Donor Development Officer Jobs

Department/Team: Development

Responsible to: Head of Events

Contract: Permanent

Location: Flexible mix of home working and from The Old Vic, 103 The Cut, London, SE1 8NB

Hours: Full-Time - 10am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, inclusive of breaks, although it is expected that there will be occasions where evening and weekend work is required in order to fulfil the requirements of the post. The postholder will be eligible for TOIL in accordance with The Old Vic’s TOIL policy.

Salary: £34,000 - £35,000 per annum, depending on experience

Role Summary

The purpose of the post is:

• To organise and deliver a range of on-site corporate, donor, Capital and other ad-hoc events generated by the Development department, such as drink receptions, seated dinners, backstage talks, private building tours, press nights and corporate training events. In collaboration with the Head of Events, taking ownership of, and leading on, a combination of these events.
• To assist in the delivery of all major fundraising events.
• To lead on all events administrative duties including managing the schedule of events and communicating information to internal departments, external suppliers and sponsor stakeholders.

Your Team

The Development Events Manager is essential to deliver events that support the aims of the team and organisation.

We are at a key stage in our fundraising efforts, as we continue to raise funds for our capital development, a new Backstage building adjoining the existing historical building, which will house a new studio theatre, learning centre and café/workspaces over five storeys. Ground has been broken on this exciting project and we aim to open it in 2025.

You will be joining a high performing Development team who take great pride in their work to raise income for The Old Vic. Whilst you’ll sit within the wider Development team, the events team is a busy team consisting of the Events Manager and Head of Events. Your skills will lie in organisation, teamwork, superb attention to detail and event planning and delivery.

Areas of responsibility

The Development Events Manager will be responsible for:

Event Planning & Organisation:

• Prior to a show going on sale, working with the Development team to schedule all the department’s event requirements, ensuring tickets and spaces are held in good time
• Support in organising all event logistics such as catering, drinks, flowers, furniture hire, entertainment, lighting and negotiating the best price with external contractors

• To manage relationships with clients, suppliers and internal Old Vic teams to the highest possible standards
• Ensure guest speakers are booked in, sending timely reminders and speech/briefing notes
• Approaching creative teams, The Old Vic’s Senior Management team, and cast to ensure they attend the necessary events
• Liaising with wider Development team to gather any outstanding information for upcoming events
• Completing events memos and confidently discussing them at weekly meetings

• Planning and managing all event deadlines and ensuring information is circulated and received in good time with internal stakeholders, external clients and suppliers; such as RSVPs, final numbers and dietary requirements
• Supported by the Head of Events, plan and deliver 1-2 Press Night parties a year
• Leading on the scheduling, planning and delivery of The Old Vic’s lucrative and developing Corporate Training programme, including liaison with and contracting of facilitators, external clients, caterers and Stage Team, booking space and producing schedules, while working closely with the Corporate Development officer to ensure outstanding quality of delivery.

Event Delivery:

• Attending evening, early morning and weekend events as and when required

• Overseeing the event setup, ensuring all requirements are met. Delivering the event in partnership with the Event Duty Manager and representing the Development team at events
• Being the central contact for the Event Duty Manager, Event Team, caterer, suppliers, internal stakeholders and external clients
• Managing guest arrival and confidently circulating staff and cast around the room with the support of relevant senior team members
• Corporate Training events (including offsite Corporate Training)
• To support colleagues and Head of Events with the delivery of the Backstage building’s event activity

Event Support for Major Events:

• Providing general administrative and event management support for major or ad-hoc fundraising events that may be planned. This support would include:
  • Supporting the Head of Events in many aspects of event scheduling, planning and delivery
  • Selling tickets, overseeing guest communications and marketing
  • To collate all T&Cs for the auction lots and upload copies onto external online site
  • Generating ideas for the auction and proactively making asks
  • Compiling the programme, liaising with the graphic designer
  • Working closely with the Head of Events and Producer to manage all talent communication and logistics, and assisting with the pastoral care of actors, creative and production staff
  • Organising travel, itineraries, booking tickets, and arranging accommodation as required
  • Scheduling team briefings and preparing briefing content/packs and contact sheets

Overseeing the live event lifecycle alongside the Head of Events, Producer and Production Manager; supporting the team with any requests and assistance on the day

• Post-event maintenance will include taking payments for pledges/auction prizes; sending thank you gifts and arranging debriefs
• Once the event has wrapped, the Events team continues to deliver auction prizes year-round.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Organising signatures for memento books and auction prizes
• To ensure Risk Assessments are in place for all event activity. Representing the Development/ Events team as the Health and Safety representative
• Maintaining the calendars used by the Events team to utmost accuracy:
  • Keeping the management of the Clash Calendar and Skedda system up to date with new/cultural events, holidays, etc.
  • Booking in additional events as they arise
• Booking tickets for some events and ad-hoc where necessary via Tessitura; maintaining event attendance on Tessitura
• Processing payments, raising POs and ensuring all events run within an agreed budget
• Representing The Old Vic as part of the Development Events Network; undertaking proactive steps to build industry contacts and create supportive networks with peer organisations
• To comply with The Old Vic’s Equal Opportunities, Sustainability and Health & Safety and Staff Handbook policies at all times.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and the Theatre's management may, at any time, allocate other tasks which are of a similar nature or level.

Person Specification

This role would be suitable for someone with relevant events experience, within the arts/charity sectors, looking to develop a career in fundraising and event management at The Old Vic.

Essential

• Prior experience coordinating and leading events autonomously within an arts organisation
• Demonstrable organisational skills, ability to prioritise, meet deadlines and manage several tasks at once
• Good problem-solving skills
• Experienced in using Microsoft Office, specifically Word, Excel and database systems for data management
• Experience delivering events to a budget and tracking expenditure 
• Excellent interpersonal skills both face to face, over email and on the telephone with the ability to build lasting professional relationships and networks
• Exceptional attention to detail and proof-reading skills
• Enthusiastic team player but able to work independently
• Availability to work outside of normal office hours including evenings, some weekends, and early mornings

How to Apply

We understand that everyone is different and we want you to apply in whichever way you feel best shows your skills and experience. There are a range of ways that you can apply with us:

• 1. Sending a short video file of yourself (no longer than two minutes in length), detailing your experience, why you are applying for the role and what about working at The Old Vic interests you (have a look at the person specification in the job description).
• 2. Sending a short audio file of yourself (no longer than two minutes in length), detailing your experience, why you are applying for the role and what about working at The Old Vic interests you.
• 3. Completing our application form.
• 4. Uploading your CV and covering letter, explaining why you are interested in the role and working at the Old Vic.

As a Disability Confident employer, The Old Vic has made a commitment that all applicants with disabilities who meet the essential criteria for this job will be invited to interview. However in the event that we have a high volume of applications all of whom meet the criteria and identify as disabled, meaning it is not practicable to interview everyone, we may apply a weighting to the shortlisting criteria, or add an additional shortlisting stage before any interviews take place. In all cases we will take care to ensure that any criteria or weightings do not disadvantage disabled applicants.

All appointments are made subject to satisfactory references and proof of eligibility to work in the UK. 

The Process

The recruitment process for this role will be two stages;

• 1st stage virtual conversation
• 2nd stage in person conversation
• You may be asked to complete a work based skills assessment or challenge.

The closing date for this role is 3 July 2024 at Midday. First Conversations are likely to take place w/c 12 July 2024.

Equal Opportunities

We actively support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. We are particularly keen to receive applications from people of the global majority, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse and disabled candidates.

We may take positive action, in cases where candidates are equally qualified, to increase the employment of under-represented groups at The Old Vic.

In the event that we ask you to attend the theatre for a conversation and you are struggling financially, we may be able to reimburse you for any reasonable travel costs.

About Us

Headway East London  is a charity supporting people affected by brain injury. Working across 13 London boroughs we offer specialist support and services for survivors and their family. We offer therapies, advocacy, family support and community support work alongside our day service: a community venue where people can make the most of their abilities and interests.

We also promote awareness and understanding of brain injury by providing information to the public, and offering training to university students, professionals and businesses.

Our vision is to build a community where people with brain injury are valued, respected and able to fulfil their potential.

About the Role

The Finance & Administration Assistant is a newly created role that will provide various parts of the organisation with administrative support, as well as some receptionist duties. This dynamic role will sit within the Finance team and report to the Director of Finance, however it will directly support the areas of Administration, Finance, Fundraising, and three different Service Delivery functions.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Administrative tasks

• Manage external communications through post, telephone and email, ensuring information is redirected to the relevant person to be dealt with efficiently and effectively.
• Support service/department managers with necessary purchasing.
•  Keep up to date record of monthly invoicing information for services and liaise between the Senior Finance Officer and the Service Managers to ensure this system is running efficiently and effectively.

Finance related tasks

•  Manage Petty Cash transactions on site, ensuring accurate and up to date records are kept at all times, and perform the bank runs.
• Collect and check monthly debit card and credit card reports with all necessary Purchase Invoices and PO’s from the card holders.
•  Assist the Finance Officer in processing expenditure: checking Purchase Invoices against PO’s, ensuring that all authorisations are in place, and posting expenditure on the QuickBooks database.
• Assist the Senior Finance Officer in sending out statements to overdue Debtors from QuickBooks.

Fundraising related tasks

• Process donation payments received via cheque, cash or PayPal and similar platforms onto the Beacon database.
•  Assist the Fundraising Manager in keeping the Beacon database up to date with donations/grants received, gift aid eligibility and forms, and grant contracts.
• Instigate periodic thank-you letters to donors.

Make a big impact with a dynamic small charity transforming lives in Africa. Join us to help ensure we reach everyone with water, sanitation & hygiene, leaving no one behind.

Since 2004, Village Water has been dedicated to transforming lives in Africa by providing vital support in hygiene promotion, sanitation facilities, and safe water (WASH) in rural communities of Zambia and Mozambique.

Working hand-in-hand with local partners, we strive to reach the most marginalised populations in rural villages, schools, and health centres, creating positive impacts on their health and empowering them with opportunities.

As a small yet dynamic team, we pride ourselves on our personal touch and can-do approach. We need an ambitious and tenacious Head of Fundraising, responsible for overseeing and growing the fundraising department, developing and delivering an ambitious fundraising strategy.

Key information:

Location: Remote working. (UK only) Must be able to attend a minimum of 5 mandatory meetings per year (includes overnight stay for 2-day meetings) at our office in Shrewsbury and occasional meetings elsewhere.

Contract: Permanent. Full time 37.5 hours a week. 

Salary: Between £39,000 – £44,000 a year depending on experience,

Benefits and entitlements: Matched pension contributions - 7% of salary after 3 months’, 5 weeks' annual leave plus bank holidays and discretionary Christmas shut down.

Reporting to: CEO, Village Water.

Job Purpose

As the Head of Fundraising, your primary responsibility is to lead the strategic direction and execution of Village Water’s fundraising efforts, with a focus on diversifying income streams and maximising revenue generation. You will oversee all fundraising activities, particularly in Trusts and Foundations (both UK and International), corporate partnerships, High Value Donors, and statutory bodies. Your role involves crafting compelling funding applications and reports, creating an ambitious fundraising strategy, applying for and securing large multi-year grants from new and existing donors, ensuring exemplary donor stewardship, and fostering collaboration across teams to achieve fundraising goals.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine a comprehensive fundraising strategy, with a specific emphasis on Trusts and Foundations & corporate fundraising, to ensure a steady pipeline of funding opportunities. Coordinate with team members to meet fundraising targets effectively and manage donation pipelines working with CEO and Finance manager to ensure the pipeline matches the cashflow.

• Directly oversee and support your team members, conduct performance evaluations, and provide coaching to ensure both individual and team objectives are achieved. (currently the team is 3)

• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with existing and potential donors, including Trusts, Foundations, Corporates and Statutory bodies, through proactive engagement and personalized stewardship.

• Collaborate closely with colleagues to develop persuasive proposals and impactful reports that effectively communicate Village Water’s mission and achievements.

• Plan and implement annual fundraising campaigns.

• Work closely with monitoring and finance teams to accurately assess impact and budgetary needs, ensuring timely and accurate reporting to donors.

• Maintain accurate donor records and ensure compliance with data protection regulations within Village Water’s database.

General

• Foster a collaborative work environment by engaging with staff, volunteers, suppliers, and local partners.

• Actively participate in networking events to expand Village Water’s connections and fundraising opportunities.

• Provide regular updates at team meetings and Trustee meetings as required.

• Offer support for other fundraising activities as needed, promoting a culture of teamwork and shared success.

• Uphold the organisation’s safeguarding policies by undergoing necessary training and fulfilling safeguarding responsibilities.

Skills and Experience

• Ability to inspire, motivate, and guide team members toward achieving fundraising goals. Provide clear direction, set expectations, and foster a positive and collaborative team environment.

• Support the professional growth and development of team members through coaching, training, and mentoring. Provide opportunities for skill-building and advancement within the fundraising field.

• Proven track record in securing funds from Trusts and Foundations, Corporates and Statutory, including large awards.

• Experience in securing multi-year grant support, including both restricted and unrestricted funding.

• Familiarity with complex application and reporting processes.

• Strong donor stewardship skills, with the ability to cultivate and maintain successful relationships.

• Excellent communication skills, capable of crafting compelling cases for support and presenting Village Water’s work effectively.

• Proficiency in financial management and budget analysis.

• Familiarity with relevant software and databases, including Microsoft Office 365 and Salesforce or similar.

Equality and Diversity

Village Water is dedicated to promoting a workplace that embraces inclusivity, values diversity, and honours the unique contributions of its employees and partners. It ensures equal treatment for all individuals and encourages everyone to reach their full potential.

Village Water is an advocate for disability inclusion, so if you require alternative application methods, please get in touch with us for further assistance.

This role will see the successful candidate manage and develop a portfolio of successful national events. You will be involved in all aspects of the project management cycle from marketing and participant recruitment to supporter stewardship and race day logistics. With support of the Senior Fundraising Manager (Events & Community) you will prepare and track budgets for your assigned events and continuously look for opportunities to improve income and participant retention.

The role requires a good attention to detail, strong prioritization skills, sensitivity and flexibility. Whether you come with direct events fundraising experience or have transferable skills that the role requires, we will support and develop you to excel in your role.

Meningitis Research Foundation is based in Bristol, but the role is flexible and is open to remote working with monthly visits to the office (this will need to be more regular during events season). We offer an annual salary of £23,000-£28,000 (job titles and salary banding currently under review), 6% employer pension contribution and employee assistance program alongside annual leave of 25 days per year. You will report directly to the Senior Fundraising Manager (Events and Community) within the Fundraising Team. This is a really exciting opportunity to join Meningitis Research Foundation and build a career with a world-leading charity working to defeat meningitis.

Key Responsibilities

· Manage a portfolio of national events including TCS London Marathon and Great North Run executing the planning, delivery and evaluation of these events

· Inspire individuals with a connection to the cause to take on events for Meningitis Research Foundation to support our vision of a world free from meningitis

· Deliver marketing and recruitment strategies to ensure we reach our targeted number of participants for each event

· Deliver best in class stewardship (across phone, email, SMS and post) to all supporters ensuring they have the best experience with Meningitis Research Foundation

· Work with the Senior Fundraising Manager (Events & Community) to ensure we maximize income potential from each event through improving key performance indicators i.e. average value

· Develop the events portfolio by evaluating and monitoring current products and seeking out new events when appropriate

· Manage relationships with external partners including event companies, logistical suppliers and fundraising platforms

· Work with the Communications Team and Senior Fundraising Manager (Events & Community) to identify strong supporter stories and PR opportunities

· Seek opportunities to share knowledge and learning with other members of the Events & Community Team

· Identify supporters with high value potential (i.e. corporate or major donor) and ensure they are shared with the Head of Fundraising

· With the support of the Senior Fundraising Manager (Events & Community)  create and deliver budgets and KPIs targets for your area ensuring you monitor and report on progress against these budgets and KPIs

· Other duties as reasonable requested by the Senior Fundraising Manager (Events & Community) or Head of Fundraising

Skills and experience required

· Strong project management skills and the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously

· Good organisational and administrative skills, able to prioritise, juggle multiple tasks and work to deadlines

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Excellent attention to detail

· IT competent including Microsoft office package, Teams and Outlook

· Numerate, able to understand and manage financial information

· Experience managing external partner relationships

· Proven experience and current understanding of the events fundraising market

· Working knowledge of social media

· Experience using a CRM or database

· Effective team player with an ability to build effective working relationships

· Self-motivated and able to work on own initiative

· Ability to demonstrate our organisational values in all areas of your work

· Able to work occasional unsocial hours and a willingness to travel, occasionally overnight for events

Senior Relationships and Engagement Officer – North England and Wales, and Scotland (Remote, with travel across regions as required)

About us

Lifelites is a unique charity that has been providing innovative assistive and sensory technology, specialist training and technical support to the children’s palliative care sector for 25 years.

Our inclusive equipment empowers over 12,500 children to play, create and communicate, helping families build joyful memories and experience moments of fun and connectivity.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced relationship fundraiser to join our small team and help us engage with, and fundraise from, corporates, membership organisations, special interest groups and community groups across the north of England and Wales, and Scotland. 

This is an amazing opportunity to join an established charity looking to grow and diversify both its fundraising and service provision over the next 5 years.

Job Title: Senior Relationships and Engagement Officer (North)

Reports to: Head of Fundraising & Communications

Direct reports: None

Salary: £32,000 - £39,000

Location: Home-based; Head office at 60 Great Queen Street, WC2B 5AZ; Travel required to visit supporters and partner sites when necessary.

Hours: 34 per week, Monday – Friday; would consider part time (0.8FTE) or condensed hours over 4 days.

About you

Can you inspire people to fundraise and support children with life-limiting conditions and complex disabilities? Have you a proven track record of building sustainable, long-term relationships? Do you enjoy a challenge and want to build new partnerships that will allow our charity to increase its reach and impact across Britain and Ireland?

Whether you are looking for a new challenge or are ready for the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you.

Applications close: Monday 8th July 2024 at 5pm
Interview: Monday 15th July 2024 (online)
Second Interview: Tuesday 23rd July (in-person)

The country’s most vulnerable children have overwhelmingly poor educational and life-outcomes, with disastrous consequences for themselves and society. Many of these children are excluded from school.

The Difference exists to improve the life-outcomes of the most vulnerable children by raising the status and expertise of those who educate them. The organisation creates specialist senior school leaders, with the expertise to lead whole-school and multi-agency approaches to meeting the learning, wellbeing, and safeguarding needs of all children.

The Difference is a small and growing organisation, founded in 2017. They’re an agile and flexible team and you’ll be joining at a time of investment in fundraising, having recently employed their first full-time Head of Fundraising.  It’s an exciting time to join the organisation as they develop a new strategy to take them to 2030 with fundraising playing a key role in the organisation’s growth. They have a small but generous group of funders who have supported The Difference and as Trust & Foundations Manager you will work to grow the pipeline of trust funders and work closely with the Head of Fundraising to develop a fundraising strategy.

You will manage, develop, and grow The Difference’s portfolio of trusts and foundation donors, supporting to diversify their donor base and secure high value, long term support. This post will manage trust income in line with donor requirements, identifying and building relationships with new prospects and submitting high quality and engaging reports and proposals. You will feel real ownership over your work and need to be self-starting, flexible and hungry to grow with the charity.

The position will: 

• Write compelling funding applications and grant reports to trusts and foundations at 5- and 6-figure level
• Grow multi-year restricted and unrestricted income from existing and new donors and support the growth of overall income from £1.25m to £1.9m annually in next 3 years
• Work closely with the Head of Fundraising to support with strategy and growth plans
• Develop and expand meaningful engagement opportunities that can be offered to funders

Ideal skills and experience: 

• Experience developing bids and applications for 5+ figure grants
• Proven ability to write compelling, well-organised content which turns complex ideas and detail into summaries that can effectively engage different audiences
• Experience overseeing management of end-to-end stewardship journeys, from prospect to long-term engagement, and building relationships with foundation trustees and grant managers
• Knowledge and passion of working in the education sector

Benefits include:

• 6% employer pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave
• Enhanced sick leave and compassionate leave
• Enhanced maternity & adoption pay

Aid Box Community (ABC) is a Bristol charity that provides hope, love and a sense of belonging to people seeking asylum in Bristol. The charity was started 7 years ago on the Refugee camps in France by a local mum and has grown and evolved to support over 5000 people a year through our Free Shop and Welcome Hub, Activity Groups and Trips and Connections Befriending program. We have 336 volunteers and a fantastic, small team and we are looking for a part time Finance Officer. 

The job is for 15hrs a week ideally to be worked over 2 or 3 days Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Based at the ABC office, Portland Square, Bristol and some home working on agreement.

We are a small team, and you may be asked to do something outside of your Job Description and help support other members of the Aid Box team.

Job Description:  

The Finance Officer will have a wide variety of financial management and control tasks from day to day bookkeeping to filing year end accounts. They will formally report to the Director of Strategy and liaise regularly with the Board Treasurer.

Role Overview 

The Finance Officer is responsible for the smooth running of all day-to-day aspects of the financial management of Aid Box Community (ABC): 

• Provide a high quality and effective financial management and Bookkeeping service to the charity 

• Prepare, develop and analyse management accounting information and reports, including a standard suite of monthly reports and ad-hoc reports as required by the Charity 

• Ensure compliance with all relevant financial statutory and regulatory matters relevant to the Charity 

• Liaison with the external Auditor in preparing and getting approval and sign off of the annual statutory accounts

Key responsibilities:  

The postholder will advise the charity on all matters relating to the finance of the organisation and provide management information for the Board of trustees. They will also be expected to contribute to future strategy, business planning, year-end accounts, monitoring of budgets and performance, and full adherence to al financial policies and procedures in accordance with the Finance Manual. Duties include: 

Financial Management 

Accountancy and Bookkeeping Systems 

Maintenance of all accounting records on an ongoing basis to include: 

· Manage all income and expenditure processing. 

· Maintain and improve bookkeeping and accountancy systems (both computerised and manual) including: 

- Bank reconciliations. 

- Cash flow management. 

- Income and grant analysis (restricted and designated funds). 

- Bank receipts and payments. 

- Purchase approval and recording processes. 

Accounts payable 

· Process purchase invoices in an accurate and timely manner.  

· Respond accurately and efficiently to queries from suppliers and colleagues regarding payments 

· Manage the Finance email inbox ensuring emails are dealt with in a timely manner 

· Ensure petty cash via Soldo Card is available and monitored 

· Process staff expenses, ensuring compliance with policy 

· Access and administer online banking 

· Pay roll, pay salary and staff costs  

Accounts Receivable 

· Control and Monitoring of restricted funds including detailed records of spend allocation of funds and remaining balance. 

· Accurately accounting for all income receipts monthly including donations from individuals and organisations and grants and claiming any appropriate Gift Aid. 

Budgets 

· Monitor the budget against actual and investigate any major variations in budget. 

· Involvement in strategic and planning projections with the Director of Strategy. 

 Reports 

 Produce regular management information so that key officers and trustees know how well the charity is  performing against its budget. To include: 

• Provide regular monthly management financial information (including financial highlights/budget against actual/restricted and unrestricted funds/fund movement summary/fund balances/balance sheet) for the Director of Strategy and Board of Trustees. 

• Quarterly financial reports for the Board of Trustees including detailed analysis of income and expenditure. 

• Assisting with fundraising applications and reports. 

Annual Financial Audit 

• Liaising with the external accountants for Annual Financial Accounts and Annual Review preparation before presenting to the Board annually for approval alongside the Director of Strategy. 

• Filing Annual Return to the Charity Commission. 

Bank and Treasury Management 

• Treasury management in connection with cash and investments held by the charity. 

• Manage cash flow and ensure that bank charges are kept to a minimum. 

Fundraising 

· Assisting with applications for funding ensuring that all grants, sponsorship and donations are paid on time and the financial conditions met. 

Communication and Coordination 

• Ensure the efficient circulation of financial information as needed, including that required from external advisers, e.g., auditors. 

• Liaise with and advise the Director of Strategy and others as appropriate on all financial matters. 

• Liaise with and maintain a good working relationship with bankers, accountants, auditors and donors. 

• Liaise and maintain a good working relationship with volunteers, staff and Board of Trustees. 

• Attend staff and Trustee meetings as required to provide information and analysis. 

• Understand confidentiality in accordance with GDPR. 

Professional/Technical 

• Keep up to date with financial developments across the sector, changes in requirements for charity reporting and changes in legislation. 

• Maintain and monitor the Internal Financial Procedures policy document and make recommendations on best practice, good governance, policies and procedures and implementing same. 

Experience, qualifications, and requirements  

Qualified or part qualified Bookkeeper or with considerable experience in a similar role preferably in the charitable or not for profit sector 

We are looking for candidates with a passion for supporting and or lived experience of the challenges faced by asylum seekers and refugees in the UK. This role requires great attention to detail and excellent organisational skills preferably you will have financial management experience and experience of working and managing finances for a charity.

Essential Experience 

• Experienced Financial administrator 

• Experienced Bookkeeper 

• Strong numerate skills with acute attention to detail. High level of attention to detail

• Willing to learn and be adaptable to the changing needs of a small and dynamic charity

• Be an open and honest team player who is passionate about what we do and the impact we make

• Familiar with our tools: Expertise in all Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel and Teams,  

• Familiar with QuickBooks 

• Clear communicator 

• Good interpersonal and liaison skills with a wide range of stakeholders. 

• Fluent in oral and written English. 

• Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities and delivering to tight deadlines. 

• A commitment to high professional and personal standards and continuous improvement. 

Desirable Experience

• Charity experience 

• Minimum experience 3 years  

• Experience of SORP would be an advantage 

A role with purpose 

Your work will be changing the lives of the most vulnerable people in our society and has a direct impact on the people we work with giving a huge level of job satisfaction. The nature of the work means that we are always ready to respond to a crisis, meaning that no two days are the same.  We are a small team of dedicated staff, working closely together in a supportive environment.

Safeguarding Statement 

ABC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its service users and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

ABC operates Safeguarding Policies for the purpose of protecting Young People and Vulnerable Adults.  All staff members are required to undergo Disclosure and Barring Service DBS checks.

Statement on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion 

ABC aims to be anti-discriminatory organisation committed to the promotion of quality and diversity and, in line with the Equality Act 2010. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups and those with lived experience. 

Please check the attached Job Description for further details and how to get more information about this exciting role. 

The ideal candidate will have relevant qualifications and/or equivalent experience and demonstrate a commitment to
continuous learning and professional development.

The post-holder will be responsible for:

• Taking a lead within our income generation function and working in close collaboration with our CEO to manage/deliver our fundraising strategy.
• Maintaining a portfolio of corporate donors/strategic partners to meet annual income goals.
• Designing, developing, and delivering training programmes tailored to our stakeholders' needs.
• Serving as a member of Sahir's Senior Leadership Team, contributing to strategic planning and decision-making processes to enhance the overall impact and effectiveness of our services.

We are excited to be working with a wonderful health charity which is looking for an enthusiastic Database and Stewardship Officer to join their close-knit team.

As the Database and Stewardship Officer, you will manage supporter journeys and cultivate relationships to provide exceptional supporter experiences. You will be responsible for handling data imports effectively, speaking with event participants to provide ongoing support, creating event packs and ensuring all donors are thanked within the scheduled time. As well as supporting the Fundraising and Communications team with implementing new fundraising activities, you will make sure all supporter and membership records are updated and maintain excellent membership and donor relationships. From supporter journeys to event support and fundraising strategy development, this role offers a great opportunity to grow and progress.

To be an excellent Database and Stewardship Officer, you will need:

• Experience using CRM systems e.g. Raiser’s Edge
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong ability to collaborate and build relationships

Salary: £29,000 - £31,000
Contract: Permanent Full time
Location: Hybrid (1 day in London office)

Closing date: ASAP

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Chloe on 02030 062787 or email your interest along with your CV to [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment is a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, and supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

If enough applications are received the charity reserves the right to end the application period sooner.

Hours: 35 hours per week (full-time)

Annual Leave: 28 days per annum, excluding bank holidays

Location: Hybrid working (Barnet / Brent and homeworking)

CB Plus is seeking to recruit a talented and creative Director of Strategic Development to join its newly formed Director’s Group.  The post holder will take responsibility for overseeing corporate performance, leading on fundraising and supporting the development and implementation of our strategy. We seek a sharp, dynamic, and experienced individual to join our team. The Strategic Development Director will be responsible for implementing the strategic vision of CB Plus through their role in corporate performance, development and fundraising. The successful candidate will be well networked in the charity sector, an experienced fundraiser, an effective presenter, and devoted to our mission.

Please see the job description for further information about the role.

Interviews will be held via  Zoom

Job title: Communications Officer

Location: FLEX office, Vauxhall, London - Currently flexible hybrid working with a mixture of in person and online working

Salary: £32,020 per annum, pro rata, depending on experience. This is subject to deductions for tax and national insurance.

Hours: 4 days, equivalent to 30 hours per week. This may be flexible.

Contract: 18 Months, renewable subject to funding

Reports to: FLEX Head of Policy

About FLEX:

Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) is a research and policy organisation working towards an end to labour exploitation. FLEX seeks to achieve this vision through the prevention of labour abuses, protection of the rights of those affected or at risk of exploitation and by promoting best practice responses to labour exploitation through research and evidence-based advocacy. FLEX is a small organisation that packs a big punch in terms of policy change and influencing.

About the role:

In this role you will be a key part of FLEX’s policy team and responsible for leading on the implementation of FLEX’s Communications Strategy, ensuring that FLEX’s communications help progress our strategic aims. You will develop comms outputs and work with internal and external contacts to produce content and conduct strategic comms work. This role involves tracking analytics, maintaining relevant records, and working with the press and other media partners to reach our audiences. 

Key responsibilities:

Communications

• Lead on the implementation of FLEX Comms Strategy, tracking, measuring, and reporting on the effectiveness of the Charity’s communications channels.
• Liaise with team members and external colleagues, as relevant, to conduct strategic communications planning and work.
• Maintain a comms workplan for key outputs and coordinate FLEX’s communications, including research publications, policy briefings, blogs, etc.
• Manage FLEX’s website and digital media accounts, and work with the wider team to ensure a regular social media presence for FLEX.
• Draft and edit communications outputs for the FLEX team, including blogs, video scripts, and other content.
• Maintain the FLEX website, including its structure and ensuring content is up to date and relevant.
• Devise, draft and circulate external comms outputs (e.g. the FLEX’s newsletter) and explore new ways to communicate our messages to our audiences (e.g. regular mail-shots, google groups, etc.).
• Represent FLEX and act as first point of contact for press enquiries, provide background information to journalists on relevant areas, and signpost to relevant staff as per FLEX’s press protocol.
• Produce visual content using relevant software (e.g. Canva, Piktochart, etc.).
• Develop contact management systems and/or databases (e.g. dissemination lists, media contact lists, etc.).
• Undertake media monitoring of salient issues for the team and use this monitoring to identify opportunities and new contacts. 

Project management

• Design, plan, and deliver comms activities against targets;
• Manage relevant project budgets;
• Develop and implement a monitoring and evaluation plan for comms objectives and produce progress and learning reports for internal and external purposes. 

Other

• Scope, draft and support fundraising bids and reports to donors relevant to this role.
• Represent FLEX and networks at external meetings, as required;
• Undertake any other duties within the context of the role as may be determined by your line manager.

For more information on this vacancy as well as the application process, please visit the FLEX careers page on our website.

Inspiring Girls International is a global organization dedicated to raising the aspirations of young girls by connecting them with female role models from various industries. Our mission is to inspire girls to aim high and pursue their dreams, regardless of gender stereotypes.

The Role:

We’re seeking a creative and enthusiastic Digital Communications and Campaigns Officer to help amplify our mission and purpose through digital content. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in digital marketing, excellent communication skills, and a passion for working with an organization focused on women and girls. You’ll take on a key role in our digital content creation, helping to plan and produce engaging content for social platforms and our website, and drive forward exciting global campaigns. This is a UK based role, with regular travel to London required for team catch-ups.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver a digital communications and campaigns strategy that supports the organization's goals.

• Create and manage content for the organization’s website, social media channels, and other digital platforms.

• Plan, coordinate, and implement digital campaigns, ensuring consistent messaging and branding.

• Monitor and analyze the performance of digital communications and campaigns, providing insights and recommendations for improvement.

• Manage social media accounts, including content creation, scheduling, and community engagement.

• Oversee the production of multimedia content, including videos, graphics and presentation materials as needed. 

• Collaborate with international teams to ensure consistent messaging and branding across major campaigns and all digital channels.

• Conduct research on digital marketing trends, best practices, and competitor activities to inform campaign strategies.

• Maintain the organization's digital asset library and ensure all content is up-to-date and aligned with branding guidelines.

• Assist with the ideation and execution of partnership communications deliverables.

Experience and skills 

• Creative thinker with a passion for storytelling and content creation.

• Proven experience in digital communications, social media management, and content creation. 

• Strong understanding of social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

• Proficiency in graphic design tools (e.g., Canva, Adobe Creative Suite) and video editing software.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with excellent attention to detail 

• Ability to problem solve and approach challenges in a creative way

• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Ability to motivate and inspire internal and external stakeholders

• Passion for Inspiring Girls International’s mission and values.

• Self-motivated, and comfortable working as part of a small team.

Desirable 

• Experience working in the nonprofit sector or with social impact organizations.

• Familiarity with online fundraising and donor engagement strategies.

• Knowledge of SquareSpace web design

• Experience in media relations.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to work with a global team committed to empowering young girls.

• Flexible remote working environment.

• Professional development opportunities.

• Meaningful work that makes a positive impact on society.

Programme Associate, Europe & Eurasia

Internews works to ensure access to trusted, quality news and information that empowers people to have a voice in their future and to live healthy, secure, and rewarding lives. We envision a world where everyone can communicate freely with anyone, anywhere, and exchange the news and information they need to shape their communities and the world.

For 35 years and in more than 100 countries, we have worked with our local partners to build hundreds of sustainable organizations, strengthened the capacity of thousands of media professionals, human rights activists, and information entrepreneurs, and reached millions of people with quality, local information, improving lives and building lasting change. On issues ranging from health and the environment to conflict and governance, Internews has developed approaches that harness the power of media and information to create positive change.

Internews is a charity operating internationally, with administrative centres in California, Washington DC, London, and Paris as well as regional hubs in Bangkok and Nairobi. Formed in 1982, Internews currently has offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.

Our commitment to a culture of belonging:

Internews is passionate about our core values and about supporting positive change in the world. We pride ourselves on our commitment to innovation and flexibility. We believe that diverse teams are strong teams, and work to support an ethic of belonging, dignity, and justice for all people. Our current team includes a mix of genders, parents and non-parents, the self-taught, and people of multiple races, nationalities, ages, sexual orientations, and socio-economic backgrounds. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage candidates of all races, genders, ages, abilities, orientations, ethnicities, and national origins to apply, and actively welcome those with alternative backgrounds and experiences.

About the role:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Programme Associate to provide programmatic support to a portfolio of Internews’ projects in the Europe & Eurasia (E&E) region. The role will be part of the Internews’ headquarters E&E Project Management

Unit (PMU) and report to the London-based Senior Programme Officer. The role will support the project teams in the E&E region as they conduct their project activities and help ensure.

Effective programme implementation, particularly related to project reporting, work planning, and monitoring, evaluation, research and learning (MERL). The role will contribute to development opportunities that support E&E media and journalists to safely provide good quality information. The role may also be asked to represent Internews at partner and donor meetings. The role will also contribute to Internews’ knowledge management and improvement of Internews systems.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the project teams across all programmatic and operational aspects of European-funded grant programmes to implement high-quality projects on time and budget, and to the highest technical standards, and in a way that positions projects within a broader regional or thematic portfolio and contributes to organisational impact.
• Assist PMU management with project oversight and progress towards programme deliverables.
• Support project start-up, implementation, and closeout.
• Support with hiring key project personnel.
• Serve as an HQ point of contact for programmatic inquiries for assigned projects within the organisation and externally.
• Guide the project teams on rules and requirements of European donors and Internews’ internal policies and procedures.
• Work closely with the E&E Business team on business aspects of project delivery, including budget management and financial tracking.
• Review and revise donor narrative reports and workplans and ensure their high quality.
• Review and provide feedback on relevant programmatic and monitoring aspects, including MERL reporting, external project evaluation, and other research and studies; 
• Support internal and external communication for projects, identifying newsworthy, impactful stories and preparing content or briefings which tell those stories; undertake external representation and policy engagement where necessary.
• As assigned, support the design and development of concept notes and proposals for European donors.
• Support meetings, webinars, and other events across time zones with international partners and fellow colleagues, including coordinating agendas and travel logistics.
• Attend relevant events (panels, presentations, etc.) upon request, and share notes with the team.
• Other duties as assigned.
• In all duties, an understanding of and demonstrated commitment to upholding Internews’ Core Values.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Minimum 3 years of experience of project support and donor reporting for large projects with major institutional donors, including the European Commission and SIDA.
• University degree in a related field.
• Fluency in English with excellent English-language writing and proven text-editing skills.
• Strong research and analytical skills and relevant experience.
• Strong time management and organisational skills; ability to effectively manage a dynamic workload and shifting priorities.
• Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills, including diplomacy, tact, and the ability to negotiate.
• Strong teamwork experience and proven track record of a collaborative approach to problem-solving.
• Proven ability to operate in a multicultural and remote work environment.
• Proficiency in MS Office.

Preferred:

• Working proficiency in Russian language.
• Proven experience of programme support in the Europe and Eurasia region.
• Understanding of proposal development for European donors and non-profit grant oversight.
• Proven experience in report and proposal writing.

Vacancy Timeframe:

Deadline for Applications: 21 July 2024

Hiring Process:

Candidates should submit a cover letter and resume through the Taleo application portal. The Cover Letter should be no longer than one page and explain why you'd be a great fit for this position and what drew you to it. The resume should be no longer than two pages. Candidates with the strongest cover letter and resume will advance to the test and interview process.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met or may be encountered by an employee performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work hours are generally Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 5pm; occasional irregular hours are required to accommodate international tele-conferences.

Senior Fundraising Officer
Reference: JUN20244772
Location: RSPB Northern Ireland - Belfast
Contract: Permanent - 37.5 hours per week.
Salary: £29,200.00 - £31,347.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance and Annual Leave

Introduction

We are looking for a dynamic and motivated individual with charisma, resource and initiative, a collaborator who can embody our one-team approach to fundraising.  With a focus on grant funding, you will oversee and directly contribute to income generation, be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and enjoy getting things done. As an ambassador for RSPB NI, you will develop excellent relationships across RSPB teams and with a range of significant funders and partners.

What's the role about?

You will make a significant contribution to developing projects and be responsible for compiling high-quality funding applications to a variety of sources to secure income for our fantastic portfolio of work including nature reserves, visitor facilities, people engagement and nature recovery projects. You will have experience of line management, working with and through others to achieve results, being part of project teams, extracting the best from individuals and achieving success through partnership working. 

Working knowledge of due diligence and legal compliance in the charity sector will enable you to ensure contractual obligations are communicated to project executives and budget holders, ensuring the RSPB upholds its reputation as an NGO that can deliver.  We offer rewarding work, a hybrid of home and office bases, friendly and motivated colleagues, training and development opportunities, and a varied portfolio of work.  The role is based in our offices in Belvoir Forest, Belfast.

Essential Qualifications

• Educated to A level, (Highers level in Scotland) or equivalent experience.

Essential skills

• Solutions-focused approach, with the ability to overcome set-backs in order to get the right outcome for the RSPB
• Proven excellent writing and presentation skills
• Budget management
• Able to interpret complex information and communicate it simply to target audiences
• Able to deliver high level of customer service to a variety of audiences
• Persuasive communicator and negotiator with the ability to influence
• Able to work under own initiative, with the confidence to ask for support and direction where needed

Essential knowledge

• Thorough working knowledge and application of relevant Chartered Institute of Fundraising, Fundraising Regulator and Charities Act regulations and guidelines
• Understanding of fundraising and donor/supporter motivations and how to build cases for support
• Able to articulate understanding of GDPR and data protection relating to funder/supporter information.
• How to use a fundraising database such as Raisers Edge, Care or Salesforce

Essential experience

• Proven experience in fundraising/ sales/project management and delivering to income targets
• Proven experience of relationship development in an outward facing role in the not for profit or private sector

Closing date: 23:59, Sun, 28th Jul 2024

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from August 12th 2024.

Interested?

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

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

This role will require completion of an Access NI in addition to the standard pre-employment checks.

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

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

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

No agencies please.