Operations and Finance Officer
- Part time
- £32,400 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Edinburgh Quay, Lower Gilmore Place, EH3 9NY
- Closing 10th December 2025
- Advertised from 24th November 2025
- 22.5 per week (0.6 FTE)
Role
About Us
Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust (FCCT) is a registered charity and social enterprise dedicated to making Fountainbridge a better place to live, work, do business, and visit. We create and support opportunities that contribute to community wellbeing, social inclusion, environmental sustainability, and cultural vibrancy.
Our work includes community boating activities, greenspace development, volunteering programmes, wellbeing walking groups, the Edinburgh Canal Festival, and a growing programme of community events. We are also preparing to open a new Canalside Community Space and to build a new sustainable trip boat for 2026—an exciting period of growth that this role will help bring to life.
The Role
We are looking for a highly organised, proactive Operations and Finance Officer to play a central role in keeping FCCT running smoothly. This varied, hands-on position is ideal for someone who enjoys both structure and flexibility, and who wants to make a real impact in a small, friendly, purpose-driven organisation.
You will take the lead on finance, HR administration, compliance, and day-to-day operations, supporting colleagues, volunteers, and the Board to deliver our mission. This role will also be essential in helping to set up and run the new Canalside Community Space.
Key Responsibilities
Finance
- Bookkeeping, invoicing, banking, petty cash, and debtor management
- Payroll and payments to HMRC and pension providers
- Preparing bi-monthly management accounts and cashflow summaries
- Supporting budget setting, project financial monitoring, and grant reporting
- Liaising with auditors and maintaining robust financial procedures
- Managing purchasing and supporting loan/funding arrangements for the new boat
Operations & Administration
- Managing office systems, booking systems, contracts, insurance, and compliance
- Supporting HR processes including recruitment, inductions, and training records
- Overseeing data collection, GDPR compliance, and impact reporting
- Providing operational support to events and projects
- Managing IT systems and digital subscriptions
About You
Essential
- Experience in finance administration (incl. bookkeeping, payroll, and management accounts)
- Understanding of charity governance and compliance
- Strong organisational and administrative skills
- Excellent communication skills, including presenting financial information clearly
- High attention to detail and ability to manage competing priorities
- Confident IT user (Microsoft Office, accounting/booking software)
- Commitment to FCCT’s values and mission
Desirable
- Experience with Xero
- HR administration experience
- Interest in community engagement, volunteering, environmental or heritage projects
What We Offer
- A varied and rewarding role in a community-focused organisation
- Flexible working from day one
- Training and development opportunities
- Pro-rata holiday allowance (incl. bank holidays)
- Christmas shutdown
- 5% employer pension contribution
- Annual staff trip on one of our canal boats
Application notes
Please send your CVand a covering letterexplaining what attracts you to this role and what skills and experience you would bring to FCCT. As this is a part-time role, we would appreciate knowing about any other commitments you have, as well as your preferred working pattern (days or hours).
Please also see our other job advert, as we are recruiting for two part-time posts. If you believe your skills align with elements of both roles, or if you would prefer to work more or less than 0.6 FTE, please outline this in your covering letter.
For an informal chat or any questions about the role or organisation, please contact Rachel, Development Manager on 07716 745978 or rachel@fcct.scot
Please email applications to: rachel@fcct.scot
Deadline: Wednesday 10 December 2025
Interviews:Thursday 18 December 2025
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Early Years Community Engagement Administrator
- Full time
- £22,995
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 18th January 2026
We are looking for an experienced administrator with excellent communication and organisational skills to join the Early Years team (Bookbug) at Scottish Book Trust.
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, fixed-term 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 5% employer contributions
• Death in service benefit
• Free access to employee assistance programme
This is an excellent opportunity for you to join Scottish Book Trust as an administrator. The position offers full time working within our Early Years team.
The Early Years (EY) team delivers Bookbug, an evidence-informed programme which aims to promote parent-child bonding and attachment, support children’s language and communication skills, and help their social, emotional and cognitive development through reading, singing and rhyming. Key elements include universal book gifting at four stages, free story, song and rhyme Bookbug Sessions, Bookbug for the Home and community engagement, the Bookbug app, and professional learning opportunities and learning resources for people working with children in their Early Years.
Writing Communities Administrator (Live Literature)
- Part time
- £22,995 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 26th January 2026
Do you want to help us transform lives through reading and writing? We are looking for an efficient administrator who can balance multiple priorities to join our Writing Communities team.
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, fixed-term 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 5% employer contributions
- Death in service benefit
- Free access to employee assistance programme
This is an excellent opportunity for you to join Scottish Book Trust as an administrator. Scottish Book Trust’s Writing Communities programme supports writers at all stages of their careers with advice, professional development opportunities, bursaries and mentoring, as well as running the Live Literature programme. Live Literature is a national initiative that works with an extensive range of partner organisations to allow the people of Scotland to meet and engage with writers, playwrights, poets, storytellers, illustrators and others. The Writing Communities Administrator (Live Literature) will provide efficient administration to support the smooth running of the Writing Communities programme. This role will primarily support the Live Literature programme but will also provide support more generally across the Writing Communities programme.
Scots Language Ootreach Co-ordinator
- Part time
- £26,250 pro-rata
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 19th January 2026
Dae ye want tae gie us haun tae promote Scots language readin, scrievin and speakin in Scots? We are lookin for a gallus, eident Scots speaker for the role o Scots Language Ootreach Co-ordinator.
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
- Part time, fixed-term 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 5% employer contributions
- Death in service benefit
- Free access to employee assistance programme
Scottish Book Trust and Scots Hoose Yaldi (SHY) are workin in pairtnership tae improve Scots provision for bairns, weans and young folk in Scotland’s schuils. The darg directly supports the new statutory duty unner the Scottish Languages Act 2025 tae promote and support Scots language education in schuils through the dissemination and application o Scots Hoose Yaldi educational resources and CLPL for dominies in primary and secondary schuils across Scotland.
The role employed directly by Scottish Book Trust and based in the School Communities team in Scottish Book Trust will work closely wi the SHY team and individual schuils or key stakeholders across Scotland tae neb oot weys that they can engage wi and benefit fae the SHY materials tae promote Scots in schuils. They will forby deliver professional learnin opportunities tae a range o audiences, in-person and online via Teams, tae improve Scots provision for bairns, weans and young folk in Scotland’s schuils.
English:
We are looking for an outgoing, driven, Scots speaker for the role of Scots Language Ootreach Co-ordinator.
Scottish Book Trust and Scots Hoose Yaldi (SHY) are working in partnership to improve Scots provision for children and young people in Scotland’s schools. The work directly supports the new statutory duty under the Scottish Languages Act 2025 to promote and support Scots language education in schools through the dissemination and application of Scots Hoose Yaldi educational resources and CLPL for teachers in primary and secondary schools across Scotland.
The role employed directly by Scottish Book Trust and based in the School Communities team in Scottish Book Trust will work closely with the SHY team and individual schools or key stakeholders across Scotland to identify ways that they can engage with, and benefit from, engaging and using the SHY materials to promote Scots in schools. They will also deliver professional learning opportunities to a range of audiences, in-person and online via Teams, to improve Scots provision for children and young people in Scotland’s schools.
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The Development Officer plays a vital role in supporting the Lyceum’s fundraising activity across Individual Giving, Events, Corporate Partnerships and Trusts & Foundations. The successful candidate will deliver excellent administration, high-quality supporter stewardship, and smooth running of the Development Team’s systems and fundraising processes.
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