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.
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.
Data, Insights and Research Manager
- Part time
- £38,000 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 16th September 2026
Are you ready for an exciting, rewarding and ambitious role? Would you like to work for a charity within the sporting sector? Were you inspired by the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games Para Athletes? If so, this is an exciting opportunity for you. You could play a critical role in supporting the next generation of Para athletes in Scotland.
Scottish Disability Sport is recruiting a Data, Insights and Research Manager who will be an integral part of shaping disability sport provision in Scotland.
The Data, Insights and Research Manager is a key role within SDS’s Staff Team and is responsible for implementing the SDS Communications Plan. Reporting to the Head of Policy and Public Affairs, the Data, Insights and Research Manager will lead and deliver targeted communications in a clear and engaging manner to enhance the visibility of aspects of SDS’s work. The post will influence partnerships to embed inclusive communications practice in policy and strategy at a local, regional and national level.
More information can be found in the job description and person specification document which can be downloaded below.
Are you ready for an exciting, rewarding and ambitious role? Would you like to work for a charity within the sporting sector? Were you inspired by the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games Para Athletes? If so, this is an exciting opportunity for you. You could play a critical role in supporting the next generation of Para athletes in Scotland.
Scottish Disability Sport is recruiting a Communications Manager who will be an integral part of shaping disability sport provision in Scotland.
We would like to thank all candidates who expressed an interest in this position during the previous recruitment period. To ensure a fair and efficient process, applicants who were considered during the earlier campaign are asked not to reapply, as their original application remains on record and has already been assessed.
The Communications Manager is a key role within SDS’s Staff Team and is responsible for implementing the SDS Communications Plan.
Reporting to the Head of Policy and Public Affairs, the Communications Manager will lead and deliver targeted communications in a clear and engaging manner to enhance the visibility of aspects of SDS’s work. The post will influence partnerships to embed inclusive communications practice in policy and strategy at a local, regional and national level.
More information can be found in the job description and person specification document which can be downloaded below.
Regional Membership Manager - Edinburgh & East
- Full time
- £38,967
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 30th September 2026
JOB PURPOSE
This role has two purposes:
1. To support the fulfilment of the Membership Strategy, drive and lead a membership engagement and recruitment re-focus across the region as a whole, providing support at an individual property level.
2. In support of the Membership Strategy, feed a from-the-ground perspective into current and future campaigns, initiatives and offers to optimise their success.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
At a property/regional level:
1. In fulfilment of the Membership Strategy, drive and lead a membership re-focus across the region as a whole. Supporting individual properties with specific action plans.
2. Understand the challenges and opportunities for membership engagement and recruitment for the region and at each property, and use this knowledge to give context to driving the pragmatic operationalisation of Membership Strategy campaigns and initiatives through bespoke property membership recruitment plans – including:
- implementation activities supporting campaigns and initiatives
- development and delivery of staff training (employee and volunteer)
- agreeing milestones for achieving agreed targets
3. Actively seek opportunities to challenge current property thinking and delivery of membership engagement and recruitment, and help the property “do things differently” if this will have a positive impact.
4. Support the Membership Marketing Manager with the roll-out of campaigns – including developing collateral to support properties achieve membership recruitment targets, local media messaging etc.
5. At a regional-level, contribute a membership perspective to cross-regional/cross-functional projects – for example in collections & conservation-in-action, events & formal learning, functions, food & beverage, gardens, holidays, nature conservation, retail, new systems and processes
6. Across the region, drive income generation in year and drive conversation of visitors to members from 2.5% towards 9%, through developing tools and practice to support and sustain income growth beyond the fixed-term period.
At a central Membership function level
7. Using insight and performance data, review target achievement, test new approaches, monitor results, evaluate effectiveness, and identify opportunities for continuous improvements – and, as appropriate, feed these back into central the Membership team to influence future approaches, campaigns, and initiatives for roll-out to other regions/properties.
8. Contribute to projects that improve the member journey at our places, including: online and in-person sign-up processes, data collection, membership administration, digital cards, and EPOS till related service improvements.
9. Build a network of peer membership organisations as a forum for exchanging initiatives, information, best practice etc.
The current duties of this job do not require a criminal records (Disclosure Scotland) check to be carried out.
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