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Senior Development Officer- IJB Lived Experience

  • Part time
  • £35,193 – £38,204 pro-rata
  • On site: Glasgow
  • Closing 26th May 2026


  • Advertised from 1st May 2026
  • Salary dependent on experience - Paid on 28th of each month. 28 hours per week. Fixed term until 30 June 2027 .

Role

The ALLIANCE is excited to be recruiting for a Senior Development Officer- IJB Lived Experience.

The Senior Development Officer will lead the day-to-day delivery of a project to support Integrated Joint Boards (IJBs) and lived experience representatives through the transition to full voting rights on IJBs. The role will involve leading activity to support current lived experience representatives, designing a national recruitment programme, establishing role expectations, recommending induction training and supporting delivery and providing ongoing support to representatives through this process. The role will ensure that the move to full voting rights is implemented meaningfully, consistently and with the right support structures in place across Scotland.

The successful candidate must have:

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent through experience, including through lived experience
  • Strong knowledge of current agendas relating to health and social care in Scotland
  • Leadership and organisational skills
  • Experience of delivering time bound projects
  • Excellent networking, relationship building and information management skills
  • Experience of partnership working and co-production
  • Excellent communication skills including report writing, and confidence in facilitation events and workshops and delivering presentations
  • Understanding of accessibility issues, particularly as they relate to involvement and communication
  • Experience of carrying out social research and consultation
  • An understanding of evaluation principles and approaches
  • Good understanding of data protection
  • Confident IT skills in word processing, email, internet, databases and presentations

As an ALLIANCE employee you will benefit from:

  • 210 hours annual leave pro rata (equivalent of 30 days)
  • 91 hours public holiday that can be taken flexibly pro rata (equivalent of 13 days)
  • 24.5 hours additional leave between Christmas Eve and New Year pro rata (equivalent of 3.5 days)
  • Contributory pension scheme 6%
  • Annual incremental increase in salary (until top of grade)
  • Flexible working (formal and informal)
  • Hybrid working – opportunity to work from home for part of the week
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay
  • Enhanced sick pay
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Learning and development opportunities
  • Time off in lieu
  • Cycle Scheme
  • Bike storage
  • Carer Positive Employer
  • Disability Confident Employer
  • Up to 35 hours (pro rata) paid carers leave per annum
  • Up to 35 hours (pro rata) paid special leave per annum
  • Up to 70 hours (pro rata) paid compassionate leave per annum
  • Paid day off to move house
  • Employee forum

The ALLIANCE is a healthy working lives employer and encourages a healthy work life balance and is happy to talk flexible working.

The ALLIANCE recognises that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our organisation feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

Application notes

For an application pack please see our website

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that applicants may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any during this process. We also offer reasonable adjustments on the job.

The ALLIANCE is committed to the principles of the Disability Confident Scheme, which includes offering an interview to a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

This commitment does not guarantee an interview for all disabled applicants; candidates must meet the minimum criteria of the role. The purpose of this approach is to promote positive action by encouraging disabled individuals to apply for roles and providing them with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talents, and potential at the interview stage.

There may be instances where it is not practical or appropriate to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. In such cases, we will apply the same selection process used for non-disabled applicants, shortlisting those who best meet the criteria.

Closing date for applications is Tuesday 26 May at 9am.

Interviews will be held on Friday 5 June. If you are unable to make this date, please notify us at the time of application. We may be able to accommodate another time and date within 2 days of the original date.

About the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland

The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) is an independent Scottish Charity funded by a grant from the Scottish Government. Our vision is for a Scotland where people of all ages who are disabled or living with long term conditions, and unpaid carers, have a strong voice and enjoy their right to live well, as equal and active citizens, free from discrimination, with support and services that put them at the centre.

The ALLIANCE has three core aims; we seek to:

  • Ensure people are at the centre, that their voices, expertise, and rights drive policy and sit at the heart of design, delivery and improvement of support and services.
  • Support transformational change, towards approaches that work with individual and community assets, helping people to stay well, supporting human rights, self-management, co-production, and independent living.
  • Champion and support the third sector as a vital strategic and delivery partner and foster better cross-sector understanding and partnership.

For details on how your applications will be dealt with in line with GDPR please see our privacy notice.


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