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Nature Discovery Centre Manager

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is one of the UK’s leading and fastest-growing nature conservation organisations. We are dedicated to protecting Yorkshire’s wild places, inspiring people to connect with nature, and creating a thriving natural environment for future generations. We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Nature Discovery Centre Manager to take a lead on commercial income generation and visitor experience development at Potteric Carr Nature Discovery Centre, Doncaster. 
 
This is a fantastic opportunity to transform Potteric Carr Nature Discovery Centre into a leading, welcoming visitor destination, ensuring exceptional standards of customer care, robust day-to-day operational procedures and a highly skilled and motivated team.

As a key driver of income generation, you will oversee retail, catering, and commercial activities, aiming to achieve ambitious profit-for-purpose goals that support Yorkshire’s wildlife and wild spaces. You will lead and inspire a visitor-focused team who strive to connect every visit to our pioneering wildlife conservation work across Yorkshire, boosting income and fostering greater support for Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. This is a fantastic moment to join our team, offering scope to bring your creativity, leadership, and innovative ideas to shape our future success.

Your experience will evidence a proven track record in identifying and delivering improvements that meet visitors’ needs alongside an understanding of implementing and managing commercial opportunities to create income generation. You will also bring managerial expertise from a professional background within the visitor or hospitality sector.  
 
Within other organisations, this role might be titled Visitor Operations Manager, Visitor Services Manager, Visitor Experience Manager or Visitor Centre General Manager.
 
How to apply:
 
To apply, please submit:

• An up-to-date CV
• A supporting statement (maximum of three sides of A4) detailing how your skills, knowledge, and experience align with the person specification outlined in the job description.

Please provide these documents in an editable format (e.g., Word) to enable anonymisation during the shortlisting process. Ensure your supporting statement does not include personal details such as your name or address.

Closing date: 6^th April 2025
Interview dates:

• Stage 1: Initial online interviews – Wed 16^th April 2025
• Stage 2: Onsite interviews – Thurs 24^th April 2025

 Please note that applications received after the closing deadline may not be considered. The Trust regrets that it is unable to give feedback on unsuccessful applications.

 We are committed to creating a Movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We want our people to flourish, just like nature.

REF-220 294

Marketing Communications Manager

Location: Homebased
Department: Fundraising, Marketing & Communication
Salary: £33,533.60 - £41,917 FTE (depending on experience)
Hours: 25 to 37.5 hours per week
Job Type: Part time
Contract Type: Temporary

If you are an experienced Marketing Communications professional, looking to utilise your skills within the charity sector, this could be the role for you.

Canine Partners' mission is to change the lives of disabled people using expertly trained dogs to improve physical, emotional, and social wellbeing.

To help us create amazing partnerships, we need amazing people. Canine Partners has an exciting opportunity for a talented Marketing Communications Manager to join our dedicated Marketing Communications team for a temporary fixed term period of 12 months (maternity cover - ideally starting in June/early July).

This is an incredible role at a prominent assistance dog charity where your role will be a part of our essential work that transforms lives every day.

What you will do:

To increase the charity's reach and awareness, you will lead a high performing communications team in the delivery of impactful marketing, communications and PR.

Crafting compelling stories and showcasing the life-changing work the charity does, you will be the central point of contact for all marketing and communications needs, ensuring consistent and effective communication to amplify the charity's impact. You will manage all the communications channels; oversee brand assets, external relations, PR, website, social media, email and creative libraries. Combining strategic vision with proactive tactical team support, you will be responsible for strategic project management and the delivery of engaging communications projects.

It is an exciting time to join us, as the charity marks its 35th anniversary this year and we will be doing lots to celebrate! Including embarking on ambitious projects such as our brand review, website rebuild, major appeals and campaign projects and of course our 35th anniversary communications.

What we're looking for:

• Team leadership or individual line management experience.
• Strong project management skills, experienced in managing multiple campaigns and prioritising workload for self and others.
• Experience of strategic marketing and communications delivery.
• Experience overseeing brand assets and communication channels (website, social media, PR)
• Strong relationship building and collaboration skills.
• Proven experience in multi-channel campaign planning and execution (social media, web, direct marketing, PR)
• Expertise in media relations and brand awareness.
• Exceptional creative writing and content creation skills.
• Understanding of GDPR and compliance protocols.

Most importantly, you will be passionate about the transformative impact that our assistance dogs provide to our beneficiaries.

We can offer you:

• 33 days annual leave allowance (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Salary exchange pension scheme (matched up to 5%)
• Charity (occupational) sick pay
• Life assurance
• Wellbeing portal
• Employee assistance programme
• Free on-site parking (for site based/visiting staff)
• Dog friendly offices (for site based/visiting staff)
• Flexible working hours
• Mileage expenses (45p per mile)

This role can be delivered remotely from home. Occasional travel may be required for attendance at events and content creation support; travel is assessed and distributed amongst the team in relation to location and capacity (claimable expenses for business travel as required). We will provide a high spec laptop, additional screen and iPhone for use in the role.

If this sounds like the perfect role for you, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please apply online with a comprehensive CV and supporting statement explaining how you believe you match the requirements of the role.

First interviews are scheduled to take place online (via MS teams) in the week commencing 5th May 2025.
Second interviews are scheduled to take place in person (location to be confirmed), in the week commencing 12th May 2025.

*subject to changes

We recognise the benefit of diverse experience and welcome and encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are a disability confident committed employer.

Please note we may choose to close this advertisement early should we find a suitable candidate or if we receive a high volume of applications. Please be assured that we contact all candidates about the outcome of their application, this may take longer if we receive high volumes of applications.

REF-220617

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is looking for an exceptional Learning & Development (L&D) professional to join the Talent & Organisational Development Team for a 6-month fixed-term contract as a Future Skills Lead to take on a pivotal role in shaping the future of skills at our organisation. 

This is an exciting opportunity to lead the development stream of a critical project that will position BHF as a truly skills-powered organisation.

As the Future Skills Lead, you will play a central role in designing, implementing, and embedding a cutting-edge future skills curriculum. Your work will empower our people to thrive in an ever-evolving landscape by fostering essential skills like data literacy and digital confidence.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the design and delivery of a blended learning curriculum.
• Improving categorisation of skills and navigation of relevant content within Workday.
• Fostering a culture of continuous development.
• Creating and delivering an internal campaign to engage colleagues in their development of Future Skills.
• Working with key partners aligned with the future skills strategy.
• Ensuring a seamless integration of the skills framework into everyday learning experiences.
• Embedding future skills into our early careers and apprenticeship programmes.
• Integrating effective evaluation into learning design.

About you

We are looking for someone with a strong background in Learning & Development and a proven track record of leading and designing impactful L&D projects. You’ll have hands-on experience with digital learning and Learning Management Systems (e.g. Workday) and be able to utilise them for effective blended learning approaches. Experience working in cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions is essential.

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• L&D experience, designing and delivering innovative learning solutions.
• Strategic leadership skills to implement large-scale learning strategies.
• An understanding of data literacy and digital confidence.
• Proven project management experience, managing complex projects and resources.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Excellent communication skills for internal campaigns and presentations.
• An analytical mind, able to evaluate learning programs and make data-driven decisions.

Working arrangements

Please note this is a 6 month fixed term contract. This is a blended role, where your work will be dual located between your home and our London office (NW1 7AW).

Interview process 

1st stage interviews are due to take place Wed 30th April via Teams. 2nd stage will be on Thurs 8th May in our London office.

How to apply

It’s quick and easy to apply for a role at the BHF. Just click on the apply button below to be redirected to our career site. 

What you will be doing

We are looking to recruit a Corporate Fundraising Partnership Executive for a 12-month maternity cover to join our high performing, successful team based at the charities head office in Buckinghamshire, we can offer flexible hybrid working. We are looking for an individual to join our small team to support the development and implementation of the corporate fundraising strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• To support the Head of Major Giving working with our corporate partners to achieve annual targets and the corporate fundraising strategy.
• Monitor the corporate inbox, deal with all enquires and respond promptly.
• Develop relationships with; external partners, colleagues in fundraising, dog operation team, senior staff, other hearing dogs colleagues, providing day-to-day management and support to maximise the impact and funds raised.
• Organise meetings and events in person and on teams, organise stand management and events for corporate partners, work with volunteers and colleagues to deliver high quality experience.
• Organise assets, working agreements and marketing activity to deadlines.
• Demonstrate excellent stewardship, keeping in regular contact with partners via email, phone calls and meetings, building strong, trusted relationships.
• Celebrating our partners by making sure they are thanked for any support and receive compelling and timely reports and updates on the charity’s work.
• Account manage corporate relationships. Work with external partners and internal colleagues to create and deliver the marketing plans for the partnership.
• Be proficient at using the CRM database to ensure all details are accurately recorded and updated with relevant information.
• Monitor the corporate section on the website, adding and updating as appropriate. Ensuring all permissions for logos and the content is approved
• Create a quarterly plan for LinkedIn posts to be posted weekly. 

Hours: 35 hours per week; Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.

Contract: Maternity cover for 12 months.

For more information about the role, please download the job description.

What you need to succeed

• The ideal candidate will have excellent organisational skills and be able to work to tight deadlines.
• You will also need to have a keen eye for detail and have good time management skills.
• Additionally, being a team player is key to the role and you will need be at ease communicating with a wide variety of people including volunteers, donors, stakeholders and supporters.
• Experience or knowledge of working with corporate partners is essential.  

How to apply

If you are interested in working in this varied and immensely rewarding job, please send your CV.

Closing date for applications: 5.00pm on Friday 11th April 2025.

Working with the Assistant Manager, you will recruit, train and support our incredibly loyal volunteers to ensure our shop runs smoothly and efficiently. You must be confident in promoting and showcasing what we do to increase the amount of people who are able to volunteer with us or donate stock.
 
You will be providing oversight on day to day activities, supporting with visual merchandising and planning strategies to increase stock quality and quantity to enable us to grow our business. 

As a Shop Manager, we need you to use your experience in retail management to make this store thrive in the community it sits in. Ideally you will be a local person with great connections and ideas in how best to sell and engage with our customers.
 
 Your great organisation skills along with an eye for attention to detail will guarantee smooth operations, allowing your team to come together and provide quality customer service.
 
Our Cheltenham shop is open Monday to Saturday from 09:00 till 17:00. Your normal working pattern may change each week, subject to the needs of the business.

Essential qualifications, skills, and experience:

• Retail management experience
• Commercial awareness to deliver sales
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong external relationships.
• Good IT skills and a basic understanding of finance
• Good people management skills
• Excellent customer service skills

It would also be great if you had:

• Full driving licence
• Experience of working with volunteers
• Experience of fundraising

Location: Central London, London Bridge Hybrid (Min of 1 day per week in our Central London Office)

Application Deadline: 13 April 2025

Purpose of the role

The purpose of the Senior Committed Supporter Steward (Mid Value Lead) is to retain and develop the committed warm cash and committed regular (direct debit) supporters to increase their engagement and income.

The role is responsible for committed individual supporters, which involves;

• Managing a specific pool of mid value supporters and the dedicated budget for strategy development, appeals and stewardship of this pool.
• Managing the warm program for our regular giving (direct debit) donors, including maintaining a program of engaging stewardship materials for our new regular giving product, to increase commitment and reduce attrition.

Brooke has a major donor pool managed by our Philanthropy and Partnerships team, therefore the Senior Committed Supporter Steward works closely with them, to agree effective processes to identify mid value supporters with potential to move to the major donor team pool, or back down to mid value as required.

Who we’re looking for

We are looking for a passionate individual with expertise in supporter engagement, particularly for regular giving and mid-value donors. The ideal candidate will be proactive, results-driven, and skilled in developing insight-led strategies. Experience in managing multi-channel appeals including print and email is essential, along with the ability to create processes, gather insights, and propose budgets for strategic success.

At Brooke, we celebrate diversity and the creative new ideas it brings. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds, in particular global majority candidates, candidates from a social mobility background, disabled and neuro-diverse candidates, and candidates under 25 as these groups are currently under-represented at Brooke. 

We are aware that studies have shown that women and global majority candidates are less likely to apply for a role if they feel they do not meet the full criteria of the job description. If you feel you meet the majority of the criteria, we would love to hear from you. 

We offer a variety of flexible working options to best support our staff and to ensure our working practices are as inclusive as possible. 

Closing date: Sunday 13th April 2025  (this role may close early depending on the response) 

Cairngorms Connect Communications Officer (Maternity Cover)
Reference: FEB20257761
Location: Achantoul, Aviemore PH22 with some flexibility
Salary: £26,379.00 - £28,319.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance and Annual Leave
Contract: Fixed-Term role until February 2026
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week

Cairngorms Connect is a partnership of neighbouring land managers, committed to a bold and ambitious 200-year vision to enhance habitats, species and ecological processes across a vast area within the Cairngorms National Park. The Communications Officer will work across the partnership to tell the stories of this wild landscape in the making, driving support and engagement, locally, nationally and internationally.

What's the role about?

Would you like to use your communications skills to support the UK’s largest ecological restoration project? Fancy working with inspiring people across the Cairngorms Connect Partnership to tell their stories of a wild landscape in the making?

We are looking for a Communications Officer to join the Cairngorms Connect support team, a small, dedicated team supporting the delivery of our 200-year vision for ecological restoration.

You’ll be part of a dynamic team working across the Partnership Area, seeking to engage key local, national and international audiences with stories of our landscape-scale habitat restoration work, to drive support and understanding.  You will be responsible for planning, creating, and delivering engaging communications, including digital and printed publications. You will be able to effectively integrate with teams working across the Partnership Area, to uncover and promote stories which build support and understanding for our work.

If you’re passionate about this landscape, and are able to produce creative and engaging communications, we’d love to hear from you!

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Ability to communicate in a clear manner at all levels (written and verbally) to develop shared understanding.
• An understanding of how to achieve objectives through communications campaigns and PR techniques.
• Demonstrable experience of developing stories and messages from briefings or background information on a wide variety of topics.
• Experience of managing social media accounts for an organisation.
• Demonstrable experience in creating engaging content
• Relevant content creation skills e.g. video/audio editing, photography, graphic design.
• Experience using Adobe suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and MailChimp.

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Gaelic speaker
• Working across a widely distributed organisation and across functional disciplines
• Key habitats and conservation issues in Scotland.
• Working with the press.

Based in Aviemore, with options for flexible working (i.e. part-time home-based),

Closing date: 23:59, Thursday 10th April 2025
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position on Thursday 24th April 2025.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

As part of this application process you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The RSPB is a licenced sponsor. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

No agencies please.

Bid Development Officer

About us: 

Kent Wildlife Trust is the county’s leading conservation charity with more than 31,000 members and over 1000 registered volunteers. We manage and protect over 9000 acres of land across more than 90 different sites and nature reserves, alongside 2 visitor centres.   But we can’t save nature alone. So, we work closely with local communities, businesses, organisations and individuals to protect and restore wildlife and wild spaces and create a wilder Kent for the benefit of people and the planet.

What you'll be doing: 

We are looking for a skilled Bid Development Officer to join our team and drive income generation through grants and funding applications. If you have experience in bid writing, securing funding, and building relationships with funders, we want to hear from you!
 
You will be:

• Identifying and researching funding opportunities from public sector funders, the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Trusts, and Foundations.
• Developing high-quality funding applications in collaboration with internal teams and external partners.
• Managing the full grant cycle—from prospecting and application to reporting and stewardship.
• Building and maintaining relationships with funders, trusts, and foundation managers.
• Creating strong, evidence-based funding proposals aligned with organisational priorities.
• Writing compelling applications and donor reports to meet funder requirements and deadlines.
• Developing and managing project budgets, ensuring full cost recovery.
• Maintaining accurate records on CRM systems and tracking funding opportunities.
• Working closely with strategic partners to shape bids and unlock new funding sources.
• Supporting the Acting Deputy Director (Strategic Conservation Initiatives) in achieving annual income targets.

What we need you to bring:  

• Proven experience in bid development and securing funding through high-quality applications.
• Strong research skills to identify new funding opportunities.
• Experience of working to income targets and meeting tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create engaging and persuasive applications.
• Strong project budgeting skills, including knowledge of full cost recovery.
• Ability to manage funder relationships, ensuring excellent stewardship and timely reporting.
• Organised and efficient, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

 
We are unable to recruit anyone who does not have a right to work in the UK.   
 
What we will offer in return:  

We offer exceptional enhanced benefits.  Recognising the wellbeing pressures related to the climate and nature crises we face as a society, we provide flexible work options, wellbeing initiatives, and professional development opportunities. Whatever stage of your career you’re at, our comprehensive benefits package at Kent Wildlife Trust can be a key factor in your choice to join us. 
 
Next steps:   

If you're ready to join our team and help us create a Wilder Kent, simply click "Apply" to visit our website, where you can find out more about the role and complete the online application form. Be sure to include your personal statement in the space provided and upload your CV, and take a moment to review the Guidance Notes for helpful tips.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview w/c 14th April 2025.  We will let unsuccessful candidates know if they have not been shortlisted.       

If you’d like to learn more about the role before applying, feel free to email us.
 
The Kent Wildlife Trust Group is Wild About Inclusion. To us, this means inspiring, empowering and engaging people from all backgrounds, cultures, identities and abilities, to change the natural world for the better.  It also means cultivating inclusive workspaces that are free from discrimination, where differences are celebrated, everyone can be themselves and flourish, just like nature!  

REF-220 491

Individual Giving Manager

35 hours per week
£30,993 - £34,106 per annum
Location: York, Stirley or Potteric Carr (Doncaster) with hybrid working
 
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is one of the UK’s fastest growing nature conservation organisations and seeks to appoint an Individual Giving Manager.
 
Are you a passionate and ambitious fundraiser looking to make a positive impact for wildlife in Yorkshire? Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is seeking an Individual Giving Manager to grow our individual giving programme. Sitting within the fundraising team you will lead on appeals, individual giving, donor stewardship events and the development of the existing mid-level and major donor programme. In this role you will collaborate closely with colleagues across the county to maximise income generation and share best practise. 
 
The focus of the role is to generate fundraised income from individual donors including HNWI’s. You will develop and implement a portfolio of inspiring campaigns and appeals that aim to connect with our existing supporters, as well driving the acquisition of new supporters, particularly through regular giving. You will also grow our fundraising revenue, building a robust major donor prospect portfolio, forging meaningful connections with our existing and new donors and nurturing long term relationships. As a member of the fundraising team, you will collaborate with fellow fundraisers and the Head of Fundraising to shape, refine, and execute our fundraising strategy. 
 
You will have a good understanding and knowledge of growing individual income streams, combined with a natural ability to collaborate across teams and enjoy creating new and exciting fundraising appeals and campaigns. Most importantly you must have a passion for fundraising and the ambition to grow income and increase donor recruitment and retention. This is a brilliant role for someone looking to further their experience in individual giving and work as a senior member of the fundraising team. 
 
How to apply:
 
Please submit an up-to-date CV and supporting statement. When writing your supporting statement, please refer to the person specification within the job description, and ensure you describe your relevant knowledge, skills and experience relevant to the role. Ideally, your CV and supporting statement should be in an editable format, such as Word, so we can anonymise your documents prior to the short-listing process. Please DO NOT include any personal details (name, address etc) on your supporting statement.

Closing date: 11 April 2025
Interview date: 28 April 2025

Please note that applications received after the closing deadline may not be considered. The Trust regrets that it is unable to give feedback on unsuccessful applications.

We are committed to creating a Movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We want our people to flourish, just like nature.
 
REF-220 182

This is an exciting opportunity to join and lead a dynamic and successful NHS charity which makes a difference to the lives of patients and staff at our hospitals every day.  As Head of Charity you will be at the forefront of our fundraising efforts, driving campaigns, appeals and activities, as well as ensuring that we demonstrate the benefits of fundraising to NHS patients and staff.

At the Royal Devon Hospitals Charity, we are dedicated to enhancing the lives of NHS patients and staff through impactful fundraising and community engagement. Our charity shops, vibrant community events, and strong local support are just the beginning. Your responsibilities will include:

•  Leading fundraising campaigns - launch and manage compelling appeals, including our current Super Theatre appeal, that inspire and engage donors.

•  Organizing memorable events - create and oversee events that bring people together to have fun, foster a sense of community and raise money for causes, close to people’s hearts.

•  Building community awareness - ensure that our community understands the Charity’s mission, what it is here to do and how to get involved.

•  Acting as an ambassador – act as an ambassador for the Charity with potential donors, grant organisations, public, patients and staff.

•  Strategic planning - think strategically to align the Charity’s resources with the priorities of the NHS Trust, supporting Trustees in making long- term and effective investment decisions.

The team covers Northern Devon and Exeter and Eastern Devon, offering a diverse and supportive environment where you work will directly benefit patients and staff, improving their experiences and outcomes.

Working Pattern: 37.5 hours across Monday to Friday

Interview Date: Week commencing 12th May 2025

As an inclusive employer, the Royal Devon values diversity and is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We believe in fostering a sense of belonging and actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. We recognise the advantages of having a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.