Fundraising Officer
- Full time
- £28,325 – £31,415
- On site: Any Change Mental Health base in Scotland
- Closing 12th April 2026
- Advertised from 23rd March 2026
Role
Change Mental Health is a leading national mental health charity providing unique support to people with severe and enduring mental ill health. With over 50 years’ experience across Scotland, we believe people affected by poor mental health and illness deserve the highest quality of support in the community and that every person has the right to be valued and to share in the opportunities, challenges, and joys of everyday life.
In this role you will support all areas of fundraising and in particular drive Community Fundraising, Individual Giving and Corporate Fundraising. This will involve helping individuals who choose to fundraise for us, developing relationships with local partners, and growing income through events, activities and supporter led challenges.
You will shape and deliver our fundraising programme, creating simple but innovative experiences for supporters; making sure they feel appreciated and connected to our work. This is a hands-on role and you’ll be involved in everything from planning community events to speaking with individual fundraisers, attending local events and finding new opportunities for support.
You will work confidently and independently, using my own experience and judgement to prioritise tasks, solve problems and manage my own workload. You’ll also work closely with colleagues across fundraising and communications so that fundraising plays a strong part in the wider development of the charity.
Key Responsibilities:
Building Community Support
- Develop relationships with individual fundraisers, volunteers, community groups, schools, and local businesses.
- Look for new opportunities for community support and act on them.
- Provide friendly, timely and supportive communication to everyone who chooses to fundraise for us.
Events and Activities
- Support and grow income from mass participation events, challenges and supporter-led activities.
- Help plan, promote and deliver community events, ensuring supporters have a positive experience from start to finish.
Corporate Relationships
- Account manage current key corporate relationships.
- Work closely with the Business Development Manager to steward and engage with prospective corporate partners.
- Develop new corporate relationships
Volunteer Involvement
- Develop volunteer opportunities to support the fundraising team, and wider organisation, as well as recruit for and build a pool of dedicated volunteers.
- Help develop a positive volunteer experience.
Organisation and Reporting
- Keep accurate records across our CRM systems (including Donorfy and Monday.com) and contribute to income reporting and forecasting.
- Take responsibility for maintaining high data quality and ensuring supporter information is recorded accurately and consistently
- Work with colleagues to ensure good processes, clear messaging and consistent supporter journeys.
Working Across the Charity
- Work closely with both Fundraising Managers and Head of Fundraising to implement the fundraising strategy.
- Collaborate regularly with colleagues across development, communications and service delivery.
- Represent the charity confidently at community events, meetings and presentations.
- Support the wider work of the fundraising team as needed.
Essential Criteria:
- Experience in fundraising that allows you to step into a busy fundraising environment and take ownership quickly.
- Ability to work independently with confidence, using initiative to manage competing demands.
- A track record of generating income and exceeding targets.
- Confident in building relationships with a wide range of people.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to balance different priorities.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills.
- Great understanding of supporter care and engagement.
- Good financial awareness and the ability to work to budgets.
- Great IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and databases
- A positive attitude and willingness to get stuck in.
- Knowledge of fundraising regulations and GDPR.
- Strong attention to detail with a methodical approach to recording, processing and reporting data.
Desirable Criteria:
- Working with community organisations or local partners.
- Experience delivering events or mass participation fundraising.
- Experience in working across multiple income streams.
- Experience of supporting or coordinating volunteers.
- Fundraising qualification (or similar).
Benefits:
- 24/7 access to an award-winning Employee Assistance Programme providing free legal, financial, and medical advice as well as support with life’s challenges.
- A 35-hour working week, enhanced sick pay & season ticket loan.
- A great work life balance with flexible and blended working environment.
- Blue Light Discount Card
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Enhanced sick pay and leave entitlements.
- Generous 37 days’ holiday
- Paid Mental Wellbeing Days
- Professional development including funded opportunities.
Application notes
Please visit our website to apply.
Closing Date: 12th April 2026
Edinburgh One to One Support Service: Support and Development Worker
- Full time
- £27,285
- On site: Shandwick Place, with travel and service delivery throughout Edinburgh
- Closing 6th May 2026
Do you enjoy empowering others to make positive changes in their life?
We are seeking a new Support and Development Worker to join our diverse Community Mental Health and Wellbeing team in the Edinburgh One to One Support Service.
Support and Development Workers work alongside people to support their mental health and wellbeing through offering trauma-informed, person-centred support in short term (10 Weeks) one-to-one interventions to people living in Edinburgh to help build self-management and coping strategies.
If you have of experience of supporting people to improve their mental health and wellbeing or personal experience of self-managing your own mental health difficulties we’d love to hear from you!
Peer Support Worker – Midlothian Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Services
- Part time
- £26,416 pro-rata
- On site: Based in Dalkeith with travel throughout Midlothian
- Closing 13th May 2026
We have an exciting opportunity for a Peer Support Worker to join our Midlothian Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Team. This post is fixed term and is funded by Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnership.
The successful applicant will use their own lived experience to engage with people facing mental health difficulties and deliver time-managed, outcome focused one-to-one support. You will work in a person-centered, trauma informed and strength-based way, supporting people with a range of issues important to their mental health and well-being.
One-to-one support will be delivered in various community venues across Midlothian, occasionally also by phone or on video platforms such as Zoom, to ensure accessibility and flexibility.
You will have excellent communication, IT, administration, and organisational skills, and you will develop and maintain positive and effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders, key partners, and relevant professionals.
You will be office based, travel is required across Midlothian and flexibility in working hours will also be expected to meet the needs of people we support.
Impact & Evaluation Lead - Redress Support
- Full time
- £32,940 – £37,241
- Hybrid/Remote: Flexible - Remote/Hybrid Working Possible
- Closing 10th May 2026
The Redress Support Service provides support for people who are applying to Scotland's Redress Scheme. The Scheme has been set up for survivors of historical child abuse in care in Scotland. It was set up to recognise and acknowledge what happened to them, and the harm which this caused. At the end of the process, survivors may receive a payment, an apology for the abuse they suffered, and emotional support.
The In Care Survivors Alliance was commissioned to provide support alongside this process. In December 2021, the Alliance established its second service to provide this: the Redress Support Service. You may read more about the service here: redress-support.scot
Our partnership approach is rooted in understanding that the impact of childhood trauma is individual and lifelong. We recognise that the experience of abuse in care often means people may face significant barriers to accessing much needed help.
As importantly, everyone we support will have different needs and have insight about what will work best for them. We provide a safe and trusted space for people to explore what is most important to them and to access tailored help toward their goals.
As Impact & Evaluation Lead, you’ll be responsible to plan, design and complete evaluation activity that can assess RSS progress towards its strategic objectives.
You’ll work closely with our Innovation and Improvement team, and other Impact & Evaluation Leads to ensure consistency of approach to evaluation across the organisation, ensuring that Penumbra’s experience and insight from other programmes is applied in Redress Support Service. You will manage data gathering and report writing activities within the Programmes team, to inform service improvement and programme development in collaboration with our partners.
As a mental health charity, we value the wellbeing of our staff. That’s why we want you to know that you’ll be joining a friendly team, who will give you a supportive environment to help you thrive in your role, including all the training you need to feel confident and equipped.
We can offer you a range of employee benefits, and we can promise you’ll be inspired by some amazing humans every single day. We will support you on your own career path; developing new skills, accessing formal and informal learning experiences and providing opportunities to put your continual progress into practice.
Changes have secured funding from the National Lottery Fairer Lives Community Fund to continue delivering ‘Well Connected’ a befriending programme supporting positive mental health and wellbeing to those most isolated in our community. The befriending coordinator will be responsible for all aspects of the project (alongside their job share), from assessment and delivery to evaluation. The postholder will train and manage volunteers, work with other staff at the charity and host an East Lothian Befriending Network to share best practice.
We are seeking an enthusiastic, skilled and highly motivated candidate who is confident working with a high degree of autonomy in continuing this project and ensuring it’s success. This is a part time job share role. 16 hours to be worked Monday (afternoon/evening) and Wednesday daytime (ideally).
Changes Equalities statement:
“Changes strive to ensure fair and inclusive services which celebrate and value the diversity of the community of East Lothian. Changes welcome opportunities to improve equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation and we will continue to review our progress and champion equalities.”
About Changes
Changes believes in positive mental health and wellbeing for everyone. As a charity in East Lothian, Changes is here to help the community achieve and maintain positive mental health and wellbeing by providing a wide range of services and activities including 1-1 therapy, support groups and courses, healthy living activities, training, and volunteering opportunities.
Services are free and open to everyone over the age of 18 living, or registered with a GP, in East Lothian. Changes provides support for a wide range of challenges including stress, panic, low mood, low self-esteem, anxiety, worry, depression, and negative thinking. Activities are friendly, welcoming, and inclusive and offer opportunities to meet new people, get active and get involved in the local community.
Our Vision:
Our vision is that everyone in East Lothian enjoys positive mental health and wellbeing.
Our Mission:
Changes have grown from within the community to enable people to achieve and maintain good mental health and wellbeing through:
- Support groups and courses
- Therapy from experienced therapists
- Physical wellbeing activities
- Training our community to support others
Our Values:
Compassion – We treat our work, our community, our partners and each other with warmth, respect and compassion.
Welcoming – We offer a warm, friendly and supportive welcome to everyone. We know it’s not always easy to ask for help but we’re here to support you.
Community – We are an inclusive community which celebrates and values the diversity of East Lothian and everyone living there.
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