Jobs in Southside & Newington, Edinburgh

We're looking for an inspirational people person to join us as a Part-Time Assistant Shop Manager in our shop in Nicolson Street, Edinburgh. You will be pivotal in assisting the Shop Manager in leading and empowering a team of volunteers to engage with the local community on Shelter's cause, maximising the contribution of gifts of time from volunteers, the gifts of products from our donors and the gift of income from our customers.

You will be the ambassador of Shelter on the high street; raising vital money for our cause. If you want to make a real difference to people at risk of homelessness, this is a unique opportunity to do just that.

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 role

You will assist the Shop Manager in the recruitment, support and development of a strong community focused shop team and empower them to maximise Shelter's income. Representing Shelter in your local community, ensuring that you and your team share your knowledge of Shelter's cause with customers, volunteers, donors and potential Shelter clients will also be important aspects of the role. You will always ensure a safe, clean, bright and happy environment for your team to work in and for your customers to shop in, in turn attracting potential donors and volunteers.

About you

You are a naturally energetic person with an enthusiasm for managing and empowering people. You know how to recruit and develop a team of volunteers and your extraordinary motivational skills will enable you to inspire your team to increase sales and control costs. Above all, you are ready to take on a new challenge and have a keen interest in Shelter's cause.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave (pro rata), enhanced family friendly policies, childcare vouchers, 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. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

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 Fundraising Team are looking for a Corporate Fundraiser to provide maternity cover over 9-12 months. The successful post-holder will develop and implement a corporate partnership fundraising strategy to develop new corporate relationships, including charity of the year, and maintain and develop existing corporate partnerships in order to meet fundraising targets.

Another key aspect of the role is to work collaboratively with relevant Age UK colleagues, particularly on joint funding approaches to potential corporate partners.

If you have the skills, experience and ambition required to fulfil this role, 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 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.

Edinburgh University Students' Association is looking to recruit a Student Opportunities Coordinator (Community Volunteering Development) to join our Student Opportunities team.

The Role:

The Student Opportunities team focuses on supporting and developing a wide range of student-led activity: to ensure students have the opportunity to meet each other and have fun; to build community amongst our members; and to support their personal and professional development.

Our community volunteering offer exists to connect our students with the local community as well as UK based volunteering opportunities with Third Sector organisations, primarily by engaging students in rewarding volunteering opportunities. We offer: a volunteering brokerage, student-led volunteering societies, and access to volunteering partnership projects, events, as well as advice, resources, funding, and awards and recognition to students who volunteer. We are seeking to rebuild and develop our provision following a hiatus due to the pandemic and also to substantially increase student participation in community volunteering.

The Student Opportunities Coordinator (Community Volunteering Development) is responsible for supporting the development and delivery of our community volunteering offer through working directly with student volunteers, groups and external stakeholders, to maximise the impact of current initiatives and seek new opportunities for growth. Our offer aims to provide students with both one off and long-term quality volunteering opportunities to stimulate both personal and professional growth and to provide them with links to the local community to expand their experience while a student at the University of Edinburgh. The post holder will be a high performing individual with a natural flair for building meaningful relationships with a diverse range of individuals at various levels.

This role will also work as part of a team on delivering support for a wider range of student groups 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 post holder will work to develop relationships with and support students from volunteering societies and social enterprises, as well our various language programmes and Lloyds Scholars programme. They will collaborate with colleagues within Student Opportunities and a variety of other teams across the Association, including planning for Welcome Week, Careers fairs, National Volunteering week, Give it A Go, Student Awards etc. The Student Opportunities team is situated within the wider Membership Engagement and People Development Directorate at the Students’ Association.

The Person:

A friendly and competent individual with excellent project management and interpersonal skills with a comprehensive understanding of volunteering and the 3rd sector and an ability to build effective and fruitful working relationships and collaborations.

The post holder will have an eye for detail and the ability to lead projects independently and work collaboratively. They should be able to work with a range of students and staff stakeholders to help support the interests of students at the University of Edinburgh.

About the Role

Are you interested in joining an award-winning Scottish charity supporting people whose lives are affected by mental ill-health? Support in Mind Scotland head offices have an exciting and rare opening for an office professional with a passion for numbers looking to use their skills and experience in financial management to join our Finance team and manage the day-to-day operation of our organisation’s Finance department.

In this varied role, you will work alongside the Head of Finance, the Fundraising and HR teams, to ensure suppliers, staff and statutory bodies receive timely payments; and support with funding applications to allow us to maintain or develop existing and new services.

As our Finance Officer, joining the charity’s head office team based in Edinburgh, you will have the opportunity to use your skills to make a wide-ranging impact on the organisation by developing and improving our financial systems and controls, in order to enable staff to spend more time delivering services to those who need them.

This is a critical role reporting to the Head of the Finance Department and you will assist them in ensuring the organisation has efficient and effective financial management. You will be involved in all aspects of the charities financial activities and work across the full range of mental health support services we provide across Scotland.

Who are we looking for?

The role requires financial as well as management accounting skills and strong technical and excel skills. You should have excellent knowledge of Accounting and Payroll systems and the ability to implement new systems and processes that have evolved as part of our learning throughout the period of the pandemic.

You will use your expertise to provide support on budgets and financial processes

You will have the skills and aptitude to accurately maintain our computer-based finance records. With excellent IT skills, you are a proficient user of spreadsheets, word processing and email applications.

With excellent numeracy skills, you pay meticulous attention to detail and have the aptitude and skills to learn on the job.

Self-motivated, honest and hardworking, you have a positive outlook and know how to work as part of a team, and your good written and verbal communication, allow you to clearly communicate financial matter to a wide range of people.

An ability to self-manage and carry out tasks with minimum supervision is essential. You know how to plan, manage and prioritise a varied workload, meet deadlines. You can take the initiative when required and respond flexibly to unforeseen events.

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and the charity and are a “Happy to Talk Flexible Working” employer: This is a full time post, and we are happy to consider application for compressed hours worked over 4 days a week for the suitable candidate, as well as some hybrid or homeworking options.

If you are passionate about enabling Support in Mind Scotland to deliver a valuable service to the Scottish community and feel your profile matches this role’s criteria, then we want to hear from you!

Why join us?

Support in Mind Scotland provides support throughout Scotland, and offers a range of services to people directly affected by a mental health issue and to those who care for them, whether family, friend or supporter.

We are committed to delivering services shaped by the lived experienced of people affected by mental health. We believe in a holistic approach to providing support and aim to empower our service user to make the best use of what help and support is available to them.

This is a great opportunity to join a thriving charity and help shape its future. In return for your work, passion and dedication, we offer scope for development, a benefit package including 37 days’ holiday, enhanced sick pay, season ticket loan, regular support & supervision and access to an Employee Assistance Programme.

Find out more about us our Website at supportinmindscotland.org.uk and on Social Media

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, 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.

This is an exciting new opportunity to help older people make the most of their energy rights and afford warm homes in later life.

Our Helpline Team are looking for an Energy Rights Telephone Adviser to:

• Act as champion on agreed subjects such as tariff switching, energy bills, energy efficiency measures, grant funding and the importance of heating a home effectively for health reasons in later life.
• Deliver an energy and generalist information, advice & friendship service for older people in Scotland, their carers, families and professionals primarily by telephone, email and letter.
• Support the Energy Trainer in delivering new workshops to older people. Provide training to Age Scotland and business partner teams.

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%.

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, 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.

This is an exciting new opportunity to help older people make the most of their energy rights and afford warm homes in later life.

Our Information and Project Development Team are looking for a part-time Energy Trainer to:

• Develop and deliver new online (zoom) and face-to-face energy advice workshops for older people in Scotland and those who support them.
• Share the administration and the delivery of social security online and face-to-face training.
• Train corporate partners about the issues people face in later life.
• Collect qualitative and quantitative feedback for project evaluation.
• Support the development of Age Scotland’s energy related information resources.

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%.

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.

Will you help us to achieve this by becoming a member of our team?

We are currently recruiting a Telephony Assistant Manager to line manage, lead, and motivate the Age Scotland Telephony Services Team. Providing support, training and development to a team of information, advice and friendship advisors.

You will support the Telephony Manager in the development of new systems and partnerships.

We are looking for someone with current or recent supervision and line management experience in a call centre environment and who is customer and people centric. You will have the ability to support and help develop new partnerships to enhance and expand telephony systems and processes. You will have good well rounded knowledge of information and advice subjects, and be expected to understand what information resources are available and how to access them in order to support your team and clients with complex queries.

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%.

Mental Health UK supports people affected by mental health problems across the UK, bringing together experts from four national mental health charities to improve understanding and provide vital care – Our national mental health charity is Support in Mind Scotland.

We are looking to build a talented cohort of dedicated Training Associates to deliver quality programmes across Scotland. If you’re keen to help us reach our ambitious targets to support thousands more young people in schools and community settings, are passionate about young people’s mental health and have a wealth of training and facilitation experience, we’d love to hear from you.

About the Programme

At the end of 2019, we launched two Young People’s Programmes which aim to support young people’s (14-18 year olds) mental health resilience. The first, ‘Bloom’ is delivered in school and college settings and the second ‘Your Resilience’ works with young people in community settings. Both programmes equip young people with the tools and knowledge to maintain their mental health through life’s transitions.

A core part of the programme involves working with teachers, NHS staff and youth workers to build the foundational knowledge to do what they do best: securing the best outcomes for young people.

• Bloom consists of several delivery models including the ‘lite’ approach which could be a half-day resilience workshop, one off topic-based workshops or the comprehensive eight-session intervention.
• Your Resilience and Bloom also deliver an eight-session intervention. The Training Associate will be responsible for training designated teachers/venue staff in the programme’s content.
• Then spend 7 weeks co-delivering Bloom content in 1-hour workshops with them, providing supportive space within the setting, by staying on site for one hour before and after the workshop, totalling 3 hours per session (allowing for teachers to learn the content, prep, plan and debrief).
• Delivery may be face to face inside the relevant setting or remotely through a variety of online platforms. There is an expectation that you may have to travel to the relevant setting.
• The eight-session intervention will take varying lengths of times to complete depending on the venues availability; for example, it may take 8 weeks to complete in one venue and 12 weeks in another.
• To prepare for this, you will be provided with a one-off one day of training on the content of Bloom, which you will be fully paid for.

About the Role

• Ensure the programme is implemented in the relevant setting – school, college or community.
• Communicate and coordinate activities with the setting including start dates, times and other logistics such as compliance with coronavirus guidelines, safeguarding, etc.
• Deliver the programmes either face-to-face inside the setting or via their preferred online platform – e.g. Microsoft Teams, Zoom or Google Meets.
• Support the relevant setting in delivering the programme and train the designated staff, teachers or youth workers in the content.
• Work closely with the designated staff to co-deliver the 7 one-hour workshops.
• Mentor throughout delivery period, providing teachers and youth workers with the support they need to deliver it on their own.
• Ensure that the necessary monitoring, evaluation and mechanisms are adhered to.
• Delivery of training will occur across Scotland, and each facilitator will be assigned a geographical area, and may from time-to-time deliver sessions to cover for other facilitators.
• This post is subject to a satisfactory PVG Disclosure Scotland check for regulated work with children.

About You

• You have experience in delivering training, preferably to young people inside a school, college, or community setting.
• You are a confident communicator with excellent verbal and written skills.
• You have experience of training other professionals from different backgrounds.
• You have experience of working with young people affected by mental illness.
• You have experience of project implementation, ongoing delivery, managing resources and evaluation.
• You have experience of forging and managing relationships with a range of stakeholders.
• You have the ability to work in an autonomous manner and be flexible.
• You have good IT skills, including competent use of Microsoft Office and online training platforms.

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 Veterans team are looking for a part time Unforgotten Forces Coordinator to:

• To lead and co-ordinate the Unforgotten Forces (UF) consortium, including managing the Scottish Government grant to the consortium.

• Coordinate the work of the Veterans Team.

• To facilitate engagement of relevant Age Scotland departments in the activities of the Unforgotten Forces consortium.

• Be responsible for project monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.

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 in an effort 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.

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

This role is responsible for coordinating service delivery for The Bike Station in the Edinburgh branch. Supported by the Senior Management team, you will ensure the successful day to day delivery of The Bike Station activity including: information management regarding the refurbishment, reuse and recycling of donated bikes; supporting activities to enable the effective sale of bikes both in our branches and online; coordination and administration of skills development and communities activities.