We’re looking for someone who is highly proactive in identifying and managing Community fundraising relationships and engagement opportunities to join our passionate, collaborative, and ambitious team. The successful candidate will have a vision for engaging existing community supporters and acquiring new ones, to unlock and build on the significant potential of this fundraising stream. You will lead the development of fundraising strategy and campaigns for Social Bite’s key community and event activities, including:

• Education and youth (Schools, Colleges, Universities)

• Challenge events (running, swimming, cycling, abseils, skydives, and other such activity)

• Third-party events (marathons etc; initiatives in aid of Social Bite)

• Community collections

• Supporter-led fundraising

• Activation of Social Bite campaigns and events (eg. Festival of Kindness) within the community

This role is a fantastic opportunity for someone who can bring their experience of Community fundraising and apply their skills and insights to see short-term and long-term growth in this area. The ideal candidate will be creative, organised, self-motivated, and enthusiastic about seeing Community fundraising reach its potential.

This role really is at the heart of Social Bite and what we do. The Communications Manager will be responsible for the communications Social Bite produces by embodying our values and shaping key messaging; ensuring what we are saying – and how – is effective.

We’re looking for someone who is creative, ambitious, and highly proactive in developing and delivering a multi-channel communications strategy. The successful candidate will be a self-starter, bring a positive can-do attitude, and have proven experience in implementing and executing effective communications. This role will span strategic areas such as the delivery of a communications strategy as well as generating action by gathering and producing ethical storytelling content for Social Bite’s key audiences and stakeholders. Key responsibilities also include:

• Create and implement a communications, media and content strategy – to maximise the success of key campaigns, awareness of social impact projects, and ‘always on’ activity across the Social Bite group.

• Lead on all media and press activity for Social Bite, managing day-to-day relationship with PR agency.

• Influence and inform key messaging across the organisation and the brand positioning of Social Bite across the group.

• Advise on partner communications strategies and content, to ensure opportunities for engagement and awareness are maximised

This role is a fantastic opportunity for someone who has experience in leading and delivering communications plans and strategies, is excellent at building relationships, and can apply their skills and insights to see short-term and long-term success in this area. The ideal candidate will be creative, solutions focussed, self-motivated, and enthusiastic about delivering excellent communications.

This role is key to driving forward our ambitious and highly successful annual fundraising campaigns. From our first ever Sleep in the Park event in 2017 to last year’s Break the Cycle and Festival of Kindness campaigns, this role is pivotal to the delivery and success of large-scale events working closely with all teams across the organisation to make each event a resounding success. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to bring together your creative and strategic thinking to help shape the growth and impact of a ground-breaking organisation as we embark on the next steps towards our vision.

We’re looking for someone who is creative, enthusiastic, highly collaborative, positive and solutions focussed. You will have a track history of leading successful campaigns and thrive in a high-pressured environment. The ideal candidate will enjoy:

• Making a difference – each campaign provides significant funds to support the mission of homelessness and has direct tangible impact on the people we support.

• Making it happen – using problem-solving skills and a can-do attitude to get things ‘over the line’ while maintaining the highest professional standard with great attention to detail.

• Building excellent internal and external relationships, working with colleagues and third parties to meet campaign targets and maximise engagement.

• Both the big picture and the finer details.

• Planning, evaluating and reporting – continually building on success by leading meetings and processes for thinking ahead, capturing insights and learnings, implementing improvements and so on.

This position will report into the Head of Individual Giving & Marketing, working closely day-to-day with the Senior Campaigns and Fundraising Executive, and the wider Fundraising and Marcomms team. You will also liaise regularly with our co-Founder and others in the Exec leadership team for strategic input and progress reporting.

About Social Bite

Our vision is a society where no one should have to be homeless.

We are a charity and social business providing homes, jobs, food, and support to empower people to transform their own lives. We challenge the status quo by pioneering solutions that create lasting change.

We began as a small sandwich shop in Edinburgh in 2012, offering jobs and free food to people affected by homelessness. We’re now expanding our projects across the UK, on a collaborative mission – a movement to end homelessness.

We help people break the cycle of homelessness through innovative supported employment programmes (Jobs First) and housing solutions (Social Bite Villages) and give out over 250,000 items of free food year-round through our coffee shops (across Scotland and in London) and community networks.

We build lasting relationships, as we believe that through positive connections people can transform their lives. We use food, homes, and jobs as tools of engagement that can enable everyone to reach their potential. Our national and global campaigns have shifted the cultural dial on homelessness and our work has been championed by George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sir Chris Hoy and the Princess of Wales. A number of our team have been homeless themselves.

Thank you for your interest in this role! We’d love you to apply.

To lead the development of our new Jobs First initiative and liaise with Training and Support workers on delivery of Social Bite Academy employment program

• Lead of the development of the Jobs First Programme
• Engage with external organisations to participate in the Jobs First programme
• Recruit and manage Support worker placements to work with external organisations who have signed up for Jobs First
• Support in the development of and configuration of new innovations to tackle homelessness in Scotland

Overview of Social Bite:

Social Bite is on a mission to end homelessness through pioneering employment, food, and housing initiatives, originating in Scotland, and now replicating collaborative projects throughout the UK. Since the start of 2021 we have provided over 180,000 food packs and essential items to people in need; and exist to ensure everyone has a safe place to call home.

We built the Social Bite Village in 2018 to provide an innovative, highly supported community for up to 20 people affected by homelessness. This year we launched our aspirations to build two more villages in two new cities in the UK. We also lead national and international fundraising events to fund and lead long-term effective change such as Scotland’s Housing First Programme – a programme that will see more than 800 vulnerable individuals move into permanent homes in Scotland.

About the Role

We’re looking for someone who is highly proactive in identifying and managing Community and Youth fundraising and engagement opportunities - including building excellent relationships and engaging campaigns - to join our passionate and dedicated team. The successful candidate will have vision and will build a strategy for engaging existing and acquiring new community supporters, to unlock and build on the significant potential of this fundraising stream.

This role is a fantastic opportunity for someone who can apply their skills and expertise to this fast-paced, energetic organisation. The candidate will be organised, self-motivated and have a passion for fundraising, being creative and generating new ideas.

A Job Description is available for download below.

Responsible for the safe and effective delivery of Social Bite’s pipeline of support and opportunities for vulnerable people affected by homelessness that might be a symptom of various issues, e.g. mental and physical health issues, exploitation, addictions etc. that we engage via our shop in Edinburgh.

Motivating and working alongside Social Bite shop staff, Social Bite volunteers and a range of external partners to deliver high quality training, employment and volunteering opportunities to people affected by homelessness that help individuals to transform their own lives.

Responsible for the safe and effective delivery of Social Bite’s pipeline of support and opportunities for people affected by homelessness in Aberdeen.

Responsible for developing of the volunteering programme across Social Bite alongside People’s Partner.

To motivate and work alongside Social Bite shop staff, Social Bite volunteers and a range of external partners to deliver high quality training, employment and volunteering opportunities to people affected by homelessness that help individuals to transform their own lives.

Do you love working with volunteers?

Are you inspired by matching their support with opportunities that will make a tangible positive impact on breaking the cycle of homelessness?

Are you good at gathering information and organising people?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

This brand new role is dedicated to coordinating volunteers to help deliver our services, campaigns and events – helping with recruitment, logistics, stewardship and communications. You will be playing a key part in helping to look after and grow our volunteers, ensure volunteering processes are smooth and efficient, and identify volunteering needs and roles.

Are you knowledgeable about marketing, bursting with ideas and ambitious to drive awareness and engagement? This new role will play a key part in Social Bite’s future, as we build on a 10-year history of successful fundraising and awareness campaigns and new social enterprise business ventures. We help people break the cycle of homelessness through innovative supported employment and housing solutions and give out over 250,000 items of free food year-round through our coffee shops and community networks. Our national and global campaigns have shifted the cultural dial on homelessness and our work has been championed by the likes of George Clooney, Will Smith, Sir Chris Hoy and The Duchess of Cambridge.

Are you a compelling bid writer and knowledgeable about grant funding, with a track record of successful applications? We’re looking for someone who is self-motivated, resourceful and a good relationship manager to build on past successes in this area and shape this brand new role. The grants you secure will help fund our growing portfolio of pioneering projects. Social Bite helps people break the cycle of homelessness through innovative supported employment and housing solutions and we give out over 250,000 items of free food year-round through our coffee shops and community networks. Our national and global campaigns have shifted the cultural dial on homelessness and our work has been championed by the likes of George Clooney, Will Smith, Sir Chris Hoy and The Duchess of Cambridge.

We’re looking for someone who is a big-picture thinker, an all-round problem solver and the ultimate team-worker! This unique and rewarding role is the driving force for raising significant funds and awareness for the charity through our special flagship campaigns. If you’re someone with campaign or project management experience who excels at coordinating people and deliverables in a fast-paced environment, loves the finer details and enjoys seeing a vision come together beautifully then this role could be your next big move. You will be joining an organisation that helps people break the cycle of homelessness through innovative supported employment and housing solutions and we give out over 250,000 items of free food year-round through our coffee shops and community networks. Our national and global campaigns have shifted the cultural dial on homelessness and our work has been championed by the likes of George Clooney, Will Smith, Sir Chris Hoy and The Duchess of Cambridge.

As a charity and social enterprise, our vision is that everyone has a safe place to call home. We work to break the cycle of homelessness through innovative supported employment and housing solutions and give out over 250,000 items of free food year-round through our coffee shops and community networks. We work to end people’s isolation and exclusion by helping them to overcome barriers.

We are looking for a special someone to run our Social Bite Events in Edinburgh and engage with people who have been affected by homelessness in volunteering and employment opportunities.

Our Social Impact Team is energetic and enthusiastic with a passion and commitment to improving the lives of people who are vulnerable. This is a job for someone who loves variety – every day brings something new.

You will come with experience of working to support and develop individuals with multiple/complex needs and a desire to join our collaborative movement to end homelessness. You will build positive relationships with volunteers and external partners.

You will enjoy taking your own initiative but also working as a part of the team. You will travel around our various locations. You will be resilient, always bringing a smile and a can-do attitude to your work.

We need you to be:

A person who has good knowledge and experience of working with vulnerable adults and challenging situations

A person who can quickly build strong relationships for developing effective internal relationships and partnerships with a range of charities

Flexible with a willingness to learn

Passionate about people with a drive to make a change

As a charity and social enterprise, our vision is that everyone has a safe place to call home. We work to break the cycle of homelessness through innovative supported employment and housing solutions and give out over 250,000 items of free food year-round through our coffee shops and community networks. We work to end people’s isolation and exclusion by helping them to overcome barriers.

We are looking for a special someone to run our Social Bite Events in Aberdeen and engage with people who have been affected by homelessness in volunteering and employment opportunities.

Our Social Impact Team is energetic and enthusiastic with a passion and commitment to improving the lives of people who are vulnerable. This is a job for someone who loves variety – every day brings something new.

You will come with experience of working to support and develop individuals with multiple/complex needs and a desire to join our collaborative movement to end homelessness. You will build positive relationships with volunteers and external partners.

You will enjoy taking your own initiative but also working as a part of the team. You will travel around our various locations. You will be resilient, always bringing a smile and a can-do attitude to your work.

We need you to be:

• A person who has good knowledge and experience of working with vulnerable adults and challenging situations
• A person who can quickly build strong relationships for developing effective internal relationships and partnerships with a range of charities
• Flexible with a willingness to learn
• Passionate about people with a drive to make a change

As a charity and social enterprise, our vision is that everyone has a safe place to call home. We work to break the cycle of homelessness through innovative supported employment and housing solutions and give out over 250,000 items of free food year-round through our coffee shops and community networks. We work to end people’s isolation and exclusion by helping them to overcome barriers.

We are looking for a special someone to join our successful programme Jobs First that aims to provide employment opportunities to people in situation of homelessness. We need a dynamic, creative and reliable team members who can use their own initiative to build strong relationships with various stakeholders. In this role you will be working closely with Senior Support Worker to create opportunities for:

• people to gain employment,
• charities to establish referral pathways
• employers to assist them with providing real work opportunities to those who are in a situation of homelessness.

You will be part of our energetic and enthusiastic Social Impact Team that has got a passion and commitment to improving the lives of people who are vulnerable. This is a job for someone who loves variety – every day brings something new.

You will come with experience in working to support and develop individuals with multiple/complex needs and a desire to join our collaborative movement to end homelessness. You will enjoy taking your own initiative but also working as a part of the team. You might travel around our various locations. You will be resilient, always bringing a smile and can-do attitude to your work.

We need you to be:

• A person who has good knowledge and minimum of two experience of working with vulnerable adults and challenging situations
• A person who understands barriers to employment that people in situation of homelessness might face
• A person who can quickly build strong relationships for developing effective internal relationships and partnerships with a range of charities
• Flexible with willingness to learn
• Passionate about people with a drive to make a change

The Individual Giving Officer will play a key role in delivering an excellent Individual Giving programme; responsible for acquiring new donors, maintaining existing relationships, and growing income. This role will work in conjunction with the Head of Individual Giving and Marketing to deliver an Individual Giving strategy and implement a donor pipeline and stewardship programme.

We’re looking for someone who is great at building relationships and communicating with donors, solutions-focussed, collaborative and a team player. Your key objectives will be to:

• To grow income from low level donors
• To increase number of repeat donors
• To deliver regular communications to all donors
• To implement a strategy and donor pipeline in conjunction with the Head of Individual Giving
• To keep abreast of giving trends

Social Bite Fund (known as Social Bite) is a registered SCIO, SC045232, regulated by the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR)

This role really is at the heart of Social Bite and what we do. The PR and Social Media Manager will be responsible for the communications Social Bite produces externally, shaping key messaging and ensuring what we are saying – and how – is effective. Through excellent communications, optimised across various platforms, the goal is to raise our profile, catalyse an increase donations to the charity, and raise awareness of the issues of homelessness.

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about comms and has experience in delivering and growing social media, PR, and can translate services, projects and campaigns into engaging content. You will report into the Head of Individual Giving and Marketing, but work closely with our co-Founder, Chair, Director of Fundraising and Partnerships, Head of Social Impact, Commercial Director and more.

Your key objectives will be to:

1. Create and implement an external communications, media and content strategy – to maximise the success of key campaigns, awareness of social impact projects, and ‘always on’ activity across the Social Bite group.

2. Lead on content creation, scheduling and delivery for all social media platforms – increasing following and engagement.

3. Lead on all media and press activity for Social Bite, managing day-to-day relationship with PR agency.

4. Influence key messaging across the organisation and the brand positioning of Social Bite across the group.

5. Advise on partner communications strategies and content, to ensure opportunities for engagement and awareness are maximised.

About Social Bite

As a charity and social business, our vision is that everyone has a safe place to call home. We provide homes, jobs, food and support to empower people to transform their own lives.

We began as a small sandwich shop in Edinburgh in 2012, offering jobs and free food to people affected by homelessness. We’re now expanding our projects across the UK, on a collaborative mission to end homelessness.

We help people break the cycle of homelessness through innovative supported employment and housing solutions and give out over 250,000 items of free food year-round through our coffee shops and community networks.

We build lasting relationships, as we believe that through positive connections people can transform their lives. We use food, homes, and jobs as tools of engagement that can enable everyone to reach their potential. Our national and global campaigns have shifted the cultural dial on homelessness and our work has been championed by George Clooney, Will Smith, Sir Chris Hoy and The Duchess of Cambridge. A number of our team have been homeless themselves.

Our flagship events in 2022 included: Break the Cycle with Sir Chris Hoy which saw over 1,000 participants riding 60 or 20 miles across the central belt of Scotland alongside a virtual challenge for supporters across the UK; and the Festival of Kindness – our Christmas appeal aiming to distribute 300,000 Christmas meals, food packs, gifts and essentials to people who are homeless and vulnerable this winter – which includes Tree of Kindness installations in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee throughout December.

The Social Bite Group operates five shops in four cities in the UK, a Central Kitchen, an online shop and postal brownie business, a portable coffee cart, a partner restaurant Vesta Bar & Kitchen, concession sites within corporate businesses, a food distribution network and a Head Office which carries out our charitable projects.

Join the movement to end homelessness.

Thank you for your interest in this role! We’d love you to apply.