Development manager jobs in edgware, greater london
Participation Manager
Permanent appointment
Full time, 34.5 hours per week
Location – Hybrid between home and our London, Glasgow or Shipley offices
Salary Range - £47,000 - £52,000 per annum
About us
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.
About the role
Are you passionate about putting lived experience at the heart of an organisation’s work and decision-making? Do you excel in designing participation programmes that enable diverse groups of people with lived experience to meaningfully shape solutions? Do you thrive when partnering with other teams to share your expertise and build their knowledge? If so, this might be the perfect role for you!
This role will lead the involvement of people with lived experience of cancer in key projects and decision-making within Macmillan. As a Participation Manager, you will lead cross-organisational business partnering to shape and deliver strategic projects that embed meaningful participation across Macmillan's work, aligned with the organisation’s strategic objectives. You will scope and identify opportunities for participation with a focus on understanding the needs of Macmillan teams and people with lived experience of cancer.
You will lead the outcomes-focused design and delivery of projects requiring expertise in participation, ensuring that these projects provide rewarding opportunities for people living with cancer to shape Macmillan’s work and a high quality experience for participants. You will use your excellent understanding of equity by design to ensure that opportunities are inclusive and accessible to people with a wide range of needs and diverse lived experiences.
Working closely with colleagues across the Communities and Participation Team and the wider Communities and System Partnerships division, you will leverage existing lived experience networks and community relationships to drive change with and for people living with cancer through strategic programmes of work. You will join and lead matrix teams to deliver participation programmes involving community partnerships. You will think creatively about how to sustainably embed participation across key areas of the organisation including external affairs, corporate partnerships, campaigns, and governance.
Above all else, you will embody Macmillan’s values by acting with heart, strength, and ambition as you support Macmillan’s journey towards sharing more power with communities and people living with cancer.
About you
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills and experience:
- Excellent understanding of participation tools and approaches.
- Excellent understanding of equity by design.
- Expert facilitation skills.
- Deep understanding and experience of applying co-production and co-design methodologies with people and across organisations.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the capacity to draw insight and make recommendations based on the needs, challenges and opportunities within different business functions.
- Experience of business partnering and building strong, collaborative stakeholder relationships.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the confidence to influence decisions.
- Experience of working on a portfolio of projects.
- Experience of working within a change context and supporting a learning culture.
In return, we offer a range of benefits including:
- 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days
- Pension matched up to 7.5%
- 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
- Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
- Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more
Recruitment Process
Application deadline: Sunday 11 May 2025 at 23:59.
1st interviews w/c 26 May 2025
2nd interviews w/c 2 June 2025
To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all of our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed so that shortlisting is based solely upon the suitability of the candidate’s experience.
We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are seeking a full-time Primary Science Mentor to join our team of experts. Through your knowledge of and passion for primary science education, you will inspire transformational change in schools.
You'll be home based and able to support schools in one of the following regions: East Midlands, North East England, North West England or South Wales Valleys.
About the Primary Science Teaching Trust (PSTT)
PSTT is a registered charity with a clear vision – we want to see excellent teaching of science in every primary classroom in the UK. We believe it is vital that children are engaged and inspired by science from an early age. We want to draw on their natural curiosity to help them explore, understand and ask questions about the world around them.
We’ve built a Primary Science Teacher College of over 200 outstanding teachers; each helping to shape and influence science teaching across the UK. We produce great resources that improve how science is taught and planned. We organise engaging professional learning events for teachers, and work with partner organisations to further enhance how science is taught. Our 2023-28 strategy is building on these strengths to reach more teachers across a more diverse range of schools.
We’re dedicating our most intensive efforts to areas of the UK requiring most development in primary science. Our Priority Areas initiative is being piloted in 30 schools, and in September 2025 we plan to launch this programme in a further 30 schools. Our Regional Mentors have worked with more than 3,000 schools across England, with exceptionally positive feedback.
Job summary
There are two parts to the Primary Science Mentor role. The majority of the role will focus on strengthening primary science teaching and leadership by leading our second Priority Areas initiative. Through their knowledge of and passion for primary science education, the successful candidate will inspire transformational change in schools taking part in this project. They will build close working relationships with participating schools and create a vibrant and exciting learning community based on mutual support and the sharing of expertise.
The remaining hours in the role will be as a Regional Mentor: joining PSTT’s growing team of primary science experts who provide bespoke support directly to individual schools, multi-academy trusts and other school groupings and organisations. This includes developing and delivering training in a variety of contexts, including online; working individually with Science Leaders; being a leading voice, expert and advocate for primary science (both regionally and nationally); and creating partnerships with other organisations that support science within the region.
A crucial part of the role is to ensure collection of appropriate data for both Priority Areas and Regional Mentor activities, so that we can evaluate our work against intended outcomes.
Key facts about this role
Salary
PSTT band E(ii): starting salary £49,149. A cost-of-living increase will be applied on 1 September 2025; amount TBC.
Pension and benefits
Employer pension scheme, sick pay and maternity/paternity/adoption pay as detailed in our pay and reward scheme
Location
Home based in either the East Midlands, North East England, North West England or the South Wales Valleys.
Travel
The job requires extensive travel to schools within the Primary Science Mentor’s working region, and sometimes beyond that region (including occasional meetings at PSTT’s Bristol office). Expenses will be reimbursed.
Line manager
Director of Regional Programme
Start date
1 September 2025. Potential for some work prior to 1 September to support with identification and recruitment of schools (to be discussed at interview).
Contractual basis
2 years
Hours
35 hours per week (full time), usually worked between Monday-Friday. You may occasionally be required to work during evenings and weekends.
Annual leave
28 days (of which 3 must be taken during the Christmas closure period) plus public holidays
Our vision is to see excellent teaching of science in every primary classroom in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job title: Philanthropy Manager
We are seeking our first Philanthropy Manager to cultivate, solicit and steward a portfolio of donors and prospective donors (including alumni and other individuals, companies and charities) to generate major gifts £10,000 - £1 million+ for the Trust.
The successful candidate will join a small Executive Team of two (Director and Stewardship Officer) and work closely with our newly appointed Chair (from 6 July 2025), the Board of Trustees, and members of its sub-committee for Alumni Relations, Fundraising and Communications.
The first Kennedy Scholars departed for Harvard and MIT in 1966. In 2026 we will celebrate the 60th anniversary of this significant milestone in our history. The impact of this life-changing opportunity over the past 60 years will feature strongly in our new fundraising campaign.
Reporting to: Director of the Kennedy Memorial Trust (KMT)
Hours: Full-time 37.5 hours per week. We understand that full-time hours may not suit all candidates, so there is some flexibility in the hours and work schedule.
Contract: Permanent
Compensation: Salary £45,000 FTE, 30 days holiday plus bank hols (FTE) and 8% employer pension contribution after 3 months’ service
Location: Home-based but within easy access to London. The post holder can work on a hybrid basis, combining predominately home-working with regular in-person meetings in London. Travel from home to London for work and meetings will be paid in accordance with any expenses policies in force at the time.
The role involves some travel, in addition to the London working requirement, for meetings/events with donors, scholars, trustees and other stakeholders – ie monthly within the UK and twice a year to the US. There will also be occasional evening and weekend commitments.
Equality, diversity and inclusion are a key part of our values, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.
Please note, we are unable to offer a work visa for this role and so you must have the right to reside and work permanently in the UK.
About the Kennedy Memorial Trust
The Kennedy Memorial Trust funds exceptional UK students to pursue graduate studies at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Established as a ‘living memorial’ to President Kennedy following his assassination, the Trust has supported around 600 Kennedy Scholars since the first cohort in 1966. In addition to the scholarships, the Trust manages and maintains a memorial at Runnymede in Surrey.
The Trust prides itself on the talent and service of the candidates it selects. Following their time at Harvard or MIT, scholars have gone on to play leading roles in the UK and across the world, in public service, the law, science/technology, health, education, business, charities, the arts and media. Alumni of the programme include Lady Mary Arden (Supreme Court Justice from 2018 to 2022), Lord Mervyn King (Bank of England Governor from 2003 to 2013). David Miliband (ex Foreign Secretary, now CEO of the International Rescue Committee), Dame Kate Bingham (Chair of the UK Government's Vaccine Taskforce), Zanny Minton Beddoes (Editor-in-Chief, The Economist), and Matt Clifford CBE (Co-founder of Entrepreneur First and Chair of the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency).
The Trust is a registered charity (number 234715) and is responsible for the Kennedy Memorial Fund. In accordance with the Deed, Trustees are appointed by the UK Prime Minister, the Presidents of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or by the President of the United States. Originally funded by public donation, the Trust has developed a medium-scale fundraising programme over the last decade and is now planning a more ambitious campaign as the foundation for its future development.
The role
1. Fundraising activity
Contribute to the development of the new fundraising strategy.
Research, identify and pursue fundraising opportunities that meet the Trust’s strategic objectives.
Lead one-on-one and small group meetings with Trustees and key supporters to identify, develop and deliver fundraising objectives.
Assist Trustees in developing and maintaining their portfolios of prospects and donors.
Write compelling fundraising proposals and applications for funding, including bespoke proposals tailored to specific individuals.
Initiate and nurture relationships with potential high-level donors aiming to establish a strong and long-term philanthropic relationship
Lead one-on-one and small group meetings with high-level donors and potential donors and ask them for significant financial contributions.
Maintain and develop professional, trusted and productive relationships with current and past donors, and with a range of priority stakeholders.
Use appropriate and effective negotiation skills to motivate and guide donors to make gifts at a high level.
2. Processes and Procedures
Ensure the Trust is compliant with all relevant aspects of the Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Fundraising Practice and the Charity Commission.
Maintain a professional approach to handling sensitive and confidential information, complying with privacy and data protection legislation.
Maintain the Trust’s suite of policies and procedures related to fundraising and donor engagement.
Actively engage in external networks to identify new prospective donors.
Contribute to monthly and quarterly fundraising performance reports and present progress to the trustee board and its committe
Accurately record donor interactions in the CRM database and contribute to improving data management and analysis processes.
Regularly update the Executive team on fundraising activities and seek their input and support as needed.
Work closely with the Stewardship Officer to develop and implement solicitation and stewardship plans for donors and prospects.
Participate in team decision-making by suggesting creative solutions and engaging in strategic planning discussions.
Any other duties which may be required by the Director.
Other Responsibilities
As a small organisation we ask staff to remain flexible in their role responsibilities and so the JD will vary from time to time.
Experience and education required:
Experience of professional fundraising, with a track record of successfully securing major (£10k+) gifts from individuals, Foundations and businesses.
Educated to degree level
Experience of delivering a fundraising programme and pipeline to meet financial targets.
Experience identifying, negotiating and managing resource requirements in support of fundraising activity
Experience of having worked with high-level donors
Demonstrable understanding of higher education in UK and US
Demonstrable understanding of data protection/ Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Fundraising Practice and the Charity Commission.
High computer literacy in standard office packages and experience in using databases.
Competencies required:
The ability to work effectively on own initiative and within a team.
The ability to motivate and enthuse donors and prospective donors.
Excellent negotiation skills.
Excellent administrative and organisational skills and attention to detail.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both spoken and written.
Adaptability and resilience.
Tact and sensitivity.
Knowledge and understanding of current affairs and higher education in the UK and US.
Personal Attributes required:
Exceptional social confidence and adeptness in building and maintaining strong relationships with senior stakeholders
Excellent time and project management skills and the ability to organise work effectively to meet deadlines.
Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, with a record of communicating
information to a variety of audiences.
Good judgement and the ability to deal appropriately with confidential information or other sensitive issues.
Empathy and the ability to understand and articulate the personal, academic, and career aspirations of our scholars.
Ability to take initiative and be a self-starter.
Commitment to equality and diversity, treating people from all backgrounds with respect and dignity.
Willingness to invest in continued personal development.
The ability to make independent decisions daily.
How to apply and time of interviews
Please apply with a CV and covering letter outlining how you meet the Experience required criteria outlined above and what you would bring to the role by end of the day 25th April.
Please include the details of two referees, including one we may contact if you are shortlisted.
Interviews are planned to take place on 9th or 16th May in Central London.
If you are offered the post, you will be asked to provide proof of your right-to-work, your identity, and we will contact the second referee you have nominated.
Unifrog’s mission
We’re on a mission to level the playing field when it comes to young people finding and applying for their next step after school. We're achieving this by bringing all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps students to make the best choices, and submit the strongest applications. We also empower teachers and counsellors to manage the progression process effectively.
Our outlook is global - we work with schools and universities all over the world, from the US to New Zealand, and from Italy to Hong Kong. We want to make it so that young people can compare every opportunity taught in English, wherever it is in the world, and have all the support they need to make successful applications.
We have a clear social purpose, and we’re hugely ambitious. We already work with over half of UK secondary schools, and hundreds of international schools. We are growing rapidly in terms of the number of our customers, in terms of how much they use our platform, and in terms of the breadth of products we offer (check out this video to hear more about the Unifrog platform).
Our team is at the heart of our business and is integral to our success. We work hard to foster a culture of openness, happiness and innovation, and we commit to helping every individual learn and grow so that they can reach their full potential. We want to hire talented people, whatever their background. If you are excited by our mission and are ready to work hard, please don’t hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!
We believe in the power of diversity. If you are from an ethnic minority background, we would like to strongly encourage you to apply.
The role and your key responsibilities
As a Senior Account Manager, your role is to line manage a regional team of Account Managers to maximise partner engagement and ensure we retain sky-high resubscription rates. You will manage your regional team’s objectives and regularly monitor and report on progress towards this.
Alongside managing your team, you’ll work with a cohort of partner schools and colleges, facilitating an environment which identifies and promotes best practice across partners within your region. Using data analysis across schools and colleges within your region, you’ll identify trends and opportunities to further increase the use of Unifrog, maximising engagement and resubscription rates.
Your key responsibilities will include:
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Line manage a regional team of Account Managers to achieve their resubscription and engagement goals, delivering weekly check-ins with each team member to review their progress with partners.
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Run team meetings with your regional Account Management team to review key engagement strategies, objectives and share best practice.
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Meet weekly with the Head of Account Management, reporting on progress with your partners, and the progress of your regional team.
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Analyse regional engagement data to spot trends and work closely with the Head of Account Management to devise and implement strategies to improve on any areas of low engagement.
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Work with Senior Account Managers, Head of Account Management and other Unifrog colleagues, to design and implement projects and processes across the Account Management team, that help deliver against our organisation’s objectives and mission.
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Work with a region of schools and colleges with the responsibility of an Account Manager, providing resources and strategies which maximise staff and student engagement with Unifrog, and identifying and promoting best practice across partner schools.
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Deliver targeted training sessions to staff within our partner schools and colleges via workshops and presentations, delivered remotely or in person.
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Work closely with your regional Area Manager to improve Unifrog engagement and maintain a sky high resubscription rate.
What we’re looking for
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Strong communication skills – written, over the phone and on video calls.
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1+ years’ Account Management experience.
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Track record of excellent relationship management.
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Ability to identify strengths and areas for improvement within a team, and to put relevant support in place.
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Ability to listen to feedback and adapt quickly and flexibly.
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Extremely well organised.
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Keen attention to detail.
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Active listening and objection handling skills.
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Ability to use data to help inform strategies and processes.
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Proactive attitude and willingness to get stuck in.
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Experience in working with schools and colleges is preferred but not essential.
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Experience leading a high performing team is preferred but not essential.
You will be joining a team of highly motivated people who are passionate about our mission of helping students to find the best next step for them after school. If this excites you and you’re an energetic person who is willing to learn, then we’d love to hear from you.
Working together
You’ll work alongside an Area Manager in your region, as well as people in our Partner Success and Account Management teams. You’ll be line-managed by our Head of Account Management.
Benefits
Head to our jobs page for a full list of the excellent benefits we offer our team.
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Join one of ‘the best organisations to escape to’ and help transform careers and destinations in schools. We’re also a certified Great Place to Work.
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Become part of a committed, dynamic, and growing company. We want to build our team for the long term: if you do well, we will do our best to make sure you want to stay at the company for a long time.
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Professional development is important at Unifrog. You will define your own 6-month objectives and will be supported by your line manager and the rest of the team to achieve them. You will have an annual training allowance to spend on what you need to grow and progress.
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Influence the company’s direction: we love to promote great ideas, wherever they come from.
Key details
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£42,312 per annum (Grade C), plus commission, car allowance and a share in a company-wide performance bonus.
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OTE £47,000.
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Permanent and full-time.
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28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays).
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Working hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Thursday, and 9:00am to 4:30pm on Friday.
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Full UK driving licence and access to a car is essential.
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All travel expenses covered.
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Candidate will need to be based in Oxfordshire.
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Home based with some travel to schools and colleges in your region
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Start date: as soon as possible, though we will be flexible for the right candidates.
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To discuss any details about the role before applying, please contact Mhairi (details on our website)
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We can only consider candidates who have the right to work in the UK.
Application process
Deadline: 10:00AM (BST) on Tuesday 22nd April 2025.
Stage 1: Application form (~1 hour) ✍️
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Visit our website to upload your CV and complete the questions and tasks below. Please note that we do not review CVs at this stage of the application process so please be as specific as possible about your experience.
- i. With reference to examples of your recent experience, what would make you an excellent candidate for this role? (250 words)
- ii. Tell us about a time you led a team or group to achieve a challenging objective. What did you do to ensure its success? (250 words)
- iii. You receive the following email from the head of large group of schools in England:
'Hi X,
One of the schools in our Trust has asked for more information about Unifrog and how we've been getting on with the platform this year.
They're currently using a free platform with their lower year groups, so they're covered with that, but are looking for something to support their KS4 & KS5 students.
Can you provide some information on how Unifrog can support them specifically with those Key Stages, and maybe some costs around a subscription?
Best wishes,'
What next steps would you take following on from this email, and how would you respond to the contact? (250 words)
Stage 2: Phone task (15 minutes)
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A short role play task over the phone. We will schedule these tasks throughout the application window.
Stage 3: Video call interview (1 hour)
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Pre prepared presentation (10 mins)
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Standard Q&A from a panel of three, including questions about your experiences and how these relate to the role, and scenario questions based on common situations you might face (plus time for your questions) (50 mins).
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Video call interviews will be held w/c 28th April 2025.
Your answers are an opportunity to let us know more about your motivations and experience. While we understand that candidates might want to use AI to improve parts of their application, we strongly encourage you to write your answers independently.
Please note, we compare all answers to an AI generated answer. Where we suspect AI has been used to write the majority of the answer, this will be taken into consideration when scoring.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
We are looking for a determined, skilled, proactive trusts fundraiser to join our small team in this newly created role to help stop children dying suddenly and without explanation.
Tragically, 1-2 seemingly healthy children die in the UK every fortnight, often going to sleep and never waking up. This incidence is unchanging. SUDC UK was founded in 2017 to raise awareness of Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC), encourage and fund scientific research and offer support and advice to affected families. We believe SUDC research should receive more attention and scientific investment and are inspired by efforts to impact SIDS (cot death), where there has been an 80% reduction in infant deaths in the past 30 years. We can do so much more for SUDC children and their families.
Why apply to SUDC UK? The post holder will be joining our ambitious, passionate, young charity, which consistently punches above its weight. SUDC remains relatively unknown to UK funders, but we are desperate to change this. Despite the current challenging trust fundraising environment, we are hopeful there are philanthropists and grant makers who will be inspired by our impact to date and the enormous potential to save young lives.
Fully remote. A home-based and flexible role. Collaboration over Teams/Zoom. Very occasional travel to meetings/events.
Ever dreamed of running your own library and events venue, and fostering a community's creativity to build a welcome space? This opportunity might be a dream come true!
Belsize Community Library is managed by the Winch, a youth and community charity in Camden. The library has three core aspirations for our community: Belsize Reads, Belsize Connects and Belsize Creates, which guide the activities we run from this amazing space.
We are looking for someone with experience of working in libraries, who can programme and manage creative events, and manage our small but mighty team of staff and volunteers. Working three days a week, the Library Manager will keep children and families central to the work of the library, whilst building purposeful partnerships with our growing community network.
To apply for this position, please send your CV (maximum 3 pages) and a personal statement of no more than two sides of A4 (font size 12 or above) outlining why you are interested in the role and our organisation, and how you meet the person specification. Please share this information through the Charity Jobs platform
Please note that we will NOT consider a CV-only application. We will not read an application without an accompanying personal statement.
Thank you
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Technology Manager
Location: Cheam, Surrey (on-site, flexible working considered)
Salary: £52,000-£54,000 per annum
Hours: Full time – 35 hours per week
Department: IT
Job Type: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent
At the Charity for Civil Servants, we can’t always prevent the tricky, stressful, sad stuff from happening. But when it does happen, we help current, former and retired civil servants get the best support. Join us as we embark on the next phase of our strategy to ensure we can be there when people need us the most.
We are now recruiting for a Technology Manager who will work to support all colleagues across the Charity. Reporting to the Director of Finance and Resources, you will play a key role in ensuring that the Charity’s technology infrastructure gives staff all the support they need to deliver our objectives.
This role manages a small in-house team, as well as overseeing the procurement and management of our IT infrastructure, managing external suppliers, and supporting colleagues in identifying opportunities for continuous technological improvement. A key remit is also to work with the HR team to identify and deliver any technological training needs.
To be successful in this role, you will be experienced in using MS Dynamics, PowerBI and a CRM in a charity context. You will also need to have hands-on experience of managing office networks and an IT helpdesk. You will have managed IT and data systems and Microsoft ecosystems, and you will have broad knowledge of cloud-based systems including Microsoft Azure, InTune and Amazon AWS.
In return, we can offer you excellent benefits including a health cash plan, Headspace, life assurance, excellent pension, generous annual leave, birthday leave, and interest free loans for season tickets and our cycle to work scheme.
To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter that states why you would be suitable for this role. The closing date for applications is 11:59 pm on 27 April. Interviews will be held w/c 5 May. Please let us know in your covering letter if any dates that week would be difficult for you.
The Charity for Civil Servants are committed to building and developing a workforce which reflects the diversity of the civil service community that we support. We seek to ensure all job applications are treated fairly, with respect and without bias and we encourage applications from suitably experienced candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, or any other factor.
You may have experience in the following: IT Manager, Technical Manager, Tech Lead, Technical Project Manager, IT Operations Manager, Technology Lead, Systems Manager, IT Vendor Management, IT Service Integration, IT Infrastructure, Network and Cloud Management and Cybersecurity, etc.
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Purposeful vision. Agile planning. Steadfast persistence.
Planning Manager
£40,000 - £44,000 plus
Reports to: Planning and change lead
Directorate: ?Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement
Contract: ? Permanent x2
Hours: ?35 hours per week
Location: ?Stratford, High-Flex (1-2 days per week in office)
Closing date: 28 April 2025 23:55
This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment. Please let us know if there is anything about the recruitment process that you would like to discuss, in particular if there are any changes or adjustments that would make it easier for you to apply. Please contact or 020 3469 8400 as soon as possible.
Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.
Recruitment process: Competency based interview
Interview date: approximately W/C 5 May 2025
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We are looking for two Planning Managers to ensure the execution of CRUK's mass audience strategy through MFE plans, empowering teams to achieve our goals efficiently and effectively. This is a brand-new position and will be crucial for driving change across the business.
You will help drive a step-change to make MFE become a truly audience-centric directorate, especially in the way we translate strategy into plans. You will help design and embed a new approach to planning in MFE, centrally setting clear priorities and improving how agree and align resource to achieve our shared goals.
In a lively, vibrant working environment, you'll discover something new every day, whether it's a new connection, a new method of engagement or a talent you never knew you had. You'll also be surrounded by people who are as dedicated to beating cancer as you are.
What will I be doing?
Support the design, build and implementation of an integrated and well-sequenced planning process to successfully drive forward delivery of the mass audience strategy, including putting a much greater focus on audience needs in the way we plan our work
Support the running of this planning process, working with stakeholders across MFE and key partners in other directorates to align priorities, activity and KPIs.
Support the design, build and implementation of MFE quarterly business performance reviews to drive alignment with the audience strategy and ensure prioritisation and investment decisions deliver on overall strategic goals
Contribute to the development of a '3-year plan' for MFE, translating the mass audience strategy into a high-level plan of priorities and activity
Act as a key interface for MFE with other directorates, ensuring support functions receive a joined-up view of needs, requirements and priorities across MFE, aligned to the mass audience strategy (including deputising for the MFE Planning & Change Lead on forums relating to CRUK-wide planning)
Support improvements to how CRUK-wide planning is done, including how we align people and budgets to achieve our shared goals, especially in areas of org-wide shared resource (e.g. Creative)
Support the design, build and implementation of a new fit-for-purpose governance structure for MFE, and support the MFE Planning & Change Lead in running this new governance
Champion process optimisation initiatives across MFE to deliver efficiencies and improve employee experience
Work with colleagues in Fundraising Finance to ensure financial and operational planning are integrated and aligned, and to collaborate at key points in the business cycle (e.g. target-setting, budgeting etc)
Contribute to writing impactful papers and presentations for a variety of stakeholder groups, including MFE SLT
What are we looking for?
Experience of operational planning and/ or project management, ideally including setting-up new planning processes
Strong project management and planning skills, including resource and risk management
Comfortable with working flexibly and in a rapidly changing working environment, including the ability to set and manage own workload and priorities
Ability to work through ambiguity and to navigate new territory
A strategic thinker, interpreting complex information, putting it in context and having a clear view of the "big picture"
Significant experience working in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple and complex projects.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships with and influence a wide range of individuals
Highly organised with a proven ability to show initiative, and a strong desire to achieve outcomes of an excellent standard
Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do.
Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination
Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism
Human: Act to have a positive impact on people
Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively
We're looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.
If you're interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we'd still love to hear from you.
What will I gain?
We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.
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How do I apply?
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A dynamic and forward-thinking performing arts organisation in Central London is seeking a General Manager to support its growth and operational excellence. This is an exciting opportunity to join a passionate team at a pivotal time, playing a key role in driving the organisation’s mission and ensuring its smooth day-to-day running.
Full-time | Permanent | Hybrid working available | Salary: £40,000
As General Manager, you will:
- Lead on organisational finance processes, including budgeting, cashflow, payroll, and reporting.
- Oversee and streamline operational systems, HR, and governance frameworks.
- Line manage a small operational team and support the broader staff’s wellbeing and professional development.
- Ensure legal, insurance, and policy compliance across all activities.
- Support reporting to Boards and statutory bodies, coordinating calendars and documentation.
- Be a key player in planning, internal communication, and external stakeholder liaison.
The successful candidate will have:
- Demonstrable experience in administration and operational leadership.
- Strong finance and budget management skills.
- A background in HR or line management.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to balance multiple priorities with clarity and empathy.
- A genuine passion for the arts and inclusive, values-led leadership.
Experience within the arts, charity or non-profit sector is advantageous, as is familiarity with platforms such as Ticketsolve and Sage 50 Payroll, but not essential.
For more information please submit your CV to .
Please note, CVs are being reviewed on a rolling basis and only successful applicants will be contacted with more information.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
The Volunteer Relationship Manager will play a crucial role in overseeing and optimising the volunteer programme within the College of Paramedics.
With a focus on enhancing volunteer relationships and strengthening organisational capabilities, you will lead strategic initiatives to help to create a positive, productive, and rewarding experience for volunteers while maximising their contribution to our strategic objectives.
The Volunteer Relationship Manager will be required to:
- Recruitment and Onboarding – Develop best practice volunteer recruitment strategies, conduct interviews and volunteer screening and organise required induction sessions
- Volunteer Management – Match volunteers with appropriate roles, coordinate schedules and maintain the volunteer database
- Support and Development – Provide ongoing support to volunteers, identify opportunities for skill development and address any concerns
- Recognition and Retention – Implement volunteer recognition programs and events, developing strategies to improve volunteer retention rates and gather feedback from volunteers to enhance their experience
- Policy and Compliance – Ensuring volunteer activities comply with relevant laws and regulations, develop and updating volunteer policies and conduct risk assessments for volunteer roles
- Reporting and Evaluation – Track volunteer impact and prepare reports to identify effectiveness of the volunteer programme
- Collaboration – Work closely with all departments to integrate volunteers effectively and build relationships with external organisations for potential partnerships
- Diversity, Equity and Belonging
- Inspire and enable paramedics to participate in the profession within an environment based on safety, collegiality, inclusiveness, mental and physical wellbeing, and innovation
- Review activities in relation to the role to ensure alignment with the College of Paramedics ‘Belonging and Inclusion’ Strategy
- Ensure diversity equity and belonging is an integral aspect of volunteers
Qualifications and/or Knowledge (essential)
- Be educated to degree level or equivalent through experience
- Knowledge of best practices in volunteering, safeguarding, and inclusion
- Commitment to keeping up to date with best practice in volunteering and ensuring compliance with latest legislation
Experience (essential)
- Have proven experience in volunteer management and implementation of volunteer programmes
- Have experience of successfully managing a project or team
Experience (desirable)
- Experience of working in the voluntary sector, NHS, or public sector
- Experience of working in a membership organisation
Aptitude and Abilities (essential)
- Strong ability to recruit, train, and support diverse groups of volunteers
- Have demonstrable and evidenced leadership skills and the ability to enthuse and motivate individuals.
- Be able to manage a delegated budget and contribute to financial planning and budget setting activity
- Have the ability to think strategically and to develop and present plans clearly
- Be able to manage multiple work-streams, conflicting priorities and an ability to meet deadlines
- Be able to collect and analyse data from IT systems, reports and research to measure volunteer impact
- Have evidence of well developed communication skills (written, verbal and digital) with the ability to
engage with a wide range of stakeholders
Values
- Be self-motivated and have personal drive, integrity, and adaptability, with the ability to work flexibly, under pressure and to deadlines, as required
- Be reliable with a high degree of personal integrity, acting with positivity, energy, and compassion to inspire those around them to achieve their full potential
- Flexible attitude to working hours
- Have a commitment to the aims and ethos of the College of Paramedics, demonstrating a passion and desire to lead positive developments and improvements in volunteer management within the College
- Have personal insight with regards to values and behaviours and the impact on others, with the skills to build relationships and create a shared vision
Other (important)
- Be eligible to work in the UK
- Be able to work remotely as necessary and be willing to travel as required, to attend meetings or support College events across the UK or attend the College head office in Bridgwater, Somerset
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Programme Delivery Officer
Department
Operations & Programmes
Reporting to
Director of Operations & Programmes
Managing
None
Location
This role is hybrid, with a requirement to work from the office (near Moorgate, London) a minimum of two days per week.
Travel Requirements
This role requires flexibility for occasional work on evenings and weekends. With some national travel to events as business needs require.
Main relationships
Director of Operations & Programmes, Head of Operations, Partnerships Project Manager
Benefits
· Salary £34,000
· 30 days leave (plus Bank Holidays)
· Bupa Health Cover
· Matched company pension scheme
· Life assurance cover offering 4x death in service benefit.
· Company sick pay
· Training and development opportunities
· Learning and Wellbeing Grant
· Employee assistance programme
· Season Ticket Loan
· Perks and discount platform
About us
Drinkaware is a leading charity concerned with reducing harm from alcohol. We do this by providing impartial, evidence-based information and advice and practical resources; raising awareness of alcohol harms; and working in partnership with others to deliver behaviour change through our tools and interventions. The Trust is funded primarily through voluntary, unrestricted donations from alcohol producers, wholesalers, and on- and off-trade retailers, but acts entirely independently.
Our Vision: Working together to reduce alcohol harm across the UK.
Our Mission: Using our expertise to give governments, industry, communities and individuals the knowledge and support to make informed decisions about alcohol and how to reduce the harm it can cause. Delivered though:
· Public-facing campaigns and digital services, information and guidance
· Evidence-led advice to governments and industry
· Independent research, consumer insight and evaluation
Our Values: Solid Reasoning; Clarity with Empathy; Understanding and Connecting; Principled Partnership; Determination and Curiosity
Purpose of the role
Reporting to the Head of Operations and working collaboratively with the Partnerships Project Manager, the Programme Delivery Officer will play a crucial role in the day-to-day programme management of the organisation’s programmes and partnership delivery.
This role will also involve strong elements towards cultivating relationships with key external partners, including businesses, non-profits and other stakeholders, to enhance organisational initiatives, drive growth, and ensure long-term collaboration. Providing rigorous operational support and programme administration as needed.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
· Provide comprehensive support to the Partnerships Project Manager
· Build and maintain strong relationships with current and potential new partners to maximise engagement and collaboration.
· Act as a point of contact for partners and project/programme stakeholders.
· Assisting with programme and project initiation, such as design and planning.
· Assisting with programme and project delivery, such as: updating progress, resolving problems, ordering content and collateral, and supporting with other delivery tasks.
· Data analysis and programme reporting, preparing partner reports and tracking performance.
· Organise and deliver outreach and engagement activity (such as running stalls at events) to partners, community groups and local charities.
· Travel to engagement events across the UK
· Represent and advocate for Drinkaware at partnership or public meetings and events.
· Coordinate with various departments (marketing, communications, partnerships, etc.) to ensure smooth implementation of partnership initiatives.
· Organise and support meetings (such as working groups and board meetings), providing comprehensive minutes capturing actions and decisions
· Provide effective facilitation of workshops and focus groups, managing the end to end client feedback process to internal stakeholders
Accountable for:
Delivery of partnership projects & programmes
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Qualifications and/or experience
Experience of partnership or programme delivery
Essential Criteria / Key Skills
1. Ability to multitask and manage several partnerships simultaneously
2. Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport and trust with partners at all levels.
3. Experience of organising small events and workshops
4. Experience of writing clear, concise, reports and accurately maintaining documentation
5. Attention to detail and foreplaning
6. Experience of a broad range of software packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint
7. Strong analytical skills and presentation of data.
8. Experience providing administrative support.
9. Ability to work on your own and take initiative.
10. Ability to travel across the UK as necessary to attend events and meetings
11. A positive ‘can do’ attitude
12. Emotionally intelligent and resilient when under pressure.
13. An energetic and committed ambassador for Drinkaware, our mission and values
Special features of the role
This role requires flexibility for occasional work on evenings and weekends. With some national travel to events as business needs require.
How to apply: maximum 2 page A4 cover letter explaining your motivations for applying for the role at Drinkaware and outlining how they meet each point on the person specification. CV's only will not be considered.
Purpose of the Position
This role is central to driving and expanding our fundraising efforts through the strategic cultivation and stewardship of trusts and foundation relationships. This position is instrumental in identifying and securing sustainable funding sources to support World Bicycle Relief’s mission, ensuring that more people are mobilised through the Power of Bicycles.
This role requires a strong partnership with the UK Managing Director, ensuring that fundraising strategies are robustly executed and aligned with organisational goals.
The ideal candidate will be eager to work with a small, but impactful UK team while collaborating with a dynamic international team of change champions, dedicated to transforming lives through The Power of Bicycle.
About Us
World Bicycle Relief (WBR) is a global organisation that mobilises people through the Power of Bicycles. We envision a world where distance is no longer a barrier to education, health services, and economic opportunity. A catalyst for change, World Bicycle Relief helps people in need realise their goals by providing a tool that will support them to access education, markets, health facilities and vital services they need to thrive. Equipped with a purpose-designed Buffalo Bicycle from World Bicycle Relief, students, health workers and entrepreneurs in low-income regions create opportunities for themselves, their families and entire communities.
WBR UK is a registered charity and a subsidiary of World Bicycle Relief NFP (WBR NFP). WBR NFP operates through WBR not for profit subsidiaries and through its social enterprise company, Buffalo Bicycles. Together the WBR Group provides transport solutions to those who cannot afford them, with donations through WBR and sales of bicycles and spare parts through Buffalo Bicycle Limited. Buffalo Bicycle Limited also offers users repair and maintenance services via a retail network of shops and local mechanics. WBR has distributed over 870,000 fit-for-purpose bicycles and trained over 3,350 community-based mechanics. Our impact is clear: girls with Buffalo Bicycles boost their school attendance by almost a third; health care workers see nearly twice as many patients each day and 80% of households using a Buffalo bicycle report higher incomes.
Responsibilities
- Collaborative Strategy Execution: Works closely with the UK Managing Director, incorporating programmatic priorities for developing key funding partnerships, to align and execute the trusts and foundations fundraising strategy.
- Strategic Growth & Income Diversification: Supports the development of and executes a growth strategy to increase trust and foundation income, leveraging both existing and new opportunities, including institutional fundraising and government funding where relevant.
- Prospecting & Pipeline Development: Proactively identifies, researches, and cultivates new trust and foundation prospects to expand the current portfolio and drive significant new revenue growth in alignment with fundraising targets.
- Relationship Management & Stewardship: Establishes, nurtures, and manages strong relationships with trust and foundation donors, ensuring tailored engagement, timely reporting, and strategic alignment with donor priorities to maximize long-term support.
- Proposal & Fund Development: Leads the development and submission of compelling funding proposals to generate revenue, while ensuring collaboration with the global proposal development enablement function for high-value (£100k+) opportunities. Edits concepts, proposals, pitch decks and stewardships materials.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Works closely with WBR’s global Development & Marcomm and proposal development team to source insights, data, and programmatic information that strengthen proposals and enhance donor engagement, ensuring UK efforts align with international fundraising strategies.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Education, Training and Experience Requirements
- A combination of education and experience that yields the required knowledge, skills and abilities
- Advanced knowledge of and proven skills in grant writing
- Experience securing new income and growing existing income from Trusts and Foundations partnerships.
- Proven skills in relationship management
- Advanced written and oral communication skills
- Proven customer service skills
- Detail oriented with strong time management
- Ability to work independently and as a team member
- Ability to adapt to the constant change of a fast-growing organization
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion
- Ability to maintain integrity, honesty and ethics in all work-related matters
- Advanced knowledge and skills in standard office procedures and software (e.g., Microsoft Office suite, Asana, Google Suite and Salesforce).
Remote Work Location with some UK and International Travel Required
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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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 are looking for an experienced Senior Trusts and Foundations Manager to manage a portfolio of Trust funders providing excellent stewardship and developing a strategy to grow income.
Whizz Kidz: the facts
Over 75,000 young people aren’t getting the wheelchair or support that fully meets their needs.
Without the ability to be independent young wheelchair users are restricted in their ability to socialise and participate in society.
We’re here to change that
As the UK’s leading charity for young wheelchair users, we empower young people by providing the wheelchairs, equipment, support and confidence-building experiences they need, and campaigning for a more inclusive society.
Our values
We are young people focused, ambitious, collaborative and inclusive.
The Trusts and Foundations Team is part of the Fundraising and Marketing Communications Department and is responsible for delivering over £3m a year for the organisation’s services.
As Senior Trust Fundraising Manager you will be responsible for managing our existing donor relationships, researching new funding opportunities and preparing applications with a focus on 5 and 6 figure funding. This is a well-established income stream for Whizz Kidz with content for proposals readily available and accessible and you will have the opportunity to work with long standing supporters, helping them feel inspired by the impact of their gift. You will use your skills of relationship management to make a real difference to the lives of young wheelchair users. Finally, you will join an ambitious and collaborative fundraising team, keen to share success and support one another.
The ideal candidate will have experience of growing a Trust income stream and of preparing donor reports and providing excellent stewardship to funders and will be an excellent spoken and written communicator with a particular emphasis on funding application writing and reporting. They will have strong prospect research skills with the ability to secure higher value funding partnerships and an understanding of the issues young wheelchair users face.
Please note: This post is subject to an Enhanced level DBS Disclosure, which will be sought prior to the confirmation of a job offer.
A few perks
The wellbeing of our colleagues is of paramount importance to our success as an organisation, and we want to ensure that our benefits package provides something of value for everyone, whether it is our generous holiday entitlement, wellbeing days, Healthcare cash plan, long-service awards. We hope you agree!
Annual leave
25 days of annual leave per annum plus Bank Holiday (pro-rata for part time colleagues).
Christmas closure
In addition to annual leave, employees get three days of paid Christmas leave.
Pension
Automatic enrolment for all colleagues with the option to opt out. Contributions of 5% gross salary made by both Whizz Kidz and employees. We will match higher contributions of up to 6% of gross basic salary.
Simply health
Automatic enrolment in a fully paid for cash plan that assists you with everyday health costs. This scheme is also available to your families for an extra charge.
Season ticket loan
An interest free loan of up to £5,000 following the successful completion of the Probationary Period.
To apply please email your CV and Cover Letter via the apply button.
Interviews will be held on a rolling basis.
Once we have sufficient applicants we withhold the right to close job vacancies early.
We create opportunities for young wheelchair users to get the equipment, skills, and confidence to go further.

Actively Interviewing
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!
Job Title: Individual Giving and Legacies Manager
Salary: £38,000 - £40,000
Responsible to:Head of Fundraising, Ruth Strauss Foundation
Accountable to: Board of the Ruth Strauss Foundation
Hours per week:Monday-Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Location:Hybrid: minimum 2 days a week in London office
Job Purpose
The Ruth Strauss Foundation is looking to grow its fundraising team and this role will play a pivotal part in developing Individual Giving for the organisation. This role will lead the Individual Giving and Legacy programme, responsible for building the database of regular givers, introducing new campaigns and products to acquire new donors and increase retention rates and lifetime donor value.
This role will be responsible for developing a supporter centric marketing strategy generating a supporter journey which drives excellent supporter experience, creating a RSF family of donors. This role will develop products for in memory fundraising and build our legacy programme from scratch, developing a legacy fundraising strategy and subsequent comms plan and journey.
Key Relationships:
- Head of Fundraising
- Head of MarComms & Digital
- Head of Mission Services
- Head of Finance
- RSF Individual Supporters
- Gift in Wills organisations
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver RSFs Individual Giving and Legacy programme, ensuring the programme meets budgeted income and spend.
- Manage a portfolio of campaigns, owning a personal income target of over £300k
- Produce a regular giving strategy to generate growth in income and acquisition/retention numbers
- Develop robust supporter centric supporter journey’s, feeding into a wider onward journey to increase the lifetime value of our donors
- Produce a legacy strategy to introduce legacy fundraising to RSF, growing a database of legacy pledgers through sensitive and impactful legacy marketing
- Introduction of new appeal campaigns and individual giving products to the individual giving portfolio
- Develop products to support in memory fundraising
- Utilise audience analysis and sector trends to generate compelling supporter communications, connecting to supporter motivations and interests.
Key activities
- Produce a 3 year programme strategy for Individual Giving and Legacy fundraising contributing to the ambitious growth strategy for RSF
- Project management of a year long Individual Giving communications plan and associated campaigns/products.
- Produce a marketing strategy for our individual givers which focusing on increasing the number of new donors acquired as well increasing retention, average value donated and gift aid conversions of our existing database.
- Introduce new in memory products and campaigns to support fundraisers wishing to raise funds in memory of a loved one.
- Introduce a legacy marketing strategy to grow legacy fundraising at RSF, introducing KPIs to monitor impact across pledgers and intenders
- Establish business rules for recording Individual giving data on Salesforce to ensure that future analysis of the programme is robust and reliable
- Introduce new fundraising campaigns to reach new audiences and re-engage with existing donors
- Project management and delivery of existing Individual giving campaigns
- Introduce new individual giving campaigns to the portfolio, identifying key opportunities in the year using audience understanding, aligning with RSF’s strategy
- Work closely with gift in wills organisations to grow RSF’s legacy fundraising, reaching new audiences, connecting with solicitors across the UK
- Work with the Head of Finance to develop a legacy administration process
- Budget management and post activity delivery metric analysis, ensuring a robust contingency planning process is in place
- Development of fundraising collateral in conjunction with campaigns/products
- Coordinate the marketing requirements for each activity, producing pre and post communications/marketing collateral – including working with external production companies where required
- Set up product/campaign processes including fulfilment and supporter stewardship
- Ensure all individual giving and legacy activities are compliant with fundraising code of conduct, GDPR and other IG processes/policies
- Conduct regular sector wide and competitor research to stay ahead of trends and maximiseopportunities for RSF
This Job Description reflect the duties of the post as they exist at this time and may be subject to change based on the needs of the Fundraising team. The post-holder may be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the salary and competence requirements of this post from time to time as required.
Expertise required
- Exceptional experience of managing an individual giving programme, managing a range of campaigns/products of varying size and scale including acquisition activity, warm appeals and reactivation
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills including budget management, project management and prioritisation.
- Excellent data analytical skills, able to set up processes to capture data and analyse data to ensure strategic decisions are based on audience insight and analysis
- Experience of developing plans and budgets, and reporting against financial targets and key performance indicators
- Experience working with CRM systems and project planning tools
- Excellent communication skills – able to utilise data analysis to produce compelling fundraising communications, understanding supporter motivations, engaging audiences to generate fundraising growth.
- Strong team player and project leadership, ensuring clear and regular communication with the RSF team and stakeholders as appropriate
- Strong relationship management across stakeholders of multiple levels and organisations.
- Innovative thinker who has experience of building successful fundraising campaigns from scratch
- A willingness to adapt and be flexible. There are often new projects, changing priorities, and new processes that you will need to embrace.
- Ability to keep calm under pressure and maintain a clear head
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Ability to undertake travel, including overnight stays where necessary
Personal Attributes
- Creative, results-driven, and proactive in approach
- Excellent multi-tasker
- Strong interpersonal skills to build positive relationships with a range of stakeholders
How to apply:
We are committed to being an inclusive workforce that fully represents many different cultures, backgrounds and viewpoints. We welcome applications that help us in our mission to be a place where you can be yourself and thrive.
Please share your CV and covering letter.
Interviews will be planned as applications come in. The application process may close early.
We take your privacy very seriously and promise to keep your details safe. Check our Applicant Privacy Policy to find out more.
About the Ruth Strauss Foundation
In early 2018, Ruth Strauss, the wife of Sir Andrew Strauss the former England cricket captain, was diagnosed with an incurable lung cancer that affects non-smokers. Ruth died on December 29th 2018; she was 46 years old and mother to two children, then aged 10 and 13.
In her memory, Sir Andrew has launched The Ruth Strauss Foundation to:
- Provide professional emotional support for families when a child is facing the death of a parent
- Facilitate collaboration and influence research in the fight against non-smoking lung cancers
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Learning and Development Facilitator
Location: This role is a hybrid role and there will be an expectation to travel to London once or twice a month, which is inclusive of your salary.
Salary: £24,000 per annum
Vacancy Type: Permanent
We are recruiting for a Learning and Development Facilitator.
The Forward Trust empowers people to break the cycles of addiction or crime to move forward with their lives. Since 1991, we have been working with people to build positive and productive futures. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change, as celebrated in our More Than My Past and Taking Action on Addiction campaigns. Our services have supported thousands of people to make changes to create better lives with jobs, family, friends and a sense of community.
We are on the search for a creative and proactive Learning and Development Specialist who will join our HR Learning and Development team.
Reporting to HR Learning and Development Lead. The purpose of this role is to provide support with development programmes, training initiatives, and carrying out administration duties.
The Learning and Development (L&D) Facilitator plays a key role in enhancing the skills and capabilities of our employees by coordinating and implementing effective training programs.
This role supports the planning, organisation, and execution of L&D initiatives, ensuring that employees have the necessary tools and knowledge to excel in their roles and contribute to the company’s overall success.
The L&D Facilitator works closely with internal teams to deliver engaging and impactful learning experiences, tracks training progress, and provides administrative support for all L&D activities.
Role Responsibilities
You will be responsible for creating and delivering engaging content to our employees across the business, and you will play a key role in driving forward our Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion training through learning programs working closely with our EDI Co-Ordinator.
The role also comes with administration responsibilities, and you will be responsible for scheduling courses and working on our learning management system (LMS). You will also be involved in projects such as delivery of induction programmes, safeguarding training and equality, diversity and inclusion training
Through continuous learning and development efforts, this position aims to foster a culture of growth, development, and employee engagement within the organisation.
This role is a hybrid role and there will be an expectation to travel to London once or twice a month, which is inclusive of your salary. If you are required to travel further, then this will be covered by expenses. The role is offered on a part-time basis of 28 hours over 4 days a week, this will be open to discussion.
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for individuals who have excellent communication and facilitation skills who are adaptable and who are passionate about learning and development.
Please also see a list of skills and experience needed below for this role:
- Experience designing and delivering engaging training sessions, especially for managerial audiences
- Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage participants at different levels
- Creative approach to content creation and training delivery, ensuring a dynamic and interactive experience
- Experienced in delivering training in a Face-to-Face setting and virtually.
- Understanding of diversity and inclusion and the ability to promote these values through learning and development activities
- Ability to work independently and prioritise tasks effectively
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- The ability to organise and prioritise workloads effectively.
- Comfortable in using a Learning Management System (LMS), e-learning tools, and other technology to design, deliver, and track learning programmes, and an understanding of Ms Office 365
- Experience in developing pre-coursework documentation guides for training
- Previous experience in a similar L&D role, with a track record of successfully implementing training courses.
- Ability to think creatively to design engaging and impactful training solutions.
- Comfortable with experimenting and trying new approaches to make learning more interactive, enjoyable, and effective.
About Us
We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often-interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.
We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits:
- Flexible working
- Training and development opportunities
- Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
- Season Ticket Loan Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Crisis Loan Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
- 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
- Access to Blue Light Card
- 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
- Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
- Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
- Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.