Job Description

Based in Stirling with access to Agile Working Policy

Part Time 17.5 hours

Flexible working pattern considered - minimum of 5 working days over a fortnight, to include Wednesday each week

Temporary post until 31 March 2026

30,572 - 31,880 (pro-rata)

Ref: EST1296/24

The Children's Hearings System provides the operational setting in which SCRA and our partner agencies work. The aim is to provide a safety net for vulnerable children and deliver tailored solutions which meet the needs of the individuals involved, while helping to build stronger families and safer communities.



You will provide process and system support to the HR Team to deliver effective HR and workforce services across SCRA. With particular focus providing support to the HR team to deliver activities driven from the People Strategy across 2025/26. You will also provide HR administrative support to the HR team. You will also have some involvement in supporting colleagues with the delivery of recruitment activity.



Qualified to HNC in a relevant discipline or with equivalent experience, you will have experience of providing an inclusive customer service internally and externally, recognising the diverse needs of everyone to whom we provide a service. You will be able to act with confidentiality, tact, diplomacy, respect and empathy in line with our Core Values and inclusive behaviours. You will ideally be able to demonstrate continuous improvement behaviours, seeking opportunities to create and support effective change and harness innovation. With excellent interpersonal skills you must be able to build and maintain effective, inclusive, respectful and psychologically safe working relationships across SCRA. Communicating orally and in writing with clarity, integrity and enthusiasm are essential.



You will have proficient administrative skills and the ability to manage high volumes of work across a diversity of tasks. Methodical and adaptable planning and organisation skills are required to be able to prioritise your workload, and support others, producing work with accuracy. You will also be able to work on your own initiative with minimum supervision, balanced with the confidence to seek guidance when appropriate, and to offer capacity to the team when available. You will have excellent attention to detail and numeracy skills, and experience of working with sensitive data. You will ideally have experience of producing statistics, and must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications, MS Teams and Outlook.



You should have the ability to travel to other offices if required.



If you wish to find out more about this job, please download a job description, person specification and application form which can be found at the bottom of this page. For further information, please contact recruitment@scra.gov.uk



All SCRA posts are subject to a probationary period of 6 months or the term of the contract if shorter.

Closing Date: Wednesday 30 April 2025

Interview Date: Thursday 8 May 2025

This post is subject to PVG clearance by Disclosure Scotland. It is normal practice to appoint at the minimum point of the salary scale.

How to Apply

Save the application form with the separate Diversity Monitoring form to your desktop, fill in the relevant sections and submit them both via email. When the email opens you must attach your completed forms to it. The diversity monitoring form enables us to monitor equalities throughout the recruitment process.



The selection process may include an interview in which the panel and candidate are attending either physically, virtually or a combination. If you require any particular arrangements to support either your application or participation in any selection process please contact HR at HR.helpdesk@scra.gov.uk



SCRA is a socially inclusive employer and welcomes applications irrespective of gender, gender reassignment, race, ethnic origin, age, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital / civil partnership status, disability, care experience or socio economic status.