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We are looking for a dynamic and detail orientated leader to cover our Head of Learning and Development role to ensure that our people learn the skills and gain the knowledge that they need to do their best work with our clients.

About the role:

We're looking for someone with the values, skills and knowledge to lead our learning and development function for a fixed period that will include project, budget, team and people management, developing new programmes of learning, commissioning training, developing an annual training plan and developing current systems and processes.

Particular projects and workstreams that you would pick up in this role would include developing and rolling out a new programme of learning for our night staff, increasing our benefit from apprenticeships and building on our existing training for future, new and established managers.

Hybrid working is the norm for us at the moment, so a mix of home and office working is what you'll get, as well as our other benefits. The Learning and Development Team share responsibility for opening up our training spaces across London, so expect to regularly (roughly 2 days per week) be working across multiple sites including Vauxhall and Leyton. It's a great opportunity to network with staff across various SHP services.

About you:

If you love learning, are able to manage people and priorities, implement projects, introduce change and new processes and want the variety of a role that combines strategic, operational and training work, this role is for you. We work in a changing and pressured environment, but you'll be working in a great team, dept and organisation - and there's also the constant reward and satisfaction of making a real contribution to preventing homelessness and transforming lives in your work.

About us:

Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.

We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.

We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.

Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need. 

Important info:

If you’d like to find our more about the role and would like to have a brief conversation with the role’s manager, Howard Rosenthal (Director of HR & OD) please contact our recruitment team

Closing date: Sunday 20th October at midnight

Interview date: Week commencing 28th October at our Head Office in Kings Cross

 Trust Fundraiser

Salary: £35,000 per annum

Location: Eynsham, Oxfordshire (Office based full-time role). 

Contract: Permanent, 35 hours per week (full time)

IMJP are open to discussing hybrid working option and / or part time hours for the right candidate. Please let us know when you apply if you are interested in this.

About the role:

Internation Mission to Jewish People (IMJP) is looking for an experienced Trust Fundraiser to join their Fundraising and Communications Team, focusing on Trusts and taking this key area to the next level.

International Mission to Jewish People has been at the cutting edge of mission to Jewish people since 1842. Their UK office is looking for an experienced Trust Fundraiser to secure significant income to support their vision to sustain and grow their  vital mission work.

IMJP already has a loyal support base and they’re looking for someone to build on this and help grow their income and generate new and higher value funds as well as develop and nurture their current relationships with trusts.

This is an exciting time to join the fundraising and communications team, and with a new Director of Fundraising and Communications who started last year, they have a new fundraising strategy and direction that will help guide IMJP get to the next level with Trusts and Foundation grants.

As the new Trust Fundraiser you will have the opportunity to make the most of this fresh direction in order to grow and develop the portfolio!

About you:

You’ll be an skilled fundraiser bringing your previous experience in trusts or corporate fundraising with a proven track record of successful funding applications and bringing in significant income.

Using your excellent communication and relationship building skills you will be able to develop and maintain effective relationships with key trusts and grant making bodies in order to develop and sustain current relationships as well as progress and nurture new ones and secure more high level funding applications (£2 - £2.5k plus).

You’ll be proactive and self motivated, able to plan ahead and work to deadlines, using your attention to detail and current knowledge of regulations and fundraising best practise to be successful in your role. Your experience in writing tailored and high quality applications will be key and an asset to the team!

You'll bring your previous experience as a trust fundraiser to hit the ground running and pick up the current portfolio whilst also exploring and researching new avenues for trusts and grant application potential that will leverage a range of opportunities available.

IMJP are a team of practicing and active Christians – this a culture that is evident throughout their team and day to day working and operating. As such they would like you to bring your same beliefs to this role, sharing in the belief in their mission and purpose, and actively being part of the day to day faith community among colleagues and in the workplace.

What we can offer you:

Salary: £35,000 per annum.

Location: International Mission to Jewish People Head Office, Eynsham, Oxfordshire.

Hours of work: You will be contracted hours are 35 hours per week (full time).

Pension: A generous pension scheme where the employer contribution is 8% and the employee contribution is 5%.

Holiday: 25 days a year (full time), plus bank holidays.

IMJP are open to discussing hybrid working option and / or part time hours for the right candidate. Please let us know when you apply if you are interested in this.

About IMJP

IMJP has been at the cutting edge of cross-cultural mission since 1842 and was formed by people with a vision and passion for the salvation of the Jewish people. Originally the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews (BJS), the Society was founded at an inaugural meeting in Regent Square, supported by British evangelical leaders such as Robert Murray M’Cheyne and the great Baptist preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

Nearly 200 years after it came into existence, International Mission to Jewish People is still at the cutting edge of cross-cultural, multi-cultural, international and interdenominational mission to the Jewish people, sharing the Good News that the Messiah promised through the ancient Jewish prophets has come, and his name is Jesus.

IMJP is on the threshold of yet more exciting change as we seek to respond to the challenge and commission taken-up by our founders to proclaim Jesus as Messiah and Lord to Jewish people today.

For more details and how to apply for the role, please download our candidate application pack which is available from our recruitment consultant’s website 

We will be frequently reviewing applications and reserve the right to close the role once a suitable candidate has been found. Apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

No agencies please.

Human Practice Foundation (HPF) is searching for a UK Country Manager to join the team and further establish the organisation in this market. The charity’s mission is to work sustainably and holistically to build schools and bring 1,000,000 children into a safe and empowering educational environment, with a focus in Nepal and Kenya. 

The UK Country Manager will prioritise continuing the growth of the charity’s funds and will work with an existing network of trusts & foundations and philanthropic individuals, as well as continuing to spread HPF’s message. 

If you are a proactive, creative person with an entrepreneurial mindset, a track record of building incredible relationships and networks, and an ability to work both strategically and operationally, we would love to talk to you about the role. Experience of fundraising, securing and managing major grants, philanthropy, corporate partnerships, or business development would be particularly beneficial.

Please apply before the end of 4th October 2024, with a CV and covering letter outlining your suitability for the role.

Conditions and benefits: 

• Salary: competitive and commensurate with experience.
• Full time. Part time/ flexible hours considered depending on the candidate (min 3 days/week).
• Home-based. Regular travel to London (at least 1 or 2 days/week). Occasional travel to Copenhagen. Work outside of normal ‘office’ hours for events and meetings.
• Opportunity to visit work in Kenya and/or Nepal. 
• Reports to Global CEO based in Copenhagen. 
• Works closely with other senior managers across HPF and with a committed and well-connected UK Board

Role purpose and dimensions:

• Design and implement a UK Fundraising Strategy, particularly aimed at foundations, institutions, corporates and High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWI) in the UK, capable of delivering significant income growth over the next 3-5 years.
• Independently manage a portfolio of prospects and funders, as well as high level volunteers, with the capacity and propensity to give significant funds in support of HPF’s work. This will involve managing and meeting all application deadlines.
• Identify, research, qualify and manage a pipeline of funding prospects.
• Develop a range of funding proposals, pitches and appeals, to successfully solicit funds.
• Design and implement a donor cultivation and stewardship programme, including a combination of events, proposals, reporting, communications and visits.
• Network on behalf of the foundation, representing HPF at the highest levels and at a wide range of events, working with existing and developing new contacts to secure vital introductions.
• Oversee the governance of the UK operation, including all statutory reporting requirements.
• Regular narrative, financial and KPI reporting to the UK Board and to Copenhagen, including provision of board papers ahead of/ presentations at Board meetings.
• Contribute towards key global initiatives and projects, and lead on Foundations fundraising across HPF.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience:

• Senior fundraising professional with proven leadership skills and at least three-years’ experience in a not-for-profit organisation
• Strong track record of securing significant donations and grants from foundations and/or institutions (six-figures +). References will be required.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of delivering successful funding applications, proposals and pitches
• Self-starter, able to operate independently, whilst also able to engage meaningfully in virtual team working with other senior colleagues.
• A proactive networker, able to act as a spokesperson and ambassador for HPF at the highest levels.
• Experienced relationship manager, able to build and maintain relationships with funders, as well as experience working with senior staff, board members and volunteers to cultivate donors.
• Demonstrable experience of setting and achieving ambitious fundraising strategies and plans.
• Able to work at both a strategic and operational level.
• Experience of working closely with and reporting to Boards of Trustees.

Desirable

• Strong affinity with HPF mission, values and approach. 
• Track record of securing significant funds from corporates and HNWIs 
• Understanding of charity/fundraising legislation and codes of practice.
• Understanding of good governance processes and the role of charity Boards.
• Strong budget management and financial reporting skills, with experience of monitoring and reporting against targets.
• Strong IT skills, including an understanding of CRM systems. 

More about Human Practice Foundation: 

Human Practice Foundation (HPF) is an International NGO, founded in Denmark in 2014 by former corporate lawyer and HPF CEO, Pernille Kruse Madsen. After witnessing the devastating fates of girls being trafficked from Nepal to India for sexual exploitation, Pernille decided to commit her life to providing education and opportunities for those who need it the most. 

Today, HPF has registered charities in Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK as well as independent NGOs in Nepal and Kenya. The organisation employs 90 people and follows a holistic community approach, using schools as a platform for change. HPF builds schools, improves infrastructure, implements quality education programmes, and stimulates local economies through business building and agricultural impact programmes. All with one aim: create lasting transformation.

To date, Human Practice Foundations has raised over USD 20 million globally (£2 million in the UK since 2019). HPF utilised this funding for more than 100 school projects supporting over 40,000 children, their teaching staff, families, and surrounding communities. HPF’s aims to impact the lives of more than 1,000,000 children by 2030. 

The context for this role: 

This new position, created to lead HPF’s mission in the UK, and lead Trust and Foundation fundraising efforts globally, is a fantastic opportunity for a self-starter to build on HPF’s success and grow its income from UK and international foundations, institutions and corporations, as well as UK-based high net worth individuals. 

HPF seeks a highly motivated, experienced and successful fundraising professional with the vision and skills to develop and deliver a new three-year fundraising strategy, taking UK income from £270k per annum to £500k+. The successful candidate will be comfortable operating at both a strategic and operational level, with no hesitation to roll up their sleeves and be ‘hands on’. 

Whilst the initial line management responsibilities are limited to high level volunteers, it is expected that the successful candidate will expand and shape the programme and team for the future. 

This role will also support the wider development of the organisation. This is an ideal role for someone looking to broaden their fundraising career to include aspects of entrepreneurship, organisational management and leadership.

Schools’ Project Officer Coordinator (4-5 days per week)

Do you want to have a significant impact on the personal development of 17-year-olds in state schools across London?

Who we are

We are a small, lively and expanding charity promoting the personal development of young people in partner schools, through challenging activities that they design, plan and finally undertake adult free. We invite students (usually in groups) to develop their own challenges, something they want to do but which is well outside their ‘comfort zones’ and to be responsible for every stage of them: we provide planning support, risk management, and expenses funding. Our award winners have climbed the highest UK peaks, cycled to Paris, performed plays at school, harnessed green power via a bike, among many other imaginative and ambitious projects.   

Who we are looking for

We are looking for an energetic, talented and reliable candidate to coordinate our schools’ outreach team, inspiring high-quality applications for funding from Year 12s. We are at an exciting stage of growth, now in 20% of London schools, so there is great scope to shape our strategic direction, including cultivating our alumni network of previous award winners.  We are looking for competent leader, ideally with experience of risk and physical challenge, and strong administrative skills, who is comfortable working with schools. He/she will be keen to work with a growing charity, and to support young people usually with a poverty of experience and opportunity.

The post is up to 4-5 days per week, based in Southwark, with frequent travel to schools across London. The salary is £30,000 – £35,000 pa pro rata depending on experience. Flexible working considered.

Applications by 23 October 2024. Please see attached JD/PS for details.  

See our homepage website for student reports, and more about us

Family Support Worker

£23,000 pa + benefits (including 25 days annual leave, company car and pension)

Liverpool and the surrounding areas

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity is going through an exciting time where we are growing, with the aim of reaching more families in need.

About the role:

We are is looking to appoint a Family Support Worker to deliver a high-quality family support service as part of our Liverpool Team.

Reporting to the Family Support Manager and working in partnership with health, education and social care professionals, you will take responsibility for providing needs-led emotional, social and practical support to families where a child/young person has a life threatening or terminal illness.

Having worked in a stressful and emotional environment you will have a genuine interest in building supportive relationships and helping people; and having provided bereavement support to families, you understand processes of grief, loss, and change - and how best to help others deal with its impact.

Location:

This role covers Liverpool and surrounding areas. The role does require travel, however you have the freedom to plan your own diary around the demands of both the families you are working with, your team, and also any personal appointments you may need to attend.

What we’re looking for:

· An experienced child health, education or social care professional - applications will be particularly welcome from those who have worked in a community environment and those with a recognised qualification in education, health or social care.

· A warm, inclusive approach to achieving goals quickly and correctly.

· Practiced in child protection, information sharing and the rules around data protection - you lead by example, drawing on your own professional experience and working within established guidelines.

· Practical and people-oriented - you will thrive working at a fast pace whilst maintaining accuracy and be a confident user of IT (including MSOffice)

· A persuasive and open communicator, you will work collaboratively with your team and volunteers to ensure delivery of a high-quality service and support fundraising colleagues by writing case studies and family updates

· A practical knowledge of diversity issues affecting children, young people, and their families – aware that being responsive to others needs and concerns, is essential.

What we offer:

We have a range of fantastic benefits that we offer our employees, this includes.

· Flexible working hours to balance home and working life

· 25 days of annual leave plus public holidays – rising to 26 days after 1 year, 27 days after 5 years and 30 days after 11 years, with an additional 5 years to use in your 10th or 20th year of service (pro rata for part time)

· Employee Assistance Programme with access to remote GP, counselling, physiotherapy, resources to support your mental health and financial wellbeing, as well as a 24/7 helpline via Help@Hand

· Company car for front line care posts

· Access to the Blue Light Card Scheme, and other rewards and discounts

· Bike to work, season ticket loan and payroll giving schemes, as well as a recommend a friend recruitment bonus

· Family friendly policies, focused on employee wellbeing, and an active cross-organisational wellbeing group running a number of initiatives throughout the year

· Pension scheme where we contribute 5% of your salary and you contribute at least 3%

· The option to buy/sell annual leave, as well as additional leave for your birthday, wedding/civil ceremony and an extra half day off for Christmas shopping

· Robust training and development programmes to support your learning and growth

We have a range of fantastic benefits that we offer our employees. If you’d like to find out more about these benefits and working with us, please visit our website.

We also have a fantastic learning and development programme - the Anne Harris skills development programme - in which we aim to provide a high level of training and development opportunities for all staff, so you are able to perform to the best of your ability, achieve individual and team objectives aligned to Rainbow Trusts strategic plan, supporting staff to be the best they can be, and feel a valued member of a high performing organisation.

Our Family Support Workers are given the opportunity to complete a number of diverse training courses in their first 12 months, including but not limited to: Mental Health First Aid, Makaton, counselling skills, and Introduction to Play.

The programme aims to provide a building block for you to individually tailor your own learning and development needs, with all family support workers having a foundation level of skills within their first year.

About us:

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity enables families who have a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness to make the most of their time together, providing expert practical and emotional support where they need, it for as long as it is needed. For families living with childhood illness, time is everything. Right now, there are too many families coping alone with no support, no time to think, no time to make memories and no time for each other. We believe that no family should go through this alone, so we are here to change that.

How to apply:

To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online.

Close date: 31st October 2024

Interviews will take place via Teams or in person with a date to be confirmed. We will only contact those applicants who have been successful.

There will be a requirement for flexible working and a full current driver’s licence to accommodate the team and family need. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this post.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment.

Rainbow Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a Best Companies One-Star rated organisation.

The Talent Set are delighted to be working with The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity to find their Copywriter.

The Royal Marsden offers a flexible working environment, with hybrid working 2 days per week from their Chelsea/ Sutton office.

As Copywriter, you will gather and develop written content for use across all fundraising campaigns and communication channels, working on a range of creative formats with an initial focus on our new charity website.

Working closely with Marketing & Digital colleagues, you will deliver general fundraising copy and content across paid, owned and earned channels including print, digital, email, appeals and newsletters.

You’ll work across products and campaigns to ensure brand consistency and compliance with guidelines in addition to collaborating with internal teams to gather information and develop content ideas.

Key Responsibilities:

· Generate impactful and creative written content for use across a range of projects and campaigns.

· Be responsible for writing the copy for our new website, ensuring it follows good practice in writing for the web (including SEO and accessibility).

· Support the development of a new USP and associated copy for the Charity. Lead on writing copy  

· Work collaboratively with stakeholders to identify story ideas that resonate with target audiences and can be translated into multi-channel creative content. 

· Ensure campaign key messaging works across varied channels and audiences, to deliver greater impact to new and existing supporters.

· Proactively source and share insights, keeping up to date with market trends and audience motivations to inform the tone and style of supporter materials.

Person Specification:

· Able to write creative, engaging copy to tight deadlines.

· Proven content writing skills and a firm understanding of storytelling.

· Working across multiple teams, with a range of internal and external stakeholders of all levels.

· Versatile, with a solid understanding of brand and tone of voice

· Effectively prioritise project and campaign deliverables

· Ability to be adaptable and flexible to manage multiple work streams in a fast-paced environment. 

· Excellent proof-reading skills and an eye for detail.

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

Executive Assistant (Temporary Contract)

Are you an experienced Executive Assistant ready to contribute to a prominent organisation in the charity sector? We're partnering with a well-respected organisation to find a proactive and organised EA to support senior leadership on an interim basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide high-level diary management, meeting coordination, and administrative support to a senior executive.
• Prepare briefing materials, PowerPoint presentations, and meeting agendas across various time zones.
• Assist with travel arrangements, recruitment administration, and correspondence management.
• Support the wider senior management team with administrative tasks and event coordination.

About You

• Proven experience as an Executive Assistant or Senior Administrator in a global organisation.
• Exceptional organisational, time-management, and prioritisation skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with experience in drafting briefings and presentations.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint and virtual meeting setups.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.

Additional Details

• Pay Rate: £21.93 per hour
• Hours: 35 hours per week
• Location: Central London, with a requirement to work in the office 2 days per week
• Contract Duration: Approximately 3 months, with an immediate start

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly respected organisation on a temporary basis.

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.

The Events and Activities Producer will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of social activities, events and services.

Pembroke House is a centre for community, creativity and collective action in Walworth. We work across two buildings in Walworth: Pembroke House and All Saints Hall. One of our core activities is the Walworth Living Room (WLR), a space where people can hang out, enjoy various activities, build relationships with each other, eat, learn, share and create. Located in the All Saints Hall building on Surrey Square Road, it is a place where people can work together to develop models of collective support and of collective control over community resources. Staff and visitors work collaboratively to make decisions about how the space is run.

The Walworth Living Room offers a cafe, activities, resources and workshops that support people to:

●  Spend time with their friends, family and neighbours

●  Meet new people and build new relationships with people of different backgrounds and experience

●  Understand the value of social connections for individuals and society and the root causes of social isolation

●  Share and practise the skills needed to sustain healthy community in a diverse neighbourhood

●  Imagine a more just and beautiful neighbourhood

●  Build collective power that enables us to take action or create projects for the benefit of the neighbourhood

The Events and Activities Producer will be responsible for planning new activities, commissioning people to deliver them, coordinating logistics and developing a plan to monitor and evaluate them. Those activities will take place predominantly in the WLR, but may take place outside the hours it is open to the public or in our other building, Pembroke House. The role will also support other individuals and organisations to deliver activities. And it will hold overall responsibility for the schedule of all activities. Key to this role is ensuring that all activities are aligned with the organisation’s mission and values and reflect the interests of the people who use the space.

The role will be part of a team of seven staff, supervised by the Director of Programmes and the Director of Partnerships, that coordinates community-building work within the WLR as well as the broader neighbourhood.

The role will lead on Pembroke House’s Neighbourhood Action projects to grow the number of residents taking collective action on local issues in their neighbourhood. Increase resident engagement across all Walworth Living Room and Pembroke House activities.

Day-to-day you’ll be working across a range of Pembroke House programmes and neighbourhood projects, working closely with residents, local organisations and team members to form relationships which build towards action. A knowledge of community organising methodology (see for example Community Organisers, Act Build Change or Citizen’s UK) would be beneficial, but not essential, as there will also be other approaches or experiences that you could draw on for this role.

Whatever your approach, you will need to adapt the way you work for different parts of the work - from taking a strong and confident lead in running a door-knocking campaign, to working with other team members to support wider engagement for their programmes.

If this job is done well, a range of groups in Walworth will be taking meaningful action to make a difference to the neighbourhood. Individuals will be growing their skills and capacity to collaborate, the groups will be building momentum, and beginning to affect real change in the neighbourhood.

Pembroke House is a centre for social action and residential community in Walworth, south-east London. We were founded in 1885, by students from Pembroke College, Cambridge, as one of the first settlement houses. Shocked by growing poverty and inequality, the pioneers of the settlement movement sought a new approach: taking up residence to live, work and solve problems alongside local communities. We continue to share a building with St Christopher’s church, which has its routes in the same student settlement. For over 130 years, we’ve been working to bridge traditional divides and unite people – whatever their background or walk of life – in building a better Walworth.

Over the last 8-10 years at Pembroke House we have worked in a variety of ways to try to make a positive difference to our neighbourhood, from community organising on the estates around Pembroke House, building relationships with local TRAs (tenants and residents associations) and forging links with other organisations with a community organising ethos such as Citizens UK, Parent Action Southwark, and English for Action. We’ve also worked to build partnerships, from the ambitious mass engagement strategies of We Walworth, local collaborations for the Walworth Group, the Covid-19 Emergency Food Hub and the Neighbourhood Food Model. What unites these initiatives is a belief that our role is to support collective action that creates meaningful and lasting change within the neighbourhood.

This role requires someone who can build on this legacy, with the sensitivity to adapt different strategies to different situations, and motivate and support others to drive forward action. This is a new role within the organisation.

Marie Curie is the UK's leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness they're likely to die from.

We want a different society than the one we live in now. Our mission for the next five years is to close the gap in the number of people missing out on what they need at the end-of-life, through 3 ways:
* Growing and transforming our direct care and support
* Delivering more practical information and support
* Leading in shaping the end-of-life experience

Why Join Us?
In the past few years, we've experienced remarkable growth, and we're just getting started. This role offers a unique chance to shape and lead a high-performing team, leveraging the support of our dedicated senior volunteer network to achieve even greater success. You will drive our ambitious growth plans and spearhead our efforts to significantly increase our income from High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) over the next five years.

If you're an experienced Philanthropy professional ready to take the lead in a dynamic and growing team then this is the role for you. This is a standout career opportunity for a fundraising professional with substantial expertise, particularly in major donor fundraising. You'll work in a best-in-class, highly collaborative Fundraising function where the ambitious can accelerate their career trajectory as future Associate Directors/Directors within our fundraising specialisms. This is not just a job-it's your gateway to shaping the future of fundraising while accelerating your professional growth.

Your Role:
As the Head of Philanthropy, you'll work closely with the Philanthropy and Partnerships team to create a seamless, unified approach to engaging our high-value audiences. Your expertise will ensure we maximise shared opportunities and cultivate valuable contacts.

What You'll Do:
- Lead and Inspire: Build and guide a team of passionate professionals dedicated to achieving our fundraising goals.
- Strategic Development: Collaborate with our Associate Director of Philanthropy & Partnerships to craft and implement an innovative Philanthropy strategy.
- Innovative Fundraising: Develop a diverse portfolio of products and opportunities tailored to high-value audiences, driving significant growth in fundraising income.
- Collaborative Approach: Foster a cohesive working environment across the Philanthropy and Partnerships team, ensuring consistent engagement with all high-value donors.

Additional Criteria for Success:
* A track record of having asked for, negotiated, and secured 6-7 figure gifts.
* Experience in large capital or revenue fundraising appeals
* Understanding of the process of soliciting, cultivating and stewarding potential and actual donors.
* Ability to lead and line manage staff and senior volunteers. Demonstrable relationship-building abilities, able to work collaboratively with co-workers, senior volunteers and donors.
* Results-oriented with a positive outlook, high level of motivation, enthusiasm and dedication to the mission and goals of Marie Curie.

Contract: Permanent
Salary: c55k dependent on skills, knowledge and experience.
Location: Home Based with 2 days per week attendance in our modern open plan HQ in One Embassy Gardens (London)

Application & Interview Process
As part of your online application please submit your CV plus a cover letter outlining your interest in/suitability for the role. We encourage early application.

Close Date: Sun 13th October.

Benefits you'll LOVE:
* Flexible working. We're happy to discuss flexible working at the interview stage.
* 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)
* Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
* Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets
* Continuous professional development opportunities.
* Industry-leading training programmes
* Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes
* Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits
* Access to Blue Light Card membership
* Subsidised Eye Care

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

We're happy to accommodate any requests for reasonable adjustments. Please email any requests to [email protected]

Events & Services Executive
Daily rate £133.33 PAYE (made up of £118 candidate pay and £15 holiday pay)
3-month contract, Flexible Working (1 month in the office per month)

The Talent Set is excited to partner with a values-driven membership association to recruit a temporary Events & Services Executive. This role will provide vital support to the team across event management and administrative services. The ideal candidate will bring experience in both events’ coordination and administration, with a proactive, team-oriented mindset and a collaborative approach to driving success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and execute the planning and delivery of flagship events, including liaising with vendors, managing logistics, and ensuring seamless event operations.
• Provide administrative support across events, training programs, and consultancy services, ensuring all activities are organised and run efficiently.
• Collaborate closely with the marketing, PR, and communications teams to organise and oversee various events, supporting their strategic goals and ensuring successful event outcomes.
• Monitor event registrations, handle inquiries, and maintain attendee databases to support smooth event execution and follow-up.
• Support the development and delivery of training sessions and consultancy services, managing schedules, materials, and communications to ensure high-quality service delivery.
• Serve as the central point of contact for all teams, managing the flow of administrative tasks and ensuring the timely coordination of training sessions and projects in partnership with the Training Manager.

Person Specification:

• Proven experience in event management and administration, with a track record of supporting successful events and services.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, with a collaborative approach to teamwork and stakeholder engagement.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and event management software, with the ability to quickly learn new systems and tools.
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, and delivering high-quality services that meet the needs of a diverse membership base.

The deadline for applications is Friday 4th October 2024.

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

WHAT IS START NETWORK?

Our purpose is to be a catalyst for system-level change that improves the efficiency, effectiveness and ethics of humanitarian action. We do this by working as a network to develop, test & spread new ways of collaborating and resourcing locally-led crisis response and anticipation.

Our current membership is made up of nearly 100 local, national and international NGOs based all around the world. We also support 10 national and regional hubs made up of civil society organisations and NGOs as our vehicle for devolving power, resources and accountability.

OUR SOLUTIONS

DECENTRAISLING & LOCALLY-LED ACTION: Shifting power and resources and decentralising decision-making to locally led networks and organisations.

EARLY & RAPID FINANCING: Building a global financing system that reduces risk, anticipates, and acts ahead of predictable crises.

COMMUNITY-LED INNOVATION: Incentivising innovative, locally led, and contextual solutions and learning from them together with people affected by crises.

For more information about Start Network and what we do, please visit our website. 

OUR VALUES

WE PUT PEOPLE FIRST: Communities come first in our decision-making and programming.

WE ARE BRAVE: We have great ambition and are willing to explore new things and take risks to achieve it

WE OPERATE COLLECTIVELY: We leverage the value of working as a network, sharing risk and resources, and learning together.

WE ARE INCLUSIVE: We see the value in diverse perspectives and work to remove the barriers that prevent voices from being heard.

WE ARE OPEN: We work transparently and with integrity, building mutual trust in all levels of our work, from governance to programming.

WE ARE ETHICAL: We behave and operate based on key principles of anti-racism, non-discrimination, and anti-colonialism. This is a work in progress.

JOB PURPOSE

Start Network is looking for an Institutional Funding Manager who is strategic, ambitious, and a great team player. You will work with the Head of Resource Mobilisation to set and deliver a strategy to maximise our institutional funding portfolio and grow our income substantially over the coming three years (from £38m annually to £50m). This role will be key to enabling Start Network to deliver on its strategy, and the postholder will have the opportunity to engage across all areas of Start Network’s programmes. The Institutional Fundraising manager will be responsible for securing and overseeing significant levels of income from institutional sources for Start Network’s work globally, including working with programmes teams on project development and the preparation of high-value proposals for institutional donors (narrative, budgets, monitoring frameworks and other technical documents). The postholder will be expected to work at both an operational and strategic level, managing their own portfolio of donors (such as FCDO who is our largest donor), securing new business from scratch, and providing Start Network with tactical direction on donor outreach and compliance.

Currently, we receive funding from multiple European governments and FCDO so experience with these funders plus USAID would be critical for this role.

Job title: Fundraising Lead
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week (part-time will be considered, minimum of 28 hours)
Contract: Permanent, subject to ongoing business need and fundraising performance
Salary: £31,556 - £35,304 pro rata
Responsible to: Head of Development
Location: based in Chorley, with a mix of home and office working and travel to meetings and activities across Lancashire

We're looking for a creative, innovative and enthusiastic individual who can help us to shape and grow Lancashire Mind’s fundraising activities.

Lancashire Mind is a local charity working to prevent poor mental health. We support people experiencing common mental health conditions, such as anxiety and depression. We work with children and adults, offering universal services to help people improve their mental wellbeing, along with targeted services for people and communities at increased risk of experiencing poor mental health or facing mental health inequalities. We’re working towards a Lancashire where everyone can have the best mental health and wellbeing possible.

To continue to deliver and grow our services, we need to raise funds and generate income through a variety of sources. The Fundraising Lead has oversight of our community, events and corporate fundraising, leading a small team of two Fundraisers to achieve annual objectives and develop and test new activities.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to bring their own ideas and creativity to work with the Head of Development and Fundraisers to grow the level of funds we raise through the generous support of local people and companies. We’re looking for someone who has experience in a similar role or with transferable skills. The ideal candidate will have experience of working within the charity sector and knowledge of different methods of fundraising, with the ability to foster relationships. You'll be confident, able to work autonomously and support and motivate others to achieve shared and individual goals. We’re looking for someone who is great at using storytelling to attract support and who will thrive in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities.

Lancashire Mind aims to be a great place to work for all our staff, regardless of background or characteristics. One thing we can do to work towards that goal is to ensure that our staff team is representative of the diverse communities across Lancashire. We particularly encourage applications from people in communities that face mental health inequalities and from anyone with experience of living with a mental health condition.

Lancashire Mind offers a 35-hour working week, with options for flexible working. We have a dedicated workplace wellbeing programme to ensure staff are supported to look after their own mental health and wellbeing, including an Employee Assistance Programme, annual wellbeing half day and a range of wellbeing activities throughout the year. We offer paid emergency time off for unexpected life events, including caring for dependents. We have a sick pay scheme and workplace pension scheme and have recently enhanced our annual leave to include long service leave, on top of basic annual leave of 25 days, plus 3 days when the office closes between Christmas and New Year, plus the option to buy or sell leave.

Above all, we are a friendly and supportive place to work: "Great staff team, positive and supportive culture." (Lancashire Mind wellbeing survey, March 2024).

Please note: this post is subject to a basic DBS check.

Deadline for applications: 9am on Monday 4 November.
Applications must be made using the Lancashire Mind job application form, CVs will not be accepted. The application form and a more detailed recruitment pack are available on our website.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 12 November at the Lancashire Mind office in Chorley, Lancashire.

Registered Charity Number 1081427
Registered Company Number 3888655

Family Support Worker 

Location: Haberdashers' Abraham Darby 

Hours: 5 days per week term time only - 35 hours per week

Salary: £22,274 - £24,796 per annum 

Contract type: Fixed term contract until August 2027

Closing date: 2nd October 2024

Interview dates: Interviews will be held online with second interviews in school the following week.

Please note: We reserve the right to interview candidates prior to the closing date, and as such we encourage you to submit applications early to avoid disappointment.

Our mission at School-Home Support is simple. We get children and young people back in school ready to learn, whatever it takes. 

Is this a mission for you? Yes? Then read on. 

We are looking for a Family Support Worker to join our team and to make a difference in children's lives every single day. As a Family Support Worker, you will work in close partnership with families and school staff to deliver a programme of casework to promote and improve educational outcomes for the children we support. 

You will also focus your support to help improve attendance, punctuality, engagement in learning, improved behaviour in school and the local community as well as improving social and emotional regulation and well-being.

You will have excellent relationship building and communications skills with a proven ability to communicate with a wide group of people. 

You’ll have previous experience of: 

1. Working and engaging with parents, carers or guardians, children or individuals through individual and/or group-based support
2. Working in an educational or outreach environment 
3. Working effectively with social and emotional factors affecting a child’s capacity to learn
4. Delivering family support
5. Working with families from diverse communities

We are committed to maximising staff wellbeing and creating an inclusive, safe environment where everyone feels comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work. To find out more about our current initiatives and offerings, please view our EDI & Wellbeing initiatives document which you can find here.

As an employer we offer:

1. Perkbox membership 
2. Employee assistance programme
3. Life assurance 
4. Pension scheme

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

School-Home Support​ ​takes very seriously the duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and is committed to ensuring that our safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice. Our safeguarding policy recognises that the welfare and interests of children are paramount in all circumstances. All roles at SHS are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.