Are you passionate about tackling child poverty and supporting Glasgow’s third sector to create meaningful change? Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector (GCVS) is seeking a motivated and skilled Development Officer to join our team. This exciting role will support our Partnership Manager in the Policy & Engagement team in addressing one of the city’s most pressing challenges – ensuring that every child and young person in Glasgow can reach their full potential.

This role provides an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by supporting the third sector and contributing to transformative change in Glasgow. If you share our values and are ready to contribute your skills to this important work, we welcome your application.

Note: We are also open to filling this position on a secondment basis and warmly encourage applications from Glasgow’s voluntary sector organisations.

About GCVS:

GCVS plays a pivotal role in supporting Glasgow’s voluntary sector to engage with public sector partners, contribute to policy development, and design and deliver services that benefit the citizens of Glasgow. Our work is rooted in collaboration, and we strive to amplify the voices of third sector organisations to ensure their expertise informs decision-making and service delivery

The Role:

As Development Officer, you will support the Partnership & Engagement Manager by:

• Facilitating strong engagement between third sector organisations and public sector partners to address child poverty and related challenges.

• Supporting the sector’s contribution to Glasgow’s response to key initiatives, including The Promise, GIRFEC (Getting It Right For Every Child), and Whole Family Support, which connects to the work of the Children’s Services Planning Partnership.

• Assisting in identifying and addressing barriers faced by families and children, particularly in areas such as child poverty, child protection, as well as mental and physical health and wellbeing.

• Organising meetings, workshops, and consultations to ensure third sector perspectives are represented in policy discussions.

• Developing resources, briefings, and reports to support knowledge-sharing and capacity building within the sector.

What We’re Looking For:

The ideal candidate will have:

• A strong commitment to tackling child poverty and promoting human rights.

• Excellent facilitation and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders.

• An understanding of the third sector’s role in addressing social issues (experience in the field is desirable but not essential).

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.

• A collaborative and solution-focused approach, demonstrating integrity and alignment with GCVS values.

What We Offer:

• A supportive and inclusive work environment.

• Opportunities for professional development and growth.

• Flexible working arrangements, including home working.

• Reduced working week – 32 hours as full time.

• The chance to make a meaningful impact on child poverty and support transformative change in Glasgow.

More Information on the Job Description, Person Specification and Main Employment conditions is provided on the document enclosed.

Please notice that we will also consider Secondment if suitable.

• Are you a confident communicator who enjoys working with people?

• Do you see the potential in ideas as well as the challenges?

• Are you passionate about the power of communities to change things for the better?

We have six Funding Officer opportunities in our Scotland Directorate.

One permanent and five fixed term contract opportunities. Please state what is of interest in your statement, this can be all.

You’ll be part of a team of Funding Officers, led by a Funding Manager, responsible for our grant-making activity in a geographical area. There are eight Funding teams in Scotland each covering a different geographical region with between 4 and 8 Funding Officers in each team.

Funding Officers usually work on grant-making activity within one local authority area and are the main point of contact for all grant-holders and applicants in that area.

Role Responsibilities include:

• You will provide advice to prospective applicants, assess applications and will be in regular contact with grant-holders as they progress with their projects. Your recommendations will guide decisions on awarding grants and how we support grant-holders.

• You will contribute to learning and evaluation of our work, outreach and stakeholder engagement in your area. You will ensure that our funding responds to the local context and our commitment to equity and inclusion. You will be expected to challenge yourself and colleagues to continually improve the way we work.

• You will be responsible for understanding how an organisation’s ideas align with our funding priorities and making good judgements about when to take an application further or when to signpost to alternative opportunities. You will be able to communicate clearly and concisely your recommendations about who and what we fund. Your natural curiosity combined with a genuine interest in people and projects in your area will enable you to try new approaches and develop your understanding of what works.

During your first few weeks with the Fund, in person training will be delivered in Glasgow, you can expect to be office based on most working days. After the initial training period work patterns are more flexible. In a typical week most full-time Funding Officers would be likely to spend one day in our Glasgow office, one or two days out for meetings and project visits in their assigned area, and will work from home on other days. There can be occasional weekend and evening working, but most of our work takes place on week days in normal working hours.

About You

We are looking for talented people from a wide range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences who share our values and are passionate about making a difference through our funding. Whether through lived or gained experience you will really understand the communities we work with.

We are very open to flexible working both full time and part time applications, minimum 2 days a week.