About Us

About us.

BTA is a one-stop shop that cares deeply about the charity sector in Scotland and throughout the UK. Our mission is to help charities with expert consultancy and recruitment services that allow them to grow, work with great people and be more successful. We're the market leader in Scotland and one of the biggest agencies of our kind in the UK. 

BTA has one purpose. To help charities - and the people who work for them - fulfil their potential and be successful. We can do that because we’re an unrivalled one-stop shop for charity consultancy and recruitment. BTA is run by former charity leaders who know what the sector needs because we've been there and done it ourselves.
To help charities grow and be more successful, we provide expert consultants and recruit great people. Our huge experience, our passion for the third sector in Scotland and the UK, our database of over 14,000 potential candidates and our networks are the best in the business. 

We love what we do and know exactly what it takes. We’ve been there, done it, worn the charity T-shirts. We live and work by a set of values that shape who we are and what we do.

BTA's Chief Executive Bruce Tait is highly-qualified and respected, with many years of charity leadership experience.  Our Associates and consultants are all experts in their fields. Our recruitment services are provided by people who know what they're talking about and really care about the charities and candidates they're working with.

Every year, our consultancy helps and guides about 100 charities every year - and we recruit for around 100 vacancies in the third sector, from fundraisers to chief executives. 

We’d love to hear from you. Our service starts with a friendly chat - so call us now on 01786 542224.

The BTA Story

Bruce Tait had a vision. He wanted to help charities find the best staff - and he believed the best people to do that were those who had worked for charities themselves. Bruce fitted that bill, with 30 years' experience in the voluntary sector including fundraising director and chief executive roles. 
2007
Bruce Tait Associates is born. Bruce is joined by Eilish McDowell, David Craig (now Chief Executive of Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance) and Joan Jack (now retired). Their first clients are Poppyscotland.
Bruce Tait Associates moves into its first office at Jubilee House in Stirling.
2012
2014
Bruce joins forces with Mary O'Kennedy, an established consultant, to launch a specialist third sector recruitment company called Charity Careers Ireland. And Bruce Tait Associates is rebranded as BTA.
Abeer Macintyre joins BTA as Managing Director after a year working as a consultant. BTA moves into a new city centre location at Pitt Terrace, Stirling.
2015
2016
Our third sister company, Charity Careers Canada, is born. Based in Toronto, it is a collaboration between Bruce and charity expert Peter Blakely.
Abeer becomes BTA's new Joint Chief Executive. Bruce and Mary launch Creative Careers, a jobs and recruitment specialist dedicated to the arts, culture and creative industries across Ireland. 
2017
2018
BTA moves back to its roots, with a new office in Jubilee House at the Robertson Trust Barracks in Stirling - Central Scotland's charity hub.
2007
Bruce Tait Associates is born. Bruce is joined by Eilish McDowell (now BTA's Head of Recruitment), David Craig and Joan Jack. Their first clients are Poppyscotland.

2012
Bruce joins forces with Mary O'Kennedy, an established consultant, to launch a specialist third sector recruitment company called Charity Careers Ireland. Bruce Tait Associates moves into its first office at Jubilee House in Stirling.

2014
Bruce Tait Associates is rebranded as BTA.

2015
Bruce teams up with Liverpool-based consultant Victoria Symes and starts our second sister company, Charity Careers North West. Abeer Macintyre joins BTA as Managing Director after a year working as a consultant. BTA moves into a new city centre location at Pitt Terrace, Stirling.

2016
Our third sister company, Charity Careers Canada, is born. Based in Toronto, it is a collaboration between Bruce and charity expert Peter Blakely. 

2017
Abeer becomes BTA’s new Joint Chief Executive. Bruce and Mary O'Kennedy launch Creative Careers, a jobs and recruitment specialist dedicated to the arts, culture and creative industries across Ireland.

2018
BTA moves back to its roots, with a new office in Jubilee House at the Robertson Trust Barracks in Stirling - Central Scotland's charity hub.
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