Jobs in Dundee

Are you a qualified Solicitor who is passionate about standing up for people’s rights and committed to achieving positive outcomes for clients? Then join Shelter as a Solicitor and you could soon be playing a vital role at the heart of our Legal team in Scotland.

About the role

You will work exclusively within our Scottish Legal Aid Board administered Early Resolution and Advice Programme grant funded project. Our solicitors play a fundamental role in increasing access to justice for people who are at risk of losing their home across the Borders and Tayside. You will attend Courts on a weekly basis to provide expert representation to clients facing heritable court eviction and mortgage repossession actions as a result of experiencing debt issues. You will have opportunity to test the law and advance equalities defences in eviction actions. Our Project Solicitors play a crucial role in preventing homelessness across the Borders and Tayside.

Role specifics

We’re looking for a qualified solicitor with a current practising certificate from the Law Society of Scotland and experience of court or tribunal litigation.. Working collaboratively with colleagues across our Early Resolution & Advice Partnership project, you’ll provide high-quality legal advice and representation, including in the Sheriff Court, Sheriff Appeal Court and First Tier Tribunal. You’ll have excellent case management and communication skills, a strong understanding of legal analysis and interpretation, and a passion for social justice, housing rights and delivering meaningful change for people facing the housing emergency.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, 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.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About the team

Scotland needs a housing system that puts people before profit, delivers a new generation of social homes, and upholds and strengthens housing rights rather than undermining them. Shelter Scotland Housing Law Service works collaboratively with colleagues, partner organisations, and communities to deliver that change.

Our legal team prioritises tackling the root causes of the housing emergency through legal intervention and strategic litigation, that brings about systemic change. We engage in policy and campaigning on housing law and access to justice issues. The team has a strong focus on advancing equalities law and adopts a human rights-based approach in everything that we do.

About Shelter Scotland

Shelter Scotland is Scotland’s national housing and homelessness charity. Our vision is of a home for everyone in Scotland. For over 50 years, the way we drive change has remained the same. We advise and support people in housing need today and use the insight we gain to inform our campaigns to change tomorrow. We also raise professional standards for those working in Scotland’s housing and homelessness sector by offering a broad range of training courses.

Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday thousands of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.

We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.

We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter Scotland. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.

Are you enthusiastic about making a difference in young people’s lives?

Helm’s long-term vision is a Scotland where all young people dare to dream and can make those dreams a reality. Our more immediate mission is to ensure that young people in Scotland have access to the education and training that supports them to learn. Our strategy for achieving this focuses on three key activities, which we believe, will make education, training and employment accessible and achievable for all:

• Give Young People a Voice
• Remove Barriers to Learning and Employment
• Develop Education, Training and Employment Services

H.E.D.S. (HELM Employability with Dundee Schools) is a year-long programme offering a flexible, youth work–led alternative to traditional education for young people who benefit from a different approach to learning. Combining school study with supportive, relationship-based sessions at the Helm Centre, it provides personalised learning pathways tailored to each individual’s strengths, interests, and goals.

Participants can gain recognised qualifications while exploring vocational areas such as mechanics, beauty, and game development, alongside developing key life and employability skills. Ultimately, H.E.D.S. focuses on building confidence, independence, and real-world capabilities, helping young people progress toward positive destinations and a future they feel confident about.

Key responsibilities in the role include:

• Resource, prepare and deliver student training, obtaining feedback from students to assess programme effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.
• Deliver training for designated SQA Core Skills and other accredited SQA qualifications using a range of assessment methods.
• Key Worker to your own caseload of young people working effectively to support and progress them to a sustainable progression.
• Ensure set targets and outcomes are met relating to your caseload and contractual requirements in programme delivery.
• Promote the development of resilience in young people, as well as raised ambitions and life skills.
• Create an inclusive environment where the voices of young people are heard and respected.
• Work collaboratively with a range of organisations including social work, youth justice, community groups, college, employers and local voluntary organisations to support and enhance student’s ongoing personal learning and development.
• Plan and organise a range of individual or group activities (in-house/outside) to best support the needs of the young person.

What do we give you in return? We provide you with a competitive salary, 35 days annual leave (pro-rata), health benefits, a pension plan, a generous range of benefits and job satisfaction with a real opportunity to make a difference every day.

We are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all young people and use a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG Scheme checks to ensure this commitment is not compromised.

Are you passionate about youth work? Can you develop creative workshops for youth groups? Can you provide goal orientated support for young people? If so, we want to hear from you.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative person to support the delivery of our youth work services. Join our vibrant team of staff and volunteers delivering high quality youth work services supporting LGBTQ+ young people.

Based in Tayside you will:

• Develop and deliver an engaging and creative weekly youth group for LGBTQ+ young people
• Provide one to one support to LGBTQ+ young people through an asset based coaching model

This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the forefront of youth work and make a lasting, and sometimes lifesaving, impact for LGBTQ+ young people

We want to hear from you if you have:

• A strong foundation in youthwork or CLD.
• A passion for supporting young people to achieve their potential
• An understanding of LGBT identities and the key issues facing LGBTQ+ young people

“I lost my kids a few times they went to foster care and I would have gone to a place like this if I had the chance. This is badly needed. I hid my drug use and people only found out about it when I had my baby and she was in withdrawal. I loved my daughter and would have welcomed something like this.”

A mother who has been supported by Aberlour

About Aberlour’s Mother and Child Recovery House

Aberlour is proud to be working with the Scottish Government for our dedicated Mother and Child Residential Recovery House based in Dundee. Our service is designed to enable children of women with problematic substance use to stay with mothers during their recovery. Aberlour’s approach to rehabilitation aims to deliver positive outcomes for women and their children.

We support families using the Parents Under Pressure (PuP) program which combines psychological principles relating to parenting, child behaviour and parental emotion regulation within a case management model. The program is highly individualized to suit each family. Parents are given their own Parent Workbook. For many parents, this becomes a personal journal of their treatment experience. The overarching aim of the PuP program is to help parents facing adversity develop positive and secure relationships with their children. Within this strength-based approach, the family environment becomes more nurturing and less conflictual.

What we are looking for....

We are looking to recruit a Residential Support Worker (Nights) to be part of trauma responsive team delivering and implementing residential recovery support for women and their children (0-5 years) to help them reach their aspirations.

You will work an average of 35 hours per week (over two weeks) from 10pm to 8am as part of a residential rota. Week 1: 3 x 10 hour shifts (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) and Week 2: 4 x 10 hour shifts(Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday).

Ideally you will have experience of direct work with vulnerable families to support improved capacity for women and children and of working collaboratively with other professional agencies and a working knowledge of drug/alcohol use and its effects on women and children.

You should hold a relevant professional qualification at least SCQF level 7 or equivalent knowledge acquired by other means, with a willingness to obtain the required qualifications for SSSC Registration.

Individuals with Lived Experience of alcohol or drug use are strongly encouraged to apply for these positions where they will gain experience and training to enhance their knowledge and skills. People with lived experience are vital members of the team delivering this service to the women and children.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. To have a look at our values to understand more about what we are looking for from our employees click here.

What we offer...

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers. Find out more about our Employee Benefits and our commitment to Equality and Diversity here.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual with the skills and ability to lead the Mental Health and Substance Use Team. Applicants should have demonstrable management experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to provide leadership across DVVA’s Mental Health and Substance Use Service.

The successful candidate will play a central role in the leadership, development, and delivery of the service, including the management and support of staff, partnership working, service planning, performance monitoring, and reporting on outcomes and impact. They will work closely with colleagues, commissioners, and partner organisations to support effective service delivery and sustainability.

The postholder will be able to demonstrate meaningful approaches to engagement, participation, and co-production, ensuring that people with lived and living experience of mental health and substance use, alongside third sector organisations and communities, are involved in influencing how services are planned, delivered, monitored, and improved.

The role includes building effective relationships across partnerships and services, supporting accessible engagement, reducing barriers to participation, and ensuring that people’s views, experiences, and feedback inform decision-making and service development.

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and organised Finance and Business Manager to join our small team. The Finance and Business Manager will work closely with our Director of Finance and Business to ensure that finance and business systems operate efficiently and effectively.

The role is remote but there is a requirement to travel within Europe for a week each August to attend our conference. We also expect team members to travel to Dundee two or three times a year for our team meetings and a social event. Travel expenses will be paid for by AMEE.

This role line manages a full-time finance assistant.

You will be expected to:

• Lead on month-end process and produce monthly reports, management accounts, cashflow and financial analysis
• Manage monthly Payroll (externally administered)
• Prepare for review and submit quarterly VAT returns for HMRC, OSS and any European countries in which we are registered for conference purposes
• Prepare for review, annual accounts for audit and leading the audit process, including liaising with auditors to produce annual statutory accounts
• Meet regularly with budget holders, ensuring accurate and timely information is made available to them
• Provide finance training, as required, to staff and Trustees
• Liaise with external IT providers as and when required
• Perform any other duties as required by the Director of Finance and Business

This list is not exhaustive, and a comprehensive job description is appended.

Our ideal candidate will possess a recognised relevant accounting qualification such as ACCA, CIMA, ACA, CIPA. They will have previous experience, a sound knowledge and understanding of accounting packages, specifically Xero. AMEE also uses ApprovalMax and Expend and experience in these would be an advantage.

Previous experience and/or an excellent understanding of a successful finance function within a not-for-profit organisation; from basic processing to producing annual accounts and high-level reports is required and an understanding of Charity Financial Regulations is required. Candidates must also have a strong working knowledge of VAT.

All roles in AMEE require effective communication skills, both orally and in writing and as this role carries line management responsibility, a proven ability in the management of staff and support and supervision is required.