Description Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 23 March 2026 Closing Date: Sunday 15 March 2026 Contract Type: Permanent Salary: FC10 £55,263.09 - £60,462.77 Working Pattern: 36 hours per week Location: Fife House, Glenrothes, however, candidates should be able to travel to and attend office locations in Fife as required. Supporting Statement As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement. Job Details The primary purpose of this role is to lead and co‑ordinate the development of policy, practice, and procedures relating to domestic abuse across all key partner agencies in Fife. You will provide robust monitoring, analysis, and reporting on this area of work, ensuring consistent and effective practice. A key responsibility is to support partner agencies in delivering the priorities set out in the Fife Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Executive Board Annual Report and Improvement Plan. This includes tracking progress, identifying risks or areas requiring corrective action, and providing clear recommendations. The role also ensures the effective operation of the Fife VAWG Executive Board and its subgroups, fostering strong collaboration, informed decision‑making, and continuous improvement across the partnership. Key responsibilities: In this strategic and collaborative role, you will: Provide expert oversight and guidance on national developments, legislation and best practice relating to Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), child protection and adult protection, ensuring the Executive Board is fully informed. Play a key role in multi‑agency quality assurance activity, including auditing frameworks, inspections, significant case reviews and learning reviews and ensure lessons learned drive continuous improvement across agencies. Support effective governance by enabling the VAWG Executive Board to fulfil its core functions, preparing agendas and reports, and ensuring priorities align with wider public protection and safer communities’ plans. Drive improvement in practice and service delivery through the development, implementation and review of inter‑agency policies, procedures, protocols and training strategies. Analyse data and trends relating to domestic abuse in Fife, identifying emerging themes and implications for service planning, reporting key findings to the Executive Board and Chief Officers. Lead multi‑agency training and development, ensuring national guidance, inspection findings and best practice inform the VAWG Training and Development Strategy and workforce learning opportunities. Promote strong partnership working, facilitating effective communication, problem‑solving and collaboration between agencies involved in public protection. Champion service user involvement, ensuring the voices of children, young people and adults inform policy, practice and future service design. The Person Education: Educated to SCQF Level 9 (Degree level or equivalent). Experience: Minimum 3 years’ post‑qualifying experience working with survivors of domestic abuse or violence against women. Experience of contributing to inter‑agency child and adult protection processes. Experience of undertaking work on behalf of Protection Committees. Proven ability to work across a range of professional groups involved in developing strategies for the protection of children, adults, and families. Knowledge: Strong understanding of the role and function of Fife Violence Against Women and Girls Partnership (FVAWP) and Executive Board. Awareness of effective approaches that improve outcomes for vulnerable children, young people, adults and families. Skills & Abilities: Excellent critical analysis skills and the ability to think independently. Ability to produce comprehensive, evidence‑based reports. Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work confidently across multi‑agency settings. Effective presentation and organisational skills. Strong verbal communication and interpersonal abilities. Competent in using standard IT software. Further Information Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information. Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services. Directorate Information - Council Department information Social Media - Search for more 'Fife Council Jobs' on Facebook or follow us on X @FCJobsOfficial. Alternative Formats - Job information can be made available in alternative formats, to make a request please e-mail transactions.recruitment@fife.gov.uk. As a progressive employer, we offer the opportunity to work in this role as a “blended working” arrangement with home-working opportunities and occasional office-working as required. While the significant part of the role can and will be carried out remotely, candidates should be able to travel to and attend office locations in Fife as required. For further information please contact: Sarah Woodburn - Sarah.Woodburn@fife.gov.uk