This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has extensive track record of welfare rights advice and practice, experience of line management and the desire to ensure frontline services have access to the highest quality benefits advice, information and training.

As Head of Advice and Rights (Scotland) you will take responsibility for leading the development and delivery of CPAG in Scotland’s highly regarded welfare rights services.

This is a unique opportunity to lead a well-established and highly regarded team and to actively help shape the future of our work.

As well as drawing on your own welfare rights experience to lead, support and manage the team you will maintain your own expertise by contributing to the delivery of advice, information or training. You will also have the opportunity to work with policy colleagues to ensure that our welfare rights evidence and expertise is contributing to CPAG’s highly successful influencing work.

You will have the opportunity to work closely with CPAG colleagues across our Glasgow and London based Policy, Advice, Business and Fundraising teams, helping maintain CPAG as the leading provider of expert welfare rights advice, information and training and making a crucial contribution to our wider mission to prevent poverty among children and families.

We welcome applications from individuals with the skills and experience outlined and we can be flexible about working arrangements. We operate a hybrid working system and would be happy to discuss any flexibilities required. CPAG is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion which you can read more about in the job pack.