Project Partnership Lead

Families Outside; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible leave days (25)

Hybrid & flexible working

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Laptop and mobile phone for staff

Job summary

Families Outside is recruiting a part-time Project Partnership Lead to oversee its role within the Weave Partnership. The role is 21 hours per week, based at Edinburgh Head Office with hybrid working and national travel across Scotland to Weave Partnership hubs.

Starting salary is 34,498 pro rata (0.6FTE £20,699) with a probation period of 6 months. Funded through the Scottish Government Whole Family Support Fund through March 2027, with potential extension.

Qualifications

• Experience in working with partner agencies and developing robust processes for data collection, recording, and evaluation.
• Rights-focused and trauma-informed approach to work.
• Skilled in collaborating with others to meet families’ needs.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Families Outside’s involvement in the Weave Partnership at delivery level.
• Lead development of evaluation, data capture, and reporting for family support within the partnership.
• Build relationships to raise awareness, improve referrals, and access resources for families.

Skills

Partnership working

Data capture

Evaluation

Trauma-informed

Cross-agency collaboration

Travel flexibility

Job description

An exciting opportunity has become available to join Families Outside as our Project Partnership Lead for the Weave Partnership. If you are experienced and passionate about working in partnership and developing the infrastructure to make a lasting difference for families impacted by imprisonment, we want to hear from you.

This role works closely with the Families Outside Director of Services, the Family Support Team, and the Weave Partnership, funded by the Scottish Government’s Whole Family Support Fund. The Weave Partnership is made up of One Parent Families Scotland, Relationships Scotland (along with their 21 Member Services), Families Outside, and Fife Gingerbread – four organisations whose capabilities are complementary, whose values are shared, and whose combined reach would create something new and unique that none of our organisations could achieve alone. The partnership aims to deliver sustained, measurable improvements for single-parent families across Scotland through holistic, place-based whole-family support and, using the new ‘My Life and Me’ framework, it will create a ‘no wrong door’ approach.

Role Summary

Hours: 21 hours per week

Starting salary: Families Outside Scale Points 34-37 and updated annually subject to appraisal and where funds allow. Starting salary £34,498 pro rata (0.6FTE = £20,699)

Probation period: A probationary period of 6 months will apply.

Contract: Funded through the Scottish Government Whole Family Support Fund through March 2027 in the first instance, with extension through March 2029 to be confirmed with the Scottish Government Budget

Location: Families Outside Head Office, Edinburgh, with scope for hybrid working. Requires national (Scotland) travel, particularly to Weave Partnership Hubs in Ayrshire and Falkirk.

• 25 flexible leave days plus 10 public holidays (pro rata)
• Hybrid & flexible working
• Employee Assistance Programme (Health Assured)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Laptop and mobile phone for all staff

The Role

At Families Outside, we’re the only national charity in Scotland working solely to support families affected by imprisonment. Joining the Weave Partnership alongside lead partner One Parent Families Scotland, Relationships Scotland, and Fife Gingerbread, the Project Partnership Lead provides the key role to oversee and develop Families Outside’s role within this project. They will:

• Coordinate Families Outside’s involvement in the Weave Partnership at a delivery level.
• Lead the development of evaluation, data capture, and the database in relation to family support, embedding shared Weave Partnership criteria into data gathering and reporting.
• Develop relationships to raise awareness of the Partnership, referral processes, and access to relevant resources for families.
• Engage with key agencies to embed a Whole Family approach and prevention of child poverty.

About You

We are looking for an individual who is:

• Experienced in working with partner agencies and in developing robust processes for data collection, recording, and evaluation
• Rights-focused and trauma-informed in their work and all they do
• Skilled and knowledgeable in working with people to overcome challenges they face in their day-to-day lives
• A confident and effective contributor to working in partnership with others to meet families’ needs
• Willing and able to travel throughout Scotland to develop and promote the project

If you are an experienced professional with skills in partnership working, data capture, and cross-agency collaboration and are passionate about making a difference for families impacted by imprisonment, then we want to hear from you.

About Us

Families Outside is the only national charity in Scotland that works solely to support families affected by imprisonment. Imprisonment can often have a huge impact on the things that matter most to families: money and secure housing, safe and connected relationships at home and in the community, and the emotional health and wellbeing of families. Families Outside is dedicated to providing a range of practical, social, and emotional support to people with someone in prison that are relationship-based, prison-aware, and family-focused.