Are you looking for a rewarding career and to work within an epic team that will help you grow and thrive, then you have come to the right place. Working as a key member of Penumbra’s Leadership Team you can start your day knowing what you do really does make a difference!

The Director of Services is a member of the Leadership Team, sharing corporate responsibility for the strategic direction of the Organisation and the delivery of its’ vision and objectives. The post holder will have the opportunity to shape operational excellence, strengthen organisational impact and influence the future of mental health support across Scotland.

As Director of Services you will report to the Chief Executive and will hold full accountability for operational performance for contract delivery and the service quality delivered to our supported people across our services in Scotland.

The post-holder will play an integral role in shaping and delivering the services agenda across the whole organisation. As the most senior lead for the Services the post-holder will role model our behaviours, values.

As a key member of the Leadership Team, the role will be focused on ensuring our strategic aims are delivered in practice, and in accordance with our values. You will support the development and management of our services nationwide and ensure we deliver high quality services that meet all relevant legislative requirements, standards, and promote recovery and wellbeing. The Director of Services will bring a clarity of vision to our services and will ensure the threads of rights and recovery for supported people eare embedded in all.

You will play a lead role in service design and will work to ensure all objectives and milestones are met. You will also be pro-active in outcome mapping and sharing learning and impact from all services so that future strategy and development is informed by pilot services and tests of change.

You will also play a key role in working with our Partners which include people with lived experience, 3rd Sector Colleagues, Health and Social Care Partnerships, NHS, Primary Care and Scottish Government.

As a mental health charity, we really value the wellbeing of our staff. That’s why we want you to know that you’ll be joining a friendly team, who will give you a supportive environment to help you thrive in your role, including all the training you need to feel confident and equipped.

We can offer you a tonne of employee benefits, and we can promise you’ll be inspired by some pretty amazing humans every single day. We will support you on your own career path; developing new skills, accessing formal and informal learning experiences and providing opportunities to put your continual progress into practice.

If you believe you have the vision, expertise and drive to excel in this role and really want to make a difference to the people we support, we would be delighted to hear from you.

It doesn’t matter what your background is. If you care about the people we support and have the skills and experience to deliver operational excellence, this could be the next move for you.

Right There has spent 200 years making sure that fewer people in Scotland end up homeless and fewer families fall apart. Last year alone, almost 4,000 people got the support they needed to stay in their homes and stay close to the people they love. We are a charity with a clear, urgent mission. We need you to help us turn property into purpose.

This role exists to make sure the property, infrastructure and enterprise behind that mission are working as hard as they can and are growing. It is a brand-new seat on our Leadership Team, and it is a rare one.

It is complex, stretching, and the stakes are real. These are people’s homes. But it is also rewarding, challenging and, in the way that only work with meaning can be, genuinely good fun.

Your role

The first job is to make sure everyone – the Leadership Team, the Board, your colleagues across programmes and central functions – can see clearly what is going on with our properties. At the moment, that picture is not clear enough. Then you’ll look at how we commercialise our assets, which at the moment looks like our brilliant skilled tradespeople and the furniture we are donated. There will be more, and we need you to find opportunities.

• Getting the data right. You will build the systems, KPIs and reporting so we have a proper picture of the portfolio – every property, its status, and a clear RAG rating. You will know the numbers: how many properties, what state they are in, what maintenance is outstanding, and what things are actually costing us.
• Getting a handle on costs. You will bring real clarity on where we are financially exposed – what an empty property actually costs, what our turnaround times are, where reactive spend is leaking. Then you will do something about it.
• Being our point of knowledge on property. You will be the person everyone turns to on acquisition, maintenance and compliance. You will combine the theory of procurement with the practical reality of getting things done – turning decisions into delivered outcomes.
• Connecting property to the people we support. You will map what we have against what our services need across our local authority areas, so the right spaces support the right programmes.
• Growing what we have. Once the foundations are right, you will develop Furnish Forward – our furniture reuse shop – and build a longer-term case for trading our skills and services commercially. But that comes after visibility and control, not instead of them.

What you bring

Maybe this is the pinnacle of a career spent in property, estates, facilities or operations, and you want it to count for something. Or maybe it’s your change of direction: you might be searching for a more meaningful path after years in commerce. Either way, you’ll recognise yourself here.

• You’re commercial and creative – you spot opportunities and you make them pay.
• You love detail and data, and you turn a concept into a delivered result.
• You take responsibility, solve problems, and bring people with you.
• You’ve led change – perhaps you did a lot of it through the Covid years.
• And you genuinely care about social change – about homelessness, and about people getting a fair chance at a safe home.

Our offer

Salary up to £79,665 per annum. Based in Glasgow with agile working (around three days a week in the office). Full time and permanent, on our Leadership Team, reporting to the Chief Executive. You’ll get 30 days’ leave rising to 40 days in year two, the People’s Pension, and a wide range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits.

If this sounds like the kind of challenge you’ve been waiting for, we’d love to hear from you.

About Us

We are a charity that recently celebrated 200 years of standing alongside people in Scotland. Last year we supported almost 4,000 people to stay in their homes and stay connected to the people they love. This role exists to make sure the homes, buildings and enterprise behind that work are safe, sustainable and ready for the future – and to grow new income that lets us do even more.

Job Purpose & Context

As JustRight Scotland continues to mature as a nationally significant human rights organisation, the CEO will lead the next phase of development—delivering our current Paving Routes to Justice strategy and preparing for our next beyond 2029, strengthening organisational sustainability, establishing a more visible and impactful policy presence, and scaling impact.

The CEO of JustRight Scotland is the organisation’s strategic lead, with oversight of our four centres of legal excellence and our policy, communications and participation work. The CEO is responsible for leading implementation of the organisational strategy to deliver JustRight Scotland’s mission to use the law to defend and extend people’s rights in Scotland. Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the CEO is the accountable officer for the charity, responsible for strategic planning and financial sustainability. The CEO is the primary link between the organisation’s committed staff team and the Board.

The CEO is an ambassador for JustRight Scotland. As a strategic leader in the Human Rights sector, the CEO will represent JustRight Scotland at senior levels across civil society and government. They will build and sustain strategic relationships to influence policy and systems change, and to build the profile and reputation of the organisation in Scotland, the UK and internationally.

JustRight Scotland operates in a dual structure of SCIO and LLP, which requires collaborative governance between senior leaders to ensure alignment across these structures. The organisation operates a distributed leadership model in which the Senior Executive Team, comprising the CEO, the Chief Operating Officer and the two Legal Directors (who are also the LLP Partners), share authority and responsibility for senior leadership of the organisation. This is intended to ensure wellbeing, innovation and adaptive capacity at leadership level, aligned with shared values and strategy. The CEO will therefore work closely with the Legal Directors, building on their significant expertise, ensuring a clear and consistent organisational voice.

This is a unique opportunity to lead one of Scotland’s most influential human rights organisations at a pivotal stage in its journey. We are seeking an inspiring, strategic and values-driven leader who can build on JustRight Scotland’s strong foundations and help shape the future of rights-based change.

We would be especially interested in hearing from candidates who have:

A strong understanding of human rights law, principles and practice, as well as the lived experience of people in Scotland, alongside credibility as a leader within the charity and/or human rights sector.

An understanding of how law, policy and lived experience interact to drive social change.

Experience of working in partnership with people with lived experience to help influence and shape strategic direction.

An understanding of the current challenges facing the charity and human rights sectors, and the approaches required to support long-term organisational sustainability.

GCVS Recruitment Service is pleased to be recruiting on behalf of the newly established Glasgow Advice Partnership (GAP) for an exceptional Chief Executive Officer.

The Glasgow Advice Partnership (GAP) is a newly established, independent charity formed by 16 advice and information agencies in collaboration with Glasgow City Council.

GAP has been created to prevent and relieve poverty—including child poverty—and promote equality and diversity across Glasgow. Central to this mission is the development of early intervention and prevention strategies, alongside strengthening collaboration across the advice sector.

By bringing together key local and strategic partners, GAP seeks to build a more inclusive city, ensuring individuals and families have access to the financial support and guidance they need to thrive.

A Unique Leadership Opportunity

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to shape and lead a new organisation from its inception, making a lasting impact on financial inclusion across Glasgow.

We are seeking a visionary and collaborative Chief Executive Officer to drive the organisation forward, champion the advice sector, and build strong partnerships that deliver meaningful change for communities.

About the Role

As CEO, you will provide strategic leadership and operational direction, working closely with the Board of Trustees and our Advice partners to establish GAP as a high-impact organisation.

This is a dynamic role that will evolve alongside the organisation, requiring ambition, adaptability, and a strong commitment to tackling poverty inequality.

About you

We are looking for a leader who brings:

• A strong strategic vision and commitment to tackling poverty and inequality
• Proven experience in senior leadership, ideally within the charity, public, or advice sectors
• A track record of building effective partnerships and collaborations
• Experience of financial management and track record of securing funding and ensuring compliance with funders conditions
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• A passion for driving social change and improving lives

Above all, you will have the drive, ambition, and values to help create a future-ready advice system that ensures fairness and opportunity for all.