Background

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to work with a driven team in one of Scotland’s most well regarded and effective local active travel and bike refurbishing charities.

The Bike Station has been based in the community for over 20 years, with a credible reputation of recycling, refurbishing and reusing donated bikes and making bikes available within the community.

Our communities continue to be under increasing pressure with the cost-of-living crisis and within a climate crisis.

Enabling more people to choose cycling has multiple financial, health and social benefits and the demand for our services has grown in recent years.

We are looking for a confident and strategic Development Manager to build strong relationships and develop services that will significantly enhance their sustainable income.

This role will create and lead our long-term unrestricted income and business opportunities.

Primary Aim

Contribute to the long-term sustainability of The Bike Station by increasing unrestricted income.

Purpose of the role

• Explore and source public giving commercial opportunities in alignment with The Bike Stations strategic objectives.
• Analyse market data to support opportunities for business development with existing and potential clients and provide recommendations to success and routes to increased revenue.
• Develop and maintain strategic partnerships and relationships developing strong working relationships with key stakeholders, influencing decisions both internally & externally.
• Develop and deliver our commercial income opportunities including our skills development programme, corporate volunteering and public giving campaigns.
• Collaborate with The Bike Stations refurbishing, skills development, community, volunteering and communications teams to ensure strong customer experience .
• Lead on developing messaging, with the support from the Communications Team, to create marketing materials that facilitates expansion of The Bike Stations commercial and giving opportunities.
• Monitor performance against budget and implementing action plans to ensure achievement of budget targets.
• Line manage Volunteer Development Officer and Communications Officer to ensure programmes of activity are well resourced, ensuring high quality with a commitment to continuous improvement and return custom.
• Such other tasks as may be required which are consistent with the duties and responsibilities of the post.

Person Specification

Real experience, aptitude, values, fit with team and a passion for cycling are more important to us than formal qualifications.

That being said this post requires strong business acumen, evidence of successful income generation and a practical and effective approach.

Essential

• Confident, self-motivated and proactive with excellent communication, organisational and people skills.
• An excellent understanding of third sector and commercial business development including charitable trading, grants and contracts.
• Evidence of securing unrestricted income through commercial and public giving campaigns
• An excellent relationship builder with people and professionals from a range of backgrounds and sectors: ideally someone with gravitas and integrity.
• Ability to process complex information, analyse data and articulate it well to a range of audiences and stakeholders.
• Experience of completing financial and resource analyses of opportunities to create sustainable options and lead on creating appropriate plans. This can include options appraisals, business plans, funding assessments.
• Experience of preparing programme budgets including financial reports and cash flow forecasts.
• Ability to problem-solve and design and implement solutions.
• Ability to manage their time effectively, multitask, work on several projects simultaneously with tight timescales.
• Proficient in the use of technology and willing to learn new ways of working as needed.
• An excellent team player and willing to share skills and knowledge with co-workers with experience developing an line managing teams

About Us

Faith in Community Dundee (FiCD) is a values-led organisation working to tackle poverty and inequality through partnership, listening, and belief in the power of communities. We work alongside faith groups, local networks, and people with lived experience to create real, lasting change.

The Role

To support and encourage local faith communities in developing community initiatives which offer a practical response to both the causes and the effects of poverty and hardship in Dundee and surrounds; enable faith leaders and faith communities to engage with statutory partners to ensure inclusive services; build links between faith leaders, faith communities and the wider community.

Key Responsibilities

• Enable local faith communities to develop specific ideas and activities which address locally identified needs and use approaches that best meets the needs of local people. This support will be through:
• facilitation and mentoring,
• identifying or delivering relevant training,
• connecting faith communities with key partners,
• providing guidance and support to faith communities on governance issues, organisational development, funding.
• Co-facilitate the Dundee Faith Forum, a quarterly meeting of Faith Leaders, and deliver on any associated actions, including facilitating short-term working groups.
• Develop opportunities to bring diverse faith communities together, building connections and relationships through shared actions/activities.
• Develop opportunities for diverse faith communities to engage in the wider fairness agenda within the city, with a particular focus on poverty and inequality.
• Support faith communities delivering community food provision, including connecting them with the Dundee Community Food Network.

Additional Information:

The Faith Forum is a newly formed (January 2024) forum of Faith Leaders from across the city. Through the Faith Covenant with Dundee City Council, the Faith Forum gives opportunities for Faith Leaders to engage with statutory services, representing their communities, and ensuring equality, inclusion and human rights is embedded in public services. The Forum meets quarterly, Dundee City Councils Equalities Officer attends each meeting, and the Forum members invite representatives from statutory bodies to attend and discuss key issues. Short-term working groups and actions develop from these quarterly meetings

More information about all strands of our work can be found on our website faithincommunitydundee.org

About You

We’re looking for someone with:

• Passion about social justice and tackling poverty, with a commitment to the aims and key values of Faith in Community Dundee.
• Demonstrable experience of community development, working with people from diverse backgrounds, and comfortable with leaders of faith communities.
• Ability to build positive relationships with faith communities and key stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, organisational, and IT skills.

Inclusivity Statement

We welcome applications from all backgrounds, especially those with lived experience of poverty or from underrepresented communities. We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion in all aspects of our work.

Notes

It is essential you have the right to work in the UK before applying to work with us. You will be asked to provide proof of your eligibility to work and remain in the UK if you are invited to attend for an interview.

The appointment of a successful candidate will be subject to the provision of a Disclosure Scotland Level 1 Disclosure

The Finance & Administration Manager will lead the charity’s finance and business support functions, ensuring robust financial management and smooth-running operations. They will take responsibility for oversight, compliance, and reporting, while delegating day-to-day processing and administrative tasks to the Finance & Admin Assistant.

This role is designed with flexibility in mind and can be offered on a part-time basis.

The Finance & Admin Manager will play a key part in supporting the Chief Executive, Board of Trustees, and wider staff team to deliver the Big Hearts’ mission: changing lives through football.

Location

We operate a hybrid model of working with at least one full day per week in the Big Hearts office.

Our office is located in the Wheatfield Stand, Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh, EH11 2NL

Responsibilities

The main duties of the role include:

• Finance leadership
• Business support & admin
• Line management

Person specification

Essential skills & expertise required for this role include:

• Proven experience of financial management in a charity, not-for-profit, or SME environment
• Experience of preparing management accounts, budgets, and financial reports
• Ability to lead and oversee administration and business support functions
• Understanding of data protection, IT systems, and charity compliance

Important info

This role is subject to PVG scheme disclosure, which will be paid by Big Hearts

Two satisfactory references will be requested upon any offer of employment

Equality & diversity statement

Big Hearts is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, race and religion or belief.