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
- Advertised from 7th October 2026
- £18,210 for 21 hours per week
Role
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
Application notes
To apply, please complete our application form, including the supporting statement of no more than 800 words overall. Please address the following four areas detailed in the Person Specification: supporting young people; supporting volunteers or others; organising and communicating; and your interest in the role and approach.
You do not need to address every point in the person specification separately or give equal space to each area. Brief examples, headings and bullet points are welcome. Relevant transferable experience from paid work, volunteering or other settings is welcome; previous experience of coordinating a mentoring programme is not essential.
Applications should be submitted via email to jobs@ymcaedinburgh.com
Deadline: 5 pm Monday 2nd November 2026
Interviews: Date to be confirmed following shortlisting
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Outreach Worker (PT)
- Part time
- £27,295 pro-rata
- On site: Leith & North East Edinburgh
- Closing 23rd October 2026
The Junction is looking for a friendly, confident and engaging Outreach Worker to join a project delivered in partnership with The Citadel and funded by CashBack for Communities.
This is a hands-on youth work role, reaching out to young people in the places where they spend their time, building trusting relationships and helping them connect with opportunities and support.
About the Role
You’ll work with young people across Leith and North East Edinburgh with a focus on engaging with young people who have experience poverty, inequality and disadvantage, or are at risk of becoming involved in antisocial behaviour.
Working alongside The Junction team, The Citadel and other local partners, you will:
- Deliver regular detached and street-based youth work, meeting young people in streets, parks and other community spaces.
- Help deliver one evening youth group each week, creating a safe, welcoming and inclusive space.
- Build positive, trusting relationships with young people and support them to build confidence, identify their strengths and make positive choices.
- Help young people connect with activities, opportunities and wider support where needed.
- Listen to young people and involve them in shaping the activities and outreach work.
- Work closely with The Citadel and other community partners to make sure young people receive joined-up support.
About You
We’re looking for someone who:
- Has great communication skills and can build positive relationships with young people.
- Is comfortable approaching and engaging young people in community and street-based settings.
- Takes a non-judgemental and inclusive approach to youth work.
- Understands the challenges facing young people experiencing disadvantage.
- Enjoys working collaboratively as part of a team and with community partners.
- Is willing to reflect on their practice, learn and develop.
Hours, Salary & Contract
Hours: Up to 17.5 hours per week, with some evening work required
Salary: £27,295 FTE / £13,647.50 per year at 17.5 hours
Contract: Fixed term until March 2029
Base: 82–86 Great Junction Street, Edinburgh EH6 5LL, with work across North East Edinburgh and a focus on Leith
We are also happy to hear from people who would prefer to work fewer hours, with part-time and sessional arrangements available. Sessional work will be paid at a minimum of £15 per hour.
Working hours will be agreed mutually and organised flexibly to meet the needs of the project and, where possible, fit around your existing commitments.
The postholder will have a key role in the Citadel’s 13+ Team, working across our services for young people aged 13 to 19. These include evening youth clubs, detached youth work and employability services for young people aged 16 to 19 who are not in education, training or employment. The postholder will also be based in a local high school one day per week, providing mental health and wellbeing support for targeted pupils.
Senior Development Worker (Awards)
- Full time
- £39,222 – £41,374
- Hybrid: Based in Edinburgh, with hybrid working available. There is an expectation that the postholder will be in the Edinburgh office 2 days per week on average
- Closing 23rd October 2026
Youth Scotland, Scotland’s national charity for the support and delivery of communitybased youth work, would love you to come and join our team.
Youth Scotland’s Youth Awards recognise and accredit the learning and achievements of thousands of young people each year through community-based youth work, schools and a wide range of partner organisations.
Following the retirement of our current Senior Development Worker, we are looking for an experienced Senior Development Worker (Awards) to join the team and build on the strong foundations already in place.
The Role
This is an important role within Youth Scotland’s Awards team, providing leadership to staff, maintaining high standards of quality and customer service, strengthening strategic partnerships and identifying opportunities for continued growth and development.
You will work with a wide range of Awards users and partners, including local authorities, national charities, schools, community-based youth organisations and other Awards providers. You will also lead on team planning, quality assurance, communications and impact reporting, and contribute to business planning and budgeting.
This role would suit an experienced professional with strong leadership and partnership skills who can combine strategic thinking with practical delivery. You will share our commitment to recognising and celebrating young people’s achievements and helping ensure their learning and development is valued.
The Organisation
Youth Scotland is the largest national youth work organisation in Scotland, supporting 116,979 young people, 2,430 youth groups from 628 member organisations and over 12,348 youth workers. Youth Scotland has been around since the early 20th century and has a diverse membership network – from small rural youth groups to large urban
projects. The common goal that we all share is better outcomes for young people.
Our membership network is made up of local youth groups of all sizes, Area Associations and Youth Scotland staff who can provide support and training on a range of youth work topics. We are proud of the varied, universal youth work our network delivers and the innovative solutions our members create in an ever-changing youth work landscape.
Awards Co-ordinator
- Full time
- £26,583 – £28,201
- Hybrid: Based in Edinburgh, with hybrid working available. There is an expectation that the postholder will be in the Edinburgh office 2 days per week
- Closing 23rd October 2026
Youth Scotland, Scotland’s national charity for the support and delivery of communitybased youth work, would love you to come and join our team.
Youth Scotland’s Youth Awards recognise and accredit young people’s learning and achievement through community based youth work, schools, local authorities, national charities, and a wide range of other partner organisations.
Following an internal promotion, we are looking for an Awards Co-ordinator to join our Awards team and play a key role in providing a responsive and efficient service to our Awards users and partners.
The Role
You will co-ordinate the day-to-day administration that supports Youth Scotland Awards, including managing and triaging enquiries, processing registrations and renewals, maintaining accurate customer records and coordinating the production and distribution of Awards materials and certificates.
The role will also help us maintain high standards of customer service by improving customer communications and supporting efficient systems and processes across the Awards team.
This role would suit someone with strong administrative and organisational skills who enjoys working with customers, solving problems and making sure services run smoothly.
You will also share our commitment to recognising and celebrating young people’s achievements.
The Organisation
Youth Scotland is the largest national youth work organisation in Scotland, supporting 116,979 young people, 2,430 youth groups from 628 member organisations and over 12,348 youth workers. Youth Scotland has been around since the early 20th century and has a diverse membership network – from small rural youth groups to large urban projects. The common goal that we all share is better outcomes for young people.
Our membership network is made up of local youth groups of all sizes, Area Associations and Youth Scotland staff who can provide support and training on a range of youth work topics. We are proud of the varied, universal youth work our network delivers and the innovative solutions our members create in an ever-changing youth work landscape.
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