Member Job Vacancies

Finance Manager (One Parent Families Scotland)
Salary: Scale Points 25-29 (£38,826 – £47,454) (subject to salary review)

Location: Edinburgh HQ / Hybrid. You may also be asked to travel, with notice, to other OPFS offices and events external to office base

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week

Deadline: Sunday 8 March 2026

This role is ideally suited to a finance professional who wants to make a tangible impact in creating lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. You will contribute to the organisation’s vision of a Scotland in which single parents and their children are valued and treated equally and fairly by effective management of the finance department, creation of sound financial systems and governance and work to administer OPFS many and varied funding streams.

You will lead the OPFS finance department to support and work with, all other OPFS staff and services to provide accurate, timely and comprehensive financial information and functions.

For further information visit their website.

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- Application Form
- Recruitment Pack PDF here.
Project Manager (One Parent Families Scotland)
Salary: £31,060 – £34,521 pro-rata

Location: Hybrid: Glasgow, with travel across Scotland (pilots & partners). You may also be asked to travel, with notice, to other OPFS offices and events external to office base.

Hours: Part time, 28 hours per week

Deadline: Sunday 8 March 2026

Over three years (April 2026 – 30 June 2029), OPFS will lead a long-term, systems change initiative to transform how single parents access, experience and succeed in Higher Education in Scotland. Researching this issue with The Robertson Trust evidences structural barriers rooted in poverty, childcare gaps and inflexible institutional systems.

This initiative will drive change through policy advocacy; coalition-building and participatory redesign of Higher Education pathways, ensuring they reflect the realities of single parents’ lives. By tackling entrenched inequalities, the project seeks to open new opportunities for single parents, enabling them to move beyond immediate survival, aspire to new futures and fulfil their goals through meaningful access to education.

For further information visit their website.

Important Links Below!
- Application Form here.
- Recruitment Pack PDF here.
Policy and Public Affairs Officer - Scotland (The Fostering Network)
Salary: £27,953 - £33,130

Location: This is a hybrid role, with travel to our Glasgow office at least once a week.

Hours: Full time – 35 hours

Deadline: Sunday 15 March 2026

They are looking for a Policy and Public Affairs Officer in Scotland to join their highly effective UK wide policy and campaigns team. With fostering high on the political agenda in Scotland and elections taking place this year, this is an exciting time to join the team.

You will be passionate about improving children’s social care and foster care for children. You will have knowledge of the policy and legislative landscape in Scotland and issues surrounding children’s social care. You will have experience of delivering engaging campaigns and developing mechanisms to support people with lived experience to campaign, particularly young people, as this role works closely with our young people’s advisory board.

You will be adept at influencing policy makers in the Scottish Government and Parliament, as well as developing creative policy solutions to bring about change. As the lead for the largest survey of foster carers in the UK – their State of the Nations’ Survey 2027, you will have significant experience of developing, analysing and conducting research and producing high quality, evidence-based written materials.

You will be a great communicator and able to build relationships with stakeholders of all levels, including parliamentarians, senior figures in government and people with lived experience.

For further information visit their website.

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Youth & Community Development Officer (Online & Outreach) (LGBT Youth Scotland)
Salary: £28,616 – £31,543 FTE (pro-rata for part-time staff and dependent on experience)

Location: Hybrid with a mixture of home working, an office base in Glasgow and outreach across Scotland

Hours: 12-month contract with the possibility of future funding, part-time, 32 hours per week

Deadline: Wednesday 1 April 2026

Are you passionate about youth work and community development? Can you develop creative workshops for online youth groups? Can you provide goal orientated support for young people? If so, they want to hear from you.

Join their vibrant team of staff and volunteers delivering high quality youth work services supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex young people right across Scotland.

They are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative person to support the delivery of their youth work services in the online and outreach team.

Based in Glasgow you will:
- Develop and deliver an online youth group for LGBTQ+ young in the West of Scotland
- Deliver a programme of outreach sessions across Scotland
- Provide one to one support to LGBTQ+ young people through an asset based coaching model, including delivering our live chat service
For further information visit their website.

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