Development Assistant

Festivals Edinburgh; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

The Edinburgh International Book Festival is a world-leading cultural Festival, withdemocracy, creativity and ideas exchange at its heart. We celebrate the power of wordsand writing in all of their dynamic and imaginative forms, bringing diverse perspectivestogether, and empowering our audiences to deepen their understanding of our everchanging world.

Since 1983, we have welcomed hundreds of thousands of visitors to engage with theworld’s greatest and emerging writers, thinkers, artists, and performers. Each year, weprogramme innovative events that broaden the horizons and enrich the minds of ouraudiences, both in Edinburgh and online. These take the form of on-stage conversations,workshops, creative masterclasses, think tanks, and more, all informed by a culture ofopen dialogue, curiosity about the perspectives of others, and active embracing of newideas and experiences.

About the Role

If you love working with people and are highly organised this could be the role for you. This exciting role involves working in a busy and fast paced development team and would be ideal if you are looking to start a career in Fundraising. Our Development Assistant helps keep everything running smoothly across the whole team, from managing our CRM system and maintaining accurate data, to responding to enquiries and supporting fundraising activity. You’ll play a vital part in ensuring donors, members and supporters feel valued and engaged, providing first-class customer service.

• Apply: through the dedicated jobs portal HERE
• Deadline: Sunday 11 January
• Interviews: will be held in w/c 19 January

The Edinburgh International Book Festival is an equal opportunities employer and a RealLiving Wage employer. Our work is framed by a commitment to Equity, Diversity, Care andInclusion.The Book Festival is a working environment where everyone is treated fairly, and ourdifferences are celebrated as strengths. We actively encourage applicants with diversebackgrounds and experiences to apply.If you have any specific access requirements, please let us know and we will do our best tomeet your needs.