The Boys’ Brigade is an international Christian youth organisation, providing opportunities for children and young people to learn, grow and discover in a safe, fun and caring environment.

Our vision is that children and young people experience ‘life to the full’.

We are seeking an enthusiastic communicator with experience of working with volunteers, to support existing BB groups and establish new groups in Scotland.

To find out more about this role, please visit boys-brigade.org.uk/vacancies

About Us

We’re Euan’s Guide, the award-winning disabled access review charity making it easier for disabled people to find places to go. At the heart of the charity is our disabled access review website - euansguide.com - where disabled people and their friends, families and carers can find and share disabled access information. We also make tens of thousands of accessible toilets safer and run the UK’s largest and longest running Access Survey.

We have ambitious plans to grow and have secured funding for an exciting new project for which we are looking for a Review Coordinator(s).

The Role

A Review Coordinator is responsible for visiting locations around the UK and sharing their experiences of disabled access on EuansGuide.com.

Locations, venues and businesses to be visited will be those that can enable our community to travel with confidence so will focus on transport hubs and surrounding facilities such as toilets, places to eat and drink and other everyday essentials.

You will have a passion for UK travel and should expect to spend a significant portion of your time exploring new locations particularly around UK transport hubs.

You will report to the Travelling with Confidence Community Manager and work closely with other members of the Euan’s Guide team.

We are an ambitious charity, passionate about making the world accessible to all disabled people. We have a strong focus on technology so Euan’s Guide is often in a unique position of having the advantages and challenges of both a tech start up and a charity… there is no ‘typical day’!

What you’ll be responsible for:

Generating Disabled Access Information

• Visiting and sharing your experiences of disabled access at locations around the UK on EuansGuide.com
• Community Mapping - Researching and identifying disabled access information gaps and planning how to fill them

Your day-to-day will focus on visiting places and documenting your disabled access experiences but you will also support the Community Manager with:

Community Outreach and Engagement

• Researching people and organisations to work with in geographical locations and virtual communities
• Charity and stakeholder engagement including in-person and virtual events
• Volunteer engagement and communication through in person and virtual channels
• Representing Euan’s Guide at partner events and contributing content for partner publications and communications
• Contributing to project materials including volunteer resources and marketing materials

Project Resources

• Involvement in producing organisation and volunteer resources such as handbooks, welcome kits and digital content
• Involvement in producing marketing and promotional materials
• Involvement in for ensuring materials are available in accessible formats

Project Management

Involvement in project Quarterly Catch Ups

Desirable skills:

• High levels of organisation, motivation and resourcefulness with the ability to think creatively and find solutions to opportunities and challenges
• Great communication skills, including producing content in various formats for online audiences.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships and influence others.
• Ability to work on your own initiative and to recognise and act on opportunities
• Sharing your interest in disabled access, inclusion and equality

Desirable experience:

• Experienced explorer who is used to visiting new places and meeting new people
• Reviewer, blogger or writer who has content published on the internet or other publications.
• Managing relationships with a diverse range of stakeholder groups, including volunteers, funders, charities, commercial organisations and other partners
• Personal lived experience of disability

Additional Information:

This is a new role, and we have funding for the equivalent of one full-time position but would consider two part-time roles if there were two suitable applicants.

We would like the role to start in May 2025 however we can be flexible and will discuss this with suitable candidates.

This is a two year role, with a full-time salary of £26,000 – £28,000 per year, plus National Insurance and pension contributions. If the role is part-time or a job share, the salary will be pro rata.

This is a two year role made possible by external funding

Flexibility is important to us at Euan's Guide. Talk to us if the standard 9-5 doesn't work for you and we can discuss other ways we're flexible.

We're based in Edinburgh, but that doesn't mean you have to be! Wherever you are based in the UK we'd welcome your application. There will be times when we bring the whole team together at our HQ in Edinburgh and would expect you to travel to those.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Candidates are encouraged to apply if you think you can bring something special to Euan’s Guide even if your experience does not precisely match the job description.

Euan’s Guide is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from under-represented groups of people including disabled people, black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ people, people with experience in the care system, non-graduates and first-in-family graduates.

As a church community we want to continue to follow God’s leading to make disciples and we are looking to build on and develop these connections in order that those in the local area have the opportunity to find faith in Jesus Christ.

Taking an active leadership role, alongside the minister and congregation, we are now seeking someone with passion and experience in outreach to lead us in extending and developing our existing work, and creating fresh opportunities for making disciples.

You will bring a collaborative approach with experience of leading new initiatives and working positively with volunteers which will enable you to work with us in developing our connections in the community.

We want to enable as wide a range of candidates to apply as possible and so we are open to applications being submitted on a full or part-time basis as well as flexible working.

It is an essential requirement of this role that the post-holder is a committed Christian with a live Church connection which is a Genuine Occupational Requirement in terms of the Equality Act 2010.

Download the Recruitment Pack

Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our mission is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland and we currently have over 3000 Care Experienced members.

At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced children and young people, and the power of their voices to bring about positive change. We provide individual relationship-based independent advocacy and a broad range of imaginative participatory opportunity for Care Experienced young people across Scotland; we work alongside corporate parents and communities of all sorts to broaden understanding; we work with policy makers, leaders and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape law, policy and practice on the basis of all that can be learnt from the voices of those with experience of care - working together to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change.

The post holder will work directly with children and young people with experience of care, in an individual relationship-based advocacy role, and within participation and group activity across our Northwest region. This unique role requires you to listen to what children and young people with experience of care say and support them to ensure their rights are upheld and their voices are heard in the processes of making decisions about their lives. You will also help facilitate a broad range of participatory and engagement opportunities and create the conditions for collective advocacy.

The right candidate for this post will be brilliant at forming positive relationships with children and young people. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, adaptable to a wide range of contexts. You will enjoy working collaboratively with partners. You will be committed to children’s rights, inclusive working, equal opportunities, and believe that all young people can make transformative change happen in their lives if given the opportunity.

The successful candidate will be joining Who Cares? Scotland and working within the West Central locality team at an exciting time, when the voices of those who are in or have experienced care are growing in power, individually and collectively - bringing with them insight, challenge, hope and change. Flexibility will be required given the remit of the role. Some evening and weekend work will be necessary, as will a full driving licence and access to transport.

If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you. For an informal conversation about this opportunity please contact Jamie McAnally, our Advocacy and Participation Manager for our West Central team on jmcanally@whocaresscotland.org.