Member Job Vacancies

Fundraiser - Maternity Cover for 1 year (Families Outside)
Salary: £27,598.40 pro rata, £34,498 FTE (salary points 34 – 37)

Location: Edinburgh, with some flexibility for candidates based in the central belt

Hours: 28 hours per week (working pattern negotiable)

Deadline: Wednesday 25th February 2026, midday

As a key member of the Families Outside team, supported by the Director of Policy & Influencing, the Fundraiser will provide a strategic approach to fundraising, working alongside the Fundraising Officer to source funding for existing staff and resources, identify and pursue ethical and diverse funding sources, and compose funding bids that support the Strategic Aims of Families Outside. The right candidate will develop and maintain relationships with funders and potential funders, including through the timely drafting and submission of comprehensive funding reports, and work across the organisation to develop relevant funding applications with colleagues for a range of projects and initiatives.

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Area Manager (Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA))
Salary: £43,836

Location: Hybrid: Stirling

Hours: Full time. 36 hrs per week.

Deadline: Monday 2nd March 2026

Are you passionate about nurture, high quality childcare and making a real difference to children and families in Scotland? Do you want to be part of SCMA – a thriving membership organisation, advocating on behalf of childminders and delivering services across Scotland?

They are recruiting an Area Manager to help them deliver their childminding services across Scotland.

The successful applicant will manage the effective delivery of their current Early Learning and Childcare, Community Childminding and National services Scotland wide, in addition to identifying opportunities for further growth in line with their strategy. You will be adept at developing relationships, negotiating and working with partners to achieve better outcomes for children and families. Working alongside an existing team , allocation of services will be agreed dependent on the successful candidate.

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Advocacy & Participation Worker – North East (Who Cares? Scotland)
Salary: £25,354 pro-rata

Location: Hybrid: Angus

Hours: Part time. 21 hours per week.

Deadline: Sunday 22 February 2026

At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced children and young people, and the power of their voices to bring about positive change. They provide individual relationship-based independent advocacy and a broad range of imaginative participatory opportunity for Care Experienced young people across Scotland; they work alongside corporate parents and communities of all sorts to broaden understanding; they work with policy makers, leaders and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape law, policy and practice on the basis of all that can be learnt from the voices of those with experience of care – working together to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change.

The post holder will work directly with children and young people with experience of care, in an individual relationship-based advocacy role, and within participation and group activity across our North East region. This unique role requires you to listen to what children and young people with experience of care say and support them to ensure their rights are upheld and their voices are heard in the processes of making decisions about their lives. You will also help facilitate a broad range of participatory and engagement opportunities and create the conditions for collective advocacy.

The right candidate for this post will be brilliant at forming positive relationships with children and young people. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, adaptable to a wide range of contexts. You will enjoy working collaboratively with partners. You will be committed to children’s rights, inclusive working, equal opportunities, and believe that all young people can make transformative change happen in their lives if given the opportunity.

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