Interim Fundraising and Communications Manager (3 months)

£35,000 - £40,000 pro rata

Full time (part time considered)

Bath (currrently homeworking due to Covid 19 restrictions)

The purpose of the role is to provide interim management of the fundraising and communications functions in this small charity in order to promote the organisation’s strategic objectives. It will require hands on trusts and grants fundraising, along with management of two team members who are responsible for the corporate and individual giving fundraising and communications / PR activities.

Start date ASAP so please apply now.

As Fundraising Manager (Maternity Cover) you will be responsible for the organisation and management of the Brain Tumour Support Fundraising Team to deliver income targets in line with our fundraising strategy. You will manage activity in all fundraising income streams, and as we approach the end of our emergency appeal in response to Covid-19 you will take a pivotal role in implementing and delivering our fundraising strategy for recovery.

Ideal candidates will be enthusiastic, passionate and proactive in their work, coming from a charity fundraising background, with the drive to inspire a team, grow income, build relationships and initiate opportunities for development of the fundraising function. This role will suit a dynamic and positive individual, with a proven track record of meeting demanding income targets within multiple income streams. Experience of team management or leadership skills are essential for this maternity cover position to ensure stability in the team.

We have exciting plans for the future of the organisation and for the development of the Fundraising Team, so you will be joining a passionate team at a pivotal time for the charity. Having faced the adversity and impact of Covid-19, we are keen to get back on track with our strategy and you will play an integral part in these plans. Currently the team are working remotely with some office time depending on business needs, at our Thornbury Office, adhering to Covid secure guidelines. (This will remain under review and candidates should be prepared to be flexible with their work base for this role).

Brain Tumour Support was founded in South Gloucestershire in 2003. The charity’s vision is to ensure that no one is alone when facing the effects of a brain tumour diagnosis. Our Support Team provide tailored support to anyone affected by a brain tumour, and we are passionate about making a difference in their lives.

TO APPLY

Please send your CV and a cover letter explaining why you are applying for the role, and of course why your knowledge, experience and skills make you the right candidate for this role by Midnight on 1st November 2020. 

Anticipated 1st interview date is Tuesday 17th November with 2nd interviews taking place on Monday 23rd November.

Anticipated start date 4th January 2021

Focussed on Bristol, Bath, Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire (temporarily home based due to Government restrictions)

About Us

The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest community funder in the UK - we’re proud to award money raised by players of The National Lottery to communities across the UK. Last year alone we gave out over half a billion pounds (£508.5 million) of National Lottery funding to over 11,000 community projects across the UK, enabling even more people and communities to bring their ideas and ambitions to life. We support a wide range of health, educational, environmental, and charitable projects with grants ranging from as little as £500 to multi-million-pound programmes. 86% of our new grants were for less than £10k.

At the heart of everything we do is the belief that when people are in the lead, communities thrive. National Lottery funding is open to everyone and we’re privileged to be able to work with the smallest of grassroots groups right up to large UK-wide charities. We have changed how we work across the Fund to help us serve people and communities more effectively, working flexibly and on their terms; working closer to communities.

About the Role

We are looking for a permanent Funding Manager to join our South West Regional Funding Team.  You will support a busy team of new and experienced Funding Officers during these unpredictable and changing times. 

You will coordinate equitable grant-making across a broad area that is likely to include Bristol, Bath, Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire; ensuring that our funding processes are equitable and our investments respond to the local context.

Funding Managers are responsible for coordinating the whole lifecycle of our grant- making (pre-application, assessment, decision making, grant management, and learning), across thematic and geographical areas, placing communities at the heart of what we do.

As a Funding Manager you will have a small dispersed team of Funding Officers to support and manage, ensuring high levels of performance and being a positive role model for others. You will have excellent people management skills and be able to coach, inspire and empower staff; creating a constructive and positive working environment. 

You will have a passion for equitable grant making and be part of an inclusive team. You will be able to demonstrate a “can do” attitude and a solution focused approach. Your project management skills will be equally strong, with an ability to delegate when necessary, and your decision-making will be informed by robust analysis and critical assessment.

You will deliver excellent customer service and use feedback to improve what we do, whilst also drawing on your own learning and experience. You will ensure that our funding responds to the local context.

You will build and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders in the area you cover and increase our impact by bringing people together and influencing others. You will support our ambition to significantly increase knowledge and learning being shared across the region.

You will be responsible for decision-making, budgeting, risk management, and ensuring that our funding is delivered to a high standard. Together with two other Funding Managers in the region you will report into the Head of Funding for the South West.Travel will be required to various locations and other offices when travel restrictions are eased.

Contract Type: Permanent Contract

Hours: 37 Hours per week, flexible working considered

Interview Date: Friday 13th November 2020

Essential Criteria

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills that enables you to bring people along with you and confidence to operate in all environments.
   
• Experience of leading teams and driving a high-performance culture through your ability to coach, involve and empower people.
   
• Proven ability to build and maintain excellent relationships with a range of senior level internal and external stakeholders.

You will live within the geographic area listed that this role will cover in the South West and have excellent knowledge of that area. You will work from a number of locations, including your home and our offices with the expectation that you will be flexible in order to get the best outcomes for our staff and customers.

Desirable Criteria

• Strong attention to detail and sound analytical skills and judgement.
   
• Experience in managing complex budgets and processes
   
• A deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities for the VCSE sector including a commitment to equitable grant making.

How to Apply 

Visit our website on The National Lottery Community Fund for further details about the vacancy and our application process.

Equal Opportunities

Equality, diversity and inclusion in our grant-making, and amongst our people, are all vital to our success in supporting people and communities to thrive.  We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with.  We are committed to being an inclusive and great place to work, and recognise our people come from diverse backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident employer and positively welcome applications from disabled people.

Great opportunity to develop in Major Donor fundraising and line management.

Please note that this person will need to be in the Bristol office at least 2 days per week on the charity’s return (anticipated March 2021), with the remaining days to be worked flexibly from home or as agreed with the line manager.

Sustrans are committed to expanding the UKs walking and cycling routes, so that people of all ages in all communities are able to get to where they need to be, safely and actively.

This year Sustrans celebrate the 25th anniversary of the National Cycle Network with great plans to expand two new initiatives in the New Year.

Working closely with the Head of Fundraising & Retail, as well as 10 fundraising colleagues, you will be responsible for setting up and delivering the new Major Donor programme, as well as offering excellent line management to the High Value Officer in the team.

You will play a key part in the diversification of the charity’s income, contributing to the wider aim of doubling income to £6m over the next 5 years.

Job specification

• Create and deliver the Major Donor fundraising strategy in line with Sustrans’ aims
• Work with the Board of Trustees and Senior Leaders to map out their networks and identify High Net Worth prospects, offering support and guidance to staff on making appropriate introductions
• Develop propositions and an appropriate case for support to attract Major Donors who share in Sustrans’ vision and aims
• Provide excellent stewardship and ensure each high value donor has a development plan, and regular internal reviews are held where appropriate
• Support the development of a donor-centric culture, to engage with all donors and partners personally and effectively
• Proactively lead and support the development of High Value relationships
• Line manage the High Value Officer, aiding their fundraising and stewardship development  
• Work with the High Value Officer to identify current mid-value donors who could be upgraded with excellent stewardship
• Support the charity’s guidance on branding, tone of voice and key messages, positively contributing towards raising Sustrans’ profile 
• Ensure all activity is undertaken within Sustrans’ relevant policies, namely Ethical Fundraising, Prospect Research, Know Your Donor, Fundraising GDPR and Privacy Policy. To advise on any necessary updates to such policies in line with industry best practice.

Person specification

• You will have excellent experience with Major Donor Fundraising, and the strategic oversight to create and implement a new strategy
• Excellent relationship building experience with High Value donors
• The ability to line manage one junior member of staff, ensuring their continual development as a successful fundraiser
• Excellent stewardship experience, with the ability to build a strategy for fundraising colleagues to adhere to
• The ability to work with senior staff to implement the Major Donor strategy and offer guidance to colleagues on how best to approach donors of this calibre

To apply for this role, please click Apply with Charityjob to submit your CV to Kayleigh McCallion at QuarterFive Fundraising Recruitment. If your experience is a good fit, we will send you a job description and arrange a briefing call or meeting that will provide you with all the information required to formally apply. QuarterFive aims to proactively support your job search, so we may also consider your details for other job vacancies to enable us to find a position that is most suitable for you.

DHI is an award-winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and wellbeing of their community. We are looking for individuals who share our passion for our values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life and our commitment to our client groups and the local communities we serve.

Working within DHI’s Bristol Community Recovery Service and reporting to the Peer Support & Workforce and Development Team leader. The post holder will ensure the operational effectiveness of the ROADS training programme, promoting the highest standards of quality, efficiency and consistency in line with DHI’s vision and values.

The role will focus on delivering training to staff, Peers and relevant third parties. The post holder will produce and maintain high quality, multi-media training materials ensuring they meet the needs of the service. The post holder will promote and represent the interests of the organisation and its client group, and work in partnership with other agencies to meet the needs of ROADS staff, Peer Support Workers, clients and the community.

If you are interested, please contact HR to arrange an informal discussion regarding the role.

How To Apply

Full details available on the DHI website. Please use the Job Description and Person Specification to complete an application form and skills form and sent to HR before Midday 4th November 2020

The Role

Working closely with DHI’s Bristol CRS Service Manager & Client Contact Team Leader, the post holder will be responsible for the timely and accurate production of DHI’s contractual reporting requirements. Working across DHI’s Treatment Service in Bristol, the aim of the role is to provide leadership and management of data and intelligence gathering, analysis and reporting to inform service development, resource allocation and statutory requirements.

Day to Day Responsibilities

• Ensure the production of timely and accurate reports of service level data to meet contractual and legal obligations
• Prepare and analyse data to inform Bristol CRS Service Manager & Client Contact Team Leader of emerging trends and areas for development and improvement
• To implement continuous audit checks and quality assurance processes to ensure that data collation and input is accurate, responsive, evidence based and delivered to a high standard to maintain the integrity of systems and information.

For more information please see the enclosed Job Description and Person Specification.

To excel in the role you will need:

• Excellent skills and knowledge in relation to NDTMS and PHE data and reporting requirements.
• Ability to collect, organise, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of data/information with attention to detail and accuracy
• The ability to translate data and reporting into insights regarding service performance and outcomes and able to articulate data into actionable form for non-technical people

If you would like to find out more about this role or you have any questions, please contact HR to arrange an informal chat. 

How To Apply

Please visit the DHI website to use the enclosed Job Description and Person Specification to complete an application form and skills form to send to HR before Midday Wednesday 4th November 2020

The Role

DHI is an award-winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and wellbeing of their community. We are looking for individuals who share our passion for our values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life and our commitment to our client groups and the local communities we serve.

Are you a positive resilient individual committed to working collaboratively with GP’s, our partners and other community and healthcare organisations to provide a wide range of services including; telephone assessments, content based groups & workshops, creating support plans & risk assessments in a large & mixed team of colleagues and peers?

You feel confident around IT using our Caseload Management IT system to record attendance and outcomes and communicating on the telephone making contact with clients on a daily basis.

You have experience of working with people with substance use issues, and can offer a range of harm reduction advice and information, manage safeguarding concerns and have an interest in developing your knowledge of interventions and support that can in turn support our clients.

Please note, we would especially welcome applicants who speak Polish.

If you are interested please contact HR to arrange an informal discussion regarding the role.

Please indicate on your application form if you are interested in the full time role or the part time role.

How To Apply

Please visit the DHI website and use the enclosed Job Description and Person Specification to complete an application form and skills form, and send to HR before Midday Wednesday 4th November 2020