Are you looking for a new HR role in an organisation that makes a real difference? Changeworks is looking for an enthusiastic HR professional to join our People Team on a part time basis (17.5 hours per week, with flexibility on how these hours are worked). As a key part of our supportive and values driven team, you’ll bring foundational HR experience — ideally with some exposure to early stage employee relations such as initial absence advice, supporting first stage investigations or disciplinaries, and responding to straightforward people queries from managers and colleagues.

This is a great next step if you’ve begun your HR career in an administrative or coordination role and are ready to grow your professional practice. You’ll be joining us at an exciting time as Changeworks scales up its impact, playing your part in creating a positive, fair and engaging employee experience across the organisation.

About us

Changeworks is a great place to work. We hold Investors in People Platinum accreditation (something only a few organisations in Scotland have), and we were nominated for employer of the year by the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce this year. Our staff overwhelmingly would recommend us as an employer too.

The Climate Emergency has resulted in ambitious national targets to reduce carbon emissions from the built environment and reduce rates of fuel poverty. This has driven a significant increase in the number of pilot and large-scale interventions delivered by Changeworks and external organisations in this area. These include area-based domestic energy efficiency retrofit and decarbonisation projects and programmes.

We are a growing organisation, and this role is crucial to the delivery of our ambitious objectives. We want to decarbonise homes in Scotland on a massive scale, and that needs talented individuals like you to help us deliver on our objectives. You’ll receive full training plus coaching and mentoring.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits including flexible working, bike to work scheme, an excellent pension scheme and 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.

Keen to find a part-time role and an opportunity to develop your skills? Changeworks is looking for someone part time (17.5 hours a week) with strong numerical accuracy and good financial acumen to help keep our payroll and benefits running smoothly.

The HR Officer (Payroll and Benefits) will support monthly payroll changes, maintain accurate records, and assist with benefits like pensions, cycle to work and wellbeing schemes. Clear communication, attention to detail, and confidence with spreadsheets are essential. Ideal for someone with a basic foundation in payroll who wants to grow their knowledge and experience.

About us

Changeworks is a great place to work. We hold Investors in People Platinum accreditation (something only a few organisations in Scotland have), and we were nominated for employer of the year by the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce this year. Our staff overwhelmingly would recommend us as an employer too.

The Climate Emergency has resulted in ambitious national targets to reduce carbon emissions from the built environment and reduce rates of fuel poverty. This has driven a significant increase in the number of pilot and large-scale interventions delivered by Changeworks and external organisations in this area. These include area-based domestic energy efficiency retrofit and decarbonisation projects and programmes.

We are a growing organisation, and this role is crucial to the delivery of our ambitious objectives. We want to decarbonise homes in Scotland on a massive scale, and that needs talented individuals like you to help us deliver on our objectives. You’ll receive full training plus coaching and mentoring.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits including flexible working, bike to work scheme, an excellent pension scheme and 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.

VOCAL is the Voice of Carers across Lothian, a Scottish charity run by carers and for carers since 1994. We are looking for an Administrator to join the team at our busy Carers’ Hub in Edinburgh.

As an integral member of VOCAL’s small administrative team, the postholder will play a key role in supporting the smooth running of services across the organisation, including Carer Support, Counselling, Wee Breaks, Carer Training, and other key areas of service delivery.

The postholder will be based in our busy reception, greeting carers and visitors with a positive, helpful attitude, and working closely with staff and volunteers to maintain a supportive and professional atmosphere.

In addition to reception duties and administrative support, the postholder will assist with data recording within VOCAL’s client data management system.

This is a varied and rewarding role that requires excellent communication and administrative skills, attention to detail, and a proactive approach to supporting both carers and colleagues across VOCAL’s services.

Applicants will have experience in a comparable position and be able to evidence their administration and IT skills as well as data entry experience.

About Inch Community Association and Inch Community Education Centre:

Inch Community Association (ICA) is a charity which was established as a SCIO in 2019 (registered with OSCR – SC049401) and which manages Inch House Community Education Centre, located in the south of Edinburgh. Among its charitable goals are the provision of programmes of community education, leisure and recreational facilities for the adjacent Inch community; to support local community development and urban regeneration; to advance arts, heritage and culture by fostering an awareness of history arts and architecture (especially of the history, arts and architecture of Scotland) within the Inch community and beyond; to encourage a greater awareness of nature and the local environment, support action to protect it, and to raise awareness about more general environmental issues within the community.

Inch House is highly unusual among community centres in that it is housed in a beautiful historical building (a 16th /17thcentury tower house) set in the middle of a magnificent park. This has created many challenges in meeting the expectations that go with running a modern community centre inside such an old building, and significant operational and maintenance problems. But it also brings great opportunities, as Inch House is held in enormous affection by the local community and the many people who use or visit from further afield, all of whom are passionate about securing its future.

Inch House is owned by City of Edinburgh Council, which pays for its upkeep provides a limited amount of janitorial support and other services. The main day-to-day activities and services at the Centre are delivered by ICA and its partners.

The Golden Years Programme

The Golden Years programme is an educational and leisure programme aimed at providing support for elderly local residents of the Inch district which operated at Inch House for many years prior to the onset of the Covid epidemic. It was centred on meetings at Inch House and elsewhere.

Participants were collected from their homes each week by mini-bus and returned there at the end of the session. As well as regular sessions held in Inch House, frequent excursions were organised to destinations in and around Edinburgh, including: shopping trips, visits to the Botanic Gardens, the theatre, art galleries, castles or the seaside.

ICA has recently acquired funding to relaunch the Golden Years programme and is currently looking for a suitable person to revitalise and lead the programme.

Job Description:

The Project Leader will be primarily responsible for re-launching, organising and managing the Golden Years programme at Inch House and will work closely with the Development Manager in its delivery. In particular they will:

• organise a programme of weekly activities, taking into account in the process the preferences and interests of participants of the programme;
• personally supervise the sessions and provide support to participants;
• ensure that weekly sessions are conducted safely and in full compliance with all relevant Health & Safety regulations:
• collaborate closely with volunteers and others involved in the delivery of the programme;
• help with recruiting new members (participants) of the programme and identifying volunteers who will take part in its delivery;
• provide brief written reports when required for the purpose of promoting the programme and for quality control.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a creative and energetic individual with a flair for organising activities and a passion for working with and helping others. The successful candidate will ideally have solid experience of working with people in the care and support sector. They will be able to demonstrate an innovative and empathetic approach to delivering services flexibly and reliably.

Key Skills, Experience and Attributes:

• Experience of working with vulnerable people and/or life experience in supporting older people;
• Enthusiasm and a genuine interest in working with people over 60;
• Experience with community volunteering;
• You should understand the importance of implementing and following policies and procedures, whilst ensuring excellent service provision;
• Good written verbal communication and IT skills and ability to use social media are essential;
• PVG scheme membership is an essential requirement of the role;
• Commitment to the charitable goals of the Inch Community Association and to its general objective of community empowerment.

Other Desirable Skills, Experience and Attributes:

• Knowledge of the Inch area and experience of local community engagement.

Edinburgh Young Carers is seeking a suitably experienced and qualified applicant to join the service in developing and providing high quality support to young carers in Edinburgh between the ages of 5 and 25 years, focused primarily on our 5-9s service.

The post-holder will work alongside colleagues to raise awareness of young carers and their support needs, identify hidden young carers, and develop and provide support plans to ensure that young carers identified personal outcomes are being met, in accordance with the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 and Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020.

The candidate will need to be suitably qualified and experienced in working with children and young people, with at least three years proven experience in a role including individual and group work.

Organisation Profile

EYC is a voluntary organisation working with and on behalf of young carers throughout Edinburgh. We are one of the largest and most well established independent young carers organisations in Scotland. We have a strong commitment to the rights of children and young people.

Benefits

We take good care of our staff and offer a benefit package including: 27 days’ annual leave plus all public holidays, 6% matched pension, free healthcare through Benenden Health after probation, hybrid working, flexible hours, Cycle to Work scheme and extensive training opportunities. We are also a recognised Carer Positive and Real Living Wage employer.

Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone. We provide support and information to people with dementia, their carers and families, we campaign for the rights of people with dementia and fund vital dementia research.

Join our growing Fundraising & Engagement Team

With a number of exciting opportunities emerging across our fundraising programmes, we’re looking for motivated, creative individuals to help us make a real difference across Scotland. With multiple exciting roles available, from corporate partnerships to supporter care and community engagement, you’ll have the chance to use your skills to directly support people living with dementia, their families and carers, ensuring that nobody faces dementia alone.

What you’ll do

As a Fundraising & Engagement Administrator at Alzheimer Scotland, you’ll be tasked with delivering an outstanding supporter experience across a diverse community of donors, fundraisers, volunteers and stakeholders. You’ll be a key member of our Fundraising & Engagement team, where we raise vital funds to make sure nobody faces dementia alone.

You will play a central role in the supporter journey for, among others, our third-party event participants and community fundraisers, ensuring they get the information and advice to enable them to have a fruitful and enjoyable experience with Alzheimer Scotland. You will often be their first point of contact, so you’ll need to be passionate about providing first-class care to our supporters in an empathetic, efficient and enthusiastic way.

You will also be responsible for data entry and management so organisational skills and attention to detail are paramount. If you are someone who understands and uses processes with confidence and operates well in a fast-paced environment, then this is the role for you.

This role will be based in our Edinburgh office, with a minimum of four days per week in the office to ensure we give our supporters the best service. There will be occasional travel to a range of other locations, as required by the organisation.

What you’ll have

The successful candidate will be naturally optimistic and empathetic, with a can-do attitude. You will be a self-starter who thrives on building meaningful relationships. We are looking for someone who has a positive attitude towards dementia, along with excellent communication skills and a caring manner.

This role would suite someone with experience in customer service or support roles in any sector. While charity or fundraising experience is helpful, it’s not essential – we value empathy, strong communication skills and a genuine desire to help others. We would encourage applications from anyone who feels their skills and experience would translate into this role.

Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone. We provide support and information for people living with dementia, their carers and families, campaign for the rights of people with dementia, fund vital dementia research and support people to better understand and maintain their own brain health.

Join our growing Fundraising & Engagement Team

With a number of exciting opportunities emerging across our fundraising programmes, we’re looking for motivated, creative individuals to help us make a real difference across Scotland. With multiple exciting roles available, from corporate partnerships to supporter care and community engagement, you’ll have the chance to use your skills to directly support people living with dementia, their families and carers, ensuring that nobody faces dementia alone.

What you’ll do

This rewarding opportunity in the Fundraising & Engagement Team at Alzheimer Scotland reports into the Fundraising & Engagement Leader (Individuals) and focuses on our community partnerships, fundraisers and donors, as well as managing the end-to-end stewardship of our volunteers.

This role can be based in either of our city offices in Glasgow or Edinburgh with occasional travel to elsewhere in Scotland.

You will play a crucial role in cultivating and nurturing relationships, finding more efficient ways of working, developing our volunteering programme and liaising with colleagues around Alzheimer Scotland to deliver a first-class supporter journey.

What you’ll have

The successful candidate will have experience in supporter journeys, community fundraising, volunteering, a commitment to continuous improvement, a collaborative nature and will also be able to work independently.

Aligned to the charity ethos, you must have a positive attitude towards dementia.

If you have drive to work efficiently and supportively, and you thrive on building meaningful relationships, then this is the role for you.

Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Physical Activity Specialist you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading health charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support Service provides access to a range of supported self management and community recovery services to support people across Scotland to manage their health as well as possible and adjust to life after a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or after a stroke.

You will be responsible for delivering and promoting physical activity sessions to those people who are referred to our Movement Matters programme.

You will deliver physical activity sessions in line with guidelines and standards to improve the wellbeing of our service users using your expertise as a Level 4 instructor, with a specific focus around prevention and self-management, in line with our No Life Half Lived Strategy

You will also play a key role in developing new relationships with key referrers and raising awareness of the benefits of physical activity across CHSS, enhancing what is available for colleagues and volunteers.

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a PVG check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh is seeking to recruit an International Assistant to join the College’s Department of Education, Training and Assessment. This is a part-time role based at the College in Queen Street, Edinburgh, with flexibility for a form of hybrid working to be agreed.

With a worldwide reputation for educational excellence, the College exists to promote the highest standards of patient care. One of the ways we do this is through our international contribution to conferences and events and a range of scholarships and bursaries to support doctors who are pursuing a career in medicine. We are looking for an assistant with excellent interpersonal and digital skills, who enjoy providing a high standard of customer service to exceed internal and external customer expectations.

The Role

To provide administrative support for a range of current and future fellowship and scholarship schemes, including the MSc scholarships, Brian Chapman and James Petrie Awards and the Medical Training Initiative (MTI) sponsorship scheme which provides training placements for international medical graduates. The International Assistant will organise and administer the application processes, arranging markers, processing results, and communicating with successful and unsuccessful applicants regarding the outcomes of the application process. This includes arranging publicity and liaising with the marketing department for promotion and co-ordinating the annual MSc graduate reception.

The International Assistant will also support College Fellows with international travel, liaising with the College’s appointed external travel company to facilitate bookings.

The role is based at the College in Queen Street, Edinburgh although an element of hybrid working is possible. The role requires two hours’ work per day; some flexibility is required to accommodate variation in workflow. There may be occasions when it is necessary to work outside normal hours and a system of TOIL is in place to accommodate this.

The Person:

We are seeking an enthusiastic self-starter with a pro-active approach and an interest in medical education and training. Good communication and IT skills are essential as well as meticulous attention to detail and the ability to process, store and analyse data accurately. With a varied range of activities to support, candidates must be able to manage potentially conflicting priorities, remain calm under pressure, and be excellent team players.

Please refer to the person specification for this role.

Remuneration Package

The salary for these roles will be £25,050 per annum (pay award pending, pro rata for 10-hour role) plus benefits. Additional benefits include:

• Pension: with employer contributions of 9%.
• Holidays: 23 days’ annual leave (with incremental increase over five years to 28 days) and 11 days’ public holiday/College close downs (Pro-rata for the PT role)
• Life assurance scheme
• Long-term income protection scheme for those unable to work due to illness.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Discounted rates for use of the venue for personal events.

OVERALL PURPOSES OF JOB

Within this role you are responsible for the continued smooth running of Rowan Alba, providing financial and administrative support, maintaining appropriate records, and ensuring all appropriate facilities are in place.

You will be responsible for all aspects of accounting and invoicing, as well as being a point of contact for all staff and volunteers on finance matters. You will provide financial support to managers and ensure all relevant tasks to assist the accountant in concluding management accounts and you will provide information requested from auditors and the CEO upon request.

Full details available in the job description below.