Head Of Corporate Partnerships And Special Events Jobs in UB3 5EX
£58,000 per annum
Permanent
Part home/Part office (London) based
UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.
This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as a Senior Philanthropy Manager.
As a Senior Philanthropy Manager, you will excel in managing relationships with our existing partners and play a pivotal role in cultivating new partnerships across the UK. Our team raised over £11 million in 2024 and aims for even greater growth. You will be instrumental in increasing income through innovation, expanding and retaining partnerships, enhancing collaboration, and integrating relationship management.
To thrive in this role, you must be a passionate and influential relationship manager with a proven track record in building and maintaining high-value partnerships. You should have personal experience in securing and managing relationships at six-figure levels and achieving ambitious income targets. Confidence in driving new business, working collaboratively within an integrated team, and nurturing talent among colleagues is essential.
Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.
Closing date: 9am, Friday 30 January 2025.
Interview date: Thursday 13 February 2025.
In return, we offer:
· excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools)
· outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role
· impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
· an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.
· the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world
Our application process: We use a system called "Applied" that anonymises your responses and focuses on your actual skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.
We anticipate most colleagues will work one or two days a week in the office on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London and the rest of the time from home. We will happily discuss other flexible options to suit your circumstances.
We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.
UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.
We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.
If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours.
If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.
Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)
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About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.
The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.
About the role
We’re seeking an exceptional celebrity relationship manager to join our talented and ambitious press, PR and celebrity team.
We’re looking someone with demonstrable experience of recruiting, managing, and stewarding high profile talent who will help us be there for everyone affected by breast cancer.
With a new engagement and stewardship strategy, it’s never been a more exciting time to join this team. The role holder will be the day-to-day contact for our celebrity supporters and will nurture these existing relationships as well as recruiting new talent who help us reach diverse audiences most impactfully.
Playing a pivotal role in launching and delivering Breast Cancer Now’s new Ambassador Programme, the role holder will ensure these key stakeholders have an exceptional experience of the charity and that together we drive progress towards realising our bold ambition that by 2050, everyone diagnosed with breast cancer will live and live well.
As the key internal contact for all things celebrity, you’ll evolve ways of working to engage celebrity support for greatest success now and in the long-term.
The successful candidate will develop and deliver an annual celebrity engagement plan that accelerates our celebrity activity and delivers meaningful results for both our celebrity supporters and the charity.
About you
With a track record of stewarding impactful working relationships with celebrities/VIPs, a strong contacts book and awareness of the issues that can impact people affected by breast cancer, you’ll be excellent at identifying opportunities for celebrities to support the charity.
Adept at building and sustaining trusted and influential relationships with celebrities and their agents, you’ll learn what motivates and interests them, keep abreast of their changing needs and circumstances, and identify ways to work together for mutual benefit both in the short- and long-term.
Building trusted and influential relationships internally at all levels, you’ll educate colleagues around the value celebrities can bring to their work and advise on the sorts of opportunities that will entice talent for best results, and manage celebrity engagement across the charity to ensure a seamless experience.
With a natural sense of pace and proactivity, and a close eye scanning the external environment and celebrity arena, you’ll spot and seize opportunities to engage celebrities with the charity across its work portfolio.
You’ll also be astute in spotting any potential/actual reputation issues concerning celebrities connected to the charity profiled in the media and help to handle any cases to minimise reputational damage to the charity.
Strategic and insight-driven, you’ll have a passion and appetite for keeping abreast with developments around celebrities and their work with organisations, feeding this intelligence back into the charity, including the development of the new Ambassador Programme.
Job description and benefits
Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role is primarily based in our London office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any immediate questions please contact us.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.
Closing date 9am on Friday 31 January 2025
Interview date Week commencing 10 February 2025
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About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.
The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.
About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a lively, dynamic and driven fundraising events team. Over the last decade, Breast Cancer Now has built up a strong events function, with community fundraising and events currently accounting for nearly a quarter of the charity’s overall voluntary income.
We’re now looking for an events assistant to play a key role within the team. Supporting the delivery of our varied portfolio of challenge events. Currently comprising of running events, triathlons, cycling events, overseas and UK challenges. You’ll engage thousands of fundraisers, acting as a first point of contact and an ambassador for the organisation to excite and retain our supporters. You’ll also have the opportunity to manage your own event.
This role is a vital role in the third party events team and is perfect for you, if you’re getting started in your fundraising career.
About you
We’re looking for an individual with a passion for charity fundraising and who has an excellent attention to detail. An understanding of and experience with administrative tasks such as data entry and working in a fast-paced environment is desirable.
You’ll be the first point of contact with hundreds of our supporters, many of whom will be in touch via email, social media or by phone. So an understanding of using these channels and delivering customer service, particularly in the charity sector, is preferable. You should also have a demonstrable ability to work to deadlines and have experience of working as part of a team.
We’re a dedicated team with our supporters at the heart of what we do, if you’ve an interest in charity fundraising, supporter experiences and the associated administration, this could be the role for you.
Job description and benefits
Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role is primarily based in our London office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any immediate questions please contact us.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.
Closing date 9am on Monday 3 February 2025
Interview date Week commencing 10 February 2025
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About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.
The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.
About the role
This role sits within the account management team, which raises over £1.5 million annually through a range of long-term partnerships across multiple sectors. Our partners include ghd, M&S, Primark, Everyone Active and more. We’ve recently won multiple 7-figure partnerships launching in 2025. Success for the team is only growing and we’d love you to be part of this with us!
You’ll be responsible for a portfolio of significant 5 and 6 figure partnerships from a variety of sectors, each with multiple income streams and varying objectives. Reporting to the head of corporate partnerships you’ll manage this exciting and varied portfolio of partnerships, focusing particularly on income growth and delivering shared-purpose opportunities that strengthen and celebrate the relationships we have with these organisations.
As the main contact for these partners, you’ll guide them through every stage of their relationship with Breast Cancer Now. You’ll provide first class account management through your excellent external and internal relationship management skills, always striving to achieve and exceed mutual goals.
Managing the corporate partnerships and engagement executive, you’ll support and develop them as they manage their own workload and provide support to the wider department.
About you
We’re looking for someone with the drive to deliver first class account management. With the experience of managing impactful and strategic partnerships and who’s excited to work with us and with some incredible and well-known brands!
You’ll confidently and proactively manage a varied portfolio of partnerships and stakeholders. With your experience of creating partnership development plans, you’ll have a proven track record in efficiently managing budgets, mitigating risk and ensuring compliance in all you do. You’ll work collaboratively across teams to ensure the shared goals of the partnerships and our charity are achieved. Your creative thinking will help you to overcome challenges and identify opportunities (financial or strategic) to maximise partnership potential, securing growth within our partnerships.
If you have experience in delivering excellent account management, the ability to develop your line report and a determination to help us achieve our strategic objectives, this could be the role for you.
Job description and benefits
Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role is primarily based in our London office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any immediate questions please contact Breast Cancer Now recruitment.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.
Closing date 9am on Wednesday 29 January 2025
First round interviews (online) Week commencing 3 February 2025
Second round interviews (in person) Week commencing 10 February 2025
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Starting Salary: £43,461 - £46,819 (inc. London weighting) – This is a full-time salary, and the salary will be prorated based on the hours of the post.
Contract: Permanent – 4.5 Days per week.
Location: London, ideally Hybrid working - 40% of your time at the CAFOD head office.
Job Profile
The Corporate Partnerships Manager is vital to CAFOD in leading corporate philanthropy efforts and collaborating with stakeholders to identify funding priorities for the Major Gifts and Philanthropy (MGP) team, which targets a £2.5m income for 2025/26, including £805,000 from corporate donors.
Reporting to the Head of Major Gifts and Philanthropy, the post-holder will manage the Corporate Partnership Executive, lead strategy development, and explore innovative ways to engage donors, upgrade giving levels, and strengthen peer-to-peer fundraising. They will build and manage relationships across a diverse corporate donor portfolio, inspire significant contributions, and oversee donor communications to ensure alignment with CAFOD’s values.
The postholder will work closely with CAFOD’s senior Executive group and coordinate with teams across International Programmes, Data and Insight, Communications, Finance, IT, and fundraising. Regular collaboration with the MGP Philanthropy Manager, Every Second Counts (ESC) lead, Research and Information Manager, and MGP Executive will ensure seamless cross-team efforts. As CAFOD’s relationship fundraising evolves, the role requires adaptability to shifting strategies and a developing digital approach.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Development and Implementation
- Drive corporate partnership plans to meet targets, focusing on existing and prospective donors capable of major gifts (£50,000+), including multi-year contributions.
- Identify and develop a robust pipeline of funding opportunities in collaboration with internal stakeholders, aligned with strategic funding propositions.
- Partner with the ESC lead to secure donors for the £7m multi-year humanitarian initiative, targeting new corporate prospects.
- Conduct prospect research, create targeted funding proposals and reports, and deliver impactful presentations for corporate donors.
- Track progress against annual and long-term plans, monitoring budgets and KPIs.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual income forecasts, leveraging systems and databases.
- Foster a culture of innovation and best practices, adapting strategies to address emerging trends.
- Represent the MGP team in cross-functional working groups and ensure effective information sharing with colleagues.
Donor Relationship Management
- Build and sustain strong donor relationships through tailored cultivation and stewardship plans, emphasizing unrestricted and program-specific donations.
- Maintain close relationships with strategic partners, such as CPL Aromas and their founding family, ensuring effective communication and timely updates.
- Communicate CAFOD’s work to donors through preferred channels, including digital platforms and overseas visits where appropriate, ensuring gratitude and recognition.
- Collaborate with MGP and other teams to increase giving from existing supporters and mentor colleagues in securing high-level donations.
- Work with the team to deliver successful fundraising appeals and projects.
- Coordinate donor objectives with the Philanthropy Manager and ESC lead, managing relevant donors and stakeholders.
People Management
- Lead and mentor the Corporate Partnership Executive (CPE), fostering strong working relationships, setting SMART objectives, and conducting performance reviews.
- Guide the CPE in strategy and operational plans, ensuring business processes are efficient and donor stewardship meets high standards.
- Collaborate with the CPE on administrative tasks and ensure smooth execution of responsibilities.
Cultivation and Stewardship Event Management
- Mentor and support the MGP team in planning and leading donor cultivation and stewardship events, with a focus on corporate events.
Cross-Departmental Teamwork
- Collaborate across CAFOD teams and with the MGP Research and Information Manager to develop compelling donor proposition materials.
- Ensure systems and data processes support timely and accurate updates to donor databases, working with IT and Data & Insight teams.
- Maintain GDPR compliance and uphold fundraising best practices for donor information.
- Track income and performance metrics, ensuring systems and processes operate at a high standard.
- Contribute to MGP and CAFOD-wide meetings, sharing insights and best practices to support team growth and development.
Safeguarding
All CAFOD staff share the responsibility to promote and maintain a strong safeguarding culture, including identifying the key actions they should take given their role and responsibilities.
Person Specification
The post holder will be making key decisions and take responsibility for leading on the following tasks and where appropriate will put the case forward for innovative changes to take place, based on sound judgment.
Job-specific competencies
- Proven experience in writing donor proposals and securing funds for significant donations from corporates and/or major donors
- Specialist corporate partnership, account management or major gifts fundraising skills, proven ability of managing high level and often complex donor relationships of £50,000 and ideally six figures
- Clear and accurate written and verbal communication skills to influence senior corporate players to support CAFOD
- Project management experience with an ability to translate complex information into engaging donor communications and reports
- Experience of developing strategies in line with organisational priorities.
Desirable Criteria:
- Knowledge and awareness of international development and humanitarian aid
- Line management experience
- Comfortable in business environments; understand what decision-making processes may influence the support for charities
- Understanding and operational experience with GDPR
- Event management experience.
Why Choose CAFOD?
At CAFOD we value our employees and are committed to offering a healthy work–life balance and promoting the well-being of our employees.
Hybrid working with a minimum of 40% of your time in the London Office.
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer great benefits, some of which are below.
- Generous holiday package
- Additional 10 days annual leave purchase scheme
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan.
- Enhanced Maternity, paternity and adoption pay.
- Enhanced Sick pay.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Life Assurance 3 x salary
We offer all our employees learning and development opportunities, we provide training, coaching and mentoring to support your development in various aspects of our work.
CAFOD is committed to being an anti-racist organisation and we are keen to increase the diversity of our teams. We are particularly keen to seek out applications from people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.
There's room for everyone: Catholics and non-Catholics; people of all faiths and none. We employ people in all corners of the world, of all ages and ethnicities. The result? A friendly and open-minded organisation.
Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults
CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect. CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount. Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of, and consent to, these recruitment procedures.
Please click here for a full list of CAFOD’s Staff Benefits
CAFOD is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Location: South Kensington, London (2 days a week)
Applications close at 9 a.m. Monday 3rd February
The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity is recruiting a Head of Major Gifts and Events to play a crucial role in their most ambitious strategy yet, raising at least £215m over a five-year period. Following the huge success of The Oak Cancer Centre Appeal, the Charity is now committed to raising £150m through a capital appeal for a new major development project in Chelsea, which will launch in 2025.
Who we are.
The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity raises money to support the Royal Marsden, a world-leading cancer centre. We ensure our nurses, doctors and research teams can provide the very best care and develop life-saving treatments used across the UK and worldwide.
From funding state-of-the-art equipment and ground-breaking research to creating the very best patient environments, we will never stop looking for ways to improve the lives of people affected by cancer.
The Major Gifts and Events Team.
Our team is in the Philanthropy and Partnerships (P&P) Directorate, a high-performing function responsible for all areas of high-value fundraising, including major donors, trusts and foundations, corporate partners, and special events/high-value committee supporters.
We work with the Charity’s most generous individual supporters, who make a significant difference to the work of The Royal Marsden. Our Events team generates income from high-value committee-led events and supports other teams to reach their income targets.
Who we are looking for.
We seek a Head of Major Gifts and Events with extensive experience developing major gift fundraising programmes. You will have a proven track record of personally securing seven-figure gifts and managing long-term donor relationships. The ideal candidate will also have expertise in managing and developing relationships, delivering significant income through high-value committees, appeal boards, or equivalent, and successfully organising fundraising events. You will have experience leading, motivating and developing teams, particularly within a non-profit environment.
An interest in cancer and health issues is essential, along with the ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, and confidential information and to negotiate effectively with senior stakeholders.
Please click 'Apply via website’ to be redirected to the Peridot Partners website, where you can find full details of the job description and register your interest to apply.
Applications for this role close at 9 a.m. Monday 3rd February.
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About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.
The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.
About the role
This is a really exciting time to be joining the award-winning Asda Tickled Pink team in a role which is of huge importance to the delivery of the partnership. 2025 and 2026 will be monumental, as we celebrate one of the biggest and longest standing partnerships in the sector, marking £100m raised by 2025 and going big to celebrate our 30th anniversary in 2026. This partnership allows us to go above and beyond for people affected by breast cancer, and this role is a key part of that.
The role sits within the corporate partnerships team, specifically the Asda team, working alongside the head of Asda partnership and the Asda partnership officer.
As the day-to-day contact leading on the partnership’s large scale and multifaceted activations, you’re responsible for the £5m annual target. From ideation to delivery, you’re involved at every stage. This role also has increased capacity to innovate, looking at new initiatives enabling us to achieve and exceed partnership KPIs.
You’ll manage the income and expenditure budgets and restricted funding reporting of the partnership. Sharing updates, flagging risks and opportunities and proposing reforecasts for discussion with the head of Asda partnership.
This role will also manage the Asda partnership officer and therefore responsible for objective setting, personal development and ensuring partnership deliverables for this role are met.
About you
We’re looking for someone excited to take on a big partnership with the drive to deliver first class account management, matched with experience of managing large scale, and impactful strategic partnerships.
You can confidently and proactively manage internal and external stakeholders at all levels. You have experience in delivering partnership activations from fundraising to brand campaigns, managing multiple projects and stakeholders at any 1 time. You’ve a proven track record in efficiently managing budgets, reporting impact, mitigating risk and ensuring compliance in all you do, and you’ll have the experience or motivation to oversee the output and development of a direct line report too.
Your ability to work collaboratively across teams will help us to meet the needs of both Asda and the charity to achieve shared goals. Your creative thinking will help to overcome challenges and identify opportunities (financial or strategic) to maximise the partnership potential for Breast Cancer Now.
If you’ve experience in delivering excellent account management, and a determination to help achieve Breast Cancer Now’s strategic objectives for the benefit of people affected by breast cancer, then this could be the role for you.
Job description and benefits
Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role is primarily based in our London office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any immediate questions please contact Breast Cancer Now recruitment.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.
Closing date 9am on Tuesday 28 January 2025
Interview date Week commencing 3 February 2025
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About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However, you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.
The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.
About the role
This role works closely with the prospect research manager and delivers pipeline management, prospect research and due diligence for the philanthropy and corporate partnerships teams. You’ll play a key role in identifying and researching high net worth individuals and organisations contributing to growing the major donor and corporate pipelines to meet fundraising targets.
About you
We are looking for an individual with experience of prospect research within the charitable sector. You’ll have good knowledge and experience of high value fundraising and have an ability to work closely with philanthropy and corporate fundraisers to support developing relationships with our major donors and corporate partners. You’ll have excellent people skills, be highly accurate and be able to work collaboratively as part of a team.
Job description and benefits
Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role can be primarily based in either our London or Sheffield office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any immediate questions please contact Breast Cancer Now recruitment.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.
Closing date: 9am on 3 February 2025
Interview date: w/c 10 February 2025
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We're now The King's Trust. And we're still working for young people.
We've changed our name from The Prince's Trust to The King’s Trust. Rest assured, the support we offer young people remains the same. This change marks an exciting new chapter for us, and we hope you'll continue supporting us to transform young lives.
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We are looking for an experienced project manager to join us on a fixed-term basis until 31st October 2025 to lead the development, management and fulfilment of a £1m fundraising campaign with a high-profile media partner.
This campaign will support young people in London who will be leaving school in 2026-27 without a clear pathway from secondary education into employment, further education or training, and you will play a vital role in helping these young people to have a brighter future.
You will manage the overall relationship with the partner – acting as the key point of contact and ensuring the successful delivery of the campaign by promoting effective reporting and information flow between stakeholders as well as holding them to account for their deliverables.
You will help identify campaign activation opportunities and work with relevant King’s Trust colleagues to co-ordinate and fulfil fundraising approaches as well as developing the campaign infrastructure such as web pages, data flow and supporter stewardship journeys to maximise our chances of success.
We need someone who can establish and run effective project governance as well as creating the right conditions for decision-making and prioritisation of requirements – there will be lots of different teams involved in this campaign, so we need someone who’s highly organised and able to delegate or escalate actions as required.
Perks for working at The Trust!
- Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure on the days between Christmas and New Year
- Flexible working! Where operationally possible, our roles require a combination of office days and working from home (please speak to the hiring manager about this particular role)
- You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The King's Trust Awards, active events etc.
- In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
- Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial well-being support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas.
- Personal development opportunities through our Networks – KT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), KT GEN (Gender Equality Network), KT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network), and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network).
- Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks of full pay and 13 weeks of half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks of full pay for paternity leave.
- Interest-free season ticket loans
- The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
- Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
Equal Opportunities
Here at The King's Trust, we're committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We want to be an organisation that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, religion and sex. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone, from any background, can be themselves and do the best work of their lives.
We are looking for people that can bring different perspectives and experiences and especially welcome applications from those who are underrepresented in our organisation and sector, such as candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.
We’re a Stonewall Top 100 Employer and we are an employer that is Disability Confident. Our staff, volunteers and young people are supported by KT CAN (our Cultural Awareness Network), KT GEN (Gender Equality Network), KT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network) and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network).
Safeguarding
The King's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.
Registered Charity
More than 1000
We believe that every young person should have the chance to succeed, no matter their background or the challenges they are facing.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
This is an exciting time to be at Battersea at the start of a new five year strategy for the charity as it seeks to scale up and deliver new services and partnerships that will help it in its mission to help more dogs and cats, creating lasting change for animals and those who care for them, wherever they are. Earned media and PR is crucial to help Battersea build its visibility awareness, and relevance to new and existing audiences to support engagement with our strategic aims. The PR team play a key part in telling our story, shifting public attitudes, and generating support.
We need a dynamic and enthusiastic PR & Stories Manager to help us drive visibility, affinity, and relevance amongst new and existing audiences. They will work with the PR Lead to deliver a public relations strategy in line with Battersea’s strategic objectives in the UK and internationally. The post holder will work within the wider Marketing & Communications directorate on the delivery of integrated campaigns and PR plans that support our animal welfare campaigning (Our Voice), our global programmes strategy, our income generation strategy, and our sector and corporate partnerships. They will devise and deliver successful PR stories, projects and campaigns across a diverse range of media, creating compelling storytelling, events and partnerships that help us emotionally connect, resonate with and inspire new audiences.
What we can offer you:
In return for your commitment to our cause and to recognise the value of our employees, Battersea offers a range of benefits to support the wellbeing of our employees. These include:
- 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
- Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources.
- Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
- Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year.
- Annual interest-free season ticket loans
We are also committed to providing learning and development to our employees. During your time with us, we provide support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.
Our hybrid working policy:
We operate a 50% onsite hybrid working policy, with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. This enables our office-based staff to balance the benefits of home working with onsite collaboration and maintaining a connection to our cause.
Diversity and inclusion:
We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive experience for all staff, volunteers and trustees and those hoping to join us. We operate an anonymised shortlisting process and actively seek to ensure our process is fair and equitable for all.
We understand the value of diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences to help us deliver even more for our dogs and cats, and we welcome applicants from all sections of the community.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we will ask about any adjustments you may need at application and/or interview stage, and if you are offered a role with us, we’ll talk to you about any workplace adjustments you may need to help you perform at your best.
More about us:
At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love, expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them. Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.
Closing date: 26th January 2025
Interview date(s): w/c 3rd February 2025
For full details on the role, please download the Recruitment Pack.
To apply for the role, please click the button below. All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.
Registered Charity
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Battersea is here for every dog and cat, and has been since 1860. We believe that every dog and cat deserves the best.
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