Head Of Projects Jobs in Manchester

Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of people living with Dementia or mild cognitive impairment? 

Do you:

• enjoy working with groups of older people?
• have excellent communication skills?
• enjoy fostering creativity and independence?
• want to deliver life-enhancing programmes? 

Age UK Mid Mersey has just been awarded National Lottery funding to develop and deliver evidence-based Maintenance Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (MCST) group programmes for older people experiencing cognitive impairment or who are diagnosed with mild to moderate dementia.  MCST is a weekly group programme for people living with mild to moderate dementia or cognitive impairment. Group members take part in meaningful and stimulating activities, proven to help maintain memory and mental functioning. The groups provide a fun, supportive environment where people can build new friendships.

The programme will be overseen by an MCST Team Leader and delivered by a team of four MCST Facilitators, who will work in delivery pairs, and two carers support workers. One MCST Facilitator pair will deliver 2 group sessions a week in Halton and Warrington and the other pair in St Helens and Knowsley.

We are recruiting four part-time MCST Facilitators who will work in delivery pairs. One pair will deliver group programmes in Halton and Warrington and be based in our Runcorn Office. The other pair will deliver programmes in St Helens and Knowsley and be based at our head office in St Helens.

The facilitators will work closely with the MCST Team Leader to plan and deliver MCST programmes in their two Boroughs. Each programme will run for 12 weeks and will consist of four-hour activity sessions with a shared lunch. Facilitators will adapt the session delivery to meet the needs and specific interests of group participants ensuring the sessions are engaging and meaningful.

Facilitators will also work closely with the carers support workers and ensure that joined up support is provided to participants and their significant others.

Travel across Mid-Mersey is expected so the post holder must have access to their own vehicle and a full clean driving licence.

Full training in MCST will be provided alongside comprehensive induction and role specific training.

Full job details are contained within the supporting Job Description and Person Specification.

Actual Salary for 15hrs £10,722 per annum (£25,020 FTE)

Application Process: 

To apply, please visit our website to complete an Age UK Mid Mersey Employee Application form, detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the Job Description and Person Specification (please do not hesitate to contact us if you have specific requirements and need support to apply in an alternative format). 

To support our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion our hiring managers use anonymous shortlisting. Therefore, your personal details will be excluded prior to shortlisting. 

Age UK Mid Mersey is committed to safeguarding and follows Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding those we work with. We therefore ask that you supply your full work history with explanations for any gaps in the application form, and if offered the post, we will require two employment references including your current or most recent employer. 

The post is also subject to an Enhanced DBS Certificate. 

Closing Date: 23:59 on Sunday 26th January 2025

Interview Dates: Interviews will be held w/c 3rd February 2025

At Gaddum, we treat everyone as individuals. We really get to know those we help, understanding their world to offer a range of support that’s right for them. Our promise of tailored support is made possible by our breadth and depth of knowledge, through our unwavering commitment to the local people of Greater Manchester.

Our experience listening to generation after generation, for nearly 200 years, has taught us the importance of considering not just the individual but also the relationships around them. Our innovative approach means we can not only build resilience but identify further risks and offer preventive support now and in the future. At Gaddum, we believe that by supporting individuals, we ultimately help support entire communities. Our aim is to empower and enhance the lives of people in Greater Manchester. We currently work in four Greater Manchester authorities, Manchester, Rochdale, Salford and Stockport.

Job Purpose

The postholder will be responsible for two key organisational areas:

- Practice Education to an allocation of student social workers: 80% of workload
- Support with induction planning and administrative tasks relevant to the student placement programme: 20% of workload

The postholder will be responsible for providing student social workers with effective, high-quality supervision and support throughout their practice placements and maintaining accurate records of student work undertaken to inform holistic assessments of students’ practice. This role will entail stakeholder engagement both with internal leaders and external partners. The role will involve maintaining close working relationships and crossover workstreams with the Business Support Team, Health & Safety systems, and compliance responsibilities.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Student Social Work Placements:
• Maintain relationships with key placement providers through provision of high-quality practice education,
• Practice Educate placements for their entirety at the charity,
• Write reports relating to the above.
• Support a continual and iterative induction process with support when inducting students to all relevant systems – utilising experts across the organisation to deliver elements of the package,
• Work in partnership with Business Support to implement appropriate systems relating to e-learning and hand over to line management during induction,
• Support the arranging of accounts, in partnership with the Business Support Team to enable new users access to the organisation’s systems.

The details contained in this job description, particularly the principal accountabilities, reflect the content of the job at the date the job description was prepared. It should be remembered, however, that it is inevitable that, over time, the nature of individual jobs will change; existing duties may be lost and other duties may be gained, without changing the general character of the duties, or the level of responsibility entailed. Consequently, this job description may be revised from time to time.

All staff are expected to work within all Gaddum policies and procedures.

Role description

 The Research Programme Manager (RPM) is a key member of the HACT Services Team, with responsibility for successfully managing the delivery of research and consultancy projects across HACT’s Services portfolio. HACT’s Services portfolio has four key workstream, including: social value, health, data and housing and communities.

The RPM role involves the design and development of research and consultancy projects; set up and ongoing management of these projects; and effective engagement with HACT colleagues and Associates, partners and other stakeholders to ensure that work is delivered to a high standard of quality. The ideal candidate will bring strong programme management skills, interest in HACT’s areas of work, and a proven track record of managing research and consultancy projects throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

 Key responsibilities include:

• Leading on the design, set up, management and delivery of multiple research and consultancy projects across the HACT Services portfolio.

• Implementing robust project management processes and protocols, in line with best practice. This will involve routinely reviewing risks, issues and progress and taking actions as necessary to ensure minimum impact on project deadlines.

• Developing and implementing appropriate research methodologies, evaluation

strategies and research tools and analysis into research and consultancy projects.

• Leading on the production of high-quality research and consultancy project outputs, including formal outputs, informal progress updates to customers/partners etc, with input from the Head of Services and other colleagues as relevant.

• Providing support to project teams, including Associates, to ensure work is delivered to time and quality expectations, and within budget. This will involve coordinating and managing resources and information flows and ensuring quality assurance process take place on project outputs.

• Liaising with customers to set up and deliver projects, including leading on initial scoping work and development of project plans, progress meetings with customers and functioning as the nominated key project contact at HACT.

• Working with HACT’s communications team to develop powerful case studies, highlighting successful outputs and outcomes of the projects.

• Supporting income generation, in collaboration with other HACT staff, including contributing to research tenders and developing project ideas.

• Representing HACT with key stakeholders and at sector events.

• Staying abreast of issues in the social housing, built environment and health sectors, and feeding these into HACT work.

• Undertaking any task that may be requested from time to time that may be consistent with the nature and scope of this post.

• Travel and occasional overnight stays across the UK will be required.

Skills and Experience

Essential 

• Minimum three years of experience of managing the delivery of research and/or consultancy projects to meet funders’ requirements, including to time and quality
• expectations, within budget.
• Strong Project Management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and project teams simultaneously to tight deadlines.
• Strong organisational and planning skills, that ensure work is effectively prioritised to meet deadlines.
• Excellent time management, with the ability to work on multiple projects
• simultaneously and to tight deadlines whilst maintain quality.
• Ability to develop and utilise appropriate quantitative or qualitative methods and tools to support high quality research and analysis.
• Proven skills in writing for and speaking to a range of audiences to ensure impact
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage a range of audiences, stakeholders, funders and partners using different media.
• Experience in developing research proposals and track record of securing funding.
• Ability to work under own initiative, be flexible, and have a proactive approach to problem solving.
• Understanding and application of a range of research methods, including qualitative and quantitative methods

Desriable

• Experience of working in the social housing sector, built environment sector, community sector, or voluntary sector.
• Understanding and application of different evaluative approaches, including process and impact evaluations, Theory of Change
• Understanding of social housing, build environment, community, health or social impact

About HACT

 HACT’s products, services, consultancy, and research helps organisations to:

• Calculate social return on investment with rigour by using our Social Value Banks.

• Broker housing and health partnerships, demonstrate the importance of housing in delivering health outcomes and integrate housing into the delivery of health services.

• Measure impact, understand communities and demonstrate the value of community investment work through our insight tools.

• Provide a forum to network with partners to complement and strengthen success of delivery through our Centre for Excellence in Community Investment.

• Connect, share ideas and innovation, and develop sector specific tools such as the UK Housing Data Standards.

• Identify cost benefits, evaluate performance, and deliver strategic insights.

We are a deeply committed team, working with individuals and organisations who share our vision for impact, innovation, and collaboration within social housing and beyond.

SCIE Vision

We are committed to building a society which enables people who draw on social care to live fulfilling lives.

At the SCIE, we are driven by our values:

· Progressive – always learning and developing.

· Inclusive – working together for equality, diversity, and fairness.

· Credible – evidence-based, robust, and reliable.

· Transparent – open and honest.

The role:

A great opportunity for you to join our small friendly team and make a real difference to people’s lives by:

· Ensuring that SCIE’s evidence, drawn from research and people’s lived experiences, influences social care policy and practice.

· Developing and delivering influencing strategies, drafting policy papers and legislative briefings, and managing relationships with various stakeholders and key partners.

· Growing SCIE’s profile as an influential, informed, and powerful voice in the social care sector.

· Positioning SCIE to work as a partner to government, responding independently to new government policy, supporting and advising on a range of national policy programmes, initiatives, and influencing guidance and practice.

· Producing high-quality research and evaluations demonstrating what works and makes a difference in social care, promoting evidence-based good practice.

What we are looking for:

· Knowledge of the policy and political landscape developed from previous experience working in a policy or public affairs role, either in government, the civil service, charities, or non-governmental organisations.

· Proven experience developing and delivering public affairs strategies and leading influencing activities.

· Proven experience producing policy papers and applying policy research skills, such as evidence gathering, analysis and reporting.

· Proven experience as a strategic and analytic thinker who can influence policymakers with persuasive arguments, policy ideas and campaigns.

· Proven ability to manage a wide range of internal and external stakeholder relationships, including at senior levels, and to engage with people with diverse viewpoints and backgrounds.

What we offer in return.

We offer excellent staff benefits including a competitive salary and homeworking allowance. We provide an employer pension contribution above the statutory minimum, an award-winning employee assistance programme, and an attractive holiday package which rises with length of service.

If you would like to access the application form in a different format or if would like any assistance that might help improve your experience while completing the application, please contact us. (You can find our contact email in the 'How to apply' section)

This experienced helpliner will help us grow our reach and better support people affected by migraine. We are looking for a dedicated and passionate self-starter with the ability to prioritise their own workload whilst supporting our community.

The ideal candidate will be engaged and willing to learn with a proven track record of delivering support services within the charity sector. They will be an excellent communicator who is good at self-motivating in a remote role and has experience in building meaningful relationships with a range of stakeholders. They will also be able to multi-task on a daily basis by supporting our service users through a range of platforms.

Experience of supporting service users face to face, being able to extract data for reporting, grow existing services and the ability to deliver presentations would also to desirable.

Director of Programmes

Salary – Highly competitive salary

Location – Hybrid working, split between the Foundation’s office in London and home.

Are you ready to make a significant impact in the world of sport and community development? Do you have the strategic vision and leadership skills to shape and deliver transformational programmes that leave a lasting legacy? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

About the Football Foundation

We’re the Football Foundation – the Premier League, The FA and Government's charity that helps communities improve their local football facilities through football grants. This means better games and more players - helping transform communities where demand is greatest, and impact will be strongest. We have ambitious plans and with the support from our funding partners, the Football Foundation is well-supported to continue to invest in community pitches and facilities across the nation. 

The role

The Director of Programmes will play a pivotal role in the strategic leadership and management of our Programmes Directorate. Reporting to the Chief Executive and working closely with the Board of Trustees, you will help shape the strategic direction of our key programmes and new business opportunities, driving meaningful progress and measurable results.

As a member of our Senior Management Team (SMT), you will support the CEO in steering the organisation towards continuous improvement and success, serving as a trusted adviser to the Foundation Group Board and Panels, and contributing to the Foundation’s overall strategic vision.

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for a dynamic and visionary leader with a deep understanding of sport, community projects, government strategies, and funding opportunities, underpinned by expertise in participatory sports development. You will bring extensive leadership experience, demonstrating a proven ability to manage performance, balance workloads, and foster positive, supportive team environments. Your skill in navigating multi-stakeholder environments will be essential, ensuring objectives are met, expectations are managed, and performance insights are communicated clearly and effectively.

With a track record of driving key strategies, leading impactful projects, and optimising resources for success, you will translate our organisational strategy into ambitious programmes that inspire partner collaboration and deliver tangible results. You will oversee the management and delivery of our core strategic initiatives, including grass pitches, multisport advisory services, and multi-pitch hubs, ensuring these programmes consistently meet and surpass their goals.

Building on your expertise in designing and delivering innovative programmes, you will take a lead role in developing tech-enabled post-award processes to ensure that grant awards achieve their full potential. By maximising the impact of our funding partners’ significant contributions, you will play a pivotal role in driving the long-term success and sustainability of our shared initiatives.

This is a unique opportunity to shape meaningful programmes that make a lasting difference, working within a collaborative and forward-thinking organisation dedicated to positive change.

Our Four Corners

We refer to our company values as our Four Corners:

· Fair Players – open and inclusive in our approach

· Star Performers – trusted to deliver

· United Team Player – collaborative and easy to work with

· Passionate Supporters – flexible and willing

If you share these values and have the necessary skills and experience for the role, then we look forward to hearing from you.

What can we offer you?

You will start on 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (which increases after 2 years), plus additional time off to volunteer. We also offer a generous pension scheme (8% employer contribution), free health care provision, a monthly gym subsidy, death in service benefit and access to selected match tickets.

We are committed to helping our team members maintain a healthy work-life balance, so offer flexible working around core hours to help achieve that.

Equality and Diversity Commitment

The Football Foundation is committed to, and values the principles of diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive working environment where all our team feel respected and supported in fulfilling their potential. We encourage and welcome applications from all, regardless of background and are particularly interested to hear from individuals belonging to under-represented groups including diverse ethnic communities, individuals with a disability, and those from the LGBTQI+ community.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process at either application or interview stage, please contact us at jobs @footballfoundation. org. uk

How do I apply?

If this sounds like the role for you, please follow the steps outlined below to apply.

Please send the following to jobs @footballfoundation. org. uk

o CV

o Cover letter - please highlight briefly and clearly your suitability for the role, together with your reasons for applying (no more than one page of A4).

The closing date for applications is: 23:59, 19th January 2025

1st stage interviews via MS Teams are currently scheduled for 27th and 28th January

2025, with 2nd stage in person interviews to follow

Due to the volume of applications received for most roles, the Foundation only contacts candidates if they are shortlisted for interview. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, you should assume your application has not been successful.

Please note that you must be eligible to work in the UK to apply.

Trusts Fundraiser - Horatio's Garden

Please apply with a CV and one page covering letter. Any applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and committed individual, with flair for communicating through the written word, to support our Trusts & Foundations fundraising. You will be given support and training throughout the job.

Horatio’s Garden is a growing, award winning, national charity improving the lives of people with spinal injuries by creating and nurturing outstanding garden projects in NHS spinal injury centres.

Trusts & Foundations is our largest income stream, generating income for both ongoing running costs of the existing gardens and for our capital build projects. You will join an experienced Trusts & Foundations team to help meet, and exceed, our income targets and to provide fantastic support to our donors.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. As a charity we are committed to creating and promoting a culture that protects and preserves the welfare of the vulnerable people in our care. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining and evaluating information from and about candidates including criminal record checks, to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work for our charity.

Main duties:

• Identify and research grant giving trusts and foundations to whom Horatio’s Garden is eligible to submit applications for funding.

• Proactively approach relevant trusts and foundations, where possible, to discuss potential applications before submission.

• Prepare and submit high quality applications for funding for a range of Horatio’s Garden projects.

• Prepare and submit high quality, timely progress reports to grant givers, contributing to longer term relationship development with funders.

• Maintain the Trusts and Foundations pipeline to maximise supporter retention and income generation.

• Identify and deliver opportunities to engage grant givers with Horatio’s Garden, through events and garden tours, to increase supporter engagement.

• Support the whole fundraising team with tasks where required.

General duties:

• Work with the gardens and finance teams at Horatio’s Garden to understand the need for funding and the impact of Horatio’s Garden to maintain profitable relationships with supporters.

• Ensure all contact and communications with supporters is recorded on our CRM database and on pipelines to enable continuity with supporters across the team.

• Keep up to date with trends and developments in fundraising to identify opportunities for Horatio’s Garden to increase sustainable income.

• Actively contribute to team and organisation meetings.

• Actively contribute to projects and activities across the organisation, supporting colleagues and volunteers where necessary.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience for this role:

• Minimum of one to two years’ experience working in trusts and foundations fundraising, or relevant role with transferable skill set.
• A flair for preparing compelling and persuasive written proposals/documents.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, with a warm, friendly and engaging manner.

• Numerate and able to interpret data and trends.

• Ability to manage a varied workload, work on own initiative to multiple tight deadlines with demonstrable time management skills and processes.

• Ability to form and maintain good relationships and to work within a team.

• High level of efficiency – able to work under pressure.

• Energetic with initiative and drive.

• Enthusiasm for working in the charitable sector.

• Excellent working knowledge of MS Office packages, particularly Word, Excel and Outlook.

• Empathy and understanding of the issues faced by spinal injury patients.

We are looking for someone to work 22 - 30 hours per week, with a salary of £27,000 - £29,000 pro rata, dependent on experience. Some out of hours work may be required, for which time off in lieu will be provided. Flexible working arrangement with mutually agreed days at our head office, just outside Salisbury in Coombe Bisset, SP5 4LN.

Salary: £27,000 - £29,000 pro rata, dependent on experience

Hours: 22 - 30 hours per week (flexible)

Job type: Part-time, one-year fixed term contract

Location: Flexible, with some travel to our head office near Salisbury and other gardens around the UK where required.

Application deadline: 2nd February 2025, with interviews starting 10th February.

Start date: April 2025,TBC.

Please apply with a CV and one page covering letter. Any applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

The Christie Charity is a vibrant, fast moving, energetic organisation with a passionate team and a fantastic reputation.We are looking for an experienced, dynamic philanthropy and partnerships manager to lead our philanthropy team. We require someone who has demonstrable experience in philanthropy fundraising or has strong transferable skills. It is essential that you have experience in managing people at a senior level to lead a team of five philanthropy fundraisers.

Everything we do is geared to supporting the renowned Christie hospital to ensure cancer patients receive the highest level of treatment and care and have access to world leading research and technology ensuring they have the best possible experience and outcomes. We provide funding over and above what the NHS is able to provide.

The Charity team is responsible for raising millions of pounds each year to ensure Christie patients receive gold standard care and treatment. This includes everything from access to world first clinical trials and receiving radiotherapy in state-of-the-art treatment centres to young adults being cared for in a bespoke age-appropriate centre and being able to offer patients anxiety reducing complementary therapy, or even creative sessions in our art room.

Hours: Full-time

Pay: £31,500 GBP annual gross (dependent on experience)

Duration: 18 months (with possible extension dependent on funding)

Location: UK-based with international deployment

Are you looking to kickstart your career in the humanitarian sector? Is your ambition to develop towards leadership roles in humanitarian work? And are you willing to work hard, learn by doing, and contribute to humanitarian work by doing everything it takes to deliver lifesaving health emergency responses?

UK-Med is a frontline medical aid charity. Born of the NHS, we’ve been working for over 30 years towards a world where everyone has the healthcare they need when crises or disasters hit.

We are excited to launch our Humanitarian Trainee Scheme, offering three distinct trainee roles in the areas of Health, Operations, or Logistics. The Humanitarian Trainee Scheme presents an unparalleled learning opportunity for early career professionals who are committed to a career in humanitarian work. It is an opportunity to catapult your career forward towards humanitarian leadership roles within Health, Operations and Logistics. The Humanitarian Trainee Scheme consists of an 18-month pathway designed to provide in-depth exposure to humanitarian health programming through a structured professional development plan where you will embed in a team and contribute actively to the daily work and priorities in the team and wider organisation both in Headquarters and in the field whilst engaging in formal and informal professional development opportunities through training, mentoring, on-the-job learning, etc.

As a trainee, you will:

• Embed in a team in UK-Med headquarters where you will contribute to our broad preparedness and activities within Health, Operations or Logistics.
• Deploy internationally to assist in delivering humanitarian health responses.
• Participate in tailored training, mentoring, and shadowing to build your skills and experience.

We are looking for three motivated individuals, each focused on one of the key areas:

1. Health Trainee
2. Operations Trainee
3. Logistics Trainee

You will have relevant qualifications (e.g., a degree or postgraduate qualification depending on the role) and a keen interest in the humanitarian sector. Some professional and international experience is essential, along with a strong drive to develop your career in one of these critical fields.

This is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience, develop your skills, and make a meaningful impact in global health emergencies.

We are proud to offer a supportive and collaborative working environment, with the opportunity to contribute to life-saving humanitarian responses.

How to apply

We strongly recommend that you read the Candidate Information Pack – Humanitarian Trainees - January 2025 before applying for this role.

To apply, please submit a current CV and a supporting letter (2 pages) through our online jobs portal.

Please apply below, as soon as possible and no later than Monday 27th January 2025

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stage of the selection process, which includes interviews and in-person assessments to evaluate their skills and suitability for the role.

Applications for work in the UK can only be accepted from people with an existing right to work in the UK.

UK-Med is committed to safeguarding of our personnel and beneficiaries and has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation and abuse. We conduct thorough vetting before any appointment is confirmed.

UK-Med is committed to the principles of diversity, equality, and inclusion. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive environment where employees feel respected and supported to be able to fulfil their potential.

We're looking for a Community Fundraising Manager - it's a great opportunity to develop a plan and deliver a diverse portfolio of fundraising activities to engage people with our work and contribute to our income.

You will manage a team to help develop innovative fundraising products, grow our supporter base and provide exceptional supporter stewardship.

Income generation  

• Responsible for supporting the development of a 3-year community fundraising income strategy to grow income from a modest base of £125k per year to circa £275k per year.
• Implement the operational plan for community fundraising income. 
• Plan, develop and deliver new community fundraising products, campaigns and events that will resonate with stakeholders including members, donors and volunteers to fundraise. 
• Work collaboratively with Comms, Marketing & Digital teams to develop and drive forward promotion of community fundraising to reach existing and new audiences, including developing content for social channels, e-comms, webpages and fundraising packs.
• Establish a network of community fundraisers, building relationships with community fundraising ‘champions’, and providing excellent supporter care and timely communication. 
• Evaluate community fundraising projects regularly and make changes when necessary. 

Leadership, management and collaboration 

• Lead the community fundraising programme in line with Marine Conservation Society values and organisational culture.
• Contribute to fundraising cross-team planning and strategy development. 
• Line management of 2 part-time Community Fundraising support roles with responsibility for operational delivery of their fundraising plans and performance management including, 1-2-1 meetings, appraisals, day-day performance management against KPI’s, motivation and objective setting. 
• Build collaborative relationships with peers across the charity. 

Governance & reporting 

• Manage the overall budget for community fundraising, including monitoring of income and expenditure against budget. 
• Setting, measuring, and reporting against agreed KPIs  
• Ensure the Community Fundraising team are accurately recording the receipt of donations and gifts received from supporters. 
• Ensure accurate financial and CRM supporter records are maintained and accessible. 
• Ensure all relationships comply with relevant charity law, GDPR requirements and the charity’s Ethical Fundraising Policy.
• Work with our Data Manager, Head of Marketing, and the Fundraising team to ensure the CRM database holds key, relevant profile information on supporters.
• Attend department and organisational meetings reporting on team related matters as required and cascading organisational priorities as appropriate.

Knowledge and experience (what you’ll know)

Essential

• A track record in community fundraising or similar, with the ability to demonstrate success in meeting financial targets and income growth. 
• Can demonstrate your experience of supporting the development of 3-5 year strategic plans 
• Experience of developing and leading on annual operating plans in line with strategic goals.  
• Can show your line management experience, including knowledge of successfully developing and motivating a team. 
• Can successfully set and manage multi-year budgets. 
• Good knowledge of and experience of working with CRM databases including the collection and storage of data in line with GDPR. 
• Sound knowledge of current fundraising trends and knowledge of fundraising policies, procedures and legalities. 

Desirable

• Experience of establishing and growing new community fundraising products. 
• Project management experience, able to plan and deliver within set timescales.

Skills & abilities (how you’ll do it)

Essential

• Able to take responsibility for delivering against objectives and monitor and evaluate operational and financial plans. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills including relationship building, influencing and negotiating with a wide diverse audience  
• Able to work as a leader and motivate others.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including attention to detail.  
• Strong planning skills and the ability to manage a varied and busy workload while meeting tight deadlines. 
• Self-motivated and able to demonstrate creativity, initiative and work proactively 
• Ability and confidence to represent the organisation with potential and existing donors. 

Desirable

• Strong IT skills, including MS 365 tools (Teams, SharePoint, One Drive etc.) Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc.  

Personal Qualities (what you’ll bring)

A personal style in line with our values and our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion: 

We are brave                                        We have integrity  

We are a community                          We are credible  

We are positive                                     We are solutions focused  

•  An innovative and creative thinker who is quick to generate solutions and ideas.  
• Comfortable with change, with a flexible and adaptable approach to work, with good prioritization skills. 
• Approaches problems with a creative and enabling mindset to seek solutions. 
• Responds positively to challenges – managing your personal responses when things get busy
• Comfortable and capable when working independently and on own initiative.  
• Motivated and focused in both the home working and busier working environments.  
• A good team player who builds open and supportive relationships. 
• A positive, optimistic, and ambitious vision for the future of Community Fundraising. 
• Collaborative and team-oriented approach, with the ability to work effectively with colleagues across different functions and levels.  
• Proactive and results-driven mindset, with a focus on achieving measurable outcomes. 

Fundraising and Marketing Manager 

We Are Seeking a Fundraising and Marketing Manager to drive impactful campaigns and partnerships to support mental health services across the Borough of Rochdale

Position: Fundraising and Marketing Manager

Salary: £35,500 - £39,000 per annum (FTE)

Location: Rochdale, with hybrid working options available

Hours: 35 hours per week

Closing Date: 31st January 2025

Interviews: 7th February 2025

About the Role

As the Fundraising and Marketing Manager, you will play a key role in shaping and driving the fundraising and marketing strategy. This new role offers an exciting opportunity to make the role your own. The organisation has recently committed to investment in expanding its fundraising and marketing team, who’s two other members the Fundraising and Brand Building Manager who you will be responsible for line managing.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing and developing a small team of fundraising and marketing professionals.

• Delivering income targets across community fundraising, trusts, foundations, and corporate partnerships.

• Developing and implementing a marketing strategy to raise awareness and build the organisation's profile.

• Building and maintaining relationships with supporters, funders, and corporate partners.

• Leading high-quality grant applications and overseeing fundraising campaigns.

• Creating innovative fundraising products and events to engage diverse audiences.

• Monitoring and reporting on income, budgets, and engagement metrics.

This role provides the opportunity to make a tangible impact, ensuring services remain accessible to those who need them most.

About You

To be successful in this role you will need to be a motivated and experienced fundraiser with a passion for mental health advocacy and a proven track record of achieving targets.

Essential skills and experience include:

• Significant experience in charity fundraising, including managing diverse income streams.

• Experience of heading up an organisation’s fundraising function.

• Experience of developing income streams from a low base level

• Strong strategic and organisational skills to oversee multiple projects and campaigns.

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills to engage with a variety of audiences.

• Experience managing teams and collaborating with stakeholders.

• A self-starter mind-set with the ability to identify and develop new opportunities.

• Strong financial skills, to keep track of and manage fundraising budget

About the Organisation

You will be working for a leading mental health charity, supporting individuals across Heywood, Middleton, Rochdale, Bury, and North East Lancashire. The organisation provides a wide range of services, including counselling, group workshops, advocacy, and dementia support, empowering people to lead fulfilling lives. As part of the team, you’ll join a values-driven organisation committed to innovation, inclusion, and meaningful community impact.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Fundraising Manager, Marketing Manager, Community Engagement Lead, Corporate Partnerships Manager, or Campaigns Manager.

Ready to inspire change? Apply today and join the team in transforming lives and promoting mental wellbeing in the community.

Purpose of the role

We are looking for enthusiastic colleague ready to work in a fast-paced and exciting work environment who can easily grasp and communicate impact to our different audiences. The Communications Specialist will be an exceptional writer across different platforms, be an excellent coordinator across the communications and wider team and be a strategic thinker. They will love the opportunities that come with working in an entrepreneurial environment, with a drive to deliver excellence and to support project management across our high-profile moments – events, product launches, campaigns.

The role is currently fixed term with strong likelihood of becoming a permanent role.

Key Responsibilities

Content generation

· Draft compelling content for our different audiences across a broad suite of communications, particularly for our website, newsletters and materials.

Strategic delivery

• Support the Head of Communications and Membership and the Communications Lead to implement our Communications Strategy and Social Media Strategy. 
• Design and deliver several communications plans for key global opportunities – for our latest insight/research/tools and for our participation at high-profile events. 
• Take a strategic focus across communications outputs, identifying core audiences and the best messages and approaches to reach those audiences. 
• Oversee funding communications, developing materials and digital communications to resonate with business, foundations and other funders.

Drive efficiency and continuous improvement  

· Aptly project manage the delivery of our key moments, particularly for research and events, being exceptionally organised and working well with external suppliers and the wider team.

· Seamlessly coordinate the planning and evaluation of communications milestones, including our communications calendar.

· Maintain and improve core systems including our mailing lists and help to improve our website through regularly maintenance and updates.

· Support the development of processes to enhance how we plan communications opportunities and evaluate impact from across the team.  

Using relationships for change 

• Build relationships with our Members, partners and donors to share their story, make them feel valued and ensure they promote our initiatives.
• Support capacity building of the wider team in communications (e.g. providing feedback, templates and running training sessions).
• Work openly with colleagues, collaborating enthusiastically and asserting and influencing effectively for timely communications.

 Visual identity

• Be a brand ambassador and champion, implement and support development of protocols and house style guidelines, ensuring high standards of accuracy and consistency across the team and our content.
• Develop compelling visuals to accompany communications.   

Other

• Support the navigation of communications issues. 

About the Role

As a passionate professional in the identification, development and management of a wide range of relationships in support of our programme partnership, you will ensure the Career Ready programme in Glasgow and West areas (currently Inverclyde, West Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire) continues to thrive, which includes securing charitable donations from supporting partners. Your responsibilities for the area, will be as a team of two, alongside our other Regional Manager for Glasgow and West areas given this is our largest area in Scotland.

This role requires experience of partnership and account management and the scale and ambition of our social mobility work means you will need to be well organised, confident and able to positively influence a wide range of people including headteachers, teachers, CEOs and HRDs.

You will identify and approach opportunities that are well researched and pursue with unswerving perseverance. It’s also a great chance to develop personally.

Regional Managers are responsible for leading our work which involves growing, developing and maintaining the employer and education partnerships that deliver the Career Ready programme. This includes the Local Advisory Board, local authorities (key stakeholders), schools (we have a member of staff in each school who coordinates), the Developing the Young Workforce Regional Group, and the many employer organisations and their people who volunteer as mentors, provide paid internships and deliver masterclasses.

By assimilating what, why, when and the how of our work, you will be able to:

1. Lead, grow and develop our Career Ready partnership in Glasgow and the West, optimising the programme experience for all stakeholders and securing the engagement of employer support for the programme of approximately 300+ students each year who will participate in the 18-month long Career Ready programme annually.
2. Support programme delivery, stakeholder engagement and business development by working closely with the Career Ready Glasgow & West Local Advisory Board, the other Career Ready Glasgow & West Regional Manager, the Head of Programme & Operations, Partnerships Manager and the Career Ready Regional Manager Scotland team all who are focused on quality, impact and sustainability underpinned by attention to detail via efficient and effective processes. You will be supported by and work with the Career Ready Scotland Operations Team to maintain thorough data and management information for the area.

Find out more

You can find out more about the role, and working at Career Ready, in our candidate pack.

• £34,000 – £37,500 DOE
• A working from home allowance of £300 pa is provided
• Annual leave: 25 days holiday plus bank/public holidays plus 2 additional days in the summer. In addition, Career Ready is closed between Christmas and New Year. Career Ready also allows flexible use of some Bank & Public Holidays
• 6% of salary contribution to a private pension subject to an employee contribution of 3%
• Access to both our Reward Gateway Portal and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Interest-free season ticket or bicycle purchase loans
• Business expenses including mileage allowance for car usage

How to apply

Please visit our website for full details of how to apply.

Timetable

Closing date (early applications encouraged): 19 January 2025

Interviews will take place on 23 and 24 January 2025

About Gaddum

At Gaddum, we treat everyone as individuals. We really get to know those we help, understanding their world to offer a range of support that’s right for them. Our promise of tailored support is made possible by our breadth and depth of knowledge, through our unwavering commitment to the local people of Greater Manchester. Our experience listening to generation after generation, for nearly 200 years, has taught us the importance of considering not just the individual but also the relationships around them. Our innovative approach means we can not only build resilience, but identify further risks, providing preventive support now and in the future. At Gaddum, we believe that by supporting individuals, we ultimately help support entire communities. Our aim is to empower and enhance the lives of the people we exist to support.

About the Accelerating Reform Fund

The Accelerating Reform Fund is a new initiative which aims to transform social care services, making them more responsive to the needs of the community. It is a national programme, with 42 regions allocated to have their own projects. Greater Manchester is one of the ARF regions. The ARF has a particular focus on unpaid carers and aims to boost short-term breaks for carers and improve hospital discharge processes. This work is made possible by Department for Health and Social Care grants. As an organisation, Gaddum has supported and collaborated with unpaid carers for many years, so we’re excited to bring our experience to the table. This role will be based in the Manchester team working to improve hospital discharge processes.

Job Summary

To develop and ensure safe discharge planning and information for patients and unpaid carers. To embed procedures to raise awareness of the needs of carers in a secondary care setting, working in partnership with the discharge, virtual and enablement teams. To empower carers to be involved in the discharge process.

Job Purpose

The purpose of this role is to provide operational leadership and oversight of the Carers Hospital Discharge Pilot in Manchester. The role involves line-managing a team of three Hospital Discharge Workers across multiple hospital sites, ensuring effective collaboration with hospital staff and community services to support carers. The aim is to enhance the identification and referral of carers, ensuring timely and appropriate support to prevent carer breakdown and facilitate smoother, safer, and more efficient hospital discharges. By fostering strong relationships with health teams, discharge teams, and local services, this role bridges the gap between secondary care and community resources, contributing to improved outcomes for carers and patients alike.