Communities Officer (Adult Learning)

Job Description

Based at Arbroath Academy CL & DW, School House, Glenisla Drive, Arbroath.

This job is Workstyle 4 – Hybrid

 You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from a variety of locations, working from council buildings, working in service user’s locations and site visits and you can work from home to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from a variety of locations, working from council buildings, working in service user’s locations and site visits and you can work from home to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.
 
As an Adult Literacies and Learning Officer you will work with colleagues, communities and learners to design, deliver and assess community-based Adult Learning activities. This might include literacies, digital literacy and family learning.

Based at Arbroath Academy Community Wing, you will be expected to work across various work projects within any location in Angus to meet the operational needs of the service. Some home and online working will be included as necessary in line with Angus Council policy.

A degree level qualification in community education, community learning and development, community planning and/or considerable relevant experience is essential for this post.

This post is for 18.13 hours per week and is permanent.

The post will involve regular evening and occasional weekend working.

For further information, please contact Chrissy Dand 07552212483.

Please note interviews will be held Thursday, 22 October 2026.

Requirements

You must have the ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

About Angus Council

In addition, please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities, care experienced young people and ex-armed forces personnel. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.