CHICKS is an award-winning national children's charity that aims to provide life-enhancing respite breaks to as many disadvantaged young people as possible, from all over the UK, at one of its retreats in the South West and Derbyshire.

We are looking for an exceptional candidate to build our fundraising capacity as well as grow our presence nationally by providing excellent fundraising and communications knowledge and offer strategic guidance and support as part of the leadership team. We are looking for an entrepreneurial individual who will give CHICKS a voice and help move the charity forward for the future. 

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced fundraising professional, a team player willing to take on a varied role, working across multiple sites, with ambition to grow income and deliver new initiatives.

Role Scope & Purpose:

You as the successful candidate will be responsible for the effective running of the Fundraising and Development Team, meeting fundraising targets, developing income streams, ensuring the CHICKS voice is heard nationally, marketing a series of campaigns across the year, and motivating an enthusiastic and talented team.

Main Responsibilities:

• Develop the fundraising and development strategy to raise income in line with set targets, the agreed annual budget and the charity's business plan
• Ensure all fundraising activity is compliant with relevant charity and other statutory legislation and conforms to Institute of Fundraising and Fundraising Regulator codes of conduct and practice
• Keep abreast of changes in market practices and trends in charitable giving both locally and nationally
• Control and monitor budgets in respect of the fundraising and communications targets and objectives
• To analysis, identify and evaluate fundraising and communications options; utilising financial and other performance management data
• Make and assist with presentations about CHICKS to potential and current donors
• Travel nationally as required, following and strengthening fundraising leads
• Build strong relationships with current and potential donors and ensure that ongoing support is appropriately recognised
• Liaise with the Finance team to ensure that monthly reconciliation of all income and expenditure is in line with targets set
• Be an active and effective member of the Senior Leadership Team
• Continue to develop the knowledge and skills required to fulfil the responsibilities of the position
• Produce regular reports for our Trustees and attend Board and Action Group meetings as required

Person Specification:

• Experience of managing a fundraising team
• Experience in fundraising and communications
• Ability to use own initiative and think strategically
• A self-starter with strong self-management skills
• Excellent communicator, both written and oral
• Good humoured and approachable
• Full Drivers Licence and access to a car is essential
• Have excellent attention to detail and the ability to adhere to specific deadlines
• An articulate and persuasive communicator with the ability to establish and manage various donor relationships and building strategic relationships
• Good computer skills with the ability to use database software. Experience of Raiser’s Edge is desirable
• Ability to show a commitment to professional standards and apply industry best practice to all aspects of the role
• To understand and actively reinforce the ethos, culture and operations of CHICKS

**Please note, once submitting a CV and if you are successful at the shortlisting stage, you will be sent a Job Pack and Application Form for completion in order to qualify for an interview. This is in compliance with our Safer Recruitment Policy. 

Closing date for completed applications: Midday on Monday 6th January 2020

Interviews for this position are likely to be held mid-January

In L’Arche we believe that people with learning disabilities have much to teach us and contribute to the world. During the last fifty years, we have learnt that one of the best ways to enable this is by creating Communities with a culture of shared lives between people with and without learning disabilities, from which we can work together to build a more human society.

The Digital Fundraising and Communications Officer will sit in the Fundraising and Communications team in our Manchester office. With our Fundraising and Communication Leads you will be responsible for developing our digital strategy and our online communications with our supporters. 

We are looking for someone who is passionate about digital fundraising and communications. You will have experience of developing and implementing digital fundraising strategies and a strong understanding of websites and social media, specifically Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, as well as other digital platforms such as SoundCloud and Medium. You will be knowledgeable about emerging trends and have experience of using analytics to inform and build strategy.

You will work with our Communications Advisor and fundraising colleagues to shape and deliver strategies to increase online giving, grow our audiences and recruit carers (we call them assistants), and will provide support, advice and insight regarding content and audiences. You will be competent in the use of content management systems, analysing data, and online research, and will develop our existing national website to further encourage online giving.

This is an exciting and rewarding role within an organisation that is committed to creating a world where everybody belongs.

To apply for this post please send us your CV and a covering letter, demonstrating how you meet the person specification for this role and why you are the right person for it, to the email address given in the job description and person specification document.

Please use the reference: Digital Fundraising and Communications Officer Application as the email subject heading.

All completed applications to be received by 11:59pm on Tuesday 31 December.

Shortlisted candidates will be informed the week beginning the 6th January and interviews will be held in Manchester the week beginning the 13th January.

We seek a positive, creative and determined individual to lead our Trusts & Foundations fundraising. You will be joining an ambitious, award-winning charity at an exciting time and play a vital part in delivering our mission to transform lives through cycling.

The Fundraising Officer will bring in grants to grow two key areas of our work:

1)  Our Inclusive Cycling Projects:

• Silver Cyclists enables older people to keep active and healthy as they age
• Bike Generation uses cycling and bikes to help young people in disadvantaged inner-city communities get active and broaden their horizons.
• Bike Minded helps people affected by mental health issues improve their wellbeing
• Two’s Company helps blind & visually-impaired people cycle on the back of tandems:

“Before I got involved, I had fallen into the trap many blind people get into: I had let my disability become a barrier to me enjoying life. It has been empowering to meet other people, visually impaired and sighted, in a social environment. Two’s Company has been the gateway for me to enter a better life after sight loss” - Steve, tandem ‘back rider’

2)  Our Bike Recycling initiatives: 

We divert broken bicycles from landfill and teach prisoners the skills to fix them. Prisoners get out of their cells and qualify as City & Guilds accredited cycle mechanics, fixed bikes are sold to local people at affordable prices to tackle transport poverty. This work won:

• Best Bike Recycling Project Energy Innovator Awards 2019
• Prison Reform Trust Robin Corbett Award for Prisoner Re-integration 2017
• National Lottery Awards, Finalist 2016

Watch a 3-minute video: https://youtu.be/NVF8cRCKnMk

Life Cycle UK has tripled in size in the past 8-years and will help 9,000 people in 2019-20. We have a diverse income mix: ~35% is from grants & donations ~35% from contracts and ~30% from fees/sales. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to take our Trusts & Foundations fundraising to the next level, based at our head office in Bristol.

TO APPLY: download a job pack from our website 

DEADLINE: 9am, Monday 6th January 2020

INTERVIEW DATE: You must be available for interview on Thursday 9th January 2020, in Bristol 

Blesma, The Limbless Veterans is the national charity and membership association for limbless serving and ex-service men and women and their dependants.

We help all wounded servicemen and women who have lost limbs, the use of limbs or eyes, to rebuild their lives by providing rehabilitation activities and welfare support.

Blesma campaigns for our veteran’s rights and looks after individuals and their families by offering a comprehensive grants and welfare system.  Rehabilitation, support, counselling and care are the four principle foundations of our organisation.  Together, we can help our men, women and their families face the challenges ahead with renewed confidence and self-belief. 

The Community and Events Fundraising Officer role plays an important part within the community and events fundraising team. The post is responsible for stewarding community and events fundraisers, promotion and delivery of in house events and promotion of challenge events in order to maximise income.

Closing date: 6th January 2020, at 10am
Interview date: Week commencing 13th January 

Stockdales is a well-established charity based in Sale, Manchester. We are committed to making a difference to children and adults with learning disabilities and life-limiting conditions and their families through our residential and community services. Each year, Stockdales helps hundreds of people to be the best version of themselves regardless of the challenges they face.

Short Job Description

The fundraising manager and fundraising officer make up the fundraising team at Stockdales. They work closely together to make sure all aspects of fundraising are covered successfully: individual supporters, fundraising volunteers, community groups, companies, charitable trusts/foundations and events. They are also responsible for all aspects of Stockdales’ marketing and PR.

We’re looking for a friendly, well-organised and committed person to join our small but busy fundraising team as our fundraising officer. This is an existing role which has been carefully developed over the last 5 years. Do you have what it takes to make this role your own and shape it even further?

As our fundraising officer, you will enjoy a varied, exciting role, with no two days the same! Your responsibilities will include all aspects of the fundraising administration, managing small scale community events, raising awareness of the organisation locally, putting the content together for our website, social media pages and newsletters (currently 3 times per year) as well as making sure our supporters have a high quality experience.

You’ll need to be a good all-rounder, think on your feet and work independently and flexible because there will be some evening and weekend work. You’ll also have a flair for creative writing as you will be putting interesting stories together for our newsletters and punchy posts for social media. A ‘head for numbers’, an eye for detail and strong problem solving skills and IT skills are also needed.

Excellent people skills are a must. In this role you will meet all sorts of people from many walks of life, so you will need to be confident and a good communicator. The fundraising team is in regular contact with the people we support too. This might be whilst taking photos, showing supporters round or simply dropping in to say hello. We support people of all abilities, some with severe learning disabilities and complex health needs. It is essential you are comfortable with this.

This is a thoroughly rewarding role for the right person. You might already come from a fundraising background or you may have all of the transferrable skills needed to make this your move into the charity sector. Whichever, if this is you, then we’d love to hear from you!

Your new employer:

One in ten children has a diagnosable mental health problem such as anxiety or depression. That’s three children in every single UK classroom. Mental health problems impact a child’s wellbeing, happiness and education.

Place2Be provides emotional and therapeutic services in primary and secondary schools, building children's resilience through talking, creative work and play. Place2Be provides children’s mental health services in over 600 primary and secondary schools, reaching a total school population of 350,000 pupils, helping them to cope with wide-ranging and often complex social issues including bullying, bereavement, domestic violence, family breakdown, neglect and trauma .

Isn’t this the type of life changing organisation you’d like to work for? Yes….then read on

What will I be doing in this role:

You will be an enthusiastic Fundraising Assistant looking to support Place2Be’s outstanding fundraising team by working on a range of exciting and important projects, to enable and support the wider team to achieve its income target. When interest in children’s mental health has never been stronger, this is an exciting time to be joining our dynamic organisation and make a real difference to children’s futures.

For the ideal person, this is a fantastic opportunity to get into fundraising and to broaden your knowledge of the role and sector. So, if you have great administrative and organisational skills, together with an enthusiastic, effective and flexible approach to work and a genuine passion to make a difference, then we would like to hear from you!

The successful candidate:

As the successful candidate you’ll need to have proven experience in administration, demonstrating great ability in being organised alongside an enthusiastic and flexible approach as well as strong interpersonal and people skills.

So what would my days look like in this role? Well, here’s a list we prepared earlier:

• Providing support to the Events team on key events such as gala dinners, London Marathon, carol concert and cultivation events.
• Providing administrative support to the fundraising team, sending out materials etc.
• Researching priority new business opportunities for relevant teams
• Provide logistical or admin support at key external Place2Be events
• Acting as a first point of contact for inbound fundraising enquiries and ensure that all supporter enquiries are dealt with promptly and to agreed timescales and standards.
• With the support of the Individual Giving Manager, develop standardised and personalised communication tactics for supporters.
• Support Individual Giving Manager and Events team to ensure all donations / online payments are promptly and accurately processed and recorded on to the database.
• Ensure any other income coding responsibility is accurately logged, processed and thanked.
• Liaise with the finance team to coordinate the month end reconciliation process with the wider team
• Hmm we could go on and bore you….. but hope by now you’ve seen enough to download our full JD & person specification in order to apply

As the successful candidate you’ll be able to demonstrate the following as part of your application:

• Previous administrative experience in a private / non-profit organisation
• Proven track record of effective administrative work
• Good working knowledge of MS Office applications – particularly Excel
• Experience of working with databases
• Proven interest in the charity sector
• Experience with customer/ client facing responsibilities
•  Excellent attention to detail and follow-through on leads and on project work
• Exceptional interpersonal skills
• Financially literate
• Able to communicate with a wide range of people both internally and externally

If this is the role for you then our Fund Raising Team are eagerly expecting your application!

Closing Date: Thursday 12th December 2019 at 11:59pm

Interview Date: Tuesday 17th December 2019

Start Date:  ASAP
 

If you share our core values of perseverance, integrity, compassion and creativity, we would love you to join us.  It’s sensitive and demanding work – but hugely rewarding and fulfilling - you will be helping give young people brighter futures.

Place2Be is committed to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination practices and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.  We are keen to reflect the diversity of the partner schools we work in and are particularly interested in attracting applications from male candidates, as well as candidates from Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

Fundraising Manager – Children’s Charity
Covering Reading, Newbury and Wokingham (with most meetings to be held in Reading)

About Us

Dingley’s Promise provides life-changing support to children under five with additional needs and disabilities. We offer specialist learning through play, family support and training and promote building wider inclusion into early years environments.

We believe that every child should have the best start in life. With your help, we can make this vision a reality.

We’re currently looking for an enthusiastic Fundraising Manager to join our team and lead across our full range of fundraising activities.

The Benefits

- Salary of up to £35,000 DOE
- Make a difference on a daily basis
- Welcoming and supportive team
- Work at a strategic level as a key member of the Senior Management Team
- Flexible working, with the opportunity to work from home as needed
- Take on a busy and varied role where no two days are the same

If you are a fundraising professional looking to work in an established charity’s senior management team and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is an amazing opportunity to raise awareness of an incredible organisation with a fantastic cause.

We are looking for a driven, tenacious individual who sees opportunities to build income from different sources. Over time, you will put in strategies to increase our income, while managing a very busy and varied role.

Working at Dingley’s Promise may be the most fulfilling job you’ll ever have. Each day, you’ll enable us to support even more children, connect families facing the same challenges and share best practice on how to best care for children with SEND.

We understand that our people are integral to our success and we are committed to supporting their development and ensuring their wellbeing as a priority.

So, if you want to join a dedicated, professional team with a passion for making a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

The Role

As our Fundraising Manager, you will lead and drive our fundraising activities, ensuring we have sufficient income and can continue to grow. You will oversee our communications and will also deputise for the CEO as necessary.

Regularly travelling between our three centres in Reading, Newbury and Wokingham, you will:

- Create and lead the delivery of our fundraising strategy
- Secure significant income from a wide range of sources
- Secure sponsorship and manage our events and fundraising activities
- Oversee, develop and support a Communications Assistant and Bid Writer
- Act as a champion for our charity and represent us externally, building our reputation on a local and national level

About You

To join us as our Fundraising Manager, you will need:

- A track record of securing significant funds through a variety of income streams
- Experience of driving communications to generate funding and support for a charity
- An excellent understanding of best fundraising practice and ideally a qualification
- To be a confident speaker and networker with proven success in building corporate and major donor partnerships
- Excellent writing skills and the ability to review the quality of bids in line with organisational targets
- To be comfortable working remotely and motivating yourself

We want to hear from you if you’ve worked as a Fundraising Manager, Fundraising Strategy Manager, Business Development Manager, Marketing Manager, Campaign Manager, Community Fundraising Manager, Corporate Fundraising manager, or Marketing Communications Manager.

The closing date for applications is the 10th December 2019.

Webrecruit and Dingley’s Promise are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you are seeking your next challenge as a Fundraising Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Charity People are partnering the incredible community charity Limehouse Project based in Tower Hamlets. We are looking for a Fundraising Officer on a part time basis to lead on the fundraising through Trusts and Statutory sources. The wonderful charity has been active in the community of Tower Hamlets since 1984 and has been growing steadily to the point of having its own independent school.

Job Title: Fundraising Officer
Organisation: Limehouse Project
Salary: £30,000 pro rata
Contract: Permanent, Part Time (17.5 hours a week)
Benefits: Flexible working
Closing date: Monday 2nd December 2019
Required: CV and Cover Letter

Limehouse Project is a thriving organisation with a history of servicing the local community since 1984. Their wide spectrum of services covering everything from the tackling of major health issues to helping people into work, continues to survive and flourish thanks to the investment and trust placed in them, not only by their funders and partners, but their clients too.
The timing is very ideal to join Limehouse Project. This award winning charity have thriving programmes such as Child Care Plus as well as a new Independent School.

The Fundraising Officer will join during this transformational change to help the charity through this period of growth the development. The Fundraiser Officer will help Limehouse in their ambitions to raise vital funds for growth and sustainability and should be quick to understand Limehouse Project service needs with sufficient experience to hit the ground running. You will have a proven track record in fundraising from major trusts and foundations, local and central government institutions. Experience with corporate partners and Major Donors will support your application.

This is a close knit team where you will play a vital part to the growth of the charity.

To find out more about the role, but also apply - please contact [email protected]

Join R2R! Fundraising Officer Required

Job Title: Fundraising Officer – Part time (3 days a week)

Salary: £25,000 pro/rata (£15,000 p/a)

The Charity:

Room to Reward is a unique charity created to say ‘thank you’ and give some time back to the Hidden Heroes – inspirational volunteers who give up their time to make a difference to people in need. Our partner hotels donate their unsold rooms, charities and community groups nominate their Hidden Heroes for a break, we make it happen!

Purpose of the job:

Room to Reward are looking for an experienced Fundraising Officer with a proven track record to join our team in Christchurch, Dorset. Working three days a week, you will be responsible for generating income from trusts, foundations and corporate partners to help develop our charity, reach more hotels and charities and enable us to say ‘thank you’ to more Hidden Heroes.

Main responsibilities:

• Meet all fundraising strategy targets, timelines and income projections.
• Research, identify and manage small-mid donations from trusts, foundations, institutional funders, governments and statutory-making bodies, corporate and private donors.
• Develop public fundraising opportunities and activities.
• Attract, build and develop relationships with new and existing corporate donors to secure long term and increased funding across a wide range of target markets.
• Manage a mixed portfolio of funders to best practice standards, ensuring reporting deadlines are met, terms and conditions for grants are satisfied, grant income is collected efficiently when due and donor retention remains an ongoing priority.
• Research new philanthropic foundations and likely sources of statutory funding both in the UK and abroad.
• Maintain and update database of fundraising contacts.

Person Specification

• Experience of a wide range of fundraising activities (including public fundraising) and proven success of substantial income generation.
• Good knowledge of the principles of fundraising from trusts and foundations and experience in soliciting funds from these sources.
• Previous experience in preparing multiple funding application forms and writing detailed and compelling proposals.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and oral.
• Exceptional organisational and project management skills with the ability to prioritise and deal with a variety of tasks.
• Ability to work as part of a team.

Interested? Great! Send us your CV and a cover letter.

Good luck!

Two exciting opportunities to work with a dynamic national charity based in Stratford:

For over 30 years School-Home Support has been working with disadvantaged children, young people and families who are struggling with their education due to a wide range of complex issues. SHS gets children and young people back into school ready to learn, whatever it takes. Our work breaks down barriers to learning such as poverty, domestic violence and poor housing.  We are a small dynamic charity with proven impact.  During the last year we have expanded our services into areas of the UK where there are high levels of need.

Due to internal promotions in the fundraising team we are now recruiting for two posts.  Both posts are based in the SHS Central Office in Stratford, a 10 minutes walk from the station and well served with both underground and mainline trains, including Stratford International, Jubilee and Central line tubes, Overground and DLR.

Fundraising Assistant - 37.5 hours a week, full time based in Stratford
Fundraising Assistant (Trusts & Foundations) - 37.5 hours a week, full time based in Stratford

The fundraising team at SHS is small and dynamic. We are all totally passionate about the work SHS does, so first and foremost we are looking for people who share our commitment to educational equality.  The Fundraising Team has a high profile within SHS as we rely increasingly on voluntary income to ensure we reach vulnerable children.  The team shares responsibility for the overall fundraising target. We are collaborative and support each other; so a strong team ethic is a must. The Stratford office staff team is also small with around 10-12 people (not including the fundraising team). There will be opportunity to engage directly with staff running services, our CEO and colleagues working directly with children and families, so you will learn a lot about our work and feel close to it.  This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidates to develop and learn.

Fundraising Assistant
37.5 hours a week, full time
Salary: £22,000 per annum
Based in Stratford

This role works across the fundraising team with colleagues in both Trusts & Foundations and Corporate Partnerships.  The role has been shaped by your predecessor so you can expect a comprehensive and supportive handover.  You will need to manage a range of competing priorities and have good attention to detail.  We’re looking for someone who will be proactive, happy to put forward new ideas and who loves taking ownership.  We need someone highly organised who will thrive with a varied portfolio.  You will work with colleagues across the central office including finance, our (tiny) comms team and our team responsible for the services SHS provides. It’s a busy role, with changing priorities. There’s a mixture of regular tasks and projects alongside new developments linked to new opportunities.  Included in the role will be prospect research, managing our small individual donor base, organising events, and taking a lead on monitoring fundraising targets. You will be supported by one of the team’s Senior Partnership Managers.

Fundraising Assistant (Trusts & Foundations)
37.5 hours a week, full time
Salary: £22,000 per annum
Based in Stratford

This role is embedded in our small Trusts team. The majority of our voluntary income comes from Trust and Foundations and we have a good relationship with a wide range of Trusts who continue to support us year on year. The quality of our applications, reporting and feedback is exemplary.  We have powerful case studies, compelling impact data and well researched statistics that explain the need for support. We are looking for someone who is keen to develop their skills in all aspects of Trust fundraising, including prospect research, bid writing, report compilation and account management. You will need to have very high quality writing skills, using every opportunity to showcase your creativity and flair for making a strong case for support.  It’s also imperative you have forensic attention to detail, and a careful, questioning approach in helping to steward our large portfolio of Trust and Foundation. The role provides opportunity to learn all aspects of Trust fundraising as you will be working closely with both our newly promoted Trusts Executive and with our Senior Trusts Manager.

Closing date and interviews for both posts are:

Closing date: 18th December 2019
Interviews: 6th and 7th January 2020

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to the School-Home Support website where you will find the details for sending your CV and a supporting statement. 
In your supporting statement you should explain why you are applying for the role and how you meet the criteria listed in the person specification.

School-Home Support​ ​takes very seriously the duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and is committed to ensuring that our safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice. Our safeguarding policy recognises that the welfare and interests of children are paramount in all circumstances.

SHS is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. 

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

No agencies please.

This amazing organisation that works across the Midlands has been supporting people with disabilities for over 25 years. With a range of services that includes giving information and advice; as well helping improve health and wellbeing, the organisation provides vital support to people with a huge range of needs. 

With exciting plans for the future, the organisation is recruiting for a Fundraising and Marketing Officer to join its small Fundraising and Marketing team. Working 20 hours per week this role will be based in Birmingham (although home working will be considered for the right candidate), and will include the following responsibilities:

• Raise income to an annual agreed target which will support the organisation's activities, predominately via trusts and foundations, as well as exploring new income streams

• Market and promote the work of the organisation to a wider audience

• Undertake systematic trust research to identify potential income and funding opportunities

• Prepare compelling applications to grant-making trusts and foundations, as well as corporate supporters, ensuring that the potential of these is fully maximised

• Empower supporters to organise and undertake fundraising activities

• Contribute to a consistent brand communication throughout all fundraising and income generation activities

• Maintain accurate records, including maintaining the fundraising and income generation database and CRM system with targets and approaches

• Identify, develop, and lead on priority marketing projects including social media, with the aim of increasing the organisation's visibility, brand and reach

The successful applicant will have the following skills and experience:

• Experience of writing successful fundraising applications (or equivalent writing experience)

• Experience of raising funds and/or achieving income targets

• Experience of working to deadlines and ability to manage time effectively

• The ability to build strong relationships with companies and supporters

• Experience of marketing to help build brand awareness

• Experience of researching funding opportunities from statutory bodies and other grant funders is desirable, as is experience of organising fundraising events and working within the community to inspire support and raise funds

• A good level of IT literacy

• Knowledge of, and ability to, make online applications for fundraising including the use of online tendering portals

• Knowledge and understanding of how to social media for marketing and promotion purposes

Accounts Assistant – (L&D and Fundraising)

£25,000 per annum pro rata

4 Months FTC with possibility of extension

 5 days per week- 7 hours per day (Monday - Friday)
Core, 175 St John Street, Farringdon, London EC1V 4LW

Your new employer:

Place2Be is the leading children's mental health charity providing in-school support and expert training to improve the emotional wellbeing of pupils, families, teachers and school staff.

We provide emotional and therapeutic services in over 600 primary and secondary schools in England, Scotland and Wales, reaching a school population of approximately 350,000 children - building children's resilience early in life through counselling, creative work and play.

Place2Be also provides training on mental health and wellbeing for teachers and other professionals who work with children and young people, so we can help to build "mentally healthy" schools and communities where all children can thrive and grow up with prospects, not problems.

Are we the type of life changing organisation you’d like to work for? Yes…. read on.

What will I be doing in my new role:

As the Accounts Assistant (for our Learning Development and Fundraising Teams), you will be responsible for professional, accurate and timely financial accounting administration using a variety of computer software systems. You will deal with queries from staff, customers and external agencies, and support the Management Accountant in the timely processing and reporting of voluntary and training income.

You will have daily liaison with the fundraising and learning and development departments. You’ll form part of a small integrated team and will also work closely with other staff in the Finance Department including Accounts Assistant (payable), Finance and Control Manager and Financial Controller.

This is initially a 4-month FTC with a strong possibility of going permanent as the current post holder is being seconded to a new role.

The successful candidate:

As the successful candidate you’ll demonstrate the following as part of your application:

• Holds or working towards professional accounting qualification – AAT or similar and highly numerate or Qualified by Experience
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Office and professional accountancy software with experience in financial processing and ledger maintenance
• Experience using the Exchequer accounting software
• Ability to work effectively with all levels within the organisation and with key external agencies
• Firm but diplomatic in terms of implementing agreed policies and procedures
• Proven experience of financial reporting to a range of audiences

In return we offer you a range of fantastic benefits including:

• Amazing offices in the heart of the city, a brisk walk from Farringdon Station
• Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement
• Robust Learning and Development Programme
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle purchase and season ticket loan schemes
• Extended maternity/paternity pay

A supportive organisation we offer strong and clear leadership as well as a fantastic working environment to ensure your early success.

Closing Date: Sunday 15th December 2019 at 11:59pm
Interview Date: Wednesday 18th December 2019
Start Date: Jan 2020

If you share our core values of perseverance, integrity, compassion and creativity, we would love you to join us. It’s sensitive and demanding work - but hugely rewarding and fulfilling - you will be helping give young people brighter futures.

Place2Be is committed to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination practices and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are keen to reflect the diversity of the partner schools we work in and are particularly interested in attracting applications from male candidates, as well as candidates from Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

We are looking for a dynamic and committed fundraiser, passionate about tackling educational disadvantage, to work with our Associate Director, Fundraising as part of Ambition’s drive to significantly increase its fundraising income. You will identify and develop new prospects and grant applications; lead major five- and six-figure relationships; help to shape the development of our fundraising strategy; and support the development of a fundraising culture across the organisation.

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualities:

• A strong commitment to education, the non-profit sector and raising the aspirations, achievements and life chances of all children
• The drive and initiative to move conversations forward and close them, with a proven track record of turning ideas into income actions and outcomes.
• Proven experience of writing proposals and applying for grants to secure donations of at least five figures ideally from a range of sources, including individual philanthropists, grant-making organisations and/or companies.
• Exceptionally strong communicator: able to listen and build rapport. You are able to generate trust in you and in our work, and persuade people to give support.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills: experience successfully planning and managing multiple projects and relationships.
• Ability to think critically and creatively to solve problems.
• You take ownership of your work and you enjoy working collaboratively and contributing to a supportive team.

Desirable

• Experience of the English education system

Our offer

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you:

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager
• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays
• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate)
• Competitive salary rates
• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters.
• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development

How to apply

To apply for any of our vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website.

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality.

Unfortunately, due to the number of applications we receive at this stage we will not be able to contact unsuccessful applicants.

Please note, we will be moving to an exciting new office space in West London by the end of the year. Further details will be shared at interview and on appointment.

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Fundraising Executive

Every day brings new challenges for our client. Every day, over 600 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world.

It’s the ground-breaking research that our client has in common with Sparks, the children’s medical research charity, and the two charities came together in February 2017 to jointly fund only the highest quality of researchers all across the UK, and to respond to the severe underfunding in child health research.

Externally, Sparks’ charity number, brand and fundraising continues to be separate from that of our client charitys, but internally, they work in a completely integrated way, which has resulted in many benefits and opportunities for both charities.

Their staff help to raise vital funds for the hospital but are also in the unique position of representing both charities under the Charity Family banner. While the two charities live under the same roof, their fundraising activities and ways of working are different, and this gives their teams huge opportunity to think differently, innovate and play different roles in both charities abilities to reach their goals.

They have just entered an exciting new phase in Sparks’ fundraising history. One in three children with a rare condition won’t live to celebrate their fifth birthday. Their research can save their lives. A better future for critically ill children starts with you.

The No Time to Lose campaign is a four-year multichannel fundraising campaign providing a single, unifying £10m target and messaging for all forms of Sparks’ fundraising. Externally, this will provide the urgency supporters need to get involved, demonstrate the impact they can have more easily, and inspire them to talk about Sparks to their networks.

Position: Fundraising Executive
Location: WC1N, Central London
Job type: Full Time, 6 month Fixed Term Contract
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £Competitive

Closing date: Internal applications 5pm 20th November 2019
External applications: 5pm 11th December 2019

About the role:

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join the Challenge Events team on a 6 month fixed-term basis as a Fundraising Executive leading on Sparks activity. The post-holder will be responsible for delivering the current portfolio as well as being able to employ their creative side to help drive forward growth and innovation.

The role will also include delivery on some events, offering exposure and involvement across both charities.

About the team:

The Challenge Events team manages a diverse portfolio of third party mass participation events across both the Sparks and our client brands, including running, cycling, trekking and obstacle events. This is an exciting role with the opportunity to grow their existing events, while identifying new opportunities that can increase Sparks income and supporter base.

About you:

You will be a strong team player, a great communicator and a fundraiser who is happy taking ownership of all Sparks activity including project delivery and participant care. You will also be able to offer strategic input with a view to help drive growth through the marketing and engagement plans alongside the company portfolio.

Specifically, the ideal candidate will have:

- Experience of managing the development and delivery of a portfolio of third party challenge events.
- Proven ability to develop, deliver and manage marketing strategies, meeting or exceeding income and recruitment KPIs.
- The ability to manage multiple key projects across a team, balancing a diverse workload and seeking opportunities to increase efficiencies.
- Excellent supporter relationship skills, with proven experience of maximising supporter retention and delivering lifetime value.
- Confidence acting as a Sparks lead across the charity with an enterprising spirit able to push through innovations, new ways of working, and identify opportunities to grow Sparks income and supporter base.

Recently awarded with a ‘Best Companies 2-star accreditation' and placed number 17 on the 2019 Sunday Times Best 100 Not-for-Profit Companies list - they offer a range of attractive benefits including; a flexible approach to working, 30 days holiday, life assurance, enhanced employer pension contributions, and a discounted season ticket loan.

How to Apply:

Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete. You are encouraged to include a cover letter with your application, and should refer to the ‘Application and Interview FAQs’ on the career section of their website before you apply.

Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.

Due to the large number of applications they receive, they are unfortunately only able to inform shortlisted candidates of the outcome of their application. If you do not hear from them within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. If your application is not successful, they hope that you will not be discouraged and will still apply for other suitable vacancies in the future.

You may have experience of the following: Philanthropy Coordinator, Philanthropy Assistant, Philanthropy Executive, Philanthropy Officer, Fundraising Assistant, Fundraising Coordinator, Fundraising Administrator, Fundraising Executive, Fundraising, Fundraiser, Charity, Third Sector, Charities, Not for Profit, NFP, etc.

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