Trusts, Foundations & Partnerships Officer
- Part time
- £31,891 – £33,878 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Glasgow
- Closing 30th November 2026
- Advertised from 2nd November 2026
- £12,756–£13,551 per annum for 2 days per week (flexible and negotiable). Fixed-term for 18 months. Flexible working arrangements
Role
Could you help us build the relationships and funding that enable young people and families to live life to the full?
SiMY Community Development has been creating opportunities for young people and families in Glasgow for over 26 years. Our mission is to create opportunities for young people to realise their potential and make lasting positive impacts for themselves, their families and their communities.
Through our Gardening, Outdoor Activities and Creative programmes, we create Space to Breathe and Room to Grow. We provide opportunities for young people and families to connect with nature, spend time outdoors, be creative, build supportive relationships and develop confidence, skills and a sense of belonging.
About the role
We are looking for a motivated and skilled Trusts, Foundations & Partnerships Officer to help us sustain and grow SiMY's work.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in securing the resources and building the relationships that make our work possible. You will identify and develop opportunities with trusts, foundations and other partners; prepare high-quality funding applications and reports; and build strong relationships with funders and supporters.
Working closely with our CEO and Programme Leads, you will help tell SiMY's story clearly and honestly, communicating the difference our work makes to young people and families.
As SiMY continues to grow, you will also have the opportunity to help develop new partnerships and contribute to our longer-term approach to fundraising and organisational sustainability.
Hours: 2 days per week (flexible and negotiable)
Contract: Fixed-term for 18 months
Pension: 3% employer contribution
Location: Glasgow, with flexible working arrangements
Annual leave: 35 days, including public holidays (pro rata)
Other benefits: Access to Wisdom Wellbeing through BrightHR, including free counselling support
Please see the full job description and person specification for further information about the role.
About you
We are looking for someone who is:
- An excellent communicator, with the ability to write clear and compelling funding applications.
- Experienced in fundraising, trusts and foundations, partnership development or a similar role.
- Organised and able to manage different opportunities and deadlines.
- Confident building positive relationships with a range of people and organisations.
- Proactive, curious and able to spot new opportunities.
- Committed to SiMY's values and to creating positive opportunities for young people and families.
You will be joining a small, committed team where everyone plays an important part. We are looking for someone who can work independently while also enjoying collaboration and being part of a supportive organisation.
Why join SiMY?
This is an exciting time to join SiMY. We have grown significantly in recent years and are continuing to strengthen our organisation to ensure that more young people and families can benefit from the opportunities we create.
The Trusts, Foundations & Partnerships Officer will play an important part in our next stage of development, helping us build a sustainable future and develop the relationships and resources needed to continue our work.
If you are a skilled fundraiser and relationship-builder who wants to use your experience to make a lasting difference for young people and families, we would love to hear from you.
Application notes
How to apply
To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter explaining why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the post.
Please email your application to contact@simy.org.uk.
Application deadline: Sunday 30th November 2026
Interviews: Interviews will be held during the first two weeks of December.
Start date: We are hoping the successful candidate will start in January 2027.
The primary purpose of this job is to generate sustainable income for Àban by further developing our highly successful outdoor equipment & clothing charity shop. The Gear Hub project is an expression of our values: you will use it to tell Àban’s story and be an ambassador to the wider outdoor community. You will also run our community Gear Library and work with our growing team of young volunteers.
NB please also look at our other current vacancy for a Fundraising & Admin Assistant. These two roles may be combined into a single full-time role.
Top job! Head of Communications and Marketing
- Full time
- £55,219 – £60,741
- Hybrid: Glasgow
- Closing 2nd November 2026
Are you an ambitious communications leader who wants your work to change lives? If the answer is yes, this could be the opportunity you have been waiting for. Bring your creativity, judgement and leadership to Right There and help make our impact impossible to ignore.
For over 200 years, Right There has helped prevent people becoming homeless and keep families together across Scotland. Last year alone, over 4,000 people received the support they needed to stay in their homes and close to the people they love. We have a proud history, an urgent mission and the ambition to reach even further. Now we need an exceptional communications leader to illuminate our work, strengthen trust in Right There and inspire the support that will make even greater impact possible.
This is a high-profile leadership opportunity at the heart of Right There. As a member of our Senior Management Team, you will influence organisational strategy, shape how Scotland understands our work and build the audiences, profile and support we need to achieve lasting change.
You will have the freedom and influence to strengthen our brand, bring our impact vividly to life and ensure that the voices and experiences of the people we support are heard with care and authenticity. This is an ambitious role with the scope to build understanding, challenge assumptions and use outstanding communications to help create lasting change.
Your role
Your first opportunity will be to bring our marketing, communications, PR, public affairs and digital activity together behind Our compelling vision. You will give Right There a clearer, stronger and more distinctive voice, while ensuring that everything we communicate remains rooted in the real experiences of the people we support.
Setting the direction. You will set the strategic direction for communications, public affairs and supporter engagement, building Right There’s profile, influence and connection with the people and communities we want to reach.
Joining up our activity. You will turn organisational priorities into clear, audience-led plans and deliver an integrated marketing and communications strategy with meaningful measures of awareness, engagement, influence and support.
Building our voice and influence. You will lead policy, press and public affairs activity so Right There is recognised as a credible voice and contributes meaningfully to debates affecting the people we support.
Connecting people to our work. You will shape internal communications, develop our website and content strategy, and make it easy for colleagues, supporters and communities to understand our priorities, programmes and impact.
Leading with care and confidence. You will develop a creative, high-performing team and set clear standards so communications are accessible and ethical.
What you bring
You will already be an accomplished leader in marketing, communications or PR, ideally within a charity or social-purpose organisation, and you will be ready to bring that experience to a mission with real urgency. You will combine strategic ambition with humanity: making thoughtful decisions, building respectful relationships and creating communications that honour the dignity, strengths and experiences of the people we support.
- You have led integrated, multi-channel activity across digital, social media, PR, content and campaigns.
- You can translate strategy into high-quality work that reaches audiences and delivers measurable results.
- You bring strong editorial judgement and experience of shaping brands, messages and media relationships.
- You use insight and analytics to improve performance and ensure communications are accessible, ethical and appropriate for sensitive subject matter.
- You are a motivating and inclusive leader with compassion, curiosity and a genuine belief in the power of people’s stories.
Our offer
This is a full-time role working 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday. You will be based at 15 Dava Street in Glasgow, with a hybrid approach that combines around three office days each week with flexibility to work remotely. Our offer includes six weeks’ annual leave pro rata, rising to eight weeks after your first year, membership of the People’s Pension, a cycle-to-work scheme and the option to purchase or sell annual leave.
If you are ready to use the power of communications to build understanding, challenge assumptions and help create lasting change across Scotland, we want to hear from you.
About Us
We are a charity that recently celebrated 200 years of standing alongside people in Scotland. Last year we supported over 4,000 people to stay in their homes and stay connected to the people they love.
Care Experienced Youth Navigator – The GIVIT
- Part time
- £29,326 – £31,625 pro-rata
- On site: South Lanarkshire
- Closing 2nd November 2026
Job Overview
Regen:FX Youth Trust is recruiting a Care Experienced Youth Navigator to join The GIVIT Youth Recovery Service. This role is central to delivering intensive, relationship-based support to young people who have experience of being in the care system aged 13–25 affected by their own alcohol and substance use.
You will build strong, trusting relationships, manage a caseload and support young people to overcome barriers and achieve meaningful outcomes in their recovery journey.
Candidate Information
Joining Regen:FX Youth Trust means joining an organisation that values relationships over processes, compassion over judgement and learning over blame.
You will receive a comprehensive induction, regular supervision and opportunities for reflective practice, alongside ongoing professional development and specialist training in youth work, substance use and trauma-informed practice.
We are looking for a confident and reflective practitioner who combines strong professional knowledge with a commitment to continuous learning, and who brings warmth, authenticity and compassion to their work with young people.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide one-to-one and group-based support to care experienced young people.
- Build trust-based relationships
- Manage and maintain a small but complex caseload
- Develop Personal Recovery Support Plans and Risk Assessments
- Deliver Harm Reduction, Brief interventions and motivational support
- Work collaboratively with young people to identify, pursue and achieve realistic, person-cantered goals.
- Work collaboratively with partners and advocate for young people in line with The Charter of Rights for People affected by Substance Use and The Standards for Young People.
- Maintain accurate records.
- Contribute to the ongoing development and continuous improvement of the service through active participation in regular team meetings, CPD and Support and Development sessions.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
Experience & Knowledge
- Understanding of problematic alcohol & drug use and experience of working within a similar field.
- Competent written and verbal communication skills and confident with IT
- Recovery or Youth Work background or experience in working with young people.
- Driving licence and access to transport.
Desirable:
- Experience of intense one to one support and groupwork.
- Lived experience of addiction and a minimum of two years in sustained recovery
- Experience of working within a care setting or with young people who have experience of being in care.
- Working with high tariff young people.
- Knowledge of drug legislations in Scotland.
- Experience of supporting and promoting a specialist service with participants, communities, and partners.
Personal Qualities:
- Passion for working with young people, particularly with problematic substance use issues.
- Ability to communicate complex information to individuals and groups in a way that is easily understood.
- Holistic and therapeutic approach to working.
- Ability to communicate at all levels effectively.
- Good observational and analytical skills.
- Ability to motivate and enthuse others.
- Personal commitment to making activities equally accessible and appropriate to the diverse needs of young people.
- Approachable and non-judgemental.
- Ability to work under pressure
Values & Approach
We are interested in who you are as much as what you know. If you believe people deserve respect even on their hardest days and you bring empathy, curiosity and authenticity to your work, we want to hear from you.
Other Information
This is a 7-day service some evenings and occasional weekends. Driving licence and access to a car is essential.
Mentoring & Wellbeing Coordinator
- Part time
- £30,351 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Predominantly home-based, with regular engagement from our office in Leith and travel across Edinburgh to meet volunteers and young people as required
- Closing 2nd November 2026
An opportunity to support volunteer mentors and help young people improve confidence, wellbeing and build positive relationships.
Benefits
- 35 days annual leave, inclusive of public holidays, pro rata for part-time hours.
- Additional annual leave after five years’ service, increasing by one day per year thereafter up to a maximum of five additional days.
- An additional wellbeing day and a budget to support wellbeing activities.
- Membership of an employee health cash plan.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Continued learning and development opportunities, including across the wider YMCA movement.
About the role
We are looking for a proactive and relationship-focused individual to join our team as a Mentoring & Wellbeing Coordinator.
Mentoring coordination is the main focus of this varied and rewarding role. Working within our mentoring team, you will coordinate volunteer-led mentoring that helps children and young people build confidence, develop positive relationships and improve wellbeing. This includes contributing to established programmes such as intandem (for care-experienced young people) and Plusone (preventative and early-intervention mentoring support).
Supporting volunteer mentors is central to the role. You will provide regular guidance and encouragement, recognise their contribution and celebrate successes, helping them build safe, consistent and meaningful relationships with young people. These relationships can make a significant difference to young people’s wellbeing, confidence and sense of connection.
Alongside mentoring coordination, you will provide targeted 1:1 support and contribute to occasional youth work and group activities, particularly for young people engaged with mentoring services. Workload and delivery commitments will be agreed within your 21 weekly hours, with support, supervision and relevant training provided.
What you’ll be doing
- Coordinating volunteer-led mentoring for children and young people
- Supporting and developing volunteer mentors, recognising their contribution and celebrating successes
- Contributing to mentor recruitment, induction, training and ongoing support as part of the mentoring team
- Building strong relationships with young people, families and partners
- Involving young people and volunteers in shaping their support and influencing our services
- Maintaining records, monitoring activity and contributing to reporting
- Providing targeted 1:1 support and contributing to occasional group activities for young people
About you
We’re looking for someone who:
- Has experience working with children and young people
- Can support and coordinate volunteers or groups of people
- Builds strong, trusting relationships with a wide range of people
- Is highly organised and able to manage competing priorities
- Has strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Is committed to an inclusive, participatory and relationship-based approach, and willing to reflect and learn
Our approach
Based in Leith, YMCA Edinburgh supports children, young people and families locally and across the city. We take a relationship-based and participatory approach, strengthening the supportive scaffolding around young people. We create opportunities for young people and volunteers to shape and influence what we do, and work collaboratively with families and partners.
Additional information
- This post involves a regulated role with children. Appointment is subject to the appropriate PVG (Protecting Vulnerable Groups) scheme membership and disclosure checks. You do not need to be an existing PVG member to apply.
- Appointment is also subject to satisfactory references, including one from your current or most recent employer where applicable, and verification of your right to work in the UK.
- Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Equal Opportunities
An equal opportunities monitoring form is included as part of the application pack. Completion of this form is voluntary. The information is used for monitoring purposes only, is kept separate from your application, and is not shared with the recruitment panel.
Accessibility and Adjustments
We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible. If you require this information in an alternative format or need any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process, please contact jobs@ymcaedinburgh.com
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