- Advertised from 24th October 2025
Role
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is the leading voice of 5.5 million small businesses and the self-employed across the UK. Since 1974, we've supported people to start, run and grow their own business. With market-leading benefits, local support, financial expertise, networking events and more, we provide our members with all the tools they need to succeed in business. We’re also the UK’s leading business campaigner, focused on delivering change on issues that matter most. With teams across the UK, we work with governments and decision-makers to make real change happen.
We are currently seeking an Events and Campaigns Co-Ordinator to support our Scotland Team who are either based in our Glasgow office or home based across Scotland (Field team). You will provide a consistently high level of support to the Scotland Office and Field team and professional front line support to FSB members, external stakeholders and the wider small business community.
What will you do?
The role is varied across four main workstreams: Frontline external support, internal support, events and communication.
The successful candidate will (but not limited to):
- Be the first point of contact / face of FSB to members and external stakeholders contacting the Scotland Team.
- Be responsible for the management of the Scotland Office, including meeting room and diary management.
- Provide general administrative support for the Scotland team (office and field), and secretarial support to the Scotland Volunteer Council of Members.
- Support the planning and delivery of events liaising with venues, speakers, suppliers and internal stakeholders to manage bookings and logistics.
- Support the growth of FSB Scotland’s social media presence by creating and scheduling engaging content, interacting with followers, and responding to messages and comments.
- Support the Communications and External Affairs Manager and Development Managers in delivering communications strategies and campaigns.
Who are we looking for?
- Experience of managing and delivering administration support and working in a customer supporting role.
- Good telephone manner with the ability to carry out customer service calls to a high standard.
- Confident in working in a role without close supervision and able in using own initiative as appropriate.
- Good all-round knowledge of managing and delivering administration support.
- Good knowledge of IT applications including Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, Outlook, databases and social media platforms.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills and strong relationship building and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload to meet deadlines and the ability to enable the smooth coordination of activities.
Essential Qualifications
- GCSE Grade 4 or equivalent in English Language and Maths.
FSB is dedicated to helping small businesses survive through these difficult times, and we value our staff enough to provide highly competitive rates of pay, benefits, and internationally recognised qualifications. We believe your work life balance is important, so our working hours don’t include weekend or evening work. We provide you with all the tools, skills and support to help our members every day, and help you develop your skills through teamwork and relationship building. We believe diversity is the key to success, and we encourage people from all walks of life and backgrounds to come and join us. Our inclusive environment allows all our employees to bring their whole selves to work.
In addition to a fulfilling career with FSB, you’ll also benefit from:
- 26 days holidays per year plus bank holidays with the option to buy 3 days with your Annual Flex Pot*
- Annual Flex Pot* to spend on benefits including additional pension, additional holidays, additional critical illness cover, additional life cover, cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership
- Health cash plan* (Access to claim back numerous benefits, including towards dental treatment, optical, chiropody, physiotherapy, counselling, health and wellbeing)
- Critical illness and income protection insurance*
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
- Access to an employee assistance programme and mental health first aiders
- Group Personal Pension (GPP)
*Applicable on completion of probationary period and subject to terms.
Application notes
All applications to be received by 09 November 2025. Any applications received after this date will be held on file for a maximum of 6 months and reviewed if the first round of applicants are unsuccessful.
To apply for this role please email your CV and covering letter detailing how you meet the essential criteria to HR.Recruitment@fsb.org.uk.
Additional information
All applicants must be able to provide at interview stage their highest education certificates as listed on their CV and verification of their eligibility to work in the UK.
As an equal opportunities employer, FSB is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda and aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace, where all employees can bring their whole self to work. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply and join FSB. Candidates with a disability who require reasonable adjustments should contact the HR department at hr.recruitment@fsb.org.uk.
Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date if a high number of applications are received. If you are successful and short listed for interview you will be contacted by email.
The ALLIANCE is excited to recruit a Service Designer for the ALISS programme. ALISS – A Local Information System for Scotland is a web-based system for finding and sharing information about community services, groups, activities and resources that support health and wellbeing. The Service Designer plays a key role, using human-centred design principles to implement changes to the ALISS system.
The successful candidate for this role should have:
- Relevant qualification or experience in service design.
- Strong passion for user-centred design principles and methodologies.
- Knowledge and experience of prototyping tools and techniques.
- Eagerness to engage in user research activities, with a basic understanding of research methodologies.
- Understanding of service design within digital and physical environments.
- A creative mindset with a focus on problem-solving.
- Strong analytical skills and a keen eye for detail.
- Excellent communication skills to effectively articulate design concepts and decisions to those implementing solutions (e.g. ALISS developers) and people with low digital skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a small team, demonstrating flexibility and adaptability.
Terms and conditions
This is a full time role, 35 hours per week, and based in Glasgow. The post holder will be required to adopt a flexible approach to working hours as travel throughout Scotland and occasional additional hours may be required. However, this will be reimbursed through the organisation’s Time off in Lieu scheme.
As an ALLIANCE employee you will benefit from:
- 210 hours annual leave (equivalent of 30 days) pro rata
- 91 hours of public holidays (equivalent of 13 days) pro rata that can be taken flexibly
- 24.5 hours additional leave between Christmas and New Year pro rata (equivalent to 3.5 days)
- Annual incremental increase in salary (until top of grade)
- Contributory pension scheme
- Open to flexible working (formal and informal)
- Hybrid working – opportunity to work from home for part of the week
- Enhanced maternity, paternity pay, shared parental and adoption leave
- Enhanced sick pay
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Learning and development opportunities
- Time off in lieu
- Cycle Scheme
- Bike storage
- Carer Positive Employer
- Disability Confident Employer
- Up to 35 hours (pro rata) paid carers leave per annum
- Up to 35 hours (pro rata) paid special leave per annum
- Up to 70 hours (pro rata) paid compassionate leave per annum
- Paid day off to move house
- Employee forum
The ALLIANCE is a healthy working lives employer and encourages a healthy work life balance and is happy to talk flexible working.
We recognise everyone is different and provide an environment where differences are valued and everyone is encouraged to be the best version of themselves. We recognise that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our organisation feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.
About the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland
The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) is an independent Scottish Charity funded by a grant from the Scottish Government. Our vision is for a Scotland where people of all ages who are disabled or living with long term conditions, and unpaid carers, have a strong voice and enjoy their right to live well, as equal and active citizens, free from discrimination, with support and services that put them at the centre.
The ALLIANCE has three core aims; we seek to:
- Ensure people are at the centre, that their voices, expertise, and rights drive policy and sit at the heart of design, delivery and improvement of support and services.
- Support transformational change, towards approaches that work with individual and community assets, helping people to stay well, supporting human rights, self-management, co-production, and independent living.
- Champion and support the third sector as a vital strategic and delivery partner and foster better cross-sector understanding and partnership.
For details on how your applications will be dealt with in line with GDPR please see our privacy notice.
Youth Co-ordinator
- Full time or Part time
- £30,000
- On site/Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 17th November 2025
Youth Co-ordinator – Greenbank Church, Edinburgh Greenbank Parish Church has the ambition to become more outward looking within our local community and to actively welcome youth and families to church. As part of this action, we are looking to employ someone with a lively Christian faith to help coordinate activities.
Greenbank is part of the Church of Scotland and is very much a parish church, sitting prominently on a main junction in the leafy suburbs of South Morningside on the south of Edinburgh. The church buildings are heavily used by the local community, particularly by the uniformed organisations such as Scouts and Guides. The church also has its own successful pre-school within the building. While hundreds of children and their parents use the buildings every week, a very small proportion of them are involved in the life, work, or worship of the Church. This is an opportunity we would like to address.
The scope of the post will be wide and varied and the person will be able to use their own skills, gifts and experience to do things in their own way, but it will likely cover the following areas:
• Developing a relationship with the children and youth who are currently part of the church and listen to their suggestions
• Reaching out to young people who are on the periphery of the church (eg those who help with special events such as holiday club) and find out what they would like from church
• Possibly serving as a link between the church and our local primary schools
• Play a leading role in the planning and running of holidays clubs and possibly after-school clubs
• Engaging with the youth organisations and other hall users, and excite them about getting involved with church activities • To experiment with holding different kinds of social events and worship that suit young people both in terms of timings, style and content
• Helping to improve the church’s online presence, particularly on social media Person spec. - Essential:
• You have a lively Christian faith and are motivated to share the good news of Jesus
• You are a good communicator
• You are ambitious and have a positive can-do attitude
• You are able to think outside the box and have the confidence to suggest new ideas
• You have good leadership skills and are able to work as part of a team (e.g. with the Minister, the Church Administrator, the Young Church volunteers, etc)
• You must have experience of working with young people
Person spec. - Desirable:
• You have studied theology
• You know your bible
• You have good digital skills inc social media
• You are fun or funny or both
You will be expected to work on Sundays to help with Young Church in the morning and youth groups in the afternoon/evening. Otherwise, working can be on-site or hybrid as preferred. Hours can be fulltime or part-time to suit.
The starting salary will be £30k (or pro-rata based on this salary) and includes 33 days holiday and pension contribution. Please note that a six month probation period will apply.
Refugee Festival Scotland - Festival Co-ordinator
- Part time
- £30,305 pro-rata
- On site: Glasgow
- Closing 24th November 2025
Refugee Festival Scotland is a unique arts, culture and community festival dedicated to achieving positive and lasting social change.
The festival is held across Scotland every June in the lead-up to World Refugee Day on June 20th. Scottish Refugee Council co-ordinates the festival programme, which includes: running a small grants programme to support organisations and groups to put on their events; providing a platform for anyone else willing to take part in the festival to register their event; and organising a number of projects and partnership collaborations every year to run alongside.
We are inviting applications for a Festival Co-ordinator to be the main point of contact for the festival’s small grants and event registration programmes, supporting the participation of refugee-led and refugee-supporting groups and organisations who put on festival events.
The role also involves planning and co-ordinating community focused events as part of the festival, which may change from year to year depending on programme requirements, as well as supporting the co-ordination and delivery of year-round developmental activity
Employee benefits package
- 39 days of leave (including public holidays)
- Progressive salary structure
- Flexible working options
- Training and development opportunities
- Union recognition
- Fresh fruit, tea & coffee in office
- Enhanced pay benefits
- Enhanced pension
- Counselling & coaching service
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eye care scheme
- Death in service & 24-hour GP service
Engagement Officer - Young People's Programmes
- Full time
- £25,235
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 1st December 2025
About the Service
Change Mental Health is one of the four founding charities of Mental Health UK. Our Young People’s Programmes; Bloom, Your Resilience and Me & Money focus on mental health prevention by delivering upstream resilience building programmes to young people across the UK. Traditionally delivered through workshops in mainstream education and community-based settings, we have recently diversified our approach, with a focus on engaging and supporting young people from diverse and underserved communities and supporting parents and carers.
We are looking for an experienced and passionate Young People’s Programmes Engagement Officer to work as part of our Young People’s Programmes Team.
As our Engagement Officer, you will be responsible for managing existing and fostering new relationships with educational establishments, community settings and other potential partners across Scotland. You will support the process of engagement from initial contact right through to sign up and participation in our programmes.
Key Responsibilities
- Works closely with the Young People’s Programmes Manager to ensure that the KPIs for Bloom, Your Resilience and Me & Money programme delivery are met.
- Works closely with the Young People’s Programme Manager to unlock new income streams that will help us to grow our impact and support more young people. This may include grants, community fundraising and ‘paid for’ programmes.
- Develops a clear knowledge and understanding of the mental health and educational landscape in Scotland.
- Uses mapping tools, local data and independent research to build knowledge of the communities being engaged.
- Plans and delivers an engagement strategy for approaching and engaging schools, colleges and youth organisations, maintaining communication with the Young People’s Programmes Manager throughout its development.
- Uses appropriate promotional methods to promote the programmes and build relationships with key stakeholders across Scotland (e.g., schools, colleges, local authorities, youth groups) to secure programme sign-up.
- Supports the planning, coordination and delivery of resilience-based programmes for young people.
- Develops mechanisms to share programme impact through case studies, videos, webinars and other media.
- Liaises with Training Associates and organisations to ensure delivery dates are planned and implemented with adequate resources.
- Supports co-production and engagement work in Scotland, remaining responsive to the needs of young people and the people in their lives.
- Collaborates with colleagues, including engagement officers from other UK nations, to ensure a nation-wide response to the needs of young people.
- Keeps abreast of policy and research developments affecting young people’s mental health and the education landscape.
- Reports on all programme activities to the Young People’s Programmes Manager and suggests improvements where appropriate.
- Follows policies and procedures, and creates guidance and local operating procedures where required, particularly around safeguarding and the safety of staff and volunteers.
- Promotes partnership working and supports colleagues in developing awareness and knowledge.
- Contributes to the identification, management and reduction of risk, and reports incidents or near misses in line with organisational policy.
General Duties
- Act in accordance with Data Protection legislation. Ensure all records, personal, staff and client data are managed in line with Data Management and Information Governance policies
- Comply with legal and regulatory requirements such as provisions set out in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
- As with all employees, workers and volunteers; to encourage people to join Change Mental Health as a member, donor or activist
- To act in accordance with the charity’s Health & Safety and Safeguarding policies and to notify your line manager promptly if there are any concerns
- To participate in regular supervision and appraisal and undertake any relevant training as appropriate to the role
- To work in accordance with the charity’s national policies and local operating procedures and those of external regulators or professional bodies.
Essential Criteria
- Demonstrated track record of developing and maintaining relationships with educational institutions and youth work organisations.
- Proven experience of working with young people to deliver workshops and training
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to use a range of communication channels.
- Ability to keep accurate and detailed records to maintain contact databases and report on programme KPIs.
- Understanding of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) principles and a commitment to engaging and supporting young people from diverse and underserved communities.
- Understanding of the importance of working to quality standards and ability to encourage others to work toward these standards.
- Experience of working with and influencing a range of external stakeholders.
- Ability to handle stressful and difficult situations calmly.
- Strong team-working skills and experience of building effective working relationships.
- Effective time-management skills with the ability to prioritise workload and respond positively to unforeseen challenges.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to independently identify and complete tasks efficiently.
- Adaptability, with a willingness to contribute skills to new projects.
- Enthusiasm for learning and supporting colleagues.
- Well-developed IT skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office, Teams, Zoom and social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram).
- Knowledge of safeguarding practices and ability to apply these appropriately within the role.
- Creative, self-motivated, proactive and flexible approach, with a positive attitude.
- Entrepreneurial and enthusiastic about building new partnerships across Scotland the enable us to reach more young people and grow our impact
Desirable Criteria
- Understanding of young people’s mental health and the main drivers of mental ill health in young people aged 14–18.
- Experience co-producing engaging resources with young people.
- Experience using CRM systems (preferably Monday.com) for managing data, tracking interactions, reporting and project workflows.
This job profile and list of duties is not exhaustive and serves only to highlight the main requirements. The line manager may stipulate other reasonable requirements and projects commensurate with the general profile and grade of the post.
Successful applicants for this post will require a PVG Membership (this will be arranged by Change Mental Health during before you start your role)
Benefits
- 24/7 access to an award-winning Employee Assistance Programme providing free legal, financial, and medical advice as well as support with life’s challenges.
- A 35-hour working week, enhanced sick pay & season ticket loan.
- A great work life balance with flexible and blended working environment.
- Access to purchase a Blue Light Discount Card
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Enhanced sick pay and leave entitlements.
- Generous 37 days’ holiday.
- Paid Mental Wellbeing days.
- Professional development including funded opportunities.
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