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About the organisation
For nearly 50 years, nia has provided high quality, women-led services across North and East London. nia has three main aims: to provide services for women, children and young people who have experienced male violence, working to end men’s violence against women and girls, and to inform and influence policy and public awareness.
nia’s values, and our commitment to upholding them, set us apart. We put women first – always and without hesitation: we believe women, we are run by women, for women. We leave no woman behind: we challenge inequality and discrimination and believe that uniting women of all backgrounds is essential to ending the sex-based oppression of women.
East London Rape Crisis provides free, confidential specialist support for women and girls who have been raped or experienced any other form of sexual violence or abuse at any time in their lives, regardless of whether or not they have reported to the police. We offer confidential and independent support. Services include advocacy, emotional and practical support, one-to-one counselling and group work.
About the post
The post is currently funded until September 2025 (with a possibility of further extension).
In the role of Young Women and Girls Counsellor, you will provide one to one counselling and group therapy to young women and girl survivors of sexual violence. You will specifically be championing the development of the counselling offer for young women and girls. You will work as part of a growing feminist Rape Crisis service that is developing to meet the needs of women and girls.
About you
We’re looking for a highly organised and self-motivated woman who is passionate about ending violence against women, girls and children. You’ll have a ‘can-do’ approach and demonstrable commitment to nia’s feminist approach to supporting women and their children to be safer.
CV’s will not be accepted.
Closing date: 10am, Monday 20th January 2025
Interview date: Thursday 30th January, Tuesday 11th February and Thursday 13th February 2025
The post is subject to an enhanced vetting and barring check and open to women only. Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR), Schedule 9 (Work; Exceptions), Part 1 (Occupational Requirements), of the Equality Act (2010) applies.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Individual Giving Manager
Fire Fighters Charity
£50,000 (full-time, permanent - open to flexible working requests)
Home-based with 1 day per month in Basingstoke head office
The Talent Set is delighted to be partnering with the Fire Fighters Charity in their search for an Individual Giving Manager. Every day, fire fighters around the country go to work not knowing what they will face that day, or the physical and emotional trauma they may experience. The Fire Fighters Charity exists to offer personalised, specialist support to the UK’s extensive fire and rescue services community, focusing on health and wellbeing services to ensure they can live healthier and happier lives.
This is an incredible opportunity to join the Fire Fighters Charity at a time of growth and transformation. With a passionate new leadership team, including Chief Executive Sherine Wheeler and Director of Fundraising Ellie Rocks, the charity is primed for an exciting new chapter. Both Sherine and Ellie are visionary leaders who see vast potential for the future development of the Fire Fighters Charity and its fundraising activities, particularly in growing the individual giving programme. We are looking for a creative and ambitious team leader who is keen to innovate and drive income growth while fostering deep, long-lasting connections with individual supporters.
The charity places a strong emphasis on delivering health and wellbeing services to the firefighting community. This creates a wealth of untapped opportunities that this role will be key in unlocking. Through innovative digital technologies, community-based initiatives, health and wellbeing content, and close partnerships with fire services and complementary organisations, they are poised to become the leading nationwide provider of health and wellbeing support for the fire service community.
This role is integral to continuing the momentum in growing and evolving the individual giving programme, capitalising on recent investments, and ensuring the charity builds lasting impact in the years to come.
The Role:
- Lead on the development and implementation of the Individual Giving strategy and programme to retain, acquire and develop donors
- Manage income and expenditure budgets including phasing, reforecasting and contingency planning
- Take a 'digital first' approach to donor acquisition to deliver long term sustainable income growth
- Develop new products for individual giving, regular giving and lottery recruitment
- Manage and support a team of two Individual Giving Officers
- Work closely with internal colleagues across fundraising and marketing, and manage external suppliers to deliver campaigns
About You:
- Solid experience in an individual giving fundraising role in the charity sector with understanding of wide range of direct marketing activities including digital, direct mail, telemarketing, face to face, inserts and door drops
- Experience working for a national charity is desirable
- Proactive, creative and ambitious
- Demonstrate effective relationship-management skills and ability to deliver engaging content for donors
- Ability to work across multiple tasks, be detail-orientated and prioritise workload effectively
- Experience supporting, developing and motivating direct reports
Closing Date: Friday 17th January for CV and cover letter
Interviews: 1st stage WC 27th January, 2nd stage WC 3rd February
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 practices 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.
We are recruiting for a Supporter Care Executive to join our Fundraising, Communications and Policy team; the scope on this job involves….
Job Title: Supporter Care Executive
Location: Home-based, with occasional requirement to attend our Head Office (Vauxhall)
Salary: £29,919 per annum, including London Weighting if applicable
Contract type: Fixed-term (9 months), Full-time
Hours: 37.5
We want kind and empathic people to work at Refuge, who believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion, are experts in their area of knowledge, want to make a positive difference and improve the lives of the women and children we support.
This is an opportunity to join Refuge as a Supporter Care Manager, with responsibility for the strategic development, management, and delivery of the Supporter Care function across the Fundraising, Comms and Policy Directorate.
Closing date: 9am on 13 January 2025
Interview date: 22 January 2025
Benefits
Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.
Location: Home based and office based at Society Building, 8 All Saints Street, London N1, in line with NCVO’s flexible working policy. Minimum of two days per week to be worked in the office
About the role
Please note that the closing date for applications is 08.00, Friday 17 January 2025, however this advert will expire at 23.59 on 15th January.
From local and national support services to green spaces, sports clubs, museums and the arts, voluntary organisations and volunteers are a vital part of communities across the country. As the membership community for charities and voluntary organisations, NCVO has championed volunteers and the voluntary sector for over a hundred years.
We are looking for a talented strategic thinker and partner with transferable skills, to join the People, Culture and Inclusion (PCI) team to cover a period of maternity leave.
As a People Partner, you will provide an integrated, consultative HR service to your assigned Directorate. You will be working in conjunction with members of the PCI team and in partnership with the Head of PCI to align NCVO's Strategic Plan through people, by contributing to Directorate strategic planning activities and delivering the strategic People, Culture and Inclusion initiatives which also talk to the strategy.
The People Partner will play a vital role in the implementation of all strategies to enhance the culture, values and ambition to meet challenges within the sector. This will include (but is not limited to); Supporting and embracing NCVO's EDI Agenda, Workforce planning and transformation change programmes in collaboration with your colleagues within the PCI team. In addition to your strategic remit, you will deliver a solution focused HR service to all primarily at the level of Line Management and Senior Management Team colleagues, supporting the more complex people matters and implementing talent management and engagement strategies.
The ideal candidate will use their consulting and negotiating skills to look for risks and issues that are impacting the delivery of the Directorate's aims, both locally and strategically. At the same time, the senior management team regularly enlist HR expertise for complex change programmes which range from implementation of new systems and technical processes, which potentially impact on our size and shape to large scale strategic initiatives to enhance services for our 17,000 members.
NCVO is fully committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in our sector. We want this to be reflected in the diversity of the people who work for us and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and identities. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups in the voluntary sector and those with diverse, lived experience. As part of our commitment to employing disabled people, all disabled candidates who meet the minimum requirement for all competencies on the person specification will be guaranteed an interview.
If you have access needs or require reasonable adjustments as part of the recruitment process, please let us know. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a pre-interview task and will have one week to complete the exercise. Interview questions will be shared in advance.
Closing date: 08.00 17 January 2025
Shortlisting date: 20/21 January 2025
Interviews: 27/28 January 2025
About NCVO
From local and national support services to green spaces, sports clubs, museums and the arts, voluntary organisations and volunteers are a vital part of communities across the country. As the membership community for charities and voluntary organisations, NCVO has championed volunteers and the voluntary sector for over a hundred years. Our diverse and growing membership totals over 17,000 organisations. We have around 80 staff and income of more than ?7 million per year. With our members at the heart of everything we do, our mission is to unite to champion the remarkable role of charities and volunteers. Because stronger charities make for stronger communities.
Our members tell us they value the help we provide with the fundamentals of running a charity, support to adapt in an ever-changing environment and to grow to meet new demand. In parallel NCVO provides a platform to advocate for the voluntary sector, to push for the best possible environment for voluntary organisations and volunteers. We amplify the incredible work of the voluntary sector to ensure the essential role that voluntary organisations and volunteers play is recognised amongst decision makers and the public. Members are at the heart of all our work, and we want joining NCVO to feel like joining a community. We build networks of our members so they can connect in order to learn, share and collaborate.
As the voluntary sector and volunteering adapts to new challenges and a changing context, so must NCVO.We are therefore prioritising work to evolve as an organisation. This is to ensure we live our values of inclusion, openness and collaboration in everything we do internally and externally, as well as being ambitious for the voluntary sector.
NCVO is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone. Charity No. 225922
Benefits for NCVO employees
NCVO offers attractive benefits including:
- 25 days annual leave for full time staff and pro-rata for part-time staff. After three years, annual holiday increases to 27 days. After five years it increases to 30 days (pro rata for part time staff)
- office closure between 25 December and 1 January inclusive
- the option to purchase or sell up to five more days each year
- five days volunteering leave (pro rata for part-time staff)
- two and a half extra wellbeing days off during the year
- enhanced pay for sick, maternity and adoption leave
- subsidised gym membership
- season ticket loan
- flexible working, including opportunities to work from home or off site
- monthly homeworking allowance for permanent homeworkers
- monthly office worker allowance for those who have to work from the office on a daily basis
- generous employer pension contribution of up to 8.5% of salary into our stakeholder pension scheme (linked to employee contribution)
- training and development opportunities
- the opportunity to join Hospital Saturday Fund health cash plan for free at the basic level of cover, or at a reduced rate for other levels of cover
- 24-hour free and confidential employee assistance programme.
We’re located a short walk from London King’s Cross station in a modern, accessible building overlooking Regent’s Canal.
£60,000 - £65,000 dependent on experience
Peterborough HQ with a high degree of flexible/remote working
Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis (APF) is the UK’s leading charity committed to transforming the lives of those impacted by pulmonary fibrosis, a devastating condition affecting thousands each year. Through dedicated support, advocacy, and research funding, APF has pioneered efforts to provide better care, raise public awareness, and work to stop lives being lost to pulmonary fibrosis.
Following exciting growth and development of the charity, the Director of Fundraising & Communications will play a critical role in shaping and executing a future-focused fundraising strategy, alongside leading the communications team to increase brand awareness and engagement. You will work closely with peers in SLT to drive cross-functional collaboration, influencing strategic initiatives that align with APF’s mission.
This opportunity offers the right candidate a chance to lead a small, talented team. You will build on brilliant foundations to strategically establish new funding opportunities, develop systems and processes to support diversification, and creatively lead the communications function to establish integrated strategies that better serve supporters and increase APF's visibility.
The Role:
Strategic Fundraising Leadership
- Fundraising Strategy: Design and implement a cohesive fundraising strategy that strengthens all income streams.
- Income Diversification and Innovation: Lead initiatives to diversify APF’s fundraising portfolio, using data insights to drive growth while optimising systems and processes.
- Cross-Functional Influence: Act as an effective member of SLT, promoting initiatives across departments that bolster fundraising and communications objectives.
Communications and Brand Strategy
- Unified Communications: Lead the communications strategy to ensure brand consistency across all channels, enhancing APF’s reputation among key stakeholders, including colleagues, patients, supporters, and healthcare professionals.
- Public Profile and Media Engagement: Oversee media relations, digital engagement, and public awareness campaigns to position APF as a leader in pulmonary fibrosis advocacy and support.
- Digital Innovation: Support the team in developing impactful content and digital strategies that boost engagement and increase APF’s visibility.
Team Leadership and Development
- Mentor and guide the Fundraising and Communications teams, fostering a collaborative culture that enables growth, innovation, and best practice.
- Ensure the teams work cohesively with other departments, creating a unified supporter experience and cohesive internal communication structure.
About You:
- Senior fundraising professional with a strong track record in strategic planning and income growth across broad income streams such as individual giving, community & events, in memory, legacy and/or corporate partnerships.
- Experience in developing cohesive fundraising and communications strategies.
- Strong communication and influencing skills, with a demonstrated ability to inspire stakeholders and convey APF’s mission effectively.
- Experience in leading high-performing teams and fostering a positive, collaborative culture.
Closing Date: Tuesday, 15th January
Interviews: First interviews w/c 20th January (virtual); final interviews w/c 27th January
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 practices 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.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
JOB TITLE: Head of Fundraising
LOCATION: Great Horwood, Buckinghamshire (minimum 3 days in office per week)
SALARY: £48K – 52K
JOB TYPE: Permanent, Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
Medical Detection Dogs trains dogs to save lives.
We train specialist dogs to detect the odour of human disease, providing life-saving alert assistance dogs to people with complex health problems across the UK and collaborating with NHS Trusts and other researchers and Universities both in the UK and internationally to advance the early diagnosis of disease.
We have an exciting new opportunity to join this small, but ambitious charity that is a world leader in its specialist innovative field.
Main purpose and scope of the role
This is a pivotal leadership role within the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) at Medical Detection Dogs (MDD), combining strategic oversight with hands-on operational involvement. The role requires a proactive leader who can inspire a high-performing fundraising team while actively engaging in day-to-day fundraising activities.
As Head of Fundraising, you will lead the development and delivery of MDD’s income generation strategies across multiple streams. This includes rolling up your sleeves to participate in operational fundraising activities, engaging with supporters directly, and ensuring that established initiatives and campaigns are optimised and expanded.
Your ability to work collaboratively across the charity, combined with a strong focus on achieving results, will ensure that MDD continues to generate the income required to fund its vital work throughout the UK.
Strategic leadership and SLT contribution
- Provide strategic direction for all fundraising activities, ensuring alignment with MDD’s overall mission and objectives.
- Contribute to SLT discussions and charity-wide strategic initiatives, offering operational insights and aligning fundraising efforts with broader organisational goals.
- Represent the fundraising function at Board meetings, providing updates on performance, opportunities, and risks.
Operational hands-on involvement
- Actively participate in delivering key activities, such as "Name a Puppy," and ensure their growth and success.
- Develop and maintain relationships with supporters, attending community events, presenting to groups, and engaging with donors to build loyalty and long-term support.
- Work with both the fundraising team and with colleagues across MDDm to create engaging campaigns and donor propositions that drive income.
- Be a visible, approachable leader who works alongside the team in operational activities, fostering a “lead by example” ethos.
Income stream development
- Drive the growth of established income streams, including individual giving, community and events fundraising, corporate partnerships,philanthropic giving (trusts and major donors) and legacy giving.
- Identify and implement innovative approaches to diversify income streams, using data and insights to inform decisions, with clear KPIs to monitor progress
- Work closely with the head of communications to ensure campaigns like "Name a Puppy" have compelling narratives and effective promotional materials.
Team leadership and development
- Provide hands-on leadership to the fundraising team, ensuring they are motivated, trained, and supported to deliver high-quality results.
- Encourage a collaborative, solution-focused culture within the team, where innovation and resilience are fostered.
- Set clear goals for team members and provide regular feedback to ensure alignment with charity objectives.
Financial oversight and performance monitoring
- Lead on the creation and delivery of annual fundraising income and expenditure budgets, ensuring financial targets are realistic yet ambitious.
- Monitor performance across all fundraising activities, preparing regular reports and forecasts in collaboration with the head of finance.
- Address income shortfalls promptly by identifying and implementing corrective actions.
Other Duties
- Represent MDD at key events and meetings, both in person and virtually, to build and maintain relationships with key supporters.
- Ensure all fundraising activities comply with relevant legislation, including GDPR, and adhere to the standards set by the Fundraising Regulator.
- Actively contribute to cross-departmental projects and initiatives to further MDD’s mission.
- Embrace and demonstrate MDD’s values at all times.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- A track record of establishing, leading, growing a broad range of income streams and delivering successful fundraising strategies which achieve significant uplift in income generation for an organisation
- Proven success in participating in operational fundraising activities
- Experience of working at a senior level of an organisation and managing relationships with key stakeholders, such as at CEO and Board level
- Experience of monitoring, evaluating and financial reporting of income generation.
- Experience of developing robust stewardship plans to build long term relationships with key funders and supporters.
- Demonstrable experience of leading, managing and inspiring a team, including encouraging innovation and improving ways of working to build a resilient and high performing team
- Demonstrable experience in managing and growing a range of income streams, including donor engagement campaigns, including via digital
- Experience of managing and developing a small team to deliver both strategic and operational goals.
Desirable
- Member of Chartered Institute of Fundraising
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Strong strategic thinking skills combined with a hands-on, operational approach to fundraising delivery.
- Highly effective written and verbal communication skills
- Good influencing and negotiation skills
- Strong people management skills with the ability to train and develop individuals and create a ‘one team’ positive ethos which works across an organisation to achieve results
- Understanding of GDPR legislation and Fundraising Regulator’s requirements
- Good working knowledge of CRM systems and a solid understanding of the role of data within a fundraising environment
Desirable
- Experience of Harlequin CRM
Other Requirements
- fA full current driving license
- Flexibility to work evenings and weekends
- You will be required to have a criminal record check carried out by the Disclosure & Barring (DBS) when you first join the charity and at regular intervals thereafter.
- Comfortable with dogs in the workplace/office
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the organisation
For nearly 50 years, nia has provided high quality, women-led services across North and East London. nia has three main aims: to provide services for women, children and young people who have experienced male violence, working to end men’s violence against women and girls, and to inform and influence policy and public awareness.
nia’s values, and our commitment to upholding them, set us apart. We put women first – always and without hesitation: we believe women, we are run by women, for women. We leave no woman behind: we challenge inequality and discrimination and believe that uniting women of all backgrounds is essential to ending the sex-based oppression of women.
East London Rape Crisis provides free, confidential specialist support for women and girls who have been raped or experienced any other form of sexual violence or abuse at any time in their lives, regardless of whether or not they have reported to the police. We offer confidential and independent support. Services include advocacy, emotional and practical support, one-to-one counselling and group work.
About the post
The post is currently funded until September 2025 with a possibility of extension.
In the role of Social Justice Counsellor, you will provide one to one counselling and group therapy to survivors of sexual violence. You will also be championing the role that counselling plays in addressing social justice causes that women we support are affected by. You will work as part of a growing feminist Rape Crisis service that is developing to meet the needs of women and girls.
About you
We’re looking for a highly organised and self-motivated woman who is passionate about ending violence against women, girls and children. You’ll have a ‘can-do’ approach and demonstrable commitment to nia’s feminist approach to supporting women and their children to be safer.
CV’s will not be accepted.
Closing date: 10am, Monday 20th January 2025
Interview date: Thursday 30th January, Tuesday 11th February and Thursday 13th February 2025
The post is subject to an enhanced vetting and barring check and open to women only. Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR), Schedule 9 (Work; Exceptions), Part 1 (Occupational Requirements), of the Equality Act (2010) applies.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary: £31,133.37 (plus London Weighting of £5,023.71 if applicable)
Location: Old Street London (with flexibility to work from home)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Closing date: Wednesday the 22nd of January at 11:30pm
Are you looking to develop a career in partnership management and corporate fundraising? Are you passionate about the private sector’s role in helping to tackle homelessness? If so, this is a great opportunity to join an award-winning team as Corporate Partnerships Executive and play a key role in driving our fundraising goals forward.
About the role
This role sits within our Partnership Management team in the Income Generation directorate, and you will be working with the Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager to deliver strategic partnership activity in line with Shelter’s organisation goals. You will play a key part in the success of our employee fundraising, leading on engagement activities for one of our large, existing partnerships that generates over £1m in income for Shelter. You will also manage a diverse portfolio of five and six figure partnerships across multiple sectors, delivering high quality colleague, customer fundraising and commercial campaigns that require presenting Shelter’s cause effectively to a wide range of audiences.
The role needs someone with a proactive approach and creative flair for developing and executing new partnership activities. It will also involve collaborating on additional projects that support the wider Corporate Partnerships team strategy and managing elements of partner finances, including income forecasting, updating our supporter database and supporting the team.
About you
You will be proactive with excellent relationship-building and communication skills, and the ability to convey complex ideas succinctly, and confidently to a wide range of audiences.
You will have experience in corporate fundraising, partnership management or account management and be able to strengthen relationships with existing partnerships to grow fundraising income. You will have attention to detail and be able to work across multiple projects in a busy team environment, planning your workload effectively.
Importantly, you will also have a passion for social justice and share Shelter’s belief that everyone has the right to a safe home.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
About the team
The Income Generation Directorate at Shelter comprises of 5 departments, delivering a mature fundraising programme that has seen continuous year on year diversity and growth. The directorate generates over £48m gross income each year, of which a high percentage is unrestricted. Our Corporate Partnerships team is split into two areas - New Partnerships which generates income by securing new relationships with private sector businesses, and the Partnership Management team, where this role sits, is responsible for the growth of Shelter’s voluntary income by managing and developing existing corporate partnerships spanning a variety of sectors. And, as the division as a whole continues to grow and develop, it's a truly exciting time to join us.
How to Apply
Please click ‘Apply for Job’ below. You are required to submit a CV and a one-page expression of interest. This should be relevant to the points in the ‘About You’ section of the job description attached to this advert and align with the following behaviours below.
- We prioritise diversity and have an inclusive and open mindset
- We work together to achieve a shared purpose
About Shelter
Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.
We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.
We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.
Safeguarding statement
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Recruitment Agencies
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Shropshire & Herefordshire
Salary: £26,000 - £28,000 per annum
A respected charity is seeking a driven and dedicated Corporate Partnership Executive to join its team, focusing on fostering relationships with businesses across Shropshire and Herefordshire. This role is vital in raising the charity’s profile, building meaningful corporate partnerships, and driving income growth to support its life-saving work.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain long-term relationships with corporate partners, ensuring sustained support and engagement.
- Identify new opportunities for business development and manage a pipeline of prospects.
- Create tailored partnership plans that align with corporate objectives and the charity’s mission.
- Represent the charity at networking events, delivering compelling presentations and pitches to inspire support.
- Collaborate with internal teams to maximise fundraising opportunities and integrate corporate activities into the charity’s wider initiatives.
- Maintain accurate records of corporate relationships and produce detailed reports on fundraising performance.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced in relationship management, sales, or income generation with a proven track record of achieving targets.
- Skilled communicator with excellent verbal and written abilities, and capable of engaging diverse audiences.
- Strong organisational skills, adept at managing multiple tasks and meeting deadlines.
- Proficient in IT, including Microsoft Office and social media platforms, with a creative approach to engagement.
- Knowledge of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices is beneficial.
This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a cause that makes a genuine difference in the community. By building strategic partnerships, you will play an integral part in supporting vital services that save lives.
Deadline: Rolling – hiring manager is reviewing applications as they come in– CV and Supporting statement needed!
If you would like to receive a full job description for this role with details on how to apply, please contact Hannah Laking at Harris Hill:
Hannah Laking: | 020 7820 7331
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
You have an understanding of drug, alcohol, and health related issues, and experience of working with adults in an addictions, housing or social care setting. All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Aquarius as a Complex Needs Practitioner.
Aquarius is a charity that helps people and communities overcome the harm caused by alcohol, drugs and gambling. We are part of ‘One Recovery Buckinghamshire’ (ORB), a partnership between Inclusion (MPFT NHS Trust), Aquarius, and Build on Belief providing support for alcohol and drug issues across Buckinghamshire.
We are looking for two Complex Needs Practitioners to join our team in Aylesbury.
You will:
- Engage people in a variety of interventions, using a person-centred approach, empowering them to reduce risk, increase resilience and achieve positive outcomes.
- Work flexibly across the community and withing our multi-agency partnership settings. Your caseload will include a mixture of community and multi-agency referral pathways including health and social care.
- Work with people to address holistic support needs across all aspects of the person’s wellbeing. This could include diverse work related to knife crime, 5 step family work, exploitation, physical and emotional health as well as substance misuse.
To succeed, you’ll:
- Have a qualification in health/social care, youth and community work (e.g. NVQ Level 3 or above, DipSW, Mental Health Nursing, Counselling, Addiction Studies). Alternatively, we’ll consider candidates with experience of working in the substance misuse field with a commitment to complete NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care.
- Be an energetic and confident self-starter.
- Have experience of liaising with voluntary and statutory agencies and health professionals and engaging effectively with clients in a variety of settings.
- Have a flexible approach, excellent record keeping and report writing skills and a willingness to work flexibly across the community and within our multi-agency partnership settings, on an outreach basis, with a central hub base at our head office.
In return for your skills and enthusiasm, this role comes with some really great benefits and excellent training and development opportunities. Benefits include:
- 32 days holiday + bank holidays
- Cultural celebration day
- Access to blue light card discounts
- Flexible working
This is a permanent full-time role requiring the post holder to work 37 hours per week.
We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or anyone from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic group.
This is a rolling recruitment process. Candidates will be interviewed as and when they are shortlisted.
Learning and development is important to us, and we are pleased to be able to offer a wide range of apprenticeships. We hire apprentices into specific roles as well as offering apprenticeships to the workforce. Anyone can apply to undertake an apprenticeship relevant to the role as long as they are in a permanent post and have successfully passed probation.
Aquarius was a subsidiary of Richmond Fellowship, with both organisations being part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. On 1st June 2024 Richmond Fellowship merged with Humankind to form a single organisation that provides the joined-up mental health, housing and drug and alcohol support we’ve all known has been needed for decades. At the same time, Aquarius became a subsidiary of Humankind, with no impact to terms and conditions of employment. In October 2024, Humankind was renamed Waythrough to reflect the new organisation, of which Aquarius will remain a subsidiary
Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.
Peer Support Outreach Worker (Serious Mental Illness)
Post no: 623
Location: Milton Keynes
Contract type: 12 Month Contract
Hours: 12 hours per week (Mon, Tue, Thurs hours TBC)
Salary: £23,088 per annum, FTE (actual salary £7,488 per annum)
We are searching for new Peer Support Workers with lived experience to join our new peer support service. The role involves facilitating Peer Support groups to enable and support individuals with Serious Mental Illness.
Our peer support and recovery services are a key element of the services we offer, and we are looking for someone who can use their own lived experiences to provide support to help individuals achieve their goals. If you feel like you would be suitable for this role, we can’t wait to hear from you.
Service Delivery
- Facilitate Peer Support groups to enable and support individuals with Serious Mental Illness to get their 6 physical health checks and in turn, achieve the service’s KPIs.
- One to one navigation to enable and support individuals with Serious Mental Illness to get their 6 physical health checks and in turn, achieve the service’s KPIs.
- Where appropriate, support clients to access other services within Mind BLMK.
- Encourage and support client engagement with Mind BLMK through the influence and participation process, Guarantor Membership, and training opportunities.
- Identify and build good working relationships with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, community groups, relevant services and activities for partnership work and signposting as well as keep updated information about them.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the Mind BLMK team and relevant key post holders.
- Contribute to maintaining an effective volunteer workforce for the service in line with Mind BLMK’s HR policies, procedures and guidance (workload planning and support).
- Carry out Cash Handling, Health and Safety and Data Collection responsibilities as directed by the Team Leader in line with Mind BLMK’s policies, procedures, requirements and guidance.
Entitlements/benefits:
- 25 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
- Auto-enrolment NEST pension scheme (employer contributes 3%, employee contributes 5%)
- Westfield Health Plan – includes access to everyday healthcare and indemnifies towards the cost of routine health care.
- Discounts available through Blue Light Card & Tickets for Good
- In-house and external Learning and Development as appropriate for the role.
- Flexible Working On request (in line with Mind BLMK policy on Right to Request Flexible Working)
If you have a passion for working in mental health and possess the required skills, we would love to hear from you.
Closedown: 5pm on Tuesday 7th January 2025
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applicants apply
Start date: ASAP
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.
Mind BLMK has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter and the Disability Confident Employer Scheme since 2008.
Please note: Mind BLMK follows Safer Recruitment practices and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Therefore all our roles are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
No agencies please.
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
Your role in our mission…..
We are seeking an ambitious Corporate Partnerships Manager to manage and grow high-value partnerships at Marie Curie. You will oversee a six-figure partnership portfolio, driving income generation and delivering initiatives that raise awareness and support for terminally ill and bereaved people.
If you're detail-oriented, agile, and passionate about making a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and grow high-value corporate partnerships, ensuring objectives for both Marie Curie and partners are met and exceeded.
- Develop and deliver creative partnership plans, including stewardship, communication, and fundraising strategies.
- Identify and execute income generation, awareness, and volunteering opportunities with partners.
- Create and implement annual fundraising plans, coordinating with internal teams to support partner activities.
- Provide exceptional stewardship, fostering long-term relationships and new opportunities.
- Support the New Partnerships team in identifying and securing new partnerships.
- Work with stakeholders across Partnerships and Philanthropy to explore new funding opportunities.
- Attend and support partner events, including occasional evenings and weekends, with travel across the UK as needed.
- Achieve and exceed financial targets, ensuring accurate income and expenditure tracking.
- Provide monthly reports and quarterly financial projections for the Head of Partnership Management.
- Evaluate key partnership activities and share insights with internal teams for continuous improvement.
Skills and experience
- Skilled in report writing and presentations
- Proven experience in new business and innovative idea generation
- Strong written, verbal, and communication skills
- Commercial awareness with budgeting and forecasting expertise
- Proficient in stakeholder management at senior levels
- Strategic planning and project management skills
- Expertise in influencing, negotiation, and collaboration across teams
- Experience managing large six-figure corporate partnerships and fundraising campaigns
- Success in delivering cause-related marketing and multi-site campaigns
- Proven track record in achieving financial targets and developing new commercial opportunities
Please see the full job description .
Application Process
As part of your online application, you will be asked for a CV and covering letter. Please review both the advert and job description and outline your most relevant skills, experience and knowledge for the role.
Salary: £35,530.00 - £39,474.00 (London Weighing where applicable)
Contract: Full time (35h per week), permanent role
Based: London based, Hybrid remote 2 days in office
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.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Delivery HUB: Programmes Coordinator
About Stemettes
We’re Stemettes. An award-winning social enterprise working to engage, inform and connect the next generation of girls, young women and non-binary people into Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths (STEAM). We run a variety of programmes, workshops, and events that are designed to make STEAM accessible and relatable to young people who are typically underrepresented in these fields.
You’d be working within a fully hybrid organisation located across the UK including freelancers and admins who ensure the smooth running of Stemettes interventions and outreach work.
(PLEASE NOTE: All applications should be made through the Stemettes Website: Stemettes /roles)
About the role:
As the Programmes Coordinator, you will be the main point of contact for our beneficiaries throughout their journey on our programmes including our flagship mentoring programme, Student to Stemette. This transformative 4-month mentorship pairs beneficiaries aged 15 to 25 with industry role models in STEAM.
You’ll be responsible for the onboarding, ongoing care, and offboarding experience for beneficiaries and support mentors, ensuring the programme delivers exceptional impact. You will live in the details—leveraging feedback to enhance the experience—and build a safe, enjoyable, and high-quality programme journey for all participants.
This is a hands-on, collaborative role for someone full of energy and highly accountable. You’ll thrive if you enjoy working autonomously and collaboratively, are detail-oriented, and are passionate about making a difference in young people’s lives.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Beneficiary Onboarding and Care:
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Serve as the main point of contact for programme participants.
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Manage the onboarding process for mentees and support their journey from application to programme graduation through check-in calls, using Airtable to track progress.
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Provide personalised support to beneficiaries, building relationships so you understand how they have changed and responded to our supportive programme and ensure they are informed about other Stemettes opportunities. You are there to ensure we are looking after their wellness and joy on the programme.
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Address any concerns the beneficiaries might have and ensure their needs are met for a positive and impactful experience.
2. Mentor Onboarding Support:
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Assist with mentor onboarding, including DBS checks and volunteer communication.
3. Feedback and Programme Health:
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Regularly collect and analyse feedback from participants to monitor programme health.
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Maintain an issues log and use insights to drive continuous improvement.
4. Resource and Workshop Development:
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Create and enhance resources, such as 'Meet Guides,' to enrich mentoring sessions.
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Collaborate with the Innovation Lead and Programmes Manager to develop new workshops based on beneficiary feedback.
5. Safety and Compliance:
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Monitor safeguarding during the programme and follow procedures to ensure a safe and secure environment for all participants and volunteers. This role will be the safeguarding officer for programmes at Stemette Futures with the direct support of the Safeguarding Officer for the whole organisation.
6. Programme Event Coordinator and Host:
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You organise and host programme events for all participants, both virtual and in-person.
7. Wider Event Support:
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All Stemette Futures employees support the delivery of all events and programmes to ensure we directly support the overall mission of the organisation.
8. Travel (UK-wide):
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You will be expected to travel to areas in the UK a minimum of once a month. All travel, accommodation and food will be covered. If this travel is not part of your working hours you will receive your time back in the form of TOIL which is to be taken within 1 month of receiving it. Reasons for travel; Hub (team) Day, Company-wide Day, Event, Programme Event, Co-working Manager Day, Focus Day
Person Specification:
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Be an excellent communicator with a natural ability to build rapport, particularly with young people.
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Be passionate about STEAM education, diversity, and inclusion.
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Work collaboratively with other teams and communicate effectively across the organisation.
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Be highly organised and comfortable following processes and instructions.
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Enjoy learning new tools and using technology to enhance your work.
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Be solutions-oriented and maintain a calm, positive attitude under pressure.
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Flexibility to travel and work outside of regular office hours, as needed.
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Be able to give and receive constructive feedback.
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Desirable: Experience using MS Teams, Google Workspace and Airtable.
Benefits (Check out our Role Model Employer page)
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Competitive salary of 28,875 -31,250
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5 weeks holiday allowance
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4-day week (opt-in) after a successful 3-months probation period
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8% Match Pension scheme
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Menstruator and Menopause Leave
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Wellness Package
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Family Leave
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Opportunity to make a difference in young people's lives
Please note. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. Stemettes is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an intentionally inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and experiences.
The job description provided is a sample and can be further customised based on specific organisational needs and requirements.
Pay will be reduced by 8% during the probation period. Your pension will start when you have passed probation. We have a pass, fail, extend to 6 months probation rule.
(PLEASE NOTE: All applications should be made through the Stemettes Website: Stemettes /roles)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Services Welfare Officer
Based at one of the military bases within the UK (relocating to a new site every two years)
Would you like to help our Armed Forces in a unique and challenging way? Then we have the job for you.
Are you looking for your next unique role like no other and a chance to make a positive lasting impact?
Do you have experience in working with young people or adults in a wellbeing environment and want to use that knowledge to really make a difference?
Would the opportunity to travel the UK and potentially overseas excite you?
Our Services Welfare Officers provide vital welfare support to the Armed Forces to both new recruits and service personnel at military bases within the UK and overseas.
If this amazing experience sounds like something you could do – read on!
As a Services Welfare Officer you will manage our WRVS facility on a military site. This will involve:
- Providing an independent, confidential and sensitive welfare support
- Supporting service personnel on a one-to-one basis
- Helping them find solutions to personal and practical issues
- Using your judgement to signpost them to other support agencies or our military colleagues where appropriate.
You will be provided with free one-person military accommodation based on site in the UK with the opportunity to be considered to work abroad at a later stage. Your food and drink is also subsidised!
About You
We are looking for applicants with broad experience in working with young adults and more experienced service personnel in a welfare setting.
You may have previously worked in youth and community work, social work, counselling, education or healthcare settings.
Ideally you will have:
- Experience of working with young or vulnerable adults
- Previous experience of effective networking with other agencies
- To be prepared to live in one person accommodation (provided)
- The flexibility to live anywhere within the UK or overseas for prolonged periods of time, i.e. two years
- Basic IT skills
- A full, valid driving licence
- A valid UK passport
You will also need:
- To demonstrate flexibility to relocate at short notice, be self-motivated and approachable
- To demonstrate proven excellent written and verbal communication skills
- To possess time-management, planning and prioritisation abilities
- The ability to demonstrate confidentiality when dealing with sensitive issues
- A good track record of working effectively within a team
A relevant qualification in an area such as youth work, social work, teaching or similar, would be beneficial to your application, as would knowledge of the military environment but this is not a deal breaker!
Please see the attached role profile for full details of this excellent opportunity.
Benefits:
- Salary of £24,355 per annum which increases to £26,651 on successful completion of the 6 month probationary period
- Free accommodation and subsidised meals
- 37 days’ holiday per annum as you will be working six days per week, plus UK bank holidays
- 3 x WRVS Salary Death in Service Benefit, subject to qualification
- Company sick pay
- An employee benefits package that gives access to an exclusive rewards website, 24-hour doctor line, financial support with dental/optical and other therapies
- A great pension scheme (10% employer contribution)
- A free and confidential employee assistance programme with up to six face-to-face sessions built-in
- Access to award-winning e-learning and development
- Opportunities to develop new skills
If this sounds exciting and you would love the opportunity of this unique role, please select the apply button shown.
The closing date for applications is 14th February 2025, we reserve the right to close this advert prior to this date due to level of applications.
WRVS & Royal Voluntary Service is committed to building inclusive and diverse teams across the charity. To find out more about our commitment to EDI, visit our website.
Other organisations may call this role Services Support Officer, Welfare Support Officer, Welfare Support Co-ordinator, Welfare Officer, Welfare Information Officer, Welfare Advisor, or Youth Worker.
Does the new year have a shiny new job in store for you?
Would you love to be part of a high-value fundraising team working with Trusts and Foundations to secure a better future for children and young people with cancer?
As Senior Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser, you'll join an ambitious and growing high-value team on a mission to do things differently.
Salary: £35,882 (£37,778 with London weighting)
Location: Homebased, travel for internal and external meetings (offices in Bristol/London)
Contract: Permanent, 35 hours full time and open to reduced or compressed hours
Benefits: 27 holidays (+ bank) with buying/selling options, 8% employer pension contribution, enhanced maternity and adoption leave, sector-leading approach to L+D
Culture: Flexible, caring, life and family-friendly
About the mission
There are so many opportunities for funders to get involved at Young Lives Versus Cancer. Whether it's offering an opportunity to support the recently launched strategy 'The Time Is Now', or inspiring donors to contribute to a collaborative vision, fondly known as 'The North Star'. There are services, systems change, evidence and resources at your fingertips, ready to capture the imagination of funders and help bring them to life.
About the charity
Young Lives Versus Cancer (YLVC) proudly leads the way when it comes to high-level psychosocial support throughout cancer treatment, end-of-life, and bereavement.
Their new strategy sets out a plan to properly invest in the tailored support that's needed, ensuring services remain relevant. Through trauma-informed, integrated social work and accommodation, plus a serious commitment to collaboration, YLVC is responding to the changing needs of children and young people by sharing knowledge that will lead to bigger, better impact.
Your Trusts and Foundations fundraising skills will play a vital role in helping achieve these goals.
About the role
This is a brand-new role, part of strategic growth for the wider Philanthropy and Partnerships team. You'll support delivery of the Trusts and Foundations strategy with a current team pipeline of £1.4 million, through best practice relationship management and stewardship.
About you
We'd love to see you showcasing the following skills and experience when you get in touch:
- You've got a personal track-record fundraising from trusts and foundations upwards of £10k+.
- You identify funder priorities and motivations, before matching them to relevant opportunities.
- You work collaboratively across an organisation as a strong team player, developing relationships with internal stakeholders and service delivery teams.
- You have a positive influence on the people around you and bring the best out in them.
- You roll your sleeves up and get the job done, understanding the bigger picture.
This is a truly unique opportunity and chance to be part of a something extra special.
If you're feeling the 'new year, new job' itch, please get in touch with a copy of your profile or CV to Ellen Drummond at Charity People.
Deadline: 9am on Monday 13th January
Interview dates TBC in January
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.