Policy and Research Officer

**JPolicy and Research Officer**

**Hours: 35 hours per week**

**Term: Fixed term until 30 June 2026**

**Salary scale: £27,764 - £34,497 per annum**

**Based in: Glasgow**

**Reporting to: Policy and Public Affairs Manager**

The ALLIANCE is excited to be recruiting a Policy and Research Officer.

The Policy and Research Officer will play a key role in driving the ALLIANCE’s work to influence policy, informed by people who use health and social care support and services.

The role will also support the ALLIANCE’s members (organisations and individuals) to make themselves heard directly by decision makers.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Good understanding of public policy and politics in Scotland
- Strong knowledge of current agendas relating to health and social care in Scotland
- Experience of carrying out social research and consultation
- Understanding and experience of the third sector
- Understanding and commitment to equal opportunities, non-discrimination, and the principle of people being the experts in their own lives and being at the heart of policy, support and services
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and on own initiative
- Good time management and ability to produce to deadline
- Excellent IT skills

**Terms and conditions**

This post is a fixed-term contract. This is a full-time role, 35 hours per week, based in Glasgow. The post holder will be required to adopt a flexible approach to working hours as travel throughout Scotland and occasional additional hours will be required. However, this will be reimbursed through the organisation’s Time off in Lieu scheme.

As an ALLIANCE employee you will benefit from:

- 210 hours annual leave (equivalent of 30 days)
- 91 hours of public holidays (equivalent of 13 days) that can be taken flexibly
- Additional leave between Christmas and New Year
- Contributory pension scheme
- Open to flexible working (formal and informal)
- Hybrid working - opportunity to work from home for part of the week
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Enhanced sick pay
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Learning and development opportunities
- Time off in lieu
- Cycle Scheme
- Carer Positive Employer

The ALLIANCE is a healthy working lives employer and encourages a healthy work life balance and is happy to talk flexible working.

The ALLIANCE recognises that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our organisation feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

Interviews will be held on Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 June 2025.

Our vision

A Scotland where everyone has a strong voice and enjoys their right to live well with dignity and respect.

Our purpose

The ALLIANCEworks to improve the wellbeing of people and communities across Scotland. We bring together the expertise of people with lived experience, the third sector, and organisations across health and social care to inform policy, practice and service delivery. Together our voice is stronger and we use it to make meaningful change at the local and national level.

We aim to:

- Ensure disabled people, people with long term conditions and unpaid carers voices, expertise and rights drive policy and sit at the heart of design, delivery and improvement of support and services.
- Support transformational change that works with individual and community assets, helping people to live well, supporting human rights, self management, co-production and independent living.
- Champion and support the third sector as a vital strategic and delivery partner, and foster cross-sector understanding and partnership.

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**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: £27,764.00-£34,497.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Glasgow G2 5RU

Application deadline: 11/06/2025