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Street Fit Scotland is a local charity that provides fitness and wellbeing programmes to people affected by homelessness. The role of Funding Officer is critical to the success of SFS, gaining much needed funding to grow the charity. Within this role you will report to the CEO but act with autonomy to seek new funding avenues, you will have strong organisational skills with the ability to read detailed funding criteria and match it to that of SFS. You will organise and prioritise applications based on timescales, money available and complexity of application.

The Funding Officer is a new post to SFS so there will be lots of scope to make the role your own, using your initiative to support the charity’s progress. There will be a possibility to extend the contract if the role proves viable. This post will be on a probationary basis for the first two months. Due to COVID-19 this position will be remote until further notice.

Primary Tasks:

1) Complete successful funding applications and proactively find relevant funding opportunities.

2) Manage and organise funding priorities, timelines, paperwork, progress charts and any other funding data.

3) Provide CEO with regular funding updates.

4) Represent and promote Street Fit Scotland in a positive and proactive manner.

Responsibilities:

• Complete funding applications on behalf of SFS and admin

• Proactively Research for funding opportunities

• Liaise with funders and stakeholders

• Keep accurate and up to date records of: funding applications, feedback from funders, funding plan and funding tracker, and a bank of funding answers

• Create monthly overview report of all in-progress funding applications

• Support with related administrative tasks where appropriate

• Input the financial projections for each funding application

• Complete end of Grant forms from funders

Essential Qualities

• Previous experience of fundraising activities, specifically completing successful funding applications.

• Understanding of funding applications, funders, and funding criteria

• Attention to detail

• Organisational skills, Resourceful

• Knowledge and understanding of the needs of SFS participants

• Good communication skills - written and verbal

Following a restructure, we are seeking a Senior Fundraising Officer to develop and lead on a range of activities including third-party, community and virtual events, and corporate fundraising. This is an exciting opportunity to join a values-led team and utilise your broad experience and enthusiasm for what we do, to make this role your own.

We are looking for an independent, adaptable, confident, and proactive individual who is people-focused and who possesses exceptional organisational skills. Above all you will be happy to share your ideas with the senior team and support the organisation to try new ways of fundraising, whilst providing a sound business case for doing so.

Reporting to: Head of Finance.

Key responsibilities:

• Cultivate strong relationships with corporate, third party, and individual donors
• Lead and manage fundraising events
• Nurture and recognise DSUK’s individual givers
• Research potential corporate partners
• Recording and reporting of fundraising activities with Head of Finance

Personal qualities:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
• Flexible and proactive with a ‘can-do’ attitude
• Passionate about equality and opportunity for all and committed to changing attitudes towards disability.
• Accountable attitude and happy to work as part of a remote team

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At DSUK, we believe that teaching disabled people to master the slopes can transform the way they experience their disability. For our customers, it’s about enjoying achievement and independence. From picking their line to controlling their speed, they can experience something that’s often missing from their everyday lives – freedom.

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We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced individual to support leaders in the South East Scotland Region. This person will assist in promoting the recruitment and retention of new leaders and developing Scouting programmes and activities at the grass roots. The role requires you to have experience of Scouting or a similar uniformed organisation. You will work closely with existing Scout leaders and structures and provide sustainable support for them. Home based, you will be a self-starter and an excellent communicator. You will be responsible to the Regional Commissioner.

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Why we are recruiting a Scouting Support Officer: We wish to support leaders and assist them in maintaining and developing Scouting in the Region. This person will assist us to recruit and support more adult leaders and to grow Scouting in areas where we are not currently located. We have made significant progress with a re-invigorated Regional Leadership Team and there is a great deal more that we want to accomplish, particularly to ensure that young people can have more opportunities for adventurous activities, since we know that this is the biggest attraction for young people.

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Following rigorous consultation, development and training Aberlour has been using Microsoft Dynamics as our case management system for the last couple of years. Ongoing analysis has identified a need to develop further awareness of quality recording and ensure consistent best practice across the organisation. We are looking for someone to lead a 9-month project to focus on these areas and help the organisation ensure that current and future staff can feel confident in this key area of responsibility within their role as a social care worker.

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You will also take responsibility for supporting the training of new services just starting to use Dynamics.

The post is offered full time (although part time hours may be considered), fixed term for 9 months. Internal secondment requests will be considered, please speak to your line manager if you are interested in such an opportunity.