Relationship Fundraising Manager Jobs in Westminster, Greater London
About the role
Smart Works is looking to appoint a Head of London Service Delivery for 12 months, to start in September 2024. This is a maternity cover role for an established leadership role within the Smart Works staff team.
The Head of London Service Delivery is responsible for leading the delivery of the Smart Works service across London. Last year the Smart Works centres in London supported over 3500 unemployed women from across London, and the demand for our service is expected to rise significantly in the coming months.
By effectively leading and managing a team of nine, the Head of London Service Delivery will ensure Smart Works is well positioned to meet the growing demand for our services and maintain quality as the charity grows. They will ensure that every client who visits Smart Works leaves their appointment feeling confident and with the best possible chance of job success.
They will monitor performance against KPIs and will work with their team to ensure there is a steady flow of referrals, the volunteer community is engaged and supported and client feedback is consistently positive.
More broadly, the Head of London Service Delivery plays an important role in creating a welcoming environment and a supportive team culture in all three London centres. The successful applicants will need to build strong working relationships across the staff and volunteer teams, as well as with external partners and other senior staff working across the 11 centres across the UK.
If you’re experienced in programme delivery and passionate about supporting women, then this is an ideal opportunity for you.
Duties and responsibilities
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the successful candidate will lead a range of activities including:
- Being responsible for delivering a quality, consistent service across all three London centres; this includes the delivery of virtual appointments
- Leading and developing the Service Delivery team working in London, ensuring strong performance against targets and KPIs and creating a supportive team culture
- Representing London in group forums, sharing learnings and best practice with other Smart Works centres
- Acting as a key public brand ambassador for Smart Works Charity in London, especially within the referral partner community
- Day-to-day management of the client CRM system in London, ensuring complete and timely data capture
- Accountability for the management, retention, development and growth of London volunteer community
- Safeguarding Officer for London and the Smart Works Group
Person specification
Essential Criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills with an adaptable style to suit different people and situations
- Experience managing a team
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, client-focused environment
- Proven record delivering results against ambitious targets and KPIs
- Strong experience leading change and delivering innovative solutions to complex problems
- An understanding of safeguarding requirements for a charity like Smart Works
- Confident public speaker, with experience of representing an organisation to external stakeholders
Desirable Criteria
- Experience working with and managing a community of volunteers
- Experience managing data collection and producing reports for senior staff and trustees
- Experience as a Safeguarding lead or Officer
- Understanding of the UK employability sector
General duties of a Smart Works staff member
- Work collaboratively and cooperatively with all team members and take an active part in staff meetings and discussions
- Adhere to our policies and procedures and be an ambassador for our charity
- Play your part in ensuring that each woman who comes through our door is treated with respect and empathy
Benefits, terms, and conditions
- Full-time role
- Salary of £38,000 - £40,000 depending on experience
- Monday-Friday with typical working hours 9 am -5 pm in line with centre opening Hours. Whilst occasional work from home days can be accommodated, due to the nature of the role, it cannot bedone remotely. We are happy to discuss flexible working
- The role will be based across all three Smart Works centres in London, with the successful applicant being required to regularly spend time in all three centres. The centres are located in Islington, Ladbroke Grove and Croydon
- There may be occasional evening and weekend work as the successful candidate will be part of the wider centre team, supporting with networking and key events support
- 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and additional discretionary leave between Christmas and New Year
- Positive working environment with investment in training and progression
- VIP access at Smart Works sales, events and pop-up shops
- All successful applicants must provide references and complete a satisfactory Basic DBS check
How to apply
Please submit a CV and answer the following questions by 5pm on Thursday 11th July 2024.
- Why do you want to work for Smart Works? (Max 350 words)
- What relevant experience do you have for the role? This may include experience delivering charitable programmes, working with volunteers, delivering against targets or lived experience of the services offered at Smart Works. (Max 300 words)
- How would you create a collaborative and supportive culture across the London Service Delivery team? Please be mindful the team works across three different sites in London (Max 350 words)
- Is there anything else you would like to share? (Max 250 words)
Closing date for applications 5pm Thursday 11th July.
First round interviews will be held virtually on Tuesday 23rd July, via Microsoft Teams.
Second Round interviews will be Monday 29th July, in person at our London Office.
Role to start in September 2024.
Smart Works is committed to best practice employment practices, including reducing the burden for those seeking work. Smart Works will therefore reimburse reasonable costs of travel to interviews if required.
We do not use AI in any part of our recruitment process. Your application will be carefully considered by the People Team.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or alterations for the application and recruitment processes, please contact us about submitting a manual application.
Smart Works is committed to best practice employment practices, including reducing the burden for those seeking work. Smart Works will therefore reimburse reasonable costs of travel to interviews if required.
At Smart Works we will apply suitable measures to keep your information secure in accordance with our Privacy Policy (a current version of which is available on our website) We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, disabled candidates, and candidates with lived experience of female unemployment as we would like to increase the representation of these groups at Smart Works.
Smart Works promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching the Charity's needs with the skills and experience of candidates. These decisions are made 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.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Our objective is to achieve exceptional customer engagement, foster intimacy, drive website traffic, and increase revenue through strategic utilisation of the social media marketing roadmap.
The ideal candidate should possess a comprehensive understanding of various social media platforms and how to optimise content for maximum engagement.
Your expertise in social media marketing will be essential in achieving our goals and establishing strong brand connections.
Key Role
- Create marketing and social media campaigns and strategies, including planning content creation, implementation schedules and paid advertising.
- Create and distribute engaging written or graphic content in form of email marketing, web pages, blog content and social media messages.
- Support with development and monitoring of brand guidelines and key messages.
- Grow and expands social media presence into new social media platforms, plus increase presence on existing platforms including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.
- Analysing and reporting on digital communications KPIs and optimising campaigns to develop improvement plans where needed.
To excel in this role, you need professional experience in communications and marketing, media development, digital marketing or fundraising, websites, email marketing, and social media. Experience in the voluntary or statutory sector and a knack for networking and relationship-building would be great.
Requirements and skills
- Proven experience in social media marketing or as a digital media specialist
- Excellent consulting, writing, editing (photos, videos and text) presentation and communication skills.
- Adequate knowledge of web design, web development, experience of using content management systems and SEO
- Experience of writing and creating email campaigns using software
- Experience of website and social media analytics and the ability to produce reports that communicate the meaning behind the data with recommendations. Positive attitude with good multitasking and organisational ability with a proactive mindset and great interpersonal skills.
- Ability to use initiative, think creatively and solve problems and work closely with the team.
Terms and Conditions
Based: Remote
Annual Salary: c£29,000
Probationary period: 3 months.
Group personal pension plan: available on satisfactory completion of 3 months service.
Life Assurance: up to four times annual salary.
Holiday: 25 days annual leave plus public holidays.
Application and interviews
• Please apply by submitting your CV and Covering letter explaining why you feel you meet the vacancy criteria.
• We do not have a specific closing date for this post but will assess applications as they arrive and arrange interviews as required on a rolling basis until we fill the vacancy.
• Interview questions will be provided in advance
Appointment will be subject to receipt of satisfactory references and a basic DBS check. Further information regarding the Fishermen’s Mission can be obtained from our website. Find us on Twitter (@thefishmish) and Facebook
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Programmes Officer
Job title
Programmes Officer
Date reviewed
June 2024
Purpose
To support the delivery of RedR’s programmes and projects
Responsible to
Programmes Coordinator
Responsible for
N/A
Working with
Programmes team (Climate Change and Engineering in Emergencies hubs), other RedR UK Programmes staff, colleagues in other departments, consultants, Associate Trainers and other contacts and stakeholders as necessary.
Location
Remote working with the London Office will also be considered
Post
Full-time
Period
Fixed Term until 30th September 2025, with possibility for extension
Grade
2.1
Salary
£31,191
Language
Fluent English and Ukrainian language proficiency is required for this role
Other
As defined in our standard contract terms
REDR UK AND THE WORK WE DO
RedR UK is an international NGO and learning provider that develops capacity and supports aid workers, organisations, and communities to prepare for and respond effectively to crises within humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding contexts. Our work builds resilience, primarily in low and lower middle-income countries worldwide. We have 40 years’ experience responding to disasters.
We are an HPass Certified Learning Provider, meaning we meet the Humanitarian Learning Standards. RedR UK is committed to the Humanitarian Charter, the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross & Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief and the Core Humanitarian Standard.
RedR UK has offices in London and Amman and maintains a large pool of highly qualified trainers and experts who go through a rigorous certification and selection process. Our work is overseen and supported by a Board of Trustees with wide experience, in the humanitarian sector and other fields. RedR is a Membership organisation with a global network of 1,800 Members, all of whom are experienced humanitarian professionals.
We are also part of RedR International, an international federation of organisations that share a common vision and mission. The federation’s vision is a world in which sufficient competent and committed personnel are available and responding to humanitarian needs. Members include RedR UK, RedR Australia, RedR India, RedR Malaysia and RedR Indonesia.
RedR UK is committed to a strong, positive culture, with benefits for staff and those with whom we work. Our culture is also important to us in terms of our ethic of humanitarian impartiality and neutrality and our compliance with the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) and other professional codes of conduct.
Our values are vitally important to us as individuals, teams and to RedR UK as a whole. We are committed to a continuous process of strengthening our culture, maintaining the high standards required to work together effectively, and delivering first class advice and service to those with whom we work.
About this role
The Programmes Team is responsible for delivering demand-led services globally; providing tailored capacity building support to organisations and their partners through individual or framework contracts. As Programme Officer, you will work closely with Hub members to ensure events, trainings, services, projects and programmes are delivered to an exceptionally high standard, on time and budget.
This role also includes support to the monitoring, evaluation, research and learning aspects of RedR UKs role, particularly in regards to climate change and engineering in emergencies.
The primary purpose of the role is to enable the delivery of RedR UK’s Ukraine Humanitarian Criss response programme in Ukraine and neighbouring countries (hereafter referred to as ‘the Programme’).
Job Description
MAIN DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES and ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Delivery of events, courses, services, projects, and programmes
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Assistance in the delivery of the Hubs’ events, courses, services, projects, and programmes.
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In cooperation with line manager and colleagues, plan and identify tasks, prioritise, and allocate them as needed.
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Support the project coordinator in activities, tasks, milestone, or deliverable tracking.
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Lead on agreed elements of events, courses, projects, or deliverables, including external and internal representations as required.
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Ensure wide communication of events, preparing marketing information and advertising where required.
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Proof-read training material as required, and ensure RedR UK brand guidelines are consistently applied.
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Organise availability of equipment, refreshments, resources, travel, accommodation, props, vehicle and venue as required. Prepare welcome packs, name badges, signature lists, certificates and other resources as required and ensure these are in place for the relevant time of the event
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Respond to trainer and participant requests during the event, as required
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Support the delivery of online events and, if necessary, travel to events and provide direct support to trainers and participants at events.
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Support the recruitment of external project staff, consultants and Associate Trainers, resource persons and actors including the production of Terms of Reference and ensuring the implementation of fair and transparent recruitment.
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Be a point of contact for external project staff, consultants, Associate Trainers and participants where required, responding to queries and providing information and support
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Coordinate scheduling, liaison with trainers and interpreters to enable delivery of the Programme.
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Be the first point of contact for participant enquiries (particularly where in Ukrainian language).
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Translate text and training promotional materials into Ukrainian, as required.
Duty of Care and Procedures
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Assist in researching the security situation, contributing information to risk assessments and travel plans.
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Ensure compliance with general duty of care and RedR UK security and other relevant procedures.
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Prepare contracts and ensure these are signed and stored appropriately.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning
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Support the review of training materials for the L&D department, ensuring they are branded and formatted to RedR UK standards
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Support the collection and analysis of M&E data across the programme teams
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Ensure all monitoring and evaluation (M&E) data is collected and tracked for events, including:
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Collating and recording course statistics and evaluation data;
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Maintaining accurate Salesforce records for all RedR projects and learning events in the region and as requested by Line Manager;
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Assisting with the collection and recording of impact assessment data
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Support milestone tracking and reporting,
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Assistance in drafting project or training reports.
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Contribute to monthly and quarterly reporting.
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Support the programme coordinator in the tracking and analysis of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) data.
Facilities, Procurement and Materials
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Build and maintain excellent relationships with relevant suppliers including but not limited to external training venues, transport and material suppliers required to delivery services.
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Prepare, order, and arrange shipping of learning materials for courses and other materials as required.
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Prepare and format any online materials as required.
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Procure any course materials, equipment, refreshments, resources, travel, accommodation, and venue hire where applicable.
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Co-host live online sessions, providing support to the facilitator as well as to the course participants.
Admin and Finance
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Maintain accurate finance records and monitor and record budgets and expenditure to provide timely analysis of this to inform decision-making.
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Assist with audits, financial reporting and cash flow analysis.
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Programme or training related administrative tasks including but not limited to filing; travel arrangements; logistics; procurement of materials required by the project or training; preparation of draft contracts or correspondence as requested by the line manager following agreed templates; assistance in competing required forms or compliance with RedR UK or project procedures; liaison with project staff, partners and stakeholders on administrative matters; etc.
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Undertake timely and accurate processing of invoices and expenses in line with established processes and RedR UK’s Operational Manual. Support the programme coordinator on the monitoring of expenditure and budgets.
Other
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All employees are required to adhere to RedR UKs values of collaboration, excellence, lifelong learning, integrity and single point accountability.
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Contribute to the operational plan and budget each year.
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Keep up to date with relevant issues to the humanitarian sector.
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Support on the development of new project proposals where needed.
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Undertake other tasks as reasonably required by your line manager.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential
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Language skills – Fluent English and Proficiency in Ukrainian is required for this role.
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Administrative skills – Systematic and efficient administrative skills, including an ability to prioritise, manage and complete a variety of tasks against multiple deadlines and track information and progress.
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Event management – Experience of supporting a learning programme, organising learning events and working with consultants.
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Understanding of the humanitarian sector – General understanding of humanitarian practices and principles, and a demonstrated commitment to our humanitarian mission and values.
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Use of technology – Experience with current software for project management, along with Microsoft Office skills; ideally knowledge of SharePoint or similar document management systems; ideally knowledge of Salesforce or similar CRM systems.
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Financial skills – Able to track income and expenditure, use Microsoft Excel, check invoices and quotes are in line with project budgets.
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Work planning – Effective workload management skills and ability to use initiative to solve problems. Ability to track the progress of deliverables and activities and flag up underperformance.
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Interest in Learning and Development – Have a demonstrable interest in Learning and Development, and training activities.
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Team player – Experience of working successfully within a team environment and of building relationships with others
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Communication – Good interpersonal communication skills and self-awareness, able to communicate clearly and effectively with colleagues, clients, participants and other stakeholders from diverse cultural backgrounds with excellent written and spoken English. Experience in drafting contracts, formal letters or other formal written communication.
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Initiative and enthusiasm – Initiative, enthusiasm and a problem-solving approach to new challenges.
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Work and travel out of hours – Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends depending on needs, and travel within the UK if needed. Although unlikely, able and willing to travel internationally if needed, sometimes to insecure and difficult environments for periods up to 2 weeks, and to follow RedR UK security management procedures.
Desirable
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Project management – Experience in supporting the management of projects, budgeting, budget management and writing reports for clients/donor agencies, ideally in a humanitarian or development context.
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Qualification – Qualification in project management, humanitarian action, disaster management, development studies, or similar.
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Humanitarian experience – Experience of supporting humanitarian, development or charity work
Please share your CV and CL and the deadline to send your application is 1 month (hiring will be on rolling basis)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you ready to make a difference to the lives of children and young people in Croydon?
Reedham Children's Trust is Croydon’s oldest children’s charity, providing support to vulnerable children and young people in our area since 1844. We do this by collaborating with grassroots organisations to fund innovative programmes and projects to help transform the lives of young people.
The way we have worked over the last 180 years may have changed but our mission remains the same: to provide life-changing support for vulnerable and disadvantaged children in Croydon. We believe every child deserves the chance to thrive and to look forward to a healthy, happy, and fulfilling adult life.
In addition to running a number of established and successful projects, we have recently launched our Youth Innovation Fund which has created the need for a new role, the Youth Partnerships Officer, to ensure we deliver all our projects effectively, on time and robustly - as well as promoting our work dynamically using a range of social media platforms.
This role will be responsible for a range of activities including:
- building effective relationships with local youth delivery organisations
- managing the administration of funding awards
- monitoring service delivery of the projects to support the smooth running and success of our work.
In addition, you will have the knowledge and creativity to develop and sustain an engaging social media presence for this work.
Who is our ideal candidate? Someone who is:
- detail-oriented and committed to working to a high standard, with the ability to manage their time and competing priorities. with experience of providing administrative and coordination support to different projects at the same time and strong common sense to guide your work.
- a confident communicator, with a positive outlook, who works well with others and is organised, calm and tenacious to get things done.
- able to work sensitively and effectively with a diverse range of external partners that support people with different vulnerabilities,
- understanding of the challenges facing both the beneficiaries of our work as well as the individual organisations and charities.
In exchange, we offer flexible working primarily by remote within a small and friendly team, the opportunity to visit projects and schools as well as attend consortium meetings, and an organisational commitment to supporting a good work/life balance. We also offer training and support to enable you to be successful in your role and your career.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a small, collaborative charity working with a passionate and dedicated team. If you are excited by this opportunity and have the relevant skills and experience to apply, we would be delighted to hear from you.
We believe every child and young person in Croydon deserves the chance to thrive and to look forward to a healthy, happy, and fulfilling adult life.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Hybrid working between the Aldgate, London office and home.
A great opportunity has risen for a Pharmaceutical Partnership Officer to support our growing portfolio of collaborative work with the respiratory pharmaceutical sector.
Asthma + Lung UK is the only charity in the UK fighting for everyone with a lung condition, aiming for a world where everyone can breathe with healthy lungs. We fund cutting-edge research, provide advice and support for the 12 million people who will get a lung condition during their lifetime. We also campaign for clean air and for better NHS diagnosis and treatment.
Reporting to the Pharmaceutical Partnerships Manager, you will support our existing relationships within the pharmaceutical sector. You will also look for new opportunities to secure additional funding for our work, to support and grow an ambitious pharmaceutical funding programme that will continue to increase in volume, income and impact.
You will have excellent relationship management and stewardship skills, an ambitious and creative approach to corporate fundraising and the ability to turn complex specialist information into clear and compelling proposals.
As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a range of benefits including 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), membership of a health cash plan, employee assistance programme, cycle-to-work scheme, interest-free annual season Travelcard loan and pension scheme. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an organisation committed to being the driving force behind the transformation of lung health.
Individual Giving Executive
Do you want to join an ambitious committed giving team who raise vital funds for the families that come to Great Ormond Street Hospital?
We are hiring for an Individual Giving Executive to join our Committed Giving team in our dialogue team. This role is responsible for providing day to day project support, working with internal stakeholders and managing agency partners to ensure fundraising campaigns deliver. This is an opportunity to work on a huge campaign and play a key role in fundraising for the Children's Cancer Centre.
About You
We’re looking for:
- A creative and self-motivated individual.
- Previous project management experience.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Experience managing external relationships.
- The ability to build great relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Previous experience with regular giving programmes (cash, direct debit, weekly lottery products) would be beneficial for this role but it is not essential.
If you’ve got project management and relationship building skills and want a high impact role, we want to hear from you.
About the Team
The Committed Giving Team is a high achieving, fast-paced team responsible for the acquisition and retention of committed/ regular donors. The team work across 3 key areas; Acquisition, Direct Dialogue Acquisition (Face to Face channels), and stewardship,. The team work closely together with the shared aim of delivering exceptional supporter experience and raising the reliable income the hospital needs to help provide extraordinary care for seriously ill children and their families.
How to apply
Please click on the apply button in the top right hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete. You are encouraged to include a cover letter with your application and should refer to the ‘Gosh Charity Pack’ on the Careers Page of our website before you apply.
Closing Date: 10th July 2024
About The Charity
Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 750 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill children starts with you.
Along with being awarded the ‘Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023’, we were delighted to be recently awarded the Charity Times Fundraising Team of the Year 2023.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
A more diverse workforce will enable us to deliver even more impact and we particularly encourage applications from communities which are under-represented in the charity. This includes people from ethnically diverse backgrounds, disabled people or those with long-term conditions, LGBTQ+ communities, and those from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Further information on our EDI strategy can be found on our website.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible throughout the recruitment process. For more information on this please contact us.
Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.
REF-215 108
Trust Funding Coordinator
Location: Hybrid, Old Street, London
Salary: £35,172 per annum
Hours: 34.5 hours per week
Department: Major Partnerships
Job Type: Full-time
Contract Type: Permanent
Plan International UK is a global children’s charity striving for an equal world. One where every child can reach their full potential and every girl can choose her own future.
We bring people together to protect children’s rights and keep girls safe, in school and in control of their bodies – even when disaster strikes. And we won’t stop until we are all equal.
We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate Trust Funding Coordinator to join our high achieving Major Partnerships Unit. This role sits in The Philanthropic Partnerships Team, which is specifically responsible for all trust, foundation and major donor relationships and income. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in fundraising from trusts and foundations, as part of an exciting and innovative team.
Working closely with the Trust Funding Officer, you will contribute to sustaining and increasing income from trusts and foundations. You will focus on donors with the capacity to give up to £25,000 a year to Plan International, as well as identifying, researching and applying to new prospects at this level, and supporting the prospecting process in the trusts team. You will also manage a small trusts’ portfolio running mailings through the database and looking for opportunities to grow portfolio income.
We are looking for an individual who has experience of managing several projects simultaneously and be able to demonstrate a clear and persuasive writing style. You will also have a keen interest in fundraising from trusts and foundations, ideally have experience of working in a fundraising team or similar environment and be proficient in using IT packages such as Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Publisher. If this sounds like you, and you have a genuine passion for our values, feminist leadership principles and vision, we would love for you to apply!
For further detail of this role, please see the job profile.
The deadline for applications is 23:59 on Thursday 11 July 2024
Interviews will take place on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 July 2024
We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children, young people and adults in our work. We, therefore, apply rigorous recruitment and selection processes to ensure that only those who are suitable are recruited to work for us. Accordingly, appointment to all our roles is subject to a range of vetting checks and for this role this will include a Basic Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working for us; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences.
Plan International UK is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.
REF-215118
Head of Philanthropy
Charity People are delighted to be working with a leading membership organisation to find their new Head of Philanthropy to lead the engagement with donors. Are you passionate about making a difference and building strong relationships with major donors and trusts/foundations? This is a brilliant role to make a real impact in growing a major donor programme from an engaged pipeline.
Head of Philanthropy
Reports to: Director of Development
Working hours - 35 hours a week This role requires travel within the UK and attendance at evening and some weekend events
Salary: £50,000-£60,000
Location: London/Hybrid (at least 6 days a month in the office)
About the Organisation
They are a professional membership organisation representing more than 40,000 healthcare clinicians worldwide. Their mission is educating, improving and influencing for better health and care. You will join a small, friendly and high performing team who deliver impactful work.
About the role
As the Head of Philanthropy, you will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to meet targets, nurture relationships with donors, and engage new supporters. You will have the opportunity to cultivate, solicit, and steward your own prospect portfolio to secure funding for the charity's strategic priorities.
Key responsibilities include making recommendations to shape the strategic goals of the multi-year fundraising campaign, developing and implementing the major donor engagement strategy, and working with senior stakeholders to grow and manage your portfolio of major donor prospects. Additionally, you will be responsible for expanding the program of major donor events and engagement activities, ensuring due diligence on prospective major donors, and contributing to department-wide planning.
About you
To excel in this role, you should have a substantial track record of meeting income targets in fundraising or an equivalent results-oriented environment. You should also possess an entrepreneurial approach, exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, budget management, and events management.
Success in this role will be measured through the development and implementation of the major donor engagement strategy and your level of engagement with your prospect portfolio. You will also play a key role in strengthening major donor relationships through face-to-face meetings.
Your ambition and hunger to succeed will be key to this role.
This is a senior role reporting to the Director of Development, and it offers a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact. If you are interested in hearing more the please get in touch with Tanya ([email protected]) or Katharine ([email protected]) with a CV to arrange an informal chat.
For over thirty years, Charity People has been dedicated to recruiting talented individuals for non-profit organizations. We are proud to partner with charities, universities, and institutes that promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Join us in making a difference in the charitable sector.
Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) has an exciting opportunity for you to join their team as an Impact Adviser. CAF is a dual-registered charity in both the UK and the US, dedicated to helping individuals worldwide optimise their charitable donations for maximum impact. CAF’s Impact Accelerator is a centre of excellence for impact, bringing together expertise in strategic advisory, grantmaking and social investment.
This full-time, permanent role offers a competitive salary of up to £46,000 per annum, based on experience, with flexible hybrid working arrangements based in their London office.
The Impact Adviser will confidently work with a diverse range of philanthropists, corporate clients, and charity leaders, providing expert advice on developing and implementing impactful giving strategies or improving their organisation’s resilience. Key responsibilities include managing strategic consultancy projects, delivering high-quality written assignments, facilitating workshops and ensuring excellent client service. The Impact Adviser will also collaborate with colleagues in the Impact Accelerator to deliver a comprehensive client offering and identify new business opportunities.
The ideal candidate would have a keen analytical and strategic mindset, experience in advising foundations, individual philanthropists, charities, corporations, or the public sector. Expertise in philanthropy, grant-making, sustainability, fundraising, strategy, research, governance, impact measurement or programmatic design is key. CAF is particularly interested in individuals with experience in international development and language skills. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in client relationship management and project management.
If this description resonates with you, we encourage you to submit your CV in Word format as soon as possible. Suitable candidates will be provided with further details about the role.
As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.
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Type of role: Full time or 0.8
Reporting to: Head of Corporate Partnerships
Location: London, Victoria or Manchester, Ancoats
Working Hours & Pattern: 32 or 40 hours per week. Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm (flexible)
Start date: Late July or August 2024
Welcome to Ada!
We are the National College for Digital Skills, established in 2016 as the first new Further Education College in England since 1993. Our mission is to educate and empower the next generation of diverse digital talent, and our values of Rigour, Resilience, Creativity, Curiosity and Collaboration sit at the heart of what we do and how we go about our work. We seek to harness tech as a positive tool for social mobility and improve the gender and ethnic diversity of the tech workforce.
We are a small, specialist college with c.500 students and apprentices on roll at present but with plans now well underway to grow to 850+ learners by December 2025 across our two fantastic new city centre hub campuses in London (Pimlico) and Manchester (Ancoats).
We stand apart from other Colleges due to:
- The quality of teaching, learning and assessment of computer science and related subjects
- Our fantastic progression outcomes for our learners
- The breadth and depth of our industry partnerships
- Our focus on outreach and learner diversity, especially those from more disadvantaged backgrounds
- Our high support, high expectations culture for staff and learners
We received ‘Good’, with Outstanding features, in our first Ofsted inspection in October 2018 and again in March 2023.
Job Purpose
We are passionate about building an alumni community of our former students and apprentices to ensure that we can support them in progressing their careers while enabling them to engage with and learn from each other.
The postholder will join Ada at an exciting time as we build and launch the alumni programme. They will be able to shape and deliver events and activities such as engagement events, professional development opportunities, volunteering and mentoring/support.
The postholder will develop strong relationships to ensure we can maximise the impact of the alumni community to build on their Ada experience and education. #AlwaysAda
To be successful in the role the post holder will:
- Have excellent organisation skills with the ability to structure processes and set up efficient systems to support Ada’s continued growth
- Be confidently computer literate with excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Have excellent relationship management skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels
- Have experience in events and communications
- Have experience and/ or drive to work with young people and have life affecting impact
- Be consistent and accurate and have a keen eye for detail
- Learn quickly, be adaptable, flexible and able to work in the ever-changing context of a growing organisation
- Be able to take the initiative and demonstrate a creative problem-solving approach
- Have well-developed interpersonal skills, working well independently and as part of a small team, and collaborating well with colleagues in person and remotely
- Have the ability and willingness to adapt to changing workloads and priorities with a team player attitude
Main Duties and Responsibilities
As our Alumni Relations Lead you will:
- Develop and maintain an ongoing dialogue with our alumni community through focus groups and research to reach a clear understanding of what they want and need from us, including the differences between Sixth Form and apprentice alumni.
- Undertake regular data collection cycles to track the current employment and needs of our current and future alumni. This will include but is not limited to using surveys and research. Develop a systematic approach to holding data (including data protection) and CRM.
- Work with your manager to develop an ambitious approach to how we understand both the impact of our alumni in their roles and our continuing impact on their career.
- Deliver against programme KPIs and continuously drive improvement.
- Deliver and shape a programme of planned communications and marketing to the alumni community to drive engagement.
- Deliver and shape a programme of both in person and virtual events and activities to drive impact. These include but are not limited to: providing specific services e.g. jobs board, career coaching, networking events.
- Maintain, manage and internally champion our alumni database, ensuring rigorous GDPR rules are adhered to.
- Recruit and support champions from within the alumni network to act as alumni ambassadors.
- Attend professional development activities either at Ada or elsewhere to improve and enhance your own practice, including attending meetings which take place outside of normal working hours.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential Qualifications
· Degree level qualification area or appropriate professional experience
Essential Experience
· Experienced at dealing with a range of people in an outward-facing role
· Delivery and management of external events and/ or volunteering projects
· Ability to think critically and analyse data and feedback to modify activity
· Experience of managing and collecting data sets
· Relationship building across a wide range of stakeholders
Desirable Experience
Project management including planning, executing and successfully delivering
· Knowledge of industry, ideally the tech sector, and ideas of how to work with people starting their careers in this area.
· Experience working in education and or alumni relations, membership organisation or charities
· Knowledge of digital events tools such as webinars and/ or online community platforms
· Budget management experience
Personal Qualities, aptitudes and skills:
· Embodiment of Ada’s values: Curiosity, Creativity, Collaboration, Rigour and Resilience
· Excellent digital, organisational and time management skills
· Strong collaborative working skills
· Engaging communication and presentation skills
. Confident and self-motivated, with the ability to work unsupervised
. Versatile solution-orientated team player, with excellent people skills and a co-operative and flexible attitude.
. Enthusiastic, friendly, reliable and helpful, with the ability to build trust and productive relationships at all levels.
Other Requirements:
· Ability to represent Ada at external events when required.
· Able to travel as necessary for the role
· A commitment to on-going professional and personal development
· A willingness to work flexibly and where necessary outside of normal working hours
· Suitable to work with young people and vulnerable adults in accordance with Government guidelines for safeguarding.
Variation to this Job Description
This is a description of the job as it is at present and is current at date of issue. The duties and responsibilities described above are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties or responsibilities may be required of this position. The job description will be reviewed and updated as necessary to ensure that appropriate revisions are incorporated, and that it relates to the job to be performed.
Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. Any job offer will be conditional on various, appropriate, pre-employment checks including a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check and Barred List Check, having the legal right to work in the UK and having satisfactory overseas criminal records checks, if deemed necessary, and supportive references.
Equal opportunities
Ada. National College for Digital Skills recognises that equality of opportunity and the recognition and promotion of diversity are integral to its strengths. The following principles apply in respect of the College’s commitment to equality and diversity:
- To provide and promote equality of opportunity in all areas of its work and activity;
- To recognise and develop the diversity of skills and talent within its current and potential community;
- To ensure that all employees and prospective employees of the College are treated solely on the basis of their merits, abilities and potential without receiving any unjustified discrimination or unfavourable treatment on grounds such as age, disability, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender reassignment, trans status, socio-economic status or any other irrelevant distinction;
- To provide and promote a positive working, learning, and social environment which is free from prejudice, discrimination and any forms of harassment, bullying or victimisation;
- To promote good relations between individuals from different groups.
Applicants with disabilities
Ada. National College for Digital Skills is keen to increase the number of disabled people it employs. We therefore encourage applications from individuals with a disability who are able to carry out the duties of the post. If you have special needs in relation to your application please write to us.
Remuneration and Benefits
Salary range £25, 500 - £32,000 depending on location and relevant experience
Hours: 9am-5pm
Holidays: 25 days per annum pro rata plus up to 5 efficiency days
DBS: All employees undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
Pension: Workplace pension, employer contribution @ 10%
Sponsorship
We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role so can only accept applications from candidates who have the legal right to work and remain in the United Kingdom.
How to apply for the role
Please submit your CV and a supporting cover letter outlining your interest in the role and the relevant experience you have.
Closing date: 9am on 20 July 2024 however applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, as they are received, and we may decide to stop accepting applications before this date so early applications are recommended.
Start date: July/August 2024
Thank you for your interest in the role and good luck with your application!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Prostate Cancer Research UK - Senior Corpoate Partnership Executive
Location: Flexible working, able to choose to be office based, remote or hybrid with days in London office on an ad-hoc basis.
Salary: £37,512 to £40,638 depending on skills and experience.
Contract: Permanent. Full-time hours
Prostate Cancer Research is seeking a an experienced, dynamic and driven Senior Corporate Partnerships Executive. The role will take a lead on identifying and securing collaboration and funding opportunities with both existing and prospective partners, developing and managing a pipeline of strategic corporate partners that align with PCR’s mission and core programmes of work.
Prostate Cancer Research aims to develop and deliver breakthrough medicines and treatments to achieve a world where people are free from the impact of prostate cancer. The charity believes that it is only through research that we can build a future in which no family will have to fear losing a loved one to prostate cancer. In the last four years the charity has expanded the amount of research it funds by four times.
Since 2020, PCR has significantly increased its work with corporate partners and associated income. A core driver for this has been their collaboration with pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare-related companies. This is a newly created and integral role within the Partnership Fundraising team to build on this work and will be key to identifying and nurturing relationships with prospective corporate partners, as well as developing and implementing comprehensive partnership strategies to engage existing and prospective partners.
The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience of developing and nurturing relationships with corporate partners (with experience of identifying and securing at least five-figure income), understanding complex issues and working with others to identify solutions, and producing compelling funding proposals in support of this work. They will also have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the proven ability to build and manage strong relationships with corporate partners. Experience of developing and managing at least five-figure partnerships with pharmaceutical and healthcare-related companies would be an advantage.
Finally, candidates must have a passion for securing funding that will help improve the lives of people with prostate cancer and a commitment to advancing healthcare through strategic partnerships and collaboration.
Please note there is no closing date for this position – applications will be assessed as they come in and the role closed once the suitable candidate has been identified.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
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Job Title: Head of Projects and Business Development
Location: London Borough of Camden, coworking space available in Camden Town, requires regular travel to events across the borough.
Hours and Pay: 36 hours per week £20-24 per hour (dependent on candidates experience)
Contract type: Freelance contract - renewed annually
This is also available as a job share.
Start date: 17th September 2024
About Think & Do:
Think & Do is a climate and social action organisation based in the London Borough of Camden. We work on a range of projects across the borough which tackle environmental and social issues. Within our work we put a focus on imagination as a key driver for finding solutions and aim to work on projects that have an element of fun in order to bring joy to the communities we work with and ourselves.
About the role:
Think & Do Camden is looking for a Head of Projects & Business Development to manage the Think & Do Projects team and deliver local climate and social action projects across the Borough of Camden. This is a creative opportunity in a fast paced environment to work on meaningful projects in collaboration with other local organisations and businesses including Camden Council. A key part of this role is the organisation's strategic development working alongside the Cofounder & Head of Imagination. This role will be reporting on a monthly basis to the T&D Directors and will also require autonomous working. Think & Do is a small, grassroots organisation with a passionate team who work hard to deliver innovative projects across Camden and beyond.
Tasks will include
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Collaboratively leading the strategic direction of the organisation to be in line with the mission and vision.
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Fundraising for different projects through applying for grants and building relationships with local businesses.
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Developing and codesigning projects in line with Think & Do’s mission and vision in response to needs and challenges within Camden’s community and beyond.
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Facilitating hiring decisions for the organisation, creating job roles, working through the interview process and onboarding new team members.
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Building new business connections and managing relationships with key partners and stakeholders.
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Providing overall direction for multiple projects with different timelines.
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Nurturing the team to thrive in delivering their projects and supporting in terms of wellbeing and growth.
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Overseeing project costs, budgets and timelines through liaising with project coordinators and approving monthly invoicing and expenses.
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Maintaining project lessons learnt, risk registers and other project management documents.
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Joining the team on community engagement events, including door knocking and at our Sharing Spaces, getting to know the local community at a grassroots level.
Essential/ Desirable Skills
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Interest in and passion for local climate and social action
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Good IT skills, familiarity with google workspace and/or Microsoft
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Good time management skills
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Good use of written and spoken English
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High level of organisation and attention to detail
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Ability to work on multiple projects at once
Personal Attributes
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Warm, friendly and welcoming
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Willingness to learn
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Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
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Inclusive and kind way of being
Requirements
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Ability to work from home using own laptop and internet (coworking space available)
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Able to travel to Camden based projects
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Connection to Camden or neighbouring Boroughs.
Create a community ecosystem that is resilient and responsive to climate and social injustice.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Prospectus is delighted to be working with MS Society to support the search for a Corporate Partnerships Senior Executive to join the Fundraising team. The Corporate Partnerships Senior Executive will be responsible for working with a team to generate income from a portfolio of fantastic existing and new corporate partners.
This role is offered on a one-year fixed term maternity cover contract, paying a salary of £41,260 - £43,735 per annum plus excellent benefits. This is an office-based role with flexibility to work remotely. MS Society has an office in London, N4.
As the Corporate Partnerships Senior Executive, you will identify and secure new business and establish a strong pipeline of prospective corporate partners. You will also be responsible for generating income from a portfolio of corporate partnerships to deliver income targets that will contribute to the overall team target of £1.2 million.
The ideal candidate will have experience reaching sales and/or income targets and will be able to demonstrate relationship management skills and an ability to develop relationships with company representatives at all levels, from Board Director to senior volunteers.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds and we are happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply. Please contact Femke Vorstman at Prospectus at for support with your application.
If you are interested in this position, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You’ll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.
Senior Individual Giving Executive - 12 Month FTC
Do you want to join an ambitious team to raise vital committed funds for the families that come to Great Ormond Street Hospital? Are you passionate about exceptional supporter stewardship and maximising the impact of donor retention? Do you want to work for a high-profile and well-loved brand? Then this is a great opportunity to join a leading children’s charity, raising money to help seriously ill children across the UK and beyond.
We are looking for a talented Senior Individual Giving Executive (Retention) to join our Committed Giving Team for 12 Months on a fixed term contract. The role reports into the Senior Individual Manager (Retention) and is responsible for the developing integrated stewardship journeys across committed giving products.
This is a really exciting time for the team and the charity, and we are looking for someone with great ideas and initiative, who is keen to get stuck in to make real change.
The salary for this position is £34,821.
About the Team
The Committed Giving Team is a high achieving team responsible for the acquisition and retention of regular donors. The team work across 3 key areas; Non-dialogue Acquisition, Direct Dialogue Acquisition (Face to Face channels), Stewardship,. The team work closely together with the shared aim of delivering exceptional supporter experience and raising the reliable income the hospital needs to help provide extraordinary care for seriously ill children and their families.
About You
You will be a creative, self-motivated, and organised project manager with experience of working within a diverse, target-driven team. With a keen eye for detail and able to manage multiple projects at once, you will have a direct marketing background, ideally within the charity sector.
The ideal candidate will also have:
- Highly organised and able to work autonomously with little supervision
- Experience of regular giving programmes (ideally both cash direct debit and weekly lottery products)
- Experience in writing campaign briefs (creative, data)
- An analytical and inquisitive mind, with a keen eye for detail
- Exceptional project management skills and excellent time management
- The ability to build and manage great relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- A passion for exceptional donor experience
How to apply
Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete.
Closing Date: 10th July 2024
About the charity
Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 750 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill children starts with you.
Along with being awarded the ‘Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023’, we were delighted to be recently awarded the Charity Times Fundraising Team of the Year 2023.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
A more diverse workforce will enable us to deliver even more impact and we particularly encourage applications from communities which are under-represented in the charity. This includes people from ethnically diverse backgrounds, disabled people or those with long-term conditions, LGBTQ+ communities, and those from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Further information on our EDI strategy can be found on our website.
As a Level 2 Disability Confident Committed Employer we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible throughout the recruitment process. For more information on this please contact us.
Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.
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About you
You’re passionate about music and want to play a key role in shaping and changing the future of the music industries. You're someone who thrives in community-led environments and enjoys collaborating with and supporting young people.
You’re someone who loves building new relationships and comfortable engaging and growing creative communities.
You’ll have an ear for music and a strong understanding as to what engages young people in and out of music. You’ll have an entrepreneurial spirit that will develop our NextGen Programme through a new stage of growth. Behind the scenes, you’re organised, collaborative, efficient, self-motivated and can work well in a small team that has to punch above its weight.
You may have experience already working in music, working with artists' events, campaigns, or in community management. You may have worked on or with youth-led organisations or platforms engaging directly with young creatives.
About the role
The NextGen Community Producer will play an integral role at Youth Music shaping and developing our support for young adults, particularly helping them to close the gap between learning and earning in music.
You’ll join us at an exciting time as we look to scale up and enhance our community engagement efforts. Building on the foundations established in phase 1 between 2021-2024, your focus will be on increasing participation, and fostering a more cohesive and active community. Your innovative strategies and passion for supporting young creatives will be key to driving deeper connections among members, and creating a compelling offer for the community.
Day-to-day you’ll be programming national events, workshops and networking opportunities; brokering progression opportunities though Youth Music’s industry partners, and recruiting to paid freelance creative roles. The job will involve managing a variety of relationships with young people, playing a central role in developing and leading the NextGen community strategy, and supporting the development of a new brand and user journey for NextGen community members.
Key responsibilities
Programme Development
- Act as the day-to-day lead and point of contact for the Youth Music NextGen Community, representing their voice internally and externally.
- Devise and implement a clear strategy for the continued growth and development of the NextGen Community, with support from the Engagement team.
- Deliver impactful programmes of activities and support that will progress young people into creative careers, broaden their networks, increase their confidence and create access to new opportunities.
- Develop and grow the NextGen Community brand and visual identity, ensuring a clear offer and user journey for those taking part in Youth Music funded projects, and other potential new members.
- Increase the role the community plays in designing and delivering the NextGen programme, aligning with Youth Music’s wider aims and values around youth voice.
- Increase interaction between NextGen Community members.
Events
- Work with the events team to develop, grow and manage our programme of regular NextGen Community events across the country to bring the community together and showcase their talent.
- Develop and manage our programme of events in London in partnership with Young Guns Network (YGN), taking place in the offices of our music industry partners.
- Grow attendance at all NextGen events, working with our Comms and Marketing team to increase awareness and build the profile of the event series.
- Programme and manage all events within set budgets.
Partnerships
- Build and leverage relationships with partners and networks to enhance the offer for the NextGen Community (such as events, performance opportunities, workshops, studio time, content creation, and exclusive offers etc).
- Manage relationships with key corporate partners (such as Levi’s) to support delivery of the NextGen Community activities.
- Build and maintain a pipeline of potential partners to approach, and support wider fundraising efforts within the team.
Recruitment
- Lead on NextGen recruitment for NextGen Community Events and the Youth Music Awards, with support from the Engagement Coordinator. e.g. Create briefs for NextGen roles and be their main point of contact.
- Support recruitment for any other Youth Music or partner opportunities created for the NextGen Community. (e.g. gigs, festivals, activations, focus groups, etc).
- Develop the NextGen talent pool, finding new ways to promote and manage this.
- Create and source relevant national music-related opportunities for Youth Music’s ‘opportunities board’.
NextGen Fund
- Support the marketing and promotion of the NextGen Fund.
- Contribute and support NextGen Fund decision panels.
- Work with our Comms team to ensure that content created through the NextGen Fund is showcased on Youth Music’s social and digital channels. E.g. Sound of the Next Generation playlist.
Demonstrate Impact
- Work with the Insights Team to listen and act on feedback from the NextGen Community. This will be via monitoring, research and consultation that informs the ongoing development and design of the NextGen offer.
- Prepare and present reports on the plans, activities and impact of NextGen Community.
- Share our learning internally and externally at panels, conferences, and through written pieces.
Systems and processes
- Capture NextGen membership on Salesforce so that we have a clear understanding of who is in our community.
- Work with the Database Administrator to improve our systems, processes and user journeys.
- Work with the Comms and Marketing team to ensure the Youth Music website represents and serves the needs of the NextGen Community.
Other
- Ensure all activities are delivered in line with Youth Music’s values with inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility at their core.
- Be a safeguarding champion, ensuring best practice Safeguarding is embedded throughout our work and all issues and concerns are escalated as appropriate.
- Represent NextGen at events or speaking opportunities and act as an ambassador for Youth Music.
- Ensure budgets are managed effectively, accurate records are kept and invoicing and payments are managed in a timely manner.
- Undertake other tasks that may be requested from time to time that may be consistent with the nature and scope of the role.
Person specification
Essential
- Experience in building and engaging communities in music, creativity or other youth-led spaces, platforms or organisations.
- Strong ability to build new relationships, engage with diverse creative communities, and foster meaningful connections.
- A passion for music and a strong understanding of the UK creative industries and current issues facing young creatives, coupled with a clear desire to create a more equitable industry for the next generation.
- Experience in developing, implementing and growing brands and programmes, particularly those that support young people.
- Experience of working directly with young people, including one-to-one and facilitating or leading groups.
- Proven track record of programming and managing events within budget constraints.
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver on KPIs.
- Experience working in a small, collaborative team environment, demonstrating efficiency and self-motivation.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of representing Youth Music and the NextGen community internally and externally.
- Attention to detail and the ability to deal sensitively with confidential personal information.
- A strong commitment to equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion, alongside a working understanding of safeguarding best practices, ensuring a safe and inclusive environment for all participants.
Desirable
- Previous experience working in music, with artists, events, campaigns etc.
- Familiarity with charities and an understanding of how they operate within the music industries.
- Experience in developing a brand, with knowledge of digital and social media strategies to enhance programme visibility and engagement.
- Partnership development - experience in building and maintaining relationships with corporate partners and supporting fundraising efforts.
- Familiarity with Salesforce or similar CRM systems for managing community membership and engagement.
- Comfortable with public speaking and acting as an ambassador at events or conferences.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.