Light Up Learning (LUL) is a registered Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation providing one-to-one mentoring for high school students in Edinburgh and the Lothians to help them ignite a love for learning. As we rapidly expand the size of our organisation, we now have a vacancy for a Development Manager to support the growth and delivery of our service.

The Development Manager role will support the growing administrative workload at Light Up Learning created by our expanding network of schools and will assist the Head of Mentoring and Operations in the day-to-day running of the organisation. The Development Manager will also play a key role in our grant management and fundraising, as well as assisting with our ongoing evaluation processes and support our expansion into new schools.

The Development Manager will have four key areas of responsibility:

● Administration: Supporting with the day-to-day administration of the organisation as well as managing and maintaining records of our service take up and evaluation.

● Fundraising: Supporting with fundraising efforts and grant management, including maintaining records, communicating with funders, gathering information for funding bids and monitoring targets.

● Development: Working with the wider Light Up Learning team to achieve our long-term strategy by providing support with events, networking, recruitment and assisting with communication to new partner schools.

● Financial: Assisting with the financial management of the organisation including supporting our processes for invoices and expense claims and providing information for our annual accounts and budget.

For full details of the job description and person specification, please refer to the application pack attached.

An opportunity has arisen to join Access to Industry’s project encouraging people into work in the data sector. You will be a self-starter and be creative to engage and support eligible clients across Edinburgh. Your role will include developing confidence and skills to progress into continued learning & employment and/or increase in-work prospects. You won’t necessarily know about the data sector or have those skills yourself, but you will have an interest and see the opportunities the sector can provide to clients.

Due to programme expansion, there is an exciting opportunity to bring outdoor learning and play to the heart of communities: encouraging, supporting, and motivating children and young people to gain the life skills required to thrive in the modern world.

OutLET: Play Resource is looking for someone who is passionate about supporting children and young people to succeed. You should have experience of working with young people from a wide range of backgrounds and will have an in-depth knowledge of the play work principles, Forest School ethos and trauma informed practice. The Play Ranger role position is predominantly outdoors so you must be comfortable working outdoors in all weathers.

In this role you will join a small team of outdoor practitioners who work with children and young people who need additional support in accessing and achieving in mainstream education, including care experienced children and young people and those with additional support needs.

As part of the team you will deliver outdoor learning programmes such as bushcraft, environmental programmes and nurture groups.

We are seeking a kind individual, who can be consistent in their interactions with young people. They will have excellent communication skills with both children and adults and work well in a small team.

This post will involve occasional evening and weekend work.

Essential – Driver with access to a car, PVG check.

Play Ranger Position - 35 hours per week with options of overtime.

1 year contract with possibility of extension.

Our main office is based in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire; travel across Lanarkshire and other areas will be required.

Light Up Learning (LUL) is a registered Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation providing one-to-one mentoring for high school students to help them ignite a love for learning.

We’re looking for creative, passionate, experienced Mentors to join our small, dedicated team for the next school year (starting August 2022). Reporting to the Head of Mentoring, the successful candidates will be tasked with mentoring up to 10 students (depending on availability): facilitating student-led learning by developing activities based around individual student interests and by guiding the young people as they take charge of their own learning through self-directed projects. Successful candidates will also be expected to do some related administrative tasks, take part in evaluation exercises, and contribute to community and team meetings and events. For full details of what the role entails, please refer to our application pack available to download below.

As this post involves day to day work with young people, you will be required to obtain PVG scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland if successful at interview. We will process this for you: employment will be confirmed after successful completion of this and any other necessary checks, including references.