About BEACON:

Citizens Advice Edinburgh, Capital City Partnership, Fife Gingerbread, Midlothian Sure Start, Circle, Passion4Fusion, The Poverty Alliance and Glasgow Caledonian University are working in partnership to deliver BEACON, a service designed to tackle the roots cause of poverty experienced by ethnically diverse families.

BEACON — Building Equity, Accessibility and Connecting Opportunities Network — will support 200 ethnically diverse families and up to 600 individuals through a relational, wrap-around whole-family keyworker model.

The project will ensure support is available where and when families need it across the Edinburgh and Southeast Scotland region.

Each partner in the consortium will provide additional capacity and specialist expertise to reach ethnically diverse families and improve engagement and outcomes.

Maximising Income and Reducing Barriers to Employment: Citizens Advice Advisers will provide specialist advice, focused on helping families address financial, welfare rights, debt and immigration-related barriers that can prevent them from stabilising household circumstances and progressing towards longer-term outcomes.

You will provide specialist financial, welfare rights, debt and immigration advice that complements whole family keyworker support. This is targeted at low-income ethnically diverse families, particularly those facing overlapping barriers to poverty reduction and those falling within Scottish child poverty priority family types.

You will support the Advice Service Manager in capacity building, strengthening other organisations and advisers to work more effectively with families facing immigration barriers, including the no recourse to public funds condition. This will involve delivering presentations and creating and updating resources.

The overall role of Citizens Advice therefore strengthens the BEACON model by helping families address immediate financial and advice-related pressures while supporting wider outcomes around stability, wellbeing, income maximisation and progression.

This is an excellent opportunity to join one of the cities leading charities and make a substantial contribution to your local community. Competitive salaries and a 7% Employers Pension Contribution are among the many benefits of joining this fantastic organisation. If you are looking for a new opportunity, full details are included in the role descriptions. For an informal discussion about any of the roles, please contact Benjamin Napier, Chief Executive on 07840770563 or by email at bejaminnapier@cabedinburgh.org.uk

The Organisational Administrator will provide practical administrative support across Citizens Advice Edinburgh, helping to reduce routine operational tasks currently carried out by the Chief Executive and management team. The role will support basic finance processing, manage incoming post and shared email inboxes, facilities administration, data processing and the preparation of accurate minutes and action notes from management meetings. The postholder will help ensure that core administrative systems are reliable, well organised and responsive to the needs of a busy city-wide advice charity.

This is an excellent opportunity to join one of the cities leading charities and make a substantial contribution to your local community. Competitive salaries and a 7% Employers Pension Contribution are among the many benefits of joining this fantastic organisation. If you are looking for a new opportunity, full details are included in the role descriptions. For an informal discussion about any of the roles, please contact Benjamin Napier, Chief Executive on 07840770563 or by email at bejaminnapier@cabedinburgh.org.uk

About the job

Drumchapel Citizens Advice Bureau is looking for a highly motivated and experienced individual with the drive and enthusiasm to support the delivery of a high-quality advice and information service to the public.

We are an established Citizens Advice Bureau with a strong reputation for delivering well-managed, proactive and quality-assured services, both directly and in partnership with statutory and voluntary sector agencies.

The Thrive Early Family Adviser will provide high-quality, holistic advice and casework to families with children under five as part of the Thrive Early programme, delivered in partnership by Citizens Advice Scotland, Home-Start UK and Save the Children UK.

The role combines elements of a Generalist Adviser and Caseworker and will involve working closely with families who may experience barriers to accessing traditional advice services. The postholder will build trusted relationships and provide tailored advice, advocacy and practical support to improve families' financial wellbeing and access to services.

The postholder will work collaboratively with Home-Start colleagues and other project partners to provide coordinated whole-family support and will operate within Drumchapel Citizens Advice Bureau's established management, supervision and quality assurance arrangements.

About you

Applicants must have:

• A minimum of one year's relevant experience within the advice sector.

• Experience of providing welfare rights, money, debt, generalist or other relevant advice and casework.

• Experience of managing ongoing client work or a caseload.

• Experience of using an electronic case-management or client-recording system.

• Experience of working with people who may be vulnerable, distressed or experiencing barriers to accessing services.

• Good communication and organisational skills.

• A commitment to delivering an excellent service to clients and to equality and diversity.

About Granton Information Centre

Granton Information Centre (GIC) has been supporting people in Edinburgh since 1984. We provide free, confidential advice, advocacy and representation, helping individuals and families deal with welfare benefit issues, new claims and appeals, debt and other financial pressures.

Our clients are at the heart of what we do. Alongside appointments at our West Granton Road office, our advisers work from a range of community and GP outreach locations across Edinburgh, helping make advice accessible to people in the communities where they live.

GIC is a busy, established organisation with a strong commitment to high-quality, client-centred advice. We work collaboratively with local partners and are part of wider advice and community networks across Edinburgh. GIC is also an accredited Living Wage Employer.

The opportunity

As GIC continues to develop and strengthen its services, we are looking for new volunteer Management Committee members to help shape the organisation's future. This is an opportunity to contribute your skills and experience to an organisation that has been part of the Edinburgh advice landscape for more than 40 years and whose work makes a practical difference to people facing financial and social challenges.

What will I do?

• Contribute to the strategic direction and good governance of GIC.
• Take part in Management Committee meetings and contribute to informed decision-making.
• Support and appropriately challenge the management team, helping GIC remain effective, sustainable and focused on the needs of the people and communities we serve.
• Use your knowledge, experience and perspective to help GIC continue to develop and improve.

Who are we looking for?

We are keen to hear from people from a wide range of backgrounds who are interested in supporting GIC's work. We would particularly welcome skills, knowledge or experience in areas such as governance, finance, HR, fundraising, community development or advice services. Previous committee experience is not essential.

We particularly value interest from people who know or understand the communities GIC serves and can bring different experiences and perspectives to our Management Committee.

Practical information

This is an unpaid voluntary role. Reasonable expenses can be reimbursed in line with GIC policy.