Position Overview:

The Development Manager, United Kingdom is an integral part of Room to Read’s UK Development team and is based in our London office. This position reports to the Development Director, United Kingdom, and will play a key role in the implementation of Room to Read’s fundraising throughout the UK, focusing on the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of major donors and prospects. We are looking for a dynamic, personable, results-oriented and experienced person to help continue to grow our success in the UK market. The Development Manager must be a self-motivated team player who is committed to our cause and has a track record of delivering fundraising results. 

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage relationships with high net worth individuals and corporate partners, generating minimum £2 million per annum
• Manage a portfolio of 200+ prospects and donors in the region making gifts at the £10,000+ level
• Work together with the UK team to develop and oversee a mid-level giving strategy focused at engaging and upgrading donors of £1,000+
• Identify new fundraising opportunities and build the individual and corporate prospect pipeline in the United Kingdom
• Use sound fundraising principles to develop long-term cultivation and stewardship strategies that utilize the expertise of key Room to Read staff and leadership in deepening donors’ commitment to the organization
• Build long-term relationships with donors and prospects, identifying, cultivating and stewarding their interests
• Stay current with organizational strategies and program details and plans in order to recommend potential funding opportunities to donors
• Participate as a member of Room to Read’s internal High Net Worth resource group
• Support the work of the Development Director in the following areas, as required: managing high level events, supporting senior management engagements, income tracking and forecasting, data entry, developing proposals and reporting
• Support the organization of major fundraising events, both virtual and in-person. This position will support the development of gala fundraising strategy, soliciting current donors and prospective donors to secure tickets and tables, securing pre-committed funds to the event, securing auction prizes and other duties as necessary 
• Collaborate with Room to Read’s senior management team to co-manage key relationships
• Collaborate with Room to Read’s global fundraising team to prepare donor communication materials, including concept papers, proposals, donor updates and mailings, and additional materials as needed
• Represent Room to Read at fundraising and awareness-building events and in donor cultivation meetings
• Utilize specialist databases and other tools to actively manage donor stewardship and tracking
• Undertake other duties as necessary

Qualifications:

Required:

• At least 7 years of relevant work experience
• Proven experience of achieving fundraising results, including successful relationship management, and income generation
• Proven experience in successfully cultivating individual and corporate donors and in securing five and six-figure donations
• Proven ability to work successfully in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple projects and priorities, paying close attention to details and results
• Prior success working closely and building relationships with diverse groups of people
• Ability to be flexible and proactively problem solve
• Ability work independently and collaboratively with a team
• Event management experience
• Effectiveness in working or volunteering in a non-profit organization that is focused on maintaining high quality work and low overhead
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Adept at using database systems, such as Salesforce platforms or fundraising CRM’s

Preferred:

• Management experience
• Fundraising experience in a fast paced, growth oriented organization; candidates with applicable skills and experience from the private sector (private banking, family offices, luxury organizations, corporate foundations etc) will be considered

Compensation:

Room to Read offers a competitive pay with excellent benefits. The non-monetary compensation includes a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative, meaningful, fun, and rapidly growing organization that is changing the world through literacy and gender equality in education.

Location(s):

Global Office - United Kingdom - London

To be successful at Room to Read, you will also: 

• Have passion for our mission and a strong desire to impact a dynamic nonprofit organization 
• Be a proactive and innovative thinker who achieves results and creates positive change
• Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness  
• Embrace diversity and a commitment to collaboration 
• Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment 

Room to Read is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

This inspiring, small charity is searching for a New Business Officer to join their successful corporate team. This charity has some great, long-standing partnerships and they have performed well during COVID so are in a financially stable position.

This role will work with the Senior Manager to seek out and secure new partnerships. There is already an existing pipeline, but you will continue strengthening this and making active approaches.

You will have:

• Previous experience of working in the charity sector building relationships with new prospects
• A strong understanding of the Corporate Social Responsibility agenda
• Strong understanding of donor cultivation
• A pro-active approach and the ability to use your own initiative

Closing Date: 14^th April 2021
Salary: £30,000 - £32,000
 

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Ashby on 02030 062787 or email [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

Partnership Development Manager

£32,291pa

Living Planet Centre, Woking, Surrey

This is an amazing opportunity to use your experience in securing and managing corporate partnerships to forge new, high impact and long-term relationships with companies. We want you to work with business and partners, to catalyse action, change hearts and minds and create solutions in the fight for our world. Your role will be to build long term commitment and inspire partners to do more to save our planet, before it is too late.

As Partnership Development Manager, you will deliver corporate engagement strategies and develop new partnership approaches and proposals. You will manage a personal portfolio of major corporate prospects, engaging and building relationships across departments. You will make cold approaches and forge new relationships with suitable potential corporate partners too.

We will look to you to construct and deliver compelling pitches and proposals as well as negotiate strong partnership terms that meet both our and partner objectives. You will oversee the onboarding of new partnerships, allocate resources and implement account management structures as well as update colleagues as needed. You will also proactively develop relationships and use your understanding of our strategic priorities and the wider business agenda, to ensure key WWF issues and viewpoints can be expressed confidently at a senior level in meetings.

You must have a proven track record of securing corporate partnerships in a commercial or charity setting. Used to engaging and networking at a senior level, you will possess a strong network of corporate contacts. You will have a firm understanding of the corporate sustainability and purpose agenda too.

Naturally warm and enthusiastic, you will possess excellent networking, communication and presentation skills. Results driven, you will be the sort of person who is flexible and enjoys a collaborative working style. A background in corporate fundraising and experience of engaging with the finance, FMCG, food or tech sectors would be an advantage.

If you have the ability to maximise income, impact and influence opportunities for us through partnerships and are passionate about building a movement in defence of nature, we’d love to hear from you. Please visit our website to complete the online registration and submit a copy of your up to date CV with cover letter highlighting what makes you the perfect fit for us.

Every role at WWF is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the potential of everyone regardless of; race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other aspect that makes you, well you.  Here at WWF we’re committed to conscious inclusion that helps cultivate an ethos of belonging, connection and shared purpose.  We believe that the more diverse we are the better we become; this brings us together and empowers us to develop, engage and inspire; and critically to help build a future where people can live in harmony with nature.

Our policies and benefits reflect the importance of people being able to have a good work-life balance and being able to bring their ‘full self’ to work.

Our world needs you like never before. We are the first generation to know we are destroying the world and we could be the last that can do anything about it. We’re looking for people who are passionate about making it politically, socially and economically unacceptable to destroy our planet’s natural resources. We need you to join us in the fight for our world.

Prospectus is excited to be supporting ThinkForward in the search for a new Development Manager, Trusts position. ThinkForward works with young people who face multiple challenges that might be holding them back from achieving their potential so that they can prepare for and gain work. This is an exciting time to be joining the ambitious team as they embark on a new 5-year strategy to grow their programmes sustainably.

As the Development Manager, Trusts, you will be responsible for managing a pipeline and generating income from existing and new trusts and statutory funders. You will also work closely with the Director of Development and Communications, to contribute to the development of the organisation's new funding plan, which will reflect the organisation's new five-year strategy and ambition for trust and statutory income growth. Crucially, you will play a proactive role in coordinating and working closely with colleagues; across programmes, frontline delivery and impact, to design fundable projects and to compile reports for funders on the programmes impact on outcomes for young people.

ThinkForward is looking for the new Development Manager, Trusts, to be ambitious, innovative and a collaborative member of the growing team. To be successful, you will need to be a strong relationship builder with evidence of growing and retaining funding (successes of £50k+ and multi-year) from trusts and/statutory sources. You will need to have strong project management skills to bring relevant internal stakeholders together to create fundable projects and scope out financial and operational requirements. Importantly, you will need to have an interest in ThinkForward's work and a drive to increase the positive impact you can make in your role as Development Manager, Trusts.

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. ThinkForward is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to interviewing all candidates who meet the minimum requirements and declare a disability.

The office is located in Central London. This organisation is happy to consider flexible working, including part time and remote working. We would be happy to discuss these options with you in more detail.

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 connecting with you soon.

Job summary

Are you a highly persuasive and compelling communicator? Are you a professional fundraiser with a strong track record of negotiating and managing relationships with high net worth individuals? If so, this could be the perfect career opportunity for you.

The Advancement Division is in search of a driven, tactful, and diplomatic Development Manager to join their ambitious team and raise philanthropic income for Imperial College Business School.

The overarching strategy of Advancement is to raise funds for scholarships, academic positions, research centres and capital projects, securing private financial support from those who are committed to our academic mission and building Imperial’s global reputation.  The Division oversees a wide programme of events that seek to expand the College’s reach, strengthen and enlarge our supporter base, increase philanthropic support and engage alumni, friends and other stakeholders in the life of the College. This is a high impact and high visibility division which relies on extremely motivated and skilled fundraising professionals to deliver a quality end to end gift giving experience.

Duties and responsibilities

This career opportunity promises to be varied and will utilize to the maximum your previous experience gained in roles such as a Major Gift Officer, Development Officer, Regular Giving Manager, Fundraising Specialist, Major Gifts Manager, Development Manager, Leadership Giving Officer/Manager or similar. Duties will include:

• Managing strategic projects and high priority donor relationships, with the aim of attracting major gifts (£25k+) in support of the Business School as well as the wider College’s fundraising objectives.

• Developing and delivering on key areas of major gifts fundraising strategy.

• Being a trusted advisor both within and outside the Advancement Division for identifying innovative ways to capitalise on fundraising opportunities.

• Developing staff, alumni and students in the culture, practices and techniques of successful fundraising.

Essential requirements:

This career opportunity will suit an individual with drive and highly skilled in the fundraising space. You should be educated to graduate level or equivalent and have substantial evidence of success as a professional fundraiser securing major gits (25k plus).

Position: Bid and Tender Manager

Contract: Permanent

Salary:  Up to £59,000 per annum

Start date: ASAP

BMJ is seeking a Tender & Bids Manager to join the Partnership Development and Global Health Team. The primary goal of the Tenders and Bids Manager will be bringing in new, and retaining existing, business. The role will work cross-company supporting all product areas but with a specific focus on growing our global health business through tenders.

You will be supporting BMJ’s efforts to collaborate with international partners to put reliable information and tools in the hands of decision makers and health professionals. 

Responsibilities

• Proactively scan both domestic and international markets for opportunities to bid and tender which fit with BMJs portfolio and capabilities
• Maintain a strong pipeline of relevant opportunities and review with the relevant business teams to make an informed decision on which to pursue
• Lead on the production of high quality tender submissions to maximise success whilst fitting with BMJ’s position as a mission driven organisation
• Be the internal BMJ expert on all aspects of bid and tender processes 
• Own all aspects of bid and tender submissions (including post-submission clarifications) working with cross-company teams where required
• Share bid and tender knowledge to ensure the capability and experience is embedded within the wider business
• Develop appropriate templates that are compliant with the requirements of major funders / donors / procurement bodies
• Identify and address gaps in tender compliance requirements

Qualification & Experience

• Significant experience in bid management 
• Previous experience is working in the healthcare or global health tender or grant sector
• Experience owning entire bid process for large £5m+ contracts
• Proven ability to work under pressure whilst delivering high quality output
• Understanding of the domestic and international tenders and grants market

Essential skills

• Ability to work professionally with multiple levels across BMJ internally and also with external bid partners, technical partners, consultants and government representatives
• Strong planning and organisational skills
• High attention to detail
• Proactive and collaborative worker
• Strategic thinking
• Excellent written skills
• Excellent relationship and stakeholder management skills 
• Financially/numerically strong
• Project management and operational delivery to demanding deadlines

Why should you apply?

BMJ is a global healthcare knowledge provider with a vision for a healthier world. We share knowledge and expertise to improve healthcare outcomes. 

You may know us as the publisher of one of the world’s most cited general medical journals, The BMJ. We also publish over 70 specialty journals, many of which are the most influential titles in their field. 

We also offer digital professional development courses and clinical decision support tools to help medical institutions and clinicians tackle today’s most critical healthcare challenges.

Evidence underpins everything we do – it’s what makes us one of the world’s most trusted knowledge providers. And the figures speak for themselves. More than 50 million users from over 150 countries access our websites every year.

BMJ is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association (BMA), with nearly 500 employees worldwide. Our head office is located within the Grade II listed BMA House in Euston, London, with more offices in China, India, North America, and Wales. 

At BMJ we take equal opportunities very seriously, diversity and inclusion are more than just words, they are an organizational priority. We are building a culture where everyone feels able to bring their full, authentic selves to work. We encourage applications from under-represented groups and we are a Disability Confident Committed employer.

You will be able to join any of our employee-led networks focussing on: Gender, Cultural Diversity, Sexual Orientation, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Parents and Carers and Age. 

We offer flexible work arrangements to all our employees.

Those who come to work with us are assured of a rewarding career in an increasingly global company. In return, we offer a great place to work with a wide range of benefits, including: 

• Twenty-five days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays, a BMA Day the opportunity to gain more holiday entitlement through long service employment
• Additional days’ leave for moving house, volunteering or getting married 
• Onsite gym, fitness classes and subsidised canteen and cafeteria
• Double matching employer pension contribution, up to 12%
• Multiple discounts [from major stores] through MyReward employee benefits platform. 
• Season ticket loan, gym membership and cycle to work scheme 
• Seven x salary life assurance cover
• Regular social events, diversity and inclusion groups, and charity fundraising initiatives to get involved in

The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain is seeking a Development Manager, Trusts to join our ambitious and growing Development Team.

The successful candidate will be an entrepreneurial and organised individual with exceptional relationship management and writing skills.

Over the last decade, NYO has evolved from a 70-year-old training orchestra into a vibrant community of young people making orchestral music relevant to youth audiences. Our young people have stepped off the orchestra platform and given their time, shared their passion and their skills with other young people. This process has empowered and fulfilled them and catalysed a golden era of music making.

NYO's new 'Open Up' strategy has a strong focus on youth voice, creativity and inclusion. Our goal is to reach every teenager in the UK, and raise a considerable, and sustainable income to enable this to happen.

We believe there is huge scope to grow NYO's mature and loyal portfolio of Trusts and Foundations over the next five years. The Development Manager, Trusts will organise, timetable, grow relationships creatively and prepare excellent written proposals and reports. They will work with our Senior Management Team, Board and Development Board to grow the trust portfolio from £500k to £1m annually.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and growing charity, which recently won Best Supporter Experience at the Institute of Fundraising Awards, and the Inclusivity Award at the UK Youth Inspiring Hope Awards.

Title: Director of Business Development

Salary: £80,000 to £85,000

Hours/Contract: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

Based: UK - Flexible

Closing date: 9th May 2021

Interview date: 28th May 2021

About the Role

It is a very exciting time to join Marie Curie as we enter into a phase of change, collaboration & partnership with others to ensure that more people have access to a better end of life experience.

Our transformational journey will ensure that everyone who is dying, and their families can receive the love, support & care they need. As part of making this happen, we are embarking on exploring other opportunities for securing commercial income through joint work with the fundraising team and strategic philanthropic supporters of Marie Curie; and working in partnership with other organisations to lever significant financial, quality and business benefits.

The Director of Business Development will lead the strengthening of our partnership with other organisations and will explore securing commercial income. This will include developing a strategic plan for growth, overseeing the procurement and implementation of a contract management system, optimising the systems and processes supporting the business function. The post holder will oversee the planning and implementation of business plans for the entry into new markets; and develop, plan, and implement commercial plans and strategies.

The strategic direction will be securing additional lines of business and commercial activity in line with our strategic aims of the charity. This will involve market analysis, market testing and developing the capability and capacity within the business teams to work alongside operational teams to secure additional business. The overarching aim of the post will be to move us from a baseline of £45 million income (mainly NHS contracts) to ensure that we have a growing and sustainable business model for our care and support services.

About You

An expert in best practice, business development and commercial acumen you will lead by example and create an environment to inspire and motivate the team.

Your experience is likely to come from within the third sector working for a large Charity, the NHS or from a management consultancy - however we welcome applications from Business Development professionals from other sector backgrounds.

You will bring your strong interpersonal skills to enable you to forge and nurture successful working relationships with ease. You will create a shared vision and ensure that the aims of joint working are developed across all departments. Your ability in engaging, partnering with others to deliver change, influencing & communicating effectively with a range of senior level stakeholders and audiences.

Application Instructions

Please submit your CV accompanied by a suitability statement (no more than 2 sides of A4) describing your relevant skills and experience against the candidate pack.

The deadline for applications is 9th May 2021

Shortlisting will take place between 10th - 14th May 2021. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to undertake an on-line Occupational Personality Questionnaire, and to prepare a short presentation. The topic will be provided to candidates selected ahead of the interview.

Final round interviews will take place on 28th May 2021

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion, and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

This role will be subject to receiving a satisfactory Basic criminal record check.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.

About Us

Every day of your life matters - from the first to the last. When you work for Marie Curie, you understand that better than ever. We're a passionate, committed, and diverse team of more than 4,400 staff and 12,000 volunteers, here for people living with any terminal illness, and their families. We offer expert care, guidance, and support, to help them get the most from the time they have left.

Everyone knows our daffodil, but it's our warmth, creativity and care that touch lives. Here, we take the time to really get to know the people we care for and those who love them. And we do whatever it takes to give them the final days and hours they deserve.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Business Development and Relationship Manager to join our team and be responsible for generating new business and fostering long-term relationships with new and existing clients.

This role is an ideal opportunity for someone passionate about making a difference to others while developing a career in business development at an exciting time of growth and development for Chasing the Stigma. The role may be mostly remote based, with the expectation to work from the Liverpool office at least once a month.

Focused around developing existing relationships, whilst also exploring emerging opportunities for partnership working and income generation, the role will require you to be confident in thinking proactively, to be motivated in getting results, and to constantly assess and respond to the needs of the charity. The role will also require you to work closely with other team members and develop in others a deep commitment to our vision: normalising and humanising mental health.

About the Organisation

Chasing the Stigma is a national mental health charity with big ambitions: to normalise and humanise mental health, prevent suicide, eradicate mental health stigma, and enable everyone to access clear pathways to mental health care and support locally.

We passionately believe in fundamentally changing the way people access mental health support across the UK, as well as educating the nation, to ensure everybody has the best chance when it comes to dealing with their mental health. We believe the best way of doing so is by adopting a person-focused approach, placing lived experience at the heart of everything we do.

The Hub of Hope is the biggest and most comprehensive mental health signposting tool of its kind, bringing together thousands of support services in one place for the first time, and revolutionising the way people interact with mental health services across the UK. It is used by NHS England, Samaritans, Mind, Papyrus and many more important organisations.

Our ground-breaking business training programme, Ambassadors of Hope, continues to be purchased by high profile clients such as the Premier League and the NHS England Mental Health team.

The training has been written from a lived experience point of view and is delivered on a face to face basis, but can also be delivered virtually. Our aim is to train as many people as possible so that mental health training is available to all, rather than a select few.

Since its inception in 2017, Chasing the Stigma and the Hub of Hope have been winners of many national awards, including BIMA, Charity Times and 3rd Sector Care.

Purpose of Role

We are looking for an ambitious, passionate and self-motivated Business Development and Relationship Manager who will match the ambition of the organisation and play a strategically important role in allowing us to reach our potential by generating new business development and income generating opportunities, managing key relationships, and expanding our work into new markets.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Play a strategic role in recruiting and managing new partners while sustaining current business relationships
• Using evidence-based insight, identify and develop new business and income-generating opportunities 
• Establish and maintain productive relationships with partner organisations to ensure client retention and support business growth
• Provide excellent customer service and manage the efficient delivery of services
• Capitalise on new industry developments and market trends to grow business activity
• Present, participate and network at external virtual and face-to-face events
• Work closely with colleagues to ensure timely completion of work programmes and projects within agreed timeframes
• Work at least one day a month in Liverpool office.

General Responsibilities

• Participate, as appropriate, in staff forums and meetings (including with Trustees)
• Adhere to Chasing the Stigma’s policies and procedures
• Carry out reasonable requests that are within the broad remit of the role
• Help promote and maintain Chasing the Stigma’s profile

Essential experience / skills / knowledge

• At least two years’ business relationship management experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strategic ability to identify potential business opportunities of benefit to Chasing the Stigma
• Proven experience of establishing rapport, credibility, and collaborative relationships with business customers, partners, and stakeholders
• Confidence to present to potential customers and current partners
• Experience of working in and/or knowledge of the health sector
• Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills
• Excellent attention to detail with solid editing and proofing ability
• Excellent commercial and financial awareness 
• A willingness to travel to meetings and events across the UK
• An ability to thrive in a busy and varied environment
• An ability to multitask and prioritise workload
• Self-motivated and able to work collaboratively in team
• A passion to do things the right way for the right reasons

Desirable experience / skills / knowledge

• An understanding of the mental health sector, understanding of structures across regional NHS Trusts, STPs, CCGs and local authorities is desirable as it will form a big part of the role
• Educated to degree level (or equivalent) or relevant experience in a new business development role

Introduction

Are you interested in finding new ways to raise money for a charity?
Are you passionate about being led by audience insights and market trends?
Are you a target-driven individual who loves a challenge?
Are you passionate about achieving everyday equality for disabled people?
Join an amazing group of Disability Gamechangers and make a lasting impact for disabled people.

We are looking for an experienced direct and digital marketing professional to join our Public Fundraising team. The primary focus of this role is to lead on the diversification of Scope’s income generation programme.

Audience-focussed and digitally savvy, you will have a proven track record of delivering engaging direct marketing campaigns to generate income, increase value and develop loyalty.

Over the next four years Scope’s services will directly reach two million people, driving change for many of the 14 million disabled people in the UK.

Scope depends on support from many hundreds of thousands of people to achieve strategic goals. In order to achieve these ambitions, Scope needs to diversify income streams to drive financial supporters from a wider portfolio.

An example of this is the multiple award-winning Mindful Monsters subscription product which connects Scope supporters and the cause through mindfulness play for children and their families.

We are investing in an innovation project to improve the profitability of this product. In addition to managing the retention of existing customers, this role will be responsible for leading on this project and all other new product development at Scope.

The Role

• • Project managing an innovation project to increase profitability of Scope’s subscription product, exploring new and existing options for target audience, brand, creative development, supporter journey and infrastructure. 
  • Managing the relationship with innovation partners and creative agencies. 
  • Mapping out and testing supporter journeys and building communication plans to support this.
  • Ensuring the timely fulfilment of regular communications via mail, email and social media.
  • Evaluating work/progress on a regular basis, reporting to the team and managers as appropriate
  • Ensuring that KPIs are met, and costs are all within agreed targets.
  • Working closely with the supporter care, social media, and the community fundraising teams to grow engagement and ensure positive supporter service through existing social media, digital, and offline channels. 
  • Keeping up to date with news and trends relating to the external market and opportunities for NPD.

Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months

35 hours per week (Monday to Friday)

Full job description

About you

An innovator. We are looking for someone with a keen interest in the charity market who is open to new ideas for raising money, driven by audience insights and market trends. Someone with a passion and good understanding of developing and managing retention activity including; supporter journey development and optimisation, retention modelling, campaign/account/project management, and content management to engage and inspire supporters.

An inspiring project manager. We are looking for someone who can build relationships and work effectively across numerous teams, stakeholders and external agencies.
A target driven and creative individual who loves a challenge and is focused like we are on Everyday Equality.

Disabled candidates

Equality and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do. We want to seize every opportunity to build a truly diverse and inclusive workplace.

We are always looking for applications from disabled people. If you are disabled and you have the skills and, or the experience to do the job, we really want to interview you. Just let us know in your application that you are applying under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

An exciting opportunity has arisen at World Child Cancer and we are now recruiting a Corporate Development Manager.

We currently raise just over £2m each year and have ambitions to grow to £5m by 2025 and corporate fundraising is one of the key drivers of this growth. This role will have a direct impact on the number of children with cancer we are able to support in the future, so we need someone passionate about World Child Cancer’s vision, who is excited to grow income further.

The successful applicant will lead on new business and account management and so you will need to be versatile and innovative in your approach. As Corporate Development Manager you will identify and approach prospective companies as well as building on the current prospect pipeline and will look forward to taking ownership of corporate accounts and bringing their personality, creativity and professionalism to the charity.

We have a number of strong partnerships with other promising opportunities in our pipeline. In the past we have won partnerships with Deutsche Bank and the FT and a number of other smaller companies, which shows the potential of our cause.

Although it would be advantageous to have charity experience, it is not vital. We will look for comparable experience to the criteria outlined below and you will be able to demonstrate your understanding of the charity, health and international development sectors and explain how your skills could translate into this role.

If you are excited by this opportunity and have the ambition and drive to help us achieve our goals, we would love to hear from you.

Who we are

Trees for Cities is an independent charity that engages local people to plant and protect trees in towns and cities worldwide. We are the only charity working internationally to improve lives by planting urban trees. We cultivate lasting change in urban neighbourhoods and revitalise forgotten spaces, creating healthy, leafy, liveable cities. In recognition of our impact, Trees for Cities is the first environmental organisation to have been awarded social value management certificate in the UK. 

Who we're looking for     

We seek a highly-motivated and confident individual to join our Development Team. Reporting to
the Development Director / Deputy Chief Executive, you will be responsible for developing and
managing an ambitious urban forest programme, driving growth into new towns and cities across
the UK and forming new stakeholder partnerships.

This is a permanent role for a well-connected, solution-focused individual to build upon our strong track record of planting and establishing urban trees. It is an opportunity to work closely with senior management to develop new projects and partnerships and to grow the UK urban forest programme in line with our developing new strategy.

We seek someone with proven experience in forging new partnerships, fundraising, strategic planning and managing environmental projects; a passion for urban trees and healthy cities, together with strong organisational, inter-personal and communication skills.

This is a full-time position based in Kennington, London SE11. 

HOW TO APPLY

Click here to view full job description. Download and complete the application form and submit by email to jobs(at)treesforcities(dot)org with the subject heading ‘Development Manager: UK Urban Forest Programme’. 

If you are selected for interview you will normally be contacted within two weeks of the closing date. If you do not hear from us within this period then you should assume that, unfortunately, on this occasion you have been unsuccessful. 

Trees for Cities is an equal opportunities employer. Registered Charity No: 1032154.

Employment Programme Development Manager - Community Regeneration

£32,175 - £34,107

Home Based - Birmingham area

Full Time

Fixed Term Contract (12 months) with possibility of extension subject to funding

Covid-19 has had a profound impact on local economies with unprecedented numbers losing their livelihoods or preventing those who are wanting to access the labour market for the first time or returning. 

As a community anchor organisation, our client has tested how it can use its leverage with people and employers and get people into a pathway into work or into work directly through its Place2 Work scheme.

The role

They now have an opportunity for a Development Manager to take forward their emerging approach and upscale it in an area of 50,000 residents working with other anchor organisations, employers and local schools.

The role will support their future strategic thinking on Inclusive Economies and link in to the work of the Birmingham Anchor Network. 

About you

They are looking for someone with experience of working on employability programmes with clients who have lost their employment or are unable to access the employment market after full time education, or a return to work from caring or other responsibilities. You will be able to engage employers and identify pathways to mutually meet needs of the employer and potential employee.

You will also have experience of working on either economic development, inclusive growth or community regeneration.

This role is offered initially a 12 month fixed term contract basis with potential to extend subject to funding success. 

Location: Home, Office and Site. Note initially the role will be homeworking and operations at office and site work will be in accordance to wider policies around a return to office working.

This is a great opportunity to make a difference and deliver life changing results for people.

We are looking for a Business Development Officer with experience in Trusts, Foundation and Statutory Income to join our thriving Business Development department.

We are a legal and environmental charity that uses the power of the law to fight against climate change and to protect nature and the environment. Our Development Department is responsible for raising funds that enable us to deliver our mission. The Development department is formed of several fundraising strands: an established Grants programme, securing funding from trusts, foundations and institutional donors; a newly formed Digital Fundraising stream, raising income from the public; and a Philanthropy team, working with a wide range of individuals and organisations to raise primarily unrestricted gifts to support ClientEarth's work.

In this role, you will be supporting our Business Development Manager in the generation and management of a growing funder portfolio, with funders from a wide range of markets including Europe, the US and Asia. You will be undertaking prospect research into new funders and will need to keep up-to-date with work across our programme areas and geographies.

Meet your Manager

In this role, you will be managed by our new Business Development Manager (Trusts, Foundation and Statutory Income).

Main Duties

• Prospect research and pipeline development, including undertaking prospect research to scope potential new funders and identifying and escalating risks
• Business Development and Income generation, including drafting fundraising materials, funding proposals, and concept notes, coordinating the input of colleagues from across the organisation to ensure the development of high-quality proposals and meeting with funder contact points.
• Systems and processes, including providing timely and accurate information on funding opportunities and progress with your workplan, and supporting the development and improvement of team systems and processes.
• Participating in programme team meetings and strategy sessions to develop an understanding of ClientEarth's funding needs

Role requirements

• Experience of working in a fundraising or business development role for a charity, NGO, private or public entity
• Experience of drafting compelling and successful proposals for trusts, foundations and statutory institutions
• Experience of coordinating the engagement of a variety of internal and external stakeholders in the proposal development process
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage and prioritise multiple tasks and deadlines
• Good writing, editing and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills, with the ability to foster positive working relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders including and especially with funders
• Fluent (CEFR level C2) in English (essential)
• Fluent (CEFR level C2) in another European language (highly desirable)

Further Information

Salary ranges as follows:

• London: £27,540 - £30,345 depending on experience
• Berlin: €33 660 - €37 740 depending on experience
• Brussels: €35 700 - €39 270 depending on experience

Flexible working: Post-covid, we are giving our staff the choice to decide where they want to work for 80% of their week, with the other 20% of their week being office-based.

ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our organisation.

Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the UK/Germany/Belgium.