Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.

Sadly, thousands of older people in Scotland feel lonely and isolated and we want you to help change that!

With responsibility for the day-to-day co-ordination of our friendship services, you will help create a culture that promotes inclusion and diversity, flexibility, productivity, creativity, innovation and growth.

People-centred, you will work closely with the friendship manager and head of information, advice and friendship services to implement the friendship strategy to attract and retain talent and create an environment where staff and volunteers feel valued and supported to do their very best.

Living our values, you will approach the role with integrity, while involving, inspiring and empowering our teams, so together we can create better outcomes for older people in Scotland.

The post will be Scotland-based, a blend of office-based (Edinburgh-based) and home working. In return for your hard work, enthusiasm and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous benefits package:

• Generous holiday allowance of 37 days (FTE) plus 2 fixed public holidays

• A range of learning and development opportunities

• Company sick pay

• Healthcare benefit through Westfield Health

• Discounted gym membership

• Cashback scheme from major retailers

• Contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of 9%

• A comprehensive package of support though our Employee Assistance Programme

• Group life cover up to three times your annual salary

• Cycle to work scheme

• Paid carers leave and dependants' support

• The option to buy more holidays or sell them

• Enhanced maternity and paternity policies.

Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.

We support and enable hundreds of communities and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline and publications. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Friendship Line and much more.

We work in Scotland with older people’s groups who provide vital activities and services for older people in their local community. We campaign on the issues that older people tell us are important to them.

Our mission is to inspire, involve and empower older people in Scotland, and influence others so that people can enjoy better later lives. To help us achieve that, our community and event fundraising activity aims to successfully increase donations and raise our profile and impact.

As a Community and Events Fundraiser you will work alongside the Corporate Trusts & Community Events Fundraising Manager to generate and maximise income from community and event fundraising activities, with a focus on challenge/sponsored events, bespoke Age Scotland events, private and street collections, static collection boxes, fundraising volunteers and local businesses.

Living our values you will work with colleagues across the charity and will collaborate with relevant Age UK colleagues on joint fundraising campaigns when required.

The post will be a blend of office and home working, requiring occasional travel across Scotland.

In return for your hard work, enthusiasm and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous benefits package:

• Generous holiday allowance of 39 days (FTE) per year

• A range of learning and development opportunities

• Company sick pay

• Healthcare benefit through Westfield Health

• Discounted gym membership

• Cashback scheme from major retailers

• Contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of 9%

• A comprehensive package of support though our Employee Assistance Programme

• Group life cover up to three times your annual salary

• Cycle to work scheme

• Paid carers leave and dependants support

• The option to buy more holidays or sell them

• Enhanced maternity and paternity policies.

Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.

We support and enable hundreds of communities and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline and publications. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Friendship Line and much more.

We work in Scotland with older people’s groups who provide vital activities and services for older people in their local community. We campaign on the issues that older people tell us are important to them.

As Grants Officer for About Dementia, you will support the Grants and Learning Manager and fellow Grants Officer in running a community grants programme to help people living with dementia and unpaid carers across Scotland. This grants programme places the voices of lived experience of dementia at the forefront through our lived experience panel members, and this should be reflected through all your work. The duties of the role include:

•Working with the Grants and Learning Manager colleagues to oversee the administration and distribution of a community grants programme

•Supporting community groups to apply to the programme

•Enabling lived experience panel members to have their voices and experiences heard throughout the grant-making process.

•Working with the Communications team to ensure as wide a reach as possible around Scotland.

•Represent About Dementia and promote our work at conferences, events, and meetings.

•Support evidence-gathering to measure impact and capture learning

•Assisting in monitoring and evaluating grant recipients.

•Any other ad hoc duties as required.

This role will be a hybrid blend of office-based (Edinburgh) and home working.

Living our values, you will approach the role with integrity, while involving, inspiring and empowering our teams, so that together we can create better outcomes for older people in Scotland.

In return for your hard work, enthusiasm and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous benefits package:

•Generous holiday allowance of 37 days (FTE) plus 2 fixed public holidays

•Flexible working opportunities from day one

•A range of learning and development opportunities

•Company sick pay

•Healthcare benefit through Westfield Health

•Discounted gym membership

•Cashback scheme from major retailers

•Contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of 9%

•A comprehensive package of support though our Employee Assistance Programme

•Group life cover up to three times your annual salary

•Cycle to work scheme

•Carers support

•The option to buy more holidays or sell them

•Enhanced maternity and paternity policies.

Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.

We support and enable hundreds of communities and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline and publications. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Friendship Line and much more.

We work in Scotland with older people’s groups who provide vital activities and services for older people in their local community. We campaign on the issues that older people tell us are important to them.

As an Individual Giving Fundraiser you will plan, develop and implement a programme of individual giving campaigns to acquire new one-off cash and regular donors, secure repeat donations from our warm database and upgrade donors to maximise and grow our induvial giving income.

You will analyse and monitor performance of campaigns and make tactical and strategic recommendations to enhance results using the full marketing mix. You will lead on developing donor journeys for our existing and new supporters ensuring donors feel valued and understand the impact their donations make.

The post will be a hybrid blend of office-based (Edinburgh) and home working, and occasional travel and weekend work may be required.

In return for your hard work, enthusiasm and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous benefits package:

• Generous holiday allowance of 37 days (FTE) plus 2 fixed public holidays

• Flexible working opportunities from day one

• A range of learning and development opportunities

• Company sick pay

• Healthcare benefit through Westfield Health

• Discounted gym membership

• Cashback scheme from major retailers

• Contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of 9%

• A comprehensive package of support though our Employee Assistance Programme

• Group life cover up to three times your annual salary

• Cycle to work scheme

• Carers support

• The option to buy more holidays or sell them

• Enhanced maternity and paternity policies.