About Intercultural Youth Scotland

Intercultural Youth Scotland (IYS) is Scotland’s leading voice for Black and People of Colour (BPoC) children and young people. We exist to create safe, inspiring, and supportive spaces, driven by youth voice and lived experience, to challenge inequality and build a more inclusive Scotland.

About the Role

We’re looking for a passionate and experienced Youth Work Coordinator to lead and grow our creative and empowering Youth Work Programme. This role plays a vital part in delivering high-quality, culturally responsive and youth-led projects that support young people of colour across Scotland.

Within this role, you will oversee programme delivery, manage staff and facilitators, develop new youth-led activities, and build strategic relationships to expand our reach. From youth clubs and studio sessions to issue-based workshops and school outreach, this is a dynamic role requiring creativity, empathy, and leadership. If you’re a committed youth work professional with strong facilitation skills and a drive to make change—we’d love to hear from you.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and coordinate the day-to-day delivery of our Youth Work Programme.
• Support and line-manage Youth Work Officers and freelance facilitators.
• Plan and develop new youth-led activities in collaboration with young people.
• Oversee programme planning, budgeting, evaluation, and reporting.
• Promote the programme to schools, youth organisations, and communities.
• Safeguard the wellbeing of participants as programme safeguarding lead.
• Build partnerships that strengthen programme delivery and impact.
• Work collaboratively across IYS to connect young people to wider services.

For more information about this job and our current programmes, please refer to the full job description.

What You’ll Bring

To be considered for this role you should be able to demonstrate the following skills, knowledge and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience of working directly with young people from diverse backgrounds
• Experience of mentoring young people one to one
• Strong facilitation and relationship-building skills
• At least 2 years’ experience managing youth-focused or education-based projects
• Practical skills in youth work in at least 3 of the following areas:

• Games/Sport/Physical Activity
• Creative Arts/Drama/Music
• Digital
• Life Skills/Employability
• Youth Voice/Participation/Young Leaders
• Issue-based youth work (e.g. drugs, sexual health, homelessness, young offenders)

• Experience evaluating youth work and maintaining monitoring records
• Proven planning, budgeting, and impact reporting experience
• Experience reporting to funders and external partners
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience delivering skills development and youth projects
• Commitment to anti-racism, inclusion, and youth empowerment
• Line management or supervision experience
• Knowledge of the challenges facing young people today

Desirable

• Experience working in or with schools
• Experience in the nonprofit or third sector
• Youth Work qualification

Why Work with Us?

• An opportunity to make a difference
• 4-day full-time working week (32 hours)
• £33,000 salary
• 29 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays) (over 7 weeks!)
• Flexible, hybrid working model
• Employee Assistance Programme

Intercultural Youth Scotland (IYS), a leading voice for Black and People of Colour (BPoC) young people in Scotland, is looking for a passionate and experienced Mental Health Service Manager to lead our intercultural counselling and mental health support programme for BPoC youth aged 12–29.

Our Mental Health Service offers free, specialist intercultural counselling and mental health support for young PoC and minority ethnic groups in Scotland, aged 12-29.

Within this role, you’ll oversee service delivery, manage a small team of service providers, build relationships with schools and stakeholders, and ensure the programme continues to deliver measurable impact.

This is an exciting opportunity to take forward a recently restructured service and shape it to become a leading provider of intercultural mental health support for young people in Scotland.

For more information about this job, please refer to the full job description.

• We’re looking for someone with a strong track record in mental health services and a deep understanding of the needs of young people of colour in Scotland. You should be able to demonstrate:
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in mental health service delivery, management, or programme management
• Strong project and people management skills
• Strategic thinking and a growth mindset
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• A strong understanding of youth mental health support systems in Scotland and the UK
• Experience in monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and budget management
• Commitment to anti-racism, inclusion, and youth empowerment

A clinical qualification (BACP/UKCP), and experience scaling health or wellbeing services would be advantageous but not required.

What we offer:

• 4-day full-time working week
• 29 days holiday (inc. public holidays)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A chance to transform mental health for BPoC youth in Scotland

We are recruiting a dedicated and compassionate Young Carers Pathways Coordinator, to lead the delivery of a vital mentoring initiative supporting young carers aged 12-20 across Aberdeen.

About the role:

The Pathways Coordinator will work at the heart of a collaborative effort between MCR Pathways, the Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership, and all members of the Carers Strategy Implementation Group to identify, engage and empower young carers, particularly those currently hidden from formal support. Through strong partnerships, trauma-informed practice and community-based outreach, the Coordinator will build trusted relationships with young carers, facilitate group and one-to-one sessions and support consistent, life-changing mentor matches that help young people thrive emotionally, socially, and in their education and future pathways.

Key responsibilities:

• Adapt and test the MCR mentoring model for young carers outside of school settings, developing clear methods, structures, and protocols based on a strengths-based and trauma-informed approach.
• Identify, connect with and build trusted relationships with young carers and their families, while also developing and growing new relationships with private, voluntary and statutory organisations to establish effective referral routes.
• Plan and deliver the mentoring programme, customising it to meet young carers' needs and clearly documenting what works and what doesn't.
• Undertake stakeholder engagement activities to develop non-stigmatised referral methods, manage incoming referrals and provide pastoral support to young carers.
• Drive mentor recruitment, deliver effective inductions and core mentor training, and provide ongoing support and development to mentors.
• Maintain accurate programme and quality assurance records, including data on MCR's database and contribute to performance reports and case studies.
• Proactively contribute to securing key performance targets, feed back programme improvement strategies and participate in team and training meetings.

About you:

• Exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships with young people, education colleagues, volunteer mentors, key partners and local employers
• Awareness and understanding of the principles of safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults
• Ability and confidence to present programme information and deliver prepared training sessions to groups
• Ability to work well on own initiative, as part of a team and on a flexible basis in response to young person and organisational need
• An understanding of the challenges and barriers that care-experienced and/or vulnerable young people and young adults may encounter
• Experience or a knowledge of processes to document and evidence good practice and positive outcomes.

You may have experience as a Youth, Community or Advice Worker. You will be an empathetic person who is open minded, non-judgemental, resilient and who is driven to improve outcomes for care experienced and other vulnerable young people.

About MCR Pathways:

MCR Pathways is an award-winning charity established in Glasgow in 2007. Our mentoring programme is now delivered in schools across the whole of Scotland. Our passionate team is dedicated to helping the most vulnerable young people gain self-confidence, identify their skills and recognise and fulfil their potential. Our vision is for all young people to experience equality of education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on school pupils in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression.

We are thrilled to be working with Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership and the Carers Strategy Implementation Group on this new initiative focusing on matching young carers with mentors. MCR Mentors are volunteers who make and experience a life-changing difference. You will be joining a friendly and supportive team who love what they do and enjoy working with each other. We model our values and many of us are also mentors ourselves.

Benefits of working for MCR Pathways include: 33 days annual leave in first year rising to 38 days from 2nd year of employment, additional day off for your birthday, Living Pensions Employer, Life Assurance - 4 x salary.

Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone. We provide support and information to people with dementia, their carers and families, we campaign for the rights of people with dementia and fund vital dementia research.

What you’ll do

You will coordinate and deliver an exciting national engagement project, travelling with our giant inflatable brain exhibit to raise awareness of brain health in schools, communities, and public spaces. This includes planning logistics, managing event set-up and take-down, delivering interactive educational sessions to a wide range of audiences, and supporting associated volunteer and fundraising activities. You’ll be the driving force behind the tour’s day-to-day success - organising schedules, liaising with venues, and ensuring each event runs smoothly, safely, and with impact.

What you’ll have

Your approach will be enthusiastic, proactive, and solutions focused. This is a highly visible and practical role, best suited to someone who enjoys variety, is comfortable presenting to different audiences, and can manage logistical challenges with calmness and efficiency.

You will demonstrate professionalism and warmth, building strong working relationships with stakeholders including schools, volunteers, and local communities. You will work independently but contribute positively to the wider team culture, bringing creativity and energy to the delivery of our mission.

Applicants must have a full and valid driving license and vehicle to be able to travel for this role.

Due to the fixed-term funding, we are looking for someone who is able to start as soon as possible to ensure successful and timely delivery of the project.

The successful candidate for this post will be required to provide proof of right to work in the UK and will also be subject to a PVG check through Disclosure Scotland.