Are you an experienced professional, looking to utilise your skills, experience and knowledge to help others? Do you want to undertake a Trustee role where your efforts will make a genuinely positive change to people’s lives?

If yes, join our Board of Trustees!

In 2019-20 the Citizens Advice Service network helped over 186,000 clients in Scotland and dealt with almost 659,000 advice issues within the UK. With support from the network, clients gained over £170 million while our self-help website Advice in Scotland received approximately 4.1 million page views.

The Citizens Advice network, comprising Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS), Citizens Advice Bureaux (CABs), the Extra Help Unit (EHU), and the Advice in Scotland website, form Scotland’s largest independent advice and advocacy network. CAS is the umbrella organisation for Scotland’s network of 59 member CABs. These bureaux deliver front-line advice services at 280 service points across the country, from the city centres of Glasgow and Edinburgh to the Highlands, Islands and rural Borders communities. The EHU provides helps vulnerable consumers resolve disputes relating to the provision of energy supplies.

Our work encapsulates the entire geography of Scotland and every demographic: we look at the problems people bring to our advice services, and campaign for change where it’s needed most. So when we speak out about something, it’s because it matters to people – whether it’s limiting the damaging effects of welfare reform, or making sure payday loan companies can’t ruin lives.

In order that we can maintain the governance structure of the organisation, we are seeking an experienced and motivated person from outside the Citizens Advice service to join our Board of Trustees.

In particular, we are keen to appoint an individual with the knowledge and experience of:

• governance, in particular within networked organisations and / or
• senior level financial governance.

This is a highly rewarding position, where you can help make strategic decisions whilst ensuring the highest level of governance and service to those people who need independent advice the most.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities, and in particular those that are currently underrepresented on our Board including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, candidates with disabilities and female candidates.

Cyrenians Social Enterprise Employability Programme supports people to gain the skills and experience to move towards employment, further education, training or volunteering. Increasing employability is recognised as a key route out of social and economic exclusion. Therefore, Cyrenians sees employability as an integral part of developing a sustained solution to homelessness and helping people overcome poverty and extreme disadvantage. With increased strain on the jobs market, it is more crucial than ever that we equip people by providing good quality opportunities to gain formal qualifications or employment.

Many of the people we work with have had poor educational experiences and attainment, and may face additional barriers in accessing employment such as lack of basic education and the limitations of the benefit system. Our response to this has been to incorporate learning opportunities into our existing provision, providing a more accessible route back into positive destinations for those most disadvantaged.

We are looking for an innovative, dynamic person who will support the growth of the Employability Programme in all four of our Social Enterprises; FareShare, Food Education (and Production), Farm and Arnotdale House (Falkirk). The right candidate will join our Enterprise Employability team at a very exciting time and will contribute to the development of our programme. You should also have the ability to demonstrate our values of Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Innovation in the work that you do.

Organisation Profile:

Cyrenians is a charity working towards a society that truly values and includes all. Our Vision is of an inclusive society in which we all have the opportunities to live valued and fulfilled lives. We work to make that vision a reality through our mission to support people excluded from family, home, work or community on their life journey.

If you have a proven track record of at least three years in charity fundraising and a strong desire to bring hope and health to people fighting sickness and poverty, we’d love to hear from you. We need a person like you who will rise to the challenge to secure vital funds for our health projects in Malawi, Nepal and India.

Our new Fundraising Manager will be a key player with responsibilities to grow and strengthen our community of support, develop regular giving and legacies, recruit new supporters, run appeals, manage events and speak in church and other supporter meetings.

We have an incredible community of dedicated supporters and we want to inspire more people to join this movement of change, improving lives where there is little hope for a better future and bringing holistic healthcare to those whose voice is not listened to.

With your help, we can make this a reality.

Our ideal Fundraising Manager

• At least three years of Charity Fundraising experience.
• Excellent at nurturing strong supporter relationships
• A motivational and confident communicator, with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proactive and hard-working, equally competent when working alone or as part of a team.
• Good organisational and project management skills
• Excellent IT skills including MS Office, Excel, Raisers Edge NXT
• Experienced in creating and running fundraising campaigns
• Strong social media skills
• Preferably educated to degree or similar standard

Christian Faith

EMMS International is a non-denominational Christian charity. The post-holder will be committed to our Christian beliefs and values. The role involves talking and praying in churches and with supporters about our work and our shared Christian beliefs.

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Cyrenians’ Foundations project provides holistic, person-centred support, to help people facing a range of barriers which prevent them returning to work. Using an assertive outreach approach, the project aims to help people to remove or deal with issues so they can move back into work through work-based training and/or volunteering.

This part time post is for one year and is to provide initial employability support to people referred to the project and to support our caseworkers through subsequent interactions with clients. The successful applicant will be an experienced support worker as there will be service users who will require to be supported immediately.

You should be experienced in working with older people seeking to move towards employment, have the ability to build excellent working relationships; and be positive, creative and flexible in delivering support. You should also have the ability to demonstrate our values of compassion, respect, integrity and innovation in the work that you do.

Organisation Profile:

Cyrenians is a charity working towards a society that truly values and includes all. Our Vision is of an inclusive society in which we all have the opportunities to live valued and fulfilled lives. We work to make that vision a reality through our mission to support people excluded from family, home, work or community on their life journey.

RESPONSIBLE TO: Integrated Employer Engagement (IEE) Manager

This post is funded by British Land, Retail Rapid Response project.

The postholder will work closely with the Capital City Partnership employer engagement team, which comprises of the City Region Deal Integrated Employer Engagement team, the Joined up for Business team and the Recruitment and Skills Centres teams. With a particular focus on delivering the project ‘Retail Rapid Response’ (RRR) which is supported by British Land.

The RRR project works closely with businesses within Fort Kinnaird retail park with their recruitment and staffing needs; helping these businesses respond to the challenges following the COVID impact and offer a bespoke recruitment service when required. This role will also identify opportunities for current employees and local jobseekers who require support with redundancies, training, upskilling, changing employment contracts, signposting to benefits, advice or employability provision primarily within Edinburgh, Midlothian, and East Lothian.

This project has targets on both employer and jobseeker/client engagement, reporting of these targets and activity will be logged on our CRM system, Hanlon Software Solutions.

Secondments will be considered.

Reporting to:Operations Manager

Responsible for: Shop team and volunteers

Edinburgh Furniture Initiative is an established second-hand furniture store. Located in the centre of Edinburgh, EFI is one of Scotland’s largest re-use social enterprises.

Operating as part of Four Square, a charity supporting people who face homelessness, EFI provides an independent income stream for Four Square and operates with three main aims:

• to provide low cost, high quality furniture to people on low incomes;
• to provide employment and training opportunities for people who have been homeless or who are at risk of homelessness;
• and, to promote the re-use economy and prevent useable goods going into landfill.

Following a restructure as a result of changes to our business during Covid-19, we are looking for a creative, dynamic store manager who can combine good people and business skills with an eye for design and an entrepreneurial approach. We want to make EFI a flagship for the re-use economy and build a sustainable social enterprise that will integrate and support the wider charity as we progress towards our vision of supporting everyone to have a home and their place in the community.

The right person is someone who has the vision and capacity to plan the service; set and meet targets; and motivate and support a varied staff team; and work in partnership with likeminded organisations.

The person appointed will also be joining at an exciting time where we are planning a move to a new store and a large-scale refurbishment programme at our storage warehouse. You will have the opportunity to input into how the store looks and how it is set out and really see EFI grow into the business it can be.

The job

Day to day, you will manage the shop staff; office staff; shop warehouse team; and volunteers. You’ll work closely with your colleague the Team Leader in the warehouse to ensure the shop is filled with the right stock; and the collections are being managed well. You’ll oversee our team of volunteers; our sales team; warehouse staff; and phone team; as well as young people coming into the organisation through the Kickstart Jobs Scheme. Your team will be 4 full time staff across a weekday and a weekend; up to 4 young people; and up to 4 volunteers a day. The main functions of the role are:

1. Plan the work of the team to ensure the targets are met; the team are supported and provide excellent customer service and high performance
2. Be an ambassador for Four Square and build relationship with key external organisation including regulators and accreditors, partners, funders and the wider social enterprise community.
3. Oversee the stock, ensuring enough stock is coming into the store; is of high quality and sells well; and that stock is managed on the shop floor;
4. Oversee the collection and communication around Gift Aid donations and sales;
5. Maintain the look of the store ensuring it is inviting welcoming and displays our furniture and white goods encourage sales and make best use of the floor space;
6. Oversee our online sales, ensuring we offer high standards and have excellent procedures in place for communicating and delivering on eBay, Facebook, Instagram and other platforms;
7. Monitor and report on store performance to funders, regulators and to the Leadership Team;
8. Analyse and interpret performance information to support improvement and development;
9. Work closely with the Team Leader - Warehouse to take advantage of opportunities to increase stock donations and explore new suppliers;
10. Be responsible for the health and safety of the building and the staff;
11. Manage staff performance, rotas, duties, holidays and absences;
12. Work with external partners and colleagues to create opportunities within the store for volunteering and employment for people using our services;
13. Review systems, processes and procedures across the social enterprise including brining in a new till system;
14. Seek out new opportunities to improve the store; attract new donors; and create productive partnerships;
15. Be an active member of national membership organisations to ensure you keep in touch with new policies, developments and training;
16. Ensure our store meets the Revolve standards for the sale of re-use goods;
17. Create and up-date standard operating procedures;
18. Create a marketing plan for the store to encourage donations and shoppers;
19. Plan events in the store to increase the profile of EFI and to reach new shoppers and volunteers;
20. Participate in organisation wide managers meetings and improvement projects.

The person

If you are the right person you will:

1. Have values which complement our values as an organisation and you must demonstrate that you live them everyday;
2. Have the right experience: a solid background in retail is essential; a design background; experience of digital marketing and a knowledge of furniture sales would be a bonus.
3. Enjoy and be good at managing people: motivating, encouraging and having the difficult conversations;
4. Get all the compliance stuff right: attention to detail, reporting, gathering evidence and using it for improvement;
5. Be a leader: know what you want to do and take people with you;
6. Be a great team member and feel passionate about what you do;
7. Spot the gaps and come up with creative ways to fill them;
8. Be good at planning and help your team be good at planning;
9. Be good at relationships with people you agree with and people you don’t agree with;
10. Value attention to detail so that your procedures, processes and reporting are accurate, make sense and anyone can access them;
11. Know how to use technology to improve your work and help others to see the benefit.
12. Have an eye for strategy: working out how to improve the current set-up for future development and growth.

Would you like to make a difference to disabled people’s life’s?

LCIL is a user-led organisation providing a range of services that enable disabled people to live independently in the community of their choice.

We are currently looking for an experienced Information Office to respond to referrals to the Grapevine Disability Information Service

LCIL is looking for someone with:

• Understanding of person centred working
• Understanding of Independent Living philosophy and The Social Model of Disability
• Experience of information and advice provision
• Specialist knowledge of welfare benefits in relation to disabled people, older people and people with long term conditions
• Experience of working in partnership with other organisations and promoting a service

Ideally, you will have previous experience of working within a similar environment.

We are recruiting an Administrative Assistant to join our growing team at Matter of Focus.

This is a new post to support the administrative work across the organisation. You will play a key role in the client journey team and across the organisation, sometimes working independently on tasks set by the team, often working collaboratively to help the team develop ideas and solve problems.

We believe that evaluation is best when it is used for learning, improvement, reflection, and storytelling. Our approach builds on logic models or theories of change as tools for planning, organising, and reflecting on data. We want our clients to have the evidence they need to deliver as best they can for people and communities.

Matter of Focus was set up in 2017 by Ailsa Cook and Sarah Morton and is a consultancy and tech company. We are a B Corporation, on a mission to help organisations use data and evidence to improve outcomes for people and communities.

We work with organisations to:

• help them understand and work meaningfully with the outcomes or impacts that matter to them
• support them to use data and evidence effectively
• use our tools and techniques to track change.

We have a highly refined process of working with clients that includes setting out outcome maps, identifying and improving data, and reporting that is based on our extensive experience, and builds on Contribution Analysis. This is brought to life through our software OutNav.

Reporting to: SEF Programme Manager

Start date: ASAP

We are looking for a confident, experienced individual with excellent analytical skills, a commitment to creating social change and a desire to help others succeed.

Your role will involve managing Firstport’s relationships with its applicants and awardees across all programmes. While focusing primarily on application assessment, award management and follow-up, you will be in charge of building long-term relationships with successful applicants and generally stay with them for the length of their relationship with Firstport, supporting them to transition between programmes.

The role requires excellent judgment skills to filter and assess applications in line with funding criteria and provide recommendations to panels. You will also have excellent communication skills to maintain direct contact with applicants at various stages in their respective journeys and to liaise with relevant stakeholders and strategic partners.

You should be able to demonstrate a solid understanding of a range of business models, and the obstacles faced by new enterprises. You will be expected to contribute with creative ideas to increase the reach and availability of the fund to people from all areas and backgrounds. Ideally, you will have prior experience in grant management and in working with start-ups and/or social enterprises as well as a track record of building relationships across the third, private and public sectors.

The role is fast-paced, and you will work with a caseload of projects at different levels of development, so the ability to multi-task, prioritise and work to tight deadlines is essential.

One post: 22 hours over 4 days

One post: 30 hours over 5 days

Please state in your application which post you are applying for.

For over 20 years Into Work has been helping disabled people and those with long-term health conditions to find, build and maintain great jobs by providing personalised 1:1 supported employment. We will continue our work to ensure equal opportunity for all around the take up of employment and fair treatment in work.

We are looking to recruit two suitably experienced Employment Advisers to join our successful Edinburgh team, delivering supported employment alongside our project partners. Into Work supports people into sustainable paid employment using the 5-stage Supported Employment Model as endorsed by Scottish Government.

We offer a competitive salary, 6.8 weeks annual leave (pro rata), flexible working and a generous contributory pension scheme.

The successful applicant would be working from home initially, however once COVID restrictions are eased and we return to more regular working conditions, this will include being based in our office at Norton Park in Edinburgh.

Cyrenians Key to Potential service provides holistic, person-centred support, to help young people coming up to school leaving age to progress into further education, training, or secure employment. This new post is an extension to the Key to Potential project, in response to increasing demand.

Using an outreach approach, the post holder will provide key work, careers guidance and tailored support to young people identified by their school as at risk of leaving without a positive destination, likely to be struggling to engage with mainstream curriculum and have experienced disrupted attendance.

The role will also be involved in the Game On Project, a new personal skills and development programme aimed at care-experienced young people and built around the attraction of football - the game and the business. The post holder will support participants to progress from the programme towards realising their full potential.

You should be experienced in working with vulnerable young people (14-24 years old), have the ability to build excellent working relationships; and be positive, creative and flexible in delivering support. You should also have the ability to demonstrate our values of compassion, respect, integrity and innovation in the work that you do.

Organisation Profile:

Cyrenians is a charity working towards a society that truly values and includes all. Our Vision is of an inclusive society in which we all have the opportunities to live valued and fulfilled lives. We work to make that vision a reality through our mission to support people excluded from family, home, work or community on their life journey.

Poppyscotland is at the forefront of delivery of support to our Armed Forces community across Scotland. We reach out to those who have served, those still serving, and their families at times of crisis and need by offering vital, practical advice, assistance and funding.

Our work centres around seven key areas: tailored support and funding, advice, employment, mobility, respite, housing and mental health. While much of this work is delivered directly, collaboration with other specialist organisations for the benefit of Scotland's Armed Forces community is at the heart of Poppyscotland’s approach.

The Welfare Support Officer manages a caseload; providing support and advocacy to vulnerable beneficiaries and or those identified as having multiple and complex needs. The Welfare Support Officer will work with the individual to identify and prioritise needs and act as a point of contact for individuals whilst working in collaboration with partner organisations drawing on inputs from a wide network of professionals, agencies and volunteers.

The role is home based and normally involves regular travel across the region as outlined in the Job Description. Currently the work is being undertaken remotely with the use of technology rather than face to face. You may also have to work outside office hours as necessary.

Key Skills & Experience

• General health, social care employment and housing casework experience
• Experience of working in the Health and Social Care, Housing/Homeless sector
• Experience of advocating on behalf of clients and beneficiaries
• Knowledge of UK benefits system, statutory support and relevant legislation
• Knowledge of mental health, homelessness, offending and substance abuse issues and how to access services for clients
• Full clean Driving Licence is essential and own car is desirable
• A relevant qualification in substance misuse and addiction, mental health, housing and homelessness, criminal justice and offending is desirable but not essential
• PVG membership will be required

To support collective advocacy where groups of local people with learning disabilities meet together, discuss issues from their own lives and the lives of other people who have learning disabilities. Workers facilitate members’ support of each other and work with groups and individual members to consider and develop suggestions, solutions and demands. Ideas and issues are brought by member representatives to those who control services, policy and law to tackle the inequalities and discrimination that members face and to bring about improvements in the life experience of people with learning disabilities in Scotland.

Due to the current staffing configuration of our Carntyne service, we require a Female Recovery Worker to meet the support needs within the team.

Recovery Workers work in small collaborative teams to provide people with recovery focused support to enhance their mental wellbeing. In line with Penumbra’s values, Recovery Workers assist people who use the service to work towards their individual outcomes and identified goals, as detailed in their personal plan.

Special Conditions: Local travel

Hours include: Evenings, Weekends, Sleepovers (Supplement paid per sleepover worked). Female worker required