We are seeking an ambitious and goal orientated Corporate Partnerships Manager to maintain and diversify our corporate income stream to support our vital work. 

Genetic Alliance UK is the largest alliance of organisations supporting people with genetic, rare and undiagnosed conditions in the UK. Our members and the people they support are at the heart of everything we do. We advocate for fast and accurate diagnosis, good quality care and access to the best treatments. We actively support progress in research and engage with decision makers and the public about the challenges faced by our community. We run two long standing projects, Rare Disease UK and SWAN UK (syndromes without a name).

This is a crucial role working directly with the Senior Management Team to coordinate, grow and diversify one of the charity’s most important streams of income. This is an ideal role for someone with demonstrable experience in relationship management and who is excited by the challenge of developing new partnerships. With access to external mentoring and coaching, you will design our programme and approach for expanding beyond our current support which is predominantly from the biosciences sector. 

You will need strong relationship building skills, confidence, and creativity. Friendly and professional with a keen eye for detail, you will be the main contact for the organisation with our corporate partners, new and old. 

Benefits:

• External mentoring from an experienced fundraising consultant, with coaching at the beginning of the role.
• Generous employer pension contribution.
• Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays and Christmas closure.
• Flexible working patterns.
• Access to free counselling via our employee support scheme.

This is a hybrid role with a negiotable working pattern.

To apply please email a CV and cover letter to Nick Meade, Joint Interim Chief Executive & Director of Policy by an email by 5pm Monday 1 November.

The full job description, person specification and how to apply is available on our website.

Fundraising and Communications Manager

Magic Me is the UK’s leading provider of intergenerational arts activities, working with care home residents and other people most impacted by covid. We are looking for an experienced, confident, fundraising and communications professional to establish this brand-new role, for an initial 12-month contract, to start as soon as possible.

The arts have a vital role to play in post-pandemic community building, and this is a crucial and exciting time in Magic Me’s development. Join us and lead the creation and delivery of a new fundraising strategy to continue this vital work, including a major bid to Arts Council England for NPO funding in early 2022.

Can you:

• Write, lead and deliver a clear fundraising strategy for Magic Me, in partnership with the Director and Programme Director?
• Conduct prospect research to identify potential new funders, whilst nurturing relationships with existing supporters?
• Develop and write compelling, successful bids with a focus on trusts, foundations and livery companies?
• Lead the writing of bids, including an NPO bid to Arts Council England.
• Review and update Magic Me’s communications, our messages and channels, e.g. social media, newsletters.
• Oversee Magic Me’s website, writing copy and working with colleagues to create new content.

Salary: £28,000 pa, 28 hours per week for a 12-month Fixed Term Contract (pro rata £35,000 Full-time role) Interested in applying for this role as a freelancer? Please contact us.

We welcome and encourage applications from disabled people, Black and Asian candidates, and those from other minoritised ethnic communities. Our board and staff are actively working on a new anti-racism strategy. We believe by improving the diversity within our organisation and our leadership, we will improve the quality of our work.

HOW TO APPLY 

Please read the full Application Pack and complete the Personal Details Cover Sheet and Monitoring information Form.

You are required to send the following: anonymised cover letter, anonymised CV and the accompanying forms (more details of this is found in the application pack) to our email address. Please ensure you follow the directions on the forms carefully, so your application can be processed fairly and anonymously.

NB To ensure the shortlisting process is anonymous and fair, please do not include your name on your CV or covering letter. Instead, please include this information in the Personal Details cover sheet. The selection panel will not see your Personal Details or Applicant Monitoring Information when shortlisting applications.

Deadline for applications: Send your application to us by 9 am on Thursday, 4th November. We will not be able to consider applications received after this deadline.

RECRUITMENT TIMELINE

• MONDAY 11 OCTOBER – Adverts out and recruitment starts.
• THURSDAY 4 NOVEMBER – Deadline for applications.
• FRIDAY 5 NOVEMBER – Shortlisting and candidates notified.
• WEDNESDAY 10 NOVEMBER – Interviews. Decision.
• START DATE – As soon as possible.

World Villages for Children is fundraising to end childhood poverty through education.

Set up in 1998, the charity is based in London and funds education places for the world's most impoverished children in the Philippines, Guatemala, Mexico, Brazil, Honduras and Tanzania. In schools run by the Sisters of Mary humanitarian programmes, each year 20,000 destitute children receive care and education. So far over 150,000 children have been helped out of poverty but millions more families and communities have been reached.

We are seeking an experienced and talented Fundraising and Comms Manager to support us and lead the fundraising strategy for our charity. As we embark on a rebrand, new messaging and website you will be joining us at an exciting time as we diversify income and develop our focus on individual giving and philanthropy.

This senior management role will work closely with the UK Manager, trustees and team. It includes close contact and collaboration with the overseas programmes and our beneficiaries and represents a great opportunity for a resourceful fundraiser who wants to innovate, grow the profile of the charity and generate immediate impact at scale.

The successful candidate will have significant experience of fundraising and communications and managing content across all channels including digital. Your fundraising expertise should include a proven track record of attracting and managing a portfolio of income including writing proposals, negotiating and delivering partnerships with, and funds from, charitable trusts and foundations, major donors and corporates. We particularly support applications for this role from those with first-hand experience or links to the communities where we work.

For this hands on role you will need to enjoy working in a small, committed team, be comfortable working at pace in a busy environment and be keen to take on new opportunities as they arise. You will be juggling responsibility for managing key donor relationships, developing new partnership opportunities and reporting to funders. With attention to detail and excellent written, verbal and numeracy skills, you will have the negotiation and strategic management skills to co-ordinate the development of strategy and to monitor budgets. 

If you’re a results focused self-starter, with the big picture in mind, hands-on brilliant with people, cultivating and managing a prospect pipeline, managing partnerships and closing the deal, this could be the role for you.

For more information on the role please refer to the full Job Description and Information Pack. 

We are recruiting a Fundraising Manager to identify and secure new funding from charitable trusts and foundations, and help ensure the sustainability of our work.

What you’ll be doing

You will be responsible for building and managing a range of multi-year, five and six-figure grants, working with some of the UK’s leading charitable organisations. You will research and target those whose criteria match our aims and activities, coordinate your pipeline with other members of the trusts and statutory team and ensure our work is sustainable and impactful.

Based in our development department, you will also work closely with programme managers and other members of staff across the organisation, including the senior management team.

What we’re looking for

You will be passionate about our work and support our values and ethos. You will be skilled at building new relationships with charitable trusts, foundations and other institutional funders to secure both single and multi-year grants, and have experience of managing and increasing grant giving among a portfolio of existing funders. You will be used to working to demanding income targets and able to manage multiple projects, identify conflicting demands and establish priorities to meet objectives.

Why our work is so vital

Poor literacy and resulting inequality is not inevitable. The National Literacy Trust improves the reading, writing, speaking and listening skills of those who need it most, giving them the best possible chance of success.

We make society fairer. Poor literacy creates social and economic inequality. The one in six adults in the UK with poor literacy earn less, are less likely to vote and more likely to experience health inequalities.

We enable social mobility. A child without literacy skills can’t succeed at school, and as an adult they will be locked out of the job market. The pattern is intergenerational and starts at birth.

Our work is targeted at communities with the highest levels of disadvantage and the lowest levels of literacy. We support thousands of schools and early years settings, bringing in wonderful partners like the Premier League and the nation’s best publishers who bring literacy alive. We campaign to make literacy a priority for our nation’s leaders. Our research and analysis make us the leading authority on literacy and drive our interventions.

What we offer you

As well as a competitive salary, we offer benefits including a generous leave allowance totalling 39 days (including bank holidays and office closure between Christmas and New Year), pension contributions of 8% of annual salary, a cycle to work scheme, season ticket loans, employee assistance programme and other health and wellbeing benefits.

We support flexible working and promote a workplace where you can be yourself and contribute to our success, whoever you are.

While you will be based in our office in London, this role can be peformed primarily from home, and you would only be expected to attend for all staff days (approximately 3 per year), team strategy days (around 2 per year) and any in-person training or induction, and any in person funder meetings as required.

We are seeking an experienced Community Fundraising Officer (based anywhere in the UK) to join the Fundraising Team at the BDFA.

The BDFA is the only patient organisation in the UK for families affected by Batten disease, a rare and terminal neurodegenerative condition that affects children and young people.

The role will incorporate leading on all aspects of community fundraising; developing and nurturing relationships with volunteer fundraising groups and families leading on fundraising.The successful candidate will work under the guidance of our Head of Fundraising to develop community fundraising maximising the funds raised by volunteer fundraisers and developing supporter engagement.

The job requires a motivated and driven individual who has a passion for all those within our Batten community and a strong desire to support the development and growth of the BDFA. The role is part time (21 hours per week) and is home based with some travel to the BDFA London office..

Every year in the UK, around 100 children are diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare and aggressive cancer that mostly affects children under five. Neuroblastoma UK is a small national charity, dedicated to finding a cure for neuroblastoma. We fund leading research to develop new, more effective and kinder treatments for children with this life-threatening disease  - and get one step closer to finding a cure.

The Fundraising Executive role is a temporary role that will be key to supporting Neuroblastoma UK through its busiest period and enabling projects that are key to the charity’s growth.  You will get great experience and work with a small but committed and friendly team.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the Fundraising Manager to deliver the implementation of a new database, and the transfer of data securely and accurately
• Fulfilment of merchandise orders such as Christmas cards
• Liaising with event participants to encourage and assist with their fundraising goals.
• Being the first port of call for supporters and potential supports who get in touch with the charity via telephone, email and social media
• Processing donations and sending outgoing thank you letters to individual donors and groups
• Sending out information, t-shirts and fundraising packs to supporters who request it
• Other duties as required

Person Specification

Essential

• Microsoft Office skills - Word & Excel
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Able to work well alone and in a team
• Excellent phone manner
• Sympathetic to the aims and values of Neuroblastoma UK

Desirable

• Experience of working in the third sector
• Experience of working with a database
• Understanding of social media platforms inc Facebook, Twitter & Instagram and how to utilise them
• Experience of managing website content

Transparency International UK: Fundraising Officer

• Full time - 35 hrs per week
• Permanent
• Salary: £26,574 - £27,919 per annum
• Location: Office near Liverpool Street, with opportunity for blended working.

About us
Transparency International UK (TI-UK) is the UK’s leading independent anti-corruption organisation. We are a member of the Transparency International global movement made up of more than 110 country chapters with the vision for a world where people’s lives, government, business and society are free from corruption.  We believe in a world where the health of our institutions is enhanced so they can better support the people they are intended for; a world where we can trust the integrity of those in authority and in business, and a world where there is no impunity for the corrupt at home or abroad.

Our ground-breaking research and work with governments, business and civil society exposes serious governance issues in the UK and where the UK contributes to corruption abroad. Moreover, as the world struggles to rebuild in the shadow of COVID-19, to deal with devastating events like the fall of Afghanistan, and the need to tackle corruption makes front-page news, our global programmes addressing corruption in health and defence and security are increasingly important.

The Fundraising Officer will be joining TI-UK at a pivotal time. We have just launched our ambitious new 10 year strategy setting out how TI-UK will tackle corruption now and in the years to come.  Responsibility for securing the crucial donor support sits within our small but dynamic Evidence and Engagement Team, who lead the organisation’s fundraising, communications, and evidence and impact.  

About the role
Reporting into TI-UK’s Head of Institutional Fundraising, the Fundraising Officer will play a vital role in cultivating relationships, supporting proposal development and in generating income for the fight against corruption. The role spans all TI-UK’s funding streams – trusts and foundations, major gifts, institutional donors and individual giving – making it a rewarding opportunity for someone excited by their contribution to fundraising as a whole.

Your excellent organisational skills, natural ability to build relationships, and your fundraising experience will be key to engaging and collaborating with TI colleagues, prospects and partners within the UK and around the globe. You will identify funding opportunities, manage proposal development processes, and engage and develop your own pipeline of donors.

Specific tasks include: 

1. Support TI-UK’s fundraising by:

• Conducting research, identifying, and tracking funding opportunities, preparing funding briefings and alerting teams to opportunities which feed into the funding pipeline and our networks.
• Conducting funding prospect research, due diligence, and ensuring the CRM tool is up to date with accurate information.
• Assisting in coordinating and drafting applications for larger funders
• Helping to report on project and programme impact, promoting TI-UK’s success amongst key stakeholders via donor reporting, contributing to social media content and our newsletter.

2. Use your flair for engaging with others to nurture and grow supporter relationships, fundraised income and our pipeline through:

• Tracking donations, thanking donors, and contributing to maximising Gift Aid income.
• Building deeper relationships with those interested in supporting TI-UK both directly and through growing our ‘Friends of TI-UK’ community and support through events like the Big Give.  

3. Proactively contribute to building a donor portfolio and delivery of fundraising targets: Taking responsibility for identifying, applying to and managing donor relationships with a portfolio of smaller trusts and foundations and individuals, seeking unrestricted funding where possible.

About you

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate an understanding of fundraising and experience in a fundraising environment. Just as important however, will be your enthusiasm for building relationships, organisational skills and confidence to ask prospective donors to support TI-UK’s work.

Key skills and experience include:

• Excellent interpersonal skills with experience of building and managing relationships with donors and supporters of an organisation.
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to adapt messaging to different audiences.
• Proven experience contributing to writing successful grant/tender funding bids, proposals and/or and reports.

• An understanding of fundraising, alongside experience of researching donors – which could be bilateral/multilateral institutions, individual donors, corporates and/or trusts and foundations.  
• Excellent organisation skills and attention to detail, with the ability to work across teams, internally and externally, to drive fundraising engagement and coordination.
• Understanding of the international context that TI operates in with a demonstrable interest in anti-corruption, international development, global health and/or defence and security – enabling you to identify relevant funding opportunities for TI-UK’s programmes.

You will be:

• Excited to work in a mission-driven organisation
• Results oriented with a desire to support TI-UK to continuously learn and improve
• A natural team player, collaborator and networker
• A strong communicator

In exchange we will offer you:

• A competitive salary
• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Up to 5% contributory pension
• Season ticket loan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced sickness and family friendly policies
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A flexible and friendly working environment, with the opportunity for blended working

We’ve been supporting local, older people in Croydon for over 25 years and we’ve built up an amazing network of likeminded organisations and contacts.  We’re now looking to develop those relationships to increase awareness and opportunity for Age UK Croydon across the borough.

The Community Fundraising Manager will help us generate unrestricted income through local corporate and community fundraising.  Initially, fundraising efforts will be focused on the capital appeal, generating funds for the redevelopment of our Brigstock Road community hall.  In the long-term the Community Fundraising Manager will continue to build new relationships as well as maintaining strong loyal ones that maximise income and opportunities.

If you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of local, older people and want to contribute to an organisation which is continuously striving to improve, then we would love to hear from you.

Key skills we are looking for:

• A track record and experience in corporate and community fundraising
• Locally-based
• Confident in presenting/communicating daily to large and smaller audiences and individuals regarding fundraising
• Good organisational skills

Closing date for applications: Friday, 22nd October 2021

Interview Date: Thursday, 28th October 2021

Anticipated Start Date: Wednesday, 1st December 2021

Fundraising Manager

Hope and Homes for Children is looking for a Grants Partnerships Manager to join us and make families, never orphanages the new narrative. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our friendly, experienced Grants Partnerships team and would be perfect for someone looking to gain more experience in international development fundraising from trusts and foundations with a focus on child protection and the SDGs. We are looking for availability to start towards the end of 2021 and will be offering this role on a 12 month basis. One of our team members recently said this about working in our Grants team:

“Working in the Grants Team at Hope and Homes for Children is a fantastic experience, and one which offers great opportunities for developing your skills, knowledge, and career within Fundraising and International Development. The team are highly skilled, welcoming, and collaborative, and this combined with strong and experienced leadership, ensures you’re always supported to perform at your best. HHC is a vibrant and dynamic place to work, and it’s an incredible exciting time to join the charity, which has ambitious goals across the coming years. Working in the Grants Team will enable you to support this and offers you the chance to have tangible impact on the lives of children globally. I cannot recommend the team highly enough”.

Fundraising Manager Responsibilities:

Working with our team of 7 grants fundraisers you will play a vital role in securing and growing our grant making income. You will develop new and existing relationships with grants makers, put forward compelling proposals, produce reports and updates, monitor income for your own portfolio and ensure grant making activity is accurately captured in our database.

Fundraising Manager Requirements:

You will need knowledge of international development and the grants fundraising environment and have strong communication skills and an eye for detail. You will be naturally collaborative and able to manage a variable workload with tight deadlines.

About Hope and Homes for Children:

Orphanages don’t protect children, they harm them. Put simply: the last thing an orphanage can provide is the first thing a child needs - someone to love them.

Science shows what we all know, that the bond between a child and their family is vital for their development. Decades of evidence proves that orphanages harm children, subjecting them to high levels of sexual and physical abuse, as well as extreme neglect.

Children always belong in families. They need protection, encouragement, play, laughter and love. They need somewhere to call home and someone to love them. You can help us make this a reality for children.

You will be joining a brave, can-do organisation and an ambitious, collaborative and multiskilled team. You’ll be encouraged to think and act big and you’ll be mandated and supported to do what’s needed to achieve our mission. You’ll work with dedicated, passionate champions who are ready to take bold steps to inspire change - advocating for our cause, engaging individuals, communities and organisations across the globe in the foundational importance of family love for children. As the world reels from the impact of Covid, there is increased risk of families experiencing the poverty, lack of support and desperation that drives children into orphanages. There is vital work to be done in ensuring this does not happen. If you believe every child belongs in a family, join us as we consign orphanages to history.

Location: London or Salisbury, with a high degree of flexibility and home working options.

Contract Type: Interim – maternity cover (12 months)

Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week with flexibility

Salary: £30,000 - £35,695, or up to £39,396 with London weighting, where applicable, per annum depending on experience plus competitive benefits

Closing date for applications: 17th November 2021

You may have experience of the following: rants Fundraiser; Grants Executive; Grants Fundraising Manager; Trusts and Foundations Manager; Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser; Grants Partnerships Fundraiser; Grants Partnerships Manager; Grants Partnerships Executive, etc.

Ref: 103 798

Contract type: Fixed term until 28 January 2022 (with potential for extension)

Working hours: Negotiable but minimum 21 hours per week (Full-time = 35 hours per week)

Salary Grade: £27,000 per annum (pro rata for part-time hours)

Location: 28 Commercial Street, London E1 6LS

Deadline: 24 October 2021 (4.00pm)

Interview: 2 November 2021

We are looking for a skilled and proactive Fundraising Executive to lead our individual giving programme, supporting the development of new investment and diversification of funding.

The role will form part of a dynamic and supportive Development and Communications team of five where you will have the opportunity to apply your skills across a broad range of fundraising and communications activities, while focusing on individual giving.

The key aspects of this role include:

1. Developing and delivering our individual giving programme and annual appeals to grow the number of people supporting Toynbee Hall and ensure that supporters feel valued.

2. Managing and developing the fundraising communications on our website and social media, including regular donor communications.

3. Overseeing the administration systems of the Development & Communications team, including management of our database, Raiser’s Edge.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so don't wait to apply

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and talented fundraiser who can help us ensure that our unique organisation continues to expand its reach to women who want to turn their lives around. 

Working Chance is a trailblazing, award-winning charity helping women with convictions – many of whom have been in prison – to build a career they can thrive in.

It’s a great time to join us. Our team and our profile have been steadily growing over the last couple of years, and the topics we focus on are never far from the headlines: championing gender equality, reforming our criminal justice system, and determining how to create a fairer and more inclusive employment landscape, especially as the economy reopens after Brexit and Covid-19. 

You’ll have the track record and confidence to thrive in this standalone role, but will benefit from support from your comms colleagues and input from our Chief Executive. You'll be able to think and plan strategically but equally be happy to get stuck into the nitty gritty of fundraising and to try new things. 

Our finances and funding pipeline are healthy (with around three-quarters of our funding coming from trusts and foundations) so you’ll have a really strong base to work from, which will give you time to get to know our funding landscape and get stuck into managing our corporate partnerships and implementing our individual giving strategy, alongside our comms team. 

The ideal candidate will have a strong sense of what makes funders tick, and the ability to communicate our case for support through exceptionally high-quality written work and in meetings. You will have significant experience of successful fundraising for a charity, including researching prospects, meeting with funders, writing successful applications and funding reports. 

We are deeply committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applicants with lived experience of the criminal justice system. 

Fundraising Manager: Job description

Introduction

Clore Social Leadership is one of the UK’s most respected leadership development providers for the social and non-profit sector. Since 2010, and throughout the 2020 crisis, we have supported thousands of social leaders who are changing the world and serving disadvantaged and underserved communities across the UK and globally.

Since 2015, we have been on a mission to democratise social sector leadership and make it accessible to every social leader in the UK. Key to this agenda is the provision of low-cost online leadership development opportunities, which Clore Social is now offering along with our longer guided programmes. We are now looking for a creative, agile and enthusiastic Fundraising Manager to ensure our sustainability and growth moving forward. 

Job purpose

The postholder will work with the Chief Executive and senior management team to develop and secure the capacity and sustainability of Clore Social Leadership. The postholder will develop and execute our fundraising strategy, maintain relationships with our current donors, and grow our fundraising pipeline.

This is an exciting and varied role, with the opportunity to fundraise for two innovative new projects supporting UK third sector leaders, as well as Clore Social’s guided leadership development programmes: SharedPurpose, an online community platform for anyone working for positive social change, and the Social Leaders YOUniversity, a collection of accessible online leadership development products.

This role is best suited for someone who is self-motivated, creative and enthusiastic; and who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You should have demonstrated experience of fundraising from trusts and foundations and/or major donors. For the right person, this role has the potential to grow into a senior management position along with the organisation’s growth.

Main responsibilities

Fundraising

• Work closely with the Chief Executive Officer to design and deliver an ambitious fundraising strategy to raise funds from a broad range of funding streams.

• Conduct prospect research to identify and cultivate key trust and foundation, statutory and corporate partnerships, and major donor relationships.

• Write compelling applications to funders to generate income for projects that support the strategic goals of Clore Social.

• Support the Chief Executive Officer to develop and maintain relationships with existing and new funders.

• Ensure reporting requirements are met and that funders are kept informed of how their support has enabled the charity to continue its work.

• Work with the Director of Operations to prepare financial reports and budgets.

• Carry out other duties appropriate to the post as requested by the Chief Executive Officer.

General

• Prepare fundraising reports for regular trustee board reports.

• Maintain orderly fundraising records and files, which are housed on our Google Drive system.

• Keep colleagues informed of current fundraising activities.

• Consistently demonstrate the values of the Clore Social Leadership in all its activities.

Skills and experience - (E=essential, D=desirable)

This role will suit someone with a strong track record of fundraising and developing relationships. You will be a confident and charismatic individual who is highly professional and hard working, with great attention to detail.

• Demonstrable experience of successful fundraising in the third sector with a focus on trusts and foundations (E)

• Track record of managing relationships with funders to secure 5- and 6-figure grants (E)

• Experience of preparing budgets and financial reports for funding applications and reports (E)

• Excellent communication and customer service skills (E)

• Excellent time management and organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and to work to deadlines (E)

• Strong project management and administrative skills (E)

• Strong attention to detail with a solid focus on quality, completion and consistent delivery (E)

• Experience of other fundraising methods, such as corporates, philanthropic individuals (HNWI), or crowdfunding (D)

• Demonstrable understanding of how charities demonstrate impact (D)

• Experience in a results-driven, professional environment with an ability to articulate and focus upon key performance indicators at all times (D)

Reporting Relationships

The CEO will be the line manager. The Fundraising Manager will also work closely with the senior management team, which currently  includes 5 directors.

Hours and place of work

This role is to be fulfilled over a 35-hour week and normally within office hours (Mon-Fri, 9.30am–5.30pm). The position will initially be offered on a short-term contract of six months, with the possibility of extension. It is currently partly remote-based, with attendance at our current co-working office space in London (Better Space, 127 Farringdon Rd, London EC1R 3DA) required once a week and at other events (sometimes in addition to normal hours) as necessary. We are open to discussing this further with the successful candidate.

Pay and benefits

Salary for this role will be £32,000-£35,000 per annum, depending on experience. The post holder is entitled to 25 working days’ holiday each year in addition to statutory holidays. Full time only considered.

Application process

Clore Social Leadership is committed to a policy of equality and diversity. We actively encourage applications from people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Please send a covering letter and CV.

(The cover letter should be no longer than one page and should illustrate your suitability for the role.)

Applications will not be reviewed without a covering letter.

Application deadline: Sunday 31 October 2021 at 11:59pm

1st round interviews: Thursday 4 November - Friday 5 November 2021

2nd round interviews: Tuesday 9 November - Wednesday 10 November 2021

Registered charity number: 1136727

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced fundraiser with a background in securing income from charitable trusts and foundations to join our team. Groundswell has rapidly grown over the past few years; our #HealthNow campaign alongside the expansion of our Homeless Health Peer Advocate (HHPA) services and research consultancy across the country has grown our brand, networks and impact. Our turnover is just over £2million, bought in by a small but effective team generating income from a range of voluntary and statutory sources. Within Fundraising and Communications, we have a Director and a Communications Officer; yet colleagues across the organisation generate income from statutory sources and our social enterprises (research and training). We’re always working together to be as effective as possible.

This is an incredibly exciting time to join Groundswell – the value of taking a health approach to the homelessness crisis combined with our unique insight into the lived experience of homelessness is generating interest and opportunities. Nevertheless, we know that with the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, changes in commissioning and competition amongst charities who have had to change their fundraising approaches, means the future is unknown.

Working at Groundswell brings you a busy, positive, and enthusiastic environment which you’ll benefit from no matter where you are based. There is no shortage of dedicated staff and volunteers full of ideas on how to overcome homeless health inequalities and influence the sector to use the insight of lived experience to develop solutions to homelessness. You will be a crucial part of the team, working closely with the Senior Management Team, particularly the Fundraising and Communications Director to maintain relationships with our network of existing funders and grow Groundswell’s income. You will be experienced in trusts and foundations but enjoy variety in this role, for example engaging with corporate or individual supporters or assisting SMT with a statutory funding process. You will be a flexible worker with strong organisational, research and written communication skills. You will pride yourself in collaborative working to ensure the most successful chance of securing income, whilst being a self-starter who can manage their own workload effectively.

Application Process

1. Application

To make an application, please submit your CV along with a cover letter which explains:

• how you meet each of the areas outlined in the person specification contained in the job pack below and
• why you are interested in doing this job.

We are taking applications on a rolling basis and will consider them as they come in. Please submit your application via the link above or as contained in the job pack.

Interview

If you are shortlisted based on your application, we will invite you to an interview at Groundswell.

If you would like an informal chat about the role before applying, please email Becky, the Fundraising and Communications Director, via the details in the job pack and they will get back to you.

Duchenne UK are seeking a Fundraising Manager to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to join our young, ambitious charity.

You will play a central role in growing fundraising to enable more investment into research, advancing treatments and supporting the DMD community.

You will drive the stewardship strategy and oversee the supporter journey at every level to create a long term, sustainable fundraising model. You will develop relationships with our supporters and the DMD community, ensuring they are supported through education on impact and outcomes. You will also be proactive in seeking new opportunities to achieve ambitious fundraising targets.

You will lead in the development and delivery of key events and fundraising campaigns throughout the year. You will also support in the delivery of our signature annual London to Paris 24-hour bike ride, The Duchenne Dash.

You will be a part of our small, but dynamic fundraising team and will work closely with the CEO, MD, Head of Fundraising and Marketing and Communications Manager. You will line manage the Fundraising Assistant.

We are looking for someone who is a driven self-starter, who thrives working in a small team environment and who is passionate about helping Duchenne UK achieve our mission, to end Duchenne.

What is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

DMD is a devastating muscle wasting disease and is the most common genetic killer of children worldwide.  The disease is caused by a lack of the protein dystrophin in the body which acts as a shock absorber, and without it, the muscles are damaged by everyday use.  Diagnosed almost always in boys, usually before the age of five. Children often lose mobility by their teens and are unlikely to live beyond their thirties.  In the UK there are around 2,500 boys affected and around 300,000 worldwide. There are limited treatment options and no cure.

Duchenne UK

Duchenne UK has one clear aim – to end Duchenne. Our heart and soul, and our reason for carrying on, are our boys, men and rare girls living with DMD. 

We are the largest funder of DMD research in the UK. We connect leading researchers with industry, the NHS and families to challenge every stage of drug development to make the incurable, curable. Together, we will find treatments for this generation of patients with Duchenne.

We’re doing this by funding research that’s focused on getting treatments to those affected now – as well as pushing as far as we can for effective treatments in the future. And we’re here to support every family affected and ensure that they receive the best possible care. We aim to not only improve quality of life, but stop the disease in its tracks. We’re doing it faster, too, because this generation of patients can’t wait.