Income & Enterprise Manager

Drive business development at Ewen's Room as Income & Enterprise Manager. Reporting to the CO, you will lead grant bids, funder relations, corporate giving, and community events across the Highlands. Entrepreneurial and proactive, youll also build our social enterprise arm to turn core skills into sustainable earned revenue.

The Income & Enterprise Manager is a strategic and entrepreneurial business development role within Ewen’s Room. Reporting directly to the Chief Officer, you will drive the charity’s financial sustainability and diversification as we expand across Lochaber and the Western Highlands.

You will combine sharp bid-writing skills with a proactive, self-starting approach, leading on grant applications, building strong funder relationships, designing a high-impact corporate giving strategy, and energising local community fundraising events (such as Ewen's Run). Crucially, you will spearhead our social enterprise ambitions: identifying commercial opportunities to monetise our existing skills and service portfolio, writing robust business plans, and securing start-up funding to build long-term earned income streams.

Grant Prospecting & Bidding:
Identify, research, and apply for grant opportunities from trusts, foundations, and statutory sources to support existing services and new initiatives.

Funder Engagement:
Attend preliminary funder meetings prior to application, build warm relationships with grant officers, and ensure all funder promotion and recognition requirements are strictly met.

Reporting & Delivery Tracking:
Write engaging, high-quality impact reports for current grant makers. Monitor output targets in real time, flagging any delivery shortfalls early and collaborating with the Services & Delivery Manager to implement corrective actions.

Event Management:
Plan, organise, and deliver vibrant community fundraising events across Lochaber (e.g. Ewen's Run), managing event budgets, health & safety compliance, risk assessments, and logistical targets.

Community & Group Liaison:
Proactively engage with local community groups, schools, businesses, and individual fundraisers to boost participation, build brand awareness, and maximise fundraising totals.

Media & Communications:
Lead on fundraising-related press releases, public relations, and promotional campaigns, raising the profile of Ewen’s Room across local media, digital channels, and community networks.

Corporate Strategy:
Develop and execute a targeted corporate giving strategy with clear financial milestones and outreach plans.

Donor Acquisition & Stewardship:
Proactively approach regional and national corporate partners and philanthropic donors with compelling funding proposals.

Executive Partnership:
Work closely alongside the Chief Officer to nurture high-value donor relationships and present joint funding proposals.

Commercialisation Strategy:
Assess Ewen’s Room’s core competencies and service portfolio (e.g., workplace wellbeing, training, educational toolkits) to identify commercial income-generation opportunities.

Business Planning & Start-up Bids:
Write business plans for new enterprise concepts, pitching proposals to potential clients and securing seed/start-up funding where required.

Financial Planning & Budgeting:
Contribute operational insights and projected revenue streams to organisational budget setting in collaboration with the Chief Officer.