Job Description

This is an Expression of Interest (EOI) opportunity, available on a lateral move basis only. Applications are open to Core Scottish Government employees only.

Job Title – Relationships and Engagement Lead – ADR Scotland

Business Area/Directorate - Corporate

Location – St Andrew’s House

Working Arrangement – Staff in roles compatible with hybrid working should aim to spend 40% of their contracted working time working in person at their contractual workplace. More information can be found within Hybrid Working Policy

Grade - B3

Advert type - Level Transfer

Duration – 10 months

Eligibility - Expressions of interest are invited from substantive colleagues on level transfer

Skilled Worker Sponsorship not being offered - Skilled Worker sponsorship is not available for this role. As a result, we are unable to appoint candidates who require Skilled Worker sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must have an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK.

Do you have an interest in supporting impactful policy making through better use of public sector data and evidence? Are you keen to work across a range of partner organisations to foster engagement, capacity building and collaboration?

This role provides an opportunity to work in ADR (Administrative Data Research) Scotland at an exciting time, supporting delivery as the programme enters a new investment period (2026-2031).

ADR Scotland is part of a UK-wide partnership and brings together specialists in the Scottish Government’s Data for Research and Data Sharing Legislation Unit with academic experts at the Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR). Together, they are transforming how public sector data in Scotland is curated, accessed and used, enabling high-quality research that supports policy development and delivers public value. ADR Scotland is helping to make administrative datasets more readily linkable and conducting research on a suite of critical issues in Scotland from children and young people, to crime and justice, to housing and environment.

Working within the ADR Scotland Engagement and Impact Team, you will be based in the Scottish Government team and work closely with academic colleagues in SCADR. You will play a key role in planning and delivering engagement, events and training activity, helping raise the profile of ADR and ensure continuity of delivery across engagement and impact work.

Key responsibilities

• Plan, organise and support the delivery of a varied programme of internal and external engagement activity (including events, workshops and networking opportunities such as communities of practice) with Scottish Government, academia and wider stakeholders, helping to raise the profile of ADR Scotland and support relationship-building.
• Support the development, maintenance and regular updating of clear, accessible engagement and information resources, including researcher-facing documentation and resources that promote the value and use of ADR Scotland data and services.
• Work with Scottish Government analysts, policy colleagues and delivery partners to identify skills and knowledge needs around data linkage research, contributing to the development of guidance, learning content and training materials.
• Support delivery of wider training and capacity-building activity for a range of audiences, working with colleagues across ADR Scotland, ADR UK and partner organisations.
• Build and maintain strong collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support effective engagement, improve use of linked data and maximise the impact of ADR Scotland-funded research.
• Contribute to programme management and reporting activity, including input to ADR UK reporting and coordination tasks, ensuring progress and outputs are clearly documented.

Person Specification – Success Profiles

Experience

• Proven planning and organisational skills
• Good interpersonal, networking and team-working skills.
• Able to communicate clear, well-structured and engaging messages tailored to a range of audiences, supporting shared objectives and outcomes.
• Self-starter who can work on their own initiative while managing their workload in a flexible manner.
• Adaptable and embraces new ways of doing things, contributing ideas and energy to continuous improvement.

Behaviours:

• Working together

• Communicating and influencing

• Managing a Quality Service

You can find out more about Success Profiles here: Success profiles: candidate guide - gov.scot

Working Pattern

This post is a full timerole, but we welcome applications from staff with different working patterns, proposed working patterns will be assessed against the business requirements for this post, with some office attendance in St Andrew’s House on ad hoc basis.

Further Information

Further information about this opportunity is available from Sarah.Thomson@gov.scot (Job Share Team Leader of the ADR Engagement and Impact Team, ADR Scotland, Office of the Chief Statistician) or if on leave please contact Svenja Strong - Svenja.Strong@gov.scot

How to Apply

Please apply by submitting a short CV and Supporting Statement (of no more than 750 words) which provides evidence of how you meet the skills, experience and behaviours listed in the Success Profile noted in the job advert.

Vacancies close at 11:59pm on the date displayed in the table, unless otherwise stated on the job advert.

Interviews

Interviews will be scheduled for w/c 3rd August.

Selection Process

Applications will be reviewed by panel. Shortlisted candidates who are considered to have the skills and experience will be invited to interview with the hiring manager and another panel member. The panel will recommend the candidate considered most suitable for the post.