Development Officer - Capital City Partnership

The Development Officer will work with employers to better understand their needs, deliver a training programme based on supporting employer requirements, and produce materials to support culturally aware recruitment and HR practices. Working alongside our Joined Up for Business and Whole Family Equality Project teams, the project will reach a better understanding of what makes sustainable, good quality employment for ethnic minority clients and will produce materials to help employers diversify their workforces and support their employees. The project will impact on employability across Edinburgh and aim to reduce the racial employment gap. Learning will be supported and tested through the lens of lived experience by our Skilled Voices Panel.

The Development Officer role is exciting and varied: including engagement with employers, industry experts, the voluntary sector, and supporting engagement panels such as the Skilled Voices Panel and UK Immigration Policy Influencing Panel.

Key outputs for this pilot project are:

• Coproduction and codesign of a suite of materials to be used by providers and employers. This will include webinars, workshops, training and a toolkit produced in partnership with citizens, providers, and employers.
• Deliver a set of workshops, seminars and training for employers to provide support when engaging with, recruiting from and sustaining employees from Minority Ethnic backgrounds.
• Develop resources and blogs to enhance understanding of the barriers faced by people from ethnic minorities who are looking for employment or are in the first few months of a new job and sharing this with employers via The Edinburgh Business Chamber, Federation of Small Businesses, social media campaigns etc.
• Contribution to the creation of the Fair Work Charter to ensure an anti-racist focus.

CLOSING DATE: 11pm, Monday 2nd June 2025. Interviews are expected to be held w/b 9th of June.

LOCATION: The role is based out of CCP’s office in Leith, Edinburgh. The role will be hybrid with working from home some of the time and meetings in the office and around Edinburgh as required.

FLEXIBLE WORKING: CCP operates a flexible working policy. We are open to discussing a part-time contract for this role with a maximum contract of 28 hours per week.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Please send your CV and cover letter in one document to recruitment@capitalcitypartnership.org, along with a completed copy of our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.

OTHER INFORMATION: CCP encourages applications from people from ethnically diverse backgrounds. Should you require further information or an informal chat about the post, please contact Nadia Aslam, nadia.aslam@capitalcitypartnership.org.

Download the full Job Application Pack below.

Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.docx

Development Officer EPEEM Job Information Pack.docx