Early Years Community Engagement Manager
- Full time
- £33,700 – £40,399
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 11th May 2025
- Advertised from 1st May 2025
- plus an additional 3% allowance for role of deputy DCPO. permanent contract.
Role
The Bookbug Programme seeks an experienced manager with proven track record leading community-based stakeholder networks.
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
- 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 need a strategic thinker with excellent communication skills and understanding of early years in Scotland. We are looking for an experienced manager to lead our community engagement work which ensures the Bookbug Programme runs effectively with maximum impact across Scotland.
This role manages the Early Years community engagement team and contributes to strategic development of the wider Bookbug programme, and advocacy of the programme at local and national level.
The role engages with all 32 local authorities and manages relationships with partner organisations. Candidates should have a proven track record of building and maintaining strong community-based networks with key stakeholders.
This position requires strategic thinking, excellent communication and presentation skills, and a strong understanding of the early years landscape, policies and practice in Scotland. The post holder will have responsibility for analysing and evidencing impact of public Bookbug Sessions, and targeted work with families supported by Bookbug for the Home.
Application notes
Closing date: Sunday 11th May, 12 midnight
To apply go to: scottishbooktrust.com/about/vacancies
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As Scotland’s membership organisation and sector support body for the performing arts, we have been undergoing an exciting transformation. Following a restructure in early 2024, we are seeking passionate, skilled and dedicated new staff members to join the team that was appointed in late 2024, to support and champion the performing arts in Scotland. Working with FST, you’ll play a vital role in the future of this essential part of the cultural sector.
This is your opportunity to join a newly appointed team, in a staffing structure designed to support the implementation of a strengthened strategic framework and renewed business plan at an exciting time in the evolution of FST.
The Change Programmes Lead will play a pivotal role in ensuring FST achieves its strategic objective of amplifying our impact by developing more innovative and effective ways to drive change for people in the sector.
They will work across four key areas:
- Policies and planning
- Professional and sector development
- Projects
- Partnerships
Top job! Senior Advocacy and Public Affairs Manager
- Full time
- £45,813
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 19th May 2025
Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) is the National Development Body for Scotland’s museums and galleries. We support a sector of 449 museums and galleries, through strategic investment, workforce development, advice and advocacy. We are a forward facing and inclusive organisation, committed to the ongoing development of a positive culture for our team.
We are seeking an experienced professional to lead our work to clearly communicate the positive value and impact of the museums and galleries sector. You will do this by developing and leading advocacy campaigns and activity that make a strong case for Scotland’s museums and galleries sector to influence a range of external audiences and stakeholders including Government Officials, Government Ministers, MSPs, relevant Committees, relevant funders and other key organisations and influencers.
Politically astute, the Senior Advocacy and Public Affairs Manager possesses strong communication and influencing skills, using research and information to build a political and public case for our sector and inform evidence-based advocacy messaging and activity.
Being able to navigate and effectively communicate complex issues that implicate the wider culture and heritage sector in Scotland will be essential. MGS has worked to raise awareness of the budget challenges faced by our sector while also striving to adapt to ensure relevance to communities and users. An exciting new capacity programme with the Scottish Government is in development designed to transition the sector to a sustainable footing and you would play an instrumental role in shaping how we communicate the benefits of this programme to key stakeholders.
This role offers an enriching opportunity to be creative and proactive in developing our organisational voice to highlight the immense value of Scotland’s museums and galleries
The successful candidate will manifest MGS’s core values: collaboration, integrity, passion for museums, and courageousness.
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We are looking for a Senior Philanthropy Manager to play a central role in driving the major gift strategy for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, focusing on expanding membership of the Principal Conductor’s Circle, fostering long-term corporate partnerships, and securing funding for a wide range of priority projects and programmes.
To maximise funding, the postholder will gain a thorough understanding of upcoming projects across the organisation and work closely with colleagues to develop compelling proposals for funding.
Art27 Scotland is an arts and human rights organisation, looking for a part-time organised, collaborative and flexible General Manager to oversee our day-to-day operations and grow the company.
Art27 Scotland is based in Edinburgh, Scotland and takes its mission from Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states that “everyone has the right freely to participate in cultural life and to enjoy the arts”. We explore how contemporary arts, cultural practice and ideas can defend culture as a human right through great art and storytelling. We work through socially engaged practice and curate multi-artform program of exhibitions, performances, publications and events that respond to themes we believe are urgent for our times e.g. migration, climate change and democracy.
Please see full details in Job Pack attached.
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