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.

Job Purpose

Working within ACDI’s youth work team there will be a strong requirement for innovation and creativity to encourage, inspire and support children and families living in Auchinleck and surrounding communities.

Delivery of programmes of empowering activities to assist them to be aware of their rights and responsibilities and enable them to take greater control of their lives.

You will have the ability to lead and undertake appropriate marketing activities in the community to ensure families are aware of the initiative.

You will help to deliver high quality and inspiring health and wellbeing workshop sessions that will achieve the programme outcomes complementing the Scottish Government National Outcomes.

A full Job Description is available for download below.

CAMPS are excited to announce an opportunity for a highly motivated individual to apply for our part-time Arts Development Coordinator post (17.5 hours).

The successful individual will be responsible for evaluating and developing intergenerational arts activity across CAMPS, supporting project planning, reporting and funding applications. They will strengthen partnerships, identify gaps in provision, and help shape sustainable arts opportunities in line with our Aims and Objectives.

This post has initial funding for 1 year.

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.