This is an exciting role for a professional with strong and comprehensive fundraising experience in both strategy and implementation. This small but growing charity wants to expand its local impact and if you would like a role with variety and enjoy the challenge of exceeding fundraising targets then First Love Foundation would be ideally suited for you.

The ideal candidate must have the ability to creatively develop and deliver innovative and effective fundraising activities: events, trusts & foundations, corporate (payroll giving, match-funding). You need to be organised, able to work under pressure, pro-active, a self-starter, with a track record of achievement within a similar role. This role is new and part of the SMT (Senior Management Team).

How to Apply:

Please send a CV and an accompanying letter detailing how your experience fulfils the requirements of the post as detailed in the job descrption.

Interview date: 11th February 2020

Head of Fundraising

Alder Hey Family House Trust

Ronald McDonald House – Liverpool Alder Hey

Circa £40,000 per annum, plus benefits

About us:

Ronald McDonald House Liverpool (Mac House) is an independent charity based in Liverpool, established in 1993 to provide support and accommodation to the parents of children in the nearby Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. The charity offers a 'home from home' for families a short distance from the hospital, allowing families who live further afield and/or those who are in difficult financial circumstances to be close to their sick child.

In its 26 years of operation, Mac House has provided accommodation to 32,000 families. The house now has 84 rooms and is the largest Ronald McDonald House in Europe.  Functioning as one of just three charities under the Ronald McDonald Charities umbrella that holds independent charitable status, Mac House needs to raise £700,000 a year to continue to deliver its services and maintain its independence as a charity.

This is an exciting time for the charity, we are ambitious for our future and see many opportunities ahead for us and are therefore investing in a number of different areas including the refurbishment of our accommodation and our fundraising programme.

We are a small, dynamic team; engaging and innovative fundraising and marketing is critical for us to continue offering a ‘home for home’ for our families.

The role:

We are seeking an experienced fundraising manager with excellent communication skills and a successful track record of exceeding targets across a range of income streams.  They will be able to influence and motivate others, build positive relationships with key stakeholders and work collaboratively throughout the organisation.  An effective change maker, they should be able to identify quick wins, manage risk and progress long term plans for sustainable income growth whilst embedding string governance across all activity.

The successful candidate will need to be comfortable in developing strategies, working with budgets and forecasts as well as motivating and managing an established team to make the most of every donation we receive.  They will have an excellent understanding of a range of income streams, including community, corporate and events fundraising, individual giving, trusts and legacies.  They will also introduce innovative opportunities to maximise income and maintain the high profile of our charity.

At Mac House we believe that every donation matters and as such, our families and supporters are at the heart of all our activity.  Our Head of Fundraising will have excellent rapport and an ability to develop and nurture relationships with our supporters.

How to apply:

Contact Wendy Carson for an informal chat, or visit our website

Please download the job description and person specification for more information and if you think you have what we are looking for send in your CV and supporting statement (please ensure your supporting statement is no longer than 3 sides of A4) 

Closing date:24th February 2020

Interviews:5th and 6th March 2020

Job outline: Communications and Fundraising Officer

Salary: Scale £26,000 - £28,750 annum
Hours: 35 hours (9-5 Monday-Friday) regular weekend and evenings as required (see Time Off in Lieu policy)
Term: Permanent
Probationary period: 3 months
Based: Chiltern Society Offices in Chesham and across the wider Chilterns
Reports to: Chief Officer
Key relationships: Other staff, Key Volunteers, General Public, External Stakeholders (Prospective Donors, Partner Organisations)
Budget responsibilities: To meet income and awareness targets within agreed annual budgets and 5-year rolling business plans.

Job purpose: 

As part of the Senior Management Team the Fundraising and Communications Officer will support the Chief Officer to deliver all aspects of fundraising, membership and income growth, and to increase the awareness of the Chiltern Society's work both internally and externally.

Our Mission: 

Campaigning - to cut overbearing development, pollution, biodiversity loss, protect our chalk streams and fight climate change. 

Conserving - Chiltern landscapes, nature recovery networks, tranquillity, heritage, footpaths and all rights of way.

Promoting - enjoyment and environmental understanding of the Chilterns and encouraging health and wellbeing.

What we are looking for:

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who loves working within a small dedicated staff and volunteer teams, with strategic partners, local businesses and the general public. The role will provide an opportunity for you to further develop your existing skills in communications,     membership growth and/or charity fundraising. The successful candidate will need to be a self-starter with excellent communication and project management abilities who is confident and flexible. You will be experienced in some or all aspects of the role, loves showing initiative,     and wants to develop within a small, growing, impactful organisation which has big ambitions.

Most importantly we’re looking for someone who will fit well within our small charity staff team, who will not only be able to help grow income and membership, but will be able to work with our volunteers, and raise the profile of the organisation.

We know we’re asking a lot, and we’re probably looking for someone who shows great potential, who has some experience and who would like a stepping stone for a much larger role in the next 3-5 years.

To apply email your CV and cover letter no later than 9.00am on Friday Feb 14th

First round interviews will be on 1 Monday Feb 24th, and second round on Monday March 2nd

JOB DESCRIPTION: Communications and Fundraising Officer

Reports to: Chief Officer (CO) 
Location: Office Based, with regional travel 
Hours: 35 hours (9-5 Monday-Friday) regular weekend and evenings as required (see Time Off in Lieu policy)

It is expected that regular Saturday work will be required, with TOIL provided

Direct Reports: Events and Marketing Coordinator, Office and Events Volunteers 

Purpose: 
1. Delivery of fundraising, membership and income growth 
2. Delivery of increase awareness of the Chiltern Society work both internally and externally to all those living and working in and around the Chilterns

Budget responsibilities:

To meet income and awareness targets within agreed annual budgets and 5-year rolling business plans.

Key Responsibilities:

Income Generation

1. Working with the Chief Officer to develop and deliver a funding and earned income strategy, setting and agreeing priorities to deliver annual income targets. Review, refine and develop existing activities and seek further income sources from new programmes and partners.
2. Supporting the Chief Officer in the planning, implementation and management of income generating activities.
3. Fundraising: Planning and promotion of fundraising campaigns: Plan engaging fundraising appeals that resonate with our supporters. Promoting campaigns effectively across a multitude of communication channels to ensure maximum awareness.
4. Fundraising: Corporate Sponsorship and Giving: Help develop a strategy to generate significant and sustainable additional income streams. Helping maintain long-term relationships with key partners and businesses and help manage those relationships to help ensure future support.
5. CS Sales: Create and deliver a plan for products, managing the offer to fit with our charitable objectives.

Membership Growth

1. Create, lead, and deliver recruitment campaigns, to grow membership income above budgeted levels. Develop relationships with members to increase income, via online giving, donations, retail and legacies
2. Through community engagement and our roadshow ensure significant membership growth at events. It is envisaged the post holder will lead on our weekly roadshow and/or membership recruitment events which aim to recruit upwards of 5 members per week.

1. Chiltern Magazine and Advertising: Working with the Chief Officer, conservation team, support groups and Editor to develop the impact of the magazine and ensure brand reputation is being upheld. With the assistance of a freelance sales agent drive magazine advertising sales.

Awareness Raising & Marketing

1. Brand positioning: Working with the Chief Officer to manage all aspects of the brand management across all touch points, online, in print and across all CS sites and activities. Deliver account management of design agencies, website developer, magazine production and all other external marketing support.
2. Deliver and manage all digital marketing channels: Managing and delivery of all aspects of the website and social media, ensuring they assists awareness, membership and fundraising delivery targets.
3. Events management oversight and delivery of events programme and major flagship events to ensure that they are run and promoted successfully to delivery and support the charities awareness and income targets.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Skills

• Customer-focused (internal and external), communications and fundraising professional - Essential
• Competent with office IT, web content management systems and all forms of social media - Essential
• Excellent written skills, with knowledge of management reporting and report writing skills - Essential
• Ability to deliver face to face membership sales and commercial sponsorship packages. - Essential
• Current UK valid driving licence and with their own car (for weekly business use) - Essential

Experience

• Demonstrable appreciation and general understanding of the CS work across conservation, planning, community and campaigning and with an affinity for the work of the Trust - Desirable
• Strong written and oral communication skills; able to present information in an effective way to different audiences - Essential
• Track record of developing new initiatives with at least three years successful track record in communications, sales and/or fundraising development - Desirable
• Experience of project management and budget processes - Desirable
• Ability to achieve significant income through securing new business - Essential
• Excellent negotiating and influencing skills - Essential
• Proactive, innovative and highly organised - Essential
• Experience of working and leading volunteers - Desirable
• Experience of working with external clients or stakeholders within a business or charity environment - Desirable

Abilities and Personal Attributes

• Willing to work weekends and occasionally evenings - Essential
• Excellent organisational skills, ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines - Essential
•  Ability to deal with the public, CS members and volunteers in a friendly and professional manner in a variety of situations - Essential
• Team player, with the ability to work co-operatively with others as part of a team - Essential

Fundraising Manager - Glasgow (Corporate Focus)
Fixed Term (Until January 2021 - Covering Secondment)
Home Based
£26,500 - £31,500 + car allowance + benefits

Are you positive and results-driven with an impressive track record in fundraising, sales or marketing?

Why do we ask? Because almost one in two people will develop cancer in their lifetime and it’s our aim to raise enough funds to be there for each and every one of them. Regional fundraising already generates over £40m a year across the UK, but we need someone like you to help us raise much more and encourage more people to take part in what we do.

The candidates we are looking for will be experienced in working with and supporting companies and driving new business, confident working independently, equipped with a strategic mindset, focus, drive and enthusiasm, as well as excellent communication and relationship building skills. You will be adept at planning and prioritising to meet the multiple calls on your time. Using all these skills and traits, you'll create and implement an innovative plan - one that maximises our impact in your area and delivers strategic financial and non-financial objectives.

You'll be part of a small West of Scotland area fundraising team, wider regional team, and UK-wide fundraising department, which builds long term sustainable relationships and inspires millions to get involved in improving the lives of people living with cancer.

As a Corporate Fundraiser in Glasgow, you will have a strong focus on generating new business from existing and new prospects, creating and delivering engagement plans, and managing corporate relationships. Some previous experience of working with the media to recognise and demonstrate how our corporate partners make a real difference would be welcome.

In return for your hard work and impressive results, we commit to actively developing you and our benefits include private medical insurance, life assurance, pension, childcare vouchers, generous leave, and interest free loans for season tickets and gym membership.

Macmillan’s Fundraising Managers are home-workers who travel within the defined geographical area for their role. You must have a full UK driving licence at the time of application and the work will also require some unsocial and out of hours working. A car allowance is provided. There will be a requirement for flexible working to support evening and weekend events: you will be compensated for this with time off in lieu.

You may have experience of the following: Sales Manager, Regional Fundraiser, Corporate Fundraiser, New Business Manager, Area Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Marketing Manager, Key Account Manager, Client Relations Manager.

Recruitment process:
First stage interviews planned for 14 February 2020 in central Glasgow. For those successful at the first stage, there will also be second (final) interviews on 20th February. 

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Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies.

We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths so we seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, reflecting the diverse nature of our society. 

We will support you throughout the recruitment process with any reasonable adjustments required in accordance with the Equality Act. Please contact the Macmillan HR Team if you require support.

The post-holder will have considerable opportunity to shape and design the role as it evolves over time. This is a very interesting, challenging and rewarding opportunity.

This is an exciting time to join Hive Education Trust. We are a relatively new Multi Academy Trust, currently responsible for St Mary Magdalene Academy Secondary School and St Mary Magdalene Academy Primary School. It is the ambition of the Trust to expand and work with 3-5 London schools.

St Mary Magdalene Academy is a high performing, very oversubscribed school in the heart of Islington. It is part of the London Diocesan Board for Schools group and the schools’ mission is to serve families of all faiths, delivering excellent educational outcomes built on a foundation of happy and successful young people.

We welcome staff and students of all backgrounds and beliefs. We serve a diverse community that reflects the London Borough we serve: both families who could choose private education, but recognise the quality of the educational experience on their doorstep, as well as children from families that face significant deprivation.

The Fundraising Officer will play a central role in creating and implementing a fundraising campaign strategy for the Trust.  The role will involve phone and face-to-face contact with parents, alumnae and other donors and so the ability to connect with people will be important.

Are you enthusiastic about the world of fundraising? Do you like working in a challenging and rewarding environment? Are you fascinated by the history of churches and their role in 21st century Britain?

As the independent, UK-wide charity supporting churches, chapels and meeting houses of all Christian denominations, the National Churches Trust supports and promotes church buildings of historic, architectural and community value by inspiring support, preserving heritage and promoting sustainability. Our aims are to help maintain the UK’s heritage of church buildings and to enhance their ability to serve local communities; to promote the benefit to communities of church buildings, and to inspire everyone to value and enjoy them.

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join the Trust as Fundraising Officer. Reporting to the Senior Fundraising Officer and the Head of Finance & Operations, this is an excellent opportunity to work for a national charity across a range of supporter services and fundraising functions. The post-holder will be the first point of call for all enquiries or donations from our Friends and supporters, ensuring those who come into contact with the Trust are dealt with professionally and efficiently.

The successful candidate will have excellent organisational and administrative skills, including managing tasks and projects, and good attention to detail and accuracy. With a confident and professional manner, they will also have excellent communication skills, financial acumen and good IT literacy.

To apply, please send a CV together with covering letter to Anna Tham via the Apply button.

Closing date: Noon on Friday 21st February 2020
Interview dates: 26th/27th February 2020 (Westminster, London)

The Role

This is an exciting and challenging role for a professional with strong marketing experience in both strategy and implementation. Joining this small and growing charity, you will apply your skills to helping expand its local impact in a varied role, leading on all internal & external communications to its wide-ranging and diverse stakeholders. The ideal candidate must have the ability to creatively develop and deliver innovative and effective marketing strategies. A team player, you are comfortable working a social media account or writing copy alongside contributing to strategic discussions and developing campaigns. You need to be organised, able to work under pressure, pro-active, a self-starter, with a track record of achievement within a similar role. This role is new and part of the SMT (Senior Management Team).

This role would suit someone looking to move from corporate communications and marketing into the charity sector or someone already working in the sector and seeking a new challenge.

Interview Date: 19th February 2020

Be part of Team Rescue and come and work for a growing dynamic group of fundraisers and marketing professionals dedicated to rescuing animals from cruelty and suffering around the world.

International Animal Rescue (IAR) is an award winning charity based in Uckfield, East Sussex, committed to animal welfare and conservation.  At IAR we do exactly what our name says: we save animals from suffering around the world.  We rescue and rehabilitate orangutans in Indonesia, release bears in Armenia from caged captivity, treat injured howler monkeys in Costa Rica and care for dancing bears in India - and so much more. Whenever we can, we release rescued animals back into the wild; and when that's not possible, we give them a safe haven for life.

We are looking for someone who can assist the small but growing fundraising and marketing team who likes to make things happen. This is role would suit somebody with a real passion for our work and the drive to inspire and encourage others to support our incredible projects. We are committed to welcoming people from the widest possible diversity of background, culture and experience.

IAR is vibrant in the market place creating exciting appeals for existing supporters as well as a recruitment tool for prospective supporters.  We have seen our community fundraising offering grow over the past few years and we are ready to take it to the next level. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is inspired and motivated by the work of IAR, who will provide support for the fundraising team to develop and increase its income, taking this vitally important work to the next level. If this is you, we would love to hear from you.

Bon Jardin Dog Rescue
A charity supported by Ministry of Sound

About Bon Jardin
Bon Jardin is a Dog Rescue charity located on the outskirts of the central province of Nakhon Nayok, two hours north of Bangkok, Thailand.  

Our aim is to end the unnecessary suffering of street dogs in Thailand through our 5-step programme - rescue, sterilisation and vaccination, medical care, rehabilitation and re-homing.

Bon Jardin was launched by Lord Palumbo of Southwark, the founder of global entertainment business Ministry of Sound, and his great friend and his great friend Rawipim Paijit. Bon Jardin benefits from the significant support from by operational and marketing infrastructure of Ministry of Sound. Since our launch in 2017 we have already transformed the lives of over 2,300 animals.  To find out more about Bon Jardin please see our website.

The primary focus of the Marketing and Fundraising Manager will be to use all possible means and channels to drive fundraising growth for the charity. They will be responsible for all aspects of generating awareness, both online and offline, with an absolute core focus on increasing donations. You will obviously be passionate about dogs but also have a deep understanding of digital marketing strategy and how it can be applied to raising money.

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Setting all fundraising and marketing targets for the charity and building a holistic marketing strategy to deliver these
• Managing all digital and communications channels including but not limited to website, social media and offline marketing
• Working closely with the Shelter Manager to design and create powerful emotive photographic, video and written content for all channels
• Driving newsletter subscription and building a CRM system that delivers regular and effective feedback and content to donors and followers, driving further donations
• Preparing monthly updates and reports tracking growth and success rates of campaigns, constantly adapting creative execution and channel strategy depending on response rates
• Keeping up to date and completely informed on new social media trends, adapting campaigns accordingly
• Identifying social media leaders and influencers and engaging them in fundraising and partnership initiatives
• Managing all website design, copywriting, proof reading and updating.
• Identifying other fundraising opportunities and partnership opportunities whether on or offline 
• Building a long-term legacy scheme
• Relationship management of benefactors and existing donors to drive longer term retention
• Development of fundraising strategy including events and activities

REQUIREMENTS

• Passionate about dogs and their well-being
• Deep understanding of digital marketing, websites, social media platforms, SEO/SEM and content creation and generation
• A reasonable understanding of charities and fundraising techniques
• Strong desire to learn along with professional drive
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office
• Familiarity with appropriate marketing computer software and online applications (e.g. CRM tools, online analytics and Google Adwords)

Throughout you will be supported by the full weight of the marketing and operational teams at Ministry of Sound in London. You will be based from the Ministry of Sound offices in Elephant and Castle but have daily contact with the team in Thailand. The position will likely include regular trips to the shelter.

NEXT STEPS

We would love to hear from you if you are committed to supporting the ambitions of Bon Jardin.  Please send send us your CV and a letter telling us a bit more about you and why you think you are a great fit for this role.  

We look forward to hearing from you!

Do you love working with people and building great relationships? Do you like no two days to be the same? Do you want the satisfaction of knowing you are making a difference in your local community? If so, read on...

We have a new opportunity for a Fundraising Officer to join the team based in St Ives, Cambridgeshire. Regular travel across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Norfolk will be required for this position. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis and in return will receive a competitive salary of £22,000 - £25,000 per annum depending on experience.

Caring Together is a leading regional charity who provide information and advice, run services in local communities and campaign so that carers have choices.

Our vision is of a world where caring is made easier.

About the role:

We are seeking a fundraising officer with the enthusiasm, and commitment to deliver our fundraising plan and activities. Working in the motivated fundraising and engagement team, you will use your skills, experience and knowledge of the third sector to maximise fundraising for Caring Together from our local community.

Key responsibilities of the Fundraising Officer:

- Support the fundraising manager in delivering our fundraising plan and coordinating all community fundraising activity.

- Monitor, evaluate and report on fundraising activity and achieve financial targets.

- Work in collaboration with other teams to co-ordinate event attendance and resources.

- Steward existing partnerships and secure new partnerships and community support for the charity.

- Support the planning and delivery of a calendar of fundraising events and challenges.

- Represent the charity at events across the region.

- Promote the charity by giving presentations in the community.

- Work alongside colleagues to coordinate fundraising volunteers.

- Play an active role in the fundraising and engagement team and across the charity, contributing ideas and solutions.

Experience and skills required to be our Fundraising Officer:

- Educated to A-level or equivalent

- Experience working in a customer focused environment and/or delivering excellent supporter care

- Experience building, managing and developing- relationships with people at all levels.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Able to effectively monitor and evaluate income against targets

Closing date: Thursday 20 February 2020 at 9.00am

If you would like to join our team as our Fundraising Officer, then please click ‘apply’ today – we’d love to hear from you!

Caring Together is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are inclusive. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view. We are an equal opportunities employer and expect staff to respect the personal choice and lifestyles of colleagues, carers, and people with care needs.

Hours: 22.5 hours (3 days per week)

Contract: Permanent

Location: St Paul’s, Bristol

The Green House is a local Bristol-based charity dedicated to providing free, specialist counselling for people affected by sexual abuse and rape. Based at our purpose-built therapy centre in St Paul’s, we have been pioneering therapeutic provision in our sector for over 30 years. Each year our teams work with over 300 adults, children and young people and we witness daily how the impact of therapy can be truly life changing.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Fundraising Officer to join our dedicated team, helping to champion The Green House and our vital work. We have exciting plans to grow our impact and fundraising and this varied role will play a crucial part in bringing them to life. Working across all areas of our voluntary income, you will primarily be responsible for developing The Green House’s individual giving and community fundraising, as well as inputting into our grant funding, social media and wider communications.

Passionate about building relationships, the right candidate will be an excellent communicator with an ability to inspire donors and supporters. You will be proactive and able to think creatively, as well as organised and confident working with detail.

This is a great opportunity for someone with a successful track record who is keen to develop their skills and work in a friendly and supportive organisation. For more information please download the full Application Pack from our website.

The closing date for applications is 9am Tuesday 25th February 2020.

Interviews will take place on Thursday 5th March 2020.

Title: Regional Community Fundraiser - Midlands

Reports to: Head of Fundraising

Salary: £24,000 - £26,000 (depending upon experience)

Location: Home based with occasional duties/visits to Head Office in Havant, Hampshire and attendance, from time-to-time, of other charity events across the country

Region: Midlands, covering counties within a 60 mile radius of Birmingham.

Hours of work: 35 hours per week (Full Time) please note that this position includes some evening and weekend working.

We are seeking a passionate, motivated, individual with past, proven, experience in developing Community Fundraising activities to meet defined income targets. The successful canidate will ensure that appropriate community fundraising activities are implemented and managed to deliver budgets, targets and income in-line with agreed plans and strategies.

Who are we looking for?

• A confident self-starter, an experienced relationship builder who is able to identify and nurture opportunities to the benefit of the charity and it’s beneficiaries
• Experience of managing mass participation events and enthusiastic about making new connections
• Experienced in managing income, budgets and meeting financial targets
• A flexible working approach, someone that welcomes the opportunity to help grow and develop community fundraising activities for a small, but dynamic, medical and health research charity
• Homebased, comfortable and confident in remote working, supported by a small team based in Havant, Hampshire
• A confident driver, with own vehicle, able to travel and cover the Midlands area, as defined by the terms of employment, with occasional travel to the charity’s Head Office in Hampshire

*Download the full job description and charity overview below*

Employee Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• 25 Days Annual Holiday
• 8 additional Public Holidays
• TOIL for hours over 35 per week
• Mobile phone & laptop
• Business element of private car insurance reimbursed
• Standard Life workplace pension

Check out our website for further information on all aspects of Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation on our website. To apply for this position, please click the ‘Apply Online’ button below.

A great opportunity to lead a team of regional fundraisers across south-east England.

Use your leadership skills to support and develop a team of six community fundraisers covering SE England. Support them in developing relationships with volunteers, community groups, small trusts and local corporates.

You will be an experienced regional fundraiser, committed to upskilling and developing your team. You will encourage them to share best practice, develop new opportunities and maximise current ones.

Job specification

• Manage a dispersed community fundraising team, ensuring they have the skills and confidence to be the best fundraisers and advocates for the charity
• Provide exceptional support to the charity’s volunteers
• Prepare and monitor budgets for the team and support them in meeting their targets and reviewing ROI
• Support the delivery of fundraising plans and UK-wide initiatives, including emergency appeals
• Work to identify opportunities in the area where there are potentially higher level relationships to be made
• Maximise opportunities for volunteer involvement withing the community fundraising programme

Person specification

To succeed in this role you need to have:

• extensive community or regional fundraising experience, including working with and motivating volunteers
• experience leading a team, ideally of remote staff, providing support and development opportunities
• budget management experience
• strong relationship management and excellent communication skills to help build trust at all levels
• the ability to prioritise your workload
• the flexibility to be able to cover a large area and work calmly under pressure

You will need a full driving licence and be able to travel across SE England on a regular basis.

To apply for this role, please click Apply with Charityjob to submit your CV to Dawn Ballard 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.

This is a new role and you will take the lead on delivering a programme which includes trusts and foundations, corporate and individuals. A 3-year vision has already been developed and the successful candidate will be required to use this as a basis to develop a detailed, actionable fundraising plan.

The position would best suit a fundraiser with experience who can hit the ground running. You will be creative, confident and well versed in building the case for support and converting this into sponsorship, major gifts and appeals.

This is an exciting opportunity to help create, shape and deliver a new programme of support for the European Lung Foundation, which will have a significant impact on the important work they undertake to improve lung health.

PURPOSE

To play a key role in the implementation of European Lung Foundation (ELF) fundraising activities in order to secure funding for programme work and organisational core costs.

SPECIFIC TASKS

Foundation/Trusts and grant-making bodies

• Build relationships with existing grant-givers, writing reports to meet deadlines and submitting further applications for funding.
• Manage and lead the identification of, and approaches to trusts and foundations that have not previously supported the work of European Lung Foundation.
• Identify and secure funding from overseas foundations.
• Develop core generic proposals for each programme that requires funding.
• Write tailored applications, addressing grant-making priorities or requirements as specified by individual trusts and foundations.

Corporate

• Identify and approach corporate prospects with aims and goals in keeping with those of the European Lung Foundation, securing financial contributions and the support of employees.
• Specifically focus on the potential of the Healthy Lungs for Life campaign and partnerships that can be created.
• Develop standard corporate contracts and build the organisation’s understanding of VAT and related issues.

Individuals

• Develop a plan for attracting support from individuals using ELF materials (both professionals and patients).
• Plan activities around the European Respiratory Society annual congress in order to capitalise on 20,000 healthcare professionals in the field attending one event.

General fundraising

• Work with the ELF Director and ELF Council to develop ELF’s fundraising and communications strategy and action plans.
• Contribute new ideas for fundraising and identify suitable funding initiatives, calls for proposals etc.
• Produce detailed annual action plans on specific areas of responsibility outlined above, identifying areas for growth and development and outlining measurable objectives.
• Objectively review the success and achievements against agreed targets, identifying strengths, weaknesses and areas for development.
• Maintain organised files of all fundraising information.
• Participate in the day to day work of the organisation – such as reporting, attending team and board meetings as required, and taking a flexible approach to general administrative and support tasks.
• Represent the work of ELF at events to members of the public and supporters, where necessary delivering presentations

Communications

• Ensure the website fundraising and communications information is up to date.
• Collate case studies, photographs and information.

PERSONAL SPECIFICATION

Experience

• At least 5 years’ experience in Foundations/Trusts and/or Corporate and/or individual fundraising
• Proven record of successful applications for substantial funding from Foundations/Trusts and other grant-making bodies
• Demonstrable ability to develop relationships with Corporate partners and Foundations/Trusts
• Experience of researching Foundation/Trust and Corporate funding opportunities
• Working within a charitable environment, preferably within an international audience/outlook
• A background in the health sector would be advantageous

Skills and competencies

• Excellent written skills with the ability to produce concise and creative bids
• High standard of computer literacy (Excel, Word, Power Point and Outlook and the Internet)
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Demonstrable ability to plan and prioritise own workload with minimum supervision
• Excellent communication and presentation skills required to build relationships with potential donors
• Demonstrable knowledge of Foundations and Trusts and Corporate giving in general
• Knowledge of fundraising software and CRM
• Knowledge of contracts and VAT issues desirable
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and work well under pressure.
• Ability to understand and generate budgets
• Ability to plan ahead and work within agreed timeframes
• Ability and willingness to travel for work
• Ability to work as part of a small, dynamic team