We're growing and looking for talented people to join our team across Scotland and help create positive choices, chances and connections for young people.

Who we are

Working Rite is a Scottish employability charity supporting young people age 15 - 25 to build confidence, develop skills, gain meaningful experience and move towards employment, apprenticeships and further learning. We are currently operating across Aberdeen, East Ayrshire, East Lothian, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Relationships and mentoring sit at the heart of our approach. We work alongside young people, schools, employers and communities, providing practical opportunities and individual support that help young people take their next steps.

We're ambitious about what young people can achieve, and we're looking for people who share that ambition.

Why work with us?

We want Working Rite to be a place where people can do great work, develop professionally and have flexibility in how they balance work and life. We are proudly a Flex Mark Accredited organisation for our commitment to flexible working, and we’re a Living Wage employer.

Our employee offer includes:

• Flexible working by default
• 5% employer pension contribution
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave
• Compassionate leave
• Additional annual leave based on length of service
• Opportunities for continued professional development
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Team building and social activities
• Access to Mintago employee benefits, including cycle-to-work, grocery salary sacrifice, pensions advice and electric vehicle leasing

The Development & Fundraising Manager plays a vital role in securing the income, partnerships and resources that enable Working Rite to transform young lives. Leading on fundraising, income generation and relationship management, you will identify new opportunities, develop compelling funding proposals and build lasting partnerships with trusts, foundations, corporate supporters and other stakeholders. Combining strategic thinking with practical delivery, you will help drive sustainable growth and maximise Working Rite's impact across Scotland.

The Citizens Advice Service was first established in Edinburgh in 1939. Over the years it has grown to deliver services from 4 main Bureaux (Dundas Street, Leith, Muirhouse and Portobello) and over 20 project/outreach locations across the capital. In 2007 the separate Bureaux merged to form Citizens Advice Edinburgh (CAE, Charity Number SC038195).

Through a team of core and project staff and over 120 highly trained and committed volunteers, CAE provides a free, confidential, independent and impartial service to the citizens of Edinburgh on a wide range of issues including:

• Debt and money

• Welfare Rights

• Consumer issues

• Immigration

• Employment and workforce problems

• Housing

• Relationship and family issues

• Discrimination

• Health services

• Legal rights & responsibilities

The charity is a trusted and well-respected organisation. It enjoys high levels of client satisfaction, and the excellence of its training programme is widely recognised. Its volunteer workforce and paid staff are fully committed and

strive, with limited resources, to provide the advice sought by thousands of clients each year.

For a full overview of all our services and current work, please visit the Citizens Advice Edinburgh website.

Job Description

The Patient Rights (Scotland) Act was passed in February 2011. The Act created the Patient Advice and Support Service (PASS) to promote awareness of patient rights and responsibilities, to assist people to deal with

issues affecting their health and wellbeing and to provide advice and support to those wishing to give feedback or comments, or to raise concerns or complaints about NHS care received.

Purpose of the Post:

Patient Advisers will work with the Citizens Advice bureau/x in their local health board area and will also contribute to services provided throughout Scotland via a national PASS telephone advice line and by email and webchat via a national PASS website. The Patient Adviser will provide direct advice and information to clients; support bureaux volunteers to deliver information and advice relevant to the service; produce performance and monitoring reports; assist with the marketing and promotion of the service; and liaise with external organisations in order to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of PASS.

For more information please download the Job Description below.

Established in 1944, One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS) is the leading charity working with single parent families in Scotland. We provide expert advice, practical support and campaign with parents to make their voices heard to change the systems, policies and attitudes that disadvantage single parent families. We work alongside single parents and their families, placing them at the centre of everything we do. Creating ways to overcome barriers, changing their lives and

fulfilling their potential. We also celebrate the many achievements of single parents and their children.

Our vision is to see a Scotland where single parent families are celebrated in all their diversity, are treated fairly and live free from discrimination and poverty. Our mission is to amplify the voices of single parent families in their unique role as sole carers and providers and together challenge stigma, poverty and inequality to achieve change.

Our values are trust, equity, justice, collaboration and compassion. These are the principles or standards that we consider important in life. They shape behaviour and guide our decisions and actions.

Our strategic objectives shape and guide all roles at OPFS. They are the pillars that underpin all our work. We all will:

1. Support single parents to build on their strengths and attributes to achieve their goals.
2. Strengthen single parent families’ wellbeing, enabling children to be happy and thrive.
3. Influence policies to eradicate child poverty taking an intersectional, equalities approach to policy making.
4. Involve single parents, experts by experience, to co-produce OPFS services and policy priorities.
5. Challenge societal attitudes and behaviours to fully support and respect single parent families.

About this role

We're looking for an experience Research Officer to join our Policy, Participation and External Relations team. This is an exciting opportunity to drive forward research projects, produce compelling findings, recommendations and high quality impact reports and webinars that bring our findings to life. We're looking for a creative and insightful person who is passionate about creating a Scotland where single parent families can thrive.

For more information, please download the Job Description & Person Specification below.

Make a difference to the lives of students – become an External Lay Director for ENSA

ENSA is an independent, registered charity that exists to enable students to make the most of their university experience. Our three Elected Officers serve as champions for students, ensuring they are properly represented and have access to sports and societies, advice and support, training and events.

We currently have a strong Board of Directors with expertise in finance, governance and policy development. We’re looking for a new Director who is enthusiastic and committed, who believes that a great university experience can be truly transformational for students. Could this be you? We welcome applications from people across a broad range of professional backgrounds, especially those with experience in HR.

This is a voluntary, unremunerated position, though we will reimburse reasonable travel expenses. The Board meets four times a year, usually in the evening with a mixture of in-person and virtual meetings. Time commitment is approximately 6 hours a month (including preparing for meetings).

The Board of Directors has overall responsibility for ENSA’s governance, for upholding its values and aligning it to the Association’s charitable aims. It aspires constantly to improve standards of governance and good practice. It also sets the overall strategic direction for ENSA and evaluates progress towards objectives.

For more information about ENSA, see our Your Union Guide and Impact Report.

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for an experienced Support & Development Worker to join our Midlothian Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Team.

In this rewarding role, you will support people experiencing mental health difficulties by developing, coordinating and facilitating psychoeducational and mental wellbeing groups across a range of community venues in Midlothian.

You will take a person-centred, trauma-informed, strengths-based and creative approach, helping individuals build confidence and self-value, develop coping strategies and access appropriate support. You may also be involved in recruiting, supporting and supervising volunteers to help with the groups.

We are looking for someone with experience in developing and delivering group-based activities, knowledge of mental health and self-help strategies, alongside excellent communication, administrative and organisational skills.

The role will be primarily office-based, with regular travel required to community venues across Midlothian. Flexibility in working hours will also be important to ensure our services meet the needs of the people we support.

If you are passionate about mental health and wellbeing, enjoy working collaboratively and want to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives, we would love to hear from you!

Edinburgh University Students' Association is looking to recruit a Student Opportunities Administrator - Maternity Cover to join our Student Opportunities team.

Edinburgh University Students’ Association is an award-winning organisation, which exists to provide diverse services, representation, and welfare support to the community of over 49,500 students at the University of Edinburgh. By providing opportunities, helping to create change and offering support, we're here to help students get the most out of their time in Edinburgh. We have five venues around the University of Edinburgh campus – Teviot, King’s Buildings House, Potterrow, the Pleasance and Edinburgh College of Art’s Wee Red Bar – which house our offices, cafés, bars, clubs, spaces for students to meet, study and socialise. These spaces transform into some of the most well loved Edinburgh Festival Fringe venues throughout the month of August each year.

We are a registered charity and all of the income we generate from our commercial activity goes back in to supporting our members. We’re also an organisation with a strategic commitment to support and empower all our staff, and have some exciting plans for the future. Plus, over 90% of our staff would recommend the Students' Association as a place to work. There's never been a better time to apply and join our organisation.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. Edinburgh University Students’ Association is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

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

Plus a generous benefits package:

• 35 days per year holiday entitlement
• Company pension with 14.5% employer contribution
• Enhanced company sick pay, leave and loan policies
• Hybrid working - up to 40% working from home per week
• A comprehensive package of support via our Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to money saving discounts from hundreds of retailers via our Pluxee Discounts Hub
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounts on food and drink across our venues

The Role:

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

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

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

The Person:

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

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

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

Every day, people across Scotland are adjusting to life following a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition, after experiencing a stroke or dealing with Long Covid. At Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS), Scotland's leading health charity, we're working to ensure there is No Life Half Lived, and you could play a vital role in making that happen.

We provide a range of services, notably through our Community Healthcare Support Service, which delivers supported self-management and recovery services across Scotland.

By joining CHSS as Data Governance Lead, you’ll have a real opportunity to help people move beyond simply surviving, towards managing their health, regaining confidence and independence and connecting with their communities.

About the Role

As our Data Governance Lead, you’ll play a key role in helping CHSS manage and use data responsibly, ensuring the people we support, volunteers and colleagues can trust us with their information.

Working across the organisation, you’ll lead the day-to-day delivery of our data governance and data protection activities, including UK GDPR compliance, DPIAs, data sharing, consent, information assets, data quality and AI governance. You’ll also act as the main internal contact for our external Data Protection Officer and provide clear, practical advice to colleagues on data protection and governance matters.

This is a great opportunity for someone with strong data protection or information governance experience who enjoys turning complex requirements into practical solutions. You’ll help embed good governance into projects and systems from the start, support colleagues to use data safely and confidently, and help CHSS continue to improve how we manage and protect information across the organisation.

Why Join CHSS?

At CHSS, you'll be joining a charity where your work has a genuine impact on people's lives across Scotland.

Our colleagues describe working at CHSS as rewarding, fulfilling, impactful, friendly and inclusive, reflecting both the purpose of our work and the supportive culture we continue to build together.

We value people with different experiences, skills and perspectives. Our colleagues join us at many stages of their careers, from those taking their first steps into employment, to professionals seeking a new challenge, people changing sectors, and those looking to use their experience in a purpose-driven organisation. What unites us is a shared commitment to improving the lives of people across Scotland.

What We Can Offer You

Working at CHSS means being part of a passionate organisation that makes a real difference every day. We offer:

- A rewarding, positive and supportive work environment

- Company pension scheme

- Generous annual leave entitlement

- Company sick pay scheme

- Employee wellbeing support

- Life assurance

For full range of our benefits, please see the Benefit Summary document attached to our advert.

Flexible Working

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”. While we encourage flexibility wherever possible, please note that our Retail Shop roles operate within set business hours of 10:00 am to 5:00 pm to meet the needs of the business.

Safeguarding and Equality

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check.

CHSS is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and to creating an environment free from unlawful discrimination. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates and aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or colleague is treated unfairly because of their background or circumstances.

Shakti is a feminist Black Minority Ethnic voluntary organisation which offers information, advocacy, emotional/practical support and refuge/temporary accommodation to all Black Minority Ethnic women and their children, who are experiencing or fleeing domestic abuse.

Shakti is seeking to recruit an experienced Assistant Finance Worker / SMV Fund Coordinator with relevant accounting qualifications. Your role will involve assisting and supporting the lead Finance Worker to ensure the day-to-day finance and accounts tasks are carried out effectively.

The post holder must have relevant accounting qualifications; have at least 1 year experience of general accounting and reconciliation work to audit level, a sound knowledge of Sage 50 Accounts, Excel, must be IT literate, have good keyboard skills with good planning, organisational and communication skills. The post holder must have knowledge and understanding of no recourse to public funds, domestic abuse and honour-based abuse within Black Minority Ethnic communities.

This is a full-time post compromising of two roles (21 hours per week Assistant Finance Worker and 14hrs per week Supporting Migrant Women (SMV) Fund Coordinator; based in Edinburgh.

Play Therapy Base was founded in 2011 by four play therapists who identified a gap in child-centred play therapy provision in Midlothian. For 15 years we have supported children aged 3 to 14 and their families across the Lothians.

We are now entering the next stage of our development, with a restructure of our senior team. This has created an exciting opportunity for a qualified and experienced Play Therapist to join our team of 15 as Service Manager.

About the role

As Service Manager, you will lead the delivery of our therapy services, working closely with children, parents, carers, staff, and partner organisations. You will make sure our child-centred ethos and high standards of practice run through everything we do and help promote the service across the communities we support.

About you

We are looking for someone who has:

• A professionally accredited Play Therapy qualification with BAPT/ PTUK or equivalent
• Registration with BAPT / PTUK or similar
• Substantial post-qualification experience as a Play Therapist
• Experience of managing and supporting a team
• A real passion for play therapy and a strong commitment to helping children and families grow and flourish together

Are you passionate about helping people to live a better life? Do you want to work for a charity where your health and wellbeing matter just as much as the people you support? Do you want to be part of a trauma-informed team where you will be supported to develop creative and flexible ways of working?

At LinkLiving, our values and people are at the heart of everything we do including how we recruit our staff. It is important for us to find people who share our values, which are:

• Empathy (listen to and understand an individual’s needs and circumstances)
• Respect (treat others the way they wish to be treated)
• Integrity (be honest and have strong moral principles)
• Caring (show kindness and concern for others)

LinkLiving is a Scottish health and wellbeing charity that supports people to manage or overcome the effects of negative life experiences (including trauma, mental health challenges, poverty and inequality) so that they can build on their strengths and aspirations in order to live their best possible lives. We support people through a range of models including:

· Personal development and employability programmes

· Self-help coaching

· Supported accommodation

· Care at home

· Housing support

· Befriending

· Social cafes

The Service

LinkLiving’s HoME service (Help on Managing Everything) provides an intensive housing management service to Link Housing Association tenants who are struggling to maintain their tenancies.

The Job

The purpose of the job is to provide practical and emotional support to people who have been referred to the service who’s condition of property requires specialist support. Through building positive relationships with tenants, you will work with them to maintain their home, working closely with Housing Officers as well as the wider Mental Health & Wellbeing Services team.

You will be responsible for the provision of individually tailored one to one support. The service you provide will focus on the safety and well-being of clients creating a supportive environment which to address the issues they are experiencing with their tenancy. This role will require a high level of multiagency working.

About You

You’ll be someone with a good standard of general education. With a genuine understanding of the challenges faced by individuals with complex needs, you will have experience supporting clients with a range of issues and demonstrate a strong grasp of the skills required to live independently.

Your positive, can-do attitude will shine through in your hands-on approach to providing practical support, while your non-judgemental mindset and commitment to embracing diversity will be at the heart of how you work. You’ll bring excellent communication skills—written, verbal and digital—and be comfortable using IT systems, including online client management platforms.

You will have knowledge of available grants and resources for individuals on low incomes. Adaptability is key, as is the ability to build meaningful relationships and partnerships with other voluntary and statutory organisations.

You’ll be a proactive team player who can work openly and honestly within a team setting, while also being confident in prioritising and managing both your own workload. Reflective practice will be important to you—you’ll welcome feedback and support to ensure continuous improvement in your work.

A full driving licence and access to your own vehicle is essential for this role.

What’s in it for you?

The benefits of being a LinkLiving employee (subject to the policies and benefit terms and conditions) include:

· Competitive salary, reviewed annually, and opportunity for annual performance related salary increases and discretionary non-consolidated pay awards, subject to terms of the scheme

· 35 days’ holiday per year (inclusive of public holidays) pro rata plus additional 3 days pro rata after 3 years’ service

· opportunity to buy and sell holiday

· enhanced company sick and family friendly pay

· access to paid SVQ qualifications and a wide range of learning and development opportunities

· funded Disclosure Scotland and Scottish Social Services Council memberships

· defined contribution pension scheme with generous employer contributions plus salary exchange and additional voluntary contribution options

· access to a Salary Exchange car leasing scheme, subject to the terms of the scheme

· life assurance scheme providing death in service benefits

· healthcare cash plan for employees (and dependents) to support health and wellbeing plus discounts on shopping, restaurants, and other services

· employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate household dependants to support health, mental and financial well-being

· access to purchase annual corporate clothing vouchers

· annual flu vaccination

· access to a credit union savings and borrowing scheme

· cycle to work scheme

For a full list of benefits available to employees, please visit the Link Living website.

This role is subject to PVG membership under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020.

Individuals who are barred from working with children or protected adults will not be considered for this position. Link will meet the cost of any new PVG scheme membership or membership update.