Are you a passionate relationship builder who drives impactful partnerships? Join Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland as our Business Relationship Manager and help transform lives across Scotland!

About Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland?

At Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS), we strive to improve the quality of life for people in Scotland affected by chest, heart, and stroke conditions. Our mission is to ensure that everyone living with these conditions gets the support they need. By joining our team, you’ll be part of a passionate and dedicated organisation committed to making a real difference in people’s lives.

We are now seeking a Business Relationship Manager to drive and manage partnerships with businesses across Scotland. This role is key to increasing awareness, generating income, and building meaningful corporate relationships that will help us continue our vital work.

What will you do as Business Relationship Manager?

The Business Relationship Manager will play a pivotal role in driving income growth and expanding the reach of Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS). This role involves identifying, cultivating, and securing new business opportunities, including strategic and operational partnerships, grant funding, and other income streams. You will work closely with the Head of Business Development to implement strategic initiatives that align with the CHSS’s mission to improve the quality of life for people affected by chest, heart, and stroke conditions in Scotland. Key responsibilities include:

Develop and Implement Strategy – Create and execute a strategic plan for engaging with businesses across Scotland to build lasting partnerships and maximise income.

CRM System Management – Oversee the accurate recording, analysis, and reporting of all partnership activities within our CRM system to drive data-driven decision-making, support relationship-building efforts, and ensure team members effectively utilise the system.

Relationship Management – Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with existing business partners while identifying opportunities to expand our corporate network.

Stockholder engagement and collaboration – Engage with stakeholders, including healthcare professionals and community groups to identify collaborative opportunities.

Reporting and Evaluation – Regularly monitor, evaluate, and report on partnership progress, providing insights and recommendations to enhance future performance.

Project Management – Lead and coordinate partnership projects from conception to completion, ensuring timely delivery and clear communication throughout with stakeholders.

What do we need from you?

Experience:

• Proven experience in a relationship management or business development role within the charity sector – preferably within healthcare.
• Demonstrated ability to secure and manage high-value partnerships with stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of the Scottish charity landscape and relevant market sectors.
• Proficiency in CRM systems – preferably Raiser Edge CRM however not essential.

Key Skills and Attributes

• Problem-Solving & Flexibility – Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to think laterally and creatively. You should be able to adapt to changing circumstances and develop solutions that meet the needs of the charity.
• Organisational Skills – Highly organised with the ability to multitask and delegate effectively in a fast-moving environment.
• Communication and Presentation – Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey CHSS’s mission and values persuasively to stakeholders external from the charity.
• Commitment to CHSS Values – Demonstrate a commitment to upholding and promoting the values of Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland.
• Business Development – Proactively seek out new partnership opportunities through networking, research, and targeted outreach to align with CHSS’s mission and goals.
• Negotiation – secure funding agreements and other forms of financial support.

About Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland?

Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) strive to improve the quality of life for people in Scotland affected by chest, heart, and stroke conditions. Their mission is to ensure that everyone living with these conditions gets the support they need. By joining the CHSS team, you’ll be part of a passionate and dedicated organisation committed to making a real difference in people’s lives.

What will you do as Partnership and Relationships Manager?

BTA is excited to present an outstanding opportunity to join CHSS as a Partnership and Relationships Manager to drive and manage relationships with Integrated Joint Boards, Health and Social Care Partnerships and the Scottish Government.

The Partnership and Relationship Manager will aim to build and nurture impactful relationships with corporate partners, community groups, and other stakeholders. In this role, you will aim to increase referrals into CHSS through developing, managing, and expanding strategic partnerships that support CHSS mission and increase awareness of their work across Scotland.

Key responsibilities include:

• CRM System Management – New CRM System to be implemented in January with this individual helping to oversee the implementation of the new system and drive it forward.
• Increase RIR (Reach, Income and Relationships) – An individual who can adapt to all 3 main areas and push CHSS vision forward understanding why each individual aspect is so important.
• Performance Tracking and Reporting – Monitor partnership progress and evaluate performance to ensure targets are met. Provide regular updates and insights for continuous improvement.
• Strategic Planning – Develop and implement strategies for growing partnerships, ensuring they meet both financial targets and the needs of CHSS’s beneficiaries.
• Advocacy and Promotion – Represent CHSS at meetings, events, and presentations, effectively communicating the mission and values to external audiences and advocating for the needs of people affected by chest, heart, and stroke conditions.

What does CHSS need from you?

Experience:

• A background/understanding of health and social care issues, preferably with experience working with health boards.
• Demonstrated success in selling a variety of products, concepts, and strategies, with a strong track record in securing and negotiating mutually beneficial contractual partnerships.
• Experience in coordinating and delivering projects from start to finish, ensuring that they are completed on time and within budget, with a focus on partnership or stakeholder-driven projects.

Key Skills and Attributes

• Adaptable Problem Solver – You bring strong problem solving skills and the ability to think creatively and outside the box. You can quickly adapt to changing circumstances and develop solutions that support the charity’s evolving needs.
• Exceptional Organisational Skills – Highly organised, with the capability to multitask and delegate effectively in a dynamic environment, ensuring all tasks are managed efficiently.
• Skilled Relationship Builder and Networker – You enjoy forming new partnerships while maintaining and strengthening existing relationships. You have a talent for attracting new stakeholders and increasing engagement with CHSS.
• Effective Communicator – You can manage communications with both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring that relationships are consistently nurtured. Your presentation skills allow you to convey the CHSS mission persuasively to external audiences.

We have an exciting opportunity to join Alzheimer Scotland as a finance assistant.

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, support vital dementia research and promote positive brain health.

We are seeking applications from individuals with demonstrable high volume transactional work experience within a complex organisation and who possess the skills to take on the tasks outlined in the job description.

The role is a varied finance transactional role and will undertake regular bank and sales processing including appropriate reconciliation to both Financial and Fundraising Systems. The role will also have involvement in supporting the wider finance function including areas such as purchase ledger, direct debit processing and general administration.

Prior experience in a high-volume transactional finance role is highly desirable.

You will be a strong communicator and able to balance competing priorities. You will have experience of working with a wide range of office systems including Microsoft 365 and databases or financial systems.

If you are interested by what you have read, and have the necessary skills, experience, and ability to make a success of this role, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Could you make a difference for members of the LGBT+ community in Edinburgh and beyond?

The Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive has grown out of Scotland’s first LGBT+ bookshops, Lavender Menace (1982-87) and West & Wilde (1987-97). They sold what we now call queer books – by, about or for LGBT+ people – at a time mainstream bookshops would not stock them. The bookshops also provided openly queer meeting places, where LGBT+ people were able to connect and felt affirmed and welcomed.

Bob Orr and Sigrid Nielsen, the owners of the original Lavender Menace Bookshop, in 2019 founded the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive to keep this valuable LGBT+ book heritage alive and share it with the community. Through its amazing collection of books, the archive tells the story of queer people’s resistance, and the rise of what is now known as ‘queer pride’. These books told the stories of queer lives; they were written honestly and positively for the first time, and they changed lives.

This post represents a unique opportunity to work with Edinburgh’s Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive to develop an Oral History Project (OHP). The OHP will explore the impact and legacy of the Lavender Menace and West & Wilde Bookshops (1982-97), and more generally community experiences of reading LGBT+ books and magazines, and ways reading – now and in the past – has impacted on their identity. Stories and interpretation will be shared online as well as through a programme of events and a temporary exhibition.

The Oral History Project’s key activities are:

• Recruiting, supporting, training and coordinating volunteers to become involved in the OHP.
• Identifying OHP interview participants and devise ways to capture the individual and collective voices and stories of LGBT+ community members.
• Working with partners and stakeholders in the development and delivery of the project.
• Acting as the main point of contact for the volunteers and interviewees, to arrange and set up interviews, liaise with volunteers and interviewees.
• Ensuring policies, systems and processes are in place to collect, store and use all audio and visual material collected.
• Promoting the OHP and its programme of events, creating materials for use on social media, website and in the temporary exhibition, and ensuring the Archive’s profile is raised through these activities.

These activities build on the existing programme of events and projects under the responsibility of the Community Project Coordinator with the team of volunteers. The post holder will thus be able to tap into their experience, contacts and knowledge in taking this work forward.

Employee benefits package

• 35 days of leave (pro-rata including public holidays)
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Flexible working options
• Training and development opportunities