Are you passionate about enhancing employability and supporting Glasgow’s third sector to create meaningful change? Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector (GCVS) is seeking a motivated and experienced Employability Coordinator to join our team. This exciting role will coordinate and deliver GCVS’ programmes around employability, primarily projects focused on creating paid and unpaid opportunities within the third sector for people to develop their employability skills. The postholder will also form part of the wider Workforce Development team and will be required to support other work within the team.
Paid Work Placements is funded by the Scottish Government through Glasgow City Council on behalf of Glasgow Futures Local Employability Partnership. The programme is delivered by GCVS with partners Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, Enable Scotland, CEMVO Scotland, and Move On.
This role offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact by supporting individuals on their journey to employment and contributing to transformative change in Glasgow. If you are passionate about empowering people, share our values, and are ready to apply your skills to this vital work, we encourage you to apply.
Note: We are also open to filling this position on a secondment basis and warmly encourage applications from Glasgow’s voluntary sector organisations.
What We Offer:
More Information on the Job Description, Person Specification and Main Employment conditions is provided on the document enclosed.
Are you passionate about tackling child poverty and supporting Glasgow’s third sector to create meaningful change? Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector (GCVS) is seeking a motivated and skilled Development Officer to join our team. This exciting role will support our Partnership Manager in the Policy & Engagement team in addressing one of the city’s most pressing challenges – ensuring that every child and young person in Glasgow can reach their full potential.
This role provides an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by supporting the third sector and contributing to transformative change in Glasgow. If you share our values and are ready to contribute your skills to this important work, we welcome your application.
Note: We are also open to filling this position on a secondment basis and warmly encourage applications from Glasgow’s voluntary sector organisations.
About GCVS:
GCVS plays a pivotal role in supporting Glasgow’s voluntary sector to engage with public sector partners, contribute to policy development, and design and deliver services that benefit the citizens of Glasgow. Our work is rooted in collaboration, and we strive to amplify the voices of third sector organisations to ensure their expertise informs decision-making and service delivery
The Role:
As Development Officer, you will support the Partnership & Engagement Manager by:
• Facilitating strong engagement between third sector organisations and public sector partners to address child poverty and related challenges.
• Supporting the sector’s contribution to Glasgow’s response to key initiatives, including The Promise, GIRFEC (Getting It Right For Every Child), and Whole Family Support, which connects to the work of the Children’s Services Planning Partnership.
• Assisting in identifying and addressing barriers faced by families and children, particularly in areas such as child poverty, child protection, as well as mental and physical health and wellbeing.
• Organising meetings, workshops, and consultations to ensure third sector perspectives are represented in policy discussions.
• Developing resources, briefings, and reports to support knowledge-sharing and capacity building within the sector.
What We’re Looking For:
The ideal candidate will have:
• A strong commitment to tackling child poverty and promoting human rights.
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• An understanding of the third sector’s role in addressing social issues (experience in the field is desirable but not essential).
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• A collaborative and solution-focused approach, demonstrating integrity and alignment with GCVS values.
What We Offer:
• A supportive and inclusive work environment.
• Opportunities for professional development and growth.
• Flexible working arrangements, including home working.
• Reduced working week – 32 hours as full time.
• The chance to make a meaningful impact on child poverty and support transformative change in Glasgow.
More Information on the Job Description, Person Specification and Main Employment conditions is provided on the document enclosed.
Please notice that we will also consider Secondment if suitable.
Are you passionate about making a difference through philanthropy? Join the University of Glasgow as a Philanthropy Officer and play a key role in advancing our fundraising and alumni engagement strategies. In this exciting position, you’ll have the opportunity to build compelling propositions, identify and cultivate relationships with prospective donors, and secure major gifts ranging from £10K to £1M. Your efforts will directly contribute to meeting ambitious activity and revenue targets, helping us drive meaningful change.
Candidates should have a strong understanding of major gift fundraising and experience in fundraising, sales, or a similar target-driven role is essential. If you’re ready to make an impact and bring your skills and motivation to an inspiring cause, we’d love to hear from you!
Job Purpose
Contribute to the implementation of the University of Glasgow’s fundraising and alumni engagement strategies by building compelling propositions and identifying, cultivating and soliciting prospective donors with capacity to give from £10K to £1M, meeting targets for activity and revenue.
Job Purpose
Provide administrative, events and communications support to assist in the delivery of legacy and trust fundraising including the management of legacy gifts and the management of relationships with donors’ families, executors and legacy pledgers.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
1. Secure and schedule appointments with legacy pledgers, prospective pledgers, Trustees and Trust Administrators for all members of the Legacies and Trust teams. Draft meeting plans where necessary, book and arrange travel, and prepare and compile briefing packs with meeting locations, directions etc. Use own judgment to resolve any problems because of last-minute changes to appointments and travel arrangements. This will involve dealing with influential people external to the University including prospective and existing donors.
2. Use Raiser’s Edge to maintain accurate records and manage data relating to legacy pledgers and donors and their gifts, ensuring that all information is up-to-date and correct. Make judgements on the best way to reflect meetings and relevant information on the database, ensuring a complete record of the relationship with the University is maintained and that privacy regulations are complied with. Use expertise to suggest improvements to procedures.
3. Assist in the process of identifying and managing segments of the alumni/donor database from which potential legacy pledgers could be drawn. Interrogate databases and spreadsheets to support stewardship, events and fundraising and run legacy activity reports in liaison with Planning & Development Operations staff to monitor progress.
4. Maintain an action timeline to ensure all legacy administration and stewardship activity is completed efficiently and ensure legacy fundraisers maintain efficient contact and follow up, “managing up” where required to ensure actions are completed.
5. Work with gift management staff to ensure legacy gifts are correctly allocated to the appropriate fund.
6. Co-ordinate arrangements for events for the 1451 Society of legacy pledgers, including drafting invitations, liaising with guests and venues, compiling materials such as information packs, presentations, signage and badges. Ensure the correct people receive the correct invitation and that an accurate picture of invitations and attendees is maintained and recorded on Raiser’s Edge database.
7. Support the delivery of selected follow up actions for legacy pledgers or prospective pledgers, for example co-ordinating campus visits involving academic departments and the University’s Senior Management Team, liaising across the University and with donors to compile schedules.
8. Support the communication strategy for legacy fundraising and stewardship by writing and editing communication materials, sourcing quotes and content and liaising with bequest pledgers and executors. With guidance, draft, upload and ensure the maintenance of content for the University’s web pages on legacy giving in liaison with Development & Alumni and Marketing colleagues. (CMS T4, training will be given).
9. Act as liaison with the Regular Giving Team and Digital team to provide legacy information to support mass mailings, telephone fundraising and legacy communications on social media.
10. Act as first point of contact for enquiries related to legacies and, when appropriate, act in the place of the Legacy Gift Manager / Philanthropy Officer - Legacies when they are absent or unavailable by responding to queries in a timely and efficient manner to maintain the smooth running of the operations.
11. Provide the Strategic Philanthropy Manager (Legacies and Trusts), Trusts and Foundations Manager and Philanthropy Officer-Trusts with administrative support as and when required to maximise income from Trusts and Foundations. This may include producing gift acknowledgements, proof reading of applications, formatting of applications, coordinating information and assisting in the submission of applications to Trusts and Foundations as and when appropriate .
12. Keep general administrative procedures up to date, including drafting correspondence, opening mail, photocopying and filing as well as arranging catering and supporting visits with donors.
13. Act as a purchasing officer as required.
14. Participate fully as a member of the Development & Alumni and External Relations teams, ensuring strong links and good working relationships.
15. Be prepared to undertake projects appropriate to the grade of the role but that might fall outside its direct remit of as the line manager, Director and/or Vice Principal External Relations may advise. This will include providing administrative support in other areas of the Development and Alumni team and External Relations directorate from time to time.
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