Looking for an opportunity to work for a flexible and family friendly organisation with good pay and conditions?

SCVO is the membership organisation for the voluntary sector in Scotland and we take pride in being a good employer. Our staff can work a blend of office and home working and flexible working requests are a ‘day one right’.

We are seeking an experienced Technical Support Engineer to join our dynamic IT team. Your role is crucial in ensuring smooth operation of systems and applications, providing comprehensive assistance across networks, servers, cloud, desktops, and more. You'll also support our Managed IT service for the voluntary sector, delivering support remotely and on-site to our partners.

Your expertise and strong communication skills will be crucial in delivering technical assistance while maintaining a customer-focused approach that aligns with our values and service standards.

Join us and be part of a team committed to making a difference in the IT landscape of the voluntary sector.

We strive for a fair and transparent interview process; if you are successful and selected for interview, we will share our interview questions with you at least 3 days before the interview date.

About Space

Space @ the Broomhouse Hub is a community anchor organisation supporting people and their families in South Edinburgh, with some of our services stretching citywide.

At Space we see a future where communities thrive, where people belong and lead fulfilling lives. We believe that connections build communities

We deliver 17 projects, with 70 staff and over 250 volunteers. We deliver diverse services supporting young people, families and older people,

For more information about Space and all our projects can be found on our website – spacescot.org

The Role

Space are seeking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic Project Worker to join our expanding Youth Befriending Team as we increase our service, which currently covers South West Edinburgh, to take in the whole of the city.

The Project Worker will join our existing team of three staff who coordinate our volunteer based befriending service for young people aged 5-16 years who are affected by parental drug and/or alcohol use. Matches between volunteer befrienders and the young person last for a minimum of 12 months.

Key tasks in this role include:

• Managing a caseload of volunteer befriender and befriendee matches.
• Recruiting, training and supervising volunteer befrienders.
• Identifying interests and personal attributes in befrienders and befriendees to create appropriate and fulfilling matches.
• Supporting befrienders to plan activities the child/young person would benefit from to help them engage in additional opportunities and connect to suitable networks in their local area.
• Plan and attend group activities for children/young people and volunteers.
• Record appropriate information gained through assessment, monitoring and review in order to provide quantitative and qualitative data about the service.
• Provide On Call telephone support for befrienders/befriendees, being part of a rota schedule for evening and weekend cover.

The successful person will have a minimum of two years’ experience working directly with vulnerable children, young people or families.

They will have a sound understanding of the needs and challenges faced by families effected by drug and/or alcohol use.

They will be educated to HNC level in Youth Work, Community Education, Child Care or another topic relevant and beneficial to this role.

*This role requires a degree of flexibility around hours of work. This role will involve being On Call until 8.30pm some weekday evenings (approx. 6 per month) and some Saturdays (approx. 1 in 4).

If you would like to discuss any areas of the role prior to applying please contact youthbefriending@spacescot.org

SCOREscotland is based in South West Edinburgh. Our mission and purpose for existence is to work in partnership with others to address the causes and effects of racism and to promote race equality and break down barriers to the full participation of local black and minority ethnic communities in all aspects of civic life. As a small organisation we offer the benefits of working in a team that is committed to making a difference to the people that we work with.

We are currently looking to recruit a Youth and Children’s Development Officer. The purpose of the job is to develop purposeful links with South West Edinburgh based black and minority ethnic (BME) children and young people (7 - 17 years) increasing opportunities for C&YP to have positive experiences; locally, city-wide and nationally in order to reduce isolation, disadvantage and the achievement gap experienced by many children living in Wester Hailes and surrounding areas.

The post is part-time (28 hours per week) and is contracted to 31 March 2027. You will be enthusiastic and motivated individual who will contribute to the development of our work with children and young people.