Community and
Corporate Fundraiser
East Park is… Recruiting
East Park, a Grant Aided Special School in Glasgow, is a leading provider of specialist day and residential education services for children with complex needs, including Autism.
Position overview
East Park provides education and supported accommodation to children and young people with additional support needs and has been a central part of its community in Maryhill, Glasgow since opening in 1874. We are now at an exciting stage in East Park’s journey, where we are looking to significantly grow fundraising to ensure we are always there to support some of Scotland’s most vulnerable children with the most complex needs. Your role will play a critical part in enabling us to grow our income from communities and companies who align with our values and vision, in Glasgow and Scotland-wide.
This is a full-time post (37.5hrs per week) Monday to Friday. You may be required to work outside normal office hours on occasion and undertake some travel within the Glasgow area.
Benefits of joining East Park
- Hours are from 8am – 4pm, Monday to Friday (37.5 per week)
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Wellbeing offerings
- Competitive salary
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Key Responsibilities:
- Build strong, values-led relationships with corporate and community partners;
- Develop, grow and lead our corporate pipeline to deliver high value partnerships;
- Develop and lead the delivery of successful cultivation events, volunteering days, proposals and pitches;
- Account manage corporate and community partnerships, providing bespoke support to grow income, awareness and goodwill;
- Create and manage a rolling calendar of support lead events and activities, providing participants with a high-quality stewardship journey;
- Work with colleagues across services to identify opportunities and gather impact stories;
- Work collaboratively across the fundraising and communications team to support the overall team strategy.
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
- Experience in income generation or working in a target-driven environment;
- Experience of pipeline management;
- Experience of managing support lead events, such as challenge events;
- 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.
The Small Print
Please note CVs will not be accepted as part of your application.
East Park is an Equal Opportunities Employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and creating a workplace culture in which diversity and inclusion is valued and everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
A copy of our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy is available on request.
A Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Enhanced Disclosure is required for all East Park posts.
If you have an additional communication support need and would like to request an application form, job description or any other information in audio format, large print or with easy read formatting tailored to your needs please e-mail recruitment@eastpark.org.uk and we would be happy to help.
JOB DESCRIPTION
You can download a copy of the Job Description.
ONLINE APPLICATION FORM
You can download an application form here. Please ‘Save As’ the completed form to your device then e-mail it to recruitment@eastpark.org.uk.
If you are working on a mobile device or tablet, please click here for our online application form.
Please note that you cannot save the online version of the application form and return to finish it later.
APPLICATION GUIDANCE
Guidance on what information we require on our application forms can be downloaded here.
CLOSING DATE
Monday 26th October 2026 at 12noon
FURTHER INFORMATION
Amie Hutchinson, HR Officer
Lisa Howitt, Business and IT Support Officer
Tel: 0141 946 2050