Advertised from 27 August 2026

Role

The Yard is an award-winning charity that aims to build a community of support for disabled children and young people through adventure play and in doing so create opportunities for fun and friendship and wrap around support for the whole family.

We offer play, respite and family support from our adventure play centres in Edinburgh, Dundee, Fife and Glasgow. 

About the role:

As Fundraising Assistant, you will provide key administrative support to the fundraising team to achieve The Yard’s charitable objectives while helping raise the profile of our services across Scotland.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Working on small and medium funding applications to Trusts and Foundations 
• Building relationships with donors through active reporting and stewardship 
• Supporting the creation of content for fundraising on social media

If you are inspired by our ethos and excited to bring your knowledge and experience to a team that is highly committed to our purpose, we would love to have you on board.

About you:

This job is for you if you have:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• A positive attitude and a friendly, approachable manner
• Excellent organisational skills
• An ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Experience of delivering to targets

If you are eager to raise the profile of The Yard as we expand our services across Scotland and think you can play your part in helping us reach our goals, we would welcome your application.

Application notes

You can also go to our website where you can learn more about The Yard, access the job description and download our application and equal opportunity forms - https://theyardscotland.org.uk/jobs/fundraising-assistant/

To apply: please send a completed application form to jobs@theyardscotland.org.uk by our closing date of 05:00pm on Monday 28th September.

We plan to hold interviews on Tuesday 6th, Wednesday 7th and Friday 9th October.

The Yard aims to be an equal opportunity employer and is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on any grounds.

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