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* Remote: Home based with occasional travel
* Closing: 30th September 2024
* Advertised from: 16th September 2024
* + car allowance. 37.5 hours. Fixed term contract, 12-14 months.
Role
The role of Fundraising Executive (Maternity Cover) is a very important position with a crucial role to play in underpinning the success of the work of the charity and our ability to deliver for the Scottish agricultural industry. The successful applicant will report to our Head of Fundraising, with a remit to work closely with colleagues in the different teams, particularly Fundraising and Welfare, but also Finance and Admin and our Board of Trustees.
A specific job location has not been provided.
The Trust
Lanarkshire Cancer Care Trust is a local charity helping cancer patients from all over Lanarkshire by giving them free transport to and from their much-needed hospital and clinic cancer treatments. Our service, which has been running for more than 30 years, is delivered by more than 100 Volunteer Drivers who give their vehicle and time free-of-charge, and we in turn repay them their motoring expenses at a rate of 45p per mile.
The Role
The Fundraiser will play a key role in developing and maintaining relationships with our supporters. We are looking for someone with great people skills, as well as drive, initiative, and determination. You will be diligent and accurate, as well as having a dynamic approach to your work. You will be a natural problem-solver, always looking to improve upon current processes to ensure efficiency.
Responsibilities:
* Assist with, and develop, fundraising events, campaigns and initiatives to engage the Lanarkshire Community and raise awareness of our service.
* Take responsibility to maintain and expand our collection can base, which is currently available in over 200 businesses throughout Lanarkshire.
* Create fundraising materials, including grant proposals.
* Work with other experienced staff members on project funding initiatives.
* Attend networking events to promote our service and fundraising initiatives.
Qualifications:
* Drivers Licence and own vehicle is essential.
* You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
* Solid organisational skills and the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
* Self-motivated and proactive with the ability to work independently and as part of a small team.
* Passionate about the service we deliver and the community we serve.
Hours: Full time and permanent. 35 hours a week over core working hours of 10am - 3pm, Monday to Friday, with a one-hour lunch break. The office is open 8am – 6pm daily and our hybrid working policy requires all full-time employees to work at least two days a week in the Edinburgh office.
Benefits: 10% employer pension contribution; employee assistance programme and counselling service; enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption pay; enhanced sick pay; 31 days’ paid holiday/year plus four paid winter public holidays; 2-weeks fully remote working/year; three paid carer days/year; death in service benefit; cycle to work and travel season ticket schemes.
To support the Team’s work-life balance, we work a nine-day fortnight where the charity is closed every second Friday.
About the role and why we need you
To help start new cancer cures and save lives, we are looking for a Research Funding Administrator to join the busy Research team at Worldwide Cancer Research. As Research Funding Administrator, you will be part of the team running the Charity’s multi-million-pound response-mode funding programme for discovery cancer research. Reporting to the Research Funding Manager, you will assist with the processing of funding applications, their review by external experts and the charity’s Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), and the administration and financial management of the resulting awards.
This role will give you the opportunity to make an impact every day and to demonstrate our charity values in your day-to-day work.
Who are we?
At Worldwide Cancer Research, we start new cures. Cancer is still one of the leading causes of death worldwide, but cutting-edge science can give us hope. Discovery research seeks to uncover new knowledge that could change the way we think about cancer. It reveals new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer that can save lives.
We actively seek unconventional and imaginative ideas from scientists at all stages of their career, across the globe. In some cases, we are the only organisation that will fund a scientist’s idea. We take an unbiased approach to research funding by focusing on supporting only the best ideas for new cures. By having a diverse research portfolio, we increase our chances of finding breakthroughs.
Our vision is of a day when no life is cut short by cancer, and we believe we can achieve this by starting the life-saving advances of the future by sowing the seeds of discoveries. Anyone that helps bring forward breakthroughs – including our staff, our supporters, and the researchers we fund – is a Curestarter.
As a charity, we are committed to opportunity without barriers, and we are striving to seek, value and learn from different perspectives and experiences. We want Worldwide Cancer Research to be an inclusive organisation – where everyone can be themselves and feel valued – as diverse as the scientific community we fund and the families whose lives we impact.
We are committed to ensuring that we provide equal opportunities to every applicant regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We aim to ensure that our recruitment process is unbiased and that everyone is treated equitably. In support of this, we have pledged to ‘Show the Salary’ for our roles and we are registered as a Disability Confident Committed Employer - because our team members are at the heart of everything we do to start new cancer cures around the world.
To help start new cancer cures and save lives, we are looking for a Research Funding Administrator to join the busy Research team at Worldwide Cancer Research, to help the charity run its multi-million-pound funding programme for discovery cancer research.
Scran Academy is an Edinburgh youth work charity which supports young people facing barriers to learning to fulfil their potential in learning work and life.
We exist to alleviate poverty and provide opportunities for all young people, no matter their background or barrier. How we do this by creating real-life experiences and positive adult relationships that help shine a light on the strengths and aspirations of young people. We use food, cooking, and positive learning pathways delivered through our education programmes and catering social enterprise to build experiences and form relationships.
We’re looking for a talented, experienced youth worker to join the frontline team that helps young people develop in ways that are meaningful to them. The role will support the planning and delivery of youth and community support across Scran Academy’s services, including our school-aged Academy education programme, and wider events and universal youth work as required.
This is a sessional role within Scran Academy with the core purpose of supporting the personal and social development of young people attending our Academy Programme.
The successful candidate will help change the lives of young people facing poverty by engaging them in a year-long programme of non-formal learning in a youth work setting. The role is incredibly rewarding but also particularly challenging, as professional boundaries and responsibilities need to be balanced skilfully within compassionate, positive relationships. Candidates with demonstrable experience of this in a role supporting vulnerable groups will be at an advantage.
The Youth Development Worker will play a strong role in planning and delivering engaging youth work sessions across programmes, and for ensuring young people are engaged across our organisation.
The post holder will act as a critical relationship builder, supporting our Academy Programme Lead as needed by linking in with families and referral partners, including schools.
The role embodies our values: We Love, We Trust, We Unite and We Lead:
We Love – the successful candidate will nurture young people. They will care deeply and see all behaviour as communication that deserves a dignified response. They will be non-judgemental and take a trauma-informed approach.
We Trust – the successful candidate will believe in the potential of young people. They will trust them to be the expert of their own life and circumstance. They will support young people to take responsible steps in learning, work and life.
We Unite – the successful candidate will courageously bring young people together. They will aim to create safe spaces where stepping outside comfort zones is supported and encouraged.
We Lead – the successful candidate will see all young people as leaders in their own lives. They will be ready to both lead and be led by young people. They will listen and provide a platform for young people to lead their learning and thrive.
* Hybrid: Scotland based with a blend of office (Edinburgh), home working and some travel across Scotland
* Closing: 9th October 2024
Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.
We support and enable hundreds of communities and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline and publications. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Friendship Line and much more.
We work in Scotland with older people’s groups who provide vital activities and services for older people in their local community. We campaign on the issues that older people tell us are important to them.
Our mission is to inspire, involve and empower older people in Scotland, and influence others so that people can enjoy better later lives. To help us achieve that, our corporate fundraising activity aims to successfully increase donations and raise our profile and impact.
Our fundraising and marketing activity is vital to support us in raising awareness of what we do and generating funds to deliver our services. As a Corporate Fundraiser focussing on generating new business, you will develop and implement a new business corporate fundraising strategy and create and maintain a pipeline of corporate activities. This will include a mix of activity including transformational and strategic partnerships, charity of the year and sponsorship to meet fundraising targets.
Living our values you will work with colleagues across the charity to secure funding and partnership opportunities and will collaborate with relevant Age UK colleagues on joint funding approaches when required.
This post is a hybrid role, it requires working from our Edinburgh office along with the ability to travel across Scotland when required and occasional evening or weekend work.
In return for your hard work, enthusiasm and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous benefits package:
* Generous holiday allowance of 39 days (FTE) per year
* A range of learning and development opportunities
* Healthcare benefit through Westfield Health
* Cashback scheme from major retailers
* Contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of 9%
* A comprehensive package of support through our Employee Assistance Programme
* Group life cover up to three times your annual salary
* Cycle to work scheme
* Paid carers leave and dependants support
* The option to buy more holidays or sell them
* Enhanced maternity and paternity policies.
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