Reports to: CEO

Responsible for: Occasional fundraising volunteers

Additional days to be offered in accordance with future funding

As the Sophie Hayes Foundation embarks on an exciting phase of growth and development, supporting women survivors of Human Trafficking, the Fundraising Manager will be a member of the new Senior Management Team.

The right candidate will focus on growing our income, in particular from lottery sources, charitable trusts and foundations, whilst ensuring appropriate stewardship of al fundraising relationships.

Detailed Role Description

The post-holder will:

• Work closely with the CEO and other relevant staff .
• Establish and manage a rolling programme of approaches to a portfolio of charitable trusts and foundations, and lottery bodies to achieve annual plans and income targets.
• Write bespoke proposals, applications and fundraising materials aimed at charitable trusts and foundations, individuals and companies.
• Research and identify new sources of funding while keeping abreast of the grant giving marketplace and related developments within the sector.
• Develop cultivation and approach plans for new prospects.  
• Assist in the development of, and attending, fundraising and cultivation events.
• Ensure the timely and appropriate thanking of donors and manage any subsequent communication and reporting requirements.
• Proactively build donor relationships through all communication mediums to ensure their continued support.
• Liaise with colleagues to publicise successful funding and partnerships in support of wider plans to enhance reputation amongst key audiences and raise awareness of our work.
• Prepare regular fundraising updates for the CEO and Board of Trustees on progress against fundraising strategies and targets.
• Accurately maintain and manage a database of prospects and supporters ensuring compliance with all data protection legislation, regulations and best practice.
• Participate in any training and development activities to maintain own development or to enhance competence within job role.
• Be an ambassador for the Sophie Hayes Foundation, promoting the vision, aims and objectives of charity with all external contacts.
• Manage occasional fundraising volunteers.
• Will be an active member of the Sophie Hayes Foundation SMT including supporting the formation of strategic vision, goals and activities, running team meetings, supporting the CEO on other projects and working with trustees as required.

Person Specification:

Essential

1. Minimum 3 -5 years experience of successful fundraising in the UK charity sector
2. Educated to degree level or equivalent, or the ability to demonstrate competence through experience
3. Experience of working to, and meeting, fundraising targets
4. Experience of proactively researching and engaging current and prospective funders
5. Knowledge of best practice in fundraising and of current trends in philanthropy
6. Ability to write compelling and persuasive fundraising proposals
7. Outstanding communication skills and the ability to tailor written and verbal content and style to a range of audiences.
8. Ability to work under pressure and deliver outcomes to tight deadlines
9. Strong IT skills (Blackbaud Etapestry or similar CRM systems etc. Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook,)
10. Ability to work on own initiative as well as a key member of a team
11. Flexible and proactive approach and attitude
12. Enthusiasm and drive to make things happen
13. Ability to work occasionally outside of normal office working hours
14. Supportive of a small but fast paced team  
15. Supportive of non London locations

Desirable

1. Knowledge and understanding of the human trafficking and modern-day slavery sector
2. Experience of using social media and digital communication tools for fundraising purposes

APPLICATION PROCESS AND CRITERIA:

• Applications without a covering letter will not be progressed to the next stage
• Selected candidate will be required to complete a DBS and have the right to work in the UK
• As a provider of programmes for women survivors of human trafficking, we are seeking female candidates only. 

Closing date: Sunday 8th March 11.30pm

Interviews: 1st interviews – Thursday 19th March, 2nd interviews – Wednesday 25th March

We’re looking for an enthusiastic individual with experience of working on fundraising or events projects, to join us as a Challenge & Bespoke Events Co-ordinator and help us raise income and meet targets on a variety of events.

This is an incredibly exciting time for Shelter as the entire organisation is rallying behind our ambitious strategy to end the housing emergency. To enable this strategy to become a reality, we have developed a new Income Generation plan that will see us significantly increase our annual income over the next three years. The Community & Events team is responsible for innovating, creating and delivering Shelter’s fundraising events and community fundraising programme. This includes a high value challenge and bespoke events portfolio consisting of participation in events such as London Marathon and own flagship events Vertical Rush and Sleep Walk for Shelter, as well as the support, development and promotion of successful community fundraising initiatives and an ambitious special events portfolio of high-profile cultural events and festival partnerships.

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change — with individuals, in communities, across society – and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve. 

About the role
The Challenge Event team has large teams at all the main running events throughout the year and raise over £1million. Current key events include the London Marathon, Great North Run, Royal Parks Half Marathon, London Landmarks Half Marathon and more. This role will work on our third-party challenge events portfolio, project managing and delivering Shelter’s participation in these events. Not only will you be responsible for marketing and delivering your events, you will also work with your colleagues to deliver a superior supporter experience and maximise growth and engagement potential for your audiences.

About you
Relevant experience, plus a proactive, collaborative and results-driven approach, is essential. We’ll also be looking for a proven ability to monitor and report on income and expenditure budgets and use a CRM system. Commercially aware, creative and innovative, you’ll be experienced in communicating with a range of internal and external stakeholders to deliver results and have a flair for quickly understanding supporter or customer needs and working to meet and exceed their expectations. What’s more, you're willing to contribute to new ideas, methods and processes.

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our Income Generation team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

At Shelter, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.  In addition to this, we encourage an approach to involving people with personal insight of housing issues and homelessness in our recruitment processes.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Events Fundraising Manager

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.

Position: Events Fundraising Manager - Challenge Events
Location: London
Contract type: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £31,982 to £34,925 depending on skills and experience, plus London allowance of £3,600

Closing date: 8 March 2020
Interview date: 18 March 2020

About the role:

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a successful and growing Challenge Events Team in a new role. You will lead our Trekking team, managing a small team, including 2 direct reports, and over £3.5m income. This is an important time for the trekking programme with bespoke series like Trek26 and Trek Up an important focus for the organisation. This post will build and deliver strategies to grow and develop our trekking products to over £8 million by 2025, maximising our income and brand awareness.

As well as leading your team to deliver to their income and expenditure targets you will be responsible for the development of relationships with key event delivery companies to maximise our current opportunities and build strong internal relationships to gain internal buy in for the trekking programme.

About you:

This is a challenging and extremely busy role in an ambitious and growing team. With a strong background in fundraising, preferably Events fundraising, you will have exceptional leadership and management skills to drive excellence across the Challenge and wider Sports Team. You will have built and delivered a strategy that has driven growth for a product or event programme. You will be data-savvy and have experience of managing complex projects. You’ll be confident in negotiating with internal and external stakeholders, managing these vital relationships to ensure best practice and the best results for Alzheimer’s Society are achieved.

You may have experience of the following: Events Fundraising Manager, Fundraising Manager, Charities, Not for Profit, Fundraiser, Marketing, Business Development, Donor Management, Third Sector, Fundraising, Events Management, etc.

About us

The Bone Cancer Research Trust (BCRT) is the leading charity dedicated to fighting primary bone cancer. Our mission is to save lives and improve outcomes through research, information, awareness and support. In July 2019 we were awarded 'National Healthcare & Medical Research Charity of the Year' at the national Charity Awards and earlier in the year the Yorkshire & Humber Institute of Fundraising awarded our Fundraising & Communications Team with 'Fundraising Team of the Year'. We are a small but incredibly passionate and driven organisation that is proud and supportive of our people - together we make the biggest impact for our community. 

The Role

The Challenge Events Fundraising Officer will contribute to the overall fundraising strategy by delivering a programme of activities that maximise income generation and recruitment and retention of supporters.

You will operate as a key member of the Challenge Events Team and will have the opportunity to explore new exciting opportunities for the charity. You will also lead on existing events which form part of our core income programme and help grow our expanding portfolio of Challenge Events.

To deliver on our strategy through to 2022 we need to deliver high quality, meaningful events that help meet our income and charitable objectives. This role will have a direct impact on the primary bone cancer community through Challenge Events by empowering and involving patients, carers, friends, relatives, healthcare professionals and researchers.

About You

The ideal candidate will bring experience of successfully building events fundraising streams through different challenges and bespoke events as well developing meaningful relationships with professional event organisers. They will be results-orientated with a passion for first-class supporter care. They will build excellent working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders as they pull together new ideas for events that will help to ultimately save lives.

As we are a small team, a team-player attitude is a must, as well as a positive and can-do approach.

If you have excellent communication and event management skills, a natural ability to liaise with stakeholders, and determination to succeed, we would like to hear from you.

Application Process

1. Application Form & CV submission closing date: 1st March

2. Shortlisting and telephone interviews: W/C 2nd March

3. Interviews: W/C 9th March

As the largest charity for people with hearing loss in the UK, Action on Hearing Loss are there to support those who suffer from hearing loss; from day to day care, to practical information, to campaigning for a fairer world for people with hearing loss, and funding research to find a cure.

The Senior Trust Fundraiser will complete a team of 4 which sits within the wider fundraising and communication department, made up of Trusts and Lottery, Partnerships (major donor, events and corporate), Supporter Experience, Public Fundraising and ‘Marcomms’; whose overall income target is c.£14m.

The Trust team’s target currently stands at c.£1million, whereby approximately half of this comes from Big Lottery Funding. The team has been supported by an interim Trust fundraiser for the last three months and the successful candidate will be expected to steward a growing portfolio of bodies, whose foundations have already been laid by the interim fundraiser, that give £5k and up. As well as this, the postholder will need to work with the Head of Trusts and other key internal stakeholders, including a recently appointed Prospect Researcher, to create new funding projects that are attractive to prospective donors, ensuring their giving needs marry with AOHL’s ‘business as usual’ work. As well as this, they will need to be adept at creating bespoke fundraising packages for thematic projects, outside of business as usual.

Job specification:

• continuing the stewardship of a portfolio of warm funders who give upwards of £5k including the Big Lottery and key bio medical bodies, working to a target of c.£150k
• growing their pipeline of mid-level and high level giving as well as securing multi-year/high value giving, with a split of 70% New Business to 30% Account Management
• kick starting and owning a fledgling programme of bespoke fundraising projects by working closely and strategically with senior internal stakeholders to extend the charity's focus to a wider audience.

Person specification:

• An experienced fundraiser looking to broaden and develop their professional experience
• A creative fundraiser, well versed in securing five figure gifts, with a track record of raising significant funds from trusts and statutory bodies including the Big Lottery
• An externally focused relationship builder, motivated by generating new income by engaging new funders and developing excellent proposals
• Someone who can expertly steward, manage and develop funding relationships
• A proactive and confident team player, able to shift focus from complex relationships and asks, to supporting the wider fundraising team, undertaking administrative tasks, financial reporting and upholding fundraising best practice.

Deadline for applications is Wednesday 26th February with interviews the following week. 

A great opportunity to join an internationally recognised conservation charity, building their philanthropy programme through trusts and major donor.

This charity’s mission is to create a world where people and wildlife can thrive together. To achieve this, they are finding ways to help transform the future for the world’s wildlife, rivers, forests and seas; pushing for a reduction in carbon emissions that will avoid catastrophic climate change; and pressing for measures to help people live sustainably, within the means of the planet.

Job specification

This organisation needs a Philanthropy Manager (maternity cover) to:

• Be a vital, active participant in the Philanthropy and Events team, able to make an immediate impact through stewardship of an existing warm portfolio and rolling out ambitious but achievable planned income growth (through trusts, foundations and major donors) .
• Work with a portfolio of high value supporters who give upwards of £10k, with the average gift being between £25k and £100k
• Autonomously and proactively drive the strategic engagement of funders, new and old, maximising recent investment, organisational intelligence and key stakeholders.
• Work closely with a range of internal stakeholders including a recently formed proposal development/bid writing team and research, services, policy & campaigns teams to help evolve and grow fundraising collateral for both ‘off the peg’ and bespoke material

Person specification

The position would best suit:

• a dedicated, experienced fundraiser, able to quickly assess the organisational landscape and translate this into successful stewarding and development of a portfolio, working to a 12 month target of £500k
• an excellent relationship builder, motivated by generating new income by engaging new funders as well as established ones, developing excellent proposals with an equal split towards new business and portfolio management
• a driven, passionate, professional who thrives on autonomy but is also looking for a truly supportive, welcoming team

Deadline for applications is ongoing, but strong applicants will be interviewed on a rolling basis, so do not delay in applying. Interviews are likely to be held w/c 2 March.

In the first instance, please send me a CV.

                                     

To apply for this role, please click Apply with Charityjob to submit your CV to Sarah Bowie at QuarterFive Fundraising Recruitment. If your experience is a good fit, we will send you a job description and arrange a briefing call or meeting that will provide you with all the information required to formally apply. QuarterFive aims to proactively support your job search, so we may also consider your details for other job vacancies to enable us to find a position that is most suitable for you.

Closing date: 1 March 2020 at 11.30pm. First interviews: 10 March 2020. Second interviews: 20 March 2020.

If leading and inspring a high performing team, overseeing the delivery of an events portfolio, maximising growth and introducing new events sounds like your ideal role, then join us as Senior Events Manager – Challenge Events. We’ll provide the infrastructure and the rewards, including flexible working. All you need to bring is proven experience of effective line management, sound knowledge of challenge events, a passion for the cause and a real desire to make things happen.

This is an incredibly exciting time for Shelter as the entire organisation is rallying behind our ambitious strategy to end the housing emergency. To enable this strategy to become a reality, we have developed a new Income Generation plan that will see us significantly increase our annual income over the next three years. The Community & Events team is responsible for innovating, creating and delivering Shelter’s fundraising events and community fundraising programme. This includes a high value challenge and bespoke events portfolio consisting of participation in events such as London Marathon and own flagship events Vertical Rush and Sleep Walk for Shelter, as well as the support, development and promotion of successful community fundraising initiatives and an ambitious special events portfolio of high-profile cultural events and festival partnerships.

About the role
The Challenge Event team has large teams at all the main running events throughout the year and raise over £1million. Current key events include the London Marathon, Great North Run, Royal Parks Half Marathon, London Landmarks Half Marathon and more. This role will lead our Challenge Events portfolio, developing a strategy to maximise growth and engagement potential with current events and introduce new events and products.

A rare opportunity to drive forward and grow an already successful events portfolio, ensuring our events series continues to thrive and income is maximised to fund our vital work, you’ll collaborate with internal teams and forge vital relationships with external stakeholders to create new opportunities and partnerships. Line managing, developing and inspiring three Event Coordinators, overseeing the operational delivery of events and setting, managing and reporting of budgets are all key elements of this role.

About you

To succeed, it’s vital that you can bring previous line management experience to lead the team effectively and ensure objectives are met. You will understand the need for flexible leadership styles and will have developed and empowered individuals to deliver results. Creative, innovative and proactive, you enjoy working as part of a team and thrive on ensuring your team are motivated and working to their best potential.

With this area aiming to substantially grow, operational and strategic knowledge of challenge events and the charity active events market is essential. The ability to apply lateral thinking, challenge the status quo and introduce new ideas is important too, as is respect for others’ opinions.

You will enjoy seeking out and implementing internal and external opportunities to drive performance and have demonstrable experience in successfully negotiating and building mutually beneficial relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

To apply

Please submit your CV and a supporting statement outlining why you’d like to be considered for this role, addressing the knowledge, skills, experience and behaviour profile specified in the job description. Please note, your application will not be considered if you don’t submit both a CV and a supporting statement.

The deadline to apply is 1 March 11.30pm, applications received after this will not be considered.

Benefits
The wide range of benefits we offer include 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to join our Income Generation team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit. 

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Job title: Mass Events Assistant

Region: Cardiff

Directorate: Fundraising

Contract: 3.5 month FTC, Full time, 35 hours per week

Salary: £17,166.60 per annum pro rata

About The Royal British Legion

The Legion is at the heart of a national network that supports our Armed Forces community through thick and thin – ensuring their unique contribution is never forgotten. We’ve been here since 1921 and we’ll be here as long as they need us.

Our Values and Behaviours

Does the following describe you?

• A desire to provide a great customer service and support

• Enjoy and thrive in working in teams and with others

• Passionate about supporting the Armed Forces community and honouring their contribution

• Come to work each day to be the best you can and to learn and develop

• An encourager, eager to share your knowledge and experience to help others

  If so then we would like you hear from you ….

  The Role

  Are you looking for an introduction to a career in events? We are currently looking for an enthusiastic Events Assistant to join an award-winning events team to deliver a summer event series for a well-known national charity brand.

  The role will manage local marketing and engagement within the community for our Poppy Quest event series taking place in July 2020. You will be able to work independently with support and direction from the Mass Events team at head office, building strong relationships with event partners and supporters locally to maximise participant recruitment targets. You will also have strong communication experience, be capable of engaging with people at different levels and have an ambition to be involved in delivering a first class fundraising event for families.

  We are involved in a number of cycling, running and walking events including series of marathons.

   We also have our own bespoke events such as our fast growing Poppy Walks, Pedal to Paris cycle ride and Poppy Runs.

  Enthusiasm is essential, along with a result focus approach and proactive attitude to work. Own transport is essential as the events take place in Portsmouth and Cardiff. Mileage will be paid/reimbursed.

  How to Apply

Please apply online by clicking ‘Apply Online’

Closing date for this role is: Sunday 1st March 2020

Summary

Fundraising Events are an important area of growth for Diabetes UK's Engagement and Fundraising Directorate. We have seen some great successes in our Diabetes UK bespoke challenges both in terms of acquisition and fundraised income, growing from c.3000 event participants to more than 30,000 in the last three years.

It is an exciting time to join what is a busy, successful and growing Fundraising Events & Mass Participation Team as we take the opportunity to capitalise on significant additional investment to keep growing our challenges and improving the experience we offer supporters.

Interview Date: 6 March 2020

Interviews will be taking place in Whitechapel, London and we would consider flexibility on where this role could be based.

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)
• 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

• Project manage and develop specific mass participation event products, such as Swim22, One Million Step Challenge and our London Bridges Challenge
• Prototype, test and launch new mass participation events with the objective of developing new and sustainable income streams.
• Contribute to and deliver income and expenditure budgets, ensuring the best return on investment for Diabetes UK
• Deliver events and ensure all legal, health and safety, risk assessments and crisis management requirements are met

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will have a solid track record marketing and delivering successful mass participation activity, as well as having excellent communication and project management skills. We are looking to recruit someone who can:

• Project manage multiple mass participation events
• Prototype, develop and launch to market new mass participation concepts
• Effectively manage internal and external stakeholders, including relationships with agencies
• Plan, manage and evaluate event day logistics
• Prepare and manage budgets
• Develop, implement and evaluate marketing strategies and communication plans

We are recruiting a Charity Advice and Mentoring Manager to manage our Helpdesk  and mentoring services.

• Helpdesk: expanding this service from the current 2 days a week to being available up to 5 days a week
• Mentoring: managing a team of up to 200+ mentors  who provide bespoke mentoring to the leaders of small charities
• Online resources: specifically tailored to the very smallest charities ie those with incomes up to £350k

Prospectus is excited to be working with Children with Cancer UK, the country's leading cancer charity, at an exciting time for the organisation as they continue their mission to end childhood cancer. To aid their goals, they are recruiting a Philanthropy Manager to grow and develop a pipeline of high net worth individuals, trusts and foundations to feed into their larger goal of raising £26 million in the next three years.

This full time, permanent position is based at their offices opposite the famous Great Ormond Street Hospital and pays between £40,000 and £45,000 based on experience.

In this role, you will be working with the Head of High Value Fundraising to develop an organisation wide philanthropy programme that scans the organisation for potential donors that can give to a four, five and in the future potentially six figure level. You will also be required to deliver a bespoke calendar of stewardship events for philanthropists and ensure these donors are appropriately recognised and stewarded throughout their donor journey. A key part of the role will be designing and implementing a giving programme to recognise and categorise their existing and new donors. With the main focus of the role being from individuals, part of the role will be focusing on developing a trusts and foundations fundraising programme that can help deliver the forecast income for the team.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience of managing a major donor programme and stewarding philanthropists at a four and five figure level. You will be a relationship-focused fundraiser with a desire to grow into a head of role and manage a wide variety of relationships with individuals, trusts and foundations in a programme that you will develop. This role will start as a single fundraiser underneath the Head of High Value Fundraising with a view to expanding the role into a Head of Philanthropy managing a team.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application. In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. 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 speaking with you soon.

We have a fantastic Mass Participation Manager working for a large, high profile health charity in Central London. The charity will offer this role as either office based in London or home-based for anyone living in the South East of England. Salary will be £31,395 - £34,883 (London/SE) and £28,311- £31,799 (Regions/nations).

Fundraising Events are an important area of growth for the charity's Engagement and Fundraising Directorate. They have seen some great successes in their bespoke challenges both in terms of acquisition and fundraised income, growing from c.3000 event participants to more than 30,000 in the last three years. It is an exciting time to join what is a busy, successful and growing Fundraising Events & Mass Participation Team as they take the opportunity to capitalise on significant additional investment to keep growing their challenges and improving the experience they offer supporters.

Role Responsibility
- Project manage and develop specific mass participation event products.
- Prototype, test and launch new mass participation events with the objective of developing new and sustainable income streams.
- Contribute to and deliver income and expenditure budgets, ensuring the best return on investment for the charity.
- Deliver events and ensure all legal, health and safety, risk assessments and crisis management requirements are met.

The ideal candidate will have a solid track record marketing and delivering successful mass participation activity, as well as having excellent communication and project management skills. We are looking to recruit someone who can:
- Project manage multiple mass participation events
- Prototype, develop and launch to market new mass participation concepts
- Effectively manage internal and external stakeholders, including relationships with agencies
- Plan, manage and evaluate event day logistics
- Prepare and manage budgets
- Develop, implement and evaluate marketing strategies and communication plans

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Are you passionate about helping people affected by blood cancer?

Bloodwise was founded from grassroots fundraising and it’s because of our volunteers that we have funded over £500million worth of critical research.

We are looking for an engaging and driven Volunteer Experience Manager to join us on a 12-month fixed term contract to implement our new volunteer strategy.

This is a newly created role and forms part of our strategy to increase our reach and to mobilise our army of volunteers.

We want everyone that volunteers at Bloodwise to have the same great experience, have access to the same information, receive the same great level of training and be fully equipped to support our mission. Our Volunteers may be part of a local community group, sitting on a policy panel aiming to influence government or be an ambassador in the public eye – whatever they do they need to experience the same customer journey.

The Volunteer Experience Manager will work collaboratively with the internal stakeholders who own the volunteer relationships to influence the volunteer experience. Providing leadership and guidance whilst acting as an ambassador for volunteering across all Bloodwise volunteer streams, the Volunteer Experience Manager will have overall responsibility for managing the recruitment process and ensuring consistency in the development of our volunteers, as well as lead in increasing the standard of the volunteering experience across the organisation.

The closing date for this exciting opportunity is:

9am on Thursday 5 March 2020

Please note all applications will be reviewed on receipt and we may bring forward the closing date of this role at our discretion.

Do you want to play a key role in an organisation which stands up for children? As Philanthropy and Trusts Manager you will manage a portfolio of relationships with an aspiration to secure five and six figure gifts from Trusts and Foundations.

In our Marketing, Fundraising and Communications department, we fight for children every single day. We inspire millions of people, from individuals to large corporates, to support our quest for change. We go the extra mile - and we don't rest until the work is done.

You will be a key member of our growing Trusts team, working as part of the larger Major Giving & Trusts team. This role will help drive and implement an ambitious strategy to grow Trusts and Foundation income, to help achieve the Partnerships & Philanthropy Department's ambition to raise £250m by 2020. You will cultivate, grow and steward relationships Trusts and Foundations, ensuring a tailored, inspiring and personalised journey with Save the Children.

• Manage a diverse portfolio of trusts and foundations
• Actively drive new business by working with our prospect research team, and seeking opportunities to network and attending internal and external events
• Develop and implement strategic, creative and bespoke donor plans
• Produce high quality written proposals, making verbal presentations tailored specifically to inspire and captivate donors.

To be successful you will have outstanding interpersonal skills and a passion for the international development sector.  You will need to have experience in navigating complex organisations, as well as of building and managing relationships with high-level stakeholders. As someone with a strong understanding of the principles of major gift fundraising you will also have:

• Experience of working in a trust fundraising environment or similar experience of working with potential high-level funders and supporters.
• Proven experience of producing high quality written communication material.
• Proven track record of delivering against agreed targets, timescales and objectives.
• Computer literacy: ability to undertake word processing and to access and update databases.
• Exceptional influencing skills with the ability to be credible and persuasive at all levels internally and externally.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

If you share our belief in the power of children, join the fight. It takes relentless determination, creativity and a real commitment to real change. Because every child should be able to make their mark on their world, and help to build a better future. We look forward to hearing from you.

Jobs are positioned within the salary structure on the basis of evaluation. New employees would normally be appointed at the bottom of the grade, however the appointed salary may also take into account the relevant experience a candidate brings to a role. Save the Children is committed to paying staff in a fair and equitable way and will benchmark all salary offers in line with the pay of existing staff.

For more information and to apply please visit our website.

Closing date: 27th February