Creative Jobs

Also known as National Youth Jazz Orchestra, NYJO is a charity experiencing an exciting evolution with emerging professionals and young people at the core of their mission to ensure creative music making is accessible, fun, informative and a viable career choice.

NYJO celebrate all forms of jazz, past and present, and seek to do their part in nurturing the next generation of jazz artists. Alumni include some major names in jazz and music more widely, including Amy Winehouse, Mercury nominee Laura Jurd, Mark Nightingale and Guy Barker.

It’s a great time to join as they develop their community around a new location in South East London, embark on ambitious artistic collaborations within and beyond jazz, and work in partnership with music education organisations around the country to address structural inequalities in music education.

As Head of Development, you will be a key member of a small team. Reporting to the incoming Chief Executive, you will develop and implement the preexisting fundraising strategy and guide the organisation’s communications and PR strategy. You will inherit a strategically developed portfolio of relationships and income streams, with particular strengths in trusts and foundations, and a strong network of individual donors and scope to build corporates. There is also a small but growing legacy circle, created in response to a recent bequest of £1M+. You will line manage a small team of two: the Development & Communications Coordinator, and the Marketing & Communications Coordinator. With ambitions to expand upon NYJO’s existing work, your ability to set and achieve more ambitious targets will be essential.

Please note that this role will require occasional travel that will vary across the year, depending on the events calendar. Travel is likely to be required twice per month - please discuss with Joe Blythe at QuarterFive. 

As Head of Development, you will:

• Develop and implement the existing fundraising strategy and develop marketing and communications efforts, ensuring cohesive and impactful messaging to effectively engage donors and stakeholders
• Deliver a high standard of supporter care and relationship management tailored to the level of giving, including nurturing their successful new Legacy Club
• Manage and attend an annual series of fundraising events, from relaxed open days to formal receptions
• Oversee NYJO marketing and communications
• Line manage the Development & Communications Coordinator and the Marketing & Communications Coordinator

Ideal skills and experience: 

• Experience of securing 5- and 6-figure grants from a range of trust, statutory and/or individual sources
• Tailoring applications to appeal to a diverse range of funders/donors, which may include drawing together distinct areas of activity to create bespoke packages
• An outgoing, approachable, confident and professional manner in dealing with donors, prospects and other stakeholders
• Interest in UK Jazz and enthusiasm for working with young artists and musicians and broadening access to participatory arts for all young people

NYJO are keen to provide equality of opportunity to a wide range of prospective candidates as they expand the diversity of staff and musicians. Whilst they hope to attract candidates with the experience outlined in the person specification, they encourage applications from those who do not fulfil all stated criteria.

Benefits include:

• Flexible working –  flexible working is a priority and the organisation supports employees to balance work with caring or other responsibilities, or those returning to work after a break
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with office closure between Christmas and new year being the norm
• TOIL for out of hours work
• Attending gigs for free, including the annual two-night Ronnie Scott’s residency, and other cultural and sector events throughout the year

About CoppaFeel!

CoppaFeel! are the UK’s only youth focused breast cancer awareness charity, and we’re on a mission to get every 18-24 year old checking their chest. We educate people on the signs of breast cancer and encourage them to check their chests monthly, so that if they notice something unusual they are empowered to contact their GP and advocate for themselves.

We do this because when diagnosed early, breast cancer treatments are more effective and survival rates are higher. Early detection can save lives.

Breast cancer does not need to be detected late, and as long as we are here and continue to be supported by people like you, we will do all we can to make sure this doesn’t continue to happen.

About the role

It’s been an exciting year for the CoppaFeel! Marketing team; we’ve had a brand refresh, onboarded new agencies, launched award winning campaigns and grown a partnership with Love Island. And it’s all been in the name of our mission; to ensure all breast cancers are diagnosed early and accurately in young people.

We are looking for an exceptional Head of Marketing to lead our Marketing team, help shape the direction of and oversee our 2025 campaign, and collaborate with other Heads of Departments to deliver CoppaFeel!’s three year organisational strategy.

This is a hybrid role, with the expectation that you will attend the London office 2 days per week. You will be required to attend the office for quarterly team meetings, department meetings and in person training, we will provide plenty of notice for when you are required to be in for these purposes.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Work as a valued part of the CoppaFeel! Leadership team to deliver the organisational strategy, shape the culture and influence cross departmental ways of working.

• Lead the CoppaFeel! Marketing team - setting direction, supporting growth and overseeing performance. 

• Inspire and motivate the personal development of team members. 

• Directly line manage the Marketing Manager, Social Manager and Digital Marketing Manager (subject to change, to be discussed at interview).

• Lead on the delivery of CoppaFeel!’s marketing strategy and management of marketing output across the charity.

• Lead on the delivery of the annual marketing campaign to create award winning, impactful work that raises awareness of CoppaFeel! with our target audience. 

• Manage key third party agency relationships. 

• Oversee and develop audience insights and segmentation. 

• Ownership of the marketing budget and quarterly re-forecasting. 

• Contribute to quarterly all staff team meetings.

• Develop long term partnerships and relationships with key stakeholders both in the breast cancer space and marketing sector that bolster CoppaFeel!’s growth and awareness with young people. 

• Ensure rigorous reporting and analysis of marketing activity to ensure delivery of planned KPIs, with an ambition to be constantly improving and evolving. 

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Essential

• Minimum 5 years experience working in a marketing/brand communications role.

• Demonstrable experience of implementing marketing strategies. 

• A strong track record of delivering multi-platform, integrated awareness campaigns, with an understanding of media planning, creative, PR and social media planning, creative, PR, social.

• A leader with the ability to develop and motivate a multidisciplinary team to achieve high standards. 

• Clear understanding of audience insight, including experience targeting and tailoring campaigns and communications to CoppaFeel!’s 18-24 year old target audience.

• Experience developing and managing strong relationships with a range of stakeholders.

• Budget management. 

• Agency management. 

• Strong negotiation skills. 

• Experienced in tracking and reporting on campaign success against KPIs and ROI.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the challenges / limitations of working in the charity sector.

• Knowledge of planning and buying media vs securing “earned media”/pro-bono partnerships.

• Experience of working for a youth focused brand or charity.

Application information

Applications will close on 23rd October 2024, with first round interviews, w/c 28th October and 2nd round interviews w/c 4th November. 

CoppaFeel! reserves the right to close the vacancy early in the event that we receive a high number of applications before the closing date; we expect a high volume of applications so do encourage early applicants. 

Main benefits, Terms & Conditions

Annual Leave: 22 days pro rata (plus public holidays). Additional Leave: 1 day of leave on our Founder’s Cancerversary, birthday leave, plus office closure over Christmas.

A hybrid of office and flexible, working Daily Flexi Time: starting anytime between 8am and 10am. Working from home up to 3 days per week (pro rata).

Training: We have a budget each year for employees training and development plans.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Statement

At CoppaFeel! we support a diverse range of communities and we understand that diversity within our team is central and crucial to meeting the needs of the young people we exist to serve. We strongly encourage applications from Black, and people of colour, LGBTQIA+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, from men, and from those with a lived experience of cancer because we would like to increase the representation of these groups within the charity.

We promote equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace and make recruitment decisions by matching the charity's needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We recognise the value in encouraging a diverse range of perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge at the charity.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and we commit to offering an interview for all applicants with disabilities who meet our required criteria for the role. If you have any accessibility requirements or need any adjustments for the interview process please get in touch.

About Shelter

We exist to defend the right to a safe home and fight the devastating impact the housing emergency has on people and society.

We do this through tireless campaigning to change things at the top and a complex range of support services to help people on the ground.

We believe that home is everything.

About the roles

If you’re a Creative Team who can come up with incredible ideas and have a strong desire to do some good in this world, then we want to meet you.

You’ll be joining a talented and friendly team of copywriters and designers who recently won In-House Agency of the Year at the Drum Awards.

We think and work a like an agency – we’re not here to simply cross the T’s and dot the I’s. Our work is all about finding the big ideas, so we need this to be one of your superpowers (and you’ll need a portfolio to prove it).

Our team takes on a variety of briefs from across the organisation and things move quickly. One day, you might be working on an experiential event or an OOH campaign. The next, you could be brainstorming ideas for a social media campaign or designing a policy report. Whatever the brief, you’ll be taking projects from concept to completion. Sometimes you’ll work together, but sometimes we’ll partner you with other designers and writers in the team, so you must be happy to collaborate with other creative minds.

About you

You have a proven track record of creating integrated campaign concepts that can be delivered across all media. You have experience of working to a brief, understanding different audience needs and applying this knowledge to creative solutions.

You’ll need real understanding of social media, an exceptional grasp of brand voice and design, meticulous attention to detail, and all the skills and versatility you’d expect from a top-notch copywriter and designer.

The designer in the team must be an expert across the Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign)

Does this sound like you? Then let’s have a chat.

About the team

You’ll be joining a friendly, talented and dedicated team who recently won In-house agency of the year at The Drum awards. You will work closely with your Creative Lead, Copy Lead and fellow writers and designers to deliver creative content to highest standard across all areas of our communication.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, a generous pension scheme, enhanced family-friendly policies and interest-free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle-to-work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter, please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them

Department: Marketing Communications

Location: hybrid working – between office location and home. At least one day per week in our Aldgate, London office

Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week

Contract: full-time, permanent

Salary: £43,000 – £46,000 per annum

Closing date: Monday 30th September at 9am

Expected interview dates: first-stage interviews (virtual) Tuesday 8th October or Wednesday 9th October, second-stage interviews (in person at our Head Office in Aldgate) Wednesday 16th October

Annual Leave: 33 days (plus eight bank holidays)

Benefits:

• enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental pay
• family friendly policies
• 8% employer pension contribution (Aviva) or opportunity to continue NHS Pension
• free health cashback plan (Medicash) employee cover plus up to four dependent children)
• 24/7 virtual GP access (UK registered), plus access to Best Doctors
• free confidential employee assistance programme (Medicash)
• access to wellbeing app (healthy living tips and Bright TV )
• flexible working options; including hybrid working, flexible working patterns such as part-time, compressed hours and more*
• learning and development committed (bespoke training, LinkedIn Learning etc.)
• employee health and wellbeing committed (menopause friendly, disability confident employer etc.)

Background

Every three minutes someone in the UK develops dementia; a progressive and complex condition that can be devastating for the whole family. One in two of us will be affected by dementia in our lifetime – either by caring for someone with the condition, developing it ourselves, or both.

Dementia UK is the specialist dementia nursing charity that is there for the whole family. Our specialist nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, provide free, expert advice, support and understanding to help families care for their loved one. Every day, Admiral Nurses help families up and down the country to have the best life possible for as long as possible.

Purpose of the job/About the role

This is an exciting new opportunity to join the Brand and Marketing Team at Dementia UK playing a key role in the development, delivery and activation of our new brand.

As Senior Creative Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing design and creative work at Dementia UK, ensuring the effective development and application of our brand’s visual identity. You will apply high standards of design and production across a variety of outputs, both online and offline, while leading others to deliver impactful design solutions through freelancers and agencies.

In addition, you will recruit, and line manage a newly established Designer role and oversee the in-house design workflow, taking charge of our creative roster, animation projects, and brand sign off across the charity.

To succeed in this role, you will bring proven creative leadership and expertise in managing both online and offline assets. You should have extensive experience with Adobe Creative Suite/Cloud, a deep knowledge of design principles, and a strong track record of managing external designers and agencies from briefing to final delivery. Additionally, you must be well-organised, proactive, and capable of prioritising your workload effectively, with strong project management and planning skills.

If this sounds like you, join us now and be part of a team dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of those affected by dementia.

Our Culture

In addition to a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, we truly value our people. It’s important for us to create a working environment that looks after our workforce to achieve their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.

Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation positively contribute and lead on our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equality, diversity and inclusion.

Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone, we aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We celebrate differences and individuality and encourage everyone to join us and be their whole selves always.

By applying to join Dementia UK, you acknowledge that in the event you are successful for the role, any offer and your ongoing employment will be conditional on you having or obtaining the right to work in the UK.

*Please note that any decision on flexible working is based on business needs

Elrha is a global organisation that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation. We are looking to recruit a Digital and Creative Communications Manager on a 5 month paternity cover contract. 

Are you a creative communicator? Are you able to develop and curate digital content that sparks conversation? Can you guide people to produce impactful products that share stories of our work in an accessible and compelling way? This is an exciting role where you will lead on implementing Elrha’s digital strategy, including overseeing the final stages of our new website and the continued development of our social channels, to help our work reach our key audiences and enhance our voice in the humanitarian community.

In this role you will have the opportunity to oversee the production process of products of all shapes and sizes in line with our digital first approach, making sure everything is true to our brand, connects with our audiences, and is inclusive and accessible to all. You will also use your skills to lead on communication activities for Elrha’s events to showcase the best of our work, and the work of those we fund. 

You will be given a high degree of autonomy in your work, so to be successful, you will need to be flexible, bold, and work well in a constantly changing environment. You will have strong organisation skills and experience of managing a varied workload while paying attention to the tiny details. 

Your application will need to demonstrate: 

• Experience of delivering high quality, impactful, and inclusive digital communications 

• An understanding of digital strategies, channels, and how different audiences engage with content 

• Excellent design judgement and attention to detail 

• Proven ability to lead and champion organisational branding, adhering to the highest standards of accessibility

• An interest in the humanitarian or development sectors, ideally demonstrated through academic qualifications and/or paid or voluntary work.

Experience of production project management and supporting high level event communications activities would be an advantage. 

If you want to be part of an organisation that creates positive change in the humanitarian sector, then join us and we’ll give you every opportunity to succeed.   

We offer: 

• Remote working as standard – staff can access office bases in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Manchester if required/ appropriate. We expect staff to attend team meetings and away days in person as required. 

• As standard we work 35 hours per week. We are also happy to discuss flexible working patterns and many of our staff work non-standard working hours. 

• Our benefits include minimum 5% employer pension contribution (3% employee contribution), life cover, organisational sick pay, family friendly pay and leave schemes; incremental increase in annual leave (25 day basic entitlement) depending on length of service, opportunities for learning and development, a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and retail discounts platform. 

• Please read through the Information for Candidates document for further information to support your application, including details on Our Values, Strategy, Benefits and Salary. 

Note for applicants: 

• Candidates must have the independent right to work in UK at the time of appointment as we are unable to support visa sponsorship for this role. 

• Please read through the job description for a detailed list of requirements, and ensure you complete the personal statement to explain how you feel you meet the requirements of the role and why you feel this is next career move for you. 

• When applying you will be taken through the Save the Children UK recruitment system. Elrha is an independent subsidiary of SCUK and benefits from some SCUK systems and processes.

Closing date:  Sunday 6 October 2024 – Please note we may bring the deadline forward if we have sufficient high quality applications. Please get your application in as early as possible. 

Interview dates: w/c 14 October 2024 

About the role

We are looking for an experienced business development professional with an excellent track record of securing corporate partnerships. You’ll be an enthusiastic, proactive and relationship-focussed individual confident to work towards driving growth within the charity. You’ll work alongside the CEO and Head of Marketing to increase the number of partners we work with specifically focusing on our mentor development programme Break the Wall. 

Responsibilities

• Generate leads and foster new partnerships with companies across the creative industries. You’ll attend pitches, write proposals and negotiate comfortably and with confidence.

• Create outbound leads. You’ll be setting up email campaigns and tracking the progress of new partnerships.

• Maintain and develop strong relationships with existing partners to ensure high renewal rates

• Work with the Head of Marketing to create innovative campaigns to attract new partners.

• Attend  industry events to network and ensure that CMN is at the forefront of the DEI conversation

• Create and implement a strategy to increase the number of partners (mentors) we work with on our Break the Wall programme. 

• Pitch Creative Mentor Networks offering and hold Q&As about our programmes and mission to potential partners

• Use Salesforce (CRM system) to track and manage leads/pipeline reporting into the CEO regarding leads and targets.

Skills and experience:

• Passionate about diversity, equity & inclusion and supporting young people

• People skills with the ability to establish and develop key business relationships in a variety of situations

• Strong communication skills, in writing and in person.

• Commercially focused, with a track record of over-delivering sales targets. Able to pitch confidently to clients, and assertive enough to chase opportunities.

• Confident to negotiate on costs 

• Highly organised, attention to detail, with a proactive approach to improving processes

• Committed and motivated to succeed and meet objectives, both personal and business related

• Strong influencing and negotiating skills

• Account management experience

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

• Aware of the importance of DEI practices within an organisation

• Act with empathy & sensitivity to all colleagues & stakeholders, irrespective of cultural background or protected characteristic, (Equality Act 2010)

Bonus:

• Strong knowledge of the creative industry

• Strong knowledge of the DEI sector

•  Strong knowledge of the youth sector

• Experience of using Salesforce/Google/Docs/Google Calendar and Zoom

• Experience of applying for funding/grants

2makeit helps rehabilitate prisoners and ex-prisoners by offering them creative expression through programmes using music and the arts, mentoring, advice and guidance.

This part-time, maternity cover role co-ordinating the growth of 2makeit’s work supporting the rehabilitation of offenders in the community is home-based with travel around London and the South East and involves:

· Liaison with prisons, probation and other agencies

· Responsibility for a small caseload of service users

· Maintenance of a robust record-keeping and evaluation system

· Management and development of projects in the community.

We are looking for:

· Knowledge of current policy and practice in criminal justice, the arts and outreach or support to marginalised people

· Experience of working in the criminal justice and/or charity sector

· Excellent interpersonal, communication and listening skills

· Excellent planning and organisational skills and ability to manage a diverse workload

· Commitment to the aims of 2makeit

· Ability to work collaboratively with other partner organisations with good negotiation skills

· Discreet, sensitive and non-judgemental attitude with the ability to understand the importance of, and maintain, confidentiality.

· Excellent IT knowledge and skills.

· Willingness to work occasionally outside of normal working hours.

We do appreciate that fundraising across radio is very niche and so are welcoming applications from candidates who have fundraising experience which has crossed over into media. Perhaps running large campaigns which have involved media interviews, PR projects etc.

We believe your skills in this areas are transferable to a radio environment and so are keen to hear from you as we recruit for this role.

Job Title Radio Fundraising Manager  

Salary £35,000 per annum - £40,000 per annum depending on skills and experience

Location London Office with some working from home

Hours of work Full-time 35 hours per week

Reporting to Head of Fundraising

Premier, Europe’s largest Christian Media organisation, is seeking a Radio Fundraising Manager to play a vital role in supporting our mission to connect people with God through media. You will lead all on-air fundraising efforts, including the Charity of the Year appeal, working closely with content teams and external consultants to creatively engage our audience. You’ll manage appeal resources, coach presenters, and ensure compelling messaging across all platforms. By supporting Premier’s on-air fundraising, you directly contribute to Premier’s ability to help listeners deepen their Christian faith through media.

If you’re an experienced fundraiser with a media background, or if you’re an experienced radio promotions manager with a talent for fundraising, this role could be for you!

Role Overview

• You will be responsible for the operational delivery of on-air fundraising appeals, including briefing documents, promotional materials, and donation incentives.
• You will review and implement the use of impact audio from on-air appeals, coach presenters during appeals, and manage the On-Air Testimony Producer who secures live donor calls.
• You will be a key contributor to Premier’s on-air fundraising programme, overseeing monthly on-air fundraising messaging, script writing, production, and traffic scheduling.
• You will contribute ideas for capturing audience data and oversee the execution of on-air data capture campaigns.
• The role requires liaising with internal departments and external stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of fundraising appeals, compliance with Ofcom regulations, and maintaining Premier's commitment to quality and equality.

Why Join Premier?

• We offer competitive salary
• Additional leave on your birthday
• Extra annual leave in addition to statutory
• Competitive sickness absence pay scheme
• Life Assurance scheme
• Employee Assistance with online GP scheme
• Working from home equipment allowance
• Eye care scheme
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay

In addition to competitive pay and benefits, Premier offers:

• Great place to work, with people that support, encourage and look after one another. You will love coming into work, both in person and virtually.
• Mission-driven work where you make a tangible impact by contributing to a mission that reaches millions worldwide.
• Dynamic team culture with supportive, creative, and passionate team that values innovation and collaboration.

Please note that the nature and/or context of the role mean that an occupational requirement applies for the postholder to be Christian.

Ready to make a lasting Impact? Apply now!

 Position Overview:

The social media Officer will play a pivotal role in shaping Musana’s online presence by leading creative initiatives, setting up digital fundraisers, collaborating with global teams, and managing our social media channels. This role requires a creative and strategic thinker who can craft compelling content that resonates with our audience, aligns with our brand values, amplifies our community engagement, and increases conversions.

Responsibilities:

Strategy:

Lead the social media strategy to build it out further and optimise as we go, which includes:

● Paid and organic social strategies and campaigns that align with our KPIs; Key KPIs include engagement, increase in audience, reach, key conversions

● Content creation management and scheduling for organic and paid social

● Influencer acquisition, contracts, and management

● Blog ideas and content management

● Support key leaders in the thought leadership sector

● Support for UK events

Creative Leadership:

● Lead creative development from the brand side with the content creation team, era92, based in Kampala, Uganda.

● Collaborate with the U.K. Director and U.S. Marketing Director to ensure all social media concepts are relevant, engaging, and aligned with Musana’s goals.

● Stay informed about events, activities, programs, and construction projects happening across Musana locations to share timely and relevant content.

● Build content will capture the attention of our audience and drive engagement. Work closely with internal and external teams to create content that captivates our audience within the first few seconds of viewing.

● Create campaigns, and own start to finish

○ Paid social strategy development and execution

○ Fundraising campaigns through live streaming, peer-to-peer fundraising, host virtual events, strategic ways to share blog content that pivots content into a fundraising effort etc.

○ Influencer campaigns

○ Thought-leadership campaigns 

○ Giveaways

○ And more!

Brand Guidelines & Consistency:

● Guarantee that every piece of content, including commenting and messaging, reflects Musana’s model of community development, brand values, brand voice, and brand visual guidelines.

Community Management & Thought Leadership:

● Engage with audiences and communities across social media platforms, responding to inquiries and comments in a timely manner.

● Initiate and participate in conversations with thought leaders, organisations, and key stakeholders to build relationships and enhance Musana’s online presence.

Reporting & Analytics:

● Track social media metrics and insights, providing detailed reports that outline success rates, trends, and areas for improvement.

● Track and report user journey from social to website through use of Google Analytics.

● Use data-driven insights to refine social media strategies and improve future campaigns.

Qualifications:

● Degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, or a related field

● Proven experience in social media management, content creation, and community engagement

● Strong understanding of social media platforms, trends, and best practices

● Experience with tracking and reporting the user journey from social to website through use of Google Analytics

● Excellent written and verbal communication skills

● Ability to collaborate effectively with global teams and manage multiple projects

● Creative thinker with a passion for storytelling and brand development

● Experience with social media analytics tools and reporting

● Organisational and time management skills 

Pay: £33,920-£40,280 pro rata, depending on experience
Contract: Permanent. Full time, 0.8 or job-share
Apply by Monday 30 September, 12:00pm BST

We’re a small but ambitious arts charity on an exciting journey. We are transforming a half-acre industrial heritage site - New River Head Clerkenwell - into the national centre for illustration and a home for Quentin Blake’s archive.

We’re seeking a brilliant person - or people - to join the team as Philanthropy Manager at an exciting time for the Centre with construction about to begin on our new home.

The Philanthropy Manager will secure gifts from Individuals, Trusts and Foundations in the range of £1,000-£50,000+, and will work closely with the Head of Development, Centre Director and Board to steward gifts at the £50,000+ level.

You will be a relationship-focused fundraiser with experience of face-to-face fundraising, excited by the opportunity to play a key part in launching a major new cultural institution. You will use your experience and key moments on the way to opening to refine, refresh and grow our established giving circles. You will also identify and develop new ways that individuals can support the Centre and our programming before we open our doors in February 2026.

You will be an inspiring and committed ambassador for the Centre and its mission, in person and in writing. You will also be a great team-player who enjoys collaborating with colleagues across the Centre to deliver a dynamic and creative programme of donor cultivation and stewardship. Your work will reflect our values of compassion, curiosity, equity, relevance and rigour.

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration champions art that is dynamic and diverse; we want our team to reflect that. We’re an inclusive and flexible employer, happy to hear from full-timers, part-timers and job-shares.

In recognition of underrepresentation in our staff team we will be offering guaranteed interviews to D/deaf and disabled applicants and applicants of African, Caribbean, Central Asian, East Asian, Latinx, South Asian, South East Asian and West Asian heritage whose applications meet the essential criteria listed in the Philanthropy Manager Job Pack.

Please download the job pack from our website for more details on the role, what we are looking for and how to apply. If you have any queries, please email us.

We are registered as a Disability Confident employer. Please email us to let us know if you have any access requirements that need to be met to support you to make an application or participate in the interview process.

An online information evening for this role will take place on Tuesday 24th September from 6pm – 7pm.This is an opportunity to meet our team, find out more about our work and ask questions about the role. If you would like to attend, please email us and ask us for joining details.

Apply by Monday 30 September, 12:00pm BST.

Community Catalysts CIC is a busy, buzzy social enterprise that tries hard to live up to its name. We’re working in partnership with Wiltshire Council and need an energetic, and imaginative person to coordinate things for us.

You will lead the Wiltshire Community Micro-enterprise Project which will support local entrepreneurial people and community organisations to offer new and creative care and support options for people who need help at home or in their communities. In this way we will help people to get the support they need to live the life they want.

To do this job you must:

• Understand the world of care - but maybe feel it could do with a bit of a shake up!
• Be a real people person - able to work well with all sorts of folks with confidence.
• Instinctively make connections - and join up dots that are sometimes less than obvious.
• Be able to spot what people are good at and nurture it.

Have a look at our website and the job description and person specification for more information about us and the job. You will be employed by Community Catalysts and based in the Wiltshire area.

Follow the link to download an application pack which includes the job description and person specification.

Closing date for applications is 5.00pm on 1st October 2024 and interviews will take place on 8th October 2024 in Trowbridge.

We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community.

In Memory Fundraising Manager 

Employer: St Christopher’s

Location:  Mostly Sydenham, occasionally Orpington 

Hours:36 hours per week

Salary: £35,708.00

Closing Date: 20th October 2024

Please note that this position includes occasional evening and weekend working.

We’re looking for a creative and dynamic in memory champion to join our fundraising team at St Christopher’s Hospice. In this pivotal role, you will be able to take your knowledge of in memory fundraising to the next level – developing new and existing in memory fundraising products and inspiring support at all levels of the organisation.

You will be:

• empathetic, able to connect with supporters often at a time when they are most vulnerable
• innovative, striving to find new ways to enable supporters to give in memory
• motivated to achieve results and a self-starter that takes pride in their work
• a team worker, able to forge strong relationships with people at all levels of the organisation
• curious, to learn from the wider in memory fundraising community.

You will have: 

• experience of in memory fundraising and knowledge of fundraising CRM systems such as Raiser’s Edge
• excellent organisational skills and an ability to prioritise and plan your workload
• outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal
• the ability to work on your own initiative and be excited by the prospect of new challenges. 
• the commitment to raise much needed funds for the hospice and passionate about making a difference to our supporters.

Closing date: 20th October 2024

Provisional interview date: TBC

Please note, each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they consider they meet the specific points within the Person Specification.

Are you ready to make a tangible difference in the lives of vulnerable communities? Zetetick Housing is seeking an inspiring and innovative Fundraising and Communications Manager to spearhead our mission of expanding support and services. In this role, you won’t just manage campaigns—you’ll craft stories that resonate, build relationships that matter, and develop strategies that drive real change. With a focus on creative growth and impactful outreach, this is your chance to bring your passion for social good to a place where it truly counts. Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible working, and a nurturing environment that champions personal and professional development. Join us in transforming lives—apply now and lead with purpose.

We’re looking for an excellent communicator who facilitates in a creative, inclusive and dynamic way to develop our newly established Community Benefit Society, joining our small, ambitious team

This position has the significant responsibility of working with members of the BD Collective, an innovative group of VSCE sector organisations, to develop a robust CBS that puts its members in the lead. 

Your role will bring together the VCSE sector to find and act on common goals, building a strong CBS that is able to take advantage of the opportunities presented through funding, commissioning and joint delivery opportunities.

You will be joining a small team of 8 people, with a supportive culture, working collaboratively and flexibly.