This is a unique opportunity to influence positive change for blind and partially sighted people across Scotland.
You’ll be supporting partnership working with the third sector, government, health and social care and academia
through Vision Collaborative Scotland and other joint initiatives. Join Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland
Veterans to help drive impactful projects, develop your professional network and play a key role in shaping the
future of the vision impairment sector.
What does a day in this role look like?
The Strategic Partnership Specialist works closely with the Head of Strategic Partnerships to build and maintain
relationships across third sector partners, government, health and social care and academia, to support
collaborative projects that improve outcomes for people with vision impairment across Scotland. A typical day
may involve co-ordinating Vision Collaborative Scotland activity, engaging with partners, organising meetings
and events, undertaking research, preparing reports and presentations, supporting workforce development
initiatives, and ensuring partnership actions and projects are delivered effectively and on schedule.
What development opportunities are available within the role?
Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans provide a wide range of training opportunities to support your career
development. In this role, you’ll have the chance to support meetings with Scottish Ministers, third sector
leaders and academic institutions, while building skills in research policy, programme development,
communications and influencing. You will represent the charities at events and get involved in large-scale
impactful projects which will shape the future of the vision impairment sector in Scotland.
What is expected of you within this role?
A motivated and organised person, you will work collaboratively with colleagues and partners to build positive
relationships, co-ordinate activity and maintain momentum. You will use your great communication skills
adaptably, building trust with partners. A self-starter, you’ll be expected to work independently and
collaboratively and adopt a solution-focused approach to balancing priorities and outcomes.
Summary of requirements of the role
Essential
- Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships and stakeholder
relationships.
- Understanding of the vision impairment, sensory impairment or similar
sector.
- Experience of coordinating projects or collaborative activity involving multiple
stakeholders.
- Experience of undertaking research and bringing together information from a range of
sources.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage different
audiences.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, work collaboratively and deliver activity to agreed
timescales.
Desirable
- Experience of working in the charity or voluntary sector.
- Experience of working with Government, public
sector, health and social care or academic organisations.
- Experience of policy, workforce development or
professional education initiatives.
- Experience of managing website or social media content.
You don’t need to meet every single requirement to be a great candidate. Most people learn parts of the job once
they’re in post, so if a role interests you and you believe you could grow into it, we’d love to hear from
you.
We’re committed to fair, accessible recruitment. If you need any adjustments, like extra time, a different format, or
other support, at any stage of the process, just let us know. Please contact People and Culture on 0131 378 2793
or via peopleandculture@sightscotland.org.uk who can arrange for any support you need.
About us
For more than 230 years we've been supporting and empowering people with sight loss to live fulfilling lives.
We’re proud of what we’ve achieved, but we want to do more. We will build on our rich history to create an
organisation which is prepared for the future, and ready to respond to the needs of people impacted by vision
loss.
Our vision is bold. We want to be at the leading edge of positive societal change by:
- Investing our funds in the support that makes the biggest difference
- Putting our community at the heart
of what we do
- Campaigning for change
- Accelerating prevention and treatment of eye
conditions
- Fostering a collaborative culture of innovation and learning
We're determined that no-one should face sight loss alone. We're committed to improving, diversifying and
growing our services to make sure we can reach many more people with sight loss - when and where they need
us.
Our organisational values - Transform, Unite and Thrive - underpin all the work we do at Sight Scotland and Sight
Scotland Veterans.
Benefits
- Generous employee pension scheme
- Learning and Development opportunities
- Employee assistance programme
- Discounted cinema tickets
- Discounts for carers