Fundraising Officer

Bipolar Scotland has an exciting opportunity for an exceptional candidate to play a key part in the expansion of the organisation and the delivery of our five-year strategy, A Time to Move Forward . We are seeking a driven and adaptable Fundraising Officer to join our small, friendly team. You ll support the Fundraising Manager to achieve maximum income potential from the full breadth of income streams. You ll bring the ideas and experience required to build on our portfolio and grow our capacity to deliver transformative support to people living with bipolar across Scotland. The successful candidate will be proactive and able to speak passionately about our cause, quickly establishing new relationships with people from a wide range of backgrounds. You ll have the drive and determination to go the extra mile to ensure we reach our fundraising target, by engaging new corporate partners or re-energising established community fundraising relationships. You will have significant experience of working as part of a successful and busy fundraising team in the third sector and be highly productive, with excellent communication and time management skills. Knowledge or experience of working with people who have a mental health condition is not essential but will be helpful in appreciating the context of our work. We offer a generous annual leave and public holiday entitlement of 37 days in total, plus up to 2 wellbeing days per year, along with flexible working arrangements. The role will be based at our new office in central Paisley, with the opportunity for hybrid working. We welcome applications from candidates who wish to work part-time. Organisation Profile Bipolar Scotland is Scotland s charity for people living with bipolar. Our vision is for a good life for everyone in Scotland who lives with bipolar. We are member led, collaborative, advocates of peer support, focused on equality and rights based. See our website bipolarscotland.org.uk for further information., None specified

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Bipolar Scotland is a mental health charity operating throughout Scotland. We support people affected by bipolar disorder by providing self help support at individual and group levels. Our activities include supporting a network of self help groups, delivering condition specific self management training and promoting awareness of the condition and the organisation. We are currently developing exciting new partnership working projects and work closely with other organisations in the mental health sector. We have recently widened our volunteer base and include group facilitators, trainers, directors, digital, admin and media. We are a small team and working to complement each other’s skills and abilities is vital.