Project Support Officer

Keep Scotland Beautiful is seeking a Project Support Officer for a fixed-term role until March 2026, based in Stirling, UK. The position involves supporting the delivery of community-based cultural heritage activities aimed at conserving historic monuments and engaging with communities. Candidates should have experience in administration and project monitoring. The role offers a benefits package, including hybrid working and development opportunities.
Job Purpose

Are you excited by the thought of working for an organisation whose mission is to inspire changes in behaviour to improve our environment, the quality of people’s lives, their wellbeing, and the places that they care for? If you answered yes, please read on……

Who we are

Keep Scotland Beautiful has inspired environmental action across the country for more than two decades. As your charity for the environment, we are a practical organisation working with communities, schools, businesses, local and national government, public bodies and individuals who share our vision for a clean, green, sustainable Scotland.

We support the ambitions of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

What the role is

Reporting to the Communities Manager, the Our Heritage, Our Future Project Support Officer will support the project team in delivering a programme of place-based cultural heritage activity as part of the Our Heritage, Our Future: Community, Climate and Heritage Action project.

This project will provide a multi-faceted, community-based approach within communities and across heritage sites throughout Scotland, with the core aims of:
• taking action to conserve and enhance historic monuments,
• engaging with communities to bring heritage to life,
• raising awareness of the importance of conserving heritage, and the benefits heritage can provide for individuals,
• using heritage as a means to enhance a shared sense of place and purpose, and
• creating a lasting legacy of ownership and ongoing heritage conservation

This is a Fixed Term Appointment to 31 March 2026.

What you’ll need to have

We are looking for someone with an interest in Scotland’s historic environment and community engagement.

You will have experience of administration processes and procedures, ideally in the areas of project monitoring and evaluation, creating and maintaining records, to support the delivery of our ambitious programme.

We offer a fantastic benefits package in return for your talent. These include but are not limited to a generous pension scheme; hybrid working; development opportunities; a 35-hour work week along with an annual free volunteer day to take your skills or interests to support others.

Does this sound like you?

If you feel you have the elements to be our next Our Heritage, Our Future Support Project Officer, we would love to hear from you.

A full Job Description and Person Specification can be downloaded along with the application pack from our website.

We are sorry but we don’t accept CVs.

Keep Scotland Beautiful is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of the community.

Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation: Number SC030332

VAT Registration Number: 284 0654 93

This post is funded by Historic Environment Scotland and National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players.