- Advertised from 26th June 2026
- 21 - 35 hours per week, Monday -Friday. Contracted hours can be flexible, as can days worked. Fixed term to December 2027.
Role
With the retirement of one of our Energy Advisors, Community Links Scotland is looking for a proactive, enthusiastic individual to help deliver our West Dunbartonshire Energy Advice project. Funded through the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme this programme supports local people who are in fuel crises by providing direct practical help and advocacy to vulnerable households.
We are looking for an individual who has experience in providing energy advice and advocacy to households.
CLS is a small organisation with a dedicated staff team of seven. We have an excellent reputation in developing and delivering projects within West Dunbartonshire and across the West of Scotland. While we are based in Clydebank, we operate very flexibly, with staff working across a number of venues – Community Hubs, Clients Offices, home and office – we anticipate that this post will work within all of these venues and will also undertake a number of home visits, as these are essential to the delivery of the project.
The West Dunbartonshire Energy Advice Project currently has three staff members: A part-time Project Lead (2 days/ week) and two Energy Advisors.
An overview of CLS and the project, together with the job description and person specification is included within our Application Pack.
Application notes
If you are interested in applying for our Energy Advisor role, please submit your CV and a detailed covering letter that clearly outlines why you are applying for the role and how your skills and experience match the person specification.
These should be sent to: info@comlinks.org.uk
If you would like an informal chat about the post, please contact Jim on: 0141 952 4382. Or e-mail jim@comlinks.org.uk
Closing date: 12 noon Wednesday 22nd July 2026
Interview date: w/c 5th August 2026
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SAFE stands for Support Advice Finance Education. The Outreach SAFE Team Advisor will be part of a team delivering a range of confidential financial advice and support services and activities for and with our beneficiaries.
The primary focus of this role is the provision of financial capability support to individuals across the communities on an outreach basis. This will involve attending locations across Aberdeen alongside the mobile pantry and locating in outreach settings to provide SAFE support to local residents.
CFINE operates to cooperative, or ‘Community Development’, principles which underpin and permeate the organisation and its activities. The ethos and values are:
- inclusion, dignity, and respect.
- equality of opportunity.
- collaboration and partnership.
- mutuality and reciprocity.
- recognising that everyone has something to offer.
- those affected by an issue should be integrally involved in solutions; and
- enterprising.
This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to work with a driven team of social enterprise and community developers in one of Scotland’s most well regarded and effective social enterprise support providers. Community Enterprise Ltd is a well-established third sector support organisation with a progressive outlook and a diverse portfolio.
Demand for our services continues to grow and the sector is moving towards new and innovative models. We are therefore looking to add to our Development Team to meet that demand. The post involves delivering capacity building and business support to a wide range of clients and projects across Scotland. These can range from established social businesses to smaller voluntary sector organisations concerned about their sustainability as well as new and emerging individual social entrepreneurs. We someone who is driven, positive and an innovative solutions focused thinker.
We are keen to enhance the capacity and skillset of our development team where possible by recruiting someone with experience in some or all of the following: finance and financial, impact evaluation, and marketing. The successful candidate will be able to deliver this alongside broader development work.
£38,000 f/t pa. 7.2% Workplace pension employer contribution
Hybrid working model. Minimum one day per week in West Lothian office. Travel throughout Scotland required. The post holder must hold a clean driving license.
Top job! Head of Community Engagement
- Part time
- £40,331 pro-rata
- On site: Isle of Tiree
- Closing 6th July 2026
Tiree Community Development Trust (known as “Urras Thiriodh”) are seeking a Head of Community Engagement to take on a lead role in delivering our community-focused services and engagement work in the beautiful and vibrant Inner Hebridean island of Tiree.
The newly created role combines management and direct service development and fundraising work and would suit a candidate with relevant experience and a pro-active approach looking to take on a challenge in a unique, bustling and diverse community development environment. Current key members of your team would include our Youth Activities Co-ordinator, Community Support Officer (working in an established partnership with CAB) and our Ranger. You’d join a strong established staff team with a track record of delivering vital community services, with the goal of ensuring the sustainable development of a small island community, making Tiree the best possible place to live, work and grow. The role involves working across our company group to support communications with key stakeholders, which includes supporting the use of Gaelic across our work and ensuring ongoing efforts to retain Gaelic as a living community language.
The role will play a key part in the ongoing delivery of our Community Development Plan – tireetrust.org.uk/the-development-plan
You will form part of the senior leadership team supporting (and occasionally deputising for) the Chief Exec, ultimately accountable to the Trust volunteer board of directors.
Commercial Services Officer
- Full time or Part time
- £33,852
- On site: Isle of Tiree
- Closing 6th July 2026
Tiree Community Development Trust (known as “Urras Thiriodh”) are seeking a suitably experienced and skilled candidate to play a key role in development of commercial trading activity and income generation, in the beautiful and vibrant Inner Hebridean island of Tiree.
The newly created role is based within our Projects and Services Team, and will take on a lead oversight of existing commercial trading activity within our company group, as well as playing a key role in delivery of work to develop new income streams via trading activity, to support the future funding of the Trust, it’s development work and community services. The role has a dual focus around operational delivery and improvement, and project development and delivery to fund and deliver new assets and activities. Existing trading activities include a community filling station, leased premises for local businesses and delivery of useful assessment services and certifications such as EPCs. There is also an expectation that this role will support the current development of community housing, and the eventual administration of that housing for affordable let to local residents.
The role will play a key part in the ongoing delivery of our Community Development Plan – tireetrust.org.uk/the-development-plan
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