Social Justice Policy Manager

Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow office

Workplace type: Hybrid working. You will be required to work a minimum of 1 day per week in the office. This is a minimum, but you may opt to be office based up 5 days per week.

Hours per week: 35 hours per week

Type of contract: Permanent

Salary scale: job level 5, £34,398 - £42,043 per annum, commensurate with skills and experience.

Closing date: 06 November 2024

Interview date: 18 November 2024 (Edinburgh)

This is an exciting opportunity to manage the work and people of our social policy team, who lead our influencing and advocacy work on; social security, housing and energy. Working closely with our Head of Social Justice, at the heart of Scotland’s largest independent advice and advocacy network, this role will focus on building culture, developing people and delivering a strategic work plan, alongside putting into practice policy and influencing skills to deliver outcomes that improve the lives of people across Scotland.

This role offers you the opportunity to use your passion and insight into pursing social justice, alongside your expertise in the coordination and delivery projects that enable team members to flourish.

This role offers you the opportunity to work at the heart of supporting Scotland's largest independent advice network and to make an invaluable contribution to citizen’s lives.

For more information about the role, please refer to the Job Pack.

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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.

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