Head Of Digital Jobs

Role Summary

The Head of Apprenticeship Operations and Delivery sits at the heart of Ada’s apprenticeship programmes. They are responsible for the operational delivery of Ada’a apprenticeships across all sites, leading a cross-regional team to manage and deliver the compliant systems and processes required for exceptional apprenticeships, and oversee communications and support functions. The role is centred on the apprentices’ and employers’ experience and works closely with Ada’s central operations team.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Leadership of apprenticeship operations: Lead on all operational matters, including leading and line managing the delivery and compliance staff. This includes: recruiting and inducting team members; holding 1:1s; setting objectives; setting priorities; reporting on key metrics; and identifying and recommending improvements.
• Systems: Lead on ensuring the systems and processes necessary for degree apprenticeship delivery are in place, collaborating with the central data and impact teams to transition to a new CRM and learner record management system.
• Enrolment and onboarding: Manage the process for the admissions, enrolment and onboarding of apprentices, and work with the Apprenticeship Partnerships team on the onboarding of new employers.
• Delivery logistics: Enable effective delivery of apprenticeship training, working through the team to ensure the smooth running of induction and delivery weeks. This includes liaising with site staff, teaching colleagues and skills coaches, and managing logistics for in person delivery.
• Apprenticeship compliance: Work with the team to ensure that Ada’s programmes are compliant with the latest funding rules, including:
• The collection and storage of necessary documentation during enrolment
• Management of the online Apprenticeship Service
• Establishment and maintenance of compliant templates for training plans and apprenticeship agreements
• Quality Assurance of data collected for submission to the Individualised Learner Record (ILR)
• Monitoring of work output of other apprenticeship teams to ensure compliance E.g in setting training plans and establishing off the job hours.
• Apprenticeship funding: Work in partnership with the Finance Team on the planning and reconciliation of apprenticeship funding
• Apprentice enquiries: Deliver an efficient system to manage apprentice enquiries, allowing them to be dealt with in a timely manner and delivering excellent customer service.
• Communications to apprentices: Oversee cohort wide communication of programme information, ensuring apprentices are equipped with clear and timely details about their courses, including but not limited to apprentice handbooks, delivery dates, venue details and how to access support.
• Data and reporting: Ensure effective apprenticeship data management, and work closely with the Impact and Information team to ensure that all data reporting is integrated into Ada's core online systems wherever possible
• The apprentice experience: Place the apprentices’ experience at the heart of operational delivery, ensuring the delivery of excellent customer service, and taking into account the needs of Ada’s apprentices at each stage of their journey.
• Health, safety and wellbeing: The Apprenticeship Operations team has a shared responsibility with the other teams within apprenticeships to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of apprentices. You will collaborate with other colleagues, in particular the central college operations team (including site managers), the college safeguarding team (Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and deputy DLSs), and skills coach team, to ensure the highest standards of provision and support, in the areas of: first aid provision, risk assessment, safeguarding of learners, fire safety, and wellbeing support. 

PERSON SPECIFICATION

The ideal candidate will be a highly organised and experienced individual with a proven track record in learner management and a strong commitment to delivering exceptional learner experiences.

The full details of the Essential and Desirable Criteria are outlined in the accompanying Job Description

Safeguarding

Ada, National College for Digital Skill is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to have an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and references will be sought from previous employers prior to commencing employment. Other related pre-employment checks appropriate to the post will also be carried out.

We care about equity, diversity and inclusion

Ada. National College for Digital Skills recognises that equality of opportunity and the recognition and promotion of diversity are integral to its strengths.

Applicants with disabilities

Ada is keen to increase the number of disabled people it employs. We therefore encourage applications from individuals with a disability who are able to carry out the duties of the post. If you have special needs in relation to your application please contact us.

Sponsorship

Sadly, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role so can only accept applications from candidates who have the legal right to work and remain in the United Kingdom.

We are looking for a highly organised, pro-active and confident Digital Communications Officer to join our Campaigns and Communications team. You will work closely with the Digital Communications Manager to support all things digital including social media and website content, as well as coordinating digital content for a European funded endometriosis research project. You’ll enjoy working as part of a small but driven communications and campaigns team, who are passionate about raising awareness and driving change for those with endometriosis.

Endometriosis impacts the physical and mental health of 10% of women and those assigned female at birth, from puberty to menopause - although the impact may be felt for life. Yet it’s a disease most people have never heard of, do not understand and currently has no cure. It costs the UK economy around £8.2 billion every year in healthcare costs, loss of work and treatments and yet it isn’t recognised by most employers. As the UK’s leading charity for all those affected by endometriosis, we’re determined to change this and ensure that everyone gets prompt diagnosis and the best treatment and support.

This is an exciting opportunity to help drive Endometriosis UK’s work forward and play a key role in raising awareness of endometriosis and driving change for those affected by the disease. We look forward to receiving your application.

Job title: Digital Communications Officer
Reporting to: Digital Communications Manager
Working hours: Full time / 37.5 hrs a week. Will consider 4 days a week for the right candidate.
Location: Endometriosis UK’s office at London Bridge, with hybrid option (2 days per week working from home).
Contract: Permanent
Annual salary: £28,000 - £30,000 depending on experience
(including London Weighting)
Closing date for applications: Monday 17th February, 9am
Interview Date: Interviews will take place on Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th February at our office in London Bridge.

Are you ready to lead a transformation and create a lasting impact?

South East Coast Ambulance NHS Trust (SECAmb) is looking for an innovative and dynamic Head of Charity to build and lead a brand-new function  that will drive our charitable activities and enhance care for our patients and staff.

This is your opportunity to work closely with our CEO and Board to craft a vision, implement strategy, and leave an indelible mark on our organisation and the communities we serve. 

Why This Role?

• Shape the Future: This is a newly created position where you’ll have the autonomy to design and grow our charity function from the ground up.
• Strategic Impact: Develop and deliver a comprehensive fundraising and charitable strategy that supports our mission to provide exceptional care.
• Engagement and Innovation: Inspire internal and external stakeholders with creative approaches to fundraising and donor engagement.
• Leadership Opportunity: Be the subject matter expert on charity governance and policy while influencing key decisions at the executive level.

This role requires a strategic thinker with a passion for making a difference.

You will bring experience in fundraising and charity management, a core understanding of the intricacies of building robust, compliant, and impactful charitable activities. 

You will be able to evidence a proven track record in stakeholder engagement, financial acumen, and the ability to execute innovative campaigns that resonate with diverse audiences.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and implement SECAmb’s first-ever Charitable Strategy, aligned with the Trust’s goals and community needs.
• Lead on fundraising initiatives, including events, donor relationships, and grant applications, to meet ambitious income targets.
• Build awareness and foster engagement across internal teams, donors, and the public.
• Ensure the charity operates within the highest standards of governance and compliance as per Charity Commission guidelines.
• Represent SECAmb Charity as its ambassador at key events, building lasting partnerships and networks.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Lead and co-ordinate the development, design, production and review of a SECAmb Charitable Strategy, ensuring operational and governance processes have realistic timeframes and are met.
• Lead and operationalise a fundraising plan to implement, manage and report on progress against KPI’s to agree income and expenditure levels as agreed by the Charitable Funds Committee (some of which will be events based).
• Prepare regular reports for the Executive Team, Charitable Funds Committee, Trust Board and external stakeholders such as NHS Charities Together, detailing progress against agreed plans and indicating any areas or risks requiring attention. 
• Prepare regular updates and news items for internal Trust staff, inviting engagement to raise awareness.
• Support the delivery of Trust strategic objectives that achieves best value for money.
• Act as an ambassador for the Charity at relevant internal and external engagement meetings and lead on bid writing for grant/Trust applications.
• Ensure the Charity has effective polices and procedures for accurate and timely reporting against all statutory, constitutional and contractual standards. This will include ensuring performance KPIs reflect the key priorities and challenges of the Charity with risks identified on the BAF and corporate risk register, where appropriate.

Working for your organisation

• Option to join NHS pension scheme
• A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years’ service.
• Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
• Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
• Access to occupational health and counselling services.
• Award winning wellbeing hub
• Back up buddy App
• Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.

Prospectus is delighted to be recruiting for a Head of Digital on behalf of an independent, not-for-profit organisation that aims to raise the standard and profile of drawing through teaching and practice. The charity is one of only a few institutions in the world offering in-depth, quality tuition in drawing from observation. By offering tuition and resources to art students, artists, children and the public, they aim to address the permanent need for high-quality drawing teaching in the UK, filling a gap left by the steady erosion of observational drawing from the study of art in higher education and in schools.

Over the past few years, the charity has invested in digital initiatives that rethink online art education, using technology to find new approaches for how drawing skills and practice can be taught. They have secured new funding and is developing a number of new digital programmes that will put it at the forefront of digital innovation within the art education sector. To achieve their ambitions, the charity is recruiting for a newly created Head of Digital role.

This role will be responsible for driving and leading the digital strategy, delivering on new investment and projects such as: their new programme of asynchronous pre-recorded education courses; their ongoing Living Library content creation project; their live weekly life drawing broadcast capability, The Digital Studio; and the charity’s ongoing digital transformation. The new Head of Digital will play a pivotal role in developing and building a new digital team, delivering their unique drawing tuition to new audiences, and driving commercial income growth to sustain their charitable mission.

The successful candidate will bring significant experience of digital transformation and project management having developed and delivered multiple digital projects. You will bring excellent leadership and team management skills and have successfully led high-performing digital teams previously. As this is a newly created role, you will need to bring experience and enthusiasm of working both operationally and strategically, willing to be adaptable as the role and department develops over time. You will have excellent relationship building and communication skills, with the ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels. In addition, you will be a self-starter with a commercial mindset and will bring a passion for their mission. 

To apply please submit your CV and a two-page supporting statement, preferably in Microsoft Word/PDF format. The statement should outline your motivation for joining the charity and why you feel you would be a good fit for this role. You should also demonstrate your experience and skillset with examples relating to the person specification in the Appointment Brief. If you have any further questions or would like to know more about this opportunity, please contact Steven Fraser from Prospectus.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice Prospectus are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Prospectus invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application 

Grow is an exciting, grass roots organisation making a significant impact. Our small, vibrant, and dedicated team have profound influences on the lives of young people in Sheffield.

Our Head of Fundraising role could be your next exciting opportunity! We are seeking a candidate who is passionate and focussed on resourcing our nature based youth development work. The role provides an opportunity to shape the fundraising dynamic of Grow through researching and implementing fundraising with a good return on investment whilst diversifying our income streams.

For our full candidate pack which introduces you to Grow, our strategy and how we work, as well as a full role description please visit our website by clicking the apply button!

Job title Head of Fundraising

Contract 12 months fixed-term contract

Hours 3-4 days (21-28 hours) per week

Location Office based, a proportion of hybrid working will be considered

Salary £36-38,000 pro rata

Pension 5% Pension Contribution

Holiday 25 days per annum (plus statutory) pro rata

Perks 1 additional leave day on your birthday

1 day additional leave earned for every year worked (up to a max. of 5 days, pro rata)

BHSF health cash plan scheme or similar coming 2025

Next Steps

To apply, please email your CV and cover letter (no more than 2 sides of A4). Please include why you are interested in this role and how your experience or interests meet the person specification.

Closing date: Sunday 16th February 2025 (may close early if suitable candidate is found)

Interviews: We will interview candidates as applications arrive and will close the role once a suitable candidate is found, so don't delay in applying. The shortlisting process includes a visit to our site, where you'll meet some of our staff and young people.

We welcome informal phone conversations in advance of submitting an application. Please get in touch via email and we will organise a call!

Welcoming applications

We especially welcome applicants who are under-represented within the charity sector. We aim to build a team with diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and skills, as we believe diversity is a strength. We aim to actively support people with protected characteristics and/or those who are neurodiverse. If this is you, we will make reasonable adjustments to accommodate you in the role. We look forward to hearing from all interested candidates.

Head of Charitable Development & Resources

A new role to drive our future vision.

This brand new strategic role provides an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, experienced professional to create and deliver a brand new suite of online and self-service support for clergy and their families.  This is a unique opportunity to drive the future vision of a 400-year-old charity.

A member of the Senior Leadership Team, you’ll be joining the leading Anglican wellbeing charity, supporting thousands of households each year, as we embark on a new strategic period (2026-30) and at a pivotal point in our mission. This new role will have the creativity and freedom to design, create and deliver a new online charitable offer to existing and new audience groups.  You will be responsible for planning, budgeting, delivering and overseeing a strategic plan for growth in our online / self-service offer.  Working with the Director of Charitable Services (DCS), Development & Resources Manager (DRM), other SLT colleagues and the wider organisation, this new, visionary role will be instrumental in delivering new solutions to clergy and their families, while delivering on our strategic objectives.

We need your skills and expertise to take our preventive, non-financial support further. This will include:

• working with new and existing external partners 
• sourcing potential digital agencies
• contract management
• project planning
• monitoring and evaluation of new services
• highlighting trends 
• managing the online charitable offer to ensure they are easily accessible and available to all via suitable technology and digital platforms

You will have the support of our excellent and established Charitable Services team, who are at the forefront of dealing with the day-to-day challenges faced by clergy households.  In addition, you will work closely with a supportive Senior Leadership Team, External Relations team, and trustees. 

Are you passionate about women’s health and the power of communications to advocate, inform, and influence? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join us as interim Head of Media and Communications.

In this role, you will play a vital part in the RCOG’s mission to improve the lives of women and girls around the world, through the delivery of creative communications campaigns and high-impact media stories. You will promote our guidelines, research and reports to support their use around the world to deliver high quality, safe and compassionate care for women.

Leading our busy press office, you will have opportunities to shape the media agenda on critical women’s health issues and champion the voices of women and girls through creative story-telling. Your social media expertise will ensure we are effectively listening to and engaging our members, partners and the public.

You will enjoy building and managing relationships with stakeholders to deliver opportunities for partnership working – including national health organisations, other Royal Colleges and women’s health charities. You will have excellent strategic judgement and be confident to advise senior College stakeholders on high profile and sensitive issues.

Reporting to the Director of Communications, you will line manage our Senior Media and Communications Officer and work closely with colleagues in our policy, public affairs and marketing teams to help ensure the College’s external affairs work is integrated, coherent and impactful.

For the full list of key responsibilities, please check the recruitment pack.

This role is ideal for an experienced communications professional with a passion for women’s health and a proven track record in delivering high-impact media campaigns.

Requirements:

• Experience leading integrated communications campaigns, with strong strategic planning skills
• Proven ability to manage a busy press office and secure high-impact media coverage
• Demonstrated experience managing sensitive and high-profile issues with tact and professionalism
• Strong writing skills with experience in creating creative and technically accurate content
• Expertise in using digital and social media channels for engagement and advocacy
• Confident in building partnerships and being a trusted advisor to senior colleagues
• Ability to work independently to meet deadlines, with a proactive and efficient working style

Our culture and benefits

As a key member of the team, you will be located in our offices in London Bridge. We offer a friendly, values led working culture with an excellent benefits package that includes:

• Agile and flexible working environment and free lunch onsite
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and office closure from 25 December to 1 January
• 10% pension contribution after probation
• Enhanced wellbeing and family support
• Interest-free bike and season ticket loans after probation
• Tailored Learning and Development and study leave
• Affinity staff networks
• Life assurance and income protection schemes
• Lifestyle discounts

For a full list of the benefits we offer, please visit our careers site.

How to apply

• Closing date: 10.00 am on Monday 24 February 2025
• We encourage candidates to apply early and reserve the right to close the advert and appoint before the closing date.

We believe that diverse teams will deliver the best outcomes for women's healthcare and we strive to be an inclusive employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage candidates from underrepresented groups, including those from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities. To find out more, please see our Diversity Policy and Equal Opportunities Policy.

Please note: We are only accepting applicants with a right to work in the UK; we are unable to sponsor people requiring a work visa.

About us

The RCOG is a professional membership association dedicated to improving women’s health care across the world. We do this by setting standards for clinical practice, providing doctors with training and lifelong learning, and working with partners to advocate for women’s health and health care across their life course. We are a global leader in this specialist area, supporting 17,500 members in the UK and internationally.

We are a values-led organisation placing high standards, innovation, openness, inclusiveness and trust at the centre of all we do.

Are you a senior level fundraising professional seeking a new challenge? If so, we would like to hear from you.

As Head of Fundraising, you will have overall accountability for Trust’s fundraising strategy. You will need to be a skilled and strategic leader with strong interpersonal and management skills and a proven track record in senior level fundraising. You will also have experience in communications and promoting the brand of an organisation.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, this pivotal role will work closely with the wider senior management team (SMT) and inspire and lead the Trust’s fundraising, marketing and communications team.

This role’s primary responsibilities will be as follows:

 Strategic Development and Implementation

 · Provide leadership, strategy and direction for the Trust’s fundraising, marketing and communications team comprising 16 in the UK and 3 in Nepal.

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

· As the organisational expert on fundraising, work closely with the Trust CEO and SMT to ensure that all fundraising activity reflects the vision and agreed priorities of the Trust.

Fundraising

· Implement the Trust’s five-year fundraising strategy (income c.£14m pa), and be accountable for the delivery of operational plans, defining targets and identifying new sources of income.

· Develop and implement fundraising policies and procedures ensuring all fundraising remains safe and legal, including all data held within the CRM

· Create a donor-centric culture within the Trust, implementing an accurate and robust system to deliver effective supporter journeys across all disciplines – individual giving, major donor, legacy, trust and corporate, and community fundraising.

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

 Budgeting and Reporting

· Preparation of the annual fundraining income and expenditure in line with the GWT budget cycle and management of in-year income and expenditure, including variance analysis of financial performance against budgets and forecasts for the 12-month period.

· Work closely with the Head of Finance GWT and the Finance team in Nepal to agree the details and split of unrestricted and restricted projects to be funded each year.

Leadership and Line Management

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

· 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.

KEY SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE, AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Applicants for this position should be able to satisfy the following criteria:

Experience:

Essential

· Senior level 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 leading and managing a successful team

· Experience of brand development and management

· Demonstrable experience of shaping organisational objectives

· Educated to degree or relevant experience

Desirable

· Project management qualification or relevant experience

· Experience of working in the NFP sector, ideally within humanitarian/development or military causes

• Experience of using CRMs

Skills/competencies:

Essential

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail

· Extensive IT skills, including MS Office

· Budget management, financially literate

Desirable

· Strong proof-reading skills

Membership of a relevant professional body 

Knowledge:

Essential

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

· Fundraising fundamentals

· PR techniques and digital marketing (inc. PPC & AdWords)

· Branding/style trends and standards

· Fundraising and social media landscape

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

· Using analytics and consumer behaviour to shape activities

Desirable

· Prior experience of and/or involvement with marketing & communications.

Personal attributes:

Essential

· 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 communication and negotiation skills

· Creative thinker, enthusiastic and flexible

· Approachable demeanour

· Willingness and ability to work additional hours as required at events and business meetings (for which TOIL is offered)

· Empathy with The Gurkha Welfare Trust cause

Desirable

· Interest in social causes

Interest in Nepal/military

SOS Children’s Villages UK is part of a global federation, which exists to ensure that each child and young person grows up with the healthy relationships they need to become their strongest selves. We are the world’s largest non-governmental organisation focused on supporting children and young people who don’t have, or who are at risk of losing, parental care.

We are now looking for a UK-based dynamic Head of Communications and Digital (maternity cover – 12 months from mid-May) to lead on the strategic implementation of communications and digital initiatives.

• Enhance our brand visibility in the UK
• Ensure effective engagement and communication with our supporters
• Create and implement our digital and content strategies
• Leverage creative content and campaigns
• Work with colleagues in the UK and across the SOS Children’s Villages Federation to achieve results. 
• Line manage two capable direct reports

If you are a proactive and collaborative communications and digital professional adept at managing a diverse range of priorities, looking for a pivotal role within a friendly, flexible, and supportive team, then this could be for you!

To Apply

Please read the full Candidate Pack attached which contains the entire job description and person specification, and submit a copy of your CV and a covering letter.

The deadline for applications is Tuesday 11 February 2025, 9.00 am UK time. We reserve the right to close the application process early if a successful candidate is found.

Please note: The post-holder must be UK-based. We are unable to provide employment sponsorship if required and unfortunately cannot progress applications without the required right to live and work in the UK on a permanent contract.

Summary of the role 

The Head of Fundraising will lead and manage all fundraising activities for ADSS as part of the senior leadership team to ensure financial sustainability and the delivery of high-impact fundraising campaigns. This role is pivotal in driving the Charity’s income generation strategy through diverse revenue streams, including individual giving, major gifts, corporate partnerships, community fundraising, and trust and foundation support. The successful candidate will bring creativity, innovation, and strategic thinking to ensure that the Charity achieves its ambitious fundraising goals. 

Who we are 

ADSS (Alzheimer's and Dementia Support Services) believes in enabling those who live with dementia to live well. ADSS is Kent’s biggest independent charity dedicated to providing support to people affected by dementia. Following a significant expansion in 2022, the team is now supporting more people than ever before. We are currently Kent Charity of the Year and Kent Disability Charity of the Year, and have a proven track record in delivering high impact services.

Main Purpose of Job 

ADSS has created the role of Head of Fundraising to consolidate growth and ensure ADSS can care for the people they support into the future. Reporting directly to the CEO, the role represents an exciting opportunity for an experienced, creative and dynamic fundraising leader.

The Head of Fundraising will provide subject matter expertise in fundraising and will implement and evaluate the fundraising strategy in support of ADSS’s mission and vision. 

The Head of Fundraising will join the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), participate in committees and working groups with the Charity’s Board of Trustees and lead the Fundraising function within the Charity.

An excellent communicator and relationship builder, the Head of Fundraising will lead the production of compelling cases for support. Digitally adept, with a wealth of knowledge across the charitable sector, with the insight, analytical ability and creativity to build on the Charity’s strengths. The role will require cultivation of new funding streams, whilst providing the highest standards of stewardship to existing donors. It will be key to have an understanding of fundraising processes and how a charity can systemise.

The Head of Fundraising will have skill and experience as a manager of people, projects, and fundraising campaigns and initiatives along with a consistent record of meeting targets. The role will require development of relationships with key stakeholders, supporters and major donors, stewarding these relationships to maximise income generation. 

The successful candidate will work with the CEO and Trustees to consolidate existing support and build new relationships to fund the implementation of the Charity’s new strategy up to 2030. 

Principal Responsibilities 

Strategic Leadership 

• Implement the new fundraising strategy with a target income increasing to £1.5 million by 2030. 

• Monitor and report on delivery of the strategy to senior leadership and Board of Trustees. 

• Revise and update the strategy based on evaluation and learning. 

• Develop and grow the Fundraising Team to deliver the strategy and maximise income.

• Represent the Fundraising function on the Senior Leadership Team. 

• Play a leadership role in committees and working groups with Trustees and colleagues. 

• Be an Ambassador for ADSS: embody its values and be a role model for the organisational culture.

Fundraising 

• Lead on delivering the Fundraising Strategy. 

• Agree fundraising targets with the CEO and support the team in meeting them. 

• Create compelling cases for support and fundraising campaigns. 

• Build a Fundraising Team that will be able to meet the Charity’s fundraising ambitions.

• Develop the use of Salesforce as ADSS’s fundraising database and record management system.

Management 

• Recruit, lead, manage and develop the Fundraising Team, including providing support, guidance and training; appraise and manage performance, ensuring the team workflow is managed effectively towards meeting targets. 

• Identify individual and team training needs and plan accordingly through appraisals. 

• Create a volunteer team who can support the workload and ambitions of the Fundraising Team.

• Ensure staff adhere to the policies and procedures established by ADSS. 

• Manage projects, programmes and campaigns through their lifecycle to time and budget, including oversight of external supplier delivery where necessary.

Compliance/governance 

• Support the CEO to ensure the Charity complies with legislation and other requirements for the Charity's operations, including GDPR, Fundraising Regulations and Charity Commission rules

• Ensure we meet our HMRC obligations and understand tax relief and liabilities in relation to different modes of fundraising.

• Support the CEO and Trustees in ensuring that Policies related to Fundraising are up to date and fit for purpose. 

General Responsibilities 

• Abide by organisational policies and practices including Equal Opportunities and Confidentiality. 

• Participate in your own appraisal with your line manager. Work with your line manager to review professional development and undertake training as agreed. 

• Provide management support and coaching for staff on Fundraising and Communications matters as required. 

• Contribute through ADSS meetings, training and outreach/events to the development of ADSS’s services. 

• Contribute to and attend internal/external events and support the COO/SLT with the promotion of the organisation’s workplace culture. 

• Carry out any other duties which are considered commensurate with the post. 

Join Racing Welfare as Head of Fundraising and Make a Lasting Impact!

Are you an ambitious, results-driven fundraising leader with a passion for making a difference? Racing Welfare is looking for an exceptional Head of Fundraising to join our senior management team and take the helm of a thriving, high-performance fundraising operation. This is a unique opportunity for someone who wants to shape the future of British horseracing’s charitable support, driving growth and innovation in a vital sector.

 About Racing Welfare:

Racing Welfare is a registered charity dedicated to supporting the workforce of British horseracing – from stud, stable, and racecourse staff to those in related professions. Our mission is to help these dedicated individuals thrive in their careers and lives, offering guidance, practical assistance, and support throughout their journey – from recruitment to retirement.

The Role:

As Head of Fundraising, you will play a central role in Racing Welfare’s strategic direction and growth. You’ll work closely with the Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer to craft and execute an ambitious fundraising strategy that delivers innovative income streams to fund our vital services. You’ll lead, inspire, and develop a talented team, empowering them to deliver outstanding fundraising initiatives and events that drive real change.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop & Deliver Fundraising Strategy: Work with senior leadership to shape the charity’s fundraising vision, ensuring the strategy aligns with our wider goals and drives long-term sustainability.
• Innovative Fundraising Campaigns: Create and implement engaging campaigns, managing budgets and evaluating performance to optimise success.
• Team Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, and motivate a high-performing fundraising team, supporting their professional growth and achieving collective goals.
• Building Strategic Partnerships: Cultivate relationships with trusts, foundations, and corporate partners to build lasting, mutually beneficial collaborations.
• Drive Operational Excellence: Oversee day-to-day fundraising operations, ensuring smooth management of income, expenditure, and compliance.

You Will Bring:

• Proven experience in fundraising or commercial management, with a track record of successfully recruiting donors and sponsors.
• A natural leader with exceptional people management skills, able to inspire and empower teams to excel.
• Solid experience in budgeting, financial planning, and performance management.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage and motivate diverse stakeholders.
• A passion for innovation and the ability to think strategically about fundraising opportunities.

Bonus: Experience in the horseracing industry is desirable, but not essential. 

Why Racing Welfare?

This is your chance to take on a leadership role in a respected and impactful charity. You’ll be part of a passionate team, working in a dynamic environment with opportunities for personal and professional growth. The role offers flexibility with the option to work from home or our Newmarket office, alongside occasional travel across the UK (including evenings and weekends).

As a charity, wellbeing is at the forefront of all we do. We aim to be a leading employer in the industry and make sure everyone at Racing Welfare has the opportunity to thrive.

If you’re ready to make a significant contribution to the future of Racing Welfare and help improve the lives of those who dedicate themselves to British horseracing, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply Today:
Submit your CV and covering letter to join Racing Welfare and lead our fundraising efforts to new heights.

We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. The closing date for this role is 14 February 2025. Interviews will be held the week commencing 25 February 2025. We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date if we receive a large number of suitable applications.

Salary: £50,000 p.a.

Racing Welfare is committed to safeguarding and will always recruit all personnel in line with government guidelines, relevant legislation, and the Charity Commission's best practice guidance.

 This post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. We only ask applicants to disclose convictions which are not yet spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 

Racing Welfare’s Safeguarding Statement of Intent can be found on our website.

Dancers’ Career Development (DCD) is dedicated to empowering dancers from all genres and backgrounds, supporting them through their professional and personal transitions. By removing barriers to career progression and fostering lifelong learning opportunities, DCD ensures career sustainability for dancers. The charity collaborates with prestigious national Partner Dance Companies and independent dancers, offering workshops and programs in dance schools and conservatoires. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024, DCD aims to build on this milestone by enhancing its profile, forming strategic partnerships, and increasing its social impact in 2025. The organisation seeks a motivated, results-oriented individual with excellent interpersonal skills to join their ambitious team and contribute to making a positive difference in dancers' lives.

Join DCD as the Head of Individual Giving and make a transformative impact on dancers' lives and wellbeing. We are seeking a highly motivated, results-oriented self-starter who thrives both independently and within a small, ambitious team. If you are passionate about the performing arts and deeply connect with DCD's values, this role offers a unique opportunity to make life-changing differences. As the Head of Individual Giving, you will play a pivotal role in increasing individual philanthropic income, cultivating new relationships, and stewarding existing donors to support DCD's mission.

The role is being offered on a permanent part-time basis, we are also open to hearing from freelance fundraisers. Some flexibility will be required, with regards to hours, in order to meet with existing and potential donors and attend events. DCD is a remote working organisation, so the post-holder will need to be able to work comfortably from home.

Key Responsibilities:

• Grow DCD’s existing donor portfolio.
• Cultivate new relationships and steward existing donors, working closely with DCD Trustees.
• Implement and develop our individual giving strategy to support activities and core costs.
• Achieve/exceed our target to double individual philanthropic income by 2027.
• Maintain and extend excellent relationships with a broad spectrum of external stakeholders.
• Contribute to the development of DCD’s business model, clearly articulating the impact and importance of our work to supporters.
• Lead on prospect research, introducing new potential donors to DCD.
• Manage our donor portfolio, developing personalized giving journeys.
• Lead tailored fundraising campaigns to raise DCD's profile and diversify our donor portfolio.
• Manage and develop the '73 Circle, a patron scheme for donors.
• Deliver intimate stewardship events to deepen relationships with current donors.
• Engage with DCD’s international alumni network to establish regular giving and living legacy prospects.
• Ensure compliance with fundraising regulations and maintain accurate records.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: DCD is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members feel valued and respected. DCD operates a Positive Action policy (Equality Act 2010) to better represent the dance communities we support and to reflect our wider society. DCD is an inclusive charity that believes diversity leads to better decision making. We positively encourage and welcome applications by people who identify as from the Global Majority and/or people who identify as D/deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent. Those who do and meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification will be guaranteed an interview.

Location:  Home based, with some travel across the UK

Direct Report:  Reports to Head of Campaigns 

Background:  Communications, social media, writing, graphic design, digital analytics

Remuneration:  £34,000 - £44,000 with 5% employer’s pension and 25 days holiday (plus 3 discretionary gifted days between Christmas and New Year)

Start date:  ASAP

Term:    9 months

We are River Action

We are a small and agile campaigning organisation on a mission to rescue Britain's rivers from a toxic cocktail of agricultural, sewage and industrial pollution. We support community action, galvanise and mobilise public opinion, influence government policy, and call out destructive industrial practices to incentivise changes that end pollution. 

We are a talented team of positive disrupters and community mobilisers to deliver our strategy to urgently protect and restore our rivers for the benefit of community and wildlife.

Britain’s rivers are our life support system and they are dying. We need urgent action to bring them back to life.

What you’ll be doing

As Senior Digital Communications Coordinator, you’ll be delivering our digital communication strategy by coordinating the organisation's creative digital content and analysing the impact of our digital communications to increase our impact as a campaigning organisation.

We are looking for someone who can create digital content, implement new and creative approaches to digital communications and analyse impact.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating the development and delivery of impactful digital communications plans for work across River Action’s Campaigns, Communities, Legal and Fundraising teams. 

• Working with colleagues across the organisation to gather content including data and images for digital communications.

• Writing highly engaging, evidence-based and tactically astute content for digital communications.

• Designing digital communications materials using graphics software, videos and photography, adjusting format, style and medium for different platforms and audiences.

• Working closely with River Action's Media coordinator, to deliver reactive responses to real-time news stories and press releases.

• Collaborate with community activists and groups in gathering new video, audio, photographic and written content for digital communications.

• Posting and coordinating social media streams across all platforms (River Action’s prime channels are Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Linkedin).

• Actively cultivating River Action’s social media presence by growing the charity’s following across all platforms and supporting our many partner organisations and influencers with supportive posting.

• Maintaining River Action’s website, commissioning blogs, and other innovative content, ensuring the website is inspiring, accurate and relevant.

• Coordinating the delivery of River Action’s monthly newsletter including gathering content, writing copy and monitoring key indicator analytics.

• Monitoring and reporting communications performance and River Action impacts achieved through digital communications including social communications, email communications and website.

• Identifying new and innovative digital communications tactics to increase the impact of our work across the organisation.

• Testing and analysing the effectiveness of digital communications tactics. 

• Recruiting and coordinating relationships with key influencers and our alliance of collaborators to promote our work, develop key messaging and profile-raising.

• Collaborating publicly on communications and public engagement initiatives with other NGOs to develop and cement strategic relationships, and increase cross-promotion across platforms.

• Contributing to the development of our brand and key messaging with colleagues and help keep these fresh and relevant.

• Visiting sites and communities to generate stories and images, interview people of interest and create live content.

• Contributing to fundraising efforts particularly crowdfunding in support of the Campaigns and Fundraising teams and charity’s mission.

• Helping ensure all team members representing River Action are well-briefed and on-brand ahead of external engagement, and colleagues handle sensitive personal information and relationships according to organisational policies.

• Keeping up to date with our relevant work across campaign, legal, advocacy, policy and key relationships in order to inform communications.

General

• Follow all charity policies.

• Actively participate as part of the team.

• Help to promote a positive, healthy and happy work environment and team culture.

• Attend and contribute to regular meetings.

• Work in accordance with the Data Protection Act.

• Be responsible for the health and safety of yourself and others at work.

• Undertake any other duties as reasonably required.

• Keep up-to-date with input from colleagues on related research, activities and policies.

The above overview contains the main duties and responsibilities for this position. However, in a small organisation such as River Action, staff members are expected to show flexibility in their approach to work and be willing to undertake other tasks that are reasonably allocated to them but which are not part of their regular job description. Where any task becomes a regular part of an employee's responsibilities, the job description will be changed in consultation with the employee.

Diversity and Inclusion

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies show that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single criteria. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace. So if you like the look of this role but your past experience does not align perfectly with everything in the job description, we would still like to hear from you. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

River Action is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young and vulnerable people and expects all members of staff to share this commitment.

Location

You will work from home with some travel across the UK.

Application process

Applicants should apply to jobs at riveractionuk dot com by submitting their Curriculum Vitae with an application letter describing their interest and suitability for the role by 9th February 2025. Only applications with all documents will be considered.

Interviews are anticipated be held via video conference during the week of 17th February 2025.

All shortlisted candidates will be contacted within one week of the closing date. 

Music Masters is seeking an exceptional, dynamic Head of Development to grow fundraised income and help to supercharge our national impact. This position offers an experienced and outgoing fundraising leader the unique opportunity to play a pivotal strategic role for one of the UK’s most enterprising and innovative music education organisations, including the chance to develop a brand-new fundraising strategy from 2026. The ambitious fundraising targets of the charity (£1.327 million in 2024/25) are matched by the ambitions of the programme delivery teams and our desire to make music education and the music sector accessible and equitable.

Reporting to and working closely with the CEO, you will enjoy high-level collaboration with Music Masters’ Development Committee Chair and our newly appointed Chair of Trustees, Stuart Mason. You will be responsible for leading and developing a talented team of fundraisers, and for the right candidate this role brings with it the opportunity to progress to Development Director as we seek to grow our fundraising capacity and capability, enabling us to reach thousands more children through our groundbreaking national programmes.

We offer:

· 25 days annual leave, public holidays + office closure between Christmas and New Year

· Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental wellbeing

· Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

· Contributory Pension including 5% employer contribution

· In-house and external training opportunities available throughout the year

· A flexible approach to working to support work-life balance