Vacancy: Freelance Accreditation Officer

The deadline for this opportunity has now passed. This page is for information only.

This is an excellent opportunity for you to support Scottish Book Trust as a Freelance Accreditation Officer. The position offers flexible hours depending on the demand of schools for accreditation in 2024 and availability to work within our School Communities team.

Job title: Freelance Accreditation Officer.

Contract: Freelance contract. The freelance contract will expire on 31 March 2025.

Salary: £18 per hour

Closing date: 12 April 2024

Location: Remote

Download the Freelance Accreditation Officer recruitment pack

About the job

Key responsibilities:

• Support the accreditation process for participating schools in line with accreditation framework and respond to enquiries from schools via email regarding submission, evidence gathering and accreditation processes
• Complete accreditations for schools at each level of the programme giving specific and timeous feedback to participants when required
• Report examples of good evidence for future use as Case Studies or Advocacy to the School Communities Manager
• Report or flag any bugs or issues with the Reading Schools website to the School Communities Manager Support the work of the wider School Communities team where appropriate

You will have:

• Knowledge of the Reading Schools framework and evidence requirements
• A high level of IT literacy and competence including experience of using the Reading Schools website or similar to support programme participants
• Experience of evaluating evidence in an education environment, making professional judgements and providing feedback against set criteria
• Clear and confident communicator, both written and verbal, with experience of engaging a range of learning professionals
• Be self-driven and able to deliver the tasks and responsibilities in line with programme demands, timelines and deadlines
• Experience and knowledge of current educational policy, literacy, and numeracy in Scotland, with a thorough understanding of local authority and school operating environment.

Full training in Reading Schools evaluation criteria and how to use the website will be provided. The role will work remotely using remote login, email/telephone, Teams/Zoom (and other comms software and apps) as required.

The post may involve working with young people and vulnerable adults, therefore appointment will be conditional upon securing a PVG from Disclosure Scotland.

Availability information

Ideal candidates will be available to accept work from the end of April 2024 and be able to attend virtual training in the week commencing 22 April exact timing to be confirmed but likely to be twilight session/s.

As we are looking to recruit a small pool of freelancers for the available work, applications will be assessed as they are submitted, and suitable candidates offered to attend an interview via Teams.

Scottish Book Trust reserve the right to close the vacancy notice before the closing date if we have achieved a suitable pool of freelancers, as such applicants are advised to submit their applications as soon as practicable.