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Location: Hybrid working part London Office (Islington, London) part home working. The post holder will work a minimum of 1 day per week in the office.

Salary: £37,375 per annum  
Hours: 35 hours per week 

This is a full-time permanent position. 

Interviews will be scheduled as and when applications are received. Please apply promptly as the vacancy will close once we have appointed a successful candidate. 

Who we are looking for 

You’ll be joining our Fundraising and Engagement team at an exciting time as we leverage our new, global brand to engage and recruit supporters and raise essential funds to power our work. 

Using your digital marketing and advertising skills, you will lead on planning, delivering and evaluating marketing campaigns with a focus on digital advertising to recruit supporters and promote our activities. 

As a valued member of our determined, ambitious team, you’ll play an important role in driving forward life-changing research to make life better for people living with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)  
 
You will be driven by insights and confident developing and managing digital advertising plans to reach your audiences. You will be supporter-focused, collaborative, confident, friendly professional, able to act as both a critical friend and thought partner, providing constructive challenge and feedback to ensure results are achieved. 

Experience required 

• Delivering integrated marketing campaigns 

• Managing a digital advertising schedule

• Building, monitoring and optimising paid for (PPC) advertising campaigns, across a range of platforms and tools, including Meta Ads Manager

• Producing organic social media marketing content to promote and engage activity 

• Working with creative and media buying agency suppliers 

• Providing support to multiple teams across an organisation 

• Producing campaign evaluations and applying learnings 

• Goal orientated with strong negotiation skills 

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to write and think creatively 

• Strong budget management, planning and organisational skills 

About Breakthrough T1D 

Breakthrough T1D is the world’s leading charitable research funder into type 1 diabetes, improving lives until we find the cure. We are dedicated to our 400,000 strong type 1 community in the UK and work closely with our international affiliates across the world, including the US, Canada and Australia. 

You will find a vibrant atmosphere and spirited team at Breakthrough T1D, always striving to make a difference to people living with type 1. 

Employee benefits 

As an employer we offer: 

• Hybrid working arrangements

• Flexible working and will consider compressed hours

• Generous annual leave entitlement – 25 days per year plus bank holidays for full-time staff with leave increasing after three and five years’ service

• Health cash plan that allows you to claim for some treatments such as dental, optical and physiotherapy treatment

• Season ticket and cycle loan

• Pension scheme

• Family-friendly policies – maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave at enhanced rates

• Personalised training to suit your career aspirations and professional development 

Breakthrough T1D is an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age. 

Role purpose

As Digital and Social Media Manager, you will be using digital communication channels to support the engagement of our community of supporters, partners, patients, families and staff in the work of the charity and helping realise our shared ambition with the Trust to be national leaders in the delivery of patient care and health innovation.

The Digital and Social Media Manager is part of a collaborative and creative team responsible for the development and delivery of the CW+ Communications and Marketing strategy, including on- and offline communications, PR and media, donor stewardship and marketing collateral, and events support.

Reporting to the Head of Communications and Marketing, the Digital and Social Media Manager will be proactive in shaping and managing the charity’s digital presence (including the website), with a strong focus on tracking and using data. They will inform the direction of multiple exciting strands of work by providing insight into digital trends and performance.

Highlights for the year ahead include:

• Maximising the impact of the charity’s new website (launched September 2024) and ensuring that tracking and conversion metrics are optimised.
• Building and sustaining momentum for the Thirty at Thirty campaign, ensuring that we are consistently focused on building relationships and widening our supporter base via digital channels.
• Celebrating the continued success and impact of the CW Innovation programme, which marks its five-year anniversary in October 2024.
• Promoting the impact of our Arts in Health programme, including the creation of new world-class facilities for staff and patients on both of our hospital sites.

Key responsibilities and duties

• Working with the Head of Communications and Marketing to ensure effective, data-driven use of CW+ digital channels (website and social media) in support of marketing, communications and fundraising plans.
• Working with the Head of Communications and Marketing to develop the annual social media plan.
• Working closely with the Public Fundraising Manager to ensure that the charity’s fundraising activities are being effectively supported and promoted across all channels.
• Working closely with the Fundraising Team on the development, launch and management of fundraising campaigns and leading on the use of paid socials (including budget management, tracking and reporting).
• Leading on using digital tracking, analysis and insights to inform and adapt digital content and strategy as the charity’s strategic needs evolve.
• Providing expert ownership of Mailchimp (or other mailing platforms as required) and ensuring PECR/GDPR compliance.
• Strategic oversight and day-to-day management of the CW+ website and social media channels, including creating accurate, creative content and assets that conform to the CW+ style and brand guidelines.
• Recommending improvements and optimising content to increase performance. 
• Being the main point of contact with external developers, designers and suppliers where necessary.
• Leading on website accessibility, updating and informing colleagues as necessary.
• Supporting the delivery of CW+ events.
• Commissioning and creating content for offline channels.
• Proofreading and editing copy, ensuring that it adheres to the CW+ tone of voice and style guidelines.
• Carrying out any other duties within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job, as requested by the line manager.

Person specification Essential skills and experience 

• Communications and content creation experience across a wide range of channels including digital and print.
• Demonstrable experience of tracking and analysing data in support of effective marketing and communications activities in line with strategic objectives.
• Experience of website Content Management Systems and Customer Relationship Management systems, and how they interact.
• Strong understanding of Google Analytics and Meta Ads Manager.
• Track record of running end-to-end income-generating campaigns.
• Extensive experience of using digital marketing email platforms.
• Understanding of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and SEO.
• Understanding of current PECR and GDPR guidelines.
• Understanding of running reports, segmenting audiences and setting up automated flows in an email marketing platform such as MailChimp.
• Experience of updating, monitoring and managing multiple social media platforms including managing paid campaigns.
• Knowledge of social media publishing tools such as AgoraPulse or Hootsuite.
• The ability to communicate clearly and effectively, orally and in writing, tailoring messages for different audiences and stakeholders.
• Excellent writing, copy-editing and proofreading skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Experience of working in a busy communications, PR or marketing team.
• Experience of working to tight deadlines and managing schedules internally and with external suppliers.
• Experience of working to corporate style and brand guidelines.
• Good working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.

Desirable skills and experience

• Intermediate/advanced Adobe InDesign skills.
• Experience in a healthcare or NHS charity setting.
• Experience of Asana or a similar work management platform.

Personal attributes

• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proactive and collegiate approach to work.
• The ability to work in a collaborative and sensitive way within a team, across an organisation and with external stakeholders.
• The ability to respond effectively to changing priorities, manage competing deadlines and perform well under pressure.
• Well organised and proactive with strong attention to detail.
• Commitment to the purpose and ethos of CW+.
• The ability to interpret data and extract valuable insights.

Key terms and benefits

• Hours: 35 per week (normally 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday. Please note that there is a requirement to be in the office approximately 50% of the time.
• Pension: employer contribution of 8%.
• Holiday: 27 days per annum, plus UK bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff).
• Probation: six months is standard unless you have a specific reason to reduce/increase.
• Other benefits available: HSF health plan, season ticket loan.

Prospectus are delighted to be supporting our client in their search for a Proposals and Trust Manager to join their collaborative Philanthropy and Partnerships team!

The Proposals and Trust Manager will be responsible for identifying funding propositions for the Philanthropy and Partnerships team and creating engaging cases for support to grow income from trusts, major donors, and corporates. This role will also have personal portfolio of existing and lapsed trust prospects. Focusing on uplifting giving, this role will building key relationships with these donors and collaborate with them to achieve mutual benefit.

To be successful in this Proposals and Trust Manager role, you will have proven experience in researching and securing funding from trusts and foundations. You will be able to translate complex information into engaging and digestible cases of support. This person will be able to work well with a team, but also autonomously on individual projects.

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. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply. If you have any disability and would like assistance with completing an application, then please contact Rhiannon Mehta at Prospectus.

Location is flexible, but the team often meet in the London offices once per month.

If you are interested in applying to this Proposals and Trust Manager 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.

Harris Hill are delighted to be partnering with a fantatsic medical research charity in their search for a Senior Trusts & Grants Manager.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a successful income generation team with the opportunity to build on recent successes and lead on expansion of the team, within a supportive, values driven organisation with a clear future strategy and demonstrable major impacts.

As Senior Trusts & Grants Manager, you will be responsible for leading on the delivery of income from trusts and grant givers. Working with the Head of Partnerships & Funding, you will develop the annual high value income strategy. You will proactively identify and cultivate a pipeline of funders across agreed project areas and maintain clear pipeline records reporting on opportunities and risk to the Senior Team and Board. You will lead on the development and updating of persuasive cases for support for projects and strategic programmes of work. You will also lead on ensuring accurate and compelling reporting for grants received.

To be considered for this role, you will need:

• Track record of raising 5 and 6 figure gifts from trusts and other grant givers
• History of securing multi-year funding
• Pipeline research, development and cultivation.
• Excellent attention to detail, with strong written and proofing skills

If this role sounds of interest to you and you want to have a chat and review the full job description, please do contact Dominic at Harris Hill on [email protected] or call him on 020 7820 7332.

Salary: £40,000 - £44,000
Permanent, Full-time
Location: Bristol with hybrid working or Remote

Deadline - Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis, so please send your CV and Cover Letter ASAP.

Harris Hill Charity Recruitment Specialists operates an equal opportunity policy and commits to treating all of our candidates and jobseekers fairly. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The National Portrait Gallery is seeking two Trusts and Foundations Managers to join their excellent development team and play a key role in making art and history accessible and relevant to people of all backgrounds.

Location: London

Salary: £37,180 (with 28.9% employer pension contribution)

Closing date: 9 a.m. Monday 16th December

Role types: one permanent, one 22 months FTC

Who we are.

The National Portrait Gallery is a world-famous, leading cultural institution that welcomes millions of visitors through its doors each year. A transformed Gallery reopened in 2023 offers world-class exhibition programmes, a diverse and engaging portrait collection and innovative programmes for youth audience engagement.

You’ll join the high-performing and collaborative Development team, working closely with the Senior Fundraising Manager to develop pipelines of support and cultivate relationships. You’ll be fundraising not only to fund new acquisitions and secure the long-term future of this national institution but also to support learning and engagement, national exhibitions and research – all with the view to broaden access to and encourage a love of art and history.

About the role.

As a Trust and Foundations Manager at the National Portrait Gallery, you will be responsible for maximising the value of every trust and foundation partnership, providing excellent stewardship and building relations to ensure long-term support. You will also seek to build and develop a pipeline of new support to ensure the Gallery’s income mix is diverse.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with the Senior Fundraising Manager on strategy to income goals whilst supporting a wide array of Gallery projects across exhibitions, learning, collections, and more.
• Building and maintaining meaningful relationships with key funders, ensuring they are inspired and informed about the Gallery’s impactful work.
• Working with our Prospect Researcher to identify new funding opportunities, contributing to a robust pipeline of prospects.
• Writing compelling funding applications that showcase the Gallery’s work and target donor interests.
• Working with Curators, Exhibition Managers, Conservators, the Learning and Engagement Team, and other departments as you create funding applications for a wide range of Gallery projects.

Who we are looking for.

We are seeking two enthusiastic, motivated and collaborative fundraisers with extensive experience in securing donations from trusts and foundations.

Suitable candidates will have a passion for the National Portrait Gallery and the arts in general, an understanding of its significance and the ability to convey that convincingly to donors.

We need excellent writers and relationship builders who are confident enough to pick up the phone and meet donors face to face.

Benefits.

• Generous pension scheme (pension rate is 28.9% employer contribution)
• 27 days annual leave allowance, in addition to bank holidays
• Interest-free season ticket and bicycle loans
• Rental deposit scheme
• Membership of the Civil Service Sports & Leisure Club
• Access to independent, low-cost healthcare schemes
• Employee assistance programme
• Free entry to many UK museums, galleries and exhibitions
• Staff discounts on purchases in the online shop
• Professional & personal development opportunities

The Talent Set are excited to partner with Northamptonshire Health Charity to recruit for a Trusts & Foundations Manager on a permanent, part-time basis.

What’s on offer:
Salary: £41,500 FTE
Contract:  Part-time, 3 days (21 hours) per week
Working Pattern: Hybrid/remote, with monthly travel into the office required

This is a brand new role within a growing fundraising team, perfect for an experienced Trusts fundraiser keen to develop and grow income aligned with the Charity’s strategic objectives.
Key duties include:

• Lead on strategic development of Trust and Foundation/grant revenue, with a focus on growing sustainable income for the charity in line with agreed targets
• Lead on the development, preparation and submission of professional, personalised and compelling grant proposals/applications and reports to secure new funds
• Collaborate closely with hospital staff to gather information and data needed for funding applications and reports that include outcome and impact measures to secure funding and enable robust reporting back
• Respond and apply to NHS Charities Together grant opportunities as and when appropriate
• Report regularly on all grant income, expenditure, activity, outcomes and opportunities providing accurate and timely information as required
• Proactively research, identify and apply to new funding opportunities  
• Develop and manage a comprehensive stewardship journey for trusts and foundations, ensuring engaging and personalised account management

We’re looking for the following skills and experience for this role:

• A strong track record of identifying, cultivating and securing funding from Trusts & Foundations especially grants of £50k+
• Experience writing compelling and successful funding proposals
• Strong understanding of the funding landscape, including knowledge of major trusts and foundations in the sector
• Grant writing expertise - exceptional writing skills with the ability to craft persuasive proposals tailored to different audiences
• Strong communication and relationship management skills, with ability to connect and influence a range of stakeholders

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 every application.

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

LOCATION: Across Citizens Advice Hammersmith & Fulham sites with some hybrid working following the completion of successful probationary period.

Citizens Advice Hammersmith and Fulham is recruiting for Advice Services Managers, who will be responsible for the supervision, quality and monitoring performance of the advice and information team. This busy and varied role will rely on your ability to mutli-task and bring out the best in paid and volunteer staff, to ensure the highest quality of advice across our many and varied projects. Working as part of a team with other Advice Services Managers, you will also be responsible for all aspects of risk relating to advice delivery, complaints handling, safeguarding and GDPR.

It is essential that you have the required management skills and a good understanding of the main advice enquiry areas including welfare benefits, housing, debt, and employment as well as a combination of the following attributes:

• Excellent and effective communicator
• Experience in managing and developing staff and volunteers
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and assess priority order
• Ability to research, analyse and interpret complex information

Experience of working with colleagues to maintain a positive working and learning environment, ensuring equality and diversity principles are upheld
If you are an experienced Generalist Advisers, and don’t have all the skills required, please consider applying as we are willing to consider appointing the right candidate as a training and development role.

To find out more please visit our website via the apply button

What we can offer you:

We value our people and can offer a supportive culture within a high performing and award-winning organisation. 86% of our workforce recommend us as a place to work. We are committed to being an inclusive employer and workplace to represent the diverse communities we service. We are committed to increasing our diversity and whatever your background, we welcome your application. We offer an attractive remuneration package with excellent terms including:

• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 25 days per year (in addition to bank holidays) and rising to 30 days with long service
• Learning, development and personal growth opportunities
• Mental health and Well-being support helpline

Closing Date: Midnight 1st December 2024
Interview & Test: Week Commencing 2nd December 2024

We will interview on a rolling basis. We reserve the right to close the applications earlier if suitable candidates are found so encourage early applications.

Prospectus is excited to be supporting our client with their search for a Trusts and Foundations Manager.

The organisation is a pioneering breast cancer charity committed to delivering psychological, practical and emotional support to those diagnosed with the disease throughout the UK. They also raise awareness of the importance of early detection and diagnosis through our breast health masterclasses, equipping individuals, institutions and corporates with knowledge of signs and symptoms of breast cancer.

This a permanent, part-time (0.6 or 0.8 FTE) position, paying a salary of up to £42,500 FTE per annum and the postholder will be working in a hybrid model in King’s Cross, London. 

The postholder will manage a portfolio of Trust and Foundation prospects and donors up to the £100k level and develop and maintain strong and long-standing partnerships. You will take primary responsibility for conducting and co-ordinating detailed prospect research on Trusts and Foundations that support the charity's areas of work, liaising with operations and wider fundraising teams.

The successful candidate will have proven experience of generating income from UK Trusts and Foundations along with experience in the grant application and bid-writing process and story telling. They are looking for someone with the ability to work through the fundraising cycle with donors to initiate, renew and grow gifts.

We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process, then please contact Ariha Semontee at Prospectus.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. Please in the first instance share an up-to-date CV with us and should your experience be suitable, we will look to arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You will then have all the information you need to finalise your formal application. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

Location: Hybrid working part London Office (Islington, London) part home work. The post holder will work a minimum of 1 day per week in the office.

Salary: £40,450 per annum  
Hours: 35 hours per week 

This is a full-time permanent position. 

Location: Hybrid working part London Office (Islington, London) part home work. The post holder will work a minimum of 1 day per week in the office. 

Salary: £40,450 per annum

Hours: 35 hours per week

This is a full-time permanent position.

Interviews will be scheduled as and when applications are received. Please apply promptly as the vacancy will close once we have appointed a successful candidate. 

Who we are looking for 

You’ll be joining our Fundraising and Engagement team at an exciting time as we leverage our new, global brand to engage and recruit supporters and raise essential funds to power our work.

We’re looking for a strategic, insights-led individual to join our passionate Supporter Marketing & Experience team and lead Individual Giving. The team is on an exciting journey of growth as we prepare to launch a new Membership product to unlock our connected masses and grow our Legacies programme.

With your insight-led approach and direct marketing expertise, you’ll help shape the programme, working closely with the Head of Supporter Marketing & Experience. 

Experience required 

• ​Leading and managing a team

• Planning, managing and evaluating multi-channel direct marketing campaigns for supporter acquisition and retention 

• Planning, executing and evaluating integrated supporter journeys, using digital and email platforms

• Developing and monitoring KPI’s and reporting to drive decision making

• Collaborative working with multiple internal and external partners including fundraising & marketing agencies 

• Planning and managing projects and budgets

• Evaluation and reporting of direct marketing activities

• Working in a recognised database 

About Breakthrough T1D 

Breakthrough T1D is the world’s leading charitable research funder into type 1 diabetes, improving lives until we find the cure. We are dedicated to our 400,000 strong type 1 community in the UK and work closely with our international affiliates across the world, including the US, Canada and Australia. 

You will find a vibrant atmosphere and spirited team at Breakthrough T1D, always striving to make a difference to people living with type 1. 

Employee benefits 

As an employer we offer: 

• Hybrid working arrangements

• Flexible working and will consider compressed hours

• Generous annual leave entitlement – 25 days per year plus bank holidays for full-time staff with leave increasing after three and five years’ service

• Health cash plan that allows you to claim for some treatments such as dental, optical and physiotherapy treatment

• Season ticket and cycle loan

• Pension scheme

• Family-friendly policies – maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave at enhanced rates

• Personalised training to suit your career aspirations and professional development 

Breakthrough T1D is an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age. 

Background

Chapter One is a dynamic, growing charity with a vision of a world in which all children have the literacy skills needed to thrive. Our mission is to close the reading gap by providing children with one-to-one support at the time they need it most. We work in eleven areas/regions of the UK and will support 3250 children in 2024-25.

Our unique Online Reading Volunteer programme pairs struggling five to seven-year old (KS1) readers with reading support volunteers who are working professionals. The volunteer ask is very focused: readers commit 30 minutes a week to read with a child using a bespoke digital platform for an entire academic year. The results are transformative, boosting children's reading confidence and ability.

From a school perspective, online reading volunteers provide direct, meaningful literacy support for up to 10 pupils per class. The programme is particularly suitable for communities where it might be challenging to find parents and other volunteers who can commit to physically visiting schools to boost reading.

Job Summary

Chapter One is seeking a Manchester Programme Manager who is an excellent communicator and is able both to motivate and support schools and teachers to implement our online reading volunteers programme, and also to ensure that the programme’s impact and benefit to children facing disadvantage communities is maximised throughout the academic year.

The post is ideal for someone looking for part-time, flexible, term-time only work from a home base, but who is also able to travel frequently around the Greater Manchester area to visit schools.The postholder will be joining a team of established Programme Managers (also part-time) who work in different parts of the UK and will need to have some flexibility to work additional hours during busy autumn months, and conversely to work fewer hours during quieter periods of the year. The weekly hours for this role (currently 12-14 p/week) are likely to increase in future.

Key Responsibilities:

• Effectively explain Chapter One’s online reading volunteer programme and its benefits to school leaders and teachers

• Install, setup and maintain Chapter One equipment in participating classrooms

• Fully understand the operation of the Chapter One platform and database and communicate this to others

• Organise and conduct initial teacher training and follow-up

• Ensure a smooth initial launch of Chapter One’s programme in every classroom

• Liaise with colleagues performing technical and volunteer support roles

• Through regular visits to/contact with schools, provide on-going embedded professional learning and support to teachers throughout the year as needed

• Proactively monitor classroom adherence/fidelity to the Chapter One model, including systematic review of data reports and volunteer feedback, taking proactive action to resolve problems that arise

• Analyse and manipulate data (largely in Google sheets) to produce reports and identify trends

• Create monthly data summaries for all participating classrooms

• Lead annual review meetings for senior leadership at participating schools

• Support programme monitoring, evaluation and research as required

• Coordinate in person and virtual school ‘visits’ of volunteer teams to classrooms where necessary

• Liaison with corporate partners as required

• Weekly communication and status updates with Senior Programme Manager(s) and wider team

• As a new school year approaches, secure commitments from returning schools and find and target new schools to join Chapter One’s programme

Role Requirements:

Essential

• Highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
• Proven track record of working at a senior level in education, project management or a related field
• Proven strength in both written and verbal communication
• Highly IT literate, with excellent computer skills, able to troubleshoot software issues and adept with Google suite
• Ability to manipulate and analyse to draw useful conclusions to improve programme delivery
• Proven ability to work independently
• Self-starter and quick learner
• Ability to adapt and embrace a changing environment
• University degree
• Ability to drive and access to a car for work purposes

Desirable

• Teaching/education experience with primary age children

Chapter One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value and celebrate diversity in backgrounds and experience and are deliberate about the kind of teams we are building. Literacy is a universal concern, and we need people from all backgrounds to maximise our innovation, creativity and impact. We especially welcome applications from persons who have experienced disadvantage and/or from those who are of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities who are currently underrepresented in the organisation.

Chapter One is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All postholders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure. Copies of our Safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy are available on request.

Are you an experienced Project Manager with a background in managing projects in complex, data-driven environments? Have you worked for an organisation going through change and transformation?

We're thrilled to partner with a leading Charity in the medical research field, dedicated to advancing public health, to recruit a Senior Project Manager for an exciting 9-month fixed-term contract.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a high-impact organisation working in the Marketing Fundraising and Engagement Directorate. You'll be part of a supportive culture that values flexibility, personal development, and work-life balance.

The Contract

• Role: Senior Project Manager - Data, Insight & Performance
• Location: Stratford, London, with flexible options (1-2 days per week in-office)
• Contract: 9-month FTC
• Salary: £55,000 - £60,000 FTE

Benefits

• Flexible Working: Extensive remote options, reduced hours, compressed weeks, and job share opportunities.
• Annual Leave: 25 days + bank holidays, with the flexibility to observe alternative holidays or buy additional leave.
• Mental Health Support: Access to wellbeing services, counselling, and mental health resources for you and your family.
• Pension: Generous contributions, up to 12% depending on your level.
• Employer-paid life insurance and long-term illness cover.
• Family Insurance: Leave: Comprehensive parental support for various leave types.
• Employee Assistance Programme: Mental and physical health resources, including free counselling.
• Discounts & Savings: Access to discount portals for a range of retailers and services.
• Cycle to Work Scheme: Save on commuting costs with our environmentally friendly cycle scheme.
• Learning & Development: A suite of resources to support career progression.

About The Role

As the Senior Project Manager, you will play a critical role within the Data, Insight & Performance team, ensuring effective project planning and resource management to meet evolving business needs. This role will involve managing complex workloads and establishing new ways of working to optimise team performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Planning & Capacity Management: Lead planning and prioritisation processes to enable effective management of research and analysis needs.
• Progress Reporting: Track and report on team progress against the project plan.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Set up efficient workflows with internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate project risks and resolve blockers.
• Team Upskilling: Support leadership in planning and roll out of a training programme to meet future business needs.
• Long-Term Planning: Oversee quarterly and annual planning for data and reporting needs.
• Communication: Coordinate communications and manage the communications plan for the team.
• Administrative Support: Schedule and coordinate meetings, workshops, and other team activities.

About you

• Project Management: Qualified in APM, Prince 2, Agile, or similar, with experience in project management, ideally within an Agile setting.
• Experience or familiarity with transformation programmes and projects.
• Experience in business process design and implementation.
• Background in collaborating with data and analytics teams preferred.
• Stakeholder Management: Skilled in engaging and influencing across complex, matrix-managed structures.
• Organisational Skills: Strong planning and prioritisation capabilities, adept at managing multiple tasks to meet challenging targets and deadlines.

If you're a proactive project manager with a background in large, complex organisations and a passion for data and insights, we'd love to hear from you.

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

Individual Giving Special Projects Manager (6–9-month FTC)

We are seeking an Individual Giving Specialist to drive growth and join a dynamic, ambitious team at a leading healthcare charity.

Location: Hybrid/Cambridge
Salary: £45,000 (negotiable)
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Fixed Term, 6–9 months

About the Opportunity

This role is a unique opportunity for a skilled individual giving specialist to contribute to large-scale fundraising campaigns, paving the way for two groundbreaking hospitals – a state-of-the-art children’s hospital and a pioneering cancer research facility. Situated at Europe’s largest biomedical campus, you’ll work alongside the UK’s leading healthcare and research professionals to help redefine healthcare for the region and beyond.

About you:

As the IG Special Projects Manager, you’ll play a key role in the preparations for the public phases of ambitious, multi-year campaigns. Your work will support fundraising efforts aimed at delivering new healthcare facilities and services that elevate patient care beyond standard NHS funding.

You’ll manage a new face-to-face fundraising campaign, analyse marketing strategies, and collaborate with third-party partners to maximise impact. This hands-on position requires a balance of strategic insight and tactical execution, making it ideal for an experienced fundraising professional with a flair for community engagement and data-driven decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Campaign Development: Launch and manage a face-to-face fundraising initiative and a follow-up campaign focused on grateful patients.
• Data & Insights: Drive direct marketing evaluation and insights to refine outreach and engagement strategies.
• Project Oversight: Coordinate with third-party agencies, ensuring they deliver impactful campaigns that elevate income potential.
• Budget & Reporting: Provide budgeting and reporting insights to leadership, including fundraising progress updates.
• Team Collaboration: Support a dedicated team, working together to increase donor engagement and retention.

Essential Skills:

• A proven track record in individual giving and project management of large-scale campaigns.
• Strong analytical skills, with a focus on using data to enhance campaign success.
• Able to work effectively within a team while managing external partnerships.
• Deep commitment to advancing healthcare for patients and communities.

Other roles you may have experience with could include Individual Giving Campaign Manager, Fundraising Campaigns Manager, Donor Engagement Project Manager, Supporter Development Manager, Direct Marketing Fundraising Manager, Individual Giving Strategy Manager, Major Campaigns Fundraising Manager, Community and Individual Giving Lead, Donor Acquisition and Retention Manager, Philanthropy and Giving Project Manager. #INDNFP

Head of Residential Childcare

Location: Much Hadham, Hertfordshire
Job Type: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: up to £70,000 per annum

Do you have experience of leading and managing Residential Children’s Homes?

Are you experienced in Ofsted inspections and Children’s Home compliance and are seeking a new challenge, where you do not hold registration for a service?

About the role

Our client specialises in providing high quality care and education to children and young people with epilepsy and other complex medical conditions. They are offering an exciting opportunity for a Head of Residential Childcare Services to lead, develop and oversee seven children’s homes, ensuring the highest standard of bespoke care and support is provided for each young person. They are underway with registering their seven homes individually with Ofsted and the post holder will play a pivotal role in leading on the registrations and ensuring its success. This role will not hold registration for the services.

About you

This opportunity will allow you to use your existing knowledge and expertise in the management of Children’s Homes, to implement new ideas, support and develop their Registered Managers, whilst ensuring best practice and compliance with Ofsted regulations.

You’ll be working in collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams across the organisation, so well developed interpersonal skills are essential. You will be someone that thinks outside the box; taking service expansion and admissions into consideration, alongside managing the day-today operations of the service. You will be creative and strategic in your approach allowing you to effectively bring the Children’s Services strategic plan to realisation.

They would love to hear from you if you have:

• Substantial experience working with children with learning disabilities in a residential care setting
• previous experience working as a Registered Manager (or similar)
• experience in Ofsted inspections, compliance and regulations
• a Level 5 Diploma Leadership and Management in Children’s and Young People’s Workforce or relevant degree or equivalent professional qualification

This role will work 5 days out of 7 days, usually Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm but with flexibility to meet service need.

Benefits

In addition to excellent staff training, their employees are also rewarded with various other benefits offered as part of your employment:

• 27 days’ annual leave
• Fully paid for DBS
• Life Insurance
• Eligible for discounts via “Blue Light Card”
• Free on-site parking
• High street retail/leisure discounts
• Discounted gym membership
• Recommend a friend payment of up to £500 (T&Cs apply)
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to contributory pension scheme

How can you find out more?

All applications should be made on the website. All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Please note they are not on a public transport route. Salary is dependent on the role, qualifications and experience.

Applications will be reviewed and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis; therefore, it is recommended that you apply sooner rather than later. They reserve the right to close this advert if they receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline.

If you require reasonable adjustments at application or interview stage, please do let them know as soon as possible.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

They embrace diversity and aspire to create a diverse and inclusive working culture. They are proud to be recognised as an Investor in People and to hold Disability Confident status. They are an equal opportunities employer welcoming all applications from across the community.

Safeguarding

They are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service. Some of their positions involve regulated activity relevant to vulnerable children, adults and young people. It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group. Their vacancies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

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Based across 60 acres of beautiful countryside, Our client is a charity supporting children, young people and adult day clients with epilepsy and other complex medical conditions, the severity of which impacts upon their health, social, behaviour, learning and emotional development.

Over the past 120 years, they have grown and developed to comprise a non-maintained special School for both boarders and day students, a specialist Further Education College, domiciliary care for College learners, Supported Living in the community, a comprehensive Day Opportunities programme for adult day clients and 24 hour health provision provided by specialist nurses and therapists.

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They help individuals overcome barriers to employment and transform their lives. With a long and proud history, the organisation continually adapts its services to ensure they remain relevant to modern-day veterans and their families.

This key role involves delivering a grants portfolio to support the strategic aims of Veterans and Family Services. Working alongside the Senior Trusts Manager, you will be responsible for generating income from trusts, foundations, and corporate partnerships at the 5- and 6-figure level. The core grant fundraising programme is well-established, with regular funds from military charities and other trusts and foundations. The corporate partnership programme has recently been updated to focus on higher-value grants and broader partnerships.

The charity has ambitious plans to expand its services and is seeking a capable and confident individual who can work autonomously and creatively across a diverse portfolio, while also engaging with the wider team. This is a remote role, open to those based in the UK, with travel required to London once a month. Interviews will take place on a rolling basis, so please get in touch ASAP. 

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• Support the development and delivery of the fundraising plan, proactively researching and pursuing new income opportunities, with targets for fundraising applications to trusts & foundations and corporate foundations. (Account Management 60%, New Business 40%)
• Develop strategic and collaborative relationships with funders to maximise income and ensure excellent supporter care with a team target of £770k
• Write and submit compelling, evidence-based funding applications, targeted to the priorities and criteria of the funder
• Provide excellent stewardship of all funders, building on the existing stewardship framework

Ideal skills and experience: 

If you’re someone who enjoys a varied portfolio with a focus on trusts, foundations and corporate partners, particularly those with corporate foundations, and you’re ready to play a pivotal role in sustaining and expanding services, we would love to hear from you.

• Experience in grant fundraising, charitable foundations, corporate foundations, lottery or statutory sources
• Excellent research and prospecting skills to create a pipeline of relevant opportunities
• Proactive and highly motivated, able to work independently and as part of a team, through a collaborative approach
• Creative thinker who can consider alternative options when making approaches to potential partners