Part-time Participation Officer

Opportunity to contribute to a specialist think tank's leading-edge approach to integrating lived experience into reseach and policy influencing and support a growing migrant community of practice in Scotland. Migration Policy Scotland (MPS) is an independent charity. Our mission is to build a better migration future for everyone. We offer principled, effective solutions to confront the challenges and harness the benefits and opportunities migration brings. Our work combines learned and lived experience grounded in the realities of migration in Scotland.

MPS pioneers an approach that integrates migrant lived experience into research-driven policy influencing. With funding from The National Lottery Community Action Fund we are working to further develop and embed this area of activity and to grow our migrant community of practice. We are committed to support the work of our Migrant Lived Experience Panel. We will shortly be launching the first year of our new Capacity Building and Leadership Development Programme for migrants and migrant community organisations, alongside continuing to develop of our migrant community of practice.

We are seeking a part-time participation officer (0.3 FTE) to support our senior staff in the delivery of this important and ambitious work.

Potential candidates for this role are likely to have a background in community engagement and/or volunteer support and familiarity with social research methods. Preferably some of this experience will be in the migration sector. You may be seeking to combine this role with other third sector activities or be enrolled on an ongoing postgraduate degree programme. We are open to considering all applications that meet the Essential criteria listed below. We welcome applications from people with lived experience of migration.

Job Description:

The participation officer will:

• Support the development of a training offer to build capacity and leadership among migrants and migrant community organisations in Scotland.
• Assist in the development and delivery of a bespoke curriculum and the organisation and running of training sessions.
• Take a leading role in ensuring that the training offer is widely advertised to an appropriate audience and in the recruitment and selection of participants.
• Design and assist in recording and analysing feedback and evaluation from training programme participants.
• Provide ongoing engagement with and support to our Migrant Lived Experience Panel members.
• Support a recruitment, application and selection process for a new group of Migrant Lived Experience Panel members.
• Facilitate the co-development of projects through supporting inclusive communication and proactive engagement with prospective partners and participants, including through co-development workshops.
• Contribute to the drafting of project proposals and funding applications.
• Support the work of the Director and Associate Director in all aspects of the project, working as part of a small, busy team.

Further details are in the downloadable application pack.

Please submit your application via the CharityJob website.