Reporting to the Events and Community Fundraising Manager, you will plan and deliver events, including liaising with supporters and participants, seeking corporate sponsorship and ensuring events both large and small run smoothly. You will also help to build our presence within the community, working with our service delivery team and young people.

Prospectus is excited to be supporting the Vision Foundation in their search for a new Senior Community Fundraising Officer. This is an exciting new position with an innovative, growing organisation.

Vision Foundation has been supporting and speaking out on behalf of blind and partially sighted people across London for close to 100 years. They support their network of other organisations that provide a necessary lifeline and essential resource for London's visually impaired community. Vision Foundation is a values led organisation with an exciting new strategy, which is driving them to achieve more impact than ever before.

As Senior Community Fundraising Officer, you will work closely with the Head of Events and Community to devise, implement and evaluate the community element of the fundraising strategy. You will provide stewardship and support for local volunteers and support and engage local business, groups and associations to secure long-term partnerships. You will also manage two Coin Box Collectors and will be part of an exciting current project to introduce contactless donations in the next year.

You will have previous experience in community fundraising, with evidence of proactively building and growing relationships with local business, groups and individuals. You will be confident in your role and will be looking for an opportunity to perhaps take on new responsibilities in line management, strategy involvement and bringing your own ideas in community fundraising to life.

You will be part of a supportive team with plenty of opportunities to continuously develop your skills and experience. The organisation offers flexible working opportunities amongst other benefits.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application. In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to speaking with you soon.

We are recruiting for a Senior Community Fundraising Officer for a leading sight loss charity that has been supporting and speaking out on behalf of blind and partially sighted people for close to 100 years.

This role will devise, implement and evaluate the Community element of the Fundraising Strategy.

You will have the opportunity to provide dedicated stewardship and support to local volunteers and donors.

This role is very much set up for success, with lots of great opportunity to develop and grow a community fundraising programme.

You will need:

• Experience of developing and implementing community fundraising activities


• Experience of recruiting and working with volunteers


• Line management experience


• You will also be an excellent communicator, able to present information clearly with the ability to inspire and enthuse others.

Salary: £30,000

Closing date: asap

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call me on 020 30 062787 or apply online.

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.

We are recruiting for a Community and Events Fundraising Officer for a charity that is dedicated to ending youth homelessness.

This role will support the delivery of the charities events and community strategy by delivering events, projects and administrative duties to help achieve income targets and increase awareness.

You will engage and steward community fundraisers and event participants, supporting them with their fundraising activities – making this a really interesting and role.

You will need:

• The ability to communicate clearly and be supportive to those taking part in our events


• Experience of working with databases


• Excellent written communication skills


• But above all, you must be friendly, enjoy engaging with people and have an interest in people and their motivations for supporting the charities work.

Salary: £28,000

Closing date: asap

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call me on 020 30 062787 or apply online.

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.

Harris Hill are delighted to be working with a fantastic homelessness organisation who are seeking an ambitious and driven Community and Events Fundraising Officer to join their successful team on a 12 month contract.

This is an exciting role, offering the opportunity to be involved in a broad portfolio covering community activity, exciting project launches and unique events. You will build and cultivate strong relationships with supporters and stakeholders, engage and steward event participants and work collaboratively with the wider events and community team to ensure a collaborative and creative culture.

The ideal candidate for the role will have:

* Demonstratable experience in an events or fundraising role
* Proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships
* An understanding of challenge events
* The ability to work well within a fast-paced team
* Previous database experience

To find out more about the role please email a copy of your CV to [email protected] or call 02078207302. This role is accepting applications on a rolling basis, so please get in touch ASAP to avoid disappointment.

Please note only successful applicants will be contacted.

Music, it’s in our DNA. And as the largest music therapy charity in the UK, Nordoff Robbins use the power of music to enrich the lives of people affected by life limiting illness, isolation or disability.

Are you already a fundraising assistant looking to grow in your career?  Maybe you already work in events and want an opportunity to work creatively on new events and fundraising opportunities?  Do you love music and have charity beneficiaries at the heart of everything you do? Then this could be exactly the role you've been looking for.

Working as part of our hugely successful Fundraising and Events team, you will contribute to our Fundraising and Events strategy, helping the charity to reach more people in more places.  You'll administer the day to day delivery of the existing corporate and partnership events portfolio and work with the partnerships team to develop a pipeline of new events/opportunities for the Charity. You'll also be responsible for the operational and logistic delivery of specific corporate event fundraising income streams including our popular Football Tournament, our Challenge Events, our Big Busk and the Charity's Community Choirs. Working with our Partnerships Manager, you'll develop a program of activities that build a stronger supporter/corporate experience.

You'll also be responsible for working cross-organisationally and building a volunteer programme that supports the delivery of the partnerships/corporate events, main event portfolio and DIY activity.

We're looking for someone with a passion for fundraising and events, who is results orientated and able to develop strong working relationships with a range of stakeholders and colleagues.  You'll need to have strong organisational skills, be willing to work creatively as part of a team and have clear and confident written and verbal communication skills.  In return we offer a generous 31 days annual leave entitlement, pension scheme, cycle to work scheme and a range of learning and development opportunities.

Please apply with a CV and cover letter via our website, detailing your interest in the role and how your skills and experience match our requirements (please note applications without a covering letter will not be considered).

Closing date: Midday on Monday 2nd March 2020

Interview date: Thursday 5th March and Friday 6th March 2020

This role is subject to a Basic DBS check

We are a Disability Confident Employer

Duties and key responsibilities

Oversight, Strategy & Planning

• Lead the Community & Challenge Event team, providing exceptional management, oversight & reporting of International & UK Community & Challenge events
• Develop and implement an effective Community & Challenge fundraising strategy which incorporates key fundraising campaigns throughout the year, in addition to growing the mixed portfolio of UK & International events

Stewardship

• Develop strong relationships with community and challenge supporters; enabling life-long connections to MAP whilst maximising income opportunities
• Oversee the delivery of MAP’s champion fundraisers programme

Management

• Manage the community fundraising officer and help develop the role
• Monitor the effectiveness of the systems and strategies in place in order to develop efficient high-quality administration of MAP’s events
• Ensure the Community & Challenges officer regularly reviews the stewardship experience
• Create a supportive and inspiring culture within your team and have a mentality to support both the wider fundraising team, and other MAP departments in London and overseas
• Management of MAP overseas challenge events

Operational Planning

• The post holder will be responsible for achieving short and long term financial & non-financial targets and ensuring places are filled on targeted challenge events
• To monitor, review and evaluate performance against plan and report forecast financial and other results on to an agreed timetable
• Any other duties as required commensurate with the post
• Ensure MAP complies with all charity regulatory requirements, charity law, data protection, codes of practice and other relevant fundraising standards

Reporting

• Provide regular written reports, KPIs, updated budgets and finances to the Director of Fundraising

For the Faith and in the Service of Humanity

ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM EYE HOSPITAL GROUP

Title: Fundraising Officer

Salary: Circa £28,000 to £33,000 p.a.

Contract length: Permanent

Hours: Full-time
Location: Clerkenwell - London

Closing date: 28th February 2020

St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group (SJEHG) is the only charitable provider of expert eye care in the Palestinian Territories and East Jerusalem. We have been treating patients regardless of their ethnicity, religion, or ability to pay for over 135 years. Our sight-saving work is carried out against challenging and difficult odds to the highest international standards. 

We are looking for an experienced Fundraising Officer to significantly increase the Hospital’s voluntary income, through the development and management of mid-value fundraising appeals and stewardship of mid-level and regular donors. In addition, the post holder will be required to provide finance, event, admin, and communications support to two established fundraising committees.

You must have proven experience in community and events fundraising. You should demonstrate experience in building trusted, long term relationships with donors and volunteers. You should possess a record of achieving income targets, in addition to being familiar with a donor data base and an understanding of data analysis, queries and reports. Experience of working in a charitable organization is desirable.

We offer an attractive benefits package including 25 days of annual leave, pension scheme, life insurance, season ticket loan, and training and development opportunities. We have a dynamic and hardworking employee environment based in a well-equipped attractive building only a5 minutes’ walk away from Barbican and Farringdon station.

The closing date for receipt of application is Friday 28th February 2020. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Every day in the UK, 34 young adults are diagnosed with cancer and can face a journey fraught with uncertainty and fear. Trekstock exist to help young adults thrive with, through and beyond a diagnosis of cancer, ensuring that no young adult in the UK faces the disease alone. They deliver physical, practical and social support programmes tailored to the needs of young adults, to give them a better chance of living well through, and beyond cancer.

Whilst small (the current full team is 7, including the office dog, Serge, who is a vital member of the team), they have a growing supporter base, which requires a passionate, energetic and dedicated High Value Fundraising Officer to join the growing team. In the last financial year (18/19) they increased fundraising by 40%, ending the year with a total of c. £450k meaning this financial year’s target currently stands at £500k, which they are well on the way to achieving (year end, May).

This is a hybrid role, working across, in the main Trust and Corporate fundraising, supporting the Head of Fundraising in creating and building a vibrant philanthropic programme. The Head of Fundraising is an exceptional fundraiser, who is helping Trekstock to upscale their offering and the successful candidate will be joining at a time of growth with the recent appointment of a community fundraising officer and communications officer. The board of Trustees is highly engaged and willing to open their contact books providing unrivalled exposure and opportunity for young fundraisers.

Currently, funding is weighted towards community (c.£200k), but the successful applicant will play a key part in re-focusing high value income with a potential team target of c.£280k with an even split between trust and corporate work. Fantastic relationships have already been built with some key foundations and the successful candidate will be expected to manage, grow and replicate these with the ongoing support of the Chief Executive and Head of Fundraising.

Trekstock need a High Value Fundraising Officer to:

• Push the current prospect research, trust and corporate function from ‘desk research’ towards re-engagement, engagement and results

• Work towards a personal target to be decided on appointment, engaging funders (trusts and corporate bodies), who give up to £10,000 • Work with the Head of Fundraising, Chief Executive and Community Fundraiser to drive the strategic engagement of new funders

• Work with the Community and Communications Officers as well as the Service lead to help evolve and grow the project portfolio, with a specific view to capitalising on regional opportunities and small corporate contacts

• Work comfortably across all areas of fundraising, rolling up their sleeves and helping other teams as well as taking on the administrative tasks associated with a small charity

• Support the Head of Fundraising and Chief Executive to deliver a separate, capital project (up to £75k), by delivering bespoke cases for support and other fundraising collateral

The position would best suit:

• A passionate fundraiser, looking to take the next step in the career, learning from a strong, dedicated group of fundraisers, across multiple income streams

• An excellent relationship builder, motivated by maintaining strong links with a small established portfolio of donors as well as generating new income by engaging new funders (a 50:50 split towards portfolio management and new business)

• An exceptional writer with a keen eye for detail

• Someone with experience using database software

• Someone who works well under pressure and in a small team – relishing the opportunity to gain experience in a fast paced, flat structured environment

Deadline for applications is 21st February with interviews 27/28th Feb

Job Title: Fundraising Officer

Contract: One year fixed term.

Part time:  (21hours p/w)
Salary range: ££ 26,000 (pro rata) (£15,600 actual salary)

Closing Date:  3rd March 2020

Core Arts- a leading creative mental health charity in London  are looking for an enthusiastic and creative person to become part of our Fundraising team to assist the Deputy Director in fundraising bids. Ideally we are looking for someone who loves working as part of a team and is willing to learn and support applications for funds.  The role involves fundraising from Trusts, Foundations, Lottery and Statutory funds plus assisting in the PR of the Charity.

The person needs to be organised and efficient, eager to learn about our ethos and personalised way of working. The ideal candidate would have a passion for persuasive writing, they will be excellent administrators with good attention to detail, with an understanding of how the creative arts improves wellbeing. 

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills -both written and oral; be happy working independently but also in collaboration with others; have good arithmetic ability. Fundraising experience is preferred but not necessary.  More important is an understanding of the importance of creativity and education to improve adults mental health.

To apply please email a relevant CV and a Covering Letter explaining what has motivated you to apply for the role and how you feel you meet the requirements of the role to  Giuliana Molinari 

Please look at the Core Arts website for a full job description.

Charity People are recruiting for a Community Fundraising Executive for a health and social care charity based in London. This is a brand new, exciting role within the Fundraising and Marketing team, aiming at developing and expanding the organisations existing community fundraising work.

Working with a range of community based events, individual supporters and stakeholders, you will focus on growing the charity's portfolio of local events and help develop the number of committees and fundraisers by targeting new groups and demographics. You will also act as the main point of contact between the charity resource managers and existing committees to keep a clear communication channel for funding and income raised. As a key contributor in Community Fundraising for the organisation, you will be responsible for ensuring maximum exposure of the organisation is achieved, thereby increasing engagement.

The ideal person will have previous successful experience working within community fundraising, preferably with organising events and fundraising. You will also be extremely organised and able to prioritise workload effectively with excellent written and verbal communication skills. There is a really lovely office environment within the organisation, and is a perfect opportunity for someone wishing to develop their community fundraising experience.

If you would like to find out more, please contact Alice at Charity People.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), race, religion or belief, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Please note, due to the number of applications we receive we aren't always able to respond to unsuccessful candidates.

This is a great opportunity to develop your volunteer management skills to recruit and engage them in supporting a national campaign.

Work under a supportive manager to develop your skills within community fundraising and volunteer management.

Job specification:

• Recruit and manager volunteers and manage relationships within your area incuding individuals, local corporates and organisations
• Working with your manager to produce budgets for income and expenditure
• Project manage the local support of a national campaign Work with teams across the organisation to create resources, develop training and deliver PR on a local level
• Ensure the reward and recognision activities for supporters is delivered

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have some understanding of fundraising and/or volunteer management
• Be motivated by encouraging supporters to get involved with the charity
• Have strong relationship building skills and comfortable communicating with people at all levels
• Be self motivated and able to prioritise your workload Have excellent IT skills and ideally experience using social media
• Most importantly you will be driven and ambitious, motivated to be the best fundraiser you can and in return this charity will support and reward your development.

Flexible working is offered. Ideally you'll have a driving lisense and be happy to work some eventings and weekends when necessary (TOIL will be given in return)

What the job involves

This is a fantastic opportunity to grow, develop and gain valuable skills and experience, in our established Community Fundraising team. You will be part of passionate team fighting to stop prostate cancer from being a killer. This is an integral role where you will be working to generate income across our Community Fundraising programme including Walking, Cycling, Skydiving and Beneficiary Events.

You’ll support the team by assisting with enquiries, managing some income streams and the recruitment of new supporters for the team, as well as providing excellent customer experience to supporters. You will also work closely with the Community Fundraising Executives and Communications team to manage supporter journeys of third-party events (e.g. Walking Challenges and Skydives) and their marketing plans. You will also provide support with general team duties – updating the website, coordinating content and liaising with case studies to complement the Community Fundraising programme.

This role also involves some general administration associated with fundraising, especially maintaining high quality data on the Raiser’s Edge database, whilst ensuring information gathered is recorded in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

What we want from you

You will have the energy and passion to manage this wide-ranging role and make a valuable contribution to the success of the team by having excellent communication skills, being proactive in supporting participants, as well as having a strong eye for detail in carrying out administrative duties. You can prioritise a busy workload to ensure we are able to deliver excellent customer experience, be self-motivated, coupled with excellent organisational skills and have an outgoing and positive approach to the role.

You will be excited to build and manage relationships with existing and new community fundraisers as you will be the first point contact for enquiries for the team. You will also be able to motivate and offer fundraising advice, to ensure excellent experiences, from sign-up through to thanking. Whilst the role is office based, there may be occasions when travel to events around the UK is expected.

The support we’ll provide

Join our team and you’ll be working at an award-winning charity that will help you learn, develop your skills and expertise, and achieve your highest aspirations. We provide everything you’d expect from a professional organisation – competitive benefits package, contributory pension scheme, life insurance and season ticket loan – but much more besides. Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we fight for a better future for men.

Closing date:  23:45pm, Sunday 1 March 2020.

Interview date: week commencing 9 March 2020.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Prostate Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SC039332). Registered company number 02653887.

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Membership and Fundraising Officer to join the European Movement UK team to help build its grassroots activist and membership base .

About the European Movement:

Founded by Winston Churchill in 1947, The European Movement is the UK’s largest pro-European membership organisation. In recent years we have been a founding supporter of the People’s Vote campaign.

The European Movement UK is a grassroots organisation with a network of over 126 groups, and it is also linked to a network of groups in the EU27 as part of European Movement International. 

Following the election we have reached an exciting turning point in our organisation. The European Movement UK’s role is more important than ever as we hold the government to account during the Brexit process. We will be campaigning for maintaining European rights, standards and values post-Brexit. 

In the next phase of the European Movement UK we need to put our members front and centre. We need to create a membership offer with community at its heart.

What we’re looking for:

The European Movement is hiring a Membership and Fundraising Officer to help build its grassroots activist and membership base . 

You will be involved in a number of areas within our organisation, including:

• Provide full administrative support for the membership function of European Movement UK

• Handle membership enquiries on a daily basis 

• Support the Head of Digital Campaigns with the creation and implementation of Membership Recruitment and Retention strategy.

• Support the Events and Organisation Manager with community outreach campaigns.

• Support the Head of Digital Campaigns with content creation for fundraising and membership recruitment on all channels 

• Be responsible for regularly updating records on our CRM database and extract reports as required, as well as ensuring our web pages on the CMS are up to date. 

• Liaise with finance to ensure accurate payment records for members

• Supporting the Head of Digital, Head of Communications and  the Administrative Officer with maintaining the membership system, including membership benefits (packs, newsletters) and similar initiatives such as the EM1000 club 

• Supporting the Head of Digital Campaigns with fundraising streams such as philanthropy and trust and foundations fundraising.

Skills and experience

Essential

• At least two years’ experience in a membership or fundraising role

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 

• Experience working with a CRM (essential), experience using NationBuilder (desired)

• Great interpersonal skills (comfortable building relationships with members)

• Understanding of data protection laws, especially GDPR 

• Experience of using a CMS (essential), experience using NationBuilder (desirable)

• Highly organised and good administration skills

• Sound IT skills

• Basic design skills

Desirable

• Experience using Nationbuilder 

• Previous experience of working in a membership organisation or trade/professional body 

• Understanding of the European Union and the current Brexit debate

• Ability to write compelling copy

This is a great time to join this organisation as we grow our membership across Europe and beyond! 

Closing date:  26th February 2020

Interview date: 5th March 2020

TO APPLY PLEASE SEND YOUR CV AND COVER LETTER