Vacancies: Policy Development Officer

Contribute to the delivery of SLAB’s policy development programme, which assists the organisation in meeting its objective of advising Scottish Ministers on the strategic development of legal assistance and its priority to deliver high quality and transparent decisions under the legal aid schemes.

We are seeking motivated and skilled Policy Development Officers (1x permanent, 1x fixed term) to join our Policy & Development team. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to shaping the strategic direction of legal assistance in Scotland and driving reforms that enhance access to justice.

Essential criteria

• Good level of experience in policy development or project work
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team
• Persistent but able to maintain a sensitive and diplomatic approach
• Strong negotiation and group facilitation skills
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Strong customer focus approach
• Adaptability to rapidly changing requirements and capacity to meet tight targets
• Good personal organisation and administration skills, with a methodical and analytical approach to work, and the ability to deliver within agreed deadlines
• Initiative to contribute and apply new ideas to working methods with a “can do” attitude
• Analytical skills with experience of providing a recommendation based on analysed evidence
• Good IT skills with working knowledge of the Microsoft 365 suite of programmes, especially Word and Excel.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of work in/with central or local government, or non-departmental public body
• Experience of corporate policy implementation
• Good skills in graphical presentation of information.

How to apply

Full details about the role and an online application are available through our recruitment portal (external link).