The Fundraising Team is looking for a proactive, methodical and creative fundraiser, who will deliver Bethany’s individual giving strategy, including generating reports and insights, and using data to drive donor engagement and retention, creating engaging campaigns, and developing and recording partnerships on our database.

You will be part of the multi-disciplinary fundraising team, supporting other areas including events and finance. Living our values, you will work with colleagues across the charity so that, together, we can work towards ending homelessness in Scotland one person at a time.

You will be based in our Leith office with some flexible home working.

We require all applicants to have the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the role.

Bethany Christian Trust is a national charity working across Scotland to change the story of homelessness. We run 30 key services from Stornoway to Edinburgh, supporting over 7000 people each year. From our fleet of care vans delivering a warm meal and a chat to people in need, to community employability drop-ins and supported housing, we are here to support individuals at any stage of their journey out of homelessness.

We are committed to helping our employees flourish personally and professionally. Below are a few examples of the ways we support our employees.

• Bethany provides 30 days of annual leave initially to all contracted staff, rising to a maximum of 40 days depending on length of service.
• Bethany provides enhanced payments for maternity, paternity, and adoption.
• Bethany operates a company pension scheme to which all staff are auto-enrolled, with option to opt out. We will match any staff member’s pension contribution up to a maximum of 5%.
• Bethany provides a death in service benefit scheme.

Could you be part of something different? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of the people in our parishes and communities.

We are looking for someone to work alongside the Parish Minister, in these busy and varied parishes, to support and facilitate the ministry and outreach of Armadale and Blackridge Parish Churches.

This post is also suitable for that of Parish Deacon (please see additional information under Main Duties, Person Specification and Terms and Conditions for candidates wishing to apply for this post as a Deacon).

The successful candidate will be a committed Christian with an active Church connection (Genuine Occupational Requirement in terms of the Equality Act 2010).

We are looking for a Forth Valley based Pathways Coordinator, to work in partnership with the current MCR team, young people, mentors, school and college partners

About the role:

You will be an integral part of the school and college community across Forth Valley as well as the wider MCR team. You will be the key person delivering the MCR programme to young people across Forth Valley College supporting young people to sustain their destination.

Key responsibilities:

• Helping to build exceptional individual relationships with the current schools team, young people and mentors to support transitions to Forth Valley College
• Facilitate the MCR Programme across Forth Valley College to offer enhanced support to young people to sustain post school destinations
• Play a key role in supporting young people and mentors across Forth Valley schools and within the local community
• Helping to drive volunteer mentor recruitment
• Consistently supporting, actively engaging and motivating mentors from training through the length of their engagement with the programme. Actively support MCR young people to set, experience then follow their post school pathways.
• Work in partnership with the MCR Team, Skills Development Scotland, Widening Access Colleagues, schools and other key partners
• Evidence progression, impact and best practice with YP input, quantitative feedback and qualitative case studies

About you:

• Exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships with young people, education colleagues, volunteer mentors, key partners and local employers
• Awareness and understanding of the principles of safeguarding and child and young adult protection
• Ability and confidence to present programme information and deliver prepared training sessions to groups
• Ability to work well on own initiative, as part of a team and on a flexible basis in response to young person and organisational need
• An understanding of the challenges and barriers that care-experienced and/or vulnerable young people and young adults may encounter
• Experience or a knowledge of processes to document and evidence good practice and positive outcomes.

You may have experience as a Youth, Community or Advice Worker. You will be an empathetic person who is open minded, non-judgemental, resilient and who is driven to improve outcomes for care experienced and other vulnerable young people.

About MCR Pathways:

MCR Pathways is an award-winning charity established in Glasgow in 2007. Our mentoring programme is now delivered in schools across the whole of Scotland. Our passionate team is dedicated to helping the most vulnerable young people gain self-confidence, identify their skills and recognise and fulfil their potential. Our vision is for all young people to experience equality of education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on school pupils in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression.

We are thrilled to be launching our programme for the first time in a further education setting to continue to support mentored young people post school and are really looking forward to working in partnership with Forth Valley College. MCR Mentors are volunteers who make and experience a life-changing difference. You will be joining a friendly and supportive team who love what they do and enjoy working with each other. We model our values and many of us are also mentors ourselves.

Benefits of working for MCR Pathways include: 33 days annual leave in first year rising to 38 days from 2nd year of employment, additional day off for your birthday, Living Pensions Employer, Life Assurance - 4 x salary.