SSI and UK Legislation Programme Officer
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- £39.8K–£45.5K
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- United Kingdom
- Work type
- Hybrid
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Join a small, high-performing and friendly team at the heart of government and play a key role in delivering legislative business across the Scottish Government.
This role sits within the Scottish Statutory Instrument (SSI) and UK Legislation Team in the Parliament and Legislation Unit, a small and collaborative team responsible for supporting the development and delivery of key legislative programmes across government. The team's mission is to ensure the effective coordination, management and delivery of legislative business, while providing expert support and advice on parliamentary and legislative processes.
Working across a range of corporate legislative programmes, you will build strong relationships with colleagues, Ministers and external stakeholders, while developing expertise in legislative and parliamentary procedures. It is a great opportunity to see the full breadth of government activity. The role's objective is to support the successful delivery of legislative programmes and Ministerial business, while helping to drive continuous improvement, strengthen cross-government collaboration and protect the Scottish Government's interests within the parliamentary process.
This fast-paced role will provide an opportunity to work with the Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans, as well as supporting Ministers across all portfolios. You will develop a good understanding of how the Scottish Parliament, committees and MSPs operate, which will leave you well placed for future roles.
- Support the delivery of the Legislative Consent, Scottish Statutory Instrument (SSI), UK Statutory Instrument (UK SI) and secondary legislation programmes.
- Maintain and develop programme management information to support effective oversight and delivery.
- Take the lead in coordinating support for specific pieces of legislation within the team's portfolio.
- Provide expert advice and guidance to officials on legislative and parliamentary procedures.
- Support the Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans through high-quality advice on legislative programmes and individual legislation.
- Build effective relationships with colleagues in the Scottish Parliament and UK Government to support the successful delivery of legislative business.
- Help design and deliver networking and learning opportunities for officials engaged in legislative programmes.
- Contribute to continuous improvement activity across the Unit, identifying opportunities to enhance processes and ways of working.
Experience:
- Experience of gathering, maintaining and analysing information and presenting findings in a clear and understandable format.
Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and work across a range of tasks.
Behaviours:
- Changing and improving – Level 3
- Working together – Level 3
- Delivering at pace – Level 3
You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviours here Behaviour levels - Success profiles: candidate guide - gov.scot
How to apply:
Apply online, providing a CV and supporting statement (of no more than 750 words) providing evidence of how you meet the behaviours, experience and technical skills listed in the Success Profile above. Both the CV and the supporting statement provided will be assessed against the criteria for the role.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used to support your application, but all statements and examples provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, and presented as your own) applications will be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI in recruitment.
Skilled Worker sponsorship is not available for this role. As a result, we are unable to appoint candidates who require Skilled Worker sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must have an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK.
If invited for further assessment, this will consist of an interview and presentation.
Assessments are scheduled for w/c 30 November 2026 however this may be subject to change.
Apply before 23:59 on 19 November 2026. This post is open to internal candidates and Common Citizenship Organisations only (external candidates and staff from UK Other Government Departments are not eligible to apply for this vacancy).
Recruitment Principles:
As a government organisation, we adhere to the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles and we investigate any complaints received in relation to the recruitment cases.
The post is a full-time role, but staff with different working patterns are invited to apply, and we will assess proposed working patterns against the business requirements for this post.
Our standard hours are 35 hours per week and we offer a range of flexible working options depending on the needs of the role, including Flexi-leave. Scottish Government staff in hybrid-compatible roles should aim to work in-person 40% of the time, either in an office or other agreed work location. If you have specific questions about the role you are applying for, please contact us.
