We are looking for a Fundraising and Operations Lead: a brand new role growing and supporting Hot Chocolate Trust’s
outstanding youth work.
Hot Chocolate Trust have worked with young people, aged 12-25, from across Dundee since 2001. We support them on
their own terms, grow their confidence and fullest lives, do extraordinary things together and amplify their
voices to affect wider change.
This post will consolidate and build the fundraising and operational platforms of Hot Chocolate to support and
improve effectiveness and innovation in our youth work.
Fundraising
- To support the Executive Director in ensuring the organization has sufficient funds for its planned operations
and for its sustainable future.
- Writing grant funding applications and reports.
- Supporting
Teckle Data trading venture.
- Developing relationships with actual and potential
funders.
- Planning or supporting periodic community fundraising.
- Ensuring fundraising closely
serves Hot Chocolate’s purposes and values.
Operations
- Leading and supporting implementation and development of effective, efficient practices and policies, serving
the core purpose and values of the organization.
- IT systems (with contracted IT service).
- Health
and safety (with Executive Director).
- Risk management (with Executive Director and youth work
managers).
- PVG signatory (with Executive Director and Volunteering Manager).
- Resources &
property management (with Executive Director, Finance Manager and youth work managers).
You will bring
- Experience of charity fundraising (especially grant-funding).
- Excellent bid and report writing
skills.
- Excellent ICT knowledge and skills.
- Ability to handle confidential information
appropriately.
- Commitment to best practice and effective policy in a purposeful, values-based
organization.
- Able to work collaboratively and unsupervised with initiative, enthusiasm, and
adaptability.
- Commitment to personal continuous learning, and ability to reflect on
practice.
- Disclosure through membership of the PVG Scheme.
Hot Chocolate Trust has a Christian ethos in its roots and approaches. You will be part of a team who hold various
faith positions and none. You should have a readiness to understand and work positively with this ethos, be
yourself, and respect the spirituality of others.
If you have skills or experience in
fundraising, especially grants, and are ready to play your part in a committed, creative, hands-on team we would
love to hear from you.
Benefits:
- Annual salary will be £32,500.
- Hot Chocolate Trust pays contributions of 10% of salary while employees pay 3.75% of salary which is subject to tax relief.
- Salary exchange is available to support pension value.
- You will be entitled to two “Retreat days” supporting wellbeing each year, in addition to 33 days annual leave.