- Advertised from 1st September 2025
- £16,477 per annum (0.6 FTE) - 21 hours per week with the requirement to work overtime.
Role
Bridgend Farmhouse is a community-owned hub in South Edinburgh dedicated to bringing people together through food, learning, and shared activities. Our community café, catering services, and food-related workshops are at the heart of what we do, supporting local people from diverse backgrounds.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Chef to join our community kitchen team. You will be responsible for preparing and serving delicious, nutritious food in our community café, supporting menu development, and ensuring effective stock control. This role involves working closely with volunteers from a variety of backgrounds and supporting their skills development in a welcoming and inclusive environment.
Our community cafe opens Wednesdays to Sundays. We also prepare food for our outside catering operation and food for internal events during these days.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare, cook, and serve food for the community café in line with our menu and quality standards.
- Collaborate on menu planning and development to reflect seasonal produce and community needs.
- Maintain excellent food hygiene and safety standards in line with HACCP and legal requirements.
- Manage stock levels, carry out stock rotation, and ensure correct storage of all food items.
- Provide a supportive, inclusive, and positive environment for volunteers, assisting them with tasks in the kitchen and café service.
- Contribute to food preparation for catering orders and events when required.
- Ensure the kitchen is kept clean, tidy, and organised at all times.
- Work collaboratively with staff, volunteers, and community members to deliver our shared goals.
- Communicate clearly and respectfully with staff, volunteers, and community members.
- Handle challenging or difficult situations in a calm and professional manner.
Essential Skills and Experience
- Professional cooking experience in a café, restaurant, or similar setting.
- Good knowledge of food hygiene, safety standards, and allergen awareness.
- Experience of stock management and ordering supplies.
- Ability to work collaboratively and respectfully with people from all backgrounds.
- Strong organisational and time management skills.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to remain calm and solution-focused under pressure.
Desirable Skills and Experience
- Experience working in a community kitchen or social enterprise setting.
- An interest in seasonal and sustainable cooking.
- Experience training, mentoring, or supporting volunteers.
Additional Requirements
Given the nature of this role, a PVG certificate (working with protected groups) is required. Bridgend Farmhouse will reimburse the cost of this.
What We Offer
- A supportive, friendly, and inclusive working environment.
- Opportunities to contribute to a community-led project making a real difference.
- Training and professional development opportunities.
Reports to: Food Project Coordinator
Application notes
To apply, please send your CV and reasons why you should be considered for this position to admin@bridgendfarmhouse.org.uk by 5pm on Wednesday 24th September.
Energy Adviser
- Full time
- £26,497 – £28,381
- Hybrid: Edinburgh (with some hybrid working and community outreach)
- Closing 8th December 2025
To provide high-quality, confidential energy advice and practical support to individuals and families experiencing fuel poverty or energy-related hardship. The role will help clients reduce energy costs, manage energy debt, and create warmer, healthier homes. Advice will be delivered face-to-face, by telephone, and digitally, embedded within CHAI’s holistic advice model alongside welfare rights, housing, and debt services.
By joining our team, you will help alleviate fuel poverty, improve wellbeing, and strengthen financial resilience, ensuring that no one in our communities endures hardship.
Role and Responsibilities
Energy Advice
· Deliver tailored energy advice, including tariff checks, energy efficiency tips, and support with billing issues.
· Assist clients with fuel debt, Fuel direct issues, fuel vouchers, crisis grants, supplier hardship funds and promote Warm Homes Discount.
· Negotiate with energy suppliers to resolve disputes and agree affordable repayment plans.
· Support applications for energy efficiency measures and home improvements.
· Maintain accurate case records using Advice Pro and comply with data protection legislation.
· Provide light-touch and in-depth advice and interventions based on client needs.
Service Development
· Promote Energy Advice service across CHAI teams and partner networks.
· Build strong relationships with external partners such as Home Energy Scotland, Fuel BankFoundation, and Changeworks.
· Contribute to outreach activities and awareness campaigns.
· Prepare reports on outcomes and impact for the Service Manager and funders.
Personal Development
· Complete City & Guilds Level 3 Energy Awareness training (or equivalent).
· Maintain up-to-date knowledge of energy advice, fuel poverty issues, and relevant legislation.
Organisational
· Adhere to the policies and procedures of CHAI.
· Actively participate in Team and Organisational meetings
· Participate in the development of CHAI services.
· Feedback on the review of organisational policies and procedures.
· Promote and represent CHAI services positively.
· Perform other reasonable related duties as required.
We offer the following
· Flexible working
· Access to Simply Health benefit plan
· 32 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays)
· Enrolment to NOW Pension Scheme
· Extensive training programme
· Full and part time opportunities
· Supportive work environment
· Opportunities to improve services and make a difference
Finance Officer
- Part time
- £30,784 pro-rata
- On site: Broomhouse, Edinburgh
- Closing 22nd December 2025
The Finance Officer for the Community One Stop Shop plays a crucial role in ensuring the efficient financial management of the organization. Reporting to the Board Treasurer and CEO the Finance Officer will be responsible for maintaining accurate financial records, preparing financial reports, and supporting budgeting and forecasting activities. This role is essential in upholding financial transparency, compliance, and accountability within the charity.
SCOREscotland is based in South West Edinburgh. Our mission and purpose for existence is to work in partnership with others to address the causes and effects of racism and to promote race equality and break down barriers to the full participation of local black and minority ethnic communities in all aspects of civic life. As a small organisation we offer the benefits of working in a team that is committed to making a difference to the people that we work with.
We are looking for skilled and experienced Sessional Youth Workers who are passionate about engaging with young people and about supporting them to make progress on our outcomes.
Are you passionate about working with young people?
Are you interested in working with the black and minority ethnic (BME) communities?
Are you professional and positive?
Are you a creative team player?
Do you have skills that you would like to share with young people?
The beauty of being a sessional worker is you can vary your hours from weekly to monthly sessions. Our group ages are: 7-18 years old.
We are based at WHALE Arts Centre, Wester Hailes but we take our young people throughout the city and beyond.
Please see attached job description for more details.
Midsteeple Quarter is a community benefit society, a community-led initiative to revive the heart of Dumfries town centre. We are transforming a row of underused High Street buildings into a vibrant and inclusive neighbourhood called Midsteeple Quarter. The project involves bringing properties into community ownership and renovating them to create affordable housing, workspaces, social enterprises, and cultural activities. By empowering the community to shape their own future, Midsteeple Quarter hopes to restore civic pride, economic vitality, and social cohesion in the town.
Our Enterprise Manager will:
- enable our Standard Building to become an inclusive, welcoming and vibrant venue for young people.
- develop partnerships with a wide range of organisations and co-ordinate a diverse programme of activities, opportunities and events for young people.
- enable young people to access support, training and advice which helps them to realise their ambitions for enterprise, career growth and skills development.
- contribute towards Midsteeple Quarter’s overall vision of breathing new life into Dumfries High Street.
What we are looking for
We are looking for a creative and hard working individual with a background in working with people aged 15-25. You will be well connected to local initiatives that are supporting young people and able to foster and new partnerships to enable our Standard Building to become a vibrant hub for young people. You will have experience of working with social or start up enterprises and the ability to foster long term partnerships. You will be flexible, enjoy working in a small team and be able to regularly work evening and weekends.
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