We believe that fundraising is about making a difference. Good fundraising connects innovative ideas and causes with people who are passionate about supporting them. We want a passionate fundraiser to join our new and growing fundraising team. We have big ambitions: we want to grow our fundraising to deliver new, exciting and innovative services throughout Scotland. We want to make sure we can offer evidence based mental health support to all those who need it and we want to build meaningful partnerships throughout society to help us do it. This role is essential to allow us to do it. In this role you will work across a range of different fundraising functions including trust and foundations and supporter giving and be responsible for growing, developing and in some places initiating those new streams of new income. We are a ‘muck in’ kind of charity so you will have significant opportunities to grow and develop your experience and skillset.

We are looking for someone with trust and foundations experience but also who is open to developing and delivering new income streams. Someone who enjoys researching and writing propositions but understands the importance of building powerful relationships in an increasingly competitive fundraising environment. We need the right person to be organised, with an attention to detail, but also personable and happy meeting directly both with funders but also a range of stakeholders. You will be friendly and outgoing with an eye for building systems and processes that work. You will be an excellent writer and happy to write bids and proposals. You will be a problem solver, someone who is ambitious to grow and develop new income streams and doesn’t mind mucking in and getting things done.

Who are we looking for?

As Fundraising Manager you will:

• engage trusts and grant-makers in our plans to help us secure and deliver on our annual targets

• plan and manage your own workload, organising a range of internal and external-facing projects and prioritising relationship development with trusts and grant-makers.

• submit compelling funding applications with detailed budgets containing confidential information.

• take proactive steps to understand the funding environment and make plans accordingly.

• interpret complex internal information for specific trusts and grants audiences to engage them and maximise relationship development.

• proactively develop stewardship of trusts and grant-makers, including identifying the best ways to engage them face-to-face with colleagues from across the organisation.

• carry out prospect research regularly.

• maintain and improve internal records to help improve relationships with trusts and grant-makers.

• forecast income and expenditure, report on these and take early mitigating action when necessary.

• disseminate information to the National Management Team

• support the Director of Fundraising and Business Development with wider fundraising activities and strategy

• work with colleagues across fundraising and communications

• work highly persuasively with colleagues, at all levels across the organisation, to help them to understand how to develop projects and proposals that will develop relationships with trusts and grant-makers to maximise long-term income.

• contribute to regular reports on activity and income and expenditure against budget.

• contribute to a culture of consistent improvement through ongoing analysis: monitoring, testing, refining and evaluating the success of all new and existing activity.

If you are passionate about enabling Support in Mind Scotland to deliver a valuable service to Scotland and feel your profile matches this role’s criteria, then we want to hear from you!

Why join us

This is a great opportunity to join a thriving charity, that really cares about its employees and help shape its future. In return for your work, passion and dedication, we offer considerable scope for development, a benefit package including 37 days’ holiday, enhanced sick pay, season ticket loan, regular support & supervision, flexible as well as blended working pattern to help with work-life balance, additional leave for care and dependent responsibilities, and 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme giving free legal, financial and medical advice, and support when coping with life's difficulties and challenges. We are about to begin a process of reviewing and enhancing our benefits package as well. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion within our workforce, and to building a team made up of diverse skills, experiences and kinds of life experiences.

Find out more about us on our Website at supportinmindscotland.org.uk and on Social Media.

Closing date: Midday, 13 June 2022

Interview date: w/c 20 June

Please email your completed application pack to join@supportinmindscotland.org.uk by midday 13 June 2022.

With: Recruitment– Fundraising Manager in your email subject line.

We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. If you consider yourself to have a disability, please complete the relevant section within the application pack to inform us of any arrangements that we may make to the interview process. We reserve the right to close this advert earlier or later than stated, so please don’t delay your application to avoid any disappointment.