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Scotland Yard Adventure Centre (The Yard); City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The Yard is an award-winning charity in Scotland with Edinburgh and other centres. We are seeking a Fundraising Assistant to provide key administrative support to the fundraising team and help raise the profile of our services across Scotland.

You will assist with funding applications, donor reporting, and content creation for fundraising on social media. We value excellent communication, a positive attitude, strong organisational skills, teamwork, and a track record of delivering to targets.

Qualifications

• Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential.
• A positive attitude and friendly, approachable manner are important.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to work effectively as part of a team are required.
• Experience of delivering to targets is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Working on small and medium funding applications to Trusts and Foundations.
• Building relationships with donors through reporting and stewardship.
• Supporting the creation of content for fundraising on social media.

Skills

Excellent communication

Positive attitude

Excellent organisational skills

Team player

Experience delivering to targets

Job description

Company: Scotland Yard Adventure Centre (The Yard)

Closing date: 05:00pm on Monday 28th September

About The Yard:

The Yard is an award-winning charity that aims to build a community of support for disabled children and young people through adventure play and in doing so create opportunities for fun and friendship and wrap around support for the whole family.

We offer play, respite and family support from our adventure play centres in Edinburgh, Dundee, Fife and Glasgow.

About the role:

As Fundraising Assistant, you will provide key administrative support to the fundraising team to achieve The Yard’s charitable objectives while helping raise the profile of our services across Scotland.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Working on small and medium funding applications to Trusts and Foundations
• Building relationships with donors through active reporting and stewardship
• Supporting the creation of content for fundraising on social media

If you are inspired by our ethos and excited to bring your knowledge and experience to a team that is highly committed to our purpose, we would love to have you on board.

About you:

This job is for you if you have:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• A positive attitude and a friendly, approachable manner
• Excellent organisational skills
• An ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Experience of delivering to targets

If you are eager to raise the profile of The Yard as we expand our services across Scotland and think you can play your part in helping us reach our goals, we would welcome your application.