Fundraising Manager
Brain Tumour Support 
35 hours per week 
Salary: £27,000 - £32,000 per annum depending on experience
Thornbury, Near Bristol

We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic, proactive and driven Fundraising Manager to join our team at Brain Tumour Support. You will be joining the team at an exciting time as we seek to increase awareness of the charity and grow our supporter base, both locally and nationally. 

You will assume overall responsibility for the delivery of the fundraising strategy to achieve ambitious income targets. Motivating and line managing a small, but growing fundraising team, you will ensure activity levels are on track to achieve both income and awareness targets for the charity.

You will also hold responsibility for our high-level donors and high-profile supporters, offering excellent stewardship to maximise income and awareness potential.

Ideal candidates will come from a charity fundraising background, with the drive to inspire a team, grow income, build relationships and initiate opportunities for the development of the fundraising function. This role will suit a positive individual with a proven track record of meeting demanding income targets within various income streams, one of which should be major gifts. Experience of team management or leadership skills are desirable, but we are happy to consider applications from those with extensive fundraising knowledge and experience looking for career progression.

This in an exciting and varied role, reporting directly to the Deputy CEO. The role has a requirement to work some evenings and weekends to meet supporter needs and will require some travel. A full UK driving licence is essential.

We value our staff and offer a welcoming working environment with an enthusiastic and committed team. Our mission is that no-one feels alone when facing the effects of a brain tumour diagnosis and this is an exciting time to join the team as we look to the future.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable number of responses be received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure it is considered in the selection process.

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This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency. 

Other organisations may call this role Charity Fundraising Manager, Major Gifts Fundraising Manager, Major Gifts Manager, or Senior Fundraising Officer.

To meet ever growing demand for our services, myaware seeks to recruit a part time fundraiser to develop, organise and support income generation across South West England and South Wales. 

The successful candidate will build on current income streams and proactively seek out new opportunities for fundraising through applying to local charitable trusts and grant making organisations, partnering local organisations, helping local supporters with their own fundraising activities and delivering community fundraising activities. There will also be the requirement to manage records and relationships through the CRM system in line with GDPR, therefore legislation necessitates a well organised and efficient individual with IT skills. This role is 2.5 days per week (18.75 hours).

To meet the needs of our supporters’ fundraising activities, events are often held during weekends and evenings and therefore flexible working hours are a necessity. The Regional Fundraiser will be home based within South West England and will work closely with support colleagues to identify, recruit and train fundraising volunteers. Own transport is essential for this role as travel throughout the South West of England will be required. 

To apply, please send a CV and covering letter, including details of current salary by clicking 'Apply Online'.

Contract: Initial 12 month fixed term contract with possibility for extension.
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: Home or Office based (Bristol) with regular and flexible travel (up to 10 days a month) required throughout the UK

About us

Food for Life (FFL) is an exciting and fast-growing programme that bring schools, nurseries, hospitals and care homes, and their surrounding communities, together around the core ethos of healthy, tasty and sustainable food.

Our programme is about making good food the easy choice for everyone, reconnecting people with where their food comes from, teaching them how it’s grown and cooked, and championing the importance of well-sourced and sustainable ingredients.

Our ‘whole setting approach’ means we look beyond the food on plates to help build knowledge and skills to embed and maintain a positive food culture. Food for Life engages children and parents, staff, patients and visitors, caterers, carers and the wider community to create a powerful voice for long-term change.

Food for Life is a Soil Association programme – find out more about who we are on our Food for Life website.

About the opportunity

This is a unique opportunity to help shape and lead our Business Development Team for Food For Life. This role comes at an exciting time in the development of our new and ambitious ten year strategy at The Soil Association and we are looking for someone to develop and secure our portfolio of income generation to ensure a sustainable future for the Food for Life Programme and meets its ambitions for impact on Climate, Nature and Health.

Your role

As our Head of Business Development, you will work throughout the UK across a range of programmes and products to generate a portfolio of earned income for the Food for Life programme, including the management of public sector commissions and Food for Life Served Here accredited schemes, as well as working with the fundraising team to support other income streams such as Trusts and Foundations, philanthropy and grant funding

This is a busy, fast paced role, which requires an innovative mindset, to help shape and position our approach to income generation, including leading on innovative and responsive products and services that fit funders’ needs and generate future income streams.

You will enjoy building relationships, spotting opportunities and managing a small, dynamic and high-performing team to deliver a sustainable business model for the FFL programme.

About you

You’ll thrive in this role if you are an innovative business development leader, commercially-minded and committed to making a difference in the world. We are looking for a passionate senior leader, with the following skills and experience to make a real impact:

• Proven track record of securing relationships and income from public, private and charity sectors, with track record of delivering 7 figure sum income portfolio
• Substantial programme development experience across multiple range of settings and sectors
• Substantial experience of delivering and reporting in a multi-agency partnership, preferably in education, community development or public health.
• Experienced relationship builder across multiple stakeholder types
• Experience managing and motivating a team
• Proven experience of managing 6 figure cost budgets and achieving commercial outcomes
• Bid/tender writing with demonstrable success rate
• Experience of successfully positioning programmes as a means to help stakeholders/other organisations achieve their targets
• Sound knowledge of programme delivery mechanisms and the results of the evaluation

Our Benefits

Working with us you will have a range of financial and lifestyle benefits, including 27 days annual holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service (pro rata for part-time). For more information on our benefits please visit our website.

Important dates

Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 9th March 2020

Interviews are expected to take place: During week commencing 16th March

To Apply

Please note that a full driving license is required for this role due to the significant travel involved. Your CV or cover letter will need to clearly state that you have a full driving license.

Please read the full job description for the role.

Please submit your CV with a covering letter, outlining your relevant skills and experience for the role. Please make sure that the file names of the documents you attach contain your name (first name and surname). Failure to submit a covering letter may mean your application is removed from the shortlisting process.. Please also complete our equalities monitoring form and submit this along with your CV and cover letter.

Thank you for your interest in Food for Life and our job opportunities.

Background information on Grief Encounter South West: 

We are the Bristol branch of a nationally renowned children's bereavement charity Grief Encounter, who are based in London. We are pleased to be expanding and are now looking for a proactive, versatile professional fundraiser to join our team and assist with growth.

Job Description

Overall Job Purpose:

To help provide an effective fundraising function to support the delivery of the organisations therapeutic objectives. This involves primarily Trusts and Grants applications alongside developing relationships, helping organise events and working to support the fundraising structures and staff in place. You will working alongside and supporting a Fundraising Manager in the Bristol office.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Manage and develop a portfolio of trusts, foundations and grant-making organisations, identify new funding opportunities and submit high quality applications
• Help plan, organise and attend fund raising events
• Research new potential funders and grant opportunities
• Build and nurture long-term relationships with new and existing funding sources through regular communication to maximise value and duration of support
• Assist in managing incoming community and general fundraising enquiries
• Help identify relevant companies for charity of the year partnerships
•  Assist with talks, events and cheque presentations etc to maintain the public profile
•  Meet fundraising budgets and targets as agreed each year
•  Work within legislation and guidance from the Institute of Fundraising to maintain standards
•  Maintain systems for donation processing, Gift Aid claims, data management and donor stewardship and ensure the database is kept up-to-date
• Monitor and report on fundraising activities monthly, as requested
• Liaise with other staff eg clinical about fundraising content, including ‘shopping lists’ and examples of our work or fundraising lead on work plans and tasks
• Build relationships which promote the charity and its aims
• Promote legacies and memorial giving where time allows
• Operate in accordance with the organisation’s employment, Health and Safety, equal opportunities, all legal requirements, organisational practices, policies & procedures.
• Help develop and maintain voluntary fundraising roles to support growth
• Ensure sound book keeping and accounting for all fundraising
• Any other reasonable duties requested to achieve organisational aims.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Experience

Essential

• Preparing and delivering written fundraising applications & budgets.
• Creating and developing strong and successful relationships with funders
• Two years’ experience of charity fundraising with Trusts and Foundations
• Track record of generating income opportunities
• Experience of using fundraising databases

Desirable

• Corporate fundraising
• Demonstrable  strategic planning / development to increase funding
• Confidence with Etapestry

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Relevant qualification
• Ability to multi-task, prioritise and take the initiative to solve problems
• Good organisational skills, with attention to detail
• Ability to meet multiple deadlines and to balance planned work with reactive pieces of work that arise
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and phone manner
• Computer literate and familiar with using common IT programmes
•  Presentation/ public speaking skill

Desirable

•  Fundraising qualification
•  Educated to degree level or equivalent
•  Strong operational and organisational skills.

Personal attributes

Essential

• Good relationship builder with strong inter-personal skills
• Able to work effectively in a team
• Ability to work independently, proactively and under own initiative
• Ability and willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends
• Access to own transport

Desirable

• Sense of humour
• Calm under stress
• Ability to multi task and prioritise

Terms and Conditions of employment

Salary: dependent upon experience, approx £23-26,000 pro rata

Conditions of employment: Part time contract approx 2days per week initially (tues & wed)

Probationary period: This post is subject to a probationary period of 12 months. There will be a staff review at 6 months and again at 12 months.

Application deadline: Monday 12th March

Interview Dates: W/C Monday 16th March

With a view to Start Asap

Fundraising Events & Engagement Executive

Do you…

Enjoy talking to supporters? Have experience providing excellent fundraising support? Build rapport quickly? Go the extra mile to help supporters?

Are you...

Passionate about working for a charity? Adept at multi-tasking? Great at communicating?

Then this could be the role for you!

This is an exciting time to join our Fundraising Events and Engagement Team, whether you are looking to develop your career within fundraising or join the charity sector.

About the role

Our team’s vision is to provide excellent supporter experiences to those who are taking part in events for us. No one day is the same! You could be speaking to a supporter taking on the iconic London Marathon one minute and then to a supporter organising a bake sale or a trek in Machu Picchu the next. You will also get the opportunity to volunteer at some of these key events!

You will be part of a fast-paced team, ideal for a motivated individual who is passionate about engaging and stewarding our supporters.

This is a fabulous time to join our charity and be part of an amazing team fighting for young lives against cancer.

Fundraising Events & Engagement Executive Requirements:

If you can bring the experience and passion we need for this exciting role, are organised and energetic then get in touch!

We are always looking for talented people from all backgrounds, to join us and help improve the lives of children and young people with cancer and their families. We particularly want to encourage people from under-represented groups to step forward and apply to work or volunteer with CLIC Sargent.

CLIC Sargent is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

About CLIC Sargent:

Today, 12 children and young people in the UK hear the shocking news they have cancer. CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, and their families, and provides them with clinical, practical, emotional and financial support. You can be a part of helping them cope with cancer and get the most out of life.

Location: Bristol, Avon

Job type: Full Time, Permanent, 35 hours per week

Salary: £23,643 per annum

Benefits: In return for your commitment, we offer a great reward package, which includes generous annual leave entitlement, pension scheme and season ticket loan.

Closing Date: 8th March 2020
Interview Date: 13th March 2020

You may have experience of the following: Fundraising, Supporter Engagement, Customer Services, Volunteering, Social Media, Account Management, Fundraising Executive, Fundraising Assistant, Community Fundraising, Community Fundraiser, Fundraising, Community Engagement, Fundraising Officer, Relationship Management, Partnership Management, Charity, Charities, NFP, Not For Profit, Event Management, Events, Stewardship and of course be interested in a variety of different events.

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Chief Executive Officer

GAVO is looking for a Chief Executive Officer to play a crucial role in providing leadership across the organisation to deliver its mission and charitable aims.

Established in 1927, GAVO is now one of the longest-standing and largest County Voluntary Councils in Wales; committed to strengthening the effectiveness of the Voluntary and Community Sector across Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire and Newport.

GAVO’s aim is to improve the lives and opportunities of communities through partnership and collaboration.

Location: Newport

Salary: Circa £47K per annum.

Duration: Full Time, Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week.  A flexi time scheme is in operation and time off in lieu is permissible for any work required to be undertaken outside the normal hours.

Closing Date: Monday 2nd March 2020 – 5pm.

Interview Date: Monday 16 March 2020

A workplace with a difference:

A job that offers you employment that makes a difference along with 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, and an additional 5 GAVO days leave.

About the Role:

GAVO’s mission is to support, facilitate, and broker positive change in the well-being of people and communities through collaborative approaches. The Chief Executive Officer will be pivotal in making further progress in delivering this mission and GAVO’s charitable aims.

Providing leadership and support to GAVO’s staff teams who deliver work in the areas of: Community Development, Volunteering, Health and Social Care, Children and Young People, Supporting People into Employment (Communities for Work and Communities for Work +) and Corporate Services.

About You:

The successful candidate will be a leader able to demonstrate the following skills and experience: 

• Experience of the Third Sector and leading an organisation or managing at a senior level
• Experience of partnership work and collaboration especially securing resources to support business continuity and organisation sustainability, for example grant funding and contracts
• Experience of strategic planning and business plan development
• Ability to maximise opportunities and to represent GAVO and the wider Third Sector in relevant local, regional and national structures.
• Commitment to maximise the opportunities for collaboration in line with GAVO’s mission and strategic aims.

Although not essential, a working knowledge of the Welsh language would be highly desirable.

For an informal discussion about the role with the current CEO or Chair (Martin Featherstone or Edward Watts MBE DL), please contact GAVO directly between Tuesday to Friday.

Other roles that you may have experience of could include: CEO, Operations Director, Director, Chief Executive, Programmes Director, Managing Director Charity, COO, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Director, Director of Finance and Resources, Director of Services, etc.

Award-winning Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal, the Bristol Children’s Hospital Charity, is seeking an outstanding individual for the newly created post of Trust Fundraising Officer. This will be an exceptionally rewarding role for a first-class and bright individual, who has excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Working alongside the Philanthropy Manager and the Trust Fundraising Executive, this position will be responsible for building upon the established pipeline of grant making trusts, writing compelling proposals, successfully researching, cultivating and stewarding donors, and growing The Grand Appeal’s support from trusts and foundations to facilitate future support.

This role will be based at Grand Appeal HQ in the charity’s newly renovated building on Upper Maudlin Street opposite the Bristol Children’s Hospital, close to the beautiful Bristol Harbourside and the range of shops in Cabot Circus and Quakers Friars. 

The Grand Appeal works in partnership with Aardman Animations to support Bristol Children’s Hospital and the region’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.  With a multi-million pound programme of investment in the hospital, from research to family accommodation to patient, family and staff wellbeing, and a growing supporter base, The Grand Appeal is expanding fast.  The Grand Appeal is the charity behind the internationally successful and multi award-winning Gromit Unleashed and Shaun in the City art trails which are now part of the fabric of the city and which have brought millions of visitors to Bristol from all over the world. 

Based across 6 sites in Bristol, The Grand Appeal offers a dynamic, supportive and rewarding workplace for its approx. 50 staff.  The bedrock of our organisation is its strong team culture in which all staff play an important part.  Our staff are talented, creative, ambitious and The Grand Appeal’s most important resource.  If this sounds like the right workplace culture for you, you have the required skills and experience, and you are looking for a new challenge, please do get in touch. 

Work for The Grand Appeal and you’ll do more than just a job. The work we do really makes a difference to sick children, their families and the staff who care for them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Together, we help save lives.

We are looking for an individual with excellent networking and relationship-building skills to grow the Trust’s income to enable us to achieve our vision of restoring the abundance of wildlife throughout our area.

Head of Fundraising
Location: Bristol
Negotiable from £37,000 depending on skills and experience
This is a permanent role and open to applications on a part-time (job share) or full-time (37hrs/wk basis).

This is an exciting time to be joining the Trust as we are developing ambitious plans to invest in our future: upgrading and expanding our facilities for education, community engagement and visitors; developing new headquarters for the Trust; and looking at how we can develop our nature reserves and the facilities within them to bring even more benefits for wildlife, provide new places and experiences for people to be inspired by wildlife, and provide sustainable revenue for our work to create wildlife-rich places and wildlife-rich lives

Main responsibilities:

• Lead and develop the Trust’s fundraising and income generation, developing prospect pipelines and growing income year on year from membership, major donors, legacies, corporate partnerships, grants and charitable trusts.
• Manage our engagement with our members, developing and implementing an ambitious membership growth strategy, incorporating supporter development, recruitment and retention.
• Manage marketing of the Trust’s fundraising, events, activities and services, working with our Communications Manager to effectively promote the Trust and ensure consistency of brand.
• Ensure all activity is compliant with Data Protection and Health and Safety legislation, with fundraising guidelines promoted by the Charity Commission, Institute of Fundraising and Fundraising Regulator, and with the Trust’s policies.
• Manage an integrated functional team across fundraising, membership and communications, contribute to the direction and development of the Trust and undertake other duties in line with the role as requested by the Chief Executive.

Avon Wildlife Trust is committed to enabling wildlife to survive and thrive across the region. More than 17,000 members, 3,500 volunteers and a dedicated staff team work together to make our local area wilder and make nature part of life, for everyone. We manage 30 local nature reserves and work with landowners to maintain and restore habitats for wildlife. Avon Wildlife Trust is an independent charity. We’d love you to join us.

Closing date: Friday 6 March 2020 (midday)
Successful candidates will be invited for a first interview on 12 March 2020.
Second interviews will take place on 20 March 2020.

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website to download the job description and application form.

Avon Wildlife Trust has a positive approach to equality and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. 

Charity No: 280422 

No agencies please.

Wiltshire Citizens Advice

Head of Finance and Business Support

A unique opportunity in a thriving charity

We are looking for a  Head of Finance and Business Support. You will need to have experience of a managerial finance role with some knowledge of IT and HR functions. 

You don’t need previous experience of working in a charity but will require  a clear understanding of and support the values of Wiltshire Citizens Advice.

Closing date for applications:  Monday 16th March 2020 5pm 

Interview date:  Provisionally Thursday 24th March 2020

Location:             Trowbridge, Chippenham or Devizes

Hours of Work:  Contracted hours by agreement, minimum of 22.5 per week up to a maximum of 37 worked flexibly

Period:         Permanent

Salary:         £37,829 pro rata plus 6% pension contribution after 3 months. 

Annual Leave:         33 days (inc bank holidays) 

If you are interested in working in an interesting and stimulating environment why not check our website to download an application pack from our website.

We do not accept CVs as part of the recruitment process

Citizens Advice recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds