About the role:

If you are the sort of person who is passionate about engaging and inspiring supporters to raise funds for charity through challenges and events, we would welcome your application.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading on the delivery and implementation of our community, events and individual funding streams to reach our income targets
• Proactively seeking out new supporters, stewarding existing donor relationships and following up on prospects
• Securing and undertaking speaking engagements to raise awareness and funds for The Yard
• Leading by example; sharing your energy, knowledge, ideas and insights to inspire confidence and drive forward the development of our income streams

About you:

This job is for you if you have:

• Proven experience working within a fundraising or equivalent role
• Had significant success in managing and growing income for community, events and/or individual sources to meet financial targets
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with a positive can-do attitude and a friendly, approachable manner

If our ethos inspires you and you are eager to bring your knowledge and experience to a team that is deeply committed to our purpose, we would love to have you on board.

Use your skills and experience to save endangered species from extinction and improve people's lives through closer connection with nature. Join our small but highly successful fundraising team based in the heart of Edinburgh Zoo and you'll have an amazing opportunity to make an impact on conservation in Scotland and around the world.

The role:

Building on a successful individual giving programme at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), this role focuses on developing a new legacy and in-memory giving programme, encompassing marketing campaigns, stewardship, legacy administration and events.

This is permanent, part time role (22.5 hours per week) based at Edinburgh Zoo, but working across both sites which also covers Highland Wildlife Park.

Some of the things you’ll do:

• Work with the Fundraising Manager to develop and deliver compelling new legacy and in-memory giving campaigns for RZSS.
• Liaise with relevant colleagues, including fundraising, marketing and communications teams, to gain insights into our audiences and help to prepare legacy and in-memory giving copy and messaging.
• Lead on activities to promote legacies and in memory giving across all relevant RZSS platforms, including our websites, digital channels, events and direct mail.
• Lead on the planning and promotion of legacies and in-memory giving through on-site collateral and signage at Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park
• Develop and manage fundraising data on the CRM system relating to legacy and in memorial giving, supervising other staff when necessary to ensure all data is entered correctly and kept up to date, producing reports upon request and ensuring that financial information is handled with sensitivity.
• Use supporter data to inform and improve the legacy and in memorial programme.
• Identify trends in fundraising and recommend opportunities to senior colleagues.

What we’re looking for:

• Educated to Degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience in a similar role.
• CIOF Certificate of Fundraising or equivalent experience
• Extensive knowledge of donor cultivation and stewardship principles
• NEBOSH general certificate or equivalent qualification.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, e.g. producing creative materials for fundraising, with the ability to tailor complex information to a wide range of audiences/donors including those a senior level or requiring a sensitive approach
• Demonstrable experience of working in a similar role, meeting deadlines in a busy environment.

What you’ll get in return:

• Starting salary between £19,938 - £20,436 (offer based on experience / salary pro-rated based on 22.5hrs per week) with future salary progression up to £22,223 per annum (FTE £33,230 - £34,060 with future progression up to £37,038 per annum)
• 22.5hr working week (may require some occasional evening/weekend working)
  • Hybrid working option available
• 34 days annual leave (pro rata)
• Discount in both retail/catering
• Access to a healthcare plan
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), that provide 24-hour counselling and support, including health, legal, finance, wellbeing and family advice.
• Employer contributory pension scheme
• You will receive a staff membership which will give you (and family/friends) free (and discounted) entry to both the Highland Wildlife Park and Edinburgh Zoo as well as a number of other Zoo’s across the UK.

Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as an Individual Giving Fundraiser you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading health charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support Service provides access to a range of supported self management and community recovery services to support people across Scotland to manage their health as well as possible and adjust to life after a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or after a stroke.

The Individual Giving Fundraiser will play a key role in growing and sustaining CHSS’s individual donor income by leading donor acquisition, stewardship, and reactivation activity, with a strong focus on face-to-face recruitment and compelling multi-channel appeals. Working within the Donor Development team and collaboratively across Income Generation, Communications, Supporter Care, and Data, this role will help develop targeted campaigns, strengthen supporter loyalty, and ensure high-quality donor journeys that enhance long-term income stability.

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination.

We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

The House of Hope exists to help people in Edinburgh and the surrounding areas. The centre is a haven away from the outside world where those who are impacted by breast cancer can be who they need to be in a safe space, whilst offering connectivity, support, and friendship.

Cancer is hard and takes its toll on you and those around you. We aim to nurture, improve their quality of life, and enrich their emotional wellbeing of our users by offering sanctuary and support within a home-like environment at a time when they need it most.

You are more than a diagnosis. The service is designed to be person centred with the voice of the patients and their families at the heart of The House.

An experienced fundraiser. Your experiences will be important in shaping our approaches to new funders. Proactively seeking out new supporters, stewarding new donor relationships and following up on prospects.

A confident communicator, you will have the ability to build strong relationships across the Scottish funding landscape. Leading by example; sharing your energy, knowledge, ideas and insights to inspire confidence and drive forward the development of our income streams.

You will be excited by the chance to carve out an initial new partnerships strategic plan, taking responsibility for developing and building a strong prospect pipeline through personal connections, knowledge of the sector and introductions.

You will work as part of a small team helping to implement our ambitious fundraising strategy. Alongside working to establish new relationships, you will support the Fundraising Co-ordinator and House Manager with the implementation and execution of fundraising events and campaigns throughout the year.