Assistant Director, Income and Partnerships

>     Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow

>     Workplace type: Hybrid working - min 2 days a week at the office. This is a minimum, but a successful candidate can opt to be office based 5 days per week.

>     Hours per week: 35

>     Type of contract: Permanent

>     Job Level and Salary Scale: Level 8, £62,497 - £69,010 per annum, commensurate with experience.

>     Closing date: 20 July 2026. 

>     Face-to-face interviews: Interviews for this role will take place at the end of July 2026.

Are you a strategic thinker who enjoys bringing people together and turning ideas into real impact?

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of Citizens Advice Scotland at an important point in our journey.

We are looking for a strategic, hands-on leader who can bring people together, drive collaboration, and help deliver our ambitious plans, with a strong focus on growing income and building impactful partnerships.

Working closely with the Director of Advice and Executive Leadership Team, you’ll help connect teams, improve how we work together, and ensure we’re set up to deliver our strategy.

You will lead cross-organisational work, strengthen communication across Directorates, and support greater consistency in how we operate. You will also deputise for the Director of Advice when needed.

A key focus will be income generation - developing and delivering a clear strategy to unlock opportunities across partnerships, trusts, public funding, and new income streams. You’ll take a proactive, practical approach - building relationships, testing ideas, and embedding a culture where income generation is a shared priority.

You will help create a more connected, sustainable organisation—strengthening how we use data, improving decision-making, and enabling greater impact across our network.

What we are looking for

We’re looking for someone who can:

·         Combine strategic thinking with a practical, hands-on approach

·         Build strong relationships and influence across a wide range of stakeholders

·         Spot opportunities and turn them into action

·         Work comfortably with complexity and bring people with them

·         Use data and insight to inform decisions and improve outcomes.

This is a high-impact role with real scope to shape how we grow, work together, and deliver for communities across Scotland.

For more information about the role, please refer to Job Pack - Assistant Director, Income and Partnerships - June 2026 v2.pdf

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Employee benefits

Citizens Advice Scotland offers excellent terms and conditions. We want our people to have a great work life balance and we have designed our working practices and benefits to support this. Here are some of things our employees benefit from: a 35-hour full time working week, 40 days annual leave, genuine flexibility in working hours with a flexi-time system, and hybrid working opportunities for every role. For more details of some of the other benefits on offer to our employees, please see the section on employee benefits in the job pack.

Citizens Advice Scotland is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies and flexible working arrangements to support all our staff. We are also committed to equality of opportunity for all and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

CAS provides options for hybrid working to allow employees to balance their time attending the office with time working from home. The number of days you will be able to work from home each week will be dependent on your job role and can be discussed as part of the recruitment process.

Before you apply

Our aim is to ensure our application assessment process is fair, objective and transparent.

As such, please do not include on your CV or candidate statement the following information: your address, a photo, hobbies, age, date of birth, marital status, nationality.

The candidate statement

The candidate statement plays a very important part in the application assessment process. It is a free space for you to showcase your skills, practical knowledge, and experiences relevant to the role.

Please include in your statement examples which demonstrate how you meet the following key essential and desirable criteria emphasising your contribution and outcomes. Please also let us know how your values and attributes align with CAS’s values. Please refer to Our People Charter.

Essential

• Significant sustained experience leading income generation across multiple streams, fundraising, or business development at a senior level  

• Experience developing and delivering successful income strategies and pipelines  

• Experience personally leading bids, pitches, and negotiations that have been successful.  

• Demonstrable success in building high-value partnerships that deliver both income and impact . 

• Stronger leadership skills managing large teams. 

    

Desirable

• Experience with digital, data-driven or innovative income generation approaches

• Experience in CAB or Advice sector.   

    

The candidate statement is expected to be maximum 1000 words/2x pages A4.

Please note that applications without the candidate statement and not following clearly above instructions will not be considered.

You have the option to upload your candidate statement as a separate document or you can write your candidate statement in the section below. Please choose the option that best work for you.

While we recognize AI can be a helpful tool for starting your application, and may help you by sparking an idea more easily than starting with a blank page, we really want you to show in your application who you are and how you think. AI will never replace the important human element at the application stage. Please make sure that you write your candidate statement yourself.

If you require any support with your application, including reasonable adjustments to the format, or if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at recruitment@cas.org.uk or call 0131 550 1000. We are always happy to help.