Advertised from 11 September 2025

Role

Scottish Book Trust is recruiting for a Fundraising Officer to join the team. 

Scottish Book Trust is a national charity that believes books, reading and writing have the power to change lives. A love of reading inspires creativity, improves employment opportunities, mental health and wellbeing and is one of the most effective ways to help break the poverty cycle. We work towards a Scotland where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive through literacy. 

What we offer 

•     Full-time, permanent role 

•     Competitive salary 

•     Flexible hybrid working between home and our Edinburgh City Centre Office, with great access by train, bus, and tram 

•     Generous holiday entitlement 

•     Company Sick Pay 

•     Pension with additional 5% employer contributions 

•     Death in service benefit 

•     Free access to employee assistance programme 

We are recruiting for a Fundraising Officer to join our Fundraising and Marketing team. The role will lead on programme-based funding, through trusts and foundations, and corporates. You will work closely with every team at Scottish Book Trust and across a diverse portfolio of funders and projects. The post-holder will also have the opportunity to learn and engage with our wider fundraising streams, to develop their skills across fundraising as a whole. Your experience and ideas can help shape the role and strategy, as we look to increase fundraising at Scottish Book Trust. 

The Fundraising Officer (FO) will develop and maintain our Trusts and Foundations funding pipeline, which includes multiple five and six figure funders. You will be primarily responsible for researching potential funders, writing compelling fundraising applications, managing reporting requirements, and assisting with corporate sponsorships. The FO works closely with every team at Scottish Book Trust to fundraise for a range of literature, arts and education projects. The role will support the Fundraising Manager (FM) and Individual Giving Manager to deliver our fundraising strategy and grow our charitable income across all funding streams. 

Responsible for fundraising administration including gift processing and thanking, you will also support on fundraising events, impact story gathering, and donor stewardship where required. There is flexibility within the role to incorporate other elements of communications and fundraising if desired. You will be supported to maintain a Chartered Institute of Fundraising membership and pursue CPD.

Application notes

Application notes: To apply go to: https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/about/vacancies 

Closing date: 23:59 (midnight) on Monday 29th September 2025

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