The post-holder will have considerable opportunity to shape and design the role as it evolves over time. This is a very interesting, challenging and rewarding opportunity.

This is an exciting time to join Hive Education Trust. We are a relatively new Multi Academy Trust, currently responsible for St Mary Magdalene Academy Secondary School and St Mary Magdalene Academy Primary School. It is the ambition of the Trust to expand and work with 3-5 London schools.

St Mary Magdalene Academy is a high performing, very oversubscribed school in the heart of Islington. It is part of the London Diocesan Board for Schools group and the schools’ mission is to serve families of all faiths, delivering excellent educational outcomes built on a foundation of happy and successful young people.

We welcome staff and students of all backgrounds and beliefs. We serve a diverse community that reflects the London Borough we serve: both families who could choose private education, but recognise the quality of the educational experience on their doorstep, as well as children from families that face significant deprivation.

The Fundraising Officer will play a central role in creating and implementing a fundraising campaign strategy for the Trust.  The role will involve phone and face-to-face contact with parents, alumnae and other donors and so the ability to connect with people will be important.

Cycling UK, the national cycling charity, is aiming to inspire a million more people onto their bikes and needs an enthusiastic and engaging Cycling Development & Training Officer in London  to help us.

You’ll be responsible for delivering the Community Cycle Club programme and Cycling UK training courses across the area, working with community groups, managing key local relationships and robustly monitoring the impact of the programme. You will support a sustainable network and build capacity for cycling, with the development of volunteers and training of leaders a priority for success.

You will be a key local contact across the network of Community Cycle Clubs and stakeholders, enabling opportunities to cycle in an inclusive manner. This will work to increase levels of physical activity, encourage cycling as a mode of transport and present pathways to cycling as a sport.

Lead and support the events fundraising team to drive income generation and supporter participation.

Develop the team and shape the strategy to maximise potential from challenge events for this growing and ambitious charity.

Job specification

• Lead, support and develop a team of five
• Manage the delivery of third party and bespoke events
• Grow event income through data-led insight and innovation
• Ensure the team delivers exceptional supporter care from the initial recruitment of participants through to on the day delivery and post event communications
• Report on monthly income results looking to maximise return on investment

Person specification

To succeed in this role you need to:

• have significant challenge events fundraising experience and be abe to demonstrate how you have exceeding income targets
• be a strong and supportive manager, able to lead a team to achieve excellent ROI and deliver supporter care
• be sector aware and open to trying new things, reviewing and evaluating as needed
• have the ability to work under pressure, prioritise tasks and organise workloads
• be an excellent relationship builder, committed to working across teams to best benefit the organisation.

This charity offers core hours of 10am-4pm and one day working from home

To apply for this role, please click Apply with Charityjob to submit your CV to Dawn Ballard 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 looking for a Fundraiser with a proven ability to build strong relationships with new and existing corporate supporters. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with some of the world’s largest businesses who already support our inspirational South London Charity. The role involves working with our current, friendly team of Fundraisers to grow and develop our charity’s exciting sponsored challenges.

Duties will include:
• Responsible for building a "pipeline" of new business partnerships whilst managing key accounts
• Provide effective account management, ensuring that corporate partners receive the highest standard of customer care
• Optimise income from corporate partners to reach and exceed fundraising targets
• Research, identify and contact potential supporters to generate new business

The ideal candidate will have:
• Confidence, enthusiasm and experience of making outgoing calls and building rapport
• Confidence and experience in public speaking and delivering presentations
• Great customer service skills
• Enthusiasm to be part of an inspirational fundraising team
• Social media knowledge and skills
• A flexible approach to the working week

In addition to this you will have proven team working & organisational skills and the ability to become an articulate and passionate advocate of our cause.

Title: Events Fundraiser

Reports to:  Head of Fundraising

Salary: £24,000 - £27,000 depending upon experience

Based at: 74 St Annes Road, Woolston, Southampton, SO19 9FF

Hours of work: Full-time [37.5 hours per week]

Team Association: Development

Job Purpose

• To manage existing UK and international fundraising events and recruit supporters to all challenge events

• Further develop the UK & international events programme

• Manage and grow allocated corporate relationships

• To meet and exceed where possible financial targets

Profile and Scope

Sailors’ Society is looking for an enthusiastic, professional, full-time Events Fundraiser. The preferred candidate will have:

• Sales experience of recruiting corporate support and participants for fundraising events

• A strong track record of event management within the fundraising sector

• An excellent track record in building relationships across many different audience groups

Reporting Relationships and Organisational Fit

The Events Fundraiser role is available due to the current post holder moving on.

Location

The post is located in Sailors’ Society Southampton offices and the Events Fundraiser is expected to live in working week commuting distance.

Although predominantly office based the post holder will have to travel to events both within the UK and internationally.

Key Responsibilities:

Event Management

• Manage all elements of designated events, to include research, business plans, timelines, budgets and communications plan

• Liaison with events suppliers, volunteers and third party companies

• Ensure all legal event requirements are fulfilled e.g. risk assessment, negotiate insurance

• Design and implement a full communications journeys for participants for each event

• Work with the Media and Advocacy department to ensure all marketing/PR opportunities are fulfilled for each event.

• Work with Corporate Partnerships and Program Teams to determine allocation of funds to projects

• Communicate clearly with Accounts Team on expected incoming and outgoing funds

Event Income Generation

• Responsible for running events to meet income and expenditure budgets, raising net income for the organisation

• Securing teams/table holders/delegates to attend Sailors’ Society events through emails, telephone calls, face to face meetings and group presentations.

• Designing a corporate sponsorship package for each event

• Secure corporate sponsorship for each event with appropriate lead times

• Ensure funds pledged are collected within the designated time frame.

• Maintaining administration systems to record proper record keeping and allocation of donations

• Contribute to the budget and financial reports, and participate in team financial planning

• Where appropriate , secure warm leads for the Corporate Partnerships team

Relationship Management

• Research, identify and make contact with new companies to develop meaningful relationships.

• Manage allocated corporate supporter relationships and communicate with them on behalf of other team members

• Motivate supporters to maximise the funds they raise.

• Encourage supporters to organise their own events to raise money.

• Ensure donors are thanked and receive updates on how their donations have helped

Innovation

• Constantly evolve the events programme by analysing the market and predicting future trends

• Contribute to identifying and developing new opportunities for events.

Compliance

• Ensure that we comply with relevant charity legislation and best practice.

The post holder will also be expected to work flexibly across Sailors’ Society and undertake tasks as required.

Person Specification (minimum requirement)

Essential Attributes

• A confident and persuasive fundraiser, unafraid to make direct approaches for support

• Experience in organising and delivering successful fundraising events

• Strong track record of working to financial targets

• Ability to work with a high degree of motivation and initiative

• An excellent communicator

• Exemplary skills in relationship building

• Good and clear writing skills

• Ability to manage a evolving workload of multiple events and corporate relationships

• Excellent IT Skills

• Enthusiastic personality with the ability to proactively respond to new opportunities

• Passionate about fundraising and events

• Ability to attend events out of office hours and travel internationally when required (current international trips are, on average three to four per year in the UK and abroad

Desirable Attributes:

• Experience of working within a sales or fundraising department

• An understanding of events fundraising in an international context

• Experience of increasing supporter engagement with an organisation

• Experience of using a Customer Relationship database such as Raisers Edge

Benefits

• Free onsite parking
• New modern building
• Friendly atmosphere
• Life assurance benefits
• Flexible working hours
• Out of town with easy access to main transport links

The Kensington + Chelsea Foundation is an independent local charity which was founded in 2008 and is now in an exciting phase of growth.  We want to raise our profile, our income and, most importantly, our impact.  While our borough is often associated with wealth and affluence, it also has areas of severe deprivation.  K+C has the worst income inequality of all London boroughs, high rates of child poverty and the highest proportion of people living alone.  Our vision is of a borough without poverty, where everyone has the opportunity to reach their potential.  We support local projects which reduce isolation and loneliness, develop skills and employment opportunities, and support children and young people who are disadvantaged.

We played a key role in the response to the tragedy at the Grenfell Tower and continue to work with some of the most disadvantaged communities in the borough to improve wellbeing and opportunities.

The Major Gifts Manager fulfils a key function within our small team with responsibility for increasing income primarily from high net worth individuals, and managing and developing the Foundation’s relationship with them.

Major Gifts Manager – Key Responsibilities

• To grow the Foundation’s major gifts income, working towards and delivering against key targets
• To manage a portfolio of major donors, taking responsibility for their cultivation and stewardship to deliver increased and new gifts
• To develop and deliver an events plan which utilises a range of events to support the major gifts strategy (private home events, pledge dinners, visits to projects etc)
• To undertake research and contact mapping with the team and Board of Trustees to identify a pipeline of new major gift prospects
• To create high quality project proposals for major donors and to deliver timely reports
• To brief Board members, the Director and other K+C Foundation representatives appropriately ahead of meetings with major donors and prospects
• To represent the K&C Foundation and communicate the organisation’s key messages to a range of stakeholders through presentations and meetings.
• To ensure all donor details and communications are accurately recorded in a timely manner on the database

• To work closely with the Community Engagement Manager to build an understanding of K+C Foundation projects and the needs for future funding
• To work closely with the Communications + Partnerships Manager to identify cross over between high net worth individuals, businesses and schools contacts, and to create compelling fundraising materials.
• To support the Director with approaches to Trusts and Foundations, as required
• To work with the Director to develop and deliver a Legacy fundraising programme
• To work flexibly and collaboratively to support the wider aims of our team

Your Qualities

• An experienced fundraiser with at least a 2 year track record of successful fundraising from major donors, including demonstrable experience of securing five and six figure gifts
• Proven experience in face to face fundraising with high net worth individuals
• Proven experience of identifying, cultivating and securing new donors
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Outgoing self-starter driven by results
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage and prioritise your own workload
• Passion and creativity
• Flexible and collaborative team player
• Enthusiasm for and a commitment to the K&C Foundation’s vision and mission
• Knowledge of and networks in Kensington and Chelsea would be desirable but not essential

Application Process

To apply for this position, please submit your CV and a supporting statement that fully addresses the appointment criteria (maximum 2 pages of A4). Please also include the names and contact details of two referees who will only be contacted once your permission has been granted.

Deadline for applications: Friday February 7th 2020 

Interviews: February 18th or 19th 2020

Location: Reading

Salary: £19,000 p.a. (5-month contract)

Contract/ Full time

Closing Date: Monday 3rd February 5pm

Working at Make-A-Wish UK is a rewarding place to work, every day you will be helping to make a difference granting life-changing wishes to seriously ill children.

We are looking for a Challenge Events Assistant to join the team for a 5-month period. Providing support during a busy period and ensure we maximise income from our running and challenge events. You will be delivering high levels of supporter care to all fundraisers for Brighton Marathon, London Marathon, London Landmarks Half Marathon and London 10,000. The right person for this role will be an excellent communicator, able to motivate and support our fundraisers, ensuring that they reach their fundraising targets. You will be able to juggle a myriad of priorities at a peak time for the organisation and be confident with data management, using Microsoft packages and our CRM system on a daily basis.

Make-A-Wish is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested where required.

We’re committed to attracting and recruiting diverse candidates as it’s important that our trustees, employees, ambassadors and volunteers reflect the communities we serve at every level within the organisation.

Interview Date: TBC

Please read the full Job Description below before applying.

To apply:

Please email your CV and covering letter including your response to the following two questions:

Question 1. What made you apply for this role?

Question 2. If you received a wish, what would it be?

Job Title

Challenge Event Fundraising Officer 

Location

33a Islington Park Street, London N1 1QB

Mission

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. MAP is the leading UK charity delivering health and medical care to those worst affected by conflict, occupation and displacement, in the occupied Palestinian territory and Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon.

Job Purpose

To provide administrative and logistical support to MAP’s international challenge events. To produce fundraising materials and work closely with participants to ensure full recruitment of places, fundraising targets are met and participants have an excellent experience with MAP.

Hours

21 Hours

Salary

£30516

Reporting to

Events and VIP Manager

Key Internal relationships

SMT; Overseas Staff; all UK teams; Volunteers.

Key External relationships

Challenge fundraisers, local partners, sponsors and suppliers

Contract

Fixed term - 3 months with possible extension to 6 months

This job description does not form part of your contract of employment and can be amended from time to time as the needs of the organisation require.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Challenge events

• Be a point of contact for International Challenge event participants and support these relationships
• Pro-actively contact participants to follow up on fundraising and logistics and keep them engaged
• Ensure a timely and accurate response is given to all these supporters and their queries
• Evaluate supporter’s activity level by monitoring Justgiving and Virgin Money Giving pages and responding promptly to supporters as and when pages are set up
• Lead on the delivering of appropriate fundraising materials for these supporters
• Proactively recruit participants to events where we have outstanding places

Additional Responsibilities

• Liaise with the Digital & Campaigns/Advocacy team regarding any press coverage
• Write content and update the website and about international events, and their stories
• Assist the fundraising team, where needed, with our fundraising events
• Participate in other activities within the charity from time-to-time
• Ensure that data security is maintained and that legal and regulatory requirements are fully complied with (such as the Data Protection and Consumer Credit Acts, Institute of Fundraising Regulations and other financial instruments).

Administration

• Monitor income and expenditure on challenge event activities regularly, identify problems (actual or potential)
• Ensure timely thank you letter and acknowledgments are sent to all fundraisers
• To carry out all necessary administration (including coding of income/expenditure)
• Assist with other administrative tasks as required by the Events & VIP Manager

General Responsibilities

• Support the mission, ethos and values of MAP
• Carry out other associated duties as may arise in line with the broad remit of the position
• Support and promote diversity and equality of opportunity in the workplace
• Work collaboratively with others in all aspects of our work

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Experience

• Experience in organising and administrating events
• Highly organized and experienced on Microsoft Office
• Understanding of motivating and supporting fundraisers through the written word (eg. letter/email) to secure/uplift income received
• Experience or understanding of motivating and supporting fundraisers through the spoken word (face-to-face and meetings; telephonic conversations) to secure/uplift income received
• Experience or understanding of using social media platforms (eg. website/Facebook/twitter/ JustGiving/challenge events) to promote fundraising opportunities
• Experience of challenge event fundraising is desirable
• Familiarity with legal and regulatory issues relevant to fundraising, marketing and charitable giving is desirable
• Experience of using a database (Raiser’s Edge an advantage)
• Ability to prioritise and work on numerous projects simultaneously

Skills and abilities

• Ability to confidentially deal with all levels of staff and key stakeholders with tact and integrity
• Ability to engage with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Strong attention to detail
• Knowledge, understanding, and experience of Palestine or the Palestinian cause and community is desirable
• Able to prioritise and organise own workload, and work under own initiative with least supervision
• Ability to recognize and cultivate fundraising opportunities

Education/training

• Qualified to at least 5 GCSE’s (grade C or above) or equivalent, including English & Maths, or demonstrable literacy and numeracy skills.

Personal attributes and other requirements

• Strong administrative skills; supporter care skills; computer literacy; good numeracy
• Ability to think creatively
• Outgoing, enthusiastic, resilient and a good sense of humour
• Ability to work alone and as part of a team
• Commitment to MAP’s aims and values

The Lord Mayor’s Appeal aims to have a transformational impact on people’s lives by bringing together businesses, neighbouring communities, employees and charities to find solutions to some of London’s most pressing societal issues. Our vision is to create A Better City for All, that is Inclusive, Healthy, Skilled and Fair, helping 1 million people thrive.

We are currently working with four charity partners, Place2Be, OnSide Youth Zones, Samaritans and The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award to deliver ground-breaking programmes and continue to develop our pioneering thought leadership initiatives: Power of Inclusion, This is Me, She Can Be and City Giving Day.

An exciting opportunity has risen for an experienced Events Manager to join The Lord Mayor's Appeal on a 1-year fixed term maternity cover contract. 

The Events Manager is responsible for supporting the creation of and leading on the execution of a range of exciting high calibre events for The Lord Mayor’s Appeal.  The postholder will project manage approximately half of the Appeal events portfolio which will include a number of special and challenge events, breakfast events for The Appeal initiatives and oversight of some third party events. The events need to be delivered to an agreed income and expenditure budget and the role will require the manager to identify and support securing event sponsorship prospects, auction prizes and other suitable gifts in kind. 

The role requires a proven track record of successfully project managing large scale events from planning to completion and meeting or exceeding agreed targets. Please find the Job Description and Person Specification attached for full details.

Further details

Salary: £32,000 - £38,000 (depending on experience) 

Contract: Full time, 1 year fixed term contract (maternity cover)

Benefits: 

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Flexible working 
• Learning & development opportunities
• Workplace pension scheme with 4% employer contribution
• Season ticket loan
• Wellbeing support 

Location: Guildhall, London

Closing date: Monday 27th January at 5.00pm

Interviews: First round interviews will be held during the week of 3rd February in London

Are you....

• Looking for an exciting opportunity to lead a successful fundraising team to achieve ambitious growth targets

• Experienced in developing fundraising strategies to generate income using audience insight, innovation and supporter stewardship to maximise fundraising opportunities

• Skilled at providing leadership within a team and across an organisation, working in collaboration to influence others to continually improve performance

Dementia UK has seen significant income growth over the last five years, with income more than trebling to a forecast of £10m by year-end 2020. The organisation is about to enter an ambitious new five year strategy with a focus on increasing dementia specialist Admiral Nursing support for families and strengthening our influencing role in dementia care.

The Community & Challenge Events team is a vital part of delivering the income needed to meet these strategic aims as well as contributing to the communications and marketing necessary to raise awareness of Dementia UK and Admiral Nursing. 

A Head of Community & Challenge Event Fundraising is needed to lead a team of 16 (9 office based and 7 home based across the UK) with three direct reports, providing experienced leadership and focused on the challenge of achieving financial income targets whilst maintaining the values and culture of a services-led organisation. This role will require management skills to provide motivation to bring out the best performances at individual and team level.

The Head of Community & Challenge Events Fundraising will be a key contributor to achieving the 2020 - 2025 Fundraising strategy: focusing on using audience insight to develop an organisational supporter engagement programme, increasing brand awareness and effectiveness of messaging for fundraising and becoming a £15m charity by end 2025/26 to meet the organisational strategic aim of providing access to an Admiral Nurse to every family who needs one.

To apply, please complete the candidate questions and send these alongside your CV and cover letter.

Interview dates: 10th and 11th of February

Job Description

A fantastic opportunity has arisen at a Cheshire disability charity for someone to join the fundraising team as Events Manager. With an existing portfolio of Fundraising Events, this role offers the opportunity to increase income through these – but also develop new, innovative events to engage our existing supporter base and encourage new support.

To be considered for this role you must be an enthusiastic and highly motivated Events Manager, ideally with Fundraising experience looking to raise income for our growing charity. You should be organised and self-driven and have an aptitude for maintaining strong relationships. Experience working toward targets is essential, as is a knowledge of fundraising, events and volunteer management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Developing, building and maintaining a vibrant and varied collection of Fundraising Events, including an annual Celebrity Carol Concert, an outdoor tribute show, luncheons, quizzes, and various sporting challenge events

• Facilitating events to reach agreed budgets and targets, maximising income through ticket sales, raffles, auctions, sponsorship and advertising opportunities

• Effective negotiation with suppliers and venues to ensure value for money

• Recruiting, training, coaching, retaining and supporting volunteers at events

The Candidate:

• Events Management experience and expertise, ideally within a Fundraising setting.

• Good communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to interact with internal and external stakeholders.

• Ability to put the supporter at the centre of everything we do and adapt behaviour or communications appropriately to provide the very best experience for supporter.

• Ability to work from own initiative and independently with an adaptable flexible approach.

• Ability to manage own time and prioritise to deliver results within agreed timescales.

• Have a full UK Driving Licence and access to a car

This is an exciting opportunity, with an exciting calendar already in place and the chance to put your own stamp on the role.

For an informal chat please contact Claire James, Marketing Manager

Eden Brown is proud to be working alongside a fantastic and hugely successful charity on their Head of Community & Challenge Events vacancy. This job is based in their Central London HQ with flexible working hours - ideally they would like their Head of Community & Challenge Events to be in the London head office three days a week.

The Head of Community & Challenge Events will be responsible for leading the team (three direct reports) and provide excellent fundraising experiences and build lasting relationships with supporters to maximise income generation for the charity to further develop its services and support.

You will develop and implement the Community & Challenge Events fundraising strategy encompassing national community fundraising product development and stewardship, a regional community fundraising programme and delivering a mixed portfolio of challenge events.

The Head of Community & Challenge Events will also have responsibility for maximising the contribution of all individuals within the Community & Challenge Events fundraising team to achieving financial targets and delivering high quality stewardship journeys to maximise short, medium and long-term financial and non-financial potential of community, regional and challenge event supporters within the team and across the organisation.

We are looking for someone with a track record in growing income from a community and challenge event fundraising portfolio, experience of developing and implementing fundraising strategic plans and turning these into operational plans with clearly identified KPIs and managed risks, experience of setting, managing and delivering against multi-million pound budgets as well as leading fundraising teams, providing direction and motivation and delivering effective line management.

To apply click on the link below or email your CV directly to Tony Williams at [email protected] To find out more about the job call Tony on 020 3017 5014.

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.

We are looking for an energetic, enthusiastic and efficient Special Events & Partnerships Executive to join a small and dynamic team

This is an exciting time to be joining the Fundraising Team with 2019 being a record fundraising year. We have an established calendar of events including our Chance to Dine gala dinner, annual awards ceremony, a golf day at The Berkshire and in recent years a series of bespoke dinners and drinks receptions with VIP’s from the world of cricket. We currently have high value, multi-year partnerships with NatWest and Yorkshire Tea and are looking to grow our corporate fundraising across sponsorship and CSR partnerships. 

This role will support the Special Events Manager to deliver an annual portfolio of events as well supporting the Corporate Partnerships Manager in areas including sponsor activations, corporate employee engagement events and leading on a number of smaller partnerships.  The role will typically focus 75% on Special Events and 25% on supporting corporate relationships.

Applications close: 5pm Monday 3rd February 2020

Interviews: 1st Interviews 11th & 13th February

To apply: Please send your CV and covering letter to the email address provided

Events Manager

Successfully plan first class internal and external events across the museum’s unique event spaces. Increase revenue across the museum’s event spaces through pro-active and reactive venue sales, upselling and suppliers commission.