- Advertised from 21st August 2023
- Intercultural Youth Scotland operates with a 4-day week, which means that we consider a 32-hour work week to be full time. Fixed term until 31st October 2024.
- The position will include all statutory holiday and sick pay benefits, as well as enhanced (5%) employer pension contributions.
Role
Job Overview
Intercultural Youth Scotland (IYS) is a grassroots, youth-led organisation supporting and advocating for young Black people and young People of Colour (PoC) in Scotland. We offer specialist support to Black and PoC young people and advocate across Scottish Government for their voices to be heard. IYS' services include a youth work and creative arts service; an education program delivering anti-racism education in secondary schools; a mental health program offering free support to young Black people and People of Colour; as well as the Restless Natives employability program.
The advocacy team at IYS is dedicated to putting young BPoC at the heart of anti-racist policy influencing, ensuring their voices are heard by national decision-makers. The team supports and nurtures young people who are passionate about improving Scottish society by designing creative engagement projects which bring young people up close with senior decision-makers, including government ministers, international academics and grassroots activists.
We are looking for a confident, engaging and well-organised person who is passionate about making anti-racist change to join our team as we gear up to deliver exciting engagement opportunities with young people. The successful candidate will support the team to deliver an 11-month engagement programme in collaboration with The Scottish Government’s Anti-Racism in Education Program, contribute to the team's annual strategy and represent IYS in exciting policy spaces. They will work closely with the Head of Advocacy and Partnerships and Youth Advocacy lead to create accessible materials so that our young people can come to policy spaces well prepared and confident to speak up. They will also act as an ambassador for IYS and the BPoC young people we work with in policy-oriented networks, ensuring that anti-racist principles are highlighted in these spaces. You will also work to form relationships across IYS service teams to deeply understand the changes our young people need to see in society, translating these to high-quality planning of engagement activities alongside the Youth Advocacy Lead.
We’re looking for someone with…
- Knowledge and understanding of race and oppressive power structures. (A knowledge of how these structures manifest in national as well as local policy spaces desirable)
- Experience of anti-racist activism, change making, influencing or similar
- Experience facilitating meetings or group work (preferably with young people and adults)
- Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to form relationships across organisations to develop our policy goals
- Ability to develop nurturing relationships with young people interested in anti-racist policy and facilitate online and in person engagement
- A strategic approach to policy with the ability to identify priority areas in consultation with lived experience participants
- The ability to work collaboratively both within IYS and with partners including government officials, senior colleagues in other third sector organisations and representatives of statutory bodies
- A well-organised and creative individual, able to organise and hold engagement activities for young people
- The capacity to communicate complex ideas clearly and accessibly to a variety of audiences
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Lived experience of racialisation; identifying as Black or a person of colour.
We value voluntary and paid experiences gained equally! We understand that people have experiences and skills that can’t be captured in formal job experience or qualifications – no matter what your experience level, if you think you’d be a good fit for the job then please apply. We want to see what you’ve got! (Training and professional development opportunities will be provided to the successful applicant.)
We particularly encourage dark-skinned people, migrants and people who experience multiple marginalities to apply! At IYS, we believe that we must be representative of the people with whom we work. Therefore, it is vital that our staff represent many of the multiple experiences of Black people and people of colour in Scotland. The young people with whom we work need to trust that our practitioners understand their experience as well as possible.
The successful applicant must be happy to undergo a PVG check, which our HR team will support with.
Application notes
A Job Pack is available for download below.
Closing date: September 12th 2023.
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People and Organisational Development Lead
- Full time
- £27,928
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 16th January 2026
At Rock Trust, our people are our greatest asset. As the organisation grows, we are introducing a People and Organisational Development role to ensure our staff have continued access to excellent HR support, including recruitment, on-boarding, induction, Learning and development and talent management. Working with the People and Business Support Manager and colleagues across the organisation, you will deliver all aspects of people support, management and development.
This is a role that would be ideal for an aspiring HR Manager looking to develop their HR career working with an experienced CIPD qualified People Manager, and in an organisation that, although growing, is small enough to offer experience across the full range of HR practice. Some previous HR experience is essential.
In addition to the responsibilities in the Job Description, the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following key competencies:
- Working as part of a small team.
- Confidentiality.
- Reliability.
- Professionalism.
- Proactivity.
Ask & Act Education Manager
- Full time
- £36,128 – £40,686
- Hybrid: Fife, West Lothian, Perth ,or Edinburgh and WfH, with occasional travel, across sites.
- Closing 7th January 2026
Who We Are
We are Scotland’s leading youth homelessness charity. We believe that no young person should ever face homelessness. That’s why we deliver bold, youth-specific solutions, built around young people’s experiences and what evidence tells us works.
We support young people to avoid and move on from homelessness, helping them build the confidence, skills and stability they need to thrive in adulthood. We also influence policy and practice to create a Scotland where no young person is left behind.
We don’t follow the system, we change it, continually championing the voices and experiences of all young people.
Context
Rock Trust delivers the Upstream prevention project in schools and the post holder will work with the Upstream Team, pilot schools and education departments to create a toolkit for the implementation of Upstream. This will involve working with current pilot schools to document the changes required in school systems, the challenges and how to overcome them and an assessment of the resources required to deliver Upstream. The Ask & Act Education Manager will use this learning to create a toolkit and implementation plan to be used for national implementation.
This role is responsible for:
- Coordinating work with multiple local authority Education departments, senior leaders and cross-sector partners (Housing, Social Work, Health, third sector)
- Designing and documenting processes, guidance and training materials that enable schools to embed early identification of housing risk
- Capturing learning, gathering data and producing a national implementation framework
- Ensuring all activity aligns with statutory duties, local contexts and Rock Trust’s prevention approach
The Ask & Act Education Manager will need to be methodical, have strong report writing skills and interpersonal skills to co-ordinate the information gathering and documenting. They will be responsible for delivering the toolkit to a high standard, making a lasting contribution to Scotland’s homelessness prevention system.
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 eLearning Officer you can help to 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. Working as part of the Professional Engagement team, the CHSS eLearning service exists to ensure that people affected by, and those caring for, people with these conditions are supported with information they want, when they need it, and in a way that is appropriate for them.
As the CHSS eLearning Officer, within the professional engagement team, you will be responsible for supporting the processes involved in reviewing, developing and maintaining CHSS’s portfolio of eLearning resources.
The post holder will collaborate with the appropriate internal and external professionals, service users and advisory groups to ensure the content of all preexisting and new eLearning resources remain current, and evidence based.
For further information about the role, please contact Mairi Whiston, Health Information and eLearning Clinical Lead, Email: mairi.whiston@chss.org.uk.
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 Basic Disclosure 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.
Community Support Coordinator (Lothian)
- Part time
- £24,798 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Home with Regular travel across Lothian
- Closing 9th January 2026
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 Community Support Services Coordinator 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.
The Coordinator plays a vital role in delivering Community Support services across the Lothian area for people living with chest, heart, and stroke conditions, as well as Long Covid.
They are responsible for leading a high-quality, person-centred service that empowers individuals to build confidence, manage their condition, and work towards their own goals. This includes the recruitment, retention, and line management of volunteers who provide goal-oriented and time-limited support, helping people take positive steps towards greater independence and self-management.
The Coordinator will also develop strong local connections and a detailed community map to support effective signposting, ensuring people can access the right support at the right time.
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 PVGcheck. 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.
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