Development Manager

Job Opportunity: Development Manager

Greener Kirkcaldy is a community-led charity working locally to bring people together, take positive action on the climate emergency and support people experiencing fuel poverty and food insecurity.

We want our town to be a good place to live and work. We believe in a future where everyone has a say in what happens locally, people are working together to protect our environment and those in hardship are supported to live well.

Our team of 40 staff and 100 volunteers deliver a wide range of grant-funded projects and social enterprise (income-generating) activities, including the Lang Toun Cycles Community Bike Shop and The Lang Spoon Community Kitchen. We work in Kirkcaldy and across the region of Fife, often in partnership with other charities, public-sector organisations and social enterprises. Our work is diverse and includes programmes of action on climate change, fuel poverty and food insecurity, encouraging individuals, households, community groups and businesses to make Fife a greener and fairer place to live.

We are looking for an experienced Development Manager to play a key role in the delivery of Greener Kirkcaldy’s organisational strategy.

The Development Manager will coordinate funding, fundraising and social enterprise development across the organisation. They will also lead a team to coordinate communications and development services across Greener Kirkcaldy’s projects and teams, including building internal capacity to support a more enterprising culture.

Hours of work: full time (35 hours per week) or 28 hours per week (0.8 full-time equivalent). We would consider requests to work fewer hours.

Download the full job description, person specification and application form here:

Job Description and Person Specification (PDF)

Application Form (Word)

Applications must be submitted using the application form – we will not accept CVs.

Application forms should be submitted to jobs@greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk by 5pm on Monday 29^th May 2023. Late applications will not be accepted. Interviews will be held on Thursday 8^th June 2023.

For informal enquiries about this post please contact Chief Executive Lauren Brook by emailing lauren@greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk. 

Equal opportunities

Greener Kirkcaldy values diversity and is committed to providing equal opportunities for all staff and applicants regardless of race, gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy and maternity. Greener Kirkcaldy makes hiring decisions based solely on experience, skills and the needs of the charity at the time. Please tell us if you have access needs for the recruitment process and we will try and meet your needs.