Make a lasting impact

We’re looking for an experienced and motivated fundraising professional to join our Senior Management Team to lead fundraising and business development that secures the bureau’s long-term sustainability and income growth.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key strategic role in strengthening and expanding our services, ensuring we continue to deliver high-quality, accessible advice to those who need it most.

This role will provide essential support by leading business development activities that secure a sustainable future and reinforce our position as Dundee’s preferred advice provider. Key responsibilities include driving the growth of charitable funding and strengthening relationships with new and existing supporters to allow us to continue delivering trusted and quality assured advice and support to our community. The postholder will play a vital role in shaping new opportunities, building partnerships and ensuring the bureau remains responsive to local needs.

Our annual income is currently £850,000 - £900,000 per year to deliver community focused, community based and community led advice programmes. We aim to increase this to over £1 million within the next 12-24 months. We currently spend over 90% of our income of staffing costs with very little unrestricted income to work with. We currently have 27 staff and 26 volunteers.

All fundraising activity must comply with the bureau’s funding framework and adhere to the principles of the Fundraising Guarantee and Good Fundraising practice.

What we do

Dundee Citizens Advice Bureau is an independent local charity and a member of the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux. We provide free, confidential and impartial advice to people across Dundee, as well as Tayside and Scotland through national project delivery. We support people to resolve problems, understand their rights and improve their lives. We are committed to equality, inclusion and the delivery of high-quality, nationally accredited advice.

What you’ll do

• Identify additional income streams, including new grants, donations, and unrestricted income.
• Develop and manage the fundraising framework.
• Work with the CEO to develop and maintain relationships with funders, stakeholders, and the broader community.
• Help implement a marketing strategy to enhance the bureau’s visibility.
• Create a self-sustaining role within the organisation with measurable results.

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience in securing charitable funding and business development
• Ability to produce high-quality, high value funding proposals
• Strong organisational skills with a collaborative, proactive approach
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills
• Commitment to the aims and values of the Citizens Advice Bureau

Why join us?

You’ll be part of a committed and supportive team making a real difference in our community. We offer flexible working options, employer pension contributions, generous annual leave and the opportunity to help shape the future of a trusted local organisation.

Person Specification

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, motivated and strategic with a strong commitment to the values and aims of the Citizens Advice Bureau. They will combine proven experience in charitable fundraising and business development with excellent communication and relationship management skills. The postholder will demonstrate initiative and a collaborative approach by working effectively across teams and with external partners to ensure the bureau’s long-term sustainability and visibility.

Essential

• Proven track record of securing charitable funding from a variety of sources with ability to create multi-year project budgets and knowledge of full cost recovery model
• Working knowledge of online trust fundraising research.
• Demonstrable experience in a business development and/or fundraising role.
• Experience of building and maintaining effective stakeholder relationships in support of business development activities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to produce high-quality proposals, reports, and marketing materials.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to balance multiple priorities effectively.
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a small team, contributing to shared goals and supporting colleagues across functions
• Understanding of ethical fundraising standards, including Good Fundraising principles and the Fundraising Guarantee.

Desirable

• Qualified member of the Institute of Fundraising (Certificate or Diploma) or working towards
• Knowledge and experience of strategy development and implementation, particularly within the third sector.
• Understanding of the key principles and methods of data collection, monitoring, and evaluation for service improvement
• Ability to positively influence stakeholders and manage strategic relationships.
• Experience of using evidence and evaluation data to support funding applications and reporting.
• Experience in managing communications across a range of mediums, including strong understanding of social media and digital platforms for public engagement.
• Understanding of the financial pressures facing Third Sector agencies
• Knowledge of and commitment to the Aims and Principles of the Citizens Advice Bureau
• Experience of securing unrestricted or core funding in a charity setting

Equal Opportunities

Dundee Citizens Advice Bureau is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. Reasonable adjustments will be made throughout the recruitment process.

If you require this information in an alternative format or need support with your application, please contact us.

Refugee Sanctuary Scotland (RSS) exists to relieve destitution and promote wellbeing for refugees and people within the asylum system in Scotland. Our vision is a welcoming, inclusive, safe Scotland for refugees and asylum seekers, where all live free of destitution and have the means and opportunities to realise their full potential. Our mission is to provide refugees and people seeking asylum with practical support when it is most needed, build connections between people and use what we learn to campaign for change.

Role Purpose:

We are looking for a dynamic individual to join our small committed and vibrant team of staff who deliver incredible impact for their size. Your role will be focused on our strategic objective to ensure the charity’s sustainability by maximising and diversifying income and maintaining/developing the charity’s profile among the public, policy makers and other migrant justice organisations. You will be delivering strategic fundraising and communications, building partnerships, raising unrestricted and restricted funds from diverse income sources to support the sustainability of the charity.

To thrive in this role, you will need to be driven, organised, tenacious, creative, flexible, have good communication skills and be confident in inspiring existing and new funders and donors to donate to raise money. You will build strong relationships and partnerships both internally and externally, managing a varied portfolio of work that touches all aspects of the charity, write compelling funding applications, create campaigns and come up with new and innovative ideas to capture the minds and hearts of potential philanthropists. Our ideal candidate will be an individual who fits with the values of Refugee Sanctuary Scotland

Role Purpose

To lead on the strategic use of data, insights, analysis, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems across SCAA, ensuring robust data governance, GDPR compliance and technical optimisation to inform fundraising, supporter engagement and organisational performance. This role is critical to embedding a culture of data-driven decision making, using insight and analysis to support future fundraising growth. The role will also provide leadership on data protection and organisational Data Protection Officer (DPO) responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Data Leadership and Governance

• Develop, introduce and then monitor the charity’s Data and Insights Strategy, aligning with organisational priorities, fundraising objectives and supporter engagement goals.
• Lead on the charity’s data governance and GDPR compliance, including data protection policies, DPIAs, SARs, PECR and risk management, with a view to adopting organisational DPO responsibilities in time.
• Oversee development, implementation and review of data governance policies, ROPA documentation, data security protocols, and internal staff training.
• Provide assurance to the charity Executive team and Board of Trustees on data compliance, reporting risks and delivering mitigating actions.
• Drive continuous improvement in data management practices, data integrations and strategic data effectiveness.

As a leading Scottish children’s healthcare charity, we are seeking to recruit an experienced Trusts & Foundations Lead to join our team.

The post holder is responsible for developing, implementing and evaluating a fundraising strategy to retain and increase income from charitable trusts and foundations against agreed targets.

Do you want to use your skills to make it possible for people with myeloma to live longer and better lives? Do you have excellent communication, organisation and interpersonal skills? Due to an internal promotion, we are looking for two driven individuals to join our successful Supporter Care Team.

You will be friendly and approachable and able to speak to a wide range of supporters comfortably and confidently with kindness, empathy and appreciation. An adaptable team player who is self-motivated and can pivot between multiple tasks while delivering excellent supporter care. You will have excellent IT skills and the ability to work methodically and follow procedures accurately.

Previous experience of working in a fundraising role and knowledge of fundraising databases would be an advantage but not essential.

About the role

It’s an exciting time to join Myeloma UK as we reach the halfway point in our strategy. The Supporter Care Assistant roles are critically important, as the first point of contact with supporters who through donations, fundraising activities and gifts in wills drive our work forward.

The role is fast-paced and diverse providing frontline administrative support to our busy and growing Fundraising Team. You’ll be the first point of contact for our supporters by phone and email as well as responsible for adding supporter details to our database, sending Fundraising and Welcome packs, and thanking supporters with varying degrees of personalisation. You’ll be trained on how we deliver excellent supporter care, process data and use multiple online platforms.

The post holder will handle feedback from supporters for various fundraising products, escalating supporters to relevant fundraising teams when necessary. You will answer queries efficiently, empathically and with appreciation and manage the fundraising merchandise stock as well as provide ad hoc administrative support to other teams within the organisation as required.

About us

Myeloma UK is on the only UK charity focused on myeloma and its related conditions. We provide advice and support to people living with myeloma. And we campaign for access to new treatments, while researching a cure.

We are committed to bringing together the best and brightest people to help us ensure that every person affected by myeloma can live a longer, better life.

Our culture

Wellbeing and staff engagement are at the heart of our culture. We offer employees a range of benefits including a pension salary exchange scheme, flexitime, flexible working which includes both home and hub-based office working, health plan, employee assistance plan and holiday purchase scheme. We are committed to providing learning and development opportunities for all our employees.

Borders Forest Trust (BFT) is a charity established to restore native woodland habitats to Southern Scotland, an area with the lowest percentage of native woodlands in mainland Scotland. Since 1996, they have been working towards planting trees, restoring peatlands and other natural habitats, enriching the biological diversity of around 31 sq km in the Southern Uplands. They demonstrate large scale ecological restoration in action, and inspire landowners, statutory bodies, local communities and policy makers to embrace this alternative model for land use and conservation.

Fundraising to date at BFT has seen success, but it has been responsive and ad-hoc as opposed to planned according to strategic need. To achieve their mission, and provide sustainable long-term income, in May 2025 they invested in their first dedicated Development Manager. The post holder has recently secured the Chief Executive post at BFT and as such, we are looking to back fill the role of Development Manager.

The Development Manager will join BFT at an exciting stage, they are about to embark on a new period of strategic development, and from the work undertaken by the previous post holder since May 2025, the organisation understands the importance of fundraising to their future.

They are looking for a fundraiser who will thrive on the challenge of designing and implementing their own fundraising strategy aligned with the organisations new strategic plan, and who can provide the expertise needed to build income across all areas. Trusts, membership, corporate partnerships and philanthropy are untapped areas of potential, so experience across at least one of the key areas will be essential for the successful candidate to evidence.

Location: Hybrid based from the Jedburgh office in the Scottish Borders, with travel around the Scottish Borders.

Salary: £37,000 – 41,000 per annum / pro-rata

Working hours: 3 to 4 days per week, to suit the candidate

Role

The Trusts & Statutory Manager will take the lead on securing significant multi-year income from Statutory, Trusts & Foundations, and Institutional funders. This role is central to delivering Mindroom’s growth strategy and ensuring sustainable, long-term funding for our national services, research, digital innovation, and lived-experience programmes.

This role reports to the Head of Development and works closely with the CEO, Senior Leadership Team, and programme leads.

Organisation profile

As an organisation founded on lived experience, Mindroom champions all forms of neurodiversity and supports all kinds of minds. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for neurodivergent individuals by removing barriers, increasing opportunities, and shaping a more inclusive world.

Mindroom now enters a period of significant growth following a transformational year — including major multi-year investment, the expansion of our national services, and the development of a new digital strategy. As we scale, high-performing fundraising is essential to delivering the next phase of our impact.

We are now seeking an exceptional Trusts & Statutory Manager with deep expertise in Statutory and Trusts & Foundations fundraising to help shape and deliver our ambitious income strategy.

Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home is embarking on a vital digital transformation project to bring together legacy systems into a unified, modern infrastructure centred on Beacon CRM as our organisational “single source of truth” and better integrate our financial and fundraising processes. The Data Integration Project Manager will lead the delivery of this transformation, working across all departments and with external partners to integrate systems, streamline data flows and ensure accurate, efficient, and secure information management.

This role will ensure that key integration work is delivered on time, within scope, and to a high standard, enabling our staff to spend less time on administrative reconciliation and more time on what matters most, caring for animals and supporting the people who love them