Trust Fundraiser
- Full time
- £28,126 – £31,028
- Across Scotland (base negotiable)
- Closing 21st March 2023
- Advertised from 9th March 2023
Role
Are you a passionate, energetic and confident relationship builder? Do you have a commitment to detailed research and planning, but an ability to innovate? Then we need you to join our expanding team to transform the provision of children’s palliative care across Scotland and keep joy alive for every child and family that needs us.
We are looking for a committed and creative individual with great communication skills both written and oral to join our expanding Trusts and Foundations Team. This is a wonderful opportunity within a dynamic and supportive environment to use your research, planning and writing skills to make detailed proposals to Trusts and Foundations in Scotland and beyond. Ensuring CHAS can capitalise on our compelling case for support by identifying both capital and revenue projects suitable for funding. From small items of equipment to large capital projects and staff salary projects you will be part of a team with ambitious financial targets.
You will be an innovative and tenacious individual with a real team-working ethic that identifies with CHAS’s core values, vision and purpose.
Role responsibilities
- Identifies appropriate trust and corporate foundations suitable for CHAS to approach for funding
- Prepares written funding applications for funders
- Provides specialist support on all aspects of trust fundraising to the Trusts and Foundations Fundraising Manager
- Provides market-intelligence and research on Trusts, foundations and grant-making organisations.
- Collates information regarding project outcomes in order to report on these to funders when required.
- Sends timely and appropriate proposals and reports to trusts and foundations using either agreed templates or written formal methods to a schedule agreed with the Trust Fundraising Manager
- Establishes contact and develops relationships with staff and/or trustees of trusts and maintains these, maximising the opportunities for income generation
About You
- Acts as an engaging and inspiring ambassador for CHAS and displays positive behaviours
- Self-motivated with proven ability to engage and motivate others
- Professional and proactive attitude with a real pride in quality of work
- Forms meaningful relationships with others
- Accountable for own actions and decisions
- Commitment to ongoing learning and development
- Commitment to CHAS core values, vision and purpose
- Commitment to working with/supporting volunteers
- Views change as a natural, positive and continuing process
About CHAS
At CHAS, our ambition is to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying, and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together. As a Trust Fundraiser, you will be instrumental in achieving this vision and shaping the future of CHAS.
Application notes
For more information regarding this post, please visit our website
For an informal chat about the position please contact Stephen Hart, Trusts and Foundations Manager, on 07557 370 840.
For any queries regarding the recruitment process, please contact our HR team by emailing careers@chas.org.uk.
To be part of the future of CHAS, please apply by submitting your CV with a covering letter explaining how you can add value by making a difference in this role to careers@chas.org.uk by the closing date on 21 March 2023.
This post is subject to a Disclosure Scotland Basic checks.
Closing Date: 21 March 2023
Interview Date: Week beginning 3 April 2023
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Grants Officer
- Full time
- £27,000
- Glasgow, with some hybrid working negotiable
- Closing 31st March 2023
About Revive MS Support
More than 15,000 people live with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in Scotland, the highest prevalence of any country in the world.
Revive MS Support’s mission is to be a caring and inclusive community where everyone affected by Multiple Sclerosis (MS) can find physical, emotional, financial, and social support. Our centre in Govan is open to everyone affected by MS, and is a place to find support, friendship, and hope.
We do this by providing a full range of services to improve the wellbeing of everyone affected by MS throughout Greater Glasgow. These include physiotherapy and exercise classes, counselling, advice and information from our MS Specialist Nurse, complementary therapies, speech and language therapy, support groups, oxygen therapy, and welfare & benefits advice. All our services are free to access not only for the person living with MS, but also their family and carers.
We have ambitious plans to reach more people affected by MS, and to ensure we achieve our goals we are looking for a Grants Officer to join our team.
You’ll play a key role in maximising income from charitable trusts, foundations, and public grant funders to support current and future services and organisational core costs. They will support the Senior Grants Manager in the achievement of the income plan, maintaining existing relationships and identifying and securing new funding opportunities.
If you have the skills, initiative, and experience to join Revive MS Support on the next stage of our journey as we strive to improve the lives of people affected by MS, we’d love to hear from you.
Working for Revive
Working hours are 9.30am – 4.30pm, with a half hour paid lunch break. Your lunch will be provided from our cafe which serves a range of freshly made soups, snacks, toasties and hot drinks
Employees can join our pension scheme with employer matched contributions of 3% or 5% of salary, and death in service cover is also available.
Holiday entitlement is 28 days a year (pro rata) of which 3 are taken when the centre closes between Christmas and New Year, along with 10 public holidays.
To find out more about the role, please download the Job Description and Person Specification below.
Reports to: Senior Grants Manager
Direct Reports: None
Top job! Head of Income Generation and Administration
- Full time
- £43,951 – £49,229
- Paisley, PA1 2FB
- Closing 31st March 2023
Are you an experienced and talented fundraising professional who is looking to develop their career and play a key leadership role in the continued growth and impact of our organisation?
Scottish Huntington’s Association is the only charity in Scotland dedicated exclusively to the care and support of families whose lives are impacted by Huntington’s disease, an incurable hereditary condition with severe physical, cognitive and mental symptoms. Our expertise is recognised at national and international levels and we work with funders including NHS, Scottish Government and health and social care partnerships across the country.
We seek a Head of Income Generation and Administration with a track record of leading and inspiring teams to maximise organisational income.
You will have experience of leading a Fundraising or Income Generation Team, including coaching, mentoring and support to enable colleagues to achieve individual and team targets.
With a strong knowledge of the charity sector, ideally working within health and social care, you will have the skills to secure and increase funding income from individual giving, community fundraising, corporate giving, trusts and grants, and statutory funding through service level agreements and tenders is a must.
Additionally you will bring strong financial understanding, a good eye for detail and the confidence to play a key role within our leadership team to drive forward change and improvement throughout the organisation and the sector.
It’s an exciting time to join Scottish Huntington’s Association as we prepare to launch Standing Tall: A Strategy for Growth 2023 – 2028 to transform the care of Huntington’s families, expand specialist services and deepen involvement in clinical research and trials.
This follows two years of significant expansion in our specialist teams, growth in funding, a rise in media engagement, majority parliamentary support for our work, and the success of our ground-breaking Dance 100 fundraising event in Glasgow.
Funding for this post is provided by Scottish Huntington’s Association, an ambitious and hard-working organisation with staff who are passionate about the work we do.
Huntington’s Disease Specialist
- Full time
- £31,615 – £34,976
- Lothian Home based at present, pending securing new office space Hybrid working model thereafter (office and home based)
- Closing 3rd April 2023
Are you looking for a role in which you will contribute to improving the lives of families in your community and beyond? One that encourages you to share your expertise, develop your clinical practice and feel valued by colleagues, clients and the organisation you work for?
We are looking for a full-time Huntington’s Disease Specialist to join our Lothian service. Funding for this post is provided by Lothian’s Health and Social Care Partnerships.
The successful candidate will join Scottish Huntington’s Association at an exciting time as we prepare to launch Standing Tall: A Strategy for Growth 2023 – 28 to transform the care and support available to Huntington’s families.
This follows two years of expansion in specialist teams, increased funding, a rise in media engagement, growth in parliamentary support for our work, and the success of our ground-breaking Dance 100 event in Glasgow.
Our Huntington’s Disease Specialists provide care management, specialist assessment and emotional support to individuals, and their families, throughout the Lothian area. The small team works in partnership with local Health and Social Care teams, and provides advice, training and education to professionals and voluntary agencies involved in all aspects of HD care. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, motivated and who will have a positive influence on the quality of life of the individuals on their caseload.
We invite applications from experienced individuals from an allied health professional, nursing or social work background and you must have a current professional body membership. Previous experience of working with Huntington’s disease is preferred, but not essential. We will provide you with all the condition-specific knowledge you need.
The successful candidate should be able to work autonomously in this challenging and innovative post. Good listening, communication and interpersonal skills are vital, as are excellent time keeping and caseload management abilities. Community-based practice knowledge, a current driving licence and the use of a car complete our list of essential criteria. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced disclosure check.
Scottish Huntington’s Association is the only charity in Scotland dedicated exclusively to families impacted by Huntington’s disease, a devastating hereditary condition that changes the brain and causes severe and complex physical, mental and cognitive symptoms. You will find an ambitious and hard-working organisation, recognised at national and international levels for its expertise and approach.
Corporate Fundraiser
- Full time
- £28,739 – £32,489
- Edinburgh or Glasgow (with some remote working from home)
- Closing 9th April 2023
Venture Scotland offers an outdoor-based personal development programme which empowers young people aged 16-30, who face complex and difficult challenges in their lives and want help to change.
We focus on the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of our young people working with them to make lasting changes to their lives and helping them play a positive role in their communities.
We are seeking a Corporate Fundraiser (who identifies with our values of Trust, Respect, Diversity, Inclusion, Environment and Personal Development) to help support the fundraising team to expand and diversify our income streams to ensure our organisation is sustainable into the future.
In this exciting opportunity, you will work closely with the other members of the fundraising team and lead on managing corporate partnerships to increase income in this funding stream. You will research, approach and secure corporate partnerships and donations (in line with our values) and fulfil the corporate fundraising strategy. You will deliver engaging presentations about our work, build relationships with key individuals at corporates and increase awareness of our work to new audiences throughout Scotland whilst also generating more income. To be successful in the role, you will have experience in securing income within the voluntary sector (or another sector if you are able to demonstrate transferable skills).
Do you want to work in a supportive team of people who really care about the young people we are helping?
Do you want to work in an organisation who listens, values everyone views and cares about the health and wellbeing of their staff?
Do you understand the transformative effect of the outdoors?
Are you passionate about #ChangingYoungLives Outdoors?
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