Advertised from 27 May 2025

Role

The Young Women’s Movement is Scotland's national organisation for young women and girls' leadership and rights: working collectively, leading meaningful change and creating a more equal society. Young women are at the heart of everything we do. Our movement is informed, shaped and led by and for young women. For 100 years, we have been a collective force that has, and will continue to, change things for the better for all young women across Scotland. 

Our Research and Policy Lead is a pivotal role in maintaining The Young Women’s Movement reputation as a credible, accessible and established research and policy organisation. This includes leading on our participatory research projects and ensuring the voices and experiences of young women continue to drive policy and system change across Scotland. 

Everyone who works at Young Women’s Movement: 

• Has equality at the heart of everything they do. 
• Takes a participatory approach to our work. We are for young women and by young women. 
• Builds communities of friendship and support networks, finding joy in our collective actions and connections.  
• Understands the impact of challenging inequality on those most affected by it. We lead with kindness and empathy, putting collective wellbeing at the core of our organisation.  
• Delivers our work with integrity and are proud of the work we do. 
• Is bold and brave. We do not shy away from challenging the status quo and taking radical steps to make gender equality a reality in Scotland.

Why you should want to work with us: 

• We operate a 4-day working week which means full time is 28 hours. 
• We are supportive of flexible working arrangements in addition to the 4-day week.
• Our annual leave entitlement is 28.5 days a year, including 6 public holidays.
• We offer an additional day of leave to celebrate your birthday.
• The organisation closes between Christmas and New Year, with no impact on your annual leave entitlement.
• We are committed to supporting staff development through training and coaching opportunities. 
• We offer a range of enhanced feminist policies, including fertility, maternity and menopause support. 
• We are a supportive, collaborative and feminist team and board.

Application notes

The deadline for applications is 9am on Monday 16th June. 

Please complete both The Young Women’s Movement Application Form and Equal Opportunities Form on the https://www.youngwomenscot.org/ website.

Interviews will take place online on Wednesday 25th June. Due to staff capacity and recruitment timescales the interview dates are fixed and we are unable to accommodate requests for alternative interview dates. 

If your application is successful in progressing to the interview stages, we will inform you no later than 5pm Wednesday 18th June. We will require a short writing sample  to be emailed to our hello@youngwomenscot.org inbox by Tuesday 24th June at 9am. 

This could be a blog, research output, piece of policy analysis or recommendations, or anything else you feel represents your writing style. It should be no longer than 3-4 pages and researched and written by you personally. We are not asking you to write something new for this application, this should be a pre-existing writing sample.

If you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements for the recruitment process or the role, please contact our CEO Jenni Snell – Jenni@youngwomenscot.org and we will be happy to discuss.

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