The Village Storytelling Centre seeks to employ a Finance & Development Manager to lead on financial operations and support the long-term financial sustainability of the organisation. We seek a dynamic, highly motivated person to support fundraising targets, broaden our income streams and to lead on financial management and reporting. We would anticipate that the successful candidate will spend a proportionate amount of time on both finance and income generation, which may vary throughout the year.
This new post has been developed following our recent Multi Year Funding award from Creative Scotland. It presents an exciting opportunity to join our dedicated and talented team as we move forward into this next phase of our journey.
We are keen to hear from people with demonstrable experience in fundraising or business development and finance operations. The ideal candidate will be dynamic, creative and experienced in making and maintaining links with a range of stakeholders. They should be committed to equity, inclusion and social justice and have an interest in the arts.
The Village Storytelling Centre is a centre for contemporary oral storytelling and a European leader in applied storytelling. Our vision is a world where people and communities are inspired, connected and heard, underpinned by our mission to improve and enrich lives across Scotland through the power of story.
This post is funded by Creative Scotland. The successful candidate will be subject to PVG and reference checks.
Interviews will be held on Thursday 22nd May 2025. The successful candidate will ideally be available to begin the post on the week beginning 16th June 2025. This is a permanent post, subject to continuation of funding and successful completion of a six-month probationary period.
Key Responsibilities:
* Ensuring compliance with fundraising codes of ethics and practice.
* Generating income from key fundraising sources including Trusts and Foundations, individual giving, and corporate sponsorship.
* Identifying strategic opportunities for future fundraising and income generation.
* Fundraising Management: identifying new fundraising opportunities and writing funding proposals.
* Relationship Management: ensuring donors, supporters, and partners are kept up-to-date and communicated with in a timely manner.
* Fundraising Admin: managing ongoing fundraising projects, tracking timelines, and leading on fundraising target management.
* Venue Hire: responding to enquiries, managing agreements, and overseeing hires.
* Trusts & Foundations: managing relationships, completing reports in a timely manner, and submitting re-applications.
* Individual Giving: maintaining and managing Stills’ Friends Scheme, Gift Aid forms, and Patrons Scheme.
* Sponsorship: arranging in-kind sponsorship activity with current sponsors as required.
* Events: assisting with Stills public programme of events.
Please note we are also interested in hearing from freelance fundraisers and grant writers. Please email vivienne.gamble@stills.org for further details.
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