About NYOS

For over 40 years, the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland (NYOS) have supported Scotland’s outstanding young musicians through a dynamic programme of residential training courses, national and international concert tours with leading soloists and conductors, and projects for a wide range of abilities in communities throughout the country.

NYOS are working towards a vision of a Scotland where all communities in Scotland have access to world-class ensemble youth music-making and are able to share in its social, personal and cultural benefits.

Would you like to be a part of our exciting journey?

It is an exciting time to work for NYOS as we build on an amazing legacy and develop new plans. We are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic and motivated Digital Support Apprentice to join our dynamic team in Glasgow. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your skills, learn from experienced professionals, and become a crucial member of the team.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Train and become a super user of the accounting software Xero. You will process invoices on here and record all payments related to the NYOS.

• Maintaining information on Beacon (a CRM system). Beacon holds all information related to fundraising and participants. You will keep the system organised and efficient.

• Being the first point of contact for general enquiries to the office, as well as managing a range of general organisation email accounts. You will collab with other departments as needed to ensure smooth office operations.

• Providing support to the Head of Finance and Administration and the wider NYOS team on Microsoft 365.

• Working with external IT support to ensure systems and technology are operating securely and effectively, and working with expert support to learn about, implement and ensure GDPR compliance.

• Attend annual spring and summer concerts to provide front of house duties as required, and assisting with ticketing, publicity and general administration in preparation for them.

What You Need to Succeed:

• Organisation skills, and excellent attention to detail

• Good time management

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• A team player, able to contribute to the team and enthusiastically assist with office tasks.

• A little confidence goes a long way! Self-motivated and keen on managing varied tasks in different business areas

If you are a team player, are keen to get involved, and have a positive, can-do attitude, we would like to hear more about you.

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.

This is an excellent opportunity for you to support Scottish Book Trust as a School Communities Learning Co-ordinator. The position offers flexible, fulltime working within our School Communities Team.

The post holder works closely with the School Communities Manager (Learning and Development)) on the administration, development, and delivery of the School Communities Learning programme nationally providing support and guidance for all participants.

What we offer

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

We want to hear from you if you have the skills, passion and experience of developing and delivering professional training for teachers and librarians.

Based in the beautiful East Neuk of Fife, the Cellardyke Trust is a small charity established to support innovative community projects. We aim to work with individuals, families, groups, organisations and companies to help strengthen the community, and we have a particular focus on arts and heritage projects.

The Trust now has an exciting opportunity for a Project Coordinator to join our team, working closely with the board of trustees. We are seeking a highly organised, self-motivated individual with a strong interest in both heritage and community, to take our Manx Beauty Project through its initial development phase.

The Manx Beauty is an historic fishing vessel, built in Cellardyke in 1937 and subsequently owned and operated from various ports across the British Isles. Now in a poor state of repair, our ambition is to rebuild the Manx Beauty and improve lives and community in the process. The priorities of the Manx Beauty Project are to create training opportunities for young people and volunteers to engage in practical boat rebuilding, restoration and recycling. Alongside students from the local high school in Anstruther, the target volunteers are those isolated through social, economic or health issues. We will create a supportive environment for certificated training opportunities. There will also be additional openings for volunteers to engage in related arts and cultural heritage projects.

We have funding in place from the National Lottery Fund Heritage Fund to begin this process and take the project through to the next stage of funding. If the additional funding is granted then the Project Coordinator will have the option to extend their contract for a further period of 4 years to manage the project, alongside the recruitment of additional positions to deliver the project.

The Project Coordinator will prepare the application for the delivery phase and work with partners to ensure that all preparations are complete. This includes developing all policies and procedures, managing budgets and resources, developing training courses with partners, carrying out risk assessments, developing links with other agencies and seeking additional funding from trusts and foundations or other funding sources. They will also help build the sustainability of the organisation.

The successful candidate will bring a proven track record of successful project management, delivering projects within budgets and timescales, with environmental sustainability at the core. We are seeking an individual with excellent people and communication skills, preferably with experience of managing volunteers. An inclusive approach with a drive to facilitate access for all to engage with heritage and the ability to motivate and inspire others to do likewise is a key value. A track record of successful partnership building and a creative and collaborative approach are essential, together with problem solving and negotiation skills.

Fundraising experience from a variety of sources is strongly preferred. Experience of Heritage Lottery projects, Youth and Community work and/or Maritime Heritage are highly desirable.