Advertised from 22 October 2025

Role

Are you passionate about making a difference to the climate crisis by inspiring parents to take action on air pollution, fossil fuels and creating systemic change? Do you have experience of writing funding bids and working with communities to build power? Then this role is for you! 

We are particularly keen to hear from people who experience marginalisation and minoritisation or who are often excluded from decision-making processes. For example, people of colour; people from working-class backgrounds; people from LGBTQ and migrant communities; care-experienced young people and people with disabilities. 

Main tasks

Fundraising

• Write high quality funding bids that will support us in securing multi-year funding, providing more security for the organisation
• Ensure that information about the organisation is shared in a way that is compelling and motivating for parents to join us and donate/raise money for us to build our unrestricted funds. 
• Support us in changing the culture of the organisation to one where parents involved with us will think to undertake fundraising for us or donate to us. 
• Create ways of recognising donors and supporters appropriately
• Support in re-vamping the website in order to better convey our work and mobilise families

Community Organising

• Alongside the staff team, support our comms on socials and our WhatsApp group with 240 members in order to communicate effectively with families across Scotland about our work and share families' stories/give them a voice. 
• Co-create processes/rules of how the organisation supports established groups of parents/carers who have formed across Scotland.
• Establish and define different ways of engaging with the organisation; volunteering, becoming a supporter, donating etc. and the journey that parents undertake with us. 
• Utilise the skills of parents who have joined us to build power (both internal and external - influencing policies at all levels and building the capacities of the organisation as a whole)
• Support the staff team to identify how volunteering can improve their projects. 
• Devise and deliver training for volunteer parents/families which builds their capacities 
• Support with onboarding new families, ensuring they have information about our charity and can be involved in a way that resonates with them 
• Create ways in which we recognise and celebrate volunteer contributions

Essential Experience

This is an eclectic role and we understand that many people will not have experience of all that it entails. We would like candidates to have as a minimum: 

• A knowledge of the funding landscape in Scotland
• Experience of writing funding bids and juggling a portfolio of funders worth £250,000 or more.
• Experience of growing power and efficacy within communities

Essential personal attributes

• Passion, drive and enthusiasm in our ability to tackle the climate crisis through system change and an understanding of what this might require. 
• The ability to work well in a team and to make connections with trusts, donors, supporters, volunteers etc and understand what each want/need
• Flexibility to work in a changing landscape in a small charity. 
• Strategy - to bring ideas and creativity and to understand how these fit within the wider strategic goals of PfFS 
• An ability to take instruction and to work independently/take self-responsibility

What we offer

• 3.5 days per week for 46 weeks at £200 per day (2 days fundraising and 1.5 days community organising) for one year. Total annual contract £32,200. We would consider appointing different candidates for these roles, although our preference is for 1 candidate to do both. 
• We offer a flexible working environment, ideal for juggling the stresses of being a working parent 
• Working from home 
• We are a fledgling organisation so your skills/expertise will help shape our direction
• You will work closely with the CEO, who will support you throughout
• This role is funded through trusts who have supported us since our inception. While we cannot contract past a year at present, it is likely this role will continue to be funded into the future. 
• The role will entail travelling across Scotland to meet groups, occasionally out of hours. It is essential that you are based in Scotland and able to travel/ work some weekends/evenings.

Application notes

Please send a CV and covering letter to [email protected] by Tuesday 11th November explaining why you would like the position and what skills/experience you bring with particular reference to “essential experience” and “essential personal attributes” as outlined in the job advert. 

We will contact shortlisted candidates by Thursday 13th November and interviews will be conducted on the 20th November in-person in Glasgow. If you would like to discuss the role further please also contact us at the email address above.