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Alzheimer’s Research UK’s (ARUK’s) Supporter-led Fundraising (SLF) team has seen rapid expansion and has big ambitions to improve our supporters’ fundraising experience, develop exciting fundraising products and drive income to power more world-class dementia research. Working across our sporting and mass participation fundraising products, you will deliver market-leading campaigns, develop creative and engaging supporter content and explore new channels of communication and re-engagement with our supporters to achieve further transformational growth.

The role requires an ambitious marketeer with previous product/event marketing experience, outstanding copywriting skills and an enthusiasm for identifying and implementing new social and digital technologies. Fundraising experience is not essential.

You will work alongside another Marketing Campaigns Officer to support the Marketing & Engagement Manager and the Senior Marketing & Engagement Manager on the development of SLF products and campaigns. You will provide excellent copywriting support to the SLF team and manage creative and media agency relationships. The role also works closely with the Sporting Events Managers, the Regional Fundraising Managers and their teams, as well as collaborating with colleagues in the Communications, Project Management, Digital and Data teams.

Main duties and responsibilities of the role:

Manage the marketing activity for mass participation campaigns.

· Write clear, engaging and fun copy for campaigns, social media adverts, acquisition campaigns, emails and web.

· Work with agencies, partners and internal stakeholders to ensure on-time campaign delivery.

· Own the overall marketing/comms calendar for key income-driving campaigns.

· Be innovative: review and implement new technologies to improve our campaigns, drive engagement and boost supporter experience.

· Help bring our new For A Cure brand messaging to life across all SLF marketing.

Campaign marketing: supporter acquisition

· Play a significant role in bringing thousands of new supporters to the charity through targeted, considered and tactical marketing campaigns.

· Lead the marketing campaigns for our Community, Sporting and Corporate fundraising challenges, which raise significant income for the charity each year.

· Provide the Supporter-led Fundraising team with copywriting support, marketing assets, and wider marketing support.

· Assist the Marketing & Engagement Manager and the Senior Marketing & Engagement Manager on product and proposition development to maximise income and attract new supporters.

· Work with our external agencies and partners, managing relationships where required.

· Work with internal stakeholders to ensure SLF campaigns are integrated across the charity to drive maximum value and awareness.

· Deliver all products on time, on budget and on brand.

· Contribute to campaign reviews and analysis, with proactive adaptation of plans to optimise results.

Engagement: supporter stewardship

· Write inspiring marketing copy and compelling communications to support SLF activities and drive action.

· Develop and write the automated email stewardship journey for key SLF fundraising campaigns and events.

· Develop reactivation campaigns to re-engage existing and lapsed SLF supporters.

Budget management and reporting

· Manage budgets, marketing spend and monitor campaign ROI.

· Work closely with the Digital and Data teams to ensure engagement, acquisition and remittance is monitored and evaluated (CPA, trend analysis, KPI tracking and lifetime value).

· Provide monthly campaign performance reporting and benchmarking against market trends.

Other duties

· Play a pivotal role in the delivery of over £8m income in the next year.

· Active involvement in the sector to ensure best practice.

· Ensure all activities comply with ARUK brand guidelines.

· Ensure GDPR compliance across all SLF teams.

· Ensuring compliance, including understanding and application of the ARUK Vulnerable Persons Policy, compliance with the FR Codes of Fundraising Practice, compliance with Gambling Commission, HMRC, DMA and ICO guidance and legislation.

What we are looking for:

· Understanding of compliance in marketing.

· Budget management experience across expenditure and income.

· Paid media and digital marketing.

· Campaign planning, project management and campaign review

· Media planning and buying across a range of media types and channels.

· Agency relationship management, including creative agencies and other suppliers.

· Excellent creative writing skills.

· Excellent attention to detail.

· Strategic and critical thinking.

· Getting the best out of people and agencies.

Additional Information:

Ways of working: As part of our Agile ways of working you will be required to work approximately 2 days a week from the office, which is subject to the requirements of the role and the business needs. Flexibility on where you work can be split between working from home and our office.

Roles that are classed as part of the Agile ways of working are not able to claim any costs for Mileage/Travel on Public Transport, Accommodation and/or Meals.  This includes when attending the office for various meetings/events.

Our Office: Our office is at 3 Riverside, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AD. 

Salary: Circa £31,000 per annum, plus benefits

Please download the Vacancy Pack on our website for more information.

The closing date for applications is the 16th February 2025, with interviews likely to be held week commencing the 24th February 2025. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date. We would encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity, as on occasion we may have to bring forward the interview date and/or the closing date based on the needs of the business. Although a possibility, this will only happen in exceptional circumstances. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.

We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.  We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.  Any offer of employment is however subject to you having the right to work in the UK.

As part of our commitment to being an inclusive employer and ensuring fairness and consistency in our selection process, we will handle your CV and application with the utmost confidentiality. While we strive to anonymise your CV where possible, there are certain sections, such as the application question, that cannot be fully anonymised. We kindly ask that you remove any personal information, including your name, when answering the application question. The hiring panel will not have access to your personal details, such as your name and address, until you are invited for an interview. Should you require any adjustments at either the application or interview stage, please contact us via our website.

How to apply: Please create an online account using our Online Recruitment Platform which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies page. You will be able to attach your CV to your application and track the status of your application.

About Alzheimer’s Research UK: Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading dementia research charity. Our mission is to accelerate progress towards a cure.  Today 1 in 2 people will be impacted by dementia, either through caring for a loved one, developing it themselves or tragically both. But there is hope. 

There has never been a more important and exciting time in dementia research. With promising new drugs in clinical trials that slow the progression of the diseases that cause it, and revolutionary new ways to diagnose them on the horizon, we are now at a tipping point. Working with the smartest minds globally and across the UK, with industry and academia, Alzheimer’s Research UK is uniquely placed to invest in the very best research identifying barriers to a cure and knocking them down so that there are more and better treatments for everyone with dementia. For the first time in history, we can see a future where people with dementia can get a swift and accurate diagnosis, and effective treatments that could slow or even stop their disease. We stand for everyone affected by dementia. We stand for a cure. 

In 2024, we were incredibly proud to be awarded a 3-star accreditation by Best Companies which recognises ‘World Class’ levels of workplace engagement. This is the second consecutive time; we have been awarded a Best Companies 3-star accreditation.

We were also listed in the prestigious Best Companies lists:

· 18th in the 100 Best Large Companies to Work For in the UK.

· 10th in the 50 Best Companies to Work For in the East of England.

· 2nd in the 30 Best Companies to Work For in the Charity Sector.

In addition, we were also shortlisted for a special award recognising the work undertaken on reducing our environmental impact.

In 2021, we were awarded the HR Management award by The Charity Times for our Wellbeing initiatives throughout the pandemic.

In 2020, we demonstrated our commitment to changing the way we think and act about mental health in the workplace and signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge. 

ARUK really does look after its people, where you will be able to add value and make a difference. 

To view further details about working for us and the benefits we offer, please visit Alzheimer’s Research UK

Hopeful Futures is a small but growing grass roots not-for-profit community interest company. Our mission is to create opportunities for autistic people, those with learning disabilities and their families to thrive in local communities. We do this in a variety of ways, one of which being through our Art Projects!

We’re looking for a manager to lead on our two brand new Art Projects: Art Group and Art Hub. This is an exciting and varied role for someone who is creative, has a genuine passion for working with people and who has good project management skills.

The right candidate will have experience of taking original art, creating it into sellable products e.g prints, putting onto cards, mugs, tea towels (to name a few possibilities!) and successfully marketing for sale and/or they will hold a relevant degree with the ability to demonstrate that they have the skills to do this. 

This role is full time (37.5 hours Monday - Friday), we would consider part time pro rata (4 days / 30 hours per week) if the right candidate preferred this.

About the Projects

Art School: Background Information to the Art Projects

We ran a Community Art School for adult artists with learning disabilities for two years from 2022 – 2024 thanks to funding from the National Lottery. Over the course of the project we worked with over 40 artists with learning disabilities & autism. Art School was a non-directive art group, a place where neurodiverse adults met to create art that was important to them and reflected who they are as individuals. Neurodiverse people can feel pressure to ‘mask’ who they truly are to fit into society’s accepted norms. We wanted to offer a space where neurodiverse adults could authentically express themselves. This group was led by an autistic art facilitator.

Art Group

We have started a new weekly Art Group in partnership with the charity East London Textile Arts (ELTA). This is a mixed ability group where artists with and without learning disabilities from ELTA and Hopeful Futures come together to work on heritage themed projects for exhibition. You will be responsible for the overall management for the Hopeful Futures part of this group.

Art Hub

Our new Art Hub is all about ‘our work is valuable to our community’. You will be responsible for the running of two weekly art hub sessions at Rosetta Arts in Westham where seven artists with a learning disability at each session will create their own pieces of work through the guidance and support of a qualified art tutor. You will be responsible for helping each artist to develop their work into sellable products and raising their profiles as individual artists.

General information for Applicants

We look for staff who share our value base of LIGHT: Love, Integrity, Gentleness, High expectations and Time. It is important for our Art Projects Manager to be creative, proactive, to have a genuine passion for working with people, positive in attitude, with good project management & creative skills.

We are particularly passionate about creating a diverse workforce and particularly encourage applications from candidates of the global majority.

Please note, all job offers are subject to a satisfactory DBS check and references.

Benefits of Working at Hopeful Futures CIC

• We provide high quality training & a robust induction process to settle you into your role
• Enhanced maternity & adoption leave scheme
• 28 days annual leave increasing by 1 day for each year of continuous service (up to 33 days)
• An additional day off for your birthday
• We are a recognised disability confident employer
• We have an Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme with access to free counselling and other wellbeing services
• Ability to join the Blue Light Card Scheme which provides members with thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street across categories such as holidays, cars, days out, fashion, gifts, insurance, phones and many more

Age UK Lewisham and Southwark are seeking a highly motivated individual to join the Healthy Living and Learning Centre  Team to deliver activities and events to people aged 50 or above, and coordinate volunteers. This role is a maternity cover and is fixed term for one year.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver activities and events that promote positive outcomes for people aged 50 or above.
• Coordinate volunteers and partners to support and lead on the delivery of activities and events.
• Lead the MYSocial online calendar platform, ensuring it reflects activities and services across London.
• Build and maintain a network of partners that provide relevant services.  
• Support the wider running of the Day Centre.

Ideal Candidate

• Experienced in delivering activities and events, and working with volunteers.
• Able to multitask and work in an environment where no one day is the same.
• Passionate about supporting people to improve their outcomes – excellent interpersonal skills are a must.

Working at Age UK Lewisham and Southwark

Age UK Lewisham and Southwark aims to provide a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and we strongly encourage applicants from underrepresented groups.

Employee benefits include:

• 26 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Additional 1 day leave for Birthdays
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme including access to a helpline for partners and dependents
• Generous contractual sick pay scheme, allowing staff to recover without the worry of loss of income
• CycleScheme members – enabling employees to save 25-39% of the cost of a new bike & accessories whilst also spreading the cost
• TechScheme members – enabling employees to purchase tech and home furnishing through AUKLS and spread the cost from their salary

We are looking for a Visitor Experience Officer to help develop and deliver the visitor experience, organise events, contribute to Abernethy reserve social media channels, and encourage support for nature conservation at the Loch Garten Nature Centre on Abernethy Reserve.

Visitor Experience Officer
Reference: JAN20254727
Location: Abernethy
Salary: £24,890.00 - £26,720.00 per annum
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: Pension scheme (7%), Life Assurance scheme, 26 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays)

Located in the heart of Abernethy reserve, surrounded by Caledonian pine forest and in the shadow of the mighty Cairngorms, the Nature Centre is one of the RSPB’s most high-profile visitor facilities, with a legacy of delivering a top-quality visitor experience spanning over sixty-five years.

The Nature Centre is a 7-day-a-week seasonal facility (April to October) with a visitor experience focussed on Abernethy reserve, in particular the Caledonian pine forest and the species which live there, as well as the work of the Cairngorms Connect partnership.

During the Nature Centre season, with the Visitor Experience Manager and the seasonal team, you will help maintain and deliver the first-class visitor attraction; guaranteeing a high quality, on brand, visitor experience for all and maintaining exceptional customer care standards

You will also plan and deliver small events and maximise support for nature through encouraging membership of the RSPB, for which you will receive full training. You will deputise for the Visitor Experience Manager and help lead the seasonal team of staff and volunteers.

We have recently developed a Changing Places facility for those with disabilities and upgraded two woodland trails to make them more accessible. This represents an exciting new era for the Loch Garten Nature Centre, and we are keen to share these upgraded facilities with a wider audience, helping more people to connect with the nature surrounding them, and growing support for nature conservation. 

You will occasionally be asked to patrol the local trails in the evening with a colleague, to engage with visitors who may be wild camping, ensuring the forest and local communities are protected from visitor impacts, including wildfire. 

Outwith the season you will plan, develop and deliver audience-building events and assist the Visitor Experience Manager in planning for the following season.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure the efficient and smooth day-to-day running of the Centre, upholding exceptional customer care standards for all
• Deliver a top-class experience for all visitors, ensuring everyone has positive and memorable contact with the RSPB, including giving talks and guided walks
• Promote RSPB membership to visitors and recruit new members, ensuring stringent fundraising standards are met.
• Work with the Visitor Experience Manager to organise the seasonal team, volunteers and rotas
• Plan and deliver income-generating events to attract new audiences
• Produce regular, engaging content for reserve social media platforms, including occasional blogs, ensuring communication is of a high standard and adheres to RSPB Brand guidelines
• Deputise for the Visitor Experience Manager and provide cover for colleagues as required.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• A passion for nature and conservation
• Computer literate in Microsoft Office
• Knowledge and experience of visitor engagement techniques and delivering a high-quality visitor offer
• Proven ability to recruit members to a charity
• Experience of planning and delivering successful, income-generating events
• Experience of creating engaging social media posts, particularly on Facebook and Instagram
• Proven ability to plan and prioritise workloads
• A team player, with the ability to also work on own initiative
• Ability and willingness to work flexibly including weekends and occasional evenings
• 4 National 5s / GCSEs (or equivalent) at grades A-C.

Desirable skills, knowledge, and experience:

• Delivering against targets and KPI’s
• Working knowledge of Equal Opportunities & Diversity
• Health and Safety in the workplace
• Ability to travel in rural areas during work hours without reliance on public transport.

Closing date: 23:59, Sunday, 23rd February 2025

Please note that we are actively recruiting for this position and reserve the right to close this vacancy once sufficient applications have been received.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

As part of this application process you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

No agencies please.

Visitor Experience Officer - Fixed-Term
Reference: JAN20257294
Location: Abernethy
Salary: £24,890.00 - £26,720.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension scheme (7%), Life Assurance scheme, 26 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays)
Duration: 6 months
Hours: Full Time

We have three full-time 6-month contracts available for this position. The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.

We are looking to recruit our seasonal team of Visitor Experience Officers to help deliver the visitor experience and maximise support for nature conservation through encouraging membership of the RSPB at the Loch Garten Nature Centre. 

Located in the heart of Abernethy reserve, surrounded by Caledonian pine forest and in the shadow of the mighty Cairngorms, the Nature Centre is one of the RSPB’s most high-profile visitor facilities, with a legacy of delivering a top-quality visitor experience spanning over sixty-five years. 

The Nature Centre is a 7-day-a-week seasonal facility (April to October) with a visitor experience focussed on Abernethy reserve, in particular the Caledonian pine forest and the species which live there, as well as the work of the Cairngorms Connect partnership. 
As a Loch Garten Visitor Experience Officer, you will be part of a dedicated and enthusiastic team, maintaining and delivering the first-class visitor attraction, guaranteeing a high quality, on brand, visitor experience for all and maintaining exceptional customer care standards. You will also maximise support for nature through encouraging membership of the RSPB, for which you will receive full training. 

You will occasionally be asked to patrol the local trails in the evening with a colleague, to engage with visitors who may be wild camping, ensuring the forest and local communities are protected from visitor impacts, including wildfire.

We are looking for three six-month contracts starting as soon as possible, one of which will be extended for an additional two months, and one four-month contract starting at the beginning of May.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver a top-class experience for all visitors, ensuring everyone has positive and memorable contact with the RSPB, including giving talks and occasionally helping on guided walks
• Ensure the efficient and smooth day-to-day running of the Centre, facilitating an exceptional visitor environment and delivering first class customer care for all visitors
• Promote RSPB membership to visitors and recruit new members, ensuring stringent fundraising standards are met
• Provide cover for colleagues as required.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• A passion for nature and conservation
• Computer literate in Microsoft Office
• Knowledge and experience of visitor engagement techniques and delivering a high-quality visitor offer
• Proven ability to recruit members to a charity
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to plan and prioritise workloads
• A team player, with the ability to also work on own initiative
• Ability and willingness to work flexibly including weekends and occasional evenings
• 4 National 5s / GCSEs (or equivalent) at grades A-C.

Desirable skills, knowledge, and experience:

• Delivering against targets and KPI’s
• Working knowledge of Equal Opportunities & Diversity
• Health and Safety in the workplace
• Ability to travel in rural areas during work hours without reliance on public transport.

Closing date: 23:59, Sun, 23rd Feb 2025

Please note that we are actively recruiting for this position and reserve the right to close this vacancy once sufficient applications have been received.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The RSPB is a licenced sponsor. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

As part of this application process you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

No agencies please.

Young Adult Carers Service Coordinator

Carers’ Hub works to improve carers’ lives in Lambeth through quality services and community engagement. We are an independent local charity, who work with carers aged five upwards. Whether financial, educational or otherwise, they seek to limit the challenges that carers face and achieve this by improving carer’s wellbeing, connecting carers to support and training opportunities, awareness raising and influencing local policy. We are now recruiting for a Young Adult Carers Service Coordinator to join our team.

As the Young Adult Carers Service Coordinator you will: 

• Deliver an engaging, accessible range of workshops, social activities and one to one support for our young adult carers, working to targets and ensuring timely and accurate reporting to funders.

• Support the wider young carers service by being a first point of contact for telephone and email enquiries. 

• Develop external relationships and communications in a way that promotes the welfare of carers in Lambeth and enhances the image of the organisation. 

• Work with the Carers' Hub team to support our wider organisational objectives and helping out with events, communications and other ad hoc work.

To be considered for this role you will have experience of working with vulnerable young people and managing complex cases as well as knowledge of safeguarding protocols including referring and escalation to Children’s Social Care. Candidates with a professional qualification in health and social care, youth or community work, and/or direct experience of delivering family focused interventions are encouraged to apply. 

Please note, this is a part-time role, 21-hours per week, ideally spread across 3 days. You will be based on site at our Brixton office, with the option of home working 1 day per week, as well as outreach/in the community. You will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS for Adults and children. 

As the Young Adult Carers Service Coordinator you must be:

• Available to work between 9am to 6.30pm between Monday and Friday (with regular evening and occasional weekend work)

• Willing to travel within Lambeth

• Willing to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service check

What can we offer you?

• Professional development,  induction,  ongoing training and support

• Hybrid working

• Permanent contract

• Holiday pay and pension

• Travel reimbursed

Closing date: Friday 14th February 2025

Interviews:  Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th February at 336 Brixton Road

Senior Philanthropy Events Manager (Fundraising)

£55,000 - £60,000 plus

Reports to: Philanthropy Events Lead

Directorate: Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement

Contract: 12 month fixed-term contract

Hours: Full time 35 hours per week

Location: Stratford, London Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)

Closing date: 13 February 2025 23:55

This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment. Please let us know if there is anything about the recruitment process that you would like to discuss, in particular if there are any changes or adjustments that would make it easier for you to apply. Please contact or 020 3469 8400 as soon as possible.

Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

Recruitment process: Competency based interview

Interview date: 27th/28th February 2025

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

Our sector leading Philanthropy team have an exciting new opportunity to join as a Senior Philanthropy Events Manager (fundraising). You will be joining our newly formed Philanthropy Events team, which brings together the existing high value engagement and fundraising events teams.

As a part of the wider CRUK fundraising efforts, the Philanthropy Directorate is one of the largest and most successful fundraising teams in the UK. An ambitious and innovative team of 60 talented philanthropy professionals, our focus is the £400m ' (MRLC) campaign which has four key priorities: the Francis Crick Institute, Cancer Grand Challenges, Translation & Innovation, and our Future Leaders' programme. We've recently reached the milestone of £200m. 

As the Philanthropy Events Senior Manager (Fundraising) you will contribute to the development and delivery of the programme, with a specific focus on fundraising events. The role will deliver at least one event in the fundraising portfolio and lead on the strategic elements of fundraising events including creative development, talent and senior volunteer management, pitching, sponsorship and suppliers. The role is also responsible for the line management and deployment of executive resources across the team.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced event delivery professional, to join one of the leading high value programmes in the sector. You'll get to work on a variety of different events including music, sports and galas, as well as our flagship . The portfolio as a whole raises c2million per year. You'll bring with you experience of delivery and planning high profile events ideally in the philanthropy space, however we would also welcome application from those that have experience working with high value audiences.

What will I be doing?

• Support the design and growth of the Philanthropy events programme, with a primary focus on fundraising events, ensuring they align with the growth ambitions of the MRLC campaign and the broader Philanthropy programme.

• Lead on one event in the fundraising portfolio.

• Lead on strategic elements of fundraising events including creative development, talent and senior volunteer management, pitching, sponsorship and suppliers.

• Ensure that the events programme is informed by donor insights, creating impactful experiences that foster loyalty and deepen donor engagement.

• Responsible for the effective deployment of the executive resource and ensure effective line management support.

• Support the planning and execution of fundraising events, ensuring they are audience-focused, creative, and sector-leading, and deliver outputs that meet or exceed expectations.

• Be flexible to step in to manage event delivery if required and lead on securing sponsorship for fundraising events in collaboration with colleagues.

• Support the management of talent, committees and senior volunteers associated to fundraising events to ensure excellent relationship management and to maximise value for CRUK.

• Support the on boarding and management of fundraising event suppliers to ensure value for CRUK.

• Build and manage strong relationships with senior CRUK stakeholders, contributing to the development and implementation of the events team's strategy through consultation, collaboration, and influence.

What are you looking for?

• Significant events management experience, ideally in the context of delivering events that enable high value fundraising through relationship-building.

• Experience of leading an operational team and driving high performance, with excellent team building, influencing, motivating and delegating skills.

• Demonstrable experience of applying creative thinking to innovate and develop new opportunities.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and the ability to present complex information in an accessible format for major donors.

• Experience of setting up, analysing and evaluating activity and programmes.

• A flexible and adaptable approach to managing change and ambiguity.

• Excellent stakeholder management skills.

• Demonstrated ability to problem solve. Ability to anticipate challenges and address them quickly.

• Thorough understanding and experience of the principles of major gift fundraising and a proven aptitude for donor care, would be beneficial but isn't essential.

Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do.

Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination

Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism

Human: Act to have a positive impact on people

Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively

We're looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.

If you're interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we'd still love to hear from you.

What will I gain?

We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.

You can explore our benefits by visiting our .

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively.

For more information on this career opportunity please or contact us at .

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The Woodland Trust is looking for an Engaging Communities Officer to join our Smithills Estate team to manage the coordination and delivery of the Smithills Estate Communication and engagement programme to support our vision of increasing opportunities for public access and participation.

The Role: 
•    The role will encourage existing and new audiences to explore the Smithills Estate landscape and, in doing so, develop their understanding of its importance, biodiversity, history, and longer-term potential through conservation measures, including a doubling of native woodland cover.  
•    You will be responsible for line managing two Events and Communications Officers, leading, motivating and developing them to their full potential.
•    You will oversee and lead the planning and implementation of the Smithills Estate communications and engagement plan, ensuring it keeps in line with Youth Innovation, Tree Equity, PLANtrees, North regional strategy and links with northern forest. Striving to enhance the youth offer and work towards better inclusion and diversity.
•    Assist in fundraising and corporate partnership teams in supporting funding streams, helping to write reports, and gathering important information for bids and major donors. 
•    Lead all communication channels for Smithills Estate, press, print, interpretation, digital and social media. 
•    This is a 12-month maternity cover looking to start towards the end of April 2025.
•    This role is based in Smithills, Bolton and will require the successful candidate to travel to and from site as well as around the region.
•    This role will require an enhanced DBS check as part of our pre-employment checks.
•    Weekends and evening work will be required.

The Candidate: 
•    You have an enthusiasm for the environment and share our core values—Grow Together, Explore, Focus and Make it Count.
•    You’ll have experience being an affective line manager – you’ll be experienced leading, motivating and developing a skilled team.
•    Hands on experience in leading groups and activities in an outdoor setting, including working with young people, vulnerable adults, and schools.
•    Experienced in coordinating and delivering a diverse range of events with the ability to tailor them to different audiences and locations.
•    Experience in working across a range of teams at a regional level to support existing and collaborations that have the potential to reach and engage new audiences.
•    You’ll have a collaborative approach, with the ability to work with multiple teams and community groups, building relationships with both internal and external stakeholders effectively. 
•    Strong communication skills, both written and verbally being able to liaise with internal and external stakeholders, especially volunteers using a variety of methods to suite the audience.
•    This role does require regular travel. A full clean UK driving licence is required. 

Benefits & Wellbeing: Joining our team means you'll be a big part of tackling environmental and climate issues. We take good care of our staff, offering support and training opportunities. We also offer:
•    Enhanced Employer Pension
•    Life Assurance
•    Flexible & Hybrid Working Options
•    Generous Annual Leave
•    Enhanced Parental Pay
•    Employee Assistance Programme

About Us: The Woodland Trust is the UK's leading woodland conservation charity and is dedicated to creating a world where trees and woods thrive for both people and nature. Our mission involves engaging and inspiring individuals to contribute toward tackling the nature and climate crisis through the protection, restoration, and creation of essential woodland habitats.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: To achieve our vision of a world where woods and trees thrive for people and nature, we need to better reflect society and the communities we work in. All people, no matter their background, identity, ability, or circumstance, should benefit from trees. 
People of colour and disabled people are currently under-represented across the environment and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we particularly encourage you to apply.
Please contact us to discuss any additional support or adjustments you may need to complete your application. 

Application Advice: For fairness we keep our candidates’ personal details hidden from the hiring managers, so they do not see your CV until shortlisting is completed. Make sure that your Personal Statement clearly shows how your skills and knowledge link to the specifications in the job description and you share with us your passion for the role. 

Even if you don't meet every requirement of the role, we would encourage you to apply.  

Apply Now: If you're ready to make a difference and grow with us, send in your application today. We might close the job opening early if we get a lot of applications, so it's a good idea to apply soon. If we do close the advert early, and you have an application in process, we will email you prior to closing to give you time to complete.

Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 11th March 2025.

For over 40 years, The ClementJames Centre has been offering local people the skills, knowledge, opportunities and support they need to achieve their potential. 

Our dedicated staff team is essential to the success of everything we do. Together, we work towards creating a fairer society where everyone gets the opportunity to achieve their ambitions. We do this by providing high quality services driven by individual needs. Working at ClementJames will put you at the forefront of making positive social change, helping local children and adults to grow and succeed.

Our programmes and services have expanded substantially over the past five years and we have exciting plans for further development. At this important time, we are looking for a high-calibre candidate to join our Young People’s Programmes team. You will play a vital role in delivering education, mentoring and information programmes and sessions to young people and their families, with the aim of improving attainment, confidence and attitudes to learning. You will have a passion for understanding and learning about the challenges that our clients face and help ClementJames maintain meaningful relationships with our stakeholders. You will report to the Head of Young People’s Programmes.

ClementJames recently introduced a nine-day fortnight policy through which staff members work nine days over a fortnight and have every second Friday off. We have introduced this as a way of prioritising staff wellbeing, and ensuring individuals have a strong work-life balance. 

If you believe that everyone should have the opportunity to realise their ambitions and live fulfilled lives, and you would like to join a dynamic, innovative organisation, then The ClementJames Centre could be the perfect career choice for you.

Development Officer (Legacies)

Leading heritage conservation charity are looking for a Development Officer (Legacies) to join the fundraising team in this hybrid working role. Exciting opportunity to help grow an established legacy programme.

Position: Development Officer (Legacies)

Location: Shottesbrooke, near Maidenhead/Hybrid working (3 days per week in the office) 

Salary: Circa £30,000 per annum

Hours: Full Time (35 hours per week) flexible working hours considered

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: Thursday 13th February

The Role

This is a new role created to support and build upon a successful legacies programme, and to develop the potential of in-memory giving. You will be supporting the Development Manager (Legacies) to deliver the legacy marketing programmes, supporter stewardship, and legacy administration. 

The varied scope includes delivering projects and communications to promote gifts in wills and in-memory giving, managing the stewardship of your own portfolio of legacy supporters, and assisting with legacy administration when gifts are received. Whilst reporting to the Development Manager you will also work closely with eight other colleagues in the Development team, and others throughout the organisation. Occasional travel will be also required for site visits, meetings and events to engage supporters face to face with our work throughout the UK.

You will work with and support the Development Manager (Legacies) to: 

• Deliver an effective strategy for gifts in wills and in memory. 

• Meet an agreed annual pledger recruitment target and other mutually agreed KPIs. 

• Acknowledge and celebrate gifts in wills to raise awareness throughout the organisation, with its followers, supporters, visitors, staff and volunteers. 

• Gather content from colleagues to produce high quality and inspirational updates for legacy supporters and their families. 

• Respond to potential enquiries about all types of legacy gifts and gather details about each. 

• Plan and run legacy seminars given by a volunteer solicitor, and an annual in-person event for identified legacy supporters. 

• Support and champion the promotion of legacy giving through the organisation. 

About You

We are seeking a Development Officer (Legacies) to support the development and delivery of the legacies programme for the charity. 

You will have:

• Excellent customer/donor care experience with a proven track record of exceptional listening skills.

• Examples of writing marketing or fundraising reports and proposals, updates etc.

• Ability to communicate with different audiences, both verbally and via written communications.

• Methodical and organised approach to tasks with meticulous attention to detail. Ability to plan and prioritise.

• Experience of working to agreed targets, managing multiple tasks and meeting deadlines.

• Self-motivated with the ability to progress several tasks simultaneously and maintain time scales, including when working under pressure.

• Experience of fundraising CRM databases.

• Previous Marketing or Direct Marketing experience. (desirable)

• Evidence of CPD in fundraising, and/or Chartered Institute of Fundraising courses & qualifications. (desirable)

• Previous fundraising experience or experience of gifts in wills or gifts in memory.  (desirable)

About The Organisation

This charity is one of Britain’s leading heritage conservation charities. With the help of our supporters, we save historic buildings in danger of being lost forever, restore such 'Landmarks' using skilled craftspeople and their apprentices, and make them available for all to enjoy for holidays. This income supports their ongoing care, whilst free open days and engagement with communities ensure that even more people can learn about and experience these extraordinary places. We have an ambitious pipeline of future heritage rescue projects throughout the UK which will depend on supporters giving donations in their lifetime, and the income we receive from legacies, which is playing an increasing role.

What They Offer

• Work-Life Balance: Hybrid and flexible working options available

• Generous Benefits: Following probation, enhanced sick and holiday pay and pension and life assurance and opportunities to take part in our property review scheme

• Other Benefits: Employee Assistance Program, training and development, relaxed dress code

You may also have experience in areas such as Legacy, Community, Development, Legacy Fundraiser, Community Fundraiser, Legacy Fundraising Officer, Community Fundraising Officer, Events, Events Fundraising, Events Fundraiser, Marketing Officer, Marketing Executive, Marketing Assistant, Direct Marketing Officer, Direct Marketing Executive.

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

The Lead Manager will be responsible to the Trustees for:

• Maintaining and growing Ammerdown as a centre of refreshment, hospitality, peace and reconciliation where diversity and different identities are cherished. Engaging with guests in order to create a safe and positive environment.

• Working with the Trustees in developing the Ammerdown Centre, and community and in particular to refresh the strategy and business plan mindful of its spiritual heart as well as commercial potential.

• Further developing the Ammerdown Centre and community to provide opportunities for learning in a safe and inclusive environment where people of differing views and faiths can engage in dialogue and creativity.

• Creating opportunities to take forward the vision of the Ammerdown Centre and community through creating partnership and networking opportunities.

• Ensuring robust and effective management and performance of the organisation (staff, finance, committees etc.) Enabling a flexible and adaptive response to the changing business environment.

• Living and developing the ethos of the Ammerdown Centre and community both within the Centre and in external relationships.

Person Specification

A person with distinctive gifts of insight, creativity and leadership who will enable Ammerdown to continue to articulate its core values in ways that are financially and practically sustainable. A resilient individual, comfortable in both a rural setting and a busy working environment.

The Trustees are seeking a person who:

Spiritual Life

Whose spirituality is ecumenical and embraces the inclusive ethos of Ammerdown and the community.

Leadership

• Has the ability to inspire, equip, relate, and lead a team of people in offering hospitality to all guests.

• Has excellent interpersonal skills, and is attuned to work constructively, ecumenically and with those of other faiths and no faith.

• Has the ability to identify and develop untapped potential.

• Has a proven track record of creating community.

Management 

• Experience of managing and developing a team with mixed skills and experience, comprised of employed people and volunteers.

• Experience of management in a small to medium-sized organisation.

• Experience in creating and implementing a business plan. Experience of managing financial planning and budgeting.

Professional 

• Excellent presentational and IT skills.

• Experience of developing and delivering spiritual retreats, workshops, training, conferences and/or other events and activities that accord with the values of Ammerdown.

• Able to demonstrate a deep interest or experience in peace, justice and reconciliation in the contemporary world.

The successful candidate must be prepared to share in rostered overnight on-call responsibilities. Given the location of Ammerdown they will need access to a vehicle and a valid driving licence.

How to Apply

Please email us your cover letter and CV, which addresses the job specification by the 4th March 2025. 

All applicants will be asked to complete a diversity monitoring form upon receipt of the application.

Applicants should have the right to live and work in the United Kingdom. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

We envisage this post to be four days a week including occasional evenings and weekends. Flexible working hours can be arranged. Accommodation may be available.

Remuneration can be negotiated depending on experience.

This role description will be annually reviewed by the Trustees and the post holder.

Salary: Grade 3 - £31,133.37 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Location: Birmingham

Hours: Part time - 30 per week (flexible working pattern)

Contract: Fixed term until April 2026

Closing date: Sunday 16th February 2025 at 11:30pm

Do you have an understanding of how lived experience of bad housing or homelessness can impact people, plus a real desire and proven ability to help them share their feedback, stories and experiences so that we can better help them in the future? Then join Shelter as a Lived Experience Coordinator and you could soon be playing a vital role within our Birmingham Hub.

About the role

You will work alongside the financial resilience project to deliver a programme of involvement activities both for Birmingham Hub and the wider organisation, making sure that the views and experiences of individuals with lived experience shapes and informs all of Shelter’s work. People can take part in a variety of way such as involvement groups, taking part in events within local communities, co-designing services and campaigns and speaking out about the housing emergency by sharing their stories.

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 you

You will need experience of facilitating involvement groups and other activities to support and involve people with lived experience in Shelter’s work. You have a strong understanding of how lived experience of housing issues can impact a person and so ensure a safe and inclusive space where everybody can contribute. The ability to plan and co-ordinate involvement activities with local teams, with several activities running at once is important too.

You will have a flair for developing successful relationships with colleagues across Shelter, as well as external local organisations and partners. Also, you have some experience of presenting information verbally and in writing, as is IT literacy including case management systems, Microsoft Office, internet, email and online meetings.

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.

About Shelter

Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet every day 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.

About the Team

At Birmingham Hub we have around 25 staff plus volunteers and specialise in providing housing advice and homelessness work, with a particular focus on families and individuals experiencing multiple disadvantage. We work in partnership with a range of organisations to improve the underlying systems that prevent people from living securely in suitable, safe, affordable homes. 

We currently have a 3 year partnership with a leading bank which aims to build financial resilience and break the cycle of poor financial health which negatively impacts people’s housing situation.

How to Apply

Please click ‘Apply for Job’ below. You are required to submit a CV and a supporting statement. The supporting statement should include responses to the ‘About You’ points in the job description of no more than 350 words each. Please provide specific examples following the STAR format and ensure you demonstrate how you address the behaviour below throughout your responses:

• We prioritise diversity and have an inclusive and open mindset

Any applications submitted without a supporting statement will not be considered.

Community Alcohol Partnerships (CAP) is looking to engage the services of a results-oriented consultant with great people skills to set up CAP projects in high harm areas.

The successful applicant will have a track record of building effective partnerships, the people and communication skills to involve and engage a wide range of local stakeholders and the leadership and project management skills to support projects through each phase of their lifecycle including baseline evaluation, action plan delivery, post intervention evaluation and maintenance/sustainment. After a short familiarisation period the successful applicant will be expected to oversee fast-track development of new CAPs in priority areas and take responsibility for all aspects of their management with minimal supervision.

A key requisite of the role will be the ability to forge effective public/private sector partnerships between statutory agencies, schools, youth charities and retailers following the CAP model and evaluation framework. The successful applicant may come from a police, public health, education, local authority or other relevant background.

Key Responsibilities

· Proactively identify opportunities for new CAPs and facilitate set up of new CAPs in priority areas

· Ensure that all new CAP projects carry out appropriate and timely interventions and evaluate all activity in line with the CAP evaluation toolkit – including a baseline and post intervention evaluation

· Raise the profile of CAPs in Scotland and ensure that their impact is recognised by key stakeholders

Specific duties to include the following:

o Represent CAP at all operational meetings

o Ensure that Retail of Alcohol Standards Group (RASG) member companies play a full delivery role in each CAP where they operate as businesses.

o Liaise as appropriate with strategic leads within local enforcement authorities and other partner organisations to initiate and complete agreed actions

o Encourage all projects to achieve positive local media coverage including via social media and regional news/broadcast media

o Ensure that all projects carry out as a minimum a baseline (pre-CAP) evaluation and post intervention evaluation following the CAP evaluation framework and project management survey tools

o Produce a monthly progress report on all schemes and pipeline activity

o Attend and participate in regular CAP update meetings on Microsoft teams (x12 pa) 

o Assist with event planning and profile-raising opportunities such as MSP visits to CAP projects

Skills, attributes and experience

• Essential to the role will be the ability to persuade key stakeholders at local and national level of the need to address underage drinking problems and to facilitate effective and dynamic local partnerships involving any/all of the following sectors: local authorities, education, child protection, social services, public health, Alcohol and Drug Partnerships, police, retailers and licensing
• Excellent organisational and sound project management skills 
• Great people skills with the ability to build consensus and motivate partners to play a role in timely delivery of an agreed action plan
• Act as an ambassador for CAP at meetings and events including parliamentary events
• Excellent presentation and all-round communication skills
• Capable administrator with the ability to keep accurate records including data collection around outputs and impact evaluation

Remuneration: Consultancy fee of £320 per day depending on experience. Work will depend on ability to generate interest in setting up new CAPs but we anticipate as a guideline engaging a minimum of 2.5 days of consultancy per week or around 100 days per annum. All reasonable and agreed travel expenses will be paid in line with invoice arrangements.

At Diabetes UK, we are looking for an ambitious and experienced Senior Community Fundraising Manager to join our team and play a crucial role in growing our community fundraising income. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a geographically dispersed team to deliver high-impact fundraising plans across a range of community income streams, with a specific focus on acquiring new supporters.

You will be responsible for developing and executing a strategic acquisition plan that attracts new supporters, including regional corporate partners, individual donors, and expanding our in-memory fundraising programme. By identifying new opportunities and optimising processes, you will ensure the team is working as efficiently as possible to engage and attract supporters in their local area. Your leadership will be key in managing a high-performance team, setting clear objectives, and providing ongoing support to help them exceed fundraising targets.

You will lead a geographically dispersed team to deliver ambitious fundraising plans to increase income over a range of community income streams, develop budgets and performance metrics, develop and deliver a robust acquisition plan for Community Fundraising that identifies opportunities to attract new support from individuals, regional corporates and groups and identify, develop, and innovate processes to ensure we are working as efficiently as possible, to attract and manage new supporters.