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Job Title: Research Officer (One Parent Families Scotland) 28 hrs per week

Company Name: One Parent Families Scotland

Location: Glasgow or Edinburgh

Hours / Days Of Work: 28 hours per week (Hybrid 2 days per week)

Job Type: Part-Time

Salary: £26,640 - £32,560 pro rata

Job Description:
We're looking for an experience Research Officer to join our Policy, Participation and External Relations team. This is an exciting opportunity to drive forward research projects, produce compelling findings, recommendations and high quality impact reports and webinars that bring our findings to life. We're looking for a creative and insightful person who is passionate about creating a Scotland where single parent families can thrive. Follow link below for full job description.

Experience and Qualifications:
Essential experience and skills • Experience delivering research, evaluation or participation work • Strong qualitative and quantitative analysis, with the ability to identify what matters • Confidence facilitating workshops, consultation or engagement with a ra • Experience in working with experts by experience to co-create solutions, adopting a trauma informed approach that builds trust and ensures safety for those taking part • Proven ability to research and identify trends across advice services and policy landscape • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor communications to a variety of audiences including, single parents, civil servants, politicians and colleagues • Ability to prioritise workload and manage competing priorities • Strong interpersonal and communication skills Desirable • Degree in social policy and/or research • Knowledge and understanding of policy environment, political institutions and legislative processes • Ability to identify unintended consequences of policy decisions for single parent families • Experience of engaging with elected representatives and civil servants • Fast learner with the ability to engage with new policy areas Personal qualities & attributes • Strong understanding or lived experience of the realities faced by single parent families • Commitment to anti-stigma, trauma-informed and rights-based practice • Values driven, aligned with OPFS’s strategic objectives and mission to challenge poverty and inequality

Application Process:
Apply via link below.

Closing Date: 18/11/2026

Web Link: https://opfs.org.uk/get-involved/work-with-us/research-officer/

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