- Advertised from 12th May 2026
- 35 Hours per week
Role
Forth Valley Sensory Centre (FVSC) is a community hub for people with a visual or hearing loss and where friends, families, carers and the wider community can access a range of inclusive activities and quality services and advice from other partner organisations.
FVSC is actively seeking a new CEO to lead the Organisation by continuing to deliver, develop and expand.
This will be an excellent position for someone with proven management experience, who is keen to demonstrate their strategic capability. The ideal candidate will be a skilled people-manager with strong communication, organisational, and strategic skills.
If you are creative, flexible, an organiser and a people-person who is passionate about inclusion, we would love to hear from you.
Application notes
Applicants are invited to submit a CV and cover letter demonstrating how they meet the Key Responsibilities and Person Specification for the role to recruitment@forthvalleysensorycentre.org
Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements.
Closing date: Wednesday 27 May mid-day
Interviews: Friday 19 June
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Top job! Chief Executive Officer
- Full time
- £70,000 – £75,000
- Hybrid: 48 Govan Road, Glasgow, G51 1JL The Chief Executive will be expected to maintain a regular on-site presence to support visibility, collaboration, and organisational culture.
- Closing 18th May 2026
The leader we’re looking for
At Epilepsy Scotland, how we do things matters just as much as what we do.
We care about honesty, compassion, kindness, fairness, trust, and treating people with respect.
We are looking for a Chief Executive who lives those values every day.
The charity sector is becoming more challenging, demand is growing, funding is tighter, and expectations are higher than ever.
We need someone who can bring people together, make good decisions, and move things forward while always keeping people with epilepsy at the centre..
What you’ll bring
- Experience leading at a senior level (as a CEO or similar)
- A background in charity, health, social care, or a similar sector
- Experience leading change and improving how an organisation works
- Confidence working with a Board
- A good understanding of money and how to manage it responsibly
- The ability to represent the organisation clearly and confidently
How you’ll lead
- Be open and honest, even when conversations are difficult
- Treat people with kindness and respect
- Listen and take people seriously
- Be fair and consistent in your decisions
- Build trust by doing what you say you will do
- Support people to do their best work
- Take responsibility and make tough calls when needed
What you’ll do
- Set a clear direction for Epilepsy Scotland
- Lead the organisation through change in a steady and thoughtful way
- Make sure services meet the needs of people with epilepsy
- Help build a more secure financial future
- Work with partners, funders, and decision-makers
- Support the Board and keep them well informed
- Success in this role will ensure that
- People trust the organisation and feel supported
- Staff know the direction and feel part of it
- Services are valued and making a difference
- Finances are stable and sustainable
- Our voice is strong and hard to ignore
Why this role matters
People with epilepsy have the right to live without stigma, to get the support they need, and to feel part of society.
For many, it shapes confidence, opportunities, family life, and how people are supported, at home, at work, and in wider society.
This role plays a key part in making sure people are heard, supported, and able to live the life they choose.
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To share the Board’s collective responsibility for the effective governance of St Joseph’s Services, setting its strategic direction and major policies in accordance with the charities objects, vision, mission and Vincentian Values. To be fully engaged with the ethos of St Joseph’s Services and support the development and future growth and sustainability of the organisation.
Specific Duties:
Leadership and Strategic Direction
- To ensure St Joseph’s Services strategic direction, policies and objectives are clearly established and kept under review, maintaining effective communication with the Chief Executive and senior staff
- To discuss and approve the charity’s annual plan and budget, ensuring that these are formulated within a sound and viable financial framework
- To consider the organisation as a whole and the people we support in all discussion of planning, strategic direction and activity
- To work collaboratively with the Board of Advisors ensuring inclusion and representation of the people we support in our strategic direction
- To bring fresh thinking and ideas to the Trustees discussion, enhancing the boards effectiveness and St Joseph’s ability to deliver its charitable services.
Ensuring Policies and Procedures are in keeping with St Joseph’s aims and objectives
- To ensure robust and comprehensive policies and procedures are in place which meet the charity objectives and safeguard the people we support, staff and the organisation.
Safeguarding Ethos and Values
- Safeguarding and promotion of the Vincentian Ethos and the particular Vincentian Values of the organisation.
Ensuring Best Practice
- To fulfil the Trustee’s legal and financial responsibilities – ensuring risk and compliance is appropriately managed
- To maintain partnership and good relations with the Chief Executive, Senior Leadership Team, the wider staff team and the people we support.
- To be an active member of the Board and as appropriate, any of its Sub-Committees and Working Groups
- To ensure St Joseph’s Services complies with all appropriate regulatory and statutory bodies: Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR), Companies House, The Care Inspectorate (SCWIS), Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC)
- To monitor Health and Safety compliance and ensure staff members, volunteers and People we support live and work in a safe and healthy environment.
Commitment:
Four Trustee meetings are held annually plus one development day. Trustees may also be asked to chair / sit on organisational sub-committees. An average time commitment of one day per month is expected.
Meetings are held in St Joseph’s Services Head Office, in Rosewell, Midlothian.
Person Specification:
- A commitment to support services to Adults with a Learning Disability
- A strong commitment to the vision and mission of St Joseph’s Services
- Support the upholding of St Joseph’s Services Christian Principles and Vincentian Philosophy and Values.
- Ability to think and act strategically, using your expertise, skills and knowledge to help our own team deliver this growth.
- Good independent judgement and the ability to communicate effectively with others
- Ability to forge effective relationships with stakeholders internally and externally to further the organisations strategy.
- Knowledge / Experience of the Third Sector
- Ability to devote sufficient time to St Joseph’s Services
- Willingness to attend events in support of St Joseph’s Services
- An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, liabilities and responsibilities of trusteeship.
About us
Established in 1924, we provide high quality person-centred care and support services to adults with learning disabilities in a variety of locations in Midlothian and Edinburgh. The flexibility we offer means people have individualised care and support plans which are tailored around their current lifestyle. Our large and experienced organisation is set up in models of ‘Circles of Best Practice’ to ensure that all we do focuses on connection, friendship, inclusion and belonging.
A long-established Scottish charity East Park provides high-quality education, residential care, and transition support for children and young people with complex additional support needs, helping them achieve their full potential in learning, wellbeing, and life beyond East Park.
With over 150 years of heritage and a strong reputation for compassionate, child- and person-centred practice, East Park is independently regulated by Education Scotland and the Care Inspectorate, consistently demonstrating high standards of care, leadership, and impact.
Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the Chief Executive will provide strategic and operational leadership across all services, ensuring consistently high standards. Working in close partnership with the Board, you will drive the organisation’s strategic development and long-term sustainability.
This is a highly visible role that combines strategic clarity with strong operational oversight. Collaborating closely with trustees, staff, families, commissioners, regulators, donors, and partners, you will further strengthen East Park’s services, culture, reputation, and long-term impact.
Our new Chief Executive will be an ambitious, values-driven senior leader with a strong track record in delivering person-centred services. You will bring excellent communication skills and the ability to represent East Park effectively to a diverse range of stakeholders, acting as a visible and trusted ambassador.
This is a rare opportunity to lead a distinctive, mission-driven organisation with a proud history, a strong sense of purpose, and genuine scope to shape its future.
If you are motivated by impact and purpose-led leadership, this role offers real influence and meaning.
Safeguarding Lead
- Full time
- £45,000 – £52,000
- On site: Eurocentral, Motherwell
- Closing 29th May 2026
Enable is a dynamic, forward-looking and vibrant charity dedicated to ensuring an equal society where everyone has the right to live, work and participate as active and respected citizens in the communities of their choice. Enable Cares provide human rights-driven, self-directed social care for more than 1,100 people across 27 local authority areas in Scotland. We do this through our industry-leading PA model.
Enable is seeking an experienced and dedicated Safeguarding Lead to oversee and strengthen our safeguarding practices across our services. This is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role in protecting the people we serve across Scotland. The Safeguarding Lead will work alongside both internal and external stakeholders to co-ordinate safeguarding repsonses and plans.
About You
The Safeguarding Lead will assume responsibility for advancing safeguarding practice across Enable The postholder will be the primary contact for advice, guidance and support across the organisation in respect of safeguarding matters. They will ensure organisational compliance with legislation, guidance and framework terms and conditions across Scotland; strengthening the safeguarding culture across the organisation and influencing strategic and operational focus.
About Us
At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.
We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:
- Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme*
- Season Ticket Loans*
- Blue Light Card
- Where required, Enable will fully fund SVQ Health and Social Care qualifications – required for SSSC registration
Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.
Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.
The cost of PVG is paid upfront by the organisation and deducted from your wage if successfully appointed.
Enable reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please submit your application as early as possible if this vacancy is of interest.
Note: The successful applicant will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 3 months of their start date.
*Terms and Conditions Apply
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