Charity registered in Scotland SC043009
Top job! Director
- Full time
- £43,000
- Hybrid working with office base at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
- Closing 11th November 2022
Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland (TRACS) seeks a new Director with extensive experience of traditional arts, and their place and development in contemporary society. The Director is the chief executive of TRACS leading on strategy, funding and programme.
A clear understanding is required of the current traditional arts communities in Scotland, along with a broad vision on how partnerships within the traditional arts and between the sector and other interests can be supported and grown.
The Director is expected to be a sector leader in advocacy and programmes that will deliver the best benefits for the creative practitioners and for people across Scotland.
The Director will need to demonstrate a secure grounding in traditional music, with some knowledge and experience of the other artforms. The Director will ensure that TRACS is seen as a national body, representing all traditional arts interests across Scotland.
Please download the Recruitment Pack below for further details about the role.
Finance and Administration Officer (0.5)
- Part time
- £28,000 pro-rata
- Edinburgh with hybrid working
- Closing 22nd August 2022
TRACS invites applications for the permanent post of Finance and Administration Officer. £28,000 per annum, pro rata, with a contributory pension scheme. The postholder will be a member of the Staff Development Team, reporting to the Director/CEO.
TRACS is a support and development organisation for traditional arts and culture in Scotland. It facilitates the work of the Scottish Storytelling Forum, the Traditional Music Forum, and the Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland, based at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
In addition TRACS leads, in consultation with the Forums, on shared advocacy, policy development, strategic relationships, programme initiatives and promotion, involving different aspects of Scotland’s traditional arts, culture and languages.
TRACS operates in a uniquely collaborative way appropriate to the diverse networks, that underpin Scotland’s arts of tradition locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
The Finance and Administration Officer will assist the Director/CEO by supporting their role in delivering organisation’s mission and key objectives as laid out in the Development Plan. TRACS operates hybrid working with a balance of home and office options, taking account of job requirements and personal circumstances.