About Edinburgh Samaritans

Samaritans of Edinburgh and the Lothians is a registered Scottish charity whose vision is that fewer people die by suicide. Based in Edinburgh, our volunteers provide confidential emotional support 24/7 via phone and online chat. Our branch is run almost entirely by volunteers and we operate a successful charity shop, which is our largest regular income source.

Our Mission

• To provide 24/7 confidential emotional support for anyone struggling to cope.

• To provide people with somewhere to turn to and get support when they need it most.

• To collaborate with Samaritans Central Charity and affiliated branches to further these objectives.

Organisational Structure

• The Board of Trustees includes the Branch Director, Secretary, Treasurer, and up to eight elected trustees, all unpaid volunteers.

• The Branch Leadership Team (BLT) manages day-to-day operations.

• The Board meets at least four times a year, often more frequently.

The Treasurer Role

We are seeking to appoint a new voluntary Treasurer. The Treasurer is a Trustee and a member of the Branch Leadership Team, accountable to the Branch Director. The branch Accountant reports into the Treasurer. Time commitment is estimated between 4 to 6 hours each week, but this is variable with some peak periods of activity around budget, forecasts and year end.

General Purpose of the Role

The Treasurer is a trustee of the charity with particular responsibility for overseeing the charity’s financial affairs. The Treasurer helps ensure that the charity remains financially sustainable, compliant with Scottish charity law, and able to deliver its charitable purposes.

Working closely with the Board of Trustees, the Director, and any paid staff or third party suppliers, the Treasurer provides leadership on financial governance while sharing collective responsibility for the overall direction and management of the charity.

The John Muir Way is one of Scotland's most iconic long-distance walking routes, spanning 134 miles from Helensburgh on the west coast to Dunbar on the east. The John Muir Way Green Skills programme, a three-year initiative funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, focuses on improving biodiversity along this route, creating opportunities for trainees aged 16 - 24 years old with barriers to employment, to learn new skills, build confidence, and contribute to Scotland's natural and cultural heritage.

The John Muir Way Green Skills programme is a 3-year employability initiative with 18 months remaining, through which a total of 72 trainees are engaging in practical biodiversity tasks and projects along the route. The Green Skills Traineeship helps build practical skills, knowledge and confidence for work, volunteering or further learning in the environmental and conservation sector.

The programme aims to bridge the skills gap and tackle workforce challenges, increase connectivity and break down the disconnect with nature, and create accessible opportunities that recognise and value different ways of thinking, learning and engaging.

As the Edinburgh Green Skills Leader you will lead a team of six Green Skills Trainees per year, including the existing cohort. The post holder will have overall responsibility for line managing the trainees, leading delivery of practical training and the delivery of practical biodiversity enhancement tasks on partner sites. In Edinburgh the Green Skills Leader will liaise with greenspace teams from City of Edinburgh Council and community groups to agree sites and projects. This role will also contribute to the project evaluation, local budget management, and programme promotion. Trainees are in attendance 3 days per week (Monday - Wednesday), the role is hybrid and you will be required to be on site on the same days that the trainees are present and for team meetings.

You will be part of a team of 4 Green Skills Leaders working with Scottish Canals and Local Authorities along the route.

You will work closely with the People Advisor and People Admin Coordinator managing the schedule of external training, trainee attendance, annual leave, onboarding, and programme exiting of trainees. These roles will report into the John Muir Way Green Skills Operations Leader.

• Experience of leading a small team.
• Previous management of a training programme/structured delivery model.
• Mentoring and/or coaching young people.
• A passion for supporting young people to achieve their goals.
• Knowledge and understanding of practical biodiversity projects and events.
• Experience in recruiting and managing trainees and/or other stakeholders.
• Experience in working in partnership with multiple organisations with potentially differing demands.
• Support trainees through regular one-to-one meetings to agree personal goals, review their progress and plan next steps.

A full, clean or near clean UK driving licence is required for this post, which has been held for a minimum of one year.

To fulfil the role, you must be resident in the UK and have the right to work in the UK.

As this driver, you will provide reliable and safe transportation for fruit and vegetable deliveries, collections from suppliers and donors, and distribution of goods across NGCFI hubs and partner organisations. The role also requires engaging with customers, partners, and volunteers during stalls, collections and deliveries. This post is for 14 hours per week, (pro-rata £24,479), 25 days Annual Leave & 12 Public Holidays pro rata + 7% pension contribution to 30th September 2027.

Funded by The Robertson Trust.

As a Community Cook you will be responsible for the planning and delivery of healthy food based activities including pop-up cafes, community meals and community focused workshops. You will be happy using your cooking skills to plan and prepare large meals using fresh produce, and able to share your skills and enthusiasm through the delivery of cookery courses aimed at improving the cooking confidence of local residents. This post is 7 hours per week (£26,065 pro rata) + 25 days Annual Leave & 12 Public Holidays pro rata + 7% pension contribution to 30th September 2028.

Funded by The Robertson Trust.

As this Manager, you will be coordinating community-based activities promoting the importance of fresh food and healthier eating. Local residents will be supported to participate in a local food hub group, and a programme of activities aimed at reducing the impacts of food poverty, and improving health and wellbeing. Links between what we do and what other local organisations are doing will be promoted, building supportive partnerships and joint working on food-related work. This post is 21 hours per week, (pro rata £30,102) + 25 days Annual Leave & 12 Public Holidays pro rata + 7% pension contribution to 30th September 2028.

Funded by The Robertson Trust.

Edinburgh University Students' Association is looking to recruit a Student Opportunities Administrator - Maternity Cover to join our Student Opportunities 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 looking for a talented Administrator to join our friendly team working at the heart of the Students' Association. If you love a varied job and thrive in a busy and dynamic, fast-paced environment this could be for you. This role sits at the heart of the busy Student Opportunities department, enabling the efficient and effective running of both our day-to-day activity and key projects, including support for over 400 student-led groups, as well as our community volunteering service and programme of Global activities. The successful candidate will ensure that our administrative and financial processes are not just being delivered effectively, but constantly enhanced, to ensure the best possible experience for our student members and colleagues.

Plus a generous 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

The Role:

The Student Opportunities Administrator sits at the centre of the busy Student Opportunities department, enabling the efficient and effective running of both our day-to-day activity and key projects, including support for over 400 student-led groups, as well as our community volunteering service and programme of Global activities.

The successful candidate will ensure that our administrative and financial processes are not just being delivered effectively, but constantly enhanced, to ensure the best possible experience for our student members and colleagues.

As part of a large but tight-knit team, the Administrator will also have opportunities to get involved in the work of the wider team, including communication with our members and key University stakeholders, the planning and execution of in-person and online events, and the delivery of training.

The Person:

We’re looking for an experienced and confident administrator, to join our tight-knit team, committed to empowering students to make the most of their time at the University through extracurricular opportunities.

If you can not only deliver key administrative and financial processes with speed and accuracy, but also continually enhance those processes for the benefit of our members, while responding with warmth and professionalism to a range of in-person and online enquiries, then this could be the role for you.

You’ll need to be unphased by a big spreadsheet or a busy inbox, and able to take the initiative when faced with tricky situations, but you’ll always have the support of colleagues within the team and beyond.

Could you be the welcoming face of our charity?

Glasgow Disabled Scouts (GDS) gives young people aged 8 to 25 with disabilities and additional support needs across Glasgow the full Scouting experience: camps, friendships, adventures and independence. We're a charity run entirely by volunteers, from those aged 14 and up right through to our longest-serving leaders, and none of it happens without them.

We're looking for a warm Volunteer Coordinator who enjoys working with people to join us. The role is all about people: making every new volunteer feel welcomed from their very first enquiry, guiding them through joining, keeping in touch as they settle in, and being a familiar face at our Monday evening sessions.

What you'll do

You'll be the first person a new volunteer hears from. You'll respond to enquiries, have the first conversation with each new volunteer, guide people through the PVG and training process, and meet them on their first night. You'll attend volunteer fairs, university and Duke of Edinburgh events to bring new people in, and build relationships with the schools, colleges and organisations that send volunteers our way. Once people are with us, you'll check in, take an interest in how they're getting on, and help make sure they feel part of the team.

Who we're looking for

Someone warm, outgoing and reliable, who enjoys people and is good at keeping things moving. You'll be organised enough to manage a busy pipeline of enquiries and personable enough that a nervous new volunteer of 16 and a leader of ten years both feel at ease with you. Experience in volunteer coordination, recruitment, youth work, education, customer service or another role working closely with people would be useful, and transferable skills are very welcome. Experience of youth clubs, community groups or other volunteer-led organisations would be a bonus, not a requirement. We can teach the process. How you make people feel is what we're really looking for.

The role

14 hours a week on average, with the hours shaped by what the role needs rather than fixed days. Volunteer recruitment comes in waves, with September and the start of term especially busy, so you'll need to flex up when enquiries are flowing and will have more breathing space at quieter times. Being responsive during the week matters, and because all of our sections meet on a Monday evening, being there on Mondays is an essential part of the role. Around that, we're happy to talk about flexibility that fits with your other commitments. 18-month fixed-term contract with the potential for extension, subject to funding. £14.50 to £17.50 per hour depending on experience (£26,390 to £31,850 full-time equivalent, pro rata to 14 hours, around £10,550 to £12,750 a year). A PVG check will be required.

Could you be part of something different? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of the people in our parishes and communities.

The MDS Mission and Outreach Worker will play a key role in supporting and developing the mission of the linked charge of St George’s Tron, Wallacewell Local Mission Church, and St Rollox Church.

Working within a ministry team of 1 x FTE Minister of word and sacrament (MWS) post and 1 x 0.5 FTE MWS* post, and with leadership teams, volunteers, and community partners, the postholder will help build relationships with people beyond the existing congregations, encourage discipleship and faith exploration, support community outreach initiatives, and develop pathways that enable people to move from initial contact with the churches into deeper engagement with Christian faith and congregational life

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of a new and growing ministry partnership across three diverse communities, each with distinct opportunities for mission and evangelism.

*This post is currently also being recruited via a congregational Nominating Committee process.

The successful candidate will be a committed Christian with an active Church connection (Genuine Occupational Requirement in terms of the Equality Act 2010).