Want to help shape a world where LGBT+ people are accepted without exception? Here’s your chance. 

For the last thirty years, Stonewall has been working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bi and trans people. As a charity we rely on the generosity of private individuals, communities and organisations. Without it, none of what we do would be possible. 

Join us as our Senior Programmes Officer in our Programmes Team in Stonewall Scotland to help shape a world where everyone is accepted without exception. Reporting to the Head of Programmes you will focus on helping businesses, charities, public services and educational institutions to develop inclusive cultures through membership of one our innovative Diversity Champion and Children and Young People’s Services programmes. You will be involved in all aspects of LGBT+ workplace inclusion. As our Senior Programmes Officer you will be responsible for supporting our relationships with key stakeholders, providing expert support and guidance, growing our Champions programme, developing and delivering our suite of professional and community empowerment programmes.   This role provides an excellent opportunity to develop your skillset and step up as an ally and role model.

The post will also give you the chance to demonstrate your confident presentational skills with a range of stakeholders at a variety of levels as well as your ability to engage and inspire audiences.

The successful candidate will be able to embody and model Stonewall’s values and behaviours – able to demonstrate understanding of both privilege and intersectionality and the challenges that face the identities and communities that Stonewall supports.  Above all the candidate will want to work to change the world for all LGBT+ people. 

Senior Programmes Officer 
Edinburgh
£28,940

At Stonewall we want you to feel involved in all aspects of our work and to have amazing opportunities during your time with us . Everyone is accepted for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. In line with Stonewall’s commitments to race equity and trans inclusion, we are particularly seeking applications from People of Colour/ BAME people and/or trans people. Stonewall has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for staff who hold these and other identities.

Deadline for Applications: 5pm on 1 March 2021

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend any interview, please let us know.

The Role

Scottish Women’s Aid is excited to recruit for maternity cover for our External Affairs Officer. The role holder plays an essential part in the continued development and delivery of key messaging for SWA, increasing awareness of the organisation and ensuring our core values are reflected in all our communications.

The Organisation

Scottish Women’s Aid is Scotland’s leading voluntary sector organisation working to prevent domestic abuse and promote effective policy and practice responses for women, children and young people who experience domestic abuse.  We are the umbrella organisation for 36 autonomous Women’s Aid groups delivering direct services to women, children, and young people across Scotland.

What You’ll Do

The External Affairs Officer will develop and support effective media relationships to ensure awareness and understanding of SWA to a wide target audience. You will create meaningful dialogue with appropriate stakeholders, responding to media enquiries and drafting briefing notes, articles and web content aligned to SWA’s core values and strategic priorities.

What We Need

The successful candidate will have substantial communications experience in a similar role, ideally with a sound understanding of parliamentary, political and policy processes. You will have the confidence, skills and proficiency to quickly add value to the role and organisation, alongside excellent written and verbal skills with the ability to translate complex information for appropriate media use. A sound understanding of social media, website, and content management systems, as well as impact evaluation and measurement, is essential for success in this position.

We’re looking for someone who has

• A proven track record of delivering on external affairs strategy in a similar organisational context
• A well-established comms network that supports effective partnership working with the media as well as political and parliamentary stakeholders
• A sound knowledge and understanding of the ethical considerations associated with media and communications
• The ability to manage communications in relation to external projects and services
• A positive track record of working to support colleagues with local and national campaign priorities
• Knowledge of communicating a gendered message and understanding of the issues relating to violence against women
• Experience of a range of software such as Mailchimp, Drupal, Survey Monkey, MS Office

Closing date for applications: 8th March 2021 @ 12noon

Interview date: 22nd March 2021 (via Zoom)

Scottish Women’s Aid is committed to promoting equality and diversity.  Applications are welcomed from all sections of the community. Applications will be accepted from women only under Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Scottish Women’s Aid is a company limited by guarantee, company no. SC128433,

and a charity registered with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, charity no. SC001099.

ABOUT US
The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. We want to see a UK rich in native woods and trees, for people and wildlife. The Trust aims to engage and inspire people about woods and trees to help us meet our vision of creating, restoring and protecting woodland. We own and care for over 1,000 woodland sites across the United Kingdom and support the creation and management of woodland on land outside the Trust’s own estate.

Ben Shieldaig Estate is a property of 1,539 hectares set in a unique and dramatic landscape perched on the very fringes of Scotland’s west coast in the Wester Ross National Scenic Area. The mountain is home to a very special and extensive area of designated native woodland which includes a significant remnant of ancient Caledonian pinewood. Taking on the estate in 2019 has given us a rare opportunity to conserve an entire mountain and all its diverse ecosystems in one of the best-known upland landscapes in the UK.

THE ROLE
This is a unique opportunity to help drive forward one of the most ambitious conservation projects in the Highlands. The Estate Ranger will be responsible for overseeing maintenance programmes, ensuring that Ben Shieldaig is presented to the highest possible standards. You will assist with the development and supervision of management contracts, ensuring our contractors work to the highest standards, and recruit and manage volunteers on practical tasks.

Engaging with and involving surrounding communities in our work at the Ben Shieldaig will be an important part of the role. You will contribute to and implement engagement activities supporting the development of on and off-site interpretation and delivering a quality visitor experience. There will also be a strong focus on ecological monitoring to ensure the mosaic of habitats at Ben Shieldaig, especially existing native woodlands, are being protected and enhanced.

THE CANDIDATE

Ideally you will be qualified to HND/Degree level in land-based management in the conservation or forestry sector and be proficient in wildlife and habitat conservation activities. In addition, you’ll have experience of supervising contractors and managing contracts, supervising volunteers, organising public events and community engagement activities and carrying out ecological monitoring. You will be proficient in use of IT, preferably including GIS. You will need to be positive and results-focussed; determined to seek positive outcomes from challenging situations. You’ll be able to work and communicate with others effectively, be commercially astute and flexible to changing demands. A full driving licence is required.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
There’s no other organisation like the Woodland Trust. Whatever you do here you will be supporting our work to protect and enhance woods and trees. In return we recognise and value our people. You'll have our full support, training and opportunities for professional
development, along with a contributory pension, life assurance and good holiday entitlement.

Principal Policy Officer (Woodlands and Forestry)
Reference: FEB20219925
Location: RSPB Scotland – HQ
Salary: £38,632.00 - £46,611.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Annual Leave, Life Assurance

This is an outstanding opportunity to ensure the UK’s woodlands and forests help tackle the nature and climate crises. You will lead the development and high-level advocacy of RSPB policy on forestry and woodland issues and influence important debates and decisions across the UK.

We are looking for a highly experienced policy advocate who understands and can influence the policies that drive both commercial forestry and the decisions by landowners to plant trees and manage woodlands of all kinds. You will provide thought leadership, already be well respected in this field and your advocacy, communication and campaigning skills will be second to none.

What’s the role about?

The UK’s woodlands and forests have a major role to play in helping to halt declines in nature and combat climate change. Significant woodland and forest expansion forms part of all land use scenarios for how the UK will achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

The RSPB supports the management and expansion of the UK’s woodlands and forests and seeks to influence the public policy, legislation and funding decisions, at UK and devolved level, that affect this. The Principal Policy Officer will have a UK remit and work with policy staff across the four UK countries, leading the development of our overarching policy positions, helping to develop and coordinate our advocacy strategies and ensure their effective implementation. The role will be responsible for undertaking high level advocacy on forestry and woodland policy and providing information, advice and support to other staff internally on forestry and woodland matters.

The postholder will need strong leadership skills and the ability to work with a wide range of policy staff across the UK and with colleagues in our Conservation Science, Communications and Campaigns and Operations teams to ensure we have impact.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Developing credible policy positions based on sound science and evidence
• Developing advocacy strategies that will achieve results
• Undertaking high level advocacy and communicating persuasively
• Coalition campaigning and communications
• Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders at senior level
• Helping to plan and coordinate work across different teams and disciplines to ensure we influence policy decisions in each of the four UK countries.

What we need from you?

• You will be an experienced policy advocate, recognised as a thought leader in your field, and with substantive knowledge of forestry and woodland policy and practice in the UK or wider.
• You will be able to lead and coordinate work with others to develop policy positions, produce advocacy strategies and implement them and have influence externally at a senior level.
• You will be able to analyse complex issues in a fast-paced environment
• You will have well-developed negotiating and influencing skills and be able to engage with a wide range of individuals and organisations
• You will understand how public institution decision-making occurs and have good political instincts
• You will have written and verbal communication skills of a very high standard; professional and persuasive
• You will have an excellent understanding of the role of public facing communications/campaigns in supporting policy advocacy.
• You will be confident and capable of being a public face for RSPB policy and advocacy to the media and through the use of social media.
• You will be an expert in woodland and forestry policy in the UK or wider, with relevant academic or professional qualifications
• You will bring with you an extensive network of contacts and relationships in government, agencies, business and NGOs, relevant to the forestry and woodland sectors.

Closing date: 23:59, 11 March 2021

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can complete your application for this position.

No agencies please.

SUPPORT, INFORM, EMPOWER

Three key words that sum up the Salvesen Mindroom Centre.

For nearly twenty years, Salvesen Mindroom Centre has been making a huge difference to the lives of children, young people and their families living with learning difficulties. Over that time, it has built strong foundations and gained a trusted reputation for its knowledge and expertise. But being founded by a Swede married to a Scot the charity likes to think it does things a little bit differently. A mix of Nordic cool and Scottish practicality!

Its goal is to become a world-leading centre bringing practical help, research and education together to address the impact of learning difficulties. Thanks to a generous donation from Alastair and Elizabeth Salvesen, its journey has been an incredible period of transformation.

Every year, the charity’s highly skilled advice and outreach team work with hundreds of families across Scotland and numbers are increasing annually. Its helpline is open five days a week, with expert advisers available to help those whose lives have been impacted by learning difficulties, providing the emotional support and the right information. For those who require more direct support, its highly experienced outreach team work throughout Scotland, engaging with both the families and the professionals in schools, social work, justice and health to ensure that we really are getting it right for every child.

The charity aims to empower families to take back control of their own situation and move forward. In the last twelve months it has introduced two excellent new services that work directly with young people – helping their voices to be heard above a very complex and challenging landscape.
By working across Education, Health, Social Work, Justice and private organisations, the charity also empowers professionals by giving them the information and the tools they need so that they feel confident in supporting young people with learning difficulties. Just as an example, the General Teaching Council for Scotland commends its guidance to tens of thousands of registered teachers.

Research has always been central to its vision for a world-leading centre of excellence. Learning difficulties know no boundaries and the charity’s work is complemented by the Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre (SMRC) based at the University of Edinburgh. The SMRC team is taking forward research that offers the prospect of improving the lives of those living with learning difficulties worldwide. This unique partnership brings outreach expertise and research together, making the experience of families central to this work and, in return, empowering them through knowledge of best practice.

Salvesen Mindroom Centre’s journey has been extraordinary. And this is only the start.

The charity is now looking to diversify its fundraising and create a strategy that works for them. Nearly three-quarters of its funding comes from an individual source, and its objective is to reduce that below 50%. While there is time to make these changes, the charity needs someone well-respected in the fundraising sector with the right creativity and experience to lead it on this journey.

It is specifically looking for a strategic thinker who has extremely well-developed skills across the board but particularly in major donor and corporate fundraising. This role will work directly with the Chief Executive as part of the small management team and with a close relationship to the Board. The Director of Fundraising must be an individual who will command respect from both internal and external stakeholders, giving strategic leadership and taking responsibility for delivering results.

This is the role for someone whose energy, drive and capacity for engagement will develop and sustain new relationships with major supporters and inspire the charity’s small, but very capable fundraising team.

If you believe that everyone has the right to achieve their potential, and if you have the skills, experience and passion to take Salvesen Mindroom Centre on the next stage of its exciting journey, then we would like to hear from you.

How To Apply

Please contact BTA to request an information pack, full job description and person specification.

Please note, Bruce Tait, BTA Chief Executive is leading the recruitment for this role and would be delighted to host initial conversations regarding suitability after candidates have reviewed the candidate information. Please get in touch well in advance of the closing date to give us time to consider your application and pre-interview the strongest applicants.

Closing Date: Midday, Tuesday 16th March

Interview Date: Friday 26th March

This search is being conducted exclusively for Salvesen Mindroom Centre by BTA (Bruce Tait Associates). Our leadership team have all worked in the voluntary sector and we use this experience to match organisations and individuals to create great appointments.

Cancer Awareness Nurse - Scotland

Location: Greater Glasgow and surrounding area (within 35 mile radius). Nurses will be based regionally but will be required to travel to other areas in the UK for short periods.

Salary: £27,000 - £30,000 per annum (full time equivalent) plus car allowance

Hours: Part-time, 28 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Application deadline: We will be reviewing applications as they come in so early application is strongly encouraged to avoid disappointment. This role will close once the position is filled.

Interviews: Interviews will begin week commencing 25th January 2021 and will be held virtually.

Training dates: The successful post-holder will need to attend staff training on 8th-11th March, and campaign training at 15th-18th March. Training will be held virtually.

Apply your nursing experience to a new challenge for 2021 and help us beat cancer!  

Our Cancer Awareness Roadshow plays a vital role in achieving our vision of beating cancer. We travel to the heart of communities talking to over 60,000 people every year about cancer. Our nurses directly reach people most in need, helping people to take steps to reduce their risk of cancer through lifestyle changes and supporting them to maintain those changes lifelong. If you’ve got an interest in health promotion and you are an excellent and confident communicator then this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

About the role

We’re looking for a motivated Nurse to be part of our team in Scotland to work on our regular indoor Roadshows. In this influential role, you’ll…

• Work as a core part of our cancer awareness team to engage people face-to-face, providing information on cancer prevention, screening and early detection

• Organise and deliver cancer awareness presentations and training to community groups and support other public health initiatives

• Manage team Twitter account – posting regular updates on the team’s activity and growing the team’s social media contacts as appropriate.

• Collect and input data to evaluate local engagement activities

• Get involved with other cancer awareness outreach activity in the local community

• Manage a team of Health Awareness Volunteers and support them to be involved with cancer awareness activity where appropriate

To see a full job description please click here: https://adobe.ly/2Yd7bbV

You’ll be mainly based in Glasgow and surrounding areas within a 35 mile radius, visiting communities who are at higher risk of cancer.

About us

Our Cancer Awareness Roadshow was founded in 2006 in partnership with Ronan Keating and the Marie Keating Foundation. It plays a vital role in achieving our vision of beating cancer sooner by directly reaching people most in need with tailored health messages, encouraging them to make positive changes to their health and signposting to local health services. The Roadshow currently consists of three mobile units that visit some of the UK’s most deprived and diverse communities where cancer incidence and mortality rates are significantly above average. For more information on the Roadshow please see the Cancer Research UK Roadshow Website. Our regular Cancer Awareness Roadshow was developed off the back of the Roadshow in 2015, to enable us to have more in-depth ongoing conversations with people, to help them to sustain change in a supportive environment. The Glasgow activity is a regular indoor Roadshow only model, with a usual pattern of three days a week of Roadshow sites and one admin day.

About you

 To join us we’re looking for…

• A registered Nurse with an NMC registration

• Excellent verbal communication skills, including an ability to engage people in conversation and to use motivational interviewing techniques

• Strong writing skills

• Excellent organisational skills with a strong administrative background

• A good understanding of the challenges associated with targeting hard to reach groups and addressing health inequalities

Cancer Research UK will provide introductory training and orientation. As part of your application we’d like you to upload a CV and you will be asked to answer a few short application questions relating to your experience and skills.

Rocket Science is a specialist research and consultancy organisation focusing on poverty and welfare, health and social care, and employability and skills. We work across the UK from our three offices in Edinburgh, Newcastle and London. We work closely with our clients including central and local government, charities and community organisations to review and evaluate services, conduct social research including understanding needs, exploring lived experience, setting strategies and governance structures and conducting quantitative impact analysis such as cost benefit analysis and SROI.

We have two opportunities for people to join our Edinburgh and Newcastle Team: 

• We are looking for a consultant to join our Edinburgh and Newcastle Team to support contracts across the UK. We are looking for an enthusiastic team member with experience in research, social research, or in one of our specialist areas. This post will be based in either our Edinburgh or Newcastle office depending on the preference of the successful candidate.

• We are looking for a health and social care research expert to join our growing team to support and help drive our health and social care social research across Scotland and the North East of England as well as provide support for projects across the UK. We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced team member who is interested in progressing into senior management of the company in the medium term.

We offer a highly supportive work environment centred around an intent-based leadership approach that empowers Rocket Scientists to be leaders in everything they do. In 2019 we were accredited at Gold level as both Investors in People and Investors in Young People.  We were one of the first companies to sign up to the Scottish Business Pledge and we are an accredited Living Wage employer. 

Full details on our website.

Introduction

The Edinburgh International Festival is looking for an experienced Supporter Relations Manager to join the team. We want you to help us deliver this unparalleled celebration of the performing arts, which brings some of the most exciting and creative artists working today to audiences from around the world.

As part of the Development team, the Supporter Relations Manager will create, develop and manage a programme of stewardship and cultivation activities that fosters loyalty and engagement with the Edinburgh International Festival and offers gold standard stewardship, specifically for 2021 International Festival.

We believe that being inclusive and diverse across all areas of our work helps us bring the best international festival to Edinburgh.  We believe that an inclusive culture is the foundation for a successful workplace, and we strive to grow our diverse representation across our staff, our artists and our audiences.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their backgrounds and life experience.

As part of the Development team, the Supporter Relations Manager will create, develop and manage a programme of stewardship and cultivation activities that fosters loyalty and engagement with the Edinburgh International Festival and offers gold standard stewardship, specifically for 2021 International Festival.

We believe that being inclusive and diverse across all areas of our work helps us bring the best international festival to Edinburgh.  We believe that an inclusive culture is the foundation for a successful workplace, and we strive to grow our diverse representation across our staff, our artists and our audiences.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their backgrounds and life experience.

Supporter Relations Manager  

Fixed term contract: Tuesday 6th April – Friday 3rd September 2021 (exact dates tbc with appointee)

Reports to: Head of Development

Works with: Development Team fundraisers (Corporate Partnerships Manager, Individual Giving Manager, Trusts & Foundations Manager, Strategic Partnerships Manager), Events Manager (temporary post) and Development Director.

Job Purpose: In consultation with fundraisers and others, the post holder will create, develop and manage a programme of stewardship and cultivation activities for major donors and supporters (sponsors, trusts and other stakeholders) that fosters loyalty and engagement with the Edinburgh International Festival and offers gold standard stewardship, specifically during the 2021 festival period and the limitations of COVID-19.

Specific Responsibilities

To work productively as part of the Development Team and in particular to support of the Head of Development and the Development Director with all cultivation and stewardship events and activities. 

Responsibilities include:

• Scope and implement new and innovative stewardship methods to achieve goals as creatively and impactfully as possible to advance the organisation and engage with supporters and stakeholders
• Working with the Development team to create and deliver stewardship and cultivation events (in person and virtual) for all areas of fund-raising in corporate partnerships, trusts and foundations, major gifts and international partners.
• In collaboration with fundraisers, create bespoke stewardship plans for major and principal donors (individuals and organisations) ensuring that activities give a gold-standard experience of the Edinburgh International Festival.
• Meet with fundraisers on a regular basis to discuss stewardship and/or cultivation requirements and ensure that activities are in place to support these during the Festival
• Provide best practice advice and guidance to fundraisers on stewardship activities that maximise interactions with prospects and donors of all level, building loyalty and engagement with the Edinburgh International Festival
• Support the Individual Giving Team with donor relations programme for Friends and mid-level donors
• Take the lead on complex cross-festival stewardship projects involving multiple stakeholders and working closely with senior leadership
• Working with the Executive Office to create impactful stakeholder engagement with public funders and other stakeholders
• Assist with compiling guest lists and sending invitations for International Festival events
• Record details in the Festival’s database Spectrix and ensure that information is frequently updated
• Liaise with the Head of Development and Events Manager re daily guest lists and create and circulate briefing notes to all attending EIF staff, including Directors
• With the Events Manager to be responsible for the delivery of virtual and in person events during and in the lead up to the Festival.
• Oversee the donor reporting schedule, supporting the Development Team, ensuring that reports for Supporters are produced on time

Post Festival

• Making sure records of attendance at stewardship and cultivation events and activities are complete for reporting purposes
• Completing a record of all stewardship activity and recommendations for taking this forward

General

• Attend Development Team regular meetings and stewardship planning meetings
• Attend other hospitality events and external meetings as agreed with the Development Director and Head of Development
• Be attentive to and implement EIF brand and style guidelines
• Respect Partners and EIF confidentiality
• Any other duties as requested by the Head of Development and the Development Director.

Person specification

• A proven track record of stewardship and donor engagement at senior level preferably in the cultural, university or third-sector.
• An understanding of the fund-raising process particularly in the cultivation and stewardship of relationships with individuals and organisations
• Exceptional organisational and time management skills including the ability to cope with high volumes of work, changing priorities and critical deadlines.
• Flexible approach and adaptability to last minute changes.
• Ability to analyse problems /anticipate situations, formulate suitable solutions and implement appropriate actions under pressure.
• Excellent standard of writing and confident oral communication skills
• An ability to work on own initiative, to be pro-active in developing engagement ideas
• A polished and personable manner, confident in dealing with stakeholders and senior colleagues
• Creativity and enthusiasm to inspire colleagues and create exceptional experiences
• A team player who demonstrates willingness to share information and ability to communicate positively and effectively with colleagues, including direct reports.
• Proficient in IT skills including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and ability to work from home if required
• An interest in and appreciation of arts and culture

Terms and Conditions

Our standard working hours are 35 hours per week, by agreement within standard office hours of 9.30 to 17.30, Monday to Friday. As this role starts before and continues for the duration of the annual International Festival, it will be necessary to work outside standard hours and at weekends and payment of overtime is not applicable to this post.  

We welcome any requests to discuss flexible working.  There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to.  Flexible working can also be part of the discussion at the offer stage.  Please note that during the 3 week duration of the Festival it may not be possible to offer or continue previously agreed flexible working.

Contract type Fixed term

Salary £30,000 per annum pro rata

Holiday entitlement

22 days per annum and an additional 5 public holidays to be taken pro-rata

Pension Scheme

The International Festival will comply with the employer pension duties in accordance with Part 1 of the Pension Act 2008, as amended or replaced from time to time.

Policy & Public Affairs Manager

C £35,000 per annum depending on experience

Contract:Permanent

Location:Flexible home-based, with easy access to Westminster, London and willingness to travel to Cardiff and Edinburgh on a regular basis.

A world without liver disease – that’s our vision.

The British Liver Trust is the leading UK charity for adults affected by liver disease. Liver disease is the only one of the five big killer diseases that continues to increase, the Trust works to transform liver health through increased awareness, prevention, improved care and support.

We are looking for an exceptional Policy and Public Affairs Manager to join the team. This new role, will be responsible for working across Westminster and the devolved nations to influence politicians and parliamentarians so that we reduce liver disease mortality and improve care for patients with liver disease and liver cancer in the UK.

Primarily the post holder will:

• Be responsible for developing and implementing our influencing agenda, shaping and driving policy change.
• Ensure the British Liver Trust engages effectively and works in partnership with relevant key stakeholders including parliamentarians, politicians in the devolved nations, civil servants, policymakers, researchers, other related charities and clinical bodies
• Lead activities in responding to key legislative proposals, government consultations, and other strategic political consultations and developments that impact upon liver disease and liver cancer

You must be able to demonstrate success in a similar role. This is an exciting opportunity to join a passionate and committed team, to help demonstrate the impact of our work and deliver great supporter care.

We are an equal opportunities employer and would be particularly pleased to hear from candidates from minority group backgrounds.

• a covering letter explaining how your experience, skills and knowledge make you suitable for the role, with particular relevance to the Job Description
• an up to date CV

Closing date: 9.00am 2.3.21

Interviews (via Zoom): 10.3.21

PROSPECT RESEARCH & ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE

Reports to: Acquisition Manager

Location: Home based, Scotland, Northern Ireland or Northern England

Working pattern: Permanent, Flexibility for full or part time

Salary: £24,000 - £26,000 p.a.

We will close this role once we have sufficient applicants, so please submit as soon as possible.

Full job description available here:

We are looking for a proactive individual with a passion for people to help grown our Acquisition team.

Our supporters are central in funding our life saving research, and it's really important that we continue to grow and develop those relationships. This role is an exciting opportunity to develop our supporter base and invest in acquisition activity at CRUK. The role will plan and deliver high quality research, identifying and developing new sources of leads and qualifiers. This is a desk based role, which is ideal for someone who is passionate about prospect research and fundraising who is looking for a home based opportunity.

What will I be doing?

In this role you will:

• Use a variety of resources to identify and research prospects with capacity to support CRUK, working towards agreed targets and KPI's

• Be the first point of contact for research enquiries, briefs, and complex queries, providing full and accurate supporter profiling in line with policies to enable targeted networking and acquisition

• Take ownership of the due diligence process for the divisional team, accurately completing all due diligence requests in line with SLAs and policies

• Support the development of a robust prospect pipeline of opportunities, identifying and cultivating leads with a strong focus on lifetime value to CRUK

• Work with the divisional team to contribute to lead generation and research strategies, testing new lead generation methods and making recommendations on findings

• Provide supporter facing engagement and representation of the Acquisition team within the division as required

• Develop and adapt the qualification process to make improvements, gathering insights from divisional teams and the sector to ensure the agreed feedback loop is adhered to and improved upon

What skills are you looking for?

To succeed in this role you will display:

• Proactive and highly organised with a strong attention to detail

• Ability to collect and assimilate large amounts of detailed information, identify key points and convey complex ideas clearly and succinctly to support effective decision making

• Experience of providing excellent customer service

• Ability to build strong professional relationships with a variety of stakeholders

• Experience of working successfully in professional research, using a variety of research resources

• Strong communication skills in both written and verbal form

• Adaptable to changing team needs and comfort with working through ambiguity

• Ensuring equality and diversity is celebrated and considered as part of all decisions taken

What will I gain?

Without you we wouldn't be able to achieve our aim of seeing 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. So we want to reward you in as many ways as possible. Our benefits package includes discounts on anything from travel to technology, generous holiday allowance, gym membership, childcare vouchers and much more. You'll also be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. And ultimately you'll know that you'll be changing lives through your work.

If you're as ambitious as we are, join our collective force and enjoy an excellent career, as we save lives and add years.

The Larder was founded in 2010 to combat rising youth unemployment in West Lothian and help tackle a national decline in cooking ability. In the years since, they have used an incredible passion for food and cooking to change lives, build empowered and resilient communities and help end food poverty.

Driven to end social disadvantage, The Larder is a charity and social enterprise that changes lives through their training and employability services and provide increased opportunities for the most disadvantaged in the community to learn in a supportive environment. They support young people experiencing barriers into work within the hospitality sector, help as many people as possible across West Lothian cook good and affordable food, and provide delicious food for their community cafes.

The Larder provides opportunities that are essential in alleviating poverty through the dignity of work and access to good food. As well as training and employability, The Larder use their kitchens and trainee chefs to provide 2,500 nutritious meals every week to those in isolation and who need it most across communities in West Lothian.

An ambitious social enterprise, The Larder continues to grow and requires a new Finance Manager who will support this growth. This is a new role that will play an important part in The Larder’s future journey, including supporting the development of a 5-year business plan that will feature a move to a new multi-million-pound facility and growing their presence across Scotland.

The Finance Manager will be responsible for all aspects of financial activity and management from everyday activity such as payroll, pensions, tax and inputting invoices to monthly and annual activities including budgets, forecasts, financial modelling and preparing accounts.

The opportunity exists for the Finance Manager work with the CEO and influence at a more strategic level by supporting the creation of a 5-year business plan, providing financial advice and support on their new premises capital project alongside ensuring the correct financial compliance and governance frameworks are in place and followed.

To apply for the role of Finance Manager at The Larder, you must have experience working in third sector financial management and show knowledge of OSCR and preparing charity accounts. Experience managing accounts with different income sources such as restricted and unrestricted funds are required. You will be experienced with payroll – wages, pension contributions and taxes, and be confident managing incoming PO’s, invoices and remittance by uploading to the Quickbooks platform (experience with other accounting software is acceptable). You will be confident with strong written and verbal communications skills. You must demonstrate experience with budgeting, forecasts, financial modelling and implementing compliance and governance. This role requires a strong and experienced finance manager who is personable, confident and engaging as teamwork and support to other departments internally is a key area of this role.

Before applying, contemplate whether you truly empathise with the aims, values and vision of The Larder and have a personal drive to help end social disadvantage.

How to apply

Please contact BTA to request an information pack, full job description and person specification.

You are advised to get in touch well in advance of the closing date to give us time to consider your application and pre-interview the strongest applicants.

Closing Date:

Midday, Thursday 25th February 2021

Interview Date: 

Friday 5th March 2021

This search is being conducted exclusively for The Larder by BTA (Bruce Tait Associates). Our leadership team have all worked in the voluntary sector and we use this experience to match organisations and individuals to create great appointments.