Job and Volunteering Opportunities

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Various Positions – Gingerbread

There are various vacancies with Gingerbread Edinburgh & Lothian Project Ltd, including:

  • Play leader – 20 hours
  • Play worker – 20  hours
  • Support worker – 20 hours
  • Bank support/playworkers – various hours.

Befriender (Volunteer) – Space

  • Variable days – 2 to 3 hours each week
  • Various locations around Edinburgh
  • Commitment: one year from the completion of volunteer training

View volunteer job description here.

Sessional Youth Worker – Canongate Youth

  • 6 hours (sessional)
  • £14
  • Playrangers (Dumbiedykes Park), Open All Hours (Commonwealth Pool) & All clubs meeting at CY (6 Infirmary Street, EH1 1LT)
  • Closing date: Friday 13 September, 10am

Job description

Sessional Worker – MYPAS LGBT+ Service

  • Up to 5 hours a week
  • £15 a hour
  • Contract running initially until the end of March 2025
  • Based in Dalkeith.
  • Closing date: 12 noon on Friday 13th September.

Practitioner – Peelers After School & Holiday Club

  • 17.5 hours
  • Permanent contract
  • £10 – £11.50
  • Eliburn Community Centre, Garden Place, Eliburn, Livingston, EH54 6RA
  • Closing date: Friday 20th September 2024.
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Development Worker (Youth Work & Training) – Youth Scotland

  • 35 hours per week
  • Permanent contract
  • £30,355 – £35,184
  • The base for this post is Youth Scotland office in Edinburgh but with flexible working arrangements. We deliver using a combination of face to face and digital delivery.
  • Closing date: Monday 16 September at 12 noon.

Awards Project Worker

  • LAYC is recruiting a Project Worker to support the delivery of accredited learning and youth awards, within the network of community-based youth and children’s Member Groups within Edinburgh and the Lothians.
  • The post will be based at LAYC and will have a Lothian-wide remit.
  • The post will be fixed for an initial period of 2 years at 18 hours per week on a salary scale of £26,788 – £30,751 pro rata
  • Closing date is Thursday 19th September 2024 12 noon
  • Interviews will be held Monday 30th September 2024.