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This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in driving income, building meaningful partnerships, and supporting life-changing projects in rural Zambia and Mozambique.

Location: Remote (UK only) with a minimum of 5 mandatory meetings per year (includes overnight stays for 2-day meetings) at our office in Shrewsbury and occasional meetings elsewhere.
Contract: Permanent, Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
Salary: £32,000 - £36,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Benefits: Matched pension contributions (7% of salary after probation), 5 weeks' annual leave plus bank holidays, and a discretionary Christmas shutdown.

Village Water:

For over 20 years, Village Water has been committed to transforming lives in Africa by delivering vital support in safe water, sanitation and hygiene education (WASH) to rural communities in Zambia and Mozambique. Collaborating with local partners, we reach the most marginalised populations in villages, schools, and health centres-improving health and empowering communities with opportunities to thrive.

The Role

As the Corporate Fundraiser, you'll focus on maximising income from corporate partnerships (both UK and international). You'll build and manage your own portfolio of corporate donors, identify new opportunities, and provide exceptional stewardship to secure ongoing support. Collaboration across the organisation is key, as is a passion for creating positive change.

Your Responsibilities:

• Build, develop, and manage a portfolio of corporate supporters to maximise income.
• Research and identify new opportunities, delivering pitches that align with companies' values and ESG goals.
• Organise and support corporate fundraising events, both in-person and online.
• Write persuasive proposals, reports, and donor updates that showcase the impact of our work.
• Maintain accurate donor records and ensure timely reporting to funders.
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop social media content that engages supporters.
• Act as an ambassador for Village Water, representing the charity at networking events.

About You
We're looking for someone who is passionate about the cause and excited to make a meaningful impact. Your experience will include:

• A proven track record of securing funds from new corporate partners, including awards exceeding £10,000.
• Confidence and experience delivering engaging presentations to diverse audiences.
• Exceptional relationship-building skills to ensure long-term donor support.
• Strong written skills for crafting compelling cases for support and donor updates.
• Financial acumen, with the ability to interpret budgets and funding data.
• Proficiency in using databases to monitor fundraising performance.
• Is passionate about the cause and excited to make a meaningful impact.

Why Village Water:

We are a small, dynamic team that values our personal touch, collaborative approach, and unwavering commitment to driving positive change. You'll work alongside passionate individuals who are making a tangible difference in people's lives every day.

Closing date: 9th March 2025
First stage interview: Thursday 13th & Friday 14th March

Brooklands Museum is an ambitious organisation that prides itself on its history and how this can be used today to inspire the next generation of innovators, risk takers, engineers, and creative thinkers.

Our vision – inspiring people to shape the future through Brooklands’ history of innovation and endeavour - informs how we think, develop new ideas and implement all our programmes. We are at the early stages of an exciting new development plan that will see long term investment in our built heritage, our galleries, and core activities that will transform the Museum experience for future generations to enjoy. This is an exciting time to be joining the Brooklands Museum team as we progress these plans and the Individual Giving and Grants Manager will play a vital role in this process. This is a new role and is a great opportunity for the right candidate to help shape our future development and fundraising strategies, building on the success of Brooklands Museum’s track record.

The Individual Giving and Grants Manager plays a pivotal role in advancing the vision and strategic goals of the Museum by overseeing and managing all aspects of the individual grants and giving programmes. This role is responsible for raising financial support through donations, legacies, trusts, foundations and businesses as well as grant funding and individual giving. The Individual Giving and Grants Manager ensures the effective administration of grants, from proposal development through to funding being secured, whilst fostering strong relationships with funders, existing and potential donors and stakeholders.  

We are looking for someone who has demonstrable fundraising experience, ideally in the cultural sector, through new or reinvigorated fundraising programmes. The successful candidate will have an interest in the history of Brooklands Museum and knowledge of fundraising databases and donor management systems. You will be a confident self-starter who is proactive in their approach and has the credibility and ability to liaise with major donors and support trustees and volunteers, enhancing their fundraising activity and success. 

How to apply

Please apply via our recruitment website where you will find the full job description and further information about working at Brooklands Museum. You will be asked to submit your CV and a covering letter detailing how your experience could help us in this role and how you meet the requirements of our person specification. Please keep your covering letter to no more than two sides of A4.

The hiring managers will review all applications once the role has closed on the 3rd March 2025 and we will be in touch with shortlisted candidates regarding an interview after this date. 

Please note:  if we receive a high volume of quality applicants, we may close this vacancy earlier so please don't wait to apply!

Benefits 

We offer a number of benefits to suit your lifestyle and include:

• Annual leave of 25 days in addition to Bank Holidays and Christmas Eve off
• Flexible Bank Holiday policy enabling you to take Bank Holidays at a time that suits you
• Flexible working to help you manage your home and working life
• 4% employer contribution into your pension
• Free Onsite parking
• 20% discount in our onsite café and Museum shop
• Free access to all that Brooklands Museum has to offer
• Access to our Reward Website providing access to deals and discounts for hundreds of shops online and in store, helping you save money on everyday shopping
• Full access to our online wellbeing hub providing access to a 24/7 telephone support line, telephone counselling sessions and expert support
• Access to our team of fully trained Mental Health First Aiders
• Opportunities for continuous learning and professional development

Working at Brooklands Museum

Brooklands Museum is a fast paced, unique and fun place to work, you’ll need to be able to keep a number of plates spinning every day but that just what makes Brooklands Museum the special place it is. We are proud to have been a finalist for Surrey Employer of the Year in 2021, a finalist for Large Visitor Attraction of the Year in the Beautiful South Awards 2022 and winner of the Museum & Heritage Award for Learning Programme of the Year in 2023.

Brooklands Museum is for everyone. We are active in ensuring we are inclusive, so everyone can feel welcome and benefit from Brooklands Museum; including our visitors, members, volunteers, trustees, and staff, as well as our stakeholders and supporters. We have invested in our organisational culture over recent years and encourage everyone to be their true self at the Museum. The team have committed to ensuring we all feel involved, supported, and appreciated, by working as one team, communicating thoughtfully, being proactive and showing we care.

We recognise and embrace people that work in different ways, so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

The Actors’ Benevolent Fund supports professional actors and stage managers in times of need. We are inviting a passionate and motivated membership and fundraising professional to join our small, friendly team in this new role.

It is an exciting time to be joining the charity; our bold new Acting for Impact strategy seeks to increase the charity’s reach and impact within the performing arts community and you would play a key part in helping us achieve our ambitions.

You will be the first point of contact for our members, providing excellent and timely responses, and will help us to increase our membership as well as to grow our fundraising income. Activities will include processing membership applications and renewals, organising communications to recruit and retain supporters, and supporting the processing of legacy gifts. You will have excellent attention to detail, strong relationship building skills and the ability to develop engaging communications.

This full-time role is based at our office in central London a minimum of three days per week, with some flexible working. The salary is £35,000 pa. To apply, please send an up-to-date CV and covering letter specifying how you meet the points contained within the person specification. 

The application deadline is 23.30 on Wednesday 19 March 2025 , and interviews will be held on Tuesday 1 April at our offices in Adam Street, central London.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced fundraiser to join our thriving and committed Community and Events Fundraising team. We are looking for someone who is creative, ambitious, and passionate about motivating individuals to fundraise in our communities, including schools, local businesses, and community groups, to help us drive income growth across our community fundraising programme.

You will take a strategic and data informed approach to drive growth in income and our supporter base. You will work with other teams in the fundraising department to ensure that our activity aligns with the wider fundraising programme and resonates with our target audience. You will also have the opportunity to bring your ideas and creativity to help shape the C&E Fundraising strategy.

In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile and any other attachments.

In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.

Working hours: Minimum of 35 hours per week

Closing date: Monday 10th March 2025

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Salary Information: £35,081 per annum (working a minimum of 40% across each month at our London Headquarters) or £31,323 per annum (Less than 40% attendance at our London Office) 

Appointment subject to satisfactory references and proof of right to work in the UK

For details of how to prove your right to work in the UK please click visit the government website and please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship. 

Please note that any Salvation Army employees who are under notice of redundancy and apply for this position will be given priority consideration.

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.

Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident leader scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.

Benefits:
25 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro rata for part-time) a contributory pension scheme; an employee assistance programme

Full-time, 35 hours per week

Domestic abuse has blighted women’s lives throughout history. We’ve been helping women in London recover from its effects since 1996. Our specialist counselling transforms the mental health and wellbeing of women who have suffered physical, emotional or sexual abuse, financial exploitation or coercive control, and we have assisted well over 15,000 people to date. Add your skills to our closely-knit all-female team and you can help thousands more on the road to recovery.

We are looking to appoint a Fundraiser to support Woman’s Trust in achieving its annual fundraising target by securing new trust, and statutory income, and sustaining new and existing funding.

The Fundraiser will have an integral role in researching and writing funding bids, building effective donor journeys to increase individual giving, and developing community fundraising opportunities.

In return, you can expect exceptional career satisfaction plus an excellent package of benefits including:

• Hybrid working - 50% of working week to be spent in the office
• 25 days’ holiday 
• 3% pension contribution
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle-to-work scheme

To find out more and apply with your CV, please visit our website via the apply button.  

Closing date: 5.00pm on Wednesday 5 March 2025.

Interviews to be held week commencing 10 March 2025 (subject to change).

This post is open to women only. The Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1 applies. 

Role:  Development (Fundraising) Manager 

Location: The Royal Court Theatre, London

Contract: Full-time, Permanent 

Salary: £38,500 (gross) per annum 

The Royal Court Theatre is looking to recruit a Development (Fundraising) Manager.

The Development Manager plays a central role in enabling the Development team to reach our ambitious fundraising target. They will work closely with the Director of Development, Development Officers, as well as with the Marketing and Communications team, Finance Team and Artistic and Literary Teams.

The role will be responsible for managing fundraising initiatives from a variety of sources, including from trusts and foundations, individuals and corporate partnerships. This includes managing key applications, proposals, campaigns and events to secure new income and steward existing relationships. Working closely with the Director of Development, they will lead on the development and implementation of strategy to grow income from a variety of sources as part of the Development team’s overall fundraising work. 

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience as a development professional with a track record in fundraising in a relevant environment, including demonstrable success in planning and securing income in a variety of contexts (e.g. from trusts and foundations, corporate partners and/or individuals). 

• Excellent organisation and management skills to handle a busy workload, tight deadlines and conflicting priorities. 

• Experience planning and writing applications and/or pitches for funding across a wide range of contexts and funders/partners. 

• Excellent communication and presentation skills (both written and verbal). 

Further details about the application process can be found on the job description. If you are interested in this role, please complete an application form and return to the recruitment inbox by no later than 2nd March 2025.  Please address how you meet the criteria set out above within your application.

To note, your application can also be sent through in the form of a voice note, or PowerPoint presentation (no more than five slides). Should there be a more accessible format for your application to be received, please contact the recruitment inbox.  

The Royal Court Theatre operates the Disability Confident scheme, which means that you are guaranteed to be shortlisted to the next stage if you meet the minimum criteria. Please clearly outline in your email if you would like to be considered under this scheme.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact the recruitment inbox ahead of the closing date.

We are a hospital children’s charity with great credibility and big ambitions. Now is an exciting time to join us as we broaden our reach and significantly increase our impact with a refreshed focus on community fundraising.

The Role:

This newly created position, reporting directly to our Head of Fundraising (HoF) is an exciting chance for a dynamic and creative fundraiser to join our team. You will take the lead in making sure that our charity is maximising its income from community fundraising. You will oversee community fundraising activities including supporter / family fundraising and third-party events ensuring an effective supporter journey. As our Fundraising Lead you will also help grow income through small grants and trust funders as well as researching new funding opportunities.

About Us: The Brompton Fountain is the children’s charity at Royal Brompton Hospital – a world leading specialist heart and lung treatment centre. We work with the clinical teams to supply a wide range of essential support services to seriously ill children and their families whilst in hospital and at home. We also fund medical equipment, parent accommodation and improvements to the hospital facilities.

Key tasks and responsibilities:

• To recruit new and existing supporters to participate in a range of third-party events and ‘run your own’ fundraising events.
• Running events – booking in etc with volunteer support
• To proactively target independent businesses (outside of corporate partnerships) and schools.
• To develop and forge new and existing relationships with local clubs and associations to secure their support both financially and in raising awareness of the charity.
• To represent the charity as and when required in schools and at networking / engagement events.
• Writing and submitting applications for small grant and trust opportunities, with support from the HOF and others depending on scale of opportunity.
• Ensuring grant and trust reporting is tracked and delivered on time.

Duties may vary from time to time as determined by the operational needs of the charity.

Full job description available by request.

What We Are Looking For:

Friendly, enthusiastic, and socially-focused – you instantly connect with others and build

effective relationships. An ability to empathise and communicate effectively about our work is key.

Our ideal candidate would have:

• A minimum two years’ experience in events fundraising and or a grants / trust’s role with a proven record of securing four / five figure awards.
• Energy and Passion for our cause.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• An understanding of charitable fundraising in relation to restricted and unrestricted funding.
• Experience of bid writing and an understanding of what foundations and trusts are looking for.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and work to deadlines.
• Able to network with internal and external stakeholders.
• Be able to create collateral using tools such as Adobe and Canva.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, CRM databases and digital fundraising platforms.
• Knowledge of GDPR and fundraising guidelines.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

What We Offer:

We have a range of benefits that we offer our employees, this includes.

• Flexible working hours to balance home life.
• Time off in lieu for weekend and evening work
• Reasonable expenses paid for offsite meetings and activities
• Access to the NHS discounts and offers (via third party organisations)
• Training and development with career progression opportunities
• Home Office set up including phone, printer and laptop.

Eligibility

• Applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK to apply for this position.
• The role requires successful completion of an enhanced DBS check and mandatory training including level 3 safeguarding (costs covered by charity)
• Full clean driving license or the ability to travel to events and meetings when needed.

Hours: 22.5 hours per week, including occasional weekend work as required by the charity events calendar. Exact working days to be discussed with successful applicant. One-year Fixed Term Contract.

Location: Hybrid Working with one day a week working from our Charity Office (based at Royal Brompton Hospital). Some off site working for events and activities, as required.

How To Apply

Please submit a CV and covering letter highlighting your achievements, relevant experience and why your application should be considered.

We will only contact those applicants who have been successful for interview selection at which point you will be required to provide details of two referees.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

What we do

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People trains dogs that change deaf people’s lives through emotional and practical support – because nobody with hearing loss should feel alone.

What you will be doing

This is an exciting role that refreshes the way Hearing Dogs for Deaf People delivers its key community events, both physically and digitally. It has full support from the Executive Leadership Team and respective teams, who are excited and ready to support its development.

The role is responsible for identifying, planning and co-ordinating fundraising and engagement events to support the charity’s mission. These may look like the Christmas Market at our main site, identifying third-party fundraising initiatives and virtual challenges, or leading on the identification and/or development of national events such as The Great British Dog Walk.

You will be supported by a strong team of community fundraisers, a marketing department set up to support the development of community activity, and a services team excited to be a part of its growth. Of course you have the support of our Hearing Dogs too.

As the central hub for event coordination, you will enjoy building strong relationships with supporters, volunteers and local businesses to maximise participation and income generation.

You will be part of the Community Fundraising and Engagement team and will work with the community team, services, and marketing team to develop and deliver the community and engagement strategy.

What you will need to succeed:

• Proven experience in event management, ideally within the charity or community sector
• Strong fundraising knowledge and experience in income generating events and techniques both physical and through digital channels.
• Excellent relationship-building skills with the ability to engage and inspire diverse audiences.
• Strong project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple events simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience of using CRM systems or databases to track supporter engagement.
• Budget management experience and ability to work within financial targets.
• Knowledge of fundraising and GDPR regulations in so much as they relate to this role

How to apply

If you are interested in working with us in this varied and immensely rewarding job, please send your CV and a covering letter explaining how you'd be perfect for the role. 

Closing date for applications: 5.00pm on Monday, 3rd March 2025.

Interviews will take place w/c 10th March 2025.

This role will focus on building new partnerships within the corporate sector for our three charities: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity, Evelina London Children’s Charity and Guy’s Cancer Charity. The postholder will identify and build a pipeline of prospective partnerships that align with the strategic fundraising priorities of the Trust. Strong emphasis will be on building and cultivating long-term high value strategic partnerships and fostering effective and productive relationships with a range of key stakeholders. 

The postholder will share team responsibility for achieving ambitious annual income targets, with opportunities to proactively lead on new initiatives, decision making and problem solving.

Key responsibilities:

Developing high-value partnerships

· ​​To generate significant five and six+ figure partnerships to support the life changing, and lifesaving projects delivered by Guy’s & St Thomas’ Charity, Evelina London Children’s Charity and Guy’s Cancer Charity.

· ​To employ creative and effective relationship building and networking skills to enthuse and inspire prospects to support our work.  

· ​To develop and present successful proposals to prospective partners which align with their CSR and social impact commitments. The postholder will utilise sophisticated influencing and negotiation skills to secure long-term, strategic partnerships.  

· ​To plan strategies to secure partnerships with companies at the level of £50,000+ and above. To implement these strategies by building best-in-class cultivation and stewardship and making compelling asks that will deliver multi-year funding commitments.  

· ​Play a significant role, working alongside the Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager and Head of Corporate Partnerships, in developing and delivering an ambitious corporate strategy.  

· ​To foster effective and productive relationships with key stakeholders to maximise our network of influencers from clinicians, academics, nursing staff to senior leadership at the Trust, in order to enhance the teams prospect pipeline.

​ Communication and Networking  

· ​To use excellent communication skills during conversations with potential partners to determine areas of philanthropic interest.  

· ​To use excellent written communication skills to develop inspiring fundraising collateral and proposals that will inspire prospects to work with the Trust.  

· ​To produce thorough briefings for colleagues and senior management prior to meetings with corporate prospects.  

· ​To work with colleagues to problem solve and find solutions and present these to senior management.  

​ Decision making, planning and problem solving  

· ​To be responsible for developing and implementing sector strategies within your prospect portfolio.  

· ​To contribute to the planning, progress and promotion of current and future fundraising appeals and campaigns. 

Service delivery  

· ​To generate annual income according to agreed targets, guided by a clearly defined set of monthly key performance indicators.  

· ​To engage prospects through appropriate cultivation and stewardship events.  

· ​ Support the Head of Corporate Partnerships to develop and deliver the strategy.

· ​To support other areas of the Trust priorities, as appropriate.  

· ​Provide regular updates on individual income forecasts to the Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager and ensure any risks are identified early, and where possible, mitigated.  

Analysis and research  

· ​To work with the Prospect Research team to identify potential prospects and their areas of interest, in order to devise bespoke development plans. 

· ​To review your prospect pipeline on a monthly basis and ensure appropriate prospect movement.  

· ​To accurately record prospect information gathered in the cultivation and stewardships process on the database, facilitating future fundraising and stewardship activity in addition to the production of management reports.  

Teamwork, teaching and learning support and pastoral care  

· ​To contribute to the team and department’s learning, where appropriate, and support less experienced members of the department. 

· To work with other high value fundraising teams, including Prospect Research and Donor Relations, to ensure a coordinated approach to prospects, cultivation and stewardship.

· To assist with other campaigns and special projects as and when necessary.

Pastoral care  

• ​To uphold and promote the department’s core values.

Person Specification

Skills, abilities and attributes

· Ability to plan effectively and implement those plans.

· Ability to plan and deliver projects within budgets and on time.

· Computer literate, i.e. Word, Outlook, Excel.

· Excellent writing skills and presentation skills. 

· Ability to present to, and influence stakeholders in person at all levels.

· Ability to foster effective relationships with senior stakeholders, partners and patients. 

· Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously, using own initiative.

· A team player with a collaborative working style and a clear focus on delivering outcomes. 

· Passionate about health care.

· Energetic and enthusiastic.

· Lateral thinker, creative and entrepreneurial by nature. 

· Strong interpersonal skills. 

· Willingness to attend or work at, where necessary, commitments outside of normal working hours.

Knowledge, experience and qualifications

· Knowledge of a Fundraising Database (e.g. Raiser’s Edge) or CRM. 

· Proven experience of securing five and six figure partnerships between charities and private sector, or equivalent experience in commercial sales, is essential.

· Experience of developing complex projects with multiple stakeholders is essential. 

· Experience in the public sector or charitable organisations or commercial sales. 

· Experience of building strong relationships with business partners, funders, and comparable donors.

· Experience of working across all levels of seniority and across different departments internally and externally

Do you have the ability to build strong professional relationships with key supporters? Are you able to process data accurately and efficiently? Do you thrive on providing the best customer service experience? If so, this role could be for you!

Here at Rainbows Children’s Hospice, we provide specialist palliative care and end-of-life support to over 750 Babies, Children, and Young People living with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, as well as approximately 3,000 people, including families, siblings, and carers, across the East Midlands. Simply put, we’re here to brighten short lives and support families, wherever they are.

Rainbows Hospice depends on the incredible generosity of our donors, supporters, and fundraisers to operate. Without their support, we would only be able to open for seven weeks a year. To strengthen and nurture these vital relationships, we are expanding our Supporter Experience team. This role is pivotal in enhancing and personalizing the supporter journey to ensure long-term engagement and inspiration.

As a Supporter Experience Officer, you will play a vital role in ensuring that supporters engaging with fundraising activities receive outstanding support and communication. You will also implement personalized supporter journeys designed to engage, inspire, and maximize income, enabling us to continue providing critical care and support.

Location: Onsite at Rainbows Hospice, Loughborough
Hours of Work: 37.5 Monday to Friday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

About the role

Some of the key responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Delivering exceptional supporter care, managing inbound enquiries, requests, and donations (via phone, email, online, or in person) promptly and efficiently, while signposting to colleagues when necessary.
• Acting as a primary point of contact for fundraising correspondence and enquiries, liaising directly with supporters and escalating as appropriate.
• Accurate and timely data entry of donations, supporter information, and thank-you letters.
• Implementing and supporting the development of tailored supporter journeys.
• Utilizing appropriate software to automate supporter engagement processes for public fundraising audiences.
• Further responsibilities in the role of a Supporter Experience Officer at Rainbows, can be found by downloading the Job Description.

Essential Requirements:

• Proven experience working with donors or customers.
• Experience handling confidential and sensitive information.
• Demonstrated ability to work with supporters, clients, or customers to encourage greater engagement, investment, or contributions.
• Strong skills in accurate data entry and reporting, in line with current Data Protection regulations.
• Ability to analyse data and create management reports to review income and identify trends.

Desirable Requirements:

• Experience designing and implementing supporter journeys using email software tools.
• A solid understanding of charity fundraising principles.
• Further requirements can be found by downloading the Person Specification.

Our Benefits include:

• Free onsite parking at the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough.
• Eligibility to join blue light card discount scheme and Company Shop.
• Healthcare Cashback plan.
• Life Assurance.
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Contributory pension scheme or Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• Affordable meals at the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough.
• Free Tea, Coffee and Fruit whilst at the Hospice
• Free access to Health Assured employee assistance programme
• Wellbeing support and access to Mental Health First Aiders
• Unofficial benefits: Fun events like Total Wipe Out, All staff away days, Guest visitors

To apply for the role please click ‘apply now’ to complete an online application form. If you require an alternative method of applying or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments further, please contact the Recruitment Team at Rainbows. 

This role is subject to an standard DBS (Disclosure and barring Service Check) and pre-employment checks.

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Fundraising & Development Worker – Job Description

About Beware of the Bull

Beware of the Bull Ltd is an ethical social enterprise based in York. We deliver top quality development services for charities and not for profit organisations. Since 2011 we have helped our clients raise over £36 million to support their social objectives – tackling poverty, keeping people safe, ensuring children and young people have resources and activities for learning and playing, keeping vital counselling services running, practical measures to reduce homelessness, helping refugees and asylum seekers to get to grips with life in the UK… and many more. We are proud to be a Real Living Wage accredited employer.

Beware of the Bull is, as far as we know, the only company in our sector where staff welfare policies explicitly mention ice cream (vegan options are available). The previous postholder stayed for 11 years.

Purpose of role

The Fundraising & Development Worker is central to our mission. You will work directly with charities and not for profits across the UK, supporting their grants fundraising, primarily through:

• identifying appropriate funders and writing applications for charitable and statutory grants, and
• planning and conducting or supporting project evaluation studies.

Parameters

Up to £31,005 FTE pro rata to 22.5 hours per week (dependent on experience).

Permanent contract subject to successful completion of initial three month probation period.

Based in York. We are happy to accommodate home working but the expectation is that the postholder will work at least one day per week on site. Beware of the Bull operates a flexible working system. 36 days (pro rata) per year holiday including statutory bank holidays.

Due to the nature of the role which may involve working with children and with vulnerable adults, any offer of employment is conditional on the outcome of an Enhanced DBS check.

Key tasks

The Fundraising & Development Worker researches grant funding options using internal and external searchable databases for a caseload of charities and not for profit organisations. You will liaise with clients to agree a schedule for writing associated bids and to request information needed, and complete the agreed bids to schedule.

For external evaluations, you will develop an evaluation plan and agree this with the client. You will conduct the research as agreed, including interviews, focus groups and desk-based research, data analysis and drafting reports.

Communications tasks associated with the role include: answering email and telephone communications; compiling, publishing and administering our award-winning monthly free e-newsletter; meeting potential and actual clients to identify and understand their development needs; creating and managing Beware of the Bull’s social media output; and helping to update and maintain the company’s website.

Administrative and finance functions include: keeping accurate and up to date records of own work in line with company procedures; carrying out administrative tasks associated with training delivery; and other tasks commensurate with the post.

How to apply

Please apply showing how you meet the requirements for the role as set out in the Job Description and Person Specification.

Applications will be accepted up to 5pm, Friday 14th March 2025.

Interviews will take place week commencing 24th March 2025..

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Fundraising and Communications Executive is a new role and will play a pivotal part in advancing our communications and fundraising strategies. As OTR continues to grow, this position will be instrumental in expanding our online presence and ensuring we connect with a broad audience, including young people, families, professionals, and supporters of our mission. It’s an ideal opportunity for someone who is both creative and analytical, skilled in producing compelling content and using data to amplify digital impact. This role would suit someone who can take initiative, think proactively, and confidently manage projects independently – qualities that are especially important in our small, dedicated team.

You’ll work on a wide range of projects, creating engaging content that aligns with OTR’s brand and values across our website, social media, and email campaigns. This includes developing multimedia content (including graphics, videos and blogs) to promote our work and highlight our impact in the local community.

From a fundraising perspective, you will help drive our fundraising activities and ensure efficient administration using the newly acquired ‘Donorfy’ database. This includes leading on the stewardship of donors and community fundraisers, managing our fundraising CRM database, and working on small and medium-sized trust and grant applications. You’ll also support digital campaigns and new initiatives, to encourage sustained support for our work. You’ll directly help to secure the financial support needed to expand OTR’s services and reach more beneficiaries. In addition, you’ll analyse the performance of our digital channels – interpreting website analytics, social media metrics, and email campaign results – to provide recommendations that enhance our communications strategies and ensure ongoing impact.

This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a supportive and passionate team. If you’re a skilled communicator driven by purpose, enjoy creating compelling digital content, building strong relationships with donors, and using data to inform creative strategies, this could be the role for you.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Fundraising and Communications Executive

Location: Hybrid or office-based – OTR has two offices, both based in Leigh Park. PO9 3SU and PO9 5BG.

Reports to: Head of Fundraising

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Part time (22.5 hours a week)

Salary: £13.50-£14.00 per hour

JOB PURPOSE

The Fundraising and Communications Executive will play a key role in implementing OTR’s fundraising and communications strategies. The role involves planning, creating, curating and managing high-quality digital content across our website, social media platforms and email marketing campaigns. Furthermore, you will support key areas of our fundraising strategy, including trust and grant applications, horizon scanning and ensuring excellent fundraising administration across all areas of activity.

This position is instrumental in supporting the Head of Fundraising in developing and strengthening OTR’s income streams and increasing awareness of OTR’s services through effective communications. 

Specific role duties

Supporting the fundraising strategy

• Lead on OTR’s donor and community fundraiser stewardship through excellent communication and effective relationship management.

• Lead on the implementation of fundraising communications across channels.

• Responsible for small to medium size trust and grant applications, including horizon scanning

• Support the stewardship of small and medium-sized trusts and foundations including scoping, applications, reporting and funder management.

• Create engaging content and campaigns to drive income generation.

• Help build the small pool of regular donors.

Website and CRM maintenance

• Work with OTR’s Head of Fundraising, the Administration Manager and web developer to maintain, update and enhance the OTR website.

• Monitor website performance, user engagement and SEO trends, suggesting and

implementing improvements to enhance user experience and visibility.

• Lead on ensuring our CRM (Donorfy) is utilised effectively to record, monitor and report on fundraising activity and income.

Social media

• Working with the Head of Fundraising, CEO and Volunteer Coordinator and Business Support Officer, contribute to OTR’s social media presence by creating and scheduling engaging, accessible, and informative content that resonates with our audience and supports OTR’s mission.

• Monitor social media platforms to ensure timely and appropriate responses to comments and messages.

• Identify new opportunities to grow OTR’s social media reach, building awareness of our services, fundraising and outreach work.

• Regularly report on social media performance, using insights to inform future content and strategy.

• Utilise paid ads to support fundraising and training.

Email marketing

• Support the planning, creation, and delivery of OTR’s, soon to be launched, email marketing campaigns, including newsletters, fundraising initiatives and service information and signposting.

• Ensure all email communications are engaging, well-structured, and in line with OTR’s brand and tone of voice.

• Assist in the promotion of key OTR events, such as the Big Charity Bash and annual Great South Run and other special events.

• Manage and grow OTR’s email marketing lists, ensuring they are up to date and GDPR compliant.

• Track and analyse the performance of email campaigns, providing reports and insights to the Head of Fundraising.

Content creation

• Create engaging, accessible, and informative content for OTR’s digital channels, including the website, social media and email marketing.

• Develop multimedia content (for example, videos and graphics) to enhance OTR’s

communication methods and increase engagement.

• Contribute to blogs, news articles and case studies that highlight OTR’s work, impact and achievements in the sector.

Brand and tone of voice

• Ensure that all digital content aligns with OTR’s brand, tone of voice and style,

maintaining a cohesive and recognisable identity across all platforms.

• Promote OTR as the leading place to turn to for support, ensuring that our content

reflects our professionalism, reputation and expertise.

Analytics and reporting

• Use analytics tools to track the performance of OTR’s digital communications, including website traffic, email engagement and social media reach.

• Provide regular reports on digital performance to the Head of Fundraising, including insights and recommendations for improvement.

• Provide regular reports from the CRM and other online fundraising platforms to the

Head of Fundraising.

Promote

• Promote OTR as an exceptional and specialist charity.

Equality and diversity

• Promote good equality practice and play a key role in ensuring equality of opportunity in the workplace.

• Observe all relevant law relating to equality of opportunities.

• Encourage a working atmosphere where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

Any other duties

• The post-holder will work collaboratively with all OTR trustees, staff and volunteers to provide a seamless service.

• Any other duties commensurate with the post.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Knowledge, training and qualifications

Essential

• Understanding of charitable organisations.

• Understanding of principles of communications, marketing and fundraising.

Desirable

• Understanding of issues facing families in Havant and South East Hampshire.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a communications or marketing role.

• Experience in planning, creating, and managing digital content across websites, social media, and email marketing.

• Experience in developing and managing content using online platforms including JustGiving, Mailchimp and Canva.

• Experience of managing a diverse workload in a busy environment.

Desirable

• Experience in utilising a CRM database to improve administrative systems.

• Experience in creating multimedia content, such as graphics and videos, to enhance digital communications.

• Experience in supporting fundraising initiatives, including donor stewardship and relationship management.

• Proficiency in using analytics tools (e.g. Google Analytics and social media insights) to monitor and report on digital communication performance.

• Experience in upholding and applying brand guidelines in various forms of content.

• Experience in communicating expert information/advice to wider audiences.

Skills

Essential

• Strong writing and editing skills with a focus on creating engaging, accessible, and audience specific content.

• Exceptional customer service skills with proven ability to respond appropriately and effectively to enquiries on the phone, on social media, and by email.

• Strong time and project management skills.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships and to be impactful with people of varying levels and experience.

• A flexible, pro-active approach to work including the ability to work to deadlines, plan, prioritise and manage own workload.

• Strong interpersonal skills.

• Ability to work autonomously and demonstrate initiative.

• A team player committed to working collaboratively to achieve results.

• Ability to use Microsoft Office Packages including SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and the internet.

• Ability to learn and better utilise IT systems.

• Ability to deal with sensitive information with discretion and to always maintain confidentiality.

Other requirements

• A commitment to treating your colleagues fairly, consistently and with respect (Essential)

• An interest in and understanding of OTR’s mission and strategy (Essential)

• Resilient, creative, determined and hard working (Essential)

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

We will provide a laptop, and other necessary IT equipment to facilitate hybrid and home working.

As an employee, you will receive the following benefit package:

• Generous annual leave entitlement including bank holidays

• Flexible start and finish times between core hours of 8am and 6pm

• Flexible hours to take time off for medical appointments and caring responsibilities

• Hybrid working

• 3% employer pension contribution if eligible

• Paid sick leave

To apply

Please submit a full CV (accounting for all gaps in employment - for Safer Recruitment).and a covering letter detailing all of the below:

• why you believe you are right for this role.
• why you wish to work at OTR.
• detailing your experience in all ‘essential’ criteria of the person specification

Registered charity number 1064275

Limited company 3333729

Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund

Be part of the vision; be part of RIBA.

RIBA is a global professional membership body, and a cultural organisation, driving excellence in architecture.

Salary: c£43,000 per annum, based upon experience and location

Location: London/Hybrid

Hours: 35 hours per week, full-time, permanent

We are looking for an enthusiastic and driven major gifts specialist to join our growing Development Team as we begin an ambitious fundraising campaign to support the future of RIBA and of architecture.

Why Join us?

This is an exciting time to be part of the RIBA Development Team.

We are embarking on RIBA’s biggest investment in nearly 100 years, the House of Architecture. Our vision is bold: to make architecture accessible, relevant and meaningful for everyone, and in doing so to support architects in their role to make the future a better place. We cannot do this alone. We seek philanthropy and partnerships to make it possible.

As Development Manager, you will be instrumental in driving our major gifts fundraising activity to help to deliver the House of Architecture campaign and wider development programmes.

What’s in it for you?

• The opportunity to play a pivotal role in a growing team securing philanthropic support for an ambitious cultural organisation.
• A rare chance to be part of a transformational fundraising campaign from an early stage.
• Support to grow and develop your skills, experience and knowledge.
• A great employee benefits package which includes (a) a generous pension scheme with employer contributions (up to 12%), (b) life assurance, (c) annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays and paid closure of 3 discretionary days between Christmas and New Year. For more details on our benefits, please visit our website.

About the Role

As Development Manager you will have a key focus on major gift fundraising and play a vital role in delivering RIBA’s fundraising strategy and plan. Your main responsibility will be building relationships with, and securing gifts from, High Net Worth Individuals in support of the House of Architecture vision, working alongside colleagues and senior volunteers. You will also deliver research and donor stewardship and contribute to the team’s wider fundraising planning, strategy and activity.

What are we looking for?

• Experience in major donor fundraising and/or a similar discipline with proven success, comfortable soliciting high value donations and delivering excellent stewardship
• Experience of supporting the development and delivery of effective fundraising plans
• Excellent interpersonal skills, supporter focused with the ability to show empathy, tact and diplomacy
• Confidence using relationship databases (ideally, experience of Raiser’s Edge or similar
• Confident verbal and written communication skills, and excellent IT skills
• Understanding of the strategic and operating context of museum, library or archive institutions or similar is desirable
• Knowledge of and/or interest in architecture, architectural heritage and the built environment is desirable
• Commitment to specialising in philanthropy

If you would like to apply for the position, please submit your CV and covering letter on our website after you click "Apply". Your covering letter should outline how you meet the ‘Skills, Knowledge and Experience’ in the Job Description, which you will find on our website under supporting documentation. Please note that we will only consider applications with covering letters received directly through our website.   

Closing date: Monday, 24th February at 9am
Interview date: w/c 10th March

Due to high volumes of applications we are unable to respond to everyone, however, should you be shortlisted for interview we will be in touch. 

Please note that you must be able to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK.  We are unable to proceed with any candidates who cannot show the relevant documentation so please only apply if you meet these criteria. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

RIBA aims to be an inclusive employer, committed to building an authentic and diverse environment where all are encouraged to be themselves. We champion work/life balance and welcome requests for flexible working across our organisation. We value applications from all sections of society and appreciate divergent experience, therefore if you are excited about the role and working with us, yet your experience may not align perfectly with every single skill or competency, we encourage you to apply anyway.  

Registered Charity No. 210566

At Book Aid International we are delighted to be recruiting a new Trusts Manager. This role is responsible for Book Aid International’s diverse portfolio of existing trust and foundation funders, as well as securing funding from new trusts to support the delivery and expansion of our transformative work. 

As part of a dedicated small team, you’ll receive support from the Head of Fundraising and key staff to ensure successful applications, while also having the opportunity to shape and take ownership of the trust fundraising strategy and income stream.

The ideal candidate will be inspired by and committed to our vision of a world where everyone has access to books.