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* Hybrid: 36A Inchmuir Rd, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate, EH48 2EP (Could be hybrid working)
* Closing: 30th March 2025
* Advertised from: 7th March 2025
* Employment Type: 1 year contract, Full time but could be flexible
Role
About Us
West Lothian Foodbank has been providing emergency food parcels to those in the community most in need since 2012. We collaborate with people across the county, supporting anyone who doesn’t have enough money to afford the essentials. We provide emergency food to those who are hungry or at risk of hunger, treating people with dignity and connecting them to the wider support they need to address the underlying causes of their crisis. We are part of the Trussell network, sharing a vision for a UK where everyone has the basic essentials to survive.
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to help West Lothian Foodbank realise its vision to end the need for Foodbanks and poverty in West Lothian. We are seeking a dynamic and motivated individual to join our team as a Charity Fundraiser. In this role, you will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing fundraising campaigns and events to generate financial support for our organization. You will proactively create and grow fundraising income opportunities with individuals, corporate partners, grant-giving trusts and foundations, and community groups. You will be at the heart of our local community, bringing our cause to life and building lasting donor relationships.
Through your fundraising expertise, you will have a proven history of building relationships with corporate partners, individuals and other donors to achieve and exceed annual income targets and KPIs. You will have demonstrable experience in creating and crafting compelling proposals and appeals that successfully engage and attract donations from new and existing supporters.
Application notes
The Application Process
Interview date: Interviews will be held as applications are received.
Interview location: In person, Bathgate.
Interview format: 45-minute panel interview + 10-minute presentation and questions.
To oversee all aspects of the Hamilton District Foodbank operation and ensure alignment to the agreed operating model as follows:
* Recruiting volunteers including interviews, reference checks, disclosure checks (as required), and obtaining signed confidentiality / GDPR agreements
* Recruiting and supporting Duty Co-ordinators
* Ensuring that all volunteers adhere to the confidentiality agreement
* Ensuring that the Foodbank meets Health and Safety standards
* Ensuring that the Foodbank meets Environmental Health standards
* Developing, maintaining and ensuring compliance to policies and procedures (e.g. Safeguarding)
* Maintaining awareness of the benefit system and any changes to it, and understanding and responding to the impact of those changes on the Foodbank operation and future plans
* Communicating with all the relevant people including churches, volunteers, Trussell Trust, Referring Agencies and Committee members
* Ensuring that the Foodbank maintains the online database, website, and social media
* Communicating with local media and positively promoting the Foodbank service
* Organising Foodbank representation at Community events
* Working in partnership with the Salvation Army in Hamilton
The main focus of this new role is to grow and develop supporter relationships that secure the longer-term sustainability of Glenrothes Foodbank through grants, corporate donations and sponsorships.
This role would be suited to someone with strong written communication skills and relationship building skills who is driven and well organised.
Key responsibilities
* Respond positively and professionally to supporter enquiries
* Identify and research funders
* Build and maintain relationships with funders
* Make applications to funders ranging from letters to small family trusts to large grants or statutory body bids.
* Ensure funding bid and reporting deadlines are adhered to and maintain productive relationships with all funders
* Report on performance and social outcomes
* Actively promote and encourage fundraising activity within the community
* Represent Glenrothes Foodbank at fundraising and networking events as required
* Work closely with the Foodbank Manager to establish fundraising targets and strategy
* Support the development of a calendar of fundraising events
* Lead the development of supporter communications to effectively engage with all areas of the community across all channels including digital media
* Ensure compliance with all regulations, codes of practice and best practice in the sector
* Positively represent Glenrothes Foodbank and its work at events, meetings and strive to increase awareness of the organisations work and need for support
Person Specification
* Experience of working in a fundraising role
* Experience of securing funds/contracts
* Experience of developing and submitting successful written applications
* Excellent written and face to face communication skills and the ability to connect with a range of different people
* Able to support and contribute in a committed and diverse team
* Ability to manage time effectively including working to tight deadlines
* Computer literacy with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
* A record of creating and maintaining relationships with funders.
* Experience within the charity voluntary sector
* Understanding of GDPR and compliance re data handling
* Understanding of the causes and factors contributing to food insecurity and food poverty, and the need for crisis and more than food responses
* Knowledge of the funding landscape across Scotland
Healthy Valleys is a community-led organisation committed to providing outstanding local services that help preserve the mental and physical health and wellbeing of individuals, families, and communities living in rural South Lanarkshire. We have two new exciting opportunities to join our team.
Both posts were developed jointly by representatives of these communities working alongside Foundation Scotland and Healthy Valleys.
One post is 35hrs per week and will support the communities of Douglas and Glespin. The role has been made possible through Coalburn, Douglas and Glespin (CDG) community benefit funds (Nadara Galawhistle Wind Farm and Greencoat UK Wind Douglas West Wind Farm).
One post is 17.5hrs per week and will support the communities of Blackwood, Kirkmuirhill and Boghead. This role has been made possible through the Nadara Auchrobert Wind Farm Community Fund.
Each successful candidate will help support and build the capacity of the respective communities, support new and existing local community groups, help local groups and organisations identify, develop and fund projects in line with local priorities within the Community Action Plans and will catalyse and encourage community volunteers to take ideas forward.
Job One
Job Title: Community Development Officer (Douglas and Glespin)
Hours: 35 hours per week, including evenings and weekends. Fixed term contract to September 2026, with the possibility of extension, dependent on impact and continuation of funding
Closing Date for Applications: Monday 24th March 2025 at 9am
Interview Dates: Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th April 2025
Job Two
Job Title: Community Development Officer (Blackwood, Kirkmuirhill and Boghead)
Hours: 17.5 hours per week, including evenings and weekends. Fixed term contract to September 2027, with the possibility of extension, dependent on impact and continuation of funding
Closing Date for Applications: Monday 24th March 2025 at 9am
Interview Date: Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th April 2025
These roles are subject to a PVG Disclosure Scotland check, which will be paid by Healthy Valleys.
Due to the requirement to travel around rural communities, the postholder must have a full, clean driving licence and access to their own transport (with appropriate business insurance)
* Remote: Home Based, with travel across Edinburgh and Lothians area
* Closing: 14th March 2025
Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.
By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Supported Self-Management Training Facilitator, you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.
You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support Services form a nationwide network of local services, including our Supported Self-Management programme, community support groups, nurses, volunteers and one-to-one support teams helping families adjust to life with a heart or lung condition or after a stroke.
We are looking for a Supported Self Management Training Facilitator to join our amazing team in the Lothian area. This role is focused on making sure that people affected by chest, heart and stroke conditions have access to our evidence-based Chronic Disease Supported Self Management programme, enabling people with our conditions to live with, and beyond, their new reality.
Through delivering our Supported Self Management programme, you will support people to develop the skills, knowledge and tools to confidently self manage their health condition and live as independently as possible. You’ll also help people to get back to doing the things that are important to them – from simple things like walking to their local shop following a stroke, to returning to a sky-high hobby of gliding!
You will co-facilitate the delivery of our 6-week Chronic Disease Self Management workshops with another trained facilitator and line manage any volunteers who support the delivery of these sessions. You will lead and motivate participants within a group setting to take control of their lives in a positive way, raising their confidence and empowering them to develop the skills to set and achieve goals, make strong and supportive connections with their workshop peers and make meaningful changes to their lifestyle to support their ongoing self management journey.
Candidates don’t need to have medical knowledge, or previous experience as a Chronic Disease Supported Self Management Facilitator, as full training is provided. We are looking for someone with a positive attitude towards people with disabilities and long-term conditions and an understanding of the challenges faced by people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid. You should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to engage with others confidently and deliver key information, clearly.
At Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, our mission is to ensure there’s No Life Half Lived in Scotland – and you can be a vital part of that. We are Scotland’s leading organisation for person-centred, user-led community support for people with our health conditions.
Applicants must have a car and a current valid driving licence (expenses are paid at mileage rate).
CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.
CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.
In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a PVG check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.
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