Western Isles Rape Crisis Centre is looking to recruit an experienced support worker to join our team. The overall aim of the post is to provide one-to-one support to survivors of sexual violence.

For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times, or compressed hours.

A clean driving licence and use of own car is essential to this post.

Relevant PVG and disclosure checks will apply.

This post is fully funded by the Scottish Government until 31st March 2026.

We require female applicants only and are exempt under schedule 9, part 1 of the equality act 2010.

If you would like an informal chat about the post please contact angela.maclennan@wircc.org.uk

About Us

Zero Tolerance is a Scottish charity working to end men’s violence against women by promoting gender equality and challenging attitudes which normalise violence and abuse. We are a values-led organisation and seek to improve the way we integrate feminism, equality, and diversity into our work. We ensure our HR policies and practices reflect our values (including enhanced parental leave, miscarriage and menopause policies and flexible working) and our salary framework is fair and competitive. We are committed to staff learning and development and have recently launched a paid reading week for all staff.

Zero Tolerance has a commitment to diversity and challenging all forms of inequality alongside gender inequality. We are open to as many different voices as there are experiences, but particularly welcome applications from Minority Ethnic, LGBT+, disabled, migrant, and other backgrounds currently underrepresented within the women’s sector.

We achieve change in the following ways:

1. Raise public and political awareness of the root cause of VAWG (gender inequality) and call for action.

2. Challenge and support key institutions to embed primary prevention of VAWG in their work.

3. Advance and share the evidence base on preventing VAWG.

What you’ll do

We are looking for an experienced Policy Officer to join our team and lead on the development of robust, evidence-based policy to prevent violence against women and girls. You will support the organisation’s aims by building effective networks, monitoring and analysing public policy and researching and writing reports in line with our strategic priorities. You will work closely with the Children and Young People: Policy and Practice Officer, who leads on our CYP-related policy work.

The successful candidate will often work in close collaboration with the women’s sector and other partners to influence key decision makers and stakeholders across local authorities, Scottish and UK governments and third sector organisations.

You will represent Zero Tolerance on advisory and working groups with stakeholders, acting as Chair/Co-chair as required and work with ZT colleagues to identify areas of influence and priority. Incorporating the views and needs of marginalised women is essential in the role.

What we need

The successful candidate will have previous experience in a similar role, in a paid or voluntary capacity, with knowledge and understanding of violence against women and gender equality. You’ll be a skilled communicator with the ability to present complex ideas to a variety of audiences including senior politicians, stakeholders and partners.

You will also have:

• A shared understanding of our vision, values, aims and positions

• Understanding of the Scottish political landscape

• The ability to understand complex policy issues, articulate clear and focused responses, and make judgements based on evidence

• Organisational skills, managing both reactive and planned work

• Proven experience of building networks

What do we offer?

• Competitive salary with annual pay progression. We operate a grading structure based on five salary grades. New employees start on point 1 of each salary grade and receive annual increments until the top of the grade is reached. This role is Grade 3, pro rata of £33,537.08 - £37,018.66

• Staff pension scheme (6% employers’ contribution)

• 28 days annual leave plus 10 public holidays (pro-rata) and a flexible working hours policy

• We actively encourage continuous professional development for all our employees and have implemented a paid reading week and continuous training opportunities for individual learning and whole team development.

Job Purpose:To work within the Edinburgh Women’s Aid (EWA) administration team, to ensure efficient and effective administrative support to the whole organisation, with specific responsibility for MARAC administration.

EWA plays a vital role in safeguarding women at the highest risk of serious harm or murder through our coordination of Edinburgh’s Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC). This role will carry out the administration of the four Edinburgh MARACs meetings which occur every 4 weeks on a rolling basis, 13 times a year.

A satisfactory Disclosure Scotland Level 2 check is required for this position.

Organisation

Saheliya is a specialist mental health and well-being support organisation working with women (12+ years) experiencing racial inequality in Edinburgh, Glasgow and other parts of Scotland.

Saheliya is looking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic Administrator/Office Manager to work in our Edinburgh head office.

Purpose of the Job

To provide effective reception and administration support to Saheliya’s head office in Edinburgh. To ensure the smooth running of the office by managing the reception and telephones, maintaining and developing administrative systems, overseeing the premises, and line-managing reception and clerical volunteers