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Glasgow’s Golden Generation has been supporting older adults across Glasgow since 1948 when it was founded as Glasgow Old People’s Welfare Committee. The charity was set up initially to alleviate loneliness and isolation in the elderly, while these services still exist today, Glasgow’s Golden Generation provides so much more including: Day Centre’s, Befriending Services, Weekly Clubs and Welfare Services. Glasgow’s Golden Generation need to raise £1 Million pounds annually to support the thousands of service users across Glasgow that need our help.

Glasgow’s Golden Generation, are looking to recruit a Day Centre Manager (Qualified to SVQ4) to be responsible for the day to day running of one of the Day Care centres in Glasgow. The successful applicant will deliver a high quality of day care, manage staff and help recruit new service users

Please note that a full driving license is essential for this post.

A full Job Description is available for download below.

Glasgow’s Golden Generation are looking for a Senior Fundraiser – Trusts and Foundations Manager to join their Team.

Main Purpose

The purpose of the post is to deliver an agreed income target from key major charitable trusts and foundations and to work as part of a team to sustain and grow Trusts income in line with Glasgow’s Golden Generation charitable trust strategy.

Dimensions

The post- holder will be responsible for developing and managing GGG’s relationships with a portfolio of existing and prospective charitable trusts. The post-holder will be responsible for securing a minimum income target of £150,000 annually from new charitable trust contacts. This will rise in line with GGG’s trust fundraising strategy, which aims to increase regular trust income significantly over the next five years.

Principal Responsibilities

• To develop and implement a strategy to maximize income from a portfolio of key warm and cold charitable trusts.
• To research and implement statutory funding applications.
• To establish, maintain and develop personalised relationships with key personnel in existing funding organisations.
• To liaise and work with colleagues and key contacts to utilise GGG’s connections to support the development of relationships with existing and prospective donors.
• To research and develop major funding proposals and donor reports, individually tailored to each trust.
• To ensure prompt and accurate reporting to all current funders.
• To develop and maintain annual approach calendars, filing and database systems.
• To report on performance against agreed budgets and targets.

Experience

• Experience of writing successful fundraising applications to foundations and Charitable trusts.
• Experience of developing income from trusts, foundations and grant giving bodies.
• Established trust fundraising experience and evidence of securing annual income in the region of £150,000
• Experience/ability to develop and implement a trust fundraising programme, including acquisition, retention and development.
• Ability to write compelling and innovative proposals and funding reports.
• Ability to work on own initiative and to tight deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for a wide range of audiences.
• Demonstrable ability to develop relationships with grant –making organisations.
• Monthly reporting to CEO, Directors and Finance Director on current and potential income and opportunities

Glasgow’s Golden Generation has been supporting older adults across Glasgow since 1948 when it was founded as Glasgow Old People’s Welfare Committee. The charity was set up initially to alleviate loneliness and isolation in the elderly, while these services still exist today, Glasgow’s Golden Generation provides so much more including: Day Centre’s, Befriending Services, Weekly Clubs and Welfare Services. Glasgow’s Golden Generation need to raise £1 Million pounds annually to support the thousands of service users across Glasgow that need our help.

Reporting to the Finance and Operations Director, you will be a skilled finance and general administrator with experience of sage line 50. Experience of working within the charity environment would be an advantage, as would a bookkeeping/accounts qualification.

Areas of responsibility

Finance

· Posting Sales and Purchase Invoices

· Processing Expense claims

· Petty cash

· Bank Reconciliations

· Credit control

Admin

· Responding to telephone and email enquires

· Scanning and filing

· Opening and recording mail

· HR administration (holiday/sickness/training record keeping)

· Other ad hoc duties as required.