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This role will be home based but with some days each month needed in our offices in Moorgate
Job Purpose
UK for UNHCR (UK4U), the UN Refugee Agency's national charity partner, is looking for a Senior Advisor, Private Philanthropy to join us at a crucial time in our development. As a start-up, we are a small but high performing team with big ambitions. This pivotal new role will work closely with the CEO, Board of Trustees and senior fundraising colleagues to lead our programme of High Net Worth (HNW) and Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) philanthropy.
Working alongside the UK4U fundraising team and UNHCR colleagues, this is an exciting opportunity to shape and lead the development of our philanthropy programme with HNW and UHNW individuals in the UK. This programme is a critical element of the charity’s new five-year strategy and will be closely supported by the CEO and an expanded Board of Trustees. You will not have line management responsibilities in the role, enabling you to focus your time on donor relationships and delivering bespoke engagement for our HNW/UHNW donors and prospects.
You will be an experienced philanthropy fundraiser, with demonstrated success in building relationships and raising six and seven-figure gifts from HNW/UHNW philanthropists in the UK. You will have experience of and be able to communicate and collaborate effectively with multiple stakeholders in a complex, multi-cultural environment. You will have a passion for the refugee cause and be highly motivated to grow our pipeline of HNW/UHNW prospects and establish those relationships for UK for UNHCR over the next few years. You will work closely with a growing PPH team in the charity, as well as with fundraising colleagues in UNHCR’s Private Sector Partnerships unit, Europe Region and national markets.
Who We Are And What We Do
United Kingdom for UNHCR is the United Nations Refugee Agency’s national charity partner for the United Kingdom. We generate public awareness of the plight of refugees and raise funds to help protect them through UNHCR’s humanitarian operations across the world.
Our supporters include UK private individuals, communities, corporate partners, trusts and foundations. The funds we raise help UNHCR deliver emergency relief such as shelter, medical care and basic supplies to people fleeing conflict and persecution, as well as healthcare, education and livelihoods opportunities for those who remain displaced over the long term.
Nobody chooses to be a refugee, but we can all play a part in their protection and we want those who work with us to share our values and passion for the cause.
We strongly value diversity and recognise that it is critical to our success and the cause that we serve. We are committed to providing an inclusive environment for all who work with us and strongly welcome applications from diverse backgrounds and those with lived experience of being a refugee, asylum seeker, internally displaced person or a stateless person.
We are also open to flexibility in many different ways, including flexible hours and the ability to work from home primarily if you wish, with some days each month in our office in London (Moorgate). Please speak to us about this at the interview stage, so we can explore what’s possible.
Role Responsibilities
- Lead in the identification, cultivation and stewardship of HNW, UHNW donors,prospects and those who could be influential in securing high level gifts for UK for UNHCR;
- Oversee UK4U’s strategy for HNW and UHNW fundraising, focusing on the priority streams identified in the charity’s new five-year strategy as well as adding new ones over time;
- Personally manage a pipeline and portfolio of prospects and donors with with the aim of securing gifts of six and seven-figure gifts;
- Work in tandem with UK4U’s Head of Major Donors and Trusts, Director of Fundraising, UNHCR’s Head of Private Philanthropy and other fundraising colleagues to deliver integrated relationship management of donors and prospects;
- Strategically utilise the CEO, Board Chair, Board Trustees and senior UNHCR colleagues to advance donor relationships;
- Identify and develop appropriate cultivation and stewardship events, liaising with UK for UNHCR and UNHCR colleagues for input;
- Ensure a prompt strategic and tactical response to HNW/UHNW donors and prospects in the event of humanitarian emergencies;
- Ensure database records are up-to-date, accurate and GDPR compliant;
- Work within UK4U’s and UNHCR’s due diligence policy and processes;
- Ensure accurate income recording and earmarking procedures to facilitate financial reporting.
Personal Attributes & Experience
Essential Experience
- Senior level experience working with HNWIs and UHNWIs, leading them from identification to giving annual and multi-year gifts of six and seven figures;
- Experience of working alongside and supporting Board members and senior staff to identify and cultivate prospects and influencers;
- Experience in creating 3-5 year strategies and annual plans for HNW/UHNWI, which include KPIs;
- Experience of identifying potential HNW/UHNW donors, qualifying prospects and managing and growing a high level prospect pipeline;
- Experience of working with multiple stakeholders in a complex, multi-cultural environment;
- Experience of creating high quality, high level donor events and engagements;
- Experience of using Salesforce or similar CRM products/fundraising databases.
Essential Skills/Knowledge
- Excellent stakeholder and relationship management skills;
- Ability to communicate complex themes and subjects in a compelling and engaging way in writing and verbally;
- Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to motivate and engage HNW/UHNW donors and prospects in the cause;
- Knowledge and understanding of how to use influencers and connectors in the most effective way for the benefit of UK for UNHCR and the wider UNHCR organisation;
- Ability to be flexible and work in a fast-moving environment, leading on a wide range of tasks and projects simultaneously;
- Knowledge of tax efficient giving in the UK and current GDPR legislation and other regulatory compliance issues;
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
Desirable Skills/Experience
- Knowledge of the UN structure, working culture and ethics/ working in a global organisation;
- Knowledge of Islamic Philanthropy and experience of fundraising in the British Muslim charitable sector;
- Experience of working with colleagues of varying levels of experience and knowledge around the subject of private philanthropy.
To apply please submit your CV and a covering letter. Please note that applications which are just generic cover letters or CVs without covering letters will not be considered. Candidates selected for an interview will be contacted by Wednesday 7th July. Interviews will be held w/c 12th July and w/c 19th July.
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We have an exciting opportunity for someone committed to working with community members and people with lived experience to support their initiatives and ideas related to death dying and loss.
Based in the Community Action Team at St Christopher’s Hospice, the Community Practice Development Lead will be a key part of our work on societal change, developing community-based projects which explore new modes of care for others and ourselves at the end of life, and build confidence for a range of community members in end of life processes and planning.
To succeed in this role, you will:
- Ensure that the way we do things is participatory, shares leadership and looks for opportunities across all our work to enable community members and citizens in End of Life issues.
- Have a passion for working with people to support their initiatives and ideas and build strong relationships with them.
- Support people with lived experience to address their own ambitions for helping themselves and each other.
- Be committed to societal change and of working together to take new approaches to seemingly entrenched challenges.
- Comfortable and reflexive about changing power and leadership in healthcare and keen to learn and help others understand the potential of these approaches.
- Able to explore and work with people at the end of life and death, dying and loss, and appreciate intersectional experiences of life, death and loss.
About us
We are a world-leading hospice aspiring to a world in which all dying people and those close to them have access to care and support, whenever and wherever they need it. St Christopher’s Hospice was founded in 1967 by Dame Cicely Saunders and formed part of the modern hospice movement. Proudly celebrating over 50 years and with a turnover of over £20 million, we provide invaluable care and support to over 7,500 people across the five London Boroughs of Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark. We seek to work in partnership with communities to find ways to respond to societal need and create change, and to develop a mutual response to a population which is living with growing challenges.
Please note that this post is being offered on a 3-year Fixed Term Contract, and there will be an opportunity for flexibility regarding work hours.
St Christopher’s is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, faith and religion, disability and age, although we are underrepresented across the organisation with BAME and LGBT employees, and thus we encourage applications from these groups.
Benefits of joining St Christopher’s
- You will gain a stimulating and rewarding role with an opportunity to influence and make a real difference in the community
- Access to excellent training and development opportunities
- Season ticket loans
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- A number of health and wellbeing schemes
- A competitive contributory pension scheme and life assurance scheme with generous beneficiary plan
- An onsite staff canteen
- Access to plenty of free local street parking
Closing Date: 4th July 2021 at Midnight
Interview Date: TBC
In the event we receive a high amount of applications, we reserve the right to close the job earlier than the initial closing date.
Prospectus is delighted to be partnering with Age UK Kensington & Chelsea, an independent, local charity supporting older people to remain connected within their community. They offer a range of different services designed with the views and preferences of their service users at the forefront; from Integrated Health Teams and Social Prescribing, to befriending, to dementia support, to combatting loneliness and isolation, to Information and Advice, practical help and homecare, to Digital Inclusion. They also offer Social Prescribing to people over the age of 18 via their trading arm, Age United. They are now recruiting for an Operations Manager to oversee their integrated health and social prescribing services.
Reporting up to the Director of Services, you will provide leadership across two of Age UK K&C's teams; My Care My Way (MCMW), an exciting integrated care service, providing additional support for older adults in GP practices, and Social Prescribing Link Workers (SPLW), a new community-connector service for over 18s embedded across five Primary Care Networks. You will ensure that outcomes for both services are achieved through effective management practices and will motivate and support staff to build long term and sustainable relationships within the GP practices in which they are located. You will work alongside the Director of Services in providing strategic oversight for both services, and will contribute to the development and maintenance of systems to improve service delivery and ensure consistent quality of care.
To apply for this role you will have significant experience of managing and developing frontline teams across the health, social and voluntary sector. You will have significant experience of working with and supporting older people, as well as an understanding of the health and wider social issues affecting them. You will have demonstrable experience of working within primary care, and alongside clinical leads and senior staff. Overall, you will be a strong project manager, skilled at monitoring and evaluating services, and working to ensure the highest quality of service provision for all beneficiaries.
Please initially apply by submitting your CV in Word format (cover letters are not required at this stage). Successful candidates will then be contacted and provided with further information.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.
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About the Role
Camphill Village Trust is looking for a General Manager for our Delrow Community that has vision and leadership and the ability to create a team and has the energy and resilience to get things done.
You will be responsible for the delivery of the care and support to around 50 people with learning and other disabilities and 75 plus people attending day opportunities workshops alongside the wider estate including liaising with the relevant colleagues around property, land and gardens. A Care and Support Manager, who holds the Registered Managers status, and a Day Opportunities Manager will support you as part of your management team.
As a member of the leadership team, you will engage in new and upcoming projects to drive up quality standards and contribute to Camphill Village Trust’s bold strategy and vision that reaches out to more people, builds new connections while remaining sustainable within the sector’s financial context.
To be successful in this role you will need experience of managing care and support services, but this is just the starting point. You will be a confident leader that can motivate your team to deliver high quality services and have the creativity to see beyond the norm.Communicating and managing change will be part of your strengths to deliver the change agenda in line with the strategic direction of the Trust.
The people we support will be at the heart of what you believe and do - ensuring a life of opportunity.
Interview Date: 28 June 2021
Age UK Wandsworth is an independent charity that works to promote the well-being of all older people in the London Borough of Wandsworth. This is a brand new role, funded by the Armed Forces Covenant Trust, to start up and deliver indoor and outdoor activities (e.g. coffee mornings, board games, park walks, photography). We are searching for a self-starter who has excellent communication, organisational and customer-service experience and wants to make a difference to the older veterans in our local community.
What we can offer:
- A warm welcome from our small and friendly team of staff and volunteers and our hypo-allergenic office dog.
- The opportunity to be on the “front line” and really make a difference to the lives of older veterans in Wandsworth.
- A busy work place where no day is ever the same.
- An experienced leadership team who believe in the value of personal and professional development. We will provide training on our services and in areas such as safeguarding and GDPR.
You will:
- Have experience of organising activities/events, ideally with vulnerable groups. Be a “connector”, who enjoys chatting with and bringing people together.
- Be comfortable organising and taking part in outdoor activities in all weather conditions, i.e. have the mindset that there is no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.
- Be competent in Microsoft Office Applications, including Excel and Word. Experience using other bespoke IT systems, e.g. databases, would be beneficial to your application, but we can offer training in this area. You will need to be IT literate to manage client data and reporting schedules.
- Have a positive “can-do” attitude, excellent time-management and be an excellent communicator who approach challenges with enthusiasm.
Age UK Wandsworth is committed to safeguarding all those in our care. All offers are subject to satisfactory references and DBS check. CVs will not be considered. You can download an application pack, which includes a job description and person specification, from our website.
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