Individual Giving & Legacy Fundraiser
We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced Individual Giving and Legacy Fundraiser  to plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate an ambitious and effective Individual Giving development programme for In Memory giving, individual donations, appeals, regular giving, and legacy marketing. You must be able to work well under your own initiative, take ownership of tasks, and contribute as a team player. You will work within a friendly, creative and enthusiastic Fundraising Team, to take the lead on maximising supporter recruitment, donor development and stewardship programmes, ensuring the delivery of significant income growth for our charity.

The ideal candidate will have proven track record in donor marketing, with the ability to think digitally and innovatively to maximise supporter engagement from new and existing donors. You will be a passionate and effective communicator, both written and verbally, and highly proficient in analysing data. You will have the creative flair to lead in the production of imaginative and effective bespoke fundraising campaigns. You will also be an empathetic individual in your communications with patients and relatives ensuring sensitivity and confidentiality at all times.

You will report directly to the Fundraising and Lottery Manager and this role will also involve some line management responsibilities.

Interested applicants should be able to evidence how they meet the criteria outlined in the Person Specification for the post.

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, please call Judith Stewart, Fundraising and Lottery Manager. Phone number available through the Queenscourt Hospice "Vacancies" page on our website. 

Queenscourt Hospice is an independent charity that provides support for the people of Southport, Formby and West Lancashire. We care for patients with serious illnesses, enabling them to achieve the best possible quality of life at each new stage. We help to do this both in the Hospice and at home through our In-patient unit, Queenscourt Connect and Queenscourt at Home services.  We have a fantastic opportunity for a talented Individual Giving and Legacy Fundraiser with a proven track record of success, to join our friendly team and play a key role in developing our fundraising during our Pearl Anniversary year and beyond.                                                                                                                        

Fundraising Community and Challenge Event 
You will be responsible for the event and campaign management of our challenge events (national and local) and our community fundraising initiatives. You will be a positive influencer and an engaging communicator. You must have the skills required to build successful partnerships with key stakeholders, including local businesses, in order to maximise fundraising opportunities and income generation for our Hospice. You will also be an empathetic individual in your communications with patients and relatives, ensuring sensitivity and confidentiality at all times.

You will be organised, decisive, and creative, working alongside colleagues to ensure that detailed innovative campaigns (including marketing & PR) are developed to maximise support and get the wider community excited about supporting Queenscourt.

Flexibility will be required in this role. It is essential that the successful candidate is willing to travel (mainly but not exclusively across West Lancashire, Southport and Formby), and there will be some weekend and evening work essential to fulfil the duties of the role.

You will report directly to the Fundraising and Lottery Manager and this role will also involve some line management responsibilities, and working closely with Volunteers.

Interested applicants should be able to evidence how they meet the criteria outlined in the Person Specification for the post.

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, please call Judith Stewart, Fundraising and Lottery Manager. Phone number is available through the Queenscourt Hospice "Vacancies" page on our website.

Queenscourt Hospice is an independent charity that provides support for the people of Southport, Formby and West Lancashire. We care for patients with serious illnesses, enabling them to achieve the best possible quality of life at each new stage. We help to do this both in the Hospice and at home through our In-patient unit, Queenscourt Connect and Queenscourt at Home services.  We have a fantastic opportunity for a talented Community and Challenge Event Fundraiser with a proven track record of success, to join our friendly team and play a key role in significantly increasing our fundraising during our Pearl Anniversary year and beyond.
 

Due to an internal promotion, Chester Students' Union is looking for a Marketing & Sales Co-ordinator to join our Marketing & Development team. Reporting to the Marketing & Development Lead, you'll be creating dynamic and engaging content for CSU’s social media channels using a mix of technologies and techniques to keep our members informed about our services and those of our commercial partners. As a confident communicator, you'll also be crafting creative copy for our website and supporting colleagues in other departments with their own copywriting projects, all while helping CSU to achieve its revenue goals through Customer Relationship Management campaigns and administrative support for our media sales.

Chester Students’ Union is an independent, membership charity that runs an advice service, a range of social opportunities through student led societies and activities throughout the year and a representation system that ensures the student voice is amplified.

For more information (including a full job description and person specification), please download the job pack from our website.

Wirral Churches’ Ark Project, known as Wirral Ark, has been providing support and guidance for individuals helping to secure permanent long-term accommodation since 1991. The Charity supports people who are homeless. These include isolated people with mental health or drug problems, current and ex-offenders, former rough sleepers, and people who are begging or street drinking. 

The charity has come a long way since its early days and have become experts at working with, and supportively housing, people with complex problems – for example, people with severe mental health problems, a lifelong alcohol addiction, particularly challenging behaviour, or a combination of these and other issues. With a new CEO, strategy and supportive board, the charity is looking forward to a phase of exciting growth. 

They are now looking to appoint a Trusts & Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser who will be responsible for growing income from charitable trusts and foundations and generating income from corporate partners.We are happy to hear from candidates who have experience in either Trust and Foundations or Corporate Fundraising – this is a perfect opportunity for someone to really utilise their past fundraising experience, while gaining experience within new fundraising areas.

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising and Development within a friendly and supportive team, we are looking for a self-starter and creative thinker who enjoys communicating with a wide array of people and who can run with ideas and implement them and really make this role their own! 

HOW TO APPLY 

Please contact BTA to request an information pack, full job description and person specification. 

You are advised to get in touch well in advance of the closing date to give us time to consider your application and pre-interview the strongest applicants. 

Closing Date: Midday, Sunday, 6th June

Interview Date: Monday, 14h June 2021

This search is being conducted exclusively for Wirral Ark by BTA (Bruce Tait Associates). Our leadership team have all worked in the voluntary sector and we use this experience to match organisations and individuals to create great appointments. 

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At Catch22, we are proud of our reputation as a modern and progressive employer. Our 1,300 colleagues and 300 volunteers work at every stage of the social welfare cycle, supporting over 60,000 individuals from cradle to career. 

The National Citizen Service (NCS) is a flagship policy at the heart of the government’s vision for building a Big Society. The programme brings together 16-17-year-olds from different backgrounds in a summer programme which includes adventure, discovery and meaningful social action. NCS aims to support participants’ personal and social development and help them develop the confidence, skills and attitudes they need to take on active roles in their communities and develop themselves for their own future.

Job Description

As an NCS School Support Coordinator, you will work closely with our recruitment team to develop relationships with schools in the region to market our school support offer. You will work closely with the schools to develop a bespoke programme of 15 hours of content within the curriculum framework outlined by the NCST.

The role covers both Merseyside & Greater Manchester, candidates from both areas will be considered.

As NCS School Support Coordinator, your main duties will include:

• Lead on developing, organising, planning and delivering a 15 hour school support programme to a range of schools, reaching 365 young people.
• To support the recruitment teams to market the school support programme and increase the number of schools signing up to the offer.
• Liaise with key contacts in schools to develop a bespoke school support offer which falls within the broader school support curriculum framework outlined by the NCST
• Work closely with the Office Lead and Contract Manager to recruit the required number of sessional support staff to deliver our school support programme
• Raising awareness of NCS locally
• Delivering staff training to NCS sessional staff

Qualifications

Educated to A Level or equivalent

To be successful as an NCS School Support Coordinator, you will need:

• Substantial experience of working directly with young people from a wide variety of backgrounds
• Experience of programme management
• Experience of leading the planning, delivery, and evaluation of activities for and with young people
• Knowledge of relevant youth policies, legislation, and the wider youth agenda.
• Knowledge of  developing and managing projects in the public, private or voluntary sectors

Additional information

We are looking to appointment to these roles as quickly as possible and will close this job off to new applicants when we have enough suitable candidates to interview. We, therefore, encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible.

This role is subject to an enhanced DBS check

Interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised

Halton Haven Hospice has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, proactive and inventive part-time Community Fundraiser to join our team.

The right candidate will be an experienced fundraiser who can hit the ground running.  We’re looking for someone who can make a real difference to the people and community that we support.  They will have a demonstrable track record of achieving financial and non-financial objectives and be committed to continuing professional development; with a view to being able to identify and manage any fundraising opportunity that comes their way.  Our job is to raise vital income to support free hospice care and to ensure that it is available not only now but in the future.

This is a public facing role working in a fast-paced and creative environment; often juggling deadlines.  It demands the ability to prioritise workloads and to work both independently and as part of a team.  The successful candidate will work with volunteers, local corporates, schools and the wider community to steward supporters in their fundraising activity.  They will develop ongoing and new partnerships and engage in Hospice-led events and campaigns too.

No two days will be the same but the work will be varied, busy and hugely rewarding.  You will have the opportunity to make your mark and to develop new ideas and fundraising innovations.

Halton Haven Hospice is based in a leafy suburb of Runcorn with good road, rail and canal links.  Situated between Liverpool and Manchester with the iconic city of Chester as a neighbour it has a great deal to offer for individuals and families alike.

We are an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.  We recognise and encourage the valuable contribution that people from all backgrounds and experiences bring.  Therefore we offer the additional benefits of:

• Free parking
• Free health benefits scheme (after qualifying period)
• Discounted dining facility
• Training and continuing professional development
• Entitlement to Blue Light card
• The People’s Pension Scheme or continuation of NHS Pension (subject to criteria)
• Salary £22,000 PRO RATA

To apply download the application form and return it with a copy of your CV and a covering letter to the address/Email given on the form.

Local Organiser (x 4) Belfast, Lancaster, Carlisle, Liverpool

• Are you interested in the power of music to help people with dementia? 
• Could you bring the power of personal playlists to people and organisations? 
• Do you have experience engaging with diverse and minority ethnic communities? 
• Would you like to lead a local project that will make a big impact in a short time? 

Playlist for Life is a personal music and dementia charity. We have a network of over 900 Playlist for Life ‘Help Points’ that share the power of personal playlists for people living with dementia.

From grassroots community groups to regional partners, GP practices, libraries, dementia cafes, sports clubs and many more community organisations: our Help Point network is as diverse as the people we want to help through the power of personal playlists. Organisations and groups able to operate safely during Covid-19, and those who have moved services online have all been supported by Playlist for Life during lockdown.

The role will allow someone to make their mark within their community and deliver real change in the quality of life for people and families living with dementia. You will establish a diverse, vibrant network of Help Points, volunteers, and trained health and care professionals, all creating and using playlists in your community. 

Your previous experience may have been in any sector: NHS, charity, Health and Social Care, commercial, creative. What matters is that you demonstrate capability in community networking, developing partnerships, and recruiting, developing and enthusing local volunteers to support our Help Point expansion.

You will be highly motivated, pro-active and enthusiastic. You will have strong organisational, written, verbal communications skills and experience of community mapping and networking. Experience of engaging with minority ethnic communities, remote communities and hosting community events or training would be an advantage. You will work on your own initiative driving progress in your local area following a comprehensive induction.

You will work remotely from home but when safe to do so you will also work within your community to network, engage and deliver training to local partners face to face.

Further information can be found on our vacancy page.

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Playlist for Life wishes to increase the diversity of its staff and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community, particularly from people with disabilities and people from black and minority ethnic communities, currently under-represented within Playlist for Life.  

Application notes 

Handwritten applications and CVs will not be accepted. 

Closing date: 30/05/21 

Interviews: will be held on Zoom week beginning 7th of June 

This job is funded by The National Lottery through the Community Fund

The Queen’s School, Chester, is an Independent School for girls aged 4-18 in the heart of the city of Chester. At Queen's we educate and empower young women to lead and shape the world they live in. We offer a stimulating education in a rich and varied learning environment, and the results speak for themselves.  We are proud to be a Times Top 100 school for A-level results, and girls make outstanding academic and developmental progress across the board. Queen’s provides a warm, nurturing environment which both inspires and supports girls, offering numerous opportunities that encourage them to embrace challenges in order that they may achieve their absolute best. Our goal for every Queen’s girl is that she leaves us able to think independently, collaborate confidently, and aspire globally.

A new opportunity has opened to join us as our first Fundraising Manager.  Working closely with our Director of External Relations, the Headmistress and the Development Committee, the Fundraising Manager will be responsible for creating, implementing and delivering the fundraising strategy and management of our fundraising approaches, activities and results over the coming years. In particular, the post holder will focus their efforts on fundraising for our bursaries fund and for the creation and implementation of specific capital campaigns, such as our current Astroturf project.

We are looking for candidates who are confident in their ability to operate at this strategic and operational level and who bring experience of working with individual donors to deliver successful income generating activities.  Candidates should have worked in similar roles and be able to demonstrate exceptional skills in all forms of relationship management and communication. The drive and ability to work towards ambitious targets and deadlines is also essential. Comprehensive knowledge of both UK charity and tax law is essential, as it applies to charitable giving and inheritance law, as well as experience in servicing committees comprising senior volunteers.

If you think you have the talent and experience for this role and are committed to our mission to educate and empower young women, we would love to hear from you.