Location: Flexible (Glasgow/Edinburgh/Kinross)

CHAS is a charity on a mission. We’re determined to be there for every child in Scotland with a life-shortening condition, and their family. To do that, quite simply, we need to raise more money. The Community Fundraising Development Manager is integral to achieving this goal.

Through the implementation of our five year Joy of Giving strategy, this role will lead the community fundraising team across Scotland to achieve our ambitious targets.  Based in any CHAS office, you will work with a dynamic team of staff and volunteers to ensure CHAS fundraising is present in every community in Scotland.

Key Responsibilities

• Team management and leadership

• Team development

• Relationships management

• Working with volunteers

• Community Fundraising Strategy setting

• Budget setting and management

• Represents the Community Fundraising Team both internally and externally

• Contributes to the CHAS Joy of Giving Strategy implementation, and the wider CHAS Plan

About You

You will be a highly skilled fundraiser with experience leading teams and working with colleagues and volunteers to achieve a shared ambition. You will be an excellent relationship builder with highly developed communication skills and significant community fundraising experience. You’ll have knowledge of the processes involved in the successful delivery and follow-up of community fundraising activity, as well as a proven track record of successful fundraising growth. You will have experience in strategy and budget setting, and the monitoring and evaluation of activities. You will be driven and self-motivated, and work with a high degree of autonomy.

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 Community Fundraising Development Manager, 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.

Are you an experienced Fundraiser with a passion for building relationships and raising funds in your local community? Do you have a knack for identifying opportunities and maximising support? If so we need you!

Due to an internal promotion, an exciting opportunity has arisen in the fundraising team at Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home to join us as Community Fundraiser. Covering Edinburgh and the Lothians you will be responsible for generating support for the Home through volunteering, community events, building relationships with individuals, local business, groups and schools as well as growing our Companion and kennel/cat pen sponsorship programmes within your patch.

This is an incredibly busy role so we are looking for someone with strong organisational skills who can prioritise and build volunteer support to help them maximise opportunity in their area. To succeed, you will need to be a real people person with a passion for animal welfare.

Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home is one of Scotland’s oldest and most loved animal welfare organisations. Established in 1883, every year we rescue, reunite and rehome hundreds of lost, stray and abandoned dogs and cats in Edinburgh, the Lothians and beyond.

The Development and Alumni Office (DAO) comprises the Development, Alumni and Development and Alumni Services teams. The DAO works to empower Heriot-Watt University to achieve its strategic aims by building productive and enduring relationships between the University and its network of supporters, philanthropists and organisations, in order to support priority initiatives and developments. The team seeks to build on the strong foundations in place in order to maximise the philanthropic and engagement potential of Heriot-Watt’s stakeholder groups. This post is part of the Development team, which is led by the Head of Development and includes three Senior Development Executives, a Development Executive (Regular Giving), a Stewardship Officer and an Administrative Assistant.

This is a skilled role requiring specialist knowledge and expertise of Trusts and Foundations. The post holder will be responsible for securing a high return on investment in the form of major philanthropic grants from charitable trusts and foundations, providing significant funding for a spectrum of University projects including capital campaigns, research, and scholarships. The post holder should have exceptional communication and written skills, with strong influential and negotiating skills in order to develop high quality funding proposals and impact reports.

Key duties and responsibilities:

1. Work closely with the Head of Development, the senior development team and academics to plan, co-ordinate and support the University’s fundraising approaches to trusts and foundations. This will include overview of the trust portfolio, managing a pool of trusts, scheduling approaches, liaising with colleagues on project information, meeting with administrators and trustees, arranging visits to the University and writing effective proposals to secure gifts in the five, six and seven figure range. Establish good working relationships with key staff of the major UK Trusts and Foundations – ensuring where necessary other senior colleagues are involved. Manage a portfolio of trust prospects and meet an agreed annual target.

2. Ensure that funding applications of the highest quality, priority and relevance are developed, agreed and submitted in order to secure optimal levels of support. Maintain up-to-date and in-depth intelligence on potential funders’ priorities and preferences through desk research and face to face meetings.

3. Work closely with colleagues to plan events, seminars, and meetings that strengthen stakeholder and supporter relationships and promote the University’s work. Liaise with colleagues to implement appropriate stewardship programmes that thank and maintain long term relationships with foundations, including correspondence, visits, events and personal meetings.

4. Prepare and update materials that effectively communicate complex academic and scientific projects to both internal and external audiences in order to support fundraising and to maximise visibility of campaigns and philanthropic projects.

5. Act as an information source within DAO and HWU on funding from the trusts and foundations sector, and as a central point for incoming queries from trusts. Serve as a resource for colleagues across the Development team, ensuring the most compelling and effective approaches are made to trusts by providing peer review of applications and ensuring consistency of message and grant seeking practice. Work with the Head of Development to maintain close contact with other colleagues who are responsible for research grants and ensure smooth co-ordination of funders who make both research and philanthropic grants.

6. Ensure that current and accurate information on contact details, income, application records and activity in this area is maintained on Raiser’s Edge database.

7. Assist in the wider work of the department at the request of the Head of Development.

8. Keep abreast of professional and regulatory developments in charity legislation and higher education fundraising.

This role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UKVI to enable sponsorship of non-European nationals. Therefore we cannot progress applications from candidates who require sponsorship to work in the UK. For further information on this please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. 

For application details and further information please go to our website. 

Closing date:  17th November 2019.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week

Location: You will be based in our Edinburgh hub but will have flexibility to travel across the region

The Prince’s Trust specialises in helping young people develop the confidence and skills to live, learn and earn, and has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic youth worker to join our dynamic team. This permanent position is well suited to an individual that is looking to gain hands-on experience in a thriving and supportive workplace and is as passionate as us about transforming the lives of young people.

Objectives:

You will work directly with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage 11-30 year olds. Working as part of a team within Central and South East, you will work with clear objectives to ‘connect’, ‘progress’ and help ‘transform’ the lives of young people who need us most.

Responsibilities:

• You will predominately be in the delivery team which focuses on Personal and Social development courses including the use of Adventurous Activities.
• You will be on delivery between 3-4 days a week.
• The other days you will be in the office planning courses, maintenance checks of kit training, team meetings etc.

Requirements:

To support our delivery requirements across Edinburgh, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals with some of the following:

• To be able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience.
• To be adaptive and flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation.
• Experienced in providing one-to-one support and delivering high quality learning and development sessions through a variety of mediums including adventurous activities.
• Natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people.
• A sound understanding of how Outdoor Education can be adjusted and applied in an urban setting.
• Good outdoor group management experience
• A minimum of two NGB qualifications from: Summer Mountain Leader/Walking Group Leader assessed – Rock climbing Instructor/Climbing Wall instructor – Paddle Sport Leader or Instructor – MIA S Level 2 or British cycling Level 2.
• Skills or training evidence in a third adventurous/outdoor activity
• First Aid qualification with outdoor focus and relevant to other qualifications (BASP, REC, etc)
• D1 driving license.

Perks of working at The Trust:

• 25 days annual leave entitlement rising by 1 day per year to 30 days, plus bank holidays
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
• Interest free season ticket loans
• A contribution of 5% of your salary by The Trust to the Trust Pension Scheme
• Flexible, family-friendly policies (maternity, adoption, paternity, shared parental leave)
• Opportunities to volunteer for and/or attend events e.g. music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
• In-house and external training opportunities available throughout the year
• You will be supporting young people to develop skills for life – confidence, communication, teamwork.
• You will be supporting young people to gain qualifications
• You will be supporting young people to set and achieve their goals
• You will be supporting young people to move into positive destinations – employment, education, diversionary activities or further development opportunities
• Work in a challenging, fast-paced but fun and supportive environment
• Working with a diverse team of people.

For more information, please download the job description.

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 go to our website and 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.

About The Prince’s Trust youth charity

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.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Could you lead us?

The Centre has ambitious plans and so is looking for a Chief Executive Officer to push forward the aims of the Trustees.

The role provides an excellent opportunity for a strong leader who believes in the benefit that the natural world can provide to a wide range of people; while leading on the strategic development of The Ecology Centre, as well as managing the organisation on a day to day basis.

We are looking for a leader who has an understanding of the third sector, along with a strong commercial focus, so as to balance both our charitable and enterprise aims. An interest in the environment would be essential in order to understand the Centre’s work and to identify with what we aim to achieve.

In return, a generous remuneration package is offered to the right person, which includes 35 days holiday per year (of which 2 weeks at Christmas and New Year when the Centre is closed).  After two years an extra day’s holiday is given for each additional year worked, up to a maximum of 5 extra days.  The government’s auto enrolment pension scheme is in place.

What to do next

If you think you have the skills and determination to be our CEO, we’d love to hear from you!