Job Vacancy: Learning Organiser (Lowlands & Uplands

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Job Vacancy 

 Learning Organiser (Lowlands & Uplands)

• Part time 4 days per week (28 hours)
• Fixed-term to 31 March 2027 and further 2 years subject to continuation of funding.
• Full time salary for the role £33,000 pa / Pro rata £26,400 (35/28 hours per week)
• We are looking for applicants based in the Lowlands & Uplands (LUPS)  
• Place of work - primarily working remotely from home, with some travel required

Come and join our team!
 

Scottish Artists Union, the trade union for visual and applied artists and makers in Scotland, is recruiting a Learning Organiser based in the Lowlands & Uplands area (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Lowlands). The post involves organising and developing workshops, training courses and events for members working in this geographic area as part of the union’s Scotland-wide Learning Programme. The programme will continue to be delivered using a blended model of both online and in person learning sessions.

The SAU Learning Programme creates opportunities for artists to undertake training to improve their sector skills, address the barriers to freelance work and to ensure equality of participation for artists as workers across the sector. All of our bespoke workshops and courses are free to members and are created in direct response to their needs; delivering specialist events on a variety of topics across Scotland and across disciplines. The union considers work-based learning as a crucial and critical intervention into the structure of freelance work; acknowledging its material conditions in order to organise around the workplace the issues that artists face. 

There are two members of staff in the SAU Learning Team who work together - one covering the Lowlands and Uplands (LUPS) geographic area and the second covering the Highlands & Islands (H&I). The programme also connects us to the wider trade union movement through our affiliation to the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC).

The Learning Organiser role is to develop, attend and host/oversee courses and workshops, represent the union at various events, facilitate members’ meetings and groups, meet members, drive recruitment, and to steer the union’s organising agenda in the LUPS area.  The Learning Organiser provides a public face and advocates for the union, making it better able to maintain professional constructive relationships, as well as recruit and retain members.  The role combines regional learning delivery with a Scotland-wide remit for Learning communications, Fair Work-focused learning coordination and SAU members’ subgroup support.

You will work from home with periodical traveling across the region, in line with the needs of organising and attending Learning programme events. This post will include out-of-hours and periodic weekend working.

SAU offers a range of benefits including flexible working options, support for learning and professional development, a generous leave allowance of 5.6 weeks + 10 days public Holidays (Pro rata), a 3% contribution pension scheme and a generous budget for travel expenses and subsistence when working away from home.
SAU is committed to the Fair Work Framework and applies fair work principles across pay, conditions, flexibility, and staff wellbeing.

If you would like any more information or have any questions about the role, please contact Ten Callaghan by emailing  learning@artistsunion.scot. For full application details download the job pack here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sWnnk5stbnFdf9ByQOVhpGWDncuvfWk7/view?usp=sharing

Closing date: Wednesday 11th of March 2026, 12 noon