Regional Fundraising Officer (Legacy Giving)

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.

Position: Legacy Giving Officer
Location: Flexible across England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Contract type: Full time, Permanent
Hours: 35 per week
Salary £19,964 to £20,770 depending on skills and experience

Closing date: 05 March 2020
Interview date: TBC

About the role:

We are looking to recruit a Regional Legacy Giving Support Officer to join our regionally based Legacy Fundraising Team.

The Legacy team at Alzheimer’s Society has an enviable track record with income seeing exponential growth over the last 5 years. With Legacy income now accounting for almost 25% of the total income for the organisation, this is an exciting time to join our team as we continue to grow in reputation as leaders in the sector.

The RLGSO provides comprehensive support to the Regional Legacy Giving Manager and their regional team on a wide range of regional legacy giving activities, with the aim of securing future legacy income for the Society. They provide excellent customer care for Legacy supporters and administrative support for the Regional Legacy Giving team, whilst supporting good working relationships within the team and with other Fundraising departments.

About you:

We are looking for a highly organised and enthusiastic individual with excellent attention to detail and a keen interest in providing great supporter stewardship. You will have experience of working in a customer or supporter focused environment, using Microsoft office applications and proven ability to manage your own workload.

You may have experience of the following: Fundraising Officer, Fundraising Executive, Legacy Giving Officer, Sales Executive, Business Development Executive, Fundraising, Donor Management, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Not for Profit, etc.

Changing Faces benefits from the generosity and determination of our amazing donors and fundraisers – from baking up a storm to scaling Everest – they always give their best for people with visible differences.

We have ambitious plans to expand our work, and growing our supporter base will be key to realising this.

To help us do this, we have created an exciting new Support Development Officer role to help us to give the best possible experience back to the amazing individuals who support our charity.

You will help us grow our supporter base by helping us support, inspire and engage our existing donors and supporters, alongside recruiting new ones. Reporting to the Director of Fundraising and Communications, alongside ensuring efficient and smooth-running processes for all aspects of the supporter journey, you will develop and produce effective, regular communications to keep supporters up to date with, and excited about, our activities.

Alongside great attention to detail, you will have a successful track record of first-class customer care, be experienced in using social media to communicate and develop relationships with donors, and bring a warm and dedicated approach to ensure our amazing supporters have the best experience possible!

We are always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us and help improve the lives of people with visible differences. We particularly want to encourage people from under-represented groups to step forward and apply to work with Changing Faces.

Contract: Full time (37 hours per week), permanent

Salary scale: £26,868 to £27,674 per year. Changing Faces’ policy is to offer all posts at the first point on this scale.

Advert Closes: Monday 9 March 2020, 9am

Interviews: Thursday 19 March 2020

Reports to: CEO

Responsible for: Occasional fundraising volunteers

Additional days to be offered in accordance with future funding

As the Sophie Hayes Foundation embarks on an exciting phase of growth and development, supporting women survivors of Human Trafficking, the Fundraising Manager will be a member of the new Senior Management Team.

The right candidate will focus on growing our income, in particular from lottery sources, charitable trusts and foundations, whilst ensuring appropriate stewardship of al fundraising relationships.

Detailed Role Description

The post-holder will:

• Work closely with the CEO and other relevant staff .
• Establish and manage a rolling programme of approaches to a portfolio of charitable trusts and foundations, and lottery bodies to achieve annual plans and income targets.
• Write bespoke proposals, applications and fundraising materials aimed at charitable trusts and foundations, individuals and companies.
• Research and identify new sources of funding while keeping abreast of the grant giving marketplace and related developments within the sector.
• Develop cultivation and approach plans for new prospects.  
• Assist in the development of, and attending, fundraising and cultivation events.
• Ensure the timely and appropriate thanking of donors and manage any subsequent communication and reporting requirements.
• Proactively build donor relationships through all communication mediums to ensure their continued support.
• Liaise with colleagues to publicise successful funding and partnerships in support of wider plans to enhance reputation amongst key audiences and raise awareness of our work.
• Prepare regular fundraising updates for the CEO and Board of Trustees on progress against fundraising strategies and targets.
• Accurately maintain and manage a database of prospects and supporters ensuring compliance with all data protection legislation, regulations and best practice.
• Participate in any training and development activities to maintain own development or to enhance competence within job role.
• Be an ambassador for the Sophie Hayes Foundation, promoting the vision, aims and objectives of charity with all external contacts.
• Manage occasional fundraising volunteers.
• Will be an active member of the Sophie Hayes Foundation SMT including supporting the formation of strategic vision, goals and activities, running team meetings, supporting the CEO on other projects and working with trustees as required.

Person Specification:

Essential

1. Minimum 3 -5 years experience of successful fundraising in the UK charity sector
2. Educated to degree level or equivalent, or the ability to demonstrate competence through experience
3. Experience of working to, and meeting, fundraising targets
4. Experience of proactively researching and engaging current and prospective funders
5. Knowledge of best practice in fundraising and of current trends in philanthropy
6. Ability to write compelling and persuasive fundraising proposals
7. Outstanding communication skills and the ability to tailor written and verbal content and style to a range of audiences.
8. Ability to work under pressure and deliver outcomes to tight deadlines
9. Strong IT skills (Blackbaud Etapestry or similar CRM systems etc. Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook,)
10. Ability to work on own initiative as well as a key member of a team
11. Flexible and proactive approach and attitude
12. Enthusiasm and drive to make things happen
13. Ability to work occasionally outside of normal office working hours
14. Supportive of a small but fast paced team  
15. Supportive of non London locations

Desirable

1. Knowledge and understanding of the human trafficking and modern-day slavery sector
2. Experience of using social media and digital communication tools for fundraising purposes

APPLICATION PROCESS AND CRITERIA:

• Applications without a covering letter will not be progressed to the next stage
• Selected candidate will be required to complete a DBS and have the right to work in the UK
• As a provider of programmes for women survivors of human trafficking, we are seeking female candidates only. 

Every six minutes in the UK someone loses their sight. By 2050 an estimated four million people will be living with sight loss. Many people believe this is unpreventable and irreversible. However, pioneering research using the latest technologies and innovations is already achieving results; and giving hope to the two million people living with sight loss in the UK today.

Our vision is for a future everyone can see.

The role of the Individual Giving Officer is to increase giving through direct and digital marketing by managing the supporter experience, donor journeys and stewardship programmes of Fight for Sight’s database

The Individual Giving Officer will work with the Individual Giving Manager to deliver the annual individual giving marketing strategy which consists of acquisition and retention campaigns across multiple channels including digital, SMS and offline. The Individual Giving Officer will strive to deliver first class supporter journeys for donors to ensure they all receive timely communications.

You will help to deliver an exciting new programme of cultivation and stewardship for Fight for Sight’s valued donor base to support the charity's intention to achieve an ambitious step change in income generation to support its work.This shall involve project management of the delivery of the integrated and multi-channel annual giving program that utilises direct marketing; telemarketing, digital and SMS channels – in order to increase new income; the donor base; and the lifetime value of our supporters.

The Individual giving Officer shall also support the rest of the wider Fundraising team and other organisation teams at events and providing cover when necessary

How to apply;

To apply, please send a CV (including current salary level) and a supporting statement of no more than two pages explaining your interest in this post and how you meet the points in the person specification above. Please also give details of two referees who we will contact once a formal offer of employment has been made.

Applications should be submitted by 9am on Monday 2 March 2020

First round interviews will be held on W/C 16 March 2020

For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Angela Reinfor Fight For Sight

For more information about Fight for Sight please visit our website

Fight for Sight is committed to a policy of Equal Opportunities

This is an exciting opportunity to work a dual role, delivering campaigns and managing supporter journeys.

his charity is looking for a motivated and driven officer to join the individual giving team, which has been subject to growth within the last year, overachieving on their original budget by £200k.

The team needs someone who can demonstrate an aptitude for segmentation and personalisation. They should be a direct marketing all-rounder, as they will be dealing with mailings, digital channels and product development.

Job specification

• Manage annual cash appeals which include a cancer awareness month and Christmas appeal
• Produce newsletters to keep retained supporters informed about upcoming appeals and important news and announcements
• Support the Individual Giving Manager in the delivery of new regular giving products, with the opportunity to be part of the innovation process
• Manage supporter journeys and test new ways on how to improve their current format

Person specification

The role would best suit:

• a direct marketer, with experience in either retention or acquisition, who is keen to develop their skills within channels such as digital, direct mail and products
• someone who has experience in copywriting and handling data in such a way to increase audience participation

To apply for this role, please click Apply with Charityjob to submit your CV to Ellie Taff at QuarterFive Fundraising Recruitment. If your experience is a good fit, we will send you a job description and arrange a briefing call or meeting that will provide you with all the information required to formally apply. QuarterFive aims to proactively support your job search, so we may also consider your details for other job vacancies to enable us to find a position that is most suitable for you.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a forward-thinking and creative Individual Giving Officer to join our ambitious and friendly Fundraising and Brand team.

At Refugee Action, we have a vision of a UK in which refugees and people seeking asylum will be welcome, can get justice, live free of poverty and successfully rebuild their lives.  We empower refugees and people seeking asylum to influence both our work, the issues that matter to them and decisions made by government and we are a trusted partner for others who share our vision.

Over the last 3 years, we have provided life-changing support to more than 3,000 resettled refugees and 8,000 people seeking asylum, strengthened the work of more than 140 charities, and secured important changes in government policy and practice on English language provision and support for asylum seekers at risk of destitution.  We want to do far more to learn from and shift power to refugees and people seeking asylum. It's an exciting time to be part of Refugee Action as we work towards achieving our 3-year strategy objectives (2019-22) through securing systemic change through our campaigns to change government policies, our direct services, and our work to strengthen and connect other service delivery organisations.

Reporting to the Individual Giving Manager, you will work on the implementation and delivery of a wide range of campaigns and help design engaging and inspiring supporter journeys.

To succeed in this role you will have:

• Experience of working on Individual Giving campaigns across key channels such as direct mail, email, social media, SMS or telemarketing.

• Experience of monitoring and evaluating fundraising activity, reporting results against budget targets and making recommendations for future activity.
• Experience of working in collaboration with other teams to achieve cross-cutting objectives.
• Experience of developing innovative content for a fundraising campaign.
• Experience using fundraising databases to inform the development of donor marketing strategies

For more information and to apply, please visit our website.

Those with lived experience as a refugee are encouraged to apply.

Closing date: 09:00am, Monday 16th March 2020

Interviews: Monday 23rd March 2020

We are Bloodwise (becoming Blood Cancer UK on 31 March), and we want to change the world for all blood cancer patients. Every year we stop more people dying of blood cancer and our researchers are even working to stop people developing blood cancer in the first place.

The Corporate Partnerships Officer is a new role which will play a crucial part in this strategy by leading on fundraising from smaller pharmas, while the Corporate Partnerships Manager invests more time in securing larger partnerships.

The role will take ownership of raising funds from smaller pharmas; from identifying prospects, writing proposals and reports, and building relationships. The role will also provide support to the Corporate Partnerships Manager in stewardship of larger partners.

We are looking for someone with excellent communication, organisation and writing skills, who is comfortable leading on and developing their own areas of work. While writing applications and reports will be a large part of the role, there is also a crucial element of relationship building with a small pipeline of both warm and cold companies. This role therefore encompasses elements of both account management and new business.

As a member of the Corporate Team within the Partnerships and Philanthropy Team, the role will lend ad hoc support to other areas of our corporate engagement, including our Med-tech, Charity of the Year and Commercial programmes.

The closing date for this exciting opportunity is:

9am on Monday 23 March 2020

Please note that all applications will be reviewed on receipt and if we appoint a successful canddidate we may bring forward the closing date of this role at our discretion.

RedbridgeCVS is a well-established and highly regarded membership organisation supporting the local voluntary, community and social enterprise sector. We are a small, friendly team based in central Ilford just 20 minutes by train from Liverpool Street station. 

We are seeking a skilled and highly motivated Office Manager to join the team at an exciting time of development.

The Office Manager will play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of the organisation. The post-holder will lead on the day-to-day management of the RedbridgeCVS office and provide administrative support to the Chief Officer, staff team and Board of Trustees.

This is a varied role working with all members of our team, and so we are looking for someone who is dynamic, solution-focused and flexible in their approach, and who is committed to continuous improvement and isn’t afraid to suggest new ways of doing things.

The successful candidate will be highly organised with excellent attention to detail and the ability to communicate clearly and confidently with a wide range of stakeholders.

The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 15th March. Interviews are expected to take place on Tuesday 24th March.

This amazing children's health charity are looking for a Digital Marketing professional to work within their fundraising team.

Within this role you can look forward to overseeing the digital fundraising strategy for the Individual Giving Team. You will be leading on the development and delivery of their digital programmes and activities, including donation platforms, email, paid social media and microsites.

You will be responsible for planning, developing and maintain their annual programme of paid social media activity, primarily Facebook and Instagram, as well as developing and delivering all the email marketing for team. Further to this you will help to project management the development of various microsites.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have experience in digital marketing
• Have experience in paid social media
• Have experience in email marketing
• Experience in microsites/websites is desirable

Fundraising Officer
CAN Mezzanine, London

About Us

In the UK, parental income is the strongest indicator of how well a child will do at school and how much they will earn in later life – Future Frontiers is working to change this.

We’re an established charity that believes all young people should be given equal access to the guidance, networks and opportunities they need to fulfil their potential at school and beyond.

Our award-winning programme matches pupils to a career coach and provides meaningful interactions with inspiring professionals. This increases pupils’ engagement with learning and prepares them in their transition into sustained education, employment or training.

We are now looking for a Fundraising Officer to join us, starting in May 2020.

The Benefits

- Salary of £24,000 per annum
- 24 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Support a fantastic programme that is changing young people’s lives
- Training to build on your existing expertise

If you are a fundraising professional with great communication and copywriting skills, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a rewarding career move with our organisation as we impact young people’s lives.

You will be given great training and support so you can gain insight into the planning and delivery of exciting fundraising campaigns that deliver growth for our charity.

So, if you want to advance your career with an organisation that’s supporting young people to reach their full potential, we want to hear from you.

The Role

As a Fundraising Officer, you will manage and maintain our supporter portfolio, identifying new trusts and foundations that will help us to reach our income targets.

Reporting to our Senior Engagement Manager, your role will involve:

- Writing high-quality, detailed bids to trusts and foundations
- Ensuring supporters are updated with our progress and plans for growth
- Providing a compelling case for supporting our work
- Keeping up to date on our outputs, outcomes and financial activities
- Planning and monitoring fundraising activity and engagement
- Hosting supporters at events

About You

To join us as a Fundraising Officer, you will need:

- Experience as a fundraising officer within the charity sector
- The ability to produce high-quality copy in a range of different styles for different audiences
- To be a motivated self-starter
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- The willingness to get stuck in to help build an exciting start up social enterprise
- At a minimum, a 2:1 degree (or an equivalent qualification)

Other organisations may call this role Fundraising Co-ordinator, Bid Officer, Revenue Officer, Donations Officer, Supporter Development Officer, Trusts and Foundations Officer, or Supporter Engagement Officer.

The closing date for this role is the 13th March 2020, with interviews scheduled for the 30th March 2020.

Webrecruit and Future Frontiers 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’re looking for a rewarding role as a Fundraising Officer, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Fundraising and Supporter Engagement Officer
Healthcare Charity
£15 per hour + £1.81 Holiday Pay
3-4 months +
35 hours per week
London

Charity People are excited to be working with an amazing Healthcare charity in their search for a Fundraising and Supporter Engagement Officer to join their dynamic fundraising team.
This multifaceted organisation works on many levels to combat the stigma surrounding neurological diseases and assist those experiencing neurological symptoms. The organisation promotes research on neurological diseases and reduces its burden on sufferers.

You will lead on innovative and impactful fundraising and supporter engagement projects. This is a great opportunity to work across teams, together, ensuring the best possible outcomes for the charity's success.

To be considered for this post you must have solid recent fundraising experience. If you bring raiser's Edge experience this is certainly a bonus.

Please note: this job starts w/c 23rd Feb, interviews are on 24th Feb.

If you are keen to hear more about this opportunity, please send your up to date CV in Word format via email to: [email protected]

The Doorstep Library Network trains volunteers to pay weekly home visits to low income families to read with the children and to lend them books, helping children to enjoy reading and providing an opportunity for parents to take an active role in their children’s education.  Doorstep Libraries allow volunteers to befriend the parents and to reach out to those families most in need helping them to access local community services.

This is an exciting time to join Doorstep Library, with plans to expand projects in to new London boroughs. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious fundraiser to make their mark in a growing charity, with the aim of increasing income from trusts & foundations, alongside working with the director and as part of the management team to ensure the effective running of the charity.

Job Purpose:

• Managing the delivery of an ongoing trusts and foundations fundraising strategy;
• Using excellent writing skills to put together trusts and foundations funding bids, with the support and guidance of the Director;

• To manage the charity’s fundraising operations including coordinating prospect research and prioritisation, managing workflows, and ensuring effective stewardship of trust and foundations grants.

Responsible to: Director;

Responsible for: Supporting the Director in a range of duties, including trusts and foundations, community and corporate fundraising.

Responsibilities and duties:

1. To write compelling and professionally-presented funding bids, each tailored for its audience and making the case for supporting the charity in the most persuasive terms;
2. To work with the Director to plan a funding timetable to meet the needs of the charity’s plans;
3. Research new funding opportunities and keep a record of all enquiries;
4. Identify potential sources of funds including charitable trusts, individuals and the local community, and assist with generating funds for the organisation’s activities;
5. Ensure appropriate systems and procedures are in place to manage fundraising campaigns and donor contacts effectively;
6. To ensure the operation of failsafe systems for funder thankyous, acknowledgements and reports;
7. Prepare reports for the Director;
8. To prepare high-quality presentations, reports and fundraising materials as needed;
9. To work with the Programme and Marketing Managers to research local statistics to ensure that funding information, reports and applications accurately reflect the projects and the local community;
10. To recruit and manage a team of community fundraising volunteers (responsible for managing relationships with independent schools and local community groups to drive fundraising activities and income);
11. To organise and support any events which may require evening and weekend work;
12. Keep records of fundraising activities and money raised.

General:

1. To carry out all duties and responsibilities in line with Doorstep Library Network policies and procedures;
2. To positively promote the work and activities of the charity at all times;
3. To undertake additional duties as from time to time may be required.

Person Spec:

1. Wholehearted committed to and engaged with the work that we do, with a fierce belief in the difference it can make to children, families and the community;
2. Experience in generating income from trusts and foundations;
3. Excellent written and spoken English;
4. Experience of working collaboratively with colleagues across departments;
5. Excellent all round communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly, pitch succinctly and write in an engaging, tailored manner to a range of audiences;
6. Drive, enthusiasm and determination to deliver against targets;
7. Ability to prioritise, plan and organise own workload;
8. A positive team player, working with, supporting and encouraging colleagues;
9. Excited by the prospect of playing a vital role in building Doorstep Library’s income streams as part of our ambitious expansion plans across London;
10. Ability to work flexibly, adapting to rapidly changing demands and opportunities while retaining a clear strategic focus;
11. Excellent organisation and administration skills, with the ability to pay attention to detail and use office systems;
12. Take pride in being supremely efficient, very well organised and display excellent time-management skills.

Salary - £32,000 per annum – 12 month contract with potential to become permanent

Hours – 35 per week

Benefits – 6% pension contribution, 25 days per annum annual leave, flexible working arrangements (including working from home part of the week).

At Depaul UK we currently have an exciting opportunity for a Client Involvement Lead to come and join our team. This is a National role so you can be based anywhere across the UK.  You will join us on a full time, permanent basis and in return you will receive a competitive salary of £27,234 (Regional) / £30,734 pa (incl. ILW) + pension & other benefits.

Depaul UK delivers a range of support and housing services around the UK for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We provide services that prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those we work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training & volunteering. We're dedicated to putting our values into action to achieve a society where everyone has a place to call home and a stake in their community.

In return as our Client Involvement Lead, we can offer you:

- A friendly, flexible and values-led organisation

- Competitive salary

- 26 days of annual holiday, including bank holidays pro rata

- Contributory pension scheme

- Life assurance

- Cycle to work scheme

- Interest free Annual Season Ticket Loan

- Four Weeks Paternity Leave

The Client Involvement Lead role:

This is an exciting new role within Depaul that will offer the opportunity to really make a difference in improving the lives of vulnerable young people. You will take a leading role in developing our package of client involvement opportunities, working closely with our clients so they strongly influence what we deliver.

Working alongside The Client Involvement Manager, you will be responsible for developing client volunteering structures across our four regions.

You will work in partnership with the Youth Advisory Board to help steer and shape the group, gathering young peoples’ insight and feeding these back to decision makers to inform and shape our services. You will also spearhead developments to create innovative peer-led initiatives within our services.

What makes this role exciting?

- A full induction to Depaul UK and training for the role, with ongoing opportunities for professional development.

- Training in the Depaul Endeavour model

- Continuous support and supervision, including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner

What will ideally support your success in the Client Involvement Lead role?

- Experience of developing and supporting capacity building initiatives

- Significant experience of engaging and involving clients through co-production

- Experience of upskilling and supporting staff

- Ability to build key relationships with colleagues to develop opportunities

- Experience of using Risk Assessments and client databases

- Experience of operating safeguarding requirements and procedures

So, if this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Client Involvement Lead then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

Closing date – Wednesday 04 March 2020 at 12:00 pm

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this post. Our recruitment checks, induction and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We kindly request no contact from Recruitment or Media Agencies.

We are looking for a High Value Events Fundraising Manager – interim at a national high-profile learning disability charity.

You will be responsible for the planning and delivery of two special events in April 2020, and for supporting the Philanthropy Fundraising Manager to effectively manage relationships with special event committees. This post is three days a week, initially for three months with the potential to extend.

Key responsibilities:

• Deliver two events in partnership with the special events committees in April


• Coordinate key tasks and responsibilities in the delivery of events, including managing event invites and RSVPs, and on the night event management.


• Measure and evaluate the impact of all event activity in order to capitalise on opportunities and inform future strategy.

Closing date: asap.

Salary: £34,510 pro rate

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call me on 020 30 062787 or email [email protected].

If enough applications are received the charity reserves the right to end the application period sooner.

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we are experts in charity recruitment and excel at matching fundraisers to charity jobs. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically and supporting people to find their perfect fundraising jobs.