Abbotsford, the home of Sir Walter Scott, is one of Scotland’s most important heritage sites and easily accessible from Edinburgh by road and rail. Now cared for by an independent charity, we are seeking an exceptional individual to lead our historic collections and built heritage care, our visitor storytelling, and our community programmes.

In this interesting and varied role you will be responsible for the Trust’s heritage responsibilities, overseeing achievement of Museum Accreditation, as well as the further development of exceptional visitor storytelling experiences. If you also have some experience of volunteering and educational visits in a similar organisation, that will be an advantage. Overseeing a team of five, and working closely with the fundraising team to achieve your objectives, you will be a key member of our management team. As a small charity run by staff and volunteers, you should be personable and flexible in your approach to others, and be prepared to be bitten by our passion for Scott and Abbotsford.

Full time at 35 hours a week, salary of £38,311 per annum plus benefits, including 34 days annual leave.

The Community Programme Producer will work with the Programme Manager and Programme Team to develop a creative programme which opens up new and diverse perspectives on the histories and heritage of our site, working with communities who are currently underrepresented within our audience.

Thanks to funding from the NLHF, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to research best practice in heritage and visual art community programmes, work with the local community to develop pilot projects, and propose a community programme for the future using evaluation from the pilot projects.

We are looking for someone with experience of working with community groups, and an interest in creative learning, heritage and/or visual art.

Fruitmarket is looking for a Finance and Administration Manager

We are looking for an experienced Finance & Administration Managerto join our creative team and play a vital role in keeping our organisation running smoothly.

This is an exciting opportunity to bring your financial expertise to support one of Scotland’s foremost centres for creativity and culture. Ensuring that our creative and commercial programmes are supported by strong systems and sound management, you’ll be at the heart of our operations – overseeing budgets, compliance, and administration – helping us continue to build a strong foundationfor artistic innovation and cultural impact.

Who we are

Established in 1994, Impact Arts is an innovative Scottish arts charity tackling inequalities in a diverse range of communities through unique creative engagement techniques, including painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photography, filmmaking, animation, and music.

Impact Arts specialises in using creative engagement to address the challenges of poverty, improve health and to excite, involve and deliver meaningful impacts for each member of the communities we work in. The common challenge faced by all is that of poverty and its side effects, particularly poor mental health and life chances.

It is our mission to tackle inequalities in Scotland through creative engagement, and we envisage a Scotland where everybody believes in the power of creativity to transform lives.

Purpose

The Head of Development will play a key role in the Leadership Team, working alongside the CEO, Head of Operations and Head of Finance & Corporate Services to achieve the Strategic Goals as set out in Transforming Lives Through the Arts, our Strategic Plan 2023-28. This is a results-driven role focused on delivering measurable and sustainable income growth, while managing and inspiring a high-performing team. They will contribute to the strategic leadership at Impact Arts promoting the vision and values and representing Impact Arts across networks in the arts, social enterprise, public, private and voluntary sector. They will lead the development and evaluation of Impact Arts’ fundraising and other associated strategies (e.g. stakeholder engagement, donations and corporate engagement) to ensure, through diverse and sustainable income streams that the organisation can deliver on its strategic goal “Sustainable: Build a secure future for Impact Arts through financial sustainability”.