Fundraising Manager (Maternity Cover)

Position Title: Fundraising Manager (Maternity Cover)

Reports To: Chief Operating Officer

Line Management Responsibilities: Communications and Engagement Co-ordinator (line management responsibilities may increase in the future)

Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow (required travel to Edinburgh if Glasgow based)

We operate hybrid working with the opportunity to work from home some of the time. The role will also require travel between our office locations on a regular basis.

Working Hours: Full time, 35 hours, Monday to Friday (We will consider applicants seeking either 28 hours or up to 35 hours, depending on availability and suitability for the role.)

Salary: £38,480

Contract Type: 1 Year Fixed-term contract (Maternity Cover)

About the role

Working with the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), the Fundraising Manager will support the delivery of Clan Childlaw’s fundraising strategy by identifying, researching, and writing compelling applications, to secure funding to continue Clan’s important work.

The post holder will manage Clan Childlaw’s existing pipeline of grants from Trusts and Foundations alongside the CEO and Deputy CEO, ensuring that proposals, applications and impact reports are completed within agreed timescales and will be responsible for researching and identifying new prospects. They will also identify new opportunities to grow the pipeline and develop and nurture relationships with funders.

About you

We are looking for an experienced and confident individual who can build and maintain strong relationships with a diverse range of people and use these relationships to support the organisation’s fundraising and wider objectives. You will have a proven track record of developing successful public sector bids and funding proposals, helping to achieve financial targets and secure significant multi-year grants and donations. You will also be comfortable working with data and information, using CRM systems effectively to maintain accurate records, analyse information and contribute to clear, outcome-focused reporting and performance monitoring. The role will involve working with and supporting others, so experience of people management, whether through line management or volunteer management, is essential. Alongside these skills, you will have a good understanding of confidentiality and GDPR, together with knowledge of the Code of Fundraising Practice, Gift Aid and other tax-effective giving mechanisms, ensuring that all fundraising activity is carried out effectively, accurately and in line with relevant requirements.

About Clan Childlaw

Clan wants a Scotland where all children and young people’s rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled. For that to happen, Scotland has to be a place where all children and young people can stand up for their rights. That means we work to ensure children and young people have:

• Lawyers that are experts in working with children 
• People around them who can enable them to use their rights and amplify their voices
• Respect as rights-holders, who are entitled to hold duty-bearers to account if their rights are not fulfilled.

To find out more about what we do you can visit our website.

Main activities

Alongside the SLT, leading fundraising activities, the post holder will:

Bid Writing Lead

• Secure funds in line with income targets for key projects / areas of strategic focus 
• Write high quality, targeted and compelling funding applications and proposals evidencing a strong case for support and tailored to statutory funders and charitable trusts and foundations.
• Work closely with other teams to ensure effective collaboration during bid development and reporting. 

Stewardship of Existing Funders 

• Manage reporting schedule to ensure all donations received are acknowledged and reports are submitted on time to funders. 
• Provide high quality stewardship, acting as the main point of contact with existing and new supporters. 
• Produce regular, tailored impact reports to a high-quality standard that capture project impact and are in line with funder requirements.
• Ensure all interactions and donations are updated on our Customer Relationship Management Database: Donorfy 

Pipeline management 

• Research new funding opportunities with Trusts, Foundations and Scottish Government Grants. 
• Maintain the prospect pipeline to keep up to date with future funding opportunities, identifying and researching a diverse range of high value prospects to build a robust pipeline of sustainable income. 
• Support the development of new income streams as identified in the fundraising strategy, including individual giving and digital fundraising, training, and membership. 

New income development

• Develop and test new income streams across digital, community and individual giving.
• Carry out any other duties reasonably associated with your role. 

Please note, this job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties but aims to highlight the main responsibilities of the post. You may be requested to undertake such other duties as may reasonably required of you. 

Person Specification:

Experience

• Ability to build new relationships with a diverse range of people and sustain existing relationships. 
• Experience of writing successful public sector bids and funding proposals to consistently achieve financial targets and secure significant multi-year grants and donations.
• Experience in collating information for reports with understanding of outcome-based approaches to measuring and monitoring performance
• Experience of people management, either line management or volunteer management. 
• Experience of working with Customer Relationship Management Databases, and an understanding of the importance of recording and analysing data. 
• Understanding of confidentiality and GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)
• Knowledge of the Code of Fundraising Practice
• Knowledge of Gift Aid and other tax effective giving mechanisms

Skills and Competencies

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively to inspire and engage supporters in writing and through online and in-person meetings.
• Exceptional relationship management skills 
• Ability to research and identify new prospects
• Ability to plan and organise own workload effectively to ensure that deadlines and standards are met.

Personal Attributes:

• Commitment to the aims and values of Clan Childlaw
• A passion for strengthening the rights of children and young people by fostering relationships to gain support for the work we do to improve the lives of children and young people in Scotland.
• Commitment to your own continuing professional development including Chartered Institute of Fundraising Training and/or Membership 

Our Values

Our values are the principles we uphold in all our work, no matter what. They are the foundation of our workplace culture. Everyone who works at Clan shows our values in all they do and say.

We are supportive: We listen and respond, we provide encouragement and emotional help to children and young people, to others who support young people, and to each other.

We are bold: We are confident and courageous in amplifying the voices of children and young people. We are prepared to take risks when we need to, to defend children and young people’s rights.

We are dynamic: We are always active, always progressing. We are positive, full of energy and new ideas. We ask for change where it is needed.

"I love my job at Clan. It's busy and varied and no two days are ever the same. We have a great team here and everyone is really supportive." - A member of the Clan Childlaw team

What we can offer you

Clan Childlaw’s mission is very important to us, but our people are important too. We recognise the importance of a good work-life balance and a friendly supportive work environment. We offer: 

• 33 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays) increasing to 35 after 2 years’ service 
• Auto-enrolment into our pension scheme after 3 months service 
• Flexibility around your working day, with the opportunity to work your hours between 7am and 7pm and, the option to work from home for part of the working week. Flexibility arrangements will vary depending on the role and business needs, with some positions requiring closer alignment to core working hours to support service delivery. 
• Access to our employee counselling service. 

Learning and development is important to us and our team. We hope it’s important to you too. You will be encouraged to engage in learning and continued professional development.

"I have never worked in such a lovely organisation before! I feel valued, seen and heard as an individual here." - A member of the Clan Childlaw team

"I love my job at Clan. It's busy and varied and no two days are ever the same. We have a great team here and everyone is really supportive." - A member of the Clan Childlaw team

Please apply with an anonymised CV and cover letter outlining your motivation to work with Clan and how your experience meets the role requirements. As part of our commitment to equitable recruitment, we operate an anonymised screening process, so please ensure your CV does not include your name, contact details, photographs, or other identifying information. Non-anonymised CVs may not be considered.

You can apply via our online portal.

Closing date for application is on Monday 19th October 12pm 2026, with interviews anticipated to take place w/c 2nd November 2026.

Clan Childlaw is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected status.

Please note: To become an employee at Clan Childlaw you must be able to produce evidence of your Right to Work and a Basic Disclosure check.