Communications and Engagement Manager
- Part time
- £32,000 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Govanhill
- Closing 30th June 2025
- Advertised from 9th June 2025
- 17 hours. One day a week in our Community Clinic in Govanhill, remote working on other days with travel in the central belt of Scotland and occasional travel throughout Scotland
Role
About the Scottish Child Law Centre
We are a specialist hub protecting children’s rights in Scotland. We provide free legal advice about child law and children’s rights to promote equitable access to justice and specialist training which strengthens advocacy and sustainable support for the rights of the child. We also use evidence from our direct engagement and work with partners to influence long term change for children.
Importantly, we are the only specialist hub for all ages of children and across all areas of child-related Scots’ law. We are here for children, and those who care and support them, and all advice is provided by our qualified solicitors.
Many more children and families are struggling with complex issues in the backdrop of increasing poverty, and demand for our free legal advice has significantly increased. We also know from feedback that our specialist training is deeply valued in the current fast-moving children’s policy environment and as children’s rights are implemented.
The Scottish Child Law Centre’s vision is for ‘All children growing up in Scotland to have their rights respected, protected and fulfilled.’ To support that vision and the growing need, we have recently produced a communications strategy to raise our profile and further extend our reach, particularly targeting communities experiencing multiple breaches of their rights.
The Centre has been through a rapid transformation over the past few years with new, innovative services being set up to ensure that children and young people have knowledge of their rights and how to realise them. We will be opening an in-person free community law clinic in Govanhill in September to allow us to reach those children and families who need us most and provide tailored support to empower families to realise children’s rights. We will also be launching our Access to Justice Programme for secondary school students, which is a course that has been co-produced with the students of Bucksburn Academy. The course aims to coach young people on access to justice and will provide opportunities for young people to influence change in their communities.
About the Role
Are you an experienced communicator and passionate children’s rights advocate? If so, we’d love you to hear from you.
We are looking for a communications officer to drive forward the Scottish Child Law Centre’s communications and to further raise our external profile and demonstrate our impact.
Ideally, you will also have experience of children’s policy and/or have worked with children and young people. Public affairs experience would also be valuable.
We are a supportive, creative and dynamic team and this is a part-time post.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Taking a strategic approach to communications to communicate to a wide variety of audiences the Centre’s purpose and services
- Implementing the communications strategy for the Centre and specific projects such as our community clinic and schools project.
- Co-ordinating our forward communications planner to effectively raise our profile as a specialist hub protecting children’s rights in Scotland, and across a diversity of audiences and channels.
- Drafting content for all of the Centre’s communications to engage and support a wide range of audiences, and in line with our Message House and wider communications strategy. This will include letter/emails, social media messaging, graphics, leaflets, press releases, articles, blogs and newsletters.
- Attending team meetings and working closely with the team to best identify all activities, opportunities and issues to inform our forward communications.
- Regular liaison with the senior solicitor and director to discuss the child policy environment and provide communications campaign support where the Centre can support or influence change for children.
- Supporting the community advice clinics and wider work through inclusive and accessible communication materials. This includes a bank of case stories, educational materials, and in person and creative events to help people understand how the Centre’s services and knowledge of child law and children’s rights can support them.
- Monitoring and regularly refreshing the content of the Centre’s website, ensuring it is inclusive and accessible to a diversity of audiences.
- Drafting funding applications to support diversification of the Centre’s funding
- Leading on the shaping of creative social media campaigns across all channels, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok.
- Producing a quarterly online and print newsletter to keep our membership, partners and the wider public updated on the Centre’s work and impact.
- Designing online surveys to support the Centre’s evaluation and monitoring work.
- Responsibility for the Community Clinic’s monitoring and evaluation, through liaising with the administrator and solicitor regarding collection of data and using this to develop a narrative and writing funding reports and demonstrate the impact more widely
- Building the Centre’s media presence. This includes establishing a network of supportive print, broadcast and specialist media contacts, generating content for each, preparing quotes and supporting the team with media opportunities.
- Organising promotional events and materials, such as a Scottish Parliament exhibition/event and promotional stalls at related national conferences.
- Regularly reviewing and updating distribution lists for the Centre’s key communications.
Person specification
- Highly developed communication skills, written and oral, and an ability to provide complex legal information in a comprehensible way to children, young people and those for whom English is an additional language.
- Ability to liaise and work effectively in partnership with a wide range of partner organisations and funders.
- Ability to work independently and on own initiative, taking responsibility for delivering and reporting on set targets.
- Excellent IT skills and organisational skills.
- Graphic design skills to draft videos and images in our branding for social media.
- Clear understanding of how to gather evidence, monitoring and evaluation and how to communicate our impact to different audiences.
- Experience of drafting funding applications.
- Knowledge and understanding of how to engage children and young people through digital media.
- Excellent people skills with an ability to build positive and productive working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Monitoring of the communications budget line and that activities are delivered within budget.
- Monitoring and evaluation of communications activities to ensure a cycle of continuous improvement.
Application notes
Closing date Monday, 30th June 2025 at 9am.
Please submit a CV and covering letter to enquiries@sclc.org.uk that is no more than two pages, stating how you meet the criteria and why you are interested in the role.
Interviews will be held online week commencing 28th July 2025.
We particularly encourage applications from disabled people and people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, as these groups are currently under-represented in the organisation.
Victim Support Scotland – Empowering People Affected by Crime.
We put victims and witnesses at the heart of everything we do so they are heard, have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure, and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference.
Who We Are
Victim Support Scotland provides support and information to people affected by crime and campaigns for victim and witness rights. Regardless of whether a crime has been reported, or when it happened, our services are free, confidential, and tailored to individuals’ needs.
Our vision is that people affected by crime – victims, witnesses, and their families – are treated with dignity and respect and are at the heart of the justice in Scotland. Our mission is to ensure that all those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them to recover from their experiences. All our work is guided and underpinned by our six core principles of being engaging and compassionate; inclusive and accessible; person-centred; adaptive, flexible, and responsive; collaborative; and knowledgeable and skilled. Now is the time to join Victim Support Scotland, helping us work towards the ambitions of our 5-year plan: Empowering people affected by crime: VSS Strategy 2021-2026.
What is The Role
You will be reporting to Head of Service Delivery - National Programmes, you will lead the management, development and delivery of Victim Support Scotland’s National Support Centre operating 365 days a year. The National Support Centre provides a vital first point of contact for individuals affected by crime across Scotland. It is based in Glasgow and open 7 days per week 365 days per year. The service offers information, initial needs assessments, and trauma-informed support via telephone and webchat. It also manages all national referrals and is supported by a dedicated team of staff and volunteers. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the consistent delivery of a high-quality, trauma-sensitive service to victims and witnesses. You will oversee workforce planning for your area, ensuring that both staff and volunteers are well-supported, knowledgeable, and equipped to meet the needs of service users.
What You’ll Need to be Successful
We are looking for an experienced and transformational leader. Someone who will relish the opportunity to shape the delivery of the VSS vision and strategic priorities. An innovative thinker with strong communication skills and experience of partnership working. Evidence of Continuing Professional Development is essential. Someone who has a management qualification and has the ability to develop effective internal and external relationships and networks that enable the understanding and delivery of broad organisational goals.
If you are looking for a role with a purpose, where you can really make a difference, then this may be the role for you.
Salary band: £34,974 - £46,187 + on call allowance. Salary on appointment will normally be at the lower salary point, with progression subject to review - in line with VSS progression arrangements. A higher salary placing will only be considered in exceptional circumstances subject to experience demonstrated.
Further details of this role are available in the job description - National Support Centre Manager - Job Description
What we offer
When you work for Victim Support Scotland, your wellbeing is important to us. Not only do we offer an enhanced annual leave package of 39 days (pro-rata), but you will also have access to our free health cash plan which includes cover for you and your family across a range of benefits. This includes dental cover, access to a virtual GP, counselling, legal support and discounts on gym memberships, cinema tickets, retail and much more. In addition, we offer a generous pension, enhanced maternity and paternity pay and access to a credit union. Supporting employee development is important to us and we offer comprehensive learning and development opportunities.
Please note - This post will be subject to a PVG check.
Top job! Head of Service Delivery – National Programmes
- Full time
- £47,266 – £62,420
- On site: Glasgow or Edinburgh
- Closing 24th June 2025
Victim Support Scotland – Empowering People Affected by Crime.
We put victims and witnesses at the heart of everything we do so they are heard, have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure, and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference.
Who We Are
Victim Support Scotland provides support and information to people affected by crime and campaigns for victim and witness rights. Regardless of whether a crime has been reported, or when it happened, our services are free, confidential, and tailored to individuals’ needs.
Our vision is that people affected by crime – victims, witnesses, and their families – are treated with dignity and respect and are at the heart of the justice in Scotland. Our mission is to ensure that all those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them to recover from their experiences. All our work is guided and underpinned by our six core principles of being engaging and compassionate; inclusive and accessible; person-centred; adaptive, flexible, and responsive; collaborative; and knowledgeable and skilled. Now is the time to join Victim Support Scotland, helping us work towards the ambitions of our 5-year plan: Empowering people affected by crime: VSS Strategy 2021-2026.
What is The Role
As a member of the Corporate Leadership Team, reporting directly to the Director of Service Delivery, your primary role is to oversee national services and programmes across Scotland and provide strategic support to service delivery. However, you will also work closely with Heads of Service supporting localities, working together to provide a holistic, integrated support to our service users and supporting all Service Delivery staff and volunteers as part of #OneVSS team approach. You will be responsible for ensuring, within your areas of responsibility, that VSS’s strategic objectives are being implemented and will have a key role in developing future strategies and business planning to ensure that the needs of victims and witnesses are being met.
What You’ll Need to be Successful
We are looking for an experienced and transformational leader. Someone who will relish the opportunity to shape the delivery of the VSS vision and strategic priorities. You will be working alongside colleagues and partner agencies to deliver for victims and witnesses and have a relevant post-graduate professional qualification and/or experience in relation to research and designing service pathways. An innovative thinker with strong communication skills and experience of partnership working. Evidence of Continuing Professional Development is essential.
If you are looking for a role with a purpose, where you can really make a difference, then this may be the role for you.
Salary band: £47,266 - £62,420. Salary on appointment will normally be at the lower salary point, with progression subject to review - in line with VSS progression arrangements. A higher salary placing will only be considered in exceptional circumstances subject to experience demonstrated.
Further details of this role are available in the job description - Head of Service Delivery - National Programmes
What we offer
When you work for Victim Support Scotland, your wellbeing is important to us. Not only do we offer an enhanced annual leave package of 42 days (pro-rata), but you will also have access to our free health cash plan which includes cover for you and your family across a range of benefits. This includes dental cover, access to a virtual GP, counselling, legal support and discounts on gym memberships, cinema tickets, retail and much more. In addition, we offer a generous pension, enhanced maternity and paternity pay and access to a credit union. Supporting employee development is important to us and we offer comprehensive learning and development opportunities.
Please note - This post will be subject to a PVG check.
Sessional Justice Support Worker
- Part time
- Sessional
- On site: Glasgow/South Lanarkshire
- Closing 20th June 2025
South Lanarkshire Justice Outreach Services
Sacro’s mission is to deliver life changing services that empower people, give hope and protection, and help to build safe communities.
We are currently recruiting Sessional Justice Support Workers. Providing support to assist people to comply with statutory and non-statutory court disposals, who may require supports to access local services aimed at helping them to address needs, that may have contributed to them becoming involved in offending behaviour. Our community-based assertive outreach includes helping to engage with recovery-based activities and build stability.
You must be able to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to work in a small team. You will have experience of partnership and inter-agency work and ideally have worked in social care, recovery, stabilisation, mentoring, ideally outreach based.
Duties will include supporting individuals to access benefits, engage with other agencies, attend appointments, develop social support networks, general living skills and addressing reasons for substance misuse and offending behaviour.
You will be required to work alongside our team who carry a caseload and assist with joint working as well as lone working.
A commitment to Sacro’s value base is crucial, as this type of work can be challenging.
The ability to use initiative and organise workload within a pressurised environment is essential.
Successful applicants will be flexible and imaginative in their approach and sensitive and confident in their ability to help service users.
Hours of work are as and when required.
Membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme will be a requirement for the above posts for which Sacro will cover the cost.
We welcome applications from individuals who share Sacro’s aims and values and want to engage with those we support to help them move on to a more secure, settled and fulfilling life and value diversity from all sections of the community.
Victim Support Scotland – Empowering People Affected by Crime.
We put victims and witnesses at the heart of everything we do so they are heard, have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure, and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference.
Who We Are?
Victim Support Scotland provides support and information to people affected by crime and campaigns for victim and witness rights. Regardless of whether a crime has been reported, or when it happened, our services are free, confidential, and tailored to individuals’ needs.
Our vision is that people affected by crime – victims, witnesses, and their families – are treated with dignity and respect and are at the heart of the justice in Scotland. Our mission is to ensure that all those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them to recover from their experiences. All our work is guided and underpinned by our six core principles of being engaging and compassionate; inclusive and accessible; person-centred; adaptive, flexible, and responsive; collaborative; and knowledgeable and skilled. Now is the time to join Victim Support Scotland, helping us work towards the ambitions of our 5-year plan:Empowering people affected by crime: VSS Strategy 2021-2026.
VSS is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all of our service users and has a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG scheme checks in place to ensure this commitment is met.
What is the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Support Co-ordinator , working 35 hours per week.
Working pattern: Monday to Friday 8am and 8pm and Saturdays between 10am to 4pm.
The post holder will have the responsibility of managing volunteers who will support victims and witnesses impacted by Anti-social crime in their local area and linking in with relevant partners to provide advocacy for those impacted by ASB crime. This will be as part of the West team and the rest of the Support Coordinators.
Ideally we would like for the candidate to work Saturdays 10-4pm, and another day of the week in between the hours of 8am-8pm
Primary location:Motherwell, the post holder will be supporting service delivery across the whole locality, with travel across the West area. Our service delivery model is outreach to meet the needs of people impacted by crime. (Expenses will be covered)
Salary: £27,598.93 - £36,445.00 (Pro-rata)
Salary on appointment will normally be at the lower salary point, with progression subject to review - in line with VSS progression arrangements. A higher salary placing will be considered in exceptional circumstances subject to experience demonstrated.
The postholder will be reporting directly to a Locality Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring, within your Service(s), that VSS’s local service development and delivery plan is being implemented within your geographical area(s). Service delivery is provided by a team of skilled and knowledgeable volunteers, you will be responsible for planning their deployment to ensure that the service delivered meets the desired outcomes of victims and witnesses of crime, our service users. The postholder will be responsible for all aspects of a volunteer engagement with VSS at your services, including recruitment, induction, learning and development, ongoing performance management and support. Contributing to business planning and co-ordination ensuring that continuous learning takes place to monitor that the outcomes of service users are being met.
If you are looking for a role with a purpose, where you can really make a difference, then this may be the role for you.
What you’ll need to be successful
We are looking for someone who is experienced in a similar role and can evidence of continuing professional development, effective leadership style, able to build confidence, motivate and improve performance and have a clean full driver licence. Someone with analytical skills who are able to understand, collect, analyse, report and present data. You will have the ability to challenge stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination and bias. We are looking for someone with a good working knowledge of the voluntary/charity sector and willing to be flexible in working hours and able to travel as required.
Further details of this role are available in the job description -Support Co-ordinator
Please note - This post will be subject to a satisfactory PVG check.
What we offer?
When you work for Victim Support Scotland, your wellbeing is important to us. Not only do we offer an enhanced annual leave package of 39 days (Pro-rata), but you will also have access to our free health cash plan which includes cover for you and your family across a range of benefits, which include, dental cover, access to a virtual GP, counselling, legal support and discounts on gym memberships, cinema tickets, retail and much more. In addition we offer a generous pension, enhanced maternity and paternity pay and access to a credit union. Supporting employee development is important to us and we offer comprehensive learning and development opportunities.
As a Disability Confident Committed employer, please advise if you require any adjustments in the application process by contactingJobs@victimsupportsco.org.uk.
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