Head of Individual Giving

Location: Elmbank Crescent, Glasgow

Contract: 1-year fixed term, maternity cover

Salary: £42,000 per annum depending on experience

Hours: Standard office hours are 35 hours a week, 9.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday with one hour for lunch. Evening and weekend work and travel within Scotland will be required in this post. Flexible and Hybrid Working are available.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 11 December 2025

Scottish Opera is Scotland’s national opera company.  We take world-class opera to all corners of Scotland, ensuring that as many people as possible can enjoy this wonderful art form.  

Scottish Opera is seeking an experienced and inspiring Head of Individual Giving to lead our individual and major gifts programme during a period of maternity leave. This is a key role within our Development team, responsible for generating over £1,000,000 annually through major donors, giving circles, legacies and wider individual giving activity.

Working closely with the Director of Development, you will help shape and deliver our Individual Giving strategy, steward key supporters, cultivate new donors, and oversee a talented Individual Giving team. You will bring creativity, excellent relationship-building skills, and a strong track record of securing philanthropic support.

We are looking for someone proactive, organised, confident in making major gift asks, and passionate about engaging people with the work of Scottish Opera.

If you’re a motivated fundraising professional who thrives on building meaningful supporter relationships, we’d love to hear from you.

At Scottish Opera, our mission is to speak powerfully through all our work in order to entertain, inspire, surprise, challenge and delight audiences throughout Scotland, the rest of the UK and internationally. We know that having a diverse workforce is essential if we are going to deliver our mission.

We are committed to promoting equality and ensuring that no one is denied opportunities or discriminated against through prejudice or exclusion due to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We particularly encourage applications from people that are under-represented in the Performing Arts and at Scottish Opera including those from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and disabled people. We have supportive working practices and work towards providing wherever possible a working environment that is inclusive and accessible for those with caring responsibilities.

This diversity of thought paired with a culture of inclusion is vital for us to continue to create work that is for everyone. This makes Scottish Opera a great place to work, where people are valued for who they are.

We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally.

Scottish Opera strives to be an equal opportunities employer and is subsidised by the Scottish Government.  Registered Number SC037531. Scottish Charity Number SC019787.