Capacity Programme Officer

Creative Scotland; Scotland; Hybrid; GBP 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Scotland is seeking a Capacity Programme Officer to facilitate a new capacity-building programme aimed at enhancing resilience in museums across Scotland. The role involves collaboration with the Museum Development team and stakeholders, focusing on financial resilience, workforce development, and advocacy for the sector.

Qualifications

• Experience in capacity-building programs.
• Understanding of Scotland’s museums and galleries sector.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate delivery of capacity-building programme for museums.
• Support development of new ways of working to strengthen resilience.
• Engage directly with museums to gather information on challenges.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Project Management

Education

Relevant Degree (e.g., Arts Management, Cultural Policy)

Job description

We are recruiting for a Capacity Programme Officer who will work to facilitate delivery of a new capacity-building programme designed to support Scotland’s museums to become more resilient.

Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) is the National Development Body for Scotland’s museums and galleries. We support a sector of 449 museums and galleries, through strategic investment, workforce development, advice and advocacy. We are a forward facing and inclusive organisation, committed to the ongoing development of a positive culture for our team.

We are recruiting for a Capacity Programme Officer who will work with the Senior Capacity Programme Manager in the Museum Development team to facilitate delivery of a new capacity-building programme designed to support Scotland’s museums to become more resilient organisations.

The programme aligns with Scotland’s Museums and Galleries Strategy which provides a framework for the sector and MGS to work to ensure the future relevance and resilience of the sector. It centres around three thematic strands of Connection, Resilience and Workforce.

The new programme will have a particular focus on the Resilience strand of the strategy, particularly on Financial Resilience and Collaboration but the postholder will support the interconnected nature of the strands through working collaboratively with staff across the MGS team.

The postholder will support the development of new ways of working that will strengthen the resilience of the whole sector. The postholder will engage directly with museums and galleries in Scotland, supporting and gathering information on common challenges. They will collaborate with colleagues across MGS to support the delivery of programmes to address development needs. The role will involve working with existing partners and support agencies as well as assisting in building new strategic relationships.

We have a hybrid working approach and are happy to talk flexible working.

Line manager: Senior Capacity Programme Manager
Team: Museum Development
Full Time (35 hours per week)
Starting salary £30,233 per annum
12 month fixed term contract
Location: Hybrid/Edinburgh

Closing date Monday 14th July at 9am.
Interviews (online) are due to take place on Monday 21st & Tuesday 22nd July.

Visit our website to download the job information pack and see details on how to apply:
https://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/job/capacity-programme-officer-at-museums-galleries-scotland/

The deadline is Monday 14 July 2025 at 09:00.

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