About Us
Zero Tolerance is a Scottish charity working to end men’s violence against women by promoting gender equality and
challenging attitudes which normalise violence and abuse. We are a values-led organisation and seek to improve
the way we integrate feminism, equality, and diversity into our work. We ensure our HR policies and practices
reflect our values (including enhanced parental leave, miscarriage and menopause policies and flexible working)
and our salary framework is fair and competitive. We are committed to staff learning and development and have
recently launched a paid reading week for all staff.
Zero Tolerance has a commitment to diversity and challenging all forms of inequality alongside gender inequality. We
are open to as many different voices as there are experiences, but particularly welcome applications from
Minority Ethnic, LGBT+, disabled, migrant, and other backgrounds currently underrepresented within the women’s
sector.
Our aims
1. We will lead campaigning in Scotland to end all forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG) by raising public
and political awareness of its cause and challenging gender inequality.
2. We will challenge and support key institutions to embed VAWG prevention in their work.
3. We will advance and share the evidence base on preventing VAWG.
4. We will make Zero Tolerance a place where feminist leadership happens.
What you’ll do
We are looking for a Support Officer to join our team to support Zero Tolerance’s work to promote gender equality and
primary prevention of men’s violence in youth work, education and the early years.
This is a fixed term post to 31st March 2026.
You will support the development and delivery of the Zero Tolerance Under Pressure programme for youth workers and
support the Children and Young People: Policy and Practice Officer to monitor current trends and concerns for
youth workers in the area of violence against women and girls (VAWG), identifying key areas to address through
Under Pressure training.
The successful candidate will organise training sessions and develop materials to support training and other sessions
(e.g. workshops) with youth workers. You will develop and maintain effective working relationships with
freelance trainers and partner organisations and represent Zero Tolerance at Children and Young People events as
required. This is not a training role; the focus is on providing support for our children and young people work,
and co-ordinating the delivery of Under Pressure by freelance trainers and other specialists.
What we need
The successful candidate will have experience of organising training or events and developing resources, with
knowledge and understanding of violence against women and gender equality. You’ll be a skilled communicator with
the ability to create accessible and engaging resources and present complex ideas to a variety of
audiences.
You will also have:
• A shared understanding of our vision, values, aims and
positions
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Organisational skills, managing both reactive and planned work
• Attention to detail
What do we offer?
• Competitive salary with annual pay progression. We operate a grading structure based on five salary grades. New
employees start on point 1 of each salary grade and receive annual increments until the top of the grade is
reached. This role is Grade 2, pro rata of £28,561 - £31,526
• Staff pension scheme (6% employers’ contribution)
• 28 days annual leave plus 10 public holidays (pro-rata) and a flexible working hours policy
• We actively encourage continuous professional development for all our employees and have implemented a paid reading
week and continuous training opportunities for individual learning and whole team development.