Join the Team

At Community Justice Scotland (CJS) we understand that our colleagues are the most important asset we have.  We use a values based approach in everything we do and apply this throughout our recruitment which means we focus on the candidates values to ensure they share our passion for making a difference and contribute to our values based culture. 

Values based recruitment means we get to know candidates, what motivates them and their passions and interests.  By taking this approach, it helps us to know that the candidate will be a good fit for the organisation and the role they are applying for.  By aligning our values into our recruitment techniques, this allows candidates to show their own values allowing us to see who they are, the work they do, how they show up at work and the things that drive them and the reason they are drawn to our organisation.   More information on CJS’ values can be found in our Values for Action document.

We value very highly the benefits of having different experience and points of view on our Board and we are keen that people from all walks of life apply. We particularly welcome applications from those with lived experience of the Justice System and under represented groups on Boards generally, including people who are care experienced, disabled, LGBTI+, from ethnic minority communities and people aged under 50.

Community Justice Scotland (“CJS”) is the national body for promoting, monitoring, and supporting improvement in the delivery of community justice services across Scotland. National and local partners provide community justice services to ensure that while people who have broken the law are held to account, they are also supported to address underlying causes of offending behaviour, and rehabilitate to reconnect with, and contribute to, their community.

Launched on 1st April 2017 by the Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016, CJS aims to create a more robust and effective community justice system based on local planning and local delivery by a range of statutory partners. CJS provides national leadership and oversight to support and guide these partners to deliver the National Strategy for Community Justice.

CJS Members are appointed by Scottish Ministers. The Board plays a key role in setting the strategy, direction, plans, and policies of CJS, so that it fulfils the aims, policies, and priorities of the Scottish Ministers. Each of the four roles advertised is an excellent opportunity to make a difference to individuals and communities across Scotland by helping us work with our wide range of partners to reduce offending and victimisation.

Further information about what we do is available here.

The successful applicants must be able to demonstrate evidence of at least one of the following priority criteria:

Priority criteria

They will also need to demonstrate evidence of all of the essential criteria:

Essential criteria

Remuneration and time commitment

Members of the Board receive a daily fee of £248 for every day of not less than 7.5 hours (excluding meal breaks) devoted to performing your functions, on a pro rata basis, up to a maximum total fee of £4,960 per financial year. The time commitment is up to 20 days per year, as and when required.

The appointments are non-pensionable.

If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the appointments process or if require further support with your application, please contact the Public Appointments Team on 0300 244 1898 or email at PA_Applications_Mailbox@gov.scot.

Further information

This appointment is regulated by the Ethical Standards Commissioner