Street Level Photoworks is a photography centre in Glasgow which has a year round programme of exhibitions and engagement activities in its home venue in Trongate 103 and through a network of local, regional and international partnerships. It is an open access photography resource with production facilities and training courses, as well as delivering a diverse programme of community collaborations. Street Level manage the Photography Networks in Scotland platform and is a member of Scotland’s Workshops, a network of artists production centres in Scotland.

Street Level has a small and dynamic team and is supported by Creative Scotland.

We are seeking to appoint a Finance and Administration Coordinator who will manage financial and administrative duties playing a key role in developments which ensure the organisation can achieve its ambitions, maintain quality provision, increase efficiency and improve commercial activity and organisational resilience.

You will be expected to have:

• A professional qualification in accounting/bookkeeping or at least 3 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Experience of Sage 50 Accounts, Microsoft packages, particularly excel.
• Experience of financial administration across management accounts, cash flow coordination, financial statement preparation, budgeting and stakeholder reporting.
• Understanding of the charitable sector and Creative Scotland reporting requirements.
• Highly organised, efficient and can work to deadlines in a small but dynamic arts organisation
• Teamwork - able to work co-operatively as part of a team as well as independently
• Confident and effective communicator, good interpersonal skills, dedicated to developing and maintaining strong relationships.
• A commitment to Equalities.

For the Job Description, please download from Good Moves website. For more information on Street Level Photoworks, go to our website.

Closing date: 11.59pm, 27th June 2025.

Interview date: 15th/16th July 2025

Start date on or around 18th August (or earliest possible start).

Street Level Photoworks is supported by Creative Scotland.

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Would you like the opportunity to develop Scotland’s First Sanctuary Gardens dedicated to Peace; a greenspace that supports biodiversity and community?

We’re looking for people to help us shape the next five years as a community-led resource. The Gardens are located in South Glasgow and whilst most board members are from Glasgow, some provide specialist skills or knowledge but live out with the city.

The board meets at least 5 times per year and also get involved in subgroups or steering groups around specific themes. We are looking for 4 or 5 new people to join.

The Work Room is seeking a Digital and Communications Lead. We are looking for a creative, organised and responsive person to join our team. This is one of two, new part-time roles that we are currently recruiting – the other being the Artists Programme Producer role. These new roles will help us better support our expanding artists community and future plans.

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This role is for someone with a creative approach to shaping our digital communications and managing the systems that support these. You will bring a passion for utilising our existing platforms and an eye for implementing new approaches. You will manage and innovate our social and communication channels and your influence will improve the visual impact of everything we produce.

The role is based on 3 days /21 hours a week and there is the potential for flexibility in this with the potential for the total annual hours to be worked in a configuration that suits the organisation and the post-holder, enabling them to have concentrated periods to undertake other work or projects outwith The Work Room.

About the Role

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 recruiting for a Capacity Programme Officer who will work with the Senior Capacity Programme Manager in the Museum Development team to facilitate delivery of a new capacity-building programme designed to support Scotland’s museums to become more resilient organisations.

The programme aligns with Scotland’s Museums and Galleries Strategy which provides a framework for the sector and MGS to work to ensure the future relevance and resilience of the sector. It centres around three thematic strands of Connection, Resilience and Workforce.

The new programme will have a particular focus on the Resilience strand of the strategy, particularly on Financial Resilience and Collaboration but the postholder will support the interconnected nature of the strands through working collaboratively with staff across the MGS team.

The postholder will support the development of new ways of working that will strengthen the resilience of the whole sector. The postholder will engage directly with museums and galleries in Scotland, supporting and gathering information on common challenges. They will collaborate with colleagues across MGS to support the delivery of programmes to address development needs. The role will involve working with existing partners and support agencies as well as assisting in building new strategic relationships.

Overview of Responsibilities

• Support the building of relationships, and work with, a range of partner organisations
• Supporting museums and galleries to engage with the programme, including using a diagnostic tool that analyses the current issues in the museum sector
• Working closely with the Grants Team, support the delivery of programme funding, including managing a micro grants fund
• Work closely with the Skills Team on skills programming activity
• Support the collection and analysis of impact data regarding the programme to facilitate evaluation and programme development
• Support the reporting on the programme including budget reporting on different programme strands
• Attend meetings and support or facilitate events
• Capture sector knowledge through robust use of systems, including the CRM database Contribute to an internal working group for the financial resilience priority area in the Resilience strand of the National Strategy for Scotland’s Museums and Galleries ensuring delivery strategy actions for MGS

The above mentioned tasks and responsibilities constitute an overview and not an exhaustive list. Workload and priorities are ultimately determined by the annual MGS Operational Plan.

Relationships

• Build and nurture effective working relationships across the organisation and with external partners
• Work fairly and with integrity and adapt style to different people, cultures and situations
• Proactive attitude to seek new ways of working, knowledge, identify and seize opportunities to support the sector
• Collaborate with other staff to support and deliver MGS projects and programmes

Skills and Experience

Essential

• Experience of developing new ways of working
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to build positive working relationships with a range of external stakeholders and partner organisations Experience of supporting projects and programmes
• Experience of creating resources and guidance documents
• Experience of reporting and evaluating
• Managing a varied workload
• Confident using a range of systems and digital platforms

Preferred

• Facilitation experience
• Knowledge and understanding of the Scottish museums sector and current issues facing it
• Experience of working for or with social enterprises
• Experience of supporting income generation and financial resilience

We work with staff to help everyone reach their potential in the workplace and welcome conversations with individuals about their needs, circumstances and aspirations.

How You Work

MGS has a behavioural competency framework which describes how we expect people to go about their work day-to-day. Staff must demonstrate the following skills areas at an appropriate level:

• Works collaboratively
• Communicating with impact
• Respect, inclusion and integrity
• Effective decision-making
• Sector focus Drive for results Innovation, agility and building capability

In particular this role requires someone who is self-motivated and solutions-focused, positively welcomes opportunities for change and learning, readily shares experience and ideas and has a passion for supporting museums and galleries to become more sustainable and resilient.

All staff are expected to champion and help deliver MGS’s commitments to anti-racism and climate.

Special Requirements

Travel – regionally will be required occasionally (estimated 15 days a year)