Carers of East Lothian is the local organisation supporting adults who care for family and friends. We have an excellent reputation, recently gaining recognition through the Carers Trust ‘Excellence for Carers’ Award, and have recently secured the contract to deliver adult carer services across East Lothian for an initial two-year period and a total period of up to six years, to 2031. We are a Carer Positive Exemplary employer, as well as being Disability Confident Committed and a Living Wage employer. We are currently recruiting for the following opportunity:
Chief Executive Officer (28 hours per week)
To provide strategic, organisational and team leadership for Carers of East Lothian ensuring that the organisation:
* provides a high quality support that makes a real and positive difference in carers’ lives;
* operates in an efficient and effective manner and complies with all relevant legal requirements;
* has the resources necessary to continue to prosper;
* is aware of and manages risks; and
* is an effective advocate for carers in both local and national planning and policy decision making.
Very flexible working and 6% matched pension.
Application notes
Closing date is Monday 28th April at midday and we expect interviews to be held w/c 12th May.
Key Responsibilities:
* Act as the first point of contact for carers and professionals, handling enquiries and referrals with sensitivity and confidentiality.
* Maintain accurate client records, manage referrals, and arrange clinic appointments (e.g. Legal Advice, Power of Attorney).
* Provide admin support for carer events and workshops, process small grants, and update financial records.
* Support reception area upkeep, office supplies, and general admin tasks including mailings, info packs, and Board support.
* Assist the wider team and volunteers while ensuring compliance with data protection and health & safety policies.
What We’re Looking For:
* Experience in reception or office admin
* Great communication and interpersonal skills
* Good IT skills and attention to detail
* A team player with a commitment to supporting unpaid carers
About the role:
LEAD Scotland is a national charity that has supported disabled people and carers by providing personalised learning, befriending, advice and information services for more than 45 years. LEAD provides SQA accredited Learning Services, provides a National Disabled Students Helpline and supports Befriending Services as well as involvement in Policy work.
With our current CEO stepping down after 10 years, we are seeking a replacement to guide Lead Scotland into its future.
About you:
* Engage with senior policy makers, service providers, and organisational leaders across Scotland, working together to improve lifelong, life-wide opportunities for disabled people and unpaid carers seeking to live their best lives.
* Lead an organisation into the next stage of its own growth and development, ensuring that its financial security, asset management and risk appraisal is planned, maintained and enhanced.
* Take overall responsibility for achieving and monitoring performance against targets in all areas of the charity’s activities and ensure an effective internal infrastructure providing transparent reporting to the Team, Board and other stakeholders.
* Work with a strong team in the context of a well-developed person-centred, kind, respectful, and very effective team culture which supports the growth and development of its people.
* Work in a long-established and well-respected adult learning organisation as we head towards a half-century of working with communities across Scotland.
Critically, you will be an expert communicator, have strong leadership skills, be a strategic and forward thinker and have an in-depth understanding of disability issues.
Applications from disabled people:
Lead Scotland is a Living Wage and Disability Confident Employer. Lead Scotland values diversity and the unique contributions our staff, volunteers, and service users bring. We are committed to attracting, developing, and retaining talent from all backgrounds.
Lead has Disability Confident status; therefore, we encourage applications from disabled people. All disabled people meeting the minimum requirements will get a guaranteed interview. Information about our commitment to recruit disabled people is available on our website. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in the online form. This will in no way disadvantage you in the recruitment process. All job application information can be made in alternative formats on request, including braille, large print and audio and people can make applications in alternative formats.
Recruitment paperwork is kept for 6 months before it is destroyed. Please complete our anonymous equal opportunities form to help us ensure we are attracting a broad range of candidates.
37 days annual leave, including public holidays
Annual Leave purchase scheme
Continuous Professional Development: Access to learning and development opportunities and support for continuous professional growth
* Hybrid: Home based with two days per week in Edinburgh
* Closing 21st April 2025
The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS) has been connecting people around the world through the joy of Scottish Country Dancing for over 100 years. With a vibrant global membership, the RSCDS promotes health, friendship, and culture by inspiring people of all ages to dance.
RSCDS events — from the flagship Summer School in St Andrews to the popular Winter School in Pitlochry — bring together hundreds of dancers and musicians from around the world. These events are key moments in the Scottish cultural calendar and vital to the organisation’s financial sustainability.
As part of an exciting period of development, RSCDS is now looking for an Events & Marketing Manager to lead on the planning and delivery of major events, drive marketing and social media activity, and promote Scottish Country Dancing to new and existing audiences.
This is a unique opportunity for a creative and organised professional to take centre stage, both behind the scenes and at events. You will lead on all aspects of event delivery — from venue management and contract negotiation to on-site hosting — as well as oversee digital communications and social media campaigns. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will also line manage the Graphic Design and Website Officer and work closely with volunteers, members, teachers, and performers.
The successful candidate will have experience in event management and marketing, with strong social media and communication skills. You’ll need to be outgoing, approachable, and confident in representing RSCDS in person and online. While knowledge of Scottish Country Dancing is not essential, an enthusiasm for its community spirit is important.
This is a role full of variety and challenge, with occasional evening and weekend work, as well as three weeks’ residential attendance at Summer School and one week at Winter School. In return, RSCDS offers the chance to work with a passionate team, travel to unique events, and play a key role in shaping the future of a much-loved cultural organisation.
* On site: Based between Lanarkshire Carers Centre: Hamilton and/or Airdrie and localities throughout Lanarkshire.
* Closing 6th May 2025
Lanarkshire Carers are recruiting Carer Breaks Link Workers to join our professional and committed staff team working to make a positive difference through breaks from caring for unpaid carers throughout Lanarkshire. The positions are full time, 35 hours per week worked flexibly to include occasional evenings and weekends. Part-time hours may also be considered for the right candidate.
Lanarkshire Carers is a progressive organisation where you will be supported, valued and well rewarded. Carer Break Links Worker salary is Grade 3, SCP 8-10, £27,330 - £29,060.
What are we looking for?
The Scottish Government have agreed an additional investment in the Short Break Fund to help Shared Care Scotland’s local delivery partners like Lanarkshire Carers support more carers to get a break from caring. We're looking for compassionate and organised Carer Breaks Link Workers to work aligned to our Short Breaks Bureau and support all aspects of this work. This work will suit a positive, caring, person centred, responsive and conscientious practitioner who shares our values and our commitment to providing excellent carer services and support across Lanarkshire.
The role of a Carer Breaks Link Worker is demanding and diverse, requiring an organised and skilled approach to develop, administer and evaluate individual carer grants and short breaks initiatives for carers. This is a direct carer facing role and you will engage with unpaid carers in person, individually, in groups, in communities, in our premises, on the phone and online. We operate public offices and outreach activities; carers contact us in many different ways. Lanarkshire Carers is a digitally enabled organisation, and you will be able to demonstrate the required skills in all aspects of your work. We are looking for people who understand the culture and value of this sector and nature of job roles within a carer led organisation.
Who are we looking for?
You will have a relevant qualification in health or social care and/or work experience relevant to this post and be able to demonstrate/evidence the required skills. You must have a good understanding of the impact of caring and the issues unpaid carers face. You will have experience in data processing, with a knowledge of finance procedures such as tracking and controlling. You will have a willingness to carry out tasks as required in relation to all aspects of the organisations activities and contribute personally to all the activities of the charity.
Lanarkshire Carers is a well-established, award winning, carer led organisation built on a vision to work with and for carers to develop and deliver services that make a positive difference to their lives. A value-based organisation, our mission is to ensure that carers in Lanarkshire are identified, engaged, well informed, involved, supported, and empowered. We deliver information, advice and direct support services that enable unpaid carers to continue to care, whilst maintaining their own health and wellbeing.
For more information see the attached job description for the post.
Staff values and benefits
Our Board of Directors are committed to making Lanarkshire Carers a great place to work. Lanarkshire Carers works flexibly and is a carer positive employer. A generous annual leave and public holiday allocation provides 37 days leave rising to 42 days with increased length of service. A workplace pension scheme is available along with group life and critical illness cover and other benefits. We offer an Employee Assistance Programme and also Credit Union Membership. Our staff learning and development programme ensures you have access to continuous professional development, with progression routes across the organisation.
Lanarkshire Carers is an Equal Opportunities employer and all applicants for posts receive equal treatment irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, disability, religion, sexuality, and age.
Additional Information
Please visit our website lanarkshirecarers.org.uk for more information about Lanarkshire Carers where you will also find our annual report for 2023/2024. This provides a good overview of our work and job roles. Our staff team, many of whom are carers themselves, are committed to making caring a positive experience.
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