Development Officer

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra's core mission is to transform and enhance lives and communities throughout Scotland and beyond through the power of inspirational music-making. This is a creative organisation which embraces innovation in which to progress your career.

Headquartered in the heart of Edinburgh, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra is seeking a new Development Officer. The salary scale will be £22,000-£24,000 depending on skills, qualifications and experience.

We are: looking for a creative, highly motivated and enthusiastic administrator to join a highly passionate and well-established Development Team responsible for fundraising at the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. The Development Officer will play a key role in managing and developing the Orchestra’s individual giving strategy. This involves organising special events, networking at receptions, ensuring effective stewardship of the Orchestra’s donors and running donor recruitment campaigns. The Development Officer will also assist in generating income from charitable trusts and foundations, involving research and the preparation of grant applications.

You are: someone who enjoys a broad-ranging workload and have the ability to deal with a steady flow of varied telephone and email enquiries as well as provide administrative support. You will be able to demonstrate excellent written and verbal communications skills and be able to manage competing demands.

You will have: excellent interpersonal and administrative skills and be fully computer literate (MS Office package). In addition, you will have previous fundraising experience, ideally in the arts, strong data processing skills and can work accurately and prioritise the workload effectively. You will be able to demonstrate knowledge of Raiser’s Edge (or a similar database).

Normal working hours are Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.30pm, with one hour for lunch. However, you will be expected to work additional hours as necessary, including evening and weekend work, to serve the requirements of the company. Some travel is required to other key locations in Scotland and possibly abroad on occasion.

Employee benefits include company income protection insurance and company life assurance (after completion of one year’s employment), as well as a generous workplace pension scheme. The SCO is keen to invest in the development of its employees.

Closing date: 12pm on Friday 27 July 2018

Interview date: Friday 3 August 2018