- Advertised from 2nd June 2026
- 22.5 hours approximately (flexible between 20-25 hrs per week, working across 3,4 or 5 days)
Role
About Us
We are a dedicated charity working to improve the lives of the people of Perth and Kinross. With a mission centred on compassion, kindness, and long-term impact, we support people facing homelessness, those feeling excluded or those recovering from addiction.
The Role
We are seeking a passionate and strategic Fundraising Manager to lead the implementation of our fundraising strategy to increase our income generated through fundraising initiatives and bring supporters closer to our mission.
This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled fundraiser and communicator who can balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery and who wants to help the charity grow sustainably. You will be leading and executing CATH’s fundraising strategy with a focus on regular giving, stewarding donors through engagement and support, building relationships with them on their journey with CATH and sharing news of the impact of the charity, sharing powerful stories that demonstrate the difference our supporters make – with the goal of enabling us to reach more people in need and improve our financial sustainability.
Key Responsibilities
- Implement a fundraising strategy across all income streams with an initial focus on individual giving - as well as creating and managing the CATH donor database.
- Assess and develop the current corporate giving opportunities developing relationships with local businesses and industry partners.
- Identify suitable funding opportunities through Trusts and Foundation, developing relationships with the funders where possible and submitting detailed, high quality applications for appropriate funding.
- Identify and cultivate additional new funding opportunities to diversify and grow income.
- Prepare compelling funding proposals and high-quality reports demonstrating impact.
- Implement a robust stewardship journey for our donors in all streams. Stewarding supporters with warmth, authenticity, and care, ensuring long-term engagement.
- Deliver a variety of charity campaigns (e.g., Giving Tuesday, Christmas appeals, challenge events).
- Ensure fundraising compliance with the guidelines laid down by the Office of Scottish Charities Regulator (OSCR).
- Lead our charity’s communications strategy in relation to our fundraising aims through raising awareness and building trust.
- Create meaningful content that celebrates beneficiaries, volunteers, and supporters.
- Manage storytelling across social media, website, newsletters, and print materials.
- Uphold and strengthen the charity’s brand identity and tone of voice.
- Produce impact reports, case studies, and campaign materials for fundraising use.
- Build relationships with local and national media to advocate for our cause.
Collaboration & Leadership
- Work closely with the Business & Finance Manager/Leadership Team to align fundraising and comms with the CATH strategy.
- Support frontline staff to gather stories ethically and sensitively.
- Provide insight, data, and analysis to help the charity understand its supporters and opportunities for increasing donations.
- Champion a culture of fundraising and communications throughout the charity.
About You
We are looking for someone who is:
- Experienced in leading and implementing a charity fundraising strategy.
- A strong storyteller who can turn complex issues into compelling narratives. Confident of collaborating with the service co-ordinators to identify high impact stories and opportunities for fundraising.
- Skilled in writing high-quality funding bids and donor communications.
- Comfortable using digital tools and social platforms to engage supporters.
- Confident in managing relationships with donors, partners, and community groups.
- Passionate about the voluntary sector and committed to ethical fundraising.
- Highly organised, proactive, and comfortable juggling varied priorities.
- Experience working directly with beneficiaries (or alongside frontline teams) is a bonus but not essential.
What We Offer
- A supportive charity team driven by care, compassion, and collaboration.
- Opportunities for training, development, and sector-specific learning.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- The chance to play a key role in increasing our impact for those who need us most.
Application notes
Please send your CV and a cover letter explaining why you are a great fit for this role to fundraising@cath-org.co.uk by 4.00pm on Friday, June 19th with interviews to be held Thursday, June 25th. For an informal conversation about the position, please contact Simon Havers at s.havers@cath-org.co.uk.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Housing Assistant to join our small, tenant‑led organisation. The role is based on 28 hours per week, although we would be happy to consider flexibility in working hours per week and discuss a suitable working pattern.
As a fully mutual housing co‑operative managed by a voluntary committee of tenants, we provide good‑quality, affordable homes and promote a safe, welcoming community. Our staff play a vital role in delivering a personal, responsive service to tenants and partners.
Our values
- Fairness – treating everyone fairly and without prejudice
- Equality – being open and accessible to people from all backgrounds and circumstances
- Honesty – being clear, open and avoiding false promises
- Integrity and trust – keeping our commitments and doing what we say we will do
As our Housing Assistant, you will:
- Provide high-quality administrative, housing and finance support, including professional front‑line service to tenants, colleagues and external partners.
- Manage rent and income functions, including rent payments, account reconciliation, arrears support, invoices, payments, banking and supplier queries.
- Liaise with local authorities, the DWP and contractors on Housing Benefit/Universal Credit, repairs, maintenance, voids and servicing.
- Support housing management activity, including allocations, lettings, transfers, tenancy sign‑ups, terminations and associated paperwork.
- Assist with repairs, health and safety compliance, inspections and accurate keeping.
- Contribute to organisational work as part of a small team, supporting reports, communications, policies and working closely with the whole team.
About you
We are looking for someone who:
- Experience in office‑based administration with regular customer contact, ideally within social housing, finance or repairs/contractor liaison.
- Confidence in handling rent payments, cash transactions and financial queries.
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office and relevant finance or housing management systems.
- Clear, professional and respectful communication with tenants, colleagues and partner organisations.
- Ability to manage and prioritise workload accurately, with attention to detail and a commitment to confidentiality, equality, customer care and health & safety.
Why work with us?
- Be part of a small organisation where your work makes a real difference.
- Supportive team environment.
- Opportunity to use and develop a wide range of skills.
- A chance to build positive relationships with tenants and colleagues.
- We offer full EVH terms and conditions of employment.
This is a new women-only services role focused on supported accommodation across two buildings, working with vulnerable women.
Birken Tree House and Upper Gilmour place is a long term supported accommodation for women. Each tenant has their own self-contained living space with an en-suite bathroom, while shared kitchen, lounge, and outdoor areas offer opportunities for social connection and skill-building. With 24/7 on-site support, our team helps tenants develop confidence and independence through activities like cooking, arts, and crafts in a safe and welcoming environment. Support is tailored to each tenant’s needs, whether that’s connecting with healthcare providers, mental health or addiction support, scheduling appointments, learning essential life skills, or simply having someone to share a coffee or a walk with. From exploring new hobbies to building lasting stability and security, our team is always there to provide support.
In our temporary supported accommodations, the core purpose of this job is to support people who are experiencing homelessness, to build the skills and support networks they need to prepare them for independent living when they move into their own tenancy.
In our supported settled accommodations, the core purpose is to support people who have experienced homelessness and have complex needs, to give them a secure home for life in a supported environment.
To manage and oversee Supported / Temporary Accommodation support services within Rowan Alba including ensuring that all procedures for the maintenance of the working environment, including the health and safety of residents, staff and visitors are adhered to.
Provide clear leadership and vision, inspire and motivate staff to achieve excellence and mentor them as they develop new skills. To effectively manage staff teams to achieve the aims and outcomes of the service and meet key performance indicators.
To report to City of Edinburgh Council by completing the Four Weekly Returns and Quarterly returns in line with the CEC deadlines. To report all incidents to CEC commissioners as well as the Care Inspectorate.
To work with CEC and staff to support people to keep their tenancy, through ‘Letters of Support’ and positive move ons where possible.
To ensure quality in the service in line with Care Inspectorate Standards and SSSC regulations, ensuring regulatory standards are met
To actively participate in Rowan Alba Management team.
Fundraising & Communications Manager
- Full time
- £38,716 – £43,600
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 10th June 2026
Mission Statement
Our long-term vision is to end youth homelessness. Our more immediate mission is to ensure that every young person in Scotland has access to expert youth specific services to assist them to avoid, survive, and move on from homelessness; making it rare, brief, and non-recurring.
Context
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing organisation and lead a growing and ambitious Fundraising and Communications (F&C) team.
The primary role of the Fundraising and Communications Manager is to ensure the delivery of all fundraising and communications activity for the organisation, in line with the F&C strategies, policies and procedures.
The F&C manager will have the opportunity to shape our ongoing fundraising strategy, paying particular attention to key growth areas including Individual Giving and Events, while supporting colleagues across multiple other fundraising disciplines.
The F&C Manager holds responsibility for the development and management of our funder relationships with the overall goal of increasing our supporter base and income in line with strategic KPIs. They hold shared responsibility for promoting development, co-operation and efficiency throughout the organisation.
Do you have experience of managing a small but fast-paced and relationships-focused fundraising team? Do you have knowledge of a broad range of fundraising streams? Do you want to develop a relatively new team to deliver significant income?
If so, this role is for you.
About Cyrenians
At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering our services because we understand that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to supporting people towards more positive and stable futures.
About the Fundraising Team
Relationships are at the heart of everything we do at Cyrenians, with those we support and those who support us too.
It’s an exciting time for fundraising at Cyrenians. Our team has only been around for a few years and in that time, income generation has grown rapidly. It’s now time to take it to the next level.
With a fundraising mix currently dominated by corporate partnerships, individual giving and major donors, we are looking to build on our previous growth while also broadening our mix to events, community fundraising and legacies.
About the role
This role will work closely with our Senior Manager, taking our fundraising strategy and turning it into operational plans, developing the team to deliver in a way that is collaborative, innovative and measurable. Close relationships with our Marketing & Communications and services teams are integral to delivery.
The role has a strong focus on people management, sharing your fundraising expertise with a relatively new team who are ready and eager to learn.
About you
You’ll be a knowledgeable fundraiser, who lives our values and takes great care to build relationships with and in your team, across the organisation and with our treasured supporters. You may have already built or led a fundraising team, with an emphasis on fostering a positive and collaborative culture.
A champion for data-led activity, you’ll take a plan, do, review approach to your fundraising, ensuring learnings are shared and embedded as we move forward.
How we’ll support you
Working closely with colleagues in Marcomms, Trusts & Grants and our services, you’ll be surrounded by those who share your passion to tackle homelessness and its root causes. We’ll encourage you to grow your management experience, with creativity, strong values and innovation, and to take a planned and pragmatic approach to your calendar of activity and implementing new initiatives.
You will be supported to attend training and networking events to deepen your knowledge of the issues surrounding homelessness and social exclusion; engage with a variety of stakeholders and extend your professional network.
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