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 4)£32,081- £39,210 per annum, commensurate with skills and experience.
> Closing date: 07 July 2025
> Face-to faceInterview date: 24 July 2025
This is a re-advertisement, previous applicants need not apply.
We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Senior IT Engineer to support our vital work at Citizens Advice Scotland. In this key role as part of the infrastructure team, you’ll be a point of contact for the helpdesk to ensure our systems are operating as intended. You’ll also ensure our entire IT estate is online and available to the 2500 service users across Scotland. From resolving a vast array of IT issues to implementing infrastructure improvements, your expertise will help us maintain the IT Infrastructure that enables the bureaux to focus on making a difference to the communities in Scotland. You’ll also play a central role in Infrastructure projects such as system upgrades, cloud transitions, and cybersecurity enhancements.
We are looking for candidates with great server and networking experience.
As our Core Infrastructure is currently undergoing a major upgrade program, now is a great time to join CAS and make a mark on the future IT landscape and the services delivered daily.
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.
For further information on how we process your data and your information rights, please refer to our Privacy Notice - Job Volunteer and Applicants.
If you have an issue with downloading the above documents, please request it at recruitment@cas.org.uk.
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.
Before you apply
Our aim is to make ensure our application assessment process is fair, objective and transparent.
As such, please do not include on your CV or candidate statement the following information: your address, a photo, hobbies, age, date of birth, marital status, nationality.
The candidate statement
The candidate statement plays a very important part in the application assessment process. It is a free space for you to showcase your skills, competencies, and experiences relevant to the role. Please include examples which demonstrate how you meet the requirements.
The candidate statement is expected to be up to 1-2 page(s) A4 long.
You have the option to upload your candidate statement as a separate document or you can write your candidate statement in the section below. Please choose the option that best work for you.
Please note that applications without the candidate statement will not be considered.
While we recognize AI can be a helpful tool for starting your application, and may help you by sparkingan ideamore easily than starting with a blank page, we really want you to show in your application who you are and how you think. AI will never replace the important human element at the application stage.
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