Reference number: CF26-22
Location: Edinburgh, Hybrid
Salary: Band B, £25,155.00 to £30,083.00 per annum (pro rata: £15,093 – £18,049 per annum)
Post Type: Permanent, part-time (21 hours)
Closing Date: 17th August 2026
Interview Date: 27th August 2026
In this role, you’ll:
- Support the development of a corporate pipeline through prospect research.
- Support the delivery of cultivation events, proposals and pitches to secure new partnerships.
- Build strong, values-led relationships with corporate partners.
- Work with colleagues across services to identify opportunities and gather impact stories.
- Contribute to partnership activity that supports income growth and engagement.
- Experience in income generation or working in a target-driven environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write concise and engaging fundraising copy and promotional materials.
- The ability to build meaningful relationships with a range of stakeholders.
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
- A proactive, collaborative approach and commitment to our values.
- A workplace with values of with love, with purpose and with strength
- 40 days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays
- Pension scheme and wellbeing support
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- Access to Westfield Health, giving colleagues and their families confidential counselling support, wellbeing resources, and access to health and lifestyle benefits to support physical and mental wellbeing.
- Blue Light card discount
- A Fair Work accredited workplace
Our Values
Living our values, you will help create a workplace where our people can thrive, ensuring we deliver the best possible support to children and families.
With love, we put children first.
With purpose, we transform lives together.
With strength, we do whatever it takes to protect Scotland’s children.
How to Apply
If you share our values and are passionate about supporting our people, we would love to hear from you.
Closing date: 17th August 2026, at noon
Interviews: 27th August 2026
Contact: For more information, email lauren.hill@childrenfirst.org.uk
FULL JOB DESCRIPTION
Role Summary
To implement Children First’s corporate fundraising and partnerships fundraising strategy whilst keeping expenditure within agreed limits. Developing strategic and transformational partnerships is critical to growing unrestricted and restricted sustainable income. You will play a key role in securing new partnerships, including charity of the year, and developing stewardship journeys ensuring partners feel valued and understand the impact they are making.
Duties and Responsibilities
Income generation
- Implement the corporate fundraising and partnerships strategy and ongoing delivery of corporate partnerships to achieve annual fundraising targets.
- Conduct prospect research to grow the corporate partnerships pipeline.
- Support the delivery of cultivation events, proposals and pitches to secure new partnerships.
- Build relationships with organisations that share the charity’s values and meet its ethical policy.
- Implement partnership plans to ensure partnership goals are met and maximise fundraising.
- Represent the charity at partner meetings, networking events, business breakfasts and other external events.
- Develop effective relationships with children and family service colleagues to identify funding opportunities and ensure internal stakeholders are engaged, consulted, and updated appropriately.
- Maintain accurate and up to date records of relationships and activity on Raiser’s Edge.
- Write compelling copy for corporate fundraising communications and campaigns.
- Work with the marketing team and graphic designer to ensure materials are on brand.
- Work with the database and supporter care manager to evaluate and gain insight from corporate fundraising activity and make recommendations
- Work with supporter care to thank corporate partners and ensure an exceptional level of supporter care.
- Ensure the website is up to date with corporate fundraising activity.
- Keep abreast of trends and developments in the fundraising sector.
- Contribute to Children First cross-organisational working groups and ensure team delivery of charity goals and objectives.
- Ensure all activity is run in compliance with the Chartered Institute of Fundraising codes of practice
- Maintain accurate and up to date records and accept responsibility for the safe and secure handling and storage of confidential information, and in accordance with GDPR and Children First’s own data protection policies
- To be committed and adhere to Children First vision, mission and values.
- To comply with Children First child protection and adult protection policies and procedures and with national guidance.
- To comply with Children First code of conduct.
- To actively consider the involvement of children, young people and families with whom we work, in all areas of practice and to implement the Children First participation standards.
- To actively consider the involvement of volunteers in all areas of our work and to implement the Children First volunteer development policy.
- To observe all health and safety requirements.
- To work within and promote policies in relation to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practices.
- To undertake any other reasonably required duties as instructed by line manager or someone acting on their behalf, in addition to the role specific responsibilities detailed below.
Need to Have | Need to Show | Need to Know | Need to Be | Core Values |
Essential criteria
At least 1 years’ experience in a similar role and a proven track record in securing income
Experience of generating new business
Proven creativity in developing ideas to present to companies in support of a fundraising idea Working in a target driven environment
Ability to network and create good working relationships with people and organisations at all levels
Ability to work with team colleagues in a manner consistent with the values of the charity and highest levels of empathy
Excellent ICT skills (MS Office applications)
Desirable criteria
Professional qualification in fundraising or marketing
CIOF membership
Experience of working with Raiser’s Edge
Experience of managing budgets
Understanding of child protection and trauma recovery.
An understanding of and commitment to the principles of involving volunteers. | Essential criteria
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write concise and engaging fundraising copy and promotional materials
Ability to work and make decisions both independently and collaboratively
Able to work to deadlines while managing a wide and varied workload using strong organisational skills
Ability to assimilate information and recognise the importance of attention to detail
Confident and able to form effective and credible relationships with all levels of staff
Excellent presentation skills
Desirable criteria
An awareness of and interest in the work of Children First
| Knowledge of current trends and new techniques in fundraising
Experience of partnership working
Good negotiation skills
| Flexible approach to work
Able to travel to Children First offices across Scotland
A willingness and ability to travel to attend meetings and events
Able to work occasional evening and weekends
A commitment to and understanding of the principles of participation
Confident with public speaking
| With love we put children first.
With purpose we transform children’s lives together.
With strength we do whatever it takes to protect Scotland’s children. |