Jobs in City Centre, Edinburgh

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a ground-breaking approach to mental health services. Thrive Edinburgh brings together a collaboration of partner organisations to work together to improve the mental health and wellbeing of the people of the City. The aims of Thrive Edinburgh centres around enabling people to live well and fulfil their potential.

The Connect Partnership represents a unique collaboration between leading 3rd sector providers Penumbra, Health in Mind and Support in Mind Scotland. Our organisations share a commitment to the Thrive vision and values of trust; respect; collaboration; person-centeredness; innovation; and compassion. Together we will deliver a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency response to people, so people receive the right help at the right time.

In this role, you will be working in the ‘Welcome Team’ at Thrive Centres, as a part of the multi-agency approach to support people with their mental health and wellbeing. You will assist people who use the service to establish and maintain a meaningful and fulfilling life in the community. Recovery Practitioners play a central role in the planning and provision of quality, recovery focused therapeutic support to people who use the service.

Peer work roles have been developed specifically for people who have lived experience around mental health and well being. Through appropriate and intentional sharing of their own experience, peer workers will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible. Within a relationship of mutuality and information sharing, peer workers will promote self-management and opportunities for improved health and wellbeing.

There is an additional expectation that the Recovery Practitioner (Peer) will be involved in the ongoing development of peer roles and will make a positive contribution to the reduction in stigma associated with mental health issues.

You will be based in a locality and will be required to develop, build and maintain professional links in order to deliver outcome-focused support within that area.

Support is to be provided in an appropriate environment where supported people can expect to be treated with respect, be given the time and space to discuss issues at their own pace, to explore skill development and tools to support them to self-manage.

Please download the Job Description below for further details about this role.

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) is an independent Scottish charity, whose mission is to be the community of support, kindness and challenge where people can help each other, can secure the expert help they need, and collectively advocate for the care that matters to them.

This role will ensure CHSS complies with all legal and statutory health & safety legislation, reporting on risk and compliance, and ensure that health & safety is embedded across our retail chain of 40 shops, service delivery, fundraising events, office, and home working.

You will lead and coordinate the organisation’s health & safety culture by supporting employees and volunteers to establish, manage and monitor standards, processes, communications, training and systems to ensure all responsibilities associated with health and safety are adhered to.

You will also provide support to the Director of People Driven Development and the Head of Human Resources & Organisational Development in the development of health & safety strategy and plans.

You will be regarded as an authority in CHSS on health & safety.

In addition, you should be a confident communicator to a variety of audiences, have well developed ICT skills (ideally in Office 365, including SharePoint), project management, administrative and organisational skills. A Full UK driving licence and access to a car is required.

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.

This role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check.

CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity, to following practices, and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. CHSS aims to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

Do you have a background in retail and are you looking to contribute to a conscientious brand which seeks to promote artists, makers, and independent labels? If you love meeting people and selling great products in a beautiful environment we'd like to hear from you. Download the Job Description below.

Could you help us generate and implement our artistic programme, particularly our Satellites Programme for emerging practitioners and blended digital activity? The Producer will also support the programme of City Dome exhibitions and will play a central role in the Programme team. Download the Job Description below.

Do you want to join an organisation who places relationships at the heart of all it's decision making?

Do your values drive you to find the difference that makes the difference for people?

Do you want to work for a charity that changes and saves lives every day?

Does that sound like you?

Then your next role can be with Simon Community Scotland as a service leader within our Edinburgh Housing First service!

We are currently looking for service leaders to join this new service to be at the forefront of its development and growth. The role of a Housing First approach is to support people moving into their own permanent home as quickly as possible to be wrapped in support as they build a safe base to work out what is their own pathway to a happy life.

People are at the heart of everything we do - This means you will need to have the qualities to lead a team to support people to see their own amazing potential. You’ll need to have energy, compassion, empathy and be trauma skilled in your approach. Making a good cuppa helps too!

We welcome people with a wide range of skills and experiences to our team – including those who have lived through homelessness and/or addiction. To make a difference we need to work flexibly, with everyday-leadership, humour and a ‘can do’ spirit. We want to make it easy, make it right, and make it happen – not only for the people we support, but also for each other.

Our #OneTeam ethos is core to who we are, and it means caring for and supporting each other regardless of our role, service or location. This is how we roll.

As an employer, Leadership and learning is how we link together with our teams, supporting each other to build strong supportive teams, using reflective and evidence based practices to learn from each other and grow together. This starts with our 5 day induction programme.

As a service leader you will nurture and foster supportive relationships with your team, colleagues and our multi agency partners. You must be committed to the supervision and practice development of your team and model a self

directed approach to all you do. Does this still sound like you? Then we want to hear from you today!

We are looking for an enthusiastic Engagement Officer to lead on the further development and implementation of our Bridge to Support service in Scotland (bridgetosupport.org.uk).

Do you have knowledge of the impact of childhood trauma? Are you a good communicator who can engage thoughtfully and sensitively with people? Can you build effective partnerships? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Waverley Care are looking for a new Health Improvement Coordinator to join our SX team.

SX is about improving the sex, health and wellbeing of gay and bisexual men, and all men who have sex with men, living in Scotland. Our ethos is to be sex positive, and we work with both cis and trans men.

This post holder will deliver key health promotion and support activities across Lothian and Forth Valley as part of a team, with some involvement in national SX projects. Service delivery will include both in-person and digital delivery, taking a person-centred approach to service user needs.

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of gay and bisexual men. They must have demonstrable experience of working with vulnerable groups, with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop positive relationships with a range of service users and stakeholders.

Reports to: SX Lead

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Support & Information Services Worker to join our team working with families affected by imprisonment. In this role you will develop effective relationships with families, and the professionals who work alongside them, providing support and information on our national Helpline through a range of communication methods. We are looking for someone who can work as part of a team, has experience of using different communication channels and has an interest in helping vulnerable or marginalised groups.

Do you want to make a real difference to people's lives?

We are looking to recruit a Fundraising Manager on a permanent basis, to work as part of our Corporate Services team.

We have ambitious plans to invest in our current and new services to ensure that our customers continue to receive excellence throughout their lives with us. This role will be instrumental in raising the funds to support these developments and will take the lead in engaging with new and existing stakeholders to communicate the changes.

Key to success in this role will be the development and implementation of Fundraising, Marketing and Communication strategies. As such, we are seeking an ambitious and creative individual who has extensive experience of successfully delivering strategy.

You should have experience of fundraising through a variety of different streams and be able to inspire and excite individuals at all levels. Capital project experience is essential. If you are interested in learning more please contact Andrew Philip, Director of Finance and Resources: Andrew.Philip@capability.scot using reference CS210702.

Venture Scotland offers an outdoor-based personal development programme which empowers young people aged 16-30, who face complex and difficult challenges in their lives, to create and sustain change.

We focus on the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of our young people, working with them to make lasting changes in their lives and helping them play a positive role in their community.

We are seeking a Volunteer Co-ordinator to support and develop our current volunteer community, while also recruiting, training and inducting new volunteers to support our work. The role will include the day-to-day co-ordination of volunteers, managing our safeguarding system and helping to organise and run our annual Volunteer Development Weekend.

The job will also involve working with and supporting our young Ambassadors Group of graduates who are training to be volunteers.

Do you want to work in a small, passionate, supportive team of people, who really care about the young people we are helping? Do you want to work in an organisation who listens, values everyone’s views and cares about the health and wellbeing of their staff? Do you understand the transformative effect of the outdoors? Are you passionate about #ChangingYoungLives Outdoors?

This is an exciting time to join Health in Mind. You’ll be part of a small and dynamic communications team and will get a chance to make a big impact.

We’re looking for someone with energy, enthusiasm and a passion for mental health and wellbeing. If you’re a good communicator who can engage thoughtfully and creatively then we’d love to hear from you.

Do you want to become a Trainee Addiction Worker?

Applications are invited from people living in the Edinburgh and Glasgow Local Authority Areas ONLY

“This has been my most special and rewarding year to date and I am grateful to Scottish Drugs Forum for not only giving me the opportunity but being a solid and constant support through it all” – Former Trainee.

We’re looking for people with a history of drug or alcohol problems to take part in a supported Employment programme that will help you take the first steps towards in securing a paid job within the social care field and the opportunity to make a real difference in people’s lives.

Our life-changing Addiction Worker Training Project will support, train, and prepare you to gain a qualification in Social Services and Health Care – whilst paying you for taking part.

As a Trainee Addiction Worker on the programme, you will learn about the addiction field and how to support people who are currently experiencing issues with their substance use. You will then be able to take this knowledge and put this into practice during a placement within Social Care services.

Alongside learning, you will also meet a tight-knit group of peers and future friends who will be on the programme with you, sharing every step together.

We offer £8.91 per hour before deductions with a fixed term contract of 30 hours per week for 39 weeks. Trainees will undertake work placements in social care agencies and will study towards an SVQ 2 in Social Services and Health Care.

At SDF, we believe your experience of drug or alcohol problems is a strength, as it can help you understand some of the issues that someone who is accessing services may face.

Don’t know how to use a computer? – No problem. We will help you learn how to use a computer and provide you with a laptop so you can get the most out of the programme.

“The SVQ class was amazing. Really, really good. The tutor was really good as well. In addition, it was arranged that I got ‘dyslexia support’. Getting the extra support has made me a lot more confident. I still have work to do and hope to continue this after the course.” = Former Trainee

‘Young people are key to our future economic success so it is crucial we do as much as we can to prepare them for the world of work and open up job opportunities for all’

Do you want to lead a team connecting employers with young people and working with partners to make this happen? Our DYW Senior Project Officer role may be just right for you.

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If you would like your working day to include activities like:

· Leading a school-based team to co-create employability, enterprise and wider curriculum learning opportunities with employers, educators and partners.

· Networking with the business community in our region to deliver the ambitions of DYW and the Young Persons’ Guarantee.

· Working in partnership to make things happen for young people.

And some of the day to day expectations that come with this…

· Managing people, monitoring performance and reporting.

· Keeping up to date with labour market changes.

· Collaborating and flying solo.

· Overcoming challenges.

If you are:

· A leader with a track record of supporting teams to achieve.

· Passionate about helping young people to be Informed, Inspired and Hired.

· Organised, creative and innovative.

· A great communicator, networker and influencer.

· A collaborator, strategic thinker and doer.

We would love to hear from you!

This is a fixed term role available from now, funded until the end of March 2022 covering a secondment from the team. You will be based in central Edinburgh with travel throughout our region. We are also accepting applications on a secondment basis.

The role is classed as ‘Regulated Work’: a Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) membership is required (application to the scheme may be made by us upon conditional offer of the post).

We’re currently looking for an enthusiastic administrator to join our busy staff team who will support our activities, mainly across our Ceremonies and Community Engagement teams. The role requires excellent communication skills, confident use of IT, and entails working widely with our Celebrants, stakeholders and members of the public.

Key Responsibilities

- Deliver first-class support to our celebrants, members, volunteers and supporters.

- First point of contact for wedding, naming and funeral ceremony enquiries via phone, email and social media.

- Monitoring bookings coming through our Secure Your Date booking system.

- Support the Ceremonies and Community Engagement teams on key projects and administration tasks.

- Maintain accurate data on CiviCRM (membership database) relating to all ceremony bookings. This includes financial information and recording communication.

- Co-ordinate and maintain the ordering of promotional materials, this includes materials to support celebrants attending wedding shows and an annual conference event for celebrants.

- Support national events such as our annual gathering for celebrants.

- Support Celebrants with their online booking system and monthly financial returns.

- Develop and maintain databases for key stakeholders, such as Funeral Directors.

- Provide administrative support for Celebrant recruitment, training and onboarding

This is not an exhaustive list of activities

A copy of our strategic plan and most recent annual report is included below for information.

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) is an independent Scottish charity, whose mission is to be the community of support, kindness and challenge where people can help each other, can secure the expert help they need, and collectively advocate for the care that matters to them. We offer vital advice, support and information to those affected so that they can live the lives they want to live and influence public policy to ensure that people get the services that they need. Our renewed ambition is to become Scotland’s leading organisation for person-centred, user-led community support for people with our health conditions.

The Fundraising Assistant plays a pivotal role in building relationships with our supporters and supporting our fundraising team to raise vital funds. The main purpose of this role is to deliver excellent customer service to our supporters from the beginning of their journey with Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland.

Our processes need to be as efficient and effective as possible to help build lasting relationships through written and verbal communication with our supporters and ensure efficient administration of donations and maintaining accurate data on our CRM system.

Good educational standard preferably English and Mathematics. In addition, excellent ICT skills in Office 365, experience of Raisers Edge (or other Customer Relationship Management system), the ability to manage multiple tasks to meet deadlines are essential.

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.

This role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity, to following practices, and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. CHSS aims to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) is an independent Scottish charity, whose mission is to be the community of support, kindness and challenge where people can help each other, can secure the expert help they need, and collectively advocate for the care that matters to them. We offer vital advice, support and information to those affected so that they can live the lives they want to live and influence public policy to ensure that people get the services that they need. Our renewed ambition is to become Scotland’s leading organisation for person-centred, user-led community support for people with our health conditions.

We are looking to recruit a new member of our highly successful fundraising team to work alongside our Trusts and Foundations Officer and our Community Events & Corporate team. Are you someone who is organised, motivated, and a confident communicator who has the energy and passion to develop this role?

You will assist the Trusts and Foundations Officer to maximise income from a variety of private trusts, charitable foundations, and lotteries. You will also support the Community Events & Corporate team in the research and identification of new corporate partners the length and breadth of Scotland.

In this role, you will be required:

• To identify, research and approach charitable trusts and foundations for funding
• To manage your own portfolio of small-to-medium trusts and build positive relationships between CHSS and trusts when successfully awarded funds.
• To identify and research potential corporate partners, support the Community Events & Corporate team in making approaches and, where required, attend corporate stewardship and fundraising events.
• To keep our fundraising database up to date with all relevant and legitimate information

You will be educated to SQA Higher level in English and Mathematics, have previous volunteering or fundraising experience, excellent writing skills and be an organised self-starter.

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.

This role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity, to following practices, and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. CHSS aims to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it. Crisis Skylight Edinburgh is currently recruiting a PRS Service Manager to join a busy outreach team which focuses on supporting people experiencing homelessness access the Private Rented Sector.

About the role

As PRS Service Manager, you will lead on the development and expansion of Crisis’ Private Rented Sector procurement service. You will line manage the PRS Team and will work with partners and stakeholders to forge and embed a clear pathway from homelessness to PRS. You will produce and share rapid learning from the Help to Rent commissioned project and the Pilot project to prove concept, allowing the service to upscale in Edinburgh and be replicated in other Scottish authorities. You will also work closely with our Best Practice Team to demonstrate the impact of these services.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have/ be:

• An excellent understanding of the Lothian housing market, and the barriers and opportunities faced by people moving out of homelessness and into PRS locally, including what motivates landlords and letting agencies
• Experience or knowledge of the legal framework governing and good practice surrounding PRS housing in Scotland
• Skilled in sourcing and procuring properties
• Skilled in management and managing highly effective teams
• Excellent networking skills and stakeholder management

We want Crisis to be an inclusive employer which then reflects our members and the communities we work in. We want to offer opportunities to everyone regardless of their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

Working at Crisis

As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
• Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

When you join us you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.

We have 5 staff diversity networks which include Black, Asian and Ethnic people, LGBTQ+ people, those with Lived Experience of Homelessness, Women at Crisis and Disability Awareness.

Around since 1923, SAMH is Scotland’s national mental health charity.

SAMH has represented the voice of people most affected by mental health problems in Scotland for more than 90 years.

Today, in over 60 communities we work with adults and young people providing mental health social care support, services in primary care, schools and further education, amongst others. These services together with our national programme work in See Me, respectme, suicide prevention and active living; inform our policy and campaign work to influence positive social change.

SAMH is dedicated to mental health and wellbeing for all: with a vision of a society where people are able to live their lives fully, regardless of present or past circumstances.

Responding to training requests the Trainer (Children and Young People) will assist in the development and delivery of mental health workshops, trainings and information sessions to children, young people, school/college, other youth organisation staff and parents/carers.

These trainings and workshops will increase emotional literacy, build knowledge and understanding around mental health and wellbeing; increase self care skills and build the capacity of adults, around the child, to feel confident and competent when having mental health conversations.

Evening and occasional weekend work will be required.

Are you confident in your ability to take on a portfolio of new funders of various sizes and at different stages of engagement and, through research, effective communication and meeting strategies, secure the required income? Then join Shelter Scotland as a Trust and Foundations Manager and you could soon be playing a vital role within our thriving Income Generation team.

About Shelter Scotland

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet over a million people in Scotland struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter Scotland we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter Scotland and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the team

Trusts and Foundations is part of a High Value Partnerships team that sits within an Income Generation Directorate that raises around £40m a year to support Shelter’s work. We’re currently a team of nine: seven fundraisers – two in Scotland, one in Bristol and the rest in London, plus a Grant Manager supporting role. In Scotland we have a Senior Trusts and Foundations Manager and Trusts and Foundations Manager who, although part of High Value Partnerships, work closely with teams across Shelter Scotland, including Business Development, Services and Policy and Advocacy.

About the role

Your challenge will be to help us achieve our strategic goals by generating income from trusts and foundations of a wide range of sizes and interests that are new to Shelter. Indeed, you’ll act as an external face for Shelter Scotland as you cultivate and manage donor relationships with a variety of organisations. Along the way, you’ll work alongside a Senior Trusts and Foundations Manager and be fully supported by an experienced fundraising team and senior managers in front line services. In short, we’ll rely on you to generate vital income and meeting agreed financial targets from a personal portfolio of funders and projects.

About you.

Proactive, enterprising and systematic in approaching funders and great at engaging with, and managing, internal stakeholders, you’re excited by the prospect of making a significant impact for the UK’s leading housing and homelessness charity? You also have experience of working closely with delivery teams to identify core services that are attractive to a particular funder, or design new projects that are a strategic priority for that service. A flair for planning, writing and project-managing new large-scale, multi-year applications is important too. And, when it comes to liaising with colleagues across our High Value Partnerships team in order to maximise income opportunities, again, we’ll rely on you.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave (pro rata), enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter Scotland helps over half a million people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help.

Crew is an award-winning national charity, based in Edinburgh, at the forefront of tackling new and emerging drug trends. We reduce harm from drug use without judgement and improve public health with the input of people who access drug services, working with a wide range of local, national and international partners.

To advance knowledge, skills and understanding within Crew team and the wider workforce and to reduce drug related harm for people who use drugs by providing high quality training and promoting key harm reduction and health promotion messages. Working with organisations including but not limited to councils, Police Scotland, the NHS, the Scottish Prison Service and voluntary agencies to share knowledge and respond to drug trends. You’ll design, plan, pilot, deliver and evaluate training courses including drug trends, psychostimulants and effective interventions with people who use drugs. You will also be responsible for developing and delivering our communications strategy, social media output and digital content.

Crew is an award-winning national charity, based in Edinburgh, at the forefront of tackling new and emerging drug trends. We reduce harm from drug use without judgement and improve public health with the input of people who access drug services, working with a wide range of local, national and international partners.

To lead and manage proactive, assertive nightlife harm reduction interventions and to encourage ambition, motivate and support people to make changes to their drug use. This will reduce drug (including alcohol) related harm and encourage early access to treatment, improving health and social outcomes for those often furthest from treatment. You will also be responsible for designing and delivering training to people working in and participating in nightlife settings.

Sustrans is the charity making it easier for people to walk and cycle. We connect people and places, create liveable neighbourhoods, transform the school run and deliver a happier, healthier commute. Take the next step in your journey by applying to join our team: Business Development and Funding Coordinator

About Sustrans

Our vision and mission have never been more relevant.

Across the UK, governments are pledging investment and action on walking and cycling.

We are working together to make a real difference - creating places where everyone can live and travel happily and healthily, and where nobody is excluded.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and dedication of our colleagues.

We are proud of our employee net promoter score, being in the top 20% of all employers across all sectors in the UK, due to our energised, friendly and motivated workforce.

Join Sustrans today and help us get things done, together

About the Role

We now have an excellent opportunity for you to join our team and help us make a difference by identifying opportunities to develop existing projects and innovate new activities!

Working closely with our delivery teams, you will support with developing our programme offers and preparing funding bids, proposals and tender submissions to help us secure future funding.

About You

We are looking for individuals with experience helping to secure funds for project delivery.

You may have experience of business planning, strategy development, grant application writing/submission, tender writing/submission or similar with a sound understanding of the funding, policy and delivery context for Sustainable transport in Scotland.

You will also have the ability to lead, manage, motivate and develop a team,

So if this sounds like you, apply today and help us create healthier places and happier lives for everyone.

What we Offer

Wellbeing

· 26 days’ leave per annum plus bank holidays for full-time working

· Ability to buy an extra week of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff)

· Staff volunteer days

· 24/7 free, impartial and confidential support service

· We are members of the Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme who both offer cycle to work schemes

Financial

· Group Personal Pension scheme with a 4% or 5% of basic salary contribution being matched by Sustrans

· Bike, computer and season ticket loans

· Discount benefits

Family Friendly

· Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

· Flexible Working practices (full time hours are 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday)

Who are we?

Deaf Action are a deaf-led charity working together for an equal and better future for all deaf people since 1835. We have a range of transformative projects and services which support our aim of improving the quality and conditions of life for deaf people in Scotland.

Purpose of post:

Reporting directly to the Community Services Manager, you will be responsible for the day to day running of our brand-new digital skills training project ‘Click & Connect’. The last year has highlighted that up-to-date digital skills are crucial for people to achieve their full potential and be active citizens. ‘Click & Connect’ was created in response to the lack of accessible training opportunities for Deaf people, who already face multiple barriers to digital inclusion, including socioeconomic, linguistic and motivational. Supporting people to gain essential digital skills is central to our mission.

Our response to Covid-19 has been built around supporting people to get online so that they can continue to access essential services and maintain wellbeing, emphasising the need for digital skills support.

The Digital Participation Officer will be responsible for outreach, creating accessible resources & materials, running in person and online training sessions and launching a dedicated Digital Lab where clients can gain one-to-one support.

The ideal candidate will be someone with:

• Strong IT and digital literacy

• Experience running training sessions

• Experience of working with or being in the deaf* community

• Strong organisational, interpersonal and inclusive communication skills

• The ability to manage both time and workload

• Proficiency in British Sign Language (Level 3 qualified or equivalent)

• PVG scheme eligibility

What’s on Offer?

• More than the statutory minimum annual leave entitlement (22 days p/a plus 10 bank holidays)

• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme provided by Health Assured

• Access to the Cycle to Work Scheme

• Access to an IT Voucher Scheme

• Support for Learning and Development through our PDR process

• Access to work sponsored British Sign Language classes if required

• A range of flexible working practices deaf* is a general term to include Deaf British Sign Language users, deafened, hard of hearing, and deafblind people.

Birthlink is a small well-established Edinburgh based charity which supports adults affected by Adoption with a Scottish connection. Birthlink holds the Adoption Contact Register (ACR) for Scotland, working in partnership with the Scottish Government and Scottish local authorities. We are also working in Partnership with Future Pathways, an organisation set up by the Scottish Government as a direct result of the Scottish Abuse Enquiry. Birthlink works with survivors to access their records and offer a range of supports thereafter.

Birthlink is at an exciting stage of development and is looking to recruit a new Treasurer with responsibility for finance. This is a voluntary and unpaid position.

Birthlink will arrange induction training for successful applicants about the responsibilities of Directors/Trustees on the Boards of charitable organisations.

Working for a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP)

MSPs are employers in their own right. Under employment, you will become part of a small team supporting Monica Lennon MSP in carrying out her duties. You'll work in a dynamic and fast paced environment to provide an outstanding service for constituents. Desirable candidates will have an interest in Monica’s work and a strong awareness of local issues across the Central Scotland region.

Responsibilities

Supporting with keeping casework up to date and responding to public enquiries

• Keeping cases up to date by tracking, logging and recognising when to escalate issues within team
• Meeting constituents on a wide range of issues, including those of a sensitive nature and escalating accordingly
• Advocating on constituent's behalf with relevant bodies to resolve matters
• Reviewing constituent records and documentation in line with casework GDPR requirements
• Ensuring casework filing systems, both electronic and manual, are kept up-to-date in line with GDPR requirements
• Responding to front of office enquiries
• Responding to incoming correspondence while professionally managing each enquiry within agreed timescales
• Drafting written correspondence such as letters and requests for information

About You

Requirements

You will:

• Have excellent organisational skills while being flexible in prioritising workloads during busy times
• Have excellent communications skills, with accurate attention to detail and the ability to work effectively with colleagues
• Have proficient written, problem solving and listening skills
• Be patient and sensitive while remaining objective and open minded
• Be comfortable being in a front facing role explaining regulations such as GDPR to the general public
• Be acutely aware of the responsibility of representing those unable to do so themselves in certain situations
• Be able to manage constituent expectations and have a natural interest in helping people with a curiosity to probe for further information where required

Overview

Do you want to work for a caring organisation that believes in people?

Do you want to make a difference?

As a Recovery Coordinator with Change Grow Live, you’ll work with people who use our services, helping them get to where they want to be.

Responsibilities

With this role you’ll be working as part of the EMORSS team based in HMP Edinburgh.

The team supports offenders with their drug and/or alcohol issues.

No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key.

You’ll have to record information about what you do, so enjoying a bit of paperwork and attention to detail is important. But most of the time you’ll be enjoying working with people from all backgrounds, making a difference to their lives.

This is what one of our people who use our service had to say: "Single handedly, Change, Grow, Live has helped me acquire the tools that allow me to manage my life properly."

Our values are to be compassionate, open and bold. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you so click apply.

A rare opportunity has arisen to join Access to Industry (AI) working within our established East Lothian Offenders Employability Programme. As Caseworker you will be a self-starter, creative and have the skills and sensitivity to guide long term unemployed individuals towards employment. This role is funded through European Social Fund meaning you will have strong administration skills around gathering evidence and record keeping. You will be a skilled networker working with a range of agencies across East Lothian.

Do you want to play a key role in an organisation which stands up for children and fights child poverty? Join us as Partnership Lead to develop partnerships, deliver programmes, test new approaches and share learning, and be part of our mission to reduce poverty and its impact on early childhood in Scotland. We have two roles available – one is permanent and one is a fixed term 2-year contract.

At Save the Children we believe every child has the right their basic needs being met, and to receive love, encouragement and help which enables them to reach their full potential. But poverty – families not having enough money to live on – prevents this from being a reality for more than 1 in 4 children in Scotland every year.

Not having enough money brings stress and anxiety for parents and children. Poverty can mean not getting to enjoy the same carefree, fun, joyous childhoods as others, and can create barriers for children to reach their full potential.

Our vision is a society free of poverty, where every child grows up in a family with enough money to live with dignity; that cherishes childhoods and supports every child to reach their full potential; and where every child is empowered to shape the world around them in communities, policy making and services.

No one organisation can tackle a problem of this scale alone. That’s why we work with many others – children, young people, parents, partners, community leaders, schools and local organisations working with families – to fight for families to have the money they need and reduce the harm that poverty and inequality causes to children.

This role is in the Scotland team which is part of the UK Impact department. Our work in Scotland is focussed on reducing the the number of children growing up in poverty and working to reduce the impact of poverty on children’s development in early childhood. This is a varied role, which will involve supporting programme delivery, alongside collaborating with others within and outside of our organisation, to spot gaps and test new approaches, with a constant focussing on finding out what works, sharing evidence and learning, and influencing policy and practice.

As Partnership Lead you will develop and maintain a range of partnerships, including working with schools, local authorities and other charities and community organisations. You’ll build strong relationships with children and families, engaging them in the development of partnerships and campaigns, and ensuring that our work empowers them. You’ll have responsibility for programme and project management, supporting high impact implementation and delivery.

In addition to this you will:

• Work on innovation and practice development, helping facilitate partner engagement in this work

• Design and carry out data, research and evaluation tasks, ensure that all work undertaken generates the learning and evidence that we can share with our networks,

• Work closely with policy colleagues to support influencing for local and national change

• Support writing of bids to donors and oversee delivery objectives of funded work

To be successful you will be committed to improving the lives of children and families and have experience of engaging children, young people and families and supporting them to share their experiences, and of co-developing approaches with them. You’ll have excellent programme and project management skills and experience of working with partners to deliver projects and programmes and be capable of building and maintaining relationships with a variety of stakeholders. You’ll have an understanding of early child development, how poverty impacts on children, families and neighbourhoods and the barriers communities face in seeking to bring about positive change, and a broad knowledge of the evidence about what works to support children and families.

In addition, you will

• Be positive, resilient, a strong team player with an empowering and collaborative working style and excellent interpersonal skills

• Have outstanding communication skills with the ability to synthesise information for a range of audiences

• Be able to deliver training for programmatic and broader improvement work.

• Have experience of developing or supporting monitoring and evaluation activity

An awareness or knowledge in systems change theory and/or data driven approaches would also be beneficial.

As a large organisation with a competitive interview process, we know it can be daunting. We are here to help you through the process and support you to do your best, and are really interested in hearing from people with a range of transferable skills and experiences.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

If you share our belief in the power of children, join the fight. It takes relentless determination, creativity, and a commitment to real change. Because every child should be able to make their mark on their world and help to build a better future. We look forward to hearing from you.

Do you want to play a key role in an organisation which stands up for children and fights child poverty? Join us as Senior Partnership and Practice Manager to lead a portfolio of partnerships and projects to find new ways to reduce the impact of poverty on families and on children in early childhood in Scotland.

At Save the Children we believe every child has the right their basic needs being met, and to receive love, encouragement and help which enables them to reach their full potential. But poverty – families not having enough money to live on – prevents this from being a reality for more than 1 in 4 children in Scotland every year.

Not having enough money brings stress and anxiety for parents and children. Poverty can mean not getting to enjoy the same carefree, fun, joyous childhoods as others, and can create barriers for children to reach their full potential. The link between poverty, low income and children’s development in early childhood is deep and stubborn. We want to share learning and find new ways to break that link and support children and families.

Our vision is a society free of poverty, where every child grows up in a family with enough money to live with dignity; that cherishes childhoods and supports every child to reach their full potential; and where every child is empowered to shape the world around them in communities, policy making and services.

No one organisation can tackle a problem of this scale alone. That’s why we work with many others – including children, young people, parents, partners, community groups, schools and local organisations working with families – to fight for families to have the money they need and reduce the harm that poverty and inequality causes to children.

This role is in the Scotland team which is part of the UK Impact department. Our work in Scotland is focussed on reducing the number of children growing up in poverty and working to reduce the impact of poverty on children’s development in early childhood. This is a varied role, which will involve helping oversee the delivery of our strategy in Scotland, collaborating with others within and outside of our organisation, developing new and innovative partnerships and supporting and developing a small team.

As Senior Partnership and Practice Manager (Poverty and Early Years) you will create and oversee a portfolio of projects and partnerships that generate insight, learning and evidence on reducing the impact of poverty on children’s development in the early years and use this to influence policy and practice change. You will identify opportunities to develop new practice development projects and share learning across networks, forge new and innovative strategic partnerships and networks based on your understanding of the landscape we’re operating in and your working knowledge of early childhood development and supporting families. You will ensure children, young people and families are empowered to work with us to deliver this work. You will support and develop a small team to achieve our goals.

In addition, you will

• Work with fundraising colleagues to develop funding proposals, build relationships with funders and oversee delivery of funding commitments

• Put the safety and wellbeing of children and young people first and ensure work is delivering in line with agreed legal, regulatory, quality and ethical requirements and standards

• Be positive, resilient, a strong team player with an empowering and collaborative leadership style and excellent interpersonal skills

• Have outstanding communication skills with the ability to synthesise information for a range of audiences

To be successful you will be committed to improving the lives of children and families and have experience of engaging children, young people and families and supporting them to share their experiences, and of co-developing approaches with them. You’ll have demonstrable experience of developing and overseeing a range of projects and programmes and identifying and sustaining strategic relationships and partnerships. You’ll have a working knowledge and understanding and practical experience of the policy and practice landscape. You’ll have excellent interpersonal skills, strong emotional intelligence and experience of empowering and setting direction for a small team. You’ll bring a learning and innovation mindset to your work.

As a large organisation with a competitive interview process, we know it can be daunting. We are here to help you through the process and support you to do your best, and are really interested in hearing from people with a range of transferable skills and experiences.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

If you share our belief in the power of children, join the fight. It takes relentless determination, creativity, and a commitment to real change. Because every child should be able to make their mark on their world and help to build a better future. We look forward to hearing from you.

Leading, Inspiring and Resourcing the UK’s Heritage

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest funder of the UK’s heritage. The projects we fund create lasting and positive change for people and communities and we believe that heritage has a crucial role to play in contributing to a more equal society.

We are currently recruiting for a full time Engagement Manager on a fixed term contract until March 2022, based in Scotland. We are also happy to consider external secondments from relevant organisations for this role.

The primary purpose of this post is to work as part of the Engagement Team to deliver engagement and inclusion activity across Scotland, including stimulating and supporting the flow of good quality applications; working in Areas of Focus as required; and contributing to and implementing outreach strategies targeted at Strategic Funding Framework (SFF) priorities. The role will have a particular focus on inclusion and connecting our funding with a wider range of audiences (including Minority Ethnic and Cultural Communities, Young People, LGBTQ+ audiences or People with disabilities).

If you are excited about helping ensure that heritage is inclusive and accessible to everyone, for now and future generations, then we want to hear from you.

Team Leaders are required to manage and coordinate a team of three Project Workers, and to work closely with the volunteers. Nightshift team hours are from 7.45pm to 8am, with an hour break. You will bring proven leadership experience and have excellent communication skills. Ideally, you will have a good knowledge of the service user group and a working knowledge of MS Office. An SVQ3 in Health & Social Care/Promoting Independence is desirable. You will work constant night shift for 30 weeks (one week on, one week off).

As Bethany is a Christian organisation this post carries an Occupational Requirement in line with Equality Act 2010. Applicants should have and be able to evidence an active Christian faith and commitment. Successful applicants for this post will require an enhanced disclosure and membership of the PVG scheme.

We require temporary staff who will work a twilight shift from 6pm to midnight with a 20 minute break for 30 weeks (hours and pattern negotiable). Ideally, you will have a good knowledge of the service user group and a working knowledge of MS Office. An SVQ3 in Health & Social Care/Promoting Independence is desirable.

As Bethany is a Christian organisation this post carries an Occupational Requirement in line with Equality Act 2010. Applicants should have and be able to evidence an active Christian faith and commitment. Successful applicants for this post will require an enhanced disclosure and membership of the PVG scheme.

We require temporary staff who will work constant night shift for 30 weeks (one week on, one week off). You will work in Edinburgh in conjunction with volunteers who provide meals and support from 7.45pm to 8am, with an hour break. Ideally, you will have a good knowledge of the service user group and a working knowledge of MS Office. An SVQ3 in Health & Social Care/Promoting Independence is desirable.

As Bethany is a Christian organisation this post carries an Occupational Requirement in line with Equality Act 2010. Applicants should have and be able to evidence an active Christian faith and commitment. Successful applicants for this post will require an enhanced disclosure and membership of the PVG scheme.

We require temporary staff who will work constant day shift for 30 weeks (one week on, one week off). Daytime team hours are from 7.45am to 8pm with an hour break. Ideally, you will have a good knowledge of the service user group and a working knowledge of MS Office. An SVQ3 in Health & Social Care/Promoting Independence is desirable.

As Bethany is a Christian organisation this post carries an Occupational Requirement in line with Equality Act 2010. Applicants should have and be able to evidence an active Christian faith and commitment. Successful applicants for this post will require an enhanced disclosure and membership of the PVG scheme.

We are developing a project helping Family Journeys to put children's rights at the heart of everything we do, with young people and children working to share their views and experiences through peer support.

Family Journeys helps families affected by separation and divorce. We have been awarded funding to develop our approach to young people's participation and leadership, and their engagement of children who have been affected by separation. We aim to establish groups around Edinburgh and the Lothians for young people and children whose parents access our services or who may be our clients in their own right.

This is a new role and a new approach in family mediation and child contact services. We are looking for a confident, well organised individual who can think creatively, plan strategically, and engage with young people to inspire and support them to work with us.

This is a really exciting time to join Girlguiding Scotland. With 45,000 young members we are the largest charity for girls and young women in Scotland. Girlguiding Scotland has been around for over 100 years and we have much to be proud of in that rich and vibrant history, but we know that to remain exciting and relevant to young people we must continually evolve.

The Girl Voice Project Coordinator will lead on our work to strengthen Girlguiding Scotland’s profile as an expert in girls’ lives and an inclusive and impactful youth organisation. You’ll be the key staff contact for Speak Out, our youth forum, and our MSYPs (Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament), supporting them to shape our advocacy work and act as spokespeople for the organisation. You’ll also support delivery of our membership engagement strategy to ensure that the voices of girls and young women are at the heart of everything we do.

This is a great opportunity to help prepare young women to share their views and experiences to decision makers, influencers, and in the media to advocate for change.

You’ll be a self-starter and have excellent communication, listening and organisational skills, and an ability to prioritise when working under pressure.

While Girlguiding’s young members may be women only, our staff team is mixed gender. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to inclusivity.

This is a really exciting time to join Girlguiding Scotland. With 45,000 young members we are the largest charity for girls and young women in Scotland. Girlguiding Scotland has been around for over 100 years and we have much to be proud of in that rich and vibrant history, but we know that to remain exciting and relevant to young people we must continually evolve.

The Volunteer Experience Project Coordinator will work in partnership with lead volunteers and provide professional support for the delivery of a wide range of projects and events for adult members across Scotland. You’ll lead on our work to make sure volunteers are well supported and able to delivery great guiding experiences for girls. Pivotal to your success will be attention to detail, ability to built strong relationships and flexibility.

We’re looking for someone with great communication, organisational and IT skills, and who has an ability to prioritise workload to meet deadlines when working under pressure. A willingness and ability to work flexibly and effectively as part of a staff-volunteer partnership is also key. Please read through the full application pack to find out more.

While Girlguiding’s young members may be women only, our staff team is mixed gender. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to inclusivity.

Action on Smoking and Health Scotland (ASH Scotland) is the independent Scottish health charity working for a Scotland free from the harm and inequality caused by tobacco. We are looking for an experienced HR professional to join our senior management team, and to manage and lead our business support.

FCSS has been created to challenge the inflexibility of current childcare provision across the country and to ensure equity of early years’ and childcare experience for all children regardless of family circumstances, location or specific needs.

To do this we have developed a range of services aimed at supporting children and families, childcare providers and childcare practitioners. These include:

• Direct service delivery
• The creation of childcare management software that allows services to:
  • Deliver a flexible model
  • Advertise their availability to parents
• The creation of a Sessional Childcare Team

We are now seeking new Trustees to join our board including a new Treasurer.

Board Trustees are responsible for the charity's governance and strategy, and for making sure that the charity is administered effectively. They must account for its activities and outcomes.

The Treasurer will lead the Board of Trustees on matters relating to financial reporting and decision-making. The Treasurer’s primary role is to assist and advise the Board of Trustees in overseeing finances, the Treasurer will also lead the Finance Sub Committee and work with the Head of Finance to ensure the financial sustainability of the organisation.

To find out more about these roles, please download the Job Description below.

This role has primary responsibility to manage the administration and support to The Promise Scotland with particular emphasis on working with the Support Team. One of the major aspects of this role will be to organise and manage this team’s external work programme and to co-ordinate the project plans which this team is leading. The administrator will work collaboratively with all members of the organisation to provide an accurate and effective administrative service to the team.

The Events & Administrative Officer will be a highly competent and enthusiastic individual who has demonstrated experience within a complex office environment. They must be proficient, proactive and methodical in their ability and able to prioritise and manage challenges and individual workloads. As this is a public facing role, the individual will be the first point of contact with external contacts so excellent customer service experience is essential. The post holder will provide an efficient and high-quality administrative support service to the team and external contacts ensuring they experience a professional and well-run office.

The Promise Scotland is looking for an individual with experience of project managing website redevelopment. You should have experience of translating an organisation’s vision for their website, and communicating it to web developers, graphic designers, copywriters and other contractors. You will manage the entire life of the project, from conception to live online delivery.

Reporting to the Head of External Affairs, you will gather input from The Promise Scotland team, users and anticipated users of the website to assess expectations and objectives that the website must fulfil. You will create an initial concept and, working with the External Affairs Team, project manage from concept to live delivery, while reporting in regularly on progress.

Are you passionate about Scotland’s history? Does working in the archives and records sector interest you? Are you organised and a good communicator?

The Scottish Council on Archives (SCA) is an independent advocacy and development body for the archives and records management sector in Scotland, providing leadership and building capacity.

Are you passionate about Scotland’s history? Does working in the archives and records sector interest you? Are you organised and a good communicator?

We are SCA is currently recruiting for a part-time Digital Communications and Administration Assistant.

The postholder will provide administration support for the programme delivery, communications, and operational work of the SCA. The Digital Communications and Administration Assistant will also use SCA’s digital platforms, including social media accounts and website, to disseminate information and promote the work of the organisation as well as the wider archives and records management sector.

The role is varied and would suit someone with experience of office administration and creating content for social media. The postholder will have the opportunity to contribute to a variety of projects and initiatives, and a willingness to collaborate and work closely with colleagues is essential.

You will be expected to help ensure the smooth running of the organisation and its programme of events, including online and offline seminars, conferences, talks and workshops. This post requires someone with proven ability to manage, prioritise and organise work and information, as well as good written and verbal communication skills.

SCA staff are currently working from home due to COVID-19; however, we may develop a blended working model involving a mix of office-based and home working.

Creative Carbon Scotland supports the cultural sector in contributing to Scotland’s transformation for a climate-changed world. We are seeking a technically minded and suitably experienced individual to take responsibility for the organisation’s everyday administration as well as IT systems and tools, including one day per week contributing to the administrative work of our Green Arts Initiative. Our new colleague will be highly organised and detail-oriented, self-motivated and good at making effective decisions following appropriate criteria. They will be an excellent communicator and a positive collaborator. We are looking for someone with flair and imagination.

Creative Carbon Scotland promotes a diverse and inclusive working environment. We welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and experience for this role and we will make reasonable adjustments where necessary to enable people with particular needs or requirements to work with us.

Our Equalities policy and Safe Working Statement are both available on our website.

More information on the role is given in the full job description and person specification.

Edinburgh World Heritage is looking to appoint an Operations & Finance Manager who is responsible for managing the operation of the charity, leading on the delivery of finance, governance, HR and office objectives to enable the organisation to run smoothly and efficiently. The post-holder also advises and supports the Board on all governance matters.

Part of the Senior Management Team, the Operations & Finance Manager supports the Director and other senior managers in the leadership and direction of the charity, helping to formulate and execute the organisational strategy and ensuring that Edinburgh World Heritage meets the goals of the integrated business plan and organisational outcomes.

Edinburgh World Heritage is an independent charity with the aim of ensuring the city’s World Heritage status is a dynamic force that benefits everyone. Our mission is to connect people to their heritage in everything we do – whether through the conservation of historic buildings, delivering improvements to the public realm, or engaging people directly with the rich heritage of their city through events and membership programmes.

To ensure effective delivery of SENScot’s core work and special projects. The role will provide administration, systems and communications support; promote SENScot and our members in terms of external communications – with particular emphasis on social media on behalf of the wider social enterprise community in Scotland.

Overview

Do you want to work for a caring organisation that believes in people?

Do you want to make a difference?

As a Recovery Coordinator with Change Grow Live, you’ll work with people who use our services, helping them get to where they want to be.

Responsibilities

With this role you’ll be working as part of South East Recovery Service based in Gilmerton.

The team supports people with their or their loved ones’ drug and alcohol issues.

No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key.

You’ll have to record information about what you do, so enjoying a bit of paperwork and attention to detail is important. But most of the time you’ll be enjoying working with people from all backgrounds, making a difference to their lives.

This is what one of our Recovery Co-ordinators/people who use our service had to say (use quotes from your service):

“Seeing people move in their treatment journey and seeing a zest in life coming back in their lives is so rewarding”.

Our values are to be compassionate, open and bold. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you so click apply.

Responsible for the management, day-to-day running, and adequate resourcing of OPFS national information and advice service.

The Scotland-wide advice and information service for single parents provides the:

• OPFS Advice Service for single parents and practitioners seeking advice via our Helpline, Webchat, advice@, ‘Ask a Question’ and Facebook.
• OPFS Advice Information on-line content about advice issues that matter to single parents.
• OPFS Advice Training service which delivers online and in-person training courses for practitioners working with single parents.

Main Duties Include:

• The effective running of OPFS multi-channel advice service, web-based advice information for single parent families, and training for practitioners on issues affecting single parents.
• Leading on funding applications for the service, working with, and supported by, OPFS Business Development team, managing budgets and reporting back to funders.
• Leading, developing and supporting the A&I team members.
• Ensuring effective deployment of the Advice and Information CRM system.
• Recording the experiences of single parents, analysing these to identify trends and patterns to inform OPFS’ policy and influencing work.
• Representing the work of OPFS to external agencies and developing new areas of work.

The SWI, founded in 1917, has over 12,000 members in 599 groups

(institutes) all over Scotland. Our mission is to provide opportunities at local and national level to bring women together to learn; share knowledge, experiences and interests; have fun and respect all women as individuals.

We’re looking for a dynamic, creative individual to support engagement with our current and prospective members. The role will initially be 21.5 hours per week (flexible hours) developing relationships with existing members, enhancing our social media profile and supporting our Communications Committee.

The intention is for the role to become full time, or job-share to be introduced to bring the role up to full times hours next year when covid restrictions allow face-to-face events again and when we may bring all social media content creation in-house. The role will involve promoting SWI membership at internal and external events around Scotland which may include evening or weekends with time given back in lieu or overtime payment if preferred. (roughly 12 per year).

The Membership Engagement Officer can be based anywhere in Scotland but must be able to visit our Head Quarters in Edinburgh a minimum of twice per month.

We need someone:

• With excellent communication and networking skills.

• Who is creative and has excellent presentation skills for social media, newsletters, online events etc.

• Enthusiastic, proactive and confident.

• Able to work alone on their own initiative and together with the existing staff and Communications Committee.

• Committed to diversity and inclusion.

• Competent in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

• With a driving licence and own transport.

The Supporter Relations Team plays a pivotal role in building relationships with our supporters and supporting our fundraising team to raise vital funds that will support our mission to beat blood cancer within a generation. The main purpose of this role is to deliver excellent customer service to our supporters from the beginning of their journey with Blood Cancer UK. Our processes need to be as efficient and effective as possible to get the best from our supporters. This role will take responsibility to help build lasting relationships through written and verbal communication with our supporters and ensure efficient administration of donations and maintaining accurate data on our CRM system.

Crew is an award-winning national charity, based in Edinburgh, at the forefront of tackling new and emerging drug trends. Crew reduces harm from drug use without judgement and improves public health with the input of people who use drugs, working with a wide range of local, national and international partners.

ROLE PURPOSE

• To advance knowledge, skills and understanding within Crew team and the wider workforce and to reduce drug related harm for people who use drugs by providing high quality training.
• To work with organisations including but not limited to Alcohol and Drug Partnerships, councils, Police Scotland, the NHS, the Scottish Prison Service and voluntary agencies to share knowledge and respond to drug trends.
• To be the knowledge and training lead for the organisation on new drugs, coordinating Crew’s emerging trends government work.
• To coordinate, design, plan, deliver and evaluate a range of training courses offered by Crew including emerging trends, new psychoactive substances (NPS), psychostimulants, and effective interventions with people who take drugs.
• To oversee work conducted by associate and sessional trainers for Crew. This includes offering supervision and providing quality assurance for training courses provided by Crew.
• In conjunction with the CEO and Board, this post will be involved with the development, implementation and performance evaluation of the annual training operational plan, including the development and delivery of income generation training.

Responsible to: Chief Executive Officer

Office Base: 32 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1PB (with regular travel across Scotland) and working from home as required by Scottish Government COVID-19 guidance.

The Supported Housing Worker role requires assisting in the management of the development thus ensuring the tenants are able to enjoy an acceptable standard of living in an environment which is clean, safe and friendly. You will be responsible for overseeing the wellbeing of the tenants and for assisting them in maintaining their independence.

As Housing Care Worker your role will involve working with our tenants to ensure they receive the support and personal care identified in their care plans. You will directly support tenants in their homes by providing individual advice, practical housing support assistance and personal care.

Both roles are to ensure that we are able to offer the best service to our tenants and make it possible for our tenants to continue enjoying as much independent living as they’re able.

As well as a competitive annual salary, our valued team also benefits from:

• competitive hourly rates of £9.76 - £10.25 per hour
• guaranteed rota hours working between 7.30am & 10pm
• generous annual leave entitlement
• a choice of pension scheme with employer contributions
• flexible working policies
• access to extensive paid training and development opportunities
• a supportive and inclusive culture.

We also have opportunities with our Trust Staff Agency - for employees who want to work across different locations, in various roles, with highly flexible hours to suit family commitments - it's a great opportunity with the same training and development that our other roles benefit from.

Previous experience working in social care or the housing sector would be an advantage but this is not always necessary. Our ideal candidate is someone with enthusiasm, a caring nature and willingness to learn as full training, support and ongoing development will be provided.

An exciting Opportunity has arisen to join the Access to Industry’s Young Peoples Service. You will work in a trauma informed way supporting young people aged 16-21, with complex health and social care issues, to progress towards education, training or employment. You will be part of a small team working one-to-one with young people, having responsibility for developing and delivering structured group work.

*The post is based at 156 Cowgate. Currently there is a blend of office-based, outreach and home-working.