Senior Policy Officer (Children’s Rights)
- Part time
- £27,828 – £31,689 pro-rata
- Children in Scotland is Edinburgh-based, but we are developing a hybrid approach to work. There is the option to use office space in Edinburgh and/or Glasgow. We will be reviewing our working arrangements during the coming year.
- Closing 15th March 2022
- Advertised from 28th February 2022
- 2.5 days per week (17.5 hours of a 35-hour week). Fixed term until 31 March 2023
Role
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to work for a national children’s charity within an excellent and committed team.
The Senior Policy Officer will have a key role to play in contributing to the Children’s Views element of the support service for children required under the Additional Support for Learning Act. This will include championing the participation of children between the ages of 12 and 15 by providing an opportunity to express their views about decisions made on their learning and support. It will also require the postholder to help build capacity within education authorities and partners to make sure that those working with children with additional support needs are developing best practice when listening to and considering children’s views. They will proactively promote children’s rights under the Additional Support for Learning Act and contribute to the development of resources for practitioners based on learning and best practice.
We are looking who has excellent knowledge and experience of participation and engagement work with children and young people with additional support needs. They should have a good knowledge of child rights and how they interact with the policy landscape in Scotland. They will need highly developed communication skills, including the ability to interact effectively with a variety of audiences and to convey complex material and ideas in an accessible manner.
They will need to be committed to the aims and values of Children in Scotland and be committed to a process of continual learning.
About Children in Scotland
Giving all children in Scotland an equal chance to flourish is at the heart of everything we do.
By bringing together a network of people working with and for children, alongside children and young people themselves, we offer a broad, balanced and independent voice. We create solutions, provide support and develop positive change across all areas affecting children in Scotland. We do this by listening, gathering evidence, and applying and sharing our learning, while always working to uphold children’s rights.
Our range of knowledge and expertise means we can provide trusted support on issues as diverse as the people we work with and the varied lives of children and families in Scotland.
Application notes
If this sounds like you then we’d love to hear from you!
You can find more about Children in Scotland here and for an informal chat about the job, please contact Billy Anderson, Head of Services, by email at banderson@childreninscotland.org.uk
Closing date: 9am, Tuesday 15 March 2022
Interview date Tuesday 22 March 2022
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- Part time
- £42,268 – £47,567 pro-rata
- On site: Office working in Edinburgh
- Closing 16th April 2025
The Relationships Scotland Network is the largest provider of family and relationship support in the country. We offer relationship counselling, family mediation and child contact centres through a network of 21 member services across Scotland, which provide face-to-face support to around 15,000 people each year.
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- Full time
- £60,000
- Hybrid: Scotland, Office Based in Edinburgh with some flexible home working available on application.
- Closing 2nd May 2025
About Play Scotland and the role
Formed in 1998, Play Scotland is the lead organisation for children’s play in Scotland and works to make every child’s right to play a reality.
Play Scotland has an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, competent and innovative leader, with a successful background as a strategic manager to lead and shape the future of the organisation.
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A genuine enthusiasm for the work of Play Scotland is essential and you will bring a strong commitment to the mission and vision of this important charity.
An understanding and appreciation of the legal framework and policy for play in Scotland is essential, together with the ability to work across Scotland’s national and local government structures.
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- Part time
- £28,591 – £30,315 pro-rata
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 14th April 2025
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This role will be responsible for overseeing events and marketing for families and volunteers, and community events for the purpose of raising Home-Start Edinburgh’s profile to recruit volunteers, raise our community profile and support fundraising activity.
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- Part time
- £28,591 – £30,315 pro-rata
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 21st April 2025
Home-Start Edinburgh is a volunteer-led charity with over 35 years-experience working in local communities, supporting families with a child under 5 in the home. We are currently recruiting for the role of Family Support Co-ordinator. Whilst our Head Office is in Leith, the successful applicant will be required to support volunteers and families in one of Edinburgh’s four localities.
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