advance.
CLOSING DATE for APPLICATIONS: Tuesday 31st March at 9am
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Top job! Learning Transformation Manager
- Full time
- £62,450 – £68,280
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 27th March 2026
As a national public body, Children’s Hearings Scotland is one of a number of dedicated organisations that work as part of the Children’s Hearings System. This care and justice system is unique to Scotland and exists to protect the safety and wellbeing of infants, children and young people nationally, and ensures their rights are upheld and protected. CHS recruits, trains and supports around 2,300 volunteers to ensure children’s hearings take place.
CHS want to recruit a Learning Transformation Manager, a national role, to both lead teams creating and delivering learning, and enable CHS to transform to a digital-first approach to learning. Reporting to the Director of Positive Outcomes, the role will lead the implementation of a refreshed 5-year Learning Strategy, including driving digital transformation and strengthening the CHS Learning Academy brand. The postholder will build on existing foundations to enhance learning across CHS, using innovative and flexible delivery methods to increase engagement. They will deliver a comprehensive national curriculum for our volunteers, ensuring high-quality training that supports children’s rights and meaningful participation from those with lived experience of the hearings system.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong track record in fostering a culture of continuous learning, developing and delivering modern, digitally enabled learning solutions. You will have achievements in using learning as a driver of transformation and improved outcomes demonstrating how learning drives organisational performance, culture, and adaptability.
Glasgow North West Citizens Advice Bureau (GNWCAB) is an independent charity that provides free, impartial, and confidential information and advice services in the north west of Glasgow. We offer support on issues ranging from debt, benefits, and welfare rights to consumer rights, finances, and budgeting support.
Our services are available to everyone in our local communities. We aim to make them as accessible as possible by promoting equality and diversity and by challenging discrimination.
Who are we looking for?
We currently have a small but strong Board of Directors with diverse professional expertise. We are seeking new Chairperson who can lead the Bureau through a period of premises change and support and develop our strategic plans for the future, ensuring we provide the most relevant and accessible advice services possible.
The role offers the opportunity to a make a central and strategic contribution to supporting the people of north west Glasgow with a range of pressing advice issues. Our work at GNWCAB also makes a fundamental contribution to the campaigns and advocacy work of Citizens Advice Scotland on behalf of the full network of CABs.
To support these outcomes, we plan for a minimum 6-month induction period during which the successful candidate will shadow the current Chair and get to know our organisation in detail as a Director. Once fully in post as Chair, you will be further supported by our experienced Vice-Chair and Finance, Risk, and Audit (FRAC) Committee Chair.
We welcome applications from candidates with experience of organisational leadership who feel passionate about our work, regardless of professional background. We are looking for candidates with a sound understanding of (third sector) governance, financial acumen, and experience contributing to or leading boards.
We want our Board to be representative of our local community and so would welcome approaches from people who live locally or have lived experience of issues facing our clients. We encourage applications from groups that are underrepresented on charity boards, particularly people from Black, Asian, or other minority ethnic communities, as well as young and Disabled people.
Other key aspects of the role include:
- Setting strategic direction
- Overseeing governance and regulatory compliance
- Appointment and management of the Chief Executive
- Collaboration with colleagues in local bureaux and Citizens Advice Scotland
- (CAS)
- Risk management
- Board engagement, development and support
Time commitment
The expected commitment for the Chair is approximately 30 hours per quarter, incorporating flexibility to work around a full-time working schedule. Board and Finance, Risk and Audit Committee (FRAC) meetings are each held 5 times a year, two weeks apart. Board meetings are held at GNWCAB in Maryhill, Glasgow on Tuesdays 5:30-7:30pm. FRAC meetings are held online Tuesdays 5:00-6:30pm.
Circle is a registered charity working at the heart of communities across central Scotland. We work with families facing multiple disadvantages because of structural inequality, poverty, drug and alcohol use, imprisonment, physical or mental health, trauma, abuse and loss. We believe that every child, no matter their background or circumstances, should have the support they need to live a happy and healthy life.
Circle is seeking an experienced and compassionate Assistant Manager to play a key leadership role in supporting the delivery, development, and sustainability of our services across Fife, Forth Valley, Tayside, South Lanarkshire and North Lanarkshire. Rooted in community justice, trauma-informed practice, and family support, our services work alongside individuals and families facing the complex impacts of poverty, inequality and stigma. The Assistant Manager will provide strong operational leadership, ensuring high-quality, strengths-based interventions that respond holistically to the needs of those affected by the justice system.
Working closely with Senior Management, the postholder will oversee day-to-day service delivery, lead and develop staff, and maintain robust quality assurance across multiple localities. They will build effective partnerships with statutory and third-sector agencies, coordinate professional development, and support reporting, evaluation and project sustainability. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated leader with a strong understanding of trauma-informed practice, safeguarding, and community justice to make a meaningful impact on families and communities.
The Butterfly Trust is the lead provider of social and psychosocial support for people affected by Cystic Fibrosis throughout Scotland. We provide a comprehensive range of outreach services for all ages of people with Cystic Fibrosis and their families across Scotland.
We aspire to a quality of excellence in our standard of service provision to Scotland’s Cystic Fibrosis Community.
All of our personnel are expected to maintain those standards when providing support that is focused on promoting emotional wellbeing alongside practical help to maximise income and addresses issues that include housing, benefits, education and employment.
We are looking for a dynamic, proactive and personable individual to join our team. They must have a positive attitude, attention to detail with a genuine passion for supporting other people and who has ambition for their own continued personal and professional development. They will have excellent communication, interpersonal, problem solving and organisational skills, experience in managing or supervising staff or volunteers and able to work with people at all levels.
We will provide both in-house and external training to ensure all of our team have appropriate skills and knowledge to fulfil their role to the best of their ability.
The Adult Services Manager is responsible for providing a range of services to adults affected by Cystic Fibrosis, including direct support for carers and supervision of volunteer mentors who provide direct support them.
They will work in collaboration with specialist medical personnel to ensure provision of professional and integrated medical and social support services as well as liaising with Social Care Services, Local Authorities and other relevant specialist agencies, as required.
Full driving licence and a car is essential.
For this regulated work the successful candidate will be required to gain/maintain PVG scheme membership which will be paid for by the Trust.
We offer:
Out of pocket expenses
Mileage allowance
Individual staff training budget for in-house and external training
Generous holiday entitlement
5% Workplace pension
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