Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our strategic vision is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland. At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced people and the power of their voices to bring about change. We provide individual relationship based independent advocacy and a range of connection and participation opportunities for Care Experienced people across Scotland. We work alongside Corporate Parents and others to broaden their understanding of care and challenge stigma experienced by Care Experienced people. We create opportunities for people with lived experience of care to influence policy makers, leaders, and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape legislation, policy, and practice. We do this collaboratively to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change. 

In this role you will have responsibility for a small team and support the delivery of a policy and public affairs influencing programme. The overarching purpose of this role is to develop our local and national work to influence elected representatives from across Scotland’s political parties in a way that is shaped directly and indirectly by the lived reality of the Care Experienced population in Scotland. You will lead political influencing plans and support the team in creating and maintaining a political contact programme to build opportunities for members to engage and influence decision-makers. Ensuring the views of Care Experienced members and advocacy evidence shape our policy responses and campaigning, you will also secure opportunities for influencing change. 

To carry out this role you will have a proven record of the ability to analyse, scrutinise, interpret, and present complicated information to a wide range of audiences. Aware of how to bridge the gap between lived experience and policymaking, you possess the skills to deliver evidence-based campaigns. With a background developing and implementing strategies for influencing social policy and legislation relating to Care Experienced people, you also have demonstrable experience working with marginalised groups.  

If this sounds like you, and you want to be part of delivering change for Care Experienced people across Scotland, we’d love to hear from you. For an informal conversation about this opportunity please contact Kenny Murray at kmurray@whocaresscotland.org. 

We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of care who meet the criteria for the post.