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Position Title:
Legal Policy Manager (Together Partnership)
Reports To:
Head of Legal Policy
Location:
Edinburgh or Glasgow
You can choose the location that works best for you. We operate hybrid working with the opportunity to work from home some of the time. The role will also require travel between our office locations on a regular basis and throughout Scotland as required.
Working Hours:
Part time 24.5 hours (0.7)
Salary:
£23,800 (£34,000 FTE)
Contract Type:
Fixed term until December 16th 2027 with funding being sought to extend.
About the role
The Legal Policy Manager will play a key role in empowering the children’s sector to use the law to drive systemic change and ensure children experience their rights in practice.
This exciting new role will be central to the delivery of an innovative joint project between Clan Childlaw and Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights), funded by the Human Rights Fund.
Clan Childlaw is a leader in child-centred strategic litigation that drives systemic change, while Together represents over 600 organisations working to promote and protect children’s rights in Scotland.
The post holder will support strategic legal interventions, including the use of the UNCRC, to drive change for children and young people in Scotland.
The project aims to empower and enable Scotland’s children’s sector to use the law to advance children’s rights. These legal interventions may include strategic litigation and seeking legal opinions, as well as wider measures such as supporting Together members to challenge rights breaches through informal processes.
Responsibilities
Managing Clan’s Strategic Litigation Group
Helping Together members identify opportunities for legal intervention
Identifying strategic cases for Clan
Developing resources to promote the implementation and advance of children’s rights
About Clan Childlaw
Clan wants a Scotland where all children and young people’s rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled. For that to happen, Scotland has to be a place where all children and young people can stand up for their rights. That means children and young people need:
Lawyers that are experts in working with children
People around them who can enable them to use their rights and amplify their voices
To be respected as rights-holders, who are entitled to hold duty-bearers to account if their rights are not fulfilled.
Clan is an award-winning, independent children’s charity that actively supports children and young people to take ownership of their rights. We are the only charity in Scotland that provides free, independent legal representation exclusively for children and young people, which is child-centred by design. Because our lawyers work directly with children and young people whose lives are affected by legal decisions, we bring that unique practice-based knowledge to every aspect of our work.
What We Do
We stand with others who help children use their rights
– Through our membership and training for legal professionals and in legal education we are making being a “children’s lawyer” an accredited legal skill set in Scotland.
We stand out through the excellence of our work
– We want our work to have as much impact as possible. We listen to what children and young people tell us about what they need from lawyers and others who support them to use their rights.
We stand for change
– We are lawyers for children and young people representing children and young people in court, at Children’s Hearings, and in important meetings working to give them equal opportunity to be heard and use their rights.
Our Values
Our values are the principles we uphold in all our work. They are the foundation of our workplace culture.
We are supportive:
We listen and respond, we provide encouragement and emotional help to children and young people, to others who support young people, and to each other.
We are bold:
We are confident and courageous in amplifying the voices of children and young people.
We are dynamic:
We are always active, always progressing.
"I love my job at Clan. It's busy and varied and no two days are ever the same. We have a great team here and everyone is really supportive." -
A member of the Clan Childlaw team
What we can offer you
33 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays) increasing to 35 after 2 years’ service
Auto-enrolment into our pension scheme after 3 months service
Flexibility around your working day, with the opportunity to work your hours within the hours of 7am to 7pm, and the option to work from home some of your working week.
Access to our employee counselling service.
Learning and development is important to us and our team. You will be encouraged to engage in learning and continued professional development.
"I have never worked in such a lovely organisation before! I feel valued, seen and heard as an individual here." -
A member of the Clan Childlaw team
If you’re thinking of applying but would like to have a chat about it first please get in touch at clientrecruitment@worknest.com
You can apply via our online portal here.
Closing date for application is noon on
Monday 3rd February
and we expect interviews to take place on
Thursday 13th February.
Clan Childlaw is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected status.
Please note:
To become an employee at Clan Childlaw you must be able to produce evidence of your Right to Work and Membership of the PVG Scheme is essential for this role.
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Position Title:
Legal Policy Manager (Together Partnership)
Reports To:
Head of Legal Policy
Location:
Edinburgh or Glasgow
You can choose the location that works best for you. We operate hybrid working with the opportunity to work from home some of the time. The role will also require travel between our office locations on a regular basis and throughout Scotland as required.
Working Hours:
Part time 24.5 hours (0.7)
Salary:
£23,800 (£34,000 FTE)
Contract Type:
Fixed term until December 16th 2027 with funding being sought to extend.
About the role
The Legal Policy Manager will play a key role in empowering the children’s sector to use the law to drive systemic change and ensure children experience their rights in practice.
This exciting new role will be central to the delivery of an innovative joint project between Clan Childlaw and Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights), funded by the Human Rights Fund.
Clan Childlaw is a leader in child-centred strategic litigation that drives systemic change, while Together represents over 600 organisations working to promote and protect children’s rights in Scotland.
The post holder will support strategic legal interventions, including the use of the UNCRC, to drive change for children and young people in Scotland.
The project aims to empower and enable Scotland’s children’s sector to use the law to advance children’s rights. These legal interventions may include strategic litigation and seeking legal opinions, as well as wider measures such as supporting Together members to challenge rights breaches through informal processes.
Responsibilities
Managing Clan’s Strategic Litigation Group
Helping Together members identify opportunities for legal intervention
Identifying strategic cases for Clan
Developing resources to promote the implementation and advance of children’s rights
About Clan Childlaw
Clan wants a Scotland where all children and young people’s rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled. For that to happen, Scotland has to be a place where all children and young people can stand up for their rights. That means children and young people need:
Lawyers that are experts in working with children
People around them who can enable them to use their rights and amplify their voices
To be respected as rights-holders, who are entitled to hold duty-bearers to account if their rights are not fulfilled.
Clan is an award-winning, independent children’s charity that actively supports children and young people to take ownership of their rights. We are the only charity in Scotland that provides free, independent legal representation exclusively for children and young people, which is child-centred by design. Because our lawyers work directly with children and young people whose lives are affected by legal decisions, we bring that unique practice-based knowledge to every aspect of our work.
What We Do
We stand with others who help children use their rights
– Through our membership and training for legal professionals and in legal education we are making being a “children’s lawyer” an accredited legal skill set in Scotland.
We stand out through the excellence of our work
– We want our work to have as much impact as possible. We listen to what children and young people tell us about what they need from lawyers and others who support them to use their rights.
We stand for change
– We are lawyers for children and young people representing children and young people in court, at Children’s Hearings, and in important meetings working to give them equal opportunity to be heard and use their rights.
Our Values
Our values are the principles we uphold in all our work. They are the foundation of our workplace culture.
We are supportive:
We listen and respond, we provide encouragement and emotional help to children and young people, to others who support young people, and to each other.
We are bold:
We are confident and courageous in amplifying the voices of children and young people.
We are dynamic:
We are always active, always progressing.
"I love my job at Clan. It's busy and varied and no two days are ever the same. We have a great team here and everyone is really supportive." -
A member of the Clan Childlaw team
What we can offer you
33 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays) increasing to 35 after 2 years’ service
Auto-enrolment into our pension scheme after 3 months service
Flexibility around your working day, with the opportunity to work your hours within the hours of 7am to 7pm, and the option to work from home some of your working week.
Access to our employee counselling service.
Learning and development is important to us and our team. You will be encouraged to engage in learning and continued professional development.
"I have never worked in such a lovely organisation before! I feel valued, seen and heard as an individual here." -
A member of the Clan Childlaw team
If you’re thinking of applying but would like to have a chat about it first please get in touch at clientrecruitment@worknest.com
You can apply via our online portal here.
Closing date for application is noon on
Monday 3rd February
and we expect interviews to take place on
Thursday 13th February.
Clan Childlaw is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected status.
Please note:
To become an employee at Clan Childlaw you must be able to produce evidence of your Right to Work and Membership of the PVG Scheme is essential for this role.
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