Job and Volunteering Opportunities

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.

• 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.

Canongate Youth are looking for a sessional Youth Worker to join their team, to develop purposeful links with young people and work with them to develop their ideas and create opportunities for themselves and the local community.

Hours: Flexible
Salary: £16 per hour

Interviews will take place as candidates apply.

Mayfield and Easthouses Youth 2000 Project (Y2K) is looking for an experienced and dedicated senior youth worker to join their team to coordinate the delivery of CashBack 180 service delivery. Please note that a drivers licence and access to own vehicle is an essential requirement of this post.

Hours: 35 per week, over 5 days

Salary: £33,797

Deadline: Friday 20th June at 12pm

LAYC is recruiting a Treasurer for our Board of Trustees! As Treasurer you will work with LAYC’s Director and Finance & Business Support Officer to oversee the financial affairs of the organisation and ensure they are legal, constitutional and within accepted accounting practice.

The Board of Trustees meet every 6-8 weeks throughout the year at Dunford House, 7 Boroughloch Lane, Edinburgh, EH8 9NL and through online meetings. Treasurer can serve up to two 3-year terms, as voted at LAYC’s AGM.

This is a volunteer position, open to those with knowledge and experience of current and fundraising practice relevant to voluntary and community organisations, as well as excellent financial analysis.

The right candidate would have experience as a Treasurer, Finance Officer or similar. The role is also open to students who have the right skills and knowledge and want to gain experience of charity accountancy.

To request further information or informal enquiries about this role please contact our director Laurene Edgar at [email protected]