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* Hybrid: working from Edinburgh office for 2 days a week
* Closing 10th February 2025
* Advertised from 10th January 2025
* 37 days leave pro-rata (inclusive of bank holidays). Contributory pension scheme – up to 12% employer contribution.
Role
Sight Scotland is Scotland’s leading charity providing specialist care, education and research for people with vision impairment. The charity has been in existence for over 230 years, and offers a variety of services in the community as well as education, transcription into alternative formats and residential care for adults and children. Their vision is of an inclusive Scotland where people of all visual abilities have the opportunity to thrive. To achieve their mission, they are looking for a Fundraising Manager focused on trusts and grants who will cultivate a pipeline of opportunities and ensure an excellent funder experience, to provide Sight Scotland with sustainable income.
The Fundraising Manager – Trusts is responsible for developing trust income, based initially on a robust pipeline the previous postholder established. There is huge scope to look beyond the pipeline and also work with the service delivery teams to identify new funding opportunities. The role supports the organisation’s purpose to make a significant impact on the lives of people living with visual impairment in Scotland by maximising fundraising income to deliver brilliant services and create a positive impact on our ability to deliver for the long term.
This specialist manager role would suit someone who is already operating at a senior trust fundraiser level, or someone who can demonstrate experience of developing a trust and grants pipeline, creating compelling applications and directly delivering income success.
Application Notes
Please download the Candidate Info Pack provided for further information about the role, timelines and next steps.
To progress your application, please contact Jo at recruitment@thinkcs.org to organise an informal screening call. Please note, we cannot shortlist candidates who have not had a screening call so please allow enough time to have a call before the closing date.
If you need assistance with downloading the pack, please send an email to recruitment@thinkcs.org and our team will support you.
Closing date for applications: Midnight Monday 10th February
Interviews are expected to be held on Thursday 20th February.
About You
We really need you to have these:
* The drive, energy and commitment to support people to obtain high quality, well-paid jobs
* Ability to manage your own workload and prioritise as needed
* Ability to coach staff to achieve their goals
* Ability to devise and deliver targeted coaching sessions
* Strong attention to detail
* Professional presentation and personality
* Some knowledge of the local community - Tayside
* Ability to work with people at any age who have challenging barriers to employment
* Comfortable working towards targets
* A natural, professional relationship builder
* A full driving licence and access to your own vehicle (essential)
Why?
Our vision is that every person in Scotland is able to access the support they need to find a high-quality job that pays them well and your drive and commitment to this job will help them get there. You will recognise each client's individual skills and aspirations and work with them to find a job that they love.
Our culture is autonomous so that means we trust you to make the right decisions for your clients, therefore you need to manage your workload well and be accountable for your time. Attention to detail is important as it means you can work accurately and follow instructions.
About Us
At Enable, we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.
We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:
* Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Cycle to Work Scheme*
* Season Ticket Loans*
Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.
Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.
As a Community Fundraiser, you’ll be right at the heart of our team’s efforts to make sure no one affected by spina bifida or hydrocephalus feels alone. Each year, we aim to raise over £100,000 through Community Fundraising to support our essential services. Your mission will be to generate income by engaging with businesses, community groups, third-party challenge events, and volunteer-led fundraising efforts across the Central Belt of Scotland (including Edinburgh and Glasgow).
This is an exciting and creative role where you will have the freedom to develop and implement your own fundraising strategies. As you grow your fundraising success, you’ll have the chance to shape your own career path. At SBH Scotland we believe in rewarding success and encouraging staff to fulfil their potential. You’ll also be part of an experienced team to support you every step of the way.
What SBH Scotland can offer you:
* Flexibility – We offer flexible working, including the opportunity to work from home or around caring responsibilities.
* Motivated and supportive colleagues – Staff scored SBH Scotland as 9 out of 10 for motivation and a supportive work environment.
* An opportunity to express yourself – Staff scored SBH Scotland as 8 out of 10 for being supportive in taking risks with new ideas.
We also offer: Workplace pension scheme, salary sacrifice scheme, death in service benefit, toil system, childcare voucher scheme, 30 days annual leave plus 4 statutory holidays.
Reporting to: Director of Fundraising
Place of Work: Hybrid office/home-working model with base being the Dan Young Building, Dullatur G68 0LS. Occasional travel within Scotland to accommodate needs of fundraising. Candidate must have a driving licence and access to a car.
Working Hours: The post can be full time (35 hours) or Part Time (28 hours). Normal work hours are 9.00 am to 4.30 pm. The role will necessitate working some hours out with normal office hours, including evenings and some weekends.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
To be as unstoppable as the people we support.
* Implement the Community Strategy, delivering effective, exciting and appropriate fundraising activity including the development of a Farmers Market Scotland wide.
* To be responsible for the organisation of a well-established Ladies Lunch event.
* Proactively recruit individuals and teams for third party challenge events i.e. Kiltwalk.
* Proactively develop and nurture relationships with potential funders and fundraisers e.g. businesses, community groups and individuals.
* Identify and follow up opportunities to secure non-cash or in-kind support, e.g. volunteering, pro bono support, donations of equipment.
* To be responsible for the stewardship of supporters.
* Co-ordinate the recruitment and appropriate use of volunteers to support local initiatives.
* To be innovative and creative in your role.
* Working with the Head of Communications & Marketing devise a communications plan to promote Community Fundraising initiatives.
* Identify potential PR opportunities.
* Work closely with Direct Services colleagues to involve them in building relationships with supporters and in fundraising activities as required.
* A commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
* Provide regular analysis of income and impact.
* To gather data and feedback to learn from failures and apply learning to improve processes and applications.
* Ensure that all donor and prospect records are maintained and updated accurately and promptly on Raiser’s Edge and that record keeping is compliant with the charity’s Data Protection Policy.
Closing date for applications: 2nd February 2025.
Sight Scotland is Scotland’s leading charity providing specialist care, education and research for people with vision impairment. The charity has been in existence for over 230 years, and offers a variety of services in the community as well as education, transcription into alternative formats and residential care for adults and children. Their vision is of an inclusive Scotland where people of all visual abilities have the opportunity to thrive. To achieve their mission they are looking for maternity cover for their Fundraising and Engagement Administrator role – a crucial role providing a solid foundation of support to the whole Fundraising team.
The Fundraising and Engagement Administrator will join Sight Scotland at an exciting stage, with a newly formed Cause and Engagement team, a new organisational strategy and direction, and a roadmap for fundraising planned. The charity is recruiting for 5 other fundraising roles alongside this maternity cover.
This role provides vital administrative support to the fundraising function. You will perform a variety of desk-based tasks ranging from regular banking, data entry and the opening of fundraising post to more ad-hoc tasks such as handling supporter enquiries and working with the fundraising team to support their calendar of activities and key priorities.
For this role, it is vital that interested candidates have experience using a fundraising database and are competent and capable of handling financial data. Due to the importance of database management for this role, candidates who can't demonstrate experience using a CRM system to accurately input and review financial data will not be shortlisted.
This role will involve building relationships across teams to provide customer service, solve problems and spot opportunities for fundraising, so would suit a candidate who enjoys delivering amazing supporter experiences/customer service and speaking to colleagues and supporters face to face, on the phone and via email.
Please download the Candidate Info Pack provided for further information about the role, timelines and next steps. THINK Recruitment holds a screening call with all interested candidates, please see details in the pack for how to arrange a call.
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