Scottish Book Trust is a national charity that believes books, reading and writing have the power to change lives.

Reading together and sharing personal stories is a powerful mechanism to connect people, support relationships and provide activities which prioritise authentic, equal participation from each partner.

Project: Development of the Life Story Book Box

We are seeking a consultant to create a co-designed toolkit and guidance to develop and implement our existing “Life Story Book Box” tool.

The new model should support people living with dementia to create their own “Life Story Book Box” during the earlier stages of their dementia journey and explore how this tool can be used by carers to support person-centred practice. The consultant will co-design an actionable, practical guide for the creation and use of this resource by people living with dementia. This builds upon and complements the training currently provided to carers of people living with dementia to co-design “Life Story Book Boxes” in later stages of the dementia experience by giving the individual greater ownership and agency.

This resource will supplement the existing Reading is Caring shared reading approach.

Project: Development of the Group Delivery Model

We are seeking a consultant to design and develop a group-based training model that complements our existing one-to-one approach.

The new training model should explore how participants can learn from and support one another through peer engagement, helping us reach more people while maintaining programme quality and effectiveness. The consultant will help design an approach that is engaging, practical and scalable, enabling the programme to support a greater number of participants.

Projects timeline: Sept 2026 – Feb 2027.

Budgets: Max. £9,000 per project (inc. VAT & exp)

Applicants should provide details of their approach against this budget.

Deadline for questions: 9:00am 27th July

Interested parties can contact readingiscaring@scottishbooktrust.com

If you are interested in undertaking both pieces of work, please note this in your application and reflect this in your suggested timings and budget allocation. We are open to some flexibility on the suggested timescale.

Full details are on our website.

This is an excellent opportunity for you to join Scottish Book Trust as a School Communities Regional Outreach Co-ordinator (West of Scotland). The position offers flexible, part-time working within our School Communities Team.

Scottish Book Trust is a national charity that believes books, reading and writing have the power to change lives. A love of reading inspires creativity, improves employment opportunities, mental health and wellbeing and is one of the most effective ways to help break the poverty cycle. We work towards a Scotland where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive through literacy.

What we offer:

• Part time, fixed-term role
• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Company Sick Pay
• Pension with 5% employer contributions
• Death in service benefit
• Free access to employee assistance programme

The School Communities (SC) team delivers a range of programmes that inspire schools, learning professionals, children and young people, and families to establish a culture of reading and writing for pleasure. Key programmes include Reading Schools, Read Write Count with the First Minister, Authors Live, the SC events programme, and the delivery of professional learning opportunities and learning resources.

The Regional Outreach Co-ordinator (West of Scotland) post is designed to cover the local authority areas of East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, and South Lanarkshire, with the initial focus on East Renfrewshire and Glasgow City. The post holder will work closely with the School Communities Manager (Learning and Development) on the delivery and development of the SC Outreach programme in the West of Scotland. The ROC’s are a remote team of four people based across Scotland supporting schools both within their areas and more widely across Scotland.

The role involves working closely with individual schools or key stakeholders in the designated local authorities to identify ways that they can engage with and benefit from our School Communities programmes. They will also join their ROC colleagues in delivering sessions that may require travel/ overnight stays away from home to ensure that we can cover the whole of Scotland to meet the needs and focus of the funding.

The post will also deliver professional learning opportunities to a range of audiences, in-person and online, to support the SC programmes, providing support to the Learning Content Manager to develop resources and working alongside the SC team and other SBT colleagues to ensure maximum impact for the programmes and audiences.

This is an excellent opportunity for you to join Scottish Book Trust as an Operations and Sales Administrator. The position offers flexible, part-time working within our Operations Team.

Scottish Book Trust is a national charity that believes books, reading and writing have the power to change lives. A love of reading inspires creativity, improves employment opportunities, mental health and wellbeing and is one of the most effective ways to help break the poverty cycle. We work towards a Scotland where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive through literacy.

What we offer

• Part time, permanent role
• Competitive salary
• Located at our Edinburgh City Centre Office, with great access by train, bus, and tram
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Company Sick Pay
• Pension with 5% employer contributions
• Death in service benefit
• Free access to employee assistance programme

Our Operations Team plays a key role in ensuring the organisation runs smoothly, providing the operational support that enables our programmes, partnerships and commercial activities to succeed.

As our Operations and Sales Administrator, you will work closely with the Commercial Manager to provide essential administrative and operational support for our online shop. You'll be responsible for packing and dispatching customer orders, managing and organising stock, responding to customer enquiries, and helping to deliver an excellent customer experience.

You'll also support teams across the organisation with a variety of mailings and provide practical assistance with aspects of office and building management, helping to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of Scottish Book Trust. This is a varied, hands-on role that would suit someone who is highly organised, proactive and enjoys balancing administration with practical tasks.

You will have:

• Experience in an administrative, logistics, retail or customer service role (including part-time or entry-level experience)
• Experience dealing with customer enquiries via email or phone in a professional manner
• Familiarity with online shop or e-commerce processes
• Experience of packing, dispatching orders or handling stock is desirable but not essential
• Ability to safely undertake manual handling activities, including lifting, carrying and moving stock, and to remain active during the working period while picking and packing customer orders/ organising mailings.
• Strong attention to detail, particularly when handling orders and stock records
• Excellent organisational skills and time management skills, with meticulous attention to detail, taking a pride in working to a high standard
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal with the ability to interact professionally, with a friendly, approachable manner
• Competent IT skills including use of common IT systems (e.g. Microsoft Office, email, databases or order systems, use of Royal Mail Click and Drop or other delivery providers would be advantageous)

You will also be:

• A team player but able to self-motivate and work to multiple priorities
• Confident to work across the organisation with multiple teams
• Reliable and adaptable, with a strong work ethic.

Other information:

Due to the nature of the role providing on-site support and services at our Central Edinburgh-based office, hybrid working does not apply to this post.

The hours of work are 12 per week / 4 hours per day during school term time, Monday to Thursday. Monday and Thursday are essential working days, the remaining time may be worked between that as agreed with the successful candidate.

This is a physically active role involving standing, packing, handling stock, moving equipment and preparing orders for dispatch. It can involve moving and lifting boxes weighing up to 20kg following appropriate training and safe working practices. Manual handling training will be provided.

The post may involve occasional travel within Scotland and out of office hours work from time to time including evenings and weekends.

A driving licence is desirable but is not essential.