Head of Funding
The Robertson Trust
Robertson House in Glasgow city centre with regular time spent at The Barracks Conference Centre in Stirling
£70-80,000
We are an independent funder, half-way through a ten-year commitment to our mission. In our current three-year Plan running to March 2025, we will have committed an average of £25 million per year to charities working in Scotland. We are preparing an ambitious growth plan for the coming years.
We are ambitious in how we go about delivering on our mission. We are open to new ideas, perspectives and challenge. We know that we will only achieve lasting solutions to poverty and trauma by getting closer to those who are experts by experience as well as the partners who serve them.
We recognise we have the greatest chance of success if our staff team draws upon a wide range of experience and knowledge. Increased diversity is a key focus for us. We want to enrich the range of experience and insight we currently have in our team by encouraging applications from people with a variety of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds and life experiences.
THE ROLE
We are now seeking an experienced Head of Funding who will lead a team of 12 responsible for our open, responsive grantmaking function with an average annual budget of c.£17 million spanning from Wee Grants to Large Grants. Following an independent Funding Preview undertaken for the Trust by IVAR in 2024, we have a clearer view of the challenges facing us now and in the years ahead. We want to make progress as a flexible funder, with increased multi-year, unrestricted grants. We are developing improved Funder Plus support to grantholders, recognising the demand pressures and capacity constraints facing so many of the charities we work with. We want to drive stronger thematic alignment, go further on participatory grantmaking and understand what AI means for our work.
The role involves a strong degree of collaboration with other teams at the Trust to ensure effective delivery for those we are here to serve, and a culture of ongoing improvement. It involves developing strong relationships with peers in the Scottish and UK funding sector in order to connect with emerging good practice and share what we are learning from our own work.
How to apply
To make an application, please click on the apply now button below, with the following prepared:
- Your CV (no more than two sides).
- A supporting statement (no more than two sides) that sets out why you think this role is the right move for you and how you meet the knowledge and experience criteria. You should address the key responsibilities, experience and skills. Please also tell us about how two of our values are, or have been, particularly relevant in your work or life, outlining how you have demonstrated a commitment to them and how they would influence your approach as Head of Funding.
Closing date:
Monday 24th March 2025
Preliminary interviews:
w/c Monday 7th April 2025
Final Panel interviews:
w/c Monday 28th April 2025
