Resilient Renters is a Southside Community Centre Association SCIO initiative, funded by Safe Deposits Scotland Charitable Trust.

We are seeking a sessional worker to deliver our new Resilient Renters information sessions.

The sessional worker shall work with us to develop and deliver a new training session, of up to two hours, which shall be delivered weekly over the next year. The training session should educate those renting in the private rented sector of their rights and responsibilities. The sessions are intended to empower tenants in order that they may protect themselves and their interests.

Whilst the sessions provide advice and guidance, they are not intended to provide specific case advice although participants will be signposted to a variety of specialist housing advice providers such as Citizens Advice.

• Experience: The worker should be suitably experienced in providing advice, delivering training & information sessions and have an appropriate knowledge in tenancy rights & responsibilities.
• Pay: £30 per hour for four hours per week, for up to fifty two weeks. Ideally you will be self employed however, we would be happy to employ you directly if that suits you better.
• Time: Each session will take up to three hours, 30 minutes set up, up to two hours delivery and 30 minutes take down. One hour per week of admin time can be worked whenever suits the worker.
• Location: Southside Community Centre, 117 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9ER. Room 2 shall be used which has a large screen tv for connecting a laptop, seating for around fifteen which can be set up in various ways and room for tea & biscuits!
• When: Through negotiation. Predominantly weekends but a variety of morning, mid day and afternoon times. Occasional weekday sessions if possible. We’d also like to build in an occasional online session.
• Design and building: This will be a joint effort with the worker and our Chief Executive, ten hours of paid time is available for design and build, though additional funding can be found if required.

Do you want to work with a leading advocacy charity organisation supporting those in need?

Do you have experience of working or volunteering in welfare, support or health and social care and are looking for a new challenge?

Are you keen to make a difference to people who want to be heard?

Then come and join us here at VoiceAbility.

We are looking for a new Advocate to join our team in the Fife area. We are seeking applicants who have transferable skills, a willingness to learn and a desire to help those in need of support.

About us

VoiceAbility is an independent charity and one of the UK’s largest providers of advocacy and involvement services. We deliver a wide range of service contracts funded by local authorities, health trusts and other voluntary and private sector organisations.

We’ve been supporting people to have their say in decisions about their health, care, and wellbeing for over 40 years. We make sure people are heard when it matters most. For more information on what Advocacy is and the services offered then please visit our website.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for Advocates to join and shape this service covering Fife. Your role will require you to travel to locations such as clients’ homes, hospitals, care homes and within community settings across the area to meet with clients and professionals. You will be home based for administration; therefore, access to your own transportation and a suitable home internet connection is essential.

About you

Desirably you will have some experience of working in advocacy, or providing welfare, supporting, or caring for Adults who have support needs, ideally for those with a variety of communication needs, mental ill health, physical health issues, or barriers to accessing support.

You should have worked or volunteered in health, social care, welfare, support services, education or young person’s services, or advice and guidance.

How will you make a difference?

You will be responsible for ensuring the individual’s wishes, feelings, beliefs, needs, and values are met to create positive outcomes for the people you support.

You will support people to speak up for themselves and grow in confidence, equip them to understand and exercise their rights and options, and will assist them in the decision-making process relating to their care, treatment, and support.

You will work resourcefully and collaboratively with the individuals you support. You’ll be creative in your approach to empower our clients by ensuring you meaningfully explain people’s options and rights to them. You’ll support individuals to fully participate in decisions affecting them and will make sure they have their voices heard.

Professional Development?

You will have plenty of opportunities to enhance your professional abilities and you will make a real difference every day. Advocates are expected to be willing to gain, or to already hold, qualifications in Independent Advocacy with disciplines suitable for the role they work in.

Benefits:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• 5% employer pension & 3% employee contribution
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Separate Life Assurance Cover
• Staff discount scheme including retail discounts, entertainment, holidays etc
• Discounted Gym Membership; Employee Assistance programme
• Supportive working environment fostering a good work/life balance
• Support with continuous professional development

Equality and Diversity

VoiceAbility believes in fostering an inclusive workplace which welcomes, values and celebrates the diversity of its staff and partners, treats all on a basis of equality and encourages all to meet their maximum potential.

VoiceAbility are a Disability Confident employer, any applicant that identifies themselves as having a disability and can demonstrate that they meet all the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview. If you need to apply in a different way, please contact HR for further options.

Are you interested in being part of a small team in an organisation that plays a vital role in the democratic process?

We are looking for a person to join our team who will play a key role in supporting the Electoral Commission's work in Scotland during an exciting time for Scottish democracy. You will be a good communicator who can respond quickly to a range of queries from our stakeholders. You will enjoy supporting the rest of the team and thrive on carrying out a variety of tasks.

Who we are

The Electoral Commission is the independent body which oversees elections and regulates political finance in the UK. We work to promote public confidence in the democratic process and ensure its integrity.

We oversee all areas of work relating to electoral events that take place in Scotland. This includes the annual household canvass of electors, elections to the Scottish Parliament and local government elections along with elections to the UK Parliament.

We work closely with a wide range of stakeholders including the Scottish and UK governments, local authorities, partner organisations and political parties. We focus on the issues that affect Scotland and ensure that views of these stakeholders are represented in our work.

Who we are looking for

You will be proactive and enthusiastic about working with stakeholders and delivering outcomes to meet our objectives.

You will also be self-motivated to progress your own projects and responsibilities, and a team player who is happy to support the work of others and contribute across the organisation.

We are looking for a candidate who is engaged and effective and who will keep others informed about their area of work.

Experience of elections would be useful; however, we will also accept applications which exhibit relevant transferable skills and experience.

The role

As a Scotland Support Officer, you will play a key role in supporting all areas of the Commission’s work in Scotland. Some of your responsibilities will be to:

• Provide first line advice and guidance to elections staff, political parties, candidates and agents and non-party campaigners in Scotland.
• Support the team with maintaining stakeholder relationships between the Scotland office and key partners including schools, youth groups, civil society organisations and local authorities.
• Support with the development of education materials and voter engagement resources in line with the learning and partnership strategies.
• Utilise different channels to communicate our work to key stakeholders including social media.
• Provide secretariat support to meetings with external stakeholders.

Working at the Electoral Commission

The Electoral Commission offers excellent terms and conditions, including flexible working hours, and the opportunity to join the Civil Service pension arrangements (dependent on scheme rules) which include a valuable range of benefits.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people who are passionate about democracy. The more diverse our workforce, the better we can adapt to and reflect the needs of society. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and as a staff member, you will become part of an inclusive culture, where you will have the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through learning and development.

Are you passionate about leading and supporting staff?

Do you want to play a key role in making a difference to the lives of people affected by gambling in Scotland?

If this sounds like you, this is a great opportunity to join GamCare as we expand the reach of our services in Scotland.

About Us

Founded in 1997, GamCare is the leading provider of information, advice and support for anyone affected by gambling. We operate the National Gambling Helpline, provide direct support for anyone who is affected by gambling, create awareness about safer gambling and support pathways, and encourage an effective approach to safer gambling within the gambling industry.

The role

As Team Leader you will be responsible for assisting in the delivery of an effective and responsive service across Scotland that supports people who are impacted by gambling.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading a team of Gambling Support Practitioners who provide safe and effective interventions to support those affected by gambling
• Managing Gambling Support Practitioners for their performance improvement and professional development
• Assisting the Service Manager with strategic decision making based on operational understanding of service development needs
• Using service data to monitor, improve and develop the service
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to enhance and improve service delivery
• Growing and developing the reach and impact of the service across a wide range of external stakeholders and communities

The role requires flexibility in working hours and location. You will need to be able to travel to a number of locations and to attend meetings outside normal working hours.

About You

You will have strong leadership and people management abilities and be someone who takes pleasure from being a compassionate leader and supporting individuals in their professional development.

You will have a keen determination to grow, develop and continually improve the service for those in need of our support, bringing the team with you to harness the collective strengths and talents of individuals.

Excellent communication skills and the ability to build and maintain relationships are equally important.

Benefits you can enjoy

• 33 days basic annual leave entitlement per annum (pro-rated for part-time colleagues) including bank holidays which increases with service
• A generous Pension Scheme - we contribute 6% and you contribute 2%
• Discretionary company sick pay from day one of service
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24-hour support

This role involves working in collaboration with leading mental health organisations in Scotland, develop and deliver a programme of suicide prevention tailored for the farming community in Scotland.

The new position, being delivered in partnership with SAMH (Scottish Action for Mental Health), will see RSABI benefit for the first time from a full-time member of staff focused on crucial suicide prevention work in Scottish agriculture.

As well as working long hours, the isolation of modern farming and lack of social contact, along with the impact of the increased cost of living, are factors which can have a major impact on the mental wellbeing of people in farming.

The aim is to maximise the opportunity for partnership working and collaboration with specialist organisations involved in suicide prevention.

One priority will be to improve understanding of suicide in Scotland’s farming and crofting communities and increase awareness of the ways everyone can play a part in suicide prevention.

The new role is set to add to a range of mental health initiatives RSABI is delivering to help provide emotional support to people in Scottish agriculture, which sadly has a poor track record in terms of mental health and suicide.

In the past two years RSABI has delivered mental health first aid training, working with former Royal Marines at IED Training Solutions, to over 700 people working in the frontline of Scottish agriculture, to educate them on what to say and do when someone is struggling.

The charity also works very closely with the Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs (SAYFC) and has started an ambitious programme of Suicide Prevention training this summer with young farmers, working with Papyrus, a charity which specialises in suicide prevention in young people.

RSABI has also seen demand for is free counselling services increase significantly, with over 1000 free counselling sessions provided to people in Scottish agriculture in the past year.

The fact that farmers are often reluctant to seek help from a health professional at an early stage can also contribute to mental and physical problems. To help tackle this, and encourage farmers to seek professional advice, RSABI is rolling out a Health Hut initiative with a dedicated team of nurses and doctors setting up health huts in auction marts and at agricultural shows throughout the country.

A wellbeing app – Thrive Wellbeing – is also provided free of charge by RSABI, following a successful pilot programme.

About Scottish Drugs Forum:

Established in 1986, Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF) is the national, membership-based charity committed to improving Scotland's approach to drug-related issues.

We influence this through our work by striving for compassionate, inclusive, evidence-informed policy and practice

We are pleased to be recruiting a Digital Support Officer for our Local Support Team

Are you a creative individual with a passion for supporting grassroots organisations?

About the Local Support Team:

SDF’s Local Support Team (LST) provide enhanced support to small and medium sized grassroot organisations whose aim is to reduce harm to people who use drugs, people in recovery and their families.

With over 35 years' experience in both frontline service provision and national policy development, the team understand the challenges grassroot organisations face. From the pressure to generate income, ensuring high quality service provision to fostering a psychologically safe working environment for staff.

About the role:

As part of our team, you will provide developmental and capacity building support to grassroot organisations. Growing an online presence is vital for future delivery and financial sustainability of grassroots. Most have limited digital exposure due to the prioritisation of project delivery with limited resources and increasing competition for grant funding.

We would like to hear from you if you are a highly creative individual who has a great understanding of digital needs, social media, content creation along with fundraising knowledge and want to help the Local Support Team increase the range of support available to grassroot organisations.

Benefits of working at SDF:

As an SDF employee you will benefit from generous annual leave entitlement, a range of learning and development opportunities, competitive pension contribution, and an employee support and counselling service. SDF encourage a healthy work life balance and offer a flexible working scheme and a range of wellbeing initiatives.

Our ambition is to work together to promote a more inclusive environment, which attracts all candidates and signals our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity.

SDF as an organisation mainly work from home. It is envisaged this post will have some in person work and will require travel throughout Scotland and an ability to attend work in our head office based in Glasgow as required. Candidates should be willing and able to work effectively from home.

Please contact louiseb@sdf.org.uk for a discussion about this role.

About ACOSVO

Established in 2000, ACOSVO is a growing membership organisation of 750+ voluntary sector Chief Executives, Senior Leaders and Chairs across Scotland. Our vision is that voluntary sector leadership in Scotland is influential, resilient, and trusted.

ACOSVO holds a unique position being the only organisation of its kind in Scotland with its members comprising of the key decision and change makers in the sector.

By offering a wide range of services, networks, personal and professional development opportunities, and relevant member benefits we’re here for voluntary sector leaders at every stage of their leadership journey.

Through engagement with members and partners ACOSVO has created a new Strategy for 2024-2029 with a new vision, aims, objectives and importantly a new suite of values that will underpin delivery.

We are dynamic and committed to strive every day to do better for our membership. We do this by supporting and challenging each other, engaging with our members, and prioritising learning. We have a culture that enables us to deliver at our best and our values are very important to us.

Further information about ACOSVO and our new Strategy can be found at acosvo.org.uk

About the Role

ACOSVO is a small team with big aspirations and it is a very exciting time to join our team. As Finance and Governance Assistant you will be responsible for supporting the effective management of the organisations finances including banking, invoicing, reconciliation and supporting the preparation of annual accounts. You will be responsible for undertaking administration to support our governance including Board minutes as well as membership and HR administration. As Finance and Governance Assistant you will have finance administration experience, be highly organised an have experience of using finance software.

This is a permanent position, working 18 hours per week.

Additional benefits include 25 days annual leave plus 11 public holidays pro rata, pension scheme (employer contribution of up to 6%), and death in service at 1 x salary.

The working location for this role is hybrid working from home or our workspace at Greyfriars Charteris Centre, 138 – 140 Pleasance, Edinburgh, EH8 9RR. There will be a requirement to work at other locations in Scotland and these times will be arranged in advance.

We are happy to talk about flexible working such as location and when the hours are worked over Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday between our core hours of 8am and 6pm.

Please note that this role is not suitable as a job share.

Reports to: Finance Manager

Position within Structure: Team Member

Travel Requirements: Occasionally throughout Scotland, rarely UK travel

Ecas is looking for a part-time (17.5 hours per week) Befriending Assistant to join our small office team. The successful candidate will assist the Befriending Manager to develop and deliver the Befriending Service for adults with a physical disability living in Edinburgh.

About us

Ecas is an Edinburgh based charity and was established over a hundred years ago. The charity works to improve the quality of life of physically disabled people in the Edinburgh and Lothians area: promoting equality, choice and participation through our activities, befriending service and grants.

The Befriending Service commenced in October 2007 and has a well-established number of ‘matches’. The service has a different approach to the more traditional schemes and started in response to the increasing number of people with physical disabilities becoming isolated and lonely. Isolated people with a physical disability may be in their own homes, in assisted housing, in accommodation provided by a housing association or even in residential homes.

Ecas has approached the befriending service in two connected ways:

• by recruiting, training and vetting volunteers to meet befriendees in person.
• by facilitating visits between isolated physically disabled people who are already friends or family and who would otherwise find it difficult to meet.

The Befriending Assistant will, in support of the Befriending Manager, work with other organisations to recruit both volunteers and those who need the service. To provide a manageable geographic area the service operates only in Edinburgh, but with the flexibility to involve volunteers and clients from out with that area in exceptional circumstances.

Citizens Advice Scotland runs a series of national specialist services as projects which require centralised project support. You will work as an integral part of the national projects team, with your primary role being the management of relationships between our project teams and the senior management of advice bureaux across the country through proactive engagement, communication, planning and reporting with participating member organisations of Citizens Advice Scotland.

As the Project Engagement Officer, you will ensure regular collaborative communication with both external and internal stakeholders on matters relating to service delivery and reporting, service development and changes, new projects and related implementation. You will foster a member-focused culture, and support colleagues to communicate and engage members effectively on related matters.

This role offers you the opportunity to work at the heart of supporting Scotland's largest independent advice network and to make an invaluable contribution to citizen’s lives.

This role offers you the opportunity to work at the heart of supporting Scotland's largest independent advice network and to make an invaluable contribution to citizen’s lives.

Employee benefits

Citizens Advice Scotland offers excellent terms and conditions. We want our people to have a great work life balance and we have designed our working practices and benefits to support this. Here are some of things our employees benefit from: a 35-hour full time working week, 40 days annual leave, genuine flexibility in working hours with a flexi-time system, and hybrid working opportunities for every role.

Citizens Advice Scotland is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies and flexible working arrangements to support all our staff. We are also committed to equality of opportunity for all and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

CAS provides options for hybrid working to allow employees to balance their time attending the office with time working from home. The number of days you will be able to work from home each week will be dependent on your job role and can be discussed as part of the recruitment process.

Working under the direction of our Team leader, Youth Workers are key to ensuring the successful delivery of our provision for young people. The role will include the development and delivery of specific youth work projects and programmes delivered in accordance with the policies and procedures of the organisation, helping young people to develop personally, socially, and educationally. The role will include providing support to vulnerable and at-risk service users. Also responding to their needs, encouraging, and enabling achievement, self-expression, positivity, confidence, and the development of self-esteem based on equality and respect for each other