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Part-Time Event Support
Jamaica Yard
Located in Edinburgh’s New Town, Jamaica Yard is a design-led hub offering co-working spaces by day, an underground event space by night, and a private athletic studio. We’re looking for a freelance, part-time Events Manager to oversee our growing schedule of evening and weekend events (typically 1–2 per week). This role includes managing bookings, coordinating event logistics, overseeing stock levels and, in the future, helping to build out our own event schedule. It's an ideal role for somebody organised, personable, and interested in contributing to a vibrant local venue.
Location: 3 Jamaica Street, Edinbugh
Deadline: 15 July 2025
Articulation Summer Gathering 2025
Articulation
Articulation invites you for a morning of discussion and debate, where we’ll share learning and explore our common ambitions and visions for Outdoor Arts, Circus and Spectacle in Scotland. Articulation is completing a review of these sectors across Scotland, the UK and Ireland with a research team from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. At our Summer Gathering we’ll be sharing our findings and asking about your vision for the future of Outdoor Arts, Circus and Spectacle in Scotland. Come and help us agree the next steps for these artforms and help create a manifesto for Outdoor Arts, Circus and Spectacle in Scotland. This animated morning will include opportunities for networking and lunch . Summer Gathering attendees will also get free tickets to an exclusive Surge Festival show that will take place immediately after this event.
Location: The Social Hub, Glasgow
Deadline: 18 July 2025
Chief Executive Officer
Youth Theatre Arts Scotland
Youth Theatre Arts Scotland (YTAS) are looking for a visionary and collaborative leader to lead the organisation with clarity and purpose. You’ll champion young people’s creativity, ensuring the organisation is well-managed, financially sound, and impactful in advancing youth theatre across Scotland.
Location: Homeworking
Deadline: 21 July 2025
Security Operations Manager
National Galleries Scotland
Full-time, Maternity Cover Fixed Term 10 months starting from 01 October 2025 Salary £34,944 - £38,218 per annum (pay award pending) Plus generous benefits package On site About the role Do you have the skills to lead with confidence, support a large team, and ensure a safe and welcoming environment for all? Are you an exceptional people manager who knows how to motivate others and deliver high standards in safety, service, and teamwork? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. We’re looking for a proactive and experienced Security Operations Manager to join us. You’ll play a vital role in maintaining the safety and security of our staff, visitors, and contractors. Working in alignment with our strategic objectives, high standards, and legal requirements, you will help deliver an exceptional visitor experience at our stunning galleries in the heart of Edinburgh. This role requires substantial, proven experience managing teams in a Visitor Attraction, Retail, or Security environment. You must be able to step in with confidence and be energised by the opportunity to motivate and inspire a team. You’ll have excellent communication and organisational skills. You will manage six Security Supervisors who along with 55 Security Attendants provide 24-hour security cover for our galleries. You will have knowledge of Security systems, practices and confident to provide advice and guidance to colleagues and the wider management teams. It’s a busy and varied role and gives the opportunity to work with some fantastic people both internally and externally. The difference you’ll make Working across all our galleries you’ll be responsible for the operational delivery of security for the Galleries, supporting the wider Security and Visitor Engagement team in the delivery an exceptional visitor experience, always looking for continuous improvement. You will be a visible and active leader able to anticipate Security needs and meet them through ensuring the team are highly motivated and confident in their roles. Reporting to the Head of Security your responsibilities will include the following: Leadership: - Leading, inspiring and developing the teams of Security Attendants in delivering exceptional standards of service. - Ensuring the Security Supervisors are fully skilled and supported in their roles and in the wider performance management, individual coaching and skills development of their teams. - Being a key point of contact for all departments involved in planning and delivering all activities and events, ensuring that the needs and expectations are fully considered and delivered - In the event of an incident taking the lead as necessary in resolving security and safety risks. This will include providing regular advice and updates to key stakeholders and post incident recommendation of any mitigation. Resource Management: - Planning Security Team rotas in-line with relevant organisation activity, including the management of the Non-Rostered Days, ensuring that staffing levels are maintained. - Liaising with key internal and external stakeholders on all aspects of operational planning. - Ensuring all payroll, recharge, annual leave and associated processes are completed accurately and on time. - Managing staffing levels and the recruitment of Security Attendants. Experience Management: - Ensuring feedback is actively collated from internal and external partners and that actions are agreed, prioritised and followed through. - Delivering engagement and training initiatives across the team to improve the quality of the Security service. - Seeking to improve through the continual evaluation and review of processes and interaction with colleagues. - Working with the Head of Security to set standards across the security teams. Operations: - Acting as Duty Manager when required. Who we are looking for To succeed in this role, you’ll need the following range of knowledge, skills, and experience: - While an interest in art would be great it’s not essential. However, you must have previous experience of successfully managing teams within a Visitor Attraction, Retail and/or Security organisation. - With experience of managing performance, you’ll be interested in people and possess outstanding people leadership and management skills - A creative and pragmatic approach to problem solving, you will work well in a busy environment with strong organisational skills - Ability to prioritise, co-ordinate and delegate tasks to meet your own and the team’s workload and deadlines. - Excellent communicator with outstanding interpersonal and written skills with the ability to stay calm under pressure. - Experience of working with Security Systems and conflict resolution and understanding of relevant legislation. - High degree of IT skills, proficient in MS Office. Please apply directly via our careers portal. Applications via email will not be accepted. The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Tuesday, 15 July 2025. Interviews will likely take place at the end of July 2025.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 15 July 2025
Volunteer Coordinator, Careers Hive
Edinburgh Science
Edinburgh Science runs Careers Hive each year. This is an exciting immersive careers education event designed to give students in S1-S3 a new way to think about their futures. It highlights the opportunities available to those who study STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths), as well as the cross-disciplinary skills and subjects that can support and enhance STEM careers. We are looking for a confident, and enthusiastic Coordinator to recruit and manage STEM volunteers to participate in Careers Hive. You will enjoy communicating with people at all levels and the administration of co-ordinating events, people, and processes.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 20 July 2025
Paper Trails Writer Residencies - Care Homes (freelance)
Edinburgh International Book Festival
As part of our ambitious new programme Paper Trails - Edinburgh International Book Festival, in collaboration with Edinburgh Libraries’ Mobile Library Service, is seeking to appoint four writers to deliver five-week creative projects in older people’s residential care homes across Edinburgh. The projects will coincide with and enhance the visits from the libraries team. We want to bring the joy of the Book Festival to people across Edinburgh, who can’t come in person. Total Fee £ 3,270.00 At the Book Festival, 'writer' encapsulates a diverse range of creative literary outputs: novelist, poet, non-fiction writer, illustrator, comic creator, spoken word artist, playwrights, and producing work for all ages of audiences and readers. For this role we are particularly interested in applications from writers who have experience of working with older people, people with dementia and people with age-related illness in residential settings.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 21 July 2025
Head of Facilities
Capital Theatres
We are seeking a dedicated and hands-on Head of Facilities to join our talented facilities team and deliver an excellent experience for in excess of 400,000 customers.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 15 July 2025
‘Open call: Dear Library Story Sessions’
National library of Scotland / Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature
Calling Edinburgh’s writers! What books did you borrow from your libraries that shaped and inspired your writing? The National Library of Scotland in conjunction with Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature is offering you the chance to read your work as part of their centenary programme of celebrations at the Dear Library exhibition for one of six sessions this August. The National Library of Scotland is marking their 100th anniversary this summer with Dear Library, an exhibition celebrating the power of books and the value of libraries across the country. Dear Library Story Sessions is a development opportunity and showcase for writers based in Edinburgh that are comfortable performing and sharing the books that have inspired their writing. Produced by Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature, it takes place 12 – 14, and 19 - 21 August, Tues – Thursday, at midday – free and ticketed – in the NLS exhibition space. Dear Library Story Sessions will be promoted in the Fringe programme online, where people will be able to book free tickets, as well as on the National Library of Scotland’s website. Each 30-minute session will feature two writers, each reading from the book that inspired them most, and a section of their own prose.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 20 July 2025
Hidden Door x Mark Making Workshop
Hidden Door
Hidden Door x Mark Making Workshop [different location!!] Fancy getting stuck into something creative, collaborative, and totally hands-on? Come along to our Mark Making Workshop – a fun, informal evening where we dive into the playful side of making collaborative artworks! We’ll be exploring mark making at the Paper Factory – using shape, gesture, and texture to build visual language – and discovering how this simple but powerful practice can lead to big ideas and exciting collaborations. Whether you’re a seasoned artist, a creative person or just curious, this is a brilliant chance to connect, experiment, and explore the collosal factory site that this year's festival was held. Led by our Visual Arts Curator, Jill Boualaxai, this workshop also gives you an insight into how our festival themes are developed through collaborative workshopping. Plus, there’s a Q&A and plenty of time to chat, so bring your questions and get inspired!
Location: 1 Turnhouse Rd, Edinburgh, EH12 8NP
Deadline: 24 July 2025