EVALUATION AND STORYTELLING LEAD

EVALUATION AND STORYTELLING LEAD

Full time (35 hours per week, Monday-Friday)

Fixed term contract to 31 March 2027, subject to continuing funding. Additional funding is expected but not confirmed.

Starting salary £29,665 FTE

Closing date for applications: Monday 31 August 2026

Are you passionate about children's rights, evidence and storytelling? Early Years Scotland is seeking an Evaluation and Storytelling Officer to help us understand, capture and share the difference our work makes to children and families across Scotland, and to give our teams and our funders the evidence and stories that show what that difference really looks like.

This is an exciting new role for Early Years Scotland. You will design a children's rights-aligned impact framework, produce evaluation reports across our services, and develop age-appropriate ways to capture the voices of the children and families we support. You will also lead a transformation of how we tell our story across our website and social media and work closely with our Head of Grants and Strategic Fundraising to capture and turn family stories, quotes and evidence into material that strengthens funding applications and corporate partnership pitches.

Early Years Scotland is a registered charity and Scotland's leading national specialist organisation dedicated to supporting our youngest children, from pre-birth to age five. With nearly sixty years of experience as an expert Third Sector organisation, we take immense pride in our long-standing commitment to those who work for and on behalf of Scotland's youngest children.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and embed a children's rights-aligned impact measurement framework across EYS services, mapping our outcomes to articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

• Develop simple, consistent tools for recording outcomes, participant feedback and service stories that work alongside frontline teams rather than creating extra burden for them.

• Produce evaluation reports for EYS services across our early years, family support, prison-based, and membership services.

• Develop and apply age-appropriate, participatory methods to capture the voices of children and families, so that even our youngest participants have a meaningful role in how EYS understands and communicates its impact.

• Audit and transform EYS's approach to storytelling across our website and social media, moving from ad hoc communication to a strategic, evidence-led approach.

• Build a bank of compelling family stories, quotes and case studies, working directly with families and children to shape and voice that narrative with dignity, sensitivity and accuracy.

• Work closely with the Head of Grants and Strategic Fundraising, providing case studies, quotes and evaluation evidence to strengthen funding applications and support corporate partnership pitches.

• Develop family stories specifically designed to support fundraising, helping EYS build new relationships with donors.

What We're Looking For

• Experience of monitoring, evaluation or impact measurement, ideally within a charity, early years or family support setting.

• A confident, sensitive storyteller, able to gather and write compelling family stories and case studies with care and accuracy.

• An understanding of the UNCRC and Scottish Government child and family-based policy, or a willingness to learn and apply a children's rights-based approach.

• Skill in developing simple, practical tools that frontline teams will actually use.

• Excellent written communication skills, comfortable adapting tone and content for funders, social media and web audiences.

• Confidence engaging directly with children and families, including in sensitive settings such as our prison-based family services.

• Strong organisational skills, able to manage multiple services and deadlines.

• A collaborative approach, able to work closely with the Head of Grants and Strategic Fundraising, extended management team and across frontline teams.

What Early Years Scotland will offer

• Competitive salary and generous annual leave

• Family-friendly policies that support work-life balance

• 5% employer pension contribution after 3 months

• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme

• Ongoing professional learning and development opportunities

• A supportive, collaborative team culture where your contribution is valued

• The opportunity to build a genuinely new function for the organisation, with lasting impact for children and families across Scotland beyond the funded period

Qualifications

Relevant qualifications and equivalent professional experience will be considered for this role.

How to Apply

If you're passionate about making a meaningful difference for Scotland's youngest children and their families, we'd love to hear from you!

Please return a completed application form to recruitment@earlyyearsscotland.org by Monday 31 August 2026.

Full details of this post and the application pack can be found at Job Vacancies | Early Years Scotland

Early Years Scotland is an Equal Opportunities Employer