About Us

Baltic Street Adventure Playground (BSAP) is a free, child-led adventure playground in Glasgow’s East End. We’re a democratic space where children make decisions about what happens each day through play, exploration, and creativity. We provide free meals, snacks, and a welcoming community environment that supports freedom, confidence, and wellbeing.

The Role

We’re looking for a Playworker to join our team, taking a lead role in our Afterschool Project. The project collects children from local schools and walks them safely to Baltic Street Adventure Playground, where they take part in free play, creative activities, games, and outdoor fun until collected by their parents or carers.

In addition to supporting the Afterschool Project, the role will also include working on the playground as a Playworker during regular opening hours, contributing to the wider day-to-day running of the site and supporting children’s play across all sessions.

You’ll play an important part in ensuring the project and playground run safely and smoothly while supporting children to explore, make choices, and lead their own play.

First Step is a community-based organisation working directly with families and young children in the early years. We support parents to build confidence, strengthen relationships and create a nurturing environment for their children. Our services include early learning and childcare, family learning and wellbeing activities, dedicated family support and outreach, and a range of opportunities for volunteering and community involvement.

We are seeking a motivated, self-starting Fundraising Officer, who will be central to the growth and sustainability of First Step’s work. You will lead on securing funding and developing new projects that respond to the needs of families with young children.

With excellent communication skills, you will work closely with the Project Manager and the Strategic Board to shape and deliver innovative, community led initiatives that make a real difference to the lives of children and their families. This includes identifying funding opportunities, writing compelling bids and building strong relationships with funders and partners.

Using your creativity, you will also be responsible for raising awareness of First Step’s services through events, presentations, marketing materials, and managing social media and website content. We’re looking for a versatile individual who communicates effectively at all levels, writes clearly, collaborates well with others, and can work independently when needed.

In addition to a highly satisfying role, we offer a range of staff benefits including:

• Enhanced annual leave
• Contributory pension scheme
• Enhanced sick pay
• Learning and development opportunities

Company Overview

Flexible Childcare Services Scotland (FCSS) is a national social enterprise with a mission to empower children, families, and communities to work, rest or learn by creating access to flexible, affordable and responsive childcare, education, children’s services and wraparound support.

Our flexible early learning and childcare model allows parents to book childcare by the hour, change their bookings each week and only pay for the time they book. This model is actively helping parents to reduce their childcare costs while helping them increase their income and further distancing their whole families from poverty.

Summary

We are seeking a Finance Manager to join our team, in this role, you will play a vital part in managing our financial operations, ensuring the sustainability of our unique childcare model while supporting our vision to create a world where every child and family has access to the services they need to thrive.

This is a hybrid working post shared between home working and our Dundee head office.

This is a part time role, 28 hours per week, with FTE salary of £40,000 = pro rata £32,000.

Other benefits include:

• 32 days annual leave
• Generous employer contribution pension
• Employee life assurance scheme
• Flexible Working
• Employee Benefit Platform giving discounts on many retail brands
• Subsidised childcare costs

Would you like to bring your impressive relationship building skills to an award winning and much loved Scottish charity? Simba is here to support anyone affected by baby loss, now and always. We help bereaved families create precious memories with their baby and offer tangible ways to honour and remember them.

We are looking for a Community Fundraising Officer to support the planning, delivery, and growth of the charity’s community and events fundraising activity; including parent-led fundraising events and community activities.

This hands-on role involves working closely with parents, families, and community supporters who raise funds in memory of their babies, providing exceptional care and guidance to ensure they feel supported and valued.

You will help coordinate a wide range of events and campaigns; from local community activities and challenge events to virtual and digital fundraisers, while supporting the Communications Lead to promote these opportunities across multiple channels. This position is ideal for someone with a warm, compassionate approach who enjoys building relationships, supporting others, and helping make a meaningful difference.

This is a really varied role, with some evening and weekend work, as and when required.

You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrating sensitivity and empathy in dealing with bereavement and baby loss. Simba has a set of values, outlined within our Strategy (which is available on our website). We are committed to selecting people based on their ability to do the role for which they are being recruited. We would especially welcome applications from underrepresented groups within the baby loss community.