We are looking for a Mentor Services Coordinator to support volunteer mentors in the West of Scotland.

About the role

Our Mentor Services Coordinators are the key contacts for our volunteer mentors from their first enquiry about mentoring until they are matched with a young person. The Mentor Services Coordinators conduct in depth interviews with all prospective volunteer mentors, organise training, organise PVG checks and make the process as smooth and supported as possible.

Key responsibilities:

• Providing excellent customer service to prospective and existing mentors using strong communication skills on the telephone, in virtual meetings, by email and sometimes in person
• Ensure all of our volunteer mentors are individually supported and fully engaged at every stage of their mentor journey
• Deliver information sessions, participate in mentor one-to-one conversations and facilitate mentor training sessions and other mentor engagement activities.

About you

• Customer service experience
• Based in the West of Scotland
• Experience of or strong interest in working or volunteering in the charity or third sectors
• An understanding of young people and educational settings
• People person with excellent communication and listening skills and empathy
• Well organised with great administrative skills and attention to detail
• Excellent desktop and database skills

About us

MCR Pathways is an award-winning charity established in Glasgow in 2007. Our mentoring programme is now delivered in schools across the whole of Scotland as well as North East and South East England. We are committed to helping the country’s most vulnerable young people gain self-confidence, identify their skills and recognise and fulfil their potential.

Our mission: To connect every young person with a trusted adult mentor, someone who sparks confidence, fuels ambition, and walks beside them as they find their way.

Our vision: MCR Pathways will work until every young person has someone to help them find their way.

You will be joining a friendly and supportive team who love what they do and enjoy working with each other. MCR Pathways’ values are Respect, Communication, Trust and Growth and they inform everything we do.

Benefits include: 30 days annual leave in first year rising to 35 days from 2nd year of employment, 3 further days of annual leave between the December and January public holidays, additional day off for your birthday, 7% employer pension contribution, Employee Assistance Programme, Life Assurance – 4 x salary.

This is an excellent opportunity for you to join Scottish Book Trust as an Operations and Sales Administrator. The position offers flexible, part-time working within our Operations Team.

Scottish Book Trust is a national charity that believes books, reading and writing have the power to change lives. A love of reading inspires creativity, improves employment opportunities, mental health and wellbeing and is one of the most effective ways to help break the poverty cycle. We work towards a Scotland where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive through literacy.

What we offer

• Part time, permanent role
• Competitive salary
• Located at our Edinburgh City Centre Office, with great access by train, bus, and tram
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Company Sick Pay
• Pension with 5% employer contributions
• Death in service benefit
• Free access to employee assistance programme

Our Operations Team plays a key role in ensuring the organisation runs smoothly, providing the operational support that enables our programmes, partnerships and commercial activities to succeed.

As our Operations and Sales Administrator, you will work closely with the Commercial Manager to provide essential administrative and operational support for our online shop. You'll be responsible for packing and dispatching customer orders, managing and organising stock, responding to customer enquiries, and helping to deliver an excellent customer experience.

You'll also support teams across the organisation with a variety of mailings and provide practical assistance with aspects of office and building management, helping to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of Scottish Book Trust. This is a varied, hands-on role that would suit someone who is highly organised, proactive and enjoys balancing administration with practical tasks.

You will have:

• Experience in an administrative, logistics, retail or customer service role (including part-time or entry-level experience)
• Experience dealing with customer enquiries via email or phone in a professional manner
• Familiarity with online shop or e-commerce processes
• Experience of packing, dispatching orders or handling stock is desirable but not essential
• Ability to safely undertake manual handling activities, including lifting, carrying and moving stock, and to remain active during the working period while picking and packing customer orders/ organising mailings.
• Strong attention to detail, particularly when handling orders and stock records
• Excellent organisational skills and time management skills, with meticulous attention to detail, taking a pride in working to a high standard
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal with the ability to interact professionally, with a friendly, approachable manner
• Competent IT skills including use of common IT systems (e.g. Microsoft Office, email, databases or order systems, use of Royal Mail Click and Drop or other delivery providers would be advantageous)

You will also be:

• A team player but able to self-motivate and work to multiple priorities
• Confident to work across the organisation with multiple teams
• Reliable and adaptable, with a strong work ethic.

Other information:

Due to the nature of the role providing on-site support and services at our Central Edinburgh-based office, hybrid working does not apply to this post.

The hours of work are 12 per week / 4 hours per day during school term time, Monday to Thursday. Monday and Thursday are essential working days, the remaining time may be worked between that as agreed with the successful candidate.

This is a physically active role involving standing, packing, handling stock, moving equipment and preparing orders for dispatch. It can involve moving and lifting boxes weighing up to 20kg following appropriate training and safe working practices. Manual handling training will be provided.

The post may involve occasional travel within Scotland and out of office hours work from time to time including evenings and weekends.

A driving licence is desirable but is not essential.

Cathcart Church of Scotland wish to appoint a new Church Officer to support the running of our church buildings as we worship God and serve our community.

The Employee will carry out the whole duties pertaining to the post of Church Officer which shall include: -

1. Preparation for and attendance at the usual diets of worship on Sundays, and also all additional Sunday or weekday services sanctioned by the Kirk Session. The attendance will ensure that all Ministerial requirements are met as required. Subject to the overall direction of the Minister, the Employee will, in connection with these duties, act on the instructions of the Session Clerk.

2. Preparation for all Committee and social meetings of the Congregation, Kirk Session, Kirk Session working groups and all other Church organisations and any meetings or series of meetings specially sanctioned or ordered to be held in the Church, halls or other accommodation (all herein referred to as “the premises”)

3. Preparation of the premises for all services, meetings etc. including the heating, airing and general making ready thereof.

4. Opening up and preparation of the premises for occupation by third parties as permitted by the Congregation and subsequently locking up and tidying up as required after such use.

5. After all services, meetings etc. the Employee shall be responsible for effectively tidying up and cleaning the premises, washing up and putting away all dishes, utensils, etc. used and subsequently locking up.

6. The Employee shall be responsible for keeping the premises thoroughly clean and tidy. This will include the cleaning of all of the ground floor windows and the keeping of the whole grounds in neat and tidy condition. These duties shall also include the washing of the premises as often as may be required. The Employee shall also ensure that the lavatories are fully serviced with towels etc. always being available.

7. The Employee shall be responsible for ensuring all relevant Health and Safety checks are undertaken as directed.

8. If any repairs are required to the premises or their furnishings, the Employee will forthwith report the same to the Fabric Convener.

9. The Employee will order all necessary supplies of cleaning materials up to financial limits set by the Congregational Treasurer.

10. The Employee shall take telephone messages as required including passing on of messages.

11. The accounts for all supplies or services ordered by the Employee in terms thereof will be checked by the Employee and delivered to the Congregational Treasurer and Assistant Congregational Treasurer , duly initialled for payment, in the case of those accounts which have been approved by the Employee and with comments in the case of those which have not.

12. The Employee will be the first point of contact if the security alarm is activated.

13. Such additional duties as may reasonably be requested by the Employer from time to time.

Help shape the future of family support in West Lothian

Every parent wants the best for their family.

Sometimes life gets in the way.

At the Wise Group, we believe lasting change happens through trusted relationships, not quick fixes. We work alongside communities, employers and public services to connect support around people rather than expecting people to navigate complex systems alone. Through our Relational Mentoring approach, we're helping create stronger pathways into employment, financial wellbeing and healthier communities across Scotland.

We're looking for Mentors to join an exciting new whole-family employability programme across West Lothian, supporting parents experiencing multiple and interconnected barriers to build confidence, strengthen family wellbeing and move towards sustainable employment.

This is about much more than helping someone find a job.

You'll help families navigate complex systems, connect opportunities around the whole household and build the confidence, stability and relationships that make sustainable employment possible. Every family is different, so you'll take time to understand their aspirations, strengths and circumstances, helping coordinate the right support around them at the right time.

You won't be expected to have all the answers.

Your role is to bring together the right people, organisations and opportunities around each family. We don't replace existing services—we help people navigate them, engage with them and get the very best from them. That's what we mean by Relational Mentoring.

Every journey will be different.

One day you might be meeting a parent in their local community to understand what's preventing them from moving forward. Later you could be accompanying someone to a partner organisation, helping reconnect them with local support, introducing them to an employer or celebrating with a parent who's secured their first interview in years.

You'll become part of West Lothian's local support infrastructure, building trusted relationships with schools, employers, community organisations, family services, health partners and local groups so families experience one connected journey rather than multiple disconnected services.

What you'll do

• Build trusted, strengths-based relationships with parents experiencing multiple and interconnected barriers.

• Support families to identify their aspirations and take practical steps towards greater confidence, stability and sustainable employment.

• Use our Relational Mentoring approach to coordinate support around the whole family, helping people navigate services and opportunities.

• Work alongside parents across a wide range of issues including wellbeing, confidence, finances, housing, employability, family life and community connections.

• Advocate for families, helping remove barriers and ensuring support is joined up around individual needs.

• Build trusted relationships with schools, employers, community organisations, family services, health partners and local groups across West Lothian.

• Maintain an active caseload, celebrating meaningful progress and recording outcomes that matter to each family.

• Contribute to a supportive learning culture, sharing insight and helping continually improve how support is delivered across West Lothian.

What you'll bring

We're looking for people who genuinely enjoy building relationships and helping others recognise what's possible.

You don't need to have worked as a mentor before.

If you've supported people through challenging circumstances, can build trust quickly and believe in people's potential, we'd love to hear from you.

You'll also bring:

• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills.

• A compassionate, curious and strengths-based approach.

• Confidence working alongside people experiencing complex or changing circumstances.

• The ability to encourage, motivate and appropriately challenge people to achieve their goals.

• Strong organisational and digital skills, including Microsoft 365 and CRM systems.

• The ability to manage a varied caseload while working independently.

• Curiosity, systems thinking and the ability to connect people, organisations and opportunities around families.

• Confidence navigating complexity, building partnerships and working collaboratively across organisational boundaries.

• Experience within family support, community development, employability, education, housing, health, social care, youth work, wellbeing or similar environments is advantageous but not essential.

• Knowledge of West Lothian communities and local support services would be highly desirable.

Essential requirements

• Full driving licence and access to a vehicle for regular travel across West Lothian.

• Willingness to work flexibly across communities and partner locations.

• Home broadband to support flexible working.

• Successful PVG Scheme membership.

Why join us?

You'll be joining a values-led social enterprise that's helping shape the future of public services.

Rather than delivering isolated programmes, we work alongside communities, employers and partners to create stronger, more connected pathways that help people overcome poverty and build better futures.

You'll receive training in our Relational Mentoring approach, ongoing professional development and the opportunity to become part of a supportive, ambitious team that's passionate about improving lives.

This is your opportunity to help shape a brand-new programme from the very beginning while contributing to something much bigger—the future of whole-family support, place-based working and connected public services.

Help shape the future of support in West Lothian

This isn't just a mentoring role. It's an opportunity to help redesign how support works around families and communities.

Join a team that's helping families navigate complexity, connecting services around the whole household and building stronger pathways into sustainable employment.

Together we're not simply delivering a service—we're helping create a better way for communities, employers and public services to work together.

View the Role Profile for full details about this opportunity.

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 an Editorial Assistant

About the Role and Magazine:

SDF is facilitating the exciting development of a peer-led, harm reduction-focused magazine created by and for people who use drugs. Our mission is to amplify the voices, experiences, and stories of individuals within this community, challenge stigma, and provide valuable, practical information about harm reduction, health, and policy changes.

The Editorial Assistant will be part of a small team that supports the Buzz Peer Editorial Board and plays a key role in the continued development of the magazine.

The role combines content creation, editorial support and community engagement. Working alongside the Editor of Buzz, the post holder will help support the Peer Editorial Board to develop ideas, create content and produce each edition of the magazine. The post holder will also help grow Buzz's reach and impact through social media, website content and community outreach.

A significant part of the role will involve coordinating and supporting events, representing Buzz and SDF at conferences, community events and engagement activities across Scotland helping to build relationships with contributors, organisations and communities.

The post involves regular engagement with a diverse range of stakeholders, including people who use drugs, policymakers, service providers and community organisations. It offers the opportunity to contribute to a unique peer-led publication that amplifies lived and living experience and promotes informed, non-stigmatising conversations about substance use.

The post holder will work closely with an experienced journalist and Communications Team, while also benefiting from structured learning and on-the-job training opportunities delivered through the Buzz programme. This is an excellent opportunity for someone at the start of their communications, journalism or publishing career who is looking to build skills in a supportive, learning-focused environment.

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 encourages a healthy work life balance and offers a flexible working scheme and a range of wellbeing initiatives.

This is an excellent opportunity for you to join Scottish Book Trust as a School Communities Regional Outreach Co-ordinator (West of Scotland). The position offers flexible, part-time working within our School Communities Team.

Scottish Book Trust is a national charity that believes books, reading and writing have the power to change lives. A love of reading inspires creativity, improves employment opportunities, mental health and wellbeing and is one of the most effective ways to help break the poverty cycle. We work towards a Scotland where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive through literacy.

What we offer:

• Part time, fixed-term role
• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Company Sick Pay
• Pension with 5% employer contributions
• Death in service benefit
• Free access to employee assistance programme

The School Communities (SC) team delivers a range of programmes that inspire schools, learning professionals, children and young people, and families to establish a culture of reading and writing for pleasure. Key programmes include Reading Schools, Read Write Count with the First Minister, Authors Live, the SC events programme, and the delivery of professional learning opportunities and learning resources.

The Regional Outreach Co-ordinator (West of Scotland) post is designed to cover the local authority areas of East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, and South Lanarkshire, with the initial focus on East Renfrewshire and Glasgow City. The post holder will work closely with the School Communities Manager (Learning and Development) on the delivery and development of the SC Outreach programme in the West of Scotland. The ROC’s are a remote team of four people based across Scotland supporting schools both within their areas and more widely across Scotland.

The role involves working closely with individual schools or key stakeholders in the designated local authorities to identify ways that they can engage with and benefit from our School Communities programmes. They will also join their ROC colleagues in delivering sessions that may require travel/ overnight stays away from home to ensure that we can cover the whole of Scotland to meet the needs and focus of the funding.

The post will also deliver professional learning opportunities to a range of audiences, in-person and online, to support the SC programmes, providing support to the Learning Content Manager to develop resources and working alongside the SC team and other SBT colleagues to ensure maximum impact for the programmes and audiences.

Purpose of the role: You’ll be a key link between Laura Moodie MSP and the people of South Scotland, helping constituents find support with a range of issues, from housing and health to local services. By managing casework, handling sensitive information responsibly, and spotting common concerns, you’ll help ensure local voices are heard and acted on.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the management of regional casework and responding to enquiries from constituents.
• Tracking and logging issues raised by constituents using the online caseworker system.
• Responding to constituents’ enquiries on a wide range of issues, including those of a sensitive nature and escalating accordingly.
• Advocating on constituents’ behalf with relevant bodies to resolve matters.
• Keeping constituent records and documentation in line with casework GDPR requirements.
• Supporting the wider administration of the office, including diary management and correspondence with stakeholders in the region and areas of policy interest to the MSP.
• Coordination of meetings and visits, accompanying the MSP to take a note of meetings as required.
• Provide administrative support on research projects and policy work.

Essential Requirements

• Excellent organisational skills while being flexible in prioritising workloads during busy times.
• Strong communication skills, responding with empathy to people who may be in distress.
• The ability to work effectively with colleagues to deliver on the priorities of the team.
• Being comfortable in a front-facing role, sometimes explaining legal rules, processes and systems to members of the general public.
• Awareness of the responsibilities entailed when representing those unable to advocate for themselves in certain situations.
• An interest in helping people and a curiosity to probe for further information where required.
• Respect for confidentiality and discretion in dealing with sensitive issues.
• An understanding of the specific challenges and issues facing constituents in the South Scotland region.
• We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates whose backgrounds and career trajectories may be under-represented in politics.

For any questions about the role please contact: cameron.garrett@Parliament.scot

Purpose: You’ll play a key role in supporting Laura’s work across numerous areas in South Scotland, including rural areas. By researching local and national issues, spotting what matters most, and communicating effectively,you’ll help engage constituents and stakeholders. You willalso build practical experience in research, communications, campaigning, and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Producing materials that effectively convey Laura’s work to constituents and local media.
• Keeping up to date with current media developments.
• Corresponding with constituents and local campaign groups.
• Assisting with high-quality press briefings, speeches, presentations and written materials.
• Creating compelling narratives that tell the story of Laura’s work and empower constituents to engage with the work of Parliament.
• Identifying potential media opportunities.
• Identifying key regional events and activities, in turn promoting my work.
• Maintaining information systems to support communications.
• Contributing towards the management of Laura’s social media accounts, including posting high quality, accessible content on a regular basis
• Drafting and posting social media content to update constituents on my parliamentary activities.
• Reviewing social media trends and briefing me on issues of relevance to my parliamentary role.
• Gathering and distributing valuable data that supports my activities.
• Keeping your knowledge of local issues up to date.
• Carrying out strategic research projects.
• Obtaining and compiling relevant research documents from external stakeholders.
• Preparing and delivering regular briefings and updates.
• Analysing, evaluating and interpreting data and statistics.
• Implementing strategic goals and developing campaign priorities.
• Confirming deliverables are met.
• Supporting wider team administrative work.
• Supporting the wider administration of the office, including diary management and correspondence with stakeholders in the region and areas of policy interest to Laura.
• Accompanying the MSP on meetings and visits in the region, taking notes, photographs and videos as needed.
• Organisation of regional visits, events and in-person meetings across South Scotland.

Essential Requirements

• Have an interest in politics with the confidence to represent Laura and her work in a compelling way.
• Be capable in monitoring media developments and sourcing information from a range of channels.
• Have flexibility using relevant IT skills and writing styles, covering both press and social media.
• Be creative in communicating over a range of formats on different media platforms.
• Have the creativity and expertise to produce accurate and influential work.
• Have analytical skills with the ability to identify and investigate trends while interpreting data.
• Be a quick learner with the ability to multitask and work within tight timescales.
• Be able to respond flexibly and creatively to range of requests, such as media enquiries and press releases.
• Be a proactive problem solver with the motivation and resilience to adapt and deal with challenges.
• Have excellent organisational skills and an ability to multi-task in a fast-paced working environment.
• Have an understanding of South Scotland and the challenges and opportunities offered in representing this region.
• We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates whose backgrounds and career trajectories may be under-represented in politics.

Looking for an opportunity to work for a flexible and family friendly organisation doing amazing work to support Scotland’s voluntary sector?

We’re launching a brand-new Bookkeeping Support Service, and we’re looking for a skilled and motivated Bookkeeper to help us build it from the ground up.

This is a unique opportunity to shape a service that will support voluntary organisations across Scotland with their financial management and compliance.

Part time hours and other flexible working options, including hybrid working, will be fully considered. We encourage you to apply if you believe you meet most of the criteria in the person specification. We share our interview questions in advance. If you want to have a chat about the job or our flexible working approach, get in touch with us at recruitment@scvo.scot

SCVO is the membership organisation for the voluntary sector in Scotland, and our mission is to champion the role of voluntary sector organisations in building a flourishing society and support them to do work that has a positive impact.

At CAP, we celebrate diversity and strive to build an inclusive workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Global Majority/UK Minority Ethnic candidates, as these groups are currently underrepresented within our wider workforce. We are committed to creating an environment where every individual can thrive and feel they belong.

Everything we do is rooted in our values. First and foremost, we are Christ-centred. The work that we do is guided by faith and the belief that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and God’s love.

We are bold in fearlessly putting that faith into action to help others and challenge injustice, while also seeking to be compassionate in the way that we want to understand others and offer them meaningful care. We are collaborative in our approach, making time to learn from others and work together to take on UK poverty. And finally, we prioritise being joyful in the face of challenges, because our faith gives us confidence that change is truly possible.

Please note this is ideally a full time role, but would consider 4 days per week depending on candidate circumstances- salary would be paid pro rata for part time. Although the role is hybrid, candidates would be required to work from the our Blantyre office one day a week, on Thursdays when we gather as a team.

Job Description

Purpose

As a core member of our Scotland Hub team, you'll be the on-the-ground catalyst for empowering and developing debt centres and coaching services (Job Club, Life Skills and Money Coaching) within an appropriate area of Scotland. You'll serve as the primary contact between churches and our Scotland Hub, providing vital support and driving excellence in services.

Your key focus will be to inspire, equip, and encourage local CAP workers and church leaders, enabling them to effectively address financial vulnerability and crisis within their communities. You'll build and nurture strong relationships with church leaders, debt coaches and group coaches, ensuring high-quality service delivery and impactful outcomes. You will build and develop strong local networks connecting centres and services together in specific Scotland-wide settings including overseeing our growing work in Scottish Prisons.

Passion

Area Partnership Managers will be passionate about developing our relationship with churches and local CAP workers to offer life transforming CAP services to local communities across the UK, whilst giving clients the opportunity to hear and respond to the love of Jesus.

Person

Area Partnership Managers (Scotland) report to the Scotland National Leader. This role sits within the Service Delivery directorate.

This role doesn’t have any CAP staff reporting directly to it. However, this role is responsible for engaging local CAP workers and church leaders in churches, using influence and persuasion rather than position power.

This role specifically focuses on supporting CAP services in Scotland, the exact mix being determined by the make-up of the team. It is expected that the Area Partnership Manager is a hybrid role based out of our Scottish office in Blantyre. This role involves a significant amount of travel to visit partner churches, centres and services across Scotland. In addition there will be termly visits to CAP’s Bradford hub.