Fundraiser

£17,322 - 21 hours per week. Length of Contract: 1st June 2024 – May 2025.RoleBackground informationThe Welcoming Association is a charity that works with New Scots (asylum seekers, refugees and migrants) inEdinburgh. We won the 2021 Ashden Award for Greener Communities, and three of our volunteers also wonprestigious prizes at the Inspiring Volunteer Awards 2021. At the five-year strategic review in February 2024,the staff acknowledged some of the organisation’s many strengths, such as being cooperative, close-knit,flexible, and dedicated to its employees. Therefore, our future fundraiser will join a supportive andhigh-performing team.Purpose of the roleThe purpose of the post is to work closely with the Director to create and implement comprehensive fundraising plansaligned with the Welcoming Association’s strategic goals.This is an ideal role for someone who has demonstrated experience in fundraising and is looking to further developtheir knowledge and experience in an exciting and far-sighted organisation. The role offers the successfulcandidate an opportunity to learn and develop the skills needed to forge a successful career in the thirdsector.Key Working Relationships:Internal: Senior Management Team and project coordinators. Please refer to our organogram.External: Service users, funders, and partner agencies.Additional informationPlease note that you must already be eligible to work in the UK to be employed by The Welcoming Association.The post holder will work from The Welcoming’s office on 20/1 Westfield Avenue, Edinburgh, EH11 2TT.Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of The Welcoming. We welcome applications from BAME people,applicants with lived experience as refugees, or working with refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerableadults.Application notesInterested applicants are encouraged to contact The Welcoming Association’s Director, Tesfu Gessesse, to discuss therole informally. (9am - 5pm Monday to Friday on 07595 345 722, or by emailing: ##### )The closing date for this position is Wednesday 24th April 2024 at midday.Interviews will be held week commencing 6th May 2024.An application form is available for download below.Working from home with occasional meetings in Edinburgh (Remote)Closing2nd May 2024Rowan Alba works to end homelessness in Edinburgh by providing permanent supported homes and building relationshipswith individuals in crisis. We also work in our communities with volunteers who provide vital support to themost vulnerable in an attempt to prevent homelessness. Our experience lends itself to exemplar trainingprogrammes aimed at helping employers understand conditions around addictions.We are seeking an enthusiastic and confident communicator for the new role of Corporate and Community FundraisingManager to increase awareness of our work and develop new funding streams from individual, community andcorporate partnerships.You will be a creative, organised and motivated individual with a positive track record in working independently todevelop corporate and community funder relationships.Working alongside our Communications Manager, Trusts and Grants Fundraising Manager and Leadership Team you willdevelop an engagement strategy to help increase awareness of our work and raise vital funds to support ourorganisational development including the creation of new permanent homes for individuals with long-termexperience of homelessness.Main duties and responsibilities will include:Developing and maintaining relationships with new and existing corporate partnersDevelopingopportunities to deliver training to corporate staff and organising volunteering activitiesWorking withstaff and volunteers to develop and implement community fundraising opportunities including sponsorshipactivities and local eventsOrganising events for key stakeholders to increase Rowan AlbaprofileManaging relevant KPIs and appropriate CRM system for all individual and corporate fundercommunication and outcomesEnsuring the organisation adheres to the codes of fundraising practice set bythe Fundraising RegulatorCore competenciesExperience in relationship building and delivering long term funding support from a variety of sourcesExcellent presentation, verbal and written skillsAbility to manage a varied workload and work independently, and with a small core teamExperience of event organisation and management including working with volunteersAdministrative skills and experience in use of appropriate CRM solutions, cloud-based platforms such as SharePoint, Zoom, TeamsDemonstrate respect and compassion to the people we work with and represent Rowan Alba positively and professionally at all timesProstate Scotland, Scotland’s prostate disease charity is looking for an enthusiastic Communications and SupporterCare Administrator to help us in our communications, supporter care and fundraising. Prostate Scotland is a busyactive charity working across Scotland to inform, support and advance on prostate cancer and disease. You willplay an important role in helping to look after our supporters and fundraisers, assisting with ourcommunications and sending out merchandise to people supporting the charity.This role will involve:•Providing support to and administering local level giving and liaising with fundraisers in taking forward activitiesin aid of Prostate Scotland•Supporting active fundraisers throughout their fundraising journey•Administering donations and assisting with communications to supporters•Helping on the development of fundraising and marketing materials and plans to promote Prostate Scotland’s work•Ensuring that we have up-to-date information on our Customer Relationship Management System.•Developing, sourcing, managing and dispatching stocks of branded fundraising merchandise and sending these out toour supporters•Assisting with the co-ordination and development of communications activity with supporters and service users aspart of communications and supporter care team•Assisting with writing content for social media and website.Your good people skills will assist us in working with local fundraisers and supporters to help develop fundraisingfor Prostate Scotland in communities and in events across the Scotland. You will also have the opportunity toattend and represent Prostate Scotland at local fundraising and supporter external events.This new post will play an important role in supporting the charity’s communications and fundraising by providingsupport to and administering local level giving and donations and fundraising events and liaising withfundraisers in taking forward activities in aid of prostate Scotland. The role also will involve helpingadminister donations and assisting with communications with supporters, along with helping on the development offundraising materials and plans to promote Prostate Scotland’s work.Good administrative, IT and digital skills will be important. Prior knowledge of prostate cancer and disease is notrequired (though helpful) and training about this will be provided.Occasional travel in Scotland will be required. Management of the post will be from the charity’s Communications andSupporter Care Manager. The post is available on a two-year contract.In 2024, Hearts & Minds, the home of Clowndoctors and Elderflowers, will be marking 25 years deliveringtherapeutic clowning across health care units, schools for children with complex needs and hospices.The role of Fundraising Manager at Hearts & Minds offers an incredibly exciting opportunity to drive meaningfulchange and support our impactful programmes at this momentous time in the charity’s history. As a pivotal memberof the team, you'll spearhead the development of a comprehensive fundraising strategy that directly fuelsthe organization's initiatives. This role isn't just about securing funds; it's about craftingcompelling narratives and fostering connections to inspire individuals, communities, and corporations to supporta cause that truly matters. The dynamism lies in the ability to shape the future of Hearts & Minds bycreating sustainable income streams that directly translate into tangible support for their programmes.The Job Description and Person Specification is available to download below.At Worldwide Cancer Research, we start new cures. Cancer is still one of the leading causes of death worldwide, butcutting-edge science can give us hope. Discovery research seeks to uncover new knowledge that could change theway we think about cancer. It reveals new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer that can save lives.We actively seek unconventional and imaginative ideas from scientists at all stages of their career, across theglobe. In some cases, we are the only organisation that will fund a scientist’s idea. We take an unbiasedapproach to research funding by focusing on supporting only the best ideas for new cures. By having a diverseresearch portfolio, we increase our chances of finding breakthroughs.Our vision is of a day when no life is cut short by cancer, and we believe we can achieve this by starting thelife-saving advances of the future by sowing the seeds of discoveries. Anyone that helps bring forwardbreakthroughs – including our staff, our supporters, and the researchers we fund – is a Curestarter.As a charity, we are committed to opportunity without barriers, and we are striving to seek, value and learn fromdifferent perspectives and experiences. We want Worldwide Cancer Research to be an inclusive organisation –where everyone can be themselves and feel valued – as diverse as the scientific community we fund and thefamilies whose lives we impact.We are committed to ensuring that we provide equal opportunities to every applicant regardless of age, disability,gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex orsexual orientation. We aim to ensure that our recruitment process is unbiased and that everyone is treatedequitably. In support of this, we have pledged to ‘Show the Salary’ for our roles and we are a registeredDisability Confident Committed Employer, because our team members are at the heart of everything we do.To help start new cancer cures around the and fund discovery cancer research, we are looking for a Trusts andFoundations Officer to join our busy Philanthropy team.About the Trusts and Foundations Officer role and why we need youBy joining our friendly, committed charity you’ll be making an impact every day. Working within the Fundraising &Philanthropy team, you will have the opportunity to shape and deliver our Trusts and Foundations Strategy byseeking out new funding opportunities, building lasting relationships and writing compelling applications. Thesethree priorities will need you to be proactive in organising and planning your workload. You will be comfortablecommunicating with people at all levels, both your internal colleagues and external organisations. The role alsogives you the chance to show why discovery research is vital to starting new cancer cures, and as a highlycollaborative charity, your colleagues will be eager to share their expertise with you.The charity’s values are Curious, United, Real, Entrepreneurial and Spirited, which you can readily demonstrate dayto day. You will be an advocate for our vision and act as a role model for the charity when in touch withprospects.Benefits: 10% employer pension contribution; employee assistance programme and counselling service;enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption pay; enhanced sick pay; 31 days’ paid holiday/year plus four paid winterpublic holidays; 2-weeks fully remote working/year; three paid carer days/year; death in service benefit; cycleto work and travel season ticket schemes.To support the Team’s work-life balance, we work a nine-day fortnight where the charity is closed every secondFriday.
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