Fundraising Manager
- Part time
- £28,000 – £35,000 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Edinburgh (minimum one in-person day in the office per week)
- Closing 22nd November 2026
Firefly International’s vision is to promote peace, stability and tolerance in communities affected by war. We support locally-led projects in areas severely affected by conflict that provide safe and inclusive spaces for children to learn and thrive. By focusing on education, the arts, health and well-being, we help to reduce local tensions and promote peaceful dialogue. Currently we support projects in Bosnia Herzegovina and Syria, and support Palestinian communities through funding to partners in Palestine and Egypt.
Firefly International is looking for a part-time Fundraising Manager to lead our work on fundraising, including individual and legacy giving.
The Fundraising Manager position is a new post for Firefly International. This position has been made possible through a specific three-year grant we have been awarded to improve our organisational capacity and strengthen our fundraising systems, in particular for individual and legacy giving. We are currently reviewing our supporter stewardship and finalising a strategy for legacy and in memory giving and this post will be key for its delivery.
The main purpose of this post is to lead the development of this work on legacy giving and related organisational capacity development, to play a key role in Firefly’s wider fundraising and to co-ordinate closely with other colleagues in our small team of four, particularly those working on finance and on communications and external engagement.
The objective of this post is to strengthen Firefly’s current fundraising approaches and systems with the ultimate aim of increasing the charity’s income and thereby the support available for our partners and the children our joint work serves.
Responsiblities
The Fundraising Manager will be responsible for:
- Leading work to develop and deliver Firefly’s legacy fundraising approach as a key element within a wider fundraising strategy including in memory giving, community fundraising, etc.
- Identifying related capacity improvements required (e.g. database use, CRM information quality, external communications materials, etc.) and implementing such improvements.
- Contributing to Firefly’s wider fundraising strategy development and delivery.
- Representing Firefly when required, for example at meetings with potential donors, supporters or at fundraising events.
- Helping to shape strategies for, and undertaking, supporter engagement and stewardship.
- Managing key relationships across the Firefly team, Board, with supporters, their families and important interlocutors such as solicitors.
This Fundraising Manager post has no supervisory responsibilities. However, responsibilities may periodically, and in agreement with the post-holder, involve the oversight and support of volunteers or interns.
Person Specifications
Required experience and qualifications for this Fundraising Manager role would include:
- At least 3 years’ experience of fundraising.
- At least 3 years’ experience of supporter stewardship and engagement.
- Sensitivity and strong communication skills – the ability to engage a variety of people on potentially difficult topics and advocate and express themselves clearly.
- People skills and experience of relationship management.
- Attention to detail and a methodical approach to internal systems and external communications.
- Experience of financial management and analysis of fundraising income.
- Experience of and competence in using CRM systems, preferably Donorfy (Firefly’s CRM).
- Understanding of the constraints of a small charity, and willingness to be adaptable and supportive member of a small team.
- Fluent English and strong written and verbal communication skills.
Desirable experience and qualifications for this Fundraising Manager role would include:
- Experience of legacy and in memory fundraising.
- Membership of Chartered Institute of Fundraising.
- Knowledge of the Scottish charity sector and/or of global development work.
- Knowledge and experience of ‘in memory’ giving.
- Knowledge and experience of fundraising for charity endowment funds.
- Training qualifications in CRM systems and/or fundraising.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK or be eligible to obtain the right to work in the UK by the start date. Firefly International is not able to sponsor a visa for this role.
Interfaith Glasgow (IG) is a multi-award-winning charity promoting positive engagement between diverse faith and belief communities. We are looking for an organised, dynamic, sensitive, and effective Project Leader to join our small, committed team. You will be responsible for coordinating the day-to-day delivery of National Lottery funded project ‘One Big Community: Food Justice and Interfaith Cooperation’, strengthening relationships, mutual support, and wellbeing among people from Glasgow’s diverse faith and belief communities, grassroots food initiatives, and refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds.
Working under the supervision of IG’s Development Director, you will support the Interfaith Food Justice Network (IFJN), coordinate the collaborative planning and delivery of One Big Picnic, support refugee participation and leadership, and deliver project communications. The role also provides events and communications support across Interfaith Glasgow’s wider work.
BECOME A TRUSTEE
Help transform lives. Help shape our future.
Make a lasting difference in tackling homelessness and poverty.
The Marie Trust supports people facing homelessness and poverty in Glasgow, helping them move towards stable accommodation and access the specialist support they need.
We are looking for committed, thoughtful people to join our Board of Trustees and guide our next chapter.
WE WOULD PARTICULARLY WELCOME EXPERIENCE IN
FINANCE & FUNDRAISING
Strengthening financial oversight and resources
LEGAL
Supporting sound governance and compliance
DIGITAL & COMMUNICATIONS
Helping us connect with our communities
HUMAN RESOURCES
Supporting people and organisational development
STRATEGIC PLANNING & GOVERNANCE
Help shape our long-term direction and strengthen Board oversight.
We also welcome experience in homelessness, housing and social care; lived experience of homelessness or poverty; and
partnership development.
WHAT IS INVOLVED?
Quarterly Board meetings, additional sub-committee meetings as required, and opportunities to engage with our services and events.
Membership and Administration Co-ordinator
- Full time
- £27,850
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 23rd November 2026
We’re looking for a Membership and Administration Co-ordinator to support our Membership Service and Central Services teams. You’ll help maintain and grow our membership, bringing strong organisational, administrative, IT and communication skills. If you enjoy variety, building relationships and working accurately, help us make a difference to children’s lives in Scotland.
About the role
Do you have excellent organisation skills? Are you looking to work in a fast paced and vibrant environment? Do you enjoy the communicating with a wide range of people? Do you have high levels of accuracy in your work? Then this could be the role for you.
We are looking for a new Membership and Administration Co-ordinator. This is a role that offers lots of variety as you would be crucial both in maintaining and building our membership which sits at the heart of Children in Scotland, as well as supporting Central Services.
This role will sit across the Membership Service and Central Services teams. It is suited to someone who likes variety in their role, has an eye for detail and excellent organisational skills, as well as the ability to build relationships across organisations. They will bring with them experience of supporting the delivery of services or activities, including administrative tasks. The role will suit someone who wants to help make a difference in the lives of children in Scotland, by creating a strong foundation to enable our organisation to operate smoothly and efficiently.
About Children in Scotland
Children in Scotland is a welcoming and dynamic charity that amplifies the voices, views and experiences of our members and children, families and professionals across Scotland. We achieve this through direct services, meaningful participation, policy work, inspiring communications and sector-leading events and learning opportunities.
We are a vibrant and inclusive community of dedicated individuals and organisations who use our skills and passion to bring evidence-based and fresh thinking together, with one shared aim of giving all children in Scotland an equal chance to flourish.
We are stronger together in driving lasting impact for Scotland’s children.
Diversity
Children in Scotland values the contribution of all our staff, whatever their background. Our recruitment decisions are based on fair, open processes, with appointment on merit. We welcome applications from everyone.
Further information
For an informal chat about the job, please contact Cat Kozlowski, Learning and Membership Manager on ckozlowski@childreninscotland.org.uk
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Horatio’s Garden is a nationwide charity improving the lives of people with spinal injuries by creating and expertly staffing beautiful gardens.
The Patient Experience Manager will play a key role in helping patients and their families use and enjoy the garden. You will represent Horatio’s Garden in Scotland alongside the Head Gardener ensuring the garden runs smoothly as a thriving, welcoming space. Developing and nurturing relationships with numerous stakeholders is key to the success of this role.
You will join a national team representing seven other gardens across the charity’s existing projects. In the Glasgow garden you will have joint leadership with the Head Gardener. This will require you to have excellent communication and people management skills as you work within the framework of the Charity’s ethos and values. You will have joint line management responsibility for the part-time Garden Coordinator, and you will manage a team of volunteers to nurture the beautiful space for people with spinal injuries and their visitors.
As part of leading the team you will develop and maintain relationships with senior staff, clinical and non-clinical NHS staff, corporate sponsors, funders and colleagues in the Fundraising and Communications teams. You will work closely and collaboratively with the other garden teams and the National Patient Experience Manager to ensure our strategic goals are achieved and best practice shared. You will be managed by the Patient Experience Director.
The gardens have been beautifully designed and maintained, and the role of the garden needs to reflect an appropriate environment for patients and their families at all stages of their stay. From the initial welcome, right throughout their time in the unit and after they have left. Your role will ensure all internal spaces within the garden also reflect a beautifully curated, nurtured and comfortable environment, in line with the charity’s look and feel.
You will be responsible for developing and delivering activities, supported by the National Patient Experience Manager to ensure our high standards are kept, and in collaboration with the wider Spinal Injuries team in Glasgow. The activities need to be patient led, varied and suitable for all needs. They will mainly be held at the weekend or in the afternoons as these are critical times in the garden when most patients are available and often have friends and family to visit. The Patient Experience programme should include seasonal celebrations, social and art and craft activities. External facilitators also deliver workshops and live music performances.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a confident, proactive individual who has outstanding communication and relationship building skills and is efficient and well organised. You will need to be adaptable, friendly and confident working with a wide range of people including people with spinal injuries and their families, NHS staff, volunteers and many different teams within the charity.
George Watson’s College is one of Scotland’s leading independent schools, with a proud history spanning more than 280 years. The school is committed to nurturing ambition, realising potential and fostering a strong sense of belonging, with a clear purpose to be the making of every child. Through the generosity of its community of former and current pupils, parents, staff and friends, the school is building on this legacy to expand opportunities, enhance facilities and ensure that every young person can thrive.
The school is now seeking an experienced and creative Senior Philanthropy Officer to join its Development Team and play a key role in growing philanthropic support and advancing its fundraising ambitions. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and deliver individual giving and legacy fundraising programmes, strengthen supporter relationships and help secure the resources that will make a lasting difference to pupils and the wider School community.
Reporting to the Head of Development, the Senior Philanthropy Officer will lead the planning, delivery and evaluation of a range of fundraising campaigns and engagement programmes. These will include annual appeals, giving days, capital appeals, the Legacy Programme and Patron Programmes, alongside support for priority initiatives such as Foundation Places, the Enrichment Fund, Sport, and the Creative and Performing Arts. The postholder will develop compelling, multi-channel campaigns and meaningful supporter journeys that inspire giving, encourage long-term engagement and demonstrate the impact of philanthropy.
A key priority will be growing sustainable individual giving and legacy income through effective campaign management, thoughtful stewardship and a strong understanding of donor motivations. Using data, insight and performance analysis, the postholder will monitor results, identify opportunities for growth and continually improve fundraising activity. Working collaboratively with colleagues across Development, Admissions, Marketing and the wider School, they will help create engaging communications, build a culture of regular giving and ensure supporters receive an excellent experience at every stage of their relationship with the school.
To succeed in this role, you will be an experienced fundraiser with a proven track record in individual giving, direct marketing or legacy fundraising, and experience delivering successful multi-channel campaigns. You will bring creativity, strong analytical skills and excellent written and verbal communication, alongside the ability to manage complex projects, interpret fundraising data and build effective relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders. Organised, proactive and collaborative, you will be passionate about education and able to communicate the purpose and impact of George Watson’s College with authenticity and conviction.
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated fundraising professional to make a tangible contribution to the future of George Watson’s College. By developing meaningful relationships, inspiring greater philanthropic support and delivering impactful fundraising programmes, the successful candidate will help create opportunities for young people, strengthen the school’s community and support its ambition to be the making of every child.
Marketing Officer
- Full time
- £30,602 – £35,778
- Hybrid: Edinburgh – hybrid with extensive travel and occasional weekend work
- Closing 12th November 2026
In this role, you’ll:
• Deliver integrated marketing campaigns that amplify the voices of children and families and inspire positive change.
• Lead the creation and promotion of co-produced content including films, animations, stories, social media content and publications.
• Build trusted relationships with children, young people and families, ensuring their experiences shape our communications and campaigns.
• Manage and grow Children First's digital presence through website, email and social media channels, using insight and analytics to improve engagement.
• Champion the Children First brand, ensuring all content is accessible, inclusive, ethical and consistent across channels.
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
• Experience delivering multi-channel marketing campaigns and developing compelling content for a range of audiences.
• Experience working collaboratively with children, young people, families or communities to co-produce content and campaigns.
• Strong copywriting, communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across teams.
• Experience using digital marketing tools including CMS platforms, email marketing systems, video editing and design software.
• A commitment to children's rights, participation and inclusion, alongside a passion for improving outcomes for children and families.
What we offer:
• A workplace with values of with love, with purpose and with strength
• 40 days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays
• Pension scheme and wellbeing support
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Access to Westfield Health, giving colleagues and their families confidential counselling support, wellbeing resources, and access to health and lifestyle benefits to support physical and mental wellbeing.
• Blue Light card discount
• A Fair Work accredited workplace
Our Values
Living our values, you will help create a workplace where our people can thrive, ensuring we deliver the best possible support to children and families.
With love, we put children first.
With purpose, we transform lives together.
With strength, we do whatever it takes to protect Scotland’s children.
Top job! Chief Executive Officer
- Full time
- Circa £60,000
- Hybrid: Home and Ellon office with weekly travel across Aberdeenshire.
- Closing 27th November 2026
AVA is looking for a strategic, values-led Chief Executive Officer to shape what Aberdeenshire’s Third Sector Interface, Magpie, and our other services must become by 2031 and beyond.
This is a role for someone who can combine community purpose with organisational reinvention: working with external partners to influence outcomes of public service reform and community wealth building; building new partnerships and income streams; using data and technology responsibly to build evidence and support practice; developing leadership capacity within AVA; and making clear choices about what AVA should build, protect, transform, or stop.
AVA engages annually with up to 1,000 voluntary, community, third sector, and social enterprise organisations who deliver services for residents of Aberdeenshire. We work closely with local public sector partners, and collaborate nationally with our TSI Scotland Network partners on a regular basis. You will spend real time becoming familiar with the communities and community-led groups and organisations that AVA exists to support, connect, and promote. The ability to travel from Sandend and St Combs in the north, to Braemer in the west, and St Cyrus in the south will be necessary as well as beyond the Aberdeenshire borders.
The successful candidate does not need to have spent their career in the third sector, but you will need to understand mission-led leadership, work confidently with a board of Directors/Trustees, and earn credibility with the staff team, our members, our current and future funders, and other partners from across varying sectors.
Experience and Qualifications
You will be a strategic leader with experience working accountably with a board, governing body or equivalent and a sound understanding of executive-governance boundaries. You will have significant senior leadership experience and be able to demonstrate evidence of setting direction and delivering organisational change. You will also have a track record of influencing across organisational boundaries, shaping service or operating-model redesign and changing how resources, decisions or delivery are organised. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and stake holder management skills with the ability to demonstrate evidence of influencing senior stakeholders, building coalitions and representing an organisation externally.
You will have a track record of leading teams through change, setting expectations, developing capability and handling difficult decisions. In addition you will have strong financial literacy, budgeting, forecasting, risk management and resource prioritisation.
You will have a proven ability to turn strategy into measurable outcomes and use evidence to improve decisions. You will be able to demonstrate evidence of using technology, data, and responsible AI to improve services, productivity, insight or organisational capability while managing risk and inclusion.
You will be able to demonstrate that you value Integrity, inclusion, equity, collaboration, and resilience and can demonstrate sound judgement under pressure.
You will be able to challenge inherited assumptions, build capabilities the organisation does not yet possess and make evidence-led choices to protect, transform, partner, grow or stop activity.
Whether you have experience within the third sector or not you should be able to demonstrate a credible understanding of communities, third sector/public-service relationships and rural/place-based challenges with specific knowledge of how these operate in Scotland being desirable.
Top job! Head of Health and Safety
- Full time
- £48,361 – £52,978
- On site: Edinburgh with travel to our services and locations throughout Scotland
- Closing 7th December 2026
Who we are
Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone. We provide support and information to people with dementia, their carers and families, we campaign for the rights of people with dementia and fund vital dementia research.
Help us keep Scotland’s dementia charity safe
Nobody should face dementia alone, and nobody should be put at risk while supporting someone through it. As our Head of Health and Safety, you will lead how Alzheimer Scotland keeps people living with dementia, carers, colleagues and volunteers safe, healthy and supported.
This is an exciting opportunity to help shape an organisation-wide approach to health and safety, as our Health and Safety competent person. Working in the People team and closely aligned with our positive People and Wellbeing approach, you will help build and contribute to a culture where safety, wellbeing and continuous improvement are part of everything we do.
What you’ll do
- Lead our health and safety approach, giving clear advice and assurance on legal compliance and organisational risk.
- Develop and improve our policies, management systems, risk assessment processes and assurance frameworks.
- Provide clear advice, guidance and evidence-based reporting.
- Lead incident reporting, investigation and learning, so lessons are embedded across the charity.
- Design and oversee health and safety training, from induction to line manager development.
- Build strong relationships with operational and property teams, ensuring compliance with regulatory and external partners’ requirements.
What you’ll have
- A professional health and safety qualification (NEBOSH Diploma, NCRQ Diploma, NVQ Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, or equivalent).
- Substantial experience in an organisation-wide health and safety role, with sound knowledge of legislation and best practice.
- Proven experience of leading risk-based health and safety systems across multiple or dispersed sites.
- The ability to influence and coach colleagues at every level, and to communicate complex issues clearly and persuasively.
- Experience of risk assessment, incident investigation and working with regulators.
- Strong IT and data skills, and a willingness to work towards IOSH membership or similar.
- An understanding of health and social care and dementia support is desirable.
Why Alzheimer Scotland?
We are an accredited Living Wage employer, committed to fair work, trust and respect. You will join a collaborative, inclusive team where your voice counts, learning is encouraged and your work makes a real difference to people’s lives.
Applicants must hold a full, valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle, or be able to travel to our services and locations by other means as required for this role.
For over two decades, the RMA has played an important role in supporting public protection in Scotland. We are now seeking an exceptional Chief Executive. This is a rare opportunity for someone with management experience, excellent interpersonal skills, and knowledge of the justice system and political landscape to continue to lead the organisation and build on our work in public protection.
As Chief Executive of the Risk Management Authority (RMA), you will lead the organisation to effectively discharge its statutory obligations to help protect the public and make Scotland a safer place to live and work. You will be expected to effectively engage and influence senior stakeholders across the Scottish justice system to improve current practice in the management of serious violent and sexual offenders, through establishing and operating effective standards, accreditation, approval and governance approaches.
In this role, will be responsible for leading the RMA in researching, shaping and proposing policy relating to effective practice in risk assessment and management. Some of the main accountabilities of this post are:
- To lead the delivery of all RMA statutory functions to ensure effective practice in the risk assessment and management of serious violent and sexual offenders in Scotland.
- To lead the development and delivery of a range of initiatives, policies and practices that promote effective risk assessment and management nationally.
- To lead RMA functions in relation to the Order for Lifelong Restriction ensuring that robust, defensible decisions are made in the evaluation and approval of Risk Management Plans and the review of Annual Implementation Reports, issuing guidance to Lead Authorities as required.
- Ensure that the RMA sets and published standards that reflect current research and best practice, and so promote effective practice, and that are disseminated and communicated effectively;
- To lead engagement, internally and nationally, to deliver and develop the national policy with regards to risk assessment and management, ensuring that Board/Scottish Government/Stakeholders receive the information and advice they need to meet their statutory obligations and all governance requirements.
- To build the RMA’s reputation as a forward looking organisation, committed to excellence, and generate strong demand for advice and expertise. This will include presentations at conferences, stakeholder groups, and learning events, and taking every opportunity to act as an ambassador for the RMA; and
- To seek out and understand international developments in risk assessment and management and evolving best practice to enhance policy development and reinforce the contribution made by the RMA. Develop and sustain senior level organisational and professional expertise through links with other jurisdictions and the research community.
The Chief Executive operates at a senior level in the Scottish policy landscape. We are looking for an experienced strategic leader, who can lead the Senior Management Team in creating a high performing organisational culture that upholds the organisation’s values and maximises the contribution of staff, both as individuals and in teams, so that the organisation can continue to learn, change and deliver maximum contribution to public value.
The Chief Executive has critical roles to play as Accountable Officer and in managing the Board, and you should have proven, demonstrable success in leading internal and external strategy and governance processes.
You should have knowledge of the Scottish justice system and its place in the current political and legislative context; and have a significant background in the issues associated with public protection and managing risk in a complex multi-agency landscape.
The Organisation
The RMA is a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) established in 2005 by the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003. Sponsored by the Scottish Government’s Community Justice Division, the organisation plays a vital role in supporting the delivery of the Scottish Government’s Vision for Justice.
We are a small team of fewer than 30 highly skilled and passionate professionals, who are dedicated to making a positive difference across Scotland. As part of the Scottish Government, we’re pleased to be able to offer a wide range of benefits including 30 days annual leave plus 11 ½ public/privilege holidays you use flexibly at a time that suits you, and an excellent civil service pension provision.
We really value the experience and expertise of our team. Supporting your professional development is a priority for us, and we’re proud to provide a generous CPD offering. We also provide an Employee Assistance Service (EAS) where you can get expert guidance 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, whether you’re experiencing issues at work or at home.