Raising funds is essential to ensuring that we can help keep Scotland’s children safe, well and loved with their families.

Children 1st is looking for a new Individual Giving and Supporter Experience Manager to take our donor recruitment and retention strategy to the next level.

This role holds a senior position within the Supporter Experience Team and is responsible for inspiring new donors to support Children 1st, establishing new relationships with individuals, managing the operational implementation of individual giving fundraising initiatives and leading our donor acquisition activity.

The Individual Giving and Supporter Experience Manager will play a key role in evolving our fundraising acquisition strategy and will play a crucial role in further developing our cross-directorate stewardship strategy.

We need someone who is focused, organised, creative and has a keen eye for detail, with a passion for delivering an amazing supporter experience.

If you have experience in fundraising, communications, or marketing we would love to hear from you.

This a permanent, full-time role of 35 hours per week. You will be remote based with travel to our spaces and bases as required.

Circle is a children and families charity working at the heart of communities across central Scotland. Our purpose is to improve the lives of children by strengthening families.

Circle’s approach builds on strengths, is solution focussed and uses a whole family approach to create a family environment that promotes healthy development in children.

We are looking for a full-time Events Officer to join our Fundraising Team. The individual will play a key role in:

• maximising income with a focus on events, corporate and individual fundraising

• raising the profile of Circle with a focus on internal and external communications and social media content

• work in partnership with colleagues across Circle in the development of fundraising for projects and activities

Applicants should have experience of engaging with different communities, including supporters, community groups and businesses, and encourage their support for Circle’s work to raise income.

Experience of sustaining and developing events, corporate and individual fundraising similar to our DARED running challenge, the Kiltwalk and other events is essential.

As part of the Circle Fundraising Team being able to contribute to the development and upkeep of the fundraising database and maintain complete and accurate records relating to fundraising, marketing and communications activities, and report on their performance on a regular basis to the management team as required would be advantageous.

Experience of managing an organisation’s internal and external content and communications through mediums such as newsletters, Twitter and Facebook would be advantageous.

We offer excellent staff benefits including a competitive salary, generous pension contribution, flexible working, an employee assistance programme, and generous annual leave. We are committed to finding the right people for the jobs that we advertise.

We believe that every child has the right to live in a family where they get the care. support and encouragement they need to flourish.

About Aberlour Fostering

Aberlour Fostering has an excellent reputation for caring for vulnerable and neglected children. We believe we can only do that by recruiting the right people to be foster carers and we believe it’s important to support our foster carers and prospective foster carers as much as we can. The recruitment process for foster carers takes a long time and this can be disheartening for those who have applied and are waiting for a decision. Part of our role is to link with prospective foster carers, providing them with full information and encouragement during this lengthy process. You would also support and attend virtual and live events to provide prospective foster carers with detailed information about the recruitment process and fostering in general. This may include some evening and weekend work. Also following up with attendees to encourage them to enter and progress through the recruitment process.

What we are looking for....

We are looking for a Fostering Recruitment Officer to actively recruit new foster carers. The postholder needs to be able to set up Recruitment events throughout Scotland or online and to speak authoritatively to groups of individuals who attend the events about Aberlour as the organisation of choice as a fostering agency and about the role of foster carers and the recruitment process. You will respond to enquiries through telephone, email, live chat, webform and social media. Using clearly defined criteria you would screen applicants for their current eligibility to be foster carers. You would encourage communication with existing foster carers and support our current pool of Aberlour foster carers. You would also support the Service Manager and Marketing Team in developing and delivering the Fostering marketing plan. Accurate records are crucial and you must be proficient at data entry and record keeping and able to produce reports in a format agreed with your manager. Linking with the fostering team you would ensure that the advice you provide is current, appropriate and up to date.

What we offer...

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers.

If you would like to discuss any aspect of the job, please do not hesitate to contact Kerryanne Duffin (Service Manager) on 07815839567

Aberlour is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our service users and uses a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG Scheme checks to ensure this commitment is not compromised.