Job Description
An opportunity has arisen within Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability for a Service Manager to join our TARA (Trafficking Awareness Raising Alliance) Service on a permanent basis.
TARA provides a specialist, trauma informed support service for women survivors of human trafficking and exploitation recovered across Scotland.
Interviews for this post are anticipated to be held on Wednesday 30 April and Friday 2 May .
Position Details
The Service helps to identify and support women who may have been trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation providing help to access safe accommodation, health and legal advice, ongoing advocacy and can respond to urgent referrals 24/7.
TARA are committed to supporting the meaningful inclusion of lived experience and facilitates a vibrant, survivor led, advisory group.
The Service Manager role coordinates and ensures the effective delivery of the frontline TARA Service and provides support to the Operations Manager in delivering the service across Scotland to ensure we meet women’s needs alongside our funding outcomes.
The role will involve undertaking a 1 week in 3 Crisis Response on-call standby arrangement, covering the hours of 5pm – 9am, along with the chairing of the weekly Crisis Response Team meeting on a Wednesday.
Further details regarding what this role entails are noted within the Job Description for the post, whilst the Person Specification document confirms the key competencies you are required to demonstrate in your application. Further details regarding the TARA service can be found at
Benefits of working with us
Glasgow City Council employees have access to a wide-ranging and generous benefits package. If you’re successful in your job application, you’ll have access to these benefits which include:
1. 26 days ( hours) paid annual leave, rising to 29 days hours after 5 years’ service
2. 5 days (87.5 hours) paid public holidays each year
3. Local government pension scheme
4. Life and Personal Accident Insurance
5. Occupational Sickness Pay
6. Staff Benefit Scheme
7. Glasgow Credit Union
For guidance on completing your application, and to view other benefits on offer for employees of Glasgow City Council, please visit the following link: GCC Job Evaluation
For further information about working for us please refer to our website