Advertised from 21 July 2026

Role

Carnegie Education Fund is recruiting a Project Officer (0.6 FTE) to support the ongoing development and use of Scotland’s Fair Access Map – a digital resource that provides a national overview of the activity in Scotland that is helping ensure people from all backgrounds can enter and succeed in higher education.

Scotland’s Fair Access Map is a partnership project co‑funded by Carnegie Education Fund and The Robertson Trust, developed with SCAPP and built by The Open University. It aims to provide a complete picture of current fair access initiatives to help practitioners, policymakers and funders understand what is happening across the sector.

The post is currently funded for four years. Any extension will be subject to future funding and the continued success of Scotland’s Fair Access Map.

You will join a small, friendly team of six, working flexibly and remotely, with occasional travel to sector events.

We’re seeking someone who is:

• Confident in building and maintaining productive working relationships.
• Knowledgeable about, or strongly interested in, widening access, higher education or social policy issues in Scotland.
• Accurate and comfortable working with data, records or datasets.
• An excellent communicator with the ability to engage different audiences.
• Well organised, self‑directed and proactive.
• Improvement‑minded, with the ability to spot opportunities and follow them through.

Application notes

Send your CV and a supporting statement (written, max two pages, or video, max three minutes) to admin@carnegie-edfund.scot.

Applications close 5pm, Friday 14 August 2026. Interviews will take place week commencing 24 August.

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