Business Development Director

• Scotland wide – office base/hybrid working flexibility (Hybrid)
• Closing26th May 2024
• Advertised from 26th April 2024
• 35 hours per week (some evening/weekend work required)

Role

Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Ourstrategic vision is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people inScotland.

At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced people, and the power of their voicesto bring about positive change. We provide individual lifelong relationship-based independent advocacy and abroad range of imaginative participatory and engagement opportunities for Care Experienced people acrossScotland. We work alongside Corporate Parents and communities to broaden understanding and create change. Wework with policy makers, leaders, and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape law, policy, andpractice, working together to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change.

We are seeking a passionate and strategic leader to join our team as the Business Development Director. You will playa vital role in driving forwards Who Cares? Scotland’s vision by leading the development of strategicpartnerships and securing key funding opportunities. As manager for the Fundraising and Partnerships Team, youwill oversee grants, trusts, community fundraising, public tenders, and the setting of income targets. Byforging strong relationships with corporate and external stakeholders, as well as overseeing our strategicaffiliation with the John Lewis Partnership, your role will expand our public education, income generation, andbusiness development aims. To interweave the organisation’s development of public education training programmeswith our core fundraising mission, you will also manage our Creating Communities that Care team, who play avital role in developing our external training offerings.

As an individual with a background of 5+ years in senior management, preferably in the non-profit sector, you havedemonstrable experience in business development, fundraising, and grant writing. You possess a proven trackrecord of successfully securing high-value grants and partnerships from diverse funding sources, leading on thedevelopment of strategic plans, and reaching key performance targets with accountability to diversestakeholders. As a seasoned manager and mentor, you can also collaborate across organisations, fostering aculture of innovation and continuous improvement amongst your colleagues, our volunteers, and our partnerorganisations. The right candidate for this post will not only bear responsibility for leading core fundingstrategy, but also serve as a spokesperson for the organisation, representing its mission, values, and impact toexternal stakeholders. You are, therefore, committed to child rights and human rights, the successfulimplementation of The Promise, and the belief that young people can make transformative change happen in theirlives if given the opportunity.

We have office locations in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Paisley, Bellshill, Kilmarnock, and Dundee. There is an expectationthat the post holder will also have a regular presence within the National Office in Glasgow, but home workingis offered as part of our commitment to flexible working. Given the remit of the role, some evening and weekendwork will be necessary, to attend fundraising and member events, as well as Board Meetings.

The successful candidate will be joining Who Cares? Scotland at an exciting time, when the voices of those who are inor have experienced care are growing in power, individually and collectively - bringing with them insight,challenge, hope and change. While we would welcome the knowledge gathered through relevant qualifications, weare just as interested in relevant work experience. We welcome and encourage applications from thosewith experience of care.

Application notes

If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you. For an informal conversation about thisopportunity please contact Louise Ferguson, our HR and Workforce Development Manager onlferguson@whocaresscotland.org .

Closing date for applications is Sunday 26th May 2024.

Interviews will be held in person, at our Glasgow Office w/c Monday 3rd June.

Do you have a passion for developing funding opportunities to make a difference? Are you a natural leader who isskilled in managing a team who play an important part in organisational success? If so, we have a greatopportunity for you to join Quarriers as Head of Business Development & Grants.

Your new opportunity

Quarriers have a rare and exciting opportunity for a Head of Business Development & Grants to work in partnershipwith our Associate Directors and Operational Managers to identify opportunities and develop new and existingservices. You will manage and work closely with the Business Development & Grants team leading andimplementing development strategies to support growth and funding for the overall organisation. You will play akey part in liaising with internal and external stakeholders and overseeing tender and funding opportunitiesincluding submissions.

As the Head of Business Development & Grants you will closely monitor and track potential tender opportunitiesincluding managing a portfolio of grants and funding aligned with department income and expenditure againstbudget and set targeted income.

This is a full-time permanent role working 35 hours per week (Monday – Friday) in line with our agile working policy,which blends home-working with office time and service visits.

What you will need to bring to the role

• Proven experience and understanding of implementing and managing business development strategies ideally withinthe social care/healthcare sector.
• An understanding of social care/healthcare servicedesign.
• Skills in managing risk and business development with an understanding of the Grant fundinglandscape and innovative practice.
• Excellent IT knowledge and experience in using databasesystems.
• Extensive knowledge and experience at a senior level in a complexorganisation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and organisational skills to support strictdeadlines and work in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.
• Previous experience ofmanaging a team and delivering positive results.
• Driving licence is essential

What’s in it for you?

• Substantial holiday entitlement.
• Generous workplace pension.
• Family-friendly working policiesand procedures.
• Life Assurance.
• Wider benefits including our Employee Assistance Programme, freephysiotherapy & occupational health support.

Quarriers have Investors in People Platinum accreditation and are a Scottish Living Wage Employer

About Us

Quarriers is one of Scotland’s leading social care charities. We provide practical care and support for vulnerablechildren, adults and families who face extremely challenging circumstances. We challenge poverty and inequalityof opportunity to bring about positive changes in people’s lives.

• Merry-go-round shop (32-36 Nithsdale Road, G41 2AN) or hub (Shawlands Arcade, 108 Kilmarnock Road,, with option to work from home. (Hybrid)
• Closing10th May 2024

About Us

Merry-go-round Glasgow is a charity in the Southside. We support local families with high quality, low cost

children’s goods and through inclusive events and workshops. We have a boutique style charity shop in

Strathbungo selling everything baby, run an events programme, and also work with over 120 agencies across

the city to provide free packs of goods to families in need. We have a staff team of 14 and are an inclusive andsupportive employer.

We are the winner of the Environmental Social Enterprise award in Scotland and the UK. We are a highly aspirationalorganisation creating huge local impact. Having recently doubled the size of our shop we are passionate aboutexceeding expectations and our goal of being a one-stop shop and the first choice for parents in Glasgow.

The Role

The General Manager is a key leadership role entrusted in guiding the organisation, and driving momentum to achievesustainability and growth. They play a central role in coordinating and managing all activity in theorganisation. Reporting directly to the board of directors, the postholder is responsible for providing insightand strategic direction across all areas of the business.

The General Manager will motivate teams and ensure all have clarity on the vision and strategic path. The role iscrucial in creating consistency and efficiency across all areas of the organisation. The post will directlymanage the Retail supervisor, Operations manager, Events coordinator and the Community Engagement Officer. Thekey objective is to coach and develop all team members to deliver on outcomes. They will play a pivotal role intranslating the board’s vision and strategy into actionable plans, driving them forward with enthusiasm.Additionally, they will lead by example in fostering a positive working culture and setting the standard forexcellence.

The post holder will be extremely organised, self-motivated, able to drive their own workload, able to workindependently with enthusiasm to succeed and have a very ambitious vision.

So why are we looking for a new Service Manager

Our ambition is for every child in Scotland to be safe, loved and well, together with their family. Children 1st iscommitted to protecting children by preventing harm through abuse and neglect. We will promote their wellbeingby respecting, protecting, and fulfilling children’s human rights.

We have a long history of working with children and families and partners in Moray. Children 1st along with ourpartners share a determination to act upon the recommendations from The Independent Care Review and deliver ThePromise to children and young people. We are also determined that the full incorporation of the UNCRC means thatchildren will have their rights respected in all areas of their lives and will have a real say in the way theyare supported.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Manager to lead a large, creative and vibrant team. Our Servicedelivers a number of diverse supports alongside children and families. Our activities include Whole FamilySupport alongside our Social Work Colleagues creating alternative plans to support children growing up wherethey are safe and loved, and Perinatal Mental Health Support for new parents across Moray. Our activity includesboth early help and more intensive supports, all based on quality relationships with children and families.

We are looking for a resilient Service Manager who can be a strong leader across the service and organisation.Someone who thinks operationally but understands the big picture too. We need a leader who is in touch with theneeds of children, young people and their families who require support and passionate about their rights. Weseek a dynamic manager who can build on the service strengths and create the agile and flexible service childrenand families need.

What kind of person will make a great Service Manager for Children 1st?

• Has experience of keeping children safe in their own families.
• Someone who can ensure that the child andfamily rights to have their voices heard and considered in decision making.
• Can work autonomously anddevelop quality relationships with colleagues from a wide range of partner agencies.
• Can help assesschildren’s and families’ situations and is systemic and reflective.
• Someone who is calm and cool headedin decision making.
• Someone open to always listening to improve and put quality at the centre ofeverything we do.
• Shares the Children 1st vision for holistic, rights based, trauma informed, wholefamily support that is developed and enhanced by children and family’s participation and influence.

What kind of leader will you be?

Knowing our ambition for children, you will be someone who is:

• Resilient, skilled and knowledgeable who wants to transform systems as well as children’s lives.
• Able tobuild great partnerships and to manage and contribute to courageous conversations.
• Able to understand,predict and adapt to the changing children’s service landscape.
• Bringing considerable operationalservice experience.
• A cool head and clear minded at times of pressure.
• Strategic in decisionsand planning and can manage complexity.
• Inspiring colleagues and teams to be even better.
• Anamazing ambassador for children and Children 1st.

Above all else, the most important thing to us is that you are someone who will do the right thing for children andtheir families at every turn.

Base

You will be based in our Elgin service.

Salary, Conditions, Pension, Value

We will offer you a competitive salary, generous annual leave entitlement (40 days inclusive of 9 public holidays),flexible working opportunities and a contributory pension scheme and a place where you will be supported andvalued and work with excellent and kind colleagues.

Additionally, Children 1st offers further staff benefits including a cash-back healthcare plan, membership of aCredit Union and access to a cycle to work scheme.

Further Information

This is a permanent, full-time post of 35 hours per week, with flexibility for travel.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our Glasgow Family Wellbeing Service, to positively impact on the livesof children, young people and their families, building empowering relationships to address the various, oftencomplex challenges they face. This is an innovative service, working alongside children and their familieswithin communities across Glasgow, providing whole family support which is easily accessible andnon-stigmatising. We listen and learn from children and families to develop the service alongside ourpartners.

We adopt a relational and restorative approach which helps families to strengthen relationships and reduce emotionaldistress. We invest in reflective and trauma-sensitive practice which guides workers to develop a relationshipwith family members characterised by trust, respect, honesty, compassion and open communication, placing thevoice of children, young people and their families at the centre of the support.

We are looking for a Team Leader to join our leadership team within Glasgow. In this position you will play a crucialrole in the on-going learning and development of the service and contribute to how we continue to best meet theneeds of families across the city. Building relationships and the ability to communicate effectively internallyas well as with external partners and agencies is at the heart of everything you will do.

You should have experience of working in a leadership capacity; of offering reflective support and/or supervision toa team of staff/students/volunteers and able to confidently respond to and manage risk.

Families are facing increasing challenges which makes this is a demanding role requiring tenacity, commitment andflexibility. No two days are the same!

If you have a passion for working alongside families, have experience of keeping children safe, are committed torestorative approaches, and have a professional qualification in a relevant area such as Social Work, Teachingor equivalent in Child Care/Social Care or related area, accredited counselling qualification, or other relevantqualification at SCQF level 9 or higher, then we want to hear from you.

Base

We currently have a community base in the Pollok area of the southside. The role involves meeting partners andfamilies across the city, in their local communities.

Your wellbeing is important to us, we will support you to work in a way that gets the job done but maintains ahealthy work life balance. We will provide connection with the rest of the organisation including regularsupport from the local Service Manager and Assistant Director.

Salary, Conditions, Pension & Benefits

We will offer you a competitive salary, generous annual leave entitlement (40 days inclusive of 7 days publicholidays), flexible working opportunities and a contributory pension scheme and a place where you will besupported and valued and work with excellent and kind colleagues.

Additionally, Children 1st offers further staff benefits including a cash-back healthcare plan, membership of aCredit Union and access to a cycle to work scheme.

Further Information

This a permanent role of 35 hours a week, to be worked flexibly, including some weekends/evenings.