Pregnancy Counselling and Care (Scotland) is a small Edinburgh-based charity that supports families and individuals during pregnancy and early parenthood, or at times of loss, by providing practical and emotional support.

Our Vision:Nobody is left alone to struggle with pregnancy, loss or early parenthood

Our Mission: To support families and individuals during pregnancy and early parenthood, or at times of loss, by providing practical and emotional support

Our Objectives:

We provide support through the delivery of two services:

• Our Counselling Service - providing professional counselling to anyone who is struggling as a result of pregnancy, childbirth, baby loss, miscarriage, termination, stillbirth or infertility
• Our Baby Bank – that supplies baby equipment, clothes and toys to families experiencing poverty

Our Values:

• Respect/ Compassion
• Inclusiveness/Diversity
• Collaboration/Connected
• Dependability/Flexibility

About The Role

The Community Fundraiser post is a relatively new addition to the team at PCCS. We started community fundraising towards the start of 2024, and since the start it has been a very productive and rewarding time for us and those involved.

There is a strong synergy between our potential supporters, both individuals and organisations/corporates and our services – as supporting us through donating baby items or volunteering is an ideal pathway to commit to community fundraising events. The link between the two also helps to increase awareness of our services, and the need for funding to support them.

Furthermore, our move to the Gyle Shopping Centre in February 2024 has really boosted our visibility, accessibility and footfall, and is bringing more potential supporters to us. We are excited to be able to offer this post at 16 hours per week to materialise more support to develop our community fundraising activity. The post will be line managed by the Operations Manager and supported by an experienced community fundraiser board member.

Job Description

• Plan and manage a regular calendar of events, from large scale events such as the Kiltwalk, and running events to one off community events and promote to supporters and encourage uptake
• Administer and support participants through all aspects of their fundraising journey with us:
  • Maintaining contact by email & phone with new fundraisers to encourage fundraising
  • Meet with major fundraisers
  • Sending resources for event participation
  • Attend events where we have participants
  • Post-event follow up with fundraisers, including donor feedback to improve their journey
• Attend business networking meetings to help increase awareness of opportunities and follow up corporates and future donors interested in supporting PCCS
• Engage volunteers to help run events, like charity cycles and bag packs
• Update social media with stories of fundraisers and fundraising events
• Use Canva to create posters for events. Create events on Facebook.
• Manage records & monitor Just Giving, Just Running and other platforms
• Produce reports for regular board meetings to monitor progress
• Work with other members of the staff team to maximise support for all aspects of PCCS services

Person Specification

Required:

• Strong event management skills - experience in organising and promoting events
• Track record in growing income
• Experience in maintaining and developing fundraising relationships
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Good copywriting, social media skills and IT skills
• Experience in analysing and reporting on performance
• A proactive and positive approach to problem-solving
• Ability to work effectively, both independently and as part of a team
• Flexibility regarding specific hours worked, and attitude to activities undertaken
• A passion to support others experiencing difficulties in their lives

Preferred:

• Experience of developing fundraising campaigns
• Experience of recruiting and training volunteers
• Experience of managing budgets and meeting targets