Lead Change in Your Community – Chair & Trustee Roles at First Step Community Project

Are you passionate about supporting families and young children? First Step Community Project in Musselburgh is seeking a Chair of the Board and new Trustees to help guide our organisation through an exciting period of transition and growth.

We provide Early Learning and Childcare for under 5s, alongside educational, vocational, and social development opportunities for parents and carers. Our outreach and respite services support families facing challenging circumstances across East Lothian.

As Chair, you’ll lead our Strategic Board, support the Project Manager, and ensure strong governance and strategic direction. This voluntary role requires leadership experience, excellent interpersonal skills, and a commitment to community development. You’ll attend monthly Board meetings, maintain regular contact with the Project Manager, and represent First Step externally.

We’re also recruiting Trustees with skills in:

• Fundraising
• Publicity and communications
• Early years and family support
• Finance and governance

Trustees play a vital role in shaping our work and ensuring we remain responsive to the needs of our community.

Whether you’re an experienced professional or someone looking to give back locally, we’d love to hear from you.

Are you interested in supporting a small local charity? Are you passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of young people?

If so, apply now to join our Treasurer!

About Us

The Junction is an award-winning charity that supports and improves young people’s health and well-being.

We work with young people aged 12 – 21 in North East Edinburgh. Our vision is that all young people thrive, with access to the right support and resources that meet their health and wellbeing needs.

About The Role

The Treasurer will assist and advise the Board of Directors on issues related to finance. The position works in partnership with members of the staff team who deal with much of the day-to-day financial business, predominantly the Director and Finance Officer. All Trustees collectively play their part in financial monitoring and decision making at The Junction.

Within the role you will contribute to Finance Sub-Groups (meeting roughly 4 times per year in advance of a Full Board Meeting). You will also share Finance Papers at full Board Meetings which take place 4 times per year. You can join in-person or online.

About You

We are looking for committed individuals to join our Board of Trustees. This is an incredible opportunity to make a difference to The Junction, to young people and to build your own skills.

A key requirement for the position is that you have experience of managing finances for a board, for committee, or for an organisation. Applications from qualified accountants and those with experience within the finance sector would be very welcomed but this experience is not essential to the role.

Ability to ask questions, share and uphold our organisational values (inclusive, non-judgemental and collaborative) and having the time commitment for the role is also key to the role.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are working towards becoming an anti-racist organisation and we are interested in applications from people who are Black, Asian or from minority ethnic communities.

We also interested in applications from people who live the community in Leith/North East Edinburgh and/ or have lived or living experience of poverty, substance-use or poor mental health.

Are you interested in supporting a small local charity? Are you passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of young people?

If so, apply now to join our Board of Trustee's!

About Us

The Junction is an award-winning charity that supports and improves young people’s health and well-being.

We work with young people aged 12 – 21 in North East Edinburgh. Our vision is that all young people thrive, with access to the right support and resources that meet their health and wellbeing needs.

About The Role

The Board of Trustees are responsible for the overall governance and strategic direction of The Junction, supporting our aims, objectives and goals.

We currently hold 2-hour Board meetings four times per year, which you can join in-person or online. You will also have the opportunity to attend subgroups, informal meetings and team events.

About You

We are looking for committed individuals to join our Board of Trustees. This is an incredible opportunity to make a difference to The Junction, to young people and to build your own skills.

We’d like to enhance our board to better reflect the diverse individuals and communities we work alongside, so we welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are working towards becoming an anti-racist organisation and are interested in applications from people who are Black, Asian or from minority ethnic communities.

Some examples of the experience or expertise you may bring include:

• Experience of accountancy or the financial sector
• Experience of working in the charitable sector including experience of youth work, working with young people, families and communities
• Experience of IT / website development
• Experience of HR or experience of managing and leading others
• Experience of policy development of the law or legal advice.

You may bring different skills and strengths - most important is your willingness to ask questions, the ability to share and uphold our organisational values (inclusive, non-judgemental and collaborative) and having the time commitment for the role.

We also value applications from people who live the community in Leith/North East Edinburgh and/ or have lived or living experience of poverty, substance-use or poor mental health.

Elpis Trust provides accommodation and support to 19 young women, aged 16-25, in North-West Glasgow who are Care Experienced, have been affected by homelessness, or have been Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers.

Our dedicated staff team provide young women with life skills, a focus on wellbeing and mental health support to help them transition to independence once they are ready to leave our supported accommodation.

We work closely with Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership, Maryhill Housing Association - and funders including Bank of Scotland Foundation and The Robertson Trust - to really make a difference to the lives of our young women.

Due to the retirement of our Treasurer, we are seeking a new trustee to be the treasurer to provide oversight of Elpis’s financial health, ensure viability and maintain sound financial records.

Key Responsibilities:

• Chair the Finance sub-committee that meets 6 times per year
• Provide finance reports to the Board at 5 meetings per year
• Oversee budgeting provision
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations
• Guiding financial decisions and planning

Skills and Experience:

Essential Qualifications

• We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a strong understanding of financial management and experience with accounting knowledge

Desirable Attributes

• A strong strategic thinker
• Excellent communication skills
• A commitment to Elpis’s values and vision

This is a role with an honorarium and the estimated commitment is 6-8 hours per month to attend Board meetings, Finance sub-committee meetings and carry out other duties.

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – Perth and Kinross Association SCIO are seeking a Trustee Volunteer as Treasurer.

About the Association

The Association was founded over 30 years ago to help young people in Perthshire participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Award (DofE) and provide support to DofE group volunteers. Eight years ago, we identified a significant lack of participants with additional support needs accessing the award, and in response, we developed and launched the Starfish Way programme. Starfish Way provides personalised support for some of Perthshire’s most vulnerable young people facing challenges with mental health, poverty, and lack of opportunity. We offer holistic programmes to support mental and physical wellbeing, education, employment, and independent living skills to maximise positive and sustainable life outcomes.

Treasurer – Role Description

As well as fulfilling the duties of a Trustee, the Treasurer maintains an overview of Duke of Edinburgh’s Award- Perth and Kinross Association’s financial affairs. The Treasurer ensures that effective and appropriate financial measures, controls and procedures are put in place and reports to the Board at regular intervals about the financial health of the organisation.

Are you committed to making a lasting difference in the lives of care-experienced individuals in Scotland?

Would you like to help shape the future of a growing charity dedicated to supporting those who have been in care?

As we expand our work into Scotland, we’re looking for a new Trustee who shares our commitment to improving outcomes for young people and adults with care experience. With our recent entry into the Scottish Charity Register, this is an exciting time to join us and help shape our growth and strategy in Scotland, enhancing our ability to offer meaningful support where it is needed most.

About us

The Rees Foundation is a national charity based in Worcestershire, supporting adults who have experienced foster care or residential care at any stage in their lives. We focus on the often-challenging transition from care into adulthood and the long-term impact care experience can have. At Rees, we believe care does not end at 18, 21, or 25, it is a lifelong journey, and everyone deserves ongoing support and someone who cares. We listen, offer practical and emotional help, and create projects that genuinely change lives for the better.

About the role

As a Trustee, you will play a key role in ensuring the charity stays true to its mission and values. Our Board of Trustees shares responsibility for guiding the organisation’s strategic direction, ensuring good governance, financial health, and compliance with legal and regulatory frameworks.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has skills in areas such as governance, finance, advocacy, or community engagement.
• Can commit to attending regular board meetings (online and occasionally in person).
• Enjoys working collaboratively and has a forward-thinking outlook.
• May bring knowledge or experience of the care system in Scotland (lived experience is especially welcomed).

This is a key support role in the organisation. You will be highly visible and offer a range of support across the admin team, particularly to the HR Coordinator and Finance Coordinator. You will be a highly organised worker, with an eye for detail, and will assist with day-to-day administrative tasks, employee records management, financial data entry, and general office support. Please note: this is an on-site position.

A vacancy has arisen at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre in Edinburgh for a part-time book-keeper, working 7 hours per week. The successful applicant will be part of a small team responsible for delivering services in the Centre. A job description is attached.

We have an exciting opportunity to join Alzheimer Scotland as a finance assistant.

Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone. We provide support and information to people with dementia, their carers, and families, we campaign for the rights of people with dementia, support vital dementia research and promote positive brain health.

We are seeking applications from individuals with demonstrable high volume transactional work experience within a complex organisation, who have practical workplace experience of processing payroll transactions such as expenses, timesheets and other associated documents.

The role is a varied finance transactional role and will undertake regular payroll processing including appropriate reconciliation to documentation and systems. The role will also have involvement in supporting the wider finance function including areas such as purchase ledger, direct debit processing and general administration.

Prior experience of iTrent or similar people and payroll systems is highly desirable.

You will be a strong communicator and able to balance competing priorities. You will have experience of working with a wide range of office systems including Microsoft 365 and databases or financial systems.

If you are interested by what you have read, and have the necessary skills, experience, and ability to make a success of this role, we would be delighted to hear from you.