We’re looking for a friendly, motivated person to join our team! You’ll be based in Edinburgh, focusing on recruiting local volunteers to become mentors. You’ll do this by engaging with the local community and building great working relationships with local businesses, public services and other organisations.

You’ll work closely with our Partnerships Manager and local teams to engage with local organisations and people to promote the MCR Pathways programme. Your main goal is to find committed volunteers who will mentor a young person at a local school. This means meeting with them for just one hour a week during term time for at least one year.

Key Responsibilities

• Find and recruit new volunteer mentors by connecting with people and groups in local communities
• Attend events (in person and online) to present to and engage with potential volunteers,
• Clearly explain the charity’s work and the great difference it makes for both young people and mentors. You’ll build positive relationships with potential mentors through meetings and presentations.
• Work with the wider MCR Team, schools and partners to make sure our mentor recruitment efforts are right for each local area.
• Help promote MCR Pathways recruitment campaigns across your local area.
• Keep accurate records of all your activities in our system to track our progress.

About You

• You’re great at building positive relationships with both organisations and individual people.
• You are confident in giving engaging presentations about our work to different groups and individuals.
• You can work well on your own and as a vital part of a team.
• You strongly believe in the potential of young people and act as a positive, committed role model.
• You have good knowledge of the local area, including community groups, employers and local organisations.
• It would be helpful if you have some experience in mentoring, volunteering or working in the charity sector. Most importantly, you should be a “people person”, open-minded and happy talking to large groups as well as having one-to-one chats.

About Us

MCR Pathways is an award-winning charity established in Glasgow in 2007. Our mentoring programme is now delivered in schools across the whole of Scotland as well as North East and South East England. We are committed to helping the country’s most vulnerable young people gain self-confidence, identify their skills and recognise and fulfil their potential.

Our mission: To connect every young person with a trusted adult mentor, someone who sparks confidence, fuels ambition, and walks beside them as they find their way.

Our vision:MCR Pathways will work until every young person has someone to help them find their way.

You will be joining a friendly and supportive team who love what they do and enjoy working with each other. MCR Pathways’ values are Respect, Communication, Trust and Growth and they inform everything we do.

Benefits include:30 days annual leave in first year rising to 35 days from 2nd year of employment, 3 further days of annual leave between the December and January public holidays, additional day off for your birthday, Employee Assistance Programme, 7% Life Assurance – 4 x salary.

Would you like to play a leading role in enabling Disabled people to exercise greater choice and control over their lives? Join LCiL and be part of a team that is empowering Disabled people and shaping inclusive communities every day.

We are currently recruiting a full-time Team Leader for our Financial Management and Payroll Service, to join our dedicated and supportive team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated leader to oversee two vital services that support people to manage Self-Directed Support (SDS) and Independent Living Fund (ILF) arrangements.

At LCiL, we are a user-led organisation committed to supporting Disabled people, individuals with long-term conditions, and carers to live independently. Everything we do is grounded in human rights, inclusion, and collaboration—placing people at the heart of our work.

This is a rewarding opportunity to lead the delivery, quality assurance and ongoing development of LCiL’s Financial Management and Payroll Service.

We are seeking candidates with strong leadership and people management skills, alongside substantial experience in payroll administration, credit control and service delivery. You should be an excellent communicator with the ability to build effective partnerships, support staff development and manage complex workloads across multiple service areas.

Knowledge and experience of payroll processing, financial controls, audits, compliance requirements, and staff management are essential. Experience of SDS, ILF, Independent Living principles, or the Social Model of Disability would be advantageous.

You will lead multidisciplinary teams responsible for delivering payroll and financial management services that support approximately 600 employers and around 1,000 Personal Assistants each month. As Team Leader, you will oversee day-to-day operations, maintain robust financial controls, support audits and compliance activities, monitor performance, and drive continuous improvement across the service.

The role combines operational leadership with strategic service development input and offers the opportunity to contribute to the wider direction of LCiL while helping ensure services remain person-centred, accessible and financially sustainable.

Following initial training in our Edinburgh office, you will work flexibly across office and community settings as required.

Why Join LCIL?

We offer a supportive and flexible working environment, including:

• Flexible and hybrid working patterns
• 25 days annual leave + 10 public holidays
• Generous employer pension contribution
• Opportunities for personal and professional development

We want you to feel confident and prepared. That is why all shortlisted candidates will receive interview questions in advance.

We value thoughtful, considered responses and are keen to hear about the full range of skills and experience you can bring. This is your chance to show us what matters and how you can make an impact.