The National Eye Research Centre (NERC) is a fundraising charity that funds eye research teams across the UK to find the causes of eye disease to develop new prevention methods and more effective treatments. We fund research in all eye diseases affecting both children and adults.
We are seeking a dynamic and organised team player with strong administration skills and a confident customer service approach. You will make an essential contribution to NERC’s growing team and will enable the organisation’s strategic development by providing excellent administrative support to a number of areas including fundraising, grant making, financial processes, and general office management. The job is initially devised as a part time role (either 3 or 4 days a week) and can be worked flexibly across the week. There is scope for the role to grow to a full time equivalent (or job share).
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Donations processing and records management
- Processing all postal and online donations on the charity’s CRM (Donorfy).
- Ensuring that all recurring donations are updated on Donorfy on a monthly basis and new instructions are set up in a timely fashion.
- Thanking postal and online donors using agreed existing templates for communications and within the charity’s stewardship turnaround times (48 hours).
- Regularly reviewing Gift Aid declarations and chase any that are out of date or incorrect by running the relevant, pre-prepared database queries on Donorfy.
- Running a weekly query from Donorfy to identify new donors and donors over £250 and provide the list to the CEO for bespoke stewardship.
- Ensuring that all relevant donor communications are recorded on Donorfy.
- Ensuring that donor records are kept up to date and any changes in communication preferences are adequately and timely recorded on Donorfy.
- Maintaining any relevant paper and digital donation records that might be required for auditing purposes.
- Ensuring that shared electronic files (e.g. relating to the charity’s operations, grant management, finances, etc.) are organised and maintained in a systematic fashion.
- Informing the CEO (Data Controller) of any complaint received by donors or other supporters.
Financial operations support
- Supporting the day to day financial operations of the organisation, including banking of donations and logging of incoming donations and outgoing payments.
- Paying suppliers and grants invoices.
- Carrying out monthly bank reconciliations.
- Maintaining accurate and up to date financial records in preparation for regular audit reviews .
- Running database queries to provide the CEO with financial information in preparation of quarterly management accounts and annual audited accounts.
- Providing the CEO with monthly updates on grants payments made and flagging any unexpected changes or delays on the part of grant holders.
NERC Grants Co-ordination
- Supporting the CEO in liaising with applicants, the Scientific Advisory Committee, and NERC Trustees to provide a list of fundable major projects at the charity’s annual grant making round.
- Supporting the CEO in liaising with applicants, advisory panel, and Chair of Trustees to provide a list of fundable seed grants at the four grant-making rounds per year.
- Communicating with successful and unsuccessful applicants on the outcome of their applications using existing templates and forms.
- Issuing successful applicants with grant award contracts and terms and conditions.
- Supporting the CEO in maintaining an up to date database of peer reviewers.
- Keeping up to date records of all existing grant commitments, including all relevant financial information on each grant.
- Within agreed procedures, ensuring that quarterly invoices from grant holders are received on time and for accurate amounts.
- Issuing payments of grant holder invoices.
- Within agreed criteria and procedures, ensuring that all projects progress reports are received on time and with a satisfactory level of detail.
Legacy administration
- Supporting the CEO in all aspects of legacy administration with guidance and under supervision.
- Logging all correspondence with estate executors on Donorfy and maintain up to date paper records of estate administration correspondence with executors suitable for auditing.
- Maintaining up to date financial records of all estates in administration to enable legacy income forecasting.
- Alerting the CEO of any unexplained estate administration delays incurred by executors by regularly reviewing all estates in administration.
- Supporting the CEO in liaising with the next of kin wherever possible for stewardship purposes and to gathering information on the donor which could be used for legacy marketing purposes.
Events
- Providing logistics support to the organisation of donor engagement and stewardship events.
General office management
- Acting as the first point of contact for the charity by handling inquiries by phone, email, and post.
- Ensuring that all relevant reports are updated on the Charity Commission’s website and updating information whenever necessary.
- Keeping up to date folders on Trustees information.
- Supporting the CEO with the planning and running of Trustees Board meetings, including distribution of papers and typing of meeting minutes.
- Booking meeting rooms and catering for internal and external meetings.
- Maintaining adequate stationery supplies to ensure the smooth running of the office.
The postholder may also be expected to carry out other duties, which may be reasonably requested. As such, the job may involve occasional evening and weekend work, for which time off in lieu can be claimed.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Knowledge, experience and qualifications
Essential:
- You have a University degree or equivalent OR Business and Administration Level 3 Certificate (NVQ).
- You have at least 2 years’ experience working in a public facing administrative role.
- You have demonstrable experience of office management, committee servicing, budget monitoring, creating and maintaining reporting schedules, updating databases and using them to produce reports.
- You have a solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, especially Word and Excel.
Desirable:
- You have worked in a fundraising charity.
- You have worked in a grant making organisation.
- You have experience of bookkeeping and you have a working knowledge of Sage and Xero.
- You have experience of administering a grants to external organisations, including monitoring expenditure on grants awarded by the organisation, and creating and updating schedules for grant holders to report back to the organisation on grant expenditure and project outcomes.
Skills and attributes
Essential:
- You are polite, courteous and customer focused.
- You have excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
- You are able to work with minimum supervision, are proactive and take initiative, e.g. by identifying problems, proposing solutions and escalating issues appropriately.
- You have a flair for implementing efficient systems and processes and continually seek to improve operational procedures.
- You have strong organising skills, you are meticulous and have excellent attention to detail.
- You have a positive team ethos and are keen to contribute to the overall success of the charity.
- You are able to work to tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities.
- You are resilient and able to adapt to changing priorities.
General
- You maintain high standards of personal appearance, conduct, respect for company property and reputation.
- You work within the appropriate company policies and procedures including health and safety.
- You maintain confidentiality of information about customers, suppliers, contracts, tenders and other commercially sensitive matters.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- This position has a 6 months’ probation period.
- 30 days paid annual leave (pro rata) plus public holidays.
- Up to 5% matching employer’s contribution to the charity’s workplace pension scheme (NEST).
- Flexible working considered.
- Free onsite parking at the Almondsbury site.
HOW TO APPLY
Closing date: Wednesday 26th February
Invitations to interview: Friday 28th February
Interviews: Wednesday 4th March
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Will you help us bring Christian hope and wholeness to children and young people around the world? We’re looking for a talented individual to support our operations who will bring key skills, value our heritage and contribute to our ongoing culture of prayer. Through your excellent abilities in financial administration, office support and general organisation you will enable Müllers to pursue our mission of bringing Christian hope and wholeness to children and young people.
Main Responsibilities
- Finance administration and basic bookkeeping for one day a week, including dealing with suppliers, processing invoices and reconciling bank accounts and supplier accounts.
- Support the compilation, printing and mailing of external publications including our monthly prayer newsletter, church resource email and the Charity’s Annual Report
- Database administration, including filing and managing mailing lists.
- Organising and administrating meetings and events, including minute taking and distribution
- Reception duties, welcoming guests to the trust and the George Müller Museum
- Assist with Trust communications, including updating website and social media channels
Hours: 35 hours per week (This is a full-time role, but we are open to conversations making it part-time.)
Salary: £20,000 - £22,750
Annual leave: 25 days plus bank holidays
For more info on the role and Müllers, download our job description.
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Part time - 21 hours (3 days) per week
Action for M.E. is dedicated to ending the ignorance, injustice and neglect experienced by people with M.E. Despite being the largest M.E. charity in the UK, we have a small staff team and are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Fundraising Administrator to support our planned growth and the exciting changes on the horizon.
"I'd been thinking about Fundraising for a while and Walk with M.E. seemed like the perfect fit. I can join in with the small amount of steps I can do, and my family and friends can be a part of it as well. Fundraising like this really helps people to realise there is something really important they can do to help."
This is feedback from Holly, who has M.E. Our unique team sponsored Walk with M.E. campaign is just one of the projects you'll be working on when you join our team as Fundraising Administrator. You'll have some experience of fundraising - or bags of interest and enthusiasm in learning fast - and be able to work independently, as well as part of our creative and committed team. You'll be supporting the team across a range of different fundraising streams, from community fundraising to trusts and foundations, so the ability to manage and prioritise a varied workload is a must.
If you'd like to join the only UK charity that supports both children and adults with M.E., and help us reach even more people living with this non-visible illness, please download the application pack or contact us for more information.
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Great Western Air Ambulance Charity is about to open its first charity shop, in a large retail unit in the heart of Westbury-on-Trym in Bristol.
Charity Shop Manager
Based: Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol
Hours: 32-40 hours per week (4 or 5 days)
Salary: £20,000 FTE, plus performance bonus
We’re looking for an experienced retail manager who can help us set up this flagship store, develop it and turn it into a high performing shop, contributing to the charity’s income, raising our profile and becoming a focal point for the local community.
You will need to be a good all-rounder, but the most importantly you should share our values, be motivated, enthusiastic and passionate about helping our charity make a difference to local communities.
We hope that this will be the first of many shops, so we are ideally looking for someone who could grow into an Area Manager role in future.
About Us:
2.1 million people rely on us to be there when they need us, bringing the skills, experience and equipment usually found in an Emergency Department, right to the scene of an accident or medical emergency. We provide this life-saving service across Bristol, North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire, meaning that people you know have probably been affected by our service.
Join us, and make a difference.
Closing date: 9am on Monday 2nd March 2020
To Apply and for More Information:
If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website.
No agencies please.
Great Western Air Ambulance Charity is about to open its first charity shop, in a large retail unit in the heart of Westbury-on-Trym in Bristol.
Assistant Shop Manager
Based: Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol
Hours: 24-32 hours per week (3 or 4 days)
Salary: £17,500 FTE, plus performance bonus
We’re looking for a competent and enthusiastic Assistant Manager who can help us set up this flagship store and turn it into a high performing shop, contributing to the charity’s income, raising our profile and becoming a focal point for the local community.
You will need to be a good all-rounder, but the most importantly you should share our values, be motivated, and passionate about helping our charity make a difference to local communities.
We hope that this will be the first of many shops, so we are ideally looking for someone who could grow into a Shop Manager role in future.
About Us:
2.1 million people rely on us to be there when they need us, bringing the skills, experience and equipment usually found in an Emergency Department, right to the scene of an accident or medical emergency. We provide this life-saving service across Bristol, North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire, meaning that people you know have probably been affected by our service.
Join us, and make a difference.
Closing date: 9am on Wednesday 4th March 2020
To Apply and for More Information:
If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website.
No agencies please.
NCT is the UK’s largest charity for parents, serving 150,000 new families each year face to face and many more online. Our vision is of a world in which no parent is isolated and all parents are supported to build a strong society. Our mission is to support parents through the first thousand days, to have the best possible experience of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. We do this through sharing knowledge, creating networks and harnessing voices.
We are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated people who share our vision and values. You do not have to be a parent to share this vision and working for the NCT is a rewarding experience. It gives you the opportunity to apply your experience and expertise to help enrich the lives of thousands of parents in the UK. It offers you the opportunity to develop valuable skills and gain insight into working for a charity in the not-for-profit sector. NCT is committed to positive organisational culture, productive workplace and work-life balance that respects the individual.
We are looking for a Finance Assistant to become part of the finance team in Bristol, a team of seven people. This is an exciting time for the NCT as we shall be implementing a new CRM in 2020 and this role will interact with the new system on a daily basis. In this role your primary responsibilities will be: to act as a key point of contact in the finance team, managing the finance mailbox and dealing with queries from inside and outside the organisation; regular processing of Direct Debits (mandates, claims and refunds); to review purchase invoices and process the weekly payment run; and perform bank account reconciliations on one of the charity’s main bank accounts.
See the Job Description for full details of this exciting opportunity.
We will short list throughout the application process and reserve the right to close the application process early, so if you feel you are the right candidate for the role then please apply now!
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Award-winning Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal, the Bristol Children’s Hospital Charity, is seeking an outstanding individual for the post of Fundraising Assistant. This role will provide a welcoming reception to everyone visiting the charity, as well as efficient fundraising support to the organisation.
We are seeking a first-class, bright, energetic and pro-active individual, to interact with visitors face-to-face, as well as over the telephone and email. You'll have excellent interpersonal, communication and organisation skills with a good understanding of IT and office systems. You will be responsible for administrative tasks and will be expected to play a full and active role within the fundraising department and across the organisation.
If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you!
This role will be based at The Grand Appeal HQ in the charity’s newly renovated building on Upper Maudlin Street opposite the Bristol Children’s Hospital, close to the beautiful Bristol Harbourside and the range of shops in Cabot Circus and Quakers Friars.
The Grand Appeal works in partnership with Aardman Animations to support Bristol Children’s Hospital and the region’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. With a multi-million pound programme of investment in the hospital, from research to family accommodation to patient, family and staff wellbeing, and a growing supporter base, The Grand Appeal is expanding fast. The Grand Appeal is the charity behind the internationally successful and award-winning Gromit Unleashed and Shaun in the City art trails which are now part of the fabric of the city and which have brought millions of visitors to Bristol from all over the world.
Based across 6 sites in Bristol, The Grand Appeal offers a dynamic, supportive and rewarding workplace for its approx. 50 staff. The bedrock of our organisation is its strong team culture in which all staff play an important part. Our staff are talented, creative, ambitious and the Grand Appeal’s most important resource. If this sounds like the right workplace culture for you, you have the required skills and experience, and you are looking for a new challenge, get in touch.
Work for The Grand Appeal and you’ll do more than just a job. Together, we can save lives.
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Sepsis Research is looking for a highly motivated freelance individual who is passionate about building relationships and raising income in a new geographical area for the charity.
We are looking for a freelancer who can create and implement the devised fundraising plan that will have maximum impact in your area. You will recruit, manage and motivate volunteers and key supporters to successfully deliver your fundraising objectives, including setting up fundraising groups in your area. You will be an excellent communicator and a strong team player who can bring out the best in others.
This role is on a part time freelance basis- estimated 21 hrs per week.
You’ll be part of our ambition to make Sepsis Research a UK-wide charity and significantly grow our income, so that we can commit more money to life saving sepsis research.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Award-winning Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal, the Bristol Children’s Hospital Charity, is seeking an outstanding individual for the newly created post of Trust Fundraising Officer. This will be an exceptionally rewarding role for a first-class and bright individual, who has excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Working alongside the Philanthropy Manager and the Trust Fundraising Executive, this position will be responsible for building upon the established pipeline of grant making trusts, writing compelling proposals, successfully researching, cultivating and stewarding donors, and growing The Grand Appeal’s support from trusts and foundations to facilitate future support.
This role will be based at Grand Appeal HQ in the charity’s newly renovated building on Upper Maudlin Street opposite the Bristol Children’s Hospital, close to the beautiful Bristol Harbourside and the range of shops in Cabot Circus and Quakers Friars.
The Grand Appeal works in partnership with Aardman Animations to support Bristol Children’s Hospital and the region’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. With a multi-million pound programme of investment in the hospital, from research to family accommodation to patient, family and staff wellbeing, and a growing supporter base, The Grand Appeal is expanding fast. The Grand Appeal is the charity behind the internationally successful and multi award-winning Gromit Unleashed and Shaun in the City art trails which are now part of the fabric of the city and which have brought millions of visitors to Bristol from all over the world.
Based across 6 sites in Bristol, The Grand Appeal offers a dynamic, supportive and rewarding workplace for its approx. 50 staff. The bedrock of our organisation is its strong team culture in which all staff play an important part. Our staff are talented, creative, ambitious and The Grand Appeal’s most important resource. If this sounds like the right workplace culture for you, you have the required skills and experience, and you are looking for a new challenge, please do get in touch.
Work for The Grand Appeal and you’ll do more than just a job. The work we do really makes a difference to sick children, their families and the staff who care for them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Together, we help save lives.
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Project Support Officer, Behaviour Change & Engagement
(Ref: SUS2862)
£21,947 per annum
37.5 hours per week – based in Bristol
This is an exciting opportunity to support the delivery of Sustrans’ vision of a society where the way we move creates healthier places and happier lives for everyone. You will working within the UK-wide Development team with a particular focus on Sustrans’ behaviour change work.
A big part of the role will be to support the delivery of the Sustrans’ UK-wide school campaigns including our annual high profile schools campaign. The post holder will gain insight into a broad range of charity-wide operations by assisting the Development Director and other senior staff in tasks such as arranging and delivering senior-level meetings and helping with their administrative tasks. This is a diverse role in which you will contribute across the school, workplace and community settings and across a wide range of projects and tasks. This includes writing content for our UK wide projects, managing challenge data and communicating to a broad range of internal and external stakeholders. You will also manage areas of delivery such as our busy inboxes.
This role presents an unusual and exciting opportunity to build experience and knowledge charity-wide, whilst still working closely with others within the UK-Development team. With a background of managing a busy and diverse workload, you will have excellent attention to detail and have experience of successfully working with tight deadlines. You will have excellent IT skills and be willing to learn new software and systems. You will also be committed to the promotion of sustainable transport.
Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Monday 2 March 2020.Interviews will take place in Bristol on Monday 9 March 2020.
Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion. We welcome applications from people with the appropriate skills from all parts of the community.
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Team Leader - Female Supported Housing (Domestic Violence Abuse Lead)
Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Bath, Somerset
Salary: £27,000.00 per annum
Closing Date: Thursday 12 March '20 (12 noon).
We have a great opportunity to lead a fully motivated team of supported housing workers, working across our domestic abuse refuges in Bath and North East Somerset.
If you are someone who has the experience in managing a supported housing projects, combined with the positive ability to lead, supervise and motivate staff and volunteers to excel in their roles, then this is the role for you.
Supporting the most marginalised people in society isn’t easy. The work is often pressurised and always challenging. It takes a huge amount of empathy, positivity and passion to make even the smallest of steps forward. But, if you want a rewarding job in which no two days are the same, then come and join us!
Key Responsibilities and Requirements of the Role include:
- Ensure safe and supportive, high quality housing and support is available to residents, some with their children, who are escaping medium to high risk domestic abuse
- Establish effective working relationships internally and with external agencies maximising opportunities for individuals and families and building a positive service and organisational reputation
- With guidance from the Service Development Manager, ensure staff complete risk assessments for individuals/families and service activity?
- With support from our Practice Educator, ensure the effective induction and ongoing support / development of students
- Together with the Service Development Manager, ensure your staff feel valued and supported within a challenging, fast-paced environment
- Actively seek opportunities to innovate and improve efficiency in service delivery
- Contribute to successful tenders and fundraising projects through generating new ideas and thoughts within the team about how to best support our clients
Further details on the responsibilities and requirements of the role can be found within the job description and specification.
Julian House is a homeless charity with ambitions to support more people than ever before, we are committed to helping the most marginalised in society. Whether it be homelessness, mental health problems, substance abuse or a combination of them all, our passionate team provide housing and support around the clock to those most in need; this is what makes Julian House the charity that it is today!
Essential Requirement:
This post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and in light of the nature of work and focus of domestic abuse the organisation considers the candidate’s gender, to be an occupational requirement in accordance with Para 1, Schedule 9, of the Equality Act 2010 and is therefore open to women only.
Benefits:
Julian House employees enjoy a wealth of benefits including:
- Cash health care plan
- Up to 26 days annual leave (depending on length of service)
- Employer pension contribution (up to 6% of your gross salary)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Staff Award Scheme
- 20% Discount at Julian House Shops.
To Apply: Please apply by uploading a CV with a supporting statement (all as one document) outlining why you would fit the role via our jobs page on our Julian House website.
Closing date: Please submit CV'S with supporting statements early as they will be reviewed as soon as they are submitted, and suitable candidates may be called into interview before the role closes. If the right candidate is appointed before the closing date, then the advert will be removed, and all unsuccessful applicants will be contacted.
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Fundraising Events & Engagement Executive
Do you…
Enjoy talking to supporters? Have experience providing excellent fundraising support? Build rapport quickly? Go the extra mile to help supporters?
Are you...
Passionate about working for a charity? Adept at multi-tasking? Great at communicating?
Then this could be the role for you!
This is an exciting time to join our Fundraising Events and Engagement Team, whether you are looking to develop your career within fundraising or join the charity sector.
About the role
Our team’s vision is to provide excellent supporter experiences to those who are taking part in events for us. No one day is the same! You could be speaking to a supporter taking on the iconic London Marathon one minute and then to a supporter organising a bake sale or a trek in Machu Picchu the next. You will also get the opportunity to volunteer at some of these key events!
You will be part of a fast-paced team, ideal for a motivated individual who is passionate about engaging and stewarding our supporters.
This is a fabulous time to join our charity and be part of an amazing team fighting for young lives against cancer.
Fundraising Events & Engagement Executive Requirements:
If you can bring the experience and passion we need for this exciting role, are organised and energetic then get in touch!
We are always looking for talented people from all backgrounds, to join us and help improve the lives of children and young people with cancer and their families. We particularly want to encourage people from under-represented groups to step forward and apply to work or volunteer with CLIC Sargent.
CLIC Sargent is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
About CLIC Sargent:
Today, 12 children and young people in the UK hear the shocking news they have cancer. CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, and their families, and provides them with clinical, practical, emotional and financial support. You can be a part of helping them cope with cancer and get the most out of life.
Location: Bristol, Avon
Job type: Full Time, Permanent, 35 hours per week
Salary: £23,643 per annum
Benefits: In return for your commitment, we offer a great reward package, which includes generous annual leave entitlement, pension scheme and season ticket loan.
Closing Date: 8th March 2020
Interview Date: 13th March 2020
You may have experience of the following: Fundraising, Supporter Engagement, Customer Services, Volunteering, Social Media, Account Management, Fundraising Executive, Fundraising Assistant, Community Fundraising, Community Fundraiser, Fundraising, Community Engagement, Fundraising Officer, Relationship Management, Partnership Management, Charity, Charities, NFP, Not For Profit, Event Management, Events, Stewardship and of course be interested in a variety of different events.
Ref: 92263
Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. Over the past 44 years, Women’s Aid has been at the forefront of shaping and coordinating responses to domestic violence and abuse through practice, research and policy. We empower survivors by keeping their voices at the heart of our work, working with and for women and children by listening to them and responding to their needs.
We are a federation of over 180 organisations who provide just under 300 local lifesaving services to women and children across the country. We provide expert training, qualifications and consultancy to a range of agencies and professionals working with survivors or commissioning domestic abuse services, and award a National Quality Mark for services which meet our quality standards. We hold the largest national data set on domestic abuse, and use research and evidence to inform all of our work. Our campaigns achieve change in policy, practice and awareness, encouraging healthy relationships and helping to build a future where domestic abuse is no longer tolerated.
This maternity cover will provide strategic leadership on finance issues for Women’s Aid, as well as hands on finance teamwork and support, plus support for the HR and Operations team. This is an exciting opportunity to support the deployment of new systems to make our processes more efficient and accurate; develop new improved approaches and provide guidance to the Executive Team and Board. Your ability to provide empathetic support and leadership, and to negotiate with diplomacy, will be allied to your excellent financial skills and experience in a charity of a similar size.
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Background information on Grief Encounter South West:
We are the Bristol branch of a nationally renowned children's bereavement charity Grief Encounter, who are based in London. We are pleased to be expanding and are now looking for a proactive, versatile professional fundraiser to join our team and assist with growth.
Job Description
Overall Job Purpose:
To help provide an effective fundraising function to support the delivery of the organisations therapeutic objectives. This involves primarily Trusts and Grants applications alongside developing relationships, helping organise events and working to support the fundraising structures and staff in place. You will working alongside and supporting a Fundraising Manager in the Bristol office.
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Manage and develop a portfolio of trusts, foundations and grant-making organisations, identify new funding opportunities and submit high quality applications
- Help plan, organise and attend fund raising events
- Research new potential funders and grant opportunities
- Build and nurture long-term relationships with new and existing funding sources through regular communication to maximise value and duration of support
- Assist in managing incoming community and general fundraising enquiries
- Help identify relevant companies for charity of the year partnerships
- Assist with talks, events and cheque presentations etc to maintain the public profile
- Meet fundraising budgets and targets as agreed each year
- Work within legislation and guidance from the Institute of Fundraising to maintain standards
- Maintain systems for donation processing, Gift Aid claims, data management and donor stewardship and ensure the database is kept up-to-date
- Monitor and report on fundraising activities monthly, as requested
- Liaise with other staff eg clinical about fundraising content, including ‘shopping lists’ and examples of our work or fundraising lead on work plans and tasks
- Build relationships which promote the charity and its aims
- Promote legacies and memorial giving where time allows
- Operate in accordance with the organisation’s employment, Health and Safety, equal opportunities, all legal requirements, organisational practices, policies & procedures.
- Help develop and maintain voluntary fundraising roles to support growth
- Ensure sound book keeping and accounting for all fundraising
- Any other reasonable duties requested to achieve organisational aims.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Experience
Essential
- Preparing and delivering written fundraising applications & budgets.
- Creating and developing strong and successful relationships with funders
- Two years’ experience of charity fundraising with Trusts and Foundations
- Track record of generating income opportunities
- Experience of using fundraising databases
Desirable
- Corporate fundraising
- Demonstrable strategic planning / development to increase funding
- Confidence with Etapestry
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Relevant qualification
- Ability to multi-task, prioritise and take the initiative to solve problems
- Good organisational skills, with attention to detail
- Ability to meet multiple deadlines and to balance planned work with reactive pieces of work that arise
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and phone manner
- Computer literate and familiar with using common IT programmes
- Presentation/ public speaking skill
Desirable
- Fundraising qualification
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Strong operational and organisational skills.
Personal attributes
Essential
- Good relationship builder with strong inter-personal skills
- Able to work effectively in a team
- Ability to work independently, proactively and under own initiative
- Ability and willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends
- Access to own transport
Desirable
- Sense of humour
- Calm under stress
- Ability to multi task and prioritise
Terms and Conditions of employment
Salary: dependent upon experience, approx £23-26,000 pro rata
Conditions of employment: Part time contract approx 2days per week initially (tues & wed)
Probationary period: This post is subject to a probationary period of 12 months. There will be a staff review at 6 months and again at 12 months.
Application deadline: Monday 12th March
Interview Dates: W/C Monday 16th March
With a view to Start Asap
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Wiltshire Citizens Advice
Head of Finance and Business Support
A unique opportunity in a thriving charity
We are looking for a Head of Finance and Business Support. You will need to have experience of a managerial finance role with some knowledge of IT and HR functions.
You don’t need previous experience of working in a charity but will require a clear understanding of and support the values of Wiltshire Citizens Advice.
Closing date for applications: Monday 16th March 2020 5pm
Interview date: Provisionally Thursday 24th March 2020
Location: Trowbridge, Chippenham or Devizes
Hours of Work: Contracted hours by agreement, minimum of 22.5 per week up to a maximum of 37 worked flexibly
Period: Permanent
Salary: £37,829 pro rata plus 6% pension contribution after 3 months.
Annual Leave: 33 days (inc bank holidays)
If you are interested in working in an interesting and stimulating environment why not check our website to download an application pack from our website.
We do not accept CVs as part of the recruitment process
Citizens Advice recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds
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