One Parent Families Scotland
One Parent Families Scotland

Charity registered in Scotland SC006403

informing, supporting and inspiring single parent families

We aim to encourage and enable parents across Scotland to make the most of the opportunities available to them so they can flourish as happy, healthy and achieving families. One Parent Families Scotland provides help to all single parent families: mums, dads, young parents and kinship carers.


Current vacancies

Top job! Head of Services - Weave Whole Family Support Partnership

  • Full time
  • £54,899 – £63,135
  • Hybrid: Edinburgh
  • Closing 29th September 2026

All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Our core values of Justice, Equity, Trust, Collaboration and Compassion are at the heart of everything we do and underpin all aspects of our work.

About this role:

We are seeking an exceptional leader to establish and lead a new partnership through its first year, building the foundation of a sustainable multi-year programme. Reporting to the Deputy CEO, you will lead a parity of esteem partnership across four organisations called the Weave Partnership. The Weave Partnership will offer single parent families, and other priority family groups, a single, strengths based plan built around one trusted relationship, on the principle of ‘no wrong door’.

Working as part of our Senior Leadership Team, you will help embed our service delivery framework, My Life and Me, in areas where OPFS will be developing full service hubs, and the areas the Weave Partnership moves into. You will also be responsible for overseeing and developing our established national advice and debt services. This is a pivotal, values led role at the heart of our mission to strengthen the wellbeing of single parent families.

OPFS aims to be an equal opportunity and family friendly employer. OPFS has Investors In People Gold status.

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Project Lead

  • Part time
  • £34,674 – £40,147 pro-rata
  • On site: Edinburgh, Dundee, Glasgow, Falkirk, North Lanarkshire
  • Closing 27th September 2026

The postholder will be expected to operate in line with our values which are: justice, equity, trust, collaboration and compassion.

Overview

All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Our core values of justice, equity, trust, collaboration and compassion are at the heart of everything we do and underpin all aspects of our work.

About this role

The Project Lead will play a key role in supporting the Regional Coordinator / Service Manager with the day-to-day management, coordination and delivery of the OPFS local service.

The postholder will provide operational leadership and support to the service team, helping to ensure high-quality, person-centred and effective support is provided to single parents, children and families.

The Project Lead will support the delivery of the Whole Family Support Third Sector Delivery Fund, working alongside families to address the issues that matter most to them and contributing to improved outcomes for parents, children and families.

Working within the My Life and Me framework, they will support a strengths-based, trauma-informed and whole-family approach. They will help ensure families receive coordinated support based on their individual circumstances, strengths, priorities and aspirations.

The Project Lead will support staff practice, workforce development, quality assurance, performance monitoring and service improvement. They will work closely with colleagues and partners to develop effective pathways and ensure families can access the appropriate support from OPFS and other services.

The postholder will provide day-to-day supervision, guidance and support to staff and relevant colleagues as delegated and will deputise for the Regional Coordinator / Service Manager when required.

The role will contribute to the development of local whole-family support approaches and to the wider OPFS ambition that families experience a “no wrong door” approach, where they can access coordinated support without having to repeatedly tell their story.

Working within the My Life and Me framework, the postholder will provide operational leadership, support and supervision to staff, ensure high-quality service delivery and undertake quality assurance activities.

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National Finance Inclusion Manager

  • Full time or Part time
  • £44,434 – £48,878
  • On site: Glasgow
  • Closing 27th September 2026

The postholder will be expected to operate in line with our values which are: justice, equity, trust, collaboration and compassion.

Overview

All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Our core values of justice, equity, trust, collaboration and compassion are at the heart of everything we do and underpin all aspects of our work.

About this role

The National Financial Inclusion Manager will provide strategic and operational leadership for OPFS’s National Welfare Rights and Debt Service, ensuring that single parents across Scotland can access high-quality, person-centred welfare rights, benefits, money and debt advice. The postholder will lead the development and delivery of these services across OPFS frontline services and nationally, ensuring a consistent, accessible and high-quality approach across Scotland.

The postholder will directly line manage the Benefit, Debt and Money Advisors within the staff team, providing effective supervision, support, performance management and professional development. They will ensure consistent, high-quality advice and casework practice across the service and wider OPFS frontline delivery, in line with the Scottish National Standard for Advice and Information and relevant professional standards. The postholder will be required to achieve the Scottish National Standard for Advice (or equivalent recognised accreditation for money advice/welfare benefits) within their first year in post, and to lead the wider team towards accreditation.

The role will involve developing and embedding quality assurance processes, monitoring service performance and outcomes, managing the service budget, and building strong partnerships with statutory and voluntary sector organisations to strengthen referral pathways and maximise financial inclusion outcomes for single parent families. The postholder will also support the integration of welfare rights, benefits, money and debt advice across OPFS frontline services, sharing expertise, strengthening practice and ensuring families can access the right support at the right time.

The postholder will work closely with senior management to ensure the service is well resourced, evidence-based, and responsive to the needs of single parents, and will use frontline data and casework trends to inform OPFS’s wider policy and campaigning work on poverty and financial inclusion.

All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and helping create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Our core values of trust, equity, justice, collaboration and compassion are at the heart of everything we do and underpin all aspects of our work.

The postholder will also use learning, outcomes and trends identified through My Life and Me and frontline casework to inform service development, quality improvement, funding and reporting, and OPFS’s wider policy and influencing work.

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Governance and Administration Officer

  • Full time
  • £29,600 – £31,080
  • On site: Edinburgh
  • Closing 30th September 2026

The postholder will be expected to operate in line with our values which are: justice, equity, trust, collaboration and compassion.

Overview

All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Our core values of justice, equity, trust, collaboration and compassion are at the heart of everything we do and underpin all aspects of our work.

About this role

The Governance and Administration Officer provides efficient, proactive and values led governance support to the Head of Corporate Services to ensure that all governance work is achieved within the timescales set whilst maintaining quality of delivery. They have a crucial role in enabling the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to focus on strategic priorities and lead with clarity and purpose. This role supports our governance functions including effective running of the Board and Committees and risk management to ensure compliant, efficient and transparent decision-making supporting our strategic purpose, direction and organisational values. This role will contribute significantly to strategic implementation and is key to ensuring we maintain focus and clear reporting using appropriate levels of governance administration and coordination.

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Marketing Officer

  • Full time
  • £29,600 – £32,560
  • Hybrid: Glasgow or Edinburgh
  • Closing 30th September 2026

The postholder will be expected to operate in line with our values which are: justice, equity, trust, collaboration and compassion.

Overview

All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Our core values of justice, equity, trust, collaboration and compassion are at the heart of everything we do and underpin all aspects of our work.

About this role

We are looking for a talented Marketing Officer to join our Communications and Marketing team. This is an exciting opportunity to help raise the profile of One Parent Families Scotland ensuring that single parents know where they can turn to for advice and support. We are looking for a creative professional with the ability to combine excellent communication with strong design skills.

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Communications and Marketing Manager

  • Full time
  • £44,434 – £48,878
  • Hybrid: Glasgow or Edinburgh
  • Closing 30th September 2026

The postholder will be expected to operate in line with our values which are: justice, equity, trust, collaboration and compassion.

Overview

All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Our core values of justice, equity, trust, collaboration and compassion are at the heart of everything we do and underpin all aspects of our work.

About this role

We are looking for an experienced Communications and Marketing Manager to take on this exciting new role at OPFS. You will have the opportunity to lead this growing team as part of the Policy and Communications Department. We are looking for a creative and strategic thinker with a proven track record in developing and implementing communications, branding and marketing strategies. If you are passionate about supporting single parents to thrive and access the support they need through our services, we’d love to hear from you.

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Administrator

  • Part time
  • £29,600 – £34,042 pro-rata
  • Hybrid: Falkirk
  • Closing 5th October 2026

The post holder is responsible to the Regional Co-ordinator for the administration and facilities functions of OPFS Falkirk Service.

Key responsibilities

  • Reception: Meeting and greeting visitors, dealing with walk-in enquiries, deliveries and suppliers. Answering the phones, signposting referrals and responding to the generic OPFS email.
  • Administration: Ensuring effective and efficient administration for OPFS Falkirk. Processing referrals and ensuring the database/Salesforce system is accurately maintained. Liaising with managers and staff to collect information related to service delivery reporting and performance. Providing administrative support for the Regional Co-ordinator. Maintaining document storage in line with OPFS data retention policy and procedures, arranging confidential destruction and archiving as appropriate.
  • Properties: Ensuring the smooth operation of the premises in terms of repairs and regular Planned Preventative Maintenance. Assisting the Regional Co-ordinator and team with arranging any reorganisation of office space, including any necessary wiring, IT requirements, heating, lighting and other utilities including redecoration, required flooring and furniture needs.
  • Health & Safety: Assisting the Regional Co-ordinator in ensuring that the Falkirk premises are compliant in all aspects of health and safety regulations. Acting as the designated fire warden, ensuring appropriate training and drills are performed and documented regularly, and acting as a First Aider for Falkirk Service.
  • Personnel: Maintaining accurate and secure records for all staff employed by OPFS Falkirk, ensuring that a complete and up-to-date record is kept for all absence, leave and contact details for Falkirk staff in paper form and electronically, with information passed to OPFS HQ as required.
  • Recruitment: Supporting the Regional Co-ordinator and working in partnership with OPFS HQ. This will include collation of all relevant information on the role, job description, etc. Supporting the production of documents as required by the interview panel, setting up interview space, including any IT equipment required for interviews, and co-ordinating induction programmes for new staff as appropriate to their role.
  • IT: Acting as the main internal contact and support for staff with simple IT issues, advising on appropriate external support as required. Ensuring all IT equipment and software at Falkirk is fit for purpose, liaising with HQ on IT issues. Administering OPFS SharePoint and assisting staff.
  • Event, meeting and conference organisation: Providing administrative functions for meetings, including arranging rooms, invitations and minute taking. Co-ordinating OPFS events, working in partnership with HQ to arrange appropriate publicity, adequate space and appropriate refreshments.
  • Any other duties relevant to the post or organisation as requested by the OPFS Directorate.
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Advice & Engagement Worker

  • Full time or Part time
  • £29,600 – £34,042
  • Hybrid: Glasgow - minimum 50% office attendance and travel to other OPFS offices, community venues and external events as required.
  • Closing 5th October 2026

The Advice and Information Service is a national support service for single-parent families and professionals across Scotland. It provides multi-channel advice on a wide range of topics, ensuring accessibility and inclusivity.

The Advice & Engagement Worker plays a key role in increasing awareness, accessibility and engagement with the OPFS Advice and Information Service.

Working collaboratively with colleagues, partner organisations and professionals across Scotland, the postholder will promote the service, build effective partnerships and improve access to high-quality advice and information for single-parent families.

Working within the OPFS My Life and Me framework, the postholder will provide high quality advice and information through a range of channels, deliver outreach activities, facilitate online practitioner webinars and advice clinics and build the confidence and knowledge of professionals supporting single-parent families. The role will also identify emerging issues affecting families and contribute to service development, policy and campaigning by highlighting trends and barriers experienced by those accessing the service.

The Advice & Information Service is part of OPFS Support for Families Services, providing holistic support to single parents and their children across Scotland. Our work is guided by the six My Life and Me priority areas

  • Money
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Home
  • Work, Education & Training
  • Children
  • Relationships

Through a person-centred, strengths-based approach, guided by our organisational values of Justice, Equity, Trust, Collaboration and Compassion, we work alongside families to:

  • Involve them in shaping the support they receive.
  • Strengthen their skills, confidence and resilience.
  • Support them to achieve their goals and aspirations.
  • Influence positive change in their lives and communities.
  • Challenge the barriers and inequalities that impact them.

The Advice & Engagement Worker will contribute to these outcomes by increasing awareness of OPFS services, ensuring families can access the right support at the right time, strengthening partnership working across Scotland and empowering both parents and professionals with the knowledge and confidence to navigate services and improve outcomes for single-parent families.

Role and Responsibilities:

As an Advice Worker at OPFS you will:

  • Work to the agreed priorities of the service, providing clear, compassionate advice on key areas including housing, money, parenting, relationships, health & wellbeing and employment/training.
  • Help develop and deliver an outreach programme that promotes OPFS's advice services within communities, partner organisations and professional networks.
  • Build and maintain positive relationships with statutory, voluntary and community organisations to increase awareness of the service and improve referral pathways.
  • Plan and deliver engaging online practitioner webinars on topics relevant to supporting single-parent families.
  • Facilitate regular online advice clinics, providing advice, guidance and support to parents across Scotland.
  • Promote OPFS services through presentations, networking events, partnership meetings, outreach clinics and any other community engagement opportunities.
  • Work collaboratively with colleagues to identify opportunities to improve access to advice for underrepresented or harder-to-reach communities.
  • Contribute to and deliver advice over the digital advice channels, ensuring information is accessible and responsive to the needs of single-parent families.
  • Signpost single parents and professionals to relevant services and resources.
  • Accurately record all interactions, outreach activity and engagement using Salesforce CRM and other agreed systems.
  • Participate in monitoring, evaluation and training to support continuous improvement and demonstrate the impact of outreach and promotional activity.
  • Maintain confidentiality and uphold safeguarding, data protection and health & safety policies.
  • Contribute to team meetings, service development and quality assurance activities.
  • Promote equality, diversity and inclusive practice in all aspects of your work.
  • Ensure the voices and experiences of single parents inform your advice, outreach activity and contribute to OPFS's policy and advocacy work.
  • Demonstrate flexibility, a positive attitude and a commitment to OPFS's core values: Justice, Equity, Trust, Compassion and Collaboration.

The job description is a broad picture of the post at the time of preparation. It is not an exhaustive list of all possible duties, and it is recognised that jobs change and evolve over time.

Personal Specification

We're looking for someone who is passionate about supporting single-parent families and confident engaging with communities, professionals and partner organisations. You'll enjoy building relationships, sharing knowledge and helping improve access to advice services across Scotland.

Essential

  • Experience in an advice, support, community engagement or customer-facing role.
  • Experience of delivering presentations, workshops, training sessions or group information sessions, either online or in person.
  • Interest in and an awareness of topics including housing, benefits, parenting, wellbeing and employment.
  • Understanding of the challenges single parents face, or a strong desire to learn and put this into practice.
  • Some knowledge and understanding of both UK and Scottish benefits systems.
  • Demonstratable experience of building positive relationships with partners, stakeholders or community organisations.
  • Ability to organise and deliver outreach or engagement activities.
  • Must respect sensitive information and understand the need for it to be handled with care and professionalism.

Practical Skills

  • Strong communication skills that are clear, engaging, empathetic and nonjudgmental.
  • Confidence presenting information to groups and facilitating discussions online.
  • Good listening and questioning skills to understand people's needs.
  • Ability to build productive relationships with professionals and partner organisations.
  • Good organisational skills with the ability to plan and prioritise competing demands.
  • Confident using IT tools (Word, Outlook, Excel, Office 365, Microsoft Teams) and open to learning systems such as Salesforce.
  • Able to work independently while contributing positively to a collaborative team.

Personal Qualities

  • Enthusiasm for promoting services and improving access to advice.
  • Empathy and respect for the lived experiences of single parents.
  • A confident and approachable communicator.
  • A team player who is flexible and open to change.
  • Self-motivated and committed to continuous learning.
  • A strong belief in equality, inclusion and diversity.
  • A non-judgmental approach to supporting families from all backgrounds.
  • Alignment with OPFS values: Justice, Equity, Trust, Compassion and Collaboration.

Desirable

  • Experience delivering welfare rights advice or undertaking benefit calculations.
  • Experience delivering webinars, online learning or practitioner development sessions.
  • Experience planning and delivering community outreach or promotional campaigns.
  • Familiarity with Salesforce, SharePoint or multi-channel advice platforms.
  • Knowledge of partnership working across the third sector and public services in Scotland.
  • A clean driving licence and access to a car.

Terms & Conditions

Confirmation of Appointment: Confirmation of appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of a 3-month probationary period, two references and a PVG check.

Salary: £29600 - £34042 (pro rata)

Hours of Work: up to 35 hours per week (typically from 9.15am – 4.45pm)

Holidays: Annual leave entitlement is 25 days and 12 Public Holidays (pro rata).

Pension: You will be auto enrolled in our pension scheme with a 3% contribution from you and 7% contribution from OPFS.

Training, Support and Supervision: You will receive induction training and frequent support in the first three months. Thereafter you will receive regularly scheduled individual support and supervision and annual appraisals. Regular team meetings will be held, and staff have access to internal and external training.

Equal Opportunities and Family Friendly Employment: OPFS aims to be an equal opportunity and family friendly employer. OPFS has Investors in People GOLD status.

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Financial Wellbeing Worker

  • Part time
  • £29,600 – £34,042 pro-rata
  • Hybrid: Glasgow
  • Closing 5th October 2026

The Financial Wellbeing Worker will play a key role in delivering OPFS’s Whole Family Support offer, providing high-quality, person-centred and strengths-based income maximisation and financial wellbeing support to single parents and their families across Scotland.

Working within the OPFS My Life and Me framework, the postholder will support parents to understand their financial circumstances, maximise household income, manage essential expenditure and build financial resilience.

The role will involve working with single parents experiencing financial pressures including low income, benefit changes, debt, rising household costs, insecure employment and childcare costs.

Key responsibilities

  • Provide high-quality one-to-one income maximisation and financial wellbeing support.
  • Assess household income, expenditure, financial circumstances and priorities.
  • Identify opportunities to maximise income through welfare benefits, grants and other financial support.
  • Support parents with welfare benefit applications, renewals and changes of circumstances where appropriate.
  • Undertake benefit entitlement checks and calculations.
  • Provide early intervention and preventative financial wellbeing support, helping parents identify and address financial pressures before they escalate into crisis or unmanageable debt.
  • Support parents to budget effectively and identify opportunities to reduce household expenditure and essential living costs.
  • Provide Better Off in Work calculations to help parents understand the financial implications of employment or changes to working hours.
  • Support parents to understand the financial impact of changes in circumstances.
  • Identify and respond appropriately to immediate financial hardship, including food,fuel and other essential needs, supporting parents to access relevant crisis assistance, grants and emergency provision.
  • Provide income maximisation and financial wellbeing support within the agreed scope and competency of the role, identifying where specialist welfare rights, debt or regulated advice is required and ensuring timely referral to the appropriate OPFS or external service

Supporting single parents and families

  • Build positive, trusting and respectful relationships with single parents, recognising their individual circumstances, strengths and aspirations.
  • Use a person centred, strengths based and trauma informed approach.
  • Work alongside parents to identify financial goals and develop realistic action plans.
  • Support parents to build confidence, knowledge and skills in managing household finances.
  • The postholder will take a holistic, whole-family approach, recognising the links between financial wellbeing, employment, housing, childcare, health and wider family circumstances. They will identify wider needs, strengths and goals and connect parents to appropriate OPFS and partner support, ensuring families can access the right support at the right time.
  • Empower parents to make informed financial decisions and develop greater financial resilience.
  • Recognise the wider impact of financial hardship on parents, children and family wellbeing and identify needs which may require support beyond the presenting financial issue.
  • Take a whole-family approach, connecting parents to appropriate OPFS services and external support including family support, employability, childcare, welfare rights and debt services.
  • Identify safeguarding, wellbeing or other concerns and respond appropriately in line with OPFS procedures.

Information, advice and signposting

  • Provide accurate and accessible financial and benefits information within the remit of the role.
  • Keep up to date with changes to welfare benefits, Scottish social security and relevant financial support.
  • Make appropriate internal and external referrals to specialist services
  • Work closely with OPFS Debt Service, Advice and Information, Family Support, Employability and other services to provide coordinated support.
  • Maintain knowledge of relevant national and local services and resources.

National outreach and partnership working

  • Deliver income maximisation support nationally across Scotland through face-to-face, telephone and digital approaches.
  • Undertake proactive outreach and develop flexible and accessible approaches to engage single parents who may experience barriers to accessing traditional advice and support services.
  • Develop effective relationships with statutory, voluntary and community organisations.
  • Represent OPFS at relevant partnership meetings, events and networks.
  • Promote the OPFS income maximisation service and wider support available to single parents.

Administration, monitoring and evaluation

  • Maintain accurate, confidential and timely case records in line with OPFS policies and data protection requirements.
  • Record outcomes and progress and contribute to monitoring, evaluation, case studies and funder reporting.
  • Record evidence of the financial impact of the service, including income maximised and savings achieved where appropriate.
  • Contribute to reporting requirements associated with the Whole Family Support Third Sector Delivery Fund.

Capture parent feedback and identify emerging issues affecting single parents.

Service development

  • Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of OPFS’s national income maximisation offer.
  • Share learning, good practice and emerging issues with colleagues and managers.
  • Contribute to developing accessible financial wellbeing information, resources and workshops.

Health, safety and safeguarding

  • Comply with OPFS policies and procedures relating to safeguarding, confidentiality, equality, diversity, inclusion, health and safety and data protection.
  • Promote the wellbeing and safety of single parents and their children and ensure concerns are appropriately identified, recorded and escalated.
  • Maintain appropriate professional boundaries when working with parents and families.

General responsibilities

  • Attend team meetings, supervision, training and development opportunities.
  • Share learning and good practice and contribute to effective team working.
  • Promote equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of the role.
  • Undertake any other duties commensurate with the post as requested by the Service Manager.
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Data and Insights Officer

  • Full time
  • £34,647 – £40,147
  • On site: Edinburgh
  • Closing 4th October 2026

The Data & Insights Officer plays an important part in helping OPFS understand, demonstrate and improve the difference it makes for single parent families, using data and insight to support improved outcomes for parents, children and families.

The postholder will have a central role in supporting the Weave Partnership to evidence progress against agreed milestones, outcomes and learning requirements. They will help develop and maintain a shared monitoring, evaluation and learning framework across the partnership, ensuring that data on activity, reach, referrals, outcomes, partnership working and family experience is collected consistently and used to inform governance, delivery, improvement and reporting. Working with OPFS colleagues, Weave partners, SPIRU and Scottish Government, they will translate data and qualitative evidence into clear insight that demonstrates the impact of OPFS MLAM Whole Family Support for single parent families, particularly those on low incomes and those experiencing multiple or intersecting disadvantages.

  • Key responsibilities
  • Develop and maintain a shared monitoring, evaluation and learning framework for the Weave Partnership, designed around MLAM and Whole Family Support outcomes.
  • Translate Weave milestones into practical indicators, data collection tools and reporting arrangements for use across participating partner organisations.
  • Collate and analyse partnership data to evidence reach, engagement, referral pathways, service access, family outcomes and learning across local authority areas and national delivery channels.
  • Provide regular insight reports for OPFS Weave leadership structures, highlighting progress, risks, gaps, inequalities and opportunities for improvement.
  • Support partners to evidence whether support is reaching low-income single parent families and families at highest risk of poverty, including those experiencing multiple and intersecting disadvantages.
  • Analyse evidence on access to financial inclusion, childcare, employability, education, training and other forms of holistic Whole Family Support.
  • Support the implementation of MLAM by helping partners capture, interpret and report outcomes in a consistent and meaningful way.
  • Work with partners and SPIRU to produce monitoring, evaluation and learning outputs that demonstrate outcomes achieved, lessons learned and opportunities for wider application of the model.
  • Gather and synthesise qualitative insight, family feedback and case study learning ethically and proportionately.
  • Share evidence and learning with OPFS, Weave partners, Scottish Government and relevant networks to support continuous improvement and wider system learning.

Analysis and Insight

  • Analyse data to identify trends and key messages.
  • Turn information into clear, accessible insights that can be understood and used by a range of audiences.
  • Share learning with OPFS colleagues, Weave partners and SPIRU, ensuring that externally generated insights are understood, integrated into practice and used to support service improvement and informed decision-making.
  • Identify themes and learning across different services, projects and partnerships.
  • Work across the Weave Partnership to support shared understanding and evaluation of data across the partnership as a whole.
  • Contribute to a culture of learning, reflection and continuous improvement.

Impact Measurement and Reporting

  • Provide data, analysis and summaries to support reporting to funders, partners and senior leaders.
  • Support the development and use of meaningful measures of outcomes and impact.
  • Work with colleagues to ensure reports are supported by accurate data and evidence.
  • Help colleagues understand and use data effectively in reporting and planning.
  • Contribute to communicating the impact of OPFS's work in clear and compelling ways.

Systems Improvement and Strategic Support

  • Support the development and improvement of systems and processes for collecting, analysing and reporting information.
  • Identify opportunities to make data-related processes simpler, more effective and more efficient.
  • Support the effective use of databases and reporting systems
  • Keep up to date with developments in data, evaluation and impact measurement.
  • Share insights and learning that help shape organisational planning and future improvement.

Organisational Contribution

  • Promote OPFS values of justice, equity, trust, collaboration and compassion.
  • Contribute to wider organisational developments and projects.
  • Undertake any other duties appropriate to the role.
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Project Lead: Weave

  • Full time
  • £34,647 – £40,147
  • Hybrid: Edinburgh with regular travel across partner and OPFS delivery areas
  • Closing 4th October 2026

OPFS is the lead partner and accountable body for the Weave Partnership, offering single parent families, and other priority family groups, a single, strengths based plan built around one trusted relationship, on the principle of ‘no wrong door’.

The Weave Project Lead will support the Head of Service (Weave) by leading the operational coordination, implementation and monitoring of the Weave Partnership. The postholder will ensure effective governance, strong partnership working, consistent use of the My Life and Me framework, robust referral and delivery arrangements, clear

evidence of outcomes for families, and high-quality reporting and learning for the Scottish Government, partners and wider networks.

Key responsibilities

Partnership Governance and Operational Accountability

  • Lead the day-to-day coordination of Weave Partnership governance arrangements, supporting the Head of Service to ensure the Steering Group, operational delivery structures and partner protocols function effectively.
  • Maintain clear action tracking, decision records, escalation routes and accountability mechanisms across OPFS and partner organisations.
  • Support the Head of Service in preparing governance reports, briefing papers and updates for senior leaders, funders and partners.

Programme Delivery and Implementation

  • Manage implementation of the Weave Partnership delivery plan across target local authority areas and national delivery channels.
  • Coordinate delivery activity across in-person, telephone and digital support routes, ensuring services are accessible, joined-up and responsive.
  • Monitor progress against milestones, deliverables, risks and dependencies, escalating issues to the Head of Service where required.

My Life and Me framework

  • Coordinate implementation of the My Life and Me framework across partner organisations as the shared Whole Family Support planning and outcomes framework.
  • Support partners to embed consistent practice, recording, review and reporting arrangements linked to MLAM.
  • Support OPFS Heads of Support for Families to embed MLAM across all delivery services.
  • Gather evidence that the framework is being used to support strengths-based, familycentred planning and outcome measurement.

Partnership Working and Referral Pathways

  • Strengthen warm referral pathways, joint working arrangements and operational coordination between participating organisations.
  • Act as a key contact for partners on delivery processes, shared systems, meetings, data collection and operational problem-solving.
  • Identify gaps or barriers in partnership working and support practical solutions with the Head of Service and operational leads.

Reaching Priority Families and Reducing Barriers

  • Monitor evidence that support is reaching low-income single parent families and families at highest risk of poverty.
  • Support partners to extend access for families affected by family breakdown, imprisonment, rurality and other barriers to services.
  • Use monitoring data and partner feedback to identify under-reached groups and inform improvements to access and delivery.

Financial Inclusion and Progression Pathways

  • Coordinate evidence of family access to income maximisation, welfare rights advice, debt advice, child maintenance support and other financial inclusion interventions.
  • Support partners to evidence access to childcare, employability, education and training opportunities.
  • Ensure reporting captures how practical support contributes to improved family outcomes and poverty reduction.

Outcomes, Monitoring and Evaluation

  • Oversee collection and collation of monitoring, evaluation and learning evidence across the partnership.
  • Track outcomes relating to family wellbeing, parental confidence, resilience, relationships, social connectedness and coordinated support.
  • Prepare monitoring and learning outputs that demonstrate outcomes achieved, lessons learned and opportunities for wider application of the model.

Learning, Reporting and System Influence

  • Support the Head of Service to share evidence and learning with the Scottish Government, funded partners and relevant networks.
  • Coordinate learning events, partner reviews and continuous improvement activities.
  • Contribute to wider system learning on Whole Family Support, anti-poverty practice and effective partnership delivery.
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