Jobs in Leith, Edinburgh

Edinburgh Community Food (ECF) is looking for a dynamic and compassionate Food Insecurity Resource Coordinator to strengthen how local organisations and frontline workers respond to food insecurity with dignity.

This new role is part of a Scotland-wide initiative supported by the Scottish Government to improve responses to food insecurity and financial resilience. It will lead on developing and delivering engaging, practical training and resources for staff and volunteers working in community settings. You’ll work with local partners across Edinburgh, including Menu for All members, to co-design relevant content that supports people affected by poverty and financial hardship.

The role builds on our existing Cash First Toolkit and contributes to a national Learning and Resource Centre delivered in partnership with CFINE, Glasgow Community Food Network and Lanarkshire Community Food and Health Partnership.

What You’ll Do

• Inform the design of and pilot new training sessions that help organisations respond to food insecurity with dignity and confidence.
• Build relationships with local partners to align training with real needs and referral pathways.
• Create and adapt practical tools and resources based on ECF’s Cash First Toolkit.
• Promote the programme across city networks and support shared learning nationally.

Who We’re Looking For

You’ll bring experience in community development, training, or public health and a passion for equity, inclusion, and practical change. Whether your background is in health, education or the third sector, you’ll be a confident communicator who enjoys developing relationships and making an impact.

Why Join Us?

You’ll be part of a small, committed team working to make good food accessible for all. We offer a supportive and flexible working environment, with opportunities for learning and collaboration across Scotland.

Lead our work in Scotland to end poverty

Here at the Big Issue Group we have a rare and exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about fighting poverty in Scotland.

The Regional Manager role will oversee the Scotland Frontline team in engaging with more people in poverty, developing local partnerships and providing support to our vendors.

Our Frontline Team are part of The Big Issue Community Interest Company (CIC) and was set up to widen the support package we offer to our vendors and people in poverty. This is enabling us to provide not just sales support for our vendors selling the magazine but also outreach services such as wellbeing, financial, mental health and employment support.

You will be the strategic lead for the region, taking responsibility for performance against organisational KPI’s, service development, team leadership, development and motivation, vendor engagement and working with the Managing Director to ensure financial performance and that vendors, and others working with the CIC have access to the right support, opportunities and community services to move out of poverty.

You will have proven ability to think strategically both in the short and long term, leadership abilities, the ability to build and motivate high performing teams.

The role can be based in either our Glasgow or Edinburgh Office and will involve travel across the whole Scotland region.

For full details and further information about required skills and experience required please download the Job Pack via the link below.

Salary and Benefits offered:

• Salary of £39,396.11 per annum.
• Incremental holiday entitlement starting at 25 days per year plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff) plus paid leave to care for a sick child or grandchild and a sick or elderly relation
• Company Sick Pay
• Enhanced contribution to our workplace pension
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Training and development opportunities including an open learning library and management training schemes
• Health benefits include life cover, a health cash plan scheme which provides access to counselling and a range of therapies
• Please note that we reserve the right to review and amend our staff benefits and they do not form part of any contract of employment

Workplace details

The role can be based in either our Glasgow or Edinburgh Office and the will involve travel across the whole Scotland region.

Are you passionate about conservation and great at connecting with people? Maybe you’re looking for a career path where you can make a genuine impact? We are looking for a dedicated individual to join our team as Membership Recruiter and help grow our community of wildlife supporters!

In this role, you’ll engage with the public at exciting venues and events across Scotland, encouraging people to support wildlife conservation by becoming members of the Scottish Wildlife Trust.

About us:

We Are Scotland’s leading nature conservation charity, and with 1 in 9 species in Scotland at risk of extinction, our work has never been more important.

From major species and landscape restoration projects, to managing our network of wildlife reserves and campaigning for nature, we work for Scotland’s wildlife year-round.

We want to give a voice to nature, but we can’t do it without the support of our members.

This role as Membership Recruiter is critical to the success of our work, and for the future of Scotland’s wildlife and wild places.

The Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Membership Recruiter to join our team.

No day is the same for our Membership Recruiters – you will travel around varied, exciting and unique venues throughout Scotland, all within a 1 hour radius of your home base, unless otherwise arranged with your line manager. Your days will be spent managing your own membership stall, actively engaging with the public and inspiring them to become members of the Trust.

Our membership recruiters are often the first point of contact for people who are yet to learn about our work. And so, whilst the main part of this role is to recruit new members, our recruitment team also work hard to inspire the public to become as passionate about wildlife as we are. Whilst experience is desirable, we are open to meeting the right fit for our team, and this position comes with direct training, with your fuel and parking costs paid for on top of your salary and commission. You’ll also have your own vehicle provided for business use.

As a member of our recruitment team, you will:

• Actively contribute to our vision of a healthier, wilder, Scotland.
• Attend venues and events as a Membership Recruiter
• Use appropriate communication and sales techniques (with no ‘hard sell’) to encourage members of the public to join the Scottish Wildlife Trust.

The successful candidate will:

• Be an engaging communicator – you can comfortably build rapport with members of the public and colleagues.
• Be a self-starting individual who is confident with lone-working.
• Be well-organised with good administrative skills.
• Have some knowledge of conservation and wildlife in Scotland.
• Hold experience in a customer-facing role such as Direct or Field Sales or Customer Service with experience of working to targets.
• Have the flexibility to work weekends.
• Be comfortable with working outdoors and independently.
• Have a full UK driving licence – there is no requirement to have your own vehicle.

For 60 years, the Scottish Wildlife Trust has worked with its members, partners and supporters in pursuit of its vision of healthy, resilient ecosystems across Scotland’s land and seas. The Trust successfully champions the cause of wildlife through policy and campaigning work, demonstrates best practice through practical conservation and innovative partnerships, and inspires people to take positive action through its education and engagement activities. It also manages a network of over 100 wildlife reserves across Scotland and is a member of the UK-wide Wildlife Trusts movement.

The Role:

As a member of our Policy team, you will help to develop Trust policy positions, particularly looking at specific species and land management practices which will deliver multiple nature-based solutions across our topic and project areas (such as Living Landscapes, Riverwoods and the rainforest zone) and the wider landscape. We will also use these polices to influence the development of Scottish Government policies on issues such as species conflict, translocation and reintroduction and wildlife and habitat management.

This role would be ideal for someone looking for a route to build experience in the conservation sector or for someone with experience looking to flexibly reengage with the sector.

This will be a 9-month fixed term role as a maternity cover for the current post holder.

The candidate will ideally...

• Be passionate and knowledgeable about Scotland’s species and habitats
• Be able to understand and communicate the nature-based solutions that we can derive from species specific interventions.
• Have a knowledge of the policy and political landscape and be keen to produce outputs which will positively influence this for the benefit of nature

What we offer:

• Salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle to Work & Pension schemes
• We have always been hugely flexible in our approach to how you wish to work and continue to offer a flexible approach
• One Wellness Hour per week
• Enhanced Pension rate upon completion of probation
• Sick Pay Allowance
• Enhanced Maternity/ Paternity Leave
• Training and Development

If you would like more information, please email recruitment@scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk

The Trust is a passionate employer, proactive about creating a culture of diversity and inclusive workplace that promotes and values equal opportunities for all. We welcome individuals from all networks of life, backgrounds, and experiences.

Change Mental Health is a leading national mental health charity providing unique support to people with severe and enduring mental ill health. With over 50 years’ experience across Scotland, we believe people affected by poor mental health and illness deserve the highest quality of support in the community and that every person has the right to be valued and to share in the opportunities, challenges, and joys of everyday life.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, and dynamic Café Manager to lead Edinburgh’s first coffee shop where 100% of profits provide mental health support across Scotland, Hopetown Coffee.

This is an exciting role that will play a key role in establishing Hopetown Coffee as one of the go-to establishments within Edinburgh’s coffee scene along with bringing business acumen to inspire projects and initiatives that help boost income. This is a hands-on job, we are looking for someone who can operate a café machine like it is second nature as well as being a good team leader. The postholder will be tech-savvy, able to multi-task, has great management skills, and is able to inspire and motivate a small team of exceptional staff.

The Café Manager is a pivotal role within our Development Team and is a unique opportunity to work within the Charity sector where you will create an uplifting, non-stigmatising café that will be known for great coffee, and awareness raising of mental health and mental illness, and is a dynamic space where everyone is welcome.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the day-to-day operations of the café
• Enhance and achieve sales and guest review targets
• Quality control of food and drinks, ensuring that each item served to a customer is of the highest quality
• Ensure the business runs at net zero and where appropriate work with other social enterprise businesses within the community
• Bring fresh ideas to the business through revolving menus, deals, events
• Ensure the highest standards of Health & Safety are always maintained
• Ensure all aspects of Health and Security, fire, and emergency procedures are established and maintained
• Ordering and stock management and rotation
• Line manage and develop your team to their full potential, manage rotas, and lead on staff recruitment
• Contribute to the sales and marketing strategy for the business including the day-today management of social media platforms

Essential Criteria:

• Barista Experience (1 year)
• Hospitality Management Experience (1 year)
• Align with the values of Change Mental Health

Benefits

• 24/7 access to an award-winning Employee Assistance Programme providing free legal, financial, and medical advice as well as support with life’s challenges.
• A 35-hour working week, enhanced sick pay & season ticket loan.
• A great work life balance with flexible and blended working environment.
• Access to purchase a Blue Light Discount Card
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Enhanced sick pay and leave entitlements.
• Generous 37 days’ holiday.
• Paid Mental Wellbeing days.
• Professional development including funded opportunities.

About Edinburgh Cat Protection League (ECPL)

The ECPL is a small independent registered Scottish charity established nearly 80 years ago. Our cat shelter premises and office are based in the Leith area of Edinburgh. The sole purpose of the charity is to provide care, comfort, shelter and veterinary attention to stray and unwanted cats and kittens and we undertake to re-home these cats to the most suitable owners. In providing a re-homing service, the charity undertakes, through its staff, to educate intended pet owners on the care and maintenance of cats. The ECPL is currently engaged in a comprehensive constitutional and governance review and is in the process of restructuring as a CLG (Company Limited by Guarantee) with charitable status.

Recruitment of new Trustees

Role

We are currently seeking to recruit at least 3 new trustees to help strengthen and inspire the existing board with new ideas and goals at this exciting time of change and restructuring for the ECPL. The new trustees will bring their individual expertise to help shape the charity going forward, setting overall policy, providing strategic guidance and financial oversight and ensuring compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements.

Who are we looking for?

First and foremost we are looking for applicants with a love of cats, a genuine interest in their welfare and a commitment and enthusiasm to be part of the charity going forward.

In addition we would particularly value individuals with skills and experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Veterinary medicine
• Financial/accounting/budgeting
• HR
• Investment management
• Property management

Commitment

You will be asked to commit to attending a minimum of 4 board meetings each year with at least 2 in person meetings in addition to the AGM. Initially it is intended the meetings will be in person with the option to join some meetings virtually once the new board is established and the new structure of the charity is complete. Meetings are arranged in advance to suit diaries. The roles are voluntary although reasonable public transport travel expenses will be reimbursed as necessary.

We are currently looking to recruit support workers to join our small team within Inclusion Alliance. The role involves supporting people with learning disabilities to be included in the community and lead an ordinary life. Your work would involve helping people to access educational, social, leisure and work or volunteering opportunities in the community.

No experience or formal qualifications are necessary for the role although a caring nature, positive attitude and a sense of fun are important characteristics to have. New staff will receive paid training and undertake shadow shifts with experienced staff members during induction. We want new staff to feel ready and able to work prior to working on their own for the first time.

We have various vacancies available including part time and relief/casual positions in various locations throughout Edinburgh.

• Working hours are based between the hours of 8am and 5pm Monday to Friday
• We have various permanent and casual vacancies available.
• Relief/ Casual pay rate- £12 per hour

Candidates must be caring, motivated and have excellent communication skills whilst being committed to working in a person-centred way ensuring that support is built around the supported person’s wishes and needs.

Benefits include

• Employer contributory pension scheme
• Funded SVQ 3 qualification and learning opportunity
• Paid annual leave entitlement
• Regular paid supervision sessions
• Regular paid training and development opportunities
• Daytime Monday to Friday working
• Working for a well-established small organisation where person centred values are at the core.
• Free 24/7 access to employee support app