The Policy and Engagement Lead will play a key role in influencing across parliament, local government and business audiences. Our flagship Allies programme aims to create a network who help to collectively deliver and promote the feasibility and desirability of transition to a Wellbeing Economy, and you will coordinate and support our Allies to promote Wellbeing Economy messages to various levels of government and other policy audiences. You will collaborate in various activities to support both practice and policy changes.

WEAll Scotland has a strong external profile and you will represent the network externally with key stakeholders from business, government and civil society. You will present at events and will also support key voices from within the core team and network to be heard at external events.

You will support evaluation and monitoring across the organisation, and will create useful summaries of the impact of work which is in support of a Wellbeing Economy, enabling Allies to contextualise this for their specific work. You will also guide the work of WEAll Scotland by horizon scanning, alongside the Communications Lead.

The Communications Lead role is responsible for the internal and external communications for WEAll Scotland. WEAll Scotland has a strong external profile and you will represent the network externally with key stakeholders from business, government and civil society. This role is a part of our flagship Allies programme, which aims to create a network of allies who collectively deliver and promote the feasibility and desirability of transition to a Wellbeing Economy You will be responsible for creating an external communications strategy and delivering this for the programme.. You will also be responsible for creating and delivering on an internal communications strategy, ensuring high quality communications across the Board, the Core Team, Associates and volunteers, who collaborate to support both practical and policy changes. You may use a Client Relationship Management (CRM) tool to achieve this.

You will build relationships with key journalists across Scotland which will maximise the profile of our work. You will create (and support the creation of) content for external events and the media, by working with the Core Team, Associates and volunteers, as well as designing and hosting events, seminars and press conferences. You will also manage our social media channels using your communications and social media skills, and support the redevelopment of the WEAll Scotland section of the wider global WEAll website.

We have cause to believe that the number of hours for this role can be increased. Therefore, if this vacancy interests potential applicants who are looking for more hours, we strongly encourage those to apply.

Could you be our new Love Letham Project Lead?

Love Letham is a pioneering project supporting children, young people, families, local residents and organisations like Perth & Kinross Council to work together to create a shared local vision of what children and young people need to flourish, as well as a plan to deliver it.

By bringing children and communities together with decision makers we’re creating a shared roadmap that captures what matters most to people.

As we kick off the next phase of Love Letham we're looking for a new member of the team to drive the project forward.

If you're passionate about children and young people having a say in the decisions that affect them and you're great at building relationships this new role could be for you.

About the role

The Project Lead will play a key role in driving forward the Love Letham project. This project has set up a Commission and regularly convenes them to cocreate and explore wellbeing priorities, and to ensure that these wellbeing priorities are addressed and resourced locally. The ultimate goal is to deliver a wellbeing budget in Letham.

The Project Lead will support our specialist freelance associates, who are participation experts, in the running of the project. They will be responsible for building relationships with local stakeholders and liaising with the Commission and the local authority as well as booking rooms and travel, writing update reports and maintaining our website. They will ensure excellent communications with all stakeholders throughout the project. They will provide regular updates to the director and occasionally liaise with our funder.

WEAll Scotland has a strong external profile and you will represent the organisation externally, on occasion. You will support the delivery of regular Commission meetings in Letham.

You will also work closely with a new role, an Early Years Participation Lead.

Key Responsibilities

• Building relationships with local stakeholders and particularly those involved in contributing as participants
• Recruiting people to the Commissions, as appropriate
• Building buy in and good will for Love Letham beyond the Commission
• All administration of events (inviting, planning, booking, childcare for participants etc)
• Being the go-to person for the operational delivery of the project with strategic support from our specialist associates
• Organising everything in relation to Commission meetings and events, including catering, venues, childcare support, etc
• Linking the project in Letham with the wider work of WEAll Scotland
• Liaising with WEAll Scotland Comms Lead to share and develop project media assets and comms plan
• Attending regular meetings with the WEAll staff team (online)
• Connecting Love Letham with work happening access the rest of Perth and Kinross, in other local authorities and at national level, with support from the Director
• Reporting regularly to the Director on progress against agreed objectives
• Supporting evaluation and monitoring across Love Letham

Key Skills and Experience

Essential

• Evidence of project management skills - either through qualifications or relevant experience
• Excellent at building and sustaining relationships
• Sound administration skills
• Flexible, proactive and strong self-management skills
• Energetic and proactive approach
• Someone who shares the values of the Wellbeing Economy movement

Preferred

• Understanding of research and participation principles
• Community and learning development knowledge
• Excellent knowledge of Wellbeing Economy principles
• Someone who is passionate about, and has a track record of, delivering change
• Experience working in or with local authorities or other public sector bodies in Scotland

Reporting to: WEAll Scotland Director

We acknowledge that people from a number of communities are underrepresented in our team and in the wider movement of those seeking systemic economic change and the charity sector in general, and we’re committed to addressing this. If you believe you would bring greater diversity to our team, we are particularly keen to hear from you.

We are open to assisting with childcare or other duties that may prevent candidates from attending an interview.