External Affairs Co-ordinator

Scvo; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

29 days annual leave + 10 public hols

Training and development

Job summary

Scottish Federation of Housing Associations in Glasgow offers a Full-time External Affairs Co-ordinator role with hybrid working. 35 hours a week, salary £30,986, closing 23 October 2026. The job focuses on policy, public affairs, and events, providing a chance to influence housing policy in Scotland.

Applicants should have strong writing, organisation and coordination skills. Role reports to the Director of External Affairs; there is no line management.

Qualifications

• Excellent written English; turn material into agendas, notes and briefings.
• Ability to service meetings, capture notes and follow actions to completion.
• Ability to summarise themes from discussions and surveys.
• Ability to scan published sources and extract relevant brief items.
• Meticulous attention to detail; careful handling of personal data.
• Good organisation; manage deadlines and trackers; follow up with colleagues across teams.
• Genuine interest in policy, public affairs, communications or events; willingness to learn.
• Experience with committee or forum support, housing sector knowledge or Scottish politics is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Support the programme of member forums and agendas, and follow up actions.
• Turn member feedback into clear themes to shape influencing work.
• Monitor Scottish Government and Parliament developments and flag items for the team.
• Maintain the External Affairs grid to show work and deadlines.
• Help coordinate big moments like the Programme for Government and Budget timelines.
• Assist relationship management with sector organisations and keep records accurate.
• Draft internal briefings; work with policy leads and events team.
• Support the External Affairs Management Team and take on short coordination projects.

Skills

Excellent written English

Meeting facilitation / note-taking

Attention to detail

Organisation / time management

Policy/public affairs/events interest

Stakeholder engagement

SharePoint / Salesforce experience

Housing sector knowledge / Scottish政治

Tools

SharePoint

Salesforce

Online survey tools

Job description

## External Affairs Co-ordinator* Scottish Federation of Housing Associations* Full time* £30,986* Hybrid: Glasgow* Closing 23rd October 2026* Advertised from 9th October 2026* 35 hours per week. Permanent* 29 days' annual leave plus 10 public holidays.#### RoleSFHA is the voice of Scotland's housing associations and co-operatives, which provide safe, warm and affordablehomes for people across the country. We're now recruiting an External Affairs Co-ordinator to join ourteam.This role works across policy and research, public affairs and communications, and events, giving you a uniqueoverview of the directorate's work. You'll quickly build an understanding of how these areas worktogether as an integrated external affairs function, making it a good role for someone looking to build a careerin any of them.You'll support our programme of member forums and networks, which are regular meetings with the housingassociations and co-operatives we represent, making sure what members tell us informs our policy and influencingwork.You'll also help keep the directorate's work joined up, so that deadlines and priorities are visible acrossall three teams, including at key moments like the Programme for Government and the Scottish Budget.You'll report directly to the Director of External Affairs, a member of SFHA's executive team, with yourpriorities agreed by the External Affairs Management Team. You'll work closely with the Policy Manager,Public Affairs Manager, Events Manager, policy leads and the CEO's Executive Assistant, giving you regularcontact with senior colleagues across the organisation.**What You'll do*** Support our programme of member forums, one of SFHA's most important points of contact with members, from planning dates and agendas with policy leads through to following up actions* Work with leads to turn what members tell us in forums, surveys and events into clear themes that shape our influencing and wider work* Keep watch on Scottish Government and Parliament developments, flagging items for the team to consider* Keep the External Affairs grid up to date, so everyone can see the directorate's key work and deadlines* Help bring policy, public affairs and events together early on big moments like the Programme for Government and the Budget, keeping the timeline on track and tracking consultations* Support our relationships with sector organisations, from setting up meetings to keeping stakeholder records accurate* Draft internal briefings for review, drawing on forum outputs, events and existing policy material, working with policy leads and the events team* Support the External Affairs Management Team, and take on occasional short coordination projects across policy, public affairs and events, normally one at a timeThe role has no line management or budget responsibility.**What you'll bring*** Excellent written English. You can take existing material and turn it into clear, accurate agendas, notes and briefings* The ability to service meetings, capturing notes and actions and following them through to completion* The ability to summarise: drawing out common themes from discussions and survey responses* The ability to scan published sources and pick out what's relevant to an agreed brief* Meticulous attention to detail and accurate record-keeping, including careful and confidential handling of personal data* Good organisation. You can manage competing deadlines, keep shared trackers current and follow up with colleagues across teams* A genuine interest in policy, public affairs, communications or events, and enthusiasm to learnIt would also help if you have experience of committee or forum support, knowledge of the housing sector or Scottishpolitics, confidence engaging with members at events, or experience with tools like SharePoint, online surveysor Salesforce. None of these are essential.You don't need a degree. If you've organised meetings, kept projects on track or juggled busy diaries in anysetting, those skills are relevant here.**Benefits include:*** 29 days' annual leave plus 10 public holidays* Hybrid working* Training and development, with the chance to learn from colleagues across all three teams#### Application notesClosing date for applications 10am, Friday 23 October 2026, with interviews scheduled for Tuesday 10th November2026.Please email a CV and covering letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the role to [e-mail].