We are seeking a proactive, flexible, driven, and organised person to support our fundraising and communication activities. This role will be integral to the growth and development of our work and in supporting our members. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to develop their skills, gain valuable experience, and develop a career in the not-for-profit sector.

About the role

This role will report to the Chief Executive. The post holder will look to secure income from different income streams (including individuals and organisations) through grants as well as donations, and to deliver communications with members and stakeholders to support funding needs as well as raise the profile of ILPA and our work:

40% - Trusts & Foundations and Lottery (& other grantmakers)

50% - Communications (includes Social Media)

10% - Corporate and Individual Giving (includes Major Donors)

We have a successful portfolio with trusts and foundations including, Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Trust for London. You will be supported by the Chief Executive to continue managing these big bids and developing new project bids for the future.

About you

The ideal candidate will be proactive and self-motivated to achieve success, with excellent verbal and written communication skills. You will be experienced in charity fundraising, including grants/trusts.  You will have experience in communication management, as well as the design and execution of suitable communication material including the drafting and preparing of grant requests/proposals.  You will have had demonstrable success at engaging people to a cause and motivating giving and knowledge and understanding of how to utilise social media to develop ILPA’s brand and social media standing

JRS UK is looking to recruit an experienced Fundraising Manager on a full-time basis to develop and steward relationships with JRS supporters, with a particular focus on individual giving. You will work as part of the Communications and Outreach team, reporting to the Communications and Development Manager.

The role seeks to develop JRS UK’s individual giving portfolio, both through regular giving and one-off donations. This will involve acquiring new donors and working with the wider Communications and Outreach Team to develop an engaging donor journey, which encourages long-term support of JRS. The Fundraising Manager will be responsible for managing the end-to-end delivery of individual giving activity across a range of channels and for recruiting, stewarding and deepening support of JRS UK.  The ideal candidate will enjoy getting to know people, understanding their motivations to support JRS UK – be this through financial giving, volunteering their time and skills, or through faith communities.

You will have prior experience of creating and delivering successful fundraising campaigns to grow income, utilising both traditional and digital techniques. Excellent communication skills and the ability to speak and communicate confidently is essential.

The Fundraising Manager will play a pivotal role in ensuring JRS UK diversifies and stabilises its income streams, ensuring the organisation can continue to accompany and support refugees and those who are forcibly displaced.

JRS UK aims to pay close attention to the experience of refugees it accompanies and all its external communications give priority to their voices, taking care to portray refugees as people with dignity, gifts, joys, hopes and sorrows. JRS UK fundraising activity fits within these broader ethical communications guidelines.

We’re looking for someone to join our team on a permanent full-time basis (37.5 hours a week). We’re open to applications for job shares and/or part-time for the right candidate(s).

The role will predominantly be office-based in our centre in East London. The whole team is currently working from home in-line with COVID-19 restrictions. We’re open to applications from candidates looking for a longer-term hybrid home/office working – if this is you, please do mention it.

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 14th July. We’ll be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis. Early applications are encouraged.

This is an exciting opportunity for a great Events Manager to join our dynamic Philanthropy Team. The successful candidate will be a highly organised individual who has a positive, can-do attitude, who enjoys working independently and as part of a team. 

Impetus has a successful annual programme of events including the Transforming Lives Dinner, the Impetus Triathlon and Impetus Future Party which together usually raise over £1.5 million. We are looking for an Events Manager who will lead on delivering this programme of events, while also working creatively to innovate and improve our programme.

Reporting to the Director of Philanthropy and Partnerships, the Events Manager is an integral part of the Impetus team, leading on Impetus’ annual events and strategic development. The Events Manager line manages the Events Officer, supports the delivery of other events in the portfolio and is involved in all aspects of events management such as managing event suppliers, budget planning, onsite delivery, and marketing. 

We are looking for a candidate who has demonstrated high-profile event creation and project management experience, has excellent organisation and communication skills meets targets and sets deadlines with minimal supervision. You will be friendly, approachable, and enthusiastic in nature, with excellent interpersonal skills to liaise with supporters, donors, stakeholders, and team members at all levels.

Fixed term contract until end of March 2022 with possibility of extension 

Flexible location - initially home-based, with regular travel to London when our Old Street office re-opens. Travel to London-based fundraising and industry events required

Closing date: 8th July 2021 at 11.30 pm

Has your experience gained in a charity, fundraising or events environment given you a real desire to further develop your career in the events field? Then join Shelter as a Fundraising Manager and you could soon be playing a vital role at the heart of our Income Generation directorate.

This role is being advertised as Fundraising Manager - Challenge & Bespoke Events but on appointment your job title will be Challenge and Bespoke Events Manager.

About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the team
Our Challenge and Bespoke Events team sits alongside our Culture, Entertainment and Sports and Community Fundraising teams under the umbrella of Community and Events, within a wider department – the Income Generation directorate. Welcoming, supportive and keen to meet you, we work hard but try and have a lot of fun too. What’s more, we’re very ambitious and seek to significantly grow our income and supporter numbers and are looking for someone to be part of the team that makes that happen. Put simply, this is a great opportunity to specialise in mass participation and challenge events fundraising and supporter experience while at the same time advancing your career.

About the role
Across the charity sector, fundraising through challenge events has been hugely impacted over the last year due to the effect of Covid-19. At Shelter, we’ve consolidated our events offering and are investing in growing our portfolio. This is your chance to be part of that growth.

As well as project managing and developing new and existing mass activity campaigns, we’ll look to you to ensure the delivery of excellent supporter care for event fundraisers too. Designing processes to implement supporter care effectively e.g. categorising fundraisers, creating cross-team agreements, effective use of databases, monitoring success and working within regulations will be key. What’s more, you’ll be responsible for taking a lead in transforming and renewing our supporter communications e.g. journeys on email, social media networks and other channels. Along the way, you’ll manage team assistants and regularly work with project managers to create inspiring communications plans for different groups of supporters, as well as with colleagues in Marketing and Digital Fundraising to reach new fundraisers by testing new approaches and implementing best practise in digital marketing. 

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About you
Your experience to date has given you a good understanding of best practice in marketing communications in order to effectively test new approaches to our challenge and bespoke fundraising supporter experience. You also have a passion for customer care and excellent project management skills that enable you to work effectively with lots of stakeholders and oversee planning, manage budgets and embrace ambitious targets. Used to line managing, motivating and developing others, you have experience of interacting with, and influencing, internal and external stakeholders and building relationships and networks while remaining sensitive to others’ needs. Above all, you’re flexible, open to change, results-driven and excited by the prospect of working in an innovative team that’s committed to improving our challenge and bespoke fundraising offerings. 

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave (pro rata), enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

We will be sharing the interview questions with candidates shortlisted for an interview 3 days before the interview. Please note, there will be a test as part of the interview process.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Full time 37 hours per week

Annual Leave starts at 20 days plus 8 bank holidays rising with years in service

Salary – competitive salary, dependent on experience

As a highly motivated and experienced individual, you will maximise all opportunities to increase the Charity profile across the business community in Leeds and surrounding areas. Engaging with potential corporate supporters and their employees to inspire support for our fundraising activities and appeals.

We are particularly looking for candidates with sound experience in the commercial sector (e.g. business/corporate development, sales and/or marketing.) who are at ease when networking in a corporate environment. The post holder will research, develop and manage, new and existing corporate partnerships.

Key Job Role Responsibilities and Main Tasks:

• Deliver stretching income generation targets
• Develop and grow strong networks within the corporate community to develop financial support for St George’s Crypt and build awareness of our work.
• Identify opportunities to secure new charity of the year partnerships.
• Research, identify and recruit high-value relationships with key corporates
• Provide excellent stewardship to all corporate supporters.
• Develop and support employee engagement; fundraising and volunteering opportunities.
• Keep up to date with trends in CSR, the corporate fundraising climate and identify opportunities for income growth.
• Maintain existing employee payroll / regular giving agreements
• Seek opportunities to grow regular giving across the corporate network.
• Attend St George’s Crypt staff and team meetings. Actively contribute to the development of fundraising ideas.
• To be responsible for your own administration and efficiently organise all your own activities
• Any other tasks reasonably requested by your line manager.

The tasks and responsibilities listed above are not exhaustive and maybe amended according to the needs of the Charity. Employees are expected to work flexibly in responding to external and internal initiatives to support the needs of the Charity.

Person Specification:

Essential Charity Wide:

• DBS Cleared
• Safeguarding training
• Flexible attitude towards working arrangements
• Professional attitude and approach

Essential Job Role Specific:

• Experience of Corporate Fundraising
• Knowledge of GDPR regulations
• Knowledge of the homeless sector
• Computer literate – knowledge of Microsoft office programmes
• Good communicator, written and verbal
• Experience of networking and building professional relationships within the corporate sector
• Ability to develop a prospect list which will lead to income generation
• Experience of managing and delivering income budgets, in excess of £150k
• Ability to work within timescales and manage workload effectively Experience of drafting and presenting proposals to secure potential corporate support Track record of securing financial support from the corporate sector

• Flexible - required to work occasional weekends and evenings.
• Experience of a CRM system – although full training on our system will be given.
• Experience of using social media in a professional capacity

Desirable

• Full UK driving licence and own transport
• Membership of Chartered Institute of Fundraising

We have an exciting opportunity for a Fundraising & Events intern to join the team!

If successful, you will gain valuable paid work experience with the fundraising team during a busy challenge events period. You can use your creativity, social media skills and drive to engage new and existing supporters and help raise money for Redthread’s projects in London, Nottinghamshire and Birmingham.

This is an internship, and we want to support someone into their first role within the charity sector. We are looking for someone who can truly learn from their time with us, so don't worry if you don't have any experience!

We recognise that people from Black and Asian communities and other minoritised ethnic groups are under-represented in the charity sector, particularly in the field of fundraising, as are those with disabilities. We particularly encourage people from under-represented groups to apply for this opportunity.

The contract is for 12-weeks fixed-term, for two days per week. This post will be home-based with the potential for occasional visits to Redthread’s main office in Victoria, London (when appropriate and necessary).

For more details of the duties and responsibilities you'll have, as well as what we're looking for in an intern and how to apply, please download the full Job Pack from our website via the button below.

Closing date: 9am on Wednesday, 30th June 2021.

If we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert before the closing date. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.

Job Description

Job Title: Fundraising Manager

Hours: 35 hours per week

Reporting to: Chief Executive

Responsible for: Fundraising Assistant and Volunteers

Salary: £30,000 - £35,000

Annual Leave: 26 days per annum

Location: 105 Greyhound Road, London W6 8NJ

Job Context

Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham works to improve the quality of life and enhance the status and influence of older people. From now on, we intend to diversify our income, particularly from unrestricted sources, to sustain and develop our work. The Fundraising Manager role is a new management post, working closely with the CEO and sitting on the Fundraising Committee with Trustees.

We are looking for an experienced and talented Fundraising Manager who can develop and execute an effective fundraising strategy to deliver growth across a wide range of existing and new income streams.

You will have the proven ability to research and develop winning fundraising applications, negotiate sponsorship deals and develop and maintain positive relationships with donors. A natural multi-tasker, you will have the flexibility to manage a varied workload, juggling responsibility for meeting bid deadlines, ensuring delivery of fundraising events, reporting to funders and managing key corporate accounts. With attention to detail and excellent written and verbal presentation, you will also have the negotiation and project management skills to co-ordinate the production of complex bids and budgets.

Purpose of the job

• To implement an integrated fundraising strategy for Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham, generating income targets to enable our strategic objectives to be delivered over the next three years and beyond.

• To manage and deliver all fundraising activities for Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham, securing funds from a comprehensive range of sources including charitable trusts, community groups/clubs, corporate supporters and individuals.

• To communicate the fundraising “ask” across all platforms and media working hand-in-hand with the Marketing and Communications Coordinator.

• To act as a key, externally facing member of Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham.

• Work closely with colleagues, specifically the Chief Executive, looking at how charity measures the impact of its work and how information gathered could shape the future of the charity. This includes impact monitoring and evaluation, including the production of compelling progress and final reports.

• To line manage paid and volunteer fundraisers.

• Provide updates, when relevant, on all new trends or evolutions in the fundraising landscape and how these might impact income sources.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Main fundraising activities

1. Research prospective funders, work closely with colleagues across the teams (Service Delivery, Outreach, Operational Resourcing, Volunteering) to develop compelling and effective applications for funds to support the work of Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham.

1. Develop and grow the supporter base, working closely with Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham’s existing supporters, volunteers and trustees to increase support at grass-roots level.

1. Develop long term relationships, with clear, focussed stewardship plans, to maximise future funding potential.

1. Develop appropriate event “offer” for individuals and corporate teams.

1. Work closely with colleagues including the Chief Executive, to ensure impact measurements are captured and recorded correctly on all funded activities.

1. Work with colleagues to produce timely and accurate reports to trusts and commissioning bodies in accordance with the terms of grants or contracts held.

1. Work closely with Finance to ensure accurate and detailed income reports.

Planning and strategy

1. With the Chief Executive, update and implement a sustainable fundraising strategy for Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham, ensuring it supports and contributes to the organisation’s strategic plan.

1. Explore other income generation opportunities and make recommendations as to their fit with Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham’s fundraising strategy.

1. Remain abreast of fundraising standards, trends and best practice, taking responsibility for maintaining own learning and attending training as required.

1. Report to, and work closely with, the Chief Executive to ensure that he/she is always fully up to date with fundraising progress.

Internal and external relationship management

1. Cultivate and nurture relationships with funders, donors and sponsors, keeping accurate and up-to-date records of all communication and applying robust account management.

1. Drawing on internal administrative support (fundraising staff and volunteers) as required, ensure Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham is corresponding regularly with supporters and that all gifts are responded to in a timely and appropriate manner.

1. We the support of the Chief Executive, inspire colleagues, trustees and volunteers to support fundraising, supporting colleagues at all levels to pursue fundraising opportunities where they own relationships with potential donors or sponsors.

1. Represent the organisation at external forums and events, building relationships that will enhance our fundraising capacity.

1. Attend and participate in team meetings, fundraising committee meetings and strategic planning meetings.

1. Work closely with the Marketing and Communications Coordinator to ensure effective promotion of all fundraising activities.

Person Specification

Specification

Essential

Desirable

Ability to create, implement and develop a fundraising strategy

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Proven personal track record of delivering against set income targets

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Excellent communications skills, with a solid knowledge of English and the ability to communicate ideas concisely, both verbally and in writing. Ability to write business letters, emails and marketing copy.

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Understanding of fundraising methods and the role of fundraising within a small charity

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Convincing presentation and negotiation skills

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Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly interpret information, news, data and research

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Significant experience in a fundraising role, to include substantial experience of fundraising from either trusts or corporates (s)

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Stewardship of potential funders from initial contact through to long-term partnerships

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Researching and writing successful proposals or bids

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Experience of donor stewardship through database management

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Designing and delivering presentations to prospective clients or donors

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Ability to meet deadlines and remain calm under pressure.

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Ability to work as part of a team and work alone using your own initiative to plan a productive working day.

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Adept in the use of MS Office, particularly Excel and Word, Internet, email (Outlook) and ideally a basic level knowledge of using a database

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Commitment to implement the Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham’s Equality and Diversity policy.

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Experience of working with a charity

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Personal attributes

Committed to the aims and values of Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham: we expect all staff to uphold and reflect the ethos of the Centre in all its work.

Hardworking: as a small charity, our success depends on the hard work of all our people.

Creative and resourceful: in a tough economic climate, we need to find new ways of raising money and generating income.

Practical: as part of a small team, the Fundraising Manager will need to be ready to be ‘hands on’.

Reliable: this is a critical post with responsibility for ensuring the delivery of a significant part our income.

Approachable: an open, friendly approach is critical to the team spirit of our small staff.

Flexible: the post holder will need to be willing to travel and work unsocial hours on occasion and to deal with external stakeholders.

The Lullaby Trust has a track record of creating meaningful partnerships with businesses and brands that enable us to deliver our work in supporting families across the UK. We are a small, friendly and successful team and have developed our profile over recent years leading to some exciting corporate opportunities in the pipeline. We need someone to harness these opportunities, maximise corporate fundraising potential, build relationships and secure income.

We’re looking for an experienced corporate fundraiser to join our team and take responsibility for charity of the year, employee fundraising and cause related marketing. You’ll need to be ambitious and proactive, enjoy building strong, impactful relationships and like working on your own initiative to develop pipelines and approaches. We need someone who can work effectively with multiple teams both internally and externally and who is able to understand the motivations of supporters who engage with us.

Please apply by returning the completed application form in its original WORD format by 9am Monday 21st June 2021. No CVs please. Please note that we'll be scheduling interviews as suitable candidates apply so early applications are encouraged.

The Lullaby Trust provides expert advice on safer sleep for babies supports bereaved families and raises awareness on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Working with the NHS we run a national health-visitor led service for bereaved parents, Care of Next Infant (CONI) programme, which supports families before and after the birth of their new baby. We are committed to supporting research to understand why babies die suddenly and unexpectedly and to find out more about how to prevent these tragic deaths. The Lullaby Trust also runs an information line for parents and professionals and a dedicated line for bereaved families.

As the UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of services to disabled people, we believe disabled people should have the freedom to live their lives the way they choose – with the opportunity and support to live independently, to contribute economically and to participate fully in society.

With 5,000 staff and 10,000 volunteers supporting nearly 70,000 people in the UK and around the world, Leonard Cheshire provides support to 3,200 people in a variety of UK living services including supported living, nursing and day centre facilities.  We also support 12,000 young people in the UK with skills, confidence and employment programmes.  Internationally, we are a specialist development non-governmental organisation, delivering inclusive education, youth leadership and access to livelihoods programmes to more than 50,000 people in 15 countries across Asia and Africa.

About the role

We are looking to recruit a dynamic individual to join the Regional and Corporate Fundraising team at Leonard Cheshire. The team works to raise awareness of Leonard Cheshire both locally and nationally and raise funds for our services and programmes supporting disabled people.  

You will be responsible for all local corporate and trust applications, grant management and reporting as required. You will conduct in depth research into local funding opportunities and work with staff across the UK to match these up to funding needs.

Working on our annual school’s campaign, you will recruit and manage participating schools and grow our supporter base and income. You will work alongside marketing and digital to develop an educational fundraising pack.

About you

You must be efficient, organised and pro-active with strong administrative skills. You will have experience applying for funding from corporates and trusts and stewarding those relationships. You will be required to be an effective communicator and customer focussed individual. Many of our activities also rely on working across departments and will require someone with a confident manner who can work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure regional activities are delivered.

We seek candidates with a genuine commitment to our values and ethos.

Benefits
• Substantial annual leave.
• A generous employer contribution to a company pension scheme with additional life cover.
• Access to a cash health plan at favourable rates.
• Flexible working and lot’s more.

Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.

Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once a suitable applicant has been appointed.

*No Agencies*

We are looking for a highly organised and creative Special Events Assistant to support the team to plan, deliver and evaluate the effectiveness of both virtual and face to face events targeted specifically at major donor, corporate partner and VIP/influencer audiences.

Dogs Trust is the largest dog welfare charity in the UK with a nationwide network of rehoming centres and charity shops. Last year, Dogs Trust centres cared for over 9,000 dogs; we never put a healthy dog down.

We are reliant on voluntary donations to continue our work. Dogs Trust is fortunate to receive some large donations from charitable trusts/foundations, corporate partners and wealthy individuals and we believe there is potential to increase funds from these sources significantly to expand our work even further.

The Special Events Assistant works alongside the Corporate Development, Corporate Partnerships and Philanthropy Teams to support the delivery of an annual events programme ranging from intimate dinners and patron receptions through to larger garden parties, gala events and concerts. You will be joining the team at a particularly exciting time as we plan our 2022 public art trail – A Dog’s Trail with Snoopy, and the opening of our newest Rehoming Centre in Cardiff.

To be successful in this role you will have previous experience of working in a close-knit team, providing valuable administrative and logistical support. You will have excellent attention to detail and a methodical and organised approach to your work. You will have exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively and diplomatically with a wide range of people at all levels, and you’ll be proactive and able to work both independently and as part of a team or large project group. Experience of working within a busy events team is beneficial but not necessary.

In return for all of this, we have a comprehensive benefits package, which includes excellent annual leave and pension allowances, and you will you join a team of highly professional and driven colleagues in a brilliant upbeat and collaborative environment, all with a genuine passion for dog welfare.   

To apply for this position please click on the APPLY NOW button.  Our application process requires you to submit a CV and cover letter explaining your interest and suitability for the role.

This newly created, broad-scope role is perfect for someone wanting to widen their skillset and elicit real change!  You will be working within a small but thriving organisation that values your views and encourages personal and professional development. Investing in people, creativity, independent thought, and brave leadership allows us deliver life-changing impact to children and young people with Down’s syndrome in Kent and Medway.

We are seeking a resourceful, proactive, and organised person to support our fundraising activities. This role will be integral to the growth and development of our work, supporting the children and young people with Down’s syndrome and their wider networks. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to widen their skills, gain valuable experience, and develop a career in the not-for-profit sector.

Position: Trusts and Grants Fundraising Officer

Hours: 20 hours per week (the post holder will also be required to work occasional unsociable hours in the evening and weekends, for which time off in lieu will be offered)

Salary: £27,000 - £28,500 FTE per annum – depending on experience

Location: Central Maidstone Office, ME14 1HH. There may be flexible working options and home working available on request.

Remote Applicants are being considered 

About the role: The charity’s services are funded through a mixture of restricted grants, community, and corporate fundraising. The future of this income is always uncertain. This post is therefore crucial to ensure that we can continue to provide services and maximise the support we offer to our service users.

The post will focus on delivering the fundraising strategy with particular emphasis on raising money from Trusts & Foundations and other grant makers (including National Lottery).

About you: The ideal candidate will be proactive and self-motivated to achieve success, with excellent verbal and written communication skills. You will be experienced in charity fundraising and grants.  You will have experience in communication management, as well as the design and execution of suitable communication material.  You will have had demonstrable success at engaging people to a cause and motivating giving.

Fundraising Officer £26,000 pa F/T (will consider flexible working) – to cover Berkshire and the surrounding area.

Job Description

Are you a fundraising professional with great relationship-building skills? Would you be that person who would like to play a pivotal role to help The Dash Charity meet its vision to end domestic abuse?

What we'd like from you:

It’s simple – we’re looking for the suitable candidate who ‘can’. We want the talented, the energetic and the ambitious. We need the inspired and the inspirational – the people who completely embrace our values, offer a great cultural fit and who are determined to make real and lasting change for our community.

The Dash Charity

The Dash Charity provides a range of confidential services to women, men and children experiencing domestic abuse, no matter what their age, ethnicity, religion or background.

The Charity’s aim is not just to provide crisis support, but to enable victims to tap into the range of support available and empower them to break the cycle of abuse for good.

We educate children and young people, helping them identify abuse in relationships, understand their own experiences and build up their own resilience, so they can put the abuse behind them where it belongs and focus on their future.

We ensure we speak up for victims when they aren’t able to, by attending meetings with them and we educate professionals across local statutory and voluntary services to hold them accountable and ensure they provide the best response to those needing their help.

The role

You will play an instrumental role in the development key income streams:

Firstly, you will be responsible for building new relationships and support from community groups and associations; mayoral contacts, schools, churches, sports clubs. In addition, using these relationships to encourage further support through volunteering for our fundraising events and other activities.

Secondly, maximise your partnership experience and increase fundraising income from small, medium, and local corporate partnerships through effective account management and play an instrumental role in securing the repetition or continuation of corporate partnerships (Charity of the Year or one-off corporate fundraising initiatives).

The role is a varied one and the post-holder should be willing and able to multi-task, completing a wide range of duties, with conflicting deadlines, with a proven track record of not for profit fundraising. The role will initially start by working from home with a view of office based on a ad-hoc basis.

Key responsibilities:

• Cultivate relationships with local volunteers, individual supporters, corporate and community organisations.
• Support and disseminate supporter communications.
• Provide best practice advice and information on fundraising to new and existing community supporters.
• Identify, research, and recruit new small, medium, and local corporate businesses and sponsorship opportunities from them.
• Provide talks and presentations to potential supporters/community organisations.
• Support local community, corporate supporters, and volunteers with fundraising initiatives

Duties and responsibilities

1. To implement an effective local strategy to maximise income from Corporate and Community Fundraising opportunities.
2. To research, identify, develop and grow relationships with a portfolio of stakeholders and supporters.
3. Develop and broaden local corporate support.
4. Manage a number of new and ongoing corporate partnerships each year.
5. Work with new partners to refine their bespoke partnership agreements and agree partnership principles, objectives and milestones.
6. To support and update our database to include all donors, supporters, ensuring that contact records and details are kept up to date. Ensure compliance with data protection legislation, together with confidentiality procedures and policies.
7. To ensure that all enquiries are followed through in a timely and courteous manner.
8. To work with supporters to ensure that third party/community fundraising opportunities are maximised
9. To organise, deliver and lead the development of the Dash fundraising events ensuring income opportunities are maximised through event income and third-party events including London Marathon.
10. To effectively steward event fundraisers, developing relationships to maximise long term income opportunities for Dash.
11. Identify and make recommendations for new fundraising events and activities to attract new event audiences (virtual and face to face).
12. To work as an integral member of the fundraising team and to provide support and help to other members of the team when required
13. To provide regular reports specifying activity together with cost and income detail.
14. Deliver presentations to community groups and attend events including cheque presentations.
15. Recruit and manage a bank of local volunteers to deliver the Fundraising Income Strategy.

Skills/Personal Attributes

1. Ability to plan & manage own time and work load
2. Ability to set and work to goals and targets at £80,000
3. A flexible and strategic mindset
4. Ability to network
5. Ability to work with a wide range of people including volunteers
6. Good communication skills (flexible, clear & concise) and an ability to promote The Dash Charity in the community
7. Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
8. Digital media experience
9. Excellent presentation skills

The Role reports to the: Head of Fundraising and Development.

What we offer

Holiday 25 days plus all bank holidays.

Pension

Please provide a CV and personal statement outlining your key skills with examples.

For a brief discussion about the role, please contact Muna Chauhan,  Head of fundraising and Development.

Job title: Regional Fundraising Officer 

Location: Based remotely in the UK

Responsible to: Head of Engagement 

Salary: £25,000 - £30,000 per annum FTE 

Roles available:       3 

Why us?  

Speakers for Schools are a dynamic, swift-moving and fast-growing charity. We are on a mission to support a million young people across the UK annually by 2023. Having taken the first steps on the road to achieving this, our team has doubled in size in the past year. This has supported 278% growth in our Experience programme and 10% growth in our Inspiration programme during the past 12 months.

We want to level the playing field, making sure that all young people can access inspirational opportunities and experiences to fuel their ambition.

We are united and unique in our mission to transform lives through raising aspirations of millions of young people every year. Each year, 1,500 senior leaders, celebrities and industry experts deliver a difference to by sharing their story with students in schools and colleges in every corner of the UK. We connect employers such as Disney, The Bank of England, Spotify PwC and almost two hundred others to communities to provide access to the top opportunities for all across the UK. With us, you will be part of inspiring a generation to reach higher, broaden horizons and get equal access to the top.

To keep growing our charity and our impact, we need top talent and we are committed to treasuring, developing and supporting them to thrive within their roles. 

Role Summary 

We are seeking motivated and ambitious Regional Fundraising Officers.We have a big ambition, and our fundraising targets reflect this ambition, our ideal candidates can demonstrate a track record of fundraising with a particular focus on corporate and community group fundraising. You will have strong networking and presenting skills and understanding the importance of delivering exceptional stewardship to maximise income and long-term partnerships. An understanding of local and trust opportunities would also be an advantage.

Reporting to the Head of Engagement, with a dotted line reporting to the Regional Fundraising Lead, you will be proficient at planning and prioritising multiple calls on time and be able to work independently towards financial and non-financial targets and KPI’s. A Strategic thinker, you will use your understanding of the region and fundraising experience to develop and deliver and exciting strategy that will drive fundraising and embed Speakers for Schools into the communities it serves.

Key Duties / Responsibilities 

• Develop and broaden regional corporate partnerships. 

• Research, identify and develop relationships with key stakeholders and supporters across the region. 

• Work with the Head of Engagement (and their teams) and the Regional Fundraising Lead to develop local campaigns and bespoke compelling case for support. 

• Ensure all enquiries are followed through in a timely and professional manner. 

• Update Salesforce and ensure all activity is compliant with data protection, policies and procedures.

• Identify new fundraising events and opportunities to attract new audiences who align to our ambition.

• Provide monthly reports to the Head of Engagement and Regional Fundraising Lead.
   

Education / Experience / Knowledge 

Essential:  

• Excellent written and oral communication skills with a keen eye for detail 

• Excellent research skills 

• Strong track record in delivering to tight deadlines 

• Excellent organisational and project management skills 

• Evidence of good negotiation skills 

• Highly computer literate, with particular experience of using Microsoft Office packages including Word and Excel 

• Excellent presentation skills 

• Able to work in a team and on own initiative 

• Ability to build successful relationships with all Stakeholders. 

Desirable:

• Fundraising experience 

• Events management experience

• Relevant experience in corporate communications, stakeholder management and other relationship building activities 

• Experience in report writing 

• Experience using Salesforce 

We are looking forward to holding video interviews through June 2021 and appointing our Regional Fundraising Officers swiftly so we can start delivering a difference in July and beyond. You must have the right to work in the UK without visa restriction to be considered. 

Benefits offered at Speakers for Schools: 

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays 

• Morning of your birthday off

• Pension scheme

• CharlieHR perks

• Perkbox

• £500 a year training allowance

Diversity at our core  

At Speakers for Schools, we are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating discrimination. Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

We welcome applications from all, including those where employment has been affected by Covid19 and those seeking to change careers. Diversity if at our core, join us. 

How to apply:   

Please apply as soon as possible submitting your CV and a one page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period.

Appointees are subject to a successful DBS check, as contact with young people is likely.

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered.  

The Journey to joining Speakers for Schools: 

Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received, before the closing date, and will take place over Microsoft Teams. We may appoint before this date depending on applications. 

The closing date for this role is Friday 25th June. 

Our new team member will start ASAP. 

If you have not heard from us two weeks after the closing date, please presume your application has been unsuccessful.

If you love being outdoors, enjoy talking to people and have amazing organisation skills, then our Events Fundraising Officer role is for you. Each year, almost 1,000 people take part in a Youth Adventure Challenge Event. We are looking for a dynamic Events Fundraising Officer to recruit and support our fundraisers, assist with the organisation of events and help us to develop this significant income stream.

Working alongside the Corporate Partnerships Manager, the Events Fundraising Officer is instrumental in every step of delivering well managed, fun and safe events for our corporate partners and event participants, as well as ensuring the fundraising success of each event.

Excellent communication and people skills will be essential, as you will play a key role in building up relationships with the clients, the participants and their supporters. Furthermore, you will be involved in the whole process of event organisation, including developing the event, preparing the resources, team communications, updating the website, social media, helping with logistics, maintaining accurate records, reporting and banking and thanking. In addition, the post holder will work on other fundraising activities and play a key role in developing new, event based, income streams.

The Fundraising Officer must be self-motivated, well organised, able to multi task, a strong administrator, a fantastic team player, have excellent inter-personal skills and enjoy being outdoors.  Paid or voluntary experience in a fundraising environment is essential.  This is a great opportunity for somebody looking to take the next step in their career, with plenty of scope to develop your skills and experience within a supportive team.  In time, it is hoped that this role could become a full time position, depending on success.

The Youth Adventure Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all employees to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment.

For more information, please download the Job Pack, which contains the full Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please complete the Application Form which includes the opportunity to outline why you think you are suitable for this role, making specific reference to the Job Description and Person Specification. CVs will not be accepted. Application forms should be returned to Louise Balaam, Director of Fundraising.