Charitable funding partner jobs near Oxford, Oxfordshire

About the role

The Project and Fundraising role is about providing greater sustainability and resilience for Fahr Beyond, whilst building the capacity for Fahr Beyond to provide support for people living with Fahr’s Disease and their families.  This post will also act as a key role in managing Fahr Beyond’s working with the community and medical professionals to develop an awareness of Fahr’s and Fahr Beyond.  

What you will do

Fundraising

• You will identify potential sources of income from grants, legacies, philanthropy, and funds for both defined projects and unrestricted purposes to help grow Fahr Beyond.
• You will lead on the grant and fund writing as agreed by the Trustees, in doing so you will write compelling and inspiring applications. 
• You will work on developing the capacity of community fundraisers and supporting their endeavours.

Communication

• You will monitor and respond to incoming communication to Fahr Beyond, along with assigning any actions for response to the appropriate volunteer.
• You will work with Fahr Beyond volunteers to ensure that Fahr Beyond maintains regular communications with patients, medical professionals, and key partners

Project & Event Management

• Coordinating Fahr Beyond’s education and awareness events for Fahr’s
•  Coordinating and supporting the project work of Fahr Beyond as directed by the Trustees (such as allied health care offer, and education activities)

Diary 

• Managing events and calendar commitments for Fahr Beyond (Trustees and Staff)

What you will bring

You will bring prior experience of fundraising, ideally within a charity setting.

You will be a self-motivated and caring person who is passionate about helping people’s quality of life and committed to improving the outcomes of patients and their families.

You will have experience of providing patient/customer orientated care, with excellent communication skills, handling enquiries in a sensitive, diplomatic but assertive manner.

At The Bike Project we provide an innovative solution to one of the most pressing problems facing asylum seekers and refugees on arrival to the UK: access to transport when living on a limited income. 

Our mission is simple: each year we match refugees and asylum seekers with the many thousands of bikes that go abandoned or unloved around the country. We then go on to support these new bike owners to realise the emotional, practical and physical benefits of cycling. 9 years since that first bike donation, we are about to donate our 10,000th bike and have expanded the project to include multiple programs, from refugee befriending services to women-only cycling classes.

We have supported tens of thousands of refugees to get access to bikes, learn to cycle and created a community of colleagues, refugees, volunteers and supporters. And we’ve grown rapidly in the last few years, from £720k turnover in 2018, to £2.3m turnover in 2021 and employing almost 40 staff. Despite our success, this is just the start and we are looking for a CEO who will continue to lead The Bike Project on to even greater things!

Please note that although the position is predominatly remote, with no requirement to work from the office, the nature of the role involves attending regular face to face activities and site visits around London. These vary in frequency but can be several times per week.

Are you a passionate individual giving fundraiser, excited about engaging, inspiring supporters and raising funds through cause-led giving products? We are looking for a Cause Funding Lead (12 months maternity cover) for a well known health charity.

The Company: A forward thinking health charity with a wonderful new brand and well known name. They offer brilliant benefits and full remote working options. They also offer an organisational culture where agile ways of working, collaboration and a digital environment are the norm.

The Role:
The Cause Funding lead is responsible for managing the team who deliver fundraising and legacy marketing appeals and new products to supporters, inspiring donors to give and stay with the charity.
You'll build new products, shaping the future of fundraising while finding passionate new supporters who will get behind a cause.
Develop new cash and regular giving products which inspire donors to give, stay and advocate for them.
Creating, testing and iterating new products, you will be comfortable in developing audience profiles and propositions to support these products.
Lead a team of three people with aspirations to grow significantly as you generate new income.
Build meaningful and inspiring fundraising and gift in Wills appeals which are aligned with strategic programmes.
Innovate and champion cause-led offerings where opportunities arise, ensuring they are profitable, sustainable and fully integrated with our charitable offer.
Analyse and be data-driven. You'll use evidence and insight to deliver an audience-led programme driven by a test-and-learn culture.
Collaborate and champion cross-team working. You will work with colleagues, maximising opportunities and bringing people together to generate income and engagement by partnering with appropriate teams.

The Candidate:
Significant experience leading teams in a senior individual giving role
Experience managing an income and expenditure budget for a high performing team
Experience developing new cause-led fundraising products
A natural communicator and collaborator, and has the ability to influence and persuade others, internally and externally

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you haven't been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful 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.

Term: Two-year fixed-term contract, with potential to extend 

Hours: Full-time

Salary: £27-32k

Location: Hybrid; two days per week in the London office

Reporting to: Head of Ignite

Closing Date: Midnight on Sunday 21st August

About the Ignite Fund

The Ignite Partnership is a joint initiative between Sir Lewis Hamilton and the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team to increase diversity and inclusion within motorsport. Mission 44, leads on coordination of the initiative. To support its aim, the partnership will enable pathways into the sport for underrepresented groups with a specific focus on STEM and engineering roles. 

About the role 

As the Ignite Fund Coordinator, you will play a key role in administering the effective and innovative grantmaking of the Ignite Fund. This includes contributing to the complete grants lifecycle -  from initial intake of enquiries, carrying out due diligence and completing grant contracts, to ongoing logistics and administration to support grants progress, monitoring and evaluation. You will also support the governance and administration processes of the Fund’s Partnership Board to enable effective decision-making and provide coordination support to Mission 44’s wider grants team as necessary. 

About Mission 44

Mission 44 is a new charitable foundation launched by Sir Lewis Hamilton MBE to boost social mobility in the UK. It aims to support, champion and empower young people from underserved communities to succeed through narrowing opportunity gaps in education, employment and wider society. Through grant-funding, research, partnerships and advocacy, Mission 44 is committed to driving long-lasting, transformative change to the lives of young people facing disadvantage and discrimination.

About Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team competes at the pinnacle of motorsport. F1 is a demanding technical and human challenge, combining cutting-edge technologies and innovation, high-performance management and elite teamwork. At Mercedes-AMG F1, passionate and determined people work to design, develop, manufacture and race the cars driven by Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. As well as leading the way on track, with eight consecutive championship titles between 2014 and 2021, we are building a more diverse and performant future for our team and our sport, through initiatives such as Accelerate 25 and the Ignite Partnership.

Diversity matters at Mission 44

We offer a working environment that values and respects every individual’s unique contribution. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people and are committed to equality of opportunity and anti-discrimination practices. We positively encourage applications from all sections of society and are particularly interested in attracting applications from candidates from diverse and underrepresented groups.

Key Responsibilities

1. Grant programme management and administration

• Coordinate and support the management of enquiries to the Ignite Fund. 

• Support due diligence processes in assessing and reviewing grant proposals. 

• Manage logistics and coordination of meetings - assessment visits, set up and progress meetings by producing agendas, advance materials and minutes.

• Act as a key point of contact for funded partners, managing payment schedules and progress reports, adopting a relational approach to grant management. 

• Liaise with finance and necessary parties to schedule and process grant payments. 

• Maintain and organise the shared drive folders and grant documentation to support effective grant management and collaboration with funded partners. 

• Manage the development and maintenance of a grants database and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in order to produce, analyse, and assemble grant management reports for internal and external stakeholders. 

• Provide user support and produce templates, guidebooks, and instructions to ease grant administration processes. 

• Provide coordination support for grant announcements and communication activities. 

• Review, configure and modify grant making forms, processes, and workflows to support continuous improvement to grant management processes. 

2. Strategy and Research 

• Oversee the grantmaking calendar, work plans and assist in tracking and monitoring progress across key strategic deliverables.

• Assist in the coordination, commissioning, and logistics of research initiatives to support the Ignite mission.

3. Governance

• Lead on administrative support for the Fund’s Partnership Board, including scheduling of meetings, agenda, logistics, minutes and meeting follow-up.

• Support the development of papers and reports for the Fund’s Partnership Board decision making. 

• Support ongoing review and maintenance of policies and declarations. 

4. General 

• Support the coordination, grant due diligence, and database management across Mission 44 grant programmes as necessary. 

• Such other tasks, commensurate with the post, that the Head of Ignite may deem appropriate.

About you

1. Knowledge and experience 

• Experience in project and/or office management with comfort in overseeing multiple project deliverables, tracking progress, and ensuring timely and successful delivery. 

• Knowledge and comfort in using a range of software, including CRM tools, grant or project management tools, Google Suites, and Excel.

• Experience in handling data, analysing information, and producing reports in different formats. 

• Knowledge of grant-making processes and procedures including participatory models (desirable but not essential)

• Experience in supporting the academic and/or career progression of underrepresented groups, particularly in STEM and/or experience working in or with the motorsport industry. (desirable but not essential).

2. Skills

• Able to effectively time manage, prioritise, and maintain attention to detail while overseeing multiple simultaneous projects and deliverables.

• Excellent written and oral skills to communicate clear directions and processes while developing and maintaining positive client relationships. 

• Confident, resourceful, and proactive with initiative and a problem-solving disposition.

• Good interpersonal skills, particularly in the context of managing both internal and external relationships and external representation of the Fund.

• Able to work creatively and flexibly in a small team, supporting other colleagues.

• Able to analyse and synthesise complex information quickly and effectively.

3. Personal qualities 

• Passionate about supporting and empowering young people from a diverse range of backgrounds to flourish and succeed. 

• Proactive, flexible and creative; you thrive in an evolving and dynamic organisation. 

• Highly collaborative; your default is to work with others to deliver results. 

• Able to work independently, displaying strong initiative in solving day-to-day problems with limited direction.

• Committed to embedding the values of equity, diversity and inclusion in everything that you do. 

• Strong personal commitment to learning and improvement. 

• Motivated to stay up to date on best practices and models within grantmaking and management and administration bringing forward thinking ideas to continually support Ignite towards progressive and innovative processes. 

POST OVERVIEW:

Trekstock is a small but ambitious national charity with headquarters based in London. We’re looking for a Trust Fundraiser to manage and build relationships with charitable trusts and foundations, raising the funds we need to deliver and grow our support services. We have an established portfolio of funders and this income stream has seen the biggest growth in recent years. This new role will play a significant part in continuing to grow this income.

The Trust Fundraiser will work closely with the Executive Director and Founder to scope projects, review avenues of potential support and secure funding from Trust and Foundations. You will cultivate strong working relationships with a portfolio of trust and foundation supporters, increasing their engagement and support of the charity, through reports, meetings and phone calls. Through the identification and research of new prospective trust funders, you will find creative ways to engage with them to secure funding.

We would be happy to discuss this role being either hybrid or fully remote, depending on the right candidate. 

We would also be happy to discuss the hours of work for this role too, depending on the candidate. Although we would prefer to recruit a FT position here, we would be happy to discuss some PT options with the right person.  

HOW TO APPLY:

We’d like a covering letter outlining why your skills and experiences, and your personal motivations make you the right candidate for the role (a maximum of 2 sides please) We’d also like to see your CV to go along with your covering letter.

Please upload your CV and cover letter via the Charity Job website. The closing date for applications is 9am Monday 15th August 2022. First interviews are likely to be held week commencing 22nd August 2022.

If you would like an informal conversation or have any questions about the role please do feel free to get in touch with Ian Boyd, Executive Director on ian at trekstock dot com. We promote equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace at Trekstock and make recruitment decisions by matching the charity's needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We are keen to encourage a diverse range of perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge at Trekstock. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Deadline for applications: Friday 26th August 2022.

Oxfordshire Community Foundation (OCF) is a charity that works to improve the lives of people living in Oxfordshire. We encourage and facilitate effective philanthropy and we make grants and donations to the dedicated local organisations supporting communities across Oxfordshire experiencing hardship and disadvantage.

We are a member of the 47-strong UK Community Foundations (UKCF) movement. We are a small, friendly team who are supportive and ambitious.

Through the distribution of grants and donations, we support groups working tirelessly alongside communities experiencing disadvantage and hardship to build resilience and create opportunities for growth.

The Grants Officer is a key role supporting our grant-making systems, grants strategy and growth plans. We run grants rounds throughout the year to channel funds to the voluntary sector in Oxfordshire. In addition, we support OCF fundholders to disburse donations effectively and reliably to local organisations. 

You will be helping with the promotion of our grants rounds, processing grant applications received from charitable organisations, responding to enquiries from applicant organisations, completing grants assessments, tracking and reviewing monitoring and creating reports. Training will be provided.

Accountable to: Grants Manager

Key relationships: Staff team, trustees, fundholders and other supporters and partners of OCF

Hours: 35 per week (part time will be considered but with a preference for the hours to be spread over five days a week)

Salary and other benefits: Starting salary £24–28,000 depending on experience. 3% pension (increasing to 5% after five years). 25 days holiday, which includes time off between Christmas and New Year.

Main tasks

Grants programmes and fund distribution

Your main tasks will be:

• Maintaining the database for grant applications and funding programmes, and producing grant reports from the database (Salesforce experience is desirable, but training will be provided)
• Handling email and telephone enquiries from grant applicants, recipients and potential applicants
• The administration of funds and grants programmes (grants rounds) and their criteria, including carrying out due diligence processes and grant application assessments
• Following up with reference checks for applicant organisations
• Supporting grants panel (decision-making) facilitation
• Monitoring the delivery of funds and grants programmes, tracking applicant activity against funder requirements
• Conducting impact reporting on funding and grant programme achievements

You will also engage in donor care

• Supporting the account management of donor named funds to deliver the fund’s aims and to ensure productive and long-lasting donor relationships
• Supporting donor care activities, such as organising project visits or stakeholder events
• Identifying and collating information to provide impact and other reporting to donors

You will also contribute to community engagement

• Supporting a range of community engagement activities (consultations, webinars, in-person events)
• Working with OCF’s marketing team to produce reports that demonstrate the difference our funding makes
• Helping to build OCF’s reputation and raise our profile with stakeholders

In addition, you may support other OCF activities as required in line with the job purpose and role.

Key competencies

Required experience, knowledge and skills

Essential:

• Experience of managing external enquiries in a professional setting, and capable of engaging confidently in meetings with an organisation’s stakeholders
• Effective written, verbal, report-writing and presentational communication skills, with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Administration techniques and knowledge of monitoring and reporting processes
• IT literate, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook; experience of Salesforce would be ideal
• Strong organisational skills with a logical and systematic approach to tasks, and the ability to manage your own workload
• Able to carry out basic research
• Understanding of due diligence and related processes
• Able to represent OCF professionally and effectively in an external environment

Desirable:

• An understanding and/or practical experience of charitable grant-making and/or donation-processing
• An understanding of local social and community issues and the charitable sector
• Successful account or relationship management experience

We are recruiting a brand-new role for an inspirational childrens health charity. As National Fundraiser you will generate sustainable income, from a range of income streams to fund their work in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

This is a home based role and an 18 month fixed term contract.

The Role
Focus on strategically developing net income from third party events, trust and grant making organisations including statutory funding and corporate partnerships as well as in the local community with a focus on Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Develop key relationships in the local community to maximise net income from in aid of events and activities.
Identify and increase participation in and year on year net income from key third party events in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Developing the corporate prospect pipeline in Scotland and Northern Ireland by proactively identifying key strategic opportunities to work with corporates in the region.
Using your keen understanding of the statutory funding landscape in Scotland and Northern Ireland, leverage key contacts to develop this income stream for the charity.

The Candidate
Demonstrable experience of researching and identifying strategic opportunities to work with corporates, statutory funders or trusts and grant making organisations.
Previous experience of working within a similar role in a charitable setting with responsibility for a six-figure budget and a proven track record of providing excellent supporter stewardship.
Excellent written skills with demonstrable experience of compiling and delivering bespoke funding applications and proposals to trusts, statutory funders, major donors and/or potential corporate partners with a focus on impact.

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.

We are looking for a part-time, UK-based Finance Manager who wants to work flexible hours from home and be a key member of a small, but influential, charity that helps museums work with the information that connects collections and audiences. This is an exciting time for Collections Trust, as we and our partners enter the detailed planning phase for a museum data service that will transform the way UK museums and their users work with the nation’s collections over coming years.

Aims and scope of the post

The aim of this post is to ensure sound financial management to support the organisation’s ongoing charitable work. The Finance Manager is responsible for CT’s financial strategy, timely and accurate financial administration, maintenance of financial and management accounts, as well as cash flow, stock control, payroll and pension.

Responsibilities and tasks

Budgeting and forecasting

• Produce annual budgets, quarterly reforecasts, and scenario models for the organisation budget.
• Support budget forecasting for project tenders, ensuring due diligence and financial viability.

Reporting

• Produce quarterly management accounts, including variance reports, analysis by income streams, and cashflow forecasts.
• Prepare and present financial reports for the quarterly board meetings and biannual audit committee meeting.
• Produce minutes of the audit committee meetings and contribute to the minutes of board meetings.
• Complete statutory reporting to Companies House, the Charity Commission and HMRC.
• Submit the relevant reports to funders to ensure timely receipt of grant payments.

Financial management

• Process supplier invoices and carry out twice-monthly payment runs.
• Raise customer invoices for consultancy work, licensing agreements, training, and other income due.
• Carry out credit control for overdue customer invoices.
• Manage payroll, including monthly payments to HMRC, payroll year end, and pension contributions.
• Manage CT bank accounts, including weekly monitoring of transactions and income matching, managing bank mandates and online access.
• Manage company credit cards, ensuring strong controls and adequate accounting for individual cardholders’ usage.
• Respond to financial queries from customers, suppliers, funders and staff members.
• Manage grant receipts.
• Oversee the retail function, responding to queries and issues regarding sales of items through the CT online shop.
• Oversee the purchase ordering system.

Accounting

• Carry out monthly bank account and credit card reconciliations.
• Complete month-end procedures, including processing accruals, prepayments and depreciation.
• Maintain the fixed asset register and inventory list.
• Ensure accurate accounting for restricted and unrestricted funds.
• Complete quarterly VAT returns, ensuring the correct VAT treatment for all transactions (specifically regarding business/non business, and irrecoverable VAT designations).
• Complete year-end procedures and prepare draft statutory accounts for audit, together with schedules to support the figures and workings in the statutory accounts.
• Act as the main point of contact to external auditors, providing all required information.

Risk management

• Lead on maintaining the organisation’s strategic risk register.
• Ensure adequate annual insurance.
• Regularly review the reserves policy to ensure that it meets the needs of the organisation.
• Lead in liaising with the pension fund, actuary and trustees in the management of the (legacy) defined benefit pension scheme (now closed to new members).
• Carry out regular reviews of systems, procedures and financial controls to ensure they are fit for purpose.

Line management

• Management of the part-time Retail and Administration Officer (0.6 FTE).

General responsibilities

• Following the principles of Collections Trust’s policies and procedures.
• Additional duties as may reasonably be required from time to time.

Line management

The Finance Manager reports directly to the Chief Executive, and is in turn responsible for the line management of the 0.6 FTE Retail and Administration Officer.

Person specification

Collections Trust is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our sector, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. Please note that the Finance Manager will need to have the right to work in the UK.

Essential knowledge, skills and qualities

• A part-qualified accountant or equivalent knowledge gained through relevant experience.
• Three years’ experience in a similar role, ideally in the charity sector.
• Strong ICT skills including relevant accounting software and Microsoft Office 365 (particularly Excel).
• Ability to write clear and concise board reports, with the ability to communicate complex financial information to a non-financial audience.
• An excellent eye for detail and consistency.

Desirable knowledge, skills and qualities

• Honesty and integrity.
• A working knowledge of Xero or comparable accounting software.
• Familiarity with appropriate charity accounting practices (SORP regulations).
• Autonomy and ability to work effectively under own initiative.
• Strong verbal communications skills, able to convey financial information to a non-financial audience.
• Good organizational skills.
• Ability to work well within a team and manage others effectively.
• Enthusiasm, flexibility and proactive approach.
• Commitment to ongoing personal and professional development.
• An understanding of relevant retail and/or consultancy operations.

Evolve is looking for an experienced professional with proven ability to manage a small team of professional staff, engage positively with a wide range of stakeholders, attract funds, and generate income through fundraising.

The Director will lead the team to provide the necessary vision, leadership, and fundraising skills which will enable the organisation to achieve its strategic and operational plans and meet fundraising targets.

Job Title: Operations Manager 

Contract: Fixed Term, 12 months (extendable) 

Hours: 0.6 FTE    

Location: Home based, able to attend regular in-person meetings & events in Greater Manchester 

Salary: £35,000 per annum (£21,000 pro rata)

NW Hearts Charity (RCN 1194189) is a new charity with a big ambition - to improve heart health outcomes across Greater Manchester. We are looking for a committed and dynamic individual to work closely with the small, but highly committed board of trustees. NW Hearts Charity is aiming to deliver its first round of grant making by the end of 2022 and to make grants in the region of £500k over the next 2-3 years. This role will be our first paid staff position and will be pivotal in managing our transformation into an effective grant-making organisation. 

Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave / year (pro rata) plus bank holidays.
• £50 per month contribution to gym membership
• Occupational pension scheme
• Life assurance. Should the worst happen, life assurance is there to help your loved ones.

Key Responsibilities 

Reporting to the Chair of the board, the Operations Manager will have a range of practical, operational and strategic responsibilities that will support us in delivering our 2022 Annual Plan and developing our longer-term strategic priorities.

Charity Management and Governance

• Establish and implement all administrative & HR processes that enable a busy charity to run smoothly.
• Manage relationships with external consultants and/or suppliers (e.g. on fundraising and marketing).
• Develop and implement effective and transparent grant-making processes and procedures, including supporting the development of an independent grants panel.
• Ensure that all regulatory and statutory obligations are met in good time and to a high standard.
• Ensure that the board of trustees is effectively served with full and timely reports, productive meetings and good communications to enable it to fulfil its governance duties and responsibilities.
• Oversee management of the risk register, ensuring all risks are captured, monitored and robust mitigation plans are in place.
• Support the trustees in their duties and inform decision-making in the best interests of the charity.
• Support the board to develop its longer-term strategic approach and annual planning.

Finance

• Establish and embed the charity’s financial management policies, procedures and systems to enable the charity to demonstrate excellent budgetary control, financial management and reporting.
• Oversee the annual audit process and co-ordinate preparation of the Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts.
• Oversee the production of timely and accurate financial reports including regular budget and cash flow projections.
• Oversee cash flow to ensure NW Hearts has adequate funds to meet its day-to-day operational obligations and its grant-making commitments.

Fundraising, Communication & Stakeholder Engagement 

• Take a lead on fundraising activities, drawing on additional resources where required, to provide NW Hearts with the funding to meet its longer-term grant-making aspirations.
• Support the work of our marketing partners to grow our brand and develop all aspects of our marketing strategy, including our website and across a range of social media.  
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with supporters and potential supporters.
• Ensure that high quality verbal and written reporting to all funders and supporters is completed in good time. 
• Undertake a range of stakeholder engagement activities aimed at raising the profile of NW Hearts in support of the charity’s strategic objectives. 

Person Specification

Essential

• Commitment to, and passion for, the charitable aims of NW Hearts Charity. 
• Ability to work with a high level of autonomy and an eye for detail. 
• Skill in thinking strategically, while managing multiple projects and getting things done. 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build relationships internally and with a range of external stakeholders. 
• Experience of setting up and developing projects and/or organisations. 
• Financial management skills, including preparing and managing budgets and preparing clear and complete reports.
• Experience of creating and updating effective administrative processes.
• Able to attend regular in-person meetings & events in Greater Manchester 

Desirable

• Experience in the charity sector and / or new start-ups.
• Experience of grant-making.
• Experience in communications and / or fundraising, including building and maintaining relationships with a range of supporters.

The Role

At the Royal British Legion, we believe in building on potential. As an Independent Living Advisor your ability to provide advice, support and advocacy for beneficiaries living with long term illness, continuing care or disabilities, or caring for someone with these conditions, helping them to access statutory support could have a real impact on people’s lives.

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

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

As an Independent Living Advisor, you will be responsible for providing advice, support and advocacy for beneficiaries living with long term illness, continuing care or disabilities, or caring for someone with these conditions.

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

• Provide a comprehensive community-based independent living advice service to beneficiaries who are experiencing difficulties with day-to-day living, mobility, and self-care (or those caring for someone in this situation), advising on the suitable options available to them through statutory, charitable, and private sources via a mixture of face-to-face, telephone and email interactions.
• Conduct assessment of clients, using input from Occupational Therapists and other professionals as necessary, to establish their eligibility for health and social care services in their area.
• Providing a person-centred support service within a designated region to include home visits, outreach activities in local communities and home working as required.
• Support a diverse caseload of beneficiaries providing advice, guidance and support on matters relating to Direct Payments, Independent Living Fund, Personal Budgets, Individual Budgets, Disability Advocacy, Personal Health Budgets, Disabled Facilities Grants, Minor Adaptations funding and any other funding streams as appropriate.
• Identify, research and source the services that are required to achieve the desired outcomes and contribute to the maintenance of an up-to-date resource directory of service provision within the locality

• Liaise with Occupational Therapists, commercial providers, statutory agencies and other RBL services to ensure beneficiaries receive benefits, mobility aids and home or work adaptations, home care and home support services, as necessary.

Please note this role is homebased with some requirements to travel across the Midlands area.

About the Royal British Legion – Careers in Advice and Welfare

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

Every day, everyone in our Advice and Welfare teams dedicate themselves to bettering the lives of those in this community.

Be it a conversation about financial support, physical and mental wellbeing, employment, housing, independent living or social support – working in these teams means the time you’d spend with those who need our help, and the advice you’d offer, could have a profound effect on their lives.

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

We also want those who need our support to be able to get it when they need it, and from those best placed to give it. Which is why we’ve invested in multi-channel support services.

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

Diversity Statement

We believe that the compassion, understanding and service we show each, and every individual customer should be reflected in the way we all support, respect and include every individual who works with us.

It’s because of this that we have strived hard to create a One Legion culture that we can all feel part of and succeed in. It’s why we make sure that you have the opportunities you need to learn and develop. It’s why we’re invested in making RBL a truly inclusive place to work, where everyone can be themselves. It’s why you’re welcome, whoever you might be.

It’s why we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

How to Apply

Please click ‘Apply Online’

Closing date for this role is: Sunday August 21st

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