About Us
Are you passionate about making a difference to young people’s lives? Ocean Youth Trust Scotland is an award-winning voluntary organisation and youth work charity, delivering life-changing youth work voyages to young people aged 12-25 aboard our fleet of sail training vessels.
We are looking for a dynamic, motivated and enthusiastic Fundraising and Communications Officer to join our Fundraising team and support the delivery of our youth work on the waves.
The Role
We are looking for an individual with experience in securing funds through trusts and foundations, managing relationships with funders, and the ability to coordinate communications for the organisation.
The ideal candidate will be a positive and creative individual with the ability to confidently embrace a diverse workload and a keen eye for storytelling and sharing impact.
The successful candidate will be responsible for progressing a wide range of small, medium, and large grant requests to various funders. We are looking for an organised, detail-oriented storyteller with demonstrable experience in developing high quality applications, reports, budgets and supporting documents for a wide range of audiences including existing and new grant funders.
This role would be ideal for someone who is highly organised, calm under pressure and a great communicator who has the confidence to reach out to familiar and new audiences.
A can do, positive attitude is what we look for – we thrive on a happy, successful workplace. We are a small team delivering life-changing work and we are looking for a team player to jump onboard join the OYT crew.
This role would best suit an experienced fundraiser looking for an exciting and varied role, including managing a portfolio of funders, delivering to our communications plan and driving our fundraising forward.
To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to hazel.wiseman@oytscotland.org.uk
Closing Date: 1700 Friday 6th June 2025 (Interviews: Monday 16th – Friday 20th June 2025)