At Four Square, our vision is for everyone to have a beautiful home and a place in their community.

We provide beautiful accommodation; person centred support; as well as employability and learning opportunities. But we want to grow the level of impact we have. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone passionate, someone like you.

There is a new, exciting vacancy in Four Square for a part-time Community and Event Fundraiser, working within the fundraising and marketing team. This role will help deliver a fundraising strategy to grow and diversify our supporters and income streams, to support homeless people overcome the barriers they face in creating a stable life for themselves in their community.

We are looking for someone who shares our drive and enthusiasm for what we do.

What will I be doing?

• Supporting the delivery of the fundraising strategy
• Leading on community and fundraising events and activities to generate unrestricted income and increase the profile of the organisation
• Delivering a high-quality supporter experience and journey that reflects the importance of our donors

What skills and experience are required?

Skills:

• Ability to build and maintain relationships with supporters and key stakeholders
• Excellent organisation, project management and administration

Experience:

• Previous experience in a similar role
• Demonstrable experience of delivering successful fundraising events and activities
• Knowledge of fundraising regulations and best practice

Join us to help improve the lives of disabled children and their families by becoming our new Communications Officer.

We have big aspirations and are looking for a talented Communications Officer to join our small but successful team to inspire support and engagement with our work. This role will provide essential resource for the team as we grow our presence across Scotland. If you are talented, dynamic, hardworking and resourceful, then we want to hear from you.

This is a very exciting time to join The Yard, as we expand our reach to support more disabled children, young people and their families across Scotland through play, fun and friendship. This gives us a clear and determined focus. We have big aspirations and we need to attract brilliant new people to help us achieve our ambitious goals.

Job details

Based in Edinburgh with some home working, our new Communications Officer will be responsible for providing support across a range of communications functions including PR, marketing, social media, publications, advertising and internal communications.

This is an excellent opportunity for a marketing professional with some experience in media or marketing, who would value the opportunity to develop their skills and take on more responsibility.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential as you will work with key staff to source, create and collate content for various audiences and channels to make our stories shine. Although part of a talented and supportive team you will be expected to work independently as well as across teams to deliver the priorities of The Yard.

You will have a proven track record of delivering excellent communication products in multiple formats and a thorough understanding of the full spectrum of communication channels. Importantly, you will be passionate about being part of a well-loved charity and ensure our brand values are reflected in all that we do.

Read more about some of the excellent benefits available to people who work at The Yard.

Background

SCCAN is a sociocratic organisation that works through a decentralised structure, which disperses power and gives autonomy to those implementing different aspects of our work. SCCAN is a network that supports community-led action to address the climate and nature emergency, working for a just, thriving and resilient Scotland. We have a rapidly expanding membership of around 460 organisations, plus individuals.

Over the past 18 months, SCCAN has added 20 paid workers to our volunteer-led organisation. We are considering how best to develop our sociocratic structure and practice to ensure balance across our team which is now composed of paid workers and volunteers. This role is currently funded to end March 2024 with the expectation that the funding will be extended.

Role purpose

This is a new and exciting role which affords the opportunity for shaping and developing SCCAN as it continues to grow. As such, this role will contribute to SCCAN’s mission, values and purpose of supporting community-led action in Scotland to address the climate and nature emergency, providing expertise and guidance so that SCCAN are able to communicate effectively, with impact and meaning.

It offers the postholder excellent scope to develop and innovate, with greatopportunities for professional development.

Do you have strong project management and administration skills? Do you have a passion for using marketing and communications to help create a just world, free of poverty? Do you want to work alongside like-minded people using their careers to propel real change?

If so, we want to hear from you!

The role

SCIAF has an exciting opportunity to join our team as the Marketing & Communications Coordinator. The role sits in the Marketing and Communications team and will play an essential part in all marketing and communications activity, helping to coordinate integrated appeals and campaigns.

The post holder will use their strong project management skills to manage the timing of activity across the department, monitoring results and reporting on impact. They will be vital to the internal agency approach and the first point of contact for all communications requests. Alongside team administration support, they’ll assist with drafting and posting content, and facilitating the creation of design and print materials.

This role is based in our Glasgow office – though a degree of flexibility can be offered in terms of where and when this role is undertaken.

Who are we looking for?

We’re seeking someone with excellent attention to detail, organisational skills and a willingness to learn quickly in a fast-paced environment. They’ll need the ability to oversee and balance a number of priorities and to have a flair for building strong positive relationships with others and managing processes. The post holder will bring an enthusiastic, proactive attitude with a strong set of written and verbal communication skills.

As a small team, we are looking for a high-performing individual with initiative and enthusiasm, someone flexible and responsive, well-organised and efficient, and who can use creativity and strong problem-solving skills to help us reach our goals.

About SCIAF

SCIAF is the official overseas relief and development agency of the Catholic Church in Scotland. Our mission is to enable the poorest people to lift themselves out of poverty, to work together to protect our common home, help people recover from disaster, and inspire people in Scotland to put their faith into action.

SCIAF works in partnership with local and church organisations, supporting communities across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East to bring about lasting change. We reach out to those people in need, regardless of age, race or religion and believe in supporting the whole person, including their spiritual wellbeing, political voice, and cultural and community life.

Safeguarding

SCIAF undertakes to ensure that all staff, volunteers and relevant others, whose work might involve contact with children and/or vulnerable adults, will have completed additional recruitment procedures and have PVG scheme membership. We would also confirm that all staff are expected to adhere to SCIAF’s Safeguarding Policy and a Code of Conduct which specifies the attitudes and behaviours that all staff are expected to maintain.

The Self Directed Support Forum East Renfrewshire is an independent charity organisation. We support people and their families who are thinking about directing their own support or someone they care for. We also support individuals and families who are already directing an existing social care package. Our vision is people having the choice and control over their own support arrangements to ensure they can live more independently.

The Forum has recently completed a restructure of the service and we are looking for an enthusiastic person to join our team.

You must have work experience in the field of Health and Social Care. It is essential that you are familiar with the Self-Directed Support Act 2013 and the Scottish Government Legislation for SDS. You must be willing to learn and understand the local SDS policy and practice and be able to work well with all our partners. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic towards continued development in this area. An SVQ Level 6 or HNC/HND in Health & Social Care or equivalent is required.

You must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, report writing and IT skills. Experience working with people who have additional needs, including individuals with communication impairments. It is essential that you have experience in representing clients within a multi-agency setting.

Teamwork is at the core of all our service provision and is imperative to the strategic growth of our organisation. We require someone who is flexible and can adapt to any changes in delivery of service. This includes evening work occasionally, however the core hours of work are throughout Monday to Friday between 8.45am and 4.45pm. Part time hours to be agreed and ideally will be over 5 days.

SOHK’s Scotland Schools - Lead Rugby Coach (thanks to Wooden Spoon funding) will share responsibility for frontline schools delivery in Scotland, predominately Edinburgh and Glasgow. This is a role that will provide excitement, challenge and a huge sense of purpose for the right candidate.

Working as part of our Scotland team, you will focus on leading delivery of the schools rugby curriculum of the charity, mentoring young people and coordinating projects. You will market the programme to new schools and build strong relationships with existing schools; deliver each day of the programme; and support participants on a 1:1 basis to address issues in their lives and help them reach goals.

SOHK for Schools is a full academic year intervention, working with groups of young people. The pupils will be chosen by the school and will typically be the ‘hardest to reach’ young people. We will work with them for half a day every week, delivering rugby training, personal development sessions on subjects such as growth mindset, goal setting

and choices and we’ll deliver weekly 1:1s for each pupil. The programme will be evaluated by SOHK staff, teachers, parents and the pupils themselves.

Since 1973, Edinburgh Women’s Aid has provided a safe and friendly place for women and children who are at risk of domestic abuse to turn to for support, information and refuge accommodation if required. Set up by women, for women, Edinburgh Women’s Aid is approaching 50 years of heroism, survivors, courage and support for children.

As part of the Women’s Aid network, they work diligently to change attitudes and the legal system. Edinburgh Women’s Aid campaigns tirelessly to bring the issues of domestic abuse from behind closed doors and have it recognised as a crime. Although attitudes are changing and domestic abuse is more openly acknowledged, there is still a long way to go as over 2,000 women and 150 children in Edinburgh alone used the services last year.

The charity is driven to develop a society free from domestic abuse and ensure women and children have the right to live their lives free from all forms of violence and abuse and any violation of this is a violation of the rights of women and children. They aim to achieve this through practical and emotional support, providing information and advice to women and any accompanying children, and through raising awareness of domestic abuse.

Edinburgh Women’s Aid funds its incredible work through a variety of revenue streams. All are important and valuable sources of income that allow the charity to provide its services and support those in need.

The Fundraising Manager at Edinburgh Women’s Aid will lead on the development and implementation of a fundraising strategy and contribute to annual planning with colleagues. They will research, identify funds and apply for appropriate funding as well as seeking funding to develop new areas of work that will enhance services to women, children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse. This post will manage the Community Fundraiser and is integral to the charities strategic plan and intention to become a sustainable organisation.

The successful candidate will be a skilled and experienced fundraiser who understands fundraising for a charity which provides frontline services. A proven track record of securing substantial amounts of income from a wide range of relevant funding sources will be advantageous. Fundamental to this role will be the ability to write successful funding bids and you should have demonstrable experience in this area alongside knowledge of the Scottish fundraising landscape. You must have experience in funder stewardship and developing a trusts and grants funding pipeline.

The Fundraising Manager will have the ability to identify and maintain external relationships with relevant funding bodies and experience of developing relationships with a broad range of funders at all levels. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential in this role. You must have a firm understanding of the causes and issues relating to domestic abuse and sexual violence and be able to communicate this and the need for Edinburgh Women’s Aid effectively to funders. Together with managing the Community Fundraiser, you will be responsible for raising both restricted and unrestricted income in line with annual targets. It is vital that you have excellent organisational and time management skills with a systematic approach to work and the ability to meet tight deadlines.

This job is open to women only under schedule 9 (Part 1) of the Equality Act 2010.

The Edinburgh International Festival exists to bring world leading artists together with audiences. It was established in 1947 as a world class cultural event to bring together audiences and artists from around the world. For three weeks in August, Scotland’s capital becomes an unparalleled celebration of the performing arts and an annual meeting point for people of all nations. The Edinburgh International Festival presents a programme featuring the finest performers and ensembles from the worlds of dance, opera, music, and theatre. Our impact extends beyond the annual programme; our community learning and engagement and professional development programmes run throughout the year, reaching the widest possible audiences, and contributing to the cultural and social life of Edinburgh and Scotland.

An amazing opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced Strategic Fundraising Manager to join the team at the Edinburgh International Festival. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing fundraising strategies to secure income from a range of sources including individuals, trusts and foundations, corporate sponsors and government grants.

To be successful in this role you will have strong project management skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills and preferably experience in the not for profit or arts and cultural sector. You should also have experience in identifying and cultivating relationships with potential donors.

This role offers a hybrid model of working, with three days in the office in Edinburgh and two days from home. During the Festival period you will be expected to work full time from the office.