Programmes Officer (Glasgow) 

Full time 1-year fixed term contract with possibility for extension if funding secured 

Salary: £24,000, 4 day working week (28 hours) 

Normal working hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Thursday. Occasionally you may be required to work out with these hours, or on a Friday/weekend. TOIL would be provided for these occasions. 

Based at: YWCA Scotland Glasgow Centre with outreach around Glasgow City and potentially other locations if/as required. Due to the needs of our service delivery, this is an in-person, on-location role. Remote/home working may be available on occasion.

Accountable to: Glasgow Centre Manager. 

Purpose: 

To support the planning and delivery of feminist programmes to groups and individuals, in face to face and online settings, in-house within the Glasgow Centre and outreach within community organisations and locations across Glasgow. To support the needs of the Glasgow Centre, learners and facilitators. 

Responsible for:   

• Promoting strong feminist leadership through structured learning experiences which stimulate awareness of equality issues from a feminist perspective. 

• Registering and delivering programmes for women within our Glasgow Centre or as outreach within a community setting, both face-to-face sessions or online. 

• Supporting the planning and co-creation of workshops and learning programmes for delivery at our Glasgow Centre and with outreach partners. 

• Delivering our schools programme to P6/7 pupils at primary schools in Glasgow. 

• Delivering the Empowering Pathways for Women programme to women within our Glasgow Centre or within a community setting. 

• Managing existing partnerships with Glasgow schools and other external organisations. 

• Building and maintaining strong links across the various communities in Glasgow to promote and highlight our work. 

• Supporting the work of our volunteers and our advisory panel. 

• Keeping confidential records on participants, their attendance and progress using agreed tools and procedures for evaluation and monitoring. 

• Capturing data which enables us to measure and improve our outputs and outcomes. 

• Meeting high standards of professional practice in learning and development. 

• Support to increase facilitator capacity on all YWCA Scotland programmes when required. 

• Supporting the Senior Leadership Team with any other duties. 

Person Specification Essential  

• Passionate about achieving gender equality and advancing women’s, young women’s, and girl’s leadership. 

• Value fit with YWCA Scotland – The Young Women’s Movement. 

• Experience of facilitating and delivering workshops, group discussions and/or delivering training with vulnerable individuals and groups. 

• Experience of building and maintaining successful partnerships. 

• Experience in co-creation of programmes and collaborative working. 

• Understanding of impact measurement and experience of utilising engaging evaluation methods. 

• Ability to work proactively and take ownership of the role. 

• Strong time management and organisation skills.  

Person Specification Desirable  

• Experience working within the women’s sector / experience working with women, girls and non-binary communities.  

• Experience working with young people and children using a youth work approach. 

• Access to own vehicle & full UK driving licence with business insurance (required to travel to/from outreach settings). 

Why you should want to work with us? 

• We operate a 4-day working week, which means full time is 28 hours 

• Our annual leave entitlement is 22.5 days a year, including public holidays 

• We are committed to supporting staff development through training and coaching opportunities 

• Wellbeing and mental health support are our priorities, all of our staff can access counselling and mental health sick days 

If you have questions about the role, please contact Jenni Snell, CEO, Jenni@ywcascotland.org  

Deadline for applications is Midnight on Wednesday 23rd November. Interviews will be in-person on Thursday 1st December.