Vacancies

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.

Outdoor & Adventure Senior Instructor
Scouts Scotland is looking for someone who loves being outdoors and inspiring young people to love the outdoors too, to be their new Senior Instructor at Scout Adventures Fordell Firs.
  • Organisation:  Scouts Scotland
  • Location:  Scout Adventures Fordell Firs
  • Closing date:  5 April, 2024
  • Salary:  £26,000 to £27,000 per annum
  • Contract:  Full-time (40 hours per week including evenings and weekends). Happy to talk flexible working. Permanent.
Youth Development Officer
Inspiring congregations to create a vision for mission to and with young people and facilitating congregations to put their vision into practice for young people in their parishes.
  • Organisation:  The Church of Scotland
  • Job title:  Youth Development Officer
  • Location:  Presbytery of North East and Northern Isles
  • Closing date:  8 April, 2024
  • Salary:  £34,230 to £37,800 per annum
  • Contract:  Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
Children, Youth and Families Worker
To co-ordinate the existing ministry amongst children, young people and families, discipling children and young people in the church family in partnership with their parents/carers.
  • Organisation:  The Church of Scotland
  • Job title:  Children, Youth and Families Worker
  • Location:  Fife
  • Closing date:  2 April, 2024
  • Salary:  £28,815 to £32,575 per annum
  • Contract:  Full-time
Sessional Youth Worker
Someone with experience of working with young people is preferred but training would be given to the right candidate. You will be supported and guided by the full-time youth worker and provided with relevant training.
  • Organisation:  Craiglockhart Parish Church
  • Job title:  Sessional Youth Worker
  • Location:  Edinburgh
  • Closing date:  28 March, 2024
  • Salary:  £12.70 per hour
  • Contract:  Part-time