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Youth Work Jobs and Opportunities

Be a part of something incredible by working in Scotland’s youth work sector. We list and promote job opportunities from across the sector, ranging from volunteering opportunities, support worker positions through to senior management and trustee positions. Looking for an ideal candidate to join your team? Submit your vacancy to us and we’ll do the rest.

As the collective voice of the youth work sector, we primarily share jobs aimed at youth workers, managers, senior appointments and job opportunities in the wider CLD and third sector in Scotland.

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Once we’ve received your vacancy submission, we’ll upload it to our website, promote it through our social media channels and include in our Youth Work Briefing, which goes out to around 1,000 subscribers every second Tuesday – sign up to our Youth Work Briefing.

Youth Participation Officer
Are you passionate about youth participation and ensuring that LGBTQ+ young people in Scotland are given the opportunities and skills to speak truth to power? Can you work with trans and non-binary young people to help them shape an existing platform of work so that they are achieving their aims? Can you provide goal orientated support for young people? If so, LGBT Youth Scotland want to hear from you.
  • Organisation:  LGBT Youth Scotland
  • Job title:  Youth Participation Officer
  • Location:  Hybrid working (a combination of working from and either Glasgow or Edinburgh)
  • Closing date:  16 October, 2026
  • Salary:  £30,133 to £33,215 FTE per annum (pro rata for part-time, dependant on experience)
  • Contract:   Part-time (30 hours per week). Permanent
Communities Officer (Youth Work)
As a Communities Officer you will work with colleagues, communities and learners to design, deliver and assess community learning and development activities with young people aged 11-25 years old.
  • Organisation:  Angus Council
  • Job title:  Communities Officer (Youth Work)
  • Location:  Angus/Hybrid
  • Closing date:  4 October, 2026
  • Salary:  £39,634 to £43,018 per year
  • Contract:  Full-time (36.25 hours per week). Permanent
Head of Income Generation
This is a new leadership role responsible for diversifying and growing fundraising and voyage sales income, with a particular focus on donor stewardship, supporter engagement and strategic partnerships. 
  • Organisation:  Ocean Youth Trust
  • Job title:  Head of Income Generation
  • Location:  Greenock (with travel as needed). Flexible/hybrid working arrangements can be agreed
  • Closing date:  13 October, 2026
  • Salary:  £42,160 to £45,092
  • Contract:  Full-time (35 hours per week). Permanent
Partnerships Development Manager
Are you a creative thinker who thrives on developing relationships and building new partnerships? Join The Yard as their new Partnerships Development Manager and turn your ideas and connections into meaningful opportunities.
  • Organisation:  The Yard
  • Job title:  Partnerships Development Manager
  • Location:  Hybrid (Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow)
  • Closing date:  26 October, 2026
  • Salary:  In the region of £40,000
  • Contract:  Full-time (37 hours per week)
Family Worker
Are you a positive, kind, individual who enjoys supporting others? Do you value the benefit of community? The Yard has a great opportunity for you as a Family Worker in Edinburgh.
  • Organisation:  The Yard
  • Job title:  Family Worker
  • Location:  Edinburgh
  • Closing date:  19 October, 2026
  • Salary:  £29,052 per annum (£15.10 per hour)
  • Contract:  Full-time (37 hours per week including alternate Friday/Saturday)
Team Manager (Community Development)
Orkney Islands Council is looking for an enthusiastic, skilled and qualified CLD professional to lead, develop and manage the Community Development Team within the Community Learning Development & Employability Service.
  • Organisation:  Orkney Islands Council
  • Job title:  Team Manager (Community Development)
  • Location:  Kirkwall
  • Closing date:  27 September, 2026
  • Salary:  £52,519 to £55,711 per year
  • Contract:  Full-time (35 hours per week). Permanent
Senior Youth Development Officer
Are you passionate about empowering young people and leading meaningful change in communities? Dumfries and Galloway Council’s award-winning Youth Work Service is seeking an experienced and motivated leader to help shape opportunities for young people across the region and lead some of our most innovative participation and engagement programmes.
  • Organisation:  Dumfries and Galloway Council
  • Job title:  Senior Youth Development Officer
  • Location:  Dumfries or Wigtown
  • Closing date:  25 August, 2026
  • Salary:  £49,293 to £53,124
  • Contract:  Full-time (36 hours per week). Permanent
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