Job Description

Hours: Part time 21 hours a week

Salary: £27,764 - £34,497 pro rata per annum – dependent on experience. Paid on the 28th of each month.

Term: Fixed term until 30 June 2027

Based in: Glasgow

Our client is excited to be recruiting for a Development Officer – IJB Lived Experience.

The Development Officer will support the delivery of a project to support Integrated Joint Boards (IJBs) and lived experience representatives as part of the transition to full voting rights on IJBs. The role will involve supporting current lived experience representatives, contributing to a national recruitment programme, establishing role expectations, recommending induction training 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
• Excellent networking and relationship-building skills
• Experience of partnership working and co-production
• Good research and analytical skills, and experience processing high-level information
• Strong knowledge of current agendas relating to health and social care in Scotland
• Excellent communication skills including confidence in facilitating outreach and engagement
• Understanding of accessibility issues, particularly as they relate to involvement and communication
• Confident IT skills in word processing, email, internet, databases and PowerPoint
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and on own initiative
• Good organisational, time management and event management skills
• Good understanding of data protection
• Commitment to equality, non-discrimination, and the principle of people being the experts in their own lives and being at the heart of policy, support and services

Benefits include:

• 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 arrangements
• Hybrid working opportunities
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Learning and development opportunities
• Time off in lieu
• Cycle scheme and bike storage
• Carer Positive Employer
• Disability Confident Employer
• Paid carers leave, special leave and compassionate leave (pro rata)
• Paid day off to move house
• Employee forum

Our client is committed to supporting a healthy work-life balance and is happy to discuss flexible working arrangements.

They recognise that great candidates do not always meet every requirement listed in a job description. If this role feels like a strong fit for your skills and experience, applications are encouraged.

Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process and within the workplace.

Our client is committed to the principles of the Disability Confident Scheme, including offering interviews 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. Where it is not practical to interview all disabled applicants meeting the criteria, the same shortlisting process applied to non-disabled applicants will be used.

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 26 May at 9am

Interviews: Tuesday 3 June. If you are unavailable on this date, please advise at the time of application as alternative arrangements may be possible.

About Our Client

Our client is an independent Scottish charity funded by a grant from the Scottish Government. Their 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 place them at the centre.

Their core aims are to:

• Ensure people are at the centre, with lived experience and rights shaping policy and service design
• Support transformational change through approaches focused on human rights, self-management, co-production and independent living
• Champion and support the third sector as a strategic partner while fostering cross-sector collaboration and understanding