We are looking for a new Change Programmes Lead to join the FST Team!

Scotland’s performing arts sector is full of talented people, ambitious organisations and inspiring ideas. It also faces significant opportunities and challenges that no single organisation can address alone. Increasingly, progress depends on bringing people together, building partnerships and turning shared ambitions into practical action.

That’s why this role matters.

We’re looking for someone who enjoys combining strategic thinking, partnership-building and practical delivery to help shape programmes that strengthen Scotland’s performing arts sector. Someone who can understand complex challenges, build trusted relationships, develop realistic plans and ensure ideas are followed through to meaningful outcomes.

The Change Programmes Lead plays a key role in helping FST turn ideas into action.

Working closely with members, partners and colleagues, you’ll identify opportunities for positive change, develop practical responses and lead programmes that strengthen Scotland’s performing arts sector.

Some programmes are already well established and ready to grow. Others are emerging ideas that require research, partnership development and careful planning. This role therefore combines strategic thinking with practical delivery, helping shape both current and future areas of work.

Current programmes span areas such as workforce development, mentoring, accessibility, environmental sustainability, organisational resilience and leadership development. While every programme is different, they all share a common purpose: helping Scotland’s performing arts sector become stronger, more connected and better equipped for the future.

This isn’t simply a project management role. It’s about understanding complex challenges, bringing people together, building trusted relationships and creating the conditions for meaningful change. You’ll work across organisations, balancing different perspectives while maintaining a clear focus on shared ambitions and tangible outcomes.

Current Programmes & Priorities

The Change Programmes portfolio continues to evolve in response to member needs and emerging opportunities. Some of the current programmes and workstreams you’ll help lead and develop include:

Bursaries & Professional Development

Leading FST’s professional development bursary programme while exploring opportunities to strengthen its impact, reach and long-term sustainability.

Mentoring & Coaching

Refreshing FST’s mentoring offer through reconnecting previous participants, piloting new models and lighter-touch support surgeries and peer learning.

Workforce Development & Training

Developing and delivering programmes around technical skills, leadership, sustainability and Fair Work through partnerships and targeted professional development opportunities.

Access & Inclusion

Working with Birds of Paradise, Creative Scotland and sector partners to support the future development of Access Scottish Theatre, Scotland’s engagement with the UK-wide All-In programme and wider accessibility infrastructure.

Emerging Needs & Opportunities

Working with FST members and partners to identify new priorities, develop collaborative initiatives and secure partnerships and funding that support the future development of Scotland’s performing arts sector.

Help us shape the next chapter for Kinloch Historical Society

Kinloch Historical Society is looking for an ambitious, practical and community-minded Business Development Manager to help us build a strong and sustainable future for our Society and Kinloch Community Hub.

This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in developing new income streams, increasing use of our facilities, growing our visitor and tourism offer, developing partnerships and helping us realise the potential of our unique heritage and archive.

Working closely with our Board, community, volunteers and external partners, you will develop and implement a Growth Plan designed to strengthen the Society's long-term financial and organisational sustainability while delivering meaningful benefits for the Kinloch community.

The opportunity

Over the next three years, we want to:

• increase earned income and reduce our reliance on grant funding;
• develop and market Kinloch Community Hub and its facilities;
• increase visitor numbers and build relationships with tour and cruise operators;
• explore new ways of sharing and generating income from our extensive archive;
• develop partnerships with universities, schools and other organisations;
• increase community participation and opportunities for people of all ages;
• develop our café and facilities as a sustainable year-round offer; and
• identify new opportunities that will strengthen the Society beyond 2029.

We are looking for someone who can combine commercial thinking with community purpose – someone who can spot an opportunity, build the relationships needed to develop it and then turn a good idea into practical action.

About You

• You will have experience in business development, enterprise, organisational development or a comparable field, together with an understanding of business planning, budgeting and income generation.
• You will be an excellent communicator and relationship builder, comfortable working with everyone from local residents and volunteers to tourism businesses, universities, public agencies and potential commercial partners.
• You will understand the opportunities and challenges of developing sustainable activity within a rural community and will be able to work independently, manage projects and take ownership of delivering results.
• Experience in community development, tourism, heritage, hospitality, social enterprise or the third sector would be particularly welcome.
• Knowledge of Lewis and an affinity with the culture, heritage and community of the area would also be advantageous.

Above all, we are looking for someone who is entrepreneurial, proactive, collaborative and motivated by making a difference.

The Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive has grown out of Scotland’s first LGBTQ+ bookshops, Lavender Menace and West & Wilde. Bob Orr and Sigrid Nielsen, the owners of the original Lavender Menace Bookshop founded the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive in 2019 to keep this valuable LGBTQ+ book heritage alive and share it with the community.

We have a mission to bring together the queer community in Edinburgh and beyond; celebrate LGBTQ+ authors and their works; and collect and preserve LGBTQ+ books (focusing on those published between 1970 and 2000). We work to create and maintain a free and welcoming community archive space for reading, research, and socialising. The archive is open to visitors and hosts a variety of author events, workshops, community groups and book clubs. We also have a digital catalogue of our collection.

To support the next stage of our growth, we are seeking aResearch Coordinatortolead the development and delivery of community-led research into Scotland’s LGBTQ+ heritage, with responsibility for the Connecting Heritage strand of the project. The post holder will take forward a variety of work including research design, outputs and partnerships, supporting a team of volunteer researchers and producing accessible public facing outputs. Working collaboratively with the wider team, the postholder will ensure that the research is inclusive, ethical and embedded within community practice.

This role would suit an individual witha strong background in community based research, a strong degree of LGBTQ+ cultural competence and able to operate with autonomy in a collaborative and supportive way. It presents a fantastic opportunity to grow your leadership and project delivery skills, and contribute to theimpact and sustainability of thisvital community resource in Scotland.

The Facilities Manager will lead the Facilities Management Team covering offices at 5 Charlotte Square, Broadstone, 211 Sauchiehall Street and also providing support to NTS locations in the Central Belt. This role will primarily involve the presentation of NTS Central Offices as a high standard, well organized workplace; it includes responsibility for compliance and security, administration and planning to make the Central Offices run smoothly,-.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

General Tasks

• Managing the sites at 5 Charlotte Square, Broadstone and 211 Sauchiehall Street.
• Supporting the Trust at other sites including Pitreavie and Stenhouse – there will be other sites as required.
• The postholder will be a keyholder for the buildings, with access to secure areas, including confidential information.
• The post-holder will provide a high standard of service to internal customers and to visitors to ensure that the Trust’s reputation is maintained, responding to enquiries and directing them to the appropriate members of staff.

Support Services

• Responsible for supporting facilities as required to regular head office staff and off-site staff visiting Broadstone, including but not limited to,
  • Receiving and processing incoming and outgoing mail and packages in line with safety procedures.
  • Operation and monitoring of resource booking systems, (eg, workstation requests, car parking, meeting rooms)
  • Ordering, control and replenishment of facilities supplies, such as hygiene consumables, stationery, etc in line with delivery procedures and working closely with the Procurement team.
  • Working with IT to ensure that central printing and copying equipment is serviceable and well stocked and providing support with meeting room audio-visual equipment.
• Overseeing the routine of the Central Offices including the provision of building manuals and compliance.
• Coordinating and procuring furniture and fittings.
• Arranging catering for internal meetings.

Health and Safety

• Hosting and organising induction processes for visitors and new personnel.
• In line with stated Trust policies and approaches to ensure the health and welfare of staff/volunteers and visitors in compliance with legislation.
  • Assessing and dealing with emergency response situations as they arise in line with business continuity procedures.
  • Ensuring the provision of a high standard of hygiene through external contractors, comprising daily cleans of the office and additional cleaning services as required.

Maintenance and building checks,

• Including but not limited to:
  • Carrying out property condition/safety and fire safety checks and inspections in line with Safe Systems of Work.
  • Initiating and monitoring contractor repair and maintenance in line with contractor management procedures and legislation.
  • Storing, maintaining and controlling the use of all tools/equipment at NTS properties and to carry out regular audits of same.
• Maintaining on-line records in relation to the elements above to ensure compliance with legislation.

The current duties of this job do require a criminal records (Disclosure Scotland) check to be carried out.