This is an amazing opportunity to join our organisation to use your skills and abilities to serve the global persecuted Church. In this fast-paced and rewarding role, you will be working within our donation processing team.
Experience in a data-processing or finance role would be advantageous, as would a knowledge of Gift Aid, but are not essential as full training will be provided.
Why Barnabas Fund?
As a world-renowned international aid agency, Barnabas Fund serves the global persecuted Church by channelling practical aid to suffering Christians in over 80 countries who face oppression, discrimination and persecution. This is an opportunity to be part of an organisation that transforms the lives of our persecuted Christian family throughout the world.
What will you be doing:
You will be involved in processing incoming donations on our gifts database (Raiser’s Edge), creating and amending supporters’ records, preparing banking and recording Gift Aid on our gifts database. Additionally, you will be responding and answering supporter queries on the phone.
What will you need:
- Strong attention to detail.
- Work with a high degree of accuracy.
- Work to deadlines.
- Work flexibly within a team.
- Able to maintain confidentiality.
Salary is dependent on skills and experience.
You will be working within our Donations Processing team from our UK office in Coventry. This is an office-based role.
Any successful candidate will need to be committed to Barnabas Fund’s ethos, statement of faith and aims and already have the right to work in the UK.
To apply, select the apply button and follow the instructions on our website.
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Hours: Full-time, but with some flexibility possible
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £23,533+ 8% pension contribution
Deadline: Monday 6 April 2020 at 9am
Background
ShareAction is a charity and campaigning organisation working to unleash the power of the financial system to drive social progress and protect our environment. We focus on transforming the investment system, using it as a lever to generate positive social and environmental impact in the real world.
We do this by:
- Educating and working with investors to improve their practices;
- Influencing the policy-makers and industry regulators that can ensure the investment system serves society’s interests in the long-term;
- Campaigning to unlock the power of investors, as shareholders in companies, to change corporate behaviour (on issues such as climate change, good work and human rights, sustainable food and public health);
- Mobilising ordinary people, who have a stake in the investment system through their pensions and savings, to demand a change in how their money is invested;
- Collaborating with other civil society organisations who share our vision.
Job Description
We are looking for a new Fundraising Assistant to join our growing team. ShareAction is an ambitious organisation with a bold vision, and our success is dependent on securing increased funding to ensure financial sustainability and enable us to reach our goals. At this time of growth, we need a team player with excellent organisational, administrative and research skills to provide much needed support to the whole Fundraising team.
This is an ideal role for somebody with a broad administrative and/or operations background interested in moving into fundraising and gaining insight into the charity sector. As part of a small team, you will play a vital role in supporting the fundraising efforts of all staff, and will have the opportunity to build experience and exposure to different areas of fundraising, including trusts and foundations, statutory, major donor and email fundraising.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
In assisting with the coordination of the fundraising portfolio, the main responsibilities of the role will include:
- Maintaining up-to-date supporter records on our database and identifying opportunities to improve processes for tracking relationships and capturing data on our progress;
- Monitoring online and postal donations and ensuring a high level of donor care is maintained, including thanking and being the first point of contact for individual donor enquiries;
- Researching prospective trusts, foundations,statutory funders, as well as major donors identified by the team;
- Assisting in the planning, administration and delivery of fundraising and stewardship events;
- Assisting in regular reporting and updates to both staff and funders;
- Working with the Finance team to track donation payments, process invoices etc;
- Taking and disseminating notes at internal and external fundraising meetings;
- Supporting the Senior Fundraising Manager and the Communications team in the online administration of the Mid-Value donor (‘Partners’) and Individual Giving Programmes;
- Other ad-hoc administrative duties as and when required.
Please note that this list is not exhaustive and the role might evolve over time.
Person specification
We are looking for a passionate, determined individual, with the following experience and skills:
ESSENTIAL
- Experience in general office administration;
- Experience of maintaining a database and managing accurate records and tracking systems;
- Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal;
- Exceptional organisational, administrative and prioritisation skills.
DESIRABLE
- Experience in donor care or customer service;
- Experience in working in a fundraising environment;
- Experience in events administration;
- An understanding and passion for the role of the investment system in driving positive change in corporate behavior;
- Good working knowledge of MS Office, including SharePoint;
- Familiarity with Salesforce (or other CRM system).
ShareAction values and respects all differences in people (see and unseen). One of the ways we do this is by actively encouraging staff to work in ways that best suit their needs and our flexible working policy outlines many of the options available- such as part-time and term-time working, job sharing, home working and working compressed hours. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.
ShareAction’s London office is based in vibrant Bermondsey and within 5 minutes' walk of London Bridge underground and national rail.
Due to Covid-19, where possible, all interviews will take place online.
Staff Benefits are detailed on our website vacancies page.
How to apply
To apply, please visit our website vacancies page via the Apply button.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Please note that to be considered for this post you must be legally eligible to work in the UK.
About us
akt is the UK’s national LGBTQ Youth Homelessness charity. We provide safe homes, mentoring, and support to ensure that no young person needs to choose between a safe home and being who they are. Currently 24% of young people facing homelessness in the UK identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender, and 77% cite abuse and rejection by their families after coming out as the primary reason for seeking help. The charity was founded in 1989 and operates service centres in London, Manchester, Newcastle, Bristol and works online through a digital service providing support and opportunities for e-mentoring across the UK. In 2012, akt opened the UK’s first emergency safe house for young LGBT people in the UK. akt works with over 2,000 vulnerable young people a year providing both face to face and online assistance.
The team
This role sits within akt’s London Service Centre as part of the fundraising team and will be directly supervised by the Director of Fundraising. The akt fundraising team comprises of: The Director of Fundraising (London), Manager of Engagement (London), Community Giving Coordinator (London), Supporter Care Officer (London), Trust and Foundation Officer (Newcastle; part-time) and Community Giving Officer (Manchester; part-time).
The role
The Fundraising Coordinator plays a key role in maintaining and enhancing relationships and growing income from corporate and individual donors (entry and mid-level) and corporate LGBT Networks.
Main duties and responsibilities
- With the Director of Fundraising, develop stewardship, cultivation and recognition plans for individual and corporate (entry to mid-level).
- Plan and undertake face to face cultivation and solicitation visits with mid-level prospects of all types, with a view to establishing ownership of a growing number of prospects and donors.
- Strengthen and develop relationships with existing and new corporate LGBT networks to grow this income stream and facilitate volunteer opportunities.
- With the Supporter Care officer, be responsible for the administration of gifts including managing gift renewals, recording new gifts and records on the database (ThankQ), generating thank-you letters and dealing with administration of Standing Orders, Direct Debit payments, etc.
- Dealing with enquiries from donors, supporters and volunteers, etc. in a welcoming, friendly and helpful manner, and ensuring that their requests are acted upon speedily and efficiently.
- Attending events as required.
- Performing other duties, as required, to fulfil department’s responsibilities and help other members of the wider team at busy times.
Overview of the role
You will be responsible for the efficient running of ACEVO’s general administration, including the day-to-day office requirements. You will be the first port of call for our members, partners and suppliers - be it via phone, email or face to face - so will have a real desire to deliver great customer service. As part of our small team, you will also work alongside colleagues to provide administrative support for specific work areas including membership, events (either for our members or as part of our policy programmes), member support and corporate partnerships.
Person specification
This role will suit someone who is personable, has a can-do attitude and enjoys working as part of a small team. The job is customer focused so a friendly positive demeanour is a must. Supplying support across the organisation you should be task oriented, have great attention to detail and be able to prioritise workload. The position suits someone who is collaborative and able to work under their own initiative.
- Voluntary or paid experience in an administrator / customer service role
- Good levels of literacy, numeracy and accuracy
- Proficient use of MS Office packages
- Confident phone manner and good understanding of delivering great customer service
- Experience in working with databases: Salesforce would be desirable
- Excellent administrative, organisation, problem solving and planning skills
- Excellent relationship building skills across staff, members, partners and stakeholders
- Willing to take personal responsibility for delivering high quality results
- Able to manage customer expectations, and recognise when to deal with issues independently and when to escalate issues to a higher level
- An interest in charities and the civil society sector
Application deadline: Monday 30 March at 11:00 am.
Interviews will take place on Thursday 9 April.
For a full job description and details on how to apply please visit the work with us page on our website.
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About the role
The Community and Events Fundraising Officer will be responsible for delivering CICRA’s community and events portfolio and engage with a wide range of supporters, volunteers and members. This new role focuses on supporting CICRA’s fundraising in order to grow our income and supporter base alongside our reach and our membership. We are looking for someone to support and encourage our fundraisers and deal empathetically with our members.
Reporting to the CEO, you will be responsible for cultivating support, thanking donors and delivering an excellent supporter journey to all our fundraisers. You will occasionally be asked to attend events outside of usual working hours but will receive time off in lieu. This role is intended as full time 35 hours per week, with 25 days paid holiday (plus bank holidays) and includes a NEST pension. However, we are open to some flexibility on total hours for the right candidate, though we do need 5 day cover in the office.
About you
With responsibility for the delivery of our community and events portfolio, you will have the ability to work on your own initiative, build rapport quickly, and you will have a natural passion for building relationships and delivering the highest levels of stewardship. You will be an ambitious fundraiser with a minimum of 12 months community or events fundraising under your belt. You will have excellent communication skills, the ability to prioritise your workload and manage multiple tasks, as well as produce regular reports and mailings. You will contribute to a small charity team and bring with you a passion for fundraising.
This is an exciting opportunity to extend your experience of fundraising, using your own initiative to inspire members/supporters/ schools/local groups etc. to fundraise for CICRA, with either yours or their ideas and in doing so help children with inflammatory bowel disease and their families.
Deadline for applications: Tuesday 31st March 2020,
Please note we may interview candidates that are a strong match before the closing date.
CICRA is committed to providing equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of background. We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths so we seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, reflecting the diverse nature of our society.
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Are you an experienced administrator with strong database experience and a love for all things data?
Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home are looking for a part time Fundraising Database Administrator to work with the fundraising, communications and finance department to support with the smooth running of administrative processes for donations, events, campaigns and donor communications.
We are looking for someone who prides themselves on their accuracy, attention to detail and knack for being able to oversee the day to day management of a CRM system or database. We need a team player who can support a wide variety of projects, liaising with different team members throughout the working day.
In return you will be rewarded by working for an award winning organisation with a passion for animal welfare, office dogs and a friendly and supportive working environment with a focus of staff wellbeing and development.
To apply please download the job description and application form from our website and return to us by the deadline.
To secure funds and donations for The Moorland Mousie Trust’s work throughout the country including at the Exmoor Pony Centre. Following our fundraising strategy to achieve individual fundraising targets and manage budgets.
- Ensure all charity fundraising activity is compliant with relevant charity and statutory legislation and recognised code of practice including existing and new legislation and guidance from the Institute of Fundraising
- Inspiring and facilitating supporters to raise money including community based initiatives
- Develop our subscription based giving schemes
- Encourage and increase standing order/regular giving
- Building volunteer and community involvement
- Develop ‘in aid of’ fundraising and co-ordinate annual fundraising events
- Develop Legacy and In Memory giving
- Increase funds by researching and targeting individual sponsors and corporate organisations
- Attend onsite and offsite events including shows and networking events
- Develop the fundraising presence at the Exmoor Pony Centre and within the work of the charity
- To work alongside the administrator to develop and use the CRM system.
- To work with volunteers, work experience and staff in pursuing the aims of the charity
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role summary
The Fundraising Coordinator plays a vital role in maintaining Jigsaw’s existing partnerships, forming new relationships and managing Jigsaw’s events portfolio. You will be working closely with the Head of Fundraising to ensure that fundraising targets are met with regards to Corporate, Community and Events fundraising. You will also have responsibility for line managing Jigsaw’s office based Fundraising Volunteers as well as developing Jigsaw’s Fundraising Volunteer programme.
You will make a difference by:
- Helping drive forwards the Fundraising Team strategy
- Growing charitable income
- Creating and strengthening relationships with corporate partners, community groups, institutions and individuals
- Managing Jigsaw’s Fundraising Volunteers Programme
- Promoting and managing Jigsaw’s fundraising events
The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following personal attributes:
- Direct experience of at least one of the key areas of fundraising. Either corporate, community or events fundraising
- Knowledge and experience of the fundraising environment and regulatory framework in the voluntary sector
- Excellent communication skills with experience of writing and editing promotional material
- Experience of networking and building strong relationships with stakeholders
- Good IT skills to include Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel
- Experience of working with and managing volunteers
Salary: £25,000- £28,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Contract terms: 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 5:00pm
Annual Leave: 25 days (up to 4 to be taken between Christmas & New Year) plus bank holidays
Free on-site parking
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Catch22 exists to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose. We call these our ‘3Ps’.
We achieve this in two ways. First we improve lives on the frontline through delivery of public services. Secondly, we use our knowledge to change ‘the system’, to fix the complex web that can trap and disempower those it was set up to help. With the heart of a charity and the mindset of a business, we are uniquely placed to deliver on this challenging agenda.
The Hive is a holistic mental health and wellbeing service for young people aged 16 to 24 in Camden. The Hive is a safe and inclusive place to be, supporting the service as a whole to reach young people who do not readily seek help.
As Administrator at The Hive, you will provide an enhanced data analytical role and ensure all key data is captured, managed and reported effectively in line with the contractual expectations of the commissioners and Catch22’s performance reporting procedures. You will also provide flexible and responsive administrative, communications, performance and public relations support to both The Hive team and, infrequently, other Catch22 services.
To succeed in this role, you’ll need previous experience of managing, interrogating and interpreting data systems and producing analytical reports. You’ll also need excellent communication, interpersonal and relationship building skills, the ability to work effectively in a fast paced, high volume environment and advanced administrative skills. Above all you’ll have a passion for the work we do and a shared commitment to deliver our vision.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Are you an enthusiastic individual with impressive communication skills? Are you ready to take on a new, rewarding role, supporting a leading organisation that is working towards better corporate practices and giving? If so, read on.
About Us
We are Benevity, a game changing software developer bringing a breath of fresh air and a new way of thinking to employee engagement software.
We are global leaders in corporate social responsibility and some incredible brands from around the world rely on us to provide award-winning corporate goodness programmes. These programmes help to attract, retain and engage professionals who are connected by causes that matter to them.
To put this in context, with 10 million employees registered with us, we’ve processed nearly three billion dollars in donations and 17 million hours of volunteering time this year alone.
We’re now looking for an Administrator to join our team on a six month contract and support our clients and back office functions.
Your Benefits
- Salary of £17,000 - £20,000 pro rata DOE & skills
- Company bonus scheme (based on company and individual performance)
- Employee assistance programme including counselling, consultations and access to resources
- Workplace giving programme including 100% matched charitable donations and paid volunteering time
This is a fantastic opportunity to step into an engaging administration contract where you can develop your skill set and gain the experience you need to further your career.
You’ll join a unique working environment of dreamers and doers where your support will help us change the way volunteering and donations are given.
So, if you want to join a team of positive thinkers and make the world a better place through goodness and giving, we want to hear from you.
The Role
As an Administrator, you will join our managed services provision and play a pivotal role in helping our clients to manage their employee volunteering, matching and giving programmes.
Specifically, you will provide a variety of support services to ensure that programmes run smoothly and clients, employees and the charities they support can work together harmoniously.
Supporting Client Success Managers and Team Leads to build excellent client relationships, you will also:
- Field client requests quickly and competently
- Work on multiple projects at once
- Review and update priorities to ensure all activities are covered
- Deliver on the promises and commitments that form the basis of relationships
- Maintain personal high standards and complete tasks and projects in accordance with these
- Work as part of a team, receiving support and providing assistance when needed
- Occasionally undertake visits to clients’ sites as required
About You
To be considered as an Administrator, you will need:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- To be a detail-oriented multi-tasker
- To be resourceful and proactive
- Operational excellence
- To be a collaborative team member
- The willingness to travel
Other organisations may call this role Managed Services Administrator, Client Services Administrator, Account Management Administrator, Account Support Executive, Account Executive, Client Support Co-ordinator, Account Co-ordinator, or Client Services Co-ordinator.
We believe in the power of diversity and we’re dedicated to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment at Benevity. We ensure equal opportunity for all applicants and encourage people of all visible minorities, including Indigenous applicants, and those of any religion, sex, age, ability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression to apply.
So, if you’re looking for a rewarding challenge as an Administrator, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
Are you an experienced fundraiser looking for your next challenge? Are you keen to support your local community?
Using the power of football, Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) worked with over 43,500 people during 2018/19, empowering communities and changing lives. Based on the needs of the community, we work in partnership to deliver high quality programmes that deliver a lasting impact.
This is an exciting opportunity to join Charlton Athletic Community Trust as it grows its fundraising income to support the organisation’s work at the heart of the community, working for one of the largest football community trusts in the country. The role will build on CACT’s excellent track record for events, growing our supporter base and developing new streams of income, focusing on individuals and community.
Our ideal candidate is an organised and motivated individual who is interested in developing their fundraising career, taking on a diverse role within a small team.
For further information please download an application pack.
CACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Any job offer is subject to satisfactory employment references and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Specifications: Part Time (0.6 FTE), Permanent
Salary: £24,500 FTE, 14,700 pro rata
Location: Flexible – Preferably London or Freiburg
Application Closing Date: 29th March 2020
This role is an exciting opportunity to use your experience as an Administrative Assistant to make a difference in the field of health care research.
The Administrative Assistant will provide effective and efficient administrative support to the Chief Executive Officer’s Office, primarily supporting the Governance and Strategy Unit and the External Affairs and Geographic Groups’ Support Unit.
The key areas of this role include:
1. Support to the Head of External Affairs & Geographic Groups’ Support:
- Scheduling quarterly meetings between the Head of Unit and Geographic Groups;
- Administrative/logistical support for Cochrane Geographic Network meetings (including US, China and India);
- Maintaining the fundraising database and other Excel databases;
- Maintaining Centres and Directors profiles on our membership database.
2. Support to the management of Cochrane’s Governance, strategic planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting Unit, including:
- Assisting the CEO Office’s governance support to the Cochrane Council and Executives;
- Organising in-person and online meetings or teleconferences, including co-ordinating agendas, circulating papers, organising refreshments and taking minutes;
- Maintaining administrative systems (databases/spreadsheets);
- Assisting the CEO Office’s governance support to the Cochrane Council and Executives.
3. Support to both Units:
- Diary support for the Head of Governance and Strategy Unit and the Head of External Affairs and Geographic Groups Unit, as required;
- Arranging travel and accommodation for the Heads of Units;
- Administration of the annual financial monitoring of all Cochrane Groups;
- Assisting with the production of PowerPoint presentations and other materials for use at meetings;
- Minute taking and following up on action points;
- Management of mailing lists related to the CEOO;
- Providing support to and cover for other administrative staff as and when required in order to ensure continuity of service;
- Undertaking other duties as necessary.
We are looking for a self-motivated and highly organised individual who is able to work effectively and collaboratively with a diverse range of contacts across the world. The successful candidate will also have:
- Previous experience of providing administrative support to a team, many of whom are remote workers;
- Experience in complex scheduling and diary management;
- Intermediate level IT skills, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
- Strong organization and prioritization skills;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
- Excellent interpersonal skills;
- Professional telephone manner;
- Ability to work methodically and accurately;
- A flexible approach with the ability to respond quickly to issues as they arise;
- A pro-active approach to problem-solving;
- Awareness of handling confidential and sensitive information.
Cochrane is a global, independent network of health practitioners, researchers, patient advocates and others, responding to the challenge of making vast amounts of research evidence useful for informing decisions about health. We do this by synthesizing research findings to produce the best available evidence on what can work, what might harm and where more research is needed. Our work is recognised as the international gold standard for high quality, trusted information.
If you would like to apply for this position, please send a CV along with a supporting statement with “CEOO Administrative Assistant” in the subject line. The supporting statement should indicate why you are applying for the post, and how far you meet the requirements for the post outlined in the job description using specific examples. List your experience, achievements, knowledge, personal qualities, and skills which you feel are relevant to the post.
For further information, please download the full job description from the attachments.
Deadline for applications: 29th March 2020 (12 midnight GMT)
Interviews to be held on: From 17th April 2020 onwards
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Location: London-Essex Border
Salary: c. £28,500 - 31,000
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time
Key Responsibilities and Activities will include:
-Consultation with the Senior Community Fundraising Manager, devise an operational marketing plan for growth across allocated community programmes
-Monitor and evaluate financial targets and KPIs, raising any potential shortfalls with the Senior Community Fundraising Manager and planning in contingencies when required
-Lead on developing and maintaining a portfolio of high value supporters, fundraising volunteers and organisations providing first class stewardship management and supporter care
-Advise and optimise the fundraising of supporters who wish to fundraise through their own efforts for the charity
-Influence key supporters and stakeholders within the community fundraising environment to deliver the organisations strategic goals
-Own and develop a portfolio of high value supporters, following an excellent
reward and recognition programme to maximise retention and repeat giving
rates
-Implement, manage and execute a proactive programme of activity to drive growth across the allocated community programme
In order to apply for this position, you should have the following skills and experience:
-Significant experience within community fundraising
-Experience of working with individuals, businesses and community groups in a community fundraising context.
-Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
-Excellent project management skills
-Strong organisational, multi-tasking and administrative skills
-Ability to build strong relationship
To find out more please send a copy of your CV to [email protected] Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis, so please get in touch ASAP to avoid disappointment. Please note that only suitable candidates will be contacted with further information.
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Admin Assistant - ASAP Start - Not For Profit - Permanent - City of London
Your new company
Come and join this Not for Profit organisation, working towards educating and entertaining the general public on particular historic events.
Your new role
- Providing admin support to senior staff
- Processing and handling cash
- Managing budgets
- Meeting and greeting external visitors
- Facilitating meetings (providing supporting documents, booking meeting rooms)
- Managing bookings from visitors
- Keeping log on the company database
- Supporting and delivering major events
- Liaising with internal personnel across different branches, as well as liaising with external personnel
- Dealing with telephone queries and mailbox
- Operating switchboard
- Ordering office supplies
What you'll need to succeed
You must be an experienced administrator who is highly organised and has high attention to detail. You must have a proven track record of being able to demonstrate high level of administrative support. You must be a confident communicator and an absolute professional as you will be supporting a senior team and will be required to contact external parties on their behalf. You must have good writing ability as you will be dealing with the mailbox. You will need to have experience organising and supporting with events. You must be IT literate as you will be working on different databases and will need to keep track of information. You need to be someone who is a quick learner, will be able to get on with the tasks required, and be able to use your initiative to make improvements in systems in place.
What you'll get in return
You will get the chance to join a large not for profit organisation on a permanent basis to develop and pick up on key skills.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.
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The Churches Conservation Trust (CCT) are looking for an individual with a passion for fundraising and heritage. This is an exciting time to join the Churches Conservation Trust as we focus fundraising efforts on our top priority, the conservation projects across England.
Job title: Fundraising Officer, Grants and Campaigns
Salary: £23,000 - £27,470 per annum, plus London weighting
Location: London, with some travel within the UK
Hours: 1-year FTC
Benefits: Civil Service Pension scheme – 27.1% employer contributions
About us
The Churches Conservation Trust (CCT) is the national charity saving historic churches at risk. We have saved over 350 buildings which attract almost 2 million visitors a year. Our unique collection of English churches includes irreplaceable examples of architecture, archaeology and art from 1,000 years of history. With our help and with your support they are kept open and in use – living once again at the heart of their communities.
Our staff are one of our most important assets. We are committed to improving how we work together, encouraging development and providing opportunities for learning. Our staff are based across England, either at our central office in London or within the local communities where our churches are based.
We have a small, dedicated staff team, with a broad range of skills and expertise: from conservation and building experts to community, heritage and education specialists and support professionals.
The future of the CCT’s outstanding collection of historic churches is dependent on growing our independent income. The CCT has seen great success in recent years in applications to grant funders including Trust and Foundations, Landfill Communities Fund and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The CCT’s 2019 to 2024 strategy focuses on delivering our Top 15 conservation projects and securing income from grant funders will be crucial. We will also work with local groups to address smaller conservation projects.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for an individual with a passion for fundraising and heritage. This is an exciting time to join the Churches Conservation Trust as we focus fundraising efforts on our top priority, the conservation projects across England.
The role of Fundraising Officer, Grants and Campaigns is wide-ranging, and we are looking for someone who has grant fundraising experience with a good knowledge of researching grant opportunities, writing proposals and cultivating funders.
Reporting to the Fundraising Manager, Grants and Campaigns, the Fundraising Officer will hold good interpersonal skills and be able to form positive relationships with our grant funders, organising and delivering grant funder cultivation events.
You will also hold a good level of administrative, reporting and financial management skills to be successful in this role.
It is important to note, that the role is based at the Trust’s London office in King’s Cross, but there will be some element of travel to key Churches Conservation Trust sites.
Closing date: 9am on Monday 30 March 2020
Interview date: Tuesday 7 April 2020
Interviews will be held at our London Offices, 8 All Saints’ Street, London N1 9RL. Please note that the interview date has been specifically chosen according to the availability of the panel.
To Apply and for More Information:
If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the Apply button. You will be directed to our HR Advisor's website where you can complete your application for this position.
The Churches Conservation Trust is committed to a policy of Equal Opportunities.
No agencies please.