We are currently seeking to recruit an enthusiastic Business Development Manager into the South Yorkshire Region. This exciting new role will report to the Director of Fundraising for West & South Yorkshire, working alongside our Regional Fundraising Manager in the region and our Corporate and Partnerships Manager. We are looking for a strategic and creative individual with a proven track record of generating substantial relationships with organisations within the charity sector. You will be a confident networker with excellent communication skills, have the ability to seize opportunities quickly and be comfortable with ambitious income growth. A collaborative and proactive approach will be critical for success.

Not everyone realises that the Yorkshire Air Ambulance relies solely on the generosity of individuals and organisations to help save lives across your region. In fact, as an independent Charity we only receive help through secondment of the paramedics from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust. The Yorkshire Air Ambulance fly daily with a crew consisting of a highly trained Pilot, a Critical Care Consultant level Doctor with experience in A&E and an anaesthesia specialism and two Critical Care Paramedics. We need to raise £12,000 per day to keep both of Yorkshire’s air ambulances and highly-trained crew in the air. This is the equivalent of £4.4m every single year.

Job Purpose

To engage and build relationships with local major donors and organisations, identifying new opportunities across the South Yorkshire region. To use strong sales and business development experience to build long lasting relationships with local businesses and companies whilst also dealing with retailers, large regular supporters, and other key contacts. Drive the region forward and help to raise the profile of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and represent the Charity at networking events and in the local community, making the most of all media opportunities, working closely with our Marketing department. Accountable for the delivery of challenging income expectations

Job Description

• Responsible for the overall charity profile in the area. You should strive to increase awareness and make the most of PR opportunities at all times working alongside our Marketing Department.
• Identify, develop and manage a programme of new fundraising initiatives to maximise awareness and generate new support for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Working with existing and potential major donors, organisations, retailers, charity of the year supporters and key contacts. 
• Generate leads for new business fundraising opportunities to assist in delivering the annual budget for this income stream, working alongside our Corporate and Partnerships Manager.
• Network extensively with corporate organisations and other associations to encourage and develop support for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
• Be confident in preparing and presenting a tailored charity pitch to corporate organisations when required with the aim of securing charity partnerships of all sizes both locally and regionally.

For the full job description, please download the job pack

If you wish to discuss the job role in more detail, please contact Kerry Dwyer, Director of Fundraising West & South Yorkshire.

Closing date for applications is: Tuesday 4th May 2021 at 9.00am.

Training and Engagement Lead

Full time at 35 hours per week

Office Based in Leeds City Centre and regular travel across Leeds (current requirement to work from home during Covid-19 restrictions)

Salary: £25,375- £28,420 dependent on experience

Permanent

GamCare is the leading national provider of information, advice and treatment for anyone affected by problem gambling. The Leeds Community Gambling Service works with a wide range of people, communities and organisations across Leeds providing information, training and treatment to raise awareness and support around gambling related harms.

Key Responsibilities

• The postholder will deliver training to help communities and professionals to identify problem gambling and ensure pathways into the Leeds Community Gambling Service are seamless and widely understood
• The postholder will lead on developing public awareness through a mixture of engagement methods across Leeds.
• The postholder will offer advice, brief and extended brief Interventions from numerous community locations across Leeds. Supporting clients through individual face to face, telephone and online support as well through group-based interventions.

The Training and Engagement Lead will be expected to work in a way that recognises and values diversity, has an understanding of the functional model of Problem Gambling, the model of change, CBT and have a commitment to Recovery

In Leeds you will form part of an enthusiastic clinical and engagement team working from several locations. To meet the needs of our service users the role will include some evenings and occasional Saturdays.

You will be a self-starter, with a passion for delivering innovative, quality services, and a collaborative style.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

To apply, please go onto the GamCare website and complete the application form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Survey.

If you would like acknowledgement that your application has been received, please ensure the application is attached and input the correct job title. Please note that if the subject is not correct, you may not receive a confirmation.

Please note that if the subject is not correct, you may not receive a confirmation.

To discuss the role further please email Chris Walker (Leeds Community Gambling Service – Service Manger) Application forms forwarded to this email will not be accepted.

Please note we do not accept CVs.

GamCare is committed to processing your personal data fairly, lawfully and transparently in line with GDPR. For further information on GamCare’s recruitment privacy notice please refer to our website.

Closing date for applications is: 03/05/2021 at 9am

Interview dates: tbc

Interviews are scheduled to take place remotely via videoconferencing software.

DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, HARMONY WORKS

• Do you want to be instrumental in the creation of a new centre for music education and performance in Sheffield and transform the lives of 1000s of children from all backgrounds?
• Do you have understanding and experience of fundraising for major capital projects?
• Are you a great team player?

Harmony Worksis a partnership between Sheffield Music Academy and Sheffield Music Hub to create a permanent new home for music education in the City Centre.To do this we need to raise £12m, so we are looking for an enthusiastic development officer to join our small but dynamic, growing team. 

The project will acquire a heritage building and refurbish it specifically for music education.Harmony Works will also deliver an ambitious programme of outreach activity to involve more of Sheffield’s children and young people in music, particularly those who experience unequal access to participation.

This initial part time, fixed term role will deliver the project’s fundraising ground work.As the project progresses we hope to expand the team with more specialist fundraising roles and this post has the potential to be reshaped and extended as part of that process,depending on performance, how the project develops, and funding success.The project is planned to run until 2025.

Location: Home working with a requirement to be in Sheffield for site meetings and team meetings up to twice per month (Covid 19 restrictions permitting). 

Dog Behaviourist / Aftercare Instructor (North)

If you are a skilled dog trainer/behaviourist looking to utilise your skills within the charity sector, this could be the role for you.

To help our client create amazing partnerships, they need amazing people. They have an exciting opportunity for an Aftercare Instructor to join their aftercare team. You’ll be working directly with their clients (partners) who have been partnered with a dog, supporting them with the on-going training of their dog. Using positive training methods, you will give advice on behavioural and training issues.

Dog Behaviourist / Aftercare Instructor Responsibilities:

You will be part of their busy Aftercare team, providing training and support to their partners in their homes once they have been matched with their canine partner. They give on-going support to every partnership, ensuring they are long-lasting, happy and healthy. Each partnership receives a minimum of 9 visits in the first year and at least 2 visits annually, until the dog retires.

You will travel throughout the North (Yorkshire, Humberside, Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside) visiting partners to provide training and support in and around their homes and outside including work routes & free-running exercises. This includes providing refresher training to ongoing partnerships.

Working together with the Aftercare Manager and Team leaders you will mentor and train casual part-time Aftercare Assistants and attend and run training days at either training centres.

Dog Behaviourist / Aftercare Instructor Requirements:

• Knowledge of dog training behaviour
• Ability to communicate at all levels with a wide range of people
• Effective record keeping, ICT and report writing skills
• Full UK driving licence and use of appropriate vehicle for work purposes, or ability to travel significant mileage in line with the requirements of the role

Ideally you will have an understanding of human medical conditions as they relate to canine partnerships and experience of providing training to others.

You will be customer focused with the ability to be tactful, diplomatic and sensitive. Along with a flexible and adaptable approach, you’ll have a critical eye for detail with the ability to champion our client’s charity values and interact with their partners, volunteers and supporters in a positive and enthusiastic way. Most importantly you will be passionate about the transformative impact that assistance dogs provide to their beneficiaries.

Ideally, you will have experience of training dogs using positive reward-based methods and will have empathy for a wide range of people, including those with a disability.

This role is home-based but will require travel to cover: Yorkshire, Humberside, Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside to visit partnerships in those areas. Our client will provide mileage expenses for use of your own car for travel (or a charity vehicle if available), a laptop and phone for use in this role.

About our client:

If you are looking for an inspirational challenge, join their amazing assistance dog charity and contribute to their life changing work.

Their mission is to transform the lives of adults with physical disabilities through partnership with their specially trained assistance dogs.

Location: Homebased covering Yorkshire, Humberside, Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time, 37.5 per week

Salary: £20,065 - £25,082 per annum depending on experience

Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life assurance, Annual Leave, wide range of discounts at high street shops

Closing date for applications: 9th May 2021
1st Interview: Week commencing 24 May 2021 (via video call)
2nd Interview: Week commencing 31 May 2021 at our Midlands Training Centre (Covid-19 restrictions dependent)

You may have experience of the following: Behaviourist, Dog Trainer, Puppy Trainer, Behavioural Consultant, Dog Behaviourist, Assistance Dog Trainer, Animal Trainer, etc.

Ref: 98172

Star Bereavement is a specialist and innovative children and young people’s Bereavement Service that supports children, young adults (3-25 years) and families across the Wakefield District, affected by the death of a person important to them, addressing their needs in ways that are compassionate, comprehensive, and accessible.

We think about children and young people first in everything we do.

We are seeking to appoint a passionate, skilled and experienced Senior Bereavement Practitioner:

• To lead on the delivery and coproduction of support and therapeutic interventions for children and young people experiencing bereavement and in particular disruptive grief and trauma.
• To provide both 1:1 and group support and manage a caseload of varying complexities.

You must hold a qualification in Counselling or Psychotherapy, (at Diploma level or above) and be experienced in working with children and young people.

Hours: Flexible 30 hrs per week.  You need to be willing to work at times that suit the young people - so evenings and weekends too

Contract: initially one year from starting date with further 2 years funding dependent on impact

Salary: £28,000-£32,000 for 30 hours per week

Base:  Star Bereavement, 11 Upper York Street, Wakefield WF1 3LQ

Delivery: Across the Wakefield District

Closing Date:  26 April 2021, midday

Interview Date (provisional):5 May 2021

If you wish to apply, for this position, please email your CV along with a covering letter detailing why you think you would be suitable for the role of Senior Bereavement Practitioner.

Star Bereavement recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly where we are under-represented, currently this includes disabled people, LGBTQ+ and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.