Head of Strategic Partnerships

Head of Strategic Partnerships 

Salary: £43,000 - £48,000 pa, dependent on skills 

Location: Edinburgh, Leith (Harbourside House) with the opportunity for hybrid working 

Full-time, 35 hours a week  

Initially an 18-month fixed-term contract with potential for extension 

Closing date: 5pm, 16 January 2025 

Interview Date: 24th January 2025 

About us 

For 60 years, the Scottish Wildlife Trust has worked with its members, partners and supporters in pursuit of its vision of healthy, resilient ecosystems across Scotland’s land and seas. The Trust successfully champions the cause of wildlife through policy and campaigning work, demonstrates best practice through practical conservation and innovative partnerships, and inspires people to take positive action through its education and engagement activities. It also manages a network of over 100 wildlife reserves across Scotland and is a member of the UK-wide Wildlife Trusts movement. 

The Role 

This is a fantastic opportunity to help shape a brand new role at Scotland’s leading nature conservation charity. Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will be a strategic thinker with a track record of developing strong, successful partnerships and an interest in fostering innovation. For someone who enjoys working collaboratively, thinking laterally and translating ideas into action, this will be a rewarding, challenging and fulfilling role. The postholder will join the Trust’s Management Team, working with a wide range of stakeholders both internally and externally. This is a chance to make a difference to the protection and restoraiton of nature at a time when it has never been more important. 

As a member of the Trust’s Management Team, your responsibilities will include: 

• Maximising opportunities to achieve integration between the goals in the Trust’s Strategy 2030 through innovative strategic partnerships, thereby increasing our ability to deliver impact. 

• Boosting both impact and income by identifying opportunities to aggregate, scale up, align and link existing projects and activities in collaboration with suitable partners. 

• Developing relationships with new potential partners and supporting relationships in existing networks. 

• Playing a leading role in assessing partnership opportunities for innovative new projects. 

• Providing strategic capacity to support Senior Management Team in identifying, exploring, assessing and developing new strategic partnership opportunities more generally. 

• Providing organisation-wide impetus to support innovation and increase integration of activities. 

The successful candidate will have a minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience of working at a strategic level, along with experience of income generation and/or financial management plus a natural focus on working collaboratively. You’ll thrive on rising to a challenge and will relish the opportunity to play a part in bringing about nature’s recovery in Scotland, working alongside colleagues who share a common vision. 

If this sounds like you, please download the job description for full details of the role. We’d love to hear from you.  

What we offer: 

• Salary sacrifice schemes, including Cycle to Work & Pension schemes. 

• We have always been hugely flexible in our approach to how you wish to work and continue to offer a flexible approach. 

• One Wellness Hour per week 

• Enhanced Pension rate upon completion of probation 

• Sick Pay Allowance 

• Enhanced Maternity/ Paternity Leave 

• Training and Development 

The Scottish Wildlife Trust is a proud equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all candidates irrespective of their background.  We are committed to helping to make the world of nature conservation as inclusive as possible, as we believe there should be no barriers to being involved, and that champions and role models from every part of society will be vital in helping to reverse the loss of biodiversity.