Our Partnerships and Development Manager will sit within the management team of High Trees, taking leadership to ensure the strategic ambitions of our existing partnerships (currently Building Young Brixton, Place for All and Lambeth Hubs) are realised, identifying and developing new partnerships and embedding these within High Trees. They will also be responsible for developing our strategy and relationships across the board – producing and executing a strategy to grow, develop and identify new relationships with CSR partners, other Lambeth based organisations and other potential stakeholders.
They will line manage our Partnerships team; Monitoring and Evaluations Officer and Communications Officer – taking the lead over our internal and external stakeholder relationships, ensuring the High Trees voice reaches those it needs to and all our work and communications is underpinned by robust monitoring, evaluation and reporting.
A key part of the role is focused on relationships – both external and internal – and the candidate will have the ability to communicate with ease with a wide and diverse range of individuals, easily building rapport and embodying High Trees ethos and values. The post holder will also play a key role in developing and implementing new fundraising strategies and sources for the organisation to support income diversification including traded services, sponsorship, and private donors, of both revenue and capital income streams.
Over the past 4 years each of the areas of responsibility (partnerships, monitoring and evaluation, communications and CSR) has had significant development and they all sit at the core of our 5 year organisational strategy. This post has been created, initially as a one year fixed term contract, to ensure these areas are now pulled together, have leadership at management level and can have an appropriate strategic and operational focus at this crucial time of organisational development.
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We are looking for four exceptional people to join us as trustees who can help ensure that we have a high performing Board during a period that we may end up looking back on as among the most crucial in our history.
We are hugely proud of the impact we have had on behalf of people affected by blood cancer. The £500 million we have invested in research over the last 60 years has saved many thousands of lives, and we are now in a position where the day we will beat blood cancer is finally in sight. But with the coronavirus crisis already having had a big impact on our income, it is more vital than ever that we have the strong strategic leadership to keep our mission to beat blood cancer on course.
As a Board, we know we need to become more diverse to better reflect the community we serve and share with us new ideas and opinions, so we would welcome approaches from the following:
- Individuals from black and ethnic minority communities.
- Younger people who may not have had previous board experience but have other experiences, for example: of committee work, associations and other team decision making experience.
- Individuals who have personally been affected by blood cancer who have the capacity to support us as a trustee
- Experience in the following fields would be of interest to us: Medical Research, Audit, and Finance.
- Individuals who have experience of information support for blood cancer patients and health policy.
- Influencers who have experience with fundraising and have celebrity or VIP connections that could be further explored.
- Members of a minority group through physical or cultural characteristics.
This is a challenging but very rewarding role and your contribution could assist the blood cancer community in a huge way.
If you would like an opportunity to make a difference and contribute in a positive way we would encourage you to apply to join us on our journey, please share with us your CV, along with a brief Cover Letter outlining your interest and how you feel you could add value to our cause.
If you would like to know more prior to applying please feel free to get in touch with Louise Keegan - Recruitment Officer at Blood Cancer UK for an informal discussion about this exciting opportunity.
The closing date for this opportunity is: Midday on Saturday, 31 October 2020.
Thank you for your interest in Blood Cancer UK and we very much look forward to hearing from you!
Please note: Should we be successful in our search for suitable individuals prior to the closing date we reserve the right to close this opportunity early.
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The twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss are the most serious issues of our time. In response to this, Earthwatch Europe, has developed an ambitious and impact-driven new strategy to help tackle these issues. It is an exciting time to work at Earthwatch Europe as we raise new funds to implement these plans.
We are looking for a motivated and organised individual to play an integral role in implementing the trusts and foundations fundraising strategy which has a challenging target of £500,000 in 2021. Next year Earthwatch will also celebrate 50 years of connecting people, science and nature, part of the celebrations will involve reconnecting with past donors and seeking new prospects as we look ahead to the next 50 years.
This is a unique opportunity for a bright individual who is seeking to develop their fundraising career with a pioneering environmental organisation. We require someone who rises to a challenge and who is confident to use their own initiative.
Working within the small yet busy Philanthropy Team, you will help support the Senior Manager and Director to investigate funding opportunities, keep records up-to-date, create reports for our funders and write funding applications. This role will help deliver an ongoing pipeline of funding applications and ensure that our applications stand out from the crowd.
Earthwatch is an environmental charity with science at its heart. We drive the change needed to live within our means and in balance with nature. We do this by:
• connecting people with the natural world
• monitoring the health of our natural resources
• informing the actions that will have the greatest positive impact
Role Purpose
To support Earthwatch fundraising activities by carrying out research into trusts and foundations, writing funding applications and reporting to funders on impact achieved.
Key deliverables
- Carry out research into grant-giving trusts and foundations
- Update existing databases of funders with funding opportunities for Earthwatch’s projects and programmes
- Support the development of a stewardship programme for existing grant making trusts and their trustees
- Help create impactful reports for funders of Earthwatch’s projects and programmes
- Assist the Senior Philanthropy Manager in writing and preparing proposals for funding
- Support contact management processes by entering data into a CRM system
- Help proofread larger-scale funding applications
- Support the Director by researching major donors and assisting with our events
- Help monitor and record the Philanthropy team’s activities against objectives
- Provide administrative support to the Philanthropy team
- Build strong relationships with other teams at Earthwatch including the Programmes Team in order to understand the work of the Charity and thus build a case for support
- Undertake any other duties which may be reasonably required within the scope and level of the position and contribute to wider activity and the overall success of the team
The above list of job deliverables is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope and level of the post
For a full Job Description, and to apply, please visit our website using the apply link.
Earthwatch is an international environmental charity.
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