Area fundraising manager jobs near London, Greater London

The Fundraising Adviser for the Diocese in Europe will make a significant impact on the ministry and development of churches across Europe.

The Diocese in Europe is looking for a suitably experienced, motivated, and organised person interested in working with 140 Church of England Chaplaincies in 40 territories across Europe as they seek to increase their income to sustain and expand their work.  The adviser will work on both the technical aspects of encouraging giving from within communities such as online, regular giving and contactless as well as improving communications and fundraising techniques.  If you are interested apply with a CV and covering letter to the Chief Operating Officer or contact him on the email in this post for more information.

Job Title:  Fundraising Adviser.

Pay: c.£40k pa FTE for 3 day/21 hour week.  Work pattern and possible consultancy agreement also negotiable.

Location:  The Diocesan Office is based in Westminster – Hybrid arrangements with some work from home are possible.  A small number of short visits within the Diocese may be expected.

Apply: with a CV and letter outlining your experience, motivation and approach to the role

Deadline:  September 15th (0900) 2022.  Interviews w/b 26th September.

For over 20 years, the Faith & Belief Forum has been running education, engagement, and action programmes that bring diverse communities together. In schools, universities, and community spaces we break down barriers and find ways for people to work together to improve society. We believe that young people should feel confident communicating and collaborating with anybody, regardless of their faith, belief, culture, or background.

In order to further the impact of our work we are now looking for a Design and Fundraising coordinator to drive our engagement forward

Person Specification:

It is essential to have sensitivity to the issues surrounding this area of work and a proven commitment to the aims of the Faith & Belief Forum.

We welcome experience and skills from all areas of a person’s life, including volunteering, community work, paid work, and education.

Essential

• Understanding of charitable funding streams and fundraising activities
• Experience and ability to write funding bids, including budgets
• Good organising and administrative skills
• Show own initiative to solve problems
• Experience of working to tight budgets and managing expenditure
• Willingness to travel in the UK and to be in the London office at least once a week
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Team player
• Good research skills

Desirable:

• Experience of working with High-Net-Worth Individuals
• Knowledge and experience of organising fundraising events

There is no other charity like Magic Breakfast. We are working to meet the challenge of ending morning hunger for now, and for good by providing a breakfast provision which means no child is too hungry to learn. Your work here as a Philanthropy Manager will support ending morning hunger for children all over the UK. 

Working with the High Value Giving team, the Philanthropy Manager will develop and deliver the charity's high net worth individual giving programme in line with Magic Breakfast’s strategic priorities to enable our organisational growth against our mission.

You will need to be innovative and creative, ensuring impactful donor journeys and engagement opportunities so Magic Breakfast’s supporters feel valued, focusing on ensuring that Magic Breakfast is offering the highest quality of donor care from start to finish so that they understand the transformational difference they make to hungry children in the UK.  

You will need to have knowledge of high value fundraising techniques covering corporates, trusts and major donors, including a clear understanding of the needs of the supporter journey and extensive experience delivering donor cultivation and stewardship events

Please see the attached Job Description and person specification for full details of the role.

We have a firm commitment to encouraging fairness and diversity in our workforce and we encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority background, who are underrepresented in our organisation.  

Closing date for applications 26th August 2022

Interviews 31st August and 1st September 2022 , please include in your application any conflicts with your availability which we will endeavour to accommodate.

AREA FUNDRAISING MANAGER

Do you want to join our commitment to ensure no family faces cancer alone?

We are looking for a standout relationship manager to join our fantastic team of fundraisers who work tirelessly to raise funds for Young Lives vs Cancer. This is a role of variety, opportunity and innovation and we are looking for someone who embraces change and constantly strives to achieve more.

A great personality and team ethic are really important in this role as you will maximise income for Young Live vs Cancer by coaching our supporters to reach their goals, whilst seeking out new fundraising opportunities for your geographical area. This role sits within the ‘Supporter Experience’ team, and we need someone with natural customer service skills who wants to deliver a legendary experience to all of their supporters. Your team of supporters will range from volunteers and individuals to groups and local corporates.

Essex is a fantastic county filled with some of our most committed supporters but there is so much opportunity to grow the county even more. Our Social Workers support Essex families from GOSH and UCLH in London so building relationships with this team is a must.

We are not your average employer, nor are we looking for an average candidate in a 9-5 role. What we offer is the flexibility and adaptivity to ensure that your personal work/life balance is taken care of. Whether it is finishing early for an appointment, picking up from school or further education, we can help to make it work for you. Many of the team work condensed or flexible hours to suit their individual circumstance so we would love to discuss your needs more at interview.

Experience within a similar role, or within the charity sector, would be great, but we know that a lot of the most important skills in this role are easily transferable from another sector. We want the right person and we will invest in training the right candidate. The skills we are looking for in this role are:

• Strong prioritisation skills
• Great communicator
• Self-Motivated
• Emotionally intelligent
• Master at storytelling
• Epic at relationship building
• Self-Aware
• Great at spotting opportunities
• Influencing/Negotiating
• Compassion
• Bravery
• Integrity
• Team player

If you think this sounds like you then please have a read of the attached job specification. If you would like to discuss the role before applying, then we welcome these informal chats.

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed so that shortlisting is purely based on the suitability of the candidate's experience.

At Young Lives vs Cancer, we recognise that opportunities for too many people remain a condition of their race, class, sex, disability, sexual orientation – or a combination. This has never been acceptable to us as an organisation. At Young Lives vs Cancer, we do not just accept different – we value it, we celebrate it, we nurture it, and we thrive off it. We positively welcome your application irrespective of your background.

The must haves:

• Have a full UK driving licence and access to a car
• Have a sufficient Broadband connection if home based
• Live in Essex. Candidates who live outside of the local authority should highlight an intention to relocate to the area in their covering letter for their application to be considered
• This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check
• Once you are registered/ logged in you can begin completing the application form.

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Job Type: Home-based
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours per week: Part time, 17.5 hours per week
Salary: £28,357 (FTE)
Closing Date:23 August 2022
Interview dates start from:30 August 2022

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Job Title: Community Fundraising Manager

Region: London  

Directorate: Fundraising

Contract: Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours per week

Salary: £40,552 to £42,452 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting)

The Role

At the Royal British Legion, we believe in building on potential. As a Community Fundraising Manager your ability to lead and inspire a regional team Community Fundraisers who support the delivery of the Poppy Appeal through our network of volunteers could have a real impact on people’s lives.

At its heart, RBL is a people organisation. People who want to do the very best for others, while at the same time making the most of the opportunities and experiences we offer them.

We are the country’s largest Armed Forces charity, with 210,000 members, 50,000 volunteers and a network of partners and charities; helping us give support wherever and whenever it’s needed.

As a Community Fundraising Manager, and as a member of the Community Fundraising management team, you will be responsible for ensuring the regional community fundraising team is planning and delivering volunteer activity in line with the Poppy Appeal and Fundraising strategy

If successful, the main duties of your role will be:

• Ensure that agreed volunteer led activity is supported and promoted 
• Ensure insights and feedback from key activity in the region is shared with the wider management and community fundraising leadership team
• Manage the regional team’s monthly financial management accounts process
• Ensure the team follow the supporter journey stewardship model and strive to deliver to high standard
• Manage key local relationships, (membership, partners, local authorities, Armed Forces and influencers)
• Ensure that all community fundraising activity (including the Poppy Appeal) is compliant, legal and cost effective
• Carry out monthly 121s with direct reports to ensure objectives are met
• Arrange and chair monthly team meetings
• Manage the performance of your team and individuals

This role will involve hybrid working, travelling on some days (minimum of 2 per week) to our Head Office which is located at Haig House, 199 Borough High Street, London SE1 1AA, and working from home on other days.

About the Royal British Legion – Careers in Fundraising

Across the country, in every city and on every street, the RBL is there to support our Armed Forces community.

With over 200 employees, our Fundraising teams form an important part of this pack. Their passion and collaboration bring in millions of pounds every year. Money that goes on to improve and change the lives of this community.

It's this mission, this scale, this challenge and the values we all live by, that makes the RBL such a fulfilling place to thrive.

As a directorate we commit to ensuring our supporters feel valued, and driven to deliver fundraising that is effective, agile and sector leading. We do this by putting supporters at the heart of everything we do, and by embedding a learning culture in our teams where process improvement and innovation are embraced and celebrated.

So, if you want to give your days meaning. To put your passion into a role with real impact. To support people and be supported yourself. In an inclusive team that faces every challenge together. Whatever your interests and ambitions, we think you’ll find a role here that works for you, with career opportunities right across the UK.

Diversity Statement

We believe that the compassion, understanding, and service we show each and every individual should be reflected in the way we all support, respect, and include every individual who works with us. We want everyone involved in our work or receiving our services, to feel proud to contribute to or be part of a diverse and inclusive organisation.

We recognise that we still have a long way to go to ensure that we make the RBL a truly great and inclusive organisation to work for and be part of so we have set out our commitments to provide a clear path to deliver this ambition. We will keep listening, learning, and sharing our progress and impact

How to Apply

Please click ‘Apply online’

Closing date for this role is: Sunday 21st August 2022

We reserve the right to close this vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and submit your application form as soon as possible.

The Community Fundraising team at Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) is responsible for securing income from individuals, regional businesses and groups fundraising in the community, effectively managing relationships to maximise income.

The Regional Fundraising Officer role will play a significant part in contributing to a high-performing fundraising team. This role is a home-based role which will require someone to live within the East Midlands. The role will cover the East Midlands region including but not limited to, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire. 

You will report to the Community Fundraising Manager and support the Head of Regional Fundraising to drive the continued growth of the charity’s community fundraising income in your area. You will also be required to show excellent relationship-building skills to support community partnerships and volunteer groups, driving towards agreed targets.

This is a 12-month fixed term contract, or on return of the substantive post holder, to cover a period of maternity leave.

Main duties and responsibilities of the role:

• Responsibility for 3 income streams within the East Midlands region
• Identify and apply for ‘Charity of the Year’ partnerships with corporates in the region, account manage these relationships up to a value of £16,000 per annum and support with partnerships with a value of up to £100,000
• Support existing volunteer fundraisers to encourage continued loyalty to the charity and to maximise funds raised, in accordance with fundraising legislation and good practice.
• Recruit new fundraising supporters in line with strategy.
• Support and extend volunteer networks within geographical area in line with strategy.
• To ensure that fundraising activity is implemented and managed locally to deliver budgets, targets and income in line with strategy. To achieve this by supporting and facilitating the development of groups and volunteers across geographical area.
• Supporter Management; Provide excellent customer service to community fundraising supporters (including maintaining a polite, enthusiastic manner with prompt responses to enquiries), to acknowledge support and increase long-term loyalty.
• Provide high-quality account management to volunteer groups in geographical area.
• Support, motivate and develop local fundraising volunteers, ensuring they have a clear understanding of ARUK to enable them to represent the charity’s work effectively.
• Increasing Community Support within geographical area; run volunteer events with both a recruitment and cultivation function, liaising closely with the Stewardship and Events team to ensure a seamless supporter journey, and with the Press team to include media volunteers.
• Liaise with local community organisations (e.g., golf clubs, educational institutions etc.) – both previous and new potential supporters – to extend income and activity in line with strategy.
• Initiate and roll out community fundraising events in geographical area with evidence of effective ROI and achievement of strategic goals.
• Monitoring and reporting.
• Undertake any other relevant duties and projects delegated by the CFM / HORF in line with the responsibilities of the post.

What we are looking for:

• Experience in partnership fundraising and/or relationship building
• Experience in public-speaking, such as giving presentations and talking at events
• Knowledge of recruiting key volunteers and fundraising supporters
• Experience and a keen interest in building long term relationships with supporters
• Proven ability of providing excellent stewardship
• An ability to manage a busy and varied workload
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Excellent organisational skills
• Full driver’s license with access to own vehicle. 
• Flexibility to work some unsocial hours and willingness to travel independently

Additional Information:

Ways of working: As part of our Remote ways of working you will be home based. You will only need to attend the office for specific requirements of the role and the business needs.

Roles that are classed as part of the Remote ways of working are able to claim any costs for Mileage/Travel on Public Transport, Accommodation and/or Meals.  This includes when attending the office for various meetings/events.

Our Office: Our office is at 3 Riverside, Granta Park, Great Abingdon, Cambridge, CB21 6AD. 

Salary: Circa £30,000 per annum, plus benefits, car allowance and associated expenses (if applicable).

Please download the Vacancy Pack for more information.

The closing date for applications is the 29th August 2022, with interviews likely to be held week commencing the 12th September 2022. We would encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity as the closing date may be brought forward at any time. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.

We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures.  Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either the application or interview stage, please contact us via the channels on our website. 

How to apply:

Please create an online account using our Online Recruitment System which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies page. You will be able to attach your CV and covering letter to your application and track the status of your application.

About Alzheimer’s Research UK:

Alzheimer’s Research UK is the UK’s leading dementia research charity dedicated to diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure. Backed by our passionate scientists and supporters, we’re challenging the way people think about dementia, bringing together the people and organisations who can speed up progress, and investing in research to make life-changing breakthroughs possible.

You will be part of an organisation that has been recognised nationally as an outstanding place to work. In 2021, we were listed 69th in the prestigious 100 Large Best Companies to Work For.  We were also awarded a 2-star accreditation by Best Companies, recognising outstanding levels of workplace engagement and were listed in the 75 Best Companies to Work for in the East of England and the Charity’s 30 Best Companies to Work For.

To view further details about working for us and the benefits we offer, please visit Alzheimer’s Research UK

Marie Curie
Fundraising Director
Location: Flexible, but some UK wide travel and regular travel required to Vauxhall, London.
Salary: c£95K per annum
Contract: Permanent. Full-time hours (35 per week)

Marie Curie, one of the UK’s most loved charities, is seeking an ambitious Director of Fundraising to help rejuvenate their fundraising, growing income from Individual Giving, Communities, Philanthropy & Partnerships, Events and Legacies. 

Every year Marie Curie has the privilege of caring for one in ten people who are at the end of their lives. That service is highly valued by the families of those they care for but the charity knows there are many other people who do not get the support and care they need and deserve at the end of life. Marie Curie wants to ensure that everyone affected by dying, death and bereavement has the best possible experience, reflecting what’s most important to them.

The Fundraising Director is a critical leadership role within the Fundraising, Marketing & Communications Directorate, working to help the charity grow their voluntary income and the audience of people who support them. The role will lead a team of c270 professionals, based around the UK, and is responsible for an income budget of c. £110m. In a time of change and growth, Marie Curie has big ambitions to more than double the number of people they help currently and need a strong leader to strengthen and diversify their income portfolio so that they can deliver more services than ever before.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in delivering growth in fundraising income and will have held key senior roles working at a strategic level, managing income streams across their portfolio. You will have previous experience of managing multi-million expenditure budgets and of engaging with major donors, trusts, corporates and volunteers. Alongside the ability to inspire and motivate people internally and externally, you will be able to lead and shape strategies to increase fundraising income and to translate strategies into operational plans

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an experienced and supportive team and make a significant contribution to Marie Curie’s mission.
Marie Curie welcomes applications from a wide range of perspectives, experiences and backgrounds; diversity, equity and inclusion are key to their values.

PLEASE NOTE: We will be longlisting applications as soon as we receive them, so please apply early to register your interest. 

Please click through to our Candidate Pack for further information, including details of how to apply.  

CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 14th September, 9am GMT
 

Raising Futures Kenya is looking for a passionate, experienced fundraiser to join our small UK team. The new Head of Fundraising and Impact will lead on the development and implementation of our fundraising and impact strategy and plans. You'll be part of a small passionate UK team and work closely alongside our fantastic team in Kenya, gaining unique insight into our programmes, helping to showcase and communicate our impact.

Hours: 25-28 hours per week, to be worked across 4 or 5 days. 

About Us

For 21 years Raising Futures Kenya has worked alongside local people in Kenya to develop projects which are owned by the community and create long-term, sustainable change to reduce poverty and improve livelihoods. 

Through our award-winning Seed of Hope training and support programme we enable 14-25 year olds (75% girls) to secure employment or start a small business, generating enough income to live above the poverty line. We provide free technical/vocational education and business skills training, alongside counselling and wellbeing support which has led to over 90% of graduates being in employment, self-employment or further education.  Seed of Hope offers young people opportunity, dignity and hope. 

Role Description

As with any small charity, you'll get unique exposure and insight into most aspects of running a charity. You'll work closely alongside the team in Kenya to get to know the programmes and share the impact. We've got some exciting opportunities in the pipeline over the next year so it's a great time to join a growing organisation. We're on our journey of shifting the power to our partners in Kenya and diversifying our income streams. We have an incredibly passionate and dedicated team who value honesty, integrity and finding a good work/life balance.

Duties would include:

Fundraising

• Responsible for leading and implementing the fundraising strategy and meeting the fundraising targets of the charity (c. £250,000 annually), mainly from grants and individuals. 

• Responsible for grant fundraising. We have a healthy pipeline of funders to apply to each year with a pool of current and warm funders. You will review our case for support quarterly or sooner if data changes. You will manage the application cycle, periodically researching new funders to add to it, updating deadline dates and funding requirements etc. You will be responsible for submitting applications to funders identified on the cycle and meeting the agreed income annual target.

• Managing grant/funder relationships - including meeting with funders when appropriate, managing the reporting requirements and deadlines for all grants and researching new funding opportunities. Support the Kenya team, if required, with managing any reporting requirements for grants received directly in Kenya.

• Seeking new income streams, particularly grants from the USA and Kenya as these are potential growth areas for us. 

• Supporting the team in Kenya to apply for funding for local NGOs, which would go directly to Kenya. 

• Manage individual giving fundraising stream (with support from the part-time Fundraising Support Officer) including the marketing and communications strategy and implementation thereof to aid donor retention and acquisition.

• Oversee our annual matched-giving fundraising appeal, Big Give Christmas Challenge, in December.

• We have secured a Radio 4 appeal for February 2023, you will lead on promoting the appeal with current donors before, and overseeing the thanking and recording of donors as a result of the appeal.

• We have a marketing and communications plan for the year, you will oversee and update this as required and work with the Fundraising Support Officer to ensure it is implemented. The Fundraising Support Officer will lead on social media content, overseen by you. You will be responsible for writing the newsletters on MailChimp and creating a printed update for donors without email.

• Maintain our existing corporate partnerships, including attending events when required, and respond to proposals of new partnerships.

• Updating the website, blogs, events etc, in Wordpress.

• Overseeing the use and management of the donor database in Salesforce.

• Make excellent use of volunteers and pro-bono experts to support workload.

Finance

• Manage budgets. The UK and Kenya budgets will be created by the CEO and Kenya Operations Director usually, and then approved by the Board. You will use these to create fundraising budgets for applications and contribute to future iterations of the budgets as required.

• Track income and expenditure versus budget (in Xero), in order to prepare comprehensive budgets and accurate financial reporting for grants/funders. 

• Produce finance reports from Xero in order for the Treasurer to write finance reports for Board meetings, which may require insight from you on the source of income and likely future/pledged/secured income.

• As required you may be asked to make payments, if the CEO is unavailable.

• As required you may be asked to review the monthly requisition requests from Kenya to ensure they are aligned to the budget and to review income and expenditure reports from the previous month from Kenya, if the CEO is unavailable.

Impact

• Oversee the impact of the work in Kenya by coordinating MEL data collection alongside the team in Kenya (using the agreed MEL calendar), analysing results (survey results collected using Google Forms which are then downloaded to a spreadsheet), creating twice yearly impact reports (based on findings from the data analysis), reports for funders and impact stories for use in communications with donors and supporters. 

• Work alongside the team in Kenya to identify any areas of programme improvement or development for the next financial year in response to the impact data collected. 

• Facilitate quarterly reflection meetings with the Senior Management Team in Kenya to reflect on successes and challenges from the previous quarter, and plans/suggestions for the coming quarter.

Networking and Partnership Development

• Networking and partnership development with funders and other NGOs working in technical vocational training (TVET) or education programmes in Kenya or East Africa to share knowledge and learning. 

Senior Leadership Team 

• As a member of the senior leadership team, you will be required to support the organisational needs of the charity as required, deputising for the CEO when required. 

• Ensure that fundraising and impact activities are aligned to the UK and Kenyan Strategic Plans and complete activities/monitor progress towards achieving these. 

• Line-manage the Fundraising Support Officer. To include annual objective setting and quarterly performance reviews along with informal check-ins so ensure they feel supported and able to do their job to the best of their ability. Manage leave requests and absence.

Please download the Role Description and Application Pack for full details about the role, person specification and more importantly - what you can expect from us. You can also visit our website for more information.

In your cover letter please ensure you explain:

• Why you are interested in the role

• Your relevant experience (specifically include grant fundraising and impact/MEL experience)

• Your relevant skills and values

• Your availability to start

We look forward to hearing from you!

P.S. We've pledged to always show the salary, not require degrees and share interview questions in advance to make the recruitment process as stress-free and transparent as possible. We are committed to a culture of inclusivity. We are able to grow and learn better if we have a diverse organisation formed of the collective sum of individual differences, lived experiences, knowledge and self-expression. We support all accessibility requirements; our organisation is designed for everyone. We encourage participants from all backgrounds, so if there is anything we can do to make our recruitment process better for you/allow you to show your best self, please let us know. In recruiting for our team we welcome the unique perspectives you can bring in terms of culture, education, opinions, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity, values, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, beliefs, nation of origin and languages spoken. 

About the role

Sense has a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our Engagement team as our Community Fundraising Manager. This full time homebased position covering London & East of England.

The successful candidate will be supporting fundraisers locally as well as our shops and key services in the region. Candidates will be willing to travel.   

Our key services in this region are based in North London, Cambridge and Luton and there are shops in several locations which you can view on our website.  

You will be joining a supportive team that works across regions and income streams to deliver the best possible experience for our growing number of supporters.  

The Community and Events teams meet regularly and so travel will be required on a monthly basis to either our Head Office in London (King’s Cross) or our offices in Birmingham (Selly Oak).  

Key skills and experience

Significant experience in a community fundraising environment
Extensive experience of building successful internal and external relationships
Ability to keep clear and accurate records, producing reports and analysis and presenting them in an effective way to stakeholders and Head of team
Ability to manage a complex workload and meet conflicting deadlines

For full details of the role and personal specification, please refer to the Job Description attached below.

About Sense

For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world. We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

WR Fundraising Recruitment is very proud to be working with a leading and inspirational hospice that offers world class palliative and end of life care to everyone that needs it, as well as caring for their families. They also offer community programmes that offer practical, emotional and spiritual support to many people in their area. They pride themselves on being a friendly and vibrant place and as unlike a hospice as they can make it.

This is an amazing opportunity for a fundraising professional to join this amazing charity as their Community and Events Fundraising Manager and lead their small but highly motivated team to raise funds through their varied and exciting events and community initiatives.

Community and Events Fundraising Manager

Hybrid Working (3 days a week in office)

Full Time – Permanent

London

Salary – £39,828 Per Annum

Duties will include:

• Leading the Community and Events team to maximise their fundraising, encourage multi-year funding and increase income
• Researching and maintaining knowledge of the community and event fundraising market to produce innovative and effective fundraising initiatives
• Working with the team to develop a fundraising strategy in order to reach the targets set
• Working with the Fundraising Senior Management Team to successfully deliver targets set and to develop a dynamic and effective fundraising team

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of working within a fundraising environment – in particular the community and events sector
• Experience of achieving annual targets
• Excellent team leaderships skills
• A self motivated approach to a variety of tasks
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

To apply and for further information, please email a copy of your CV in the first instance.

WR Fundraising Recruitment are passionate about bringing together talented fundraising professionals with fantastic organisations. We’d love to hear from you if you are looking for a new fundraising opportunity.

We’re looking for someone to help us grow our fundraising income!

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We’re the charity that developed and runs National Prison Radio, the world’s first national radio station for people in prison.

We’re also on the cusp of launching a major Lottery-funded podcast channel, Life After Prison, and we’re leading the way in the global development of prison radio.

This year we picked up a Gold Award at the radio industry’s prestigious ARIAS. In recent years we’ve been crowned Independent Production Company of the Year (Audio Production Awards) and Charity of the Year (Third Sector Awards). We’ve also been nominated for a string of British Podcast Awards.

We’re looking for a Fundraising Manager to deliver on our trusts and grants fundraising priorities and secure income to support our work. This is a remote role with some occasional travel required.

You will work strategically with the senior management team to deliver the right funding for the right projects.

Reporting to the Director of Development, you will be responsible for investigating, researching and making approaches for new funding as well as maintaining and developing existing relationships to ensure future support.

Ours is an organisation unlike any other, and we’re particularly interested in hearing from candidates from under-represented backgrounds and from people who have lived experience of the criminal justice system. 

Candidates will need experience of delivering £300,000+ p.a. in grant funding and will have excellent relationship management skills, both in-person and online, and with a portfolio of existing partners.

We’re a driven, tight-knit team working in what can be a challenging, exhilarating world, and you will be motivated by the knowledge that your work has the potential to make a real difference.

Deadline for applications: Friday 26th August 2022.

Chwarae Teg is a registered charity, our vision is for a fairer Wales where all women achieve and prosper. Our mission is to inspire, lead and deliver gender equality in Wales.

We currently have a vacancy for a Grants & Fundraising Manager to join our Delivery team to grow our income from grants and trusts as well as establishing fundraising activities to grow our supporters.  This is an exciting time to join Chwarae Teg, as we move towards a more sustainable and diverse funding model.

As Grants & Fundraising Manager you will be accountable for achieving the annual targets for grant and fundraising income. 

Through working with existing teams, you will:

• develop new ideas for projects that will make a difference to women in Wales
• secure funding for those projects
• work with colleagues on campaigns to grow our corporate and individual supporters. 

We are looking for:

• a highly motivated individual
• a track record of motivating & inspiring others
• demonstrable experience of securing income from grants, trusts and donations 
• excellent communication skills
• a team player with personal responsibility for achieving KPI’s
• effective time management skills
• an innovative approach to achieving targets.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. 

We’d actively encourage applications for secondment or from applicants looking for condensed hours working arrangements.

Remote Working

All roles within Chwarae Teg are home-based and facilitated by the provision of a company laptop and mobile phone to be used for work purposes.  Our work is currently being undertaken with covid-19 safety measures in place, therefore, we expect this role to predominantly be carried out via video conferencing and other virtual communication methods at this time.  Chwarae Teg will continue to monitor the situation and assess impact on our service delivery accordingly.

Flexibility: 

All Chwarae Teg roles are offered on a flexible basis due to our agile working model. 

Equality and Diversity 

Chwarae Teg are proud of our inclusive and equitable practices.  We have put the principles of human rights, equality, fairness, dignity and respect at the heart of our values. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, marriage (including equal/same sex marriage) and civil partnership, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, disability, race, religion or belief or pregnancy/maternity. 

We are committed to improving the diversity of our workforce and therefore seek to interview all applicants from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds, as well as disabled people, who opt to apply via our guaranteed interview scheme.  An interview is determined upon the information provided to us within the ‘The Role and You’ section of the Chwarae Teg application form.

Employee Benefits

We encourage our employees to take advantage of the great range of benefits we offer:

• Agile Working for a healthy work / life balance
• Generous Annual Leave (40 days per annum based on a 5-day working week)
• Learning & Development provision
• 7% employer pension
• Westfield Health Cash Plan
• Generous Company Sick Pay
• Enhanced Family Leave

You will be responsible for managing new and existing relationships with funders, including grant writing, meetings and pitches. You will involve appropriate colleagues and our membership network of students across the globe, to secure support, provide information and help maintain support from funders. You will be creative and persuasive in your approach to helping the organisation grow financially. You will be asked to write reports about our deliverables, identify leads and follow these up alongside your senior leadership colleagues. The ideal candidate will thrive when they are able to interpret a strategy, identify the key areas for us to focus on and write persuasive, concise and effective fundraising applications. We are looking for someone who can use their own initiative and problem solving to the role.

This is your chance to join an amazing team that works to reform economics education around the world. We are excited to launch our search for our next Senior Fundraising & Partnerships Manager. We are constantly growing so if you want to be part of the team that realises our vision of a better economics education around the world then please do apply.

About Rethinking Economics International

Rethinking Economics (RE) is an international network working to build better economics in society and the classroom. We started as a student movement in 2012 and have since grown to become a registered charity, Rethinking Economics International with a 10-person staff team. Through a mixture of campaigning, events and projects, we support over 100 groups in over 30 countries around the world. These students work alongside thousands of supportive members of the public, to reform the university economics curriculum to make it more pluralist, critical and applicable to the real world. Rethinking Economics International is undertaking an exciting transition process in which we are developing and expanding the future of the organisation. This includes the development of a new strategy for 2023-6 and a move to a more international workforce.

We will be accepting candidates for this role from anywhere which is  +/- 6 hours GMT/BST. The conditions of employment will vary location to location, depending on the law and equitable work standards for the territory where you are based.

Please see our website for the full job information, including a person specificiation for this role and details of how to apply.

It’s time to work in a job you love; as our newest Fundraising officer you can work in an environment where you are valued, developed and part of a strong and expanding team, all whilst feeling the reward of seeing your work contribute to supporting disadvantaged communities. So, what are you waiting for – apply today!

What Oasis Offers 

In return for your hard work we will offer you: 

• Flexible opportunities for Continuous Professional Development
• A supportive network and family of staff in a motivating and challenging working environment
• A competitive local government pension scheme with defined benefits, life cover and lower tax
• A generous annual leave allowance of 25 + 8 (Bank Holiday) days per year rising to 30 + 8 after 2 years of service
• Recognition of continuous service with Local Authorities and other Academy Trusts for various employment entitlements
• Opportunities to join staff network groups
• Wellbeing support mechanisms
• The opportunity to see the difference your work is making to our communities

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a new Fundraising officerto join our finance and procurement team, with flexible working the successful candidate will work under the leadership of the National Procurement Manager (NPM), to support effective Fundraising across the Academy Trust. 

Here the successful candidate will :

• Raise funds for the work of Oasis Academies from charitable trusts and statutory funders. 
• Co-ordinate and manage relationships with charitable trusts and foundations and statutory funding bodies, and manage the appropriate application processes. 
• Write national and regional funding applications for Oasis Academies, meeting targets as set by the Board of Trustees
• Support regional staff to devise a competitive and compelling approach to local trust funding, leveraging national cases for support and impact and outcomes work.

Please see full Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role. 

About Oasis Community Learning 

Born of the Oasis global charity we are one of the largest multi-academy trusts in the UK, having grown from one academy in 2007 to 52 today. Working in disadvantaged areas of England we aim to provide exceptional education at the heart of the community and offer support to those in need within the area. Our ethos is a core part of our everyday practice and something each of our staff champion daily; Equality, Inclusion, Healthy Relationships, Hope and Perseverance. We are also proud to be a Real Living Wage employer which broadly follows various national terms and conditions of employment (including STCPD, Burgundy and Green Book) and we recognise eight different trade unions.

Applying for this role

If you are interested in applying for the role, please complete your application, and equal opportunities forms.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role

PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO SAFER RECRUITMENT POLICIES, WE CANNOT ACCEPT CVS ALONE FOR THIS ROLE; YOU MUST COMPLETE A FULL APPLICATION

Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours, which flow from the Oasis ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.