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Marketing Officer - Supporter Engagement

Contract: Permanent, Full time, 35 hours per week

Salary: £33,233 - £34,894 with excellent benefits

Location: London, UK
Hybrid Working: A minimum of 40% of working time is spent face to face, either in London office, or as a result of external engagement or travel for WaterAid. WaterAid is located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base.

About WaterAid:
Do you want to use your skills in fundraising and marketing to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere?

Join WaterAid as a Marketing Officer to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good.
We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, you will be encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference.

About the Team:
The WaterAid Supporter Engagement team sits within the Mass Engagement department and is responsible for creating the best supporter experience, one that people genuinely love and feel part of. We increase the engagement and the £35 million income of 700,000+ individual supporters, through an audience-led, multi-channel communication programme.

About the Role:
As our collaborative and results-driven Marketing Officer, you will play a key role in driving supporter engagement and donations through stunning, personal, story-led communications. Your goal is to increase supporter engagement, so that the people we communicate with genuinely feel connected to the purpose of ending the water crisis.
In this role, you will oversee end-to-end management of fundraising appeals and stewardship programs across various channels, including direct mail, email, webpages, and telemarketing.

We are seeking passionate, creative, and dedicated individuals who thrive on bringing ideas to life and making a tangible impact. In return, you'll have the opportunity to develop strong campaign management skills and contribute to our mission, all while being supported to excel in a collaborative environment. Together, we will drive meaningful change.

You'll also:

• Develop and manage multi-channel campaigns to deepen supporter connections and increase their involvement with the organization's mission.
• Support the crafting of our supporter appeal activities, ensuring excellent cross-collaboration and integrated activity plans that support our financial goals
• Lead projects from inception to completion, handling queries, managing timelines, and resolving issues to ensure smooth and effective campaign execution.

About You:
You'll have a successful track record of working in a fundraising or marketing role/team, with experience of planning, managing and executing multi-faceted supporter or customer campaigns within agreed timescales/budgets.

• Project management experience, including supporting and delivering multi-channel marking communications or fundraising campaigns.
• The ability to work flexibly and independently, to manage varying competing priorities and meet strict deadlines with often changing priorities.
• Excel in cross-collaboration and stakeholder management, effectively working with diverse teams across time zones and cultural contexts to influence and achieve shared goals
• To be an agile thinker with the ability to self-manage, innovate for continuous improvement, and respond creatively to emerging trends and technology.
• A passion to develop and deliver supporter focused communications, that surprise and delight

To be successful, you'll need:

• Project management skills, ideally within a direct marketing, fundraising, or supporter engagement role
• Strong analytical skills and able to understand, analyse and interpret results to optimise future campaigns
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience of building relationships with team members and other stakeholders

Although not essential, we also prefer you to have:

• Experience of innovation and new product development
• Ability to make judgements and recognise when required decisions are outside of responsibility.
• 'Hands-on' experience of using a CRM system for fundraising or similar system.

Closing date: Applications will close at 23:59 on 9th September 2024. Shortlisting and interviews will take place on a rolling basis and the application process will close if a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date.

How to Apply: To see the full job pack, please click 'Apply'. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter in one document in either Word Document or PDF format.

Pre-employment screening: In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK. All our vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy.

Our Benefits:

• 36 days' holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)
• Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
• We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Wide range of flexible and agile-working arrangement
• Season Ticket Loan
• Free annual eye tests
• Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
• Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave
• Sabbaticals
• Volunteer Day

Our Commitment:

Our People Promise:
We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere. WaterAid is a place of purpose - where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to put the wellbeing of our people first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.

Equal opportunities:
We are an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or social situation.

Safeguarding:
We are also committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. As a safeguarding measure, WaterAid carries out background checks on all potential employees. This is done following the conclusion of recruitment and prior to assuming full employment.

About us

World Jewish Relief provides life-saving and life-changing action to people in crisis around the world. We work with our trusted local partners to help people survive the consequences of conflict and disaster, to thrive and rebuild their lives. We deliver programmes using our expertise, with urgency to achieve maximum and sustainable impact for those within and beyond our community.

About you

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, and organised Trust Fundraiser with outstanding written communication skills to join our friendly, hard-working, and ambitious Major Giving Team.

You will be responsible for:

• Managing relationships, reporting, and application cycles for Trusts and Foundations
• Leading on our prospect research programme to identify new funding sources
• Working closely with colleagues in the programme team to identify projects suitable for prospective funders.
• Using our database of potential donors, write quality and compelling proposals to attract new and significant sources of funding.
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date records, meeting notes and project restrictions on World Jewish Relief’s database (Raiser’s Edge).

You should have:

• Proven track record of fundraising within a trusts, statutory, or a grants role, or other relationship management/business development positions
• Experience of researching and developing proposals for funders, clients, or other stakeholders
• Experience of building both narrative and financial reports for funders, clients, or other stakeholders
• Highly developed writing skills – the ability to write compelling and accessible proposals, reports and appeals

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits including:

• 23 days holiday plus bank holidays and Jewish holidays. After 2 years’ service holiday entitlement increases to 25 days.
• Pension scheme – we contribute 5% to the World Jewish Relief pension scheme.
• Life Insurance – up to 3 times salary to nominated beneficiaries.
• Health Cash Plan – cash back to cover the costs of dental treatment, optical care, specialist consultations and a range of complementary therapies.
• Enhanced maternity & paternity pay.
• Employee Assistance Programme – free, confidential advice or support with any personal or work. related concerns or free counselling if needed.
• Season ticket / travel to work loan.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• On Friday the office closes at 3pm.
• We encourage flexible working and offer a range of flexible working options

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

World Jewish Relief promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We invite and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. We encourage applications from candidates of different ethnicities, socio-economic backgrounds, race, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation and of faith or none that meet the criteria set out for this role. You don’t need to be Jewish to work for us, but you must share our desire to assist those who need help based on their vulnerability, not their identity, recognising the dignity and potential of all people.

To apply

As part of your application, we ask you to demonstrate your suitability for the role by answering the following questions in your cover letter:

• Why does this role appeal to you?
• Referring to the Job Specification, what skills do you have that will enable you to excel in this role?

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB) is looking for an enthusiastic, creative, and organised communications all-rounder to support our communication and engagement activities and assist in our mission to ‘Make Ethics Matter’.

The role

The Communications and Engagement Officer role combines work on events, stakeholder management, public affairs and communications, all seeking to build audience engagement and increase the profile and influence of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.

The is a vital role within our Executive team, working across our priority areas and workstreams, with range of stakeholders, and utilising a variety of channels including in person and online events, website, email, social media and traditional media.

The Communications and Engagement Officer reports to the Senior Communications Manager and works closely with them across all communications functions. This post will have responsibility for updating our website, running our social media channels, producing internal and external newsletters and championing and maintaining our new brand identity, which is being introduced from November 2024. The post holder will also help to deliver our media relations and policy influencing activities, playing an active role in delivering media campaigns and in supporting our Parliamentary and Government engagement.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop their skills across the full range of communications and engagement, working on projects and campaigns in the high-profile area of bioethics, and supporting our ambitious policy-influencing agenda. 

About you 

We are looking for someone with experience across the communications and engagement mix, including in events and internal communications, stakeholder management and digital and social media content creation. Our work focuses on research and policy in health and life sciences, and while you don’t need to be an expert in those areas, you should have an enthusiasm to develop knowledge of them and the ability to quickly get to grips with the landscape in which the Nuffield Council operates, our strategy and our target audiences. 

You will enjoy working in a team environment and will have excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will be confident working with a range of stakeholders, ranging from subject specialists and academics to policy makers, journalists and members of the public. We are seeking someone who can think creatively about communicating complex and technical research and can work independently on a range of projects. You will be highly organised, with good project management skills and the ability to prioritise and work across several projects at once. 

We are looking for someone with a creative mind, strong news sense and ability to tailor communications to the appropriate audience. You will be able to turn your hand to writing newsletter copy, consultation responses, stakeholder emails and event materials / briefings to a high standard. You will be able to distil key messages from our outputs and use them to create content for a range of communication channels and audiences. 

Ideally, you will have some experience of managing both online and face-to-face events. You will be confident working with audio visual equipment and systems and have experience of using data for analysis, reporting and evaluation. 

Stakeholder engagement is a big part of the role, so you will need some knowledge and experience of using databases/CRM systems to manage and report on stakeholder communications.

For further information about the role (including the full job description), please click through to the listing on our website.

About us 

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB) is a leading independent policy and research centre, and the foremost bioethics body in the UK. We are on a mission to embed ethics in decisions regarding biomedicine and heath so that we all benefit. 

For over thirty years we have tackled some of the most complex and controversial bioethical issues facing society. We are funded jointly by the Nuffield Foundation, Wellcome and the Medical Research Council.

We aim to inform policy and public debate through timely consideration of the ethical questions raised by biological and medical research so that the benefits to society are realised in a way that is consistent with public values. Our work has led to shifts in public understanding and policy change on topics ranging from assisted reproduction and genome editing to managing the disagreements that arise in the care of critically ill children. 

Central to our reputation and standing is our independence – we do not represent any  particular group or view and we select our own topics, methodologies and outputs. 

We select topics to examine through our horizon scanning programme and use a variety of approaches to identify, consider and resolve the ethical issues they raise. Our approach is multidisciplinary and deliberative. We draw on a wide range of expertise and experience and use the best available evidence.

We collaborate where our expertise complements those of other organisations (e.g. see our current collaboration on Genomics and AI Futures with the Ada Lovelace Institute). 

We engage with a wide range of different voices and views and are committed to increasing the diversity of the people we work with. As part of the Nuffield Foundation, we are a small team with the practical support of an established organisation that cares for its employees. 

Further information and how to apply 

The closing date for applications is 09:30am (BST) on Monday 9th September 2024, with interviews scheduled to take place on Tuesday 24th September 2024.

We are committed to inclusive working practices and during the application process we commit to:

• As a Disability Confident employer, we will offer a guaranteed first stage interview for disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role.

• making any reasonable adjustments – for example providing documents in different formats, arranging for a sign language interpreter for interviews etc

• paying for travel costs (and any childcare or care costs) for interviews where in-person attendance is required

Our benefits package includes:

• Consideration of requests for part time and/or flexible working (eg compressed hours arrangements, job sharing etc)

• 28 days holiday per annum and all public holidays (with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days).

• A salary exchange pension scheme that offers employer contributions of up to 11%.

• Life assurance scheme.

• Family leave policies that provide an enhanced level of pay.

• Cycle to work scheme and loans towards season tickets.

• Frequent opportunities for learning and development (including options for coaching and mentoring, and reading weeks) 

• Support with your physical, mental and financial wellbeing including an employee assistance provider, a private GP service, personal health reviews with Bupa, a will and funeral planning service and a staff network of trained Mental Health First Aiders. 

• Staff peer groups and social networks.

Role Summary

ProVeg International works to normalise and advance the protein transition and adoption of plant-rich diets through influencing the food industry, with the end goal of transforming the food selection in supermarkets and on menus to be more in line with healthy, sustainable diets.

Working closely with the Director of Partnerships and Institutional Engagement, you will build a strategy to encourage pre-competitive collaboration between food companies to drive forward progress on the protein transition. You will be responsible for cultivating relationships with UK food companies (particularly retailers and foodservice providers), positioning ProVeg as a trusted partner, strategy adviser and solutions provider on healthy, sustainable diets and protein diversification. You will also own and maintain our International Corporate Engagement toolkit, and provide corporate engagement support to the ProVeg network as needed (e.g., planning and running events and webinars).

With a thorough understanding of how food businesses operate, and a demonstrable background in effecting change within the food industry, you’ll be an experienced relationship builder, a driven and enthusiastic self-starter, and an excellent project manager.

Job Details

Job title: Senior Corporate Engagement Manager
Reporting to: Director of Partnerships and Institutional Engagement
Direct reports: None
Location: Remote (home-based), UK
Hours: 32 - 40 hours per week
Salary: Depending on experience, between £43-46,000 (based on 40 hour/week)

 

Responsibilities

• Lead international corporate engagement, with a particular focus on retail and foodservice providers.
• Work closely with the Director of Partnerships and Institutional Engagement, develop a creative 3-year international corporate engagement strategy and draft annual and quarterly objectives and key results.
• Plan and run corporate engagements events (e.g., roundtables, webinars) in collaboration with internal departments and external partners.
• Develop and maintain relationships with UK food companies.
• Identify where ProVeg can add value to existing coalitions and programmes focused on the protein transition.
• Represent ProVeg International at B2B events focused on healthy, sustainable diets, food systems transformation, and protein transition.
• Manage communications with corporate partners and stakeholders, working closely with the B2B comms lead.
• Contribute to bids for funding (corporate, institutional) led by the International and UK Development teams.
• Work closely with the research team, contribute to insight generation (surveys, reports, etc.) for corporate engagement activities.
• Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning and Research team to develop tools and assessments to monitor the UK and international protein transition progress against objectives.
• Keep an eye on relevant food policy and regulations, together with the UK and EU Policy Managers, and incorporate advice and actions into the Corporate Engagement strategy.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working in or with the food industry.
• A track record of working to bring about change within food businesses.
• Experience organising and facilitating engaging and impactful online and in-person events for food companies.
• Excellent project management and organisational skills with the ability to lead and work collaboratively.
• Significant experience in developing and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
• Strategic and impact-driven.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including effective listening, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including confident demeanour and experience in engaging with a diverse range of food industry stakeholders. 
• Willingness to travel nationally, and within Europe where required (estimated once every 1-2 months).
• Passion for and commitment to ProVeg's mission.

Preferred:

• Existing network within the UK food industry.
• Previous experience of facilitating pre-competitive collaboration between food companies.
• Direct experience of advising companies on sustainability and/or nutrition, and knowledge and understanding of the plant-based food sector.

Benefits of working with us

• A strong organisational focus on personal development, with a designated training budget.
• Provision of a work laptop.
• Flexible, trust-based working arrangements and home-office arrangements.
• Career development support.
• Mindfulness programme - free Headspace account.
• We are a workplace that encourages everyone to bring their whole selves to work. We are an inclusive workplace for our diverse employees around the world.
• And, last but not least, become part of a great team and work with us towards a world where everyone chooses delicious and healthy food that is good for all humans, animals, and our planet!

Abortion Support Network is a largely volunteer-run charity that helps people living in European countries with bad abortion laws and provision access safe abortions in clinics abroad. ASN provides practical information, support, funding, travel and accommodation.

We are looking to recruit a new Managing Director to lead the team. ASN began as a group of activists and a mobile phone, and spent its early years running on passion. While remaining true to it’s radical roots, ASN are navigating the realities of building a sustainable organisation which offers the best possible experience for our clients, staff, volunteers and supporters. To do this, we need a strategic thinker who has experience leading a team and works pragmatically to get things done. 

Reporting to the Board of Trustees, you will have complete oversight of ASN, from service delivery to IT system procurement. We don’t expect anyone to be an expert on every part of ASN’s work, but we’re looking for someone with robust relevant experience who is willing to learn from our incredible team. 

Please see the Hiring pack for a detailed list of experience and values that we are looking for in our new Managing Director.

Abortion Support Network is committed to building a workplace that is feminist, anti-racist and inclusive of LGBTQ+ people, disabled people, and those who have experienced other forms of exclusion or marginalisation. We are looking for a Managing Director who can be a part of this work. We are keen to work with candidates to make our recruitment process as accessible and comfortable as possible.

Closing Date: 9th September, 9am

*We are aware that parts of our interviewing period coincide with Rosh Hashanah. If you need an alternative interview date for this reason, please let us know at the point of shortlisting and we will be happy to accommodate.

Goodman Masson are proud to be partnering with one of our partners who are a Nationally renowned and critically acclaimed Educational Institution based in London and we are looking for a Talent & Acquisition Manager. In this role you will be operationally supporting the Recruitment Business Partner and line managing 2 T&A Advisors (who will then have 2 T&A officers below them) and working in a dynamic T&A Team. This will be a project based role, paying a day rate ranging between £275-£375 (depending on experience).

The primary responsibilities of this role will be:

• Provide strategy advice to help me reshape the team/ review roles, potentially restructure, and refocus our priorities
• Work with the team to ensure they work at the right standards of performance and efficiency
• Be the point of reference for complex queries on recruitment campaigns in my absence
• Support Recruitment Business Partner with policy review to align our standard process with their wider strategy
• Support Recruitment Business Partner with projects when required( ATS, Competency framework implementation)
• Attendance to the office 2-3 days a week initially

The successful candidate will have the following experience:

• Previous Recruitment experience of roles in data science and machine learning (tech knowledge)
• Strong team management experience
• Experience managing change
• Performance driven able to shift team culture and way of working from passive to proactive
• Data driven approach
• Experienced in a range of recruitment methodologies, including assessment centres, and psychometric testing
• Has worked in previous roles where they had to improve diversity through recruitment
• Previous experience supporting implementing a Resourcing Strategy
• HR general expertise (expertise in restructure and performance management)

This role will require attendance of 2/3 days in the London office per week. Those with experience in the Education/Non-profit Sector and working in a high performing culture are highly desirable.

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.

Finance Officer (Hybrid / London based)

The Lord’s Taverners exist to positively impact the lives of young people facing the challenges of inequality. We work to provide inclusive and impactful cricket programmes, empowering young people with disabilities and from disadvantaged communities to develop the knowledge, skills, capabilities and confidence required to overcome the challenges of inequality, raise their aspirations and reach their potential. 

Lord's Taverners are an evolving and transforming Charity with a heritage of 75 years, with an ambition to impact the lives of more young people than ever before. 

This role will support the management of safe, effective, efficient and impactful delivery and growth of programmes empowering of young people through cricket. 

We are a hugely friendly organisation which supports employees to be their best. Therefore, in return we offer:

• 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
• Five additional holiday days between Christmas and New Year
• Two volunteering days
• Pension contribution of 6%
• Group income protection (long-term incapacity pay)
• Eye tests
• Employee Assistance Programme (Health Assured)
• Birthday day off
• Season ticket loan
• Flexible working
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave pay
• Life assurance (death in service)
• Wellbeing plan

Please see job description for more details on required skills and accountabilities.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 8 Sept (midnight)

Note: We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Location: Shelter provides flexibility to allow home-based, Shelter Office-based or a combination of the two although regular travel throughout England and Scotland is expected

Contract type: Permanent

Salary: £77,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits

Hours: 37.5hrs per week

Leave: 30 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays

Closing Date: Sunday 8th September at 11:30pm

About Shelter

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the Team

The Retail team at Shelter plays a vital role in supporting our mission and are based throughout England and Scotland.

With a network of charity shops and online retail channel, we generate income to fund our essential services and campaigns.

Our team is dynamic, passionate, and committed to making a difference in the lives of those affected by homelessness and bad housing.

From our driven shop managers to our incredible volunteers, we work collaboratively to create welcoming spaces where customers can shop with purpose, knowing that every purchase supports our cause.

About You

We are seeking a dynamic and strategic leader to join us as Assistant Director of Retail. In this senior-level position, you will be at the forefront of driving positive change through our retail operations. Your role will be multifaceted, encompassing strategic planning, team leadership, and revenue generation.

As Assistant Director of Retail, you will lead a geographically dispersed team, fostering their personal development and ensuring alignment with our organisational culture and values.

Collaboration is key, as you'll work closely with colleagues across the income generation team and Shelter senior leadership to execute our strategy effectively.

Your role will involve devising innovative solutions for retail, implementing a robust marketing strategy, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. You will have the opportunity to shape the future of Shelter's retail operations, from expanding our online presence to identifying new opportunities for revenue growth. With your strong commercial acumen and strategic mindset, you will strategically manage shop operations to drive profitability and support our mission.

How to Apply

Please ensure you read the application pack in full before applying. 

Please click ‘Apply for Job’ below. You are required to submit a CV and a supporting statement. The supporting statement should include your responses to the SIX points in the ‘About You’ section of the job description attached to this advert. Please provide specific examples following the STAR format and ensure you demonstrate how you meet the Shelter behaviours outlined in the job description. Please ensure that the supporting statement is no more than 2 A4 pages in length.

Please note applications without a supporting statement will not be considered.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Please note that Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Job title: Director of Development

Contract type: Permanent

Salary: Grade 8: £66,679 - £88,977. Appointments for this role will generally be made at £80,000 per annum

Working arrangements: Full time, 35 hours a week. Standard working hours between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. Hybrid working, with a minimum of 6 days per month in the office. This role requires travel within the UK and internationally and attendance at evening and weekend events.

An exciting opportunity to lead a high-performing fundraising team and help shape our new fundraising campaign to improve patient care and reduce ill health across communities.

As Director of Development, you’ll lead our efforts to bring major donors, trusts/foundations and corporate partners into long term relationships of trust with the Royal College of Physicians. Your core responsibility will be to encourage and motivate the fundraising team, including line management of the Deputy Director for Corporate Partnerships and the Head of Philanthropy. You’ll also cultivate your own individual portfolio of international donors and find opportunities to engage face-to-face with prospective supporters at the major and principal gift level.

You’ll be trusted to work autonomously to develop and implement our fundraising strategy and work with our development board on planning for a new fundraising campaign, following the successful close of our £10 million Giving Health campaign. You will help achieve our strategic aim to increase our income from major gift fundraising and, depending on results, you’ll also have the opportunity to grow the size of the fundraising function.

You’ll report to and work closely with the CEO, Chief of Staff, and have the full support and involvement of the President, College Officers and Trustees.

Purpose and scope

Key responsibilities

• Shape the overall strategic goals of a new multi-year fundraising campaign and ensure that we deliver our ambitious income generation targets on an annual basis
• Work closely with the president, trustees, chief executive officer and other senior colleagues and volunteers to develop and implement the RCP's fundraising strategy
• Enhance our fundraising profile to highlight the contributions of donors and the impact of funded projects at all levels
• Refresh our fundraising comms strategy and produce high quality, in-depth digital and hardcopy materials
• Plan an annual programme of engagement between the President/CEO and international major gift prospects, including from the 20% of our membership based outside of the UK
• Facilitate the work of development committee members in advising on strategy, monitoring progress towards agreed targets, introducing new prospects, and helping with cultivation
• Support the development of fundraising skills among colleagues - both your direct reports, the Deputy Director for Corporate Partnerships and the Head of Philanthropy - and senior colleagues involved in making asks
• Maximise the fundraising potential of the RCP’s heritage collections and grow the fundraising income of our museum, archive, and library
• Ensure due diligence on prospective donors and adherence to internal processes and procedures for fundraising, reporting, financial management and information management
• Oversee the existing awards programme, which is administered by the development administrator

About you

• A proven track record of effective fundraising leadership
• Substantive major gift experience, including securing six figure gifts from either individuals, trusts/foundations or corporate partners
• Influencing and negotiating at the most senior levels externally and within an organisation; able to describe and communicate compelling propositions and to 'ask' for the gift
• Track record of developing a fundraising strategy over time, demonstrating innovation and creativity as well as knowledge and experience of successful programmes from peer organisations
• Highly developed stakeholder management skills with proven ability to create, develop and sustain trusted and effective relationships with major philanthropic partners and potential partners
• Highly developed networking skills to build and sustain a network of supporters for the RCP
• Track record of successful line management that builds and motivates a successful team
• Strong skill set in decision making, understanding complex environments, strategic thinking and an exceptional ability to communicate
• Strong organisational skills to maximise outcomes against multiple competing priorities
• Understanding of fundraising regulation and compliance

For more information about the role please view the job description and person specification.

Our benefits

Working at the RCP comes with lots of benefits designed to ensure that you feel valued and supported in your role. The benefits we offer include:

• 29 days holiday per annum, plus bank holidays
• group personal pension plan with 7% employer contribution
• interest-free season ticket loan 
• life assurance
• annual pay award 
• flexible working hours
• employee assistance programme – 24/7 advice and support for any work-related issues as well as any problems affecting your home life
• occupational health team – includes employment and work-related health assessments, health checks and work station assessments
• cycle to work scheme 
• corporate eye care scheme
• professional training and development opportunities
• enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• staff discounts platform – including discounts on cinema tickets and a range of high street brands

About the RCP

The Royal College of Physicians is a rewarding and friendly place to work with an incredible history, dating back to our foundation in 1518. We are a professional membership body for physicians – doctors who work in hospitals – with over 40,000 members in the UK and around the world working to improve patient care and reduce illness. Our activities focus on educating, improving and influencing for better health and care.

About the selection process

Please note that the selection process will take place over two days. The expected dates are 17 and 18 September.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend the following: -

Day 1

• Meeting with the team (30 minutes)
• Negotiation skills based scenario with a key stakeholder (30 minutes)

Day 2

• Pre-interview time limited preparation of presentation (15 minutes)
• Delivery of presentation and panel interview (60 minutes)

How to apply

Please submit an up-to-date CV and cover letter outlining how your suitability for the role and how your skills and experience meet the job description. Please note that applications submitted without a cover letter will not be considered.  

If you have any queries about the application and selection process or the role, please contact our recruitment team.

Key dates

Closing date: 11:59pm 6 September

Shortlisted candidates will be notified by email on: 12 September 2024

Interview dates: 17 and 18 September 2024

The RCP positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.

The RCP is all about our people – our members, staff, volunteers and leaders. We educate, influence and collaborate to improve health and healthcare for everyone and know we can only do this by being inclusive, encouraging and celebrating diverse perspectives. Welcoming into our community people who represent the 21st-century medical workforce and the diverse population of patients we serve is a priority for us.

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Night Support Worker to join our RBKC Mental Health Service in Kensington and Chelsea.

£12,428.00 per annum, working 20 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.

RBKC MH Night Support Workers enable people with mental health support needs to manage their tenancies and live independent lives of their choosing in the community. Night Support Workers are responsible for ensuring continuity of a support service at night and for keeping customers and the building safe.
You will be working 2 shifts of 10 hours per week on a rolling rota. You will be required to work some weekends and bank holidays.

This role requires a valid Right to Work for the UK as Look Ahead are not a sponsoring organisation.

What you'll do:

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.

- Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers and creating a positive atmosphere
- Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities.
- Conducting key work sessions as required, that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals.
- Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'
- Support customers and colleagues during incidents calmly and professionally, following policies and procedures and escalation protocols and completion of incidents reports.
- Providing support with daily living activities, including practical assistance to support customers to independent living e.g. budgeting, cooking, establishing a night time routine
- Supporting customers to maintain a healthy environment and where appropriate assisting them to clean their accommodation and maintain good personal hygiene
- Maintaining standards of cleanliness and hygiene at the service, cleaning the staff offices, communal areas, lounge, kitchen, corridors and disposing of refuse.
- Assisting in the recording and reporting of customer incidents
- Documenting support to customers by updating summary contact sheets, Detailed contact records, incident reports and handovers.
- Developing productive relationships with partner organisations to improve service outcomes
- Adhering to lone working protocols and maintaining high levels of awareness in relation to the health and safety of yourself and colleagues
- Involving customers in the design, development and delivery of the service
- Ensuring Look Ahead Health and Safety policies and local protocols are adhered to at all times e.g. fire risk assessments, fire alarm checks, fire equipment checks etc.
- Taking on shift leading responsibilities by coordinating and leading shifts in the absence of a manager
- Being responsible for the handover of key information between shifts
- Adhering to all other Look Ahead's policies and procedures
- Engaging in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
- Undertaking any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as assigned by the Team Leader/ Manager

About you:

- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Exudes a warm friendly presence and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organized
- Able to apply the right balance of care and support dependant on the needs of the customer
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviour
- Ability to adhere to Look Ahead's professional boundaries policy

What you'll bring:

- NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent with some previous relevant sector work experience

About us:

Look Ahead is a dynamic, leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. As an organisation we deliver over 110 services, providing support to around 7000 customers each year. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.

Ethos Foundation is a dynamic family foundation committed to contributing its assets to tackling child poverty in the UK. They are on a bold ten-year mission - spending down its c.£50m endowment by the end of 2035, led by its chair and founder Grant Gordon OBE. The Foundation aims to build a coalition of partnerships that can collectively help to improve the systems surrounding children and families in the early years. Ultimately, they want to break the persistent gap in outcomes between children growing up in poverty and their peers.

It’s an exciting time for the organisation, having just appointed its first Foundation Director and developing its strategy for the next ten years.

Prospectus is delighted to be working with Ethos Foundation to recruit an Operations Manager to join its small team, and to play a crucial role in helping achieve its charitable mission. This role is offered on a Part-time basis (3 days per week) agreed on appointment. The role offers flexible, hybrid working.

The Role:
This is an opportunity to shape the future of an ambitious and evolving organisation. Since its establishment in 2016, the Foundation has run a lean operational structure with no staff. As they scale impact with their new Foundation Director, the Foundation needs someone to build operations that future-proof and enable its goals, without compromising the Foundation’s flexibility and nimbleness to deliver trust-based philanthropy.

This person will be responsible for all matters related to running the business of the Foundation. This will include designing and implementing efficient policies, systems and processes across the breadth of key areas such as Finance, Grant Administration, HR, IT, Stakeholder Engagement, Communications and Governance. This also includes working closely with the Foundation’s accountants and other suppliers to ensure compliance with Charity Commission governance guidelines.

Building systems that empower others at every opportunity to ensure smooth and efficient delivery of the Foundation’s philanthropic work.

The person:
The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience in operational and business management, ideally within a non-profit setting.  You will possess exceptional organisational and problem-solving skills and will thrive in an environment where you will have clear goals alongside freedom and self-direction around how to achieve them. You will be a creative thinker, who can design systems with minimal administrative burden, ideally using an agile approach. Being a strong communicator and someone who can collaborate effectively with staff, Board Members, partners and suppliers also will be important.

This person will be familiar with MS Office, especially Excel. Experience with software used to manage and visualise financial data is desirable but not essential (training can be provided). Having set up administration, analysis and reporting systems which can be used to inform future grants related decision making will also be an advantage.

Above all, this person will be a pragmatic and collaborative team player and will be deeply committed to Ethos Foundation's values of fairness, good citizenship, and reflectiveness.

Ethos Foundation is committed to building an inclusive and diverse organisation and welcome applications from candidates with a wide range of professional and lived experiences. The recognise that with greater inclusivity, comes greater success.

Switchboard’s listening service is available to all LGBTQIA+ communities in the UK. It offers a safe space for anyone to discuss anything, including topics such as sexuality, gender identity, sexual health, and emotional well-being and more. Handling over 17,000 conversations each year, their services continue to be in high demand, with their network of volunteers overing a vital service to people across the country in times of need, but also proving incredible insights into the issues that impact the LGBTQIA+ community the most.

Since 2021 the organisation has been on a journey to establish a staff team to oversee day-to-day operations within the charity. They are now looking to introduce this new role as they grow throughout 2024 to a team of 11.

Prospectus is delighted to be supporting Switchboard as they look to appoint a Volunteer Community Lead to join the organisation.

This position is offered on a full-time, hybrid basis with 2 days working in the London office a week and the remaining flexibly from home.

The role:

This brand-new role sits within the staff team at Switchboard and reports directly to the Head of Volunteering and Training. The post will work closely with key volunteer-led operational teams. As the charity looks to cover its rota more effectively, they are working towards recruiting and training around 100 new volunteers in 2024, taking the total membership to around 350. This number will continue to grow each year, until they are able to handle ALL of the calls, IMs and emails the service receives.

With this in mind, Switchboard wants to ensure they not only retain new volunteers for a number of years, but that each volunteer books regular shifts, are looked after and feel welcomed and an important part of an active, vibrant and inclusive community.

This role reports into the Head of Volunteering and Training and oversees four main areas: volunteer socials, wellbeing initiatives, celebrations and EDI endeavours. This role is key to ensuring the charity retains, nurtures and engages volunteers within Switchboard, and that they create a community of volunteers which reflects the rich diversity of the wider LGBTQIA+ community.

This vital role will entail, delivering a range of in-person and online engagement events throughout the year, managing the Pride activations for 2025 and onwards, overseeing Switchboard’s programme of volunteer celebrations, managing wellbeing initiatives and ensuring Switchboard continues to celebrate being  a rich, diverse and inclusive organisation.

The person:

The successful candidate will have extensive experience of organising and producing social and professional events of all shapes and sizes. They will have strong exposure to EDI initiatives and will have a natural interest, or actual experience in promoting wellbeing in the work-place.

This person will have outstanding people skills as the soft skill aspects of this role will be absolutely critical to its success. It will be important that this person demonstrates a broad understanding of the issues and challenges people from the LGBTQIA+ community face in their everyday lives. Similarly, this person will need to appreciate that these issues and challenges will also be faced by Switchboard’s community of volunteers as a result.

You will have extensive experience of organising social gatherings in a professional or volunteering setting, both large and small, collating and analysing data to measure effectiveness & impact, managing third party supplier & contractor relationships, in addition to having a collaborative, communicative & empathetic approach to mobilising networks and driving forward levels of customer service and Volunteer experience.

This person will be comfortable with public speaking and engaging audiences, will be highly organised and above all, fully committed to the work of Switchboard, becoming a natural advocate for the organisation both internally and externally as a result. This person will need to be able to manage all in-person events, wherever they are based, so some locational flexibility will be required.

Switchboard is committed to growing a team which reflects the communities it serves, so they actively encourage applications from candidates with lived experience and from all marginalised communities.

Do you have a passion for participation? Do you respect children and young people and believe in their rights to be heard? Are you a skilled collaborator who strives to empower children and young people to play a meaningful role in decisions affecting their lives?

If you are committed to protecting and empowering the world’s most vulnerable children, join us!

The Head of Child and Youth Participation (CYP) at Lumos will be responsible for shaping and delivering Lumos’ strategy on safe and meaningful participation of children, young people, families, and caregivers, ensuring it is of the highest quality and that participation is mainstreamed throughout our work.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:

- 30 days of paid holidays

- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave

- Life Assurance

- Pension Scheme

- Cycle to Work Scheme, Season ticket loan scheme

- Employee Assistance and Resilience Programme (EARP)

Interview dates:

-Round one interview: 16th September

-Round two interview, including a timed assessment/presentation: 19th September

For more information please see attached job description.

Candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK (or other location).

Prospectus is excited to be supporting Commonwealth War Graves Foundation in their search for an Interim Trusts and Corporate Fundraising Officer.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) honours and cares for the service members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the First and Second World Wars, ensuring they will never be forgotten. Funded by six Member Governments, our work began with building, and now maintaining, cemeteries at 23,000 locations all over the world.

The Commonwealth War Graves Foundation (CWGF) is the charitable arm of  CWGC. The CWGF supports the work of the CWGC through seeking funding for diverse projects that actively engage new audiences and find innovative ways to involve the whole community with our work – through education and outreach, voluntary activity, arts and heritage projects, local research and partnership working.

As CWGF’s Trusts & Corporate Fundraising Officer, you'll generate income by creating exceptional written applications and reports. To do this, you'll dive into research, keeping tabs on all fundraising opportunities. Working with different teams, you'll craft strong grant proposals.
 
You'll bring in new corporate supporters by building relationships, sponsorships, and extra support. In this dynamic team, you'll plan costing, and execute various activities in a charity experiencing an invigorating period of expansion. The successful candidate will understand grant and corporate fundraising, and have experience in building strong and meaningful relationships and steadily securing income.

This is a 6 month fixed-term contract role, with capacity for it to be extended into a full time role. The salary will be £33,438 and the role is fully remote, though office presence is optional if you prefer.

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 Flora 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.