Member Job Vacancies

Community Engagement Manager (Starcatchers)
Hours: 35 per week including some evenings and weekends when required. (FT is preferable, 0.8FTE may be considered)

Salary: £33,600

Location: Hybrid: Edinburgh office at WHALE Arts / Project locations in Edinburgh and Fife, withsome work required across Scotland and possibly internationally.

Closing Date: Tuesday 29th April 2025

This is a new role within a refreshed Starcatchers Staff Team for 2025/26 and beyond. The post-holder will be pivotal in the development of our Community Engagement activity leading on the implementation of this work, supporting the specialist Starcatchers Artists who lead on delivery, nurturing existing and seeding new relationships within communities and securing funding to sustain activity moving forward.

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Early Years Development Coordinator (Starcatchers)
Hours: Permanent. 35 hours per week including some evenings and weekends when required.

Salary: £27,300

Location: Hybrid: Edinburgh

Closing Date: Tuesday 29th April 2025

To work with the Early Years Development Manager and Artists in the administration, co-ordination and delivery of Starcatchers Early Years Development activity

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

To work with the EYD Manager to support the successful delivery of all Early Years Development activity.
- To liaise with, coordinate and provide information to the Starcatchers Artists and Partners to support the delivery of sessions across a range of programmes and projects.
- To develop and maintain relationships with local authority partners, current and past participants to support the strategic development of Early Years Development activities.
- To administrate the day-to-day running of the Early Years Development activities –including scheduling, contracting, handling enquiries, and tracking income and expenditure.
- To maintain all databases, including participant data, local authority and external partner contacts.
- To support the Evaluation & Marketing Manager and EYD Manager as they develop online resources and training, including using Canva and other design tools.
- To coordinate evaluation processes and provide feedback and figures for reporting, evaluation and development purposes.
- To attend practical sessions to gather evaluation and assist with event management.
- To work with the EYD team to compile robust evaluation reports To edit and transcribe podcast recordings.
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Chief Executive Officer (Play Scotland)
Hours: 35 hours per week. Permanent position subject to funding, currently secured to 31st March 2026

Salary: £60,000

Location: Hybrid: Scotland, Office Based in Edinburgh with some flexible home working available on application.

Closing Date: Friday 2nd May 2025

Formed in 1998, Play Scotland is the lead organisation for children’s play in Scotland and works to make every child’s right to play a reality.

Play Scotland has an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, competent and innovative leader, with a successful background as a strategic manager to lead and shape the future of the organisation.

The successful candidate will be an effective communicator, confident in public speaking, stakeholder engagement, and policy representation at a national level.

They will bring a natural ability to develop effective partnerships across public, private and third sector organisations and have strong experience developing and delivering a strategic vision and leading successful staff teams.

A genuine enthusiasm for the work of Play Scotland is essential and you will bring a strong commitment to the mission and vision of this important charity.

An understanding and appreciation of the legal framework and policy for play in Scotland is essential, together with the ability to work across Scotland’s national and local government structures.

Play Scotland is committed to building a fair, equitable and diverse organisation, so they welcome applications from all sectors of society, regardless of ethnicity, age, gender, disability and/or religious persuasion. In return, they offer you an employee-friendly organisation with flexible policies.

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Director of Services (Families Outside)
Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary: £49,612

Location: Families Outside national office, 17 Gayfield Square, Edinburgh EH1 3NX with some flexibility for hybrid working

Closing Date: Wednesday 21 May 2025 at 12 noon

Families Outside is the only national charity in Scotland that works solely to support children and families affected by imprisonment. This senior management post leads the strategic development and implementation of the work of Families Outside’s Family Support team, linking the work of the Regional Managers and Regional Family Support Coordinators, national Helpline, and support to Prison Visitors’ Centres to improve outcomes for children and families throughout Scotland who are affected by imprisonment. The post holder will lead and inspire a team of managers to deliver high quality integrated support within their values framework (Compassion, Integrity, Tenacity, and Expertise). Undertaking and leading on significant projects, providing strategic leadership, and promoting and representing Families Outside are all key components of this challenging role.

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