Charity registered in Scotland SC015600
The Carnegie Education Fund aims to provide “funds for improving and extending the opportunities for study and research in the Universities of Scotland”. Established in 1901 under a Trust Deed signed by Andrew Carnegie, and incorporated by Royal Charter on 21 August 1902, the Trust was funded by a gift of US$10 million. The current value of the endowment is approximately £73 million yielding an income of around £3 million each year. The Trust is a registered charity in Scotland: SC015600.
Carnegie Education Fund is recruiting a Project Officer (0.6 FTE) to support the ongoing development and use of Scotland’s Fair Access Map – a digital resource that provides a national overview of the activity in Scotland that is helping ensure people from all backgrounds can enter and succeed in higher education.
Scotland’s Fair Access Map is a partnership project co‑funded by Carnegie Education Fund and The Robertson Trust, developed with SCAPP and built by The Open University. It aims to provide a complete picture of current fair access initiatives to help practitioners, policymakers and funders understand what is happening across the sector.
The post is currently funded for four years. Any extension will be subject to future funding and the continued success of Scotland’s Fair Access Map.
You will join a small, friendly team of six, working flexibly and remotely, with occasional travel to sector events.
We’re seeking someone who is:
- Confident in building and maintaining productive working relationships.
- Knowledgeable about, or strongly interested in, widening access, higher education or social policy issues in Scotland.
- Accurate and comfortable working with data, records or datasets.
- An excellent communicator with the ability to engage different audiences.
- Well organised, self‑directed and proactive.
- Improvement‑minded, with the ability to spot opportunities and follow them through.