Prospectus are delighted to be supporting Fine Cell Work, in their search for a Development Manager.

Fine Cell Work is a charity and social enterprise which enables prisoners to build fulfilling and crime-free lives. This is achieved by training the prisoners in high-quality, skilled, creative needlework undertaken in the long hours spent in their cells to foster hope, discipline and self-esteem. Fine Cell Work's aim is to allow them to finish their sentences with work skills, money earned and saved, and the self-belief to not re-offend.

As the Development Manager, you will focus on building relationships with new and existing supporters and on developing and delivering an effective, inclusive stewardship programme. Fine Cell Work have a healthy pipeline which is awaiting exploration and for donors to then be contacted. Joining a supportive, small fundraising team, you will be responsible for securing income from a range of donor sources, contributing to overall income and the new five-year business development plan.

To be successful as the Development Manager you will have significant experience in fundraising, ideally within an individual giving, supporter-led environment. You will be comfortable in all areas of donor management and the donor journey. As Fine Cell Work celebrate their 25-year anniversary next year, they are looking forward to welcoming a new, enthusiastic and engaging individual with excellent writing and inter- communication skills to help them make the most of this exciting milestone.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.

If you are interested in applying to this Development Manager position, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Post Title                             Individual Giving Fundraising Manager

Responsible to Director of Fundraising, Communications and Marketing

Purpose of Post To lead, review and drive forward the strategy to grow income from individual giving. Managing                                               the recruitment and development of individual donors; maximising income through; one-off and                                               regular donations, payroll giving, warm mailings, and other donor development activities.

Hours                                35 hours/week

Salary£34,000

Interviews                           Interviews will be held for this post on Thursday 10th February 2021

JOB SUMMARY

The Individual Giving Fundraising Manager is responsible for developing and delivering relationships between SCT and individual supporters. The post holder will be responsible for identifying and maximising income through targeted communications and stewardship with potential and existing regular donors, high-value donors and patrons.

SCT wants to appoint a candidate who can realise the fundraising potential from our individual supporters. We already have a good foundation but we want to take it to the next level. This will include (but is not limited to) exploring our current supporters to plan the most appropriate engagement strategy for them and cultivating and growing our major donor programme. Growing income from individual supporters is a crucial area for the charity and essential to enable us to deliver life-changing services to people struggling with addiction and homelessness.

The role will manage the part-time Community Fundraising Officer, who focuses on events, communities (with a specific emphasis on faith-groups), legacies, third-party fundraisers and fundraising volunteers.

At SCT the Fundraising Team works collaboratively to share ideas, knowledge, skills and experience to create a supportive culture. This is something we are proud of and believe enhances our success.

An excellent knowledge fundraising is essential together with the ability to inspire supporters to select SCT as their preferred charity.

Individual Giving Fundraising

• Develop and implement a strategy for individual and major donor fundraising with the Director of Fundraising, Communications and Marketing, adhering to agreed targets and plans
• Review and assess our existing supporters and plan how to approach them depending on their giving potential, including cultivating our major donor programme
• Work with the Communications Officer and Director of Fundraising, Communications and Marketing to plan and deliver a regular communications and engagements with individual supporters, including digital approaches
• Maximise the value of current donors, offering different opportunities to engage with SCT
• Recruit and develop committed givers, maximising income from this area, including encouraging lapsed donors to resume giving and upgrading gifts where appropriate
• Manage and deliver an effective cold supporter recruitment campaign
• Monitor the performance of all donor recruitment activities reporting to management and making recommendations for future investment
• Coordinate feedback and updates to committed and high value donors, ensuring that they are kept close to our work and continue to support us
• Work with and support a Fundraising Volunteer to achieve agreed fundraising targets
• Manage and organise relevant project information to support individual giving
• Provide regular reports to Director of Fundraising, Communications and Marketing on all fundraising activity, performance and income streams.

Other requirements

• Work with the Director of Fundraising, Communications and Marketing in developing new ideas for potential improvement or fundraising opportunities
• Contribute to the targets and plans as agreed with the Director of Fundraising, Communications and Marketing, whilst contributing to the planning process
• Maintain the security of sensitive personal and other confidential information
• Attend meeting and events with partners as required, including some out of hours work
• Maintain a broad and detailed knowledge of the SCT’s services and funding needs
• Identifying own and other’s learning and development needs in liaison with the Director of Fundraising, Communications and Marketing, attending seminars and courses as appropriate

• Undertake such other reasonable duties that may be required from time to time.

Person specification

Essential criteria

• Proven experience and a recent track record of success in raising funds from individuals, including major donors (£10,000+) and direct mailings (physical and digital)
• Proven success in building or increasing an individual giving programme with a range of donors, including regular donors and major donors
• Good knowledge and understanding of the voluntary sector funding environment, including current major giving trends and the ability to identify and exploit new opportunities
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to influence/persuade a wide range of stakeholders, including through face-to-face meetings
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to clearly convey concepts and inspire others to contribute financially
• Ability to act with tact, diplomacy and confidentiality and deal with sensitive issues
• Excellent writing and proof-reading skills
• Financially literate with the ability to produce and understand budgets
• Well organised with a high level of attention to detail
• Experience of databases and audience segmentation and use of data analytics
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritise own workload, deal with conflicting demands, work under pressure to meet tight deadlines with the ability to work to a schedule of deliverables where requirements can change
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills and methodical research skills with the ability to think creatively and strategically
• Excellent IT skills including MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Willing to work flexibly and proactively in response to supporters’ and SCT’s emerging needs
• Ability to work across teams and departments in a collaborative manner and to proactively engage colleagues on projects and initiatives
• Creative, enthusiastic and motivated ‘can-do’ approach
• Sensitivity to the complexities of cross-cultural communication and able to sustain good working relationships at a distance as well as in person
• An empathy with the aims, objectives and activities of SCT.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of using eTapestry/Raiser’s Edge database
• Experience of working in an organisation supporting individuals with addiction and/or homelessness issues
• Knowledge of regulatory environment for fundraising from individuals including data protection, Gift Aid and fundraising codes of practice and regulation.

Are you a new business specialist? Working with this leading animal charity you will be responsible for the development of 200k+ strategic partnerships, including approaching businesses, securing and negotiating the contracts for strategic partnerships with businesses.

The Charity

One of the largest animal charities in the UK in a hugely exciting period of growth and investment. The charity are offering London hybrid working.

The Role
Support the Deputy Head of Corporate Development to develop new cases for support for strategic partnerships, in line with the focus areas outlined in Corporate Partnerships Strategy
Work with stakeholders across the charity to identify transformational strategic partnership opportunities including 6-7 figure cost saving opportunities
Deliver against a personal new business target of 200k+ opportunities (financial and strategic) to be agreed in line with the strategy and team targets for the year
Develop a rich pipeline of 6-7 figure strategic corporate partnership opportunities for the charity
Broker, negotiate and contract new partnerships with businesses in line with this target

The Candidate
Proven track record of delivering 6-7 figure strategic corporate-charity partnerships
Ability to think strategically and an excellent track record of employing this
creative/strategic approach in securing complex partnerships
A clear understanding of what motivates a business to support a charity and experience of applying this understanding in strategically developing a contact strategy for a prospect
Demonstrable experience of writing successful, inspiring, emotive and technically accurate proposals and pitches, tailored to a corporate audience.
Appreciation of different budget holders within companies who may be interested in a partnership with Dogs Trust and full understanding of different types of corporate partnerships
Articulate, persuasive and has gravitas with all audiences, including those at the highest level both within the organisation and outside of it.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis so please get in touch ASAP to find out more.

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead the resource mobilisation and project development work of a small NGO. As one of the most senior members of the team at SDN, you will have significant influence in shaping and ensuring the future of our work.

Job location: Flexible, home and/or our London office. We are currently asking everyone to attend the office on a designated day once a month, so we have the opportunity to meet and collaborate in-person. Outside of this one day a month, it will be up to you whether you want to work fully from home or to attend the office more regularly. We are more interested in the quality and content of your work, and your ability to work with others and to deadlines, than where you work.

Reporting to: Programmes Director

Hours: full-time (we are open to considering flexible arrangements, such as a job share, flexible working hours etc., and might consider a part-time arrangement as long as you can commit to 3-4 days a week)

Overview of the role

You’ll need to have a strong track record in identifying funding opportunities and developing successful funding applications for institutional donors, and have strong knowledge of good practice in project design and development (e.g. theories of change, logframe approaches). Our recent funding has come almost exclusively from restricted grants from bilateral and multilateral donors, e.g. the UK FCDO, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and UN bodies, and trusts and foundations with a strong presence in Nigeria, e.g. the MacArthur Foundation and Open Society Initiative for West Africa.  

You’ll identify new funding opportunities and work closely with our Senior Project Officers, who lead project delivery under our four thematic areas, in our Port Harcourt office to develop project ideas and proposals, as well as working regularly with a wider team of project, monitoring and evaluation, research and policy, and finance staff members (and partners where relevant) to do this. You’ll also support the Programmes Manager (in Port Harcourt) and Programmes Director (currently Acting Executive Director, based in the UK) to expand SDN’s network and develop proactive funding approaches to new and existing donors.

Job Purpose: to lead the design of high quality projects which will maximise SDN’s impact in the Niger Delta, and to secure funding which enables SDN to deliver these projects. This role has three key objectives:

1. To lead and support the identification and design of new, high-impact projects
2. To lead the development of high-quality funding proposals, both to respond to donor funding calls and to proactively pitch to donors
3. To work with the Programmes Manager and Director to build donor relationships, and to identify and track funding opportunities aligned with SDN’s strategic priorities, and coordinate SDN’s fundraising pipeline processes

Duties

To lead and support the identification and design of new, high-impact projects:

• Manage and lead the project identification and design processes and activities in line with SDN’s Project Identification and Design manual, working with the relevant Senior Project Officer for the thematic focus of that project
• Lead partner identification and engagement working with relevant team members and manage their participation in the development of new projects
• Develop plans for the design of new projects and project manage these plans, including coordinating the work of project design team members and identifying and coordinating inputs from other parts of the organisation (e.g. communications, monitoring and evaluation)
• Act as organisational custodian of the Project Identification and Design manual and its guidance, including training new programmes team members on its content, supporting team members to follow this process, and identifying opportunities to improve the manual and guidance and working with Programmes Management to agree and implement these changes
• Work with Senior Project Officers and the finance team to lead the development of budgets
• Work with project teams and monitoring and evaluation staff to ensure lessons learnt from past and existing projects inform new projects
• Ensure senior management review processes are planned and managed in a timely manner

To lead the development of high-quality funding proposals, both to respond to donor funding calls and to proactively pitch to donors:

• Coordinate SDN’s response to donor calls for proposals, including: reviewing all donor documentation and ensuring they and proposal development teams have a clear understanding of all donor requirements; developing a work plan for the development and submission of proposals; coordinating the inputs of all team members in to proposals; leading other project development activities, such as partner discussions and proposal development workshops; leading the development and collation of all supporting documentation for proposals (e.g. organisational financial information, registration documents)
• Lead the writing of donor proposals and all related documents, working with relevant team members
• Working with the Programmes Director and Programmes Manager, identify priority donors to engage and projects to be funded, and support the assigned programmes team members to proactively develop funding proposals and a strategy to engage with potential donors
• Maintain SDN’s Opportunity Tracker throughout proposal development and submission

To work with the Programmes Manager and Director to build donor relationships, and to identify and track funding opportunities aligned with SDN’s strategic priorities, and coordinate SDN’s fundraising pipeline processes:

• Chair SDN’s funding committee meetings
• Work with the Programmes Director and/or Executive Director to set the fundraising strategy and priorities
• Maintain a database of existing and potential institutional donors, and trusts and foundations, with information on associated funding opportunities (the ‘Opportunity Tracker’)
• Undertake a weekly search for potential funding opportunities via websites and email alerts from key funding information and donor sites, and manage the [email protected] email inbox
• Identify, coordinate and monitor any preparatory activities required in advance of a funding opportunity being released (e.g. background research, discussions with potential partners)
• Attend donor and funding opportunity meetings with the Programmes Manager, and Programmes Director and/or Executive Director
• Keep up-to-date on key trends, networks and information on fundraising and donors in international development
• Support donor engagement for assigned funding opportunities and work with programmes management in the development of new donor relationships

Other:

• Support the Programmes Manager and Director in representing SDN at external meetings and events as requested
• To abide by SDN’s policies, including its Code of Conduct, Safeguarding Policy and Anti-Fraud and Corruption policy
• Any other duties that are reasonably asked of them

Person specification

This role requires someone with significant experience in a similar role. You will have a proactive and hands-on approach, but also be able lead and mentor others. It’s also critical that you can work under pressure and deliver efficiently and effectively to deadlines. The successful candidate will have:

Essential:

• At least five years’ experience in a resource mobilisation and project/proposal development role, preparing donor proposals, leading the design of new projects and supporting other fundraising activities
• A demonstrable track record of leading multiple successful proposals and securing support from institutional donors in the region of £1m and over (e.g. DFID/FCDO, USAID, EU, large trusts and foundations)
• Strong knowledge of project design tools/approaches, such as logframes, theories of change etc.
• Experience developing project budgets
• Experience working with overseas/remote teams to develop project ideas and proposals
• Experience of managing donor relationships
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage a number of tasks at once
• Excellent English writing and editing skills
• Excellent relationship building and communication skills and ability to work collaboratively across teams with multiple priorities
• Ability to lead teams, self-motivated and driven to start and complete initiatives of your own accord
• Proficiency in common software IT packages

Desirable:

• A background in international development and/or a topic of relevance to SDN (e.g. the extractives industry, good governance)
• A high level of knowledge of international development donors and fundraising trends
• Completion of formal training in project design related skills and fundraising (e.g. the logical framework approach, theory of change) 
• Development and production of written materials in support of fundraising activities (e.g. case studies, capacity statements)

Summary

Reporting to the Senior Supporter Development Manager, the Supporter Development Manager is primarily responsible for retaining and developing our existing supporters. The role is essential to the charity's aim of providing excellent experiences for our supporters that deepen engagement and maximise the support we receive to fund our life-changing work.

This role is directly responsible for implementing the supporter development strategy and plan to promote a variety of product areas including gaming (raffle and lottery), regular giving and cash donations. The post holder will deliver 'warm' supporter development campaigns and activities to maximise net income and provide supporters with a meaningful supporter journey.

First stage interviews: 3 and 4 February 2022 (online)

Second stage interviews: 10 February 2022 (TBC)

Package

What we can offer you:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays
• A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,500 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
• Early finish Friday and flexible working as part of our approach to activity based working
• Discounts on gym membership
• Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
• Annual season ticket loan* (on completion of your probation period and if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)
• Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
• Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
• Cycle to work scheme* (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)

*Some benefits aren't available until you've passed your probation period and are dependent on the length of contract.

Main Responsibilities

The successful applicant will join a successful team responsible for optimising established campaigns as well as looking to innovate and develop the retention programme.

You will be an experienced fundraiser, with a track record of meeting ambitious fundraising targets and employing a range of retention techniques.

You will quickly build excellent relationships within Diabetes UK and with supporters and have a strong commitment to outstanding supporter care.

You'll help us continue to adapt and optimise our fundraising through the challenging environment created by covid-19. We are looking for a professional and knowledgeable fundraiser to support the delivery of our strategy. This is an exciting time to join us in delivering on our commitment to create a world where diabetes can do no harm.

Ideal Candidate

As the Supporter Development you'll be able to demonstrate a solid track record of direct marketing and delivering successful campaign activity, as well as having excellent communication and project management skills alongside a good understanding of data and segmentation.

You are organised and have experience of leading on multiple projects, with a clear focus on optimising and improving delivery at every opportunity.

You'll have experience of managing various workstreams and will be able to produce high quality work to meet deadlines and targets, ensuring we are always delivering high performing activity.

We are committed to providing an excellent supporter experience and you will bring a breadth of knowledge and ideas to help us connect with diverse audiences and continue to retain and develop our supporters.

The successful applicant will also need to be an advocate for Development and Individual Giving by working with the Senior Supporter Development Manager to promote our activities to key stakeholders and the wider charity and identifying opportunities.

We are recruiting an experienced Digital Manager to shape and manage our digital communications , building our reach and engagement with key audiences in support of our mission.

You will have experience of initiating and leading a variety of innovative and successful digital campaigns from concept to completion. You will analyse, optimize and develop our digital channels and provide advice on the development of our digital activities. You are an exceptional communicator who knows what makes high-impact digital content. This is a hands-on role that will sometimes involve directing the creation of content by agency and freelance support or colleagues, and sometimes by producing if yourself.

This is a new role in an organisation that is growing rapidly, so comfort with almost continuous change is vital, as is the ability to juggle multiple and varied priorities while maintaining high standards. You will have a desire to learn, improve and grow with an organisation who will support your development and learning.

To find out more about this role, please look at the JD and person specification. 

The closing date for this role is 23 January 2022.

As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, returning parents, carers or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable. We are committed ensuring the safety and protection of our employees from all forms of harm.

Are you great at building relationships? Do you want to use your excellent communication and project management skills to deliver great partnerships? Do you want to work collaboratively across an organisation to make a difference to the lives of seriously ill children? Then this is the job for you!

This is a unique opportunity to support the delivery of the charity’s highest value, award winning corporate partner. Within a team of four, this role will specifically lead the delivery of employee and customer fundraising and engagement within the partnership as we approach a £20m, 10yr fundraising milestone.

The holder will also support an opportunity to re-pitch and secure a multi-year, multi-million pound extension to the partnership via a staff vote process. This will cement the legacy defining nature of the partnership and if successful provides great opportunity for the postholder to apply for an extended/permanent contract as the partnership progresses.

There will be opportunity for the role to further evolve If partnership extension is successful.

About the team

This fast-paced role sits within a partnership team of four, dedicated to the delivery of our largest Corporate Partnership. The team is comprised of a Senior Manager, Manager (this role), Senior Executive and Assistant. This team also sits within our wider Partnership Management, and Corporate Partnerships team as a whole, who together as a team of approx. 20, secure and deliver around £7m of vital income for GOSH.

The Partnership Management function of our Corporate Partnerships team are high-performing, supportive and passionate, they play an important role in supporting GOSH Charity to deliver our new organisational strategy.

About you

You’ll want to bring your direct or transferable experience in fundraising and account management at a pivotal time in the charity’s history. You’ll need to be creative, great at managing a varied workload, but above all, have a real flair for confidently building strong relationships with a range of people at different levels across the charity and with our partners.

It’s a busy and important role, so you’ll need to hit the ground running, but there’s also tons of opportunity to develop, and gain excellent experience working on the partnership, in the wider team, and collaborating across the charity. You’ll see this as a great opportunity and not a short-term contract – this role has so much to offer with the potential to extend your time with us significantly.

The ideal candidate will have:

- A strong understanding of the corporate partnership market, trends and opportunities
- The ability to work strategically and effectively to manage and maximise the number of opportunities within the partnership, and to regularly evaluate them to improve performance
- Strong relationship management skills, able to effectively communicate and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, through both personal and mass communication, and regardless of seniority.

About the Charity

Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 600 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill
children starts with you.

Recently awarded with a ‘Best Companies 2-star accreditation' and placed number 17 on the 2019 Sunday Times Best 100 Not-for-Profit Companies list - we offer a range of attractive benefits including; a flexible approach to working, 30 days holiday, life assurance, enhanced employer pension contributions, and a discounted season ticket loan.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We recognise that people from some backgrounds are under-represented in our workforce and across the wider Charity sector. In April 2021 we launched our ambitious three-year EDI strategy committing to becoming a more inclusive workforce, reflecting the diverse communities that we work with and for and demonstrating this through all our areas of work.

A more diverse workforce will enable us to deliver even more impact and we particularly encourage applications from communities which are under-represented in the charity. This includes people from Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority backgrounds, people with a disability, people who are LGBT+ or who are from less advantaged socioeconomic groups.

Further information on our EDI strategy can be found on our website.

Our approach to hybrid working

This role is based in our Central London office (WC1N, opposite Russell Square underground) with the option to work remotely up to three days a week.

Please refer to the full job description below for more information.

How to Apply

Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete. You are encouraged to include a cover letter with your application, and should refer to the 'GOSH Charity Information Pack' on the Careers page of our website before you apply.

Closing date: Midnight on 25th January.

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

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We are looking for an experienced community fundraiser, excellent at inspiring external audiences and supporting them to raise money or to buy into existing fundraising products.

The Charity: A forward thinking health charity offering home working and regular team meet ups across the country.

The Role
You will be responsible for developing on and offline communities to engage with the organisation in traditional community fundraising ways but also developing community as an important channel to market existing fundraising products.
You will work with the flagship UK-wide service to help recruit an army of volunteers who are delivering the services and identifying and training those who will fundraise.
Whilst there are elements of traditional face to face community fundraising, you will be well versed in how to maximise online tactics to grow a new online community of fundraisers.
Using insights gained from an analysis of our database as well as your knowledge of the market place you will quickly be able to identify areas for growth.
Collaboration across the organisation to deliver our strategy and tactics is key and as a natural networker, you will build strong internal relationships at all levels to support the delivery of other teams, for example staff in companies, event participants, campaigns and individual giving and secure their support to deliver your own persona targets.

The Candidate
Excellent at collaborating with colleagues and working as part of a team to push boundaries.
Your tenacity helps you to stay focused and you are driven by targets.
Your experience allows you to build believable targets and your creativity and grounding allows you to deliver new ideas driven by insights.
Your proven track record of recruiting, motivating and training volunteers will be an asset to our colleagues delivering front line services.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

We’re looking for a proactive Prospect Development Manager with experience of identifying potential donors aligned to strategic priorities, driving prospecting activity as part of a team, and successfully building pipelines to success.

Prospect Development Manager
Location: King’s Cross, London
Salary: circa £35,000 - £40,000 per annum
Hours: Full Time

Art Fund is the national fundraising charity for art. We believe that art can make you see, think and feel differently, and through our work we help make art more accessible to as many visitors as possible, wherever they are.

We give grants to help museums and galleries acquire works of art for their collections, share them with wide audiences, and support the training and professional development of curators. We are a creative, agile and collaborative charity, supported by our growing membership of 139,000 through the National Art Pass, as well as the generosity of many trusts, foundations and other individuals.

In January 2022 we will launch a new 5-year strategic vision to develop all aspects of our grant-giving and invest in access to art for everyone, across the UK, as never before. We are now recruiting a new key member of the Development team to lead prospect development strategy at this exciting time, and to enable us to grow income across all Art Fund’s charitable activity in 2022 and beyond.

The role will shape and lead all aspects of Art Fund’s approach to prospect management, working collaboratively to support a broad range of fundraising – from new major funding partnerships to national funding appeals. Excellent knowledge of prospect management best practice, data management and ethical fundraising are essential, alongside a confident and clear approach to guiding colleagues, briefing senior stakeholders and monitoring and sharing progress. 

 This role is located at our King’s Cross office (2 Granary Square, London N1C 4BH), although a 6 month hybrid working trial has commenced from October (paused due to government work from home directive). This trial period requires staff to attend the office 6-8 days per fortnight.

Closing date: 19th January 2022

To Apply

Please read the Job Description attached in 'additional documents' before clicking the 'apply' button to be redirected to our website where you can complete your application.

This post is UK-based. Non-UK nationals will require current and valid permission to work in the UK.

No agencies please.

We wish to recruit an experienced Impact & Evaluation Manager to join our small but dynamic and growing grants team on a 2-year contract.  In this newly created role you will lead on the impact and evaluation function with the opportunity to really make your mark.

St George's Hospital Charity is an NHS charity that works across south west London supporting tens of thousands of patients, staff and communities. It makes a difference by giving grants and raising funds to improve facilities at St George's and the communities who use it.

Purpose of the role

We are driven by the desire to make a positive difference to patient care in our hospitals and you would be joining our Charity at an exciting time of recent expansion.  We need the right people to join the charity to successfully achieve and this role plays a crucial part in our efforts.  You will have the opportunity to:

• shape and develop systems and contribute to the charity's decision making and strategy
• lead on the monitoring and evaluation of our grants portfolio
• work closely with the grants team which includes the Head of Grants, a Grants Officer, and the Fund Engagement Manager to demonstrate the impact of the grants we award
• be responsible for developing and implementing an overarching evaluation framework across the charity, covering grants but also volunteering as it arises, fundraising and arts programme activities.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Developing knowledge and providing in-depth analysis and building relationships with current grant holders to improve our understanding of the grants portfolio.
• Ensuring we have the right information to assess impact effectively.  This will involve developing robust impact and evaluation for all grants schemes; making recommendations and implementing effective means to collate and maintain accurate qualitative and quantitative data.  You will work with the communications team to provide impact information and case studies and produce reports for various audiences including senior management, charity committees and trustees.
• Lead on demonstrating our impact within the NHS charity sector which will involve building relationships with other funding bodies and creating and delivering report for Head of Grants and charity trustees.
• Lead on developing and implementing impact and evaluation of other activities within the charity which will help facilitate cross-working between teams in the charity and working with the communications team to raise our public profile.

This is a guide to the exciting content of this role, full details of the job description and information about our charity are contained in the Recruitment pack attached.

About You

To succeed you will:

• draw on a strong academic background 
• have a min of 3 years grants management, impact, and evaluation experience or in a similar role
• your experience in grants management will include pre-award to post-award as well as advising, assessing, monitoring and evaluating grants with ability to work with online grants managmeent systems.
• you will have proven experience of providing evaluation and impact advise and supporting those doing evaluations and impact measurement
• be able to demonstrate knowledge in the field of monitoring, evaluation and impact with an academic understanding of quantitative and qualitative measures and confidence in analysing and interpreting data using numerical, statistical and analytical skills
• good attention to detail and high accuracy together with excellent MS Office skills and excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

​​If you would like to join us to make a difference and are highly organised, confident in dealing with multiple stakeholders to competing priorities and deliver to high standards with minimal supervision, then we would like to hear from you.

The role

You will be responsible for the public and professional communications of the charity, including national publicity for our work in health services development, medical research, income generation and high-profile campaigns. The role will include building our profile and engaging the public in our vision and mission and increasing their understanding of Crohn’s and Colitis. You will deliver high-quality communications activities to help us to reach the 500,000 people diagnosed with Crohn’s and Colitis in the UK, strengthening our community and ensuring that everyone who needs our help can access it. 

Working at the heart of the organisation, you will collaborate with teams across the charity to build our communications programme, increase profile, improve brand recognition and trust, generate national media coverage, harness the support of our celebrity and Ambassador supporters and deliver thought-leadership activity to influence key audiences. You will also develop and implement excellent internal processes to ensure communications and brand management is robust and consistent across the organisation.

About you

You will be a talented, experienced communications professional with the skills to gain cut-through with key audiences and inspire positive, urgent action on issues including early diagnosis, improved treatments, fundraising and profile raising.

You will bring Crohn’s & Colitis UK’s work to life through compelling storytelling and impactful activity, increasing engagement with our key audiences and supporting our ambitious 3-year strategy. You will be an excellent copy writer and enthusiastic collaborator with  experience of budgeting and financial management as well as supervising staff.

If you like the sound of this position and think you have what we are looking for then it would be great to hear from you.

The future

The charity is at a really exciting point. We are in excellent financial health and moving to a new strategy which will give you the chance to put a personal stamp on the actions we are taking to improve the quality of life for people with Crohn’s and Colitis. 

St Luke’s Hospice – Caring for Harrow and Brent St Luke’s Hospice cares for people approaching the end of their life in Harrow and Brent. We aim to give the people we care for the best possible quality of life, each and every day. Supporting local people and their families is at the heart of what we do – focusing on what matters the most to them is at the centre of our care.

The care we give is free of charge, available to all, and respects the cultures, religions and beliefs in our richly diverse community. Our care is given with compassion and dignity and involves not just looking after the patient, but also includes supporting the people closest to them. 

We receive around 40% of our funding from the NHS and the rest is raised from the amazing generosity of the organisations and people who make our care possible. Our local community is a vital partner in our care, kindly supporting us through their donations and fundraising alongside the dedication of over 800 incredible volunteers who freely give us their time to support the best possible end of life care for local people.

Job Purpose and scope

Legacies is an exciting key area of growth for St Luke’s Hospice.

A wonderful opportunity has arisen to join our fundraising team, as a Legacy Marketing Fundraiser.  This is a newly created position, working part-time, 3 days / 22.5 hours a week, playing a key role in the development of our legacy marketing programme for existing and new supporters, in order to increase income from legacies and to grow our pipeline of legacy prospects.

You will support the Major Donor and Legacy Manager to generate income for St Luke’s by leading on our legacy strategy, building and maintaining legacy partnerships and providing excellent supporter care.  You will develop and deliver a legacy marketing programme to engage our clinicians, volunteers and retail staff.  You will project manage the development and production of legacy marketing materials, preparing briefs, and managing key supplier relationships; and you will manage a growing pool of legacy prospects and pledgers, recording and tracking donor metrics.

We are looking for someone who has a passion for legacy fundraising and can promote the difference gifts in wills make to our cause. We want legacies to become embedded in normal, regular conversations with our supporters, and to make it easy for people to give, if they so choose.  You will play a key role in helping St Luke’s Hospice foster a legacy fundraising culture to ensure future growth for our charity.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Maximise income for St Luke’s Hospice from legacies by:

• Implementing a legacy marketing and stewardship strategy (the St Luke’s Hospice Forever Fund) aimed at increasing awareness of St Luke’s need for legacies
• Maintaining a pipeline of legacy prospects and pledges and, managing the ongoing relationship with current legators
• Managing relationships with external suppliers to ensure there is an effective legacy presence through design, print, online and digital, outlining the importance of legacy gifts to the work of St Luke’s Hospice
• Analysing data to ensure that the right targets or potential new audiences are selected for any legacy marketing campaigns

• Taking full responsibility for ensuring that the database records of legacy pledgers and donors are as accurate and up to date as possible
• Organising our Make a Will promotions by recruiting solicitors, arranging informative seminars, and marketing to our supporter base and a wider audiences.
• Analysing the effectiveness of previous promotions to inform and improve our future activity
• Collaborating with internal teams to target supporters effectively, share expertise and best practice on legacy messaging, and to ensure all messaging is embedded across the hospice

Are you an ambitious fundraiser looking for the next step in your career? Would you like to make a positive difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities? We need a proactive community and events fundraiser to develop and deliver a sustainable plan to engage our local community.

Share is a registered charity and a centre for training and wellbeing. We provide a range of programmes helping adults with learning disabilities, autism and other support needs become more happy, healthy, and independent. Our vision is a world where disabled people are fully included in society, living the life they choose, and we need talented people to help us make that happen.

Main responsibilities:

• You’ll seek out opportunities and build vital relationships with local groups, organisations, businesses, schools, and individuals to grow our income
• You’ll create, plan, and deliver a range of income streams through different activities, campaigns, and events
• As well as growing our supporter base, you’ll make sure their journey and overall experience is first-class, providing a high level of engagement and support

This is a new and exciting position at Share, ideal for an enthusiastic and creative self-starter to make income generation an important part of our future. You’ll have great flexibility to carry out the role, with hybrid working from home and on-site, and flexible hours to suit your schedule. You’ll have the added support of a specialist fundraising consultant who’ll mentor and coach you for the first six months to help you settle into the role.

The role would be performed on a minimum of 3 days a week (21 hours per week). We are flexible and understand the potential to grow this role with more time. We would also look to appoint at 4 days (28 hours) or 5 days (35hours) a week, depending on the candidate.

About you:

• You’ve worked in community or events fundraising in the voluntary sector so you understand the importance of building relationships and maintaining high levels of supporter stewardship
• You’re an excellent, persuasive communicator and you know how to create engaging and compelling arguments, both written and in person, to encourage donations
• You’re very organised, with meticulous planning and excellent time management skills
• Ideally, you’re comfortable working with numbers and budgets but help with this will be given if needed
• Most importantly, you share our strong commitment to the inclusion of disabled people in society, you believe in equality for all

Full job description and person specification can be found at the vacancy page of our website and attached here.

Why work for us?

Share is committed to empowering disabled people. You’ll make a difference every day, helping people to live as independently as possible.

Our values drive us forward. They provide the framework for everything we do, including who we hire. We believe everyone has something to offer others, and we build on people's individual talents, interests, and abilities. We think happy employees are successful employees.

We won employer of the year at the Wandsworth Business Awards in 2019 and we hold gold Investors in People accreditation. This means we truly understand the value of people: we focus on what people can do, not what holds them back. And we have robust policies in place so that every single person working at Share takes ownership for making our programmes come to life.

We’ve been praised for our thorough induction process and supportive working environment where everyone has a voice and is valued. You’ll be surrounded by people who support you, challenge you, and inspire you.

How to apply

This post is initially offered as a temporary contract for 18 months.

We positively welcome applications from all parts of the community and from people with diverse cultural backgrounds and lived experience. 

Please submit your CV and a personal statement addressing the criteria listed in the Job Description/Person Specification, and the equal opportunities form available to download at the bottom of this page.

If you would like to have chat about the role or visit us prior to applying, please contact us.

This job is subject to two satisfactory references, evidence of qualifications, an enhanced DBS check and providing evidence of the right to work in the UK. If you are disabled and would like to discuss other ways of submitting your application, please get in touch.

We look forward to receiving your application.

A brilliant London based social welfare charity is looking for a dynamic Corporate Partnerships Manager to bring on exciting new local corporates to the Lewisham and Southwark area to support key work to their charity.

This is the organisation's first Corporate Partnerships Manager role, which makes it hugely exciting for someone to take ownership of the income stream. They have had large partnerships like Vodaphone previously, and they see huge scope to bring on board exciting multiyear strategic partnerships. This role is a mix of new business and account managemen t.

To apply you will need to:

* Experience of working in 5/6 figure corporate partnerships
* Ideally experience of working on new partnerships and account management too
* In and out of sector experience is welcome

If you would like to have a chat to learn more about this role and to receive a full job description please contact Hannah at Harris Hill on [email protected] or call her on 02078207331.

The role closes on the 28th of January in the morning so please send your CV ASAP to Hannah at Harris Hill.

Salary is £35,000 - £40,000

Harris Hill Charity Recruitment Specialists operates an equal opportunity policy and commits to treating all of our candidates and jobseekers fairly. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships .