Communications and Engagement Assistant
Type of employment: Open-ended contract, 35 hours/week
Salary: £27,644 - £29,959
Closing Date: 21 July 2025
This is an exciting opportunity for someone seeking to develop their current skills in communications and engagement to join the multidisciplinary Communications and Engagement team working at the heart of CELCIS, the Centre for Excellence for Children’s Care and Protection.
About you
You’ll be enthusiastic, creative, and a highly organised and motivated member of our team with the ability to work across a number of tasks and projects at any one time. Attention to detail is essential in this role and the postholder will need to have the ability to understand and use design packages, and technological platforms and tools such as website Content Management Systems (CMS), systems to collate, analyse and present information and to create some content.
As the first point of contact for our communications enquiries from colleagues and external stakeholders, you’ll require enthusiasm, energy, and an ability to grow and maintain positive working relationships within and outwith CELCIS.
About the role
Our team works together to use communication and engagement techniques to tell the story of what support, services, work, and investment is needed for children and young people in need of care and protection, their families, carers, and for the workforces who support them, and what it takes to change practice. Supporting the team, you’ll work across our channels and outputs and maintain processes to help us share information, learning and knowledge that are all contributing to what we understand can improve the lives of children and young people. While the role would suit someone with in interest in understanding the policy landscape in Scotland, and developments concerning the needs and rights of children, this role provides the opportunity to build this knowledge.
As with all posts in the team, the continuation of the post is linked to continued Grant Funding, which is initially funded to March 2026, with indicative funding for a further two years.
About CELCIS
As a leading improvement and innovation centre in Scotland, at CELCIS we work to improve the lives of children and young people in need of care and protection, and their families and carers. We do this by supporting people and organisations responsible for their care to make changes in services and in the practices and skills they use, all based on the needs and experiences of children and young people.
CELCIS is part of Strathclyde University and staff are university employees with access to rewards and benefits including annual salary increments and membership of the Universities Superannuation Scheme. We are also committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and offer a number of benefits including flexible working, paid maternity and paternity leave, an on-campus nursery and access to the Strathclyde Sport leisure centre.
Qualifications and experience
You will have an HNC/HND and/or relevant work experience, have proven IT skills and an excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel. You will also have experience of using social media, content management systems, and supporting the planning and running of online and in person learning and engagement sessions.
Formal interviews will be held on 5 August 2025
We are working across the country, at local and national level, to help realise The Promise of the Independent Care Review. Change is happening. Be part of it. Together we can make things better for children, young people and their families and carers. Apply now.
Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Lesley Sneddon, Communications Manager (lesley.sneddon@strath.ac.uk).