Position Information
Title: Participation Adviser
Salary: £41,910 - £46,302 (Grade 5)
Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Flexible (any Care Inspectorate office)
Contract: Temporary for 6 months (secondments welcome)
About the Organisation
We are a scrutiny body that supports improvement and ensures high standards of care across Scotland. We provide assurance and protection for people who experience care services and their wider community.
Core Values
* Person‑centred: we put people, empathy, compassion, and kindness at the heart of everything we do
* Respect: we value everyone's dignity and are respectful in everything we do
* Equity: we embrace diversity and nurture an inclusive environment where everyone is supported to achieve equal outcomes
* Integrity: we act impartially, fairly, and consistently, upholding transparency and accountability in all our actions
* Impact: we focus on making a positive impact for everyone experiencing care in Scotland whilst ensuring our work delivers the best value to the public
Work‑life Balance
Our hybrid working policy provides flexibility to mix working from home with attendance at your base office and other work locations, spending no more than 60% of your working time working from home, measured over a four‑week period.
Role Overview
This role is central to fulfilling our statutory responsibilities for participation and ensuring that people who experience care and those important to them have their voices heard. You will lead our Volunteer Development Programme, develop participation initiatives, and provide line management to our Participation Coordinators. A key part of the role is ensuring volunteers are well supported, confident in their contribution, and deployed effectively and meaningfully to enhance our organisational work.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the Volunteer Development Programme and participation development work.
* Provide line management to Participation Coordinators.
* Ensure volunteers are supported, confident, and deployed to maximise impact.
* Collaborate with external partners and cross‑functional colleagues to align participation activity with organisational priorities.
* Embed participation across assurance, improvement, and wider organisational functions, ensuring voices of people who experience care contribute meaningfully to daily work.
* Support secondment opportunities and welcoming individuals who wish to broaden their experience.
Qualifications & Experience
* Educated to SCQF level 9 or equivalent in social work, education, community development, health, social care, or a related discipline, or possess relevant skills and experience.
* Strong commitment to participation, human rights, and equality, with a proven ability to champion people’s voices.
* Experience supporting and managing others, with the capability to oversee volunteer programmes and participation activities inclusively.
* Excellent communication and organisational skills, capable of building trusting relationships across diverse groups.
* Proactive, approachable, values‑driven, and focused on creating meaningful opportunities for involvement and influence.
Benefits & Salary
New employees start at the minimum salary for the grade. A generous benefits package is also offered.
Application Deadline
Applications close on 08:00 on Tuesday 28 April 2026.
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