Development Officer - Waverley Court

Development Officer Youth and Children's Work - Fixed Term until 30/11/2026
Waverley Court

To contribute to the development and delivery of a Wider Achievement service for Edinburgh, supporting the citywide development and delivery of policy and associated programmes relating to the following:

• CLD – Youth Work
• Health and Wellbeing/Young People
• Poverty and Children’s Rights

To deliver strategic universal and/or targeted initiatives related to the above services through partnership working and ensuring these are embedded in mainstream practice in schools, settings and communities.
To help increase operational capacity through effective collaboration with internal and external colleagues and partners.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required.

You will be required to provide this check. Anunconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to