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VAL – Director Of Development
Are you ready to lead and inspire change in the VCSE sector across Leicester and Leicestershire? VAL is looking for a Director of Development to drive our strategic goals and make a lasting impact.
Hours: Full-Time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £49,564 per annum plus Enhanced benefits
Closing date: 11/12/2024 5:00 pm.
Interview dates: Monday 23 December 2024
Organisation: Voluntary Action LeicesterShire
Voluntary Action Leicester (VAL) is a sector leading Regional charity with a 60 year track record in “Helping Change Lives for the Better”. We are immensely proud of our track record in delivering excellent services and championing local voluntary action.
Supporting some 3800 local community organisations, we also provide direct support services such as our VALUES Learning Disabilities Service, VAL Spaces -Tenancy, Meeting and Conferencing Service, champion Health and Social Care through Healthwatch Leicester and Leicestershire as well as delivering various Employability Projects and training.
As Director of Development, you will work closely with our Chief Executive and Director of Operations and Services to expand VAL’s revenue streams, nurture key partnerships, and enhance our brand and reputation as a sector leader. In addition to providing operational leadership and management of your teams, your role will focus on growing revenue through our VALUES Learning Disabilities Service, VAL Spaces – Building Tenancy, Meeting Rooms, Conferencing Sales and IT Service ensuring ongoing sustainability, growth and success of VAL. You will develop and implement a business development strategy for VAL that supports growth in direct services, aligned to our Vision and strategic plan objectives.
With at least two years’ established senior management experience in development, implementation and delivery of strategic priorities you will need to demonstrate sound understanding of the challenges that the VCSE organisations face. A strategic and analytical thinker with financial acumen you will need to show the ability to turn ideas into action.
With excellent presentation and influencing experience, your communication style will be inclusive and self-assured. You will need to demonstrate resilience, and flexibility, together with drive and determination to play a key role in our future. You will be able to talk authoritatively about inclusive involvement, barriers which lead to discrimination and exclusion and be able to implement working practices that support equity and diversity. Knowledge of the voluntary sector and/or Learning Disabilities and/or Social Care is highly desirable.
You’ll need to be highly effective in building meaningful relationships with a wide demographic of stakeholders and ideally have demonstrable experience in business development and tenders, bid writing and building corporate partnerships.
A detailed job description, person specification and application requirements for this role can be found at our website, link below.
This is a rare opportunity to work for a sector leading diverse and ambitious organisation, with a vision for growth.
Join a dynamic and committed team at VAL, where you’ll have the opportunity to influence positive change and make a real difference to the lives of people in our communities. This is your chance to make a real difference in our communities while working with a passionate and dedicated team.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you an ambitious, energetic fundraising professional looking to make a real difference in people’s lives? Join us as our Head of Fundraising and help us enable communities to access the health benefits of parks.
About us:
Your Park Bristol & Bath is a charity dedicated to ensuring everyone has access to parks for improved health and wellbeing. Our innovative social enterprise, Your Park Team Days, and multi-source fundraising approach have allowed us to grow significantly in recent years. Now, we need a driven Fundraising Manager to sustain and expand this growth.
The role:
As Fundraising Manager, you’ll lead a small, dedicated team to deliver our fundraising strategy, securing income from trusts, foundations, corporate partners, and individual donors. You’ll also play a vital role in advancing our social enterprise and exploring new income streams. Key responsibilities include:
- Leading fundraising strategy implementation and achieving income targets
- Managing donor relationships and supporting community partnerships
- Overseeing the Your Park Team Days initiative and exploring new trading opportunities
- Reporting to trustees and funders, managing budgets, and driving financial sustainability
Who you are:
We’re looking for a skilled fundraiser with broad experience in trust fundraising and donor stewardship, alongside entrepreneurial flair. Key skills include:
- Demonstrable fundraising experience across multiple techniques
- Strong prospect research, networking, and communication skills
- Knowledge of charity law, tax-effective giving, and GDPR
- Proven ability to manage projects and achieve results
If you meet nearly all the requirements but not all of them, or believe you have the transferable skills and attitude to do this role well, we still encourage you to apply.
Why join us?
This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a growing charity committed to inclusivity, environmental health, and community connection. We’re looking for individuals who share our passion and bring creativity, ambition, and a people-centered approach to our work.
Helping everyone access parks and their transformational wellbeing benefits.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Corporate Partnerships Manager
Salary: £40,000-£44,000
Contract: Full time, Permanent
Location: London/Hybrid
Closing date: Rolling
Benefits: Up to 11% pension, 25 days leave + bank holidays, bonus scheme, access to all sites
We have a brilliant opportunity for a Corporate Partnerships Manager working for the highly acclaimed Historic Royal Palaces charity. This role will support the Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships. As part of the role, you will take responsibility for delivering a sustainable growth strategy, managing a seven-figure relationship, and using your experience to secure new partners and account manage existing ones to a high standard.
This role will offer you the opportunity to step up into line management, and to be supported ardently by a passionate board, working with some of the best fundraisers in the sector.
To be successful as the Corporate Partnerships Manager you will need:
- Successful track record in corporate fundraising including managing corporate membership programmes, or experience in account management in commercial environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, evidenced by close, successful relationships with corporates, donors, board members and VIPs.
- Understanding of the cultural, heritage and tourism sectors.
If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Ashby on 02030 062787 or email your interest along with your CV to [email protected].
Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable charity jobs. We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.
We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment in the charity sector and partner with you as the leading charity recruitment agency.
If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.
Moodle Developer
Hours: A minimum of 28 hours per week
Contract: Fixed term contract until the end of July 2025, with potential for further work subject to funding.
Salary: £25,767 (pro rata)
Responsible to: Workplace Wellbeing Training Lead
Location: Remote from home (or a mix of office and home if local to Lancashire) – travel to Lancashire will be required for around 6 days per year to attend in person team days, therefore, the candidate must be UK based.
Do you want to join an organisation who are passionate about improving mental health and wellbeing for Lancashire communities?
This is an exciting new role, helping Lancashire Mind develop and expand their Learning Management System (LMS) to support development of their own eLearning products and that of their LMS tenants.
You will work closely with the existing team to create interactive learning experiences to support professionals and members of the community learn more about how to support their own wellbeing and the wellbeing of others.
We are looking for someone who is keen to build relationships with partner organisations and local businesses to understand their needs and develop Moodle products themed around the needs of their teams, which will include emotional wellbeing and mental health. You will be working closely with Lancashire Mind team members; therefore, knowledge of mental health and wellbeing is not essential.
We also offer a workplace pension scheme, paid emergency time off to care for dependents, regular supervision, and a commitment to supporting learning and development opportunities. We have also recently enhanced our annual leave offer with basic annual leave of 25 days, plus 3 days closure between Xmas and new year, long service leave, the option to buy or sell annual leave and a half-day wellbeing day for all staff.
Above all, we are a friendly and supportive place to work; ‘Great staff team, positive and supportive culture’ (Lancashire Mind wellbeing survey, March 2024)
Please note: This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Deadline for applications: 9:00am on Thursday the 12th of December 2024
Interviews will be held on the 7th of January 2025 so please keep this date free as alternatives can’t be offered
Registered Charity Number 1081427
Registered Company Number 3888655
We're working towards a Lancashire where everyone can have the best mental health and wellbeing possible
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Digital Project Manager
Type: Full-time (35 hours a week), fixed term 6 months contract
Location: Office-based in London with the flexibility to work remotely
Salary: £43,342 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band and Job Family: Band 3, Profession /Technical
About us
We make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.
Our strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told us is important to them. It gives us a clear and determined focus.
Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.
Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference.
About this job
We’re looking for a confident, skilled and personable Digital Project Manager to help us deliver our ambitious roadmap of digital projects.
You’ll lead on the production of digital, creative, UX, campaign and content-based projects. This’ll include everything from leading on the digital and content element of major campaigns and appeals, through to developing new digital and content-based tools to help people live well with MS.
Working within our combined digital and content team, you’ll thrive working with cross-organisational teams to deliver projects on time, to scope and within budget.
You’ll be super organised and used to capturing requirements, preparing, documenting and delivering projects and reporting on progress.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a supportive and vibrant team, who are dedicated to making a difference for people with MS.
We’re keen for you to work where you're most effective and comfortable so we’re flexible about remote working and the pattern of how you work your hours.
Closing date for applications: 9:00 on Monday 2 December 2024
Interested?
PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Equal Opportunities
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and or from ethnic minority backgrounds.
We’d be grateful if you downloaded and completed the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application.
Disability Confident Employer
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and we’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.
You can ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both our recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.
If you need any help or adjustments to apply for this role, please contact us. You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format. Such as for them to be sent to you by email or in a larger word format.
More about our employee benefits:
We have a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to):
Encouraging work life balance
- 38 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata for part-time
- More annual leave entitlement, based on length of employment
- Smart working options (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us)
- Flexible working options
Caring for you and your family
- Generous sick pay entitlement
- More sick pay entitlement, based on length of employment
- Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave in each calendar year
- Free access to a GP virtually 24 hours a day/7 days a week allowing you unlimited advice, reassurance and where appropriate diagnosis
- Enhanced leave for new parents
- Free access to a confidential 24 hours a day/7 days a week helpline service for both you and your family with a specialist range of support and information
- Special leave options (such as up to 5 days paid leave for domestic or personal emergencies a year)
- 10 days paid disability leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- 10 days paid carers’ leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- Cycle to work scheme
- Death in service scheme
- New family-friendly benefits, including paid leave:
- In the event of miscarriage or still birth
- To support fertility treatments
- For antenatal appointments for both parents
Thinking about your finances
- Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
- Discounted season ticket loan and interest-free emergency loans
- Give as you earn to support other charities of your choice before tax
- New employee portal including lifestyle savings vouchers and personal wellbeing
Enriching your life at work
- Personalised development plans with a wide range of training courses and opportunities to source additional training options with your line manager
- Yearly internal apprenticeship opportunities
- New, modern offices that embrace working together both in-person and remotely
- Various opportunities to influence how we internally operate (including surveys, and focus and committee groups)
- Active and supportive internal employee networking groups for collaboration and peer support
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering for MS Society activities during normal working hours (such as fundraising events, or campaigning in the local community)
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering with other charities during normal
Safeguarding
We’re committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services and we come into contact with.
This is regardless of Gender, Race, Disability, Sexual orientation, Religion or belief, Pregnancy, Gender reassignment.
We recognise our particular responsibility to make sure vulnerable adults and children are protected.
We have measures in place to protect everyone we come into contact with from abuse and maltreatment of all kinds.
Your right to work in the UK
You must have the right to work in the UK to work in paid employment with us. You’ll need to share documents showing you’re eligible to work in the UK if we offer you employment.
You can find the UK visas and permits granting you the right to work in the UK on the UK Government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and aren’t able to support you with your visa applications.
No agencies please.
To fund world-leading research, share the latest information and campaign for everyone's rights. Together we are a community. Together we can stop MS
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Mind in Haringey is an independent charity organisation providing vital mental health services to our community in Haringey since 1989.
We have a broad and exciting range of services and projects running in a dynamic, evolving environment. We are constantly striving to develop and improve our services through listening to our community, peers, and staff team to evaluate and deliver the best possible projects for our community.
Working with Mind in Haringey will give you the opportunity to join a small, creative team with many opportunities for learning and progression. We are a diverse and passionate team, who welcome experiences and perspectives from all backgrounds.
We particularly encourage applications from those with lived experience of mental health, from racialised communities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and residents of Haringey who are passionate about changing things for the better in the borough.
Haringey is a melting pot of culture, history, and resilience. Though there is much that needs to be improved, we are proud to work as part of a community that has displayed great strength in hardship both in the past and in more recent years. Interested in joining us in this work? We look forward to receiving your application for the role.
Mind in Haringey are seeking a Community Care Coordinator for some of our most vulnerable users. The role which has been developed to further support our service users alongside our statutory partners at North Middlesex NHS Foundation Trust Emergency Department, to increase their wellbeing, confidence, social integration, and independence.
The successful candidate will be responsible for working with service users during periods of crisis and support them through their journey of recovery to ensure that they are receiving the support most beneficial to them. This will be achieved through a person-centred approach to ensure that the views of service users are central to the planned support they receive.
The successful candidate will take a lead in working with service users to assess needs/barriers preventing clients from recovery, working with them to create a personal action plan, and monitoring and evaluating outcomes and progress. Independence will be encouraged through self-management and recovery.
About the Role
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. MAP is the leading UK charity delivering health and medical care to those worst affected by conflict, occupation and displacement, in the occupied Palestinian territory and Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon.
We are seeking an experienced legacy professional to lead and grow MAP’s legacy giving programme. This role is instrumental in generating circa £1m annually, directly contributing to MAP’s vital work. You’ll take the lead in building MAP’s legacy programme – from marketing legacies to stewarding prospects, enquirers and pledgers. Working collaboratively across teams, you’ll design engaging supporter journeys that ensure an exceptional experience, strengthening MAP’s legacy pipeline. You’ll also play a pivotal role in strengthening the profile of legacy giving at MAP, building strong connections internally and externally. This role offers an exciting opportunity to build a legacy programme and join a passionate, collaborative and growing team committed to innovation and excellence in fundraising. You’ll have opportunities for professional growth and access to training and development to further enhance your legacy fundraising expertise.
About You
We’re looking for a pro-active individual with a proven track record in building legacy fundraising strategies and delivering multi-channel campaigns. You’ll have excellent project management, leadership and communication skills, and be adept at analysing performance data to adapt and optimise plans. You’ll be skilled in both digital and offline fundraising, with a supporter-centric approach. You’ll have a passion for the power of legacies to bring change, keen to bring this insight to Medical Aid for Palestinians. If you’re ready to lead a dynamic and growing legacy programme that makes a real difference to Palestinian health and dignity, we’d love to hear from you.
Duties and key responsibilities
Leadership and Strategy
• Lead the development of the legacy programme, creating a strategic plan that considers audiences, products and channels and which is aligned to MAP’s fundraising strategy.
• Monitor and analyse trends within legacy giving, both internally and externally, using these findings to influence the direction of the programme.
• Manage and support the Legacy Marketing Officer (fixed term) and liaise with MAP’s legacy administration consultant to ensure excellence in both legacy marketing and administration. Assess resources and develop business plans to support team changes as and when relevant.
• Champion legacy giving throughout MAP, influencing and engaging colleagues across the organisation and raising the profile of this income stream.
• Build and manage relationships with external partners including agencies and suppliers including creative, print/fulfilment and free will providers.
Campaign Planning and Management
• Plan, implement and optimise legacy marketing campaigns across various channels, ensuring alignment with MAP’s broader fundraising goals.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to develop audience-led content and materials that drive engagement with legacy giving.
• Monitor, analyse and report on campaign performance, adjusting plans and activity based on insights and trends with a view to maximise ROI.
• Develop and maintain effective supporter journeys tailored to legacy prospects and legacy intenders/pledgers, ensuring a consistent, engaging and inspiring experience.
Innovation
• Lead legacy marketing innovation by identifying and testing new channels, tools and approaches to enhance MAP’s legacy offering.
• Stay updated on trends and legacy marketing best practice, with the goal of developing MAP into a leader in legacy fundraising.
Budget Management
• Create and oversee the legacy budget, setting income and expenditure targets in collaboration with the Head of Individual Giving.
• Manage financial planning, reporting, and risk assessment for the legacy budget.
General Responsibilities
• Support MAP’s mission, ethos and values.
• Support and promote diversity and equality of opportunity in the workplace.
• Abide by organisational policies, codes of conduct and practices.
• Treat with confidentiality any personal, private or sensitive information about individual organisations and or clients or staff and MAP data.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Experience
• Proven track record in legacy programme management across various channels, with evidence of successful development of legacy fundraising strategies.
• Skilled in performance reporting, data analysis and using insights to shape a legacy programme.
• Experience creating acquisition fundraising plans across channels (online and offline) and delivering supporter journeys across a range of audiences.
• Excellent project management skills, including managing multiple projects and priorities at once.
• Experience of day-to-day management of external stakeholders and agencies.
• Experience in planning and budgeting – with proficiency in legacy forecasting.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
• Able to confidently analyse results and extract insights to inform campaigns.
• Excellent digital, written and verbal communication skills, with a supporter-centric approach.
• Effective management and leadership skills.
• Highly proactive – excellent at networking, communicating and influencing.
Education/training
• Direct marketing or fundraising qualification and/or equivalent experience (desirable).
Personal attributes and other requirements
• Commitment to high standards, fostering trust and confidence in MAP’s fundraising initiatives.
• Commitment to a zero-tolerance policies on sexual exploitation & abuse/safeguarding.
• Commitment to anti-discriminatory practices and equal opportunities.
• Commitment to the values and ethos of MAP (Solidarity, Dignity, Impact & Integrity).
• An ability to apply awareness of diversity issues to all areas of work.
• Ability and willingness to work weekends/evenings in emergencies, and to travel overseas where necessary.
Note: We encourage all interested applicants to apply even if they don’t meet all criteria in the person specification.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Hours: Full Time: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 depending on experience
Location: Contracted to our Peterborough office with the flexibility for hybrid working
Benefits: We want all our employees to feel valued and engaged and are committed to offering a positive working culture along with a good work-life balance. As well as ensuring they pay their employees fairly, they offer the following benefits: Flexible working, Generous annual leave, Private Medical Insurance, including dental and optical, Pension Scheme, Sick Pay, Death in Service, Employee Assistance Programme, Bike Loan Scheme, Cycle2Work Scheme, Eyecare, Discount Portal.
Closing date: Sunday 1 December 2024
Interviews will be held on week commencing 9 December 2024
No agencies please
Be a part of an energetic and vibrant team who are driven by the desire to improve the lives of people living with kidney disease. Our vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease.
We are introducing a new and exciting role to the Charity. Reporting to the executive director finance and commercial this role will involve working across all areas of the Charity leading on the drafting, review and performance of contracts, identification of related risks and training requirements, and all aspects of procurement and compliance.
This role is key in managing all stakeholders throughout the process of procurement, due diligence and measurement and management of performance, to ensure a robust, consistent and considered framework of contracts management.
You will have a background ideally in a commercial law environment with hands-on experience of commercial contracts and have a broad general understanding of procurement processes and best practices.
You will have expert knowledge of Microsoft products, excellent communication skills, and be able to manage a varied personal workload and effectively prioritise. You will have a keen attention to detail and accuracy, with the ability to learn and communicate complex issues quickly. In addition, you will be diplomatic and persuasive and have an enthusiastic, responsive and flexible working style.
If you are interested in the position, please complete the online application form and submit together with your CV.
We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone and encourage applications from all sections of the community.
About Kidney Research UK:
Kidney Research UK is the leading charity in the UK focused on funding research into the prevention, treatment and management of kidney disease. Our vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease and for more than 60 years the research, we fund has been making an impact. But kidney disease is increasing as are the factors contributing to it, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity, making our work more essential than ever.
At Kidney Research UK we work with clinicians and scientists across the UK, funding and facilitating research into all areas of kidney disease. We collaborate with partners across the public, private and third sectors to prevent kidney disease and drive innovation to transform treatments.
Over the last ten years we have invested more than £65 million into research. We lobby governments and decision makers to change policy and practice to ensure that the estimated 7.2 million people living with all stages of kidney disease in the UK have access to the most effective care and treatment, and to make kidney disease a priority.
Most importantly, we also work closely with patients, ensuring their voice is heard and is at the centre of everything we do, from deciding which research to invest in to how we plan our priorities and our work across the charity.
Those patient contributions are vital, always helping us and our partners to understand what life is like with kidney disease, always ensuring we see the patient behind the treatment and always reminding us that behind every statistic and every number is a person – the patients and the carers who inspire our mission and push us forward to make a difference and change the future of kidney disease.
You may have experience in the following: Commercial Contracts Manager, Procurement Specialist, Contract and Compliance Officer, Procurement and Contracts Lead, Legal Contracts Manager, Purchasing and Contracts Administrator, Procurement and Compliance Coordinator, Commercial Operations Manager, Charity Procurement Lead, Third Sector Contracts Manager, Compliance and Contracts Specialist, Vendor Management Lead, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Not for Profit, NFP, etc.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
We’re an award-winning charity running local learning centres in the heart of the communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide a high-impact education programme which includes practical learning support, pastoral care, and motivational and confidence-building activities for young people aged 7-18.
Our aim is to enable students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to realise their ambitions and achieve their wonderful potential. As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping over 50,000 young people each year at its 44 learning centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, and we plan to scale-up our provision to 50 centres over the coming years.
We are looking for someone who will enjoy working each day with young people and who will thrive in a frontline, community-based, fast-paced and rewarding role. You will be taking up a fixed-term contract as an Education Worker at our centre in Liverpool.
Contract
Full-time, fixed-term until April 2025
Start date
As soon as possible, to be agreed directly with the successful candidate.
Working hours
Mon and Thurs: 09:30-18:00 Tues, Weds, Fri: 09:00-17:30 (Some out-of-hours work will be required from time to time - for example, early starts to deliver workshops in schools.)
Education Workers are based at one of our IntoUniversity learning centres and work directly with young people, schools and families on a daily basis. It is therefore not a hybrid role and is based full-time in our centres.
Salary
27,400
Location
IntoUniversity North Liverpool
The role requires intermittent travel in your region (usually within the day) this can involve journeys times of 1 hour+.
Occasional travel out of your local area e.g. to London is also required, this may include overnight stays.
Annual leave
Full-time staff entitlement, pro-rated for part-time staff: 33 days (inc bank & public holidays) + 3 closure days (two in December and one in July) + additional length of service entitlement (one day per year of service, up to 5 days)
Staff benefits
- Employer pension contributions of 6% (and up to 8% after two years)
- Year round ‘early finish’ Fridays at 4.30pm – Employee Assistance Programme including access to medical and legal support
- Life Assurance scheme with AIG including SmartHealth service with access to 24/7 online GP appointments
- Interest-free new starter loans of up to £1,000
- Cycle to Work Scheme and Travelcard Loan Scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay and sick pay allowances
- Staff in FOCUS – rewards, competitions and prizes across the year
There is not a fixed deadline. Instead, we will be assessing applications on a rolling basis and will appoint when we have found the right candidate, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
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Social Investment Business
Finance Analyst – Youth Investment Fund
£65,000
15 Month Fixed Term Contract
Full-time or 4-day part time option
Remote working
The Social Investment Business (SIB) is an organization dedicated to empowering charities and social enterprises across the UK by providing them with the financial and strategic support they need to thrive. A key aspect of their mission is to invest in initiatives that create lasting social impact, and one of their flagship programs, the Youth Investment Fund, exemplifies this commitment.
The Youth Investment Fund (YIF) is an initiative aimed at improving opportunities for young people, particularly those in underserved areas. By funding and supporting youth facilities and services, the YIF helps to create safe, inclusive spaces where young people can access the resources, mentorship, and activities they need to flourish. The program not only addresses immediate needs but also works towards building a stronger foundation for long-term personal and community development.
As the Finance Analyst you will be responsible for the following duties:
- To work closely with the Head of Internal Operations on the required grant drawdowns requests including attending quarterly meetings with government bodies.
- To do a cash reconciliation of grant funds on a weekly basis to the bank & on a monthly basis between the bank and salesforce.
- To liaise directly with government bodies on quarterly claims.
- To prepare periodic updated annual re-forecast on management fees working with CEO/Directors.
- To complete quarterly reconciliations and ensure accurate repayment is transacted from Grant Funding.
- To produce monthly management reporting
- To work closely with the leadership Team to support any contract extension work or benefit realisation work allocated
- Previous experience working with government funding bodies will be highly beneficial
- Previous experience of using Xero will be beneficial
This opportunity provides an excellent platform for a qualified accountant to build on their financial analytical skills, technical accounting skills and business partnering skills whilst playing a key role in organisation’s growth journey. The successful candidate will be fully qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA) with previous experience in year end accounting and strong financial analytical skills. You will have robust technical skills and be highly organised. We are looking for someone who is eager to learn, strong analytical skills, excellent communication, financial modelling, and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. You will possess the ability to influence and build rapport with a range of finance and non-finance persons across the organisation.
We believe in the power of the social economy to build a more equal society.
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Triangle Community Garden, as a Project Manager.
We want to hear from you if you have a passion for nature connection, horticulture and social enterprise, love working with people and have management skills and/or experience.
In this role you will be managing and developing all aspects of our greencare projects; supporting our staff and volunteers; and ensuring our services reach as many people as feasible.
Triangle Community Garden runs horticultural therapy sessions in our allotment sites and community garden in Hitchin, Hertfordshire working with people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health issues.
Ideally you’ll have some knowledge or experience of social therapeutic horticulture and working with people with additional needs. You’ll need to have experience of managing people and projects and it would be beneficial if you had experience of developing services and networks with other local organisations.
Appointment is subject to a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check.
· Salary: £28-32K fte
· Hours: 3 days a week (22.5 hours) worked flexibly
If you don’t have experience in all the areas, we are looking for please do consider applying – no one is perfect! The most important thing we’re looking for is your passion for what we do and your ability to manage people and projects.
Closing date: 1st December
The Triangle Community Garden is a charity, based in Hitchin, Herts, helping people of all ages and abilities to ‘Connect, Grow, Enjoy’ through community gardening and contact with the natural world.
We do this through:
· Supporting physical and mental health through our social therapeutic horticulture, healthy living and wellbeing projects
· Providing volunteering opportunities for all ages in nature
· Community events, forest school activities, wildlife walks and nature-based workshops
· Cooking classes for men
· Improving our local environment for people and nature
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Senior Fundraising Manager
Salary: £38,000-£42,000
Contract: Full time, Permanent
Location: London office – 3 days pw
Closing date: ASAP
Benefits: 10% pension, life assurance cover, annual professional development budget
We have a great opportunity for a Senior Fundraising Manager working for the educational charity PTI. This is a key role in fundraising in the organisation and will be instrumental in supporting the strategic ambitions of the charity moving forward. Reporting to the Co-Director, and line managing the Development and Communications Assistant, the ideal candidate will combine creativity with the resilience and persistence to follow up both new leads and established donors.
As part of this exciting role, you will have the opportunity to progress to Head of Fundraising in the next financial year, for candidates who perform well and achieve fundraising targets.
To be successful as the Senior Fundraising Manager you will need:
- Proven consistent track record of fundraising and donor development, with skills to contribute to a credible fundraising strategy.
- Excellent management skills, socially adept, and with the ability to influence and negotiate.
- Ability to perform as an energetic, positive self-starter, and agile with identifying and responding quickly to opportunities.
If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Emma on 02030 062787 or email your interest along with your CV to [email protected].
Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable charity jobs. We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.
We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment in the charity sector and partner with you as the leading charity recruitment agency.
If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.
Working as part of the External Relations department, you’ll be responsible for leading and driving our digital communications and marketing efforts, taking our engagement with key audiences to new heights.
Nurtureuk trains teachers to identify and address children's unmet social, emotional and mental health needs, ensuring pupils are ready and able to learn. Nurture practice was developed more than 50 years ago and is a way of relating to children that helps build their social skills, confidence and self esteem. Our work helps schools improve behaviour and attendance and reduce exclusions, and most importantly it improves children and young people's wellbeing.
We're on a mission to make nurture the norm in schools and we have ambitious plans to raise our profile and showcase the transformative effect nurture practice is having across the UK.
We're looking for a digital engagement manager with a strategic understanding of digital communications and extensive experience of using a range of marketing tools and channels. They will be brimming with ideas for original content that amplifies our messages and helps demonstrate the impact of nurture.
Please download the job description for full details.
Director of Development
Salary: £63,000-£68,000
Contract: Full-time/0.8, fixed term 12 months
Location: London with office presence required 4 days/week
Deadline: 4 December
Benefits: 36 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays and 3 closure days), 6% pension, early finish Fridays (4.30pm), Staff in FOCUS rewards/prizes
Are you ready to step up in your fundraising career? IntoUniversity is searching for a Director of Development (maternity cover). This award-winning charity runs learning centres in the heart of communities for young people, offering a safe space to learn, explore and succeed.
This role will join the Senior Leadership Team to lead a highly successful fundraising team of 5 to exceed its ambitious fundraising targets (currently £13m per annum). You will manage your own portfolio of strategic donors, lead key meetings with existing and new funders, and support the fundraising team in their different areas of work.
To be successful in the role of Director of Development, you will need:
- Demonstrable experience in a leadership function in charity fundraising, with tactical decision-making skills and high emotional intelligence.
- Multiple examples of strong personal success in raising substantial grants/donations and in managing fundraising growth, and securing income across different funding streams (trusts and/or major donors).
- Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge and experience of successfully implementing best practice in fundraising systems and processes, from prospecting through to engagement and stewardship.
If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Heather on 02030 062787 or email your interest along with your CV to [email protected].
Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable charity jobs. We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.
We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment in the charity sector and partner with you as the leading charity recruitment agency.
If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.
About the Role
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. MAP is the leading UK charity delivering health and medical care to those worst affected by conflict, occupation and displacement, in the occupied Palestinian territory and Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon.
We are seeking a dynamic Supporter Retention Manager to take MAP’s retention programme to new heights and contribute significantly to sustainable income growth. In this pivotal role, you will develop and implement retention strategies and plans with a focus on regular giving and supporter journeys that deepen loyalty and grow life-time-value. You’ll lead multi-channel campaigns and innovate supporter journeys, ensuring MAP’s loyal supporters stay engaged and inspired. You’ll champion excellence in all aspects of campaign planning and execution, introducing new products and propositions that align with MAP’s Individual Giving and Fundraising strategies. You’ll develop and manage annual budgets, including setting income and expenditure targets and providing regular forecasts and risk assessments. Beyond the role’s core responsibilities, You’ll have opportunities for professional growth and access to training and development to further enhance your direct marketing skills.
About You
we’re looking for a motivated and pro-active individual with a strong background in fundraising or marketing. You’ll have a proven track record of planning and executing campaigns that build long-term supporter loyalty and grow sustainable income. Your ability to manage external partners and analyse campaign performance will be key in optimising results. Strong project management, leadership and communication skills, coupled with your pro-active and collaborative mindset, will set you up for success in this role. If you’re a results-orientated individual who takes a a supporter-centric approach and thrives on leading innovative campaigns, we’d love to hear from you. This is your opportunity to make a tangible difference for MAP supporters and contribute meaningfully to MAP’s vital mission.
Duties and key responsibilities
Leadership and Strategy
• Build and inspire a high-performing, results-oriented team focused on delivering sustainable income to maintain and build on recent growth.
• Hire, performance manage, support and develop the Individual Giving Fundraising Officer.
• Lead the development and delivery of Individual Giving strategies, leading on MAP’s Individual Giving retention strategy with a focus on loyalty, regular giving and lifetime value.
• Work across and develop MAP’s retention products and journeys, including developing loyalty and regular giving appeals.
Planning and Management of Campaigns
• Collaborate with the Head of team and peers to develop team plans aligned with the Fundraising strategy.
• Ensure the team create and optimize insight-driven, supporter-led campaigns, working with the Marketing Manager and Insights lead.
• Ensure processes and systems are in place to track and meet KPIs, including the development of robust testing plans to optimize campaigns based on insights.
• Manage and motivate a range of agency partners and suppliers.
• Ensure compliance with relevant fundraising legislation and stay updated on changes in relevant thinking and laws.
Innovation
• Lead the investigation, testing, and implementation of product innovations using agile methods to test and learn with efficiency.
• Develop bespoke, audience-led supporter journeys, including ongoing journeys for UK and international supporters.
• Proactively stay ahead of emerging trends, and thrive working in a fast-paced, agile manner, acting on learnings to optimize activity.
Budget Management
• Create annual budgets for the Individual Giving programme, setting income and expenditure targets, with support from the Head of team.
• Manage the retention budget, including the regular giving budget, and report on management accounts, reforecast, and assess risk levels.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Education/training
• Relevant direct marketing/fundraising qualification and/or equivalent experience.
Knowledge / Experience
• Relevant experience in fundraising and/or marketing, with experience of direct marketing and developing supporter/customer journeys and campaigns to build long-term loyalty, engagement and income growth.
• Experience managing a regular giving or loyalty programme.
• Confident with end-to-end project management, including managing multiple projects and priorities at once.
• Experience leading multi-channel, data-led campaigns, including loyalty and cross/upsell/reactivation activity - with evidence of engagement and income growth across channels including mail, email, SMS and TM.
• Strong track record in developing direct marketing strategies.
• Experience in strategic planning, project management, budgeting and forecasting.
• Experience managing external stakeholders and agency partners – including creative/DM, print, SMS/TM and fulfilment agencies.
• Experience in analysing and presenting data for informed decision-making, as well as leading others to develop testing plans and optimise campaigns.
Skills
• Able to confidently analyse results, digest complex data, and extract insights to inform strategies and campaigns. This includes regular giving and audience analysis.
• Expertise in digital and written communication, with a supporter-centric approach.
• Able to balance short and long-term priorities and manage opportunities and risks.
• Effective management and leadership skills, with experience of line management.
• Highly proactive - excellent at networking, communicating, and influencing.
Personal attributes and other requirements
• Commitment to maintain high standards to promote trust and confidence in MAP’s fundraising initiatives.
• Commitment to a zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation & abuse/safeguarding.
• Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and equal opportunities.
• An ability to apply awareness of diversity issues to all areas of work
• Commitment to the aims, values and ethos of MAP.
• Ability and willingness to work weekends/evenings in emergencies, and to travel overseas where necessary.
• Support and promote diversity and equality of opportunity in the workplace
• Work collaboratively with others in all aspects of our work
• Abide by organisational policies, codes of conduct and practices
• Treat with confidentiality any personal, private or sensitive information about individual organisations and or clients or staff and MAP data.
Note: We encourage all interested applicants to apply even if they don’t meet all criteria in the person specification.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.