Health Management Jobs

Do you want to be at the forefront of tackling the climate crisis?

Would you like to help bring businesses and communities together in a place in the NW of England, to accelerate a just transition to a net zero, resilient future where people and nature thrive?

Do you have diverse experience of stakeholder management, business development and community engagement.

Are you based in proximity to the M62 corridor and able to commute part of the week to places such as - Salford /Warrington/Manchester/Wigan?

If yes, we would love to hear from you – this is a unique and exciting opportunity to work with a friendly, dedicated team to making a tangible difference.

Business in the Community (BITC) is looking for an individual based close to the M62 Corridor of the North West region – to develop our next place to operationalise its Community Climate Fund. Join a team setting up our Community Climate Fund (CCF), that aims to raise £100m and be actively supporting community climate action in 25 places across the UK by 2030. This is an exciting opportunity to identify and deliver a plan in a place (e.g. Salford, an area in Manchester, Warrington or Wigan) to have a positive social, environmental and economic impact for the communities there.

The Community Climate Fund Senior Lead, will be responsible for the successful development and delivery of the fund in the vicinity of the M62 corridor and will:

• Increase resilience to economic and environmental shocks
• Strengthen community coherence and wellbeing
• Accelerate progress towards net zero

The role will involve:

• Identifying and developing our next place in the North West of England to operationalize our Community Climate Fund.
• Developing a deep understanding of, and engagement with the community organisations present in the area as potential beneficiaries of the Community Climate Fund.
• Nurturing relationships with cross sector representatives at all levels to collaborate and ensure the community climate fund meets local needs.
• Working with our climate action experts and the steering group, to select community climate projects to fund.

This role will be based close to the M62 Corridor - the post holder will work from home, but be willing and able to commute to the selected place approximately twice a week.

Closing date:1 September 2024

Interview date: 12 September 2024

Salary:  Minimum of £42,435 per annum (BITC job framework level 3) 

Do you have a passion for supporting people to rebuild their lives? 

About the role

We are looking for a Recovery Support Worker to join our passionate, and dedicated team in Hounslow. In this role you will support some of the most vulnerable individuals in the borough, helping them identify their individual strengths and aspirations.

The Hounslow LIFE service is a large multi-site service with a large team of colleagues with specialisms in Homelessness, Substance Use and Mental Health to provide a recovery based approach to 86 clients across our different sites.  

In the role of Recovery Support Worker, you will: 

• Work with clients on their road to recovery, aiding clients to gain the necessary skills to move on from our services and into suitable accommodation.  

• Provide support to maintain independence in the community, build their skills for employment, manage their health needs, and look towards a brighter future.  

• Oversee housing management responsibilities to ensure we deliver safe, high-quality services. 

In this role you will work on a weekly shift rota including early and late shifts, weekends and bank holidays. Staff can claim an additional 20% pay premium for hours worked between 8pm and 8am Monday to Friday, and all hours worked on Saturday and Sunday.

About you 

We are looking for inspirational people who will be committed to our Recovery Ethos and have a genuine desire to support people to transform their lives. We encourage you to apply if you can demonstrate the below:  

• An understanding of the issues faced by homeless or vulnerably housed people – you may have had personal experience of homelessness yourself. 

• Experience of helping vulnerable people to identify personal goals and supporting them through a process of change. 

• Have a sound understanding of the support needs of people with low incomes, including rent payments/arrears and professional boundary issues.

We’d always like to hear from people who want to help transform lives. Not sure if you have the skills and experience you need for the role? Apply and we’ll let you know!

St Mungo's are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from all under-represented groups.

How to apply 

To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document’ tab on the advert page on our website. 

To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website.

Closing date: 10am on 31 July 2024

Interview and assessments on: TBC

What we offer

• Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities
• A Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
• Great Pay and Other Benefits

We are looking for an enthusiastic people person with great communications and organisational skills to help recruit and coordinate our talented volunteers. You will help take ANT to our next level of impact by leveraging volunteers to deliver tree planting and tree care activities across our woodland sites. Your role will support volunteer activities across Avon Needs Trees, but with a focus on our two largest sites: Great Avon Wood and Lower Chew Forest.

You will join a fast-growing organisation that started in 2019 with four volunteers and has grown to a staff team of nineteen (with more recruitment in the pipeline for 2024), over 1,000 volunteers and ownership of nearly 600 acres of land that will grow woodlands of over 160,000 trees.

Your legacy will be a tangible impact on slowing down climate change, helping nature recover and creating social impact by developing funding relationships that support our woodland projects and organisational development more broadly.

Main responsibilities

• Lead on the coordination of our volunteer leaders and volunteers to ensure we can deliver our volunteer tree planting, tree care days, and other activities, for example outreach volunteering or fundraising volunteering. Volunteer coordination includes:
  • Managing volunteer leader rotas and calendars
  • Ensuring all volunteers are provided with timely, accurate and clear logistical information ahead of volunteer days
  • Responding to volunteer and volunteer leader enquiries in a timely manner
  • Putting in place suitable contingency plans in the case of a volunteer leader having to pull out of a commitment
  • Administering our volunteer management system
• Work with the Chew Valley Project Team and the Engagement, Communications & Fundraising team to recruit new volunteers and volunteer leaders, and ensure the ongoing engagement of our current recruits. This includes:
  • Communications focused on volunteer recruitment
  • Coordinating volunteers along the recruitment process
  • Ensuring our web and digital assets are accurate and up to date
  • Producing high quality communications outputs targeted at our volunteers and volunteer leaders, for example, volunteer news bulletins
  • Volunteer focused project promotion on social media and other channels
• Act as the first point of contact for all volunteer related enquiries by managing our volunteer inbox and dealing with volunteer enquiries on the phone
• Ensure volunteering complies with our processes and policies, this includes:
  • Ensure all volunteer related documents are filed appropriately on our shared drive
  • Ensure all volunteer based activities are in line with ANT’s volunteer and health and safety processes and policies
  • Review volunteer expense requests
  • Escalating any issues in a timely and professional manner to the appropriate member of staff
• Work with the Chew Valley Project Team to support event delivery and logistics as required
• As with all Avon Needs Trees roles, contributing to grant writing and fundraising activities
• Work with the wider Avon Needs Trees team to help build a resilient, multi-site charity and undertake any other work necessary to pursue our aims. 

Communications and Fundraising Coordinator

 

The new role of Communications and Fundraising Coordinator will be the first role in PDA Society which is exclusively dedicated to increasing our sustainability.

Position: Communications and Fundraising Coordinator

Location: Home-based with occasional prearranged in-person meetings

Hours: Part-time, 30 hours per week (hours may be worked flexibly over a minimum of 4 days a week)

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £15.87 an hour (Actual salary £24,757 - FTE £28,883)

Benefits: 4% employers' contribution to pension (can be uplifted to 6% with increased employee contributions), truly flexible working in an organisation that understands and values neurodivergence and carers responsibilities.

Closing date: 5pm on 14th August

Interviews: 27th August 2024

About the role:

Supported by our Communications and Community Manager, you will play a key part in our fundraising and communications and developing how we talk about the impact of our work.

Key areas of responsibility include:  

· Ensure our social media and email communications are welcoming, informative and useful for the PDA community.

· Build relationships with trusts and grant-giving organisations and write successful funding applications that help us to grow.

· Develop the communications around our training offer and demonstrate to different audiences how our training could help them with the challenges they are facing.

· Grow the number of individuals who make regular donations by developing the journey people take to become donors and ensuring that all donors know the difference they are making through their generosity.

· Provide digital support and stewardship for community fundraising events, making sure that people who raise money for us feel valued and know the difference they are making.

About you:

We're looking for an excellent communicator and copywriter who is confident crafting engaging messaging for various audiences, has incredible attention to detail, and cares about the difference we are trying to make as a charity. You’ll be able to work autonomously in a remote environment, and in exchange, you’ll get to work with a friendly and supportive team who will be committed to seeing you thrive.

We welcome applications from individuals with experience in fundraising, communications, and marketing, or candidates who have relevant transferable skills. The first stage of the application is anonymous and allows you to demonstrate the skills you would bring to the role.

About the organisation:

The PDA Society is the only specialist PDA charity in the UK.  We provide information, support and training about PDA for individuals, families and professionals. Our goal is to try and make life better for PDA people and their families – we believe that happy, autonomous lives are possible. Our strong commitment to research underpins every step we take towards improving understanding, support and outcomes for PDA people in the future.

You may also have experience in areas such as: Communications, Marketing, Marketing and Communications, Fundraising, Campaigning, Digital Marketing, Digital Communications, Communications Officer, Marketing Officer, Marketing and Communications Officer, Fundraising Officer, Digital Marketing Officer, Digital Communications Officer, Fundraising, Fundraiser.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Marketing and Communications Officer

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and organised individual to gain experience in both communication and fundraising within a dynamic and impactful environmental charity.

You will play a crucial role in supporting the charity’s efforts to engage supporters, drive fundraising, and ultimately contribute to the organisation's mission of inspiring people to address environmental crises through the power of natural green spaces.

This is full time, hybrid working role.

Position: Communications and Fundraising Assistant

Location: Abingdon OX14/Hybrid

Hours: Full Time 35 hours per week

Salary: £26,000 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 26+ days holiday per year, pension contribution, flexible working arrangements

Closing Date: 4th August 2024. (We may close the advert sooner, subject to volume and quality of applications, so don’t hesitate to apply if you have the skills and experience we’re looking for.)

The Role

The 5-year strategy – Connecting Communities for Change – sets out the organisations commitment to engage more people – in more ways – with the natural world, changing the way we think about the charity’s role and impact, and supporters are a vital part of this. As such, engaging with more supporters and increasing income is vital to the successful delivery of the strategy.

You will enable the teams to focus on strategic initiatives and high-impact activities by providing essential support in data management, content updates, and reporting. Your work will directly contribute to these  efforts to engage supporters, drive fundraising, and ultimately support the mission of inspiring people to address environmental crises through the power of natural green spaces.

Accountabilities include:

• Data Management, Reporting, and Analysis
• Digital and Offline Communication Support
• Strategic Research

You will be joining a small but motivated team who are passionate about making a difference to climate sustainability, biodiversity, environmental impacts and health and wellbeing through engaging more people and making a positive impact.

About You

We’re looking for someone who has knowledge of best practices in digital communication. An understanding of the principals of  fundraising would be an advantage but isn’t essential.

You will have experience of:

• Working in a similar support role.
• Data entry, database management, and CRM systems (e.g., Beacon, Salesforce, Raiser's Edge, or similar).
• Website content management systems (e.g., WordPress) and social media platforms.
• Email marketing platforms (e.g., Mailchimp, Constant Contact) is desirable.
• Basic graphic design and content creation using tools like Canva and/or Microsoft Publisher.

If you have the skills and experience we are looking for and a passion for engaging children, young people and adults with the natural world… then apply today!

You will be asked to submit your CV and a covering letter describing why you are interested and how your skills and experience make you a good fit.

The Organisation

This environmental charity with 40 years’ experience in caring for and inspiring others with the natural green spaces, believes that we all have a responsibility to care for nature and understand our role within our ecosystem. The organisation cares for 500 hectares of woodland, farmland, wildflower meadows and wetlands, which receive 200,000 visits a year. These amazing places engage and inspire people to demonstrate nature based solutions to climate, biodiversity and public health crises.

Alongside a competitive salary, you can benefit from generous annual leave, volunteering opportunities, family friendly, flexible working wherever possible with forums and inclusive facilities to support staff.

You may have experience in other areas such as Communications, Marketing, Marketing and Communications, Fundraising, Campaigning, Digital Marketing, Digital Communications, Communications Officer, Marketing Officer, Marketing and Communications Officer, Fundraising Officer, Digital Marketing Officer, Digital Communications Officer, Fundraising, Fundraiser. #INDNFP1

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

About the team

We have big goals over the next few years.

We're going to be fighting for mental health in a way we never have before.

Together we'll be working to make sure everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets the support and respect they deserve.

Team information

Will you join us?

In the last few years Mind's Corporate Partnership team has seen significant growth, delivering £7m+ income in FY22/23. Mind has strategic, Charity of the Year and commercial partnerships with companies across a range of sectors.

This is a vital role designed to support the team's delivery of partnerships and assist with growing partnerships. A focus for the team is to prioritise opportunities with the strongest alignment to Mind's strategic goals and where there is the greatest potential for longer-term strategic and transformational partnerships.

Key duties and responsibilities

Reporting to the Senior Corporate Partnerships Officer, you will be responsible for; providing administrative and fundraising support, developing and stewarding relationships, alongside managing and nurturing a portfolio of partners with support from the SCPO/Managers in the team.

The post holder will:

-Provide administrative and fundraising support to enable the delivery of corporate partnerships.

-With the Corporate Partnerships Officers, be responsible for administrative duties for the team including sending thank you letters to donors, replying to enquiries to the corporate unit email account, monitoring stock levels and ordering fundraising materials.

-Assist the Corporate unit in servicing materials requests from large corporate partners.

-Manage a portfolio of corporate partnerships, aiming to nurture and cultivate the relationship with a donor-focused approach to ensure income targets are achieved.

-Working with the Supporter Care team, ensure that all donations are quickly and correctly processed and acknowledged and that reports are available in the appropriate format.

-Organise and co-ordinate mailings such as newsletters and appeals for corporate partners.

-Help maintain accurate, up to date records of all corporate contacts on the database (Microsoft Dynamics), and to ensure that this information adheres to data protection guidelines.

-Update and upload information onto the Mind website.

-Liaise with other Mind departments, Mind Retail, Mind Cymru and local Minds as appropriate with regards to corporate fundraising and volunteering.

-Assist with the organisation of events connected with the Partnerships fundraising team, and with practical tasks for other departmental events, as required.

-Contribute effectively as part of the Partnerships team, as well as the Fundraising department as a whole.

-Work with colleagues across the organisation, and represent the new partnerships team in internal meetings as required

-Work with external contacts as directed, representing Mind at external meetings, conferences and events where necessary.

-Support the wider corporate partnerships function as required dependent on work load and requirements to achieve the corporate partnerships income target.

-Undertake any other duties, as requested which are in keeping with the grade and overall purpose of the post.

Mind's equity statement

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

Please refer to the Job Description while completing your application as candidates will be shortlisted based on how closely they match the criteria in the personal specification.

The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award (the Award) is a Non-Formal Education and Learning framework encouraging young people to find their purpose, place and passion in the world.

In more than 120 countries and territories, our globally recognised accreditation is available to all 14 to 24-year-olds, of all backgrounds, locations, cultures and abilities.

Through the programme, each young person becomes part of something special while developing their own interests, universal skills and life aspirations.

The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation is the international charity that drives and encourages the Award’s growth, access and impact across the globe. Working in partnership with organisations and governing bodies, we oversee the licensing of Award operators – including schools, youth groups, employers and custodial institutions. 

The purpose of this role is to support the philanthropy team in managing fundraising initiatives and will be achieved through efficient administration, researching donor prospects, and specifically supporting the team and Head of World Fellowship and Philanthropy with all administrative duties. This role will also hold responsibility for the accurate and timely input of Fundraising-specific information into the organisation’s management information systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide general administrative support for the Philanthropy team.
• Coordination of meetings for various groups such as our Development Group and Special

Projects Advisory Committee;

• Arranging times
• Communicating invites
• Circulation of papers and minutes
   
• To be an alternative point of contact for team enquiries.
• Monitor the general email inbox, and distribute enquires to the relevant person(s).
• Assist team leads with general administration when requested, including biographies, letters and receipts.
• Provide support to donors as and when is required such as providing information onevents.
• Proactively supporting with administration of financial transactions such as creating payment reminders and receipts.
• Aiding in the creation of the quarterly newsletter, collating news pieces on the Award and events.

Assist the team in the run up to events and at events, specifically:

• Liaising with guests in the run up to events to deal with any enquiries they may have
• Collating proformas
• Supporting at events to ensure that the event runs smoothly

Assist with the day-to-day administration of our CRM, Salesforce, for the team.

Specifically:

• Uploading documents to accounts
• Adding accounts to campaigns
• Creating Leads and Accounts for prospects and new donors

• Conduct due diligence reports on new donors and lead the reports through the appropriate channels for approval.
• Ensuring all processes are fully compliant with fundraising regulation.
• Undertake any other duties as required by the Foundation to support the successful delivery of the organisation’s objectives

The closing date for applications is 31 July 2024 at 12.00 EST. Please submit your CV and cover letter by this date. Interviews will take place shortly after, and we are looking for the successful candidate to start as soon as possible.

Prison Facilitator - HMP Lincoln

Location: Lincoln
Salary: £27,584
Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)
Department: Prison delivery
Job Type: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent

Do you want to join an organisation committed to addressing illiteracy amongst people in prison?

Shannon Trust are delighted to be working with His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) to provide peer-led literacy and numeracy programmes across a number of prisons.  We now have the opportunity to provide a service at HMP Lincoln Working closely with the prison and their staff, people in prison, Shannon Trust volunteers and mentors, this post will lead the delivery and development of our literacy and numeracy programme at HMP Lincoln, maximising opportunities for people in prison to learn to read. 

Ideally you will have some experience of prison settings  underpinned by the ability to build relationships and personal qualities that include resilience, determination and a problem-solving approach. 

This role will be prison-based. Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme.  The biggest benefit though is our culture – our people really want to work for the organisation.

We welcome job applications from people with lived experience of the criminal justice system and do not routinely ask for details of any criminal convictions. These roles do require prison security clearance, so we will need to ask for details of any relevant criminal convictions before an offer of employment is finalised.

‍Please note that interviews for this role will be conducted on a rolling basis and once the post has been filled the vacancy will be closed. 

Benefits: Standard Shannon Trust: Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme.

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Are you passionate about young people? Do you want to become part of a team that brings young people of different faiths together across the city? We are looking for an experienced youth and schools worker to join our West Midlands team.

You will work in schools and in the community, across the West Midlands, delivering our innovative schools programmes and Youth Encounters.

Location: Suffolk
Salary: £11,034 (£27,584 FTE)
Hours: 14 hours (2 days per week)
Department: Prison delivery
Job Type: Part time
Contract Type: Permanent

Do you want to join an organisation committed to addressing low literacy levels amongst people in prison?

Shannon Trust are delighted to be working with His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) to provide peer-led learning programmes at HMP Hollesley Bay. Working closely with the prison and their staff, people in prison, Shannon Trust volunteers and mentors, this post will lead the delivery and development of our prison based reading and numeracy programme, maximising opportunities for people in prison to learn to read.

Ideally you will have some experience of prison settings underpinned by the ability to build relationships and personal qualities that include resilience, determination and a problem-solving approach.

This role will be prison-based. Employee benefits include a company contritution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme. The biggest benefit though is our culture – our people really want to work for the organisation.

We welcome job applications from people with lived experience of the criminal justice system and do not routinely ask for details of any criminal convictions. These roles do require prison security clearance, so we will need to ask for details of any relevant criminal convictions before an offer of employment is finalised.

?Interviews are planned for Friday 30 August 2024 (online).

Benefits: Standard Shannon Trust: Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme.

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Harris Hill is working with a national health charity, supporting their search for an interim Fundraising Officer/ Exec for 3 months on a full time basis. 

This role is hybrid based with 1dpw in the London office. This is to support the Philanthropy and Partnerships team, reporting the Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships, and mostly helping with Corporate activity as they move through a particularly busy time onboarding a new partnership and managing charity of the year.

Duties:

Supporting with thanking individuals and organisations for donations and taking part in fundraising activity
Providing administrative support for key projects such as employee fundraising campaigns.
Engaging individuals to take part in fundraising through written and telephone communications
General administration support across the team and for any other new projects identified during the contract (including maintaining records on the database)
 

If you would like to find out more about this opportunity, please apply for more information.

Family Support Worker

£23,000 pa + benefits (including 25 days annual leave, company car and pension)

Southampton Care Team - This role covers Southampton and surrounding areas, covering parts Dorset, parts of Hampshire, parts of Wiltshire and the Isle of Wight

About the role:

We are looking to appoint a Family Support Worker to deliver a high-quality family support service as part of our Southampton Care Team.

Reporting to the Family Support Manager working in partnership with health, education and social care professionals, you will take responsibility for providing needs-led emotional, social and practical support to families where a child/young person has a life threatening or terminal illness

Having worked in a stressful and emotional environment you will have a genuine interest in building supportive relationships and helping people; and having provided bereavement support to families, you understand processes of grief, loss, and change - and how best to help others deal with its impact.

What we’re looking for:

· An experienced child health, education or social care professional - applications will be particularly welcome from those who have worked in a community environment and those with a recognised qualification in education, health or social care.

· A warm, inclusive approach to achieving goals quickly and correctly.

· Practiced in child protection, information sharing and the rules around data protection - you lead by example, drawing on your own professional experience and working within established guidelines.

· Practical and people-oriented - you will thrive working at a fast pace whilst maintaining accuracy and be a confident user of IT (including MSOffice)

· A persuasive and open communicator, you will work collaboratively with your team and volunteers to ensure delivery of a high-quality service and support fundraising colleagues by writing case studies and family updates

· A practical knowledge of diversity issues affecting children, young people, and their families – aware that being responsive to others needs and concerns, is essential.

What we offer:

We have a range of fantastic benefits that we offer our employees. If you’d like to find out more about these benefits and working with us, please visit our website. More information can also be found in our Candidate Pack.

We also have a fantastic learning and development programme - the Anne Harris skills development programme - in which we aim to provide a high level of training and development opportunities for all staff, so you are able to perform to the best of your ability, achieve individual and team objectives aligned to Rainbow Trusts strategic plan, supporting staff to be the best they can be, and feel a valued member of a high performing organisation.

Our Family Support Workers are given the opportunity to complete a number of diverse training courses in their first 12 months, including but not limited to: Mental Health First Aid, Makaton, counselling skills, and Introduction to Play.

The programme aims to provide a building block for you to individually tailor your own learning and development needs, with all family support workers having a foundation level of skills within their first year.

How to apply:

To apply please visit our website via the link.

Interview dates: Interview Dates to be confirmed.

Interviews will take place via Teams or in person with a date to be confirmed. We will only contact those applicants who have been successful.

There will be a requirement for flexible working and a full current driver’s licence to accommodate the team and family need. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this post.

Rainbow Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment.

Rainbow Trust is an equal opportunities employer and a Best Companies One-Star rated organisation. Registered Charity No: 1070532

Are you an experienced events professional ready to apply your skills to positively impact the lives of children with cardiac conditions and their families?

Charity People are partnering with Children's Heart Unit Fund (Chuf) to find a new Events Fundraiser to raise vital income to support the essential work they do. A Northeast Charity of the Year award winner, Chuf has fantastic support across the region.

Salary: £25,000 – £33,000 per annum
Contract: Full-time, permanent position, 37.5 hours a week
Benefits: 25 days + bank holidays increasing with long service, 5% employer pension contribution, full flexible working between 6am-11pm, holiday buy back scheme up to 5 days, plus more
Culture: Exceptional! Flexible, life and family-friendly

About the charity:

Chuf supports heart Heroes and their families; “for hearts, for families for life”. They do this through supporting innovative research, providing equipment, facilities, and aftercare, and offering services to support both the physical and mental health.

Working across the Children’s Heart Unit at Freeman Hospital and the six district hospitals across the Northeast of England their aim is to help where the NHS can’t, providing support to these children and their families as soon as they require specialist care.

Chuf has a phenomenal culture, they are a values-led charity, and the values of being always there, championing the little things, committing to doing the right thing, and being a place for everyone underpin all that they do.

About the role:

Chuf are looking for an Events Fundraiser to join their lovely collaborative fundraising team. You’ll work with the Director of Fundraising and Operations to develop their events strategy and offering and grow events fundraising to raise awareness and support for Chuf. You’ll plan and deliver a wide range of Chuf events, working with the fundraising team to ensure you meet objectives, raise funds, and provide an excellent experience for supporters.

The Events Fundraiser will also provide excellent supporter service to all enquiries from members of the public via phone, mail, in person and online to encourage their support. You’ll feed into social media contributing to successful online awareness and fundraising. You’ll also build and manage relationships with suppliers and gift in kind fundraisers through correspondence, phone calls, invitations and visits.

About you:

This opportunity would really suit a highly organised, and relationship focussed events pro with bags of energy and top-notch communication skills. You’ll be an organised self-starter who can think and act strategically, as well as plan and deliver activity, you’ll have the confident to work with the rest of the team and be collaborative in your approach.

To apply for this role, we'd love to see you showcasing:

· Experience in large scale event management 

· The ability to develop sustainable positive relationships with key stakeholders

· Demonstrable experience of managing projects and balancing multiple critical priorities.

· Demonstrable successful project management skills, including effective time management

· Excellent attention to detail and commitment to high standards of work.

Most importantly, you’ll be passionate about making a difference in the lives of the children and families that Chuf supports.

If you’re excited about this role like we are, please send a profile or copy of your CV to Ellen Drummond and Priya Vencatasawmy at Charity People who will fill you in on next steps.

Deadline to apply: 9am Monday 12th August
Interviews: between Monday 19th and Wednesday 21st August (to take into account summer holidays)

Charity People actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

About the team

We have big goals over the next few years.

We're going to be fighting for mental health in a way we never have before.

Together we'll be working to make sure everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets the support and respect they deserve.

Team information

Will you join us?

The Philanthropy Officer will be a vital member of the high performing Philanthropy team, responsible for both hands-on fundraising as well as providing prospect research and administrative support. This fantastic role offers the opportunity to gain wide-ranging experience across high-value fundraising, learning from skilled and successful colleagues in a sector at the cutting edge of philanthropic activity and helping to raise an ambitious £2.5m in 2024/2025.

You will be responsible for proactively identifying and researching new supporters, coordinating introductory letters to newly established trust and foundations, processing income, thanking donors, ensuring accurate and compliant data keeping, and providing administrative support.

There will be plenty of learning and development opportunities, from contributing towards our high value events, working with colleagues on 6 figure opportunities and drafting and reviewing our communications.

If the above sounds interesting, we're keen to hear from you. Previous experience working in a charity sector isn't essential and we're happy to hear from candidates from various sectors who are keen to work for Mind and make a real difference to the lives of those of us experiencing mental health problems.

Key duties and responsibilities

The post holder will:

1. Coordinate the monthly small trusts mailing programme, refreshing mailing lists and ensuring communications are tailored and compelling.

2. Manage a small caseload of higher value supporters and prospects, ranging across trusts, foundations and individuals, and raise income by initiating and developing meaningful and enduring relationships to support Mind's charitable delivery.

3. With a range of tools, help build a strong and up to date pipeline of appropriate funders for the wider team by identifying and qualifying new prospects.

4. Manage the thanking process for unsolicited gifts and donations, ensuring personalised, timely and sensitive communication with funders.

5. Work closely with Income and Operations, Finance and CRM and Data teams to ensure all donations are processed in a timely and accurate way, have correct income codes, resolve income queries, transfers and discrepancies and ensure that the team receives timely reports in the appropriate format.

6. Input into annual and quarterly phasing of income: setting ambitious financial ask targets for donors and prospects in your caseload, carefully monitoring and reporting on progress of income, assessing risk to the budget to inform current and future financial years, and working to mitigate any loss of income.

7. Where required, help with ad-hoc prospect research and due diligence requests, completing and refreshing research profiles, using external resources and databases.

8. Provide support on stewardship event activities including coordination of guest lists, writing guest profiles, recording invites and activity on the database.

9. Support and coordinate team communications, including writing and reviewing copy for impact reports, newsletters, thank you letters and annual review mailings.

10. Ensure Mind's database has accurate and up to date records which adhere to Data Protection requirements and produce reports as required to help senior officers and managers analyse pipeline movement and income projection.

11. Undertake the accurate recording and maintenance of donor records on the database (Microsoft Dynamics), and other systems, adhering to business rules and protocols, Data Protection and Fundraising Regulations.

12. Stay informed of Philanthropy trends across the sector, actively participating in fundraising networking groups and bringing ideas to inform Mind's philanthropy activity.

13. Develop and maintain relationships with key internal contacts across departments such as External Relations, Mind Cymru and local Minds as appropriate.

14. Undertake any additional duties that may, from time to time, be necessary and compatible with the nature and grade of this post.

Mind's equity statement

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

Please refer to the Job Description while completing your application as candidates will be shortlisted based on how closely they match the criteria in the personal specification.