Who we are

Established in 1994, Impact Arts is an innovative Scottish arts charity tackling inequalities in a diverse range of communities through unique creative engagement techniques, including painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photography, filmmaking, animation, and music.

Impact Arts specialises in using creative engagement to address the challenges of poverty, improve health and to excite, involve and deliver meaningful impacts for each member of the communities we work in. The common challenge faced by all is that of poverty and its side effects, particularly poor mental health and life chances.

It is our mission to tackle inequalities in Scotland through creative engagement, and we envisage a Scotland where everybody believes in the power of creativity to transform lives.

Purpose

The Head of Development will play a key role in the Leadership Team, working alongside the CEO, Head of Operations and Head of Finance & Corporate Services to achieve the Strategic Goals as set out in Transforming Lives Through the Arts, our Strategic Plan 2023-28. This is a results-driven role focused on delivering measurable and sustainable income growth, while managing and inspiring a high-performing team. They will contribute to the strategic leadership at Impact Arts promoting the vision and values and representing Impact Arts across networks in the arts, social enterprise, public, private and voluntary sector. They will lead the development and evaluation of Impact Arts’ fundraising and other associated strategies (e.g. stakeholder engagement, donations and corporate engagement) to ensure, through diverse and sustainable income streams that the organisation can deliver on its strategic goal “Sustainable: Build a secure future for Impact Arts through financial sustainability”.