Childrens Charity Lottery Fundraiser Jobs
Permanent post - Full time (37 hours per week) or part time job share arrangement
Based in Reading with hybrid flexible working arrangements available (within Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm). Occasional evening and weekend working is required.
Salary range: £28,722 - £35,103 per annum (Pro-rata rate for part time hours)
This role within our Business Development team will work closely with our Fundraising and Business Development Manager, and others across PACT, to achieve the fundraising targets associated with our business plan, objectives and values. You will play a significant role in generating income, building a robust pipeline of new and potential funding. You will compose and submit compelling funding proposals and applications that showcase the amazing work that PACT does for the families, children and vulnerable women we support.
We are looking for someone with a proven track record of successful trusts and foundations fundraising, securing donations at a five and six figure level. An excellent communicator, confident in building effective working relationships with others and willing to share their knowledge, practice and approach collaboratively. You will hold exceptional research skills and keep proactively up to date with the external fundraising environment, identifying trends and creating innovative responses to maximise our fundraising opportunities.
If this is you and you want to make a real difference and join our inspirational team, please visit our website for more information, how to apply and the full job description. The post is open on a full time or part time job share basis.
Closing date: 9am, Monday 09 September 2024
Interviews: Tuesday 17 September 2024
Early applications are encouraged as we may close this vacancy on an earlier basis if you are the right candidate for us. We look forward to hearing from you!
What we do
We are a well-established charity based in the Thames Valley with an office in Reading and second office in London. Our beneficiaries make up the wider PACT family and are supported through several community projects for children and adults facing multiple disadvantages including domestic abuse, homelessness, debt and victims or perpetrators of crime. Our current community projects include the Alana House women’s community programme and Bounce Back 4 Kids, a therapeutic domestic abuse recovery programme for families.
PACT is also a leading independent adoption charity in the UK, placing children with secure and loving families and supporting them with specialist therapeutic support. Our most recent Ofsted inspection rated our adoption service as “Outstanding”.
Our commitments
PACT is a supportive and respectful place where people are passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of women, children and families from many different backgrounds. We continuously look to progress the ways in which we create families and bring people together and encourage applications from people across all communities. We are committed to ensuring that our people and our services reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and applications from people from under-represented groups are particularly welcomed.
PACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Anyone joining our team is subject to PACT’s Safer Recruitment pre-appointment enquiries. These include the provision of documentation of the right to work in the UK, Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) standard check, overseas police check where applicable and references covering a minimum 5 year period. All opportunities are based in the UK.
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an adoption charity and family support provider helping hundreds of families every year through outstanding adoption and adoption support services
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Want to put the fun into FUNdraising? Dougie Mac is not just seeking a Senior Business and Events fundraiser – we are inviting a compassionate advocate to join our hospice mission.
Some of what you’ll do:
Forge Meaningful Partnerships: Collaborate with local businesses to show them the impact they can make by supporting Dougie Mac.
Host Engaging Events: You will plan and deliver business events that inspire generosity from our supporters including our Golf Day, Businesses Club and our prestigious Dougie Mac Ball.
Nurture Relationships: Cultivate long-term relationships with corporate sponsors. Express gratitude and keep them informed about the impact of their contributions.
Qualities we value:
Excellence: Striving for excellence in everything you do, with a strong attention to detail.
Networking: Connecting with people; you’re the one who turns a casual chat into a partnership opportunity.
Strategic Thinker: You see the big picture and know how to align fundraising with our hospice mission.
Great communicator: Whether a presentation or a one 2 one, you’re confident and compelling.
In return, what you’ll get:
Meaningful impact: Your work directly impacts children, young adults, adults and the families we support.
Supportive Team: You will be part of a bigger Income Generation Team with this job being responsible for around £250k income and growing. The Business and Events team work closely together with a focus on FUN! We are a team of 5 FT staff, regular volunteers and event volunteers of around 25 people. This includes an experienced Senior Business and Events Fundraiser taking the headcount for this job to 2.
Salary: £24k - £26k pa (FTE) depending on experience/ qualifications with a clear progression plan and opportunities for study. Part time and flexible working considered.
Variety: no 2 days are ever the same, once 1 event is complete it’s onto the next in this fast-paced job.
Size: 101 - 500
Our vision…to be admired as a centre of excellence for palliative and end of life care.
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About The Role
The Head of Communications and Marketing maternity cover will oversee delivery of our communications and marketing strategy, designed to respond to the organisational Business Plan 2024 to 2027. It’s an exciting position, as we expand our strategy and team, with scope to further build our public profile across a variety of key audiences and, ultimately, enhance the sustainability of our work.
The role has oversight of all communications functions at Youth Music including content, marketing, digital, campaigns, PR and insights. Working across all teams in the 30-person organisation, the Head of Communications and Marketing role will be about ensuring that everything fits together both operationally and strategically.
The successful candidate will oversee the team in embedding our brand new website (due to launch Autumn 2024), and exploring ways of developing our content strategy. They will also lead on several campaigns – from raising awareness of the funding crisis, to the annual Youth Music Awards event.
The role reports to the Chief Operating Officer. It sits in the Core team, working strategically across the organisation as a member of the Executive Group (formed of Directors and Heads) and Planning Group (formed of Senior Executives and Managers). It includes line management of the Digital Marketing Manager, Internal Communications Lead and Insights Manager, as well as several external suppliers and agencies.
About You
You’ll be an ambitious, proactive, strategic and creative communicator with excellent project and people management skills.
You’ll have previous experience of leading a communications function working across multiple teams and agencies, with a track record delivering results.
Bold and passionate about our cause, you’ll be inspired by the idea of empowering young people to tell the stories of how they are transforming their lives through music. A highly skilled communicator and storyteller, you’ll combine a keen eye for detail with an ability to see the bigger picture. Able to plan, execute and operate at pace, you’ll have a strong understanding of brand building, and the role of communications as part of this.
You’re engaged with the external environment, current affairs and social media platforms. You’re able to proactively spot and exploit relevant communications opportunities and have experience in maximising the potential of digital marketing for a brand. You’ll recognise the potential to be unlocked across Youth Music’s various channels and can work strategically across the organisation to achieve this.
You’ll thrive under pressure and can work flexibly to juggle multiple and competing priorities. You’re a strong team worker able to collaborate and drive your team, external agencies, freelancers, and senior stakeholders to achieve great outcomes.
Key Responsibilties
Strategy and Planning
- Building the brand and reputation of Youth Music as the UK’s leading young people’s music charity.
- Delivering an ambitious and high-impact communications strategy and overseeing its implementation and communication across the organisation.
- Playing an active role in the Executive Group, informing strategic decision making.
- Collaborating with Youth Music’s trustees, keeping the group informed on communications activity, and equipped with key messaging. Also engaging relevant individuals where appropriate for their expertise.
- Overseeing implementation of Youth Music’s new digital marketing strategy.
- Working alongside the PR agency and CEO to ensure continued growth in media presence.
- Ensuring consistency in key messages, audiences, visual identity, house style, tone, and appropriate language.
- Advising and supporting Youth Music colleagues, funded partners and young creatives on communications strategy.
- Ensuring that Youth Music meets and reports on all communications targets (including requirements from major funders National Lottery via Arts Council England, People’s Postcode Lottery and partners).
Insights and advocacy
- Embedding insights and evidence into our communications outputs to create compelling campaigns, support fundraising, and demonstrate our impact.
- Leveraging Youth Music’s evidence of ‘what works’ to influence policy and create thought-leadership opportunities.
- Leveraging our advocates and ambassadors to amplify our insights, impact and storytelling.
Copywriting and Editing
- Editing, copywriting and sign-off (as required) of key documents and text.
Media and PR
- Leading on the relationship with external PR agency, ensuring they’re delivering on proposed plans and KPIs.
- Co-ordinating with colleagues to source appropriate projects, case studies and spokespeople for media opportunities.
- Identifying potential PR risks and supporting Senior Leadership Team/Executive Group on crisis management.
- Acting as a public advocate and spokesperson as required.
Management and Communication
- Managing the communications team.
- Overseeing relationships with external communications suppliers, supporting managers with day-to-day responsibility for agency management.
- Ensuring internal colleagues are aware of external trends and issues affecting Youth Music’s work.
- Co-ordinating communications needs from across the organisation.
- Leading the communications team in monitoring, evaluating and improving performance of all communications activities, and sharing successes/learnings internally.
- Ensuring compliance with relevant Youth Music policies, including data protection, safeguarding, and equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Keeping up-to-date with best practice in communications and digital innovation.
Person Specification
Essential Experience
- Minimum 2 years management experience leading a communications team.
- Informing strategic decision making at Trustee and Executive level.
- Managing colleagues at management level.
- Building and strengthening the brand and reputation of a leading organisation.
- Experience across content, marketing, digital, campaigns, PR.
- Effective agency management.
- Applying strong interpersonal and communication skills to manage relationships with senior colleagues, agencies, direct reports and colleagues across the organisation.
- Excellent project management to deliver and implement strategies, campaigns and initiatives.
- Strong attention to detail, including ability to adapt copy for different audiences and ensure adherence to brand guidelines.
Desirable Experience
- Experience in a charity, agency, youth or music organisation.
- Crisis management.
- Knowledge of best practice in communications and digital innovation.
- External environment and current affairs knowledge and networks.
- Understanding of the music education and/or music industries landscape.
- Passion for music and interest in its benefits for individuals and society.
- Working with insights data.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.