We are looking for an experienced individual to join us as Head of Partnership Development.  You will lead a team of partnerships experts in building global partnerships, optimising both funding and influence, across a range of institutional partners, to help Save the Children achieve its breakthroughs for children.

The Partnership Development Team sits within Global Programmes in the Programme Partnerships Department. Our vision is that Save the Children has exceptional partnerships with multilateral and bilateral organisations, optimising funding and influence to deliver our shared aims for children. We seek to achieve this by::

• Holding the broad overview of the multi-faceted partnerships we manage on behalf of SCUK and the movement, and taking a long-term, global approach.
• Presenting compelling and consistent messages that clearly articulate the synergies between Save the Children’s goals and those of our partners.
• Providing partnership expertise in brokering both financial and non-financial relationships with institutions. 
• Driving strategic external engagement at global, regional and local levels, both by actively engaging ourselves and by supporting a culture of external engagement across the global movement. 

As Head of Partnership Development you will provide vision, strategic direction, leadership and support to the team in delivering the ambitious aims of Save the Children by creating conditions for realising the potential of institutional partnerships within Save the Children UK and the wider Save the Children movement. In addition you will:

• Ensure there are effective co-ordination mechanisms across Save the Children UK’s full suite of institutional partnerships, maximising synergies and leveraging expertise across all key Save the Children UK divisions and departments, Save the Children Members and Save the Children International
• Provide leadership to develop and motivate team members to sustain high performance, through effective challenge, prioritisation support, learning and development support, career planning and performance management
• As account lead for global partnerships set the tone of Save the Children’s movement wide approach to global relationships.

To be successful you will have a thorough understanding of international development issues and significant experience of developing relationships and managing strategic partnerships with institutional partner organisations including one of more of DFID, EU, World Bank or the UN.  Educated to degree level or similar, you will have strong negotiation and influencing skills in relation to multiple stakeholder contexts and matrices.  In addition you will have:

• Experience of influencing and delivering results cross-organisationally within a large complex global organisation
• Proven experience of providing creative and innovative approaches in developing new initiatives that contribute towards partnership objectives
• Strong leadership behaviours including external orientation, situational agility, and partner focus
• The ability to network with, and influence, senior people both internally and externally to achieve a pre-defined outcome
• Exceptional team and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively and with impact.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.

To apply please visit our website.

Closing date: 8th December 2019

Title:  Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser

(Please note that internally this job title is Partnerships Executive)

Reports to: Partnerships Manager

Budget Responsibility: none

Based at: 74 St Annes Road, Woolston, Southampton, SO19 9FF

Hours of work: Full-time [37.5 hours per week]

Team Association: Partnerships Team

Fundraising Team

Development Department
 

Job Purpose To be pro-active in identifying and developing new and existing relationships with corporate partners and prospects in order to generate income and assist the team in reaching agreed income targets.

Salary: £25k-28k depending upon experience

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify, research and approach prospective contacts in order to cultivate relationships and generate new business income through sponsorship and other charity partnerships.

• Support the Head of Fundraising in maintaining and building upon existing corporate partnerships.

• Gain an in-depth knowledge and keep abreast of the progress of all Sailors’ Society’s programmes, projects and events in order to prepare high quality, commercially relevant and compelling proposals, reports and presentations.

• Take responsibility for own ‘portfolio’ of contacts, following all leads through to completion, meeting income raising targets and accurately recording all correspondence.

• Secure participants for Sailors’ Society events.

• Keep accurate records of all correspondence with Society stakeholders on Raisers’ Edge.

• Attend internal and external meetings, events and presentations as required.

• Ensure donors are promptly thanked and their gift is accurately recorded.

• Provide administrative duties related to corporate and trust income generation, such as sourcing materials, preparing invoices and other activities as required.

Personal Development

The Corporate Partnership Fundraiser will be expected to maintain a high level of competence and capability, identifying appropriate training and development opportunities as required.

Person Specification (minimum requirement)

Essential Attributes

• Commercially driven with a proven track record in business development or B2B sales.
• An understanding of and experience in managing charity/corporate partnerships and sponsorship agreements.
• Confident and competent at approaching new business prospects on the telephone, face-to-face and in writing.

• Excellent networking skills.

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to relate to people at all levels and to represent the Society in person.

• Ability to listen to the needs of corporate prospects in order to propose relevant ways of working together.

• Excellent writing skills with the ability to write accurate, powerful, compelling and persuasive copy in a range of formats e.g. proposals, reports, brochures and posters/flyers.

• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to plan and manage a complex and demanding variety of tasks and to meet strict deadlines.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent in experience.
• Prepared to work outside of normal office hours in the evenings and occasional weekends, including some overnight stays and overseas travel.

Desirable Attributes:

• Experience in working in a busy corporate fundraising environment.
• Experience of using Raisers’ Edge or other CRM database.
• A good understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility, corporate community engagement initiatives and established corporate fundraising techniques.
• Experience of working for a charity and an understanding of charity law.
• An understanding of the global shipping and maritime industry.

Mind Cymru is growing and have an exciting opportunity for a new person to join our team to provide corporate support to the Operational Management team of Mind Cymru. Key to this role will be exceptional organisation skills, an ability to multitask and work to tight deadlines, financial management skills and strong process management skills.

You will provide support in relation to strategic and operational planning, to include supporting the development of Mind Cymru’s business plan, the annual Wales Activity Plan and other Wales focused plans.

You will lead on coordinating monitoring and reporting information against the Wales related plans. You will provide support to the Operations Manager in relation to finance and risk management. You will contribute to the effectiveness of Mind Cymru’s governance structures by supporting a number of key fora and also by collaboratively working with staff across Mind in Wales and England. Starting as soon as possible, you will provide maternity cover for the existing postholder.

Mae Mind Cymru yn tyfu ac mae cyfle cyffrous wedi codi i berson newydd ymuno â'n tîm i roi cymorth corfforaethol i'r tîm Rheoli Gweithrediadau. Bydd sgiliau trefnu rhagorol, y gallu i gyflawni nifer o dasgau a gweithio at derfynau amser tynn, sgiliau rheoli cyllid a phrosesau cadarn yn allweddol ar gyfer y rôl hon. Byddwch chi'n rhoi cymorth gyda'r gwaith cynllunio strategol a gweithrediadol, gan gynnwys cefnogi'r gwaith o ddatblygu cynllun busnes Mind Cymru, y Cynllun Gweithgarwch Cymru blynyddol a chynlluniau eraill sy'n berthnasol i Gymru.

Byddwch chi'n arwain y broses o gydlynu'r gwaith monitro ac adrodd yn ôl ar wybodaeth yn erbyn y cynlluniau sy'n berthnasol i Gymru. Byddwch chi'n rhoi cymorth i'r Rheolwr Gweithrediadau mewn perthynas â rheoli cyllid a rheoli risgiau. Byddwch chi'n cyfrannu at effeithiolrwydd strwythurau llywodraethu Mind Cymru drwy gefnogi nifer o fforymau allweddol a chydweithio â staff Mind ledled Cymru a Lloegr. Yn dechrau mor fuan â phosib, byddwch yn cyflawni’r rôl dros gyfnod mamolaeth y deiliad swydd.

Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Fixed Term Maternity Cover – 6 Months Contract

Closing date: Monday 16th December 2019

Interviews: Wednesday 18th / Thursday 19th December 2019

Recruiting for 2 Fundraising roles Corporate Partnerships Manager and Trusts and Statutory Fundraising Manager

 Post 1 Corporate Partnerships Manager 

Salary: Grade 9 (£28,221 – £30,756)

Hours: 37.5hrs per week (reduced hours and flexible working will be considered)

We are looking for a talented and experienced Corporate Fundraiser to join our busy fundraising and communications team. You will be responsible for developing and implementing a corporate engagement strategy to grow income from new and existing corporate partnerships to maximise engagement and loyalty.

You will have experience of raising funds from companies or other fundraising sources or experience from a Corporate Social Responsibility perspective, through which you will have an excellent understanding of CSR and all types of corporate partnerships.

To apply for this role please complete and return an application form with a covering letter stating why you are suited to and interested in the role.

The closing date for applications is 11.59 on Sunday 15th December.

Post 2 Trusts and Statutory Fundraising Manager

Salary: Grade 9 (£28,221 – £30,756)

Hours: 37.5hrs per week (reduced hours and flexible working will be considered)

We are looking for a talented and experienced Trust Fundraiser to join our busy fundraising and communications team. You will be responsible for all aspects of the management of the relationship with grant and statutory funders, from the development of grant applications to monitoring and reporting on grants to support project and core service costs.

You will have experience of raising funds from charitable trusts, statutory grants or other fundraising sources through the development of high quality funding applications, with excellent written communication skills.

To apply for this role please complete and return an application form with a covering letter stating why you are suited to and interested in the role.

The closing date for applications is 11.59pm on Sunday 15th December.

Who are we?

Recently named Third Sector Charity of the Year 2018, we are a rapidly growing charity, committed to moving further, faster to accelerate change for everyone affected by a brain tumour. Brain tumours kill more children and adults under 40 in the UK than any other cancer. We know that a cure can’t wait. By recruiting a team that ‘can’, we can and will find one sooner.

Our exciting job role!

We are looking for an experienced partnerships account manager who has the creativity, energy and insatiable eye for opportunity to drive the utmost value from The Charity’s fantastic corporate partnerships. You will be joining a fun and dedicated team who are passionate about defeating brain tumours. 

This role is full time - 37.5 hours and will be based in our Farnborough office, with some out‑of‑hours working.

What we'd like from you:

It’s simple – we’re looking for the people 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.

According to the job description you should also be a highly innovative, proactive and driven self-starter with exceptional account management.  You should also have a great track record of maintaining and developing high-value strategic partnerships.

If this is for you, we’d love to hear from you!

What we'd like to give you:

- Salary c.£30,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays – pro rata for part-time contracts (we also close at Christmas in return for you volunteering 3 charity days per year*) 

- Generous pension contribution*

- Life assurance cover*

- Employee Assistance Programme

- Loads of other great benefits, plus an amazing culture to work in, a great team and lots of fun (and cake!)

How to apply to join our amazing team:

Please apply online attaching your CV and a supporting statement explaining why you want the role, what you would bring to the team and how your skillset and experience will enable us to make a real impact for those affected by brain tumours.

Advert close date: Tuesday, 17th December 2019

First interview date and location: Thursday, 19th December via Skype – tbc

Second interview date and location: Monday, 23rd December at our Farnborough office – tbc

More about us:

Visit our website careers pages to find out more about our culture and what it’s like to be part of our amazing team: 

Don’t forget to check out our short videos (you can find the on our You Tube channel) to find out more about our culture and what it is like to work at The Brain Tumour Charity. 

Did you know that in addition to being recently crowned Third Sector Charity of the Year, we have won a variety of other awards and have been ranked a top global organisation by renowned management consultants McKinsey? Whilst we’re not boasting, we are particularly proud that our HeadSmart campaign scooped the NHS Innovation Award, a Third Sector Excellence Award and a Charity Times Award (well, maybe we’re boasting a little bit!).

For more information, please visit our website!

We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of receiving a sufficient number of applications and may extend the advert if we don't find our perfect team mate!

We process your data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation. For full details, please read our privacy policy for job applicants.

*subject to qualifying criteria

Offering flexible working and the chance to be part of a melting pot of the North West's best fundraising talent, we're looking for a new business specialist to lead on Corporate Partnerships fundraising.

Working for a big regional brand name, you'll develop a brand-new, strategic corporate engagement plan that will include innovative and creative partnership opportunities at five and six figure level.

The charity has heavily invested in its fundraising team and has ambitious growth plans with huge potential to develop the corporate income stream. You'll focus on developing a new corporate strategy targeting companies with greater capacity to become meaningful partners.

There is space for personal and professional growth and development in this role, backed by support and investment from the charity. We're looking for someone with the skills and experience to grasp the scale of this opportunity and run with it. You'll get a buzz from bagging new business and have the ambition and autonomy to lead, grow and nurture your income stream.

With significant investment to create a flexible and agile working culture, you'll find life and family-friendly working policies in place. You'll be out and about regularly across the North West managing your own diary with ability to work from home too.

Please send a copy of your CV for lots more detail. Our North West consultant, Amelia Lee, is looking after this one: [email protected]

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

We are excited to be working with a great start-up charity whose aim is to tackle food waste. They are growing their fundraising team and are now looking for a Corporate Partnerships Manager. 

As part of your role, you will be developing and delivering a business plan to grow existing partnerships at the charity, as well as focusing on securing new business partnerships which is a key focus area. You will be targetting to estabish strategic long-term partnerships, sponsorships as well as COTY (Charity of the Year). 

For this role, you will need experience of working within corporate partnerships in fundraising, with key successful examples of securing new business partnerships worth 5-6 figures. 

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000

Closing Date: ASAP

To have an informal chat about the role please call us on 0203 006 2787 or contact us on [email protected]

If enough applications are received, the charity reserves the right to end the application period sooner. If you would like to have an informal discussion, please visit our website for details.

Background to School Food Matters

School Food Matters (SFM) is on a mission to ensure that every child enjoys fresh sustainable food at school and understands where their food comes from.  To achieve this, we campaign to improve school meals and devise, develop and deliver food education programmes.  We work closely with schools to improve food culture and environment so that children are given the best possible chance to live happy and healthy lives.

Job Purpose

• To be responsive and proactive to new corporate funding opportunities
• To research and manage existing corporate partnership relationships
• To research and develop new food education programmes
• To manage the delivery of food education projects with corporate partners

Key Tasks Include

• Work closely with the Chief Executive to develop a corporate fundraising strategy
• Research and identify new corporate funding opportunities with organisations that share our values
• With the Chief Executive, devise tailored proposals for a range of corporate partners
• Nurture and develop existing corporate partnerships
• Develop new resources for projects
• Collaborate with SFM staff members to deliver successful projects
• Manage food education projects and events with corporate partners
• Monitor and evaluate food education programmes
• Supply written content for the website and all other communications platforms
• The Corporate Partnership/Project Officer will also undertake any other tasks relevant to the affairs of SFM that may arise from time to time.  Therefore being flexible and approaching the job with an open and positive mindset is essential!

Person specification

Essential

• Experience of the corporate world
• Understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility
• Demonstrable ability to develop relationships with Corporate partners
• Excellent written skills with the ability to produce concise and creative bids
• Excellent oral communication and presentation skills required to build relationships with potential partners

Desirable

• High standard of computer literacy (Excel, Word, Power Point and Outlook and the Internet)
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Demonstrable ability to plan and prioritise own workload with minimum supervision
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and work well under pressure
• Ability to plan ahead and work within agreed timeframes
• Ability and willingness to travel for work
• Ability to represent the charity externally, and engage with staff, trustees, and partners
• An interest in food education, campaigning and environmental issues

There couldn’t be a more exciting time to join Alzheimer’s Research UK and its growing award-winning Corporate Fundraising team. We are the fastest growing medical research charity in the UK, tackling dementia, the world’s greatest medical challenge. Our mission is to help bring about the first life-changing treatment by 2025, with an ultimate vision to end the fear, harm and heartbreak of dementia.

The Corporate Team at Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) is enjoying an exciting phase of growth leading to a need to increase in business development resource.

We are looking for a proactive and driven individual to join the team who can create six figure partnerships with leading UK and International Corporates. You will have strong business development and relationship management skills coupled with experience of approaching and building strategic partnerships from scratch.

You will possess the ability to identify opportunities before converting them into high value partnerships generating the maximum amount of income for our Research.

You’ll have lots of support from a passionate and successful team – we have a strong culture of support, training, feedback, continuous improvement and celebration.  We use our collective strengths to win partnerships and secure more funding for dementia research.

We are looking for someone with excellent sales skills homed in either a Charity or Corporate role.

Main tasks include:

• Identify and build strategic relationships to generate income from new corporate supporters
• Support the Corporate Partnerships Manager in the development and implementation of the corporate fundraising strategy for ARUK, to increase the team income.
• Represent the charity professionally in a high-level corporate context
• Adopting a focused and strategic approach to identifying, researching, and targeting prospective corporate partners 
• Building and maintaining a pipeline of new business opportunities to include strategic partnerships, charity of the year partnerships, and sponsorship opportunities.
• Undertake any other relevant duties and projects delegated by CPM/ Director of Fundraising in line with the responsibilities of the post. 

What we are looking for:

• A Level or equivalent.
• Confidence working with computers – good knowledge of Word, Excel, outlook and PowerPoint
• Excellent personal communication skills, with the ability to communicate with people at all levels face to face and on the phone
• Ability to write professionally, with an ability to adapt communications for different audiences
• Ability to work with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload
• Ability to articulate complex issues to supporters in a compelling manner
• Strong negotiation skills and the ability to make financial asks
• Strong business development and relationship management skills, ideally from a charity background
• Evidence of delivering high quality and creative presentations and proposals to help target and engage potential partners
• Experience of conceptualising and building new strategic partnerships from scratch within a fundraising and/or corporate environment
• Experience of engaging and building relationships with key external stakeholders and decision makers to deliver positive outcomes
• Experience of securing new partners within a fundraising and/or corporate environment

Location: Granta Park, near Cambridge.

Salary: Circa £30,000 per annum, plus benefits

Please download the Vacancy Pack for more details.

Please note that the official job title for the successful candidate will be Corporate Partnerships Officer – New Business. When accessing our online recruitment system, the role will be listed as Corporate Partnerships Officer – New Business. 

The closing date for applications is the 1st January 2020, with interviews likely to take place on the 14th January 2020. You may be called for a telephone interview in the interim.

We would encourage applicants to submit their application at the earliest opportunity as the closing date may be brought forward at any time. Should we wish to contact you to arrange an earlier interview this will be arranged based on the availability of the candidate and the panel. Please indicate in your cover letter if you are unable to attend on a certain date.

In order to be considered, please create an online account using our Online Recruitment System which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies Page. You will be able to attach a CV and covering letter to your application, track your application and view other vacancies that may be of interest.

To view further details about this role and the benefits of working for us please visit the Alzheimer’s Research UK website.

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity enables families who have a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness to make the most of time together, providing expert, practical and emotional support, where they need it for as long as it is needed.

About the role:

This Sunday Times Top 100 Not-For-Profit organisation is looking to appoint a talented New Business Manager or existing Corporate Partnerships Manager to join Rainbow Trust’s Corporate fundraising team to identify, build and drive new business development opportunities in line with our brand guidelines and values

Reporting to the Head of Corporate, you will be responsible for building and maintaining strong income pipeline and play a central role in pitching and creating winning proposals for commercial organisations. You will work closely with other members of the Corporate team, the Engagement team, the Senior Leadership team and the wider charity to ensure each new partnership achieves its full potential and budgeted targets.

With your exceptional relationship building skills and proficient networking ability within the charity and corporate sector, you will build on contacts made to grow and develop the new business pipeline.

Location:

Our new, modern Head Office is situated in Leatherhead, Surrey, located just 45 minutes from London Waterloo and Victoria and 25 minutes from Guildford.  We are less than a 10 minute walk from Leatherhead Station and the town centre, with free on-site parking.

What we’re looking for:

• An experienced and talented fundraiser with an adaptable, proactive approach – you achieve great results with and through people
• A confident and compelling public speaker and negotiator – you are an influential communicator who enjoys inspiring and collaborating with others; your ability to develop and sell creative ideas to a variety of audiences both internally and externally will see you meet and exceed your targets
• A naturally warm and enthusiastic networker – you will thrive working on multiple projects with a sense of urgency, and achieving success by engaging the commitment of others
• Confident in the application of charity law as it applies to corporate fundraising – you use your knowledge of the principles that underpin customer care to not only maintain current income levels, but to build upon them year-on-year
• A self starter with demonstrable success in driving income and delivering results
• Applications will be particularly welcome from those with pitching and proposal writing experience and strong networking and presentation skills
• Confident user of MSOffice – you have an imaginative and creative working style

What we offer:

We have a range of fantastic benefits that we offer our employees. If you’d like to find out more about these benefits and working with us, click here.

How to apply:

To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online

For a detailed job description visit our website.

An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this post.

First interviews will take place at our Head Office in Leatherhead on 3 December 2019, with second interviews on 10 December 2019.  We will only contact those applicants who have been successful.

Rainbow Trust is an equal opportunities employer and a Best Companies One-Star rated organisation.  Registered Charity No: 1070532

Corporate New Business Executive needed for an incredible health charity, with a fresh brand and laid back working culture, flexi hours possible.

The Charity

One of the UKs biggest health charities. It's an exciting time with big plans coming up, this is an opportunity to join a team of five. They offer flexi hours, hot desking and a fun environment.

The Role

This is a vital donor facing position contributing to the teams income target.

You will build and nurture relationships at all levels externally and internally in order to develop pipelines that generate income, gifts in kind, and pro-bono.

Identify and secure new corporate income by developing relationships and devising mutually beneficial partnerships.

Develop and present creative and engaging new business proposals and pitches for corporate prospects.

Research competitor activity, corporate prospects, and business sectors to leverage new business opportunities and keep up to date on business trends.

Ensure that all intelligence and activity on potential or existing corporate partners is executed well and recorded appropriately on in house fundraising database.

Collaborate and maintain relationships with all relevant internal staff to add value and maximise opportunities.

The Candidate
Experience and proven track record of solutions-based fundraising, business development, and account management.
Experience of developing new business by researching new leads, making cold calls to potential partners, face-to-face meetings, client-facing presentations, pitches, negotiating and closing business.
Knowledge of the UK corporate sector, significant level of commercial awareness and the opportunities that this presents.
Experience of winning five figure+ corporate partnerships.

IMPORTANT NOTE

This client is interviewing on a rolling basis so please get in touch ASAP to find out more!

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

Job Title: Accounts Executive

Reporting to: Head of Finance

Hours: Flexible working is in place between the hours of 08:00 – 19:00 Work outside of these hours may be required in certain circumstances. Core working hours are 10:00 until 16:00, Monday to Friday.

Contract: Full-time (35 hours per week), 4 days per week will be considered for the right candidate

Salary: £22,000 – £23,460

Location: The offices of The House of St Barnabas, 1 Greek Street, W1D 4NQ

Start date: Immediate

“Enter The House of St Barnabas - A public-minded private members’ club in London is demolishing stereotypes” – Dazed and Confused

The House of St Barnabas (HoSB) is a charity pledging to break the cycle of homelessness. We run a social business, our members’ club in our Grade I listed home on Soho Square to help people prosper through paid employment, allowing them to break their cycle of homelessness.

Academy participants and graduates are at the heart of all we do. The journey for trainees currently starts with a 10-week Employment Preparation Programme offering onsite work experience and training throughout the club and charity offices and continues with 12 months of mentoring and ongoing support from our Academy team.

When this programme is in progress, participants take on work experience throughout the House, in the club spaces and in our offices. The HoSB team act as professional buddies to those in office-based roles, working closely with them to provide skills training and to set a positive example of ways of working. This one to one support throughout the programme, and our wider club community of members and supporters, provides a supportive environment in which our participants can challenge themselves to change their lives.

We have exciting plans for the future. We intend to create a new entry point for those already in work but who want to progress from a first job after homelessness to “good work”, with better pay, more regular hours and better prospects for promotion, and we intend to increase provision through our accommodation pathway. To do this we will need to grow our commercial income from both the club and private hire (including a potential building development project). We also want to better use the skills and connections of our community of members and supporters in pursuit of our aims.

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking individual who is near the start of their accounting career with sufficient academic knowledge and ability to pick up information and tasks quickly.  You will be excited by working in a dynamic organisation and keen to play your role by contributing to our growing finance team.  Attention to detail, outstanding communication skills, a willingness to learn and a commitment to cross team working are essential.

Areas of responsibility

• Posting purchase invoices to the finance accounting system
• Raising routine sales invoices as required
• Assisting with monthly petty cash reconciliations
• Posting bank transactions to the finance accounting system
• Bank mandate and online banking administration
• Assisting with credit card and hospitality card processing
• Performing effective debt recovery
• Assisting in the preparation of Gift Aid claims
• Resolving queries on transactions and coding as required
• Quarterly banking of petty cash donations collected in the building
• Banking Cash and Cheques
• Handling Petty Cash
• Maintaining the finance inbox and sorting incoming mail
• Filing of financial documents
• Assisting with any other duties as appropriate
• All staff should, so far as reasonably practical, maintain satisfactory standards of safety and welfare within their authorised areas of responsibility as defined by the HoSB Health and Safety and Disaster Recovery procedures

Personal specification

• Either in their final year of study towards, or a completed, accounting and finance degree; or AAT qualified
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• The ability to absorb new information quickly
• The ability to work unsupervised when appropriate
• Ability to remain positive and actively encourage others to do the same during times of change
• Ability to help promote a positive organisation culture that respects diversity and inclusivity
• Keeps up to date with developments in own area of specialism, including legal changes and best practice

Desirable

• Use of Xero accounting package or similar
• Some routine financial office experience in a computerised environment would be preferred

What we can do for you – why working for us is so great

HoSB provides the following great benefits:

• The opportunity to make a meaningful impact, playing a part in people’s journey towards lasting paid employment
• 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Half a day extra leave for your birthday so you can celebrate in style
• Flexible working hours (in line with business needs)
• Free Barista coffee from our club downstairs(!)
• Autoenrollment into our pension scheme
• Access to a whole host of amazing talks gigs and events
• Attending our amazing graduation ceremonies

How to apply

Please send a covering letter outlining why you would be suitable for this role together with your most recent CV. Any applications received without a covering letter will automatically be repudiated.

Closing date:  Friday 6th December

Face to face interviews to take place on: Tuesday 10th December

Please note: Due to the high level of interest in our organisation, we are unfortunately only able to acknowledge the individual applicants invited to interview.

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Corporate Fundraising Manager to join our amazing charity, which exists to provide children from disadvantaged backgrounds with a wonderful week of mud-and-magic in the British countryside.

It’s a great time to join Farms for City Children. We already support thousands of children across England and Wales every year and our new strategic direction will see us grow further, reaching more children who deserve a discovery filled week-in-wellies.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced and results driven Corporate Fundraising Manager with a successful track record of managing, establishing and nurturing business relationships, to join our team as we embark on a period of growth and development.

We have ambitious plans to grow corporate fundraising income over the next 3 years to support our bold new strategy and this hands-on role will be responsible for generating new business, with an aim to secure high value corporate partnerships as well as maximising income from existing partnerships.

About You

This role requires a strong background of securing new business from corporate prospects and managing corporate partnership accounts ideally within a fundraising environment. With excellent communication and influencing skills, combined with the gravitas required to build effective relationships with senior executives you will drive and develop new opportunities and deliver winning charity pitches.

In order to succeed you will be highly motivated by the charity’s work with children, food, the countryside and farming; be a skilled communicator with exceptional interpersonal and influencing skills; outstanding planning, organisational and implementation skills; experienced in setting and managing budgets and operational plans, strong IT skills and ability to build effective relationships and influence and persuade stakeholders.

The role covers the South West region and specifically the communities where our farms are located in Devon, Pembrokeshire and Gloucestershire. Initially working as sole Corporate Fundraiser within the wider fundraising team, you will be expected to travel extensively across the region including Bristol and London and spend a min of one day a week at Head Office in Exeter. This is a growing function and there will be future opportunities to hold line management responsibilities as we develop the fundraising team to further grow corporate activity and income generation.

What we Offer

In return you will receive a starting salary of between £30,000 and £35,000 (depending on experience) and a range of benefits, which include:

• 25 days holiday plus statutory bank holidays
• 6% employer contribution to NEST pension scheme
• Flexible working
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Personal Development through IoF courses and conferences

Deadline for applications is 10am on Monday 9th December 2019.

To apply please submit your CV and a supporting statement, outlining how your experience meets the criteria.

Interviews will be held on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th December, at our Head Office near Exeter.

ABSOLUTELY NO AGENCIES – DIRECT RECRUITMENT ONLY

Location: Farringdon, London
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £31,000 pa + Benefits
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: by midnight on 8th December 2019

Download the job description and person specification from our website

Summary

The Account Executive will be part of our in-house Brand Team who are responsible for rolling out, embedding and protecting the Versus Arthritis brand. They will work closely with the Account Manager, designers, copywriter and agencies to deliver brand projects for Versus Arthritis. They will:

• Have sole responsibility for delivering small to medium project and manage client/agency relationships.
• Have a strong understanding of the brand and support the roll out, embedding of and engagement with the brand.
• Work with the team to schedule work, allocating resources and managing projects to ensure projects are delivered on time, on brief and to budget. 

About the role

This is a key role in the Brand Team, requiring project management and relationship building skills. The Account Executive will be delivering brand projects through the year, scheduling work and liaising with clients. You will work with internal teams and external agencies to ensure that the brand is embedded and at the heart of and adding value to everything we do.

Key requirements

• Experience of working on brand, marketing or communications projects, either in an agency or in house.
• Experience of scheduling, budgeting, trafficking and client handling.
• An understanding of brands and how they can be used to achieve business objectives.
• Great relationship-building skills.
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to prioritise, to push back and to set realistic deadlines.

How to apply

To apply you MUST submit:

1. a concise, up-to-date CV
2. along with a supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the key requirements set out in the job description and person specification
3. Please include where you’ve seen this role advertised

Email your completed application by midnight on 8th December via the link to our website.

Interviews

First interviews expected: 17th December 2019 in London

About us

Arthritis causes pain, fatigue and isolation for 17.8 million people in the UK every single day. It can impact on the ability to work, our relationships and take away our independence. We don’t accept this.

We are Versus Arthritis. We are volunteers, healthcare professionals, researchers and friends, all doing everything we can to push back against arthritis. We’re reaching out to everybody with the information and support they need, funding vital research and changing the way society sees arthritis. Together we’ll keep running, researching, influencing, volunteering, advising, chatting, baking, listening.  We won’t stop until no-one has to tolerate living with the pain, fatigue and isolation of arthritis. 

Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us defy arthritis.

Read more about what we do, working for us and what we offer on our website.

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Versus Arthritis is a Registered Charity No: 207711 and in Scotland No. SC041156