Fundraising Database Manager Jobs

We are seeking a talented individual to join our driven team to help us fundraise for our multi-million-pound programme of investment in the children’s hospital and NICU. 

This exciting role offers a fantastic opportunity for an aspiring and multi-talented individual to develop their career in a fast-paced and ambitious charity. You’ll need great organisational skills to manage multiple activities, strong written communications skills and be a talented and highly motivated team player. You will have a background in fundraising or events and will have the ability to look after our amazing supporters through outstanding stewardship.

The successful applicant will work closely with the Senior Events Fundraiser to ensure that the events programme expands and grows from strength to strength. You will be able to engage, motivate and influence a wide range of people, including members of the public and key stakeholders. Enthusiasm, initiative and energy are important attributes for the role.

The successful applicant will help organise the charity’s events fundraising portfolio and steward participants to generate income. Our current portfolio includes Wallace & Gromit-themed events such as Wallace & Gromit’s Wrong Trousers Day, charity-led challenge events such as our new Three Peaks Challenge, as well as third-party challenge events such as skydives and half marathons. You will also help deliver key supporter stewardship events, working alongside the Corporate and Philanthropy Teams.

2025 is an exciting year as our Gromit Unleashed 3 public arts trail will take place over the summer. Gromit Unleashed 3 follows three trailblazing and award-winning public art trails from Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal, in partnership with Aardman. To date these award-winning events have generated over £20 million to support Bristol Children’s Hospital and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This role will have the opportunity to be part of the trail and will support the execution of the highly anticipated trail Exhibition and Auction.

Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal works in partnership with Aardman Animations to support Bristol Children’s Hospital and the region’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at St Michael’s Hospital and offers a dynamic, supportive and rewarding workplace for its approx. 40 staff. The foundation of our organisation is its strong team culture in which all staff play an essential part. Our staff are talented, creative, ambitious and Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal’s most important resource. 

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.

Background: Gilbert White’s House and the Oates Collections, set in the idyllic village of Selborne in Hampshire, is recruiting for a Fundraising Officer to support the Income Generation Manager on a fixed term 1 year contract. This new position is made possible with support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we have been able to recruit for this fixed term contract. This is an opportunity to undertake an important supporting role for a unique, regional organisation within the heritage and conservation sectors, working alongside a committed team of staff, trustees and volunteers. The museum attracts visitors from across the South, eager to learn about Gilbert, the man called the ‘father of ecology’, and Lawrence and Frank Oates, explorers of the natural world. The museum is now seeking a part time Fundraising Officer for a fixed term one year contract to assist the Income Generation Manager during a busy period of individual giving campaigns, grant applications and the growth of its membership and legacy programmes, alongside fundraising events to celebrate 70 years of the museum.

The Role: You will play a key role in assisting with our fundraising activities, in particular undertaking grant and prospect research and support, as well as developing and running fundraising events alongside the Events Manager and Income Generation Manager during our celebratory 70th year. A key responsibility will be the administration of the Membership programme, including processing membership applications and renewals, ensuring timely payments and assisting with queries. You will also be responsible for producing copy and content for membership newsletters, membership campaigns and other fundraising campaigns as appropriate. The ideal candidate will be creative, and able to think outside the box when it comes to creating content for fundraising materials, ways to publicise our Membership and Legacy programmes, and helping to develop fundraising events. The successful applicant will be undertaking individual projects as well taking the lead on day-to-day activities and will also take on the role of museum duty manager on occasions, with some weekend work required.

Job description Key duties within this position will include:

• Undertake research on grant bodies and available grant specifics, requirements and deadlines.

• Provide copywriting support for grant applications.

• Research potential partnerships and sponsorship opportunities.

• Prospect research to identify new individual giving opportunities.

• Assist with the development of fundraising events.

• Work with the Events Manager on the organisation and running of fundraising events.

• Administration of the Membership programme, processing applications and renewals.

• Monitoring the Membership email inbox, answering queries and acting as the main point of contact for Members and potential joiners.

• Producing copy and content for membership newsletters.

• Promotion of membership on social media, liaising with the Marketing team

• Copywriting for fundraising materials.

• Working alongside the Income Generation Manager and Marketing team to develop fundraising campaign content.

• Undertake relevant fundraising courses when required.

Role description, January 2025 

Reports to: Senior Community and Challenge Events Manager

Direct reports: None 

Location: 27 Swinton Street, King’s Cross, London, WC1X 9NW. Minimum of one day a week in the office.  

Status, hours: Permanent, full-time

Salary: Grade D, salary in the range of £31,437 - £34,659 (includes 11% London Weighting), increases by 2.6% post April 2025, plus benefits.  

Role Summary

The Community Fundraising Officer will work closely with the Senior Community and Challenge Events Manager and wider Fundraising team to deliver significant elements of the charity’s fundraising strategy, particularly our community fundraising products. The post holder will be responsible for driving forward our community fundraising campaigns – including the Dry January® challenge community fundraising campaign, which has substantial reach and yet untapped potential.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Fundraising and managing relationships  

• Build strong relationships - to support delivery of our strategic targets with energy and enthusiasm that will inspire supporters to go the extra mile with their fundraising efforts for Alcohol Change UK.

• Keep up to date in sector trends, especially in Community Fundraising, and feedback to the broader fundraising team.  

• Contribute to the charity’s Fundraising Strategy, in relation to community fundraising.  

• Work with 3rd party agencies as part of the Dry January® challenge community fundraising campaign. 

• Build on the foundations of our new ‘Make it Orange’ and ‘Rise and Raise’ community fundraising campaigns, to grow them into successful fundraising initiatives.

• Work with the Communications team to keep the community fundraising pages of the website up to date, and to create and promote digital fundraising resources.  

• Work with the Communications team to create social media content and engaging adverts and campaigns.  

• Develop and deliver recruitment campaigns across multiple channels.  

• Create materials to support our community fundraisers.  

• Engage and inspire staff and volunteers to share and support our community fundraising initiatives.  

• Maintain effective communications and good relations with donors and volunteers, keeping them updated on our work and achievements.  

• Update our fundraising database, ThankQ, ensuring accurate and useful recording.   

• Ensure all community fundraising activity is fully compliant with legal, regulatory, and organisational standards.   

Cross-organisational Role   

• Work closely with colleagues across the charity to support their work and to act as ‘one team’.   

• Work closely with colleagues in the Communications team, optimising opportunities for joint working, especially to champion the community fundraising campaigns to maximise their potential.  

• Contribute actively and positively to charity-wide strategies.   

• Work with the fundraising and engagement team and wider organisation when launching community fundraising campaigns.

Other Duties    

• Continually develop your knowledge of alcohol harm and solutions to it.  

• Always act as a positive ambassador for Alcohol Change UK.  

• Know, embrace and actively uphold the values of Alcohol Change UK.  

• Undertake other tasks as required by the Senior Community and Challenge Events Manger, Head of Fundraising or Executive Director of Fundraising and Engagement. 

• Work flexible hours as necessary to meet the needs of the charity. Time off in lieu will be earnt for work outside of normal working hours.  

About the role

Are you motivated by the opportunity to play a key role in delivering Clan Childlaw’s vision of a Scotland where all children and young people are empowered to use their rights? We are looking for someone who wants to work as part of a dynamic, supportive team on the development and implementation of a bold fundraising strategy that will secure diverse and robust funding to sustain our important work. There is also significant scope and opportunity for the Fundraising Manager to develop support for our work through individual giving and corporate partnerships.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced fundraiser with a genuine drive to make a meaningful impact, who is comfortable with responsibility If you  have  a proven track record in securing significant grants from trusts and foundations, through writing compelling funding proposals and managing donor relationships, then we want to hear from you.  You will need to be a highly effective and engaging communicator with exceptional organisational skills who is confident with responsibility for securing funding and managing funder relationships. 

“There is nobody else like them in Scotland. They have got credibility, integrity and reach as well. There are lots of advocacy providers, and that is really important, but actually being able to legally represent young people in Scotland, there is nobody else that does that, not as purely as they do it, other people do it attached to other law firms but that complete commitment to the upholding of children’s rights is a really unique thing”. (Stakeholder).

About Clan Childlaw 

Clan wants a Scotland where all children and young people’s rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled. For that to happen, Scotland has to be a place where all children and young people can stand up for their rights. That means children and young people need: 

• Lawyers that are experts in working with children
• People around them who can enable them to use their rights and amplify their voices  
• To be respected as rights-holders, who are entitled to hold duty-bearers to account if their rights are not fulfilled.  

Clan is an award-winning, independent children’s charity that actively supports children and young people to take ownership of their rights.  We are the only charity in Scotland that provides free, independent legal representation exclusively for children and young people, which is child-centred by design. Because our lawyers work directly with children and young people whose lives are affected by legal decisions, we bring that unique practice-based knowledge to every aspect of our work. This includes our specialist training, our helpline supporting others who help children to use their voices and their rights, and our work to influence children’s rights respecting changes to practice, policy and law.

What We Do  

• We stand with others who help children use their rights – 

Through our membership and training for legal professionals and in legal education we are making being a “children’s lawyer” an accredited legal skill set in Scotland. Our practical training and helpline and support for advocacy in Children’s Hearings  provides  adults that support children and young people information and guidance that they can use to empower young people to stand up for their rights. 

• We stand out through the excellence of our work – 

We want our work to have as much impact as possible. We listen to what children and young people tell us about what they need from lawyers and others who support them to use their rights. We use what we learn to develop and design the services they need and talk about why young people’s rights matter, and why children and young people need lawyers.  

• We stand for change –  

We are lawyers for children and young people representing children and young people in court, at Children’s Hearings, and in important meetings working to give them equal opportunity to heard and use their rights. We take cases that make change for individual children and young people and help shape better rights respecting policy and practice. We use our knowledge of the law, and experience as practicing lawyers for children and young people, to ask decision makers and lawmakers to change the law and the way the law is used to make sure that children and young people's rights are respected, protected and fulfilled.

Our Values 

Our values are the principles we uphold in all our work, no matter what. They are the foundation of our workplace culture. Everyone who works at Clan shows our values in all they do and say.

We are supportive:  We listen and respond, we provide encouragement and emotional help to children and young people, to others who support young people, and to each other. 

We are bold:  We are confident and courageous in amplifying the voices of children and young people.   We are prepared to take risks when we need to, to defend children and young people’s rights.  

We are dynamic: We are always active, always progressing. We are positive, full of energy and new ideas. We ask for change where it is needed. 

"I love my job at Clan. It's busy and varied and no two days are ever the same. We have a great team here and everyone is really supportive." - A member of the Clan Childlaw team

What we can offer you

Clan Childlaw’s mission is very important to us, but our people are important too. We recognise the importance of a good work-life balance and a friendly supportive work environment. We offer:

• 33 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays) increasing to 35 after 2 years’ service
•  Auto-enrolment into our pension scheme after 3 months service
• Offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the option to choose the base location that works best for you.
•  Flexibility around your working day, with the opportunity to work your hours within the hours of 7am to 7pm, and the option to work from home some of your working week.
• Access to our employee counselling service.

Learning and development is important to us and our team. We hope it’s important to you too. You will be encouraged to engage in learning and continued professional development. 

"I have never worked in such a lovely organisation before! I feel valued, seen and heard as an individual here." - A member of the Clan Childlaw team 

Closing date for application is noon on Wednesday 5 March and we expect interviews to take place on Monday 17 March via Microsoft Teams. If this is not suitable, please let us know and we will endeavour to accommodate an alternative interview format. 

Clan Childlaw is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected status.

Please note: To become an employee at Clan Childlaw you must be able to produce evidence of your Right to Work and undergo a basic disclosure check

Are you a strategic and innovative fundraising leader or marketeer looking for your next challenge? Do you have the vision, expertise, and passion to drive income growth and make a real difference for seriously ill children and their families?

As the Public Fundraising Lead, you will play a pivotal role in creating and delivering our new Public Fundraising Strategy, leading on Individual Giving, Legacies, Community & Challenge Events, and In-Memory Giving. You will develop innovative campaigns, introduce new fundraising products, and grow sustainable income streams to ensure we can continue to make dreams come true for seriously ill children.

Key Responsibilities

�� Leadership & Strategy – Develop and implement a Public Fundraising Strategy, Marketing Plans, and KPIs to drive income growth.
�� Individual Giving – Create new fundraising appeals, campaigns, and regular giving products to secure five and six-figure income results.
�� Legacies & In-Memory Giving – Develop and promote a Legacy Giving programme, including Gifts in Wills campaigns and online tribute funds.
�� Community & Challenge Events – Lead and support the team to grow participation and income from events, with a focus on innovation, including virtual and gaming-based fundraising.
�� Wish Family Engagement – Inspire and engage Wish Families to support the charity in a sensitive and meaningful way, creating tailored communications and fundraising opportunities.
�� Stewardship & Retention – Develop donor journeys, stewardship strategies, and data-driven insights to increase supporter retention and lifetime value.

About You

We are looking for an experienced and ambitious fundraising professional who:
✅ Has a strong track record of delivering income growth across Individual Giving, Legacies, and Community Fundraising or transferrable skills in a marketing role.
✅ Is a creative and strategic thinker, with the ability to develop and implement innovative fundraising products and campaigns.
✅ Has leadership experience, with the ability to inspire and manage teams, interns, and volunteers.
✅ Is data-driven, with expertise in donor insights, segmentation, and campaign performance analysis.
✅ Has exceptional relationship-building skills, able to engage donors, supporters, and internal teams to drive fundraising success.

Why Join Us?

✨ Be part of an inspiring and passionate team making a real difference in children’s lives.
✨ Lead on an exciting period of growth and innovation.
✨ Competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for professional development.

If you’re ready to take on a rewarding leadership role and help shape the future of fundraising at Rays of Sunshine, we’d love to hear from you!

Are you an experienced and ambitious fundraiser who shares our values and passion to make life better for people with eczema? This exciting new role at National Eczema Society will lead our work building engagement and support from the UK eczema community. See below for the Fundraising Lead recruitment pack.

We are a relatively small and agile charity with big ambitions to grow our work. Our vision is a world free of eczema. Until that’s achieved, we’re fully committed to making life better for people with eczema and their families and put their needs first. We do this by providing information and advice, supporting eczema research, raising awareness and campaigning for better medical care. Around eight million children and adults have eczema in the UK, so lots of people look to our charity for hope and support!

Fundraising underpins all our work and is crucial to our success. As Fundraising Lead, you will be responsible for driving donations and supporter engagement using personal, story-led communications.

Some key responsibilities include:

• Managing individual giving activity – including regular giving, one-off donations and appeals and payroll giving

• Developing a supporter engagement programme – create a multi-channel communication programme to optimise supporter retention and deepen engagement

• Leading on supporter appeals – working with other function leads to ensure activity is integrated and optimised

• Managing challenge events – including promoting and allocating National Eczema Society Gold Bond places in key events

• General management – such as budgeting, planning, strategy development.

This is a great opportunity for ambitious fundraiser to take ownership of and drive the future direction of fundraising for National Eczema Society.

Benefits include

Salary – £40,000 per annum
Full-time, permanent role
Hybrid working – 2 days in the office, 3 from home
Office oocation – near London Bridge, in shared office space
Benefits: 28 days holiday, including 3 mandatory days over Christmas, plus bank holidays
Professional development opportunities

Application instructions:

If this role sounds like it’s right for you and you’d like to apply, please send us:

• An up-to-date CV outlining your employment history, academic and professional qualifications.
• A Supporting Statement (no more than two A4 pages please), explaining how you meet the criteria outlined in the Job Description and why you’re interested in leading on fundraising for National Eczema Society.
• Please email your CV and Supporting Statement to the email ID (by clicking) on 'How to Apply', to arrive by no later than 9am on Monday 3 March 2025.
• Do reach out to Andy Proctor, Chief Executive if you’d like an informal and confidential conversation about this position, via the above email address.

We look forward to hearing from you!

#Fundraising #Individual Giving #Digital Fundraising

The Fundraising Manager will play a key role within the Income Generation team, working closely with those in the South West who wish to fundraise in aid of Grief Encounter. The role focuses on maximizing opportunities and ensuring outstanding supporter care while raising awareness of the c harity's work. The Fundraising Manager will be responsible for developing and implementing a fundraising plan designed to increase engagement and support the overall targets of the team.

Additionally, the Fundraising Manager will support the delivery of a series of exciting fundraising events, including the biennial Gala Dinner, Golf Day, and Comedy Night. Through these activities, the Fundraising Manager will help raise essential income to support bereaved children, young people, and families. By working closely with supporters, corporates, and event participants, they will strive to exceed expectations, inspire continued giving, and encourage recommendations to others.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Proven experience in fundraising, with a track record of managing corporate and community partnerships,
• strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present effectively both orally and in writing
• Experience identifying new business opportunities and delivering pitches
• Knowledge and enthusiasm for event delivery and income research.
• Competency in using E-Tapestry  or a similar database.

Interested?  Please see the attached job description for more details and apply today!

Strategic Development

· Provide leadership, strategy and direction for the Charity’s fundraising, marketing and communications team.

· Be part of the Senior Management Team (SMT), contributing to the vision and strategic direction as well as provide updates and reports for the SMT and Trustees.

· Act as the organisational expert on fundraising, marketing and communications issues, providing advice and guidance to Trustees, SMT and other senior staff members.

· Work closely with the CEO and SMT to ensure that fundraising and marketing respond to and reflect the vision and agreed priorities.

· To bring innovation and an entrepreneurial approach

Fundraising

· Implement a five-year fundraising strategy (target income c.£1.5m pa), and be accountable for the delivery of operational plans, defining targets and identifying new sources of income.

· Support the diversification of fundraising income to include statutory funding and commissioned contracts with local and national government

· Develop and implement fundraising policies and procedures ensuring all fundraising remains safe and legal.

· Create a strong culture of integrity to deliver effective supporter journeys across all fundraising areas.

· Analysis of current fundraising trends and standards as well as historic analysis of our own activities to optimise all fundraising approaches.

 Communications and Marketing

· Oversee the development of the marketing and communications strategy.

· Working with the Communications Manager, develop and implement a marketing plan for our residential services to support high performing occupancy.

· Lead the Communications team to develop the social media strategy, both as a communications and a marketing tool.

· Oversee the website, ensuring accessible content, a strong visitor experience and increasing donations via the site.

· Oversee the strengthening of our internal communications and in particular the flow of project and general information between our services and central teams.

Budgeting and Reporting

· Manage the fundraising, marketing and communications budgets.

· Work closely with the Head of Finance to agree the details and targets of unrestricted and restricted projects to be funded each year.

· Implement accurate and robust systems for reporting on outcomes to funders and our annual impact report

Leadership and Line Management

· Provide strategic direction to all areas of fundraising, marketing and communications, nurturing team members to develop their knowledge and expertise, and maintaining a passionate and engaged group of staff committed to delivering excellence for Trevi.

· Coach, inspire and motivate direct reports and other members of the team as well as providing guidance and direction to deliver their objectives and develop their skills and expertise in their roles.

To undertake such other duties as are reasonably appropriate to the post.

 Person Specification

 Essential Knowledge & Qualifications

· Educated to degree or relevant experience

· Knowledge of legislation, regulations and best practice in fundraising and marketing

· Strong understanding of fundraising, marketing and communication fundamentals

· Knowledge of PR techniques and digital marketing

· Branding/style trends and standards

· Understanding of the social media landscape

· Strong understanding of GDPR

Desirable Knowledge & Qualifications

· Knowledge of the womens sector and issues affecting women such as VAWG, criminal justice and mental health

· Membership of a relevant professional body

· An appreciation of strategic issues – and how marketing can inform them

Essential Experience

· Significant experience at a senior level with a successful track record in a charity fundraising environment

· Developing and implementing strategies and operational plans successfully for fundraising, marketing and communications

· Setting, managing, and reporting on six figure+ budgets

· Experience of donor management and building relationships

· Experience of leading, motivating and managing a successful team

· Experience of brand development and management

· Demonstrable experience of shaping organisational objectives

· Using analytics and consumer behaviour to shape activities

Desirable Experience

· Experience of working with a charity CRM database.

· Experience of developing merchandise and successful sales record

Essential Qualities and Skills

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Strong attention to detail

· Extensive IT skills, including MS Office

· Strong interpersonal and people management skills

· Ability to influence and persuade a diverse range of stakeholders

· Ability to multi-task, prioritise and solve workloads on own initiative

· Strong negotiation skills

· Ability to speak passionately about our work including public speaking and motivating

· Creative thinker, enthusiastic and flexible

· Strong analytical skills to interpret data and develop outcome measures

Desirable Qualities and Skills

· Confident utilising marketing specific tools such as Adobe Creative suite and CANVA

· Innovative and commercially minded

Since 2018, Connect: North Korea (CNK) has grown from a small community start-up into an effective and impactful organisation with an annual income over £500,000, mainly through grants from Trusts and Foundations. We now want to focus on building our supporter base and growing our individual giving programme to secure our long term growth.

As our new Communications and Fundraising Manager, you will play an exciting role in communicating with our individual and corporate supporters, identifying and engaging new supporters and growing our income to help us reach more members of our community.

You will lead on individual communications and fundraising initiatives, communicating in person, traditional and new media, engaging new supporters to our mission, sharing case studies and stories from our community to inspire them to donate. Your storytelling will position us in our supporters’ minds and encourage them to actively support CNK in 2025 and beyond.

Position: Communications and Fundraising Manager

Responsible to: Chief Executive Officer

Based at: Our offices in New Malden KT3 with some remote/home working.  We will be as flexible as possible to accommodate the right candidate.

Contract: Permanent. Full-time (35 hours per week) with occasional evening working required. Flexible hours/days possible whilst respecting core hours of 10am-4pm

Salary: £38,000 - £41,181 + 5% pension and gym membership

Benefits: 28 days holidays exclusive of public holidays. We also offer 2 additional days on top of this – 1 recharge day where the whole charity closes and 1 day in the week of a staff member’s birthday.

Your specific objectives will be to

• Grow our individual supporter base by 30% in 2025 through compelling stories, campaigns, traditional and social media initiatives

• Delivering impactful messages, responsive and successful online fundraising campaigns to grow our income from individual supporters to £50,000 per annum in 2025 and beyond.

This is a really exciting opportunity for a creative ambitious self-starter who enjoys a fast paced fundraising environment, is passionate about fundraising and communications, building relationships and creating compelling campaigns that inspire supporters to support our mission 

You are:

1) an experienced communicator, able to create compelling online campaigns and asks that grow our supporter base by 30%

2) understand the principles of fundraising and how to apply these principles to guide supporters on their journey from initial recruitment to regular giving

3) strategic in your approach, able to turn a little into a lot - so you know where best to focus your time and energy to achieve greatest results for CNK

4) passionate about our vision and mission, understanding that the more income we can raise from individual giving, the more services we can deliver to our disadvantaged community. You are committed to helping us achieve our target to raise £50,000 from our supporter base in 2025.

5) Organised, with an eye for detail and a talent for working in partnership with other team members. 

Primary duties and responsibilities will be:

Planning and reporting:

• With the support of CNK senior management, devise an action plan with measurable KPIs to communicate with our supporters and attract new supporters. You will be responsible for the delivery of this action plan in 2025.

• Use online analytics, social media insights, financial reports to report on KPIs (new supporters/followers, website analytics, conversion rates, ROI, number of new donations, average donation amounts) understand supporter motivations and use this learning to adapt our messaging to where each supporter is on their journey from recruitment to regular giving

Communications and Fundraising:

• Work with CNK team members to gather information, case studies, quotes and images and convert into compelling and engaging content for social media and our website. ‘

• Regularly update our website and social media platforms with insights, opinions, case studies, calls to action, to build our community of supporters

• Use social media platforms to build brand awareness and drive traffic to our website

• Plan and deliver innovative well thought out funding campaigns to convert existing supporters from once off donations to regular givers, nurture and steward donors to increase the value or frequency of their current donations

• Inspire our mailing list subscribers to give to us for the first time with the aim of increasing our new donor pool by 15% in 2025

Fundraising compliance:

• Save all communications and donor profiles, donations, giving history, gift aid agreements, correspondence, and communications with supporters on CNK CRM database. Uphold GDPR and comply with fundraising best practice.

Staff & Volunteer Management

• Recruit and manage volunteers to create visual content for social media. 

The role has no direct line reports at present but there may be in future, along with the prospect of promotion, budget permitting.
 

Essential skills and experience:

You will have at least three, and ideally five, years experience of:

• Communications and individual giving fundraising for a small charity, with a track record of developing and delivering successful individual giving campaigns that have generated 4 to 5 figure sums 

• building a community of followers and converting them into donors

• gathering information, case studies, data and finances, distilling and crafting high quality, well articulated compelling funding asks

• growing charity brand and positioning, thorough consistent approach, campaigns, asks,use of language and artwork

• digital marketing including social media, email marketing, and website content management

• designing tools, inputting data and keeping CRM software updated, using data analytics to report on donor journey and drive fundraising decisions

• relevant fundraising regulations and best practices, including GDPR compliance.

You:

• Can work quickly under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

• Are highly organised, able to act on own initiative, able to manage multiple projects and deadlines

• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to craft compelling asks to engage and inspire donors.

• Have engaging people skills, friendly, approachable with a positive attitude. You enjoy talking to donors about CNK on the phone, by email, in person and are unafraid to ‘make the ask’. Can engage collaboratively and constructively in a small team with an entrepreneurial feel

• Are creative and confident in suggesting ideas and solutions. You are ambitious for what your role can deliver for our community.

• Are committed to supporting and embedding lived experience across CNK

• Are keen to build and develop your role as suits the needs of the organisation

• Can speak Korean although this is not essential to the role.

We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability (physical or learning), LGBTQI+ or relationship status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, gender or social class.

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Corporate Fundraising Officer who has excellent prospecting skills, a track record of providing exceptional account management to corporates across various locations and financial acumen when it comes to KPIS and reporting.

Preferably the successful candidate will have experience of setting, working to and achieving financial targets within deadlines and budgets, experience of managing relationships at varying levels and the ability to write persuasive and compelling copy together with presentations and pitches.

The post holder will be required to manage the day-to-day pipeline of prospects, identify appropriate opportunities, ensure all reporting and project evaluation is met and steward corporates to ensure long term support.

The candidate will also be responsible for supporting a number of colleagues (who also have their own targets locally) with achieving fundraising success in their area and maximising the potential of those relationships when there is scope for a national, centrally held partnership.

As you would expect working for a small charity no two days are the same – which is part of what will make working for The Wave Project so enjoyable.

We welcome flexible working and trust our staff to manage their own time. If you are based at the Newquay office then we try to get out into the water at lunchtimes or go paddleboarding before or after work. If you are based elsewhere then we would encourage you to hook up with your nearest project. Regardless of where you are based we have our monthly ‘wellness hour’ where we encourage our team to get out and do something they enjoy and gives them a bit of headspace. We are also signed up to the Employee Assistance Programme and the Cycle to Work Scheme.

Please note we reserve the right to close applications early if we have a large number of applicants but this will not be before Sunday 23rd February. 

BRIGHT FUTURES UK 

Position: Fundraising Assistant

About Bright Futures UK
Bright Futures UK supports young individuals aged 5-24 facing long-term illnesses by filling their educational gaps and fostering personal growth. Through customized programs like one-on-one tutoring, befriending, mentoring, and skill-based workshops, we empower these young people to reach their full potential despite their medical challenges. We're committed to their academic, social, and emotional development, supported by our skilled and compassionate team. Help us make a lasting difference in the lives of these deserving individuals.

Role Overview
As a Fundraising Assistant, you'll play a key role in shaping and implementing our fundraising strategies. Working closely with the CEO and other executives, you'll engage in various fundraising activities and take on initiatives that drive our mission forward. This position is an excellent opportunity for professional growth within a dynamic and rapidly expanding organization.

Who We Are Looking For
We seek a proactive, organized, and approachable individual who is passionate about making a significant impact:

• Proven Experience: You have a solid background in fundraising or customer care.
• Relationship Building: You excel at forming lasting relationships quickly and effectively.
• Project Management Skills: You are organized, meet deadlines, and manage projects with high attention to detail.
• Independence: You are self-motivated and thrive in managing your responsibilities without constant oversight.
• Communication Skills: You possess outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Flexibility and Commitment: You're adaptable and ready to work outside regular hours when needed.
• Mission-Driven: You share our commitment to supporting young people with long-term illnesses.

 Key Responsibilities

• Database Management: Ensure the accuracy and accessibility of our supporter records.
• Research and prospecting: Work with the CEO to research, prospect and prioritize potential funding opportunities.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Strengthen relationships with stakeholders to enhance our support network.
• Supporter Materials: Provide supporters with the materials they need for successful fundraising.
• Communications: Create compelling messages tailored to various audiences, maintaining data accuracy.
• Event Support: Help manage and deliver events with a focus on supporter experience and maximising fundraising.
• Administrative Duties: Support our operations through effective administrative management.
• Strategy Implementation: Assist in executing strategies under the guidance of the CEO to advance our mission.
• Develop a personal voice: have a voice on social media platforms where you can promote fundraising objectives and nurture opportunities.

 What You’ll Love About Us

• Impactful Work: See the tangible impact of your work on the lives of young people.
• Growth Potential: As part of a small, dynamic team, your influence on our growth and operations is substantial.
• Flexible Working: We champion a healthy work/life balance with options for remote work, reduced hours, and flexible schedules.
• Professional Development: We invest in your growth through paid training and support further education.

Apply Now
Ready to make a difference? Join us in transforming the futures of young people facing medical challenges. Your journey with us will be rewarding, impactful, and filled with opportunities to grow.

The deadline for applications is Sunday 23rd March 2025 

Location: Europe (East and West)

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week (subject to local regulations). Proportion of office/home based work to be determined. Given the nature of the role and geographical spread of the Mission, a good degree of flexibility in working hours is required.

Travel: The role will require some international travel.

Reporting to: CEO International

Key Relationships: International CEO of MWBI

International Executive Team

Affiliate and Program/Field Country Directors

International Board Members  

Annual salary: £90,000 GBP; €100,000 EUR Geographic differential will be applied based on location. Candidates must have the right to work in the country from which they are applying

Contract type: Permanent

Working hours: Full-time

Candidate level: Senior Executive

 Background

Mission Without Borders (MWBI) is an international network of Christians who journey with the poor and marginalized, bringing practical and spiritual support with hope of a better future, enabling and encouraging people to lift themselves out of poverty, always sharing the hope found in Jesus Christ. We serve people without regard to their religion or ethnic background.

Mission Without Borders International leads and co-ordinates the work of six countries in Eastern Europe where we conduct our program work and twelve countries where we raise support for these programs and associated MWBI costs. An international executive team (IET) supports this work in terms of program maintenance and development, fundraising, communications, finance, risk management and compliance and it and digital.

Purpose of role

The overarching governing body of the Mission is the Board of Mission Without Borders International. The International Board are seeking a senior International Fundraising Director who will help drive our fundraising strategy by strengthening and diversifying our fundraising sources. The Mission requires an experienced leader with a proven track record in international fundraising who will inspire our international fundraising teams to differentiate and grow income as we enter this new phase of strategic growth.

The International Fundraising Director will provide leadership, oversight and guidance to the Mission’s National Fundraising Directors. They will: implement and manage the diversification of income, including major donor income and field sourced income; work closely with the digital team in fundraising and communication; engage with field countries on beneficiary management and sponsor engagement; lead on impact reporting and work with other members of IET to lead the executive and operational elements of the Mission.

A strong communicator and strategic thinker with practical fundraising experience, they will be an experienced leader and innovative thinker focused on the development of a team and capable of working well with the existing team. They will have significant practical experience of major donors, trusts and foundations, institutional, and corporate fundraising together with a deep understanding of individual fundraising through sponsorship and appeals.

Primary responsibilities

Donor development and outreach

· To provide strategic direction, leadership and drive for fundraising in all new development areas across the Mission. They will have direct responsibility for raising funds at the international level with a specific focus on driving forward major donors, trusts and institutions income as this is currently an underdeveloped source of income for the Mission. They will also lead the development of field sourced fundraising.

· Deliver strategic plans for driving income growth, diversifying income sources and improving donor engagement by incorporating traditional and digital fundraising methods.

· Lead the International Fundraising Team to deliver strategic objectives across all fundraising channels, support National Fundraising Directors, create a collaborative fundraising culture across the organization internationally, and monitor fundraising metrics to deliver growth and efficiency.

· Create a donor-centric fundraising culture, implementing systems and reporting to deliver effective supporter journeys across all disciplines.

· Lead in understanding fundraising trends and working with National Fundraising Directors to improve agility in response to these trends and detailed data analysis of internal trends.

· Define and drive the annual calendar of global fundraising campaigns, supporting materials, driving communications and assessing impact.

· Understand and engage in corporate change program delivery, providing input and leadership to ensure that donor and beneficiary journeys are linked.

· Develop and implement fundraising policies and procedures, particularly around major donors to ensure local and international consistency and compliance.

· Utilize digital resources to drive engagement, reporting and strategy delivery.

· Speak at fundraising community events, conferences and donor events.

Budgeting and reporting

· Oversight of the annual and rolling five-year budgets to ensure local and international fundraising achieve the Mission’s overall strategic goals for income and related expenditure.

· Work closely with the CFO and CEO to drive the annual planning and budgeting process.

· Drive consistency in restricted and unrestricted giving reporting.

Leadership and management

· Work with the International Executive Team to drive the Mission’s international strategy.

· Collaborate with and coach the National Fundraising Directors to meet strategic goals.

· Nurture team members in excellence in operational tasks as well as personal development, ensuring an engaged and fulfilled team.

· Participate in Mission events, training and conferences to engage and inspire peers to drive strategic goals and ensure best practice.

· Network in the fundraising community.

· Participate in and inspire the Mission in its spiritual and biblical foundations.

Profile

There is a high level of desirability that the candidate is a committed and active Christian, able to sign the Mission statement of faith (evangelical in nature) and able to thrive in an atmosphere where spiritual, missional and humanitarian objectives intertwine in an environment where faith and business skills overlap. This commitment to a Christian ethos is fundamental to who we are and why we do what we do.

Experience required

· Relevant degree or equivalent in experience.

· Proven senior level experience as an international fundraiser and team leader, managing in complex environments, with a servant heart.

· Senior level experience in direct fundraising in the areas of major donors.

· Development and implementation of strategic and operational plans for fundraising.

· Setting, managing, and reporting on international budgets.

· Strong stakeholder management experience including Board reporting experience

· Experience in building and nurturing high performing teams.

· Ability to empower and motivate staff at all levels.

· Brand development and management experience.

· Understanding of charity law and regulations and ability to guide in multiple jurisdictions.

Experience desired

· History of work experience in an organization with a similar ethos to MWBI.

· Experience in the humanitarian sector and donor management working with various international, institutional, government donors and authorities.

· Monitoring and evaluation experience for major donors, institutions and trusts.

· Overseas fundraising experience.

· Streamlining disparate reporting systems and processes.

· Salesforce system use and integration.

Personal traits desired

· Be able to share the Christian aims and ethos of MWB and agree with the MWB Mission statement with a high degree of enthusiasm.

· Willingness to lead and participate in devotions, prayer meetings and staff conferences to enhance the spiritual health of the organisation.

· Be able to work sensitively with those of different cultures and church backgrounds.

· Willing and able to travel internationally and work unsocial hours when required.

· Calm and adaptable with an ability to work within a flexible and busy environment.

· Collaborative team leader, committed to driving a strong internal culture.

· A committed Christian willing to lead and express their faith articulately and actively pursue ongoing personal, emotional and spiritual development within the life of a local church.

· Commitment to Equal Opportunities and safeguarding.

The deadline for application is Sunday 23rd March 2025.

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Daryl Upsall International actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. In recruiting candidates, we seek candidates with the proven skills required; irrespective of race, gender, religion or belief, age, disability or sexual orientation.

Who are we?

Orchards is a Christian charity with a vision to see women free from sexual exploitation and empowered for flourishing, independent lives. We build trusting relationships with each woman and enable her to access support for lasting recovery through our main areas:

• transitional safe housing
• specialist trauma counselling
• tailored life and work skills mentoring
• the offer of local church life for community, care, and exploring faith for herself if she chooses.

We are in an exciting time of growth as we continue to operate across three sites: South London, East London and East Sussex and prepare to open our fourth safe property. We have an opportunity for someone to join our team and manage our trusts and grants fundraising as we prepare to reach more women over the coming years.

We have a Genuine Occupational Requirement that our staff members hold a Christian faith (see below for further details). You should be comfortable bringing faith conversations and prayer into your work as appropriate, as well as participating in times of prayer with the wider Orchards team. We request that all staff commit to and uphold our ethos.

Growing our income generation

We are currently recruiting for two roles in our fundraising team. Our other role is Communications and Fundraising Officer and is focused on supporter care. Both of these roles are part time. We have written them separately as we believe that typically these are two different skill sets within the fundraising space.

However, if you believe that you have strength in both areas, we'd love to hear from you. We are very open to discussing combining the roles into one full time role. A combined role would involve hybrid working including travel to our London and Brighton sites and candidates would need to be comfortable in having a broad generalist role. Both skill sets would be tested at interview. If you would like to be considered for the combined role, please specify this in your cover letter.

More homeworking options are available for the Grants and Trusts role than for the Communications and Fundraising role.   

Purpose of the role

Our work is growing quickly, so it's an exciting time to join our small but brilliant team. If you are an experienced Fundraiser with a strong track record of success with trusts and grants, are enthusiastic about church-led social action, passionate about tackling sexual exploitation, and have a willingness to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in, we would love to hear from you.

The ideal candidate would be a strong bid writer with experience in raising funds through grants and trusts (both Christian and secular) and statutory funding.

We have a clear fundraising strategy, a good track record with trusts and grants, existing relationships with funders, a pipeline already in place and plenty of content to draw from - so you will have a solid foundation to enable you to hit the ground running. We’d also love to benefit from your expertise, so you will be working with our Directors very closely, sharing ideas, reviewing strategy and developing and delivering new ideas and initiatives.

The purpose of this new role is to:

• Nurture our relationships with existing grant funders
• Generate new grants and trusts leads through quarterly prospecting
• Increase our grants and trusts income through bid writing