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Head of Finance and Operations
Edinburgh Printmakers
We are seeking an experienced and committed professional interested in working with an exceptional team to help shape a resilient future. The Head of Finance and Operations leads on our day-to-day operations, budget and cash management and long range planning for the organisation, working with staff across the organisation to ensure business sustainability. This role plays a key part in maintaining trusted communication with internal and external stakeholders including all staff, artists, members, funders, partner institutions, commercial clients, and contractors.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 1 August 2025
Chair of Edinburgh Printmakers' Board
Edinburgh Printmakers
Edinburgh Printmakers is seeking a new Chair to guide our strategic direction, help negotiate new opportunities and champion artist printmaking. We are looking for a passionate and energetic individual to lead our Board over the next 3-6 years, recognising the scope and significance of Edinburgh Printmakers’ new home in Fountainbridge which has given us the opportunity to play a transformative role in placemaking and community building within a major new redeveloped part of the city.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 15 August 2025
Executive Director
Civic Digits
This is a new leadership role at an exciting time of growth for Civic Digits, which has recently joined Creative Scotland’s Multi-Year Fund portfolio, with funding in place until 2028. The Executive Director will work with our Artistic Director/CEO and our Board, to grow the company and work strategically to achieve our ambitions to be a leader of groundbreaking data driven theatre both in Scotland and internationally. Civic Digits are looking for a dynamic and creative person. Someone who is passionate about the role and politics of data driven technology in our lives today, someone who will partner Clare and the team in creating the strategy for a fast-growing company and be fearlessly ambitious in pursuing that strategy. Applications should be submitted to contact@civicdigits.com by 23:59 on 25th August (Mon) Interviews will be held w/c 1st September 2025. Role: Executive Director Accountable To: Artistic Director/CEO and Civic Digits’ board Location: Edinburgh & on location as required/agreed Contract type: Fixed Term Contract for 12 months, 0.6 FTE Fee: £48,000 pro rata (0.6 FTE, £28,800) Hours: 35 hours per week pro rata (0.6 FTE, 21 hours per week) For more information visit our website.
Location: Edinburgh & on location as required/agreed
Deadline: 25 August 2025
Team Leader in Art and Design
Edinburgh College
Edinburgh College are looking to recruit a resourceful and committed individual from an Art and Design background to fulfill the role of Team Leader within the School of Art and Design. This is an exciting and key role within the School and the Team Leader will be responsible for scheduling and monitoring the provision of Art and Design support to teaching staff and students in studio environments and Mac Labs. The role is to lead and support the Learning Assistants within the School liaising with the Curriculum Team Managers and Head of School as part of the School Leadership Team to ensure the best support for learning and teaching possible. You must be educated to a minimum of SCQF level 8 or equivalent (e.g. HND) in a related discipline. The successful applicant will be occupationally competent within this field and possess a strong knowledge and understanding of the Art and Design sector. Experience in the provision of specialist support, health and safety, ordering and budget tracking and leading the scheduling of work for end of year exhibitions is essential. Please see our website for the full advert and further details.
Location: Granton Campus, 350 West Granton Road, Edinburgh EH5 1QE
Deadline: 3 August 2025
Prague 2026 writer residencies
Edinburgh City of Literature Trust
Do you have a breathtaking project you would like to work on during a residency in Prague? We’re excited to share that our friends at Prague UNESCO City of Literature have a residency.
Location: Prague
Deadline: 18 August 2025
Granada Writing Residency 2025
Edinburgh City of Literature Trust
Applications Open for Residency in Granada! Spend a month in southern Spain via the Granada UNESCO City of Literature 2025 international writers in residence programme.
Location: Granada, Spain
Deadline: 31 August 2025
Freelance Gallery Educators
National Galleries of Scotland
Can you inspire young people to get creative? National Galleries of Scotland are looking for freelancer artists with a passion for creative play and experience of working with school groups. We have opportunities for you to facilitate sessions with nursery, primary or secondary schools across our 4 sites in Edinburgh, for the next two years and beyond. It is our policy to make art work for everybody and we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including under-represented audiences and artists with protected characteristics.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 3 August 2025
Melbourne 2025 Virtual Residencies
Edinburgh City of Literature Trust
Melbourne City of Literature announces virtual residencies programme. Writers, Melbourne City of Literature are inviting you to apply to work virtually with a literary organisation in their city. Edinburgh is a UNESCO City of Literature, which brings international opportunities for writers connected to the city. That's good news for writers that want to get some experience with an organisation out in Melbourne. From poets to playwrights, this is an opportunity to get to know Melbourne’s varied and vibrant literary community up close by spending November working with one of the many organisations that make them a City of Literature.
Location: Melbourne, Australia (Online)
Deadline: 25 August 2025
Studio/rehersal/meeting space to hire
Slow Progress records and coffee
Back room space for hire within our cute record shop and coffee shop in Edinburgh Old town. The room is 5.8m x 4.1m, and can accommodate up to around 30 people. Also please note that the room is up 5 steep stairs, as are the toilets, so it is unfortunately not wheelchair accessible. The space can be rented longer term as a studio, or shorter term and hourly lets for pop ups, rehearsals, meetings, open mic nights, wellbeing events etc. Very flexible!
Location: 53 Blackfriars Street, Edinburgh EH1 1NB, United Kingdom
Deadline: 31 August 2025