Job description
The Policy Team leads the development of Disclosure Scotland policy, and advises Ministers on matters relating to the state disclosure of criminal conviction, and the administration of the PVG Scheme. This role is focused on leading the Policy Team, and will involve planning, delivery, monitoring and reporting on team priorities, ensuring those priorities match with that of Disclosure Scotland as a whole. This role requires strong leadership, management, and influencing skills to ensure broad participation from internal and external stakeholders.
Disclosure Scotland is an executive agency of the Scottish Government. The policy team are responsible for its functions and are embedded inside the agency, under the guidance of its Chief Executive, and directly support Ministers for all matters relating to policy around the state disclosure of criminal convictions and the administration of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme.
The Head of Policy is a key leadership role within Disclosure Scotland, with responsibility for advising and supporting Ministers in relation to policy matters, in conjunction with Disclosure Scotland’s Leadership team. The role also includes working collaboratively with other Heads of Service within Disclosure Scotland to play an active part of Disclosure Scotland wider governance groups and as part of a general leadership responsibility across Disclosure Scotland.
This post reports to the Director of Policy, Customer Engagement and Communications and currently includes line management of 3 Policy Managers. This may change in due course as the organisation continue to undergo a structural review. The policy team also includes 2 Policy Officers, and a Policy Officer. The policy team are co-located with the Customer Engagement and Communications teams in Disclosure Scotland.
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