We are looking for 2 Youth Work Leads to deliver youth sessions, clubs and activities for our young people and families within YoMo services across Glasgow the delivery will be varied and will always be driven by the needs of young people and the community.

There will also be the remit of devising and implementing new projects and clubs as guided by funding requirements and service user’s needs. These will include building and creating programs that provide accreditation through youth and SQA awards that build skills for young people’s future employment.

You will work in partnership with local organisations, social work and schools and build up strong positive community links. You will work to enhance the lives of young people by ensuring activities are provided to develop their mental, emotional, physical and social well-being needs.

You will have the responsibility of helping with fundraising drives and initiatives.

You will also be committed to ongoing personal development and undertake training or other professional development activities as required.

All other reasonable duties will be required to be undertaken as and when required and agreed with the Project Manager.

Full time post 35 hours per week, with hours worked varying over days, nights and weekend duties as required.

Part time post 25 hours per week, with hours worked varying over days, nights and weekend duties as required.

Do you want to be part of something life changing?

At Columba 1400, we enable young people, especially those from tough realities, and the key adults in their lives to lead lives of purpose, meaning and contribution. We believe everyone already holds greatness within them, and your role would be to help them discover it.

If you are someone who comes alive when working with people; someone who can create warm, brave spaces where young people and adults feel seen, listened to, valued, and able to explore who they are and who they might yet become, then you then you may be exactly who we are looking for.

What makes this role special?

You will contribute to changing lives, schools and communities by providing powerful, heart to heart facilitation for young people and key adults in their lives, guiding them through transformational, values based leadership experiences across each phase of the Columban journey.

You will deliver these experiences in schools and communities across Scotland, and at our breathtaking purpose-built Community and International Leadership Centre in Staffin on the Isle of Skye.

Your ideas, insight and creativity will help us continually evolve and enhance the Columban experience so that each leadership experience becomes a catalyst for real, lasting change.

You will lead and build meaningful relationships with our trusted partners, ensuring every interaction reflects our warmth of welcome, warmth of hospitality and the warmth of being on a shared journey - our founding principles.

You will be part of a warm and supportive team, united by purpose and committed to each other’s growth through our approach to values-based leadership.

About you

You are an experienced facilitator who brings energy, presence, and curiosity into every session. You create the conditions for trust, hope and belonging, and you help people discover their values, their skills, and their confidence.

You are also a natural relationship builder, confident in leading partnerships and nurturing the kind of trusting, values based relationships that allow real change lasting to flourish.

You communicate with warmth and clarity. You are adaptable, compassionate, reflective and energised by work that genuinely transforms lives and communities.

Who we are

The Fostering Network is the UK’s leading fostering charity and membership organisation, dedicated to empowering, enriching and supporting the relationships at the heart of the fostering community.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a Policy and Public Affairs Officer in Scotland to join our highly effective UK wide policy and campaigns team. With fostering high on the political agenda in Scotland and elections taking place this year, this is an exciting time to join the team.

You will be passionate about improving children’s social care and foster care for children. You will have knowledge of the policy and legislative landscape in Scotland and issues surrounding children’s social care. You will have experience of delivering engaging campaigns and developing mechanisms to support people with lived experience to campaign, particularly young people, as this role works closely with our young people’s advisory board.

You will be adept at influencing policy makers in the Scottish Government and Parliament, as well as developing creative policy solutions to bring about change. As the lead for the largest survey of foster carers in the UK – our State of the Nations’ Survey 2027, you will have significant experience of developing, analysing and conducting research and producing high quality, evidence-based written materials.

You will be a great communicator and able to build relationships with stakeholders of all levels, including parliamentarians, senior figures in government and people with lived experience.

The person specification details the essential and desirable criteria in full.

What you’ll be doing

You will have the opportunity to influence policy and practice to bring about lasting change for foster carers and children and young people in foster care.

The role will involve influencing parliamentary and policy-making processes in Scotland and contributing to UK wide projects. The role will deliver effective campaigns, key research projects such as our State of the Nations’ report and written content for our members.

At this point, we hope you're feeling excited about the job description you’re reading and we encourage you to apply!

What we can offer you

• 38 days leave (including bank holidays)

• A range of family friendly and fostering friendly leave options

• Flexible and hybrid working

• Enhanced maternity and adoption pay

• Enhanced sick pay

• 24/7 Employee Assistance Helpline

• Pension and life assurance

• Contribution to eye tests and lenses

• Season ticket loans

Our commitments to you

The Fostering Network is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community and especially those from under-represented and minoritised backgrounds. All applications and hiring decisions will be considered on merit.

• If you identify as care experienced and meet the essential criteria for the role, you will be guaranteed an interview under our commitment to the Care Leaver Covenant

• If you have a disability, please tell us what reasonable adjustments would support your participation in the recruitment process

• We are open to job-sharing arrangements for all roles, please indicate this in the application form if you are applying as part of a job share

Looking for more information?

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Natalie.Williams@fostering.net. You can also find more information about us on our website thefosteringnetwork.org.uk

Since 2021, Loco Home Retrofit CIC has earned a respected position as an independent retrofit adviser and as an intermediary helping to scale Scotland’s retrofit sector.

Our purpose is to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuel heating in Greater Glasgow. We do this by providing services to households wishing to make their homes more comfortable, less expensive to heat, greener and more resilient to climate change. As a non-profit cooperative owned and governed by over 300 households our approach promotes consumer protection and community wealth building.

Our innovation programme is centred heat pump performance, solutions for tenements and novel methods of community engagement.

Following recent commercial success we are looking for a new Technical Manager to head up our homeowner support services and relationships with retrofit and renewables contractors.

THE ROLE

This is an opportunity to take a leading role in an innovative climate action social enterprise.

The Technical Manager will report to the Managing Director and will be responsible for leading the delivery and ongoing evolution of our retrofit support services for households.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver the service: carry out surveys and provide retrofit advice.
• Oversee service delivery by other team members ensuring standards are maintained in terms of customer service, technical robustness, health & safety and privacy.
• Lead service improvement for greater technical robustness and productivity.
• Develop and maintain commercial relationships with retrofit contractors

Skills And Experience

Required

• Demonstrated success in delivering projects in housing retrofit / building services/ construction.
• Practical expertise in one of these fields, as well as a strong desire to learn about the other:
• retrofit fabric and improvements, including risk management, or,
• heating system design, especially heat pumps.
• Proactive, entrepreneurial attitude
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills. At ease with varied audiences.
• Confident with business software including Google Workspace/ MS Office.
• Competent user of Google Sheets/ MS Excel
• Driving licence

Desirable

• Trained Domestic Energy Assessor and Retrofit Assessor
• Heating system design qualifications such as Heat Geek Awakening/ Mastery, or LCL Domestic Heating and Hot Water System Design in Dwellings
• Fabric retrofit qualifications such as AECB Carbonlite Retrofit, Retrofit Coordinator, Passive House Consultant/ Designer/ Tradesperson.
• Experience in managing health and safety policies and procedures
• Experience in implementing data privacy policies and compliance with GDPR
• Line management experience

Location

• You should be based within a commutable distance of our office in central Glasgow.
• There will be a mixture of office working, site surveys and flexibility to work from home.
• We serve households and communities across central Scotland, focussed on Greater Glasgow.

Schedule

• 8 to 4 or 9 to 5, Monday to Friday.
• This role involves limited community engagement activity in evenings and at weekends, managed with Time Off in Lieu.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for team members who share our commitment to our aims, mission and values. See more information on the Vacancies page.

You may be…

• looking for a fresh challenge in a related career path
• making a change of career and bringing relevant transferable skills.
• returning to work after an absence, such as for caring responsibilities.
• You must have a legal right to work in the UK. We are not currently in a position to act as a sponsor.