Senior Event Manager Jobs

Closing date for Applications: Friday 10th January 2025 at 10am

Location: Remote (UK only) with monthly travel to London for team strategy days and events

Start date: ASAP

Gross Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 (Pro-rata £28,000 - £32,000)

Contract type: Permanent, part-time (0.8 - 80% of FTE - 4 days per week)

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About us

Apps for Good equips students with the skills and motivation to shape their future through technology while empowering teachers to deliver high-quality educational content with confidence. Over the past 14 years, we’ve reached more than 250,000 young people, with over half of our partner schools supporting students experiencing disadvantage.

Thanks to the generous support of partners like Spotify, Google, Hg Foundation, and OVO Foundation—who also volunteer their expertise—our courses are 100% free for schools.

With ambitious plans to expand our reach, we aim to positively impact even more young people across the UK.

The role

We’re seeking a proactive and skilled Senior Fundraising and Partnerships Manager to play a pivotal role in driving our fundraising success with a particular focus on corporate partnerships. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives on building and maintaining strong relationships, has a passion for securing new funding opportunities, and is enthusiastic about engaging with volunteers and partners to achieve our mission.

This role sits within our Fundraising and Partnerships department, working alongside an equivalent Senior Fundraising and Partnerships Manager. Together, you will shape and deliver our fundraising strategy, with line management and support provided by the CEO.

We are looking for a motivated individual who is not only experienced in fundraising but also eager to actively prospect, pitch, and secure new funding opportunities while nurturing existing partnerships. The successful candidate will also lead volunteer recruitment and management, making this a truly dynamic role.

Our team

We are a small, remote-based team with an agile, progressive mindset. Energetic and highly ambitious, we’re united by a shared passion for our mission and values. If you believe in the power of technology and education to transform lives, we want to hear from you!

Everyone is welcome at Apps for Good where our team is supported and encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work. Bonded by shared values, our diverse perspectives fuel our innovation and empower us all to make a difference to students and teachers. To enable young people from all backgrounds to create a brighter future through technology, we strive to build a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the school communities we seek to serve.

At Apps for Good, we live our values during our interactions with each other and those we work with. These values are:

• Collaborative

• Empowering

• Inclusive

• Innovative

• Supportive

What’s in it for you?

• A permanent part-time role (0.8 - 80% of FTE - 4 days per week) and we’re open to considering a variety of working patterns to fit around your other commitments. 

• Remote working with monthly travel for team strategy days and events (all expenses covered).

• Laptop/office equipment will be provided and we offer the option to make use of a co-working space local to your home, one day per week.

• We offer flexible working to ensure you retain a good work/life balance.

• Opportunity for health care insurance.

• 24 days holiday (19 days pro-rata) and extra days off when we close between Christmas and New Year.

• Your birthday off work.

• Contribution pension scheme.

• A commitment to your training, development, and career aspirations. 

• We embrace a diverse range of perspectives, skills, experience, and knowledge within Apps for Good. 

• Joining a small collaborative team means you’ll contribute to a variety of projects and everyone across the team has their voice heard and contributes to our strategy and operations. 

How to apply

We welcome your application, regardless of your race, gender, disability, religion/belief, socio-economic background, sexual orientation, or age, and look forward to hearing what your skills and experience could bring to the team.

Do you want to work with a vibrant, dynamic and youth driven organisation that is committed to creating healthy futures for British children by improving the food system?

Be part of the creative, agile and growing team behind Bite Back’s exceptional teenage activists. Join us as our Senior Public Affairs Manager and contribute to our journey to help make the food system healthier and fairer.

We are seeking a Senior Public Affairs Manager, to lead our national public affairs activity, influencing the government to help deliver evidence-based policies that will make a real difference to children’s health. This is an exciting opportunity to work on the forefront of an urgent and politically salient policy area while also collaborating with young people to ensure their voices and lived experiences are heard by policymakers. 

This is an exciting time to join Bite Back and take our public affairs strategy forward with the Government. We have already seen significant policy wins in the past year and have big ambitions to drive more progress in 2025. In 2024 our youth activists gave evidence to the House of Lords, hosted parliamentary drop-in sessions and made memorable appearances at party conference fringe sessions. This is an opportunity to build on that success and raise Bite Back’s profile even further amongst policymakers at a time when the Government is charting its new strategic approach to improving the food system as well as its 10 year plan to save the NHS. The Senior Public Affairs Manager will report to our Director of Strategy & Delivery and be responsible for developing and implementing all our public affairs activity, ensuring alignment with our campaigns team and working closely with our partners in other organisations to bring about meaningful change. This is a great opportunity for someone looking for the chance to lead high profile public affairs activity at an organisation with growing impact.

Are you an experienced fundraiser looking for an opportunity to manage a team and drive forward the future of Virtual Events fundraising at a loved national children’s charity? Then look no further! 

Salary 

The salary for this position is £43,617 per annum. 

Key Responsibilities

This is a varied role where you will: 

• Lead the virtual events team in the planning and delivering of bespoke events and social media challenges.  
• Collaborate with fundraising, marketing teams and external agencies to develop new and existing products.  
• Deliver exceptional supporter experience.  

If you’re an innovative individual, looking for your next role, we want to hear you.  

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

We’re looking for someone with: 

• Previous experience working with fundraising.  
• Experience delivering social media challenges and other virtual events.  
• Strong project management skills.  
• Stakeholder management skills.  
• Knowledge of paid social marketing delivery, tracking and optimisation.  
• Experience developing innovative new products.  

About The team 

Virtual events raise significant income and the team is a crucial part of the mass participation department, which sits within public fundraising.  The mass participation department is also responsible for 3rd Party challenges events, bespoke events, gaming and streaming, and product development, raising £6m per year overall.   

How to apply 
 

Please click on the apply button in the top right hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete. 

Closing Date: 6th January 2025

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)  
• A flexible approach to working arrangements.  
• Access to our enhanced pension scheme  
• Life assurance 
• Access to various health and wellbeing schemes, including the employee assistance programme. 

About Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity

Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 750 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill children starts with you.

Along with being awarded the ‘Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023’, we were delighted to be recently awarded the 'Charity Times Fundraising Team of the Year 2023.'  

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

A more diverse workforce will enable us to deliver even more impact and we particularly encourage applications from communities which are under-represented in the charity. This includes people from ethnically diverse backgrounds, disabled people or those with long-term conditions, LGBTQ+ communities, and those from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Further information on our EDI strategy can be found on our website. 

As a Level 2 Disability Confident Committed Employer we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible throughout the recruitment process. For more information on this please contact us.

Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.

We are seeking an ambitious and motivated corporate fundraising professional to join our Development Team as Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager, Business Development. You will be responsible for building relationships for Kew with leading UK and international companies, developing a pipeline of potential corporate clients and contributing to the team’s ambitious income and engagement targets.

At a time when more and more and businesses are committing to nature-related disclosures and setting science-based climate targets, this is a fantastic opportunity for you to use your expertise and track record to leverage significant business relationships for Kew and to improve outcomes for nature.

You will have a confident and highly professional attitude, and an excellent track record in developing creative new business approaches and building successful corporate partnerships in the corporate or charity sectors. You will have sound analytical skills, the ability to work collaboratively in a complex environment and enjoy the challenge of achieving ambitious financial and engagement targets.  You will be a strong communicator with the ability to articulate complex information into compelling propositions. You will have line-management experience and be able to prioritise tasks and work calmly under pressure to meet multiple deadlines.

Interviews are expected to take place w/c 19 January 2025.

The role is based at Kew, with the option of regular home working, depending on operational requirements.

About Us

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a leading plant science institute, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and major visitor attraction. Our mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth.

We are working to end the unprecedented extinction crisis and to help create a world where nature is protected, valued by all and managed sustainably. We will achieve these goals by drawing on our leading scientific research, unrivalled collections of plants and fungi, global network of partners, inspirational gardens at Kew and Wakehurst, and our 260 years of history.

Join us on our journey as protectors of the world’s plants and fungi. 

Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well as access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.

We are dedicated to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.

No agencies please.

Your role is to help us ensure more senior education leaders within schools, colleges and alternative provision settings use our Guidance, toolkit, research and implementation tools to inform day to day operations and strategic decision making.

We’re here to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. We do this by finding out what works and building a movement to put this knowledge into practice.

A big part of the movement that we need to build is in the world of education. We need to inspire and connect with education leaders across England and Wales to spread what works and make our country safer for some of our most vulnerable children. We are looking for someone to lead on making this happen.

Key responsibilities include: 

Developing great relationships with senior leaders and other teaching staff, generating a strong understanding of key education issues, needs and behaviours, and building credibility and trust with the sector.

Creating practical tools and resources that help leaders put evidence into action. 

Supporting the scoping and commissioning of behavioural insights research to support effective evidence mobilisation plans and strategies.

Managing new Catalyst Pilot programme grantees. The pilot will explore the impact of varying approaches to implementing practice change in secondary schools, colleges and Alternative Provision. 

About you: 

You understand the education sector. You really understand how schools, colleges and/or Alternative Provision settings tick. You have experience working in/with an education setting, ideally in a role that worked with young people who are vulnerable to or involved in violence. You might have previous experience of supporting a school to reflect on and adopt evidence-based practice.

You are fascinated about change and are experienced in making it happen. You have outstanding analytical judgment alongside the emotional intelligence and experience needed to identify the right opportunities for change, then make them happen. You understand why people find change difficult. You come alive talking about how people make decisions and why they do the things they do. 

Context and Background

Childhood shapes who we become, abuse never should.

At the NSPCC we fight for every childhood. Our vision is of a society where all children are loved, valued and able to fulfil their potential. We change laws, attitudes, and behaviours to keep children safe.

We work directly with children and families in our national and regional hubs and support thousands of adults and young people through the NSPCC Helpline and Childline. Our pioneering “Speak Out Stay
Safe” programme delivered in schools located nationwide helps to prevent abuse and educate children to keep themselves safe. Our therapeutic services help support children who have experienced abuse, helping them to overcome their trauma and rebuild their lives.

The NSPCC can only conduct our life-changing work with the fundraising support of individuals and companies across the UK, relying on them for 90% of its annual income. That is why our passionate Income Generation team at the NSPCC is so important. We aim to provide the best possible supporter experience by building long-term relationships that are inspiring, rewarding and innovative.

Job purpose

Your role will be specialising in acquisition of Charity of the Year partnerships between the value of £400k - £10m, while also managing a New Partnerships Manager who is responsible for a pipeline of Charity of the Year prospects valued at £150k - £400k. You’ll aim to make a significant impact by working with a wide range of sectors, seeking to forge innovative partnerships that align with our mission and vision for the future.

This is one of the biggest areas of growth and potential for the National New Business team, so we are looking for a highly motivated candidate who can play a key role in the team, leading and delivering on an agreed strategy for the next year and beyond. You’ll be responsible for progressing prospects, developing pipelines and progressing Charity of the Year applications that are forecast. You’ll also lead on cultivating longer term opportunities with strategic engagement, insight and management experience.

You will be highly motivated and will work with teams internally to look for partnerships and companies that best support the most important pieces of our work. You’ll be surrounded by a devoted team who will fully support you in winning multi-million-pound partnerships that will positively impact children’s lives for the better.

We are looking for candidates who wish to continue to grow their experience within corporate fundraising and business development. We are looking for candidates with a creative mind who can pull together compelling propositions and who have experience in securing successful partnerships.

We are searching for excellent go getters who are wonderful relationship builders who can comfortably start new relationships with C-suite stakeholders with confidence. To ensure success in this role the ideal candidate will be motivated by income targets and can multi-task and/or show project management capabilities.

No prior knowledge of our work is needed as you will visit our projects, hear from people on the frontline, join and work closely with a range of teams to learn about the NSPCCs impact, vision and strategic goals. If you understand the huge value of charity partnerships and enjoy developing compelling propositions to engage businesses across the UK, then this is the job for you...

Key relationships - Internal

• Report to the Head of New Business

• Line management responsibility of a New Partnerships Manager

• Works closely with colleagues across the Income Generation directorate, such as Corporate

  Account Management, Regional Corporate Partnerships, Strategic Projects & Comms Team,

  Professional Learning Services, Special Events, Volunteer Partnerships and Major Giving

• Engages with staff in other NSPCC directorates such as Services, Communications & Marketing,

  Strategy and Knowledge and the Tech division.

  Key relationships - External

• Cultivates and develops relationships with external senior influencers such as C-Suite, Directors, and Brand and Marketing Managers.

• Regularly in contact with Senior NSPCC volunteers and NSPCC Trustees as appropriate. Main duties and responsibilities

  • To deliver and strengthen our charity partnership programme by securing new partnerships, whilst contributing towards achieving the team’s KPIs and annual financial target

  • To work effectively with others internally and externally to keep the NSPCC front of mind, when building meaningful propositions to win successful partnerships

  • To contribute to the overall Income Generation division’s purpose of maximising income and raising awareness via meaningful long-term partnerships with supporters

    Responsibilities for all Staff within the Income Generation Directorate

    To always behave in a manner consistent with the NSPCC’s Values and Behaviours.
    To actively participate in regular department and team meetings, contributing to strategy, discussions and decisions which will be beneficial to NSPCC’s activities.
    To maintain an awareness of own and others’ Health and Safety and comply with the NSPCC’s Health and Safety policy and procedures.
    To ensure data used in relevant systems is confidential in accordance with GDPR, and both accurate and reliable.

Person specification

1. Proven experience of building effective relationships through face-to-face interactions with new senior contacts, leading to securing income

2. Evidence of managing a comprehensive a charity of the year pipeline; being able to identify new opportunities and apply commercial principles to these opportunities as and when appropriate

3. Target driven with experience of securing new income and meeting individual key performance indicators.

4. Able to influence and negotiate successfully with others to win partnerships

5. Excellent written communication skills to analyse, interpret and present complex information in a

   clear and persuasive way for a wide range of audiences that will win those partnerships

6. Highly developed ability to verbally convey information, including pitches and project updates to a

   range of audiences in a clear, inspiring and confident way

7. Able to evoke impact to an audience or individual by passionately telling a story to bring a cause to

   life to ensure we can build relationships and win long-term partnerships

8. Experience of line management of one or more members of staff

9. Ability to organise and plan own work, juggle competing demands, manage projects and establish

   clear timelines and priorities to meet deadlines. Demonstrate proactiveness and consistently use

   one’s own initiative

10. Working collaboratively; demonstrating an understanding of others’ goals and priorities. Able to

    collaborate harmoniously with internal colleagues across teams to achieve joint objectives.

11. Effectively manage the data associated with a pipeline of corporate companies. Able to use findings

    to make key decisions.

The NSPCC’s Corporate National New Business team are on an exciting and aspirational journey, putting companies at the heart of what we do. Join us and change the world for children and companies alike, making it a safer environment to grow up in.

Role Overview

The Talent Set are thrilled to be working with a leading organisation as they seek a Senior Press Manager to lead innovative press and PR campaigns that enhance public awareness, strengthen brand reputation, and align with long-term strategic goals.

As part of the marketing and communications team, this role involves designing impactful media strategies, fostering relationships with stakeholders, and driving audience engagement. The position includes line management of two direct reports and works closely with leadership to ensure the success of all communications initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategic press and PR campaigns to increase brand visibility and support audience growth and sales objectives.
• Work with leadership to design detailed media plans, setting clear KPIs and objectives for success.
• Identify and explore new media opportunities, engaging diverse channels and audiences to expand the organisation’s reach.
• Tailor media strategies to specific areas such as performances, outreach programs, and events.
• Collaborate on crisis communication strategies, ensuring readiness to address emerging challenges effectively.
• Monitor industry trends and competitor activity, presenting actionable insights to senior management.
• Manage sensitive or high-profile stories with professionalism, safeguarding the organisation’s brand and reputation.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with a wide range of media contacts, from national and international outlets to specialist and digital influencers.
• Oversee a responsive press office, ensuring all media enquiries are addressed promptly and accurately.
• Create and distribute compelling media materials such as press releases, articles, and briefings.
• Lead proactive media pitching, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, and organise press events to foster media engagement.
• Develop and implement robust processes to monitor and evaluate press campaign performance.
• Analyse media coverage, generating insights to refine future strategies.
• Keep up-to-date with the latest tools and practices in media monitoring and integrate them into department operations.
• Mentor and support the development of junior team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team culture.
• Act as a key liaison between marketing, digital media, and audience insight teams to ensure a cohesive approach.
• Provide additional support to senior leadership when needed, including representing the team in meetings and projects.
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Person Specification

• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing successful press and PR campaigns, preferably within arts and culture.
• Strong knowledge of the media landscape, with an established network of contacts.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including copywriting expertise.
• Proven ability to influence and work effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong relationship management skills and experience managing external partnerships.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills, with the ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Familiarity with campaign evaluation methods and data-driven reporting.
• Experience managing and developing team members.

What’s on Offer:

• Competitive salary of circa £40,000 for the successful candidate.
• An immediate start in a fantastic organisation that harbours creativity and learning.
• A hybrid working pattern with 4-days per-week in the organisation’s East Sussex location.

Commitment to Diversity:

The Talent Set and our partner organisation are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, sexual orientation, disability, age, or gender. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.

Leukaemia UK – Our Charity

Leukaemia UK is growing! We are expanding our team to achieve a step-change in income, profile and impact in 2025 and beyond. 

We are a ‘small but mighty’ charity with one big ambition: to stop leukaemia devastating lives. Over the next 10 years we want to help save and improve the lives of more people with leukaemia through finding and funding life-changing research.

Despite progress in recent decades, someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer every 16 minutes and survival rates are among some of the worst of any cancer.  And the physical and psychological impact can be lifelong. 

Our current strategy outlines our plan to increase our investment into ground-breaking world class research and policy development focused on improving access to kinder, more effective diagnosis, treatment and care for leukaemia and other blood cancers. To do this, we are embarking on a period of significant growth, investing strategically to grow our income, profile, influence, and engagement and impact.

As we begin the fourth year of this ambitious 5-year strategy, we are seeking a passionate and pro-active Special Events Manager to support in the delivery of our growing special event portfolio.

Team

We are a close-knit team, who are all passionate about Leukaemia UK and putting those affected by the disease at the heart of everything we do.  We are all focused on “keeping it real” with pragmatic, practical solutions, as well as ensuring that our charity gets the funding it needs to continue to help those diagnosed with leukaemia and other blood cancers.

From us you can expect fun and creativity, as well as great challenge and support. We may not be about the corporate life here, but we are all about delivering exceptional expertise and making a real change to people’s lives.

Leukaemia UK and You 

We have plans to increase our Special Events income from £300k in 2024 to over £500k in 2025 and you would play a leading role in allowing us to achieve this significant growth.

This role requires someone who loves organising, developing and delivering unique and memorable events. Do you have a strong track record in building a portfolio of sector-leading events that appeal to, engage with and retain, high value supporters? Do you enjoy meeting and bringing people together?

We are looking for a creative, hardworking and results driven Special Events Manager, who has experience of planning, developing and implementing a varied portfolio of high-quality donor-focused events and who is passionate about the impact our events can have in supporting the leukaemia community. In this exciting role, you will lead on the development and delivery of our flagship fundraising event, Who’s Cooking Dinner? working with the UK’s top chefs and restaurants. You will also play a key role in new and returning events such as a celebrity golf tournament ‘The Mini Masters,’ and our annual cultivation event.

This is a great role for someone looking to lead an area of significant growth for the charity, delivering exciting and unique events which raise funds and support our wider ambitions across philanthropy and the wider charity. You will also have line management responsibility for our newly created Special Events Officer role.

It’s a really special time to join the Philanthropy team at Leukaemia UK, as we look to achieve ambitious plans to raise even more funds through this income stream – which we know we can only do with a collaborative, high performing and ambitious team. We hope you’ll consider joining us!

Skills and Experience

• An ambitious but focused mindset, dedicated to delivering results
• Excellent relationship management skills, with diplomacy and discretion in working with high profile supporters
• Excellent verbal communication, networking and relationship-building skills
• Experience in managing and delivering Special Events within the charity sector
• Experience in working with an event committee and developing and managing key external stakeholders
• Experience in managing external agencies, suppliers, and freelancers
• Expertise in using CRM packages such as Salesforce
• Experience of tracking income and expenditure against budgets
• Effective project management skills, with experience of delivering high quality events
• Experience of working to ambitious team objectives and reporting against these
• Effective time management skills
• Line management experience

Job Specifics

• Hours: Full time hours are 37.5 Monday to Friday
• Location: We are very flexible! Our hybrid working policy is a minimum of two days per month in our London Office office. For the Philanthropy team this will vary dependent on meetings with internal and external stakeholders so your flexibility is a must. Our aim as the Philanthropy team is to work together in the office together one day a week, if and when possible.
• Salary range £40,000 - £48,000 (FTE)
• First interviews will be held via Teams on Tuesday 14th January 2025
• Second interviews will be face to face in our London Offices – at 26 Great Queen St, London WC2B 5BL on Wednesday 22nd January 2025.
• We are proud of our benefits – see a summary on our website Work with us - Leukaemia UK 

If you feel you have the passion for our work and the right mix of skills, energy, and flair to embrace this broad and challenging role and enable our strategy to fly, then we would love you to apply. Please also see the full job description attached to the advert.  

Application instructions: To minimise unconscious bias, we use anonymous recruitment and are unable to consider direct applications. Please apply via the CharityJob website with your CV and covering letter.

Closing Date: Midnight Sunday 5th January 2025

We look forward to hearing from you! 

Charlotte Holmes

Head of Philanthropy 

Salary: £45,000
Contract: Full time, Permanent
Location: London/Hybrid - 1 day per week
Closing date: 18 December
Benefits: Soft benefits package – 5 wellbeing days p/year on top of annual leave, flexible working around core hours

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Senior New Business Manager at the National Autistic Society. This is a brand new role created following a successful year in corporate fundraising. As part of the role, you will support the Corporate Partnerships Lead to achieve significant income growth for the National Autistic Society through corporate partnerships new business activity, with a focus on national and 5 to 6 figure, multi-year relationships.

This role will allow you to develop your career by joining a well-established and successful team, with great benefits ensuring a healthy work/life balance.
To be successful as the Senior New Business Manager you will need:

• Proven experience of corporate fundraising, ideally New Business related, with track record of raising income to target.
• Previous line management experience, with ability to communicate and network confidently with individuals at all levels.
• Knowledge of the corporate fundraising sector, ideally having an understanding and passion for Corporate New Business Fundraising.

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Emma on 02030 062787 or email your interest along with your CV to [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable charity jobs. We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment in the charity sector and partner with you as the leading charity recruitment agency.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.
 

Location(UK): Office Hybrid* - London  
Hours: Full-time 35 hours per week 
Salary: £54,885 per annum 
Benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offer on our profile page
Contract type: Permanent
Travel: Occasional travel across the UK (including Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales) 
Closing date: 23:59, Monday 13 January 2025 

Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us achieve a future free from arthritis.

An exciting new opportunity has opened at the UK’s largest arthritis charity, Versus Arthritis for a highly experienced Senior Executive Administration Manager.  The roles report to the General Counsel and Company Secretary within the Chief Executive Office and works with them and the Governance Manager to ensure the delivery of an effective and seamless secretariat function for all Governance and Senior Leadership Team meetings. 

About the role

You will be the charity’s most senior administrator and will be responsible for delivering exceptional proactive executive support to the charity’s Chief Executive Officer and the Director of People and Culture and for managing a high performing new team of two Directors Executive Assistants and an Events Administration officer.

We are committed to raising the profile of our brilliant administrators working across the UK and you will be responsible for setting up and leading a new Administration Network for the charity to ensure that our administrators are well trained, supported and can enjoy increased profile and voice within the organisation.

You will also oversee the delivery of a secretariat function for the charity’s expert committees and advisory groups. 

About you

If your knowledge, skills and experience include the following then we’d love to hear from you:

• exceptional administration management and organisational skills.
• self-motivated and a proactive approach.  
• track record of building strong relationships with colleagues and key stakeholders at all levels.
• high standards of discretion, diplomacy and confidentiality.
• a coaching style to line management supporting continuous development and improvement. 

*As a hybrid worker the expectation is that you will spend around 40% of your working time in our office spaces or working in community settings. As an inclusive employer we will consider home-based working for anyone where office-based hybrid working would be a barrier to being able to work for us, for example for someone living with a long-term health condition or disability.

Application deadline and shortlisting 

• We advise candidates to apply early as we reserve the right to close applications ahead of this date.  
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

We do not wish to receive contact from agencies or media sales. 

Interview

Interviews expected: Date to be confirmed at Versus Arthritis London Office.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee you will be offered an interview if you disclose a disability and demonstrate sufficient evidence within your application that you meet the essential criteria for this role. We will also make any reasonable adjustments you may require for your interview.

This is an important strategic role within our organisation. You will lead and manage the Somerset Diverse Communities (SDC) team in CCS which works with ethically diverse communities in Somerset. Together with your team, you will listen to community needs, promote suitable responses and convene individuals and organisations to seek community based solutions, supporting communities to thrive together.

You will work with the Head of Programmes, Community Leaders, our Commissioners, partner organisations and wider stakeholders to ensure that the Somerset Diverse Communities programme delivers our strategic goals and that we are collaborating effectively with statutory and community based partners, including the wider VCFSE sector.

You will be a key member of the Programmes Team, and will work with our Senior Programmes Manager and the Village Agent Programme Manager to ensure that all of our community development work is well integrated; and we are making the most of opportunities, internal and external that will help to improve quality of life for individuals and communities in Somerset.

You'll be helping us Thrive Together

• You will help groups representing and working with diverse communities to thrive, enabling people of all backgrounds to have fulfilling lives in Somerset.
• Be accountable for the delivery of a high-quality programme of work in Somerset, promoting a learning culture, and driving growth through role modelling.
• Manage all operational employees within the SDC team to deliver programme and strategic goals.
• To support your team to practice continuous professional and personal development.
• Utilise high levels of emotional intelligence and strong communication skills internally and externally to ensure the delivery of a high-quality programme of work.
• Demonstrate active leadership skills and support your team to resolve challenges and respond to opportunities.

You'll be helping us Enable Change

• Ensure that the impact of SDC work is demonstrated and articulated to internal and external audiences, including contributions to fundraising and advocacy campaigns and materials and representing the service to external audiences.
• Look for opportunities to innovate and work with internal and external colleagues to develop new programmes of work to meet community need; implementing and evaluating pilot projects and, if successful, embedding them within the central service.
• Analyse performance data to evaluate service design, developing new or improved processes and procedures to ensure we are effective, efficient and focused on community outcomes.
• Drive community development through SDC work, supporting the team to identify gaps and implement sustainable community solutions whilst identifying and mitigating risk.
• Take responsibility for collating reports internally for the Senior Leadership Team and Trustees and externally for funders as required.
• Work with the Data & Insights Manager to contribute to the development of quality assurance systems.
• Manage SDC’s day-to-day operations and its resources in accordance with CCS policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and good practice in all aspects of the charity’s work.
• Keep abreast of national, regional, and local policy that impacts on our work to bring a wider perspective, and ensure our work is well informed.

You'll be helping us Build Connections

• Build and maintain positive working relationships with our partners, collaborators and stakeholders, including police, commissioners, public sector officers and organisational representatives across a range of sectors and organisations.
• Show generous leadership and actively promote CCS values at all times.
• Attend relevant partnership and operational meetings for SDC activities.
• When appropriate, represent CCS externally at events and meetings locally, regionally and nationally.

Overview of the Projects Manager – South Asia role and the team

The Projects Manager – South Asia will join the projects team and interface with new and existing project partners in areas where the Church is persecuted and/or suffering. This role is responsible for identifying, evaluating and overseeing projects in South Asia that align with Barnabas Aid’s mission and objectives. It involves managing the entire project lifecycle, from proposal evaluation and grant administration to monitoring and reporting. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, excellent organisational skills, and a passion for making a difference in the lives of suffering Christians through effective grant management.

Title: Senior Philanthropy Manager

Contract:                 Permanent, full-time (36 hours per week)

Salary: £49,275 per anuum

About Us

We are a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. We use the Museum's unique collections and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. We care for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website.

Today the Museum is more relevant and influential than ever. By attracting people from a range of backgrounds to work for us, we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things.

We employ over 1000 staff in a variety of roles, all united by our vision of a future where people and planet thrive. We need everyone to have the passion and drive to help us with our mission to create advocates for our planet and inspire millions to care about the natural world.

This is an exciting time to join the NHM’s Development team, as we are about to embark on a major capital campaign that is set to rejuvenate the Museum spaces and transform access to our collections. Alongside this we have secured investment from the UK Government to build a major new science and digitisation centre at the Thames Valley Science Park in collaboration with the University of Reading. The purpose-built centre will house much of the Museum's collection and will include laboratories, digitisation suites, collaborative research spaces, conservation labs and workspaces.  

Diversity and inclusion matter to us.

Our vision is of a future where both people and the planet thrive. Diversity is one of our core values and we strive to build a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging. All new staff who join us learn about the importance of diversity and inclusion to the Museum and how to contribute to creating an inclusive environment.

We know we have more to do, but we are committed to ensuring that everyone who works at the Museum feels they can thrive and feel valued and respected.

Job Summary

We are looking for a dynamic and self-motivated fundraiser to join our successful team as we embark on a major capital campaign to raise £150m. Reporting to the Head of Philanthropy, this role will be responsible for personally securing six and seven-figure gifts from High-Net-Worth Individuals.

The Senior Philanthropy Manger will work closely with the Head of Philanthropy, the Senior Principal Gifts Manager and the rest of the Philanthropy team, feeding into the overall strategy of high-value partnerships. They will manage a portfolio of funder accounts which deliver long term, high-value strategic partnerships as well as building new relationships.

The Senior Philanthropy Manager will also manage 2 roles – Patrons Manager and a Philanthropy Manager (HNWI and Legacies), with oversight of both the Patrons Programme and Legacy programme.

The Philanthropy team is growing and there will be substantial opportunity for professional development within a world-leading cultural organisation.

Main tasks and responsibilities

· Manage a portfolio of prospects, in the UK and abroad, capable of making six and seven-figure gifts.

· Raise income in line with agreed personal and team fundraising targets.

· Working closely with the whole Philanthropy team to coordinate on the overall strategy and targets for maximising philanthropic giving to the NHM.

· Manage a team of 3, which includes line management of a Patrons Manager and Philanthropy Manager (HNWI/Legacies), whilst motivating them to meet key objectives and targets within the overall Philanthropy team.

· Work alongside the Philanthropy team, Special Events team and Corporate team in the preparation of written donor proposals, donor stewardship and the planning and execution of events related to the cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of donors.

· Work independently to plan and implement creative strategies to increase philanthropic gifts at the six and seven-figure level by creating bespoke cultivation and solicitation plans that utilise senior stakeholders effectively.

· Actively solicit funding personally, as well as plan solicitations for senior staff as appropriate.

· Build strong relationships and partner with key staff across NHM in line with our strategic ambitions.

· Prepare written briefings for senior management and with donors and prospective donors as well as follow up documentation and correspondence.

· Ensure full and timely records of all activity are kept on the database in adherence to set policies and procedures.

· Promote best practice in fundraising across the NHM.

Person Specification

Essential

· Significant fundraising or income generating experience and a proven track record of securing income at the six-figure+ level.

· Demonstrated success in managing a high value and diverse portfolio of major donors that include complex relationships (e.g. interests and relationships across a large organisation).

· Experience of working within a results-oriented environment, with a record of achieving personal KPIs and targets.

· Exceptional written communication skills with an ability to convey detailed or scientific information in a concise and engaging manner.  

· Excellent interpersonal and verbal skills and with proven experience of managing or liaising with either clients, customers or charity donors.

· Proven experience of cross-team working and liaising with multiple stakeholders.

· Good understanding of the process of fundraising.

· Excellent administration and organisation skills, demonstrating the ability to manage conflicting priorities and meet deadlines whilst working under pressure.  

· Ability to work well as a member of a team as well as on own initiative.

· Ability to attend early morning and evening events as required, acting as an ambassador for the Natural History Museum.

Desirable

· A demonstrable track-record in securing and managing funding from high-net-worth individuals.

· Management experience.

· Experience of working with a fundraising / CRM system.

· Experience carrying out research to a brief (preferably fundraising research, including external research, such as giving history and funding priorities, and internal research, such as gathering figures, statistics and information).

· Knowledge of and an interest in natural history, science, environmental and/or the cultural sector.

Thriving at the Museum: the way we work

We are proud to work at the Museum and have identified the qualities we all need to embody to reach our shared ambition. This sits alongside the Museum’s values and forms the framework for the way we work.

We are ambitious. To make a difference on a global scale we are big and bold in our thinking and set goals which may seem impossibly high. We act with integrity, but we are not rigid or inflexible.  We are excellent at what we do and look for opportunities to make a difference for the Museum wherever we can.

We are curious.  We never stop learning. We look outwards beyond the Museum and ask questions to advance our understanding. We seek out and actively listen to different perspectives. We take time to reflect, are thoughtful and open to new ideas.

We share the wonder. We are captivated by the natural world, proud of our treasures and trusted guardians of our collections. We are passionate about the Museum, enjoy telling its stories and sharing our knowledge and expertise to inspire others. We don’t take this for granted; we feel proud to work here.

We are pioneering. We are not afraid to try something new and use good judgment and evidence to take risks. We experiment, innovate, and embrace complex problems by adapting our approach. We do not dwell on setbacks or get preoccupied with problems. We find solutions.

We team up. We respect the expertise of others and recognise that we produce the strongest outcomes when we put the best ideas together. We trust each other, keep things simple and make it easy for others to do the right thing. We share information and skills so everyone is equipped and enabled to succeed. We never let bad moments grow into bad relationships. We inspire and empower each other to give our best.

We act with pace. We focus our efforts where we know we can make the biggest impact. We take tough decisions and once a plan is set, we all get behind it to make it happen. We take responsibility and don’t wait to be told what to do. We are racing against time in this planetary emergency, so we work with a sense of urgency.

General Information

All positions at the Natural History Museum are conditional subject to receipt of:

• Proof that you are legally entitled to work in the UK

• A Basic Disclosure Check from the Disclosures and Barring Service (DBS)

• Satisfactory references covering the last 3 years of your employment or education

• Health clearance

The Museum supports flexible working.

To apply

If that sounds like you, please apply online on the Natural History Museum’s careers portal.

Closing date: 07 January 2025

Interviews expected w/c 20 January 2025

12 month fixed term contract (maternity cover)

About us

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here. 

The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.

About the role

This role sits within the account management team, which raises over £1.5 million annually through a range of long-term partnerships across multiple sectors – our partners include ghd, M&S, Primark and more. We’ve recently won multiple 7-figure partnerships launching in 2025, success for the team is only growing and we’d love you to be part of this with us!

The senior partnership manager is a key role within our account management team, responsible for delivering our most high value and strategic partnerships and generating over £1 million annually for Breast Cancer Now from this portfolio.

Reporting to the head of corporate partnerships (account management), you’ll manage this exciting and varied portfolio of sector leading partnerships, focusing particularly on income growth and delivering shared-purpose opportunities that strengthen and celebrate the relationships we have with these organisations.

As the main contact for these major partners, you’ll guide them through every stage of their relationship with Breast Cancer Now, always striving to achieve and exceed mutual goals.

You’ll also oversee the senior corporate partnerships officer, providing direction and senior level support as they manage their own portfolio of smaller partnerships.

Collaboration is essential in this role, working closely with the broader partnerships and engagement team, including new business and dedicated project teams (Asda partnership team and the senior stakeholder & stewardship lead).

With the direction and support from the head of corporate partnerships, you’ll set an example as we continually work to increase the overall effectiveness of our corporate partnerships & improve delivery across the full portfolio.

About you

You’re an experienced relationships manager with a proven track record of delivering high-value, strategic partnerships and you’re excited to work with some incredible and well-known brands at Breast Cancer Now!

You have experience creating partnership development plans, aligning partnership objectives with broader charity/organisational strategies to drive income and engagement.

Skilled at building strong stakeholder relationships at all levels, you have experience securing long term commitment from partners & colleagues and you’re motivated to further develop partnerships at Breast Cancer Now for the benefit of those impacted by breast cancer.

You’re a strategic thinker whilst maintaining attention to detail. You have a proven track record in efficiently managing budgets, mitigating risk and ensuring compliance in all you do.

As a collaborative team player, you’re comfortable stepping in for senior leaders and leading cross-team projects. You have experience or a strong, proven interest in developing your leadership skills and understand the importance of providing clear updates and guidance to line reports, managers and fellow colleagues.

As a motivated individual, you’re excited to champion and further develop the work of Breast Cancer Now!

Job description and benefits

Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.

Primary location of role and hybrid working

This role is primarily based in our London office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.

When applying

We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any immediate questions please contact us. 

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.

Closing date 9am on Friday 3 January 2025

First stage interviews (online) Week commencing 13 January 2025

Second round interviews (in person) Week commencing 20 January 2025