Research Manager Jobs

Job Title: Individual Giving and Legacies Manager

Salary:  £38,000 - £40,000

Responsible to:Head of Fundraising, Ruth Strauss Foundation

Accountable to:  Board of the Ruth Strauss Foundation

Hours per week:Monday-Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm

Location:Hybrid: minimum 2 days a week in London office

Job Purpose

The Ruth Strauss Foundation is looking to grow its fundraising team and this role will play a pivotal part in developing Individual Giving for the organisation. This role will lead the Individual Giving and Legacy programme, responsible for building the database of regular givers, introducing new campaigns and products to acquire new donors and increase retention rates and lifetime donor value.

This role will be responsible for developing a supporter centric marketing strategy generating a supporter journey which drives excellent supporter experience, creating a RSF family of donors. This role will develop products for in memory fundraising and build our legacy programme from scratch, developing a legacy fundraising strategy and subsequent comms plan and journey.

Key Relationships:

• Head of Fundraising
• Head of MarComms & Digital
• Head of Mission Services
• Head of Finance
• RSF Individual Supporters
• Gift in Wills organisations

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver RSFs Individual Giving and Legacy programme, ensuring the programme meets budgeted income and spend.
• Manage a portfolio of campaigns, owning a personal income target of over £300k
• Produce a regular giving strategy to generate growth in income and acquisition/retention numbers
• Develop robust supporter centric supporter journey’s, feeding into a wider onward journey to increase the lifetime value of our donors
• Produce a legacy strategy to introduce legacy fundraising to RSF, growing a database of legacy pledgers through sensitive and impactful legacy marketing
• Introduction of new appeal campaigns and individual giving products to the individual giving portfolio
• Develop products to support in memory fundraising
• Utilise audience analysis and sector trends to generate compelling supporter communications, connecting to supporter motivations and interests.

Key activities

• Produce a 3 year programme strategy for Individual Giving and Legacy fundraising contributing to the ambitious growth strategy for RSF
• Project management of a year long Individual Giving communications plan and associated campaigns/products.
• Produce a marketing strategy for our individual givers which focusing on increasing the number of new donors acquired as well increasing retention, average value donated and gift aid conversions of our existing database.
• Introduce new in memory products and campaigns to support fundraisers wishing to raise funds in memory of a loved one.
• Introduce a legacy marketing strategy to grow legacy fundraising at RSF, introducing KPIs to monitor impact across pledgers and intenders
• Establish business rules for recording Individual giving data on Salesforce to ensure that future analysis of the programme is robust and reliable
• Introduce new fundraising campaigns to reach new audiences and re-engage with existing donors
• Project management and delivery of existing Individual giving campaigns
• Introduce new individual giving campaigns to the portfolio, identifying key opportunities in the year using audience understanding, aligning with RSF’s strategy
• Work closely with gift in wills organisations to grow RSF’s legacy fundraising, reaching new audiences, connecting with solicitors across the UK
• Work with the Head of Finance to develop a legacy administration process
• Budget management and post activity delivery metric analysis, ensuring a robust contingency planning process is in place
• Development of fundraising collateral in conjunction with campaigns/products
• Coordinate the marketing requirements for each activity, producing pre and post communications/marketing collateral – including working with external production companies where required
• Set up product/campaign processes including fulfilment and supporter stewardship
• Ensure all individual giving and legacy activities are compliant with fundraising code of conduct, GDPR and other IG processes/policies
• Conduct regular sector wide and competitor research to stay ahead of trends and maximiseopportunities for RSF

This Job Description reflect the duties of the post as they exist at this time and may be subject to change based on the needs of the Fundraising team. The post-holder may be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the salary and competence requirements of this post from time to time as required.

Expertise required

• Exceptional experience of managing an individual giving programme, managing a range of campaigns/products of varying size and scale including acquisition activity, warm appeals and reactivation
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills including budget management, project management and prioritisation.
• Excellent data analytical skills, able to set up processes to capture data and analyse data to ensure strategic decisions are based on audience insight and analysis
• Experience of developing plans and budgets, and reporting against financial targets and key performance indicators
• Experience working with CRM systems and project planning tools
• Excellent communication skills – able to utilise data analysis to produce compelling fundraising communications, understanding supporter motivations, engaging audiences to generate fundraising growth.
• Strong team player and project leadership, ensuring clear and regular communication with the RSF team and stakeholders as appropriate
• Strong relationship management across stakeholders of multiple levels and organisations.
• Innovative thinker who has experience of building successful fundraising campaigns from scratch
• A willingness to adapt and be flexible. There are often new projects, changing priorities, and new processes that you will need to embrace.
• Ability to keep calm under pressure and maintain a clear head
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to undertake travel, including overnight stays where necessary

Personal Attributes

• Creative, results-driven, and proactive in approach
• Excellent multi-tasker
• Strong interpersonal skills to build positive relationships with a range of stakeholders 

How to apply:

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About the Ruth Strauss Foundation

In early 2018, Ruth Strauss, the wife of Sir Andrew Strauss the former England cricket captain, was diagnosed with an incurable lung cancer that affects non-smokers. Ruth died on December 29th 2018; she was 46 years old and mother to two children, then aged 10 and 13.

In her memory, Sir Andrew has launched The Ruth Strauss Foundation to:

• Provide professional emotional support for families when a child is facing the death of a parent
• Facilitate collaboration and influence research in the fight against non-smoking lung cancers

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. You will receive:

• Competitive salary and pension scheme
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 years
• Hybrid, Flexible working
• Cycle to work scheme Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Health and Wellbeing portal – access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts – you will have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping

About Us

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,416 employees and over 31,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning.  As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future. 

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response & Nighttime Economy) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, NHS Cadets and Young Responders programmes). There is also a buoyant social enterprise network which delivers first aid training and supplies medical consumables to businesses and consumers.

Job Summary

Would you like to join our dynamic Philanthropy & Partnerships team to help drive high value income to support more people in communities across England? With a new strategy about to be launched, we are looking to really maximise our fundraising over the coming years. As Prospect Researcher, you will play an integral role in the success of the team helping to grow and monitor a strong pipeline of prospects across trusts, corporates and philanthropy. You will also create a roadmap for prospect research, implementing systems which support fundraisers to secure income for a range of projects. 

About You

• Significant experience of undertaking research and due diligence checks within a charity or commercial setting
• Evidence of the ability to develop and manage strong and positive working relationships across an organisation
• Experience of creating, implementing and leading a successful new system or process, ideally within prospect research
• Proven ability to proactively seek and identify new prospects as well as producing high-quality prospect research on these individuals, companies and foundations
• Experience of using databases and producing data-driven management information reports

About the Role

• Lead the creation of a new prospect research roadmap working alongside team managers and Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships (P&P) to ensure the work of the Prospect Researcher is meeting the objectives of each team.
• Manage the prospect research function within fundraising to support fundraisers to maximise income from prospective and existing donors
• Carry out due diligence and ethical reviews on prospective donors in line with St John’s ethical fundraising policy
• Carry out network mapping of key stakeholders, prospects and supporters to identify connections.
• Prepare and present research findings and relevant analysis to internal key stakeholders.
• Identify philanthropic, corporate, trust and statutory prospects and funding opportunities to develop P&P pipelines
• Conduct meetings with team to track progress and make recommendations to move prospects through the pipeline
• Work with colleagues to create efficient processes to refer prospective opportunities and monitor progress

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

If you are a current St John Ambulance employee, please apply here: Click here

For all other candidates, or St John Ambulance volunteers wishing to apply: please apply below

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive, we have several networks including Multi Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers and Women’s groups.  We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equality, diversity and inclusion.

St John Ambulance is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice. Therefore, all successful applicants will undergo pre-employment checks, including DBS Clearance, as part of the onboarding process, if applicable to the nature of the role

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.

£42,000 per annum

Permanent

Part home/Part office (London) based

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as a Corporate Business Development Manager.

The Business Development team is focused on building the new business pipeline, increasing the variety and volume of our partnerships, ensuring all relationships align with business objectives to deliver for the partner and for children. This role is central to achieving UNICEF UK’s ambitions in working with the private sector, and will have responsibility for cultivating and securing multi-million-pound partnerships with major UK companies.

We are looking for someone who is supporter driven and aligns with our mission. You will be organised, have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, enabling you to build authentic relationships with decision makers and leaders. Resilience and demonstrating patience and perseverance during set backs and challenges are also essential.

Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.  

Closing date: 9am, Thursday 17 April 2025.

Interview date: Week commencing 12 May 2025 via video conferencing (MS Teams).  

In return, we offer:

· excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools)

· outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role

· impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

· an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.

· the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world

Our application process: We use a system called "Applied" that anonymises your responses and focuses on your actual skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.

We anticipate most colleagues will work one or two days a week in the office on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London and the rest of the time from home.  We will happily discuss other flexible options to suit your circumstances.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.

UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!

We are looking for a Domestic Housing Manager

Salary: £33,000 - £39,000

Location: Hammersmith

Contract: Permanent

Hours p/w 35 hours (up to 2 days WFH)

This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This role is also subject to Police Vetting.

About us

Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending. We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.

We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.

Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.

About the role:

You will be working for Advance London service as an experienced Domestic Housing Manager, responsible for overseeing the delivery of the London service. You will lead and manage the LWHSP project and the co-located IDVAs,

Being responsible for line managing and performance managing Regional Managers and project staff within the post holder’s responsibility, including annual appraisals and supervision.

Supporting Regional Managers to recruit, train and develop a team of competent and highly skilled IDVAs to provide a consistently high-quality service to women. Supporting IDVAs to ensure that Advance’s values, policies and procedures are embedded into service delivery.

Overseeing the management of caseloads and casework to a high-quality standard and monitoring the performance of your team, offering continuous coaching and feedback to ensure that Advance meets the specific KPIs and outcome measures for the contract, taking immediate action to manage poor performance as necessary.

About You:

To be successful as the Domestic Housing Manager (Maternity Cover) you will need the below experience and skills:

You will bring your management experience of providing services to women experiencing Domestic Violence and Abuse including VAWG. With a significant experience of managing, developing and leading teams across a geographically dispersed region and remotely, including harnessing the strengths and potential of staff at all levels, building a strong team culture and maintaining staff motivation, particularly through periods of change. You will have substantial delivery of collaborative working with external agencies, stakeholders, subcontracted partners and extensive management of frontline workers

How to apply:

Please submit your up-to-date CV with a supporting statement. Please note that only applications made via the job advert on the Advance careers page, and those that include a cover letter will be considered.

Interviews are taking place on a rolling basis

*Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate

What we can offer you - Employee Benefits:

A 35-hour working week

An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!)

Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home

Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more

Pension scheme

Enhanced maternity/adoption provision

Cycle to Work Scheme

Access to our Employee Assistance Programme

Employee eye-care scheme

Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles

Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation

Organisation wide away days

Thorough induction and training

Career development pathways

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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please email Talent and the Talent Acquisition Team will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.

Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.

Safeguarding

Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe. We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks. We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.

You will play a crucial role in supporting the smooth and effective operation of the Medical Research Foundation’s Board and committees. Working closely with senior leaders and Board members you will ensure that the governance processes run seamlessly and efficiently.

In this role, you will contribute to the delivery of a first-class governance service to the Board of Trustees and its supporting committees, ensuring the smooth and effective operation of the Medical Research Foundation’s governance processes. This includes coordinating Board and committee meetings, preparing agendas and documentation.

You will be adept at diary management and have the ability to manage multiple priorities.

You will have experience of:

• providing diary management support
• committee secretarial duties
• providing customer service

You will be able to:

• communicate confidently in writing and verbally with colleagues and senior stakeholders
• demonstrate strong organisational skills including the management of multiple activities
• demonstrate high level customer service skills
• deliver on time and to a high standard with excellent attention to detail
• demonstrate a high level of IT skill that can be used to deliver day-to-day work and to improve business processes

About the Medical Research Foundation

Our vision is a world where medical research improves health for everyone.

There are still many health conditions which impose a heavy burden on millions of people, in the UK and around the world. History has shown us, time and again, that the best way to achieve better human health is through medical research. We know that by investing now, we will see life-saving advances in the future and improvements in health for everyone.

Salary and working arrangements

The salary for this position is £30,000.00 - £34,000.00 (pro-rata for part time hours). Ideally this will be a part time post at 21.6 hours per week however we are open and flexible to a full time working arrangement.

We value spending time working in-person to develop strong connections with each other and with our mission, so you will be based at our central London office for a minimum of two days a week (for part time employees) and a minimum of three days per week (for full time employees) with the option to work remotely for the remainder of the week.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Trusts and Foundations Manager to manage a portfolio of Trust funders providing excellent stewardship and developing a strategy to grow income.

Whizz Kidz: the facts

Over 75,000 young people aren’t getting the wheelchair or support that fully meets their needs.
Without the ability to be independent young wheelchair users are restricted in their ability to socialise and participate in society.

We’re here to change that

As the UK’s leading charity for young wheelchair users, we empower young people by providing the wheelchairs, equipment, support and confidence-building experiences they need, and campaigning for a more inclusive society.

Our values

We are young people focused, ambitious, collaborative and inclusive.

The Trusts and Foundations Team is part of the Fundraising and Marketing Communications Department and is responsible for delivering over £3m a year for the organisation’s services.

As Senior Trust Fundraising Manager you will be responsible for managing our existing donor relationships, researching new funding opportunities and preparing applications with a focus on 5 and 6 figure funding. This is a well-established income stream for Whizz Kidz with content for proposals readily available and accessible and you will have the opportunity to work with long standing supporters, helping them feel inspired by the impact of their gift. You will use your skills of relationship management to make a real difference to the lives of young wheelchair users. Finally, you will join an ambitious and collaborative fundraising team, keen to share success and support one another.

The ideal candidate will have experience of growing a Trust income stream and of preparing donor reports and providing excellent stewardship to funders and will be an excellent spoken and written communicator with a particular emphasis on funding application writing and reporting. They will have strong prospect research skills with the ability to secure higher value funding partnerships and an understanding of the issues young wheelchair users face.

Please note: This post is subject to an Enhanced level DBS Disclosure, which will be sought prior to the confirmation of a job offer.

A few perks
The wellbeing of our colleagues is of paramount importance to our success as an organisation, and we want to ensure that our benefits package provides something of value for everyone, whether it is our generous holiday entitlement, wellbeing days, Healthcare cash plan, long-service awards. We hope you agree!

Annual leave
25 days of annual leave per annum plus Bank Holiday (pro-rata for part time colleagues).

Christmas closure
In addition to annual leave, employees get three days of paid Christmas leave.

Pension
Automatic enrolment for all colleagues with the option to opt out. Contributions of 5% gross salary made by both Whizz Kidz and employees. We will match higher contributions of up to 6% of gross basic salary.

Simply health
Automatic enrolment in a fully paid for cash plan that assists you with everyday health costs. This scheme is also available to your families for an extra charge.

Season ticket loan
An interest free loan of up to £5,000 following the successful completion of the Probationary Period.

To apply please email your CV and Cover Letter via the apply button. 

Closing date 15 April 2025.  Interviews will be held on a rolling basis. 

Once we have sufficient applicants we withhold the right to close job vacancies early.

As Grant Programme Manager, you will be responsible for managing the delivery of our grant-funded capacity-building programmes and organising and collating the monitoring, learning and evaluation required for our reporting and programme development. You will also work closely with the Head of Programmes to support the writing of new grant applications to Trusts and Foundations.

Creative and organised, you will have the ability to bring agreed project outcomes to life and enthuse activists from a range of backgrounds. You will be able to build strong partnerships with funders and create buy-in for our organisation’s strategic ambitions. You will be intellectually curious, responsive to feedback and follow campaign trends supporting campaigners to thrive and get results.

You will have a strong track record of collaborative working and will thrive in a small and ambitious team, having the flexibility to handle a broad and changeable workload. We have some excellent benefits including 25 days annual leave and Christmas closure as part of our commitment to work/ life balance.

The role

We are seeking a dynamic and dedicated Programme Manager to join the Academy’s Research Programmes team to lead on the development of the post-award phase for the new Green Future Fellowship programme.

As the Programme Manager for the programme's post-award phase, you will play a pivotal role in identifying and delivering tailored support to the Academy's Green Future Fellows. You will be responsible for supporting awardees, monitoring progress, ensuring compliance with funding requirements, and facilitating engagement opportunities. This is an exciting new role that will help to support exceptional engineers to develop breakthrough technologies and engineering solutions to address the climate crisis.

Our location

Our light, spacious head office is based in a fantastic location in central London with views over St James’s Park and close to the West End. We operate hybrid, flexible working practices with a baseline for office-based working of a mandatory weekly team day plus further days each week as required for the role and the Academy.

Who are we?

Engineering matters. It shapes our everyday lives, from our ability to turn the lights on, have a hot shower and commute into work, to the mobile phones we rely on to keep connected. It also plays a vital role in addressing some of the biggest challenges facing society today, from climate change to global health pandemics and cyber threats.

The Royal Academy of Engineering is a charity that harnesses the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone. In collaboration with our Fellows and partners, we’re growing talent and developing skills for the future, driving innovation, and building global partnerships, and influencing policy and engaging the public. Together we’re working to tackle the greatest challenges of our age. 

With a diverse workforce and an inclusive and supportive culture, we look to attract candidates from wide and different backgrounds who have a passion for the role engineering plays in society. Our aim is to make the Academy the best place to work for the staff we have and those we seek to attract.

Why work for us?

We’re looking for people who are driven to make the world a better place. If you’re passionate about what you do and want to work collaboratively with talented colleagues to make change happen now and for future generations, we want you to get in touch.

This is the perfect time to join us. We have a dynamic, visionary CEO, a strong leadership team and an ambitious and exciting strategy. The value we bring as experts in our field and change agents is highly recognised and makes the Academy a motivating place to be. Our work today builds on a long, proud history with a focused and ambitious future which we’d love you to be part of.

We are looking for talented people who want to make a difference, to join our team – is this you?

For more information and to apply, please visit our careers page.

Closing date: 13 April 2025.

Interview date: 30 April 2025.

The Academy is committed to making reasonable adjustments to remove barriers that hinder applicants from applying or staff from working effectively and comfortably.

This exciting new role is to project manage the integration of digital fundraising within The Christie charity, enhancing existing technology and looking for new digital solutions to fundraising processes and new projects.

We are about to embark on a programme of transformational change, and we are looking for an ambitious self-starter who will play an essential role in the development and implementation of a new digital strategy.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate and motivated individual to make a real difference to cancer patients.

At The Christie Charity we are an ambitious and forward-thinking organisation with a loyal supporter base. You would be part of a successful high achieving collaborative team, and this role gives you the opportunity to experience multiple fundraising disciplines.

We’re looking for an experienced Digital Marketing Manager to drive forward and innovate our digital marketing strategy, ensuring our online visibility, engagement and revenue are key enablers for our fundraising efforts. 

Sitting within the Marketing and Communications team, this strategic role will focus on delivering impactful digital experiences to strengthen our brand presence, maximise audience reach and support growth. The role is primarily based at the charity office at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, with the requirement to also work from the charity office at Birmingham Women’s Hospital alongside some remote and out of hours working.

The Digital Marketing Manager will be accountable for the performance of our website, email, SEO, CRM, PPC and paid social, ensuring all our digital channels are optimised for both awareness and income generation. This hands-on role will see you lead the team to implement, deliver and evaluate exceptional and effective digital activity, using data and insight to inform decisions. To spearhead our digital marketing transformation, you’ll need to be an ambitious and experienced professional, who thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Your skills and passion will see you:
• Develop and implement a comprehensive digital marketing strategy aligned with our income growth objectives
• Shape the way we connect with our audiences, primarily through strategic (but not limited to) use of email, content creation, website management, SEO, PPC, paid social and CRM marketing
• Identify opportunities to maximise brand awareness, engagement and online revenue generation
• Track, analyse and report on digital performance metrics, providing actionable insights as well as data and market research to improve and inform digital marketing effectiveness
• Oversee the delivery, roll-out and continual improvement of a new website by setting the strategy, implementing SEO best practices and using data insight and analytics to improve visibility and traffic, as well as establishing engaging user journeys which increase conversion rates and improve fundraising campaigns
• Plan, execute and optimise bespoke digital campaigns, paid as well as organic, which leverage data to refine strategies, boost engagement, maximise reach and increase supporter interaction and brand advocacy
• Lead the creation, segmentation, automation and deployment of email and CRM campaigns to enhance audience journeys and maximise engagement and conversion, using performance and insights to inform improvements
• Maximise our paid advertising accounts, including Google Ads, monitoring performance to ensure they are data-driven, cost-efficient and deliver ROI as well as cross-selling opportunities
• Maintain a culture of data-driven decision making and bring visibility and transparency to marketing activity by regularly reporting impact against objectives, trend spotting as well as using a variety of data and analytics tools to raise the profile and understanding of digital marketing across the charity
• Safeguard the integrity of the charity’s digital presence ensuring it complies with data protection regulations, the Freedom of Information Act and any other applicable legislation.

What we offer: 

• Flexible and hybrid working to support work-life balance 

• Generous annual leave entitlement with additional leave for long service  

• Enhanced sick pay 

• Enhanced Maternity Pay 

• Free flu jabs 

• Cycle to work scheme 

• Charity events throughout the year 

• Employer enhanced auto-enrolment pension scheme with 8% employer contribution 

• Ongoing commitment to education and professional development 

The Charity is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.  

Successful candidates will have access to vulnerable beneficiaries therefore the role is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance.  

If you think you have the qualities we are looking for and the desire to contribute, please download the Job Vacancy Pack and then send us a CV and covering letter explaining how you meet the criteria for the role and making clear why you would like to be considered for it. 

The closing date for return of applications is 30th April 2025. 

Full time, 35 hours per week

Permanent

Salary, Grade DL £45,581.89 per annum

Location: 30 Euston Square (hybrid minimum 2 days per week in the office)

Closing date: 23:59 on Sunday 06 April 2025

Interview date: TBC

The Royal College of General Practitioners is the largest membership organisation solely for GPs in the United Kingdom with over 55,000 members. Our mission is to encourage, foster and maintain the highest possible standards in general practice.

We are looking for a dedicated, enthusiastic, and dynamic individual to join the College’s Research and Innovation team. Are you an excellent problem solver, naturally curious and a skilled analyst and/or researcher? Do you want to help inform the solutions to the challenges facing general practice and our NHS? You will have strong data analysis and visualisation skills, attention to detail and experience of using analysis software (such as Excel, Power BI and R) and ability to draw out meaningful and accessible insights to inform policy and practice.

General practice is the largest branch of the medical profession, and the bedrock of the health service, providing more than a million patient consultations every day. The Policy, Research and Campaigns team is an ambitious and influential team working to understand the challenges facing general practice, to develop policy and practical solutions to these, and influence government at the highest levels to deliver positive change for our members and the health service.

The Senior Research Analyst is responsible for ensuring RCGP’s policy and external affairs activity is supported by strong and credible data and evidence. This will include working with a range of teams and partners, undertaking primary and secondary research and analysis, and commissioning and managing external research suppliers.

If you are a driven, collaborative problem-solver, with strong analytical skills, a demonstrable understanding of research methods, excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an eye for detail, and you are looking for a varied role where you will quickly be able to offer real value and impact, then this is the role for you.

The successful candidate will share our corporate values. In return, the College offers excellent terms and conditions and a supportive environment where you can do your best work.   

Please download the Candidate Pack to view the full job description. To apply, please kindly complete the application form. 

The Royal College of General Practitioners is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. 

                                     ~ Building a sustainable future for general practice ~

About GNDR

We are the Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR), the largest global network of organisations committed to working together to improve the lives of people affected by disasters worldwide. Since being established in 2007, we have grown into a network of 1,965 member organisations across 131 countries, representing millions of people on the frontlines of hazards, climate change and mass displacement. Through transformative, evidence-led programming and powerful advocacy, we are driving climate action and disaster resilience alongside our members across the globe.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced and passionate fundraiser to join our team. This is a unique and exciting opportunity for someone who is committed to driving change in the areas of disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate change, and sustainability. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in successful fundraising and business development, and a deep understanding of building strategic partnerships across a variety of income streams including institutional and high-value fundraising. If you’re ready to harness your skills to support innovative projects that address some of the world’s most pressing challenges, we want to hear from you.

The Fundraising and Partnerships Manager is a vital member of the secretariat team. This holistic role is responsible for supporting all fundraising activities across GNDR. This includes conducting research on prospective institutional and philanthropic donors in GNDR’s priority markets (UK, Europe and North America), developing strategies to build engagement, leading the design and production of high quality donor submissions, and ensuring effective grant management and reporting. As we are a small team, this role will have a varied and diverse workload, with lots of opportunities to lead and shape GNDR’s fundraising direction.

Overall scope of the role

The remit of this post will cover the following core responsibilities:

• Donor prospecting
• Business development and management
• Funding proposals
• Donor reporting and compliance
• Team collaboration

Candidate requirements

We are ideally looking for candidates who have the following core skills and experience:

• Proven experience in securing funding from institutional donors, trusts and foundations, and corporates across the UK, Europe, and the US
• Demonstrated success in business development, resource mobilisation, and building long-term partnerships
• Skilled in developing funding proposals, compiling financial and narrative reports, and ensuring compliance with grant requirements and relevant legislation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including proposal writing, report preparation, and the ability to succinctly convey complex issues
• Agile and adaptable in diverse, fast-paced environments; effective in both independent work and team collaboration, including cross-cultural communication and capacity building
• Diligent, conscientious, and detail-oriented with a proactive, innovative approach to identifying opportunities and improving processes
• Commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and alignment to GNDR’s core values

Eligibility

We are accepting applications from candidates eligible to work in the UK. Candidates will need to be able to travel internationally when necessary.

Currently, our UK-based staff work on a hybrid basis, with a minimum requirement of one day per week at the Teddington office. Following a consultation phase, we are exploring a different type of hybrid working model that, pending approval, may include in-person team meetings once a month, in a flexible working space in London. This plan aligns with the anticipated closure of our Teddington office, providing an opportunity to foster collaboration in a new environment.

Please note that all offers of employment at GNDR are conditional and subject to satisfactory background checks.

We welcome applications from candidates who meet most of the essential criteria outlined in the job specification below.

For a full Job Description and Person Specification please follow the link below. 

How to apply

Please visit our website for instructions on how to apply.

Please note that we are unable to accept incomplete applications.

Start date

Negotiable although we are looking to fill the position as soon as possible.

Closing date

Thursday 17 April 2025

Please note: We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.

Due to the high number of applications that we expect to receive for this role we may not be able to provide individual feedback.

Interview

Week commencing 28 April 2025

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We are dedicated to creating a team that embodies the rich diversity of the society and communities we serve. Our commitment lies in cultivating an inclusive environment, where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

We strongly encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds, including those from underrepresented ethnicities, nationalities, socioeconomic circumstances, and individuals with disabilities.

We celebrate the unique experiences and perspectives that every candidate brings and are dedicated to ensuring fair and equitable opportunities for all.

Please visit our website to find out more about our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.

Our benefits and wellbeing

At GNDR, we are committed to cultivating a happy and healthy working environment for all our staff.

We provide a competitive salary and benefits package across all of our locations. 

Please visit our website to find out more about our approach to wellbeing and our benefits.

Flexible working

In order to support and encourage a healthy work-life balance for our staff, we are happy to consider flexible working requests as part of our recruitment process.

Flexible working options are available for existing staff in line with our policy. As a global organisation, most staff work remotely depending on their role and location.

If you have any questions on any of the above information or if you have any specific requirements that would enable you to participate more fully in the recruitment process,  please contact our HR team - contact information are available on the jobs pages of our website.

Position: Change Communications Manager
Type: Full-time (35 hours a week) - Fixed term contract (12 months)
Location: Office-based in London with flexibility to work remotely
Salary: £44,339*per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band and Job Family: Band 3, Professional/Technical

*you’ll start at our entry point salary of £44,339*per annum, increasing to £47,110 * after 6 months service and satisfactory performance and to £49,881* after a further 6 months.

About us

We make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK. 

Our strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told us is important to them. It gives us a clear and determined focus.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference. 

About this job

Please note this is a fixed term contract for 12 months.

We are looking a Change Communication Manager to lead in developing, coordinating and delivering strategic communication campaigns to support the MS Society’s internal transformation work. This includes projects strengthening our data and service offers and enhancing our organisational culture.

An expert in change communication and stakeholder engagement, you will work closely with teams across multiple projects, synchronising content delivery and language to ensure clear storytelling and maximising employee engagement. 

Your work will involve understanding the needs of audiences across the charity, ensuring they are connected and engaged with the transformation programme.

As a skilled storyteller, you will craft inspiring narratives that connect staff and volunteers to the charity’s transformation journey and its wider strategic aims. Your work will help staff and volunteers feel informed, engaged and empowered as we evolve our ways of working.

More information about our job opportunities and how to apply can be found on our MS Society website.

Closing date for applications: 9:00 on Tuesday 15th April 2025

Interested?

PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Equal Opportunities 
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and or from ethnic minority backgrounds.

We’d be grateful if you downloaded and completed the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application. 

Disability Confident Employer 
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and we’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.

You can ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both our recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.

If you need any help or adjustments to apply for this role, please contact us. You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format. Such as for them to be sent to you by email or in a larger word format.

More about our employee benefits:
We have a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to): 

Encouraging work life balance

• 38 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata for part-time
• More annual leave entitlement, based on length of employment
• Smart working options (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us) 
• Flexible working options 

Caring for you and your family 

• Generous sick pay entitlement
• More sick pay entitlement, based on length of employment 
• Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave in each calendar year 
• Free access to a GP virtually 24 hours a day/7 days a week allowing you unlimited advice, reassurance and where appropriate diagnosis 
• Enhanced leave for new parents 
• Free access to a confidential 24 hours a day/7 days a week helpline service for both you and your family with a specialist range of support and information
• Special leave options (such as up to 5 days paid leave for domestic or personal emergencies a year)
• 10 days paid disability leave a year, pro-rata for part-time 
• 10 days paid carers’ leave a year, pro-rata for part-time 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Death in service scheme
• New family-friendly benefits, including paid leave:
  • In the event of miscarriage or still birth 
  • To support fertility treatments
  • For antenatal appointments for both parents

Thinking about your finances 

• Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Discounted season ticket loan and interest-free emergency loans
• Give as you earn to support other charities of your choice before tax
• New employee portal including lifestyle savings vouchers and personal wellbeing

Enriching your life at work

• Personalised development plans with a wide range of training courses and opportunities to source additional training options with your line manager
• Yearly internal apprenticeship opportunities
• New, modern offices that embrace working together both in-person and remotely 
• Various opportunities to influence how we internally operate (including surveys, and focus and committee groups) 
• Active and supportive internal employee networking groups for collaboration and peer support 
• 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering for MS Society activities during normal working hours (such as fundraising events, or campaigning in the local community) 
• 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering with other charities during normal

Safeguarding 
We’re committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services and we come into contact with.

This is regardless of Gender, Race, Disability, Sexual orientation, Religion or belief, Pregnancy, Gender reassignment.

We recognise our particular responsibility to make sure vulnerable adults and children are protected.

We have measures in place to protect everyone we come into contact with from abuse and maltreatment of all kinds.

Your right to work in the UK 
You must have the right to work in the UK to work in paid employment with us. You’ll need to share documents showing you’re eligible to work in the UK if we offer you employment.

You can find the UK visas and permits granting you the right to work in the UK on the UK Government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and aren’t able to support you with your visa applications.

No agencies please.

Do you want to contribute to a leading academic institution? Do you thrive in a fast paced environment?   

It’s an exciting time to join The Institute of Pre-Hospital Care, the dedicated team work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders to deliver clinical and degree course programmes over a variety of subjects and faculties.  Clinical Courses are mainly delivered to our own team of doctors and paramedics, while the degree programs consist of an undergraduate intercalated BSc for medical students and an MSc open to a multi-professional cohort. 

We are seeking to appoint a Senior Institute Manager, who will be responsible for developing and delivering the Institute’s operational plans for education and training across the two domains of clinical courses and degree courses.

Reporting the Head of Institute, the successful candidate will ensure the delivery of high quality and effective education and training across the clinical courses and degree courses portfolios. They will maintain effective and sustainable working relationships with key stakeholders, and support the implementation of process improvement across the institute. 

The Senior Institute Manager will manage a team of course managers and coordinators, as well as having direct involvement in a program delivery where required. The post holder will ensure good liaison between all parties in the delivery and future development of these programs.