Co-ordinator (Awards) in Edinburgh

Edinburgh Full-Time On-site

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Details

Youth Scotland, Scotland’s national charity for the support and delivery of community-based youth work, would love you to come and join our team.

Youth Scotland’s Youth Awards recognise and accredit young people’s learning and achievement through community-based youth work, schools, local authorities, national charities, and a wide range of other partner organisations.

Following an internal promotion, we are looking for an Awards Co-ordinator to join our Awards team and play a key role in providing a responsive and efficient service to our Awards users and partners.

The Role

You will co-ordinate the day-to-day administration that supports Youth Scotland Awards, including managing and triaging enquiries, processing registrations and renewals, maintaining accurate customer records and coordinating the production and distribution of Awards materials and certificates.

The role will also help us maintain high standards of customer service by improving customer communications and supporting efficient systems and processes across the Awards team.

This role would suit someone with strong administrative and organisational skills who enjoys working with customers, solving problems and making sure services run smoothly. You will also share our commitment to recognising and celebrating young people’s achievements.

Role Details

Hours: 35 (full time)
Salary Scale: £26,583 - £28,201 (Scale Points 22-24)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Based in Edinburgh, with hybrid working available. There is an expectation that the postholder will be in the Edinburgh office 2 days per week

The Organisation

Youth Scotland is the largest national youth work organisation in Scotland, supporting 116,979 young people, 2,430 youth groups from 628 member organisations and over 12,348 youth workers. Youth Scotland has been around since the early 20th century and has a diverse membership network – from small rural youth groups to large urban projects. The common goal that we all share is better outcomes for young people.

Our membership network is made up of local youth groups of all sizes, Area Associations and Youth Scotland staff who can provide support and training on a range of youth work topics. We are proud of the varied, universal youth work our network delivers and the innovative solutions our members create in an ever-changing youth work landscape.

The closing date for applications is midnight, 23 October

Interviews will be held [date tbc] at Balfour House, Edinburgh

To discuss any aspect of the post contact Youth Scotland on 0131 554 2561 or email jobs@youthscotland.org.uk

Benefits

Living Wage & Living Hours Employer
Hybrid Working
Generous salary sacrifice pension scheme
Cycle to Work scheme
Life insurance scheme

Notes

Living Wage & Living Hours Employer
Hybrid Working
Generous salary sacrifice pension scheme
Cycle to Work scheme
Life insurance scheme

Attached documents

Title	File
Job Description	Job_Description_-_YS-COA26.pdf
Person Specification	Person_Specification_-_YS-COA26.pdf
Additional Information	Additional_Information_2026.pdf
Application Pack	Application_Pack_2026.docx