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Public Affairs and Communications Manager
Cambridge House is looking for motivated and creative people who are willing to go the extra mile to create a more just society. Our innovative London-based charity has been tackling poverty, social inequity, and social injustice since 1889. We provide a range of services that are designed to improve people’s lives as well as transform society through research and social action.
Our team is very diverse in terms of cultural diversity and lived experience, the roles combine office-based and remote working, and we offer staff a range of competitive benefits.
This new Public Affairs and Communications Manager role will work closely with our Chief Executive and Heads of Services and is responsible for:
- Developing and implementing organisation-wide external communications and policy influencing strategies
- Enhancing our influence, reputation and profile both locally and nationally
- Developing strategic alliances to jointly raise awareness and drive media campaigns
- Maintaining the reputation of Cambridge House as an expert, lived experience and evidenced-based source of information
The successful candidate will be a public affairs professional with experience of:
- Delivering strategic public affairs and/or campaigning work designed to raise awareness and profile of an organisation and effect change
- Creating great communications using a mixture of traditional and digital communication methods – including social media
Please go to our website to download a recruitment pack.Applications must be accompanied by a CV (which should include details of 2 reference contacts) and a supporting statment , plus our criminal records declaration form and diversity monitoring (both forms are available to download from our website).
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The role
MIND in Haringey and its partner Public Voice deliver the Haringey Community Collaborative, providing strategic leadership and capacity building for the borough’s Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS). MIND in Haringey and Public Voice are ambitious, committed and passionate in their support of the VCS, and the social impact that it collectively delivers for residents and communities every day.
The Haringey Community Collaborative service involves providing Haringey VCS:
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One-to-one and group capacity building support
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Funding opportunities for projects addressing priority local challenges
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Access to training and resources
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A community of practice for collaboration and knowledge sharing, both in person and online.
The Haringey Community Collaborative team is located across and employed by either Public Voice and MIND in Haringey. This role works alongside a manager for Haringey’s digital community of practice platform, NavNet; and a communications lead for the Community Collaborative. The role reports to the Haringey Community Collaborative Manager.
About You
We are looking for someone who wants to make a difference to the local community through their work, supporting the success of the voluntary and community sector. You will need to have experience working with organisations and groups to help them develop and grow, and convening.
A confident public speaker with strong presenting skills with the ability to present to a wide range of diverse community groups. Able to engage with people and have a good understanding of co-production.
Able to carry out research and find suitable funding opportunities supporting VCS to write bids and method statements. Designing and delivering workshops on various topics that will support the local VCS in Haringey based on their needs.
Having a knowledge of the VCS organisations within Haringey would be an advantage but not essential.
We translate the insights and needs of people into actions to improve public services, leading to reduced inequalities and improved outcomes.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Permanent | Full Time 37.5 hours per week | Salary: £32,733 per annum | Location: Fully office based within Central Bath |
Join our award-winning team and help the nation enjoy better bone health. We’re a dedicated, inspiring and forward-thinking healthcare charity and our mission is to improve the bone health of the nation and prevent osteoporosis by influencing healthcare providers and professionals; delivering services to help our beneficiaries; and drive research.
Reporting to the Governance, People and Culture Advisor, this role is responsible for providing high quality administrative support to the Chief Executive and Senior Leadership Team (SLT) whilst ensuring the day-to-day office operations run smoothly.
Do you have excellent organisational and minute-taking skills with the ability to organise formal meetings (internal and external)?
Are you a flexible and motivated team worker who enjoys building strong working relationships and has a ‘can-do’ approach?
Do you have experience of making travel arrangements and diary management?
If this sounds like you and you’re looking to join a fantastic organisation and team where you can really make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.
We’re proud to have a committed, highly engaged workforce, as shown by our employee engagement rating, which puts us in the top 20% of charities and we want to attract the brightest and the best to help us beat this condition and change society for the better.
Location
In this role, we’re looking for someone to work from our office based in central Bath.
How to apply
To apply, applicants should provide a comprehensive CV, including details of relevant experience and achievements. This should be supplemented by a supporting statement, demonstrating how your skills and experience meet the person specification.
We particularly welcome qualified applicants from ethnic minorities as they are under-represented in the team.
The closing date is 31 July 2024 (9am). First round interviews expected to be 06/07 August (in person, at our Bath Office).
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Are you passionate about gender equality and skilled in securing funding from trusts and foundations? The Fawcett Society is looking for a Trusts and Foundations Lead to join our team!
Fawcett values equality and is committed to becoming an anti-racist organisation. We particularly welcome applications from disabled candidates, older candidates, and Black and racially minoritised candidates, who are currently underrepresented in our organisation. Each applicant will be individually assessed regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or belief. We will use positive action on the basis of race and/or disability in case of a tie-break situation.
Position: Trusts and Foundations Lead
Location: This is a hybrid role (Office in Angel, London) with applications from remote candidates welcome. Remote postholders would be expected to pay for their own travel to our office or alternate London venue. We anticipate this to be approx. once every two months for team meetings or for Fawcett events.
Salary: £35,000 per year (pro rata – full-time hours are 37.5 per week)
Hours: Part-time (25-30 hours per week)
Reports to: Head of Trusts and Membership
Why Join Us?
· Make an Impact: Secure funding to support our vital work.
· Collaborative Environment: Work with a dedicated team committed to gender equality.
· Flexible Working: Choose remote or hybrid working to suit your lifestyle.
About The Role:
· Identify and Research: Find potential funders aligned with our mission.
· Develop Pipelines: Manage a robust pipeline of funding prospects.
· Lead Applications: Prepare and submit high-quality funding applications.
· Build Relationships: Maintain strong connections with funders.
· Report Impact: Provide comprehensive reports to funders.
· Collaborate: Work closely with key team members to develop proposals.
What We're Looking For:
· Experienced Fundraiser: Proven track record in securing funding from trusts and foundations.
· Research Skills: Effective in identifying and researching funders.
· Strong Communicator: Excellent at producing compelling funding proposals.
· Relationship Builder: Skilled in maintaining funder relationships.
· An Autonomous Critical Friend: Skilled in leading a programme of work and not shying away from critical input that will lead to improved outcomes.
Application Process:
To apply, please view the recruitment pack on our website where you'll find a link to apply. We particularly welcome applications from disabled candidates, older candidates, and Black and racially minoritised candidates, who are currently underrepresented in our organisation. Each applicant will be individually assessed.
Closing Date: 11.59pm, Monday 29th July 2024
Interview Dates: Please keep time available on 1st and 2nd August when all interviews will be held.
For more information about The Fawcett Society and our work, visit our website.
Join us and make a difference in the fight for gender equality!
Our vision is a society in which women and girls in all their diversity are equal and truly free to fulfill their potential
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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In order to realise this ambition, we need to generate year to year incremental annual surplus for sustainability of Rainham Foodbank operations and projects.
Through this new organisational role, you’ll proactively create and grow fundraising income opportunities with individuals, community groups and grant giving trusts and foundations. You'll be at the heart of our local community, bringing our cause to life and building lasting donor relationships.
Through your fundraising expertise, you will have a proven track record of building relationships with individuals, community groups, trusts and foundations and other donors to achieve and exceed annual income targets and KPI’s. You’ll have the capacity to create and craft compelling proposals and appeals that successfully engage and attract donations from new and existing supporters.
Experience
Minimum of 5 years of experience in fundraising, with a proven track record of securing major gifts, managing campaigns, and planning events.
Personal Qualities:
· Good communication skills.
· Energy.
· Self-motivated.
· Resilient.
· Perseverant.
· Hardworking.
· Compassion.
· Likability.
- Integrity / honesty
- Emotionally intelligent
- Optimistic
- Passionate
- Socially confident
Specific Responsibilities:
· Through the design and delivery of excellent, engaging and regular stewardship communications and powerful fundraising appeals, you will grow our income and pool of individual supporters making one off or monthly donations. You’ll also explore and implement ways of promoting Rainham Food Bank across the community to successfully attract an ever-greater number of individual donors.
· You’ll engage with local community groups, associations, events, schools and businesses in order to grow Rainham Food Bank’s community fundraising reach and income.
· Through excellent, comprehensive and considered research, you’ll identify and prioritise a pool of potential Trusts and Foundations funders for Rainham Food Bank and, working with colleagues, you’ll develop authentic, compelling, creative and winning funding bids that can successfully engage new and existing Trusts and Foundations funders.
· You’ll work closely with and support the CEO of Rainham Food Bank in maintaining and evolving the existing relationship with neighbouring Trussell Trust food banks across London, seeking and pursuing joint trusts funding opportunities.
· You’ll establish a fundraising pipeline, including a range of KPI’s that can be tracked and that will enable you to make informed projections regarding future income.
· You’ll forge strong relationships with colleagues across the wider Trussell Trust network, sharing best practice and learning from other charities across the network. You’ll proactively take advantage of any fundraising training and skills development opportunities and engage with any joint fundraising opportunities.
Skills
· You’ll have good, established experience of individual giving, community fundraising and Trusts and Foundations fundraising.
· With excellent written and verbal communication and relationship management skills, you will inspire and motivate existing and prospective supporters, providing excellent stewardship and crafting compelling and winning funding proposals and appeals.
· You’ll have experience of setting, managing and reporting against fundraising KPI’s.
· You’ll be tenacious and able to embrace, develop and shape a new role. You’ll be well organised, proactive, and a self-starter who is able to self-motivate.
· You’ll be able to demonstrate empathy for people from disadvantaged, marginalised or socially-excluded backgrounds.
· Strong leadership and team management abilities
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
· Proficient in donor management software and fundraising platforms
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
· Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
SAFEGUARDING:
· Be aware of any safeguarding concerns with regards to vulnerable participants and volunteers through regular discussion with each party.
· Be vigilant for signs of abuse or mistreatment.
· Communicate all safeguarding concerns to the Safeguarding Lead at the earliest opportunity and as a matter of urgency.
Other Responsibilities:
· Produce monthly reports for the CEO and Trustees as required.
· Develop and implement a comprehensive fundraising strategy to meet the financial goals of the organization.
· Identify potential funding opportunities and create action plans to secure them.
· Conduct research to identify and analyse potential donors and partners.
· Attend team leader meetings as required
· Present fundraising updates to the senior management team and board of directors
· Prepare regular reports on fundraising activities, progress towards goals, and financial
Performance
· Communicate or report difficult situations at work to the CEO.
About you:
· Passion for the mission and values of the organization
· Strong Team player
· High level of integrity and professionalism
· Strategic thinker with a proactive and innovative approach
· Strong organizational and time management skills
· Excellent communication skills
· Empathetic
· Has an eye for detail
· Organised and self-motivated, and able to carry out responsibilities with minimum supervision
· Confident recording, handling and analysing data
· Confident IT user
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Caseworker (Scotland)
Hours: Full-time 36.25 hours per week worked between the hours of 8am–6pm
Contract length: 12 months (with the possibility of extension depending on funding)
Salary: £26,000
Location: To cover the North & East of Scotland
Working pattern: Work from home with frequent travel required. You will be expected to deliver a face-to-face service to clients in their own home or safe meeting place within the North & East of Scotland.
Deadline for applications: Friday 2nd August
Interviews to be conducted: Early August
Rare Opportunity: Help those affected by road crashes and create lasting change with Brake, the renowned road safety charity.
Who We Are: Brake has been supporting victims of road carnage since 1995, and we're on a mission to prevent future collisions. Every 20 minutes, someone is killed or seriously injured on our roads, impacting lives profoundly.
Join Our Team: We're expanding our National Road Victim Service and need a dedicated Caseworker to join our dynamic, compassionate team. Your role will involve delivering world-class support services to those at their most vulnerable.
Not Your Average Job: This isn't a 9 to 5. You could play a significant part in rolling out trauma-informed support services nationwide. Make a real difference in the lives of those affected by road traffic collisions.
What We Offer:
· A generous 35 days of annual leave (including bank holidays and 3-day shutdown period between Christmas and New Year)
· An extra day off for your birthday to take whenever you choose
· Enhanced sick pay and compassionate leave
· Death in service benefit
· Pension
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Flexible working
· Be part of a skilled, friendly team with an engaged Board of Trustees
Who You Are: We need passionate, self-starters with a background in providing high-quality emotional support and advocacy. Your experience in roles like police, criminal justice, counselling, or health and social care could make you a perfect fit.
Specifically Seeking Candidates With:
- Living in the North or East of Scotland
- Frontline care experience (desirable but not essential)
- Understanding of criminal justice processes (desirable but not essential)
- Research and advocacy skills
- Resilience and willingness to grow
- Competent I.T. skills for remote work
- Your own vehicle and a willingness to use it for work purposes (travel expenses will be repaid)
Join Our Mission: Your greatest reward will be knowing you've made a positive difference in someone's recovery from psychological trauma.
About Us: Brake is passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity. We welcome your application whatever your background or situation. We particularly welcome applications from those who are part of the global majority, the LGBTQIA+ community or disabled. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to enrich it. We are proud to be a disability confident employer. So, if you have a passion for making a difference and share in our vision for a world where no one is killed on our roads, we would love to hear from you.
Apply Now: If you're up for a new challenge and have the skills, apply now.
Not for Traffic Offenders: Due to the nature of our work we can't accept applications from serious traffic offenders. Candidates will be asked to disclose whether they have any unspent points on their licence at interview.
A DBS check is required due to the sensitive nature of our service.
Join us today and be part of the solution!
We work to stop road deaths and injuries, support people affected by road crashes and campaign for safe and healthy mobility for all.
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Are you an experienced fundraiser with a passion for making a difference? The Foxton Centre has an exciting opportunity to lead income generation for a life-changing charity. Join an amazing team and help us grow the work of our youth and community centre in the heart of Preston.
*Role available as a full-time, contracted position or on a consultancy basis.
At The Foxton Centre, we believe in community, collaboration, and compassion. We are looking for dedicated individuals who share our vision of supporting those underrepresented in society.
As our Fundraising Manager, you will play a key role in securing funds to support our long-term work. You will develop and implement strategies to secure financial support and collaborate with the management team to align efforts with the Centre’s goals.
With our new youth and community centre opening in Spring 2025, your work will support young people, street sleepers and vulnerable women. We seek an experienced fundraiser with a track record of generating revenue from trusts, grant-making bodies and companies. You should be personable, adept at building relationships and able to network effectively. A creative and strategic thinker, you will bring an innovative approach to communications and fundraising. Above all, you care about the wellbeing and empowerment of young people and our community.
If you are excited about pioneering our long-term income generation strategy and making a meaningful impact, we’d love to receive your application. Join us in building the future of our life-changing work and make a real difference in our community.
Key Responsibilities
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Research and compile funding applications; develop compelling cases for support.
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Build and maintain relationships with key funding bodies; stay updated with the funding climate.
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Identify and strategise potential corporate partnerships; develop campaigns to increase donations.
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Maintain and nurture donor and partner relationships; manage the CRM system ensuring GDPR compliance.
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Lead and execute the fundraising strategy; set and achieve grant and fundraising targets.
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Collaborate with the Finance Team to monitor funding gaps.
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Contribute to management, board, and sub-board meetings.
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Develop and implement communication strategies for partnerships.
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Attend relevant conferences, networking events, and workshops.
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Advocate for the organisation’s work; undertake required training.
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Support organisational operations; attend internal and external meetings.
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Represent the organisation at external events; perform additional duties as required.
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Uphold and embody The Foxton Centre’s values in all aspects of work.
Required Experience and Qualifications
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Comprehensive understanding of the funding bid process from research to compliance.
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Proven experience generating revenue from diverse sources and achieving fundraising targets.
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Demonstrated success securing grants ranging from £5,000 to £500,000.
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Knowledge and experience in the charity and non-profit sector.
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Understanding and compliance with fundraising regulations.
Join Our Team – Fundraising Coordinator
We're looking for a dynamic individual to identify, secure, and manage funding opportunities. You will work closely with our Head of Business Development & Partnerships to implement our income generation strategy and grow new income streams including individual giving, legacies, corporates. This includes researching potential funders, preparing compelling grant proposals, managing funding applications, and maintaining relationships with donors and partners. Additionally, you will leverage data to demonstrate our impact and secure funding.
About Us:
Action for Family Carers is a well-established Essex-based charity dedicated to supporting unpaid carers and young carers. We've been making a positive impact for over 30 years.
About You:
You like to get results! You have experience in securing funding through grants, donations, partnerships and sponsorships. You have strong writing and communication skills for crafting compelling proposals. You also understand the value of accurate data when demonstrating impact of our services and have good data analysis and CRM skills. Most importantly, you will share our vision, our values and our ambition to do more for local families.
What We Offer:
· Salary: Band 7, £29,361 per annum FTE
· Contract: Permanent
· Hours: 21 hours per week - Flexible days/hours, hybrid office/home working
· Location: Brickhouse Farm, Poulton Close, Maldon, Essex, CM9 6NG
Benefits:
· Full induction and relevant training
· Contributory work-based pension scheme
· Access to a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme
· Flexible working arrangements
Apply Now:
If you're ready to be part of a dynamic team, contribute to meaningful work, and make a positive impact, we want to hear from you! Apply now and help us continue changing lives at Action for Family Carers.
Read the full Job Description and Person Specification. Send your CV with a covering letter addressing why you meet the requirements of the person specification.
Closing date for applications 5pm, Friday 30th August 2024
Action for Family Carers is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.
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The Supporter Relations Team plays a pivotal role in building relationships with our supporters and assisting our fundraising team to raise vital funds that will support our mission to beat blood cancer within a generation. The main purpose of this role is to deliver excellent customer service to our supporters from the beginning of their journey with Blood Cancer UK. Our processes need to be as efficient and effective as possible to get the best from our supporters.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with great communication, organisation and interpersonal skills. The post holder will take responsibility to help build lasting relationships with our supporters through written and verbal communication and ensure efficient administration of donations and maintaining accurate data on our CRM system.
We research, we support, we care. Because it’s time to beat leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma and all types of blood cancer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
As our Design & Youth Insight Lead, you will lead a small Research & Design team, making sure our services that support Young People have maximum positive impact for every pound spent. You will bring Design expertise to the wider Programme Development team, ensure all design work is informed by Youth Insight and take a lead on designing services that impact the end to end journey for Young People.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Helen Bamber Foundation (HBF) is a specialist UK charity which provides expert care and support survivors of torture, trafficking and other extreme human cruelty. We work with hundreds of clients every year from all over the world.
The expertise of the Foundation is renowned in the field. Through the Model of Integrated Care, HBF offers survivors access to an individually tailored programme of specialist therapy, medical advisory services, legal protection including providing expert medico-legal documentation, welfare and housing support, and creative and skills activities within an integration programme. Survivors of human trafficking benefit from HBF’s counter-trafficking programme of support.
The Role
This is an opportunity to join HBF’s specialist multi-disciplinary team, working alongside experts in asylum and immigration law, and trauma-informed ways of working. The purpose of this role is to lead on HBF’s legal and policy work as it relates to our survivor of trafficking clients alongside our Director of Policy. The Counter Trafficking Legal and Policy Specialist will split their work between HBF’s legal and policy teams – spending three days on legal work and two days on policy work, while also liaising with the multi-disciplinary team to manage client needs and ensure expert collaborative working.
Equal Opportunities
HBF is an equal opportunities and Living Wage employer. We are committed to attracting and recruiting diverse candidates as we are keen to make sure that our staff, trustees, volunteers and ambassadors reflect the communities we serve and the wider community we work in at every level within the organisation. Therefore if you are a refugee and meet at least 50% of the criteria we will guarantee that you will be longlisted for an interview. We particularly welcome applications from Minority Ethnicities.
As is the nature of work in this sector, the role will expose the postholder to traumatic and distressing material and, whilst they will be supported by their line manager and the surrounding team, they should also be able to demonstrate knowledge of the self-care principles needed to manage working in an intense work environment and be able to collaborate in the dissemination of those principles to other members of the team.
Please note that the successful candidate will be offered the job subject to suitable references and an enhanced DBS check. If appointed, you will be required to give your consent to HBF to receive regular updates on your criminal records status throughout your employment.
Please submit an up-to-date CV and covering letter by 11.59pm on Sunday 4th August. Your application should outline your relevant skills and experience, as well as how your previous experience that matches the listed responsibilities and person specification. Interviews will be held in the weeks of the 5th and 12th August.
Please state in your covering letter when you would be available to start the role. The start date for this role is September 2024.
For any queries about the role, please direct them to Kat Hacker, Director of Legal Protection & Client Services.
We regret that we can only respond to applicants who make it to the interview stage. No agencies.
We give Survivors of trafficking and torture the strength to move on.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Zarach is the children’s bed charity, and we’re on a mission to end child bed poverty in England, giving children the opportunity to engage at school and a chance to break the cycle of poverty.
Since we were formed in 2017, and registered as a charity in 2018, we have gone on to provide bed bundles to almost 9,000 children through our partnerships with schools who make referrals to us to support their most vulnerable children.
Our cause and story have captured the nation’s attention, and we have been provided with an incredible national platform that has seen us appear on local and national TV, on radio and in the national press. This has included appearances on BBC Breakfast, Channel 4 News, Radio 5 Live and The Independent newspaper supported our Christmas 2023 appeal, culminating in Zarach being the front-page story on Christmas Day.
In our short history we have received continual funding support from a range of charitable Trusts & Foundations, as a vital part of our overall income and resources mix.
With over 4.3 million children in the UK living in poverty – including 1 million experiencing destitution and around 900,000 living in bed poverty – we have an aspiration to reach more children, in more areas of high need across the country.
To further develop our areas of activity, we are looking for an experienced and successful Trusts & Foundations professional to join our team. We are committed to building our capacity in this area of work so we can look to securing increased income from smaller and larger scale, local and national funders, and via one-off, single-year and multiple-year funding.
We are also wanting to explore opportunities to secure public sector contracts due to the unique engagement we have with families and the signposting support we can provide.
If you see that joining a still relatively young, exciting and developing charity, that has gained national recognition is for you, please do read through the key information, main aims of the post and the person specification to help you consider making an application. We would also recommend that you look at us on Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube and LinkedIn to gain a
good sense of our work and the support we are so fortunate to have.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Slavery is the fastest growing crime in the world. There are thought to be 50 million people enslaved worldwide and, based on our own research using police data, more than 100,000 victims in the UK alone.
Justice & Care is an anti-slavery organisation working internationally to address slavery and human trafficking, provide release and care for victims, dismantle criminal networks and bring perpetrators to justice. It works to protect communities at risk from traffickers and spark systemic change by working with policy makers and other key stakeholders.
Our Purpose: Joining forces to end modern slavery.
Our Mission: By bringing together specialists, we work to prevent slavery, to release and care for victims, to uncover and dismantle criminal networks and to spark systemic change.
Our Values: As an organisation we have a set of core values that underpin and inform all we do:
• We are collaborative
• We are courageous
• We are experts
• We are relentless
• We are pioneering
This role
We are recruiting for a new role providing EA support to the CEO and administrative support across the organisation.
Justice and Care is at an exciting moment with the imminent launch of a new ten-year strategy and this role will be a key part of our team and play a vital role in helping us achieve our vision.
This role will report to the Head of HR but will provide EA support to the CEO and ad hoc support to other members of the Senior Leadership Team. The role will provide administrative support across the organisation so will get to work alongside all teams.
Your main responsibilities will include;
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High volume diary management for the CEO and providing ad hoc diary support for other members of the Senior Leadership Team.
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Management of Board meetings including coordinating dates, venues and preparing and circulating Board reports.
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Office Management including liaising with suppliers / brokers, relationship management with office landlord and overseeing office supplies and equipment
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Internal event organisation (e.g. staff away day, Christmas party, Leadership meetings), including budget management, venue booking, overseeing delivery on site.
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Management of travel arrangements for the CEO and ad hoc management for other members of the Senior Leadership team.
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Hosting visitors to the UK office including management of travel arrangements and itineraries.
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General team administration including managing video conferencing, team calendar events, upkeep of Intranet and shared team documents.
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Managing the relationship with the IT contractor, procuring IT equipment and dealing with any breakages
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Managing work experience placements in the London office.
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Point of Contact - being the first point of contact for general external enquiries, overseeing our generic email address, managing calls on the office phone and managing physical post.
Please visit our website to view the full job description and for details of how to apply.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About us and what we do
Be the Business was established as an independent charity in 2017 by a group of prominent business figures led by our chair Sir Charlie Mayfield, in response to the UK’s poor productivity performance. For more than fifteen years, the UK’s productivity growth has been negligible, and we have fallen behind many of our international peers. At Be the Business we’re working on what needs to be done to reverse this.
Having received seed funding from the government we are now fully financially independent. Our strategy has a clear focus on delivering three key areas that we know will increase our impact:
- Build on our proven ability to innovate by testing and learning what engages business leaders and makes a real difference to their business’s productivity.
- Further our influence by developing the impact of our knowledge and insight, and making it valuable for partner organisations.
- Apply our expertise by delivering market-tested services proven to boost business productivity, and enhance the professional development of executives.
About the role
This role is important in amplifying the work we do and furthering our influence with corporate enterprises, small businesses and the government. You will shape our messaging and communications with stakeholders, especially through the production of our thought leadership and publications, as well as helping drive engagement with stakeholders through different channels including media and socials. You will work closely with the Head of the Knowledge Centre to provide the expertise needed to make this team a success.
Key responsibilities of the role
Thought Leadership Reports
Content Development
- Work across the organisation with other teams to create impactful content.
- Provide writing and editing support for thought leadership reports, ensuring high-quality content with a clear narrative, compelling headlines, and a consistent tone of voice.
- Provide detailed feedback when collaborating with freelancers.
- Create forewords for our CEO, ensuring alignment with the report’s themes.
Design Collaboration
- Work closely with our design agency on the report's design, ensuring it aligns with our brand guidelines.
- Conduct a final edit of reports to ensure overall quality assurance.
Project Budgeting
- Monitor and manage the budget related to report production and promotion.
Promotion and Distribution
- Have ownership of the promotion and distribution of content and its tracking, so that we can learn what works and continuously improve.
- Develop and provide copy for social media posts, ensuring effective promotion of reports.
- Build and manage report landing pages on the website, incorporating UTM parameters.
- Create press release landing pages on the website and manage related media plans.
- Assist in devising and executing media plans for report launches.
Media relations
- Developing media relations strategy that includes National, Regional and Trade publications.
- Draft and pitch press releases about Be the Business’ work.
- Lead on reporting for media output, producing slides for review at team and management meetings.
Publications
- Lead the calendar of report publications for Be the Business, in coordination with the other parts of the organisation.
- Set and maintain tone of voice across any external publications.
CEO profile
- Lead on drafting speeches, op-eds, and commentary for the CEO including management of social media output.
- Produce and manage LinkedIn content and engagement.
- Develop and agree a strategy for raising CEO profile.
Stakeholder engagement
- Assist in organising and supporting events such as policy briefings, roundtables, and stakeholder meetings.
- Drafting communications to stakeholders including government and leading businesses.
- Contribute to the implementation of stakeholder engagement plans to support advocacy initiatives.
- Support the creation of content for the website.
*Please note this is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities and may be revised from time to time as per business needs.
Skills and Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in communications or adjacent functions.
- Ability to work closely with the CEO and leadership team
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Experience of using social media to build brand awareness
- Research skills and the ability to assess information critically and distill key messages
- Project management experience including the publication of reports
- Able to manage your time effectively
- Ability to work as part of a small, collaborative team
Application process
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, a CV and a few samples of their writing.
St Ann’s Hospice is growing! Currently in the process of building a brand new hospice in Heald Green, this new role will build on the strengths of our existing Major Gifts fundraising programme to provide a significant contribution to our new build target and secure income for the future too.
- Researching, developing and managing a pipeline of HNWI in the hospice delivery area,
- Confidentially asking for gifts of five and six figures to support the work of the hospice
- Developing and writing persuasive funding proposals, propositions, cases for support and progress reports for donors.
- Supporting the fundraising development board to ensure appropriate membership and enable them to engage their networks in support of St Ann’s Hospice
- Monitoring Major Gift income and expenditure budgets, to analyse and produce monthly and quarterly management information.
You'll be looking forward to:
- 35 days annual leave rising to 37 after 5 years and 41 after 10 years (inc. bank holidays, pro rata for part-time employees)
- Buy an additional week annual leave (pro rate for part-time)
- Heath cash plan
- Contributory pension scheme up to 7% matched contribution
- Life cover
- Free parking
- Discounted lunches on site
- Flexibility to fit your work around your home life / hybrid working
If you're right for us you'll have:
- Degree level education or equivalent experience of research, proposal writing and business development.
- Experience of increasing income through building a portfolio of major donors including asking for and securing gifts over £50,000
- Proven experience of building strong relationships with a variety of key stakeholders for the generation of income
- Worked to a budget with a solid plan to achieve the target, including an assessment of risk and mitigating actions.
- The ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of donors
- Access to a car with full driving licence.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.