Salary: £27,696 - £30,357 Hours: 35 per week Location: Flexible (Any Care Inspectorate office) Contract: Permanent About us We are the national regulator and scrutiny body responsible for providing assurance and protection for people who experience care services, their families, carers and the wider public, as well as supporting delivery partners to improve the quality of care for people in Scotland. Our vision is that people across Scotland experience high quality care that meets their needs, rights and choices. We are a scrutiny body that supports improvement. We inspect individual care services and we also work with other scrutiny bodies to inspect the social care and social work services people are experiencing in their local areas. We desire to achieve an effective and balanced way of working, that enables us to meet organisational needs and achieve a work-life balance that promotes wellbeing and collaboration opportunities. Our hybrid working policy gives you the flexibility to mix working from home with attendance at your base office and other work locations, spending no more than 60% of your working time working from home, measured over a 4-week period. Starting Salary Please bear in mind that new entrants start on the grade minimum for the role. However, we have a generous benefits package which you will find on our website. About the role Working as part of the Inspection Planning team, you will provide comprehensive support in the delivery of all inspection planning activity. You will have a key role in the development and delivery of the Care Inspectorate’s planning resources. Working with colleagues, internal and external, to devise and implement a range of initiatives, ensuring that the Care Inspectorate develops sound policies, procedures and practices in relation to its planning activities. About you You will have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills, be highly skilled in all Microsoft Office packages, particularly Microsoft Excel, and be experienced in manipulating data. You should also be able to work on your own initiative and enjoy a challenge. You should be educated to SCQF level 4. Next steps You’ll find more information in the job profile and person specification. If you would like more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Judy Gilmour - judy.gilmour careinspectorate.gov.scot or Sarah McMaster sarah.mcmaster careinspectorate.gov.scot – please include a contact telephone number and times that would be best to reach you in your email. If you believe that your skills, experience and motivation make you a suitable candidate for this post, complete the online application form by 08:00 on Monday 3 March 2025. It is anticipated that interviews will be held in the week beginning 17 March 2025 at our Dundee office.