Jobs in Southside & Newington, Edinburgh

Our mission at Victim Support Scotland is to ensure that those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them to recover from their experiences. We want victims and witnesses to be at the heart of everything we do so they have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference. We aim to do this by adhering to our own organisational values of being supportive, striving for excellence and offering personalised and accessible services, and these are reflected in the behaviours expected of all staff and volunteers.

We are looking for someone with a passion for our mission, who can get to grips with the detail of policy and legislation that impact on victims, witnesses and families.

The post is relatively high-profile and front-facing involving, for example, engagement with a wide range of senior stakeholders that are key to the success of VSS delivering on its main aims. It is therefore expected that the postholder will be tenacious in their approach to handling relationships with partners.

Sitting within a wider team and reporting to the Head of Communications & External Affairs, we are looking for someone with a ‘can do’ and positive attitude, who is willing to be flexible within their role.

You will equally be as comfortable working autonomously as you are working within the wider team and organisation.

As VSS’s ‘go-to’ on everything policy related, we are looking for someone with experience in a similar role ideally within the third sector.

If you are someone looking to take the next step in your career in Policy and External Affairs within Scotland’s third sector, then this is the role for you!

Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.

We support and enable hundreds of community and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline and publications. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Friendship Line and much more.

We work in Scotland with older people’s groups who provide vital activities and services for older people in their local community. We campaign on the issues that older people tell us are important to them.

Our Helpline Team are looking for a Telephone Adviser to:

• To deliver an Information, Advice & Friendship service for older people in Scotland, their carers, families, and professionals primarily by telephone, email and letter.

• To act as Champion on agreed subjects.

If you feel you have the skills, experience and ambition required to fulfil this role, and want to be part of our team of dedicated staff and volunteers who were given the Bronze Award for Responding in a Crisis – Providing Leadership, and were highly commended for both Responding in a Crisis – Supporting Customers and Most Effective Application of Technology at the European Contact Centre & Customer Service Awards 2020, then please apply now.

In return for your expertise and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous holiday allowance, a range of learning and development opportunities, optional healthcare benefits and a contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 9%.

The post is a blend of office based (in Edinburgh) and home-based work.

Due to the Covid outbreak in the UK, we have adapted our way of working to ensure the ongoing delivery of services, while minimising risk to our employees. Depending on guidance from the Scottish Government regarding the lifting of lockdown restrictions, this role may initially be completely home based, incorporating office work and face to face contact when it is safe to do so.

ACE IT Scotland exists to advance the knowledge and connectivity of over-50s in Edinburgh. Through IT coaching and empowerment, we aim to improve the wellbeing, independence and active involvement of older people as citizens.

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and caring person to develop and administer our existing one-to-one IT coaching sessions for older people. Under normal circumstances, these sessions are based at our offices at 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh. These are aimed at those who wish to improve their knowledge of digital equipment and online resources. The coaching itself is delivered by our great team of volunteers who will be supported by you.

You should have good knowledge of modern digital equipment and internet services along with an interest in helping reduce digital exclusion in older people. This role will involve the day-to-day scheduling, delivery, monitoring and reporting of sessions. This requires a well-organised person who is capable of coordinating the availability of our volunteers with the requirements of our learners to ensure a smooth, well run service. Occasionally, you may be required to support our outreach work in the community from scam workshops to our Work Wise Women employability courses which you will help administer along with other members of the team. Very occasionally you may be asked to help our ‘Moose in the Hoose’ project which provides digital learning and support to residents currently in five care homes in Edinburgh although this will be rare.

With our dedicated and enthusiastic team of volunteers and employees having worked from home for the past year, we have now returned to in-person delivery, so this is a great time to join Edinburgh’s longest serving IT charity for older people

Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.

We support and enable hundreds of communities and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline, publications, and workshops. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Community Connecting Service and much more.

We work in Scotland with older people’s groups who provide vital activities and services for older people in their local community. We campaign on the issues that older people tell us are important to them.

Our Fundraising & Marketing Team are looking for a Community Fundraiser to take a lead role in generating and maximising income from community fundraising activities with a focus on challenge/sponsored events, bespoke Age Scotland events, private and street collections, static collection boxes, fundraising volunteers, and local businesses.

The post will be a blend of office based (in Edinburgh) and home-based work.

Due to the Covid outbreak in the UK, we have adapted our way of working to ensure the ongoing delivery of services, while minimising risk to our employees. Depending on guidance from the Scottish Government regarding the lifting of lockdown restrictions, this role may initially be completely home based, incorporating office work and face to face contact when it is safe to do so.

In return for your expertise and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous holiday allowance, a range of learning and development opportunities, optional healthcare benefits and a contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 9%.

If you have the skills, experience and ambition required to fulfil this role, then please apply now.

The Student Opportunities Administrator will be responsible for the support functions of the Student Opportunities Department, ensuring the delivery of key processes, developments and initiatives. Including but not limited to developing and applying our financial processes, room bookings, catering, society re-registration support, on line representation, meeting and workshop calendar support, training, events and awards administration.

This is a collaborative role which sits at the centre of the Student Opportunities Team and will contribute to our overall objective of providing all students access to diverse, inclusive and innovative activities and developments, in order to enhance their student experience.

The Student Opportunities team sits within the wider Membership Engagement and People Development Directorate at the Students’ Association (which also includes People and Development, The Advice Place and the Representation and Democracy team), and works collaboratively with colleagues in relation to a number of events, initiatives and activities related to student support and development.

Our mission at Victim Support Scotland is to ensure that those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them to recover from their experiences. We want victims and witnesses to be at the heart of everything we do so they have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference. We aim to do this by adhering to our own organisational values of being supportive, striving for excellence and offering personalised and accessible services and these are reflected in the behaviours expected of all staff and volunteers.

This is a key role within Victim Support Scotland providing invaluable support to our service delivery teams.

Reporting directly to a Locality Manager or Head of Service, you will be deployed to work within service delivery teams throughout a regional area to ensure consistent staffing coverage on an as and when required basis.

You will be responsible for co-ordinating & deploying teams of volunteers to ensure delivery of high-quality support within community & court environments for our service user to ensure that the service delivered meets the desired outcomes of victims and witnesses of crime.

You will be expected to be highly flexible, covering several services within a wide geographical area.

Within your first weeks you will be required to attend Induction, Training & Development sessions to equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to be successful in the role. You will be paid for your time while attending these sessions. Refresher sessions may be required to be undertaken if there are long gaps in between accepted assignments.

Assignments will be offered to you on a sessional hour’s basis, and you are entitled to accept or decline them – once accepted, they form part of your agreement with Victim Support Scotland.

You will be required to travel to various locations within the role set out.