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We are looking for an ambitious fundraiser to join us in the role of Head of Regular Giving where you will be part of a dynamic, innovative and supportive team delivering on some of Cambridge University Boat Club’s significant fundraising priorities.
This is an exciting time in our history as the high-performance rowing programmes at Cambridge came together into one club in 2020. We are working in an unprecedently close way with the University of Cambridge Development and Alumni Relations Office to ensure a sustainable future for our Club and the institution of the Boat Races.
To be successful in this role you will have a strong background in growing individual giving programmes across a diverse range of channels online and offline. You will have proven experience of implementing fundraising strategies with a significant income track record. You will have a sound knowledge of fundraising regulation and an awareness of the HE regular giving landscape and the challenges it faces. You will also have a deep understanding of supporter journeys and how to ensure donor engagement is maximised.
You will be innovative and confident in building and developing relationships. You will also be a strong team player who is able to collaborate closely with colleagues to identify opportunities as they arise.
This position is an exciting opportunity for someone who is results-oriented, has a flexible and innovative approach to their work and would relish the diversity and strength of the Cambridge University Boat Club and the Cambridge University environment. We have extraordinary aspirations and know we can make these a reality – come and be a part of our team.
The closing date for this position is Wednesday 24 March 2021.
First round interviews for this position are anticipated to take place week commencing 29 March 2021.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) supports families and cares for children and young people with life threatening conditions across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.
Community Fundraising Assistant
Location: Milton Hospice, Cambridge
Hours: Full-time 37.5 hours per week
Salary: circa £18,500 per annum
EACH are looking for a Community Fundraising Assistant to join our Community Fundraising Team.
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to work closely with the Community Fundraisers and assist in all activities to support the Fundraising strategy, to maximise income and increase the number of Community supporters and opportunities. This includes maintaining and developing relationships with existing supporters and supporting the acquisition of new supporters and opportunities. You will support the development of volunteer networks and fundraising groups across the county. You will also support the Community Fundraisers with administration, research and stewarding opportunities.
We’re looking for a creative, pro-active, team player who has great attention to detail and is passionate about fundraising.
Closing date: Tuesday 9th March
Interviews: Wednesday 24th March
If you would like find out more about this position and to complete the online application process, please click the apply button to be directed to our website.
This post is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check prior to appointment.
EACH is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications for all sections of the community.
No agencies please.
Sense is looking for an experienced Community Fundraising Manager to join our team to work with and find new supporters within the London and East of England region. This is a full time role working 37.5 hours per week.
Job Title: Community Fundraising Manager
Ref: 45026
Location: Homeworking, Cambridge
Salary: £30,028 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, full time
Contract type: Permanent
About the role
The role will be home based in the East of England area, supporting fundraisers locally as well as our shops and key services in the region. We will expect the right candidate to be willing to travel within the region, building strong relationships and tailoring the support for local businesses, individuals and groups.
Our key services in this region are based in North London, Cambridge and Luton.
You will be joining a supportive team that works across regions and income streams to deliver the best possible experience for our growing number of supporters.
The Community and Events teams meet regularly and so travel will be required on a monthly basis to either our Head Office in London (King’s Cross) or our offices in Birmingham (Selly Oak).
About you
We are looking for an enthusiastic, ambitious and engaging person who will help to proactively grow our income and develop excellent supporter relationship. You will have great communication skills and feel confident in speaking to people over the phone and in person, including giving presentations to current and prospective supporters. You will be self-motivated and ideally have experience of and be comfortable working within a remotely based team from home.
You will also have a strong track record of meeting and exceeding targets and of working with income budgets including forecasting and mitigation planning.
This role will require access to a car and a full UK driving license and team members are reimbursed for their mileage. You will also be required to work evenings and weekends when necessary but will receive time off in lieu of this.
About Sense
For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world.
We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.
Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.
Closing date: Sunday 7 March 2021
Interview date: To be confirmed.
How to apply
Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our website, where you can find further information about the role and apply online.
No agencies please.
Fundraising Officer
Reference: FEB20211421
Location: Flexible
Salary: £21,718.00 - £24,294.00 Pro Rata
Benefits: Pension, Annual Leave, Life Assurance
Duration: 6 Months
Do you have the passion, drive, professionalism and enthusiasm to raise funds for the RSPB?
The England team is recruiting for someone to join our dedicated team of fundraisers. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills in fundraising and project management. If you have enthusiasm for the work of the RSPB and can demonstrate your talents and transferable skills for fundraising, we would like to hear from you.
We are looking for an individual who is super organised, self-confident, friendly, energetic and helpful. You will be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and enjoy getting things done whilst working as part of a team. With a keen eye for detail, you are confident managing financial and other numeric information. You are a persuasive and versatile writer. You are confident in presenting your case in 1-2-1 or small group situations. You have a proven ability to manage competing priorities to tight deadlines.
In this role, you will need to:
- Identify potential external funding sources and match these to agreed priority work on our nature reserves, projects and core work, as allocated by the Fundraising Manager, in support of RSPB’s aim to save nature
- Complete funding bids tailored to external funding bodies in order to secure income to fund and grow RSPB work. Working with HQ and region/ country colleagues, ensure our funders have an excellent supporter experience with us and raise their awareness and understanding of RSPB
- Identify the requirements of our funders, including communications requirements and manage the delivery of any funding conditions to optimise opportunities and build effective relationships
- Monitor and ensure accurate administration of funding, in line with the teamwork programme and the RSPB’s project management framework to ensure effective governance and transparency
- Produce regular reports to assess progress and action needed against KPIs to ensure agreed annual performance targets are met
- Ensure funder engagement activity is correctly branded, represents our organisational values and follows governance guidelines to build a strong reputation and brand for the RSPB
- Plan and attend appropriate meetings and events in order to manage funder and partner relationships and advocate the work of the RSPB to grow support in order to save nature
Essential skills, knowledge & experience:
- A-level education or equivalent
- GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
- Understanding of fundraising (grants, trusts, businesses) and donor and supporter motivations
- Understanding of and application of project management
- Proven experience in fundraising/ sales and delivering to income targets
- Proven excellent writing skills
- Able to interpret complex information and communicate it simply to target audiences
- Persuasive communicator and negotiator with the ability to influence
- Able to work under own initiative, with the confidence to ask for support and direction where needed
- Solutions-focused approach, with the ability to overcome setbacks in order to get the right outcome for the RSPB
- Able to organise oneself effectively and prioritise work in order to get the right things done
- Able to deliver a high level of customer service to a variety of audiences
- Competent user of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Proven experience of relationship development in an outward facing role in the not for profit or private sector.
- Proven experience of working as part of a team.
Desirable skills, knowledge & experience:
- Degree or equivalent
- Professional or academic qualification in fundraising
- Experience of working with volunteers
- Understanding of the charity sector and associated fundraising techniques
- Interest in, knowledge of, and passion for nature
Closing date: 23:59, 18 March 2021
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 our website where you can complete your application for this position.
No agencies please.
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) supports families and cares for children and young people with life threatening conditions across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.
Corporate Fundraising Assistant
Location: Milton Hospice, Cambridge / work from home
Hours: Full-Time 37.5 hours per week
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: circa £19,000 per annum
An exciting opportunity has arisen to support the Corporate Fundraiser in Cambridge. To assist with maintaining and developing relationships with existing corporate supporters and building a network of new supporters.
We are looking for a Fundraising Assistant with experience of:
- Meeting targets
- Being in a professional role; mixing with a variety of people in business and social situations.
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Corporate charity experience (preferred)
This position will be based at our Milton hospice and will also include some home working.
Closing date: Wednesday 10th March
Interviews: Thursday 18th March
If you would like find out more about this position and to complete the online application process, please click the apply button to be directed to our website.
This post is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check prior to appointment.
EACH is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications for all sections of the community. EACH reserves the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a sufficient number of applications.
No agencies please.
Fundraising Engagement Manager
You will join our dynamic team as an ambitious fundraising relationship manager and help us fight for young lives against cancer.
As a Fundraising Engagement Manager you will maximise income and awareness for CLIC Sargent by supporting and developing regional fundraising activity across the East Anglia, Cambs and Beds area.
Fundraising Engagement Manager Responsibilities:
You will achieve ambitious targets by generating and managing fantastic supporter relationships, proactively building pipelines, and securing new business.
You’ll be responsible for generating income from corporate partners and community supporters. You will recruit, retain, motivate, and develop fundraising groups and volunteers. This position offers an exciting opportunity to help deliver our national partnership with Morrisons and play a key role in delivering national campaigns.
Fundraising Engagement Manager Requirements:
The successful candidate will have a proven track record in fundraising or relationship management and generating new business to meet income targets. You’ll be an influential negotiator with highly engaging communication, presentation, networking and relationship building skills. You will be self-motivated and action focused with excellent time management skills.
You will need to:
• Have a full UK driving licence and access to a car.
• Have a sufficient Broadband connection as this role is home based.
• Live in either East Anglia, Cambridgeshire or Bedfordshire. Candidates who live outside of the local authority should highlight an intention to relocate to the area in their covering letter for their application to be considered.
About CLIC Sargent:
Today, 12 children and young people in the UK hear the shocking news they have cancer. CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, and their families, offering them care and support every step of the way. You can be a part of helping them live their life to the full.
Cancer doesn’t discriminate and neither does CLIC Sargent.
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Location: Homebased – South East England
Job type: The role is advertised as full-time (35 hours) but part-time could be considered for the right candidate.
Salary: £27,531 per annum
Closing Date: 28 February 2021
Interview Date: 9 March 2021
You may have experience of the following: Fundraising Engagement Manager, Fundraising Manager, Fundraiser, Engagement Manager, Fundraising Executive, Fundraising Officer, Fundraising Assistant, Fundraising Administrator, Sales Executive, Business Development, Charity, Third Sector, NFP, etc.
Ref: 96937
Major Supporters Fundraising Assistant
Location: Flexible – Norfolk or Cambridge office
Salary: £18,500 per annum, pro rata
Hours: Part-Time, 3 days per week (working days to be agreed upon offer)
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) supports families and cares for children and young people with life threatening conditions across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.
EACH are looking for a Major Supporters Fundraising Assistant to join our small dedicated team.
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to work closely with the Major Supporter Fundraiser and assist in all activities to support the Fundraising strategy, to maximise income and increase the number of Mid and High Value supporters and opportunities. This includes maintaining and developing relationships with existing supporters and supporting the acquisition of new supporters and opportunities. You will also support the Major Supporter Fundraiser with administration, research and stewarding opportunities.
We’re looking for a creative, pro-active, team player who has great attention to detail and is passionate about fundraising.
Closing date: Thursday 4th March
Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our website, where you can find further information about the role and details of how to apply.
This post is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check prior to appointment.
EACH is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications for all sections of the community. EACH reserves the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a sufficient number of applications.
No agencies please.
Head of Institutional Fundraising
• Location: Cambridge, UK
• Full time: 35 hours per week
• Contract: Open-ended
• Salary: circa £40,000-50,000 pro rata plus competitive 12% pension benefit
• Annual Leave: 25 days pro rata in year 1, increasing by 1 day pa to 28 days
BirdLife International is the world’s largest nature conservation partnership. Through our unique local-to-global approach, we deliver high impact and long-term conservation for the benefit of nature and people.
Throughout the BirdLife network and across BirdLife division’s Institutional fundraising is key to organisational income generation. While BirdLife has developed very strong relationships with a group of loyal institutional donors, our potential is not fully realised. The Head of will lead the Institutional team, work with internal senior staff and external senior staff at Institutions and Trusts and Foundations to expand the number of donors and steward existing donors. The strategic function of the Institutional team is to provide a substantial income stream for all projects, address the overall management and accountability for BirdLife International to institutional donors and have clear sight of income generated by corporate and individual giving.
The post holder will, among other duties, also be responsible for developing and executing the BirdLife’s global institutional fundraising strategy and targets, writing the annual institutional budget and taking key decisions on applications and reporting measures.
The ideal candidate will
• Have proven experience in high level institutional fundraising role
• Have knowledge of business, accounting, sales, marketing, management and project management
• Be a highly organised effective manager, making decisions that are evidence based and results focussed
• Be capable of communicating and engaging on multiple issues across divisions and cultures, good external communicator working with high level senior staff at Institutions
• Need to be highly intuitive and lead on complex issues requiring creative solutions
Closing date: 07 March 2021
Application: Applications should include a covering letter summarising the applicant’s suitability for the position, a detailed CV and contact details of two referees known to the applicant in a professional capacity.
Interviews: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.