Marketing & Communications Manager
- Full time
- £35,000 – £39,000
- Hybrid: Riddle’s Court, Edinburgh/Custom House, Leith, with flexible home working & across SHBT properties.
- Closing 15th September 2026
- Advertised from 27th August 2026
- 35 hours per week.
- Riddle’s Court, Edinburgh / Custom House, Leith, with flexible home working and across SHBT properties.
Role
Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) is Scotland’s national building preservation charity, saving significant historic buildings at risk and giving them a sustainable future in their communities. We have restored over 40 buildings and raised more than £40 million, and in 2028 we reach our 50th anniversary.
The Marketing & Communications Manager is pivotal in promoting our charitable mission, telling the story of our restoration projects, and building the audiences and public profile that our work depends on. Our commercial activities, including weddings, events and venue hire, sustain that preservation work.
Reporting to the Director and Head of Operations of SHBT, working with project managers, internal stakeholders and SHBT Trustees, you will lead communications and audience development for the Trust and its projects.
This is an ideal role for a proven storyteller, communicator and marketer with experience in heritage and culture, who wants to shape how a national charity is understood, turning complex architectural and historical context into clear and effective communications campaigns that drive SHBT towards its key objectives and support for its projects across Scotland.
Key responsibilities
Marketing
- Management and delivery of SHBT’s digital presence, ensuring our values and brand identity are communicated clearly and consistently
- Build and deliver a rich content and editorial calendar, including blog posts and newsletters, in coordination with the events, projects and properties teams
- Commission and manage film and video content, briefing filmmakers and freelancers, guiding scripts and edits, and publishing across our channels
- Design and produce promotional material for our buildings, weddings and events, including brochures, leaflets and print, working in Canva or similar and briefing designers on larger pieces
- Monitor and measure the reach and impact of our activity, collating analytics and producing reports for senior management team meetings, fundraising documents and Board meetings, ensuring GDPR compliance
- Brief and work alongside retained specialists on website, design and campaign work, making sure content is supplied in good time
Communications
- Develop, manage and implement the communications strategy for key projects, activities and events, in coordination with the project managers
- Drive engagement on social media through content appropriate to each network, growing our reach and building relationships with the audiences that matter to us
- Drive media relations through media releases and arranging interviews with relevant outlets and partners
- Promote the Director of SHBT as an authority on the work of the Trust as a building preservation trust, and as an expert in the field of regeneration, across television, radio, print, social media and blogs
Knowledge & Engagement
- Work with the Development & Engagement Officer to develop and deliver online fundraising campaigns
- Represent SHBT and reach new audiences through networking and attendance at key events on behalf of the Trust
- Create and distribute listings for our knowledge and engagement events, including lectures, conferences and supporters’ events, and promote these to deliver capacity audiences
- Evaluate campaign performance and identify opportunities to improve
Other duties
- Facilitate the Marketing Working Group of staff and trustees, taking minutes and providing quarterly reports for the group and for Board meetings
- Manage marketing administration, including image permissions and licensing
- Manage the marketing budget, tracking spend across campaigns, design, print and film, and reporting on it to the senior management team
- Support fundraising, projects and engagement work where marketing and promotion can help
Person Specification
Essential
- Proven experience in marketing and communications, ideally in the heritage, culture or charity sector
- Excellent written communication, with the ability to write accurately and at pace for audiences ranging from funders and trustees to press and the public
- Strong working knowledge of digital communications, including social media and email marketing
- Experience of creating communications material, including web content, e-appeals and social media communications
- Confidence commissioning and coordinating film and video content at a basic level, including briefing suppliers and preparing short edits for social
- Experience of report writing
- Sound understanding of GDPR
- Experience of Mailchimp or similar for mass communications
- WordPress CMS experience
- An interest in historic buildings, their conservation and cultural heritage
Desirable
- Experience of the heritage sector, the work of building preservation trusts, or capital projects in receipt of public funding
- Experience developing relationships with media partners and building a network of contacts
- A clear understanding of marketing for an organisation which undertakes both charitable and commercial activities
- Experience using analytics tools and a CRM system
- Familiarity with AI tools, and an openness to how they can be used ethically to support the work of a heritage charity
- Ability to create simple designs in Canva, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite or similar.
- Experience managing budgets
Personal Qualities
- Creative and strategic thinker with a results-driven mindset
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Highly proactive and ability to know what needs to happen to achieve an objective without supervision
- Excellent administrative and organisational skills
- Demonstrable ability to work on your own initiative, and to meet objectives and deadlines under pressure
- Able to work outside office hours by mutual arrangement
For the right candidate, this is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference, and to have a lot of fun along the way.
Reports To: Director/Head of Operations
Application notes
To apply, please forward a CV and covering letter outlining why you’re a good fit for this role to recruitment@shbt.org.uk.
Closing date: 15 September.
Projects & Initiatives Team Manager
- Part time
- £44,835 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Edinburgh - minimum 1 day per week in the office
- Closing 9th September 2026
The Royal College of General Practitioners is the largest membership organisation solely for GPs in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1952, it has over 55,000 members who are committed to improving patient care, developing their own skills and promoting general practice as a discipline. General practice is the largest branch of the medical profession. It provides some 1 million consultations for patients in the UK every working day and deals with 86% of the health problems experienced by the UK population.
We are seeking a Projects & Initiatives Team Manager (job share) to lead a diverse portfolio of externally funded programmes. This is a strategic and hands-on role, responsible for designing, delivering and evaluating initiatives that support GPs at all stages of their careers.
You will manage projects from development through to completion, ensuring strong governance, robust financial management, and clear evidence of impact. The role also involves securing new funding opportunities and building partnerships that align with our charitable aims.
Key responsibilities
- Lead and support a small team, fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture
- Oversee delivery of multiple projects, ensuring they are on time, within budget, and effectively evaluated
- Manage project budgets (total circa £620k) and reporting requirements
- Develop high-quality funding bids and proposals
- Build relationships with stakeholders including NHS bodies, Scottish Government and partners
- Promote and communicate project impact to maximise engagement
About you
You will be a strategic, organised and values-driven professional with experience in delivering projects and working collaboratively across sectors.
You will bring:
- Proven project or programme management experience
- Experience of team leadership or line management
- Strong financial management and reporting skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver to deadlines
Desirable:
- Knowledge of primary care, NHS or health policy
- Experience in the charity or membership sector
- Project management qualification
This is an opportunity to lead impactful work that directly supports primary care in Scotland.
The successful candidate will share our corporate values. In return, the College offers excellent terms and conditions and great working environment.
Please download the Candidate Pack to view the full job description.
The Royal College of General Practitioners is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Top job! Head of Fundraising
- Full time
- £42,000 – £50,000
- On site: Leith, Edinburgh
- Closing 11th September 2026
About Street Soccer
Street Soccer is a charity using football to create lasting change in the lives of isolated and excluded adults and young people. We run 60 sessions a week of free, inclusive and judgement-free football. These sessions provide person-centred support to players facing a number of challenges including mental health, homelessness, long term unemployment, problem substance use, criminal justice and seeking asylum. Our mission is to create hope and opportunity for all.
We support thousands of players a year on their journey to positive change by providing a safe space, trusting relationships and a sense of belonging. We fight isolation and exclusion by bringing people together, building confidence and creating supportive communities. We support people of all ages and backgrounds through relationship-based support, focusing on trust and personal development, supporting everyone to set and achieve their own goals. Thanks to the support of Street Soccer, 82% of players say that their quality of life has improved. Lived experience is at the heart of what we do, with over 80% of our staff having lived experience of the challenges our players face.
97% of players think that Street Soccer is a unique organisation. With over 16 years of experience delivering positive change through football, we are now working in more communities than ever, with city hubs in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen and South London, as well as a network of sessions across 6 other local authorities.
Role Purpose
The Head of Fundraising leads Street Soccer's fundraising function, with responsibility for the strategic growth and diversification of income across Grants & Trusts, Philanthropy, Individual Giving, Social Enterprise (Change Centre Dundee and Kitback), Earned Income, Events, Sponsorship & Corporate Partnerships. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and sitting within the leadership team, this role develops and delivers a multi-year income strategy that supports Street Soccer's continued growth across Scotland and London. In line with our new strategic priorities, it will build the resilience and diversity of income the organisation needs to sustain its work with isolated and excluded adults and young people. The successful candidate will bring established sector knowledge and a strong network of relationships across funders, corporate partners and the wider third sector, opening doors and creating opportunities that accelerate Street Soccer's income growth. Street Soccer value work life balance and are happy to discuss part-time hours, job share and flexible working.
Quality Assurance and Business Support Manager
- Full time
- £45,172 – £49,927
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 13th September 2026
A rare and exciting opportunity to deliver and manage quality and performance within the care and support sector as part of LinkLiving’s Leadership Team has become available.
This key role is critical to the ongoing successful delivery of our range of services and the maintenance of LinkLiving’s reputation within the sector
At LinkLiving, our values and people are at the heart of everything we do including how we recruit our staff. It is important for us to find people who share our values, which are:
- Empathy (listen to and understand an individual’s needs and circumstances)
- Respect (treat others the way they wish to be treated)
- Integrity (be honest and have strong moral principles)
- Caring (show kindness and concern for others)
LinkLiving is a Scottish health and wellbeing charity that supports people to manage or overcome the effects of negative life experiences (including trauma, mental health challenges, poverty and inequality) so that they can build on their strengths and aspirations in order to live their best possible lives. We support people through a range of models including:
Personal development and employability programmes
- Self-help coaching
- Supported accommodation
- Care at home
- Housing support
- Befriending
- Social cafes
The Job
As a member of LinkLiving’s Leadership Team, the Quality Assurance and Business Support Manager will support the Leadership Team in the provision of professional planning and communication to assist in the design and delivery of quality, performance management, business improvement and compliance projects both within LinkLiving and as a representative of LinkLiving for Link Group. The postholder will also undertake a range of business support functions as directed by the Director of Services and Development. The post is key to ensuring LinkLiving fulfils its commitment to ensuring that all activities are high quality, deliver positive outcomes and are in line with regulatory requirements. The post holder will also support frontline service delivery managers by undertaking a range of ‘non-operational’ business support functions enabling them more capacity to focus on service delivery management.
LinkLiving is committed to providing each person it supports with a high quality, person-centred, individual support service. We do this by striving to ensure effectiveness, efficiency and value within a framework of continuous improvement, underpinned by our Quality Assurance and Performance Management Framework. This post will promote, support and facilitate a consistent and positive approach to quality, performance management, and continuous improvement across all LinkLiving services.
About You
You will have a relevant qualification equivalent to SCQF Level 6, or substantial practical experience within social care and/or quality assurance. You will have previous experience in a quality assurance role, a regulated health and social care service, or a similar organisation. You will have knowledge of the Health and Social Care Standards and relevant regulatory legislation, together with experience of liaising with the Care Inspectorate and providing information as part of standard inspections.
You will have strong analytical skills, excellent attention to detail and the ability to plan, organise and prioritise your workload effectively. You will be able to work independently using your own initiative, while also contributing positively as part of a team. You will handle confidential information appropriately and in line with GDPR, demonstrating sensitivity and professionalism when dealing with potentially complex or sensitive information.
You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to adapt your communication style to suit different audiences. You will be confident using Microsoft Office and database systems and will be able to build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, managers and external stakeholders at all levels. You will also have strong influencing skills and the confidence to constructively challenge and support improvements in quality and outcomes.
What’s in it for you?
The benefits of being a LinkLiving employee (subject to the policies and benefit terms and conditions) include:
- Competitive salary, reviewed annually, and opportunity for annual performance related salary increases and discretionary non-consolidated pay awards, subject to terms of the scheme
- 35 days’ holiday per year (inclusive of public holidays) pro rata plus additional 3 days pro rata after 3 years’ service
- opportunity to buy and sell holiday
- enhanced company sick and family friendly pay
- access to paid SVQ qualifications and a wide range of learning and development opportunities
- funded Disclosure Scotland and Scottish Social Services Council memberships
- defined contribution pension scheme with generous employer contributions plus salary exchange and additional voluntary contribution options
- access to a Salary Exchange car leasing scheme, subject to the terms of the scheme
- life assurance scheme providing death in service benefits
- healthcare cash plan for employees (and dependents) to support health and wellbeing plus discounts on shopping, restaurants, and other services
- employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate household dependants to support health, mental and financial well-being
- access to purchase annual corporate clothing vouchers
- annual flu vaccination
- access to a credit union savings and borrowing scheme
- cycle to work scheme
- access to discounts on mobile airtime plans and much more!
For a full list of benefits available to employees, please see the following link - linkliving.org.uk/work-with-us
This role is subject to PVG membership under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020. Individuals who are barred from working with children or protected adults will not be considered for this position. Link will meet the cost of any new PVG scheme membership or membership update.
To find out more about what LinkLiving do and to view the generous pay and benefits package, please visit our website at linkliving.org.uk
Senior Team Leader – Rapid Re-accommodation Welcome Centre
- Part time
- £30,122 – £31,733 pro-rata
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 14th September 2026
The Rapid Re-accommodation Welcome Centre provides emergency accommodation with support to anyone who would otherwise be rough sleeping in Edinburgh.
We are looking for a Senior Team Leader to assist the Project Manager in organising and running the Welcome Centre, maintaining it as a safe environment for guests, and providing hands-on support to the team across all aspects of the service. The Senior Team Leader play an active role in monitoring RRWC systems and spreadsheets, with a goal of supporting guests onto positive follow-on accommodation.
Please refer to Job Descriptions for specific tasks.
This is a fixed-term, part-time post ending on 31 March 2027.
We are looking for candidates with the following knowledge, skills and experience:
- Experience working with vulnerable and homeless people
- An understanding of mental health and addiction issues
- Ability to deal appropriately with challenging behaviour
- An SVQ level 3 in Care/Promoting Independence or equivalent is desirable
- Administrative skills and experience in the use of Microsoft Office packages, especially Word, Excel and Outlook
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Flexibility to respond to a changing environment
- Ability to maintain clear & accurate records
Successful applicants for this post will require membership in the PVG scheme.
As Bethany is a Christian organisation, this post carries an Occupational Requirement in line with the Equality Act 2010. Applicants should have and be able to evidence a live and active Christian faith and commitment.
We are committed to helping our employees flourish personally and professionally. Below are a few examples of the ways we support our employees.
- Bethany provides 30 days of annual leave initially to all contracted staff, rising to a maximum of 40 days depending on length of service.
- Bethany provides enhanced payments for maternity, paternity, and adoption.
- Bethany operates a company pension scheme to which all staff are auto-enrolled, with the option to opt out. We will match any staff member’s pension contribution up to a maximum of 5%.
- Bethany provides a death-in-service benefit scheme.
- (Depending on the role) Bethany will offer optional clinical supervision in line with best practice, fully funded by Bethany.
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