Corporate Partnerships Manager
- Full time
- £24,570 – £30,000
- On site: Ayr / Kilmarnock Centre
- Closing 20th February 2026
- Advertised from 27th January 2026
Role
Ayrshire Cancer Support has operated since 1982, providing emotional support and practical help to those affected by cancer; this role will play a valuable part in supporting the services we offer.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Ayrshire Cancer Support for a dynamic, outgoing professional with a talent for building relationships to join a small, but impactful and likeminded team.
Reporting to our Director of Income and Marketing, you will initiate, plan and execute fundraising initiatives, with an emphasis on corporate and fundraising events. You’ll be responsible for engaging with corporate partners and local businesses to secure donations, sponsorships and partnerships.
You’ll build strong and lasting relationships with existing corporate partners, researching and generating innovative ideas to support and increase their fundraising activities. You’ll apply significant focus on attracting new partnerships, cultivating relationships through pro-active networking.
You’ll have excellent communication, sales, negotiation, and organisational skills, with a track record of achieving financial targets. You’ll also work collaboratively with our wider team to plan and execute a range of events.
Whilst charity fundraising experience is desirable, this is not essential. This is a full-time role totalling 35 hours per week and will require some evening and weekend working, with travel throughout Ayrshire.
Application notes
Please submit your CV and a covering letter which explains why you believe you’ll be the ideal candidate for the role. Please email these directly to: HR@ayrshirecs.org
If you’d like to discuss the role, please request a call-back via the email address above.
Deadline for applications is Friday 20th February 2026, however we may review this date dependant on application volumes.
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Talking Therapies Lead
- Part time
- £37,000 – £42,000 pro-rata
- On site: Ayrshire
- Closing 27th February 2026
As we continue to grow our services to meet increasing demand, we are seeking a dedicated and experienced Talking Therapies practitioner to take a strategic and operational lead in delivering psychological support services to adults and young people affected by and bereaved from cancer across Ayrshire.
Reporting to our Director of Care Services, our TTL will be responsible for the leadership, development, and delivery of Ayrshire Cancer Support’s talking therapy services. This includes direct provision of high-level one to one and group psychological support to those affected by cancer, supervision of the counselling team, and service development aligned with best practice, governance, and quality standards.
The position is suitable for one of the following mental health professionals; Either a Clinical Associate in Applied Psychology; or a Nursing or Allied Health Professional with specialist training; or an experienced talking therapist qualified in one or more therapeutic approach (counselling, psychotherapy, CBT, EMDR) whilst holding registration with a relevant regulatory body (e.g., NMC, HCPC, BACP, COSCA). A satisfactory Level 2 PVG will also be an essential requirement for the role.
Whilst third sector experience is desirable, this is not essential. The role will operate over 30 hours per week between Monday and Friday, and we are open to discussing how these hours are worked. The role will involve working flexibly throughout Ayrshire and between our support centres in Kilmarnock and Ayr.
Full details can be found in the recruitment pack below.
Join the official charity of NHS Highland in the new role of Grants Officer
Are you passionate about making a difference through effective grant-making? This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting NHS Highland’s official charity, helping to fund projects that improve experiences for patients, staff, and communities across the Highlands.
About the Role
We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Grants Officer to join NHS Highland’s charity team, supporting the work of the Highland Health Board Endowment Fund Charity, SC016791. The charity exists to enhance the physical and mental health of patients, social care service users, NHS Highland staff, and the wider community by funding projects that make a lasting impact.
As Grants Officer, you will be the main point of contact for grant enquiries, providing advice and guidance to a wide range of stakeholders but working primarily with internal applicants from within the NHS Highland workforce. You will oversee the full grant-making process, from initial enquiry and assessment, through to award, monitoring, and evaluation, ensuring that funding decisions are fair, transparent, and deliver maximum benefit.
You will support the presentation of applications to the Charity Committee when needed, as well as supporting robust financial reporting and compliance with NHS Highland policies and OSCR regulations.
This is a varied and rewarding role where you’ll help shape the delivery of impactful charitable projects across NHS Highland.
What we are looking for
We’re seeking someone with:
- Demonstrable, relevant experience in grant-making and project management, preferably within a charitable or public sector setting.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to advise, train, and support applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and to present effectively to committees and groups. You will have highly developed written communication skills and will confidently manage situations where applicants are unsuccessful, requiring resilience, diplomacy, and the ability to decline requests with professionalism and tact.
- Excellent analytical and organisational abilities, with a meticulous eye for detail and the capacity to manage competing priorities.
- Confidence in financial processes, including monitoring budgets, preparing reports, and ensuring compliance with statutory and governance requirements.
- IT proficiency, particularly in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and ideally experience with grant management or CRM systems. The skills and knowledge to provide meaningful input to quality and process improvement tasks is vital.
- A proactive and flexible approach, able to work both independently and as part of a team, with a strong sense of personal accountability.
This role will suit someone who enjoys balancing detail with big-picture impact, who can combine sound governance with compassion, and who is motivated by helping charitable funds achieve their greatest potential for our NHS and the communities we serve.
This role is based within the NHS Highland region, with the office base at Assynt House, Inverness. Hybrid working is supported, though you will be expected to regularly attend the office and face-to-face meetings at Assynt House and other NHS Highland sites as required.
Top job! Chief Nurse
- Full time
- £87,400 – £93,685
- On site: Robin House, Balloch or Rachel House in Kinross, travel expected
- Closing 26th February 2026
This is a rare opportunity for a dynamic, compassionate and person-centred nurse leader to deliver real impact for children and families.
In Scotland, three children die from a life-shortening condition every week. CHAS provides unwavering care for children who may die young, and their families. Our team includes nurses, doctors, AHPs, social workers and family support specialists. They work across two children’s hospices, in community settings and in hospitals in deep partnership with NHS staff.
We are seeking a Chief Nurse to lead the delivery of our nursing services across all these settings. Reporting to the Director of Nursing and Family Support, you will lead a team of approximately 180 nursing staff working in all parts of Scotland.
You will inspire nurses to deliver exceptional care every day. You will work closely and collaboratively with NHS Boards, HSCP’s and other organisations to plan seamless wrap-around care, which helps some of the most vulnerable families in Scotland.
Following a planned retirement and organisational restructure, this is a new role in a new structure. It offers a chance to join CHAS in a senior nursing role, set to shape the future of paediatric palliative care across Scotland.
About You
You will be an experienced nurse leader with a track record of delivering positive change across health care systems. Your experience will include:
- having significant experience leading nursing teams
- strong knowledge of Clinical Governance and Regulation, workforce planning, safe staffing and quality improvement
- proven ability to deliver on organisational targets
- excellent communication, influencing, and partnership skills
- commitment to staff wellbeing, compassionate leadership, and clinical supervision
- the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams with courage and compassion
We are particularly interested in hearing from children’s nurse leaders, but this role is open to nurse leaders from all backgrounds.
Why CHAS?
For families we support time is precious. This is an opportunity to lead a team that makes extraordinary things happen every day.
In 2024, CHAS launched our 2024–2028 Strategic Plan, setting out our vision to provide unwavering care to children who may die young, and to their families, at every step of their journey. Our work is grounded in three core fields of care:
- learning that your child is seriously ill and may die young
- living well
- dying well and bereavement
As Chief Nurse, you will play a pivotal leadership role in bringing this strategy to life - shaping practice, developing people, and ensuring the highest standards of safe, compassionate and effective care.
- Broad and impactful role: Representing CHAS nationally as an expert nurse leader, building strategic partnerships to influence policy, promote best practice, and enhance CHAS’s impact
- Flexibility: Your primary base will be either Rachel House in Kinross or Robin House in Balloch, with regular travel between both hospices. CHAS provides care and support to children and families across Scotland with staff bases in Aberdeen and Inverness. This role will require travel to all CHAS sites, including clinical settings and office locations, as well as attendance at external events. Flexibility is essential, and business mileage expenses will be reimbursed. As a family friendly organisation, we recognise that flexibility works both ways, and we will support a balanced and adaptable approach to working hours and locations wherever possible.
- Professional Growth: You will work with healthcare leaders in a visible role where you will be encouraged and supported to excel and develop your skills.
- Holidays: 35 days annual leave, increasing progressively to 40 days after five years’ service. For applicants coming from an existing NHS post, your current service-based enhanced annual leave entitlement will be honoured, up to 40 days (CHAS maximum entitlement).
- Pension: Continued membership of the NHS Scotland Pension Scheme or the opportunity to join the Local Government Pension Scheme for Scotland, administered by Lothian Pension Fund.
- Comprehensive benefits: Including generous annual leave and pension, incremental salary progression, life assurance, employee assistance programme, access to Blue Light and Perkbox discount schemes, health and wellbeing support.
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About Cancer Card
Cancer Card was established in 2021 by Dr Jen Hardy MBE. We understand that facing cancer can be overwhelming. Our online, phone and community based services are designed to offer support and information connecting people affected by cancer with the range of support services available from charitable, statutory and commercial services. Our Comfort Boxes contain a range of items which offer practical support and sign posting to those facing cancer treatment.
We are a small team of 7 mainly part time staff supported by Trustees and volunteers. This new role will work closely with our CEO, Service staff and Marketing Officer to help us build our donor base, enhance and extend our reach.
About the role
The Fundraiser will be a new addition to the Cancer Card team, focussing on developing our donor pathway and building community fundraising activity. This will require a proactive and engaging approach to creating and sustaining relationships as well as an ability to use CRM systems to record and manage information.
We are looking for someone who is empathetic, innovative and willing to take responsibility for developing new opportunities. This role will be varied, rewarding with the opportunity to develop and grow our community of support.
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