• Participation and Rights Worker (East) – Maternity Cover (Forces Children Scotland)

    Salary: £27,885 – £29,000 pro-rata.

    Location: Remote: first with regular travel across Edinburgh City & Penicuik - delivery will take place at strategically located sites near Armed Forces bases.

    Hours: Part-time, 21 hours per week. 

    Deadline: Tuesday 26 May 2026.

    Children and young people from Armed Forces families face unique experiences, and their voices are often unheard.

    In this role, you will provide an opportunity for them to share their experiences and inform policy and practices in our work and influence those in the Ministry of Defence, Local Authorities, and the Scottish Government.

    You will work directly with children and young people to facilitate a broad range of participatory and engagement opportunities.

    For further information visit their website. 

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  • Trust and Foundations Fundraiser (Forces Children Scotland)

    Salary: £30,160 – £31,500

    Location: Remote: Home based

    Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week.

    Deadline: Tuesday 26 May 2026

    In this role, you will implement their agreed fundraising strategy while collaborating across the team and externally with key partners to maximise funding from a variety of sources, predominantly trusts and foundations.

    For further information visit their website. 

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  • Participation and Policy Officer (Children in Scotland)

    Salary: £31,293.09 pro-rata per annum

    Location: Hybrid - Edinburgh

    Hours: Part-time, 21 hours per week

    Deadline: Tuesday 26 May 2026

    As a Children in Scotland Participation and Policy Officer you will have an important role supporting the work of the Participation and Policy Team.

    Your role will involve delivering a diverse range of project work, in particular their direct work with children and young people. You will deliver this in line with Children in Scotland’s Principles and Guidelines for Meaningful Participation of Children and Young People.

    You will also be responsible for supporting the wider work of the Participation and Policy Team, ensuring the views of the children and young people you work with inform their work as an organisation.

    Further information can be found via their website. 

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  • Regional Family Support Coordinator – Edinburgh & Lothians (Families Outside)

    Salary: Starting salary £29,467 pro rata (0.8FTE)

    Location: Hybrid & flexible working, Based in Edinburgh, with some work in the Lothians

    Hours: 28 hours per week      

    Deadline: Tuesday 16 June, 12 noon

    At Families Outside, they are the only national charity in Scotland working solely to support families affected by imprisonment.

    Joining the East of Scotland regional team, within their national Family Support Team, the Regional Family Support Coordinator will support people living in the Edinburgh and Lothians area who have a family member in prison. They will:

    • Support families at home and in their community via 1:1, family, and/or peer support
    • Work closely with key professionals including prison staff and prison visitors centre staff to provide advice, information, and guidance on a range of issues
    • Raise awareness with key professionals within the local community about the impact of imprisonment and our work to improve outcomes for families
    • Work closely with HMP Edinburgh, contributing to meetings and events that support the rights of children and families affected by imprisonment 

    Find out more information via their website.

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  • Finance Officer (Youth Scotland)

    Salary: £34,270 – £38,080 pro-rata

    Location: Hybrid: Edinburgh

    Hours: 28 hours per week

    Deadline: Sunday 7 June 2026

    Youth Scotland, Scotland’s national charity for the support and delivery of community-based youth work, join their dynamic team.

    Are you brilliant with numbers and accounts?

    Do you want to help make a difference to young people across Scotland?

    Youth Scotland’s Finance Officer is a key position, from processing grants to youth groups to preparing management accounts, which help them to deliver services that support 2,400 youth groups across Scotland.

    For further information visit their website. 

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  • Futures Lead Development Worker (Pilton Youth & Children’s Project)

    Salary: £23,568, FTE £34,370

    Location: Pilton Youth & Children’s Project (PYCP)

    Hours: 24 per week (including regular evenings and weekends)

    Deadline: Tuesday 2 June 2026, 17:00

    North Edinburgh Futures is a new, innovative, three‑year programme designed to extend youth work provision at crucial times of the week. Building on PYCP’s existing strengths, the programme will introduce longer opening hours, creative workshops, targeted support and opportunities for skills, confidence and wellbeing development.

    As the Futures Lead Development Worker, you will plan, coordinate and deliver co‑designed activities using creative and inclusive methods such as digital technology, arts, outdoor learning, urban survival skills, trips and partnership-led sessions. You will also support a team of sessional youth workers, ensuring safe, trauma‑informed, consistent delivery.

    This post plays a vital role in strengthening community connections, reducing barriers to participation and creating welcoming, nurturing spaces where young people feel safe, valued and able to shape their own experiences.

    You will be accountable to the Project Manager and work collaboratively across the organisation to support wider PYCP activities and uphold a strong culture of safeguarding and inclusion.

    For further information view their Job Description.

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  • Head of Communications (the Yard)

    Salary: £52,000 – £57,000

    Location: Hybrid: Edinburgh

    Hours: 37 hours per week

    Deadline: Monday 15 June 2026

    They are seeking a Head of Communications to lead their communications, public affairs and profile work to make the organisation the unmistakable voice on place-based, whole-family support.

    You will be part of their executive team and responsible for making decisions that impact the whole organisation and shape how family support models are understood and adopted across Scotland.

    Some of your key responsibilities will include:

    • Developing a 12–18-month communications and public affairs strategy that positions The Yard as a sector leader
    • Leading with a media-first approach to secure high-value national and regional media coverage
    • Building relationships with policy teams, sector bodies and strategic partners
    • Overseeing content strategy for their website, socials and newsletters to ensure consistent, evidence-led messaging and audience growth

    For further information visit their website. 

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  • Project Officer – Child Maintenance (One Parent Families Scotland)

    Salary: £31,080 – £32,560

    Location: Hybrid: Glasgow & ER, Dundee & Angus, Falkirk, North Lanarkshire & Edinburgh

    Hours: Full time

    Deadline: Monday 8 June 2026

    All roles at OPFS contribute to their mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Their core values of Justice, Equity, Trust, Collaboration and Compassion are at the heart of everything they do and underpin all aspects of their work.

    One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS) is the national charity for single parent families and this programme is about changing what is possible.

    This role will be instrumental in the development, operational management and delivery of a national child maintenance support programme, ensuring effective coordination across partner organisations, delivery of specialist support to families, practitioner capacity-building, and development of national learning.

    The Project officers will deliver front line services and advice relating to the project, while working closely with the Senior Child Maintenance Officer based at Fife Gingerbread who leads practice development and practitioner training.

    For further information visit their website. 

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