Development Officer - Waverley Court - 14455_1778493208

Development Officer – fixed term until 31/03/2026
Waverley Court
Salary: £40,501 – £ 47,639
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Wider Achievement and Lifelong Learning Service as a Development Officer (CLD Adult and Family Learning).

This role within the Adult and Family Learning team will work with colleagues and partners to contribute to the development of family learning and adult learning opportunities within primary schools and community settings.

Main duties include organising and delivering the 123 Play family learning numeracy programme within priority communities, and developing community based adult learning pathways.

We welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds who hold a CLD or equivalent qualification. With a strong understanding of community based adult learning, you will have experience of adult education and lifelong learning and of developing and delivering high-quality educational opportunities. An important aspect of the job will include working in effective collaboration with a range of colleagues, partners and networks, both internal and external.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We’re committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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PURPOSE OF JOB
To contribute to the development and delivery of a Wider Achievement service for Edinburgh, supporting the citywide development and delivery of policy and associated programmes relating to the following:
* CLD – Adult and Family Learning
* CLD – Youth Work
* Health and Wellbeing/Young People
* Poverty and Children’s Rights
* Sport and Physical Activity
* Creative Learning
* Health and Wellbeing/Families
* Parent and Carer Support
To deliver strategic universal and/or targeted initiatives related to the above services through partnership working and ensuring these are embedded in mainstream practice in schools, settings and communities.
To help increase operational capacity through effective collaboration with internal and external colleagues and partners.
THE WHAT – MAJOR TASKS/JOB ACTIVITIES
Contribute to the policy development, quality assurance and continuous improvement of the Wider Achievement service in one of the above specialist areas.
Develop and co-ordinate a range of citywide and local initiatives and programmes, ensuring that equity, equalities, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of service plans and delivery
In liaison with Service Managers, Senior Managers and other key colleagues, develop plans, projects and programmes of work that take