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Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS), our 61 member Citizen Advice Bureaux (CAB), the Citizen Advice consumer service, and the Extra Help Unit, form Scotland’s largest independent advice network. Advice provided by our service is free, independent, confidential, impartial and available to everyone. We are champions for both citizens and consumers and in 2013/14 the Citizens Advice Service in Scotland helped over 330,000 clients in Scotland deal with over one million issues overall.
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS), our 61 member Citizen Advice Bureaux (CAB), the Citizen Advice consumer service, and the Extra Help Unit, form Scotland’s largest independent advice network. Advice provided by our service is free, independent, confidential, impartial and available to everyone. We are champions for both citizens and consumers and in 2013/14 the Citizens Advice Service in Scotland helped over 330,000 clients in Scotland deal with over one million issues overall.
We are currently recruiting for the post of Project Coordinator for the National Kinship Care Advice Service on a fixed term basis until March 2019. This post will be a jobshare with the existing Coordinator.
Kinship carers provide full time care for the children of relatives or close friends, and the Kinship Care Service is a project funded by the Scottish Government to ensure kinship carers can gain access to the advice and support they require, and the benefits to which they are entitled. The purpose of the project is to deliver high-quality advice to clients via Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB) across Scotland and a dedicated kinship care helpline.
The post holder is responsible for the development and operational delivery of the project. This involves proving support to a team of four regional officers and providing regional and national support to bureaux as well as to assist local authorities to develop effective policy.
The main tasks of the Project Coordinator will include managing the contracts and partnerships with the Scottish Government and participating bureaux, monitoring delivery of objectives within budget, administering project governance arrangements, promoting the service and collecting and analysing statistics and social policy information.
The successful applicant will have experience of the management of contracts, projects, and budgets. The post holder should have a general understanding of advice work in Scotland , and should be interested in becoming aware of the issues affecting kinship carers.
CAS offers excellent terms and conditions, including a total of 40 days leave and a pension scheme with an 8% employer contribution. We have a flexi-time scheme which enables our staff to work flexibly in line with organisational requirements, and as an inclusive employer we are happy to consider other flexible working arrangements where appropriate. For more details of some of the other benefits on offer to our employees, please download the CAS Benefits document in the application pack at the bottom of this page.
For more information, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification which can be downloaded using the links below.
To apply for this role, please send completed copies of the Personal Details Form, Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, along with your current CV to: recruitment@cas.org.uk
In addition, please refer to the Job Description and provide a written statement that addresses how you meet the requirements of the role as detailed in the job specification. In the written statement, please provide examples which demonstrate how you meet the requirements.
Closing date: Sunday 21 January 2018, 23:59
Citizens Advice Scotland is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux – Citizens Advice Scotland (Scottish Charity Number SC016637).
