Founded in 1875, the Cockburn Association is Edinburgh’s Civic Trust. It is a registered Scottish Charity with stated objectives as:

• The maintenance and improvement of the amenity of the City of Edinburgh and its neighbourhood;
• The protection and preservation of the city’s landscape and historic & architectural heritage.

In practice, the Cockburn Association has evolved to take an interest in many other aspects of the city’s development and management in accordance with sustainability principles:

• Supporting the protection of the landscape setting of the city and significant open spaces that contribute to the city’s unique character
• Promoting the improvement of the aesthetic and functional quality of shared spaces such as public squares, parks, streets and footways
• Advocating for sustainable transport systems sensitive to different needs for accessibility and mobility
• Encouraging high quality contemporary design for buildings and the public realm.

Our VISION is: A thriving Edinburgh where our heritage is created, protected, and enjoyed by all

Our MISSION is: We galvanise civic action to inspire stewardship, ownership, access, and appreciation of Edinburgh’s built and natural heritage

Our VALUES are:

1. We are an independent organisation that acts with integrity to monitor change and provide well informed, evidence-based advice to secure long-term benefits for the city.
2. As a respected body, we advocate for positive change through constructive dialogue and critical challenge with the aim of delivering successful outcomes.
3. We work in partnership with others to pursue wider public interest, engaging with our members and Edinburgh’s communities so that inclusive and wider views are represented and heard.

Role Purpose:

Often the first point of contact for Members, partners and media, you’ll work with a range of stakeholders across the city, playing an integral role in one of the world’s oldest conservation charities. You’ll work with our small team of two, and our incredible volunteers to design and deliver a new audience engagement plan. You’ll support and grow our Membership through the delivery of events from our annual talks and tours to Edinburgh’s Doors Open Days (part of Scotland’s largest free heritage festival). You’ll embed our new CRM, manage budgets, and report progress to the Board, funders and wider stakeholders. There will be lots of opportunities to engage in research, embark on and strengthen partnerships, and work with communities across the city and beyond. Ideally, you’ll have a passion for Edinburgh and enjoy working flexibly and dynamically to meet our charity’s needs. It’s an exciting time to join the Association, as we embark on the delivery of our new Business Plan, take back the coordination of Edinburgh’s Doors Open Days, and work with international and local partners to build evidence for the city’s 2040 Plan. Join us and help ensure that Edinburgh is a thriving city where our heritage is created, protected, and enjoyed by all.

We are seeking a change advocate with strong project development skills, a focus on funding for stability, and experience in commercialisation to manage our Reading is Caring programme.

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

Scottish Book Trust’s Reading is Caring (RiC) team delivers the Reading is Caring programme that is designed to train both professional and family carers in how to use shared reading techniques to improve the connection and enhance wellbeing with the person living with dementia.

Following a successful award of funding from the Dementia Resilient Communities Fund, Scottish Book Trust is looking to appoint a Reading is Caring Manager to continue the development of the programme over the next 12 months. The Reading is Caring Manager will be responsible for the strategic planning, development and evaluation of the Reading is Caring programme. Our aim is for the programme to become a nationally accessible, self-sustaining model of training in our evidence based shared reading methodologies by advocating for and promoting the programme across the dementia sector.

Due to the limited nature of the funding, we are ideally looking for someone who can start this full-time position immediately to ensure delivery of the project goals within the funding time frame.

The role also includes developing/securing multiple income strands to enhance ongoing sustainability.

The role line manages the RiC Trainer and RiC Co-ordinator, as well as supervising freelancers on short term contracts

The Abbotsford Trust is the charity that promotes the life, works and legacy of 19th century writer Sir Walter Scott and safeguards his historic home at Abbotsford. This is an important role within a small, but mighty, development team of three people.

If you are keen to get involved in all aspects of fundraising, love being hands on, and would relish being behind the scenes in a historic house, then this could be the role for you. The perfect candidate would have experience with CRMs ideally within a charity, have outstanding attention to detail, be systems orientated/a good project manager, as well as having excellent customer service skills.

Key responsibilities:

• Undertake all fundraising administration and be the ‘super-user’ for the CRM and other donations systems, managing amongst others: donations, direct debits, mailings, newsletters, and analysis.
• Steward donors and funders following the donor journey across all streams of fundraising, primarily membership, major donors and trusts & foundation.
• Maximise income specifically from the Friends of Abbotsford and from gift aid.
• Undertake: a) all monitoring and reporting of funds raised for the Development team, and b) reporting and claiming for grants.

For more details of the role, please download the Job Description.

We’re hiring: Doors Open Days Officer

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of The Scottish Civic Trust, a small charity with a national remit. Our organisation is experiencing a period of dynamic growth, and we are seeking a Doors Open Days Officer to support us as we continue our journey.

About us

The Scottish Civic Trust is the national voice for Scotland’s civic and local heritage groups. Founded in 1967 to help people connect to their built heritage and countryside, preserve the uniqueness of their locality and appreciate how this connects to the wider unique character of Scotland, we work to ensure that historic built heritage, its stories, and the wider historic environment is celebrated and preserved, working to ensure it is valued in modern life and planning decisions. We take a place-based approach to involving all of Scotland’s communities in celebrating our rich heritage while ensuring its relevance in the present day.

Doors Open Days is Scotland’s largest free festival that celebrates places and stories, new and old. Since the first events in 1990, nearly 1000 venues across the country take part every September. Doors Open Days is coordinated nationally by the Scottish Civic Trust and is part of European Heritage Days alongside Scottish Archaeology Month, coordinated by Archaeology Scotland.

About the role

The purpose of the role is to work with the Doors Open Days Manager to develop and sustain the National Doors Open Days Festival, supporting venues and volunteers to ensure the festival remains welcoming and accessible to all. The role will support all aspects of Doors Open Day, from planning, to supporting venues, to the promotion of events, and the evaluation process. Working directly with venues and Regional Coordinators, and alongside a network of heritage organisations, volunteer groups, and local authorities.

The Doors Open Days Officer role is £25,000 pro-rata to 21 hours per week (£15,000 p.a).

View the full job description and person specification below.