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Top job! Manager - Birthlink Redress
- Full time
- £41,196
- On site/Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 13th October 2026
- Advertised from 23rd September 2026
- 35 hours (four-day work week available and flexible working). Two‑year post (with potential for extension dependent on national drivers).
Role
Birthlink is seeking an experienced, compassionate Manager to lead the operational delivery of our Redress service, a central part of our work supporting care experienced people and survivors of abuse in care. This pivotal role will oversee day to day service delivery across key organisational activity, ensuring safe, trauma informed, rights based practice throughout the Redress process.
You will guide and support a hybrid team, strengthen operational systems, and ensure full compliance with legal frameworks including the Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Act 2021, UK GDPR, and the Data Protection Act 2018. Working closely with the Executive Director, funders, partners, and beneficiaries, you will help shape Birthlink’s national contribution to improving access to records and supporting people through Redress.
Alongside leading Birthlink’s Redress service, you may also contribute to the development or oversight of other aligned projects as required.
If you are an organised, values driven leader with experience in complex, publicly accountable environments and committed to trauma informed practice, we would love to hear from you.
Application notes
To apply for the role please submit:
- Your CV
- A supporting statement (no more than two pages) outlining how your skills, experience, and values align with the job profile and person specification.
Please send your application to Gaynor.Clarke@birthlink.org.uk and Linda.McLeod@Birthlink.org.uk by 13 October 2026 (00:00).
Your supporting statement should clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria and, where relevant, the desirable criteria. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview, where we will explore your experience, values, and approach to trauma informed practice.
If you would like an informal discussion about the role ahead of applying, please contact Gaynor.Clarke@birthlink.org.uk
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Top job! Support Line Service Manager
- Part time
- £42,500 – £48,900 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 11th October 2026
Do you want to create a safer, brighter future for all children in Scotland?
Children First, Scotland’s national children’s charity, is seeking to appoint a part-time (17.5 hours) Support line Service Manager. By joining our team, you will help us stand up for children, keep them safe and support them to recover from trauma and abuse through our national and local services.
The role
Based in Edinburgh, with hybrid working an option, the role involves leading on the day-to-day implementation, management, development and growth of our free confidential support line for families, carers and professionals in Scotland.
Today’s generation are facing unprecedented challenges. From mental health, money worries and online harm, to struggles at school, our support line can offer emotional, practical and financial support to any family in Scotland. We also offer advice to anyone who is concerned about a child’s wellbeing.
Taking a child-centred approach, you will work to ensure the safety of children and young people by protecting and promoting their rights.
What we are looking for
You will be an inspiring leader and will possess a degree or diploma in social work, or equivalent professional qualification at SCQF level 9, in addition to recent significant experience in a relevant practice area relating to young people. Experience working in mental health, emotional wellbeing or trauma-informed support services is desirable.
What you can expect from us
As well as a rewarding career and development opportunities, we offer 40 days annual leave per year pro rata, a contributory pension scheme, generous maternity/adoption and paternity leave, flexible working opportunities and wellbeing support.
With a supportive and inclusive working environment, the salary for this role is £42,500 - £48,900 pro rate per annum covering 17.5 hours per week (21,250 to £24,450).
Our values
Living our values, you will make a direct impact to the lives of children across Scotland. With love, we put children first. With purpose, we transform children’s lives together. With strength, we do whatever it takes to protect Scotland’s children.
We believe all children should have hopes, dreams and opportunities. But for many they don’t exist. This has to stop. We must put children first.
We welcome and encourage applications from potential colleagues from all backgrounds, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, belief, disability who share our values.
Do you have what it takes to join our team and help us protect children and keep them safe? We would love to hear from you.
Project Lead
- Part time
- £34,674 – £40,147 pro-rata
- On site: Edinburgh, Dundee, Glasgow, Falkirk, North Lanarkshire
- Closing 27th September 2026
The postholder will be expected to operate in line with our values which are: justice, equity, trust, collaboration and compassion.
Overview
All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Our core values of justice, equity, trust, collaboration and compassion are at the heart of everything we do and underpin all aspects of our work.
About this role
The Project Lead will play a key role in supporting the Regional Coordinator / Service Manager with the day-to-day management, coordination and delivery of the OPFS local service.
The postholder will provide operational leadership and support to the service team, helping to ensure high-quality, person-centred and effective support is provided to single parents, children and families.
The Project Lead will support the delivery of the Whole Family Support Third Sector Delivery Fund, working alongside families to address the issues that matter most to them and contributing to improved outcomes for parents, children and families.
Working within the My Life and Me framework, they will support a strengths-based, trauma-informed and whole-family approach. They will help ensure families receive coordinated support based on their individual circumstances, strengths, priorities and aspirations.
The Project Lead will support staff practice, workforce development, quality assurance, performance monitoring and service improvement. They will work closely with colleagues and partners to develop effective pathways and ensure families can access the appropriate support from OPFS and other services.
The postholder will provide day-to-day supervision, guidance and support to staff and relevant colleagues as delegated and will deputise for the Regional Coordinator / Service Manager when required.
The role will contribute to the development of local whole-family support approaches and to the wider OPFS ambition that families experience a “no wrong door” approach, where they can access coordinated support without having to repeatedly tell their story.
Working within the My Life and Me framework, the postholder will provide operational leadership, support and supervision to staff, ensure high-quality service delivery and undertake quality assurance activities.
Communications and Marketing Manager
- Full time
- £44,434 – £48,878
- Hybrid: Glasgow or Edinburgh
- Closing 30th September 2026
The postholder will be expected to operate in line with our values which are: justice, equity, trust, collaboration and compassion.
Overview
All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Our core values of justice, equity, trust, collaboration and compassion are at the heart of everything we do and underpin all aspects of our work.
About this role
We are looking for an experienced Communications and Marketing Manager to take on this exciting new role at OPFS. You will have the opportunity to lead this growing team as part of the Policy and Communications Department. We are looking for a creative and strategic thinker with a proven track record in developing and implementing communications, branding and marketing strategies. If you are passionate about supporting single parents to thrive and access the support they need through our services, we’d love to hear from you.
Marketing Manager (Maternity Cover)
- Full time
- £44,087 – £50,726
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 27th September 2026
In this role, you’ll:
- Develop and implement Children First’s marketing strategy to position us as the national children’s charity, protecting Scotland’s children.
- Oversee marketing campaigns with a focus on brand management, website development and marketing to cover the full marketing mix across multiple media channels.
- Manage and support the marketing team and work closely with other managers to achieve Children First’s strategic objectives.
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
- Excellent strategic and creative marketing experience.
- Experience delivering successful multi-channel marketing campaigns.
- Experience managing and developing people.
- Strong brand, communications and stakeholder engagement skills.
- A high level of expertise in digital marketing, web content, social media marketing and paid advertising.
- A data-driven approach, using insight and evaluation to improve performance.
- Experience managing budgets, projects and external suppliers.
- A strong drive for excellence, the ability to manage competing priorities and a track record in delivering to tight deadlines.
What we offer:
- A workplace with values of with love, with purpose and with strength
- 40 days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays
- Pension scheme and wellbeing support
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- Access to Westfield Health, giving colleagues and their families confidential counselling support, wellbeing resources, and access to health and lifestyle benefits to support physical and mental wellbeing.
- Blue Light card discount
- A Fair Work accredited workplace
Our Values
Living our values, you will help create a workplace where our people can thrive, ensuring we deliver the best possible support to children and families.
With love, we put children first.
With purpose, we transform lives together.
With strength, we do whatever it takes to protect Scotland’s children.
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