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Minority Ethnic Carers of People Project is Scotland's leading Black and Minority Ethnic carers' organisation. We work to reduce inequalities, improve access to culturally responsive services, and support some of the most marginalised communities across Scotland.

We are seeking a motivated and organised individual to join our team as an Administration & Finance Assistant. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the smooth and effective operation of our organisation by providing high-quality administrative, financial and office support across a range of services and projects.

This varied role will support the day-to-day administration of the organisation, including reception duties, maintaining records and databases, processing financial transactions, supporting meetings and events, and assisting with office management. The successful candidate will have strong administrative and organisational skills, excellent attention to detail, and experience of working in a busy office environment.

Intercultural Youth Scotland (IYS) is a leading youth charity dedicated to empowering Black and People of Colour (BPoC) children and young people across Scotland.

We create safe, inclusive and inspiring spaces where young people can connect, build confidence, develop skills and shape opportunities for themselves and their communities. Youth voice is at the heart of everything we do.

About the Role

We are looking for a Youth Work Officer to support the delivery and development of our Youth Work Programme.

Working closely with the Youth Work Coordinator, you will help deliver engaging and culturally responsive youth work sessions, support young people to shape activities, and build relationships with community partners.

You will play an important role in helping BPoC young people develop skills, confidence and a sense of belonging.

A key part of this role includes supporting our weekly youth club The Block, a welcoming space for young people aged 12–18 to socialise, explore interests and take part in creative and developmental activities.

What You’ll Do

• Design and deliver engaging youth work sessions and projects
• Support young people to actively shape and lead programme activities
• Help recruit and support artists, facilitators and session staff
• Build relationships with schools, youth organisations and community partners
• Promote youth work opportunities and encourage participation
• Gather monitoring and evaluation data to measure programme impact
• Support programme administration and coordination
• Ensure safeguarding and wellbeing of young people during all activities
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across IYS to connect young people with wider opportunities

For more information about this job and our current programmes, please refer to the full job description.

About you

We are looking for someone who is passionate about supporting young people and committed to equality and anti-racism.

You will bring:

• A Youth Work qualification (or related field)
• Experience supporting young people or facilitating youth activities
• Experience working with BPoC young people
• Experience working in a youth, community or third-sector setting
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with young people, colleagues, and partners.
• Organised, reliable, and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Empathy and understanding of the barriers faced by BPoC young people in Scotland.
• Commitment to anti-racism, equality, and youth empowerment
• Knowledge of safeguarding and child protection practice

Desirable experience includes:

• Experience providing administrative or coordination support to youth projects.
• Experience working in schools or other community-based settings.
• Experience gathering monitoring and evaluation data.

Why Work with Us?

• An opportunity to make a difference
• 4-day full-time working week (32 hours), which includes providing youth work sessions
• Annual salary of £32,342
• 29 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays) (over 7 weeks!)
• Flexible, hybrid working model
• Employee Assistance Programme

We are excited to be delivering our mentoring programme across community settings inEastAyrshire, supporting young people identified for the MCR Pathways programme, helping to develop community-based mentoring across the region.

About the role

Using your knowledge of young people, you will be focusing on supporting them through small group and individual sessions to build their capacity for getting the most out of mentoring, matching them with a mentor and building the mentoring relationship. You’ll be there to provide young people with personalised support, information, advice and guidance as needed. Working with pupils from S2 and above, you’ll collaborate closely with local schools and community partners to expand community-based mentoring opportunities.

Key responsibilities:

• Building exceptional individual and group relationships with young people to prepare them for mentoring.
• Matching young people in S2 and above with adult volunteer mentors and providing ongoing personalised support, advice, and guidance.
• Delivering effective mentor inductions and Core Mentor Training, facilitating continuous engagement and support for both mentors and mentees.
• Partnering with schools, local organisations, and the employability sector to explore and expand community-based mentoring pathways.

About you

• Experience in building positive, trusted relationships with disengaged young people, particularly within alternative provision or wellbeing settings.
• Ability to work across locations in East Ayrshire, managing time between school bases and community settings.
• Excellent communication, active listening, and group facilitation skills.
• Solution-focused, empathetic, and trauma-informed approach to youth engagement.
• Well-organised with strong administrative, database, and reporting capabilities.

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 of working for MCR Pathways 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, Life Assurance – 4 x salary.

Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our mission is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland and we currently have over 3000 Care Experienced members.

At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced children and young people, and the power of their voices to bring about positive change. We provide individual relationship-based independent advocacy and a broad range of imaginative participatory opportunity for Care Experienced young people across Scotland; we work alongside corporate parents and communities of all sorts to broaden understanding; we work with policy makers, leaders and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape law, policy and practice on the basis of all that can be learnt from the voices of those with experience of care – working together to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change.

The Advocacy and Participation Manager will oversee the development of our independent advocacy services, including our lifelong advocacy offering, and the engagement and empowerment of Care Experienced people through participation opportunities.

Contributing to Who Cares? Scotland’s leadership team and sharing the learning of this work positively and proactively across the organization, this APM role will provide a robust evidence base to support the evolvement of this work nationally.

The right candidate will therefore be capable of forming positive relationships with people of all ages and backgrounds, will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, and be adaptable to a wide range of contexts. With experience managing budgets and performance targets, as well as reporting internally and to key stakeholders, you will also be skilled at supervising and supporting the work of staff and volunteers. Some travel, as well as some evening and weekend work, is required due to the remit of the post.

You will have a proven record of working collaboratively with partners successfully and will be committed to children’s rights, inclusive working, and equal opportunities. You believe that all people can make transformative change happen in their lives if given the opportunity.

For an informal conversation about this opportunity please contact Caroline Richardson, Director of Advocacy and Participation at crichardson@whocaresscotland.org.