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Why work for Community Justice Scotland?

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.



New: Appointment of up to four Members to the Board of Community Justice Scotland

Karyn McCluskey and Catherine Dyer in conversation at a board meeting
Karyn McCluskey and Catherine Dyer in conversation at a board meeting

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.

Skills/Experience Required

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

Priority criteria

  • Experience of the Criminal Justice System
  • Finance, Audit & Risk
  • Human Resources & Strategic People Management
  • Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

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

Essential criteria

  • Working co-operatively and collaboratively
  • Analysis and Decision making
  • Governance
  • Seeing the ‘bigger picture’
  • Constructive and supportive challenge
  • Communication and influencing

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.

To apply for this role please follow these instructions:

  1. Download the applicants pack Applicant Pack
  2. Click here to complete the information required on the Scottish Government website, this includes: contact details, monitoring information and a declaration of interests.  
  3. Download and complete this application form (word document) Application Form
  4. Return the completed application form to: PA_Applications_Mailbox@gov.scot by 5pm on Monday 9 September 2024.

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

Accessibility and Inclusion

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Ban the Box

We know that your past does not define your future, we recognised the great challenge and resilience in making life changes, this is why we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, we are committed to being representative of the community we serve. If you have a conviction you will not be asked to disclose this until after you are offered a job, this means your conviction plays no part is our assessment of suitability for the role.
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Living Wage

We want to ensure that our team are financially recompensed for the role that they do for our organisation. Basic fairness is at the heart of what the Living Wage Campaign tries to achieve and CJS are proud to support this campaign.
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Disability Confident Employer

We take seriously our commitment to recognising and supporting people to be at their best, this can mean anything from flexible working, reasonable adjustments, tailored management, supportive environment to work in and celebrating people and their differences. We value our team and we are confident in our ability to support people in working with us in a way that works for them.
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Carer Positive

We understand that life is about family and home life as well as work, we know that if people feel supported to do what they need to do in work and outside of work they are able to show up fully. We operate a flexible working policy and a carers policy that is considered and caring for those that have additional responsibilities outside of work – we know that life isn’t always easily categorised into neat boxes of work and home – we know that they overlap and interact – our job at CJS is to best support our team so they can be at their best in all areas of life.