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General Manager, Four Square Park Café, Saughton Park
- Full time
- £36,050
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 27th February 2026
- Advertised from 13th February 2026
- ***pay award pending of 3%-5% from 1st April 2026***
Role
We’re looking for a General Manager for the Four Square Park Café in Saughton Park.
The café is very special. In the middle of Saughton Park, the Four Square Park café occupies a beautiful setting amongst formal gardens. With a diverse range of visitors using the play park, sports facilities, skate park and bandstand, it provides comfort food and drinks from local suppliers, using local ingredients where possible. It employs local young people in the summer and is a place for community groups, friends and visitors to gather. Dog friendly, child friendly, accessible and with welcoming staff, it has become a much-loved community asset.
The role is about providing consistently good service to the people who have always used the café and about bringing more people in to enjoy it. As with all park cafes, weather has a big influence on our sales so the role is equally about driving business on the wet and wintry days and maximising business during the summer.
You’ll report to our experienced Director of Social Enterprise who will coach and support you to succeed in the role. You’ll manage an assistant manager, and a chef and your team will also include permanent café assistants and seasonal staff for the busier months. You’ll have dedicated time off the rota to enable you to manage and promote the café. And in your first year you’ll have leadership training and coaching to help you do well in your role.
Application notes
If you’re an experienced hospitality manager and want to do something meaningful without too many late nights, this might be the role for you. If you have the dedication, experience and energy to take on this unique role, please apply to hr@foursquare.org.uk with a cv and a covering letter saying why you feel you’d be a great fit.
Please note applications will be reviewed and interviews held as applications are received so we may close the advert early if a suitable candidate is found.
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Finance Co-ordinator (Procurement)
- Full time
- £32,960
- Hybrid: Edinburgh (4 days office: 1 day remote (if desired))
- Closing 6th March 2026
Four Square is an Edinburgh based charity which is ambitious for people facing homelessness. We operate accommodation, support and mentoring services for people homeless or at risk of becoming homeless and we have a social enterprise furniture store and café to provide income to support this work. We operate across 7 sites in Edinburgh and employ over 100 staff and manage a huge range of suppliers. Our finances cover income from our social enterprises; grant income; gift aid; housing benefit; and donations.
We’re looking to appoint a skilled Finance Co-ordinator to work in our finance team at Four Square. Led by Chief Finance Officer, Heather Hartman, the role is part of a three-person team which covers all aspects of finance and financial reporting across the organisation. It’s a varied role which will include responsibility for the purchase and expenses ledgers, procurement of goods and services, including managing contracts to ensure good value and compliant operations.
Because of the size of the team and the range of areas we cover, this role is dynamic. You’ll not be in a box where you only do one thing, you’ll be able to see across the organisation, work with skilled colleagues and learn new skills.
If this resonates with you as you are looking to progress your career, please get in touch.
Top job! Chief Operating Officer
- Full time
- £66,950
- Hybrid: Edinburgh based with 1 day remote)
- Closing 13th February 2026
We're looking for a Chief Operating Officer to support excellence across our organisation and help us deliver our ambitious program of work in 2026 and beyond.
The Chief Operating Officer is at the heart of the business and plays an internally facing role in Four Square. With a focus on operational excellence, you will lead the development and delivery of core services, ensuring effective use of resources. You’ll lead a team of three and deliver on:
· People and Culture
· Governance
· Business planning
· Facilities management
· Risk Management
· Change management
· Quality and impact assurance
As a member of the leadership team you’ll be fully involved in the development of the organisational strategy and play a key role in ensuring and reporting on the delivery of that strategy. Naturally curious, you’ll be an agile thinker who can create a sense of urgency, developing others and empowering teams to drive progress and achieve operational excellence.
We're looking for someone who is:
· Passionate about homelessness and social enterprise and passionate about Four Square;
· Positive and proactive problem solver and strategic thinker;
· Highly confidential and professional;
· Excellent, visible communicator;
· Strategic thinker comfortable working over a range of issues;
· Proven experience in a similar role, or in significant elements of the role;
You'll have significant experience in:
· senior HR leadership and you might be HR qualified but you must have experience of complex employee relations; driving staff engagement, talent management and succession planning;
· managing corporate services including IT, H&S, property and compliance;
· project management across a range of tasks, business functions and projects
· working with boards (or equivalent) and a good understanding of using governance to enable growth and improvement
Project Worker - Fife
- Full time
- £25,295 – £28,487
- On site: Based at our Dunfermline office with travel throughout Fife.
- Closing 25th February 2026
Mission Statement
Our long-term vision is to end youth homelessness. Our more immediate mission is to ensure that every young person in Scotland has access to expert youth specific services to assist them to avoid, resolve and move on from
homelessness, making it rare, brief, and non-recurring.
Context
Working as part of our innovative Fife Housing First for Youth Project, the Project Worker will work directly with young people aged 16-25 years to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support to avoid, resolve and
move on from homelessness.
Working directly with young people in their home or within a community setting the Project Worker will support young people to secure/maintain a permanent home, improve their independent living skills, access other services,
manage finances and engage with resources within their communities.
The Project Worker will offer line management, guidance, and support to Support Assistants and volunteers. The Project Workers are responsible for completing support plans and risk assessments and acting as co-ordinator for any key people involved in the care and support of young people.
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Assistant Shop Manager - Fraserburgh
- Part time
- £26,227 pro-rata
- On site: Fraserburgh
- Closing 16th February 2026
We're looking for an inspirational people person to join us as a Assistant Shop Manager in our Fraserburgh shop. This is an exciting opportunity, and we'd like you to join us to help raise vital funds for homeless and badly housed people.
You will work closely with the Shop Manager to ensure the shop looks welcoming, visually appealing and the team of volunteers are motivated and keen to engage with customers and maximise sales.
About the role
You will assist the Shop Manager in the recruitment, support and development of a strong community focused shop team and empower them to maximise Shelter's income. Representing Shelter in your local community, ensuring that you and your team share your knowledge of Shelter's cause with customers, volunteers, donors and potential Shelter clients will also be important aspects of the role.
You will always ensure a safe, clean, bright and happy environment for your team to work in and for your customers to shop in, in turn attracting potential donors and volunteers.
About you
You are a naturally energetic person with an enthusiasm for managing and empowering people. You know how to recruit and develop a team of volunteers, and your extraordinary motivational skills will enable you to inspire your team to increase sales and control costs.
Above all, you are ready to take on a new challenge and have a keen interest in Shelter's cause.
Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
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