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Bid Writer
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals with learning disabilities? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where your skills in bid writing and coordination can drive growth and support our mission? If so, we want to hear from you!
As a Bid Writer you'll be an integral part of a national team, playing a key role in writing and coordinating high-quality submissions to support growth targets. This will include:
• Crafting compelling bids that resonate with stakeholders and address their unique needs.
• Building positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders to drive growth.
• Managing multiple tender submissions simultaneously with finesse.
• Acting as a quality control check on tender submissions, ensuring best practices are followed.
• Collaborating with operational colleagues to ensure accuracy and timeliness of bids.
You will be reporting to the Bid Manager, collaborating closely with operational colleagues throughout the bid process. You will be expected to guide colleagues through a comprehensive due diligence process. You will work closely with the Business Development Team, Service Managers, the Operations Team, Finance Team and the Legal Team.
We are looking for someone with:
• Established writing skills to produce tailored responses to bids.
• Strong interpersonal skills to coordinate with operational colleagues effectively.
• The ability to evaluate and filter opportunities in alignment with our strategic plans.
• A solid understanding of social care procurement practices and social value.
You'll require:
• Demonstrable bid writing experience.
• Knowledge of social care procurement practices.
On offer:
• Flexible working conditions.
• Flexible hours and location of work.
If you're ready to make a difference and meet the qualifications outlined above, please apply with an up-to-date CV showcasing your relevant skills and experiences for this position.
Your skills and passion will directly contribute to the mission of supporting individuals with learning disabilities. Apply now and be a part of something meaningful!
Benefits
Why join the team?
• 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays + a variety of benefits including pension and holiday buying options.
• Ongoing training and development opportunities to enhance your skills.
• A supportive and inclusive work environment where your contributions are valued.
Join today and be part of a team that believes in equality, diversity, and inclusion. Together, we can create a brighter future for individuals with learning disabilities and empower them to break down any barriers they may face.
The charity’s vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with learning disabilities. If you're ready to embark on a rewarding career that truly makes a difference, apply now!
About the organisation
The charity works in partnership with people with a learning disability. They do this by providing high quality, flexible services that support people, including young adults, to live as independently as possible in their own homes and in the community.
Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful. The organisation can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist.
You’ll make new friends and feel inspired to reach your potential. They will ask a lot of you - but you’ll get back so much more. It is never ‘just a job’.
In return for your hard work and passion, They can give you real meaning and purpose in your work.
Are you a confident and experienced finance professional with an eye for detail? Do you experience working with rents and Service Charges? Are you on immediately available or on a short notice? If so, please read on...
A prolific charity client of mine is currently on the look out for an experienced and meticulous finance professional to come in and support the team over a 6 month fixed term basis, with the potential to go permanent.
My client is looking for:
- Strong all-round book keeping skills
- Experience of working in a housing association with experience of housing benefits and local authority invoicing rents and service charges
- Used Access Financials
- Have proven experience of sales & purchase ledgers
- Experience of creating manual cash books preparing bank reconciliations etc
- Is happy to muck in across all areas of finance
- Would have experience of payroll or be willing to be involved when necessary
- A team player with the confidence to coach others including upwards but most importantly be able to get on with everyone
This role offers hybrid working and applications are under constant review and the role can close early. To avoid missing out, apply as soon as possible.
In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.
The Role
The Law Society of England and Wales is looking to recruit an experienced Member Engagement Manager to join our Membership Engagement & Services Team. Working in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, the role will be responsible for developing and co-ordinating the delivery of tailored membership services and engagement programmes that deliver increased awareness, take-up and satisfaction with the member offer. The successful candidate will also be responsible for identifying and developing ways to improve members' experiences and needs via our products and services.
What we're looking for
You will have proven experience of researching, analysing and acting on information about market and customer needs and issues to design and improve client / membership services and experiences. You will have substantial experience with producing a range of varied high-quality content and engagement programmes including leading the design and delivery of seminars, webinars, short videos, e-newsletters and other written materials and communications to large groups of clients / members. You will have excellent written and communication skills.
You will have a lot of intellectual curiosity and possess a growth mindset, can do attitude and collaborative approach. You will also have excellent project management and prioritisation skills. Individuals with strategic grasp, attention to detail and commercial understanding will excel in the role.
You will also have exceptional interpersonal and stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, in particular managing groups of stakeholders to deliver against a common goal.
Having an understanding of lawyers and having worked in legal practice is desirable.
What's in it for you
This is an excellent opportunity to work with contemporary thinkers in a progressive membership organisation. The successful candidate will join a strong and collegiate membership engagement team and a brand with a reputation for excellence and legal expertise, committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, and a culture of trust, clarity, excellence and respect.
The role is office-based though we embrace hybrid working. We currently work to a team charter where we work together from the office two days per week or more as needed. There is a generous flexible benefits package, a friendly and supportive working environment and the opportunity to develop your career within a professional organisation.
Please note: if you are an internal applicant, Pay Policy will apply.
The Law Society represents solicitors in England and Wales. From negotiating with and lobbying the profession's regulators, government and other decision makers, to offering training and advice, we're here to help, protect and promote solicitors.
If you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Valeria Mancheva on
What would we like…?
Are you a part-qualified Accountant or studying towards a professional accountancy qualification? We're looking for someone with a firm understanding of accountancy processes and procedures to join the team as Assistant Management Accountant on a 12-month FTC basis.
The Assistant Management Accountant will support and work closely alongside the Management Accountant during the month end process, forecast, budget cycles and other key points during the year. You'll contribute to team-wide projects and systems improvements and help ensure the Finance team are providing accurate and timely reports for the organisation.
It's an exciting time to join Ambition Institute, as we have grown rapidly in recent years, which in turn has increased the volume and complexity of work in the Finance Team. This includes the creation of a new subsidiary which goes live in September 2024.
Please note - this is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will be expected to attend the London office 1 day a week.
We would like you to:
- Support the Head of Finance Business Partnering by assisting with the production and ongoing monthly management accounts using Business Central (Microsoft Dynamics) and Jet Reporting and potentially Power BI
- Meet with stakeholders to review reports and resolve anomalies and identify adjustments
- Assist budget holders and support them in the production of the budget and reforecasts
- Undertake Finance related project work from time to time. For example; process improvements
Working in a hybrid way, you’ll be attached to our London office and will report to the Head of Finance Business Partnering. In line with our current ways of working, you’ll be expected to be in the office at least 1 day a week, in addition to team days and this may be reviewed by Ambition.
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
To succeed in this role you must be a part qualified accountant or studying towards a professional accountancy qualification. You'll have budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis experience with an ability to analyse data sets and produce insightful information. You'll also possess strong communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate financial concepts to non-financial colleagues.
If this has sparked some interest, please review the job description for more details.
What’s in it for you….?
- Competitive annual salary
- Professional development for all staff
- 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays and 'winter shut down’ at the end of December/beginning of January
- Employer pension contribution of 11%
- Agile, hybrid working culture, so you can manage when and where you work
- Staff affinity networks that help keep equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work
- Blind recruitment process to ensure equality and fairness in our hiring
- Enhanced maternity pay after a year’s service
- Shared parental leave package
- Access to free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing and support line
- Comfortable and collaborative workspaces in the city centres of Manchester, Birmingham and London
- Work-from-home technology package to support hybrid working
- Interest free season ticket / bike loans
About you
We don’t expect the person we hire to have all of the following, but this should give you a sense of what would enable you to thrive in this role and in our organisation:
You should apply for this role if:
- You care deeply about educational disadvantage and being part of an organisation that challenges inequality
- You have a good work ethic and strive to make a difference in the job you do
- You always give maximum effort to understand and meet the needs of our partners and participants
- You always have a great attitude so we “can do” for all our colleagues, partners and participants
- You are open to feedback and learning because we want to keep getting better
- You work with your initiative to bring new ideas and a fresh perspective
- You are well organised and can prioritise work that will have the greatest impact
You'll love working at Ambition if…
- You want a career with a person-centred organisation with a cause at its heart.
- You have a collaborative work ethos, bring warmth and good humour to work and constructive outlook to every situation
- You enjoy working in a fast-moving workplace, with a great support structure around you
- You would like to grow with an ambitious organisation as it progresses over time
- Want flexibility in how you work – splitting your time between one of our offices and remote working and managing your own working patterns to get the job done.
How to apply…
Please note that the post holder will be attached to Ambition Institute's London office.
Applications must be submitted via our website. All applications must be received by the closing date 23:59 on 8th August 2024.
Our mission needs the best people for the job, which is why we use sift questions to assess candidates’ genuine knowledge and skills. Sift questions are an opportunity for you to show us how you would do the job you are applying for, so please avoid using AI function tools (i.e. ChatGPT or other generative AI tools). We want to evaluate your response, so those found to use content taken from AI tools will have scores adjusted down.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and the most vulnerable in our society and, as such, we are unable to employ individuals with relevant convictions, including the following: a conviction for an offence involving violence or dishonesty, of a sexual nature or against minors, or for any other offence that is relevant to the nature of the services provided by our organisation.
For any questions or queries please visit our careers page where you'll find some FAQs.
As an employer, we have a responsibility to prevent illegal working in the UK by ensuring that our employees have the right to work in the UK. Therefore, as part of the recruitment process to verify your eligibility you will be required to produce relevant documentation.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
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!
Working within the Engagement & Communications team, you will contribute to the success of fundraising at Cruelty Free International and its affiliated group of companies’. Using your knowledge and expertise, you will work to increase our individual giving income by being responsible for in-house fulfilment and response handling for our direct mail appeals.
This is an exciting new role, contributing to the development and implementation of our new income generation strategy. Reporting to the Fundraising Manager, this role will work closely with colleagues across the organisation including those in PR, marketing, data, and finance to deliver engaging communications to our offline audience.
Working alongside the Fundraising Manager you will use your excellent copywriting and creative skills to develop fundraising appeals for the organisation that inspire our donors to contribute financially to our organisation.
Working closely with our data and administration teams you will maintain effective response handling, ensuring donations are processed in line with best practice guidelines, donors are thanked promptly and supporter records on our CRM are maintained and updated.
Between mass mailings you will work closely with the wider engagement and communications team to deliver outward-bound communications tasks, such as ongoing targeted telephone fundraising campaigns, calling potential and existing supporters to acquire new donors and reactivate lapsed donors. Using your excellent communication skills to increase engagement, income and drive long-term relationships.
You will have excellent time management skills and be an enthusiastic self-starter with a hands-on approach, capable of working independently or as part of a multi-disciplined team. Your fundraising knowledge and experience will help advance animal protection on the international stage.
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!
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, dynamic, and professional fundraiser to join the team at The New School.
As the Head of Fundraising, you will develop and implement innovative fundraising strategies, generating significant income through a variety of channels, including (but not limited to) trusts and foundations, events, corporate partnerships, individual giving, and major donations. We are looking for someone with a strong track record in senior-level charitable fundraising, who can combine strategic planning with excellent execution.
You should bring advanced knowledge of a variety of fundraising channels, compliance expertise, and strong teamworking skills. Experience in the education or youth sectors and relevant qualifications in fundraising are advantageous.
In return, we offer an opportunity for you to play a key role in the exciting scale up journey of an educational social enterprise that can positively change mainstream schooling. This is a broad role, with aspiration to become permanent, with further recruitment to develop and fundraising and philanthropic partnerships team, which you will lead.
We also provide a flexible work environment with options for home and regular engagement with TNS community, as well as part-time opportunities (i.e. 28 hours per week over 4 days, or similar), with school holiday flexibility.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
ABOUT BOND
Bond is the UK network for organisations working in international development. We unite and support a diverse network of over 400 civil society organisations to help eradicate global poverty, inequality and injustice. We strengthen and champion the sector to make international development more efficient and effective. We work to influence governments and policy-makers, develop the skills of people in the sector, share expertise, and build organisational capacity and partnerships.
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB
We are looking for maternity cover for our current Salesforce Adviser.
The role is responsible for the management and development of the Salesforce CRM, which is Bond’s primary source of data and is used for essential business including member administration and engagement, managing contacts, event bookings, feedback forms and lead management. This role is managed by the Membership and Marketing Manager and works across all Bond teams and CEO.
In this role, you will provide hands-on support and technical guidance to end users, ensuring the smooth and effective operation of the system.
Working across the organisation, the postholder is responsible for maintaining and developing Bond’s CRM (Salesforce). This includes improving the overall structure of the system including creating new record types and fields, automations via workflows, taking responsibility for data cleansing processes, developing and adapting pipelines and updating reporting and dashboards to serve the organisation.
The role is pivotal in providing high quality data to support strategic decision-making across the organisation, with a primary focus on data to support member retention and acquisition and build stakeholder engagement. This involves supporting staff members to ensure that all activity with members and stakeholders is logged and held in Salesforce as a single source of truth.
The role works closely with colleagues to maintain the associated Salesforce Community Cloud platform – the place where members communicate with each other through the Bond working groups and customers connect to our events, corporate partners, Bond Supplier Directory and recruitment services.
The post-holder will work with other team members to ensure that Bond’s digital infrastructure is seamlessly integrated with Salesforce, including its finance systems, e-marketing, events and other systems.
KEY TASKS / OBJECTIVES WITHIN THE CONTRACTED PERIOD
- Manage and develop Salesforce over the course of the contract ensuring any changes made are documented in Bond’s Digital HQ
- Ensure Salesforce is enabled so that all Bond’s activities with members and key stakeholders can be accurately logged and reported on – to give us an accurate and true picture of the level of engagement of our members
- Build the data culture in the organisation and upskill staff to use Salesforce efficiently and effectively – including data collection, automated processes and reporting - to ensure cross-organisation use
- Continue the implementation of Bond’s Salesforce Data Cleaning project
- Continue supporting the Certinia Consultant and Finance team with the improvements to the Certinia Finance System.
- Ensure the Salesforce back-up and disaster risk recovery solution is maintained and respond to any data breaches, alerts or notifications
- Set up and rollout new SF Community Cloud updates (eg: the events package)
- Troubleshoot and find solutions to any SF technical issues
- Contribute to the development and implementation of Bond’s digital strategy
- Contribute to relevant Bond/team strategies and plans and the annual planning and budgeting cycle.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Salesforce development, integration and user adoption
- Lead the ongoing strategic and operational development of Salesforce to ensure it continues to meet Bond’s business needs.
- Design and implement new processes where needed, trialling different approaches and suggesting improvements to enhance data capturing for future reporting needs.
- Work collaboratively across teams within Bond to ensure Salesforce meets their needs, including researching and implementing additional add-ons where required.
- Ensure Salesforce is maintained, developed and improved and integrated with other Bond systems as required.
- Troubleshoot issues and provide technical support to ensure they are resolved.
- Be the main point of contact for all Salesforce queries and issues within Bond.
- Provide training, support and advice to enable Bond staff to confidently use Salesforce on a daily basis. This includes setting up and inducting new Bond staff and the development of clear and consistent processes and procedures.
- Create, update and maintain documentation around digital processes and systems.
- Keep abreast of the latest Salesforce developments and use this knowledge to make improvements to Bond’s Salesforce architecture and features.
- Work alongside Digital Projects Adviser to develop and implement Bond’s digital strategy
Data gathering, analysis and reporting
- Implement a standard approach to data capture and reporting to ensure that the information contributes to Bond’s overall perspective on member, customer and stakeholder engagement.
- Implement Bond’s Data Cleansing project, ensuring old data is removed from the system, working with Bond’s Business and Operations manager/Data Protection Officer to ensure that data is held in accordance with Bond’s data protection policy.
- Monitor and maintain Bond’s data back-up and disaster recovery solution and processes
- Set up reports and dashboards to enable staff to monitor, analyse and report on their work and activity and gain insights to inform business and service development.
Member experience and community website
- Maintain, develop and improve Salesforce Community Cloud
- Work alongside the Digital Projects Adviser to test and update custom-built packages where required
- Update and maintain the digital projects tracker, ensuring projects are prioritised as per the business requirements
- Work with external suppliers as required.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential
- Certified Salesforce Administrator Credential OR extensive Salesforce Administrator experience at an international development or third sector organisation.
- Demonstrable experience and proactive approach to improving CRM functionality to meet business need.
- Demonstrable understanding of process automation tools, such as Process Builder and Flows.
- Experience of using Salesforce to create reports and dashboards and extract data in order to develop customer/stakeholder insight.
- Experience of integrating Salesforce add-ons.
- Experience of managing a complex data cleaning project.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, also showing a technical competence when liaising with developers.
- Good organisational skills: ability to oversee multiple projects and prioritise resources where necessary and work on own initiative to deadlines.
- Creative thinker and a problem solving “can do” attitude.
Desirable
- Experience of salesforce community cloud.
- Experience of working in a membership organisation.
- Experience of using content management systems and/or e-commerce systems.
- Experience of using integrated CRM and e-marketing systems (ie, Campaign Monitor for Salesforce).
BENEFITS
Bond offers a competitive salary and benefits package including:
- 27 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays, with additional staff privilege days, normally between Christmas and New Year
- 7% pension contributions (staff pay 3.5%)
- Flexible working hours (Hybrid working – 1 day, minimum in the office per month)
- Staff Development days
- Perk Box access
- Employee Assistance Programme
- WeCare (Health and wellbeing services, including access to 24/7 online GP services, second medical opinion, mental health support such as counselling, guidance from health professionals, burnout prevention, life event counselling, get fit programmes, nutritionist advice, etc. – for staff and immediate family)
- Interest free season ticket loan
HOW TO APPLY
To apply, submit your CV and Cover Letter by midnight on Sunday 18th August 2024.
In the Cover Letter we expect you to set out:
- Why you are interested in this role
- How you meet the role requirements
- Your understanding of equity, diversity, inclusion and why it matters in this role
BOND AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Bond values diversity and works to advance equity and inclusion. All staff have a responsibility to ensure that they are being open, accepting and respectful to all that they come into contact with within their work at Bond, regardless their protected characteristics. Acting in accordance with the AEDI policy, Bond staff must contribute to our inclusive organisational culture ensuring that they are aware of and respond appropriately to micro-aggressions, racism, sexism, LQBTQ+ misconduct and disability equity. Bond Staff must not be bystanders, and must report when they witness any unacceptable behaviour.
In order to assess and ensure the continued effectiveness of Bond’s Equal Opportunities Policy, all applicants are asked to complete a short questionnaire when applying. You are not obliged to answer the questions but the more information you supply the more effectively we can monitor our equal opportunity practices. Completion of all questions is voluntary and failure to answer any question(s) will not affect your application in any way.
The information you supply will be treated in confidence and will not be seen by any member of the selection panel responsible for the appointment. The questionnaire will be detached from your CV and cover letter, stored anonymously and used purely to provide statistics for monitoring purposes.
SUBJECT OF EMPLOYMENT AT BOND
If successful, you must have the right to work for the duration of your contract at Bond. All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references. Bond also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
Be there when it matters
Are you a campaigns expert with a passion for creating positive change looking for your next challenge?
This is an exciting time to join the Sue Ryder Influencing team, reporting to the Senior Influencing Manager and line managing the Campaigns and Public Affairs Officer you will be playing an integral role in shaping and delivering Sue Ryder’s influencing campaigns and public affairs to help create positive change for people experiencing dying and grief.
About You
You will have demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the UK political system and understanding of the issues affecting Sue Ryder’s work. You will have significant experience of campaign work, designed to achieve change, generating engagement and mobilising supporters. You will be skilled at networking proactively and confident in developing and maintaining relationships with internal and external colleagues, comfortable negotiating where different perspectives exist. You will have good knowledge and understanding of PR and social media and how this should be used as part of an integrated approach to influencing.
Key Responsibilities:
- Represent Sue Ryder externally across the UK at meetings, groups and events with key stakeholders to raise the profile of our influencing work and secure positive changes for our communities.
- Work in partnership with the Senior Influencing Manager to develop an annual campaign and public affairs workplan that helps the Influencing team to deliver its strategy and the wider organisation’s vision.
- Work with the Campaigns and Public Affairs Officer to deliver the annual workplan - and to show sound judgement in discharging this function – to enable the Influencing team to progress towards its goals
What we can offer you:
Competitive Benefits Package
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays (pro rata if part-time), - Company pension scheme
- EAP support scheme
- Staff discount with thousands of retailers
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- and lots more. Please visit our careers website for the full list.
Closing date: 12th August
Interview date: 20th and 21st August
Start date: 1st October or following the end of a notice period.
We aim to give all candidates the opportunity to perform at their best during our recruitment process. Please let us know if you require any adjustments at any stage
If you want more than just a job, we want you. Join the team and be there when it matters.
Sue Ryder is here to make sure everyone approaching the end of their life or living with grief can access the support they need. There is no one size fits all when it comes to how we cope and the help we need, but with our support, no one has to face dying or grief alone. We are there when it matters.
There are just under 37,000 blind and partially sighted children and young people in England and Wales. Every day, four more children will be diagnosed with sight loss. RSBC believes that every blind young person should have the chance to live life without limits. By giving young people the essential skills to take control of their life, they can unleash their true potential. Prospectus is excited to be helping with their search for a Strategic Partnerships Manager.
Working alongside the Head of Relationship Fundraising, the High Value Lead and the Community & Events Fundraising Manager this role is responsible for winning new business, developing relationships and providing first-class stewardship and account management across a mixed portfolio of individual, organisational and grant-making relationships. The focus will be on long-term mutually rewarding, strategic and/or commercial partnerships.
An accomplished partnerships manager the successful applicant will have a demonstrable track record of securing funding from corporate and/or philanthropic supporters, working to an annual income target of £300k or above. You will be dynamic and results-focussed, thriving when proactively spotting opportunities and converting them into something concrete. If you are curious, tenacious and passionate about the cause then this exciting role could be for you!
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Rhiannon Mehta at Prospectus.
If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.
In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.
In their search for a new International Finance Manager on a permanent basis Family For Every Child are partnering with Robertson Bell to recruit to this pivotal role.
Family For Every Child is a global alliance of local organisations working on the front line with children and families in need. This exciting opportunity involves reporting directly to the Director of Finance and Corporate Resources and playing a crucial role in supporting the finance function across the charity's UK and New Zealand entities. The organisation seeks a qualified Accountant who is adept at managing diverse financial operations to further the charity's impactful global mission.
In this International Finance Manager role, you will:
- Be fully responsible for managing two finance service providers in the UK and New Zealand entities, ensuring that all invoices are processed and approved in time for fortnightly payment runs handling GBP and other currencies through different systems.
- Conduct quarterly reviews of accounts updated by the finance service provider, identifying variances and hold meetings with budget holders in the programmes team to support quarterly forecasting and maintain an 18-month rolling forecast.
- Ensure all reconciliations are completed by the finance service provider and present quarterly report summaries to the leadership team, and work with the Director of Finance and Corporate Resources to prepare reports for board presentations.
- Ensure annual year-end accounts are produced and reconciled, oversee the external audit process, and address any outstanding questions and lead the annual budgeting process with budget holders and review financial policies periodically to ensure compliance and relevance.
- Utilise your experience working within charities with complex funding streams by leading in the production of donor reporting and work with the finance service provider to establish standardised donor reporting processes.
Boasting a completely remote working pattern, the successful candidate will enjoy the flexibility to work from their home anywhere within the UK. In addition to this, they will benefit from an excellent employee benefit package, which includes a generous annual leave allowance, professional development opportunities, matched pension contributions, family-friendly policies, and other benefits to ensure you have the resources and support to thrive both personally and professionally.
The successful candidate will:
- Have extensive experience overseeing a finance function within a medium sized charity, including the production of management accounts, leading at year-end, and overseeing the transactional operations.
- Ideally, hold some accounting qualifications such as a degree or Masters in Accounting or Finance, CCAB affiliated qualification, AAT or equivalent.
- Preferably, have experience working in an international charity and have gained exposure to multiple currencies, and collaborating with international stakeholders.
- Have a thorough understanding of SORP and a background producing financial reports within the not-for-profit sector.
- Be a confident communicator and have the ability to work independently on a remote basis.
Are you looking for an opportunity where you can make a positive impact in people's lives?
As a Donor Engagement Executive, you will play a vital role in raising essential voluntary income to support their charities work. You will manage and cultivate relationships with mid-level donors, ensuring they receive exemplary donor care. Your work will help generate awareness of their work and contribute to a team target of £2.5 million annually.
Job Title: Donor Engagement Executive
Salary: £36,000 to £37,000
Location: London
Working Pattern: Hybrid
Flexibility: Mix of remote and on-site work
As the Donor Engagement Executive, you will:
- Manage Mid-Level Donors: Look after their mid-level donors (up to £5K annually) from identification through to stewardship, ensuring exemplary donor care.
- Develop Fundraising Strategies: Create and implement plans to grow mid-level giving, working closely with other fundraising colleagues.
- Donor Communications: Write compelling donor communications and manage engagement activities to foster retention and uplift.
- Collaborate Across Teams: Work alongside the wider Hospice team, meeting patients and carers, hosting donor visits, and gathering material for fundraising updates.
- Support Team Initiatives: Contribute to shared team initiatives.
About You:
- Donor Engagement Expertise: Proven experience in cultivating and securing mid-level donations.
- Strong Communication Skills: Ability to create compelling fundraising copy and engage authentically with diverse stakeholders.
- CRM Proficiency: Skilled in using Salesforce or similar systems for tracking and managing donor relationships.
- Strategic Planning: Experience in developing and implementing solicitation plans to drive fundraising success.
If you're passionate about making a real difference and eager to take on a rewarding role in a supportive environment, apply today.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
Prospectus is delighted to be supporting the Royal Society for Blind Children in their search for a High Value Relationship Executive.
The Royal Society for Blind Children offers a range of services including emotional and practical support. They provide life-changing opportunities for children and young people to build confidence and skills through both education and activities. They believe fully, that no child should feel alone or left behind in this world.
This role sits within a friendly, collaborative and wellness-orientated organisation, a and a wider fundraising team. The successful candidate will be responsible for winning new business, developing relationships and providing first-class stewardship and account management across a mixed high-value portfolio of grant-makers, funders and donors.
Working alongside the Head of Relationship Fundraising, the High Value Lead and the Community & Events Fundraising Manager, you will form part of a core team that is on a mission to take RSBC’s relationship fundraising to the next level. You will provide first-class customer service, ensuring RSBC high-value supporters feel connected, recognised and valued; producing high-quality bespoke reports and updates to effectively demonstrate the impact of their funding.
The salary for this full-time role is £35k per annum. You will be hybrid working from their London offices approximately 3 days a week.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply. If you have any disability and would like assistance with completing an application, then please contact Flora Cunningham at Prospectus.
If you are interested in applying to this position, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You’ll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are really looking forward to connecting with you soon.
Actively Interviewing
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ACT is an established charity paying grants to actors to bring stability and opportunity to their children.
None of ACT’s main fund is endowed so the Trustees must ensure new income to maintain reasonable reserves. In recent years ACT has received fewer legacies and donations from individuals, but we have been able to draw down from capital to supplement income. However, with the current low growth in investments, ACT must now diversity our income streams to support existing services.
Fundraising brief
We believe grant-making Trusts and Foundations are a significant source of potential income. The Trustees are seeking an experienced freelance trust fundraiser to raise an initial minimum target of £70,000 to support our ongoing children’s activity grants and projects.
· Fee: £350 - £450 per day (dependent on experience)
· Timescale for work: Sept 2024 - 31st March 2025
· 50 - 60 days work
The freelance fundraiser will identify parcels of work and potential funders. You will write bids and lead on the process, acting on the charity’s behalf as the main point of contact. You will report to Jane Foy, an ACT Trustee who is herself a professional fundraiser. Data will be provided by ACT’s head of family support and executive director.
ACT’s supports a niche group of beneficiaries. Our work is not project-based but may be parcelled into clusters of specific impact. This role is therefore likely to appeal to a fundraiser with experience in making a compelling case for a charity that is harder to fund.
Who we are looking for
A self-motivated and an effective freelance fundraiser with a strong track record of securing grant funding for a national organisation. Well-developed relationships with grant makers and knowledge of specialist funds. Excellent research and writing skills with ability to develop outcomes in line with funder’s expectations.
Deliverables
Delivering a case for support, for different areas of ACT’s work (see below).
A range of applications made on behalf of ACT between September 2024 and March 2025 to generate minimum £70,000.
Daily agreed rate will be inclusive of all expenses. There is option for a desk space at our office in Bloomsbury or flexible work from home.
To apply
We welcome informal discussion and CVs initially. Jane Foy has the board’s authority to commission a freelancer immediately.
About ACT
ACT was founded in 1896 as the Actors’ Orphanage Fund.
Presidents have included: Sir Henry Irving, Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir Noel Coward & Lord Attenborough.
In the year to 31 March 2024:
ACT funded 377 children, from 244 actors’ families.
Grants totalled just under £400,000 including (rounded figures):
£150,000 for clubs and activities
£110,000 for childcare
£50,000 for laptops, school trips, uniforms, lunches, transport
£30,000 specifically funding SEND additional needs support
£25,000 to enable PIPA to give parents access to theatre work
£10,000 towards new babies’ costs and kit
£10,000 for sixth-formers
£6,000 start-up grants for university students
£5,000 for children’s clothes, bedding and furniture
Families were in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Please note, due to the nature of the service, it is an occupational requirement that the post holder is female and the post is therefore exempt from the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 in terms of Schedule 9, Part 1, and Paragraph 1 of the Act.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We're hiring a specialist women’s refuge, Service Manager. Someone who really cares about the rights of women and their children to join our new service in West London. This role is an opportunity for a leader to support and manage a refuge accommodation for women and children surviving domestic abuse many of whom are living with trauma .
The service provides a much needed safe space and support for women to feel empowered in their healing journey and to feel secure in their independence, strength and skill. The successful candidate will support in leading the service which spans over 3 buildings and will develop their team which consists of support mentors and children and family workers. We are seeking a passionate, driven and motivated colleague to lead this service in a trauma informed and inclusive way.
You will the have overall responsibility of your service and team, aiming to deliver a high quality, trauma informed service to your residents. Your role is to ensure full contract and regulatory compliance whilst being a role model/leader for your team to achieve KPI's and other requirements as per the service needs.
Shift/Working pattern: 37.5 hours a week in service Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, you may also be required to work outside these hours as per the service requirements and needs. You will also take part in our on call service.
Benefits, including Non-Contractual Perks
- 25 days annual leave, increasing with the length of service
- Training and Development, including access to courses, upskilling, and progression plans
- Medicash includes discount gym memberships, routine optometry care, dental treatments, and physiotherapy treatments
- Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling
- Reflective Practice regular sessions with a therapist provided by an external provider to support Mental Health and Wellbeing.
- Life Assurance Scheme
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Annual Staff Awards
- Be part of a person-centred organisation!
ABOUT YOU
The successful applicant will have keen knowledge of the needs of women experiencing domestic abuse and will have strong leadership and team development skills.
We are an organisation which embraces differences and encourage our staff to bring their professional but authentic selves to work! We're looking for someone who is driven to provide high quality, effective, and person centred support to staff, colleagues, residents and participants, someone who thrives working in a team but can also work independently using their own initiative! You need to be confident in leading a motivating a team, being able to be proactive and adaptable and maintain a high morale within the service. We look for compassionate, supportive and empowering leaders who are comfortable working in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment! If this sounds like you, take a look at our full JDPS and apply now!
OVERVIEW OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Line Management and Leadership
- Provide high quality support, leadership and line management to staff, offer guidance, support, and advice to the team and support them to perform to the best of their abilities.
- Provide leadership and management throughout the full employee lifecycle.
- Hold regular one to ones and team meetings to support effective teamwork and communication. Facilitate a culture where constructive challenge is welcomed.
- Proactively embed a culture of learning, development, reflection, and evaluation in a psychologically informed environment.
Service Delivery
- Manage the overall day-to-day operational delivery of your service, working directly with your team, colleagues, residents and participants, as well as other stakeholders to provide a high-quality, holistic service which meets the needs of our residents.
- Ensure service responsibilities and requirements are carried out effectively. This includes but is not limited to; welfare checks, risk assessments, support sessions, safeguarding checks, training and development, and other responsibilities required for effective service delivery.
- Support the team to carry out their day to day duties and responsibilities, offer guidance and support as necessary.
- Work proactively to ensure the service and team meet and exceed Key Performance Indicators, and work in line with professional codes of conduct.
- Empower residents and participants to make decisions to take control over their lives, by creating an enabling environment.
- Be part of the operational on-call Rota for providing out-of-hours support across the operations directorate.
Risk Management
- Follow relevant risk assessment and management procedures, share relevant information with others as necessary.
- Ensure all case recording and information is accurately recorded in a timely manner, ensuring confidentiality and GDPR.
- Champion, and act as a point of reference for safeguarding concerns within the service(s). Ensure all staff attend relevant safeguarding and training and use knowledge to coach and advise the team.
Property and Housing Management
- Ensure the accommodation in which residents live is clean and maintained to a high standard
- Ensure all repairs and maintenance issues are correctly reported and managed through to completion.
- Ensure a provision of high quality housing management service is provided to residents.
Financial Management
- Manage the service budget and review monthly management accounts: Set budgets and ensure resources are maximised.
- Promote effective cost control mechanisms and other financial activities.
- Maintain financial management within the service.
Other
- Some of what else is included: Contract management and Internal auditing, admin, and general other duties as required.
Other responsibilities than those described above may be required to be undertaken from time to time and will be expected to be performed to as long as it is within the capability and level of the position. Please refer to the JDPS attached for more information.
KEY CRITERIA
What we are looking for:
- It is an occupational requirement that the post holder is female
- Knowledge of the needs of women experiencing domestic abuse and will have strong leadership and team development skills.
- Understanding and/or experience of working with people of complex backgrounds, ex-offenders, mental health, substance misuse, challenging behaviours
- Experience of working with and engaging with diverse groups of people from varying backgrounds
- Previous experience in people management and development
- IT Proficiency, including Microsoft Office, and the ability to navigate and learn new case management systems and other types of organisational software.
- Ability to promote the service and provide outreach-based provision, with an ability to liaise and work effectively in partnership with stakeholders
- Understanding of Housing Management, including voids and evictions
What we would like, but not essential:
- Understanding, knowledge, and/or practical application of key legislation – Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Mental Health, Criminal Justice, Social Care, and Housing, and Health, Safety and Environment
Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.
WORKING FOR US
ABOUT US
Social Interest Group (SIG) believes good care and support improve lives. Our values of ambition, empowerment, transparency, and inclusivity drive everything we do. Our mission is to empower people who are marginalised by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement and resettlement.
SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings (including people's own homes), probation settings, and hospitals awaiting discharge. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, and Kent. We believe in the power of well-planned, well-managed services to make a difference. We work with high standards and external and internal regulatory frameworks.
Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: Theory of Change
Further details can be found on our website here: Theory of Change - Social Interest Group - Social Interest Group.
Our Values
Ambition – Eager to succeed and to accomplish as much as possible for our people
Empowerment – Giving staff and the people we support the tools, training, and information they need to achieve their potential
Transparency – Upfront and visible about our actions and open to scrutiny from stakeholders, service users, and staff
Inclusivity – Listening to, understanding, and including all our stakeholders to ensure we make a difference and get things right
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be taken into consideration at the early stages.
Additional information on our company policies including Gender Pay, Equality and Diversity, Company Benefits and our Candidate Privacy Policy can be found on our website.
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Prospectus is delighted to be supporting the Royal Society for Blind Children in their search for a High Value Relationship Manager.
The Royal Society for Blind Children offers a range of services including emotional and practical support. They provide life-changing opportunities for children and young people to build confidence and skills through both education and activities. They believe fully, that no child should feel alone or left behind in this world.
This role sits within a friendly, collaborative and wellness-orientated organisation, a and a wider fundraising team. The successful candidate will be responsible for winning new business, developing relationships and providing first-class stewardship and account management across a mixed high-value portfolio of grant-makers, funders and donors, focused on large and long-term relationships.
Working alongside the Head of Relationship Fundraising, the High Value Lead and the Community & Events Fundraising Manager, you will form part of a core team that is on a mission to take RSBC’s relationship fundraising to the next level. You will support on testing new approaches for new business and creating plans and reports for successful relationship management.
The salary for this full-time role is £40k per annum. You will be hybrid working from their London offices approximately 3 days a week.
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