Community Advisor

Community Advisor – Community Advice Services – Advice Line Team

Location: Flexible / Home Working, with an element of local community outreach work.

Contract: Permanent – Full Time (37 hours).

Salary: £30,869 appointed / £31,278 confirmed / £33,039 advanced (all pro rata).

Reference: SA1149.

Note: We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

About the role: The Community Advisor will work closely with the Senior Community Advisor to deliver a range of free, accessible, needs‑led services to the autistic/autism community and other stakeholders. The core workstream is the Advice Line, a vital service supporting thousands of enquiries each year and informing wider community support initiatives such as Get Set 4 Autism and Click and Connect.

• Develop and deliver advice, information, support and guidance to autistic people, their families and professionals via our advice line.
• Support autistic people, and their parents and carers to access our free community advice services and events.
• Promote awareness and understanding of the needs of autistic people among parents and carers, and within communities.
• Identify gaps in access to information and support, to inform development of community advice services.
• Support the delivery of new projects and community services as they develop.

• Lived Experience and/or autism practice, with the knowledge to apply theory into practice.
• Contemporary knowledge and understanding of autism, autistic people and their families across the lifespan.
• Experience of supporting complex situations where a person might be experiencing heightened levels of distress or confusion.
• Active listening skills and ability to respond empathetically.
• Provide enabling support to empower autistic people and their families.
• Ability to translate complex theoretical knowledge into accessible and practical advice.
• Ability to work in a diverse range of environments to deliver and facilitate support appropriate to the needs of different audiences, such as autistic people, or parents and carers.
• Ability to self‑manage and to organise diverse work streams.
• Have sound knowledge of education, health and social service contexts across Scotland as they apply to autistic people and their families.
• Share Scottish Autism's values:
  Collaboration, Compassion, Change Makers, Contribution.

We will host an online information session on 5 March 2026 at 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm. To register, please get in touch with the recruitment team.

Closing Date: 15 March 2026
Interview Dates: 24 and 27 March 2026

Scottish Autism offers a comprehensive benefits package. This post is subject to a PVG Disclosure check;
Scottish Autism will cover the costs of your PVG membership.

We value diversity and welcome applications from people with lived experience of autism.

Registered charity number: SC009068.