This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in CHAS’s More Than a Hospice Appeal - an ambitious, once-in-a-generation campaign to change the future of care for children who will die young.

We are looking for a driven and ambitious individual to develop new fundraising opportunities and supporter relationships, growing income from communities across the East of Scotland and helping to deliver the Appeal’s ambitious goals.

Purpose

You will identify and build relationships with individuals, schools, local groups and small businesses across the East of Scotland, helping people connect with CHAS and feel confident fundraising for the More Than a Hospice Appeal.

You will spot new opportunities, develop partnerships, and create engaging fundraising products and resources that make it easy for communities to get involved and generate income. You will also support community-based events and initiatives that increase both income and awareness, helping supporters understand that the Appeal is about more than buildings: it is about choice, dignity and care for families, wherever they are - at home, in hospital or in a hospice.

You will also inspire people to get involved by recruiting, training and developing volunteers. Working alongside the Community Fundraising team, you will help build sustainable, community-led fundraising with long-term impact.

Where does the role sit?

Reporting to the Community Fundraising Manager, you will be part of the Community Fundraising team and play an important role in growing support across the East of Scotland and delivering the ambition of the More Than a Hospice Appeal.

About you

To successfully drive fundraising and support for CHAS, you will work cooperatively with colleagues, build meaningful relationships, demonstrate initiative, act with integrity and be accountable for your actions and decisions.

You will also have:

• Experience of building new relationships and networks that grow income or support.
• Experience of delivering community fundraising activity, such as campaigns, events or local initiatives with the organisational skills to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to adapt your style for different audiences and share fundraising messages in an engaging way.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills.
• Experience of recruiting, training and supporting volunteers, matching tasks to people’s strengths and helping volunteers feel valued, confident and well supported.
• Strong administrative skills and confidence using systems or customer relationship management databases, with a clear understanding of data protection and confidentiality.

Please note that a driving licence and access to a car will be essential for this role. There will be a regular requirement to transport yourself and materials as well as cash between CHAS sites, community sites and events.

About CHAS

At CHAS, we support families during the toughest of times. We have ambitions to reach every family in Scotland living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying, offering care and support to help them make the most of the short time they have together. The skill, passion, agility and creative flair of our Fundraising teams make this possible.

We offer:

Flexible working: Our teams work flexibly and in a hybrid way, with time split between home and on site. CHAS offers flexible and family-friendly working, and we are happy to discuss arrangements that work for you.

Development opportunities: Training opportunities and the chance to work with an award-winning fundraising team.

Professional growth: Work with industry leaders in a high-performing team where you will be encouraged and supported to excel and develop your skills.

Comprehensive benefits: Including generous annual leave and pension, incremental salary progression, access to Blue Light discounts, and health and wellbeing support.

Caring for a child with a life-shortening condition can bring unexpected financial pressures, including higher care and energy costs and changes to a family’s income. In this role, you will provide practical, compassionate advice that helps families understand their options and maximise the money available to them.

You will join CHAS’s supportive and experienced Financial Wellbeing and Energy Advice Team, working primarily with teams in Aberdeen and Inverness and alongside Family Support Teams across CHAS. The team achieved more than £1.7 million in financial gains for CHAS families last year.

Funded through a grant from Scottish Gas Network (SGN), this post will extend financial wellbeing and energy advice for families in the Grampian and Highland regions. This is a temporary role, currently funded until 30 September 2028.

The Role

You will work directly with families of children with life-shortening conditions, providing one-to-one support across income maximisation, welfare benefits, money advice and energy advice.

This is a hybrid role, with a requirement to work from your Aberdeen or Inverness base one day each week. You will also undertake home visits and manage your own diary, giving you the flexibility to plan your workload around the needs of families and the service.

Your work will include:

• Explaining benefit entitlements and supporting families through applications and casework.
• Helping families identify ways to maximise income and strengthen their financial wellbeing.
• Providing impartial energy advice and information on energy efficiency.
• Supporting applications to benevolent funds, trusts and other sources of financial help.
• Signposting or referring families to specialist services when further support is required.
• Building effective relationships with external organisations, partners and volunteers.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring practical advice skills, sound judgement and a family-centred approach. We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• Experience of providing welfare benefits, money, income maximisation or energy advice.
• Confidence managing casework and supporting people through applications and complex processes.
• The ability to explain detailed information clearly, sensitively and in accessible language.
• A commitment to impartial, accurate and person-centred advice.
• Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and partner organisations.
• Good organisation and record keeping, with the confidence to manage your own diary, caseload, home visits and a varied workload.

A driving licence, access to a car and willingness to travel is essential for this post as travel to family homes across both Grampian and Highland regions for home visits will be a core responsibility of this role.

About CHAS

At CHAS, we support families during the toughest of times. Our ambition is to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying, offering care and support that helps families make the most of their precious time together.

CHAS provides support through Rachel House and Robin House, outreach services in homes, hospitals and communities across Scotland, and partnership working with Scotland’s three children’s hospitals.

What we offer:

• A close and supportive team: Work alongside experienced colleagues who share knowledge, solve problems together and are committed to achieving the best outcomes for families.
• Expert guidance: Learn from colleagues with specialist expertise in financial wellbeing, welfare benefits and energy support, with guidance available as you develop in the role.
• Training and development: Access a wide range of learning and development opportunities to strengthen your knowledge, build confidence and grow your specialist skills.
• Flexible hybrid working: Work from your Aberdeen or Inverness base one day each week, alongside home working and home visits, while managing your own diary.
• Comprehensive benefits: Benefit from generous annual leave, the option to join a Local Government pension scheme, incremental salary progression, Blue Light discounts and health and wellbeing support, including an employee assistance programme.

If this sounds like you, we would love you to apply.

Can you turn research and intelligence into practical opportunities that help fundraisers build stronger relationships and grow income? We are looking for a curious, analytical and collaborative Philanthropy Executive to strengthen CHAS’s prospect pipeline and help identify the people, organisations and connections with the greatest potential to support children and families across Scotland.

This is much more than a desk research role. You will combine high-quality prospect research and donor intelligence with sound judgement, relationship mapping and pipeline insight. Working closely with fundraisers and external research partners, you will identify and qualify prospective supporters, recommend routes to engagement and help ensure promising opportunities are progressed effectively.

You will produce clear briefings and evidence-based recommendations across philanthropy, corporate foundations and partnerships and campaign fundraising. You will also help maintain accurate prospect information, support regular pipeline reviews and translate complex research into practical next steps that colleagues can act on.

The role sits within CHAS’s Partnerships & Philanthropy team and will contribute to long-term fundraising growth, including our More Than A Hospice appeal. It is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys connecting insight with action and wants their work to have a clear, meaningful purpose.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring strong research and analytical skills, excellent judgement and the confidence to work collaboratively with colleagues across fundraising. You will have:

• Experience in prospect research, fundraising, business intelligence or another insight-led role.
• Experience of identifying and qualifying prospective supporters and producing clear research briefings, donor intelligence or similar written outputs.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn complex information into practical, evidence-based recommendations.
• The confidence to build trusted working relationships, contribute constructively to prospect and pipeline reviews and influence priorities through insight.
• Experience of using a CRM or comparable information system to manage accurate records, activity and next steps.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail and the ability to manage several priorities and deadlines.
• A sound understanding of responsible information management, including data protection and confidentiality.

Experience of major donor, corporate foundations, or campaign fundraising would be helpful, as would experience of relationship mapping, due diligence, wealth screening or working with external research providers. These are desirable rather than essential.

About CHAS

At CHAS, we support families during the toughest of times. We have ambitions to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together, as well as supporting them with life after loss.

Our fundraising teams make this possible by building meaningful, long-term relationships with people and organisations who share our ambition. In this role, your insight will help colleagues focus on the strongest opportunities, understand prospective supporters and develop thoughtful routes to engagement.

• Flexible working: Our teams work flexibly and in a hybrid way, with time split between home and CHAS locations (predominantly Edinburgh and Glasgow). We are happy to discuss working arrangements that work for you.
• Varied, purposeful work: You will contribute across philanthropy, trusts and foundations, corporate partnerships, campaigns, cultivation activity and prospect development.
• Professional growth: You will work within a supportive and ambitious team, collaborating with experienced fundraisers and specialist external research partners.
• Comprehensive benefits: CHAS offers generous annual leave and pension, incremental salary progression, access to Blue Light discounts, and health and wellbeing support.