Jobs in Southside & Newington, Edinburgh

Edinburgh University Students' Association is looking to recruit a Commercial Marketing Manager to join our Marketing & Communications team.

Edinburgh University Students’ Association is an award-winning organisation, which exists to provide diverse services, representation, and welfare support to the community of over 49,500 students at the University of Edinburgh. By providing opportunities, helping to create change and offering support, we're here to help students get the most out of their time in Edinburgh. We have five venues around the University of Edinburgh campus – Teviot, King’s Buildings House, Potterrow, the Pleasance and Edinburgh College of Art’s Wee Red Bar – which house our offices, cafés, bars, clubs, spaces for students to meet, study and socialise. These spaces transform into some of the most well loved Edinburgh Festival Fringe venues throughout the month of August each year.

We are a registered charity and all of the income we generate from our commercial activity goes back in to supporting our members. We’re also an organisation with a strategic commitment to support and empower all our staff, and have some exciting plans for the future. Plus, over 90% of our staff would recommend the Students' Association as a place to work. There's never been a better time to apply and join our organisation.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. Edinburgh University Students’ Association is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

We are seeking a talented and experienced Commercial Marketing Manager to strengthen our marketing team and support the delivery of wider organisational marketing activity. This role will lead the delivery of insight-driven campaigns that support revenue growth and audience engagement, with responsibility for planning and executing a programme of targeted campaigns and promotions across venues, events, food and beverage, and venue hire activity.

Working in close partnership with internal teams and external stakeholders, you will translate commercial priorities into effective marketing activity, ensuring alignment with wider organisational objectives and brand positioning. You will play a key role in driving performance through data-led decision-making, contributing to increased footfall, engagement, and commercial outcomes. This role offers the opportunity to deliver marketing that makes a clear and measurable impact on commercial performance.

Benefits package:

• 35 days per year holiday entitlement
• Company pension with 14.5% employer contribution
• Enhanced company sick pay, leave and loan policies
• Hybrid working - up to 40% working from home per week
• A comprehensive package of support via our Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to money saving discounts from hundreds of retailers via our Pluxee Discounts Hub
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounts on food and drink across our venues

Charity Leadership Scotland is the membership organisation for Scotland’s voluntary sector leaders. We support leaders to be influential, resilient and trusted, ensuring the sector can make its full contribution to Scotland’s future.

Our work focuses on three core aims:

• Voice – advocate with, and for, voluntary sector leaders
• Challenge – equip leaders to have the difficult conversations that drive change
• Change – support innovation for a fair, inclusive, diverse and sustainable Scotland

We are a values-driven team. Our people are courageous, authentic, open to challenge, collaborative, and inclusive.

The Role

We are seeking a Finance Executive to ensure the smooth running of Charity Leadership Scotland’s financial operations. You will work closely with the Head of Operations, maintaining accurate financial records, supporting reporting and compliance, and contributing to improvements in our systems and processes.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys hands-on finance work combined with process improvement in a collaborative environment.

About You

We are looking for someone who is accurate, proactive, and solutions-focused with experience in financial administration or finance roles. Please see the job description for the essential criteria for the role.

Why Join Us?

You will be part of a supportive, values-driven team making a real difference across Scotland’s voluntary sector. This is an opportunity to combine financial expertise with organisational impact, working on processes that improve efficiency and strengthen governance.

Care and Repair Edinburgh is an independent charity offering a range of practical services to help older people and those living with disabilities in Edinburgh to repair, improve or adapt their homes so that they can live safely and independently for as long as possible.

We have been serving Edinburgh’s older and disabled residents since 1985 and complete over 5,000 jobs every year in homes across the city. Our services include minor and major home adaptations to improve accessibility, comfort and energy efficiency as well as a handyperson service that uses volunteers to complete DIY services and help with technology in the home.

Care and Repair Edinburgh (CRE) aim to deliver the highest quality for our clients, so you will be required to show enthusiasm for standards and best practice, demonstrate patience and empathy with older people and understand the impact of loneliness and isolation.

We are looking for an Administrator to join our team, where you’ll be required to provide all aspects of quality administrative support to CRE employees, ensuring effective and efficient service delivery, as well as providing administrative support to the Senior Administrator, Operations Manager and Director of CRE.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

• Salary: £27,278 per annum
• Pension: 4% employer contribution. Employees may opt out of this contractual enrolment at any time by notifying the Operations Manager.
• Annual Leave: 25 days per year, plus 12 public holidays, of which 3 are fixed statutory days to be taken on the following public holidays: January 1, and December 25-26. Up to one working week of annual leave may be carried over each year. Pro-rata for part-time employees.
• Hours: Normal working hours are 0900-1700hrs Mon-Fri with 60 minutes for lunch.
• Sick Leave: Sick pay relates to length of service. Further details available on request.
• Eligibility to work: Successful candidates will be required to produce proof of their eligibility to work in the UK.
• Probation: 6 months
• Notice: Notice period 4 weeks

We have heard from our service users that they would like opportunities to support each other during the ongoing cost of living crisis. In response we have sought and obtained funding to create this new post to do just that.

This is a fixed term part time (18 hours per week) post, until 31 March 2029, which is funded by The National Lottery Fairer Life Chances Fund.

Working closely with our Chief Executive and our Welfare Rights and Debit Advisor you shall lead on this exciting area of work delivering our peer support programme and our Cost of Living Champions programme, and will have the opportunity to get involved with our other cost of living supports such as our community pantry.

About Waverley Care

Waverley Care is Scotland’s leading HIV and hepatitis C charity. Guided by the voices and experiences of the people we support, our work helps shape vital services and influences national policy on sexual health and blood-borne viruses.

Our vision is a Scotland where everyone living with, or at risk of, HIV and hepatitis C is treated with dignity, acceptance, and respect. Through our services, we create safe spaces where people can connect, share experiences, and build confidence. We work to end isolation and support people affected by HIV or hepatitis C to live well. You can find out more about the work we do at our website: waverleycare.org

Role

As a Fringe Volunteer Coordinator, you will provide a key role in our festival activities, working with and supporting volunteers, liaising with performers and festival colleagues, and leading our on-site bucket collections.

Full training to succeed in the role will be provided and flexibility will be required. You’ll receive Waverley Care t-shirts and jacket to wear when working, and a Pleasance staff pass, which allows first-come first-served access to live shows which are not sold out.

Responsibilities include:

• Brief, support and supervise Waverley Care’s bucket shaking volunteers at each shift.

• Work with bucket shaking volunteers to actively collect donations from Fringe audiences.

• Motivate and inspire volunteers to grow our festival fundraising income.

• Engage performers to support our fundraising efforts through show announcements.

• Make and maintain good working relationships with Pleasance and Edinburgh University Students' Association staff and ensure that all collections are carried out in accordance with their requirements.

• Support Waverley Care’s Fringe Fundraising Coordinator with volunteer recruitment.

• Monitor stock levels at the festival and liaise with office-based staff to replenish materials.

• Ensure donations, materials and contactless donation devices are secure at all times.

• Follow Waverley Care’s and The Pleasance’s health and safety policies and procedures.

• Respect personal data and comply with Waverley Care’s data protection policies.

• Undertake any other duties, which may be reasonably required. These may be at other Fringe venues which Waverley Care has a working relationship with.

About You

You’ll be enthusiastic, reliable and adaptable. You will be confident in sharing facts about HIV, highlighting the important work of Waverley Care and explaining how the public’s donations can support this. You’ll have great organisational skills, and you’ll be keen to work as part of a busy and dedicated team. You will also have great communication skills, and you’ll be looking forward to building relationships with colleagues, volunteers, performers, venues and audience members.

You will have customer service, fundraising, volunteer management or charity experience. You may be interested in a career in the charity sector, volunteer management or festival organisation. Whatever your experience, you’ll be eager to learn new skills and information across fundraising and volunteer management.

Edinburgh Social Enterprise Network (ESEN) provides a range of networking and support services to a membership in excess of 250 social enterprises and social entrepreneurs in the city including the provision of an e-newsletter; a business support programme; regular network meetings and training events; promotion of the sector through various channels and representation of social enterprises to the public and private sector. ESEN is supported by the Scottish Government, City of Edinburgh Council and Business Gateway and is a partner in the Edinburgh Third Sector Interface. It is a small but very active organisation. You can find out more at esen.scot

Job purpose

The Member Engagement Officer is responsible for increasing membership of the Network, encouraging member engagement with network activities and identifying and addressing individual member’s support needs through awareness raising activities, outreach and signposting.

The post holder is required to work with colleagues and partners to design and deliver suitable events and activities reflecting member needs and to develop new member benefits.

You will be required to manage your own workload and liaise with and support the Chief Executive, management committee members, colleagues and other stakeholders as necessary to complete all tasks whilst working in a way that creates a positive and respectful environment for everyone.

You must be able to maintain professional standards of confidentiality and discretion in all areas of work and communicate effectively and professionally with all staff, volunteers, members, partners and stakeholders.

About Us

scottishathletics is the national governing body for athletics in Scotland. Our vision is for everyone in Scotland to have the opportunity to participate in athletics and running and to achieve their personal ambitions.

Our mission is to deliver an integrated, inclusive and adaptable model of athletics and running provision that inspires everyone in Scotland to enjoy the sport and experience personal success. Equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of the work that scottishathletics leads, and the organisation works closely with all stakeholders in athletics across Scotland, to continue improving diversity and create an inclusive culture in the sport, and to be reflective of Scottish society.

Our strategy, Building a Culture of Success (2023-2027), captures the breadth of work that scottishathletics facilitates, from supporting performance athletes on the world stage to providing opportunities for people to participate in the sport within their local community. The member clubs play a crucial role in growing and developing the sport and, along with the volunteer workforce, they are integral to the sport’s future success.

Everyone in Scotland can participate in athletics and scottishathletics strives to continuously evolve to deliver on our vision for the sport.

About You

We are looking for an empathetic, professional and highly organised individual with demonstrable experience in welfare, safeguarding or compliance.

An understanding of the role of safeguarding, welfare and well-being in sport along with a proven track record in managing concerns and investigations is vital for this role. You will have knowledge and understanding of the PVG Scheme and associate processes along with experience in handling sensitive and complex matters.

Excellent communication skills, sound judgement and the ability to build positive relationships will be essential to success in the role.

With a forward-thinking approach, you will utilise your skills and knowledge to innovate and continuously evolve support, training and processes in this fundamental area.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced and proactive Welfare and Compliance Manager to lead the delivery of safe, inclusive environments across athletics in Scotland. Reporting to the Head of Coaching and Welfare, you will act as the organisation’s primary contact for safeguarding, welfare and compliance matters. Working in close collaboration with partners such as Disclosure Scotland, Children First and UK Athletics you will oversee the ongoing development and implementation of modern and effective safeguarding and welfare practices across the organisation and wider sport.

You will be responsible for the provision of ongoing guidance, support and training for the network of Club Welfare Officers, contributing to the development of policies and procedures and ensuring compliance with the relevant legislation and standards.

This new role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact, embedding a proactive culture of safeguarding and welfare which ensures that every individual has a safe and positive experience in athletics.

Staff

scottishathletics employs 33 members of staff and 23 Club Together Officers.

Place of Work

Hybrid working. The scottishathletics office is based at Laurie Liddell Clubhouse, 42 Peffermill Road, Edinburgh, EH16 5LL. scottishathletics also has an office within the Emirates Arena, 1000 London Road, Glasgow, G40 3HG.

Salary

The starting salary offered for the post will be £33,000. Annual pay awards will be made in accordance with the salary review procedures agreed by the scottishathletics Board of Directors.

Benefits

• Enhanced statutory benefits:
• Hybrid working
• Death in Service x 2

Hours of work

The person appointed will be expected to work for 37 hours per-week. Due to the nature of the post, there may be occasions where there is a requirement to work in the evening and at weekends. The organisation encourages a flexible working approach from all staff, consistent with meeting the needs of the business.

Pension

scottishathletics operates a qualifying group pension scheme for auto-enrolment purposes and will match the successful candidates’ contribution up to a maximum of 6% of salary, including the legal minimum contributions required.

Annual Leave and Public Holidays

The annual leave entitlement for this post is 25 days (pro rata), increasing to 30 days after five years’ service. In addition, the public holiday entitlement is 10.5 days (pro rata).

Travel and Subsistence

The post holder may occasionally be required to travel to meetings within Scotland and occasionally in the UK. Travel and subsistence will be reimbursed at scottishathletics’ current rates.

Probationary Period

All new members of staff will serve a six-month probationary period before their appointment is confirmed.

Notice

This post carries a three-month period to terminate employment after the satisfactory completion of the probationary period.