- Advertised from 2nd August 2024
- Permanent
Role
We are seeking an Individual Giving Executive to join our team and support our mission to end homelessness. This role involves nurturing strong relationships with our donors to deliver an excellent supporter journey and inspire individuals to give again. We’re looking for someone who is great at communicating and building relationships, solutions-focussed, collaborative and a team player.
What you’ll be doing:
Working as part of our dynamic Fundraising and Marketing team, you’ll work closely with the Senior Individual Giving Executive and Head of Individual Giving at an exciting time for the organisation, supporting the expansion of Social Bite’s Individual Giving programme. Your enthusiasm and dedication to detail will help to bring donors closer to our work and ensure that they feel recognised for their support.
Relationship Building: You will engage with and inspire our existing donors through excellent donor care, making sure that every donation is processed with attention to detail, every supporter is thanked in a timely manner, and updated on all our latest projects. You will play an integral role as the first point of contact for enquiries and welcoming new supporters coming through the door.
Data management and analysis: maintaining the database with accuracy, and monitoring income for Individual Giving, identifying any leads for major donors and corporate partners. Ensuring all postal mailing is actioned and filed accordingly and in line with best practice. You will also keep abreast of our latest donor trends by completing regular income reporting and analysis, to provide key insights on the Individual Giving programme.
Fundraising Campaigns and events:Supporting the planning and execution of Individual Giving campaigns, such as email campaigns and postal appeals. This also includes wider fundraising initiatives, such as our UK-wide Festival of Kindness Christmas campaign which aims to deliver 300,000 gifts, meals and essential items to people who are vulnerable and experiencing homelessness through the winter.
Events: Planning and brainstorming events for donors throughout the year in conjunction with the Senior Individual Giving Exec., from delivering communications with donors, to monitoring Tap to Donate machines during nationwide appeals and black-tie fundraising dinners.
General Duties:Embedding robust administrative processes for all round donor care, including gift aid preparation, organising and filing postal donations and keeping up with the latest GDPR requirements.
Why join us?
• Impact: your work will empower people experiencing homelessness to transform their own lives through our key pillars of providing homes, jobs, food and support.
• Culture: you’ll be part of a supportive and dynamic team in an entrepreneurial organisation that values your unique take on how to achieve our goals.
• Growth: opportunities to work on exciting projects and learn, grow, and shine in a role that’s as rewarding as it is challenging.
• Perks: competitive salary, flexible working hours, and benefits including:
– 32 days paid annual leave
– Staff discount at Social Bite Coffee Shops
– Reward Hub (discounted gym, restaurants, shop partnerships)
– Enhanced Sick Pay
– Cycle to work scheme
– Employee Assistance Programme
– Reflective Practice
– Values Superstars rewards
Application notes
Application process
Please send a CV and cover letter to recruitment@social-bite.co.uk by Thursday 22nd August at 12noon. Your cover letter should give us a sense of who you are and help us understand why you’re a good fit for this role.
Interview process
Interview questions will be sent to you in advance to allow you to prepare. Interviews are likely to take place on the week beginning 26th August. If successful in the first round, candidates will be invited to second stage interviews on the week beginning 2nd September.
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Volunteer Coordinator
- Part time
- £25,000 – £27,000 pro-rata
- On site: West Calder
- Closing 22nd September 2024
Are you passionate about community development and working with communities to use their own assets to make a real difference to improving community life? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Volunteer Coordinator to join our great team at WATIF to help us advance our vision of being a beautiful and vibrant place, with a great quality of life for all. We are currently going through a period of growth with exciting plans for the development of our community projects within our area.
Our ideal candidate will have experience of working with volunteers, although this is not essential. More importantly you will be a great communicator with fantastic organisational skills, who will play a key part in looking after our volunteers, helping them to grow and ensuring our volunteering processes run smoothly and efficiently. You will be self-motivated with a naturally collaborative working style; and thrive working in a small, enthusiastic team making a difference to community life.
Working with the WATIF team, the Volunteer Coordinator is responsible for coordinating all aspects of volunteering and supporting the effective development and delivery of community projects across the organisation.
You will help to support and retain volunteers to deliver our services and projects – leading on volunteer recruitment, communication, logistics and stewardship with a commitment to equality and inclusion as well as healthy and safe working practices. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
Community and Trust Fundraising Co-ordinator
- Part time
- £29,361 – £32,930 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 19th September 2024
The Welcoming Association (TWA) Edinburgh (thewelcoming.org) is the only organisation in Edinburgh that specifically supports New Scots (asylum seekers, refugees and migrant people). The organisation has helped New Scots since 2000 by ensuring they feel at home in their new communities.
The Welcoming builds community by connecting locals and New Scots through social and cultural exchange and collaborating with others to share knowledge and influence positive change. We run a high-quality and responsive ESOL programme, employability, befriending, and energy advice, and offer many cultural activities, and have a unique track record of working with New Scots.
Role Overview:
We seek a passionate and motivated Community and Trust Fundraising Coordinator to join our team. This role is vital in securing funding from trusts, foundations, and the local community to support our ongoing projects and initiatives. The successful candidate will work closely with the CEO to identify funding opportunities, build relationships with key stakeholders, and craft compelling funding proposals.
Key Working Relationships:
Internal: Senior Management Team and project coordinators. Please refer to our organogram (attached).
External: Service users, funders, and partner agencies.
Additional information
Please note that you must already be eligible to work in the UK to be employed by The Welcoming Association.
The post holder will work from The Welcoming’s office on 20/1 Westfield Avenue, Edinburgh, EH11 2TT.
Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of The Welcoming. We welcome applications from BAME people, applicants with lived experience as refugees, or working with refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable adults.
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Volunteer and Community Fundraising Officer
- Full time
- £27,500
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 13th September 2024
Four Square are recruiting for a Volunteer and Community Fundraising Officer to join our central operations team.
This role is central to creating a profile for the organisation in the local community. Through volunteering and local fundraising, you’ll support the profile and reputation of Four Square as homeless charity, a social enterprise and a key player in our community.
You will be highly motivated and approachable. As an ambassador for the organisation you’ll quickly establish trust with volunteers and local funders. You’ll tell our story and gather the stories of people we’ve helped.
Are you looking to make that step up the ladder in social care? Visualise Scotland, an Edinburgh and East Lothian based organisation, are recruiting for a Senior Support Worker to join our Housing Support services. We are looking for committed, determined people who are caring and passionate in what they do. If you have an SVQ 2/3 or an HNC (or equivalent) in Health & Social Care and at least one year experience supporting profoundly disabled people, this could be the job for you.
In exchange for your motivation, commitment, and care, we pay £28,782.00 per annum and provide excellent training and development opportunities.
We are seeking people with inclusive and caring values, to support amazing people who may have a sensory, learning, or physical disability to lead fulfilling and rewarding lives. You would be working with our service management team to ensure that people who use our services are provided with the highest quality of care. You will be based in one service, and you will be line managed by a Service Manager. This role also involves on-call responsibilities.
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay
- BHSF Rise- Free Confidential Advice and Support
- AIG Smart Health- Mental Health Support and Access to GP 24/7
- Hospital Saturday Fund- Contributory Scheme that covers Optical and Dental Expenditure, Physiotherapy, Hospital Stays and surgery.
Experience:
- supervisory: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- SVQ 2/3 or HNC (or equivalent) in Health & Social Care (required)
Work Location: In person
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