Advertised from 20 July 2026

Role

Organisation Details

Capital City Partnership (CCP) is an arm’s length company of The City of Edinburgh Council and is tasked with the operational development, management and support of local and regional employability and poverty reduction measures.  It takes a flexible approach to changing economic conditions, needs and opportunities but its core functions comprise.

• The management of all employability related grants and contracts awarded to external providers by the council and other key partners
• The management of assessment processes related to bids received for such grants and contracts and making recommendations for funding
• The provision of policy advice, research, and development support (including secretariat functions) to the city’s Local Employability Partnership and partners
• The development and maintenance of common communications and management information infrastructure for the Local Employability Partnership
• Development and support of the Joined Up for Jobs network and the Joined Up for Business partnership
• Management and coordination of skills centres based on geographical location, including Fort Kinnaird Recruitment and Skills Centre, MacMillan Skills Hub, and FUSE at St James Quarter
• Provision of support to the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal Integrated Enhanced Skills (IRES) programme.

Job Purpose

This role sits within the Joined Up for Business family and has an operational remit supporting New Scots jobseekers with a Ukrainian focus. The post-holder will provide employability guidance and coordinate recruitment and training requirements, ensuring each jobseeker has access to appropriate resources and is linked to relevant services as needed. Clients may include those requiring support to become job-ready, as well as job changers requiring additional support to move into employment. The post-holder will also work directly with employers to connect jobseekers with relevant and suitable vacancies, maximising employment opportunities.

This post is predominantly based within the MacMillan Skills Hub in Pennywell, North Edinburgh, and the post-holder will join the Hub's team on a day-to-day basis. MacMillan Skills Hub is coordinated by Capital City Partnership and supports people into employment, training and supports local employers across Northwest Edinburgh.

This work sits under the wider employer offer for the city, Joined Up for Business, the employer strategy for the city, which is coordinated by Capital City Partnership, and supports businesses with recruitment, training, and matching people into jobs.

Capital City Partnership contract-manages the organisations that provide employability support to individuals across Edinburgh. The post-holder will work in partnership with a supply chain of over 60 organisations within the Joined Up for Jobs network.

As part of the wider employer offer, Joined Up for Business also delivers community-based job fairs, training through our JobFit framework and manages several Recruitment and Skills Hubs across the city such as FUSE, MacMillan Skills Hub and Fort Kinnaird Recruitment and Skills Centre. The New Scots Employability Officer will link jobseekers into these offers.

As this is a one-to-one employability support service, most work will be delivered in person, with some work required from satellite offices such as our Recruitment and Skills Hubs network or Capital City Partnership's main offices as required. Remote/home working is supported when necessary.

Other Information

Employee Benefits:

• Hybrid and flexible working (flexitime)
• 26 days starting annual leave, increasing to 31
• 3 days additional leave for Christmas and New Year closures
• Birthday leave
• 10 public holidays
• Employer pension contribution
• Employee assistance programme
• Personal development opportunities.

Your main workplace will be MacMillan Skills Hub (MacMillan Community Hub, Pennywell, EH4 4AB) with the option of occasional flexible home working.

The Capital City Partnership operates a 5-day, 35 ¾ hour working week.

Some evening and weekend work may be required, and the Capital City Partnership operates a flexitime and TOiL system.

Application notes

Closing Date: Midday on Monday 3rd August. Interviews expected to take place w/b 17th August.

Application instructions: Please send your CV and cover letter in one document to recruitment@capitalcitypartnership.org, along with a completed copy of our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.

CCP encourages applications from people from ethnically diverse backgrounds.

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