Area fundraising manager jobs in Cardiff, wales
The overall purpose of the role is to lead and coordinate meaningful participation and engagement opportunities for children, young people and adults to shape services, influence decision-making and ensure the voices of lived experience are central to organisational development. The postholder will support in designing, delivering and evaluating initiatives that build trust, inclusion and empowerment.
Main Responsibilities
- To co-ordinate and provide safe spaces for children, young people and adults to participate in user- led activities and projects.
- To be a key link between children, young people and adults within our participation service and staff, making sure their voices and experiences are heard.
- To recruit and engage children, young people, and adults, to enable them to feel comfortable to join our Participation service.
- To support the Head of Voice, Participation & Engagement to develop opportunities for children, young people, and adults to be actively involved throughout the organisation.
- Lead and facilitate small scale participation projects.
- To maintain records of all interactions with stakeholders, using Salesforce.
- To be able to work flexibly, including regular evening and occasional weekend work in response to participants availability.
- Support the Head of Voice, Participation & Engagement in planning and facilitating forums.
- Work with people with lived experience of bereavement to create meaningful content and service recommendations.
- Work across the organisation sharing, promoting and training in best practice in participation.
- To assist in planning, organising and delivering participation events (virtually and in-person).
- Ensure that a range of voices are heard, with particular focus on EDI.
- Ensure the safety and wellbeing of members of the participation service through adherence to the organisation’s safeguarding policy and practice.
- Maintain accurate records throughout all services, complying with the organisation’s recording and reporting requirements.
Communication and Relationships
- Develop and maintain trusted relationships with children, young people, families, adults, and stakeholders to create safe and inclusive spaces for participation.
- Facilitate group and one-to-one engagement sessions using creative and accessible methods to ensure diverse voices are heard and valued.
- Collaborate with internal teams, including service delivery, communication, marketing and fundraising to embed participation principles across all areas of work.
- Represent the organsiation externally at meetings, events and networks, sharing insight from lived experience to inform sector-wide learning.
- Translate feedback and participation outputs into clear reports, presentations or creative formats that inform decision-making.
- Demonstrate empathy, confidentiality and active listening when engaging with individuals or groups who may have experience loss and trauma.
- Establish excellent internal working relationships with peers and colleagues.
- Model the values and culture of the organisation in interactions and relationships at work.
- Adapt communication style and approach to suit the needs, preferences, and emotional states of children, young people and adults, including those with neurodiverse profiles or communication difficulties.
- Provide clear, compassionate explanations of support options, safeguarding procedures, and next steps to children, young people, adults and families.
- Maintain professional boundaries while fostering a safe and supportive environment for children, young people and adults.
- Respond to challenging or emotionally charged situations with sensitivity, professionalism, and a focus on empathy and support.
- Ensure accurate and timely documentation of communications and decisions in line with organisational policies and data protection regulations.
Knowledge, training and experience
- Proven experience in youth participation, community engagement, co-production, or related areas, ideally within charity, education or health and social care sector.
- Understanding of participation frameworks, rights-based approached and trauma-informed practice.
- Demonstrate a good understanding of grief, loss, trauma, child development, and the psychological and social impact of bereavement on children, young people, families and adults.
- Experience in facilitating groups, workshops, and creative engagement activities both in-person and online.
- Ability to translate engagement insight into practical feedback and recommendations
- Adhere to legislation and statutory guidance related to Safeguarding Children and Young People, Safeguarding Adults, and the Mental Capacity Act.
- Participate actively in clinical supervision and reflective practice to ensure safe, ethical, and effective service delivery.
- Contribute to the development and sharing of knowledge within the team by supporting training, mentoring, and peer learning opportunities.
Analytical and judgment skills
- Ability to gather qualitative and quantitative feedback and identify key themes, trends, and areas for improvement.
- Exercise sound judgement in managing sensitive information, ethical boundaries and participant confidentiality.
- Assess engagement risks and implement appropriate boundaries and referrals in line with safeguarding policies.
- Critically evaluate participation initiatives and contribute to evidence-based practice through reflection, evaluation tools and reporting.
- Balance organisation priorities with participant needs, ensuring representation remains authentic rather than tokenistic.
- Ensure accurate, timely, and meaningful data recording and reporting to inform practice, service evaluation, and organisational performance monitoring.
Planning and organisational skills
- Plan, coordinate and deliver participation activities, forums and events with clear objectives, timelines and outcomes.
- Support the development of annual participation calendars or frameworks as needed.
- Manage competing priorities across multiple projects, ensuring timely communication with internal teams and external partners.
- Maintain accurate records, consent forms and participation data using appropriate digital systems.
- Support logistical arrangements including venue booking, accessibility adjustments, transport and safeguarding measures.
- Contribute to strategic planning by identifying emerging themes, opportunities for partnerships and areas for innovation.
- Provide cover and support for participation and engagement team members during periods of absence or high demand.
- Demonstrate self-awareness and reflective capacity, using supervision and peer support to sustain personal wellbeing and professional effectiveness.
- Contribute to the development of efficient, evidence-based practices by supporting team planning, service evaluation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Person Specification
Essential
- Minimum 3 years’ experience of working with children and young people or adults in health, social care, youth, community or education setting
- Experience of advocating for the interests of children, young people or vulnerable adults or individuals from ethnically diverse communities
- Strong written and oral communication skills, with experience of tailoring these to a wide range of audience
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage sensitively with children, families, and professionals while maintaining professional boundaries at all times
- Experience of facilitating participation groups both in person and online
- Knowledge of different facilitation approaches and methods
- Demonstratable experience of safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and an ability to practice in a way that promotes this
- Experience of building trusting relationships with children, young people, and adults creating safe space
- Passion for the power of Voice and Lived Experience
- Understanding of the challenges that participation work can present, and experience of how to overcome this
- Ability to work collaboratively within a team and with external organisations
- Emotional maturity, stability and resilience with a strong commitment to self-care and the ability to seek support and guidance when difficulties arise in the course of work
- Strong IT skills, including confidence in using multiple IT systems
Desirable
- Experience of working in bereavement sector
Benefits
- 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata if applicable) with increase for long service.
- TOIL for our hours work.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Company sick pay.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Life assurance.
- Training loans.
- Enhanced family friendly policies.
Recruitment Timetable
Application deadline: 16th June 2026 at midnight
Winston’s Wish reserves the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications for the role before the closing date.
Please refer to our recruitment pack for further details on the interview process.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Context and Background
Our award-winning Creative Team sits within the NSPCC's Communications directorate. We're made up of creatives with design, writing and film production expertise. We create campaign and marketing identities, concepts, and materials, across all channels and for all audiences. We mainly work across three brands -- NSPCC, Childline and NSPCC Learning.
Our team has a broad skillset, covering creative strategy, ideation and delivery. We provide consultancy, art direction, planning, tone of voice guidance and copywriting across print and digital. So whether our colleagues are promoting a fabulous new fundraising event, introducing one of our frontline services, or kickstarting a new national campaign, our team is on hand to offer expertise.
As our new Senior Writer, you'll play a fundamental role in making sure the work we put out is as engaging and impactful as possible to a wide range of audiences.
Job purpose
The Senior Writer will be a highly talented communicator with substantial expertise in creative copywriting, branding and communications, preferably with experience in the charity sector.
You'll work on a wide range of creative briefs that might see you writing copy for print, digital, film, social media or web, based on briefs that come in from teams across the NSPCC. You'll also share your knowledge and expertise through workshops and consultation with internal teams and external agencies.
You’ll work closely with the Head of Creative to drive the quality, consistency, and effectiveness of our marketing and communications, making sure we’re talking to our supporters and the people we help in the most effective way possible. A large part of this is continuing to increase the use of plain English across the organisation.Finally, you will develop and lead strategy relating to copywriting, core messaging and tone of voice for the organisation. And as a senior member of the team, you'll help guide and mentor more junior colleagues.
Key relationships - Internal
• Reports to the Head of Creative.
• Is a key part of the senior Creative team and the wider Brand and Marketing department.
• Works collaboratively with all teams across the organisation to ensure creative excellence and brand integrity.
• Proactively engages with NSPCC colleagues.
Key relationships - External
• Liaises with external professionals e.g. freelance writers, agencies, filmmakers.
• Develops links and shares best practice with peers within the UK charity sector.
• Establishes networks with industry opinion formers, media and other stakeholders.
Main duties and responsibilities
• Develop verbal brand identity – through copywriting, core messaging and tone of voice guidance – across the NSPCC and Childline.
• Work with the senior Creative team to agree and deliver client projects from initial concepts through to the finished product, in line with our department’s annual business plan.
• Explore and develop creative concepts and help push the boundaries of the creative direction and output of the NSPCC, working closely with the Head of Creative and senior team.
• Pitch concepts and finished copy to commissioning teams, in line with brief objectives and the NSPCC brand.
• Make sure creative collateral across NSPCC and Childline marketing and communications is consistent and of a high standard.
• Partner with teams across the charity that create content, offering expert advice and creative solutions relating to brand and tone of voice.• Work effectively with other Communications colleagues to make sure we complete projects on time and in budget.
• Support junior team members, and contribute to the growth and personal development of communications team staff through supervisory, coaching and mentoring activities.
• Identify and provide long-term strategic solutions to the NSPCC’s editorial and copywriting needs, and fulfil them by working with the Head of Creative and senior team.
• Develop high-quality writing standards for the NSPCC, including style guides and training, with a focus on increasing the use of plain English and inclusive language across our work.
Responsibilities for all staff within the Communications directorate
• Actively participate in regular department and team meetings, contributing to strategy discussions and decisions which will benefit the NSPCC’s communications activities.
• Maintain an awareness Health and Safety and comply with the NSPCC’s Health and Safety policy and procedures.
• Take personal responsibility for keeping up to date with the NSPCC’s work to keep children safe.
• A commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of babies, children, young people and adults at risk.
Person specification
1. Substantial experience in a copywriter role in either an agency or in-house team, with demonstrable ability of working across a broad range of briefs.
2. Proven ability to communicate and present confidently and clearly to senior stakeholders and clients.
3. Enthusiastic about embedding EDI principles across all areas of copywriting and in our wider communications work.
4. Experience working with and creating brand guidelines.
5. Experience guiding and mentoring junior team members.
6. In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of current trends and best practise in marketing, advertising and communications.
7. Highly collaborative and focused on creating a collaborative team spirit.8. Solid understanding of copywriting and editorial across environments including social, web, film and online advertising.
9. Ability to manage numerous complex projects for senior stakeholders, working to agreed deadlines often with conflicting priorities.
Safer Recruitment
As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk.
Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.
The recruitment and selection of our people will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance.
Our principles:
• Always seek to recruit the best candidate for the role based on merit including their skills, experience, motivation and competencies. Our robust recruitment and selection process should ensure the identification of the person best suited to the role and the organisation.
• Committed to diversity and equality of opportunity and will interview all applicants (internal and external) who self-declare at application as having a disability and who meet the minimum requirements in the person specification of the vacancy they are applying for.
• We will make reasonable adjustments at all stages of the recruitment process in order to enable successful candidates who declare disabilities to start working or volunteering their time with us.
• Any current member of staff or volunteer who wishes to apply for vacancies and is suitably qualified will be considered and addressed fairly and objectively based on their merit.
• As an organisation committed to safeguarding, we will ensure all under 18’s joining the organisation will have ongoing risk assessments to ensure their role and activities are safe and appropriate.
• All documentation relating to candidates will be treated confidentially in accordance with the GDPR legislation.
Thank you!
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Scripture Union is a national mission-movement, helping churches reveal Jesus to the next generation. We equip churches to reach children and young people – especially those outside the church – wherever they are, and in ways that truly connect. Because every young person should have the opportunity to discover Jesus, and too many never will. Through Bible-based resources, practical training and our Revealing Jesus mission framework, we help churches build relationships that lead to faith. Our team of Mission Enablers supports a growing network of Faith Guides – local people, rooted in their communities, revealing Jesus in everyday life.
We are looking for a Mission Enabler to offer direction and energy to the ministry of Scripture Union with a focus on initiating and maintaining missional opportunities in South Wales. You will be an enthusiastic candidate who will be able to recruit, train, coach and support many Volunteers and Faith Guides working together with them. You will also lead by example, through the modelling of excellent mission delivery to children and young people consistent with Scripture Union’s mission in supporting the pioneering of new mission.
The successful candidate will:
· Be a strategic thinker and will have solid judgment of ministry impact.
· Have considerable insight into ministry with children and young people, be a passionate advocate, an excellent practitioner, and a capable communicator.
· Influence networks, shape opinion, challenge inertia and inspire creativity.
· Be self-disciplined, able to organise and prioritise their own workload, and manage multiple projects.
· Be able to visualise and work towards long-term goals.
· Be open to and comfortable with different traditions, styles and expression of spirituality, prayer, and worship, and has a growing familiarity with and understanding of the Bible.
· Have a total commitment to God and is a Christian disciple.
· Be able to communicate effectively and speak the Welsh language (would be desirable).
If this describes you, and you agree with Scripture Union’s aims and beliefs, we would love to hear from you.
Why join us? Beyond the profound impact of your work, we offer excellent benefits:
· A flexible, role supporting work-life balance
· Competitive salary and generous pension scheme (up to 12% employer contribution) and option to opt in to Salary Sacrifice
· 23 days annual leave + bank holidays + 5 additional days to volunteer at Scripture Union events
· Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave
· Life insurance, Permanent Health Insurance (PHI), option to join BUPA Healthcare and access to an excellent Employee Assistance Programme
· Free Bible Reading notes and staff discount on our other material
· A supportive, faith-filled environment where your work has eternal impact
If you're ready to make a lasting difference and join a community united by faith, we want to hear from you!
The Movement takes Safeguarding seriously. This role will require an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service and have an occupational requirement to be filled by a committed Christian, active in church life. Equality Act 2010, Part 1, Schedule 9 applies.
We are committed to building a culturally diverse workforce. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from people, regardless of their background.
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Mae Scripture Union yn fudiad cenhadol yng Nghymru a Lloegr, sy’n helpu eglwysi a chapeli ddatgelu Iesu at y genhedlaeth nesaf. Rydym yn arfogi eglwysi a chapeli i gyrraedd plant a phobol ifanc – yn enwedig y rhai sydd tu allan i’r eglwys – ble bynnag yr ydynt, ac mewn ffyrdd sydd wir yn cysylltu â nhw. Oherwydd dylai pob plentyn a pherson ifanc cael y cyfle i ddarganfod Iesu, ac mae gormod sydd ddim mynd i gael y cyfle yna. Wrth gynnig adnoddau wedi’u sefydlu yn y Beibl, hyfforddiant ymarferol, a’n fframwaith cenhadaeth Datgelu Iesu, rydym ni’n helpu eglwysi a chapeli i adeiladu perthnasoedd sy’n arwain at ffydd. Mae’r tîm o Ysgogyddion Cenhadol yn cefnogi a thyfu rhwydwaith o Dywysyddion Ffydd – pobol leol gyda chysylltiadau cryf gyda’u cymuned leol, sy’n datgelu Iesu mewn bywyd pob dydd.
Rydym yn chwilio am Ysgogydd Cenhadol bydd yn cynnig cyfeiriad ac egni i weinidogaeth Scripture Union gan ganolbwyntio ar gychwyn a chynnal cyfleoedd i weinidogaethu. Byddech chi’n berson brwdfrydig sydd yn gallu ysgogi, hyfforddi, paratoi a chefnogi llawer o Wirfoddolwyr a Thywyswyr Ffydd gan gydweithio â nhw. Bydd yn arwain trwy esiampl hefyd, gan genhadu mewn ffordd ardderchog ymysg plant a phobl ifanc yn unol â chenhadaeth Scripture Union ac arloesi mewn dulliau newydd cenhadaeth.
Bydd yr ymgeisydd llwyddiannus:
· Yn gallu meddwl yn strategol a bydd ganddo/ganddi ddealltwriaeth gadarn o effeithiau gweinidogaethu.
· Yn wybodus iawn am weinidogaethu gyda phlant a phobl ifanc, a bydd yn eiriolwr brwd, yn ymarferydd rhagorol ac yn gyfathrebydd effeithiol.
· Yn dylanwadu ar rwydweithiau, yn llywio barn, yn herio difaterwch ac yn ysbrydoli creadigrwydd.
· Yn hunan-ddisgybledig, yn gallu trefnu a blaenoriaethu’r llwyth gwaith a rheoli sawl prosiect ar yr un pryd.
· Yn gallu gweld nodau hirdymor a gweithio tuag atynt.
· Yn agored i wahanol draddodiadau, arddulliau a ffyrdd o fynegi ysbrydolrwydd, gweddi ac addoliad ac yn gyfforddus gyda nhw, ac yn dod i adnabod ac i ddeall y Beibl yn well.
· Wedi cysegru ei hun i Dduw ac yn ddisgybl i Grist.
· Yn gallu cyfathrebu’n effeithiol a byddai’n fuddiol pe gallai siarad Cymraeg.
Os yw hyn yn eich disgrifio chi, ac rydych chi'n cytuno ag amcanion a chredoau Scripture Union, byddem wrth ein bodd yn clywed gennych chi.
Pam ymuno â ni? Y tu hwnt i effaith ddofn eich gwaith, rydym yn cynnig buddion rhagorol:
• Rôl hyblyg, sy'n cefnogi cydbwysedd bywyd a gwaith
• Cyflog cystadleuol a chynllun pensiwn hael (hyd at 12% o gyfraniad y cyflogwr) a'r opsiwn i ymuno ag Aberthu Cyflog
• 23 diwrnod o wyliau blynyddol + gwyliau banc + 5 diwrnod ychwanegol i wirfoddoli mewn digwyddiadau Scripture Union
• Absenoldeb Mamolaeth a Thadolaeth Gwell
• Yswiriant bywyd, Yswiriant Iechyd Parhaol (PHI), opsiwn i ymuno â BUPA Healthcare a mynediad at Raglen Cymorth i Weithwyr ragorol
• Nodiadau Darllen Beibl am ddim a disgownt staff ar ein deunydd arall
• Amgylchedd cefnogol, llawn ffydd lle mae gan eich gwaith effaith dragwyddol
Os ydych chi'n barod i wneud gwahaniaeth parhaol ac ymuno â chymuned sydd wedi'i huno gan ffydd, rydym am glywed gennych chi!
Mae'r Mudiad yn cymryd Diogelu o ddifrif. Bydd y rôl hon yn gofyn am Ddatgeliad Gwell gan y Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd a bydd gofyniad galwedigaethol i'w lenwi gan Gristion ymroddedig, sy'n weithgar ym mywyd yr eglwys. Mae Deddf Cydraddoldeb 2010, Rhan 1, Atodlen 9 yn berthnasol.
Rydym wedi ymrwymo i adeiladu gweithlu amrywiol yn ddiwylliannol. Fel rhan o'r ymrwymiad hwn, rydym yn croesawu ceisiadau gan bobl, waeth beth fo'u cefndir.
Closing date: 12th June 2026
Interview date: w/c 13th July 2026
Interview location: Cardiff, location to be confirmed.
If this describes you, and you are in agreement with the aims and beliefs of Scripture Union, then we would like to hear from you. To apply for this role, download a copy of the job specification. You will need to upload your CV (2 A4 pages max) and a covering letter (2 A4 pages max) detailing how your skills and experience reflect the person specification via Charity Jobs. All screening questions provided as part of your application, must be answered.
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Scripture Union is a Christian charity that exists to see a new generation with a vibrant faith in Jesus.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.