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Individual Giving Manager

Social Bite
Full time
Hybrid: Edinburgh
£33,000 - £35,500
37 hours per week. Permanent.
Closing 28 July 2025
Advertised from 8 July 2025

Role

At Social Bite, we believe everyone deserves a safe place to call home. We’re a charity and social enterprise working to break the cycle of homelessness through supported employment, housing solutions, and by giving out more than 165,000 items of free food each year through our Coffee Shops and Charity Partners.

To support these vital programmes we fundraise through a variety of income streams as well as deliver annual large-scale campaigns and events to achieve ambitious targets. The role of Individual Giving Manager will play an important part in helping to raise vital funds to support the mission of ending homelessness.

We’re looking for a passionate, creative, and data-driven Individual Giving Manager to lead our individual giving strategy, inspire our supporters, and help shape this evolving area of our work.

This is a job for someone who loves variety, every day brings something new with exciting growth opportunities. You will be a natural people-person, who enjoys deepening relationships with supporters helping them to feel connected, valued and part of something bigger.

You’ll bring experience in building supporter journeys and shaping the donor giving ladder. You’ll be a team-player, and someone who’s not afraid to take initiative all while keeping a positive, can-do attitude.

What you’ll bring to the role:

  • Excellent attention to detail
  • A hands-on, proactive approach, you get stuff done, and you do it well.
  • A natural problem solver with a solutions-focussed attitude
  • A self-starter able to work independently
  • Excellent relationship building skills
  • A people-first mindset, you genuinely care about our supporters, the people we serve and your colleagues
  • A compassionate, energetic approach with a high degree of emotional intelligence
  • A real team-player, not afraid to get stuck in to help others
  • Ability to represent the work of Social Bite to the public with commitment and integrity
  • Passion for the mission of ending homelessness and commitment to working to transform the lives of people affected by homelessness across UK

Application notes

Closing date: Monday, 28th July 2025 at 12noon.

Interviews: Will take place from 30th July, with a potential for second interviews the week after.

Application Instructions

Please send your CV and a covering message (requirements below) to recruitment@social-bite.co.uk

In your cover letter, please address the following points:

  • Why you think you would be a good fit for the role.
  • What you think you would bring additionally to Social Bite if successful in the role.
  • What your proudest work achievement is so far and what you would like your next achievement to be.

A job description can be downloaded from our website.