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Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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Administrator

The Welcoming Association
Part time
On site: Edinburgh
£25,210 - £29,042
£20,168 -£23,233 for 28 hours per week, on-site (Monday – Thursday 9 am -5 pm)
Closing 11 March 2026
Advertised from 17 February 2026

Role

Purpose of the role

The Administrator supports the smooth day-to-day running of The Welcoming Association and is often the first point of contact for service users, volunteers, and visitors. The role helps create a welcoming, safe, and respectful environment, provides essential administrative and HR support to staff, and ensures that records, information, and office systems are accurate, secure, and well-maintained.

The Administrator plays a key role in supporting service delivery, organisational efficiency, safeguarding, and the overall positive experience of people engaging with The Welcoming Association.

Additional information 

Please note that you must already be eligible to work in the UK to be employed by The Welcoming Association. 

The post holder will work from The Welcoming’s office on 20/1 Westfield Avenue, Edinburgh, EH11 2TT. 

Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of The Welcoming. We welcome applications from BAME people, applicants with lived experience as refugees, or working with refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable adults.

Application notes

Interested applicants are encouraged to contact The Welcoming Association’s CEO, Tesfu Gessesse, to discuss the role informally. (9am - 5pm Monday to Friday on 07495 902 144, or by emailing: tesfu@thewelcoming.org )

Please complete and submit the online Equality and Diversity Monitoring form https://forms.gle/A962nPktwjAs2SCr8 along with your application. This information helps The Welcoming to better serve our community by understanding who we are attracting to our organisation. This information is used for monitoring purposes only. It will be held anonymously and will not be seen by those responsible for making selection decisions.  

The closing date for this position is Wednesday 11th March 2026 at 11.30am. Interviews will be held on Friday 27th March. Please note that we do not accept CVs. An application form is available for download below. Please send completed applications in Word format (not PDF) to alex.alderton@thewelcoming.org.

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