Employability Support Worker (Schools)

• Salary: £24,000 - £26,000 based on relevant experience

• Hours: 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday

• Contract: Fixed term until 31/03/2025, funded by East Lothian One Council Partnership Fund

• Status: Full time

• Closing date: Friday 31st May, 12pm

• Location: Musselburgh

Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people? Do you want a flexible, varied and meaningful job in a supportive team? Do you value great employee benefits such as 360 Wellbeing membership and an annual training budget? Apply to join us!

We have a vacancy for an Employability Support Worker (Schools) to deliver a yearling employability skills programme to young people in S4 at schools throughout East Lothian who have been identified as leaving school with no positive destination in place.

The successful candidate will:

• Support young people to gain employability skills, life skills and accreditation; helping them in to work, apprenticeships, further education and vocational training

• Deliver tailored support packages to young people enabling them to create and realise their career pathways and progress in to post school opportunities

• Work in collaboration with 6 high schools in East Lothian to develop the service

This is an exciting position in which the successful candidate will take pride in developing a programme of delivery which will provide young people with clear pathways to positive destinations.

It is essential that candidates have a full, clean driving licence and constant use of a car. Membership of the PVG scheme will be an essential requirement of the post. A contributory company pension scheme is offered with a 10% employer contribution.

Application notes:

• An application pack may be downloaded below or may be requested by email: mail@bridgesproject.org.uk  or by telephone: 0131 665 1621

• Completed applications should be emailed to mail@bridgesproject.org.uk

• Please note we do not accept CVs

• Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and suitable candidates may be invited for interview prior to the closing date

• Interviews: Ongoing

Application documents:

• Cover Letter

• Job Description and Person Specification

• Application Form

• Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

Lived Experience Trustee

Have you accessed Bridges Project’s services in the past? Are you interested in making decisions on how we will help other young people in the future? Join our Board as a Trustee!

We want to strengthen the lived experience of our Board of Trustees and are looking for someone who has used our services to help us shape the future direction of Bridges Project as we’re approaching our 40th anniversary.

As a Trustee, you would be part of our Board of eight other volunteers, who meet four times a year to make decisions on the priorities and future plans of Bridges Project.

This is a unique opportunity to gain valuable decision-making and interpersonal skills transferable to a variety of jobs and the experience would be a boost to anyone’s CV!

Email us at mail@bridgesproject.org.uk or call us at 0131 665 1621 to discuss further.

Join us and make a real difference to the lives of future generations of young people!

Social Media Volunteer

• Voluntary position

• Hours: 2 hours a week, flexible

• Length of commitment: Open-ended

• Location: Musselburgh

Are you aged 12-25? Do you like creating content for social media? Then you might be just what we’re looking for!

We have a volunteering vacancy for a young Social Media Volunteer who will create content they're passionate about for Bridges Project's social media platforms.

The successful candidate will need to be able to come in to our building in Musselburgh on a regular basis but the volunteering hours can be flexible to suit their schedule.

Application notes:

• For more information and to apply, please contact Fundraising & Communications Manager Simen Holm by email (sholm@bridgesproject.org.uk) or by phone (07494 476218).