Gwent Wildlife Trust is the leading conservation charity in Gwent, working for the wildlife and people of our rich and varied landscape. For over 50 years, we have been protecting wildlife and working to educate, influence and empower people to understand and care about their local environment. 

Our funders and supporters, whether grant-making trusts, local authorities, individuals, businesses or community organisations, are absolutely vital. We’re entirely funded through grants, membership subscriptions, legacies and donations and have developed a good reputation for our project delivery, campaigning and influencing over many years. 

The Role

We’re looking for a talented person to lead on our fundraising from grants and trusts, working within a friendly, committed and professional team in Gwent and as part of the wider movement of Wildlife Trusts in the UK. This role presents an exciting opportunity to make a highly significant contribution to nature’s recovery in Wales, working for a highly-regarded regional charity with ambitious goals.You will continue developing strong relationships with our major funding partners, building on our track record in securing multi-year project funding to restore wildlife and help nature recover in Gwent The successful candidate will enjoy finding creative and proactive ways to build relationships with new and existing funders across current and developing streams of work.

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising and Communications, you’ll also work closely and collaboratively with our Chief Executive Officer, Senior Management Team (SMT) and the wider team, taking the lead on securing and increasing our income from trusts and foundations and other major sources.You will be responsible for maintaining relationships with key funders and project donors, and identifying new potential funding sources.At this important time for fundraising, as we look to increase our income from Trusts and Foundations from 50% to 60% over the next few years, to include approx. £150-£200,000 into core operational costs, you’ll need to work across teams and have the drive to seek out and maximise a wide range of opportunities. With a proven track record in successful grant fundraising, or similar bid-writing experience, you will support and upskill other staff in developing their project ideas into high quality funding applications.You will take responsibility for ensuring best practice at all times, including use of Full Cost Recovery in budgets and for maintaining good standards of monitoring and evaluation of funded Projects. You will be the main point of contact for all statutory, grant, trust and foundation fundraising so whilst you don’t have to have specific environmental sector fundraising experience, you do need to be able to get to grips with our key areas of work and impact, and be able to articulate this in a way that is accurate and compelling. Although primarily focused on grants fundraising, this role has the potential to grow to include wider project and partnership development. 

Workplace Details

This role will be based at our premises in Gwent.  We can facilitate flexible working and due to current Covid-19 restrictions within our offices it is likely that the successful candidate will need to work from their home address at least some of the time.

To Apply

Please visit our website for more information and to apply for this position.

We offer an exciting opportunity to become part of a brand-new senior management team in Valleys Kids, led by our newly appointed Chief Executive. We are a community regeneration charity, committed to changing the lives of disadvantaged people in ex-mining communities of the South Wales Valleys.  We are looking for a charismatic, experienced, forward thinking individual with financial acumen, innovative ideas and the commitment to implement them as our Director of Business & Finance. 

This post will be responsible for income generation, driving social enterprise and financial management. It is being recruited in conjunction with a Director of Programmes. There is a potential crossover of skills and abilities, so potential candidates may wish to be considered for either role

Please see the job pack below for a full job description for both roles. 

Job title: Director of Business and Finance

Responsible to: Chief Executive

Salary: £40,000 per annum

Location: Penygraig, South Wales with some home working 

Hours: Full-time 

As a family friendly organisation, we recognise that obligations outside work are important and that balancing work and family commitments can sometimes be a challenge.  We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Annual leave entitlement: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Employer pension contributions of 3% 

The Director of Business Development will be responsible for ensuring that Valleys Kids has the resources, people, systems and processes  to continue to thrive and grow. 

You will be responsible for ensuring successful delivery of the organisational infrastructure, collective innovation, staff development and well-being . 

You will facilitate delivery of the business development strategy and annual income generation plan. Initially, you will have specific oversight of three areas: income generation, fundraising and marketing;  financial and administrative operations; and our rapidly developing social enterprises. 

This role forms part of the Senior Leadership Team at Valleys Kids and contributes to overall strategy development of the organisation. Working with the CEO, you will also support Valleys to develop a strong profile for its work at a local and national level.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy: Developing the organisation’s strategic approach to resources management (including financial planning processes, analysis of current and future spending needs, budget-setting, use of assets, implementing the business development strategy and annual income generation plan).

Organisational Development: Working with the CEO and other members of the senior team to ensure that Valleys Kids is a well-managed and successful organisation, with a focus on Quality assurance and continuous improvement in strategy formulation, systems and processes.

Finance and Administration: Managing the finances of the organisation (including oversight of the finance and administration team), linking resource decisions to strategic and service planning priorities, monitoring and reporting expenditure, managing external contracts (including systems for performance and impact evaluation), overseeing HR processes. 

Business Development: Leading income generation initiatives to ensure a strong blend of income stream and overseeing the fundraising team and the social enterprises team.

Social and Community Enterprises: Providing strategic management for the work of Valleys Creative and other initiatives that provide high quality management of community assets and social enterprises.

Innovation: Together with the Director of Programmes, leading on developing new approaches to meeting the needs of communities and working with partners in assessing need and making plans for working together in meeting those needs, 

Corporate Governance: Overseeing arrangements for making the work of the Board of Trustees effective across the whole range of strategic functions it performs.

Person Specification: 

Values:

• A commitment to community development, tackling structural inequality and other barriers to people achieving their potential.

Experience:

• At least 5 years experience of Senior Management 

• At least 5 years experience of leading income generation for an organisation or enterprise, ideally a mixture of traditional fundraising, social enterprise and contracts

• Experience of budgeting and financial management, ideally with budgets over 1 million

• Evidence of successful staff engagement and development practice, linking organisational values with employee behaviour

• A strong track record of networking, developing and maintaining external relationships 

Skills:

• Interpersonal skills and judgement, which inspire confidence and trust from staff, volunteers, stakeholders and other organisations.

• Ability to lead or oversee income generation from a wide range of sources including statutory funding, trusts and foundations, trading income, contracts and individual giving.

• Ability to manage multiple income streams ensuring full compliance to agreements and contracts

• An entrepreneurial approach - able to use resources effectively and develop new ideas and gain buy-in to implement successfully

• Ability to understand and implement effective systems and processes 

• Committed to leading from the front and demonstrating to staff and stakeholders that community development and service delivery are the foremost priorities for the organisation

Main purpose of position

The purpose of this role is to support the Community and Special Events team on day to day administration, which include (but not limited to) dealing with enquiries, supporting fundraisers and assisting with larger projects within the team. This role requires an individual who is confident, articulate, well organised and with a keen eye for detail - someone who enjoys a challenge and has a methodical approach to their work. The role would ideally suit someone at the beginning of their career who is interested in fundraising, particularly within the area of Community Fundraising and Special Events.

Children with Cancer UK

Established in 1987, by our Chairman Eddie O’Gorman, following his youngest son Paul O’Gorman passing away from Acute Lymphoid Leukaemia, ALL, Children with Cancer UK has gone on to become a leading force in paediatric oncology.

In the last 32 years we have raised a staggering £260m in the fight against childhood cancer. Over the years, working with the scientific community, we have made significant breakthroughs in the treatment of ALL, and have contributed to raising survival rates from 63% to 84%. Alongside this we have also invested in patient family accommodation and grants to families, in addition to supporting family days out and welfare programmes throughout the UK, helping children and their families to maintain as normal a life as possible during their treatment.

We are moving into a new phase of growth and are investing in our teams to expand our reach, grow our awareness and deliver greater income to ensure we can continue our fight against childhood cancer. Our leading pillar of work continues to be research into the cause, treatment and cure of this cruel disease, and we will not stop until every child survives.

Key priorities and relationships

Community and Special Events

1. To work closely with Line Manager and Community and Special Events Coordinators to deliver key campaigns, partnerships and special events.
2. To be the first point of contact for all incoming enquiries from current supports as well as prospective supporters.
3. To ensure all supporters have all the support and materials requested.
4. To project manage small campaigns and events, with support of line manager.
5. Recruit and support new supporters to maximise their fundraising potential.
6. To assist with the organisation of the event days experience and attend as required.
7. Build relationships with existing and new fundraisers, providing fundraising materials, encouragement and support.
8. To log and monitor prizes for the team; to undertake some cold mailing and cold calling for specific product / prize donations or supporter acquisition.
9. To work collaboratively cross departmentally.

Administration

1. To ensure all mailings are despatched effectively on a daily basis.
2. Logging all supporter information accurately on Raiser’s Edge in line with current processes.
3. To manage fundraising activities on Raiser’s Edge.
4. To ensure that data relating to the Community and Special Events team is kept up-to-date and accessible to other members of the team.
5. To deal promptly with enquiries, over the telephone, via email and in writing.
6. To assist in the monitoring of stock and materials and ensuring adequate stocks are always held and available.
7. Assist in keeping up-to-date income expenditure records where required and assist with creation of monthly money reports.

Additional Responsibilities

1. Any other reasonable duties as directed by your line manager.
    
2. The post requires an amount of evening and weekend work and the post holder is expected to attend events as and when required – throughout the UK or abroad.  The charity operates a time off in lieu system to make this time up which your line manager will need to approve.

Personal Specification

Skills / Abilities

• Articulate and literate to a high level

• Good customer service skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to prioritise and multi-task
• Proficient in use of Microsoft suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc)
• A keen eye for detail
• Good team player
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines

Desirable

• Experience of dealing with charity supporters
• Experience of working on social media channels
• An ability to work with a variety of stakeholders both internal and external, including fundraisers, committee members and wider team members

How Assessed

• Application / Interview / Task

Experience

• Prior customer facing experience (not necessarily within the charity sector)

Desirable

• Experience of Raisers Edge or other Customer Relationship Management software
• Knowledge of community fundraising and the wider fundraising / charity sector

How Assessed

• Application / Interview / Task

Other requirements

• Enthusiastic, confident, sociable, resilient
• Strong team player
• A self-starter who can plan their own diary and seize the initiative
• A proven interest in the charity sector and specifically working within community and / or special events.
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
• Able to work collaboratively as part of a team and contribute to a positive working environment and culture

• Creative and innovative

How Assessed

• Application / Interview / Task

At Children with Cancer UK we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. The statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Momentum Children’s Charity is a local organisation that supports families whose children have cancer or a life-challenging condition. We were founded 17 years ago by our current Chief Executive and have grown enormously over that time. We currently have partnerships with six local hospitals who refer families to us for support, which ranges from therapies and counselling, to respite holidays and special family experiences.

It’s an exciting time for us, as our vision is to expand further to meet the needs of even more families. To support this growth, we need to raise awareness and the profile of the charity, as well as substantial funds to deliver our support programme. We have an ambitious three-year strategy, which includes broadening our reach into new geographical areas and, in turn, this opens the opportunity to increase our profile, supporter base and fundraising activities in new communities across South-West London, Surrey and Sussex.

The Head of Fundraising will play a crucial part in helping us achieve our vision. Reporting to the CEO, you will be a key member of the Senior Management Team, working alongside our Head of Strategic Development, Head of Service Delivery and Head of Finance and HR.

You will have overall responsibility for Fundraising and Marketing activities, leading and inspiring a small but dedicated team. We want you to bring fresh ideas and lots of enthusiasm: in return, you have our guarantee that we recognise the value and need to invest in fundraising. We’re doing a lot of great things already, but we know we’re not perfect! In particular, we hope you can develop our Individual Giving, Community and Events income streams, and support the other key fundraising areas in reaching their potential. You’ll be joining us as we launch a fabulous new brand design which, alongside a compelling children’s charity cause and plenty of fundable activities, makes our charity a genuinely exciting place to be!

Role: Fundraising Coordinator

As IAPWA’s Fundraising Coordinator, your main focus will be creating and developing our new Community Fundraising Programme throughout the UK with a view to opening up new donor and support avenues for the charity. You will be responsible for growing a strong online and offline fundraising community whilst managing the stewardship of your fundraisers to maximise income. This will include:

• Recruitment: Coming up with creative ideas to recruit new fundraisers to grow our team across a range of locations and demographics (working to recruitment targets).
• Development: Growing these fundraisers into a nationwide group of Community Fundraising Members, County Coordinators and Regional Coordinators.
• Management: Fully supporting these individuals and teams throughout their entire community fundraising journey with IAPWA (working to monthly fundraising targets).

Other Responsibilities: Fundraising Coordinator

• Challenge Events: To plan, develop and deliver IAPWA’s fundraising event programme including Mountain Challenges, Overseas Challenges, and Virtual Events, ensuring income, participation & retention targets are achieved.
• Administration: Efficient administration, recording and budget management across all areas of your work.

You will be a relationship developer and engaging communicator who can hit the ground running within a small charity whilst working to targets.

The Person:

• 12+ months experience within fundraising/recruitment
• Passion for animal welfare
• Excellent organisational and communication skills
• Ability to multi-task and manage time effectively
• Excellent attention to detail
• Proactive approach
• Problem solving skills
• Resourcefulness
• Effective team player
• Good knowledge of the non-profit sector
• Willingness to travel to support fundraising teams (this may occasionally fall on a weekend)

International Aid for the Protection & Welfare of Animals (IAPWA) was founded in 2009 and aims to provide protection and improve the welfare of animals in need. We exist for the benefit of the animals who need our help and are driven by those who are passionate about providing this lifeline. Our achievements have and continue to be possible through the combined dedication of everyone within the IAPWA Team who enable us to make an impact through the collective action we take.

We are seeking a passionate, innovative, flexible, and dedicated fundraiser to join us as our charity starts to grow. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop their skills in fundraising and communications as we expand our reach as a charity. We are looking to employ a Fundraising Officer who will be committed to supporting Reedham Children’s Trust at a key development phase.

Reedham Children’s Trust provides support for vulnerable and disadvantaged children and has done so for 175 years. We believe every child deserves the chance to thrive and to look forward to a healthy, happy, and fulfilling adult life. We adapt our services as social needs change, always seeking the most innovative and effective ways to help. Collaborating with grassroots organisations and schools we offer practical, emotional, and inspirational support, helping to raise aspirations and transform the lives of vulnerable children.

Passionate… professional… creative… pro-active… 

Do you want to use your skills to make a real difference in the world? Through quality fundraising, Chell Perkins Ltd exists to make a very real and lasting impact on the third sector. We want to identify, partner with and nurture the next generation of potential fundraisers to see all charities have access to bespoke, exceptional and affordable fundraising support.

Personally, Stuart and I have been blessed by the charities we have worked with. They offered us training, sharpened our fundraising skills, challenged us, and invested in our ability to fundraise well: releasing us to help more individuals with deeper support. 

Chell Perkins Ltd wishes to pay this kindness forwards through our Junior Fundraising Training Programme. 

Break into fundraising and make a difference:

If you want to use your skills to help charities, this five year training programme will teach you everything you need to know about fundraising, whilst giving you considerable on-the job training and support. 

How it works:

Year 1 - Fundraising Officer: You’ll be inducted into an immersive training programme, featuring online/classroom training, self study and key textbooks. There is plenty of practical experience with trusts and foundations, event, corporate, individual donor and major donor fundraising. This is all aimed to equip you for your Certificate in Fundraising in year two.

Year 2 - Fundraising Consultant: This year you will have the opportunity to complete IOF's Certificate in Fundraising.  This is the industry recognised qualification for frontline fundraisers, fully funded by Chell Perkins Ltd. It provides the theory and principles behind successful fundraising and practical skills to make an immediate impact on fundraising results. With your increased experience and knowledge, you will find yourself taking the lead more with our client’s trust and foundation, direct mail, capital and event fundraising. 

Year 3/4 - Senior Consultant: By year three, you will have experienced fundraising across a diverse range of income streams. This learned experience will now see you assisting Chell Perkins Ltd with strategy formation and consultation work throughout the third sector. We will offer some candidates the chance at this stage for our Senior Consultants to enter into a Level 7 qualification either with the Institute of Fundraising or the University of Kent.

Year 5 - Principle Consultant/Team Leader: As the scheme progresses and you continue to sharpen your fundraising toolkit, you will be given the choice of two directions: working towards being a Principal Consultant or becoming a Team Leader. 

Team Leader - This role will see you managing your own team of fundraisers within a speciality or sector that suits you best. You will be responsible for ensuring all output from your team is exceptional quality, bringing the best outcomes for the charities we work for. You will help to mentor and train some of the newer members of staff on your team.

Principle Consultant - You will use your skills to now lead and partner with your own charity clients. In working with charities throughout the last 4 to 5 years, you will have built relationships and grown your capacity to support organisations in a variety of ways. Chell Perkins Ltd will support you as you transform charities through professional, passionate and pro-active fundraising.

Both roles will be instrumental to ensure that Chell Perkins Ltd continues to support charities and make their Vision A Reality.

Why ChellPerkins?

At the end of this scheme you will be a fundraising expert, trained in every aspect of the job and capable of talking to clients and organisations of all shapes and sizes. But there’s much more to the scheme than the nuts and bolts. Although we are biased (of course) the Chell Perkins team are a great bunch of people to work with. We really care about your future, our clients and the world we all share. We want you to become part of the family, enjoying a sometimes-chaotic, always-caring and fully-empowering work culture that is aimed at helping you realise your own potential.

Client mix

Candidates should be aware that at present 70% of our clients come from a Christian background (either they are churches or Christian charities). While it is not an occupational requirement to be a Christian, candidates must be happy to write for a faith-based audience.

Following our recent expansion, we are keen to attract an experienced and driven Head of Fundraising with a great track record and background in both grants/statutory and community engagement.

You will direct and manage a small team of 2 PT grants officers and 2 PT and 1 FT Community Engagement Officers.  

Your time will be broadly split 40-60 across Grants and Community and you will have specific personal responsibility for Community Engagement in Hertfordshire and N London, with others of your team covering other areas. You will also be working to leveraging grant and statutory funding yourself as well as further developing team performance. We will be wanting to play to your strengths, expertise and contacts. During 2021, we will be working to add further to your community team in new areas. 

The Community work will be across corporates, challenges, events, donor acquisition, promotion of our collection box and lottery programme etc. Developing local support groups in each area will be a key part of delivery.

Working directly to the CEO, you will have great work ethic and an excellent track record of effective income generation and supporter acquisition across both grants and community streams.

You are organised, strategic, personable, outgoing and good at developing relationships and partnerships as well as leading your growing high quality team. You will be well supported by an excellent team, with personal support from the CEO.

You will be excited by the opportunities in this role and growing charity and determined to achieve excellent results to provide even more and better services.

Major Gifts Officer -- Trusts Fundraising 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an aspiring individual to join a great team of fundraisers.  The aim of this role is to support the Director of Fundraising with the development and expansion of the charity’s major donors the main focus of this role being charitable trusts and grants. You will be required to engage and retain current and new high level supporters as well as assisting with the coordination of a programme of high value fundraising and engagement events and working with individual supporters.

We are looking for a driven individual, ideally with experience of trust and grant applications within the UK and internationally, or in a fundraising or marketing role within a non-profit organisation. You must possess excellent research and writing skills, show meticulous attention to detail, and be confident and personable with diplomacy in order to deal positively with some of the charity’s most valuable supporters.

 You will be required to attend events around the UK and at our four centres located in Norfolk, Somerset, Lancashire and Aberdeenshire. Equine knowledge would be advantageous but is not essential.  You must have a flexible approach to your work and be willing to work outside of normal office hours.

World Horse Welfare is an international charity that improves the lives of horses in the UK and around the world through education, campaigning and hands-on care.

World Horse Welfare takes great pride in being realistic, compassionate and forward-thinking and the successful applicant will be expected to share these values.

Major Gifts Officer - trusts

The Snowdon Trust believes that everyone must have the opportunity to achieve their full potential.

We provide financial grants and practical support to help students meet additional disability-related study costs so that they are not financially disadvantaged compared to non-disabled peers. We also provide scholarships to exceptional disabled students to accelerate them into leadership positions that they are too often absent from.

Through our Disabled Leaders Network, we provide a platform for peer support, collaboration and leadership development for Snowdon alumni.

We want to appoint a Fundraising Manager to our core team for the first time. The Trust has a new Chief Executive – also a highly experienced fundraiser – who is building the team to support and deliver our new strategy.  You will join a small but passionate team of staff and volunteers who share great expertise and care deeply about the needs of our client group. Ideally you'll be able to come into the office at least some of the time, but we are flexible about location for the right candidate.

We are looking for a talented, enthusiastic, well-organised and articulate Fundraising Manager to develop and deliver our new fundraising strategy. You will build on the strong relationships we already have with a small but committed group of Trust and Corporate supporters to create new multi-year partnerships and begin to diversify our work to incorporate individual and major gifts.

Work has already begun to create a new framework for the management of our fundraising relationships, and you will build on this to ensure that the Snowdon Trust fundraising life cycle is robust across research, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.  Crucially, you will champion a donor-centric approach across all the Trust’s work.

Our new strategy for 2021-2025 sets out our ambition to grow the impact of our programmes and ensure that we have the right organisational framework in place to deliver our objectives.  It is a pivotal time to get involved and leading our ambitious fundraising plans will be an exciting and career-strengthening opportunity.

We do not underestimate the scale of work ahead, but you have the full support of a fundraising CEO who will roll up her sleeves and help, offering both strategic and practical support as you develop the fundraising strategy.  Together you will set realistic (but ambitious!) timescales and targets and ensure you have the appropriate resources in place to deliver the Trust’s fundraising objectives.

You will need to demonstrate good fundraising or transferrable experience in at least one of the key growth areas for the Trust and this role will suit you well if you enjoy a busy and demanding workload and can manage multiple projects.  You will need to have good organisational and detailed planning skills.  Most important though, will be your brilliant inter-personal skills, your ability to tell a story, and your commitment to empowering disabled students who face too many unnecessary obstacles.

We believe that people with lived experience of disability should be involved in guiding and shaping our work and this is reflected among our board, our selection panel and our staff. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and are committed to offering an interview to any disabled applicant who meets the core person specification.

This is initially offered as a part-time, permanent appointment. We offer a competitive salary, excellent conditions of employment including a pension scheme and generous holiday entitlement.

Looking to develop your experience in individual giving and team management?  Interested in how fundraising databases can help develop campaigns? Are you confident, full of ideas and eager to learn? If so, then this is the role for you! We are looking for an Individual Giving Manager to join our close knit fundraising team.

This is a great opportunity to develop your existing experience of individual giving, legacies and databases and take on more responsibility, along with building on your management experience. With the launch of our lottery scheme this year, it’s also a chance to use your ideas to help develop our campaigns.

We’re looking for someone with in depth knowledge of Raisers Edge or an equivalent database and excellent copywriting skills to create digital appeals.  You'll be a self-starter and problem solver who is well organised and calm under pressure.

Currently the team is working from home, but we are looking to move to hybrid home/office working from the autumn.

Richard House is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults.  Successful candidates will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

We are a leading UK charity and expert voice for children with cancer and have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Trusts, Foundations and Grants fundraiser to join our fundraising team.

This is a new role and the first time we have had a role exclusively devoted to Trusts and Grants Fundraising. We’re looking for someone to develop and implement a Trusts and Grants strategy and grow our income from this stream, developing compelling funding proposals and building relationships with grant funders.

Our work

Each week in the UK and Ireland, more than 30 children are diagnosed with cancer. Our network of dedicated professional members work together in treatment, care and research to help shape a future where all children with cancer survive and live happy, healthy and independent lives.

We fund and support innovative world-class research and collaborate, both nationally and internationally, to drive forward improvements in childhood cancer. Our award-winning information resources help lessen the anxiety, stress and loneliness commonly felt by families, giving support throughout the cancer journey.

Main purpose of the role

This new role with support the Head of Fundraising to develop a Trust and Grants strategy and develop and manage a portfolio of new trust and grant income. The role will be responsible for maximising income from charitable trusts and foundations for projects and core work, building and maintaining good relationships with funders and managing our trust and grant fundraising activity.

This role is offered as 0.5FTE (19 hours per week), initially on an 18 month fixed term contract with possibility of extension subject to available funding. The role can be home working, based anywhere in the UK, with occasional travel to our office in Leicester once COVID restrictions allow. 

Closing date: 23 May 2021

Purpose of Position

Located in London’s Mayfair, overlooking Green Park, the Royal Air Force Club offers first class surroundings and a ‘home from home' to its 24,000 members, predominantly serving and former officers of the RAF and Allied Air Forces and their families. Founded in 1918 and opening its doors in 1922, the Club’s charitable aim is to continue to support the Royal Air Force by preserving and fostering the esprit de corps and traditions of the RAF.

The Royal Air Force Club is a registered charity and over the past 6 months, in response to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Club has launched and executed a successful £500,000 appeal.

We are seeking a specialist fundraiser who will be instrumental in setting up an infrastructure, scoping the tools and developing the income generation strategy for corporate sponsorship, major donors and high net-worth individual givers for the short, mid and long term.  

You will have a strong track record of cultivating relationships with a wide range of supporters and stakeholders and will take ownership of the Club’s income generation strategy for corporate sponsorship and major donors, to develop and deliver a costed annual plan to meet an annual income target. 

The role would suit a highly experienced, self-motivated fundraiser with specialist knowledge and experience in the high/exclusive end of corporate income generation and major donors.   

As a specialist fundraising resource, you will be ‘hands on’ and adept at working under your own initiative, however, you will work closely with the Chief Executive and Club Manager. In addition, the Club also has a Trustee-led Fundraising and Legacies Sub-Committee in place and this individual would work alongside the Committee to help support and guide activity.

You will be joining an organisation committed to delivering outstanding provision for its members, and a staff team committed to the ethos of the Club. 

Your passion and commitment to the cause will be critical to your success in the role, as will your ability to articulate with great confidence, the huge impact that the RAF Club has on its membership, past, present and future. This is a new post, which will be reviewed after one year.

Job Description

The Head of High Value Income Generation will be expected to:

• Develop long term income generation from appropriate local, national and international corporates
• Support Club leadership in developing an income stream from High-Net-Worth Individuals
• Be an ambassador for the Club embodying and communicating our values at all times 
• Lead on development of an income generation plan, alongside the General fundraising plan, to provide a pipeline of income that will grow the existing programme and ensure the Club’s future financial resilience
• Prepare timely follow-up reports, working to demonstrate evidence of impact, outcomes reached, measure value for money and evaluate success and learning
• Utilise the Club’s existing membership and hospitality database to full effect, ensuring GDPR is adhered to at all times
• Accountability for Gift Aid compliance and claims alongside the Director of Finance
• Accountability for compliance and control of the Fundraising Code and GDPR pertaining to fundraising activity

Person Specification

To be appointed the candidate must be able to evidence and demonstrate the following:

Essential:

• At least 3 years’ relevant experience, including the development and co-ordination of corporate and major donor fundraising, to help support successful capital project appeals
• Sustained and demonstrable success in raising substantial income for similar sized charities from a mix of sources including major gift, community and corporate activities.
• Ability to operate effectively at the highest/senior levels of corporate and major donors
• An excellent knowledge of the corporate world and how best to match appropriate potential sponsors with the Club 
• Expertise in strategic planning and working to and achieving set KPIs
• Ability to manage information and record the profile and fundraising activity of donors on a database
• Ability to multi-task to overlapping deadlines and a good eye for detail
• Ability to make risk analyses and time-cost ratios to focus effort on the fundraising activities that are most appropriate and will have the highest chance of success
• Ability to budget manage to ensure targets are met
• Excellent interrelationship, communication (written and verbal), presentational and arithmetical skills, leading to income generation
• Up to date knowledge of GDPR and fundraising legislation.

Preferred:

• Relevant knowledge or experience of the Royal Air Force, RAF Charities or military heritage
• Certificate or Diploma in Fundraising/Member of Institute of Fundraising

Benefits:

The Royal Air Force Club is a wonderful working environment and we are proud to offer a competitive total rewards package that includes a generous pension scheme, an extensive employee discount programme, learning and development programmes and regular engagement activities.

• Sunday Times Top 100 Not for Profit Employer
• Caterer Top 30 Best Places to Work

As an equal opportunities employer, the Royal Air Force Club is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join The Royal Air Force Club.

We have an opportunity for a new team member to join us as a Community Fundraising, Marketing and Communications Officer; the successful applicant will have a background in marketing and strong IT skills, experience of community fundraising would also be desirable. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining Yellow Submarine’s public presence and brand – this will include, but is not limited to, management of the charity’s digital content, print media and merchandise. You will be the first point of contact for new and existing fundraisers, building strong relationships across a variety of networks, helping to promote the charity and its aims.

The role involves frequent evening and weekend working to support community fundraising activities and events, and working hours are flexible to reflect this.

To act as an enthusiastic ambassador for the charity; building strong relationships across a variety of networks to support and develop the public presence ‘brand’ of the charity and community fundraising income.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo a DBS check.

Application deadline: Monday, 24th May 2021
Start date:  ASAP
Interviews are scheduled to take place the W/C 7th June 2021; format TBC.