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AVID exists to reduce the immediate suffering of people detained and work towards a future without detention. As part of a small and agile team, the Senior Network Coordinator is a central role at AVID. 

It is a crucial time to join AVID, as we embark on the implementation of an ambitious new strategic period and contend with detention expansion, increased enforcement, immigration deterrence and hostility. We welcome applicants from people who have lived experience of detention or of forced migration. You will be joining our small team of whom more than half have lived experience of detention. 

Please note: whilst this role is remote, it is UK-based with some travel required. We have a shared office in Brixton, London which is available for AVID team members to use on a flexible basis. We meet as a team in person once a quarter.

Summary

The Senior Network Coordinator is part of the AVID function (alongside the Senior Member Coordinator & Co-Director for Membership and Operations) to deliver AVID’s capacity building support to AVIDs membership network of visitor groups and drives collaboration.

The Senior Network Coordinator leads on the coordination and cultivation of the network infrastructure support to visitor groupsand network collaboration. The Senior Network Coordinator fosters collaboration between members and strengthens best practice for visiting, utilising AVID’s Members Charter as a central point of reference. As a small network, relationship building is central to this role and the post holder will provide 1:1 guidance alongside a programme of capacity building support based on membership needs. The role includes responsibility for the ongoing development of AVID’s Members Charter; coordinating and delivering AVID’s membership support programme of network calls, trainings, and skill sharing sessions; and the development of resources on the AVID members’ space.

This is a varied role, working directly with our diverse range of members across the UK, with a focus on the more established groups in the AVID network. The Senior Network Coordinator works closely with the Senior Member Coordinator who has a focus on smaller, grassroot groups and new visitor groups in the AVID network and visitor engagement.

Main duties and responsibilities

Relationship building and providing tailored 1:1 support to visitor group coordinators in the AVID network:

• Building relationships with AVID members across the UK with a focus on more-established groups in the AVID network.
• Providing 1:1 support, outreach and mentoring for group coordinators.
• Identifying, developing and collectively shaping good practice standards in visiting throughout the network.
• Responding to members’ queries and maintaining ongoing communication.
• Working with the Senior Member Development Co-ordinator to induct new groups to the AVID network and involve smaller grassroot groups in AVID’s programme of support.

Work alongside visitor groups to build their capacity, resilience and strengthen best practice for visiting in detention through:

• Delivering AVID’s core training modules on immigration detention and visiting to visitors groups, ensuring materials are relevant and up to date.
• Leading on a programme of training (both in-house and external), education and skill-sharing that addresses the needs of members and group coordinators.
• Building sustainable practices and collective care amongst visitor groups which respond to the adverse impacts of working in detention and vicarious trauma.
• Co-ordinating the AVID Annual Coordinators Network Gathering alongside the Senior Member Development Coordinator, jointly overseeing all aspects of administration and coordination of this event.
• Developing, updating and increasing use of AVID resources through oversight and development of AVID’s Members Area and resources/policies/guidance for visitor groups and coordinators as well as supporting the development of AVIDs volunteer visiting handbook.
• Working alongside people with lived experience of detention in the AVID community to facilitate meaningful opportunities for leadership in network activities.

Develop network collaboration, facilitated peer-support and alignment of groups around shared network values, strategies and goals through:

• Co-ordinating and facilitating AVID member calls and skill shares to provide structured peer-support and ensure that information is effectively shared in the AVID network.
• Working with AVID members to establish processes and activities for collaborative development and ongoing revision of the members’ charter.
• Embedding charter values across AVID’s network support and capacity building work with a priority focus on anti-racism & anti-oppression and lived-experience leadership in line with our strategic objectives.

Maintaining and monitoring the activity of the AVID network and identifying emerging areas for development through:

• Developing and improving access to AVID’s membership offer, administering the annual membership renewals and keeping up to date records of AVID members.
• Designing and implementing annual members survey.
• Keeping an up-to-date record of member activities, meetings, participation and feedback.
• Keeping abreast of the development and support needs of the AVID members as well as changes in detention policy and practice.
• Identifying and building relationships with external partners to strengthen collaboration and partnerships with the wider movement.

Other tasks:

• Supporting AVID’s strategic development through our strategic objectives.
• Working alongside other members of the AVID team to ensure that membership support and network development is connected to our overall mission of ending detention and advocacy efforts.
• Representing AVID at external meetings and events.
• Contributing to funder and board reporting.
• Tracking, monitoring and evaluating impact using AVIDs internal databases.
• Responding to general enquiries by phone, email or post.

Person Specification

We are interested in skills and experience developed in a range of environments, whether through formal workplaces or voluntary. We recognise the great value of lived experience of immigration detention and/or of hostile environment policies and would be very interested to hear from applicants with this experience.

Experience

• Experience of delivering and designing training to meet specific objectives with an understanding of the different needs for in person and online training.
• Experience of recruiting, supporting, and advising volunteers.
• Experience of delivering workshops and/or coordinating events (online and in-person).
• Experience of working with marginalised communities.
• Experience of monitoring, reporting and evaluation.

Desirable:

• Experience of developing support systems, identifying priorities for change and strengthening the infrastructure of voluntary groups.
• Experience of working with refugee, migrant and/or detained communities.
• Experience of working in the immigration and/or criminal justice sector.
• Experience of working in a membership organisation.

Knowledge and understanding

• Knowledge of good practice in volunteer management.
• Knowledge and understanding of migration, human rights, asylum, criminal justice and immigration detention in the UK.

Skills

• Communication skills, written and oral.
• Facilitation skills and inclusive approach to managing online and offline spaces.
• People skills and ability to build relationships with diverse groups of people.
• Solid administration skills and working knowledge of information systems.
• Ability to work well in a team.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.

SOS Children’s Villages UK is part of a global federation, which exists to ensure that each child and young person grows up with the healthy relationships they need to become their strongest selves. We are the world’s largest non-governmental organisation focused on supporting children and young people who don’t have, or who are at risk of losing, parental care.

We are now looking for a UK-based Senior Supporter Experience Officer for:

• Campaign & Content Management – Oversee retention campaigns, supporter materials, and content planning, ensuring effective engagement.
• Donor Journey Development – Plan and implement multi-channel donor journeys to enhance supporter experience and retention.
• Data & Insights – Use analysis and segmentation to improve donor engagement and campaign effectiveness.
• Supplier & Stakeholder Coordination – Work with internal teams, external agencies, and suppliers to deliver high-quality supporter communications.
• Compliance & Best Practice – Ensure all donor journeys and campaigns meet GDPR, fundraising regulations, and industry best practices.
• If you are a detail-oriented and self-motivated person, with excellent communication and multi-tasking skills, looking for an essential role within a friendly, flexible, and supportive team, then this could be for you!

To Apply

Please read the full Candidate Pack attached which contains the entire job description and person specification and submit a copy of your CV and a covering letter.

The deadline for applications is Monday 24th February, 9.00 am UK time. We reserve the right to close the application process early if a successful candidate is found.

Please note: The post-holder must be UK-based. We are unable to provide employment sponsorship if required and unfortunately cannot progress applications without the required right to live and work in the UK on a permanent contract.

Location: Home based with travel

Department/team: Community Fundraising, Events and Innovations

Contract: Permanent

Interview dates: Thursday 27th and Friday 29th February (virtual)

Annual leave: 33 days (plus eight bank holidays)

Closing Date: 19/02/2025

Benefits:

• enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental pay
  family-friendly policies
• 8% employer pension contribution (Aviva) or opportunity to continue NHS pension
• free health cashback plan (Medicash): employee cover plus up to four dependent children
• 24/7 virtual GP access (UK registered), plus access to Best Doctors
• free, confidential employee assistance programme (Medicash)
• access to a wellbeing app
• flexible working options including hybrid working, flexible working patterns such as part-time, compressed hours, and more*
• learning and development opportunities including bespoke training and access to LinkedIn Learning)
  commitment to employee health and wellbeing.
• We have a Menopause Friendly accreditation and are a Disability Confident employer

About us

Every three minutes someone in the UK develops dementia: a progressive and complex condition that can be devastating for the whole family. One in two of us will be affected by dementia in our lifetime, either by caring for someone with the condition, developing it ourselves, or both.

Dementia UK is the specialist dementia nursing charity that is there for the whole family. Our specialist nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, provide free, expert advice, support and understanding to help families care for their loved one. Every day, Admiral Nurses help families up and down the country to have the best life possible, for as long as possible.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Community Fundraising Team at Dementia UK, where you will help deliver our community strategy developing new opportunities and relationships with local groups and organisations.

As an experienced and dedicated Regional Fundraiser you will deliver excellent stewardship support, proactively managing and motivating volunteers to undertake fundraising and awareness activities, ensuring a sustainable, long-term revenue stream for Dementia UK.

Collaborating closely with both the Regional Fundraising team and the broader Community and Events team, you will champion our products engaging supports in challenge events, and campaigns across the region. Your expertise and insights will be instrumental in identifying new opportunities, nurturing supporter relationships and creating stewardship journeys aimed at increasing the average gift and lifetime support across London and Southeast.

To be successful in the role, you will have a background in community fundraising or experience of working in relationship management or new business in a similar setting. You will have understanding of community fundraising across both relationship management and new business development with proven success of building and sustaining stakeholder relationships. Additionally, previous experience in planning and delivering projects as well as with a history of delivering impactful presentations, will be beneficial.

Join us now and be part of a team dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of those affected by dementia.

Our culture

In addition to a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, we truly value our people. It’s important for us to create a working environment that looks after our workforce to support them in achieving their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.

Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation positively contribute to and lead on our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equity, diversity and inclusion.

Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone. We aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We celebrate difference and individuality and encourage everyone to join us and be their whole selves always.

Dementia UK is a Disability Confident Employer. If you’d like support to make an application, contact the recruitment team.

This role will be subject to a Basic DBS check.

By applying to join Dementia UK, you acknowledge that in the event you are successful for the role, any offer and your ongoing employment will be conditional on you having or obtaining the right to work in the UK.

*Please note that any decision on flexible working is based on business needs 

When you apply for a job at Dementia UK, we will collect certain information about you to process your application and assess your suitability for the role. Further details can be found in our privacy notice.

Are you a highly experienced senior HR leader who has extensive experience of managing HR projects? Then join Shelter as an Interim Assistant Director - HR Projects and join our fight for home.

About the Job

As our Interim Assistant Director of HR Projects, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Shelter by delivering strategic HR solutions that drive transformation and operational excellence. Reporting to the Director of Strategy Enablement, you will work closely with the Executive Leadership Team and the Assistant Director of HR Delivery to address organisational priorities and lead on high-impact initiatives.

With a focus on advancing fairness, inclusion, and effectiveness, you’ll manage complex projects, navigate trade union relationships, and mitigate risks while contributing to the ongoing enhancement of our HR services.

About You

You will be a seasoned HR professional with a proven track record of driving strategic change and delivering people-centred solutions in complex environments. Highly skilled in employment law, trade union negotiations, and employee relations, you have a deep understanding of the third sector and a passion for fostering inclusive and effective practices.

Adept at managing sensitive projects and engaging with senior stakeholders, you bring exceptional problem-solving abilities, strategic thinking, and a collaborative approach to everything you do. If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact and share Shelter’s vision of combating social injustice, we want to hear from you.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave (pro rata), 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.

About the team

The Strategy Enablement directorate brings together our core support functions of HR Delivery, Finance, Tech & Data, Governance, Planning and Property. Led by the Director of Strategy Enablement and four Assistant Directors.

We do not see our support functions as merely transactional, but we are both enablers and keepers of Shelter’s strategic objectives. Striving to be a centre of excellence we work with colleagues to ensure organisational objectives are clear and strategically aligned, whilst supporting with the removal of any internal obstacles that emerge on the way.

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

Civitas Charity Recruitment are delighted to be working with a fantastic international charity who are looking to source a Communications Officer to join the team. As Communications Officer, you will support increased revenue and showcase the impact of the charity’s programmes and their stories of partnership with funders and structures in the countries where the charity work. This is a part-time (3 days per week), permanent role, home based within the UK.

Who are we looking for?

Ideal candidates will have a minimum of 4 years’ experience in a communications role (or related field) along with excellent written skills and be social media Savvy. You will have a strong track record of delivering engaging social media content across different channels and audiences to support organisational priorities. You will have experience of using creative software such as Illustrator, Premiere, Canva and Photoshop. You will also possess basic video editing skills. Knowledge of and experience of working with international non-profits would be highly desirable however it is not essential for the role.

If the above role description sounds of interest and you feel like you meet the criteria; please apply immediately or for further information, please contact Syed at Civitas Recruitment for a full JD and informal discussion. Early applications are encouraged as we will be reviewing on a rolling basis and roles may closer earlier than initially indicated.

Are you passionate about unlocking the value of data and leading cultural change to embed data and insight in ways of working?  Do you have experience of managing and delivering complex data and insight change projects, improving data and performance management and a track record in strategic planning & translating strategy into operational delivery? Then join Shelter as Head of Data and Insight and you could soon be playing a vital strategic role at the heart of our Technology & Data team.

About the role

The Head of Data and Insight is responsible for leading, developing and embedding an evolving data strategic plan that enables a culture where data and insight are valued. They will lead the design, continuous improvement and delivery of our strategic indicator framework, enabling Shelter to effectively measure strategic impact and organisational performance. They will work collaboratively across Shelter engaging, influencing and inspiring colleagues on the journey towards becoming a data informed organisation.

About you

To succeed, you’ll need to be passionate about data and insights and their potential to drive change and transform ways of working. You will need to be experienced in leading and delivering data and insight change initiatives and great at developing relationships, negotiating and influencing at all levels and working with senior leaders on progress, strategy and key decisions. Ideally, you will also have experience of working with Income generating teams.

You will have expertise in data modelling, data analytics and data management technologies and you will need a good understanding of data warehousing and data integration platforms such as Azure, Fabric, Snowflake etc. And a proven ability to develop and implement performance frameworks and evaluate impact and outcomes.

Someone who can think creatively, solve complex problems and make evidence-based decisions, you also have a flair for analysing and interpreting complex data and producing meaningful insight from it in a clear and comprehensible format. What’s more, you can demonstrate the ability to build, motivate and develop self-managing teams creating a team culture of high performance and continuous improvement.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

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.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About the team

Within the wider Technology and Data department, the Data and Insight team lead the development of our data management and insight across Shelter, ensuring that business change is driven by data informed decisions and intelligent insight. The team is pivotal in leading the change to embed data within our culture and ways of working.

About Shelter

Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.

We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.

We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.

Safeguarding statement

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. 

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

Overview of the Regional Coordinator role and the team

The Regional Coordinator plays a vital role in advancing the mission of Barnabas Aid by building and nurturing relationships with churches, Christian organisations, and individuals. The role aims to raise awareness, prayer, and financial support for the persecuted church, fostering a network of engaged supporters and expanding the organisation’s outreach.

Are you a highly motivated Building Surveyor, with a successful track record in managing repair, refurbishment, and fit-out projects within an extensive property portfolio?

About the role

As our Regional Building Surveyor, you'll manage our Retail Division's property portfolio in the Central England and North Wales region, spanning 220+ leasehold shops and stores.

Your region includes Cheshire, Greater Manchester, North Wales, Shropshire, Merseyside, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Greater London, and Essex. Additionally, you’ll support stores nationwide to meet emergent requirements.

You’ll deliver a full range of building surveying services, both reactive and planned maintenance, including:

• leading diverse projects, from essential repairs to rejuvenating refurbishments and exciting fit-outs

• managing contract and tender documentation

• fulfilling CDM duties, including being Principal Designer

• conducting Planned Preventative Maintenance inspections

• overseeing building maintenance

• performing acquisition and disposal surveys

• offering dilapidations advice

• building strong relationships with stakeholders

Working arrangements

This is a home-based role with extensive travel throughout Central England & North Wales, primarily your regional patch, though periodically extending across the country. You will be required to live within the region counties stated above and stay overnight as required (on average, this would typically be 2-3 nights every fortnight).

Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about what flexibility is available at the application or interview stage. 

About you

To be successful in this role, you'll:

• possess a professional building/construction management qualification (MRICS, MCIOB) or significant demonstrable experience in retail building surveying

• have sound technical knowledge of all legislation relating to the fit-out and occupation of leasehold retail premises (Building Regulations, Planning, CDM, Fire Safety Order, Health & Safety, and Asbestos)

• have extensive experience in all key aspects of traditional building surveying disciplines, including:

• acquisition and disposals surveys

• health and safety

• defects analysis 

• maintenance inspections and management of remedial works

• coordinating with stakeholders, including contractors and consultants.

• access audits 

• building pathology

• dilapidation's

• fit-out design

• contract administration

• be a highly effective team player with strong interpersonal, influencing, and decision-making skills. 

It would be advantageous if you have specific experience in developing and maintaining a large retail estate.

What can we offer you?

To find out more about the benefits available at the BHF please download our benefits document at the bottom of our advert page

About us

We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day. 

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.

Interview process
The interview process will be two stages, with the first stage planned for 21st Febuary 2025 and second stage planned for the 7th March 2025. 

About The Role
Fixed Term Contract Until: September 2025
We’re looking for a Direct Response Marketing Officer to join our busy and thriving Events Marketing team. This role will manage and deliver multi-channel marketing campaigns, driving participation for our sports, challenge, and mass event program.
You’ll report to the Events Marketing Campaign Manager. The Events Marketing team is in the Events team and sits in the wider Income and Engagement directorate. The Events Marketing team is responsible for recruiting event participants across a range of sports, challenge, and mass events, as well as involvement in retention strategies to cross-sell our supporters into other fundraising products.
You will:

- Work with different teams across the organisation, as well as with our media agency and external stakeholders, to brief, optimise and evaluate marketing campaigns, with a focus on monitoring performance and coordinating evaluations.
- Make recommendations to help inform and improve future campaigns.
- Write marketing copy for your campaigns, work closely with internal and external designers to develop creative ideas, and produce post-campaign reports.

About you
You will be experienced in marketing and communications. You’ll need to have excellent organisational and timekeeping skills, be a team player and show passion for the cause, working to maximise our income to increase the impact we have on the lives of people affected by dementia.
You will be able to demonstrate your experience of planning, developing, and delivering multi-channel campaigns. You will have experience in budgeting and financial management and be an innovative thinker with a test and learn attitude.
You will be a fantastic communicator, with great attention to detail.

About Alzheimer's Society
Dementia is the biggest health and social challenge of our time.

There are currently estimated to be 900,000 people in the UK with dementia. Many are undiagnosed and facing the realities of their condition alone.

At Alzheimer’s Society we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. We do this by giving help to those living with dementia today and providing hope for the future. We’re here for everyone living with dementia.
 
As a Society, we are made up of people with dementia, carers, trusted experts, campaigners, researchers and clinicians. We are the UK’s largest collective force of people with unparalleled knowledge and over 40 years of experience addressing the biggest challenges facing people living with dementia.

Our Values

We are Determined to make a difference when and where it matters most, by being passionate, focussed and making a lasting impact for people affected by dementia.

Every one of us is a Trusted expert, listening, learning and using evidence and experience. We are Better together by being open, combining our strengths, helping us to achieve more together. We are Compassionate, we are kind and honest, and we don’t shy away from challenges.

Through our values we will make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia.

Equal Opportunities

We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society.

We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do. During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and be at your best.

Civitas Recruitment are delighted to be working with a fantastic, pioneering organisation dedicated to supporting the unique needs of converts to Islam across the UK. Muslim Covert Foundation aims to provide essential support, resources and training for organisations working with new Muslims. An exciting opportunity exists for a CEO to join the team. As CEO, you will provide visionary leadership to advance the organisation's mission of supporting the convert Muslim community in the UK. The post holder will work closely with the Board of Trustees to shape the charity's future, oversee day-to-day operations and strengthen partnerships with key stakeholders to enhance the overall reach of the foundation and achieve its vision. This is a full-time, 2-year contract, home based within the UK.

Who are we looking for?

Ideal candidates will have experience in a senior leadership role within a charity or community organisation, or the non-profit sector. Ideally, you will have experience in strategic planning and implementation with a track record of achieving consistent organisational growth. You will have proven ability to build and maintain relationships with diverse stakeholders including funders, partner organisations and government bodies. You will have good experience in the areas of fundraising, budgeting, and financial resource management as well as excellent interpersonal, communication and advocacy skills. A meaningful understanding of challenges faced by convert Muslims in relation to Islamic faith and traditions is also essential for the role.

If the above role description sounds of interest and you feel like you meet the criteria; please apply immediately or for further information, please contact Syed at Civitas Recruitment for a full JD and informal discussion. Early applications are encouraged as we will be reviewing on a rolling basis.
 

Background:

We’re a charity working tirelessly to build a world where no animal suffers for science. We’ve been around for 50 years, contributing significantly to eliminating the use of animals in a range of areas including cosmetics testing. We know that real, lasting change takes time and although it might take another 50 years to achieve our mission – every day, week, month, and year brings us closer to our goal.

About the role:

We’re looking for a thoughtful and proactive individual to join our small but passionate team to help support our vision of a world where no animal suffers for science. You could help us move forward by supporting our individual giving fundraising activities including managing our new London Marathon places for 2026-2029.

This role will work closely with the Head of Fundraising and Communications, Digital Engagement Manager, and wider Team to support on fundraising activities in particular our regular giving programme, Facebook fundraising and our new London Marathon bond places.

The role will work to embed regular giving, challenge, and community fundraising, as well as communicate with our donors via our twice-yearly mailing. You’ll also be establishing our challenge fundraising starting with the recruitment and support of London Marathon runners. There’s an opportunity to support on Corporate, Trust, Legacy, and Major Giving fundraising if of interest to the successful candidate and their development goals.

We currently have a modest base of current donors who collectively donate around £15,000 annually across several channels including online, social media, and cheques. We were also successful in the recent London Marathon bond application and have guaranteed places for the coming 4 years.

We’re a small, dynamic team and all staff members are required to take on some core administrative tasks needed to keep our flat structure organisation running. We welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds and experience levels with an interest in fundraising for a better future, for animals and humans.

Before you apply:

Please thoroughly read the job description for full details of the role and what we are looking for in an Individual Giving Executive. When answering the questions on the application form, please give as much detail as possible and refer to the person specification for the role.

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Prospectus are excited to be working exclusively with our client to help them recruit for a Business Development Lead to join their fundraising team. The role is with is an international charitable organisation formed to synthesise medical research findings to help health professionals, patients and policy makers make evidence-based health decisions. It includes 134 groups that are based at research institutions in 54 countries, and has over 160,000 supporters from around the world.

This role is offered on a permanent basis paying a salary between £50,000 to £55,000 per annum with flexible remote working arrangements, occasional meetings at their London office, and occasional international travel.

This role will work closely with the Head of Business Development to implement a strategic business development plan to make those ambitions a reality. They will identify and qualify new donors and new funding opportunities from global trusts and foundations and Institutional donors. They will be responsible of identifying and pursuing new funding opportunities, developing strategic partnerships, and crafting compelling proposals that align with the mission and objectives of the organisation. The post holder will represent Cochrane at meetings with donors and partners, at external networking events and within the fundraising profession.

They are looking for someone with a demonstrable track-record of raising six figure funds through writing high-quality proposals and reports for a variety of global trusts and foundations and government or multilateral donors. They are looking for a candidate with a global perspective and extensive experience in building and maintaining relationships with international development agencies, government bodies, and large-scale foundations. The ideal candidate will share their vision of a world of better health for all people where decisions about health and care are informed by high-quality evidence.   

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 Firas El Dib 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. 

Effective and compelling communications are vital to our growth: HIWCF are seeking an experienced Communications professional to help deliver our aspirational plans.  We want to significantly grow our endowment and this role will ensure our profile with our potential donor audiences significantly increases, ensuring that our Philanthropy Manager, CEO and Development committee are knocking on open doors - and that they have the marketing assets they need when they get through those doors.If you have worked within or alongside a fundraising or development team; you can think strategically about using communications to enable our aspirations for growth; you can communicate compellingly to people from all backgrounds in all formats; and can produce communications content and materials of the highest quality, then we want to hear from you.

Elrha is a global organisation that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation.

We are looking to recruit an Impact and Value Manager to lead an exciting new initiative on Value for Money for Humanitarian Innovation. As part of our Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team, you will have the opportunity to help shape an approach to Value for Money that is appropriate to humanitarian contexts and responsive to the specific challenges of assessing ‘value' and ‘impact' for humanitarian innovation.

Please note that previous Value for Money experience is not a requirement for this role, and we welcome candidates that demonstrate strong interest and motivation to develop in this area. We value curiosity, adaptability, and a willingness to learn over specific academic background or prior experience on Value for Money.

Your application will need to demonstrate:

• Deep understanding of humanitarian practice.
• Outstanding analytical skills, using both quantitative and qualitative approaches to analysis and problem-solving.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to communicating complex ideas with clarity and enthusiasm, targeting them to different audiences, often without a Value for Money background.

Experience of humanitarian innovation, humanitarian programming, and MEAL would also be an advantage.

If you want to be part of an organisation that creates positive change in the humanitarian sector, then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed.

We offer:

• Remote working as standard – staff can access office bases in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Manchester if required/ appropriate. We expect staff to attend team meetings and away days in person as required.
• As standard we work 35 hours per week. We are also happy to discuss flexible working patterns and many of our staff work non-standard working hours.
• Our benefits include minimum 5% employer pension contribution (3% employee contribution), life cover, organisational sick pay, family friendly pay and leave schemes; incremental increase in annual leave (26 day basic entitlement) depending on length of service, opportunities for learning and development, a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and retail discounts platform.
• Please read through the Information for Candidates document for further information to support your application, including details on Our Values, Strategy, Benefits and Salary.
   

Note for applicants:

• Candidates must have the independent right to work in UK at the time of appointment as we are unable to support visa sponsorship for this role.
• Please read through the job description for a detailed list of requirements, and ensure you complete the personal statement to explain how you feel you meet the requirements of the role and why you feel this is next career move for you.
• When applying you will be taken through the Save the Children UK recruitment system. Elrha is an independent subsidiary of SCUK and benefits from some SCUK systems and processes.
• We reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a very high volume of applications
• We do not use recruitment agencies.

Closing date: Tuesday 18th February 2025
Interview dates: Week commencing 3rd March 2025