SWA is seeking an experienced leader who has a proven track record in managing a dynamic and growing organisation. Leading a committed team who are value-based and mission-driven, you will be driving the strategic leadership of SWA. You will also play a key role in the wider Greater Manchester Domestic Abuse forums.

You will have responsibility for SWA as a whole, including operations, strategy and business development. You will bring your experience of managing and mitigating risk, governance and performance management ensuring the organisation meets all of its legal and regulatory requirements. Supporting a board of trustees you will ensure financial sustainability and be responsible for the operational delivery of the strategic plan. Teamwork is essential however, individual skill and co-production in leadership is equally fostered.

You will act as our ambassador building on our long-standing history of successful and specialist service delivery and you will inspire the SWA team to drive progress with determination and compassion.

Above all you will enable SWA to continue its culture of hope and growth, unlocking the potential of your team and inspiring our stakeholders to believe that recovery from domestic abuse and violence is possible.

CIVIC is an organization that cares deeply about its work. By cultivating an environment that is supportive and nurturing of our team we are able to bring our best to the constituencies that we serve. While CIVIC is currently headquartered in Washington, DC, we are very much a global organization. With programs in more than ten active conflict areas, we believe in hiring locally to solicit talent best suited to meet the needs of the region we are working in. 

We are looking for an experienced and dynamic individual to play a pivotal role in driving business growth and expanding our work delivering innovative solutions to some of the most complex health challenges around the world.

Responsibilities 

The Assistant Director of New Business and Partnerships oversees the processes through which Options develops new business. The post holder is responsible for coordinating the work of the New Business and Partnerships team in identifying, tracking and positioning for new opportunities, including overall management and prioritisation of Options’ new business pipeline. The post holder plays a key role in the work of Options, engaging both internally and externally to build appropriate partnerships and ensuring high quality teamwork produces proposals of winning quality. The post holder also plays an important role in development and implementation of Options’ strategy, particularly in relation to client diversification, as well as winning business in new markets.

Main duties

You will monitor and oversee Options’ new business pipeline, ensuring a balance between long and short-term pre-positioning to increase profitability and reflect Options’ client, geographical and technical priorities. You will oversee identification, tracking and management of new opportunities, coordinating across teams on gathering of intelligence about future opportunities through in-house knowledge management, research, external engagement and international travel when appropriate. You will track performance of Options’ business development activities, reporting against progress at regular intervals during the year.

You will contribute to Options’ understanding of the market and landscape, including the funding priorities of current clients and potential investors. You will establish and nurture collaborative relationships with consultants, partners and international development organisations to build strong partnerships for collaboration on new business.

You will lead the development of technical and commercial proposals, liaising between teams to create well-crafted, winning concept notes and proposals. This will include leading team design and recruitment / sourcing of proposed candidates, oversight of preparation of budgets and commercial proposals and managing satisfactory negotiations with clients and partners for successful proposals.

You will support and cultivate a highly motivated business development team to ensure that business development deliverables are met to a high standard.

The postholder will be expected to work closely with other teams to promote continuous learning and knowledge sharing across Options, identifying opportunities for collaboration, sharing of resources, leveraging relationships, and developing staff knowledge and capacity.

The post is based in Options’ office in central London. Occasional international travel may be required.

Person specification

Essential

• Education to degree level, or equivalent experience, in a related/relevant subject
• Substantial and proven experience of generating and managing a pipeline of new business opportunities in the international development sector and demonstrable knowledge of the changing sector and funding landscape
• Substantial experience of leading the proposal development process for governmental and other donors, including experience responding to competitive tenders, developing technical and commercial proposals
• Excellent project management skills, incl. ability to develop and analyse budgets, commercially aware, able to negotiate with stakeholders, etc.
• Clear thinking and effective decision-making; ability to work to strict deadlines and under pressure
• Strong record of line management and management of teams, including ability to set strategic direction and priorities of teams
• Excellent attention to detail, with ability to digest and act on complex information in a timely manner
• Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written
• Knowledge of landscape of partner / competitor organisations and individuals working in Options’ core areas of expertise
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Willingness to travel locally and internationally as required

Desirable

• Relevant post-graduate qualification, preferably (but not essentially) in international health or development
• Experience in developing outreach and relationship-building strategies and implementing plans to achieve them.
• Experience managing or engaging in co-creation grant making design processes with foundations and/or social investors
• Knowledge about the international development strategies of key donors, particularly DFID
• Entrepreneurial spirit – good instincts, commercial nous and ability to identify creative solutions

About Options 

Options Consultancy Services Limited is a leading global health consultancy established in 1992 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Marie Stopes International. We manage health programmes that ensure vulnerable women and children can access the high quality health services they need. We work with partners to co-create and implement locally informed solutions to complex health problems. This includes governments, development partners, NGOs, civil society and health workers. Our programming is flexible, evidence-based and politically informed. This means we adapt to changing contexts, use data to inform our decisions and ensure our approach is appropriate. Our focus is always on building local skills and systems that last.

Benefits

Options offers a comprehensive benefits package including generous annual leave allowance, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme and a discretionary performance related bonus scheme.

Application process

• To apply, please visit our website.
• Closing date for applications is: 20 April 2020
• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview. Interviews will be held week commencing 27th April 2020

Other information

• Options is an equal opportunities employer
• We seek people who are pro-choice, energetic and enthusiastic about Options’ vision.
• Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and post holders to share this commitment.
• Overseas candidates require a valid UK work permit

As the national youth council of the UK, The British Youth Council brings young people together to find their voice and use it for social and political change.  Through our programmes such as the UK Youth Parliament, Youth Select Committee and the NHS Youth Forum, we create opportunities for young people to develop their leadership skills within a youth voice setting.

We are looking for an experienced youth development professional to join the team and help us to increase the reach and impact of our leadership development opportunities.  You will work with colleagues and young people to map our leadership journey, create a theory of change, and design tools and resources to support the consistent application of leadership development throughout our work. You will also support the development of our membership engagement and growth plan, using our enhanced leadership offer as a way to engage those not already involved in our work.

This post can be home working or based in our London HQ, although regular travel to the office will be required. As a part of the team the postholder will also support the design and delivery of a numbner of our key events, including residentials, throughout the year.

The British Youth Council  is committed to safeguarding and protecting the young poeple that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safe recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working across our services.

Smile Train is changing the world one smile at a time. We’re always on the hunt for curious, passionate, and innovative thinkers to join our team, to help us do what we do better. If that’s you, please read on.

Smile Train is an international charity headquartered in New York. Our mission is to transform the life of every person impacted by cleft lip and palate. We train and support doctors and medical professionals to provide free life-changing comprehensive cleft treatment to our beneficiaries. Our sustainable model has allowed us to reach 1.5 million children in 90+ countries to date and we’re just getting started. We are truly changing the world one smile at a time.

We are looking for a Development Manager to join our UK Team. This person will be responsible for all aspects of major gift fundraising, cultivating and managing relationships with individual major donors, trusts and foundations and legacy prospects. Working closely and with the support of UK Fundraising Director, the Development Manager will set and achieve annual fundraising goals. 

The Development Manager will report to the Director of Fundraising, UK. This is a full-time staff position based at our office in London, starting as soon as possible.

Responsibilities:

Core responsibilities

• Develop and cultivate relationships with major individual donors
• Develop and manage relationships with trusts and foundations
• Organize and manage all aspects of UK donor fundraising and cultivation/stewardship events
• Develop marketing strategy for legacies

Additional details

Individual Major Donors

• Develop a plan for outreach to high net worth individuals, including developing and maintaining a donor prospect list
• Identify and research donors from within and outside our current database with the interest and capacity to make significant donations
• Cultivate relationships with major donors and prospects, with emphasis on personal meetings where possible to inform donors and prospects about Smile Train, identify their areas of interest and explore opportunities for funding
• Develop bespoke donor stewardship plans tailored to individual requirements and expectations

Trusts and Foundations

• Research, identify and develop a strategic plan for new and existing trust funders at all levels
• Develop and steward relationships with trusts and foundations
• Keep current foundations supporters engaged, by providing appropriate updates in a timely manner as necessary 

Events

• Identify potential event locations, conduct site visits and propose event concepts
• Propose invitation list, manage invitation and RSVP process
• Plan and execute all details of the event 

Legacy Fundraising

• Review and update legacy marketing materials
• Process bequests including acknowledgements to solicitors and family members
• Manage relationships with solicitors for potential future bequests
• Develop and manage the planned giving mass mailings
• Send out legacy brochures to donors and responding to incoming queries

Qualifications:

Our ideal candidate has/is:

• Degree in a related field (such as fundraising, non-profit management)
• 4+ years of relevant experience in development or fundraising, ideally in a non-profit environment
• Success working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with a strong ROI orientation 
• Strong strategic, analytical, and persuasive skills 
• Ability to network and leverage contacts and connections, and ability to prioritize while working under multiple deadlines
• Detail-oriented; ability to effectively collect, analyze, organize, distill and present information
• Superior verbal and written communication skills 
• Great customer service and interpersonal skills 
• Ability to maintain perspective and a sense of humor

Application information:

Smile Train is committed to diversity and encourages qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

To apply, please complete the application through the link below. Include your CV, and a cover letter that describes why you believe you would be a good fit for Smile Train and this role.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, but we encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.

Are you looking to take ownership of Finance, HR, IT, Facilities and Heath and safety for 2 schools in Central London?

Would you want to provide leadership to staff across these teams?

Do you want to develop existing processes and improve efficiency across the 2 schools?

School Business Manager

This is an excellent opportunity for a School Business Manager to work for a secondary school and a small primary school vey close to each other in Central London

Key responsibilities

• Reporting to the headteacher, lead on various areas of the school operations including finance HR, IT, Facilities, Health and Safety
• Manage various teams across these areas including administration and other staff across the organisation
• Strategic financial planning over 3-5 year periods including budgeting, forecasting and year-end planning
• Identify and secure external funding for the schools and present to the Headteacher and Governors, attending leadership team meetings
• Lead on relationship management with the school's key suppliers
• Be responsible for ensuring effective HR procedures meet regulation and provide confidential efficient personnel service to all staff
• Work with Site Managers in order to manage and maintain the school sites

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave including closure over Christmas and Easter + bank holidays
• Local government pension
• Employee Assistance programme
• Discounted benefits
• Flexible working opportunities

The Successful Candidate

• Previous experience managing a multi-function operation (Finance, HR, IT etc)
• Ideally have experience working within education however this is not essential
• Strong communication skills with capabilities of presenting to senior members of staff
• Staff management experience
• Proactive and focused individual with ambition to improve processes

My client are looking to interview via video ASAP so please get in touch. Applications will be reviewed daily and the client reserves the right to close the role early if they receive enough successful application, so to avoid disappointment, please apply now.

Office Hero!

The most valued person in an organisation is the one that everyone notices is on holiday, and that is usually our apprentice.  The Business Admin (Office Hero) Apprentice role is varied and an excellent opportunity to gain multiple skills across reception, administration, marketing and events.

Essential criteria are a friendly, professional attitude with bags of enthusiasm.

The role will suit any person wishing to develop these skills whether it is your first role, change of role or returning to work after an absence.

This role is perfect for an ambitious fundraiser who is looking for the next step in their fundraising career to join an ever growing homeless charity.

The Charity
The UKs leading charity for homeless young people.

The Role
Secure new small to medium corporate partnership,utilising a range of fundraising mechanisms, to raise an agreed target against agreed costs.
Project manage specific income streams such as payroll giving and challenge events, planning and delivering recruitment and engagement activity, monitoring and recording income.
Work with departments across to design and develop products and approaches that meet corporates, needs and expectations and deliver personalised, sustained and positive outcomes.
Leading on a range of small and medium sized accounts.
Supporting on a range of higher value accounts

The Candidate
Excellent relationship management and negotiation skills.
Understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility.
Excellent Written Communication skills.
Excellent presentation skills.
Excellent verbal communication skills.

IMPORTANT NOTE

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

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

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

The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FRH) is the largest UK professional membership organisation working in the field of sexual and reproductive health (SRH). We support healthcare professionals to deliver high quality healthcare including access to contraception. We provide our 15,000 doctor and nurse members with NICE-accredited evidence-based clinical guidance, including the UKMEC, the gold standard in safe contraceptive prescription, as well as clinical and service standards.

We believe that access to quality sexual and reproductive healthcare is a fundamental right. That is why we are working together with our members and partners to shape better sexual and reproductive healthcare for all.

Located in the new offices of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists at London Bridge the Faculty offers a package that includes flexible working hours, subsidised gym membership, season ticket loan, a first-class pension scheme and generous annual leave (25 days per year).

About the role  

The Education & Training Team is responsible for all aspects of the training and qualifications provided by the Faculty including the Specialty training programme in Community Sexual Reproductive Healthcare (cSRH), the Membership Examination and the General Training Programmes aimed at general practitioners and nurses.

This role will manage the delivery, maintenance and development of a range of products related to the Specialty and specialist level training including recruiting and supporting trainees and supervisors, the cSRH curriculum, membership exams and the CESR.

The Specialty Development Manager will work closely with Education Strategy Board and associated committees to ensure that the products and programmes continue to be appropriate to the SRH workforce as well as being sustainable.

About you

You will be educated to at least A Level (or equivalent) standard and with proven project management experience. You will have substantial experience of working independently in a pressurised administrative environment, managing your own output and that of others.

You will be able to demonstrate experience of delivering educational products (preferably health related), of improving policies and processes to support product/programme development and customer service. With demonstrable experience of work supervision you will possess experience of interpreting data to support management decisions and managing and servicing committees.

Application Process

Please email your CV and a covering letter (no more than 2 pages) by 9am on Monday 6th April. Interviews are scheduled for the afternoons of Wednesday 22nd April/Thursday 23rd April.

Your cover letter should outline:

· Why you are applying for the role

· How you meet the person specification criteria (please download the full job description and person specification from the Faculty's website in the 'about us' section)

· Your notice period

· Current salary

· Contact details: mobile telephone number & address

· Where you heard about the role

An opportunity for an account cxecutive to gain more experience in the charity sector.

Join a fun, friendly and high-performing account management team, looking after a varied portfolio of accounts.

The role will be the sole account manager on three exciting accounts worth up to £75,000 each. They are all very bought into the cause and are great accounts to manage. One account is due to come to an end so there will be the chance to extend this partnership at the end of the year.

We are looking for someone very personable, who’s comfortable leading their own accounts, holding conversations with senior stakeholders and presenting to a range of audiences. We are happy to consider candidates with a commercial background.

To apply for this role, please click Apply with Charityjob to submit your CV to Emily Birch 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.

We are recruiting a Supporter Retention and Development Manager to cover a 12 month maternity leave contract at a fantastic children's disability charity.

The Supporter Retention and Development Manager is responsible for the development and delivery of direct marketing activities, including direct mail and RGPSMS, ti inspire and motivate supporters to continue connecting and contributing to the charity's amazing work. This will include the charity's appeal programme, newsletters, raffle, upgrade and reactivation programmes to feedback to regular givers via mobile.

We are looking for someone with experience of developing integrated multi-media and multi-channel fundraising campaigns, a strong track record of successful income generation from a diverse supporter base and a creative mind.

To apply click on the link below. To find out more call Tony Williams at Eden Brown on 020 3017 5014 or email [email protected]

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.

Creative & Cultural Skills, the UK sector skills council for craft, cultural heritage, design, music, and the visual and performing arts is recruiting a Head of Development who will lead the day to day fundraising work of Creative & Cultural Skills. The post-holder will be expected to feed into the development of the organisation’s 3-year fundraising strategy and use this to write and implement an annual fundraising plan.  

The Head of Development will draw on company data and evaluation and monitoring information to make informed funding applications via relevant private and public funding routes.  They will also lead the generation of sponsorship income for agreed programmes, generate and maintain intelligence on funders with aligned interests/ambitions, and establish a database of fundraising contacts.

Full details can be found in the job description below.

Sorry, no CVs - application by application form only.

Chief Executive Officer

Cornwall Mind

Salary £25,500 pa based on 26.5 hours a week

Hours may vary in the future particularly if growth in funded services is achieved

Location Mid Cornwall

A fantastic opportunity has arisen at Cornwall Mind for a new CEO to head this amazing and successful fully independent mental health charity. Cornwall mind is a newly merging Mind which was formerly known as Carrick Mind & Restormel Mind.These are exciting times for our charities to form one large charity, enabling us to be more competitive across the board. Our charities have been leaders in supporting and educating the local community and aim to reduce stigma and discrimination around mental health issues by raising awareness.

We have been the leading mental health charities in Cornwall for 26 years and have a great public and online profile. We host events each year across Cornwall reaching many diverse sections of our community. Our programs and projects support hundreds of people each year.

Location: Mid Cornwall

Expected Interview date: Week Beginning 13th April

The client requests no contact frommedia sales.

Please send

Cv

Covering letter

Statement explaining interest and what you would bring to the role

References

DBS information 

Closing date: 3.4.20

Theatre Hullabaloo is one of the UK’s leading children’s arts organisations, making, producing, promoting and programming world-class theatre for young audiences. Our purpose-built venue for children and families, The Hullabaloo, presents a year-round programme of performances, creative play installations, family-focussed activities, and participatory work with particular emphasis on early years creativity.

Theatre Hullabaloo is a small team fired with passion and commitment to impact the lives of our local audiences and also to contribute to national and international conversations about the role of the arts and creativity in children’s lives. We are a friendly and inclusive organisation who work hard to support and meet the varying needs of people who work with us to ensure we employ the best people to do the job and that they represent the communities we serve. We are now looking for a dynamic, resourceful and ambitious Executive Director to help shape our next chapter.  

Title:               Executive Director

Salary:           £35,000 per annum

Hours:               40 hours per week

Contract type:   Full time, permanent

Annual leave: 27 days per annum plus bank holidays

The Executive Director, reporting to the CEO/Artistic Producer, will play a major part in the development of the company’s mission and strategy as appropriate for a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.The Executive Director is part of the Senior Management team at Theatre Hullabaloo, alongside the Chief Executive/Artistic Producer and the Finance and Administration Manager. The post reports directly to the Chief Executive but will be expected to work and liaise closely with the Board of Trustees independently as well as in partnership with the CEO.  

This is a senior position at Theatre Hullabaloo with management responsibility for finance, development (relationships with corporate partners, trusts, foundations, and other donors) organisational legal/contractual matters, building/theatre/premises management, office systems and marketing/public relations activity.  The following areas are within the remit of the Executive Director: 

• Develop and implement systems for monitoring and improving organisational performance, working with the Board of Trustees to ensure agreed objectives are delivered 
• Coordination of long-range and annual financial and delivery planning in collaboration with the CEO/Artistic Producer and the Board of Trustees to increase organisational resilience
• Management of the Darlington Borough Council operational partnership for The Hullabaloo
• Overseeing financial sustainability, including oversight of budget setting, financial reporting and forecasting, cash flow management, expenditures review and approval (delivered by the Finance and Administration Manager)
• Developing and directing operational plans for administrative operations, ensuring good internal communication and liaison
• Providing leadership for and actively participating in fundraising activities, donor development, grant seeking and grant reporting
• Engaging in stakeholder relationships and partnership development (with an emphasis on regional multi-agency relationships)
• Ensuring the organisation implements strong audience development and engagement, marketing and brand development, working with the Marketing Manager
• Internal communication and leadership
• Be accountable for the implementation of all statutory and non-statutory policies and procedures to ensure Theatre Hullabaloo meets its responsibilities to funders, stakeholders and audiences (e.g. access, inclusion, environmental monitoring etc)

For further details, including full job description and person specification, please visit our website to download the job pack and application form. Please note the the closing date of Friday 3rd April 2020.  We want to help applicants to fully represent what they can offer the organisation, so if you feel our application form isn't the best format for you, please contact us so that we can give you access to what you need to apply or attend for an interview.

Theatre Hullabaloo is an Equal Opportunities Employer and recognises the importance and advantages of diverse workplaces and communities. We particularly welcome applications from people of colour, those who identify as LGBTQI+, or who are d/Deaf or disabled.

If you would like to discuss the role prior to application, please see the job pack for contact details to arrange a phone call with Miranda Thain, CEO/Artistic Producer. We look forward to receiving your application.