Project Officer North East Scotland

Salary & Contract
£26,000 per year pro rata (0.6 FTE). Part‑time, 21 hours per week. Fixed‑term contract to end of February 2027. Based in Aberdeenshire as a home‑working role.

What You’ll Be Doing
Our client will lead, develop and coordinate a campaign to engage new audiences in reading and change the national reading culture for good, ensuring it is powerful and engaging and redefines reading for a new generation. A core part of their plans is to mobilise volunteers across the UK, including through their own project, which identifies, trains and supports volunteers to promote reading and writing in their local area. This may be in person or online. Some of those volunteers take on a planning and coordination role, working with others.

You will coordinate this work across North East Scotland, with a focus on the Aberdeenshire area. You will identify and engage existing groups of volunteers and suitable organisations, providing training. This is an opportunity to build a new network of volunteers promoting reading and enhancing the many offers and opportunities in Scotland.

This role involves regular travel around the area and national travel to London for home‑working organisational away days three times per year, as well as approximately three team days per year. All travel expenses will be covered.

What Our Client Is Looking For

• Experience in recruiting, training and supporting volunteers, and providing project support in a charity or educational context.
• Experience working with early years settings, schools or community organisations, and good knowledge of safeguarding practice in this context.
• Experience of community mobilisation and developing resources and training materials would be an advantage, as would excellent knowledge of reading and writing issues.
• Residence in or around Aberdeenshire with an excellent understanding of the communities and families in the area.
• A full clean driving licence and access to your own vehicle.
• Ability to manage book stocks and other resources.

What Our Client Offers You
Competitive salary. Generous leave allowance totalling 39 days (including bank holidays and office closures between Christmas and New Year). Pension contributions of 8% of annual salary. Cycle‑to‑work scheme. Employee assistance programme. Other health and wellbeing benefits.

Application Details
Our clients people are their most important asset, and they value and respect diversity in all its forms (seen and unseen). They particularly welcome applications from those from Black and Asian backgrounds, as well as candidates with disabilities and from the communities in which they work. They would like to increase representation of these groups among their staff as they know greater diversity will lead to an even greater impact for their work.

To apply, please select the "apply" button shown. Closing date: 10am, Thursday 15 January 2026. Please note our client does not accept CVs. No agencies or recruitment sites.