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Prospectus are delighted to be working with Anti-Slavery International to help them recruit for a new Philanthropy Manager (Major Gifts & Foundations) to join their team.  Anti-Slavery International, founded in 1839, is an international non-governmental organisation, registered charity and advocacy group. It is the world's oldest international human rights organisation and works exclusively against slavery and related abuses. They believe that modern slavery is a contemporary issue of the highest importance, and they are determined to work with others to ensure that the estimated 40 million people across the world live their lives free from slavery for good.

This role is offered on a flexible full-time permanent basis paying between £ £40,777 to 44,011 per annum with flexible working arrangements at their London office.

The post holder will join the Fundraising and Communications team building on a period of exponential growth in foundations and major gifts of over five-fold in five years. They will be responsible for developing and managing Anti-Slavery International’s individual major giving (gifts of £5,000+) and to lead and develop Anti-Slavery International’s trusts and major donor fundraising programme.  They will be responsible for the success of the overall major gifts and foundations strategy to engage, retain and inspire their loyal supporters and partners in addition to attracting new, long term, multi-year funders.

They are looking for someone with a demonstrable track record of securing five or six-figure+ multi-year restricted and unrestricted funding from high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and foundations. They are looking for a candidate with demonstratable experience of building strong internal relationships and comfortable working alongside and directing senior stakeholders. The ideal candidate will share their vision to help end slavery and have the experience of working within an international development/human rights organisation.

We are reviewing applications on a continuous basis so please do apply now and we'll be in touch!

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.

Head of Partnership Giving - Internal title

Remote (UK) | £50,498 - £54,826

Are you ready to lead impactful fundraising initiatives that protect animals globally? As the Head of Partnership Giving, you'll drive the success of our mission by nurturing high-value relationships with trusts, institutions, and major funders.

What We Offer:

• Competitive Salary: £50,498 - £54,826 per annum
• 12 month fixed term contract
• Remote-First Role: Work from anywhere in the UK with quarterly meetings in London
• Flexible Working: Balance your personal and professional life with our flexible working arrangements
• Career Development: Access to training and opportunities for career progression in a supportive environment
• Inclusive Culture: Join a diverse and collaborative team passionate about making a difference
• Impactful Work: Contribute to life-changing projects for animals worldwide

About the Role: As the Head of Partnership Giving, you will be the driving force behind our trust and institutional fundraising efforts. This role is crucial in maintaining and growing our partnerships with major funders like DEFRA and Open Philanthropy. You'll lead a committed team, developing and implementing a strategy that secures vital funds to support our global mission to end animal cruelty.

Why This Role?

• Purposeful Work: Join a mission-driven organisation with over 70 years of experience in animal welfare, dedicated to creating a world where animals live free from cruelty and suffering.
• Global Impact: Collaborate with a global network, working across 47 countries, to transform the lives of both wild and farmed animals.
• Leadership and Innovation: Shape and lead our partnership giving strategy, ensuring that our fundraising efforts align with our vision for a more humane and sustainable world.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Fundraising: Develop and execute a fundraising strategy focused on trusts and institutional partnerships, ensuring alignment with organisational goals.
• Relationship Management: Maintain and enhance key relationships with funders like DEFRA and Open Philanthropy, ensuring ongoing support and engagement.
• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor your team, fostering a culture of collaboration and professional growth.

Join Us and Make a Difference: If you're passionate about animal welfare and ready to lead impactful fundraising initiatives, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now to become our next Head of Partnership Giving and help us create a world where animals live free from cruelty and suffering.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

Hillside Clubhouse will be launching two brand new community cafés from Highgate East inpatients facility and from Lowther Road outpatients building.  We want to make the cafés a warm, safe and supportive destinations for the whole community, not just patients and visitors.  This is an incredibly exciting opportunity to grow and develop two community cafés and tackle stigmas associated with mental ill health.

The front of house team will be instrumental in launching the café, so it is important that you feel confident and happy working under your own initiative as well as being part of a small team.

Most importantly, we are looking for people who are passionate about coproduction, food and community! 

Job Description

Café Operations – Help to maximise food and beverage sales on site; clearing tables and maintaining high standards of cleanliness within the café; help to restock the café; operate the tills and take card payments.

Community engagement – Collate feedback from customers and ensuring this is shared with the community café manager; ensure customers have a positive and supportive experience in the café.

Customer Service – Ensuring the customers have a good café experience; ensuring customer queries and complaints are addressed in a proactive, friendly and timely manner; respond to any access needs customers have.

Volunteer Support – Providing support for Hillside volunteers within the café and ensuring they have a positive workplace experience.

Health & Safety – Ensure you have a good understanding of health and safety policy and procedures in the café, and that you are following them.

Safeguarding – Being aware of safeguarding policy and procedures and ensuring that any safeguarding concerns are raised with the safeguarding lead.

General – Ensure Hillside’s wider charitable work is promoted and made aware of; ensuring you are following the policies and procedures of Hillside throughout your work.

This list is not exhaustive and there may be other tasks the post-holder is required to undertake.

Person Specification

Ideally you would have some experience in the hospitality industry but training is provided

Excellent customer service skills

Attention to detail

Ability to work under your own initiative and within a team

A friendly and approachable attitude with an interest in challenging stigma associated with mental ill health

We are a disability aware employer and actively encourage applications from people with lived experience of mental health conditions.  Hillside Clubhouse is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and strongly encourage applications from those who experience discrimination and / or prejudice based on their race, ethnicity or immigration status, women, new parents, people with disabilities and LGBTQI+ people. 

Please note that this vacancy might close earlier as we will conduct interviews as suitable candidates apply and we're ready to hire if we find the right person before the job ad closes

​Location: London (with hybrid working of 2/3 days in the office)

The position:

Scleroderma & Raynaud’s UK (SRUK) is the only charity dedicated to improving the lives of people affected by Scleroderma and/or Raynaud’s. They exist to improve awareness and understanding of these conditions, to support those affected, and ultimately to find a cure.

This is an exciting time to join the organisation. SRUK are scaling up to enable them to deliver a significant increase in the level of investment for research so that people affected by Scleroderma or Raynaud’s have access to the most relevant treatment, information and support. They are looking for someone with the drive and ambition to foster strategic partnerships to help make this a reality.

As Head of Research & Information, you will play a key role in delivering an ambitious research strategy to achieve life changing results for people with Scleroderma and Raynaud’s, working closely with those affected and the medical and scientific community.

Working with the Chief Executive the Head of Research & Information will:

• Lead the delivery & further development of SRUK’s research strategy, including delivery of two ambitious data-centric projects – the Patient Registry and the Raynaud’s App
• Proactively identify new strategic research & funding opportunities
• Oversee the delivery of the research grant process and manage the Research Grants Committee.
• Oversee the development and delivery of SRUK’s portfolio of information and support for the Raynaud’s and Scleroderma community.
• Be a source of scientific expertise for the organisation. Develop SRUK in accordance with its constitutional and statutory obligations, financial framework, code of conduct and best practice.
• Report regularly to the Chief Executive on the progress of SRUK’s work and to act as a member of the SRUK’s senior management team.

Requirements:

• Qualified to PhD level or equivalent post-graduate qualification, you will have proven experience of biomedical and/or epidemiological research.
• You can demonstrate a clear understanding of the research grant funding process.
• You have excellent communication skills.
• You have the ability to build successful strategic partnerships across healthcare, health-tech and/or research sectors.
• You have a desire to create positive change and to make a real difference to the application of research to patient benefit, the quality of services and support for people with Raynaud’s and Scleroderma.

Are you an experienced campaigner or engagement professional looking for your next challenge? 

Do you want to work for an exciting social change organisation with the mission of enabling people, places and the planet to flourish? 

With our new Design for Life strategy, we are embarking on the next chapter in our 270 years’ strong history of social impact, with a range of interventions to unite people and ideas to turn world changing ideas into world changing actions. 

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Fellowship Engagement Manager (North, Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland) to help us achieve real impact by enhancing and deepening Fellowship engagement in the designated areas, fostering connections among fellows, facilitating fellows learning of new skills, and helping them leverage their expertise to drive tangible social change. 

About You 

What we look for in a successful candidate:

• Proven experience of initiating, facilitating and delivering a range of events and activities.
• Experience of building capacity or organising others to take action, this could be in a campaign or membership organisation.
• Knowledge of best practice regarding mobilising and sustaining volunteer-led networks. 
• Ability to plan, multitask, prioritise, and work independently to meet deadlines.

To find out more about this role, please download our job description. 

Apply 

In order to apply, please click ‘apply for this job’ on our recruitment page and submit your CV. You will also be required to answer a series of questions. You do not need to submit a cover letter.

Please submit your application through the RSA website. We cannot accept applications via email. All applications will receive an automated response.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 9am 9 September2024. However, screening and interviews will be ongoing, so we may close the vacancy early if sufficient exceptional candidates apply.Please get your application in as soon as possible. 

Please note that we cannot accept late, incomplete applications, and we can only consider candidates who apply through the online application process. 

Inclusion Statement 

As a social change organisation, we believe everyone, regardless of visible or invisible difference, should be welcomed to participate in creating a better future.    

We aspire to maximum inclusion in our work and endeavour to challenge systemic inequity and all forms of discrimination.  We therefore welcome applications from everybody who is committed to our vision and values and can demonstrate the skills, competencies and experience required for the role applied for.  

Read full our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion .  
 

About Us 

We are the RSA. The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce. Where world-leading ideas are turned into world-changing actions. We’re committed to a world that is resilient, rebalanced and regenerative, where everyone can fulfil their potential.

The RSA has been at the forefront of significant social impact for 270 years. Our proven change process, rigorous research, innovative ideas platforms and unique global network of changemakers, work collectively to enable people, places and the planet to flourish. We invite you to be part of this change. Join our community. Together, we’ll unite people and ideas in collective action to create opportunities to regenerate our world. 

We offer great benefits, including 29 days holiday (plus bank holidays), additional wellbeing allowance, free fellowship throughout employment and lots more! Read our full list of benefits . 

About the role

The Project Manager will provide effective and dynamic leadership and project management at Montfort and Bentley House, ensuring that all aspects of the service operate within a psychologically informed way of working.

Main duties

• To provide focused and motivating staff and volunteer management, ensuring that all staff and volunteers are working to the best of their ability and with the needs and aspirations of the people we support at the centre of their work.
• To develop and support an inclusive and enabling environment for all residents ensuring that they are all offered meaningful activities and involvement as appropriate to their needs and aspirations.
• To embed staff support structures including opportunities for team debriefs, complex case discussions and reflective practice to ensure that all staff are equipped with the necessary skills and support in carrying out their work.
• To ensure that the staff are trained and equipped to provide trauma-informed care to the residents, considering their psychological and emotional needs.
• To establish and oversee effective policies, procedures and systems at Montfort/ Bentley House which underpin the service and provide effective ways to record and celebrate the work undertaken with residents to satisfy both internal and external reporting needs.
• To be responsible for good and effective liaison with outside agencies including the police, social services and other statutory and voluntary agencies and delegating this work where appropriate.
• To monitor and authorise staff-related and office expenditure in line with the service’s budget and in line with financial regulations.

General responsibilities

• In conjunction with the Head of Housing and Progression to continuously develop the role to ensure that all tasks are being undertaken in an effective and appropriate manner which meets the strategic aims and objectives of The Passage.
• To participate in internal/external meetings as required, attend training events, conferences and other functions as necessary.
• To participate in regular supervision and annual appraisal, and help in identifying your own job-related development and training needs.
• To ensure that all The Passage policies and procedures are being adhered to, particularly those relating to Code of Practice and Confidentiality.
• To contribute to the effective implementation of The Passage’s Diversity and Equality Policy as it affects both The Passage and its work with vulnerable adults.
• To at all times undertake your role in a professional manner maintaining a high quality standard of work, and to always work in accordance with the aims, values and ethos of The Passage.

Desired experience

• Experience of delivering support services to multiply disadvantaged people in a residential or similar setting.
• Experience of leading a team and achieving strong and effective relationships with others in order to achieve organisational aims and objectives.
• Experience of case management and supporting staff to ensure suitable interventions are in place to ensure the needs of people we support are identified and met.
• Experience of joint working especially in relation to case conferences and a multi -agency approach to supporting multiply disadvantaged individuals.
• Experience of day-to-day management and supervision of staff/volunteers and a goodunderstanding of effective techniques, processes and approaches to staff management.

Desired knowledge

• Knowledge of homelessness and rough sleeping and understanding of the needs of people experiencing homelessness.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety practices and housing management systems and implementation of these in similar setting.
• Knowledge of requirements related to psychologically informed ways of working within a residential setting.
• An understanding of the range of approaches and methods appropriate for working with a difficult to engage or chaotic client group and a willingness to ‘think outside the box’ in order to assist the people we support to meet their needs and aspirations.
• An understanding and experience of working with people from different cultural backgrounds.

Above all we are looking for inspiring and committed individuals who have a genuine desire to support people, and to help them to rebuild their lives.

A great opportunity to join Principle Consulting - a social enterprise that supports charities to make a positive difference through policy, public affairs and campaigns. 

Who we are: We are a social enterprise that works with charities to campaign for change and influence policy so the people they support get the help they need.  We do this through integrated campaigns that include work across policy, public affairs and campaigning. 

Our policy development involves working with our clients to identify existing flaws in public policy and laws that could be changed or improved. Our public affairs work includes engaging with the government and politicians to advocate for our clients’ aims and goals. Our campaign work engages charity supporters and the wider public to advocate for change. 

Job Description

About the role: This is a fantastic opportunity to join our motivated team, who are passionate about supporting charities to achieve their aims. You will develop your understanding and experience of policy development, public affairs, campaigns and communications in a fast-paced professional environment.

This position offers the opportunity to be involved in all aspects of work in a busy, dynamic organisation with the guidance and support of senior team members, working with some of the UK’s leading charities, and offers substantial opportunity for advancement within the team for the right candidate.

We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and encourage applications from underrepresented groups including people from ethnic minority groups; who are LGBTQ+; or with a disability.

Key responsibilities of the Senior Consultant role will include:

• Supporting engagement with a wide range of people and organisations within the charity and public sector, from politicians and civil servants to doctors, nurses and healthcare leaders
• Undertaking strategy planning and providing strategic advice to clients
• Parliamentary engagement, e.g. writing letters, arranging meetings and organising events 
• Researching and writing briefings and reports
• Monitoring the media and activity in the UK and devolved parliaments 
• Conducting desk research to support our work for charity clients
• Drafting copy for press releases, newsletters and social media
• Supporting in the planning and running of events including conferences, parliamentary events and webinars
• Any tasks as may be reasonably expected within the scope of the role

Key attributes:

• A clear and demonstrable commitment to helping charities to achieve their goals
• A motivated self-starter who is able to work well in a team
• Relevant recent work experience in policy and/or public affairs in the charity sector or another relevant sector
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• An active interest in UK policy and politics
• An understanding of parliamentary processes in the UK
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (including Outlook, Word and Excel)
• A good understanding of and experience in using social media channels
• Ability to conduct comprehensive analysis of information to tight deadlines, ensuring accuracy and relevance
• Ability to work flexibly across a number of different policy areas and quickly get up to speed on new policy areas
• Desirable: Experience of working in health policy 

Place of work and flexible working:

Mix of in-office and home based. A full-time member of staff is expected to work from the Principle Consulting office (or at a client’s office if needed) for 2 days of each working week.  If the successful candidate would like to be office based for more than 2 days a week, we would be happy to discuss this.

We work at the Impact Hub Kings Cross, and at the offices of our clients where required.

Applying for the role Please send your CV, and a cover letter outlining why you are the ideal candidate for the role,by 9am Monday 9th September

Hillside Clubhouse will be launching two brand new community cafés from Highgate East inpatients facility and from Lowther Road outpatients building.  We want to make the cafés a warm, safe and supportive destinations for the whole community, not just patients and visitors.  This is an incredibly exciting opportunity to grow and develop two community cafés and tackle stigmas associated with mental ill health.

The café manager will be instrumental in launching the cafés, so it is important that you feel confident and happy working under your own initiative as well as leading a small team.

Most importantly, we are looking for people who are passionate about coproduction, food and community! 

Job Description

Community Engagement: Work with the Director of Clubhouse Operations, local community groups and partners to ensure the café is a daytime destination and meets the needs of the local community.

Budget Management: Working with the Executive Director and Director of Clubhouse Operations to manage the income and expenditure for the café.  Ensuring the daily and weekly cashing up is done accurately.

Supply Management: Ensure the kitchen minimises waste and has the produce required throughout the week. Manage the stock taking with the kitchen team.

People Management:  Supervise and manage the cafes team including paid staff and Hillside Clubhouse members.

Menu Creation: Working with the local community, Hillside members and the kitchen team to develop seasonal menus that are reasonably priced.

Partnership Working: Maintaining a good working relationship with the Camden and Islington Mental Health Trust and the team based at Highgate East Mental Health Hospital and the clinical team at Lowther Road

Health and Safety Management: Manage the health and safety procedures for all food and beverage provision including regular checks, inspections and reviews.  Ensuring all staff and volunteers comply with health and safety policies and procedures.

Work across the two cafes and provide support to the teams placed at the two sites

Safeguarding: Safeguarding lead on-site and being responsible for the safeguarding of vulnerable adults access the cafés.

General: Ensuring the cafés are following the policies and procedures of Hillside Clubhouse and being flexible in the support of the cafés and wider Hillside organisation.

This list is not exhaustive and there may be other tasks the post-holder is required to undertake.

 Person Specification

Previous experience of working in the hospitality industry or demonstrable ability to step up into a leadership role in the sector

Experience of staff and/or volunteer management

Excellent communication skills

Strong organisational and time management skills including the ability to manage multiple priorities at the same time

Previous experience of handling cash and budget management

Up to date knowledge of food hygiene, health and safety and licensing legislation requirements including daily monitoring and record keeping

A friendly and approachable attitude with an interest in challenging stigma associated with mental ill health

We are a disability aware employer and actively encourage applications from people with lived experience of mental health conditions.  Hillside Clubhouse is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and strongly encourage applications from those who experience discrimination and / or prejudice based on their race, ethnicity or immigration status, women, new parents, people with disabilities and LGBTQI+ people. 

Due to the nature of the work, the successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS check.

To apply, please follow the charity job advert and send over your CV and a short covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification. CV only applications will not be considered

Location: Centrally located, light and airy office with great views on Regent Street, London. Hybrid working possible, minimum 3 days per week in office.

Benefits: 25 days’ holiday allowance, flexible working, occasional 1-2 days extra holiday for Christmas period.

Reports to: Chief Project Officer at the Global Returns Project

Timetable: Candidates will be considered on a rolling basis

Preferred start date: 23 September 2024

What we are looking for

The ideal candidate will approach C-suite executives and other industry leaders with confidence. They will think creatively about strategies for identifying potential institutional partners, attracting their attention, and transforming those relationships into funding. They will be comfortable assuming responsibility for certain target audiences.

The ideal candidate will be data-driven and will relish the challenge of helping select and assess some of today’s highest impact climate and nature charities. They will have the attention to detail to maintain our charity selection methodology and dig into the details of the charities we support to report on their progress. 

Successful applicants will excel in multitasking and meeting ambitious deadlines as part of a supportive and friendly team in a fast-paced start-up work environment.

Skills required

1. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
2. Team-player
3. Time-management and self-organisation
4. Ability to take initiative, identify problems, and solve them creatively
5. Very high attention to detail
6. Excellent understanding of, and passion to address, climate change and biodiversity loss
7. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Skills preferred but not required

1. Academic experience in geography, Earth Sciences, sustainability or related fields 
2. Understanding of the financial services industry
3. Customer Relations Management (CRM) experience (Salesforce, etc)

Main duties and responsibilities

Partnership-building (50% of work)

• Support GRP’s established partnership-building strategy, expanding to new audiences in line with approach devised by Head of Partnerships and Strategic Communications Manager
• Support efforts to expand and strengthening GRP’s relationships with UK financial intermediaries, including wealth managers, financial planners, financial advisers and financial coaches.
• Other targeted outreach to potential institutional partners and individual donors, including:
  • Lead conversion through meetings and presentations
  • Coordination and communication with high-value institutional or individual leads

Charity research and impact reporting (40% of work)

• Ongoing relationship management with GRP’s current recommended charities
• Six-monthly data-driven assessment and scoring of GRP’s current recommended charities using our proprietary methodology
• Production of detailed impact reports on GRP’s current recommended charities every six months
• Quarterly presentations to GRPs’ Due Diligence Committee on our recommended charities, impact reports, etc
• Maintenance and updating of GRP’s selection/assessment methodology
• Research on climate charities for possible addition to GRP’s portfolio of recommended organisations

Customer relationship management (CRM) (10% of work)

• Managing company databases, including tracking and managing donor information and regular reporting to the Board of Trustees. Relevant programmes include Salesforce, Mailchimp and the website backend. No prior experience with these programmes required - training will be provided.
• Using data to facilitate ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the team’s progress in fundraising, sales and marketing, and addressing points of inefficiency to optimise conversions.
• Supporting website development and maintenance, including updating copy and visuals, and liaising with web developer.

We’re looking for a Data Officer to join our growing Young Sounds team. You will fulfil an important cross-organisational role, working closely with the team to collate and analyse the data collected through all our programmes.

About Young Sounds UK

Young Sounds exists because musical talent is everywhere but opportunity isn’t: family finances and other obstacles too often get in the way. We’re here to change this in two key ways:

• We support young musicians from low-income families with funding and other help;

• We support music education through training, advocacy and research.

We became an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation in April 2023 and also joined an expanded cohort of National Youth Music Organisations (NYMOs). We currently support around 900 individual young people across the UK every year and demand for our support is increasing. It’s an exciting time to join a pioneering organisation at the forefront of British music education.

The role

The Data Officer will fulfil an important cross-organisational role, working closely with the team to collate and analyse the data collected through all our programmes. Young Sounds is a reflective organisation. We’ve always invested time and effort in seeking out, understanding and demonstrating the difference our programmes are making. We believe in learning from experience. This is what we mean by evaluation.

Since 2023 we have committed to evaluating all three of our main programmes, each of which tackles a key barrier to young people’s musical progression. Each quarter we review our progress against both our Arts Council England Activity Plan (where measures of success are agreed annually) and the actions we’ve set for each year against each of Arts Council England’s four Investment Principles. We believe that data plays an integral part in telling the story of our work, and we regularly draw upon the information collated through evaluation to update our wider funding base (e.g. Trusts and Foundations) on the work we are doing. The Data Officer will work with the External Evaluator to enable us to report effectively and accurately on our progress to all our funders.

Working relationships

Reporting to the Finance and Operations Director you will also work closely with the External Evaluator, Development Manager, Finance Officer, and other members of the wider Young Sounds team. 

Place of work

Home-based, with occassional travel for meetings.

Tender is an arts charity working with children and young people to prevent domestic abuse and sexual violence through creative projects. Our programmes are safe, enjoyable, age-appropriate spaces where young people can engage with sensitive topics and “rehearse” for real-life scenarios. Participants are encouraged to be both consumers and producers of learning through script-work, role-play and creative media such as films and art. Throughout, we enable young people to explore their choices, rights and expectations in relationships and to recognise the early warning signs of abuse. 

We have grown rapidly in recent years, and now have an exciting and varied programme of work which is funded from a wide range of sources. We have long-standing, high-value relationships with organisations such as the Mayor’s Office, Esmée Fairbairn and Clifford Chance, and continue to grow our income from a range of supporters from trusts, foundations, corporates, individuals and community fundraisers.

We now have a need for an Officer to work closely with the Development Director and CEO in developing our corporate income stream, managing the accounts of existing corporate partners and generating income through securing new corporate partnerships. These partnerships will generate both donations and earned income, with corporate partners contracting Tender to deliver workplace training. You will also work closely with our Corporate Advisory Board, which includes a diverse, ambitious group of professionals who are supporting us to maximise our corporate income stream. This role will involve a diverse range of work, from identifying prospects, creating compelling funding approaches and workforce training pitches, through to successfully managing relationships with corporate partners.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Experience in researching and developing prospect lists for priority industries and implementing new business campaigns which will secure multi-year high value partnerships, both for workplace training and donations
• Experience of selling training programmes to businesses
• Experience in developing engaging and impactful partnership proposals and training propositions
• Ability to work independently
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop strong relationships at all levels

The main purposes of the Development Officer role are:

• Working with the Development team to collectively achieve annual fundraising targets exceeding £2m per year
• Selling workplace training and donation opportunities to corporate partners across a range of industries, but in particular the legal and financial services sectors
• Supporting the CEO and Development Director to increase Tender’s workplace training delivery in order to achieve income targets through sales
• Contributing to applications and events in support of fundraising from other sources

Head of Financial Accounting & Finance Systems
£60,000 - £64,000 per year
Permanent, Full-time
Hybrid working, 2 days a week in the office
Office based in Central London

A national children’s charity are looking to recruit a Head of Financial Accounting & Finance Systems. You will ensure the integrity of the accounting records and financial reporting. You will lead the statutory accounts preparation, year-end audits and month-end close. This role will play a lead role in employing strong financial controls and statutory compliance while managing and developing staff, building key relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring compliance and driving department efficiencies, improving processes and financial controls. This role will also oversee and ensure the organisations finance systems are working effectively

Key areas of responsibility:

• Lead the accounting activities across the group, including financial accounting. Responsible for ensuring the TB and GL is maintained and accurate. Ensuring there is a strong financial control environment. Overseeing payment runs.
• Lead the year end processes including preparation of statutory financial statements and disclosure notes for the charity.
• Lead the month end close process and balance sheet reconciliations. Reviewing team reconciliations and supporting them to identify and resolve unreconciled items

Who are we looking for?

• A formally qualified Accountant 
• Relevant experience in a financial controls setting
• An excellent communicator who is able to influence at all levels within the organisation.
• Experience of leading/assisting with year end and Audit

My client is fully open to sector experience. As such we welcome candidates from industry, charity or practice backgrounds.

Financial Controller
£65,000 per year
Permanent, Full-time
Hybrid working, 3 days a week in the office

A world renowned arts and heritage organisation are looking for a strong Financial Controller with robust technical skills to join the organization in a newly formed role and to take the financial accounting and transactions team to the next level.

Key areas of responsibility:

• Creating and maintaining a high performing and customer focused financial controls team, covering all aspects of finance accounting and operations;
• Overseeing the day-to-day financial controls and procurement operations of the museums;
• Supporting the design, implementation and review of processes and procedures to create efficiencies and improve effectiveness of the function.

Who are we looking for?

• A formally qualified Accountant 
• Relevant experience in a financial controls setting
• An excellent communicator who is able to influence at all levels within the organisation.
• Experience of leading/assisting with year end and Audit

My client is fully open to sector experience. As such we welcome candidates from industry, charity or practice backgrounds.

ABOUT US

Action Village India (AVI) is a small UK based organisation that since 1989, has been supporting Indian partner organisations who work alongside villagers in some of the most remote parts of rural India so they can improve their lives, livelihoods and resilience. We work towards an India which is just, fair and inclusive, where all people regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, caste, religion can benefit from the country’s economic development and lift themselves out of poverty.

At the heart of our work, are our partnerships; many of which have spanned decades.  Our partner organisations are led by Indians and whether these are large or small organisations, or social movements, all work directly at the grassroots level across rural India – from Bihar and Jharkhand in the North, in Odisha and down to Tamil Nadu in the South. The communities they work with, are some of the poorest in India. They are experts in their fields and work hand in hand with local people to design and inform projects to best serve their local communities and secure rights and social justice for women, men and children.

We accompany our partners for the long term, solidarity with our partners and their communities is at the core of how we work. This means we have developed relationships over the years, based on mutual respect, reciprocity and transparency. We are not governed by donor funding cycles and agendas but are led by our partners and the needs they identify and are committed to shared learning and collaboration. We keep our UK costs to a minimum with core staff and rely on an active and engaged set of Trustees, volunteers and supporters.  Both staff and Trustees of Action Village India have relationships with staff from our partner organisations, created through ongoing dialogue, partner and community visits and participation in learning forums.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Fundraising and Partnerships Manager

Job Purpose: To develop fundraising proposals and raise funds from trusts and foundations. To raise funds for Action Village India through our trading activities and events.

Reports to: Executive Director

Salary: £30,000 pro rata

Hours:21 hours per week (equivalent to 3 working days) – ideally including Wednesday and Thursday.

By agreement there is an option to work an additional 11 events days over the full year. This is related to WOMAD and our other events. This is revised annually based on the agreed workplan.

Location:Dalston, London (5 Balls Pond Road, N1 4AX)

Contract: Permanent, pending a successful 6-month probationary period

Annual Leave: 25 days (pro rata)

Pension scheme: Action Village India provides access to an auto-enrolment pension plan through the Pensions Trust for all staff who have completed 6 months of satisfactory service with 3% employer contribution.

In line with legal requirements this post is subject to a Right to Work check.

Accessibility: We would like to offer our sincere regrets that due to the location of our office this position isn’t suitable for anyone with additional accessibility needs. The Action Village India office is on the second floor with a narrow staircase and no lift. If this situation changes in the future, we will update the information for any future vacancies.

FUNDRAISING

1.1 Fundraising Management and Donor Liaison:

• In line with Action Village India’s project funding priorities, research and develop fundraising proposals for new and ongoing projects to be submitted to major donors, trusts and foundations as well as other appropriate sources.
• Keep up to date spreadsheets and databases tracking donor deadlines, the status of applications and reporting deadlines.
• Ensure that material from partners for monitoring reports is developed as needed and work to ensure that reports are submitted as required and to agreed deadlines.
• Support the Executive Director with fundraising and reporting to individuals and trusts.

1.2Events

• Plan and manage, in collaboration with the Action Village India team, the events for the year
• Attend Action Village India fundraising events (evenings and weekends as agreed with the team)
• Attend WOMAD festival and support the Action Village India team with the successful running of the Action Village India stall and presence at the festival.

See attachment for additional responsibilities

PERSON SPECIFICATION

EXPERIENCE

• Ideal minimum of three years proven experience in fundraising from trusts and foundations, events and individual giving.
• Proven experience in writing project proposals and reports for funders.
• Proven success in raising funds from trusts and foundations in the UK, working alone or perhaps as part of a larger fundraising team.
• Experience co-organising events and fundraising activities.

KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS

• Knowledge of Trusts and Foundations and institutional fundraisers particularly in the UK.
• Knowledge of the international solidarity and development landscape and/or familiar with funder processes, databases and requirements.
• Knowledge of Charity Law, Data Protection, Fundraising Code of Practice and other relevant marketing or fundraising standards in the UK.
• Ability to produce high quality written project proposals, narrative and financial reports and communications materials for a range of audiences.
• Ability to absorb, filter and re-present information for new audience

PERSONAL QUALITIES

• A passion to support humanitarian activities that benefit the most vulnerable.
• Excellent communication skills: presenting complex information clearly, concisely and persuasively.
• Proficiency in using Excel.
• Ability to stay focused and efficient in the face of changing priorities and multiple demands.
• Ability to self-manage your workload and be suited to working in a very small team, being flexible and able to take initiative.
• Excellent organisational skills, including ability to work systematically to deadlines.
• Demonstrable interpersonal and relationship building skills, including, if possible, building cross-cultural relationships and working remotely with organisations in other parts of the world.

DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS

• Experience of working in partnership and solidarity with national and local NGOs.
• Ideally, experience of working in international development with a specific focus on Asia and India.
• Clean driving licence
• IT skills
• Photoshop and Indesign experience

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Able to work some evenings and weekends and stay overnight where necessary (in particular, WOMAD festival which falls on the last weekend of July).
• Able to travel to rural India if required
• Commitment to equal opportunities, anti-racism and anti-discriminatory practices.
• Ability to apply awareness of equality, diversity and inclusion issues to all areas of work.
• Commitment to the values, vision and ethos of Action Village India.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 9 AM, Monday 16th September

Selection Process and timescales:

1. 9am Monday 16th September 2024
   Deadline for applications
2. Wednesday 18th September
   You will receive an email from us whether or not you have been selected for an interview. You will also be asked to complete a written exercise(s) before the interview.
3. Monday 23rd September 17:00
   Deadline for submission of written exercise(s)
4. Thursday 26th September
   Interviews
5. You will be informed of our decision on your application and interview as soon as possible after 26th
6. Wednesday 2nd October or when discussed and agreed
   First possible starting date or starting date when discussed and agreed.