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Business Coordinator Job Advert

6 June 2024

Creative Edinburgh - Business Coordinator

Contract Type: Part-time, Permanent.

Hours: 17.5 hours per week (over 2.5 days, one-hour unpaid lunch break each full working day). 

Salary: £26,500 (FTE) 

Work Location: CodeBase, 37a Castle Terrace,  EH1 2EL, Edinburgh with flexibility of hybrid working.

Start date: w/c 26th August 2024

This information is also available in a pdf.

Who are we?

Creative Edinburgh is a registered charity that supports the creative community in Edinburgh. Our community of over 6,500+ members is made up of freelancers, SMEs, students and start-ups, and it is through our events, creative initiatives, and mentoring programmes that we seek to connect these creative makers and thinkers from across the sectors to come together, encouraging them to share their stories and skills. We help creative people connect and thrive, by:

  • Building and connecting communities, through our events programme.
  • Driving growth and finding pathways to learning and skills development.
  • Advocating for creativity locally, nationally and internationally.
  • Supporting professional development and well-being of our members.

Who are we looking for?

You will provide administrative support to the Executive Team and organisation as a whole, as well as focusing on organisational logistics. We are looking for a commercially astute, Edinburgh-based Business Coordinator with experience in data collection and analysis, who is interested in the creative industries. This role is key to delivering against the vision for Creative Edinburgh.


What will you be doing?

As we grow our programmes and scale up our initiatives, we need an experienced and dynamic individual to support our business development strategy through effective membership data collection, analysis and reporting. We want to reflect the organisation’s  success over the last two years and to take us through the next phase of development and growth with your support.

Please check our full Business Coordinator Job Description.

How do you apply?

Please submit a cover letter (one page maximum) explaining why you are interested in the role and how you envisage supporting Creative Edinburgh through your work, and your CV (two pages maximum) using this form.

The closing date for submitting applications is 30th June 2024 at midnight with interviews scheduled for w/c 15th July 2024.

We would appreciate it if you could complete the Equal Opportunity Monitoring Form and return it along with your application. We will store your information separately from your application and analyse only as an anonymised data set.

How do we recruit and shortlist applicants?

The applications will be shortlisted for interview via a scoring matrix. The attributes within the scoring matrix are based on the essential skills in the job description and will be assessed from your cover letter and CV.

At Creative Edinburgh, we believe that diversity is a genuine asset in every part of life and that no one should be held back by their background or culture. It is our responsibility to ensure that our team and our community reflect this by being inclusive, equal, diverse and fair. If this resonates with you, then we want to hear from you.

We hire by posting a job description on our website and other online job platforms. Please be aware that we are unable to contribute to accommodation, living and travel expenses. All candidates will be asked to show evidence of their eligibility to work in the UK if selected for an interview.

Interviews

Interviews will take place in person at the following address:
CodeBase, 37a Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2EL

If you prefer your interview to take place online, please let us know and we will strive to accommodate your request.

Any questions please contact info@creative-edinburgh.com