Who we are looking for:

Be at the heart of a campaigning organisation shaking things up in Scotland

We are a campaigning organisation. Our goal is to make society, and Scotland, work for autistic people. We do this through providing services directly to autistic people and their families but also by campaigning vociferously for the rights of autistic people and to ensure that they get the best support as possible from the Scottish government.

We have recently had a step change in our campaigning and public affairs activity where we have been campaigning to end the social injustice of autistic children being illegally excluded from school. We want you to lead our campaigning and public affairs work in Scotland as our new External Affairs manager

Who you are:

• With your outstanding interpersonal and communication skills ( written and oral) you will work with colleagues, politicians and civil servants to convince them to support our campaigns and change policy.
• With your experience of lobbying and track record of campaigns you feel comfortable working in a political environment and are knowledgeable about how to get things done.
• You are a strategic and tactical thinker, looking for opportunities to push forward our agenda.
• You have experience of working with the media, writing press releases that catch attention, building powerful relationships with journalists and if necessary you feel comfortable representing our views on TV and radio.
• You have experience of public relations and PR crisis management, dealing with and responding to sometimes challenging incidents in a professional manner.
• You get the best out of people with your line management skills, developing your team ( A policy officer and a media officer) and delegating appropriately.
• You are passionate about social justice, you believe that no one in our society should be left out, excluded or not given the support they need.

No Agencies please.

We may conduct rolling interviews so please do not wait for the closing date before putting in your application.

For further information about this role please follow this link: https://www.jobtrain.co.uk/nas/displayjob.aspx?jobid=3847