About this role
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing Monday 16 February 2026
Closing Date: Sunday 8 February 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: FC11 £60,462.77 - £68,046.43
Working Pattern: 36 hours per week
Location: Fife House, Glenrothes
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement.
Job Details
Reporting to the Chief Social Work Officer this post holder will undertake the line management of the separate support teams involved in the Child Protection Committee; Adult Support and Protection Committee; Fife Violence Against Women Partnership and MAPPA SOG.
The post holder will create a unified Public Protection Support Team. The anticipated benefits of this are the strengthening of work across the boundaries of public protection recognising that families and communities do not inhabit separate policy spaces.
Deliver high quality Public Protection Services within the context of a partnership approach is the highest priority of Fife. This new exciting arrangement in Fife allows for collaborative practices across all partners to ensure a rigorous approach to public safety.
This is an exciting time in Public Protection in Fife. The post holder will support our transforming Public Protection and will connect with the National developments led by the Care Inspectorate to support implementation.
The Person
Supporting the day-to-day functioning of Chief Officers Public Safety/Committees/Partnerships and associated working groups in line with national guidance and agreed terms of reference, including leading all administrative and business support functions
Supporting the Chairs in discharging their own role and responsibilities
Developing, maintaining and reviewing the Committee/Partnership strategic plan, annual business plan (or equivalent) and associated performance reporting requirements, including production of annual and biennial reports
Developing, maintaining and reviewing work plans and associated performance reporting requirements for working groups aligned to the Committee/Partnership structure
Supporting the implementation of agreed actions within Chief Officers Public Safety/Committee/Partnership strategic/business plans, with a specific focus on multi-agency developments and initiatives
Developing, reviewing and evaluating policies, procedures and guidance as they relate to multi-agency public protection functions
Developing, maintaining and reviewing systems for undertaking learning reviews (previously known as ICRs and SCRs) in-line with national guidance
On behalf of the committees: collate and analyse public protection data as it relates to multi-agency processes and approaches
On behalf of the committees: plan, implement and report multi-agency self-evaluation activities, for example case file audits
Managerial experience within a social work, health, education or police setting
Experience of driving and delivering organisational and cultural change
Managerial experience within public protection services
Educated to degree level in Social Work or equivalent
Achieved a relevant Post Qualifying Award in Protection or Leadership
Ensure risk registers and delivery plans are core to the business of each committee.
Develop Quality Assurance Framework and Data Dashboard for the Public Protection Service
Prepare and support inspections
Be registered with the SSSC (if appropriate)
As a progressive employer, we offer the opportunity to work in this role as a “blended working” arrangement with home-working opportunities and office-working as required.
Ability to travel within Fife.
Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain *Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership, Enhanced Disclosure through Disclosure Scotland.
Further Information
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Other facts
About Fife Council
Fife Council is committed to making the Kingdom the best place to do business. Fife Council is the third largest local authority in Scotland. We employ approximately 18,000 people who provide 900 different services to over 366,900 people. The services we provide range from education, social work, housing, and community services to transportation, looking after the environment and developing the economy.
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What you'll do
- The post holder will manage support teams involved in various public protection committees and create a unified Public Protection Support Team. They will deliver high-quality services and support the implementation of national developments in public safety.
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