Are you looking for a role where your talents as an experienced fundraising professional can benefit tens of thousands of families raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people?

Family Fund is the UK’s largest charity providing grants for families raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people – providing over 88,000 grants and services worth over £33 million last year.

As Fundraising and Volunteering Manager, you will be responsible for the delivery of the fundraising strategy in key areas (including events, community and individual giving) and engaging the organisation in the development of volunteering to support organisational needs. You will coordinate the fundraising and volunteering team to support income growth and providing the best supporter experience for volunteers and fundraisers.

You will expand current fundraising and volunteering activity to create new opportunities for Family Fund, promoting the organisation with creativity and credibility to potential supporters. You will also attend networking events and manage senior relationships to support volunteering and fundraising activity, developing and sharing ideas to input into the strategic direction of fundraising.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Supporting the development of the Individual Giving Strategy and managing existing individual giving activities, seeking to understand trends and opportunities for growth.
• Managing the delivery of larger fundraising events and special events, such as dinners, with the support of the fundraising and volunteering team. Providing hands on direction and support to ensure the team achieve agreed targets.
• Ensuring compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation, Data Protection Law and charity law specific to fundraising.

Educated to degree level or with equivalent experience, you will have excellent networking and collaboration skills with the ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders. Your influential writing and exceptional document presentation skills compliment your proven ability to research and identify appropriate fundraising opportunities. With an open and participative working style, you are a great team player and able handle pressure and to work to tight deadlines.

This post is based in York with occasional travel throughout the UK.

If this describes you and your career aspirations, please click the APPLY button to submit a persuasive covering letter and CV.

For more information please visit the Family Fund website. 

Closing date for applications is 15th November 2019.

Family Fund is positive about disabled people and so all disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the minimum requirements for the role will be asked to attend interview.

The successful applicant will join the safeguarding team within the Diocese of Leeds.  The main purpose of this post is to support the implementation of the highest standard of safeguarding practice to ensure that a safe environment is provided for children, young people and adults who may be at risk.

This post will involve working with a team of safeguarding volunteers and clergy to enable communities to understand and implement safeguarding policies and procedures as defined by the Catholic Safeguarding Advisory Service.

The post holder will have an administrative base in the Leeds Diocesan Trust Safeguarding Office. The majority of the work will involve providing support to volunteers and the wider church community throughout the Diocese of Leeds. This will involve working at evenings and weekends.

We are a thriving local charity in York (1159188) providing a varied range of services that help people live well with sight loss.

We require a dynamic person to help us to generate funds and build partnerships with the Private Sector and develop a long term strategy for corporate giving. You will need to recruit and support a team of volunteers and plan and develop high quality community events to raise funds.

Flexible hours are available and voluntary sector experience may not be necessary.

Working closely with our Trusts & Foundations Fundraising Manager, you will be responsible for developing first class trust applications, building relationships with current trust funders and researching new leads. You will develop applications for large foundations and corporate trusts as well as smaller family trusts.

The successful candidate will have:

• A proven track record in securing funds from trusts and foundations
• Confidence in writing creative and targeted fundraising bids
• Confidence in building relationships over the phone, via email and face to face
• A determined and pro-active approach to fundraising
• An interest in our life-saving work with a desire to help all those affected by primary bone cancer
• A ‘self-starter’ attitude who can proactively work alone or as part of a team

Recruitment process

1. Application forms and CV’s submitted by COP Friday 1st November
2. Telephone interviews W/C 4th November
3. Face to face interviews W/C 11th November
4. Role start date: Thursday 2nd January

We are looking to recruit to the exciting post of Service Quality Officer, 0.5 FTE, within the Service Development team until March 2020.

You will be part of a dynamic team working with 350 debt advisors based in over 130 advice agencies delivering a large debt advice project in England and Wales.

You will have a massive contribution to the success of the project by monitoring and improving the quality of debt advice delivered.

This busy and varied role will not only test your influencing and negotiating skills, but provide the opportunity to work with a variety of originations and individuals. 

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

Both internal and external candidates are required to complete an online application form using the job pack, identifying their experience against the essential and desirable criteria. 

Department: Expert Advice Team

Contract Duration: 12 months

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

We’re looking for a Business Support Officer to manage our two Business Support Administrators and support teams within the Advice & Advocacy Directorate. This is a great opportunity to use your administrative skills, management experience and previous project work to assist with our policy development, advice giving and advocacy.

You’ll be working in a fast moving environment where the work is varied, so you’ll need to be flexible and have a proactive approach to problem solving, good organisational and excellent IT skills. You’ll be responsible for managing the workload of the Admin Function, prioritising and dealing with stakeholders requirements.

You’ll be the first point of contact for people who need help with a wide range of tasks and will support with admin tasks like booking transport, processing finances, assisting with the organisation of meetings/events and coordinate a variety of project work.

If you would enjoy providing admin and project support in a fast-paced environment in our friendly division and have excellent communication skills we look forward to hearing from you. 

This is a fixed term 12 month position. The role is full-time and the salary is £24,654 + London weighting of £3,520 if applicable.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

Interview date: 06/11/2019

Contract Type: Fixed Term 12 months (with the possibility of an extension)

Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week

Location: Can be based in any of our Trust offices

This role is known as Innovation Product Manager in The Prince's Trust 

As our Innovation Product Manager you will work with the Innovation team and will be responsible for supporting innovation projects during this exciting period of growth for Prince's Trust. The role will play a key role in helping us find our next big innovation.

You'll be required to collect feedback from users and analyse data to ensure product development work delivers benefits to both the business and end user.

Our Innovation Manager will:

• -Maintain effective performance in difficult and challenging circumstances, encouraging others to do the same
• -Review,challenge and adjust performance levels to ensure quality outcomes are delivered on time rewarding success
• -Have experience producing MVP products and presenting
• -Knowledge in product management, evolving and iterating products within a multi-disciplinary organisation

This is a fixed term role for 12 months with the possibility of extension and can be based in any UK Trust office. To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

About The Prince's Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince's Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince's Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

11 month fixed term contract

Introduction

We are looking for an experienced Divisional Director with expertise in developing and managing services for people with a learning disability, to cover an 11month secondment. The successful applicant will have extensive knowledge and experience of delivering quality Supported Living and Shared Living services to people with complex and physical support needs in a variety of accommodation.

You will be responsible for overseeing all our service across Yorkshire and deliver further growth and development in the division.

About Us

Affinity Trust are a national social care charity dedicated to providing high quality, personalised support to adults with learning disabilities.  The people we support all have a learning disability but many also have associated health needs, dementia, physical disabilities, profound and multiple learning disability, mental health needs or behaviours that may challenge. 

At Affinity Trust our values are incredibly important to us, we are; committed, reliable, honest & open, respectful and inclusive in how we value diversity and all our staff are dedicated to bringing these values to life every day. We are looking for a values driven, person who is passionate about improving peoples lives.

We are an equal opportunities employer that promotes diversity within our workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of sexual orientation, race, age, gender, disability, religion or belief.

Skills & Experience

To be successful, you will need to be a strong leader with a track record in delivering positive outcomes for people with learning disabilities, often with complex needs. This will be coupled with strong business skills to manage this new contract.

We are looking for someone with excellent networking skills, so you will need to be a good negotiator, with strong relationship building skills and an excellent communicator. You will need proven experience of developing and supporting people in their own homes across a large geographical area and in a number of different locations, with a clear vision on how to establish and maintain high standards and a passion for delivering quality support that is values driven. You will also need to have proven budget management skills. Your ability to achieve results through effective teams and staff engagement will be paramount in maintaining Affinity Trust’s reputation as a quality provider and making a positive difference to the lives of the people we support.

A full clean driving licence is also required and the ability to travel to areas often not accessible by public transport due to the need to visit people we support and attend meetings in other regions.

This is a challenging, yet rewarding role and is an opportunity for you to develop and deliver quality support to people through positive staff engagement and team work. Ongoing training is provided to enable you to maintain and develop your skills and knowledge.

Benefits

As well as knowing that what you do is making a positive difference to people's lives, we offer a comprehensive benefits package as follows: 

• 25 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays)*
• Access to our online discount portal, which we call affinity4you, that offers discounts off shopping, holidays, cinemas, days out and gym membership
• Competitive pension scheme (we will match contributions up to 6%)
• Employee Assistance programme (a 24 hr helpline to support you through any of life's issues or problems along with access to an online wellbeing portal)
• Occupational Health support
• Fantastic training and development tailored to support you as an individual 
• Paid for DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service)
• Refer a friend scheme 

*pro rata for part time staff

This post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check which will be provided by Affinity Trust.

Interview will be held in Leeds on 28th October 2019

We are now recruiting for our Spear Graduate Coach Training Programme starting in late August 2020 - a paid, dynamic, one year opportunity to develop coaching and leadership skills, and at the same time have an impact on the local community.

Join our experienced and passionate team of Coaches who work together to equip and empower unemployed 16 – 24 year olds to overcome disadvantage and move into sustainable work or further education.

You will receive intensive leadership and management training delivered by our professional Coaches and build coaching skills through working on the front line with vulnerable young people, and at the same time be part of the church team and developed in Christian leadership. 

The Spear programme is run in partnership with local churches, giving you the opportunity to be part of a thriving church team as well as receiving outstanding coaching support from Resurgo. In most cases you will be employed by the church, and a level of church commitment is therefore required.

This opportunity is well suited to someone with a vision for engaging in social impact, looking to develop your career in the charity sector, or looking for a career change. 

In 2017 Resurgo won the Princess Royal Training Awards which honours employers that have created outstanding training and skills development programmes.

Please see our website as well as the attached job description for further information, and head to our jobs portal to apply.

Job title: Community Fundraiser
Region: Barnsley, Doncaster & Wakefield
Directorate: Fundraising
Contract: Home Based, Permanent Full Time – 35 hours per week
Salary: £25,469 per annum

About The Royal British Legion
The Legion is at the heart of a national network that supports our Armed Forces community through thick and thin – ensuring their unique contribution is never forgotten. We’ve been here since 1921 and we’ll be here as long as they need us.

Our Values and Behaviours
Does the following describe you?
- A desire to provide a great customer service and support
- Enjoy and thrive in working in teams and with others
- Passionate about supporting the Armed Forces community and honouring their contribution
- Come to work each day to be the best you can and to learn and develop
- An encourager, eager to share your knowledge and experience to help others

If so then we would like you hear from you ….

The Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic and commercially minded professional with previous experience of paid or voluntary fundraising and business development, to work in partnership with and support local staff and dedicated front-line volunteers, to raise the profile of the Poppy Appeal and to maximise income generated in this geographical region.

The position is home based, and the successful applicant will be expected to live within the Barnsley, Doncaster & Wakefield area.

Highly motivated and with excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills, you’ll be experienced in building effective relationships and developing commercial opportunities with key corporate and community stakeholders. You will have proven experience of working closely with volunteers, be able to recruit, develop and motivate them as well as experience in recruiting the support of and developing relationships with local businesses using your influential yet collaborative style.

Knowledge of the Armed Forces would be an advantage, but it is essential that you have a full driving licence with access to a car and that you are adaptable in your approach, with the flexibility to work some evenings and weekends when necessary.

A full driving licence and use of a car is essential for this role.

How to Apply
Please apply by clicking 'Apply Online'

The closing date for this role is Wednesday 30th October 2019

Interviews will be held during the week commencing 11th November 2019 at our Leeds Office, 73-75 Albion St, LS1 5AA

As Finance Manager, you will be a highly capable accountant bringing leadership to the operational running of TLG’s finance function. As a strong team leader, the Finance Manager plays a key role in leading a finance team who are excited about enabling the local church to make a difference in the lives of struggling children and families and who are equipped and empowered to bring financial leadership across the charity.

You will have clear systematic thinking and resolute leadership will be essential to influence and support the implementation of system changes needed to enable financial management in an increasingly complex organisation. You will support the Director of Finance to drive efficiencies throughout the organisation and will be critical friend in playing a crucial role in applying rigorous methodology across the Finance department.

As a member of TLG’s wider leadership group, the Finance Manager will also play a key role in the organisation’s wider business development, including TLG’s commercial subsidiary Hope Park Business Centres. This exciting role will work externally, connecting key stakeholders and managing relationships across TLG. This will include close interactions with TLG’s Church Partners & Proprietors, offering financial advice & guidance that are in line with TLG’s culture and processes.

We are looking for individuals with a strong and vibrant Christian faith and as part of our commitment to safeguarding, the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS.

Telephone interviews will take place on Wednesday 30th October. Formal interviews will take place on Thursday 7th November.

In 2019, TLG were named the best charity to work for in the UK by the prestigious Sunday Times Best Not-for Profit Organisations to Work For!

As one of the fastest growing Christian charities out there we are continually on the lookout for great people to join our vision. An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Recruitment & Talent Coordinator to join TLG. This new opportunity is all about finding exceptional people for our team, people bursting with passion and energy to help struggling children across the UK.

This pivotal role will help TLG to focus on recruiting diverse and outstanding talent for all TLG vacancies, accelerating our position in the market as one of the most exciting national charities to work for.

We are not necessarily looking for an ‘expert’ in recruitment, but someone who gets the importance of finding great people for TLG to achieve its vision. We’re interested in how candidates’ experiences or transferable skills will help us deliver on our objectives – so a combination of investigative skills, relational influence and insightful judgement will go far in this new role.

We are looking for individuals with a strong and vibrant Christian faith. As part of our commitment to safeguarding, the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS.

Hours: Negotiable. 22.5-37.5 hours per week (including occasional evening and weekend work)
Location: TLG National Support Centre, West Yorkshire
Closing: 5pm, Friday 25th October 2019
Interviews: The date of telephone interviews & formal interviews is TBC

Fixed Term Contract until 31st March 2021
£19,847 - £23,350 (please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale and consideration will be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual)
St Giles Office in Leeds

Are you a driven, positive and highly organised individual with natural people skills? Then join St Giles Trust as a Trainer Assessor and you will be embarking on a highly rewarding and career-enhancing position.

About us

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

We firmly believe that Peer Advisors bring something special to our services, increasing engagement, having more time to spend with clients and becoming role models to their peers. The Trust makes a strong commitment to our Peer Advisors so that they too are supported on their own journey, and our Peer Advisors have an excellent record in progressing into work.

About this key role

You will provide a high level service to individuals with lived experience whilst working towards their NVQ Level 3 in Advice and Guidance.  You will engage and support individual to achieve their qualification and progress onto further opportunities and sustainable employment.  You will also work as part of a larger Trainer Assessor Team which is at the heart of the Peer Advisor Network ensuring excellent standards are maintained in terms of qualification delivery.

You will be responsible for supporting our Peer Advisors throughout their training and as their journey progresses on to securing employment.  You will work as part of a wider Hub Team that provide work placement co-ordination and employment support.  You will be required to work closely with other organisations who host work placement to build and maintain excellent working relationships.

To secure this exciting opportunity, you must have:

• Experience of supervising, supporting and providing guidance to staff
• A relevant Assessors qualification, or be working towards this
• A Level 3 Award in Education and Training or equivalent teaching qualification, plus a Level 3 Award in Advice and Guidance or equivalent experience in the field
• A proven track record in supporting clients into employment and achieving employment targets
• Experience of delivering creative training to disadvantaged learners
• Strong IT, organisational and time-management skills
• Calm, flexible and adaptable, you must be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written
• Sympathy with the aims and ethos of St Giles as an organisation

In return, you can expect a competitive salary and generous leave allowance, staff pension scheme, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, season ticket loan and much more besides.

For further information, or to apply, please visit our website via the ‘Apply’ button.

Closing date: 11pm, 28th October 2019. Interviews: 11th November 2019

The Royal Armouries is the United Kingdom’s national museum of arms and armour, and one of the most important museums of its type in the world.  The collection is housed in three museums in the UK: its original home, the Tower of London, Fort Nelson, a restored Victorian fort and our purpose-built museum in Leeds.

We are looking for an experienced Corporate Partnerships Manager to deliver a new strategy to maximise income from corporate sponsorship and corporate membership.  This is an important role with the opportunity to make a critical contribution to Royal Armouries' business plan over the next 5-10 years, our public engagement strategy and exciting plans for the future re-development of the museum.

The successful applicant will report into the Head of Development and be responsible for identifying prospects, managing and delivering sponsorships and building long-term mutually beneficial relationships with supporters to ensure that the museum's public programme and capital masterplan are delivered, and that unrestricted income targets are met.  This is a target-driven post in a small team which will involve working closely with colleagues in the Development team and across the organisation.

We expect that you will be able to demonstrate a proven track record in a similar role within a fundraising environment.  Experience of managing relationships with sponsors and delivering excellent stewardship is essential.  You must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills - both written and verbal - and highly developed persuading and influencing skills.  Experience of organising successful and imaginative events is also important.

In return, we offer a good benefits package including generous annual leave allowance and the opportunity to work in a fantastic heritage attraction with the chance to travel to the Tower of London and Fort Nelson in Hampshire.

This post is full time working 37.5 hours per week, 5 days out of 7 based at Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds.  Evening, weekend and Bank Holiday working may be required.

A Police check will be requested in the event of a successful application. Please refer to the job description for the level of check required. A criminal record would not necessarily be a bar to employment.

Please note you will need to download an application form as directed and upload it via our recruitment system in the space provided.  We cannot accept CVs in place of an application form.

Closing date: 1st November 2019 (noon)

Interviews: W/C 5th November 2019