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Business Development Lead
- Full time
- £41,165
- On site: Tayport
- Closing 8th June 2026
- Advertised from 7th May 2026
- 35 hours per week, flexible working. Fixed-term post, grant-funded until 31 March 2029.
Role
The Larick is recruiting a Business Development Lead
Do you have the experience, knowledge, skills, imagination and enthusiasm to take us to the next level of service, self-sustainability and resilience?
The Larick Centre is Tayport’s purpose-built community hub, opened in 2020. Our lovely building has won several architectural awards and is home to a sports hall, activity rooms, a cafe, a campsite and a community fridge. Everything we do is achieved with a small staff team and a big band of volunteers, supported by the trustees of Tayport Community Trust and the directors of Tayport Community Enterprise.
Life at the Larick is for everyone. We are here to serve our local community, and we want to attract visitors to Tayport, too. We use our building for all kinds of activities, classes and events. These are a mix of our own community engagement (free or small charge) and private hire. Our cafe is a relaxed, airy space that has become a firm favourite with locals and visitors alike, and our popular campsite has already won TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice awards. Our community fridge (which is much more than just a fridge) ensures surplus food and household products do not go to waste.
In the past five-and-a-bit years, we’ve been establishing who we are and what we do as a charitable trust. It takes a lot of effort and money to serve the community well and so far, our grant funding applications have been successful. We need to maximise funding opportunities, but we can’t rely on these alone. We also generate income through room hire and the cafe and campsite, and this is something we need to build on. Can you help us develop an operating model for resilience and self-sufficiency that works in balance with our purpose and ethos?
We’re looking for someone who easily and positively communicates and engages with all kinds of individuals and groups; who can build teams, collaborate and create; someone with imagination and ideas; someone who looks for opportunities and solutions, and knows how to maximise potential; someone who skilfully and strategically plans, markets and promotes. And of course, someone who cares about people and community as much as we do.
Application notes
Closing date and time: 8 June at 5pm
To find out more about this post and to apply, email us at trustees@tayportct.org.uk
Visit our website at tayportct.org.uk/communityhub
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We’ve already achieved significant success—and now we’re looking for someone who can help lead us through the next stage of our journey
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As Development Officer, you will:
- Lead and deliver financial development initiatives
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- Engage confidently with the community and stakeholders
- Represent the Trust in public forums and events
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We’re looking for someone with:
- Proven experience in the third sector
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- Demonstrated success in grant writing
- Experience supervising staff or volunteers
- Excellent communication and public speaking skills
- A passion for community-led development
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- Improving Community Health and Wellbeing: Building connections, reducing social isolation, improving mental and physical health and well-being, increasing learning and skill-building.
- Facilitating Community Engagement: Empowering residents to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to create community benefit and capacity-building.
Our staff and volunteers are all local people focusing on projects prioritised by local people. By coming together, we want to access the resources needed to help develop strong, inclusive and meaningful projects that give the community a sense of purpose and value and build confidence that they can take into all areas of their lives. Annually, we engage with over 3000 people through our activities, improving the environment, people’s health and wellbeing and strengthening our communities.
Job Purpose:
The role will play a vital part in supporting the Trusts long-term financial future. This will be achieved by working to increase the income potential of our existing facilities along with developing new and creative ways to build projects that themselves would enable income generation. The funds raised through this role will contribute toward the organisations financial resilience and also generate vital unrestricted funds that can then be used to achieve greater levels of community benefit and support the objectives of the trust, which in turn will support the community of Linlithgow Ward
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You will ensure growth in income through a range of means and develop new income streams that fit with our values and build resilience.
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- Excellent communication and networking abilities.
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About us
Kinlochleven Community Trust (KCT) is the Community Anchor Organisation for our village, set between mountains and sea at the head of Loch Leven in Lochaber. We are a community-led charity managing a range of assets and services that matter locally — from community facilities, paths and woodland to e-bike hire, an AIRES motorhome site and the developing Aluminium Story Museum.
Supported by the Scottish Government / DTAS Strengthening Communities Programme and the Highland Community Regeneration Fund, KCT is entering an important three-year development period. We want to grow income, strengthen systems, deepen community engagement, and explore long-term arrangements for strategic local sites.
The role
We are looking for a Development Manager: a practical, organised and ambitious person who can take community ideas and make them real.
Working closely with the Board, you will lead day-to-day delivery across income generation, asset and lease management, governance, monitoring and reporting, community engagement and partnership working. Income generation is at the heart of the job — a core priority is helping KCT identify and secure the funding needed, through new grants and stronger earned income, to continue this post and our wider work in Years 2 and 3.
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What you will do
- Lead income generation: grow earned and donation-based income, develop the events programme, support the Ice Factor lease arrangement, develop the Aluminium Story Museum as a sustainable visitor attraction, and identify and secure further grant and trust funding.
- Strengthen asset management: develop business and maintenance plans, improve lease and tenant records, and help the Board explore long-term arrangements for strategic local sites including the Kinlochleven Business Park.
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- Improve communication and engagement with members, residents, tenants, visitors and partners.
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- Working knowledge of Scottish charity governance and OSCR expectations.
- A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle (or a clear plan for travelling reliably across Lochaber), and the right to live and work in the UK without restriction.
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