Use your skills to help Scotland’s voluntary sector tackle the climate and nature emergencies. We’re looking for a dynamic development officer to join SCVO and deliver the next phase of our popular Growing Climate Confidence project.

SCVO is the membership organisation for the voluntary sector in Scotland and we take pride in being a good employer. We are a flexible and family friendly organisation with good pay and conditions.

We’re looking for someone with a sound knowledge of project management, excellent communication skills and a passion for taking action on climate change. You will play a key role in our Support Services, ensuring that SCVO members and the broader third sector are able to access the training, networks and information they need to deliver environmental and net zero plans.

If you would like to work with funders, third sector organisations and the growing networks of climate action across Scotland, we would like to hear from you.

We strive for a fair and transparent interview process; if you are successful and selected for interview, we will share our interview questions with you at least 3 days before the interview date.

Location: This post can be based in Edinburgh, Glasgow or Inverness. SCVO staff can work a blend of office and home on agreement with their team and line manager, and within the parameters of our Blended Working policy.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead our Regional Family Support Team to ensure the delivery of high-quality support to people who are living across the East of Scotland who have a family member in prison.

Our Regional Manager will:

• Lead a team of staff and social work students to provide 1:1, family work in family homes, community venues, prison, and/or prison visitor centres.
• Liaise and contribute to key local and community forums such as Community Planning Partnerships, Third Sector Interface meetings, or Local Authority partners’ meetings.
• Create and develop a range of support services to meet the local need across the East of Scotland.

About You

It is important that our Regional Manager is:

• Experienced in leading others.
• Passionate about developing high quality family support practice.
• Trauma-informed and rights-focused in all they do.
• Pro-active and skilled in building strong, effective relationships with staff, local and regional partners, and stakeholders.
• Skilled in creating support to meet the most challenging issues that impact families affected by imprisonment.
• Confident, resilient, and respectful when dealing with challenging situations.

If you are an experienced professional with managerial experience in social work, community work, family support, or other appropriate experiences and are passionate about making a difference for families impacted by imprisonment, then we want to hear from you.

Staff Benefits

• 25 flexible leave days plus 10 public holidays
• 4% matched contribution workplace pension scheme
• Hybrid & flexible working
• Employee Assistance Programme (Health Assured)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Laptop and mobile phone for all staff

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Regional Family Support Team in the East of Scotland and work to ensure the delivery of high-quality support to people who have a family member in prison.

We are looking for a Regional Family Support Coordinator to join our team in the East of Scotland. In this position you will play a crucial role in supporting families affected by imprisonment who live in Edinburgh, Lothians and Scottish Borders and pro-actively engaging with external partners through different means to deliver Families Outside’s key messages to ensure everyone is recognising the needs of families affected by imprisonment.

The Regional Family Support Coordinator will be responsible for supporting families, including children and young people at home and in their community via 1:1 work, to address the social and family adversities that people who have a family member in prison face, so they feel engaged, supported, and empowered. Whilst supporting children to ensure they are safe, healthy, included, and achieving at home, school, and in the community.

Primary responsibilities will include:

• Engaging with prison staff, attending meetings and family events at HMP Edinburgh.
• Providing support to families affected by imprisonment who live in Edinburgh, Lothians, and Scottish Borders.
• Engaging with Community Planning Partnerships (CPPs) in relevant surrounding areas including Edinburgh, Lothians, and Scottish Borders.
• Creating links with other organisations working in those areas outlined above.
• Collaborative working with Barnardo’s, at HMP Edinburgh Prison Visitors’ Centre.

About You

With experience of supporting and working alongside families, including children and young people the Regional Family Support Coordinator will be able to demonstrate that they are passionate about developing and delivering a quality service that is focused on the rights of families affected by imprisonment in their work and all they do.

We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic individuals who are passionate about making a difference for families impacted by imprisonment. If you can demonstrate a strong understanding and commitment to our organisational values, we want to hear from you.

Staff Benefits

• 25 flexible leave days plus 10 public holidays
• 4% matched contribution workplace pension scheme
• Hybrid & flexible working
• Employee Assistance Programme (Health Assured)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Laptop and mobile phone for all staff

We are hiring!

We are seeking two experienced Managers, with knowledge of current challenges and opportunities for rural communities and the environment, a passion for tackling the climate and biodiversity crises, and the ability to develop and deliver a portfolio of diverse projects in partnership with communities, land owners and managers, other NGOs and statutory agencies.

This is an exciting time to join The Southern Uplands Partnership, with significant scope to help shape our work as we embark on the next phase in our mission to catalyse rural sustainable development in south Scotland.

Our work is broad-based and cross-sectoral. We welcome applications from people with professional experience in any one or more of the sectors of: agriculture; community engagement/development; environment/ecology; economic development; and the arts, culture and/or heritage.