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Blue Triangle

Trainer-Glasgow

  • Blue Triangle
  • Full time
  • £27,631
  • On site: Glasgow
  • Closing 31st December 2025

Blue Triangle is a social care organisation that empowers people to thrive, by delivering solutions in connected communities which focus on the needs of each individual. We are looking for enthusiastic people who share our values (Kind, Passionate and Creative) to join our services accommodating and supporting people experiencing homelessness and empowering them to thrive.

Blue Triangle recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

What we offer:

Aside from offering a supportive and friendly environment where our people are valued and appreciated, we’ll see that your hard work and drive to succeed is rewarded.

  • Competitive Salary and Pension Options
  • Long service awards
  • Access to our benefits platform with high street voucher and tech discounts and cycle to work scheme to name a few!
  • Inhouse training programmes
  • Significant Gym discounts
  • Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
  • 24/7 access to employee assistance programme, including counselling
  • A wide range of family friendly policies
  • Life Assurance cover of 3 times your salary
  • Credit Union
  • £200 refer a friend scheme

And many more!

About the Role:

We’re seeking a vibrant and compelling Trainer to drive the learning and growth of our team on a full time basis. Committed to creating a lively and inclusive learning atmosphere, the Trainer will design and conduct learning programs for our employees, stakeholders, and external experts. Working in close partnership with our Service Delivery team, they will guarantee that the workforce is equipped with the essential skills and capabilities to adapt to the organisation’s changing requirements.

Interviews are expected to take place from our Central Support base in Glasgow, consisting of a Values based interview with panel which shall consist of Training Department & Human Resources.

In addition, please prepare and deliver a training session for the panel on a topic of your choice. You will have 15 minutes maximum, and we’d ask you to think about the type of organisation we are, our values and vision when deciding on a topic.

To find out more about being our Trainer, click the link below:

Trainer Role Profile

About You:

Drawing on your past experience in delivering training, you should be characterised by creativity, a flair for innovation, and the ability to adapt to shifting priorities. Your enthusiasm and determination will drive you to consistently seek opportunities for enhancing the learning programs provided to our employees. Moreover, you should possess the following qualifications and attributes:

  • A qualification in a pertinent social care subject (at least SVQ Level 3).
  • Possession of, or a willingness to work towards, a relevant training qualification.
  • Previous experience in the care or charity sector.
  • Proficiency in scoping, developing, and delivering training materials to a diverse audience.
  • Familiarity with the Scottish Social Service Council (SSSC).
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills with a focus on finding practical solutions.

We care about one another whilst taking pride in the service we offer. You will be working in a company with a strong identity and with the guidance and support of experienced Senior Managers you will be able to develop in your career.

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MCR Pathways

Finance Assistant

  • MCR Pathways
  • Full time
  • £26,000
  • Hybrid: Glasgow
  • Closing 16th December 2025

Are you motivated by the power of strong financial systems to support meaningful social change? Do you take pride in accuracy, clarity and well-organised processes that help an organisation thrive? MCR Pathways is looking for a diligent and proactive Finance Assistant to join our friendly and dedicated Finance team in Glasgow.

About the Role:

This role sits at the heart of our financial operations, ensuring we can continue delivering life-changing mentoring support to young people across the UK. As Finance Assistant, you will play a key part in maintaining accurate financial records, supporting smooth transactional processes, and ensuring the integrity of the data we rely on to make informed decisions.

Working closely with our Finance Director and Finance Manager, you will help keep our systems running efficiently, supporting both day-to-day activity and the wider mission of the organisation.

Key responsibilities:

  • Ensure all invoices and expenses submitted through Dext are accurate before publishing to Xero, resolving any discrepancies and confirming correct coding and tax treatment.
  • Complete regular bank reconciliations in Xero, matching transactions and promptly investigating variances.
  • Keep supplier and customer contact records in Xero accurate and up to date.
  • Prepare and set up payment batches for approval, ensuring invoices are correctly coded, authorised and processed in line with internal procedures.

About you:

  • Experience working with Dext and Xero and online expense management systems.
  • Confident handling day-to-day financial processes.
  • Organised, with an eye for detail and accuracy, you take pride in keeping data clean, reliable and easy to navigate.
  • Comfortable following established processes but also able to improve or update them when needed.
  • You enjoy solving problems and can work independently, managing your workload efficiently and proactively.
  • You communicate clearly and professionally, and you work well with others across different teams.

About MCR Pathways:

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 South East and North East England. We are committed to helping young people gain self-confidence, identify their skills and recognise and fulfil their potential. Our vision is for all young people to experience equality of education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances. Our mentoring programme has profound impacts on school pupils in their confidence, wellbeing and post-school progression. MCR Mentors are volunteers who make and experience a life-changing difference.

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 of working for MCR Pathways include: 33 days annual leave in first year rising to 38 days from 2nd year of employment, additional day off for your birthday, Living Pensions Employer, Life Assurance - 4 x salary.

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Scottish Information Commissioner

Business Support Administrative Officer (Finance, Procurement & Payroll)

  • Scottish Information Commissioner
  • Full time
  • £31,514 – £34,066
  • Hybrid: St Andrews, Fife
  • Closing 16th December 2025

The Scottish Information Commissioner enforces and promotes freedom of information (FOI) law.

The Business Support Team plays a vital role in enabling the Scottish Information Commissioner to fulfil their duties by ensuring the organisation operates effectively and efficiently. The team is responsible for the full range of corporate functions, including governance, finance, information management, risk, health and safety, human resources, procurement, contracts, and IT.

The Business Support Team consists of five members and is led by the Head of Business Support who has overall responsibility. The team includes two Business Support Managers, who provide operational oversight and guidance, and two Business Support Administrative Officers, who deliver day to day operational and administrative support

The role is primarily responsible for ensuring efficient operational support for the finance and procurement function, including payroll, contracts, purchase to pay processes, workforce planning, records management, audit and reporting. The role will involve maintaining accurate records, contributing to the preparation of reports, and ensuring compliance with financial policies and procedures. Working proactively and using initiative, the post holder will contribute to proactive forecasting and strategic planning in collaboration with the Business Support Manager. This role will also contribute to the smooth running of the day-to-day activities of the wider Business Support Team, providing cover across other areas when required and supporting organisational projects aimed at improving systems, processes, and efficiency.

You’ll bring:

  • Experience in providing administrative support in a finance, procurement, payroll, or contracts environment.
  • Demonstrable experience in processing purchase to pay transactions such as managing supplier payments.
  • Experience in supporting payroll processes, including collating and checking information for accuracy.
  • Strong numerical skills and attention to detail.
  • Experience in using finance or procurement systems and Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.

We offer

  • Interesting, challenging and varied work.
  • Inclusive and supportive team culture.
  • Strong leadership and management support.
  • Comprehensive onboarding and induction programme.
  • Competitive salary £31,514 (gross p.a.) FTE, on a scale rising to £34,066 (gross p.a.) FTE
  • Work location in St Andrews, Fife.
  • Flexible working arrangements (applications on a job share basis are welcome).
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Barnardo's Scotland

Bairns Hoose Development Worker

  • Barnardo's Scotland
  • Full time
  • £32,142 – £39,106
  • On site: Inverness
  • Closing 9th December 2025

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, experienced individual to join Barnardo's as a development worker within Barnardo's Highland Services to play a lead role in the development of Bairns Hoose in Highland and transform the lives of children who have experienced or witnessed harm, and to children under the age of criminal responsibility whose behaviour may have caused harm.

This is a key lead role, working alongside partners in Child Protection, Health, Justice, and Recovery Services to realise the ambition of a hub and spoke Bairns Hoose model in Highland to provide children choice about where they receive the support that is right for them.

Bairns' Hoose is Scotland's approach to the Icelandic ‘Barnahus' model, which means ‘children's house'. Bairns' Hoose connects services to meet the needs of the child by collaborating across agencies and disciplines. The four rooms approach brings together child protection, health, justice and recovery services in one setting. The model emphasises a child-centred approach, where the needs and rights of the child are at the forefront.

We want to reduce the number of times children are asked to retell their stories as this is retraumatising. Instead, trauma-informed practice is prioritised to support the child's recovery in a safe, respectful, friendly and welcoming environment.

You will be passionate about children's rights and have significant knowledge and experience of trauma informed practice and be able to demonstrate a strong commitment to collaborative working. Systems change is challenging and requires a high level of resilience and ability to work under pressure and manage conflict. You will have excellent organisational and communication skills and be motivated to achieve ambitious change.

This post is fixed term to 31st March 2026 due to funding arrangements, with the possibility of a further year extension.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo'svalues. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of ourPeople & CultureStrategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

  • Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
  • Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
  • The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
  • A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
  • Service related sick pay from day 1
  • Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
  • Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
  • Cycle2work scheme
  • Interest free season ticket loans
  • Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
  • 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
  • Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
  • Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
  • Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

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Money Advice Scotland

Financial Wellbeing Officer (family leave cover)

  • Money Advice Scotland
  • Full time
  • £32,100
  • Remote: Mainly working from home, but some travel for meetings will be required.
  • Closing 10th January 2026

About Money Advice Scotland

The times we live through are frequently described as unprecedented.

A century pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis has magnified and entrenched inequality.

But it has also shown that change can happen rapidly and can make a real difference.

We need change. We need new ideas when old solutions cannot solve new problems.

Money Advice Scotland is Scotland’s money charity. Our mission is to be the driving force towards financial wellbeing for the people of Scotland.

We believe we will achieve this by supporting the advice workforce, empowering citizens to get help and support, and advocating for fairer policy.

About the role

Our Financial Wellbeing Team works towards the strategic aim of improving financial health and wellbeing.

We do this by delivering evidence-based money guidance to several audiences, including schools, colleges, communities, and workplaces.

We also deliver financial wellbeing training to professionals, administer our e-learning modules and create a wide range of digital resources so that people can access financial information in a format that is most suited to their needs.

Full details are available in the job description below.

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Money Advice Scotland

Financial Wellbeing Prevention Officer (family leave cover)

  • Money Advice Scotland
  • Full time
  • £32,100
  • Remote: Mainly working from home, but some travel for meetings will be required.
  • Closing 10th January 2026

About Money Advice Scotland

The times we live through are frequently described as unprecedented.

A century pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis has magnified and entrenched inequality.

But it has also shown that change can happen rapidly and can make a real difference.

We need change. We need new ideas when old solutions cannot solve new problems.

Money Advice Scotland is Scotland’s money charity. Our mission is to be the driving force towards financial wellbeing for the people of Scotland.

We believe we will achieve this by supporting the advice workforce, empowering citizens to get help and support, and advocating for fairer policy.

About the role

Our Financial Wellbeing Team works towards the strategic aim of improving financial health and wellbeing.

We do this by delivering evidence-based money guidance to several audiences, including schools, colleges, communities, and workplaces.

We also deliver financial wellbeing training to professionals, administer our e-learning modules and create a wide range of digital resources so that people can access financial information in a format that is most suited to their needs.

This role will be a key part of the team offering prevention approaches with communities, schools and individuals. In addition it will provide follow-up after a financial solution to ensure sustainable outcomes.

This role involves a new and innovative prevention approach thanks to funding from the Robertson Trust.

Full details are available in the job description below.

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Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland

Strategic Communications Manager

  • Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland
  • Full time
  • £39,000
  • Hybrid: Edinburgh
  • Closing 12th December 2025

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) is Scotland’s leading health charity working to help people with chest, heart and stroke conditions live life to the full. People with these conditions need and want to know how to manage them day to day and live as well as they can.

Experiencing a life-changing event like a heart attack or stroke or being diagnosed with a chest or heart condition or Long Covid, can mean that people are scared and alone. Many people do not know where to turn. Nobody in Scotland should have to face their health journey on their own. CHSS will deliver a community where people with its conditions can support each other, secure the expert help they need and advocate for the care that matters to them. Central to delivering the No Life Half Lived strategy, the Strategic Communications Manager plays a key role in helping CHSS reach 175,000 people annually by 2028, ensuring all design and content reflects the charity’s mission and values.

The Strategic Communications Manager will lead and align all external and internal communications to build and protect the reputation of Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS). This strategic role covers brand campaigns, media, partnerships, services marketing, crisis communications and internal communications.

Working closely with the Head of Communications & Marketing, the post-holder will position communications as a strategic enabler of CHSS’ ambition that there should be No Life Half Lived in Scotland. A key focus is to establish CHSS as a trusted source of health information and thought leadership, particularly in relation to Chest, Heart and Stroke conditions.

The role will provide expert media advice, supports senior spokespeople and leads a team of specialists to deliver integrated, impactful communications. It will oversee strategic media partnerships, evidence-led content and proactive relationship building to enhance CHSS’s visibility and credibility.

The Strategic Communications Manager will collaborate across departments to develop tailored marketing plans and strengthen internal communications.

Duties & Responsibilities

Leadership & Team Management

  • Line manage a team of four
  • Oversee team workflow, development and performance reviews
  • Provide coaching and strategic oversight to ensure media activities align with CHSS goals

Strategic Communications

  • Develop and deliver integrated communications plans across media, brand, services, crisis comms and internal channels
  • Lead brand campaigns including FAST and Advice Line, ensuring alignment with CHSS values
  • Manage proactive and reactive media strategies, including crisis response protocols
  • Use audience insight to inform planning and improve engagement metrics

Internal Collaboration

  • Work with departments across CHSS to co-develop communications plans that support strategic priorities
  • Provide media advice to senior leaders including the Chief Executive
  • Collaborate with Evaluation & Impact, Data and Service Delivery teams to ensure evidence-led messaging
  • Support Income Generation teams with marketing initiatives for fundraising and retail

External Relationships

  • Build and manage relationships with media, creative agencies and public/private sector partners (e.g., NHS, Network Rail)
  • Manage contracts with media monitoring and distribution services
  • Represent CHSS externally with professionalism and credibility

Compliance & Governance

  • Ensure all communications comply with GDPR, NLA and CLA regulations
  • Maintain oversight of media monitoring tools and ensure supplier compliance
  • Provide training and guidance on legal standards to internal teams

External Engagement

  • Lead communications for high-profile campaigns and joint initiatives with external stakeholders
  • Use the External Engagement Toolkit to enhance CHSS’ reach and reputation
  • Promote CHSS’ mission and services to increase stakeholder awareness and referrals

Volunteer Engagement

  • Highlight volunteer impact through strategic communications and storytelling
  • Collaborate with the Volunteering Team to develop case studies and recruitment campaigns
  • Promote volunteer opportunities to stakeholders and ensure positive volunteer experiences

Preferred Candidate Background

The ideal candidate for the Strategic Communications Manager role will be a seasoned communications professional with a strong track record in strategic media relations, brand leadership, and cross-channel campaign delivery. They will bring a blend of creativity, technical proficiency and strategic insight, coupled with a collaborative mindset and the ability to lead and inspire teams. With at least five years’ experience in communications within the charity or public affairs sector, they will be confident advising senior stakeholders, managing complex projects and driving impactful, evidence-led communications that align with organisational goals.

Required Skills:

  • Supportive and effective line management style; able to motivate teams to deliver challenging projects
  • Skilled at translating complex information into engaging, audience-appropriate content
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills across varied audiences
  • High attention to detail and commitment to quality
  • Creative and solutions-focused approach to problem-solving
  • Strong relationship-building skills and ability to grow internal and external networks
  • Ability to manage competing priorities and complex issues in a fast-paced environment
  • Confident advising senior stakeholders on sensitive or strategic communications
  • Strong project management skills for own and team workload
  • Skilled in maintaining message discipline across large projects or organisations
  • Effective working relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders

Required Experience:

  • Proficiency in media monitoring and distribution tools (Onclusive, Meltwater, Vuelio)
  • Experience with project management and collaboration platforms (Trello, Asana, Slack)
  • Familiarity with digital content creation tools (Canva, Adobe Creative Suite)
  • Strong understanding of social media platforms and digital PR strategies
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in strategic communications, media relations or public affairs
  • Proven track record of securing national and regional media coverage across broadcast, print and digital platforms
  • Experience integrating communications across digital and traditional channels
  • Experience in the charity sector and understanding of its diverse business functions
  • Experience coordinating colleagues and external partners to deliver impactful content
  • Proven ability to develop and execute strategies for high-quality publicity
  • Experience planning and delivering external communications projects across teams
  • Experience improving systems and processes to increase communications efectiveness
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality work within tight timescales
  • Experience developing and working within brand guidelines
  • Proven line management experience
  • Experience managing and reviewing contracts with external suppliers to ensure value for money
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Y Sort-It

Young Carers Support Worker

  • Y Sort-It
  • Full time
  • £25,789 – £28,064
  • On site: West Dunbartonshire
  • Closing 11th January 2026

We are looking for a dedicated and motivated individuals to join our team. Y sort it Young Carers Service supports young carers aged between 8-18 years across West Dunbartonshire.

This exciting post offers a unique opportunity to work with Young Carers within school, home & community based settings. The role of the Young Carer Support Worker will be to support young carers in making informed choices around issues that are important to them, through one to one, group work sessions & respite.

You will be offering and completing Young Carers Statements (Assessments), developing support plans, providing advice and information, training and group work to support young carers with their caring role.

Young carers are supported through a range of measures to alleviate the caring role and your role will be to work closely with schools, partner agencies and family members to ensure they are able to be a young person first and foremost.

You will be active at providing support and encouragement, helping them to overcome challenges and /or barriers working towards goals to improve their learning, skills and personal development. Offering guidance, rights based information, creating learning opportunities. You will be developing support plans, providing advice and information, training and peer support. Your role will be to work closely with schools, partner agencies and family members.

The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of work will involve working, evenings, school holidays and weekends. The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of work may change to respond to the demands of the work of the Young Carers Service including overnight stays for respite.

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Muirhouse Youth Development Group

Executive Director of Youth & Enterprise

  • Muirhouse Youth Development Group
  • Full time
  • £40,000 – £50,000
  • On site: Edinburgh
  • Closing 26th December 2025

Muirhouse Youth Development Group (MYDG) are seeking an Executive Director of Youth & Enterprise. As Director you will collaborate with the MYDG Board of trustees to develop organisational strategies, ensure the highest safety standards are in place and followed. Ensure compliance with HR policies and procedures, oversee the financial aspects, including fundraising and budget management of both the youth development work and social enterprise. You will raise the profile of MYDG in the community build strong relationships with stakeholders, and act as an inspiring role model for both young people and staff

About the role:

Muirhouse Youth Development Group is a young person focused community Charity. We deliver high quality youth work, providing experiential education programmes, personal and social development, skills acquisition programmes and vocational qualifications. MYDG exists to support young people at key points in their life - Organisation for all, no matter who you are, where you are at, where you have come from and where you are going. We strive to be a fully diverse organisation working with our community to ensure this is woven throughout our way of work.

Key responsibilities:

  • Financial Leadership

Fully accountable for the entire funding cycle, ensuring organisational sustainability. Must be able to generate large funds across multi-year, short-term and social enterprise income streams.

  • Strategic Management

Develop, implement and lead the organisation into the future.

  • Manage Team & Stakeholders

Build, Develop, Lead and manage a strong team to achieve MYDG’s Goals. Ensuring HR compliance and strong governance are in place. Acting as an inspiring role model, being the face of the charity.

Essential Experience

To be successful in this role , you will have skills and experience in the following areas;

  • Executive Financial Leadership: A verifiable track record of personally securing and managing in annual funding from diverse sources, including complex multi-year grants, philanthropic trusts, and earned income streams.
  • Social Enterprise Development: Demonstrated success in developing, launching, and scaling a commercial venture or social enterprise (e.g., outdoor centre, hospitality, or training arm), including full accountability for business planning, market analysis, and sales/marketing strategy.
  • Strategic Youth Sector Leadership: Minimum of 5 years in a senior leadership role within a youth, community, or third-sector organisation, demonstrating the ability to set and achieve strategic goals and drive impact in a community-focused environment.
  • People & Governance Management: Extensive experience leading and motivating multi-disciplinary teams (staff, sessional workers, and volunteers), with a deep, practical understanding of HR compliance, safeguarding, and Board governance within a Scottish charity context.
  • Stakeholder & Partnership Management: A proven ability to act as the public face of an organisation, representing its values, and building high-level relationships with funders, community leaders, partners, and political stakeholders.

Job specification

Development of Organisation and Team:

  • Collaborate with the MYDG Board to develop strategies and operational plans aligned with the organisation’s vision and strategic priorities.
  • Shape, implement, and lead the successful execution of MYDG, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
  • Strengthen MYDG’s capacity to meet aims and objectives while maintaining a sustainable structure.
  • Maximise the potential of the MYDG Team, sessional staff, volunteers, and young people.
  • Oversee the management of MYDG staff, ensuring accurate staff records and financial documentation are maintained through effective delegation.
  • Represent and promote MYDG’s history, present context, and future aspirations to ensure the organisation’s brand is widely known and clearly understood.
  • Ensure resources within MYDG are effectively connected to outcomes for young people.

Management of MYDG Team:

  • Lead, manage, and supervise the MYDG Team.
  • Provide guidance and support to MYDG’s Youth Development Team to ensure strategic outcomes are met.
  • Oversee staff scheduling and manage hours for the Team.
  • Provide the MYDG Board with monthly leadership reports and relevant updates to ensure strong governance and effective management of the organisation, meeting all legal, financial, and ethical responsibilities.
  • Facilitate clear communication across the organisation and take responsibility for maintaining the health of key partnerships and relationships with external stakeholders.
  • Identify training needs and opportunities for the team and oversee the implementation of annual staff appraisals and development plans.
  • Act as an inspiring role model for both young people and staff.
  • Delegate tasks appropriately and ensure accountability.

HR Procedures and Policies:

  • Ensure policies and procedures are current, relevant, and adhered to, leading by example while ensuring legal compliance across the organisation.
  • Manage and oversee recruitment processes for MYDG staff.
  • Handle / Oversee HR responsibilities, including contracts, staff appraisals, development plans, timesheets, holidays, PVG checks, and expenses.
  • Ensure adherence to health and safety, & well-being standards for all staff, volunteers & users.
  • Keep the staff handbook updated and ensure its proper implementation.

Partnership Work:

  • Lead and manage partnership initiatives for MYDG.
  • Maintain regular communication with key partners.
  • Identify and foster new partnership opportunities.
  • Ensure partnership agreements are prioritised, maintained, and adhered to.
  • Build and maintain relationships with funders and partners, ensuring alignment with agreements.

Funding and Budgeting Responsibilities:

  • Fully accountable for the entire funding cycle of MYDG’s work, including identifying funding sources, applications, and commissioning.
  • Ensure the Team meets its key outcomes in line with MYDG’s goals and funder expectations.
  • Provide an overview of all finances in collaboration with the finance administrator.
  • Oversee and review funding proposals submitted by the Youth Development Team.

Social Enterprise & Commercial Leadership

  • Lead the development, implementation, and review of comprehensive business plans for the Pilton Retreat social enterprise to ensure profitability and sustained mission delivery.
  • Direct all market research activities to identify potential customers and market niches for the centre, ensuring competitive and sustainable pricing.
  • Develop and oversee a robust marketing and sales strategy to drive revenue and promote the social and ethical value of choosing MYDG's enterprise services.
  • Ensure the commercial strategy adheres to best practices in social enterprise traits (i.e., profits are reinvested into the youth development mission) and builds long-term financial sustainability for the entire organisation.
  • Actively manage the balance between commercial success and the maintenance of high-quality community outcomes and youth engagement.
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Muirhouse Youth Development Group

Senior Youth Development Worker (Female)

  • Muirhouse Youth Development Group
  • Full time
  • £29,000
  • On site: Edinburgh
  • Closing 26th December 2025

Introduction to MYDG

Muirhouse Youth Development Group was established in 1997 and has been working with young people from Muirhouse and the surrounding areas ever since. Over the past 30 years, we have built strong, trusted relationships with young people, their families, the local community, and with the high school in which we are based. We deliver a full week of activities for young people, including evening youth clubs and in-school support. MYDG works with young people aged 8–18, and we support their development through opportunities such as our Young Volunteers Programme.

Purpose of the Job

Our Youth Development Workers play a direct role in engaging and supporting young people: delivering issue-based sessions, creating safe and inclusive spaces, and ensuring that young people’s voices are heard and prioritised in decision-making—both within the organisation and in the wider community.

We are looking for someone with a good understanding of the experiences and challenges young people face in the local area, and with experience in delivering impactful group work programmes.

Role Requirements

This role requires the postholder to deliver high-quality, safe, fun, and empowering youth work activities and support services. You will be part of a small, collaborative team working to achieve key outcomes for young people, as required by our funders. The postholder should have the confidence and ability to develop, deliver, and promote a relevant and engaging youth work programme for young people of varying ages.

Key responsibilities include

  • Designing and delivering youth work sessions across a range of topics
  • Recording, monitoring, and evaluating your work effectively
  • Building and maintaining positive relationships with colleagues, stakeholders, and partner organisations
  • Upholding and promoting the values of MYDG

Contributing to our online presence through social media and digital platforms

Young Women’s Work – Occupational Requirement

We are currently seeking to recruit a female Youth Development Worker to support our young women’s work, both within mixed settings and targeted group sessions.

This post is open to female applicants only, as the role involves working closely with young women on gender-specific issues. This requirement is considered to be an Occupational Requirement, as permitted under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

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