• Are you looking for volunteer roles ?

    Go to volunteering section

78

Volunteer trust and foundations officer jobs

Job Alerts On

Get job alerts sent straight to your inbox.

By clicking 'Create alert' you agree to the Terms and Conditions applicable to our service and acknowledge that your personal data will be used in accordance with our Privacy and Cookie Policy and you will receive emails and communications about jobs and career related topics.

You will now get the latest from this search sent to your inbox.

You can manage your job alerts by clicking here:

Closing in 6 days
Firefly International, Edinburgh, Edinburgh (Hybrid)
£45,000 - £48,000 per year
Posted 3 weeks ago
Closing in 3 days
University of Oxford - Development and Alumni Engagement, Oxford, Oxfordshire (Hybrid)
£35,681 - £41,636 per annum with possible extension to £45,212 – plus an Oxford University Weighting of £1,730 a year (pro rata).
Recruiting a Development Officer to join our Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS) team
Posted 1 week ago
Closing today at 13:22
Dancers Career Development, Remote
£35,000 per annum
Posted 1 month ago
Closing tomorrow
Christians Against Poverty, Bradford (Hybrid)
£33,980.0 - £37,757 per year
Posted 3 weeks ago
Closing in 5 days
Hillside Clubhouse, Islington (Hybrid)
£34,385 plus pension and benefits (rising to £35,073 after successful completion of probation)
Seeking an experienced IPS Employment Specialist to join the Islington IPS Service on behalf of Hillside Clubhouse
Posted 1 week ago Apply Now
THINK Recruitment, London (Hybrid)
£68,221 - £75,472 per year
Posted 2 days ago Apply Now
Closing today at 23:30
Oundle School, Peterborough (Hybrid)
Up to £60,000 per annum
An exciting opportunity for a dynamic relationship manager who is highly motivated, creative, and intellectually curious to join our team.
Posted 2 weeks ago
PEER POWER YOUTH, London (Hybrid)
£43,120–£52,250 (pro rata) dependent on experience and subject to funding
Posted 2 weeks ago Apply Now
University of Oxford - Development and Alumni Engagement, Oxford, Oxfordshire (Hybrid)
£49,119 - £58,265 per annum with possible extension to £63,489 including an Oxford University Weighting of £1,730 per year (pro rata).
Recruiting a Senior Development Executive Fundraiser to join our Humanities team at Oxford University
Posted 1 week ago
Closing today at 23:30
WE Care Home Improvements, Multiple Locations (Hybrid)
£60,000 per year
Join us to drive impact, strengthen communities and support Independent Living for those who need it most.
Posted 2 weeks ago
Closing in 6 days
The Baca Charity, Cambridge (On-site)
£24,754 - £28,454 per year
Posted 3 weeks ago
King's College, Cambridge, Cambridge (On-site)
Starting salary in the region of £90,000 – £100,000 with scope to go beyond for a leading professional with outstanding experience and track record.
Posted 6 days ago Apply Now
Page 5 of 6
Edinburgh, Edinburgh (Hybrid)
£45,000 - £48,000 per year
Full-time or part-time
Permanent
Job description

The Director is the senior leader of Firefly International, responsible for driving the charity’s mission to support war-affected children through the provision of education, mental health and peacebuilding programmes delivered in genuine partnership with our overseas partners. This is a hands-on leadership role within a small, donation-dependent charity, suited to an adaptable all-rounder who is motivated to lead growth and change rather than maintain the status quo. Firefly has a good track record and a good reputation and has both the will and the capacity to do more and do better, for the children it exists to serve.  To do that, it needs to recruit the right Director.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Essential:

  • Experience in fundraising from individuals, charitable trusts and foundations, and companies: developing successful grant proposals, managing implementation of grants and reporting to funders
  • Experience of working in a small charity
  • Experience in organisational strategy development and implementation
  • Experience of management, working with Trustee boards and of managing partnerships
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, including representing an organisation in public

Desirable Skills and Knowledge:

  • Experience of international humanitarian relief and development
  • Experience of safeguarding policies and practices
  • Demonstrated ability in budget setting and in management of budgets and financial reporting
  • Capacity to plan and prioritise and to manage multiple, sometimes competing demands efficiently
  • Experience of event management
  • Experience of using social media to build awareness and engagement and for fundraising
  • Experience of developing and managing close working relationships with partners
  • Understanding of the contexts in which our partners work, in Bosnia, Palestine/Cairo and in Syria, and of the contexts for fundraising in the UK for these areas
  • Awareness and sensitivity to the needs of war-affected children and the concerns of the individuals and organisations who support them

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Director’s role is to lead Firefly International in its mission to safeguard, extend and develop the activities conducted by its overseas partners.  Within that over-arching goal, to:

  • Provide strategic leadership in collaboration with the Chair of the Trustee Board
  • Secure sufficient funding to sustain long-term growth
  • Manage existing partnerships in overseas project areas and build new ones, overseas and in the UK, in response to any new opportunities to meet the needs of war-affected children where we have relevant experience to offer.
  • Lead and support the staff team and any volunteers
  • Represent Firefly International as an ambassador for the organisation, its partners and more broadly for war-affected children

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Leadership & Growth

  • Lead Firefly’s strategic direction in Scotland, ensuring alignment with the charity’s mission and values
  • Build Firefly’s visibility, credibility, and influence with its key stakeholders.

Income Generation

  • Strengthen existing funder relationships and develop new funding opportunities
  • Develop a compelling case for support

Stakeholder Engagement

  • Represent Firefly at events and within networks relevant to its mission and objectives
  • Build our supporter base and opportunities for engagement

Communications

  • Ensure production of a high quality Annual Review and newsletters
  • Take prime responsibility for the website as an attractive, user-friendly communications tool and mechanism for giving
  •  Extend and develop our social media presence, ensuring high quality content.

Financial Management and Compliance

  • Work with the Treasurer and Finance and Admin Officer to develop budgets and manage expenditure against them, providing accurate and timely information for the Board.
  • Work with the independent examiner to facilitate a smooth process of examination of the annual accounts
  • Ensure that Firefly remains fully compliant with all statutory authorities such as OSCR and that statutory reports and accounts are produced and filed to time.

OTHER DETAILS

  • Our office is in central Edinburgh.  If you live further afield, you may still apply.  One of our team lives and works from home in south west England.
  • The role requires travel within the UK and occasionally to project areas overseas.
  • Reports to: Chair of the Board of Trustees
  • Manages: staff team of three/four plus ad hoc volunteers
  • Contract: Permanent, 35 hours pw.
  • 25 days leave plus 8 public holidays
  • Time Off In Lieu (TOIL)or extra hours worked
  • Pension contribution.
  • Open to discussing part time or flexible working arrangements



Application resources
Posted by
Firefly International View profile Organisation type Registered Charity
Posted on: 18 December 2025
Closing date: 17 January 2026 at 15:51
Tags: Fundraising, International Development, Education, Humanitarian Aid, Programme Management, Youth / Children, Grants