Income Generation Lead & Business Manager
- Part time
- £37,700 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Glasgow
- Closing 21st September 2026
- Advertised from 19th August 2026
Role
Income generation lead/Business manager
The Ferret is Scotland’s award-winning investigative platform. We’re owned by our members, not by billionaires or corporations, and our focus is on investigating the powerful and holding them to account.
We operate differently to most media organisations. We are a not-for-profit co-operative, which means our members help to shape some of our decisions. We also have a non-hierarchical team, which means the big decisions are made
collectively.
After 10 successful years, we’re taking The Ferret to the next level, and we’re looking for someone to come on board to help us grow and develop. We’re looking for a talented business manager who can improve our resilience as an organisation over the coming years, ensure our financial stability, and make sure we continue serving our members and readers.
Working three days per week, you’ll lead on our income generation from grants, develop our organisational strategy in collaboration with the team, oversee our budgets and liaise with our board and staff to agree annual plans and track our progress.
You’ll be a self-starter, used to working without supervision and have an entrepreneurial nature and a creative approach. We’re looking for a combination of great project management skills, plenty of experience in partnership working and
funding expertise. While knowledge of the independent media space is an advantage, we can teach you what you need to know.
As our slogan goes, our journalism changes things. This is an opportunity to help us fulfill that mission.
About the role
You will look after many of the non-editorial duties required to run The Ferret. A key part of your role will also be leading our fundraising strategy. You’ll seek out new revenue funding streams in the UK, Europe and internationally, and work alongside our editorial team to develop ideas and projects that match with funding opportunities, in line with The Ferret’s aims and ethical guidelines.
Duties include:
Funding and other income generation
- Carrying out research to identify funding opportunities and conducting due diligence.
- Coordinating and tracking progress on applications and responses.
- Assisting in reporting on grants, ensuring that deadlines are met and budgets are adhered to.
Business plan and budget
- Leading the development of organisational strategy, business plan and budget, collaborating with co-editors, the finance lead and board to agree annual plans and track and report on progress throughout the year.
- Leading on producing The Ferret’s annual review in collaboration with editorial and finance colleagues.
Operations
- Developing partnership agreements for funded partnerships.
- Developing, maintaining and integrating organisational policies in line with best practice and schedule for regular review.
- Acting as the main point for contact for external contractors or agencies
- Collaborating with colleagues to improve and streamline systems and processes where possible.
Board support
- Acting as the main point of contact for board members in relation to governance and compliance.
- Providing support to board chairs and directors.
Who are we looking for?
Essential experience
- A strong track record of driving income generation strategy and successful fundraising, ideally in the context of a member-led organisation in Scotland.
- An understanding of the media landscape and passion for the power of journalism.
- Demonstrable experience of collaborative working across diverse teams.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills, confident in working with a broad range of people.
- Experience of financial management.
- A self-starter, with an entrepreneurial mindset, able to work with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrable experience managing projects and using influence to keep things on track.
- Commitment to promoting equality, inclusion and diversity across the organisation.
Desirable experience
- Knowledge of the independent media sector
- An understanding of how to support a voluntary board working in a related
- sector, such as media, non-profits, social enterprises or co-operatives.
- Experience developing membership growth and engagement strategies.
- Experience administering accounting and HR software.
- Competence with Google Suite and other cloud tools such as Slack and Trello
- needed for remote working
- Experience of organising events.
Our values
We are a value-driven organisation. We believe in transparency, we treasure accuracy and our journalism is non-partisan, and not-for-profit. The successful candidate will need to have a clear understanding of our culture, and a shared belief in its importance.
We are a non-hierarchical organisation with oversight provided by our board.
Employees have a say in the future of the organisation, and are expected to work both as part of a team and independently.
This role allows the successful candidate to help shape the future of our organisation, at a crucial time in politics and media.
Our offer
The salary is £37,700 (pro-rata). This is a part time role, working three days a week, on an initial one-year contract. It is anticipated that this will be renewed, subject to funding. It includes 21 days of paid annual leave, travel expenses and sick leave.
You can work remotely, or there is a community newsroom in Glasgow where you can work alongside other team members. There is a small allowance offered if you don’t live close enough to our newsroom. Our team aims to meet in person (usually Glasgow or Edinburgh) every two months and you will be expected to attend these meetings.
Application notes
Please send a CV and cover letter telling us why you think you could be The Ferret’s business manager to jobs@theferret.scot, with ‘Business manager application’ in the subject line.
We are particularly interested in hearing from people whose experiences and perspectives are under-represented in the independent media sector, including people who are Black, Asian or from other racially minoritised backgrounds, working-class, LGBTQIA+, disabled, or who have faced other barriers to entering the sector.
Deadline: This application closed on Monday, 21 September at 23:59.
Business Manager
- Part time
- £40,000 – £45,000 pro-rata
- Hybrid: in community settings and home-based. We are flexible in how you manage your time while being responsive to the needs of the business. We will expect you to be visible in the communities in which we operate (Rannoch and Tummel and Dunkeld & Birnam).
- Closing 28th August 2026
Heartland Cares is seeking an experienced Business Manager to establish and lead a new way of delivering social care and support in rural Perthshire.
Heartland Cares is the new social enterprise now working in the Rannoch and Tummel and Dunkeld and Birnam areas. Our regulated Care at Home service (due to start in November) works alongside the strength of existing volunteer-led support services, ensuring a joined-up approach to meeting the care needs of people living in remote, rural areas. Our Board of Trustees is passionate about getting positive outcomes for the people who use our services. We aim to expand quickly into new communities and have our eyes firmly on helping to address inequality of access to care services across all remote areas.
With several years of planning and partnership working with the Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership under our belts, we are ambitious for this flagship initiative and are looking for a Business Manager to match.
If your head is in business and your heart is in community, you may be ideal for this role.
Top job! People Experience Business Partner - Volunteering
- Full time or Part time
- £40,000 – £45,000
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 20th August 2026
Do you want to use your skills to make it possible for people with myeloma to live longer and better lives? We are looking for a People Experience Business Partner who will lead the transformation of Myeloma UK's volunteering offer, shaping the future of how we engage with our volunteers and how they help us in our ambitions.
You will bring a progressive approach as either having been a Head of Volunteering, HR Business Partner or People Experience Partner to lead the development and implementation of a new volunteering proposition. From recruitment to recognition, from training to promoting inclusion, you will help shape it all. The post holder will work collaboratively, have good influencing skills with excellent stakeholder management, but most importantly will be someone who naturally leads with heart and compassion.
Your background/ skills:
- Experience in HR, People & Culture, Colleague Experience or leading volunteering.
- Experience from the third sector including volunteering.
- Experience leading organisational change, transformation or projects.
- The ability to design and implement people-focused solutions at pace.
- A compassionate, collaborative approach, with the confidence to challenge constructively and build trusted relationships.
- Digital confidence and a curiosity to embrace new ways of working.
- Continues improvement mindset and willingness to learn.
In return, you'll join a values-led charity where your work will make a genuine difference to people affected by myeloma. You'll be part of an ambitious, supportive People & Culture team and have the opportunity to shape a role that can grow alongside your career.
About the role
Help us transform the volunteering experience at Myeloma UK.
We're looking for an experienced People & Culture, People Experience or Senior Volunteer Management professional who combines compassion with action. Someone who leads with heart, builds trusted relationships and enjoys turning ambitious ideas into practical, sustainable solutions.
Reporting to the Director of People & Culture, you'll work with senior leaders, volunteer managers, People and Culture Colleagues and volunteers across the organisation to design and embed a modern volunteer experience that reflects our values and supports our ambitious People & Culture agenda.
You'll create a complete volunteer lifecycle, from attraction and recruitment through to onboarding, development, engagement, recognition and retention, ensuring every volunteer has a consistent, inclusive and rewarding experience.
This is primarily a transformation role. Around three-quarters of your time will be spent leading a high-profile organisational project to redesign and embed our volunteering experience, while the remaining time will focus on coordinating volunteering activities that help our volunteers and managers succeed.
This is a rare opportunity to build something from the ground up and leave a lasting legacy by creating an outstanding volunteering experience for current and future volunteers.
You don't need extensive volunteer management experience although charity sector and understanding of volunteering is a must. We're looking for someone with strong people experience expertise, project and change management skills and, above all, someone who leads with compassion. You'll be equally comfortable influencing senior leaders, supporting managers and rolling up your sleeves to make things happen.
For the right person, this role offers genuine opportunity to develop into a broader People & Culture leadership role as our organisation and team continue to evolve.
About us
Myeloma UK is the only UK charity focused on the incurable blood cancer, myeloma and its related conditions. We provide support and influence access to treatments, while researching a cure. Thanks to life-extending treatments and support, today many people affected by myeloma are able to live longer and to live well.
We are committed to bringing together the best and brightest people to help us ensure that every person affected by myeloma has an empowered present and a hopeful future.
Our ultimate goal is to find a cure. Until then, our mission is to help every person living with myeloma, live well, for as long as possible. We are committed to diagnosing myeloma earlier, discovering and sharing knowledge, transforming the patient experience and influencing positive change.
Our culture
Wellbeing and staff engagement are at the heart of our culture. We offer employees a range of benefits including a pension salary exchange scheme, flexitime, flexible working which includes both home and hub-based office working, health plan, employee assistance plan and holiday purchase scheme. We are committed to providing learning and development opportunities for all our employees.
Regional Engagement, Campaigns & Communications Lead for Kate Nevens MSP
- Part time
- £40,000 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
- Closing 20th August 2026
The Scottish Green Group operates a 30-hour, four-day full-time working week with no reduction in pay. This role is 22.5 hours per week (0.75 FTE). We welcome applications for job shares and will consider hybrid working arrangements. We will consider job shares and requests for a hybrid working arrangement.
We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates whose backgrounds may be under-represented in politics, for example, trans applicants, applicants from racialised or migrant communities and disabled applicants.
Working for a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP)
MSPs are employers in their own right. Under their employment, you will become part of a team supporting them in carrying out their duties. You'll work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment to provide an outstanding service to the team and in turn, the constituents Kate represents.
Purpose of this role
You will play a lead role within the office of Kate Nevens MSP, leading on community outreach and campaigns, and ensuring that local priorities shape Kate's parliamentary work and communications. You will also support casework, including line managing the team’s Caseworker, and hold responsibility for the team’s Engagement budget. This role will require a high degree of flexibility and will involve working closely with Kate Nevens MSP, her team, regional colleagues and the wider Scottish Green Group in Parliament.
Responsibilities
- Leading the development and delivery of Kate's regional engagement strategy, monitoring political, environmental and social issues across Edinburgh and Lothians East and identifying opportunities for engagement, campaigns and communications aligned with Kate’s regional priorities and portfolio responsibilities.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with a range of stakeholders across Edinburgh and Lothians East, with a particular focus on community groups and communities experiencing inequality or oppression. Organising and attending meetings, community events and workshops, and supporting the delivery of MSP surgeries and drop-ins.
- Working closely with colleagues in the region (including local councillors) to identify recurring issues and ensure community and casework priorities shape Kate's parliamentary work
- Translating local issues into parliamentary activity, including drafting parliamentary questions, motions, letters, speeches, responses to mass emails and briefings as relevant;
- Developing and delivering a small number of focused regional or community campaigns related to Kate’s national portfolio or key regional issues;
- Leading regional communications, including press releases, social media content, newsletters and the production or commissioning of photography and videos
- Providing line management to the Caseworker and supporting them with complex casework enquiries where required. Working with the Parliamentary Lead to establish effective team processes, staff wellbeing practices, and learning and development opportunities.
- Supporting office administration and financial processes as required, ensuring compliance with GDPR and data protection requirements, maintaining accurate engagement records, and managing the Engagement Costs budget.
Edinburgh Campaign Organiser
- Full time or Part time
- £28,000
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 24th August 2026
After a historic Holyrood Election in 2026, the Liberal Democrats in Edinburgh are looking for a campaign organiser to be the lynchpin in our campaign for the city council elections in May 2027 and beyond. This is a role focussed on running – and winning - an ambitious campaign to put more gold on the map.
Working with an experienced team you will also develop your experience of delivering results in high-pressure, target-driven campaigns in a setting that will open opportunities in a political party, an advocacy organisation, membership body, trade union, charity, or comparable campaigning environment.
This is a great opportunity to take on a high-profile campaigning role with some of the most ambitious local parties in Scotland.
Job Description
Key roles and responsibilities include:
- Taking overall responsibility for delivering the agreed citywide campaign plan.
- Building campaigning and organisational capacity – including recruiting members, donors, deliverers and poster sites.
- Building and managing a team of volunteers who oversee all aspects of capacity building and campaigning.
- Designing and delivering an ongoing programme of doorstep communication with voters.
- Assisting with the design, production, print, and coordination of the delivery of campaign literature.
- Maintaining relevant databases e.g. deliverers, donors, poster sites etc.
- Organising events e.g. action days, social events, etc.
- Maintaining and updating social media, website and other digital infrastructure.
- Supporting fundraising and assisting with fundraising campaigns and events as required.
- Attending relevant conferences, training and other meetings as required.
Personal Specification
The following criteria are considered essential:
- Exceptional personal organisation.
- Ability to multi-task.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- bility to lead, mobilise and manage volunteers.
- Excellent written communication skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision, self-motivating and able to manage own workload.
- Familiarity with current issues within UK politics and sympathy with the values and principles of the Liberal Democrats.
The following criteria are desirable:
- Experience in delivering effective Liberal Democrat campaigns.
- Experience of Liberal Democrat software and databases (e.g. Affinity Publisher, NationBuilder & Connect)
- Understanding of GDPR, data protection and regulations relevant to political campaigning
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