Location: Edinburgh
Starting salary: £24,000 gross per annum
Contract type: Permanent (Full-Time)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Responsible to: Funding and Partnerships Manager
Responsible for: N/A
Venture Trust believes no one should be left behind because they are struggling with adversity, inequality, or vulnerability. That is why we are supporting people to gain the life skills, stability and confidence needed to reach their potential – through intensive personal development in Scotland’s communities and outdoors.
The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the gap between those in the most and least deprived areas of Scotland. Unfortunately, Venture Trust’s work is required more now than ever to tackle inequality, reduce the harm of crime, improve people’s health, and help people reach their potential.
The Funding and Partnerships Officer is part of our wider Funding and Partnerships Team, which plays a key part in ensuring we can continue providing life-changing opportunities for people.
This is a great opportunity to join a highly collaborative and supportive team. You’ll have a unique opportunity to advance your career developing new partnerships, inputting into programme design, and helping an ambitious team deliver Venture Trust’s new strategy for 2022-2025.
You will grow and manage internal and external relationships to generate income, working across departments and key income streams to develop, prepare and manage funding applications and bids. Key income streams include statutory, trusts & foundations and corporate.
This role is ideally suited to someone who loves collaborating with others to achieve great results, who will contribute ideas whilst also being able to work on their own initiative. Although experience in a fundraising role is desirable, the key skills we are looking for are a proven ability in account management, great interpersonal skills in building strong relationships and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Venture Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity in employment and follows an equal opportunities policy.
For the full job description and more details of the position, please click here.
To apply, please download our application form and once completed please return by e-mail to hrteam@venturetrust.org.uk.
Closing date for all applications: 9am on Monday 17th January 2022
Interviews will take place on: Monday 24th January 2022
Please note we do not accept CVs.