Top job! Chief Executive
- Full time
- £76,632 – £82,086
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 26th October 2025
- Advertised from 22nd September 2025
Role
We are seeking a visionary and values-driven leader who can build on our strong foundations and lead Young Scot into its next chapter. The successful candidate will bring strategic insight, collaborative spirit, and a deep commitment to equity and inclusion. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people and have the leadership experience to match, we would be delighted to hear from you.
For comprehensive details, including information about Young Scot, the person specification, key responsibilities and the competency framework, please refer to the CEO Candidate Recruitment Pack.
Location: Hybrid – Home and Caledonian Exchange, Edinburgh
Salary: £76,632 – £82,086
Contract: Permanent, Full-time (35 hours per week – look at our website for flexible working options that you might request)
Reporting to: Chair of the Young Scot Board and Sub-Committees
Team: Senior Leadership Team
Pension: We offer a generous pension package to all staff from their first day with Young Scot, and we offer an auto enrolment pension scheme with People’s Pension. Staff contribute 5% of their salary and we contribute 10% of your salary. All staff are covered by a life assurance scheme that pays four times their basic salary in the event of death in service.
Holidays: Our holiday entitlement is 25 days a year, plus 10 public holiday days. We close the office over Christmas and New Year, giving staff an extra three days as a thank you for their hard work throughout the year. We also give an extra day holiday for every five years of service and an hour of time off in lieu for birthdays.
Application notes
To apply, and for more information, please visit our website.
- The closing date for applications is Sunday 26 October 2025
- Shortlisting announced on 5 November2025
- Engagement sessions with key stakeholder’s and psychometric testing - week commencing 17 November 2025
- Interviews will take place - week commencing 24 November 2025
Are you interested in supporting a small local charity? Are you passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of young people?
If so, apply now to join our Board of Trustees!
About Us
The Junction is an award-winning charity that supports and improves young people’s health and well-being.
We work with young people aged 12 – 21 in North East Edinburgh. Our vision is that all young people thrive, with access to the right support and resources that meet their health and wellbeing needs.
About The Role
The Treasurer will assist and advise the Board of Directors on issues related to finance. The position works in partnership with members of the staff team who deal with much of the day-to-day financial business, predominantly the Director and Finance Officer. All Trustees collectively play their part in financial monitoring and decision making at The Junction.
Within the role you will contribute to Finance Sub-Groups (meeting roughly 4 times per year in advance of a Full Board Meeting). You will also share Finance Papers at full Board Meetings which take place 4 times per year. You can join in-person or online.
About You
We are looking for committed individuals to join our Board of Trustees. This is an incredible opportunity to make a difference to The Junction, to young people and to build your own skills.
A key requirement for the position is that you have experience of managing finances for a board, for committee, or for an organisation. Applications from qualified accountants and those with experience within the finance sector would be very welcomed but this experience is not essential to the role.
Ability to ask questions, share and uphold our organisational values (inclusive, non-judgemental and collaborative) and having the time commitment for the role is also key to the role.
We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are working towards becoming an anti-racist organisation and we are interested in applications from people who are Black, Asian or from minority ethnic communities.
We also interested in applications from people who live the community in Leith/North East Edinburgh and/ or have lived or living experience of poverty, substance-use or poor mental health.
Hot Chocolate Trust is a dynamic youth work charity and a community of excellence, vision, and care built by remarkable young people, outstanding youth workers… and you?
We are recruiting to replace our Executive Director who is moving on after 13 years in the role. We seek an effective, compassionate leader who can inspire others, strengthen partnerships and build on these strong foundations to further our vision: Young people living fulfilling lives as agents of positive change in their communities.
The Executive Director will provide strategic and operational leadership for Hot Chocolate Trust, working with the Board, staff, volunteers and young people to deliver its mission of creating spaces of belonging, creativity and transformation for young people in Dundee.
The role combines hands-on leadership with long-term vision, ensuring the organisation’s sustainability, effectiveness and integrity. The post-holder will nurture Hot Chocolate Trust’s distinctive ethos, rooted in Christian faith and in the community, creating a culture of belonging, respect, and shared purpose for people of all faiths and none.
This is a regulated role involving work with both children and protected adults. The Executive Director is required to be a PVG scheme member for work with both children and protected adults.
Supervising Counsellor
- Full time
- £36,523 – £39,285
- On site: Edinburgh/Glasgow
- Closing 30th November 2025
We are recruiting for the newly created post of Supervising Counsellor to supervise students on placement and carry a small client caseload.
Our new Right There Counselling Academy will extend student placement counselling to Young People (12+) and adults. The is a development role, working closely with the Head of Children and Families and partner universities to embed this exciting new service.
This role is initially for a 12-month fixed term contract.
Main duties and responsibilities will include:
- Provide 1:1 and group supervision for postgraduate student counsellors
- Oversee supervisee casework to ensure safe, ethical and effective practise
- Hold a small counselling caseload, offering person-centred support for young people (12+) and adults
- Complete assessments, formulations, and risk management plans
- Ensure compliance with BACP, HCPC and organisation ethical frameworks
- Take a lead for child and adult protection for placement students
Our values make us who we are and define our actions and behaviours every day. We expect our colleagues to uphold and represent our organisation in a way that reflects our values and person-centred way of working.
You will have attained Diploma Level 6 or above in counselling, psychotherapy, or arts/play therapy. You will also have current membership/registration with BACP, HCPC or equivalent, have completed or be undertaking a recognised supervision training course which will be complemented with extensive proven post qualification counselling experience.
If you are passionate about developing counselling practice, are experienced in trauma informed approaches and you have experience of working with a range of needs across young people and adults, we'd love to hear from you.
It is expected that this role will be office based for a minimum of 3 days per week.
What you can expect from us..
- You will report to the Head of Children and Families
- Your normal working hours are 35 per week, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, with 1-hour unpaid break
- Your usual place of work is 15 Dava Street, Glasgow, G51 2JA with travel across hub locations
- Annual leave entitlement of 210 hours (equivalent to 6 weeks) pro rata per year in the first year rising to 280 hours (equivalent to 8 weeks) pro rata per year in the second.
- You will be automatically enrolled into the People’s Pension in the month that you will complete 3-months of employment, provided you meet the auto-enrolment criteria
- Cycle to work scheme
- Option to purchase and sell annual leave
Full list of benefits is detailed in the job & person specification.
About Us
We are Right There, a charity that recently celebrated our 200th anniversary. We provide tailored support for people, at home, and in the community. We are here for people who are living with the effects of homelessness, poverty, substance use, or family breakdowns.
Last year we supported almost 4,000 individuals, helping to prevent them from becoming homeless or separated from the people they love. Every person’s story is unique, and everyone’s route home is different - it doesn’t matter what the situation is – we’re not here to judge, only to help.
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Climate Action Youth Worker
- Part time
- £26,619 pro-rata
- On site: Kirkcaldy
- Closing 23rd November 2025
Kirkcaldy YMCA delivers community projects and programmes to support children, young people, adults, and families throughout the Kirkcaldy area.
We are looking for a Climate Action Youth Worker who will be responsible for developing and delivering the Kirkcaldy YMCA youth work activities for the YMCA: Your Meaningful Climate Action project. This is an exciting opportunity to join a Scotland-wide innovative climate action programme working with local YMCA partners which is funded supported by the National Lottery Communities Fund.
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