COSLA PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING DIGITAL OFFICER

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PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING DIGITAL OFFICER

GRADE - COSLA POLICY OFFICER

You will be accountable to: PB Policy Manager - Digital Participation

Salary:  £38,751 - £42,000   SCP 37-40

Hours:  36 hours weekly.  COSLA operates a flexitime system combined with working from home

Based:  COSLA, Verity House, 19 Haymarket Yards, Edinburgh, EH12 5BH although all employees are currently combining working from home and the office

 

A skilled and experienced individual is sought to join our Communities team at COSLA as a Participatory Budgeting Implementation & Technical Lead. Reporting to and occasionally deputising for the PB Policy Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining, configuring, and deploying servers and software. They should have experience in software development in an agile environment, supporting open-source software, and using Ruby on Rails and Linux programming languages.

 

The role will involve onboarding new users of CONSUL for COSLA's member authorities, helping with initial installation and supporting local staff in their system's resilience. The post holder will also work with the SG Community Empowerment Unit in developing digital solutions.

 

This is a fixed-term role for six months. COSLA is pursuing further funding for the PB team. Secondments will be considered from Scottish local authorities.

 

As Technical Lead, you'll:

• Ensure member councils' views are considered during the international development of CONSUL
• Provide onboarding support and technical assistance to individual local authorities
• Brief COSLA's Community Wellbeing Board and other partners on progress
• Advise LA lead officers on digital engagement and community empowerment
• Support the community of learning for digital inclusion and participation
• Develop a bank of supportive materials for LAs
• Maintain regular contact with local authority leads to help them meet their PB/PD ambitions.

 

If you have the required experience and skills, please apply to join our team.

How to apply

Applications should be made through the myjobscotland website by 11.59pm on Sunday 28th May 2023

It is anticipated interviews will be held virtually and within the week starting 5th June 2023