Are you an experienced fundraiser looking for your next challenge? Do you have a successful track record in building relationships and experience in fundraising across a range of income streams?

London School of Theology is looking for a Fundraising Manager to join us in an exciting role and contribute to, implement and deliver the School’s fundraising activities.

About The Role

The successful postholder will be responsible for ensuring that our fundraising strategy enables the School to meet its ambitious income targets in line with our strategic plan and budget. They will have overall responsibility for the performance, day to day management, and delivery of all of London School of Theology’s fundraising activities across a range of income streams, including charitable trusts, individual giving, and legacies.

The postholder will work alongside the Director of Finance and Administration, Executive Team, Principal and external stakeholders. They will liaise widely across departments, including Finance and Communications, and have responsibility for gift administration and prospect research, as well as providing general support where required for the department

A full and comprehensive job description, person specification and application details for the role can be found on our website.

Closing date for applications: 0900 hours, Monday 22 March 2021

Interview date:   Friday 26 March, 2021

Interviews will be held via Zoom.

Interested applicants are welcome to have a conversation with the Director of Finance and Administration prior to applying.

London School of Theology is a Christian college and, as such, it is a requirement of the Person Specification that the postholder must be in sympathy with the Christian ethos, aims and objectives of the School.

All candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

Team Up is looking for a dynamic intern to support our programme team and get the most out of our systems to enable our inspirational volunteer tutors to transform the life chances of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.  This is an exciting internship working for Team Up supported by the Jack Petchey Internship Programme which means the postholder will be required to take part in the Jack Petchey Internship development programme and the mentoring programme. 

Terms & Conditions

• Salary: £21,157.50 per annum (London Living Wage)

• Start Date: April 2021

• Working hours: Full time role c. 37.5 hours per week

• Contract length: 12 month internship

• 25 days holiday per year, to be agreed with line manager

• Reporting to: Head of Programmes

About Team Up

Team Up works to reduce the widening attainment gap in education by helping underachieving disadvantaged pupils double their expected progress and improve their future prospects. We do this through inspirational volunteer tutors, with the support of qualified teachers.

We deliver free online and in-person small group tuition in maths and English to over 1,000 disadvantaged pupils in London and the South East each year.  We have ambitions to expand programme delivery further into Essex in 2021/22.

We offer enrichment programmes to pupils who we tutor  to raise their commitment to their tuition subjects and increase aspirations for further education or new career ideas.  Enrichment programmes consist of interactive workshops, including STEM subjects and career based Q&A’s, at top universities and employer workplaces.

Alongside our delivery team of qualified teachers, we train over 300 volunteer tutors (mainly in full time education, aged 17-21 years old) who value the meaningful volunteer experience we offer them for their future careers.  Each tutor is placed on our Rising Leaders programme where Team Up commits to provide a professional mentor to those who want one, a reference and career workshops and seminars as well as tutors being able to achieve a certified qualification with SSAT (Schools, Students and Teachers Network).

About the role

This is a demanding and exciting role for a multi-skilled individual looking to gain experience in a charity with an impactful programme and committed volunteer base.

This is a crucial role with an overview of our systems and processes,  supporting our Head of Programmes with programme delivery in understanding how to make data work for our cause. 

In this role you will be responsible for coordinating specific elements of our delivery programme including support work on our new virtual classrooms software, understanding the context in which our Head of Programmes monitors her team, our growing number of pupils and tutor performance through data and the systems around this data collection.  You’ll coordinate events as part of our Rising Leaders Programme to our volunteer tutor base which will give you an opportunity to build relationships with our alumni and communicate with them on a regular basis.  Three times a year, leading up to the start of a new term, our tutor recruitment team will need extra help and you will be able to understand the process of engaging with volunteers and onboarding them as Team Up tutors. 

When required, it’s essential this role, like all Team Up roles, join in carrying out administrative tasks to enable the charity to run effectively. 

We aim to give you a balance between detailed and structured work and an overview of our organisation with strong transferable skills to strengthen your CV for your future.

Team Up is seeking someone with ambition, high expectations and attention to detail, keen to develop themselves in an environment that rewards entrepreneurship and accountability for results. If you are committed to making a difference to young people and to your own development, this is the role for you.  We believe in supporting and teaching our pupils whilst developing our tutors and team.

You will be joining a small team of staff in a fun and friendly environment where we work hard for the mission and for each other. We look forward to welcoming you on board.

The responsibilities below are a comprehensive view of the available role but we have a clear plan of induction, training, learning, developing and reviewing over the 12 months with support from the line manager and Senior Management Team.

Responsibilities

Virtual Classroom (Vedamo system)

• Creating tutor accounts and virtual classrooms for each tuition group at the start of each term, including adding tutors to the Vedamo system

• Be a Vedamo trouble-shooter during tutoring sessions so if tutors or pupils are struggling to get on to Vedamo or upload lesson resources etc. you are able to support with these technical issues

Data Collection (Salesforce system)

• Monitor and chase up tutor’s weekly PRR (Performance Review Report) to be completed in Salesforce

• Working with our Head of Programmes and Fundraiser to understand the data required for our fundraising reports to donors and using Salesforce to create the relevant impact data reports.  Developing an understanding of how Team Up uses impact data in different areas of our organisation and for different stakeholders and learning to interrogate our database for this data.

• Supporting our Head of Programmes by using our systems for weekly monitoring data and understanding what this represents and how we use this information internally. 

Volunteer Tutors: Rising Leaders Programme

• Monitor and complete SSAT awarding for tutors

• Organising and administration of tutor development events, liaising with speakers, venues (if in person) and sending invitations

• Coordinating our mentoring programme for volunteers, where suitable career mentors are matched with volunteers to help support their own development

Tuition and Enrichment Programme Support

• Prepare and check appendices for mid and end of programme reports, this will entail working with the programmes managers to understand the needs of each school partner report

• Audit how much pupil data schools have given us and chase gaps

• Building your knowledge so you can analyse previous term’s impact data, which will be used to make recommendations for programme development going forward

• As we move online, we require many more tutors to support our online programmes, support us in managing the ongoing tasks of tutors unable to attend sessions (e.g. due to illness) and helping in coordinating cover at short notice with our delivery team

• Supporting tutor recruitment processes (at busy times) with organising tutor interviews and assisting with completing DBS checks for volunteers

Communications & Marketing

• Planning and monitoring collection of content for future impact report e.g. pupil and tutor case studies, school testimonials, photos of sessions and quarterly newsletter, this will be with the support of our Senior Management Team

• Assisting with the wider branding of the charity, including updating the website and maintaining social media channels

• Maintaining regular contact with volunteer tutor alumni

Administration

• Submitting the travel expenses of volunteers on our finance system,Xero, which is widely used in the charity sector

• Entering and updating/uploading data on the charity’s online database system, including work on Salesforce and Google Drive

• Assisting with any ad hoc administrative tasks to support tuition, enrichment and the Rising Leaders programme delivery

• Any other reasonable requests made by line manager

Key Skills and Attributes

Essential

• Excellent organisational and strong interpersonal skills

• Desire to own and manage responsibility for achieving organisational goals

• Confidence working with external stakeholders and young people

• An interest in marketing and communications

• Experience working in a team to solve problems

• Interest in collecting and using data to drive results

• Enthusiastic and curious about a youth charity organisation

Desirable

• Experience organising and delivering projects and events

• Experience in forming or maintaining relationships with stakeholders

• Experience of monitoring and evaluating performance data

• Experience of using and maintaining a database system

Application process

If you would like to apply for the role, please apply with a cover letter explaining how you feel you fit the requirements of the role, along with your CV.

Interviews will begin on the week commencing 22nd March 2021 with the final interviews held on Friday 26th March 2021.  Please indicate in your covering letter if this date is unsuitable so we can arrange an alternate interview date in advance.

Our charity is on an incredible journey and this is a hugely exciting time to join our team.

2020 saw the UK come together in an outpouring of love and support for the NHS. As the NHS’ national charity and membership organisation for the NHS’ official charities throughout the UK, NHS Charities Together is the central charity receiving additional funding and support for our National Health Service where and when it needs it most. Thanks to phenomenal public support, our national Covid-19 Appeal has raised more than £150 million to help NHS staff, volunteers and patients through the immediate and long-term effects of coronavirus. 

The recruitment of this post is part of an ambitious plan to develop and execute a proactive and sustainable Fundraising strategy.

We are a small but growing staff team and as Data Officer you will play a key role as we work hard to make a difference to the lives of NHS patients, staff and volunteers.

Working closely with the Donor Systems Manager you will help to embed a data and insight culture within the organisation that will help drive a successful fundraising strategy.

The post holder will maintain the quality of data stored within the Raiser's Edge database by reviewing data quality issues, data management processes and coordinating user training, as well as managing large-scale data uploads and extracts.

If you are passionate about the health and wellbeing of our nation, and believe that through supporting NHS charities we can significantly increase the vital support given to our hospitals, community, mental health and ambulance services, we would love to hear from you. 

This is an exciting and wide-ranging role for an experienced strategic, creative, and hands-on marketing and communications professional, to join Young Enterprise at a pivotal time in our history. One year into a game-changing 3-year strategy, on the cusp of celebrating our diamond anniversary in 2022. 

The role forms part of the Senior Leadership Group, reporting to the CEO. We are looking for a strategic leader to take Young Enterprise’s marketing and communications to the next level, engaging young people, educators, volunteers, and supporters. The successful candidate will have a passion for creating compelling content and communications strategies.

The main purpose of this role will be to oversee the development of engaging content and communications campaigns for YE’s three-year strategy – currently the No Time Like The Future Strategy (NTLTF) -  including the development and delivery of creative, innovative, and effective multi-platform marketing, engagement, and profile-raising campaigns for Young Enterprise.

You will lead the Marketing Team and Communications Team, working closely with the Public Affairs & Public Relations (PA&PR) Team and other stakeholders across Young Enterprise to identify, agree and align marketing and communications for the Charity.

You’ll work collaboratively internally (Programmes, Fundraising, Evaluation, Regional) looking at the ways in which communications messages are being tangibly applied and measured throughout the functions.

This role would suit someone with a good understanding and experience of marketing in the voluntary youth sector, with a passion for equality and inclusion, and who is confident and enthusiastic about digital communications and social media.

Send your CV and covering letter outlining your suitability for the role (no more than 2 sides of A4) by no later than midday on Friday 12th March 2021.

Please note that applications for this position may close prior to the deadline if there is sufficient interest, so you are advised to apply early.

Interviews will take place via video call on Tuesday 23rd March and Thursday 23rd March 2021.

DEVELOPMENT OFFICER,

CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS

DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI RELATIONS OFFICE (DARO)

£24,461 - £26,715 PER ANNUM

The Development and Alumni Relations Office (DARO), part of the directorate of Corporate Communications, develops the relationship between the University and its alumni and other supporters, linking this to philanthropic commitment to the University.

This is a new, full-time, permanent post, and joins the team at an exciting time. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering and growing Development initiatives, with a focus on regular giving, as well as gifts up to £5k, supporting initiatives which meet the university’s strategic priorities.

You will have experience in a fundraising, alumni relations or equivalent environment, with a good understanding of fundraising, and why people give. The successful candidate will be a results driven, dynamic team player, with the ability to deliver a regular giving cycle in collaboration with other DARO colleagues, as well as supporting and contributing to strategy around other areas of Development and Philanthropy. You will be a strong written and verbal communicator and passionate about your work, and the difference higher education can make in our communities and society.

The post is normally based in Chester (the DARO team are currently working remotely).

Candidates may download further details from our website and apply for the post via our Online Recruitment Website quoting reference number RA006088.

Closing date: Monday 8th March 2021.

Director of Strategy & Operations

OVPA
London
Full Time
Permanent
Salary: The appointment will be on UCL Grade 10. The salary range will be Competitive between £80,000 - £90,000, inclusive of London Allowance.

We are UCL: a diverse community with the freedom to challenge and think differently. From climate change to plastic pollution, infant mortality to social inequality, the world is facing huge challenges and we’re determined to solve them.

The Office of the Vice-Provost, Advancement (OVPA) manages UCL’s philanthropic relationships and alumni engagement programmes. The Office has one overarching mission – to engage and grow all of UCL’s communities and to convey the brilliance of UCL to generate income through philanthropy and to build of mutually beneficial relationships with UCL’s alumni, supporters and friends.

There has never been a more exciting time to join our Advancement office. We are a team of exceptionally ambitious, creative and passionate individuals who work together to achieve remarkable things with a global impact, and we would love for you to be part of this exciting journey and our success.

Equity, diversity and inclusion is important to us. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone is encouraged to give their best in a place where their unique experiences, perspectives and skills are seen as valuable assets. And we particularly welcome applications from people of colour.

As Director of Strategy & Operations you will transform UCL’s vision for philanthropy and alumni engagement into a cohesive strategy and a set of operational plans that ensure UCL’s activity is strategic, effective and well-coordinated. You will lead a range of specialist operations teams that provide the expertise that underpins UCL’s global fundraising and alumni programmes.

We’re looking for an exceptional operations professional with a flair for managing people and resources. You must have experience of a leadership position in a complex operations role, demonstrable experience of formulating and implementing strategy, and evidence of quickly establishing credibility with senior staff and stakeholders. You will have outstanding interpersonal and influencing skills and be committed to championing a culture that values and develops its talent.

We are pleased to accept applications from individuals who possess transferable skills and experience drawn from sectors outside of Higher Education.

We are happy to consider applications from candidates seeking part-time opportunities (minimum 0.8 FTE – equivalent of 4 days per week, with stated salary to be pro-rata).

We know that our people are our greatest asset and in return we provide an empowering, values-based environment where personal and professional growth is invested in. We offer agile working and flexibility around working hours. Working with some of the greatest intellects in the world, UCL also offers a generous pension scheme and holiday allowance, plus closure and bank holidays.

For further details about the vacancy and to apply online, please click on the “Apply on Website” link below and search for Reference Number 1874089.

When applying for a role, please do address the essential and desirable criteria from the job description in your supporting statement.

The UCL Ways of Working for professional services supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work.

Closing Date: 8/4/2021 - latest time for the submission of applications: 23:59.

Interview Date: TBC

We particularly welcome female applicants and those from an ethnic minority, as they are under-represented within UCL at this level.

We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.

We are seeking an experienced programme manager to manage our trainer development work, both internal and external.

Job Title: Training Delivery Manager

Department: Campaigns Training Delivery

Location: Anywhere in the UK (our whole organisation works from home at present)

Salary: £28,177 to £31,068 (FTE per year, plus an additional £3567 per year for those living in London)

Line Manager: Head of Training

Line Management: 4-5 trainers

Benefits: 5% employer pension contribution, 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays and additional closure days in December

Hours of work: 1.0 FTE (equivalent 37.5 hours per week). Temporarily working reduced hours of 32.5 hours per week at full pay.

Flexible working: Core hours are 10am to 4.30pm. and we offer flexible working agreements

Start date: ASAP

Contract type: to August 2022

Application deadline: 9am GMT Monday 8 March 2021

Interviews: 18-19 March

About us

We are a charity dedicated to ensuring that people most impacted by injustice are leading campaigns that affect their lives, from better housing to fairer treatment of migrants to LGBTQ+ rights. Our mission is to support people to run effective campaigns that challenge injustice. We do this by running campaign training programmes that help people develop the skills, confidence and community to change things that matter to them. In our trainings, we prioritise people from communities directly impacted by injustice. We are looking for an experienced programme manager to coordinate our work training trainers, both internally and externally, in our methodology.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced manager to manage our Trainer Development team. The purpose of that team is to coordinate delivery of external training for trainers work (Unpacked) and to manage the ongoing learning of our staff and freelance trainers. Unpacked is a groundbreaking programme that immerses trainers in our unique methodology, partially based on the work of US organisation Training for Change.

Purpose

• Manage the Unpacked 12 month programme and additional Trainings for Trainers programmes including managing the budgets and being accountable to funders where relevant
• Select, recruit and support participants for training for trainers programmes
• Manage training logistics
• Support participants during and after our training programmes
• Support the ongoing professional development of our staff trainers

Job Responsibilities

Manage the Unpacked 12 month programme and additional Trainings for Trainers programmes including managing the budgets and being accountable to funders where relevant.

• Be a main point of contact with the Lead Trainer in terms of being accountable to the programmatic strategy and training methodology. 
• Manage internal team (e.g. line manage relevant staff and contractors involved in the design, delivery and evaluation of the train the trainer programmes) 

Select, recruit and support participants for training for trainers programmes

• Manage outreach and selection process for participants for the programmes
• Manage operational communications with and support for participants, including meeting their access requirements and ensuring they have logistics information in good time 
• Support UNPACKED participants to become members of a training community

Manage training logistics

• With the support of our Logistics, Systems and Operations team, ensure the smooth  delivery of logistics for the training sessions, both online and in-person (where applicable), including venue/online training space, delivery of training materials to the space/participants, catering, support structures, socials, accommodation and travel
• Manage contracts and support for in-training delivery team, including agreeing and arranging contracts, supporting the team to meet and prep together

Support participants during and after our training programmes

• In partnership with the Alumni and Communications team manage external communications about the programme, such as profiles of the participants, blogs from trainers and participants, social media content
• With the support of the Logistics, Systems and Operations team, ensure that we gather evaluation data and integrate learnings from the data into our work
• In partnership with the Alumni and Communications team support alumni from the training for trainer programmes into the alumni pipelines and into the broader Bootcamp community

Support the ongoing professional development of our staff trainers

• Develop a process for to train new trainers when they join the organisation and to support trainers’ ongoing professional development

General

• Develop and maintain objectives and work plans for the roles responsibilities
• Work in a sustainable manner with consideration of the natural environment.
• External customer service: answer the general Campaign Bootcamp phone and emails 
• Any other reasonable tasks as directed by your line manager or Leadership 
• At all times adhere to relevant legislation including GDPR
• At all times take personal responsibility for exhibiting behaviours in line with the person specification and the values of Campaign Bootcamp.

See website for person specification.

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER,

DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI RELATIONS OFFICE (DARO)

£30,942 - £33,797 PER ANNUM

CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS

FULL TIME, 36.5 HOURS PER WEEK

2 YEAR FIXED TERM CONTRACT

The Development and Alumni Relations Office (DARO), part of the directorate of Corporate Communications, develops the relationship between the University and its alumni and other supporters, linking this to philanthropic commitment to the University.

This is a full-time, fixed-term contract for two years.  The position is available immediately, and joins the team at an exciting time. The successful candidate will be responsible for cultivating and nurturing the relationships with those capable of making significant financial gifts to University of Chester, acting as Campaign Lead for a Major initiative over the term the post, which meets the university’s strategic priorities.

You will plan, develop and manage relationships with senior-level alumni, Trusts and Foundations, and other supporters, in order to secure financial support for the strategic objectives of the University, collaborating closely with members of academic faculty and the Senior Executive Team.

You will have a proven track record of fundraising or equivalent experience of generating income and meeting targets, with a wide understanding of philanthropy, and why people give. The successful candidate will be a results driven, strategic thinker with the ability to build and nurture transformative internal and external relationships. You will be a strong written and verbal communicator and passionate about your work, and the difference higher education can make in our communities and society.

The post is normally based in Chester, with some travel expected to meet the needs of the post (the DARO are currently working remotely).

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Helena Astbury, Head of Development and Alumni Relations on +44 (0)1244 511005 .

Candidates may download further details from our website  and apply for the post via our Online Recruitment Website quoting reference number RA006036.

Closing date: Monday 8th March 2021.

Seeking an experienced trainer, project manager and line manager to help us deliver our campaigns training programmes.

Job Title: Training Delivery Manager

Department: Campaigns Training Delivery

Location: Anywhere in the UK (our whole organisation works from home at present)

Salary: £28,177 to £31,068 (FTE per year, plus an additional £3567 per year for those living in London)

Line Manager: Head of Training

Line Management: 4-5 trainers

Benefits: 5% employer pension contribution, 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays and additional closure days in December

Hours of work: 1.0 FTE (equivalent 37.5 hours per week). Temporarily working reduced hours of 32.5 hours per week at full pay.

Flexible working: Core hours are 10am to 4.30pm. and we offer flexible working agreements

Start date: ASAP

Contract type: to August 2022

Application deadline: 9am GMT Monday 8 March 2021

Interviews: 18-19 March

About us

We are a charity dedicated to ensuring that people most impacted by injustice are leading campaigns that affect their lives, from better housing to fairer treatment of migrants to LGBTQ+ rights. Our mission is to support people to run effective campaigns that challenge injustice. We do this by running campaign training programmes that help people develop the skills, confidence and community to change things that matter to them. In our trainings, we prioritise people from communities directly impacted by injustice. In response to the urgent needs created by Covid-19 we are taking our training online.

About the job

We are seeking a Training Delivery Manager who will help us deliver our campaigns training programmes. To do that the Training Delivery Manager will manage our Campaign Training Delivery team. The purpose of that team is to coordinate all campaign training delivery work via different modes–residential, online, community-based, event-based–to different audiences–individual campaigners, community groups, charitable partner clients. 

This role will ensure that all of our training programmes meet their goals and that our trainers have the support, feedback and processes to effectively carry out their work. This is a new role that will work with colleagues across the organisation to support the embedding of new ways of working in the wake of  covid-19 pandemic. We are looking for an experienced project and line manager with strong training and facilitation skills who can guide a busy team providing accessible campaigning training to people most directly impacted by injustice in this country and globally, such as low-income/working-class people, people of colour, disabled people, LGBTQ+ people and migrants/refugees/asylum seekers. 

We are looking for someone who has experience in delivering and managing interactive training focused on campaigns.

We know there is a huge demand for our work, so are working hard to grow our organisation in a sustainable way. You’ll be a key part of doing that.

Purpose

• Lead our experienced team of trainers to ensure they have the information, resources and support needed to thrive
• Support the strategic development and implementation of our work through our training team
• Support the design and delivery of our training work

Job responsibilities

Lead our experienced team of trainers to ensure they have the information, resources and support needed to thrive

• Provide frequent supervision and structure for our training team.
• Manage and coordinate the training team’s workload in line with both team and individual objectives.
• Work with the Head of Training to ensure that the team has the budget and resources to carry out their work.
• Ensure that team members have opportunities to learn from one another and from our evaluation processes. 
• Work with team members to develop objectives and identify personal development opportunities.

Support the strategic development and implementation of our work through our training team

• Work with the Head of Training, the Head of UK Programmes and other team managers to ensure that the delivery of training is well organised and that there is a distribution of work across the team.
• Work with the senior leadership team to develop and implement organisational strategy related to the training team.
• Ensure that the necessary records of work are up-to-date in our Salesforce database.

Support the design and delivery of our training work 

• Work with the Head of Training and Lead Trainer to set delivery goals for our campaigns training work.
• Work in partnership with the Logistics, Systems and Operations Manager to manage the delivery of the campaign training work.
• Select external trainers, speakers and performers for our residential programme.
• Work with the Alumni and Communications Manager to develop content for our annual Communities of Resistance event and other alumni training events.
• Oversee the development of curriculum and resources for our campaign training programme.
• Work with the Head of Training to write the budget for the campaigns training work and ensure the work is delivered within the budget.
• Occasional delivery of training 

General

• Develop and maintain objectives and work plans for the roles responsibilities
• Work in a sustainable manner with consideration of the natural environment.
• External customer service: answer the general Campaign Bootcamp phone and emails 
• Any other reasonable tasks as directed by your line manager or Leadership 
• At all times adhere to relevant legislation including GDPR
• At all times take personal responsibility for exhibiting behaviours in line with the person specification and the values of Campaign Bootcamp.

See our website for Person Specification.

Are you a successful Trust and Foundations fundraiser or research-funding specialist looking for your next challenge?  Are you passionate about securing transformational-level gifts from charitable funders to help change lives?  Join us in the ambitious ‘Birmingham In Action’ campaign, which commits to raising over £400 million of charitable funding and one million volunteer hours, positioning the University as one of the world leaders in University development. 

To help fulfil our campaign ambitions, we are seeking to recruit a ‘Charitable Funding Partner’ (CFP) to maximise philanthropic funding. A key member of the Development and Alumni Relations Office’s (DARO) Charitable Funding team, you will work closely with a range of leading academics and senior leadership to: (i) identify and create new charitable funding opportunities from UK and overseas Trusts, Foundations and Charities; (ii) set up and manage the development of long-term charitable funder relationships; and, (iii) develop compelling charitable funding bids to secure support for our life-changing research, education, and capital programmes. You will be an enthusiastic team player, inquisitive about the combined worlds of research and philanthropy with the skill to spot new funding opportunities, and confident in your ability to initiate and grow complex inter-organisational relationships. There will be opportunities for the successful candidate to shape and develop the focus of their portfolio in collaboration with DARO leadership.

Supporter Engagement Senior Manager

£42,294 - £45,150 per annum

37 hours per week

Permanent

Home Based with regular visits to Lingfield/London offices

About Us

Young Epilepsy is the children and young people’s epilepsy charity. Our purpose is to create a society in which children and young people with epilepsy are enabled to thrive and fulfil their potential, in which their voices are respected, and their ambitions realised.

We work with children and young people across the country, as well as many of those people and organisations who shape their lives - parents, health and care professionals, researchers, teachers, policymakers and more.

Informed by young people and drawing on our strong legacy of expertise in education, health and research, we have developed and published our new 2020-2025 strategy. This focuses our work around 4 offers; Learning, Health, Research and Information, with firm foundations in our three value statements:

• Young people are at the centre of everything we do
• We work together to make a greater difference
• We are courageous and ambitious for change

These values will ensure that we always put the voices, the rights and the best interests of children and young people first and commit us to working in partnerships that can increase our impact. They also ensure that we are inspired by the courage and ambition of the young people with whom we work, knowing that together, we can drive the change in society and services we all want to see.

Your role

The Fundraising and Communications teams at Young Epilepsy are going through an exciting phase of change and growth. With the challenges in the current funding climate, we need an agile and skilled team who can help us deliver our goals that will enable young people with epilepsy to thrive.

This means significantly increasing our income and engaging our supporters in a more meaningful way, putting them at the heart of our fundraising and delivering excellent customer service.

We need data driven insights to help us target our engagement in the right way and we need to improve and adapt our fundraising proposition to reflect the changing needs of both beneficiaries and donors and stand out in a crowded market.

With the development of a new website, investment in our brand and communications and with growing ambition across our service delivery, this role will be pivotal in navigating our way to success, in a time of complexity and uncertainty.

What we need from you

We are looking for candidates who can lead with vision, set clarity and purpose to a team dealing with ambiguity and change. This means thinking both creatively and analytically, staying focused on the goal, and having a passion for the work we do.

You will play a lead role establishing a Supporter Engagement team, support the development of our fundraising plan, and lead on developing and delivering our individual giving programme, appeals, products and campaigns.

The candidate we are looking for will have experience and skill in developing donor relationships, building quality data to gain valuable insights into supporter behaviour and a strong understanding of how to maximise digital channels to reach new audiences.

Benefits

• 27 days annual leave plus 8 days Bank Holidays (pro rata if part time)
• Paid overtime
• Occupational pension scheme
• Health Insurance Plans (Optional)
• Eyecare Vouchers
• Subsidised dining room
• Gym membership options (on and off-site)
• Perkbox, giving you access to nationwide discounts and benefits
• Supported studies, Numeracy, Literacy and Diploma level 3
• Opportunities for career progression
• A range of shift patterns
• Free parking on campus

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.

Young Epilepsy strives to employ people that reflect the community it serves; therefore, applications from minority groups and people with disabilities are particularly welcomed.

 
 Young Epilepsy is the operating name of the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy. Registered Charity No: 311877 (England and Wales)

Grants Coordinator

MQ Mental Health Research

We champion and fund world-class research to transform the lives of everyone affected by mental illness.Having recently launched a new 5-year strategy, MQ is at a critical point in its development.

An exciting opportunity has come up for an Events and Grants Coordinator. The right person will be passionate about tackling mental health, and driven to ensure that all projects happen to the highest possible standards. 

You will have an innovative and agile approach to events and project management. You will need to work closely with colleagues.

Job Purpose

• Events management, including MQ’s annual Mental Health Science Summit, sector conferences, and expert meetings 
• Supporting stewardship of funded research projects, including current awardees and alumni
• Delivering grant rounds
• Effective project management 
• Using and maintaining operational tools for programmes, including grant management software (e.g. Flexigrant and Research Fish)
• Other activities as they arise that can be reasonably expected of this role

Requirements

• A degree in a relevant discipline(E), a relevant higher degree (D) 
• Proven success in effective events management (E)
• Demonstrable ability to build good relationships and effectively communicate (verbally and in writing) with a range of stakeholders including scientists, colleagues and members of the public (E)
• Commitment to working to, and facilitating, the highest standards (E)
• One years’ experience working in a non-profit related program (E) 
• Experience in grants management (D)
• Up-to-date understanding of relevant sector developments (D)
• Familiarity with sector developments in PPIE, reproducibility, project management, impact analysis, Flexigrant and Research Fish (D) 

Terms

This is a full-time role with potential for flexible working arrangements and a requirement for occasional flexibility about working hours. This role would work well as a 12-month secondment. Due to COVID-19 we are currently predominantly working from home. 

PLEASE INCLUDE A COVERING LETTER - any application without a covering letter will not be considered. Thank you.