The Hebridean Celtic Festival is an internationally acclaimed music festival which takes place annually in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. This award winning festival has just completed its 26th annual festival to sell out crowds and a rich programme from across the globe, celebrating celtic and Gaelic music and culture. The Festival is organised by the Hebridean Celtic Festival Trust Ltd, a voluntary board of trustees. For more information go to hebceltfest.com

The Hebridean Celtic Festival Trust are recruiting for a Festival Operations Coordinator who, working with the Board of Directors, will have responsibility for ensuring the smooth running of all aspects of the festival

This role presents an exciting opportunity for the right dynamic, self motivated and innovative individual at an award-winning and internationally acclaimed Festival. This is a full time position and we require the candidate to be flexible in their approach to the role across the year.

We welcome applications from those who feel they can demonstrate they can deliver on the Job Description and meet the Person Specification available at hebceltfest.com/festival-operations-co-ordinator

The annual salary is £30,452 and the contract is for 1 year initially and will be extended based on extended funding.

Edinburgh Printmakers are seeking new Board Members to shape and guide our future direction. As a Board Member, you will play a crucial role in safeguarding the future sustainability of our organisation, fostering artistic excellence and contributing to the cultural enrichment of our community.

Sistema Scotland is looking for a part-time Administrator to join the Big Noise team in Torry, (Aberdeen).

You will support the Senior Team and Operations Manager at Big Noise Torry by providing excellent administrative support, procedures and processes to ensure the continued success and growth of the programme. You will also have face to face engagement with adults and children at after-school club, ensuring a smooth-running signing in and out procedure.

You will be an experienced administrator, with excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage a high-pressure workload. You will lead on general communications with parents, so you must also be an effective communicator with both hour adults and children.

This is a part time post working 32 hours per week, Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm (with one unpaid lunch break) and 4 hours on a Friday (worked in agreement with line manager).

We welcome applications from diverse cultural backgrounds. We also welcome applications from all nationalities; however we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role, so before you apply for this post please ensure that you have the right to work in the UK. For more details on eligibility to work in the UK, please visit gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

Join the Out of the Blue Board

Out of the Blue Arts and Education Trust seeks a new Board Member with financial and accounting expertise

Out of the Blue Arts and Education Trust is an arts social enterprise with wholly owned trading subsidiaries operating the Drill Hall cafe and the Bongo Club. We are looking for a new board member with financial and accounting expertise, commensurate with the governance of a growing organisation in the top decile of Scottish charities.

Skills and Expertise

Out of the Blue (OOTB) is currently going through an exciting period of development, extending our provision of studios and creative opportunities within Edinburgh. Consequently we are looking for additional expertise on our voluntary board of trustees.

Specifically we are looking for someone who will provide oversight and leadership in the analysis of the group’s finances and financial reporting.

In addition to financial acumen we expect that a new board member will have an interest in and commitment to OOTB’s purpose and values.

About Out of the Blue

OOTB is an arts and education charitable social enterprise based in Edinburgh which provides opportunities for creative participation. OOTB generates space and community for local artists and collaborates with artists in all media from all over the world. We provide a combination of affordable studios, rehearsal rooms, performance venues, exhibition space in 6 buildings in Edinburgh.

OOTB also run a cafe at our base in the Out of the Blue Drill Hall in Leith. We initiate participatory art projects with the local community and beyond, and develop hands-on training, jobs and enterprise, such as Out of the Blueprint.

We have two trading companies, wholly owned by OOTB – The Bongo Club and OOTB Productions and are currently reviewing our company structure to accommodate our development of Abbeymount Studios, where we have an opportunity to redesign, repair and fully utilise a listed building within Edinburgh’s World Heritage Site for artist and community benefit.

OOTB benefits from well-managed reserves that we plan to invest in the further development of the organisation over the coming years.

About the Board of Trustees

The board meets 6 times a year and trustees are expected to join one or more of our board committees, covering – finance, strategy, risk, and staffing.

Board positions are voluntary however reasonable expenses can be met where necessary.