Eco Drama is seeking to appoint an experienced and talented Fundraising and Communications Manager with main duties including Fundraising and Reporting (60%), and Communications (40%).

We’re seeking someone who is an excellent written communicator, as well as comfortable working with budgets, to produce high quality funding applications. The successful candidate will have a flair for communications, able to tell the story of our organisation, its ethos, mission, projects and impact across a range of platforms.

• 3-4 days / 21-28 hours per week. Monday-Thursday preferable.

• £29,000 – £34,000 (pro-rata). Starting salary dependent on experience.

• Glasgow – hybrid office/ homeworking

• 33 days annual leave per annum including public holidays (pro-rata).

• Workplace pension with a 3% employer contribution & 5% employee contribution.

• Potential for annualised hours. *An opportunity exists for this role to take more time off during the summer holidays (July-August) when it is quieter for the communication aspects of the role, and then work increased hours during term time, upon agreement with Eco Drama. For the right person, the company is open to discussing a schedule of work that suits both parties.

• Contract: Feb/March 2024 onwards. This is an initial fixed term contract until March 31st 2025, with strong potential for extension pending the continuation of successful fundraising and income generation. The post is subject to a 6 month probationary period.

Essential experience and skills of the role include:

• Knowledge of the UK funding sector and demonstrable success in fundraising to trusts, foundations and statutory funders.

• Excellent written communication skills with strong attention to detail and accuracy.

The Fundraising & Communications Manager will play a key role in managing the funding from the Glasgow Communities and Place Fund, ensuring timely reports are submitted and that sufficient funding is secured for 2024-25. At the same time the post-holder will be working with the Artistic Director/ CEO to look ahead to ensuring funding is in place for 2025-26 onwards.

With an eclectic year of projects ahead and an imminent rebrand, this is an exciting time for an experienced fundraising and communications professional to join a small but growing charity that has been in operation for 17 years.

Eco Drama is seeking to appoint a practical and conscientious part-time Finance & Funding Manager to take a senior role in the company, with main duties including Financial Management, Fundraising and Reporting, and support with Company Administration.

Essential skills and experience of the role include:

• Excellent understanding and experience of financial management and accounting processes.
• Knowledge of the UK fundraising sector & demonstrable track record of successful fundraising and income generation.
• Excellent administration, organisational and management skills.

The Finance and Funding Manager is a senior role within a small core team of 4 staff, working in close collaboration with the Artistic Director/CEO.

The role offers an opportunity for a motivated and capable individual to focus on providing a solid financial and operational framework from which the creative work can thrive.

Throughout 2023 to 2025 supported largely by the Glasgow Communities and Place Fund, the company will develop and deliver a diverse programme of theatre productions, creative learning projects, continued professional development and arts-based community food growing projects that engage and inspire people of all ages about the natural world and our place within it. As well as engaging in theatre and arts activities, the work will support and encourage communities to take positive, practical action to develop and improve local green spaces, inspire positive thinking about tackling the climate crisis, and enhance everyday experiences with nature.

The Finance & Funding Manager will play a key role in managing the funding from the Glasgow Communities and Place Fund, ensuring spending is within budget, accurate records are maintained for monitoring and achieving outcomes against targets, and timely reports are submitted. At the same time the post-holder will be working with the Artistic Director/ CEO to look ahead to ensuring funding is in place for future projects.

Eco Drama is seeking to appoint a practical and conscientious General Manager, with main duties including Financial Management, Fundraising, Company Management, HR and Governance. Essential skills and experience of the role include:

• Excellent understanding and experience of financial management and accounting processes.

• Knowledge of the UK fundraising sector & demonstrable track record of successful fundraising and income generation.

• Excellent administration, organisational and management skills.

The General Manager is a senior role within a small core team of 3 staff, working in close collaboration with the Artistic Director/CEO and with line management responsibilities of the 0.8FTE Schools Project Manager.

Through maintaining the company’s financial and operational stability, and fundraising strategically, the role offers an opportunity for a motivated and capable individual to make a significant impact, enabling the company to thrive and achieve great projects.

Throughout 2022 and 2023, supported in part by the Glasgow Communities Fund, the company will develop and deliver a diverse programme of theatre productions, creative learning projects, continued professional development and arts-based community food growing projects that engage and inspire people of all ages about the natural world and our place within it. As well as engaging in theatre and arts activities, the work will support and encourage communities to take positive, practical action to develop and improve local green spaces, inspire positive thinking about tackling the climate crisis, and enhance everyday experiences with nature.

About you

The General Manager will be practical and conscientious, with excellent financial management skills and a proven track record of securing funding from a variety of sources. Working closely with the Artistic Director/CEO, you’ll be an individual who enjoys being that safe pair of hands, maintaining the systems and frameworks for the whole team to thrive and providing rigour in areas of company management and compliance.

You’ll be the kind of person who thrives on collaboration with colleagues and equally comfortable driving things forward independently. You’ll be particularly good with the fine detail of budgets and accounting and relish a good spreadsheet to support financial planning and tracking.

A problem solver, methodical and organised, as well as passionate about the work and ethos of Eco Drama, you’ll understand your important contribution to organisational stability and realising new company ambitions.

What we offer

In return we can offer ongoing working from home, with a mix of days worked from home and some in the Glasgow office (Studio 236, The Briggait, 141 Bridgegate, Glasgow, G15HZ). Currently staff work 2-3 days in the office per week and the rest from home.

The starting salary is £30,000-£33,000 dependent on experience. Salary will be reviewed annually.

Annual leave is offered at 33 days per annum including public holidays. We have an annual leave accrual system for length of service. We also operate a TOIL policy.

Flexible working practices (full time hours are 35 per week, Monday-Friday)

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.

Contractual sick pay.

Contract

The role will be offered initially as a 1 year fixed term contract until August 2023, with strong potential to become permanent. The General Manager will essentially fundraise for continuation of the role in collaboration with the Artistic Director. To provide an example to demonstrate the likelihood of continuation; the outgoing full-time General Manager started in 2016 and, working as a small company of 2, we have managed to retain both core positions for the last 7 years as well as adding a third core role plus growing as an organisation in the delivery of our projects.

*This job is proposed to be full-time but we are happy to discuss working hours and patterns to suit individual circumstances. Job split options may also be considered. For example, a part-time Fundraising Manager + part-time Finance & Operations Manager.