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Marie Curie, the UK’s leading end-of-life charity, is seeking an Associate Director of Local Fundraising to lead their local fundraising operation and ensuring they maximise the value from local relationships.
Marie Curie is the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all four nations delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Their leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and their campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness they’re likely to die from.
The Associate Director of Local Fundraising is a senior role within the Income, Innovation and Engagement directorate; a highly ambitious and professional team which is working to grow income and strengthen the organisation’s voice across the UK as the leading end of life care charity in the UK. Marie Curie has ambitious financial growth targets and needs to drive net contribution, engagement and awareness if they are to achieve their fundraising ambitions and subsequently their service growth goals.
The primary focus of the role is to maximise the net contribution from local fundraising but also to drive community awareness and engagement with Marie Curie. This is a key role for Marie Curie, responsible for managing a team of over 100 people and having responsibility for over £20 million Income, the recruitment of legacy prospects, the delivery of fundraising events and the strategic approach of supporter facing volunteers.
The Fundraising teams based in communities across the UK are responsible for raising money, driving legacy sign ups, building event participation and profit and growing awareness and engagement of the need for and impact of the charity’s work amongst supporters and people who have the potential to support Marie Curie. With all local relationships managed by this role’s teams, the post will ensure that supporters have a connected, seamless experience.
The ideal candidate will have senior leadership experience in a fundraising environment with a successful track record in increasing voluntary income or revenue. They will also have experience in developing both annual operational and three-year strategic plans, developing creative and innovative solutions and digital marketing and in working with working with volunteers and engaging local communities. This will be combined with a proven track record in managing large high-performing, geographically dispersed teams.
This is an ideal career opportunity for an individual with extensive community fundraising experience looking to either broaden their portfolio or take the next step towards a Director of Fundraising role.
Please download our Candidate Pack for further information [PDF], which includes details on how to apply.
CLOSING DATE: 9am, Monday 12th August.
PLEASE NOTE: We will be longlisting applications as soon as we receive them, so please apply early to register your interest.
Help us to grow our Environmental Education Charity’s impact and income by fundraising, allowing us to deliver our mission to create outstanding opportunities for everyone to learn about nature.
- The base location for this position is negotiable, with full remote working / home working a possibility.
- It’s a permanent full-time contract working an average 37.5 hours per week.
- Circa £28,292 per annum + excellent benefits – including 28 days leave + bank holidays, life assurance, a health cash plan and much more! See the full list below.
Love where you work!
We are a national charity established in 1943 to promote a better understanding of the natural world.
Our aim today is unchanged – to create a world where everyone feels connected to the environment so they can enjoy the benefits it gives and make choices that help protect it. We do this by offering a wide range of education courses and materials, so that everyone – and especially young people – can increase their knowledge, understanding and love for the natural world.
We value each of our team members and understand that every role is vital to achieve our goals, so, we provide great benefits* to reward and support you while you work with us.
What you’ll be doing
Your focus will be to grow our charity’s impact and revenue streams by fundraising for environmental education, benefitting people and nature by securing funds from supporters, trusts/foundations, and businesses.
This will include building relationships with potential legators, inspiring supporters to maintain their commitment, eventually leaving the Field Studies Council a gift in their Will as well as turning strategic and operational priorities into practical funding bids.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Researching and identifying potential trusts/foundations/businesses as suitable external funders for designated target projects
- Working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to draft fundraising bids, developing persuasive proposals and collating appropriate supporting documentation.
- Proactively develop positive, long-term relationships that grow Field Studies Council’s pipeline of prospects
- Maintaining up-to-date knowledge and understanding of relevant governmental, sector and business opportunities to identify potential funding opportunities
- Fundraising administration including gift processing, donor thanking and stewardship
- Supporting at events and funding meetings, as required
Please refer to the vacancy pack on our website for the full responsibilities of the position.
Where you’ll be based
The base location for this position is negotiable, with full remote working / home working a possibility. However, if you prefer working in office, we have Field Studies Centres throughout the country which you are also able to work from. We will also consider hybrid working options.
There may the occasional need to travel to meet with, colleagues, prospective funders and other stakeholders. We expect this to be limited, no more than once every 2-3 months.
Who we’re looking for
You will be passionate about our charity’s mission and understand the importance of Environmental Education.
It’s essential that you have experience working in a fundraising role or department. We need an experienced individual who is confident to write and submit successful fundraising bids to trusts, foundations and businesses.
You will also have experience creating and managing successful supporter journeys to optimise our donations, particularly legators.
As a natural at building relationships with internal and external stakeholders, you will be able to tell compelling stories to encourage individuals and organisations to support our aim to connect people to nature.
If this inspires you, we would love to hear from you. We look forward to your application.
* Your benefits whilst working with us will include:
- Financial - We offer competitive salaries, sick pay, pension schemes, life assurance, 28 days annual holiday entitlement plus bank holidays and a further 2 extra loyalty days dependent on length of service.
- Health and Wellbeing - Eligible employees are automatically provided with a Health Cash Plan which you can use to help pay for routine health appointments as well as give you the ability to seek second opinions from top doctors! We also provide our team members with access to a 24hr Counselling Helpline Service.
- Discounts – When you join the team you are also enrolled into our reward programme which gives you discounts on your favourite brands and opportunities to earn cash back on everyday purchases!
- Additional benefits - We endeavour to offer flexible working options where roles permit and are committed to providing our employees with appropriate quality learning and development opportunities.
The closing date for receipt of your completed application is 8 August 2024.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we’re in receipt of sufficient applications. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.
Interviews are scheduled to take place at online or at a Field Studies Council centre in the week commencing 19 August 2024
Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) is a long-term (chronic), fluctuating, neurological disease that causes symptoms affecting many body systems, more commonly the nervous and immune systems. M.E. affects an estimated 250,000 people in the UK, and around 17 million people worldwide.
Action for M.E. is the only charity in the UK providing direct support to children and adults with M.E. We provide vital support services, campaign for change and invest in ground-breaking research to help put an end to the ignorance, injustice and neglect experienced by people with M.E.
We are looking for an empathic and resilient individual to join a friendly and well-established team of part-time, remote-based Information and Support Officers, on a 12-month contract. The purpose of this role is to provide a holistic, client-centred, effective and efficient Information and Support Service to people affected by M.E. We do this primarily via outgoing calls made in response to triaged voicemail messages, and also via email.
You can choose to be home-based anywhere in the UK, work from our Bristol office, or a hybrid of the two.
Our Information and Support Service team has a deep understanding of the issues affecting people with M.E. and their family and carers. Some of our clients come to us in considerable distress so this work isn’t always easy, but it can be incredibly rewarding and is valued by our clients and the wider organisation.
You will need experience of working in a service providing information, advice, support or advocacy by telephone and email (or proven transferable skills). You will be experienced and confident at working with people in distress, and identifying and escalating safeguarding concerns, with the courage and emotional resilience to set and maintain realistic boundaries.
You can expect a warm welcome, daily huddles with your line-manager and peers, and a strong team culture of collaboration, self-care and peer support. Our Employee Assistance Programme, available to all staff and their immediate families, includes one-to-one counselling and a range of online support and toolkits.
Duties for the role include (this list is not exhaustive, please refer to the Information and Support Officer Recruitment Pack, which you can find below):
- Offering emotional support via active, empathic listening, including to people in significant distress.
- Setting and maintaining boundaries; managing clients’ expectations and ensuring commitments to them are met.
- Helping clients unpick a situation which seems overwhelming and break down complex situations into discrete issues which can then be progressed.
- Working with the client to understand their needs and wishes, empowering them to make informed choices and to take action to achieve their self-identified goals.
- Providing information and support on a wide range of issues, including on sensitive and confidential matters, in a way that is tailored and appropriate to the individual.
- Identifying safeguarding concerns as they arise from contact with clients and escalating these to a manager, in line with our organisational Safeguarding Policies.
- Making safeguarding referrals where directed to by the Information and Support Supervisor or other manager.
- Gathering outcomes and satisfaction data from clients to enable service evaluation and improvement.
All the following person specification criteria are essential unless otherwise stated.
- Educated to A level standard or equivalent experience in a similar role is preferred, however no one specific qualification is required.
- Experience working on a helpline as part of an information, support, navigator or advocacy service, supporting clients to identify options and services available to them.
- An understanding of the challenges facing people with a long-term health conditions, physical impairments or disabilities, such as M.E.
- Demonstrable experience of working in a person-centred, needs-led way.
- Experience identifying and escalating safeguarding concerns, working strictly within organisational policies and procedures.
- Experience of working with people in distress, including people who disclose suicidal thoughts.
- Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly, systematically and with nuance, both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to demonstrate empathy while setting boundaries; emotionally resilient and resourceful, with ability to adapt in the face of challenging circumstances to maintain your wellbeing.
- Strong team player and also able to work on own initiative; ability to work remotely while building strong relationships with your manager and peers.
- Ability to analyse complex situations, identify options available to clients and signpost appropriately.
- MS Office skills including Outlook, Teams, Word and Excel, and proficiency with web-related programmes and software.
Please note that an enhanced DBS check will be sought for the successful candidate.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is a very exciting time to join our expanding Visiting Caseworker Service. We are seeking two new colleagues, who will join our current team of two caseworkers covering the UK and Ireland. These newly created positions will be regionally based, one covering South West England & South Wales, and the other North West England & North Wales (with other travel across the UK on occasion).
Visiting Caseworkers each deal with an approximate caseload of 70-100 cases / visits per year. Central to the role will be supporting and advocating on behalf of vulnerable applicants, or those who are living in particularly complex or challenging situations. The job will be wide-ranging and include elements of advocacy, support, income maximisation, mediation, partnership working and processing our own grants where appropriate, with the overall aim to reach long-term sustainable solutions for Anglican clergy households.
Working closely with the Visiting Caseworker Manager and the wider Charitable Services team, key responsibilities will include:
Receive referrals from applicants via the Grants & Services team, for potential casework and home visits
- Assess and prioritise urgent cases on a weekly basis.
Conduct home visit (or online meeting)
- Provide thorough assessment of current situation, taking into consideration time available and wellbeing of the applicant.
- Conduct general income maximisation check (welfare benefits, grants check etc), where necessary.
- Identify, discuss and escalate (to Designated Safeguarding Officer) any safeguarding concerns within the household.
- Gather information in order to create individualised action plans with the primary contact and other household members.
• Assess and prioritise urgent actions during the meeting.
Develop an action plan
- Complete a written summary of the meeting and draft an action plan for possible areas of help and support with allocated responsibilities and agreed timelines.
- Prioritise urgent actions and agree responsibility for each action with applicant.
- Liaise with other agencies (e.g., DWP, Social Services, NHS, other charities, voluntary organisations, occupational benevolent funds, Dioceses, CofE Pensions Board etc.) where necessary.
- Refer to our own partnership support services if appropriate for help and support.
- Research and identify any local organisations for longer-term support.
- Consider and recommend most appropriate grant support through our own internal grants programme.
- Advocate on behalf of the applicant (e.g., complete internal and external applications, liaise with other external agencies, members of the Church where necessary).
- Act as third party for complaints, mediation or appeal hearings with applicants, either in person, online, or helping prepare a written submission.
- Keep accurate and objective notes and communications within our CRM system and ensure this is kept up to date on a daily basis.
Follow-up
- Manage and update action plans, while keeping in contact with applicant on a regular basis.
- Encourage and empower applicants to complete their actions and know when to step in, as and when necessary.
- Only in exceptional circumstances, consider a further home visit, if deemed appropriate
Other reasonable duties and projects commensurate with the post
- Support and work closely with other VC colleagues sharing areas of expertise.
- In particularly busy times, act as an overflow for grant applications, to support colleagues in the Charitable Services Team.
These additional roles offer a unique opportunity for dynamic, solution-focused, empathetic, casework professionals, in a small, dynamic-charity, ready to embark on its next three-year strategy (2025-28).
To be considered for this position with great scope for growth and development potential, applicants should demonstrate:
- Significant experience of working within a charity / not-for-profit or grant making trust, supporting individuals and families with complex health and care needs, elderly, or vulnerable applicants, face-to-face, online and over the phone.
- Significant knowledge and experience in at least two of the following areas:
- Welfare benefits and submitting appeals or complaints.
- Mental health support
- SEN education advice including SEN support, EHCPs and SENDIST tribunals.
- Local authority and other statutory support such as Social Service Assessments and services, complaints, DFG entitlements.
- NHS services, continuing health care either for children or adults.
- Experience of working alongside and liaising with external agencies and organisations
- Excellent problem solving, prioritisation and influencing skills with a belief of empowering individuals
- Experience and knowledge of safeguarding, knowing when to escalate concerns.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and high levels of attention to detail
- Willingness to work alone, with the support of line manager, and colleagues in the Charitable Services team.
If you are looking for an environment where you will be nurtured through our strong commitment to staff development (alongside an excellent package of benefits including generous annual leave including your birthday off), then we’d love to hear from you.
For this role, the post holder will be home-based, visiting households within a dedicated region, and on occasion, across the UK (travel expenses covered). Applicants should be car owners (with a full, clean driving licence and business use insurance cover) and/or located within easy reach of a main line railway station. Use of a dedicated home office will also be required.
Some travel to our London office will be required, in line with business need; this is likely to involve up to 20 office visits per annum (reasonable expenses covered), details of which will be discussed with candidates at interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Closing date: 31st July
If you’re a motivated Solutions Architect or a junior Enterprise Architect looking to enhance your skills and support us in shaping the technology landscape of our Society, then this is the role for you.
Reporting to our Head of IT and working closely with the Technology & Infrastructure Senior Leadership Team and the wider department, you will engage with various stakeholders and departments to understand the business objectives, develop architecture plans and ensure alignment with our information technology strategy to achieve our Society goals.
Essentially you will review the current system used by teams and assess whether the current processes are suitable for the business needs. You will make strong and compelling recommendations on how best we can optimize in using more ground-breaking systems and tools in achieving the Society's goals.
Your responsibilities will also include:
- Assist in selecting the strategic Enterprise Architecture tooling;
- Manage and govern the Society’s Enterprise Architecture repositories;
- Develop & deliver Enterprise and Solution Architectures;
- Provide technical knowledge to the Technical Design Authority;
- Collaborate with other stakeholders to support the delivery of high-quality technology solutions;
- Promote an architecture culture and awareness across project deliveries.
Alzheimer's Society have recently been named on the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023! We have achieved excellent scores for workplace happiness, pride, and job satisfaction. This is a fantastic achievement and we're incredibly proud as this is fantastic indication of how far we’ve travelled over the past few years.
We would love to welcome more outstanding people to join our exciting journey to make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia.
About you
We’re looking for someone with the following skills and experience:
- Knowledge of business ecosystems, Cloud technologies and IT infrastructure, as well as Information Management practices, Agile & Lean methodologies, EA & ITIL frameworks, and IT Services management;
- Experience of developing solution designs in line with business needs;
- Strong leadership, problem-solving and critical thinking skills;
- Demonstrable experience of Microsoft365, MS Power Platform, Azure platform, networking, Identity and authentication, Windows Operating Systems, end user computing solutions and endpoint management, as well as collaboration tools;
- Familiarity with cloud-based CRM platforms such as Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics365;
- TOGAF 9 certification or equivalent demonstrable experience with an architecture framework and development method.
In return, we will offer you a supportive team culture, opportunities to get involved in different initiatives and to grow your skills and a flexible working environment that enables you to maintain a good work-life balance.
About Alzheimer's Society
At Alzheimer's Society, we believe passionately that life doesn't end when dementia begins. We are here for anyone affected by dementia, and we do everything we can to keep people with dementia connected to their lives and the people who matter most.
Everything we do is shaped by people affected by dementia. Their knowledge and experience are critical to bringing about real-world solutions. From choosing the most promising research through to telling their stories to raise awareness; they are the heart of this organisation.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
The role
Are you an experienced trusts fundraiser with energy and a creative flair? Would you like to join a well-established charity with a strong reputation? Would you like to be a part of an ambitious, supportive and collaborative team?
At Cruse Bereavement Support, we are looking for a Trust and Foundations Manager to lead our vitally important trusts and foundations income stream. This is a key role for us, and we are looking for an experienced trusts and foundations fundraiser looking to take this work to the next level. You will line-manage a Trusts and Foundations Officer and be part of a wider Partnerships Team, which includes national corporate partnerships, external training and consultancy. You will lead on working with colleagues from across Cruse to develop innovative new approaches to funding asks from trusts and foundations. Your relationship fundraising approach will enhance our work with existing partners and win the support of new funders. Your collaborative approach to internal working relationships will allow you to produce high quality funding applications and reports to funders.
This role is a remote role, but you will be an active member of the Cruse family, in daily contact with many colleagues from all areas of Cruse for video calls, phone calls, email and instant messaging. The hours are 35 per week (but would consider 30+ hours over 5 days).
If this sounds like you, we would love you to apply for this exciting role. As the UK’s leading bereavement charity, we support tens of thousands of people every year, but with your help we could support even more.
Criminal Record Checks
All staff are required to complete a Criminal Record check. Staff working directly with clients will be required to complete an enhanced check. We comply with the relevant codes of practice and they can be viewed online:
- Applicants in England and Wales: DBS Code of Practice
- Applicants in Northern Ireland: AccessNI Code of Practice
Previous convictions will not prevent full consideration of your application to work with Cruse. Our Recruitment of Ex-offenders' Policy & Handling Criminal Record Check Data Policy are available on request by email.
We comply with all relevant data protection legislation and process your data fairly.
Your application must consist of a CV and covering letter, which outlines your suitability for the role with reference to the Job Description and Person Specification and should be no longer than two pages.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 31st July 2024 with interviews taking place w/c 5th August 2024 on Teams. Please be advised that if you do not hear from us by 5th August 2024, unfortunately on this occasion you have not been shortlisted.
Cruse welcomes and encourages applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Our teams are made up of people who are committed to our ambitious goals – you do not need to be degree educated to secure a role, but you should be able to demonstrate a combination of experience and competence that meets the requirements of the role. Previous experience in business development, sales, or account management role required and ideally experience in the automotive industry or working with SMEs is advantageous. Experience in managing client relationships and partnerships at a mid or senior level and able to contribute constructively and generously as part of a wider team. You must be passionate about driving growth and making a positive impact through strategic partnerships. Able to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, with the ability to adapt to changing priorities.
You will be responsible for:
- Growth (income, partnerships, promotion, participation and advocacy) in a designated geographic territory, or sector, within the UK automotive industry
- Identifying and pursue growth opportunities spending 60-80% of your time ‘on the road’ visiting and pitching new prospects and existing partners, and attending networking and industry events
- Agree new income-generating partnerships ensuring Ben’s employer proposition, fundraising events, products, and campaigns are consistently promoted to all employees
- Deliver targeted income growth by agreeing and facilitating corporate donations and fundraising to support our ambitious plans based on defined KPIs and targets
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders within automotive companies and other industry organisations
- Collaborate with internal teams to develop tailored solutions and proposals that meet the needs of potential partners
- Stay abreast of industry trends, market developments, and competitor activities to identify strategic opportunities and challenges
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Research, qualify, prospect and pitch potential business opportunities with mid and senior level contacts in SLT, HR, People and Health & Wellbeing and relevant functions
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Develop and execute strategic plans to achieve revenue goals and targets
- Build and maintain a balanced pipeline of prospective clients and partners through proactive networking and relationship-building activities
- Lead the development and presentation of proposals, pitches, and partnership agreements in line with Ben’s strategic ambition
- Negotiate and agree ad-hoc and continuing corporate donations and fundraising in line with individual, team and organisation targets
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of growth strategies and initiatives, using a ‘test and learn’ approach to ensure maximum success
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you passionate about gender equality and skilled in securing funding from trusts and foundations? The Fawcett Society is looking for a Trusts and Foundations Lead to join our team!
Fawcett values equality and is committed to becoming an anti-racist organisation. We particularly welcome applications from disabled candidates, older candidates, and Black and racially minoritised candidates, who are currently underrepresented in our organisation. Each applicant will be individually assessed regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or belief. We will use positive action on the basis of race and/or disability in case of a tie-break situation.
Position: Trusts and Foundations Lead
Location: This is a hybrid role (Office in Angel, London) with applications from remote candidates welcome. Remote postholders would be expected to pay for their own travel to our office or alternate London venue. We anticipate this to be approx. once every two months for team meetings or for Fawcett events.
Salary: £35,000 per year (pro rata – full-time hours are 37.5 per week)
Hours: Part-time (25-30 hours per week)
Reports to: Head of Trusts and Membership
Why Join Us?
· Make an Impact: Secure funding to support our vital work.
· Collaborative Environment: Work with a dedicated team committed to gender equality.
· Flexible Working: Choose remote or hybrid working to suit your lifestyle.
About The Role:
· Identify and Research: Find potential funders aligned with our mission.
· Develop Pipelines: Manage a robust pipeline of funding prospects.
· Lead Applications: Prepare and submit high-quality funding applications.
· Build Relationships: Maintain strong connections with funders.
· Report Impact: Provide comprehensive reports to funders.
· Collaborate: Work closely with key team members to develop proposals.
What We're Looking For:
· Experienced Fundraiser: Proven track record in securing funding from trusts and foundations.
· Research Skills: Effective in identifying and researching funders.
· Strong Communicator: Excellent at producing compelling funding proposals.
· Relationship Builder: Skilled in maintaining funder relationships.
· An Autonomous Critical Friend: Skilled in leading a programme of work and not shying away from critical input that will lead to improved outcomes.
Application Process:
To apply, please view the recruitment pack on our website where you'll find a link to apply. We particularly welcome applications from disabled candidates, older candidates, and Black and racially minoritised candidates, who are currently underrepresented in our organisation. Each applicant will be individually assessed.
Closing Date: 11.59pm, Monday 29th July 2024
Interview Dates: Please keep time available on 1st and 2nd August when all interviews will be held.
For more information about The Fawcett Society and our work, visit our website.
Join us and make a difference in the fight for gender equality!
Our vision is a society in which women and girls in all their diversity are equal and truly free to fulfill their potential
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Royal Voluntary Service has an opportunity available for a CORPORATE FUNDRAISERto join our team. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £28,501 per annum
About the CORPORATE FUNDRAISER role:
This is a remote role with occasional travel.
This role will provide both account management and new business support within the corporate partnerships function of the relationship fundraising team.
Reporting directly to the Head of Relationship Fundraising (which consists of corporate partnerships, community & events and philanthropy) the successful candidate will have responsibility for the account management of our small/medium corporate partnerships as well as supporting new business income for the team.
We have ambitious growth plans for corporate partnerships at Royal Voluntary Service and this role will provide crucial support to the team to help make this happen.
What you will be doing:
- Provide best in class account management to our current small/medium corporate partnerships.
- Play a key role in supporting the team to drive our new business pipeline – writing proposals, building relationships and inspiring corporates to support Royal Voluntary Service.
- Provide support to the Head of Relationship Fundraising and Corporate Partnerships Lead to manage and help secure high value partnerships.
- Lead on the use of Raisers Edge within Relationship Fundraising.
- Link with colleagues across fundraising and wider departments in order to provide the best possible support to our corporate partnerships.
- Assist in developing exciting new propositions for corporate funding.
Hours: 35 - Monday - Friday 9am-5pm
Benefits
- 26 days’ holiday (pro rata) plus paid statutory Bank Holidays (pro rata)
- Ten weeks’ company sick pay following successful completion of probation
- A great pension scheme
- 2 x Salary Death in Service Benefit, subject to qualification
- Enhanced Family Leave schemes
- An employee benefits package that gives access to an exclusive rewards website to get discounts and cashback online
- A 24-hour doctor line, financial support with dental/optical and other therapies
- A free and confidential employee assistance programme with up to six face-to-face sessions counselling included
- Extensive online and on the job training to ensure you will succeed in your role
- Opportunities to discuss flexible working
- Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
- The chance to make a positive, lasting impact that changes lives, communities and society
What you'll bring as our CORPORATE FUNDRAISER:
- Experience of account management or new business within the third or commercial sector.
- Success in developing and securing relationships to achieve results within a fundraising, sales or marketing environment.
- Ability to deliver results as set out in a team or departmental plan.
- Tenacious approach to research and prospecting.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
- Excellent written communication skills with strong attention to detail.
- Confidence in managing partner expectations and having difficult and sensitive conversations or negotiations where necessary, keeping the charity’s interests at heart.
Please refer to the role profile available to view on this vacancy for full details of this opportunity.
If you feel have the skills and experience to become our CORPORATE FUNDRAISER please click ‘apply’ today, we’d love to hear from you!
The closing date for this role is 20 August 2024. However, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
At Royal Voluntary Service our goal is to welcome everyone and build inclusive and diverse teams. We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work. To find out more about our commitment to EDI, visit our website.
Join Royal Voluntary Service and together we can change lives, change communities and change society.
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PR Manager
We are looking for a PR Manager to support our busy press office team, specifically to lead on research and policy communications.
This is a remote working role and applications from individuals who are seeking flexible working options, including reduced hours or job shares are welcomed.
Position: CE314 PR Manager
Location: Home-based, UK Nationwide, however, occasional travel will be required as part of this role (may include team meetings or other work-related meetings)
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week (flexible working available)
Salary: Circa £47,300 (inner London weighting £3,950 per annum or outer London weighting £2,100 per annum may be applied in accordance to where you live)
Contract: Our services are contracted, we currently have funding for this contract until 31 March 2025.
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.
Closing Date: 28 July 2024 (midnight). We reserve the right to close these vacancies early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Interview Date: 31 July or 2 August 2024
Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.
The Role
Reporting to the Head of PR & Media, the role will help deliver key national media campaigns that call for change to support people to rebuild their lives after stroke and raise the profile of our stroke research.
Key responsibilities will include:
· Managing the team to deliver a proactive, effective and 24/7 press office, building relationships with identified media and opinion formers, and ensure timely media responses based on organisational and reputational priorities.
· Working with the Campaigns and Public Affairs team to plan and deliver influencing activity to key stakeholders, Stroke Association campaigners and the general public.
· Working with the Research Communications team to lead the PR approach in promoting grant opportunities, new research and responding to media enquiries.
About You
You will have experience of:
· Drafting, executing and monitoring PR plans against identified briefs and overarching objectives, to deliver strategic communications objectives and to promote specific campaigns
· Managing productive long-term relationships with news and health journalists in the national media
· Working with Policy and Research functions to deliver sustained media coverage, with a strong call to action, ideally in the healthcare sector
· Producing robust and integrated media campaign evaluations
· Working with social media teams
· Working effectively and independently with external agencies and partner organisations (e.g. NHS England)
· Crisis and reputation management
· Managing a team, including during change and of remote line management
· Working thoroughly and accurately, and with attention to detail, translating complex material into compelling and engaging messages
This role requires occasional travel across the country to attend team days, conferences and researcher events. Candidates must be able to meet this requirement of the role.
To fulfil the role, you must be a resident of the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
When you click to apply, you will be able to see the full responsibilities and person specification for further
information on the role.
Please submit your CV, (including details of your current address), and a supporting statement of no more than two pages, demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience. Please state any preferences for flexible options in your covering letter. Applications from individuals who are seeking flexible working options, including reduced hours or job shares are welcomed.
About the Organisation
Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.
When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.
We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.
We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.
We’re working to improve the diversity of our team. Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.
We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities.
Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.
In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!
You may also have experience in areas such as PR, Campaigns, Communications, Brand, Public Relations, PR Manager, Campaigns Manager, Communications Manager, Brand Manager, Public Relations Manager, Public Relations Officer, PR Officer, PR and Brand Manager, PR Lead, Public Relations and Campaign Manager.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
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Corporate and Community Fundraising Manager
Number of Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week), Monday to Friday with occasional evening and weekend working
Accountability of post: The post holder will be line managed by and accountable to the Development Manager
Location of post: Remote, with travel as required
Other terms: 33 days annual leave including public holidays
Do you have a strong track record of fundraising within the charity sector? We are looking for someone who can manage corporate and community fundraisers, develop events, both locally and nationally; as well as being able to write, and submit successful funding applications to trusts and other funding sources.
As our ‘Corporate and Community Fundraising Manager’ you will develop, deliver, and manage a range of corporate and community fundraising initiatives that will help the Throat Cancer Foundation (TCF) promote and deliver its services.
About Us
Founded in 2012 we are a UK charity that provide support, advice and information to patients and their loved ones who are affected by cancers of the head, mouth, neck, chest, and those throat cancers caused by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). We also campaign for universal HPV vaccination to prevent any future devastating throat cancer cases. Raising awareness of HPV and how it causes throat cancers has been and continues to be a large part of our work.
About the role
The successful applicant will work closely with the CEO, the management team, and Trustees to implement, develop and deliver a fundraising strategy that meets the charity’s challenging income targets. This post will play a vital role in helping us to deliver our range of throat cancer support programmes to patients, families, as well as to medical professionals and the scientific research sectors. This is a unique and challenging role, which will see the successful applicant working on a variety of projects at any one time, whilst working under pressure to deliver results. It is therefore important that anyone in that role has great communication skills as well as experience of managing fundraising events on a nationwide scale.
MAIN TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Fundraising duties as required.
- Be the customer service face for all fundraisers and fundraising activities.
- Play a key role in the development and implementation of TCF’s community fundraising activities and third-party events.
- Work with the Business Development Manager and CEO to develop key messages, briefings, and positioning statements to ensure consistency and maximise the impact of our work
- Create, manage, and deliver robust project plans for allocated events delivering on set income targets.
- Review and adapt current events in the portfolio to maximise supporter engagement, retention and income growth.
- Booking and liaising with all suppliers involved with events and building and maintaining strong relationships with them.
- Working across the charity and externally, to significantly grow both volunteer numbers and activity.
- Develop the way we speak about volunteering, our brand, and associated materials, in order to attract more volunteers with the skills we need.
This description does not attempt to describe all the activities of the post but illustrates the role with examples. It is therefore subject to alteration and development and will be reviewed with your line manager as required.
About You
You have demonstratable experience as a corporate and community fundraiser with excellent knowledge of the charity sector. You are friendly, highly organised, and skilled in multitasking and balancing priorities. You’re able to write professionally and compellingly for various funders. You have a passion and empathy for people and their power of community to connect and support others.
Essential Skills
- Proven track record in corporate and community fundraising.
- Excellent communications skills, both written and oral.
- Fundraising support experience.
- Understanding of fundraising within the charity sector.
- Ability to co-ordinate priorities and work accurately and to tight deadlines.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to deal comfortably with key individuals at all levels.
- Familiarity with CRM systems.
Desirable Skills
- Knowledge or membership of professional fundraising membership organisations.
- Experience of budget setting and management.
Please submit your cover letter and CV for consideration.
As CTA's Business Development Manager, your role involves increasing the uptake of MiDAS training and growing CTA membership. To do this you will need to have/develop an in-depth knowledge of the sector, be able to conduct your own research, develop relationships with our key stakeholders, and track performance metrics.
Responsibilities
Promoting CTA services, increasing uptake, and retention.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with existing members, ensuring their satisfaction and engagement to retain our existing membership.
- Develop and foster relationships with local authorities, umbrella organisations, charities, voluntary organisations and other stakeholders across the UK to promote CTA membership offerings.
- This will include creating a promotional package for CTA membership to be delivered to organisations across the UK.
- Develop and implement a comprehensive marketing and outreach strategy to promote MiDAS training courses.
- You will do this by collaboratively working with MiDAS customers, training providers, local authorities, and community organisations to raise awareness of MiDAS and its benefits. This will include running workshops, webinars, and information sessions to educate potential clients on MiDAS standards and certification that encourage participation in MiDAS training.
- Build and maintain connections with commercial organisations affiliated with CTA, ensuring strong relationships, and the offers are relevant adding value to CTA membership.
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities, including creating focused campaigns to attract new members and boost membership sales. This will include collaborating with CTA’s Country Directors and Development Officers to share these campaigns and involve them in the process.
- Using available internal MiDAS sales and participation data, develop a thorough understanding of who purchases and uses the product and how this can be leveraged to increase participation in the training programme and drive its income.
- Responsible for contributing to the MiDAS / Training newsletter
- Make the best use of social media, including content creation, to promote CTA membership and training offering.
- Work with senior leadership group to develop our sales systems and processes.
- Provide excellent customer service to address inquiries, resolve issues, and encourage membership renewals.
Research, analysis and reporting
- Develop and implement strategies to identify trends within the Community Transport sector and beyond. In doing so you will identify potential new stakeholders, potential threats, opportunities and areas for growth.
- Monitor developments within the wider voluntary and transport sector and adjust strategies accordingly.
- Use these insights to regularly provide feedback to the leadership group and make recommendations for growth.
- Track and report on key performance indicators related to MiDAS training and CTA membership. Including providing regular updates to management on progress, challenges, and opportunities.
Person Specification
Essential
Experience & Qualifications
- Extensive experience in business development and/or sales roles, including the creation of metrics for setting targets and measuring success.
- Experience and understanding of the community & voluntary sector.
- Experience of building strong working relationships with colleagues, partners and external stakeholders at all levels (including senior leaders) to deliver results on behalf of an organisation.
- Experience leading and participating in collaborative endeavors with other organisations through partnerships and alliance building.
- A qualification or experience relevant to the role and evidence of continual professional development.
- Experienced in creating marketing packs, promotional material, and presenting that material in varying formats.
- Experience working at both regional and national level.
- Ability to harness opportunities and develop campaigns to promote and sell services.
Desirable:
- Experience working within a community transport, membership organisation, transport, or community and voluntary organisation; ideally in a business development/sales position.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills, with an emphasis on collaboration and working well in a team.
- Strong communication and negotiation skills, including confidence to speak and present to different audiences.
- Ability to collect and interpret data and use it to drive planning and delivery of strategy. Highly motivated to deliver success.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Willingness to challenge the status quo and received wisdom to find more effective ways of delivering outcomes.
- Strong IT and digital skills – including MS Office and digital communication tools.
- The ability to work on your own initiative and prioritize workload.
- Strong attention to detail.
Values & Attitude
Essential:
- A demonstrable commitment to our organisation’s values.
- Strong commitment to, and understanding of the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion.
Full job pack available on the Jobs section of the Community Transport Association UK website.
Your application should include the following two things:
- A personal statement that’s no longer than two sides of A4. Share your motivation for applying for the role and how you meet the essential requirements from the knowledge, skills and abilities section of the Person Specification. An up-to-date, detailed CV including all relevant employment history and key achievements in your most recent role(s).
- Please also ensure your CV has your email address, phone number including names and contact details of two people who can provide references, one of whom should be your most recent employer. We will only request references once we have chosen an applicant we wish to appoint. Also, ensure your CV does not contain personal data such as DOB, gender, nationality, etc.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Transforming Lives for Good (TLG) are a national Christian charity working in partnership with local churches to give struggling children a hope and a future. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to join our award winning (Sunday Times Best Not for Profit to work for) team as Supporter Development Fundraising Lead.
The Supporter Development Fundraising Lead will play a crucial role. We are looking for a high energy, passionate fundraiser who is highly relational. You will work towards the income targets including regular, one off and mission pot donations. In addition, you will understand goals that work together with income, including acquisition and stewardship targets, applying your strong knowledge of the Code of Fundraising Practice across all our activities and ensure we work in a compliant way.
The ideal candidate will be familiar with fundraising methods including prospecting, research, making initial contact, and growing a connection to our movement through one-to-one conversations and other communications channels. We’re looking for somebody who is highly organised and able to deliver events from concept to finish. You will also be a team player, able to engage and motivate other team members to get on board with fundraising and bring their expertise to the process.
TLG is a Christian charity and, as a team, we want to bring our faith to the work we do; as such, we are recruiting an individual with a strong and vibrant Christian faith. TLG is also committed to safeguarding children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS. We would welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds, to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve.
Applications will be reviewed on application prior to the closing date. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date if a suitable applicant applies. The date of interviews is to be confirmed.
Royal Voluntary Service has an opportunity available for a Trusts and Statutory Fundraising Manager to join our team. You will join us on a full-time permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £41,970 per annum. This is a home-based role with occasional National travel.
About the Trusts and Statutory Fundraising Manager role:
The Trusts and Statutory fundraising team meet donations targets by looking for suitable opportunities to apply to trusts, statutory and lottery funders to enable delivery of charitable impact. The Trusts and Statutory Fundraising Manager plays a key role in the development and delivery of the charity’s Trusts and Statutory fundraising strategy.
They attract new large funders to the charity and ensure the highest levels of stewardship to grow and maintain relationships. They investigate and maximise new income opportunities and play a key role in analysing the performance of our portfolio and progress against KPIs. They work collaboratively and influences with other members of the Fundraising directorate, and wider organisation to lead and coordinate cross team initiatives.
They lead on trust fundraising for specific RVS projects, e.g. Virtual Village Hall or dementia services. Ensures that funders’ expectations are met, and targets reached, by managing cross- departmental individuals and groups. They work with the Head of Trusts and Statutory Fundraising to create informed future plans and budgets
Hours: 35 hours, Monday to Friday
Benefits
26 days’ holiday (pro rata) plus paid statutory Bank Holidays (pro rata). Ten weeks company sick pay following successful completion of probation. A great pension scheme
2 x Salary Death in Service Benefit, subject to qualification. Enhanced Family Leave schemes. An employee benefits package that gives access to an exclusive rewards website to get discounts and cashback online
A 24-hour doctor line, financial support with dental/optical and other therapies. A free and confidential employee assistance programme with up to six face-to-face sessions counselling included. Extensive online and on the job training to ensure you will succeed in your role
Opportunities to discuss flexible working. Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career. The chance to make a positive, lasting impact that changes lives, communities and society
What you'll bring as our Trusts and Statutory Fundraising Manager:
Knowledge of the funding sector and the work of the charity, making a credible ambassador for the charity. Understands and implements good funder stewardship practice. Understands the requirements of the fundraising regulator, particularly as it applies to trusts and statutory funding.
Excellent knowledge of trusts and grant givers in the UK, including giving trends. Talented writer, able to craft compelling narratives to showcase our cases for support and our impact. Persuasive interpersonal and negotiation skills.
Highly articulate and numerate. Good analytical skills, including analysing and manipulating data for project reporting. Able to consider patterns and potential and feed into future planning.
Proficient with financial information, including presenting budgets to external audiences. Solution focused, able to work with others to find solutions so that activity can progress.
Substantial (three or more years) proven track record of raising five and six figure gifts from Trusts, Foundations, or public bodies, and demonstrable experience of meeting financial targets. Experience of undertaking prospect research, pipeline management and feeding into future planning. Experience of using Raiser’s Edge or other fundraising databases.
Please refer to the role profile available to view on this vacancy for full details of this opportunity.
If you feel have the skills and experience to become our Trusts and Statutory Fundraising Manager please click ‘apply’ today, we’d love to hear from you!
The closing date for this role is 12 August 2024. However, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
At Royal Voluntary Service our goal is to welcome everyone and build inclusive and diverse teams. We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work. To find out more about our commitment to EDI, visit our website.
Join Royal Voluntary Service and together we can change lives, change communities and change society.
If you are a talented project manager looking to make a real difference to poeples lives, we have a role for you, leading our energy advice projects in rural Wales.
As Energy Advice Manager (Wales), you will be responsible for our established energy advice services in Powys and Monmouthshire and in the development and delivery of similar services into Ceredigion and wider geographical areas in Wales.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.