Grazings Officer (3914)

Job summary

Join our Grazing Team in the Crofting Commission and use your communication and analytical skills to make a meaningful impact supporting rural communities.As a Grazings Officer, you will join the Crofting Commission’s Grazings team, working within an organisation dedicated to supporting Scotland’s crofting communities. The team’s mission is to oversee and support the effective management of over 1,000 common grazings, promoting sustainable grazing practices alongside environmental and climate objectives.

You will provide advice and guidance to grazings committees and shareholders, manage enquiries, process applications, support training delivery and occasionally visit grazings to engage directly with stakeholders. The core objective of the role is to ensure grazings are effectively managed, supporting compliance while fostering strong, collaborative relationships across the crofting community.

Job description

• Respond to grazings related enquiries.
• Support grazings committees and shareholders in a range of situations which will involve providing advice based on legislative requirements and good practice.
• Processing grazings related regulatory applications.
• Perform shareholder investigations to establish correct share positions.
• Assist in creating new regulations for common grazings.
• Liaise with the regulatory team on cases where grazings expertise is required.

Person specification

Qualifications:Valid driving licence which enables you to drive in the UK - Please confirm in your application that you hold this qualification.
Success profile: Success profiles are specific to each job and they include the mix of skills, experience and behaviours candidates will be assessed on. The

Experience:

• You should have experience in communicating with a range of customers and/or stakeholders, both with written and verbal communication. This should include dealing with difficult customers or situations.
• You should have experience in analysis of information to make informed decisions. This should include presenting your findings in writing and verbally.

Behaviours:

• Making effective decisions – Level 2
• Working together – Level 2
• Developing self and others – Level 2

Qualifications

Valid driving licence which enables you to drive in the UK - Please confirm in your application that you hold this qualification.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together
• Developing Self and Others

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £34,936, Scottish Government contributes £10,120 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.How to apply: Apply online, providing a CV and Supporting Statement (of no more than 1000 words) which provides evidence of how you meet the skills, experience and behaviours listed in the Success Profile above.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used to support your application, but all statements and examples provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, and presented as your own) applications will be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.Please see our for more information on acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI in recruitment.

Join our Recruitment Information Session on 21 July @ 18:00 - 19:00 to learn more about the role and what it takes to submit a strong application.

Click here:Recruitment Information Session

Skilled Worker sponsorship is not available for this role. As a result, we are unable to appoint candidates who require Skilled Worker sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must have an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK. If invited for further assessment, this will consist of an interview and job simulation. Assessments are scheduled for w/c 17 August 2026 however this may be subject to change.
In the event of a high volume of applications, candidates will have their applications initially assessed against the first Experience criteria above. Candidates who pass this initial sift will have their applications fully assessed against the listed criteria.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Finlay Beaton
• Email : finlay.beaton@crofting.gov.scot

Recruitment team

• Email : scottishgovernmentrecruitment@gov.scot