We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, well organised community fundraiser to join our area team. The post holder will cover Scottish Borders, Dumfries & Galloway, North, East & South Ayrshire, Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire & Renfrewshire based from one of our dementia resource centres within their particular area.
The post holder will work within our community fundraising team to deliver an agreed fundraising plan and will work with a diverse range of stakeholders to meet and exceed agreed targets and KPI’s.
The successful applicant will have a good understanding of community fundraising, excellent communication and negotiation skills, will show creativity and flair and will work effectively as part of a busy team. The successful applicant will work with colleagues to manage and prioritise a diverse workload and will be proactive in maximising fundraising opportunities.
Experience of community fundraising, digital marketing, working with a variety of supporter groups, press and PR, events, staff and volunteer management is desirable.
For a job description, person specification and to apply please visit our website.
The successful candidate for this post will be subject to a Disclosure check.
Closing date – 12 noon Monday 28th October 2019
Interview date – Friday 15th November 2019, Kilmarnock
Recruiting Manager: Sally McNaught, Head of Localities Fundraising
Address:Alzheimer Scotland, 160 Dundee Road, Edinburgh, EH11 1DQ
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Contract Type: Fixed Term 12 months (with the possibility of an extension)
Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week
Location: Can be based in any of our Trust offices
This role is known as Innovation Product Manager in The Prince's Trust
As our Innovation Product Manager you will work with the Innovation team and will be responsible for supporting innovation projects during this exciting period of growth for Prince's Trust. The role will play a key role in helping us find our next big innovation.
You'll be required to collect feedback from users and analyse data to ensure product development work delivers benefits to both the business and end user.
Our Innovation Manager will:
- -Maintain effective performance in difficult and challenging circumstances, encouraging others to do the same
- -Review,challenge and adjust performance levels to ensure quality outcomes are delivered on time rewarding success
- -Have experience producing MVP products and presenting
- -Knowledge in product management, evolving and iterating products within a multi-disciplinary organisation
This is a fixed term role for 12 months with the possibility of extension and can be based in any UK Trust office. To learn more about the role, please download the job description.
About The Prince's Trust
We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!
We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.
The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince's Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.
To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince's Trust Behavioural Framework.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is a really exciting time to join Children’s Hospices Across Scotland – better known as CHAS – Scotland’s national children’s hospice service.
Following internal promotions and the expansion of our services, a fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Challenge Events Assistant to join the Events team.
Key Responsibilities
Working within the culture, ethos and philosophy of CHAS, you will assist the Challenge Events Manager with the management, attendance and evaluation of challenge events and the recruitment and stewardship of supporters. Key responsibilities include:
- Assisting with the management of challenge events, including liaising with third party event organisers, suppliers and attendance on the day
- Producing copy to promote events for website, social media, press and email
- Assisting with the recruitment and stewardship of supporters for events in the challenge event calendar, and taking responsibility for fulfilling actions under the guidance of the Challenge Events Manager
- Assisting with event research
- Administration
About You
In order to help CHAS achieve our goal of reaching every family in Scotland that needs us, you will have:
- HNC level qualification or equivalent in either Public Relations, Marketing, Media, Communications, Event Management, Fundraising or related discipline
- Demonstrable working knowledge of Microsoft Office or similar packages
- Demonstrable experience of keyboard skills and maintaining information databases
- Good communication skills to deal with staff, volunteers and general public in an appropriate and effective manner
- High level of accuracy and numeracy skills, as this role requires cash handling
- Demonstrable attention to detail
- Planning and organising skills for effective management of event calendar
- Experience in an office and customer services environment
About CHAS
At CHAS, our ambition is to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying, and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together. As a Challenge Events Assistant, you will be instrumental in achieving this vision.
Further Information and How to Apply
For more information regarding this post, please see the attached documents.
To be part of the future of CHAS, please follow the link to our Website and complete our online application form.
This post is subject to a Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check.
The role
Demonstrating the impact of our services for people affected by breast cancer and our other activities is increasingly important to our supporters and beneficiaries. This is an exciting opportunity to lead on the development and delivery of assigned research and evaluation projects, as well as the collation and dissemination of evidence and insight, with the aim of measuring the impact of our strategic activities.
Key responsibilities include leading on developing and embedding an impact and evaluation-led culture throughout the organisation and demonstrating the importance of an evidence-based approach, including the development and implementation of integrated Impact and Evaluation Frameworks for our services.
Reporting to the Director of Services, you will work alongside key colleagues across the organisation to gather insight and use it effectively to provide meaningful evidence for organisational activity.
About you
Educated to degree level, you will have experience of evaluating services, either in a charity, health or social care setting, and of data analysis to support policy or service development. You will also have experience of evaluation methods and practice, including process evaluation and impact measurement, and of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. You will have excellent project management and planning skills across multiple projects, and will be able to work collaboratively across teams.
About us
We’re excited to announce that in April 2019, Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now united to create one charity for everyone affected by breast cancer. From research to care, our new charity has people affected by the disease at its heart – providing support for today and hope for the future. United, we can carry out even more world-class research, provide even more life-changing support and campaign even more effectively for better services and care.
By bringing together our passion, energy, expertise, funds and networks, we will make greater progress in more effective ways to make sure that, by 2050, everyone who develops breast cancer will live and receive the support they need to live well.
For further information and to apply
Please click on the apply button to be directed to our website to complete an online application form.
Closing date: 09:00am on Monday 21 October 2019
Interview date: Friday 1 November 2019 (London)
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Senior Fundraiser - Trusts and Foundations
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 per annum (Dependant on experience)
Here at Eden Brown I'm delighted to be supporting a fantastic charity with an incredibly long heritage their main objective, to save lives and prevent or relieve human suffering, advance education, advance citizenship, and promote civic responsibility and volunteering. The charity is looking to appoint a Senior Fundraiser (Trusts and Foundations) who will be responsible for the Trust and Foundations income target in addition to the fundraising strategy in collaboration with wider fundraising colleagues.
As a Senior Fundraiser you will continuously seek out all available income sources from Trusts and Foundations and to prepare and submit high quality funding applications while positively contributing to the small fundraising team by giving appropriate support, adding value, assisting with meeting key performance indicators and offering strategic direction and guidance in your area of expertise.
To be considered for this role you will come to us with experience and ensure you have excellent knowledge of the charity's services, understand how they are funded, and ensure your fundraising practices are current, effective, 'driven and dynamic' and follow best practice.
Your principal role is essentially to explore and maximise possible income from Trusts and Foundations - in essence, you'll own and be the main driver of improving income generation from this sector. You will work closely with everyone to fulfil fundraising team outcomes, engaging and working with members to ensure all are well informed.
To register your interest, or to hear more about this fantastic opportunity, please contact Shabnam on [email protected] / 0113 2207 540.
Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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Closing date: 24 October 2019 at 11.30pm
We're looking for an inspirational people person to join us as an Assistant Manager in our Motherwell shop. You will be pivotal in assisting the Shop Manager in leading and empowering a team of volunteers to engage with the local community on Shelter's cause, maximising the contribution of gifts of time from volunteers, the gifts of products from our donors and the gift of income from our customers.
You will be the ambassador of Shelter on the high street; raising vital money for our cause. If you want to make a real difference to people at risk of homelessness, this is a unique opportunity to do just that.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits including 22 days annual leave (pro rata for part time), enhanced maternity/paternity leave, childcare vouchers and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
About the role
You will assist the Shop Manager in the recruitment, support and development of a strong community focused shop team and empower them to maximise Shelter's income. Representing Shelter in your local community, ensuring that you and your team share your knowledge of Shelter's cause with customers, volunteers, donors and potential Shelter clients will also be important aspects of the role. You will always ensure a safe, clean, bright and happy environment for your team to work in and for your customers to shop in, in turn attracting potential donors and volunteers.
About you
You are a naturally energetic person with an enthusiasm for managing and empowering people. You know how to recruit and develop a team of volunteers and your extraordinary motivational skills will enable you to inspire your team to increase sales and control costs. Above all, you are ready to take on a new challenge and have a keen interest in Shelter's cause.
Shelter Scotland helps over half a million people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
At Shelter Scotland, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.