Edinburgh Women’s Aid is looking for a compassionate and dedicated Children and Young People’s Support Worker to join our team at Edinburgh Women’s Aid. In this role, you will provide essential support to children and young people who are experiencing, or have experienced, domestic abuse.

Minimum qualification requirement: HNC Childhood Practice (SCQF 7) or SVQ Social Services Children and Young People (SCQF Level 7)

This role is subject to Adult and Child PVG scheme membership.

SWAN is an autistic-led Charity run for and by autistic women, girls and non-binary people across Scotland.

Reporting to the CEO, the role will involve providing dedicated admin support to SWAN as an organisation and to the staff team. The post holder will be working with other SWAN staff and volunteers to provide the best possible service to those who come to SWAN, and to operate an effective remote office system.

SWAN is a small but very active Charity, so multitasking, time management skills, and the ability to prioritise tasks and function well at busy times are key. The role is interesting and varied and there are opportunities to develop the post in line with your strengths and skills.

You will be working as part of a friendly, supportive team of autistic professionals, in a neuro-inclusive environment.

You can find more information about SWAN on our website and in our Strategy.

Positive Help is a well-established, third sector service provider – a registered charity – based in central Edinburgh. We have almost 40 years’ experience of supporting adults, children and families living with /affected by HIV and or Hepatitis.

With the support of a cohort of trained and supervised volunteers, we provide a range of services to help people who have complex needs live fulfilling, healthy lives in the community.

We are now looking for an Adult Services Manager with proven experience of working in a leadership role to join our dedicated team as we further develop the organisation. We work from our centrally situated office in Edinburgh, although there is the option to work from home depending on business need.

The ideal candidate will have the skills and experience we need to help us deliver our adult services – specifically Supportive Transport, and Live Well Services - and the wider organisation effectively and efficiently, and have a genuine interest in this very rewarding work.

As a member of our leadership team, you will play a key role in ensuring that service users receive the right support from us and others timeously, and that volunteers are appropriately matched and well supported / supervised to maintain a high standard of practice and satisfaction.

You will be outcome focussed and have a keen interest in demonstrating the impact of services as well as working across boundaries and developing and sustaining positive relationships with internal colleagues, volunteers, partner agencies, referrers and a wide range of stakeholders.

You will have experience of managing or coordinating projects inspiring people to work together towards shared goals. You will be a problem-solver with an empathic approach, and excellent communication skills.

Our work can be challenging though highly rewarding. Therefore, you will need to be motivated, ambitious and self-organised, and also be prepared to play a part in our on-going organisational development.

In return, we offer you a supportive working environment, a 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave plus 10 public holidays (pro rata) and an employer contributory pension scheme.

It’s a great time to join Positive Help and be part of our journey toward an even brighter future. If you are excited by what you have read so far and think you have what it takes to be an outstanding member of our team, then please read our job specification for more information, and take a look at our website.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Working closely across the small team at Scotland’s International Development Alliance (SIDA), this post offers an exciting opportunity to support and coordinate knowledge-exchange communities of practice across a network of actors on global sustainable development in Scotland, including members from public and private sectors, academia and civil society. The role will support our members to contribute effectively to global, sustainable development by developing learning opportunities, tools, and resources based on members’ needs, as well as on key developments across the sector.

The postholder will lead on the planning, delivery and evaluation of SIDA’s programme of learning activities for members including workshops, peer learning events, mentoring, webinars and other events on key topics of interest to the sector.

About Scotland's International Development Alliance

Scotland’s International Development Alliance is the membership body for everyone committed to creating a fairer world, free from poverty, injustice and environmental threats.

Our work facilitates connections in global development to improve impact and effectiveness for a range of actors including public sector bodies, third sector and international NGOs, private companies, universities and charitable trusts.

Our network has a global reach, with members working in more than 100 countries with a wide range of specialisms. We exist to improve the capacity, influence and effectiveness of those working on global development connected to Scotland through providing opportunities for networking, debate, training and promotion of good practice. We help members share their skills and learn from each other’s best practice to boost effectiveness of our members and their partners

SIDA has excellent working terms including a 4 day week currently in place.