Engagement and Learning Officer; Pathways

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• Post:
  Engagement and Learning Officer (Pathways to Progress)
• Salary: £39,717 per annum, + 8% Employer Pension
• Duration: fixed term until 31 March 2028
• Hours:
  
  35 per week
• Location:
  
  Glasgow, Hybrid
• Line Manager:
  Living Wage Scotland Manager

To deliver a programme of stakeholder engagement and dissemination of evidence as part of Poverty Alliance’s 3-year Pathways to Progress project on improving job standards in the social care sector. Pathways to Progress is funded by The Robertson Trust and led by the Living Wage Scotland team at Poverty Alliance. The Engagement and Learning Officer will lead on developing and holding key stakeholder relationships, consolidating and sharing information and learning across the project and maximising opportunities for external promotion of the project findings.

Working within the Living Wage Scotland team, the Engagement and Learning officer will be responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with industry experts, workers and employers, supporting them to engage with and participate in various elements of the project. This will include maintaining an effective project steering group and working collaboratively with an external consultant in the development, delivery and evaluation of a workshop series for two large social care employers.

While ensuring various stakeholder perspectives are reflected in the project, the post holder will build and share intelligence to inform and strengthen Living Wage Scotland’s approach to employer engagement.

The post holder will have experience in managing a variety of stakeholder relationships, will be a confident communicator with strong facilitation skills, and will have a sound understanding of the Social Care sector in Scotland.

The role will suit an individual who has a background in complex stakeholder management, knowledge of the Social Care employment landscape in Scotland, as well as a clear commitment to social justice and engaging employers on actions that can help address poverty.

The Poverty Alliance is the national anti-poverty network in Scotland, with membership including representatives from the community and voluntary sectors, trade unions, faith groups, statutory bodies and others across civil society. Our members, the Scottish Government, local authorities and charitable trusts financially support us to carry out our work.

Established in 1992, the Poverty Alliance has a long track record in working with individuals and communities to take action to address poverty. We have sought to put participation, of both individuals experiencing poverty and organisations in our network, at the heart of our program and project work.

Living Wage Scotland was established by the Poverty Alliance in 2014 to recognise employers in Scotland who commit to paying the real Living Wage. It is a partnership with the UK Living Wage Foundation, and the programme now delivers a broader range of employer engagement activities to drive up standards so that more jobs tackle in-work poverty. Living Wage Scotland delivers accreditation schemes that support fair work (namely Living Wage, Living Hours and Living Pension accreditation), and are seeking to expand our work with Social Care employers across Scotland.

To help take forward this approach, Living Wage Scotland/The Poverty Alliance will be delivering a new project Pathways to Progress, with the aim of working with social care employers and employees on identifying, developing, testing and embedding changes at an organisational level to improve job standards to reduce in-work poverty. A key component of this project is a workshop series with two social care employers in Scotland.

This project is one of 10 projects…