Since 1996, Foundation Scotland has distributed significant funding to charities and community groups across the country, creating happier, fairer and more sustainable communities. We support philanthropists to help their personal giving make the most difference, work with donors to invest in community action, and work alongside communities to ensure that local funds are distributed by communities themselves. We also offer social investment opportunities to enable social enterprises, community organisations and charities to grow and deliver positive social impact. For a quick introduction to how we make a difference, watch our animation.

Foundation Scotland is looking for an interim Grants Assessor to join us on a six month fixed term contract. In this role, you’ll review grant applications from charities and community organisations, explore the evidence behind each proposal and assess whether projects are well planned, financially sound and capable of creating meaningful impact.

You’ll balance careful analysis with clear communication, spend time examining budgets, governance and safeguarding information, speaking with applicants where further detail is needed, and producing concise assessment reports. Your evidence based recommendations will help ensure funding decisions are fair, consistent and focused on the needs of communities.

About the role

• Assessing grant applications consistently and proportionately, considering organisational strength, community need, project design and potential impact.
• Review budgets, governance, safeguarding and other due diligence information.
• Write clear assessment reports and make well-reasoned funding recommendations.
• Communicate professionally with applicants to clarify information and manage assessments to agreed timescales.

What you’ll bring

• Experience assessing funding applications, grants or similar decision-making processes.
• Strong analytical skills and confidence reviewing budgets and financial information.
• Excellent written communication, sound judgement and close attention to detail.
• An understanding of Scotland’s voluntary and community sector and the ability to build positive stakeholder relationships.

More information about the role can be found in the Grants Assessor Role.pdf profile.

If you are motivated by purposeful work and enjoy turning complex information into balanced decisions, we’d love to hear from you.

Please note, this is a six-month fixed-term contract position.

We can be flexible on hours and working pattern so please speak to us about what might suit you best.

Help shape brighter futures for children and families across Scotland

At Children First, we believe every child should be safe, loved and able to enjoy a happy childhood. As Scotland's national children's charity, we work alongside children, families and communities to protect children from harm, support recovery from trauma and abuse and create lasting change.

We are looking for a compassionate, skilled and motivated Community Partnership & Participation Worker to join our team and help strengthen the support available to children and families across Scotland.

In this exciting role, you will build trusted relationships with communities, services and partner organisations, helping families access the support they need while ensuring children's and families' voices influence how services are developed and improved.

This is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference by connecting people, strengthening local networks and helping shape services that respond to what matters most to children and families.

What you'll do

Working as part of our Support Line service, you will:

• Develop strong partnerships with community organisations, schools, health services, local authorities and third sector partners.
• Improve access to support for families experiencing poverty, inequality, kinship care challenges or concerns about a child's safety.
• Increase awareness of Children First Support Line and the range of help available to families across Scotland.
• Ensure children, young people and families have meaningful opportunities to share their experiences and help shape service development.
• Support participation, engagement and co-production activities, including events, consultations and focus groups.
• Build local knowledge of community resources and identify gaps, barriers and opportunities for support.
• Gather learning and insights that help us improve services and influence positive change for children and families.

What we're looking for

• You'll bring experience of community engagement, partnership working or participation practice, along with a genuine commitment to improving outcomes for children and families.

You'll also have:

• Experience working with children, young people, families or communities.
• Strong relationship-building and partnership skills.
• Excellent communication and facilitation abilities.
• An understanding of poverty, inequality and the barriers families can face when seeking support.
• Knowledge of children's rights and participation approaches.
• Experience of trauma-informed, strengths-based and relationship-based practice.
• The ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and maintain accurate records.
• Confidence using Microsoft Office and digital communication tools.

Who you are

We're looking for someone who:

• Believes in the power of children's voices.
• Values inclusion, participation and co-production.
• Builds trust quickly and works collaboratively with others.
• Is passionate about reducing inequality and improving children's lives.
• Brings warmth, curiosity and compassion to their work.
• Shares our commitment to safeguarding and promoting children's rights.

Why join Children First?

At Children First, our values guide everything we do:

With Love

We put children first, listening with compassion and kindness and standing alongside families when they need support most.

With Purpose

We work together with families, communities and partners to create lasting change and better outcomes for children.

With Strength

We do whatever it takes to protect Scotland's children and champion their rights.

You'll join a supportive organisation that values learning, innovation and collaboration, where your work will directly contribute to helping children and families thrive.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and anti-racist organisation where everyone experiences a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and lived experiences and particularly encourage applications from groups currently under-represented within our workforce.

Join us

If you're passionate about building stronger communities, amplifying children's voices and helping families access the support they need, we'd love to hear from you.

Together, with love, purpose and strength, we can help Scotland's children and families thrive.

Children First Support Line

Could you play a vital role within our national Support Line, helping deliver Scotland's mission to eradicate child poverty?

Join Children First and be part of a once in a generation transformation in how families access help to alleviate crisis, prevent harm and build long-term stability to break the cycle of child poverty. Funded by the Scottish Government, we are doubling the size of our Support Line with the aim of supporting 7,500 more families across Scotland in the first year.

We've been preventing harm, supporting recovery and driving change since 1884 and our ambitious plans for the Support Line build on our experience of delivering cash-first, short, medium and long-term holistic support to families living in, or at risk of, poverty.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing multidisciplinary team and help ensure every family in Scotland has somewhere to turn when they need help.

About the Role

You will play a vital role in the expansion and delivery of our national support line service, which offers practical, financial and emotional support to families through phone calls, webchats, advice and information on our website and in their homes and communities across Scotland.

This role plays a key role in supporting the effective day-to-day running of Children First services. The postholder provides operational, administrative and systems support to ensure services run safely, efficiently and in line with organisational requirements.

This role is central to enabling high-quality support for children, young people and families. The postholder will support the effective operation of the national Support Line by coordinating service administration across telephone, webchat and digital channels, ensuring accurate records, efficient service access and high-quality information to support performance monitoring and reporting.

By coordinating key processes such as data management, finance administration, service access and local operations, the Service Operations Administrator allows Support Line Coordinators, volunteers team leaders and managers to focus on delivering impactful support.

The role operates with a high level of autonomy and responsibility, often acting as the first point of contact for operational matters within a service. It requires strong organisational skills, initiative, and the ability to respond flexibly to changing service needs.

What You'll Be Doing

1. Service Operations and Coordination

Services are well-organised, responsive and able to operate effectively, with administrative and operational processes running smoothly and consistently.

2. Systems and Data Management

Accurate and timely data is maintained across systems (including Dynamics, Advice Pro and our Call Handling System), supporting service delivery, reporting and organisational insight.

3. Finance and Resource Management

Service-level financial processes are managed accurately and in line with organisational procedures.

4. Facilities, Health & Safety and Local Operations

Service environments are safe, compliant and well-maintained, with appropriate coordination of property, facilities and health & safety activities.

5. Team and Service Support

Practitioners and managers are effectively supported through coordination of meetings, diaries, resources and operational requirements.

Core Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and operational support to ensure effective service delivery
• Maintain accurate records and data within organisational systems (including Dynamics)
• Support financial processes including invoices, purchasing and petty cash
• Act as a key point of contact for enquiries, supporting service access and communication
• Coordinate meetings, diaries, resources and general service organisation
• Support compliance with organisational policies and procedures
• Support the administration of Support Line activity including contact volumes, service schedules and rotas, referrals, practitioner workflows and performance reporting
• Contribute to a positive, collaborative team environment

Service-Specific Responsibilities

· Health & Safety coordination and local compliance tasks

· Property and facilities management

· Reception / front of house responsibilities

· Supporting local funding, resources or community activity

· Event coordination or service-specific administration

· Additional systems or reporting requirements

· Support the administration of telephone, webchat and digital support channels.

· Assist with service performance reporting, data quality checks, case closures and monitoring against contract requirements.

· Support referral pathways, financial support administration and onward connections to local and national services.

· Coordinate practitioner rotas, meetings, training records and operational communications.

· Contribute to the oversight of the budget

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who is passionate about supporting children and families and who can build trust quickly through empathy, compassion and kindness.

· Strong organisational and coordination skills

· Ability to manage competing priorities and work independently

· Confidence using systems and managing data accurately

· Strong communication and interpersonal skills

· A proactive and flexible approach

· Alignment with Children First values

Our Values

Everything we do is guided by our values:

With Love

We put children first with compassion and kindness.

With Purpose

We work alongside families and partners to transform children's lives together.

With Strength

We do whatever it takes to protect Scotland's children.

What You'll Get From Us

At Children First, you'll be part of a values-led organisation committed to developing and supporting our people.

We offer:

• 40 days annual leave including public holidays.

• Contributory pension scheme.

• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities.

• Wellbeing support and health benefits.

• Blue Light Card discounts.

• Learning, training and career development opportunities.

• The opportunity to help shape an ambitious national service supporting thousands of families across Scotland.

Would you like to help people build confidence, develop skills, and have greater choice and control over their lives? Join LCiL and be part of a team making a real difference every day.

We are currently recruiting a full-time Peer Support and Learning Facilitator to join our dedicated and supportive team. If you are passionate about empowering disabled people and carers and believe in the value of peer support, this is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

At LCiL, we are a user-led organisation committed to supporting disabled people to live independently in the community of their choice. Everything we do is rooted in inclusion, equality, respect, and collaboration, with people at the centre of our services.

This is a rewarding opportunity to support disabled people, individuals with long-term conditions, and carers to increase confidence, develop skills, strengthen social connections, and gain greater independence through peer support and learning activities.

We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate:

• Experience of organising and facilitating groups, workshops, learning activities, or community events

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage positively with a diverse range of people

• Experience of working in a person-centred, outcome-focused role supporting individuals or communities

• The ability to build effective relationships with service users, volunteers, partner organisations, and stakeholders

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a varied workload

• A commitment to equality, inclusion, independent living, and the Social Model of Disability

You will help design and deliver peer support groups, workshops, training sessions, and one-to-one support opportunities. You will also work alongside volunteers, peer facilitators, and community ambassadors, supporting people to use their lived experience to help others and contribute to programme development.

Following induction and initial training in our Edinburgh office, you will work flexibly across office, online, and community settings, helping deliver a blended programme of support and learning opportunities throughout Edinburgh and the Lothians.

Why Join LCIL?

We offer a supportive and flexible working environment, including:

• Flexible and hybrid working patterns

• 25 days annual leave + 10 public holidays

• Generous employer pension contribution

• Opportunities for personal and professional development

We want you to feel confident and prepared. That is why all shortlisted candidates will receive interview questions in advance.

We value thoughtful, considered responses and are keen to hear about the full range of skills and experience you can bring. This is your opportunity to demonstrate how you can contribute to a service that empowers people and strengthens communities.

• PVG membership is required for successful applicants

• We welcome questions about the recruitment process - contact Caitlin McPherson at HR@lothiancil.org.uk