We are looking for an experienced Senior Development Manager: Trusts, Foundations and Government to steward and grow Serpentine’s relationships with trusts and foundations.

The current portfolio is made up of regular funding through Arts Council England, as well as a diverse range of charitable funders, embassies and cultural institutes. The role is solely responsible for driving income growth in this particular area of fundraising and reports to the Director of Development. The position requires a high volume of ongoing task management and is also scoped to develop into a role that carries significant strategic influence within the organisation.

To succeed in this role you will have experience of:

• identifying compelling proposals that satisfy funders’ criteria;
• drafting persuasive, successful funding bids,
• prioritising funding to cover core costs;
• generating an active pipeline of grant prospects;
• building strong relationships internally and with donors through creative cultivation and stewardship.

Closing date for applications: midday Monday 25 October 2021.

Development Manager

Permanent and full time

To commence as soon as possible

The Godolphin and Latymer School is one of the country’s leading independent day schools for girls, located on a six acre site in Hammersmith, London.  The School’s facilities are excellent, making it an exciting place to learn and work.  The students at Godolphin and Latymer receive unrivalled academic and pastoral support and outstanding examination results are achieved.

We seek to appoint a senior member of the Development team who will have the ability to manage multiple responsibilities.  The role offers experience of the key aspects of fundraising and will require a skilled and dynamic individual.

As Development Manager, you will have sole responsibility for the mid-level giving cycle and, alongside the Director of Development, will manage all major giving processes; this includes securing gifts from supporters at both these levels. In line with good practice you will also be responsible for identifying opportunities to engage, cultivate and steward supporters.  You will play a key role in developing and delivering the school’s fundraising goals.

Applicants must be highly personable and as Development Manager possess will need to work collaboratively within the team and have the experience required to lead on smaller projects.

The post-holder will build on the success of the past two years, strengthening relationships with alumnae, current and past parents and staff; growing the fundraising programme and encouraging a thriving and supportive community.

Please refer to the recruitment information booklet for the full job description and person specification for this role.

This is a permanent and full time position and the hours of work are 8.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday during the term time and 8.00am to 4.30pm during school holidays, with occasional evening/weekend work required.  The post attracts 28 days annual leave in addition to public holidays.  Annual leave must be taken during school holidays and five days of the annual allowance is allocated to the School’s Christmas closure.

The salary will be commensurate with the post and will depend upon qualifications and experience.

The appointed candidate will commence in post as soon as possible on the completion of all required pre-appointment checks.

For further information about our school and this role, please visit the School's website.  Please note that applications must be made on the school’s application form.  CVs alone will not be accepted.

There is no closing date for this vacancy.

Applications will be considered on receipt and interviews may occur at any stage.

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and responsibility.  Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

All staff working in the School during the school day will have some contact with children and will therefore be in regulated activity.  In this role, you are unlikely to be working with children directly but will regularly interact with pupils who may seek your assistance or otherwise interact with you when moving around the school.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Charity called The Godolphin and Latymer School (charity registration number 312699) is administered by The Godolphin and Latymer School Foundation, a charitable company limited by guarantee (Company number 3598439).

THE GODOLPHIN AND LATYMER SCHOOL, Iffley Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 0PG.  HMC/GSA 800 girls, 11-18 (220 in the Sixth Form).

We are seeking an ambitious and goal orientated Development and Sustainability Manager to build a sustainable fundraising pipeline to support our vital work. 

Genetic Alliance UK is the largest alliance of organisations supporting people with genetic, rare and undiagnosed conditions in the UK. Our members and the people they support are at the heart of everything we do. We advocate for fast and accurate diagnosis, good quality care and access to the best treatments. We actively support progress in research and engage with decision makers and the public about the challenges faced by our community. We run two long standing projects, Rare Disease UK and SWAN UK (syndromes without a name).

This is a pivotal new role working directly with the Senior Management Team to help revamp our fundraising as we review our organisational strategy, and work to embed the recommendations of our recent fundraising review and restructure. This is an ideal role for someone with demonstrable fundraising experience who has ambitions to lead their own department in the future. With access to external mentoring and coaching, you can use and and grow your existing skills with the potential to build your own team around you. 

You will need confidence, creativity and excellent research and relationship building skills. Friendly and professional with a keen eye for detail, you will develop project plans, proposals and processes to achieve sustainable long-term funding for all areas of our work. Using your strong relationship building and research skills, you will identify new opportunities for funding and successfully work with our stakeholders to develop strong cases for support and inspiring case studies. 

Benefits:

• External mentoring from an experienced fundraising consultant, with coaching at the beginning of the role.
• Generous employer pension contribution.
• Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays and Christmas closure.
• Flexible working patterns.
• Access to free counselling via our employee support scheme.

This is a hybrid role with a negiotable working pattern.

To apply please email a CV and cover letter to Lauren Roberts, Joint Interim Chief Executive & Director of Engagement and Support by an email by 5pm Monday 8 November.

• £30,000 per annum
• Fixed Term contract till Dec 2022
• London, Bristol or Birmingham (remote working possible if desired) includes regular travel to London and Manchester

A great opportunity for a creative and motivated individual to manage all aspects of a discrete project from start to finish, as well as supporting the wider organisation during the baseline year of our Three Year Impact Strategy.

Our long-term supporters, the Co-op Foundation, are helping us to develop a new model for our programmes that allows schools to deliver internally. Envision continues to host and facilitate the competition and cross-school events, whilst school staff provide support for young people to progress their projects.

This year we are working with nine Co-op Academies. The Curriculum Development Manager will manage, develop, and deliver all aspects of this programme, which is due to run from January – May 2022. This will include logistics, communications, and organisation of the cross-school events and competition, as well as monitoring and assessing the impact of the programme through data collection and creating reports for academies and the Co-op Foundation.

You will also develop content for a new website providing resources for schools to facilitate social action projects to enable young people to develop their confidence and skills.  You will draw on existing Envision materials, as well as develop ideas of your own.  You will work closely with Skills Builder Partnership to ensure that the materials reflect their syllabus. 

Person Specification

Essential

• Knowledge of the education sector through working in/with schools or the higher education sector

• Development of high-quality curriculum resources that drive specific outcomes

• Excellent facilitation or training  skills, including with young people

• Experience of organising and running events

• Experience of managing a project or programme with accountability for outputs

• Passion for social action or making a positive, real-life difference in society and an ability to inspire others

• Creative problem-solver, with the confidence and flexibility to deal with unexpected last-minute changes 

• Collaborative worker, with clear organisational skills and a positive attitude

• Supportive leadership style, that motivates and empowers others to do well

• The ability to demonstrate our organisational values

Desirable

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or other accredited teaching and learning qualification such as TEFL

• Knowledge and understanding of youth social action and/or active citizenship

Envision seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications with lived experience to apply as they are currently under- represented in our organisation.

The closing date is midday Wednesday 10 November 

Please note, we will only be contacting candidates who have been shortlisted for interview. Therefore, if we have not contacted by Friday 12 November please assume you have been unsuccessful.

We also regret to inform you that, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we will be unable to provide you with feedback regarding your application.

Network Development Manager

Full-time, with part-time (4 days and/or term-time) considered for the right candidate

About Challenge Partners

Who we are: Challenge Partners is a practitioner-led education charity that enables collaboration and challenge between schools to enhance the life chances of all children, especially the most disadvantaged.

How we do it: The Challenge Partners central team works closely with school leaders and other education professionals to facilitate a variety of programmes and networks for schools in our partnership. We ensure the knowledge and skills of the best in our network are available to everyone, reducing the variability in education provision whilst improving the performance of all schools, leaders, and pupils in the partnership.

Our team: We are a small, but growing, team of around 25 people. We are dedicated to working hard for our schools whilst enjoying what we do and who we work with. You will be working in a friendly and dynamic group with backgrounds in education, the wider social enterprise and charity sector, and the corporate world. The majority of roles are school-facing, and team members work closely with leaders in our schools to generate and refine ideas and create maximum value for the network.

Job Purpose

This is an exciting role in which you will play a key role in driving the ambitious next phase of growth and development in our network, taking Challenge Partners into new parts of the country where we can make a difference. You will work closely with the Head of Network Development to devise, project manage and execute a tactical growth strategy, and with our Marketing and Communications Executive to devise and execute high impact sales and marketing plans that will result in accelerated growth of our partnership.

We are looking for an experienced sales professional, preferably with experience of working across sales and marketing functions in a membership organisation or charity.  Experience of working in or serving schools in England would be ideal. Applications from candidates without this will be considered if they can demonstrate how they would quickly build credibility with school and trust leaders.

Business Development

• Work with the Head of Network Development to devise and implement sales plans that align with our ambitious growth strategy
• Identify key prospects, develop effective approaches to engage potential new school and trust leaders in our offer
• Broker meetings between Challenge Partners’ senior staff and advocates with school and trust leaders
• Keep the CRM updated with all relationships, meetings and developments, project managing lead conversions and supporting through proposal to contracting
• Represent Challenge Partners externally at prospecting meetings and events

• Build and grow good relationships with school and trust leaders to develop a wide network of contacts, continually growing and developing our leads

Sales management, use of data and reporting

• Support development of our CRM for excellence in account management working with our  Data and Impact Assistant to implement enhancements to Salesforce
• Develop and refine tools, processes and resources to enable high volume sales with repeatable processes, collaborating with the Marketing and Communications Executive to introduce greater automation and use of metrics to inform strategy
• Provide regular reports with monthly KPIs and data across sales pipeline, lead conversion and customer care

Marketing Insights and Activity

• Gather customer insights throughout the year to enable us to refine our partnership offer, improve retention and inform sales and marketing (e.g. surveys, focus groups)
• Help shape our marketing strategy, aligned to our sales plan and growth strategy. Ensure agreement on key activities and responsibilities with the Head of Knowledge Exchange and Engagement and Head of Network Development
• Provide curated information on  programmes, networks and hubs for content marketing and help to create marketing assets

Person Specification

Minimum of 3 years experience of business development and /or sales is preferred. Specific skills and attitudes we are looking for include:

• Commitment to our mission and values
• An externally focused and proactive attitude, with the energy and passion to engage people and excite them in Challenge Partners
• Great presentation skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills
• The ability to move seamlessly between strategic thinking and operational delivery and do both
• Proven sales track record or experience of business development
• Project management experience and confidence in using a CRM system
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to form positive relationships with colleagues and school leaders from a range of backgrounds

Personal Characteristics:

Our team is very important to us, and we are looking for someone who shares our key values:

● Excellence- we are always looking for ways to improve because we are determined to achieve the best for every child, teacher and leader.

● Equity- we treat each other fairly, with trust, care and respect. We seek the best for every child, and know that those who have the least, need our combined expertise the most.

● Courageous leadership- we speak up and take responsibility for all children, making sure that we do not harm others in doing our best for our own schools

● Challenge- We expect the best of ourselves and each other, and value challenge which helps us improve

● Collaboration- We listen to, share with and learn from each other, developing our practice together so that every child benefits from our combined wisdom and creativity

● Innovation- We use and generate research, we innovate with discipline and evaluate intelligently in pursuit of better outcomes for all children, especially the most disadvantaged.

Benefits of working for Challenge Partners

● 25 days of paid holiday per year

● An employer contributed pension - matched up to 5% of your own contribution

● Private health insurance

● Flexible working hours, involving remote and office work as well as in-person attendance at events around the country

● A supportive and friendly team

● A chance to make a real difference to educational outcomes

Salary

£35,000 - £40,000

How to apply and our recruitment process

Challenge Partners is committed to further enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion within our team and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. Our approach is to use blind shortlisting in accordance with best practice.

Applications are welcomed from individuals who would like to work part-time (minimum 4 days a week and/or term-time), job-share, flexibly or on secondment.

If you would like to be a part of our team, then please apply via Charity Job no later than midnight on Tuesday 2 November providing:

● A CV of no more than two pages which includes your current salary

● A statement of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the role and the person specification

Please note that we will disregard your application if we do not receive a CV and role-specific cover letter.

Appointment will be dependent on receipt of satisfactory references and completing a DBS check.

Please state in your covering email whether you wish to apply full-time, part-time, job-share, flexible working or on secondment.

Next Steps:

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to telephone interviews on Friday 5 November.

Successful candidates will then be invited to final interviews on Tuesday 9 November.

You should also notify us if you have any issues with the proposed timeline.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Area Growth and Development Manager to join our team Home Based in North of England. We will offer you a competitive salary of £41,304 per annum.

We’re Scouts and everyone’s welcome here - all genders, races and backgrounds. Right across the UK, we help over 400,000 young people aged 4-25 gain skills for life and find their place in the world. We help them speak up, play their part and shine bright.

The Area Growth and Development Manager Role:

As an AGDM, you will be leading a team who provide support to local Scouting, providing exceptional quality support and customer service, helping counties and districts achieve their growth and development ambitions and supporting volunteer managers develop Scouting locally. You will ensure high quality support is available to our members, that local Scouting has the right resources in place to help them grow, and ensure any externally funded projects deliver on their objectives.

Key responsibilities as our Area Growth and Development Manager:

• Provide leadership, management and support to the Funded Project Co-ordinator and Growth and Development Officers across the allocated patch, ensuring that they deliver against their designated targets on a wide range of core and funded projects
• Take responsibility for the effective management (including target setting and performance management) of a Funded Project Co-ordinator (and similar roles) who in turn manage teams of Growth and Development staff
• Work in partnership with the relevant Regional Commissioners on the selection and induction of new County Commissioners and Assistant Regional Commissioners for Growth
• Work with colleagues in Strategic Funding to identify, approach and bring online potential funders and funded projects to attract additional resource to the area

What we are looking for in our Area Growth and Development Manager:

• An understanding of most, if not all of the following issues: growth, rural communities, urban communities, deprived communities, minority ethnic communities, schools, local authority youth and community service, partnership projects
• A track record of obtaining external funding, running highly effective funded projects and delivering on funded project objectives
• Experience of working with volunteer groups or organisations
• Able to manage, coach, motivate and support up to 6 direct reports and up to 10 (fte) other members of staff
• Working on a wide range of different and complex projects
• Possess high level of relationship skills to ensure effective relationships with a wide range of people from young people, to Chief, Regional, County and District Commissioners to leaders of faith communities and external bodies
• Manage a diverse workload and reach targets that are set within deadlines
• Able to address staff performance issues
• Advise on project planning and development issues
• Able to support volunteers with critical incident management
• Be an effective trainer

What we can offer you as our Area Growth and Development Manager:

• 25 days holiday and going up to 28 days after 2 years’ service and 32 days after 5 years’ service
• Additional holidays between Christmas & New Year
• Life Assurance
• Simply Health Scheme
• Generous Pension Scheme
• Free car parking

We are proud to be a family-friendly employer and offer…

• Up to four personal days paid leave a year
• Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Childcare Vouchers
• Flexible working hours
• Store Discount at our Scout Store + other online benefits
• Study and volunteer leave

Closing date: Sunday 7th November 2021, 23:59

Interviews are in person in Leeds on the 17th November and first online stage of interviews on the evening of the 10th November.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join our fantastic team! Click ‘Apply’ now!

The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.

Strictly no agencies.

Do you ever wonder what it would be like to work in an exciting, compassionate, faith-filled organisation?  New Wine continues to press into the presence of God with a vision to see local churches enabled in the ministry of the Holy Spirit with the expectation of the signs and wonders that go with being a disciple of Jesus. We are really excited about the opportunities that lie ahead and about the part we have to play in seeing local churches changing nations. 

We are looking for someone with a servant heart and the right skills.

We currently have two vacancies for a Regional Development Manager in two of our regions, London & South East and Midlands & East. The roles support all those in church or ministry leadership in the region with a preference for the individual to live in the region applied for. Highly relational in nature, you will work closely with the regional director and their regional team providing personal support, connection and resources to the leaders in your region.  You will be working within a team of four other regional development managers supporting leaders in other regions in England.

Location – New Wine Trust, 4a Ridley Avenue, Ealing, London, W13 9XW. Given the nature of the role, flexible working and working from home will be available in discussion with your line manager.

Job Title: Trusts and Donor Development Manager
Reporting to: Head of Investments and Partnerships
Contract Term: Permanent
Location: Based at SIA House, Milton Keynes (flexible & agile arrangements offered)
Salary: £33,500 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours

About us

We’re the expert voice and leading source of information and advice for people affected by spinal cord injury (SCI). For over 45 years, we’ve been supporting spinal cord injured people and representing the wider SCI community to government and other decisionmakers. Our work in campaigning, education and support is based on the personal experiences of our members.

Our membership continues to grow, and we represent more than 13,000 people. Our belief is that everyone has a right to live a fulfilled life and that means the life they choose, a life that has the same opportunities as everyone else’s.

Role Requirements

To grow, diversify and strengthen SIA’s income from charitable trusts and individual donors to achieve a projected income target of £700k per year. Working with the Head of Investments and Partnerships, to develop and deliver trust and individual donor development strategies, and to manage and motivate a high-performing team of three including line management of the Trusts Coordinator and Donor Development Coordinator. Key areas of responsibility include:

• Propositions: To create compelling funding propositions that reflect SIA’s service delivery priorities.
• Project Development: To contribute to the development of SIA’s charitable services, by providing knowledge and expertise relating to external funding opportunities, priorities, and trends.
• Income: To maximise income raised from charitable trusts and individual donors.
• Relationships: To manage and grow a network of trusts and donors who are financially, actively, and emotionally engaged with SIA.

Closing date: 27th October at 5pm
Interviews: 3rd November

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more, please click the 'Apply' button to be directed to the SIA website, where you can download the candidate pack and complete your application. 

The Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) is committed to eliminating unlawful discrimination and promoting equality and diversity in its own policies, practices and procedures and in those areas in which it has influence.

No CV’s or agencies please.

Prospectus is pleased to be partnering with the London Sinfonietta to recruit their new Development Manager. The London Sinfonietta is one of the world's leading contemporary music ensembles. Formed in 1968, their commitment to making new music has led to the commission of 400 works and premieres of hundreds more. The Development Manager will lead on all fundraising for the organisation and it's an excellent time to join.

The Development Manager will lead income generation for the organisation from trusts and foundations, corporate partnerships and individual giving. You will work to a target c. £300,000 each year with fundraising efforts going toward concerts, touring, digital projects, talent development for young artists, and much more. Reporting to the Chief Executive & Artistic Director, the Development Manager will lead on all applications and reporting to trusts, foundations, and corporate partners and will be the primary point of communication for all supporters.

The selected candidate will have demonstrable experience in fundraising, raising funds through a range of income sources across trusts and foundations and individuals, spotting new opportunities for fundraising partnerships and gifts at every possible opportunity. You will ideally have some fundraising events experience too and will ideally have knowledge of music and/or orchestral working environments, but this is not essential.

To apply

If you have any disability and would like assistance with completing an application then please contact Ryan Burdock at Prospectus.

If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.

We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

As the Volunteering Development Manager, you will manage the overall development and delivery of our Shaw Trust Volunteer offer, ensuring that we offer meaningful volunteering opportunities across Shaw Trust.

We currently have 750 volunteers, who gain valuable work experience across our different business areas including retail, employability, and education, utilising and developing their skills whilst supporting their local community. As Volunteering Development Manager, you will take the lead on the day-to-day support for our volunteers, managing governance around our volunteering opportunities, supporting with the recruitment and onboarding strategy for new volunteers. You will support our volunteer coordinators and develop our volunteer offer across the business working with a range of stakeholders, and lead on opportunities to grow and develop our volunteer offer.

We are looking for a Volunteering Development Manager who has:

• A comprehensive understanding and knowledge of volunteering innovation, best practice and sector standards.
• Demonstrable evidence of delivering service improvements, leading change and responding appropriately to internal and external pressures.
• Solid skills in identifying and analysing problems, issues and areas of improvement, working collaboratively to develop creative solutions.
• Demonstrable evidence of building and managing effective, credible and productive stakeholder relationships with colleagues and partners.
• Experience of or is comfortable working remotely.

For full details, including the job description, person specification and how to apply online, please click on the apply button.

Closing date: 24 October 2021.

Employee Benefits

This is a great time to join Shaw Trust as we go through a period of growth. As well as helping to make a positive difference to people’s lives as an employee of Shaw Trust you will receive:

Paid leave

• 25 days annual leave per year, plus bank holidays, and the option to purchase additional holiday
• Discretionary 3.5 days paid leave at Christmas
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year

Opportunities to connect

• Join one of our employee networks: LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disabled Equality Network, Women’s Network

Opportunities to progress your career

• Access to an online learning platform
• Access to internal apprenticeships and masters level qualifications
• Cross organisational career paths
• Management and leadership development programmes

Health and wellbeing

• Healthcare cash plan, giving you money back for health care costs including dentistry and eye care, and access to wellbeing apps
• Health and wellbeing programmes including counselling via our employee assistance programme
• Discounted gym and online fitness membership

Financial wellbeing

• An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
• Online shopping discounts including supermarkets and DIY stores

Our Strategy

To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive, please visit our website.

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career:

• We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
• We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. 
• Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.
• We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

If you have accessibility requirements and would like information in a different format, please email the HR Service Centre to make alternative arrangements.

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

We are looking to recruit a Community Development Manager who will lead our community development work facilitating the formation of new ‘friends of’ parks groups and community-led environmental groups to protect and enhance parks and green spaces. The Community Development Manager will also empower and capacity build existing groups to achieve their aims and work proactively to enable new initiatives and groups to establish. As even more people have come to realise, our parks and greens are vitially improtant for well-being as well as nature.

You will be joining our friendly, fun and professional staff, volunteers, intern and trustee team, who have a wealth of experience of protecting the environment, conserving heritage, supporting grassroots groups and management roles in the voluntary, public and business sectors. 

As Garden Development Manager, you’ll run Share Nurseries, our social enterprise that grows and sells plants to the public, and make sure it provides high-quality work experience for our horticulture students. You’ll maximise the huge potential to grow and develop the nurseries, bringing your passion, creative flair, and commercial sense.

This isn’t your everyday garden centre job. The Share garden is a beautiful hidden urban oasis, home also to our training programmes helping disabled people gain horticulture qualifications and enjoy the therapeutic benefits of gardening. 

About Us

Share is a registered charity and a centre for training and wellbeing. We provide a range of programmes helping adults with learning disabilities, autism and other support needs live more independently. Our vision is a world where disabled people are fully included in society, living the life they choose, and we need talented people to help us make that happen.

About the role

You’ll deliver our ambitions plans for the garden, help us manage our resources and think about how we can engage with the public and local organisations. You’ll bring our teaching and social enterprise activities together in new and interesting ways.

Main responsibilities:

• You’ll work closely with our Head of Training to oversee and guide our educational and therapeutic gardening activities
• You’ll put Share Nurseries on the map, helping it become the garden centre of choice for our local community
• You’ll seek out and develop new opportunities to collaborate with other horticultural and environmental organisations, developing projects outside the garden
• You’ll use your vision to help shape our future and be a part of our exciting plans for growth as we redevelop the site

Your passion for social and therapeutic horticulture is plain to see. You truly understand how gardening has the power to improve physical and mental health, how it can help everyone, regardless of disability, age, or anything else. 

Who we’re looking for

• You have excellent gardening knowledge and have worked in a community garden or similar setting before
• You have the drive and ambition to take our social enterprise to new heights, bringing fresh perspectives so we can keep providing first-class training to help people move towards employment
• You’re hands-on, driven to provide excellent customer service and care
• You’re a brilliant communicator and an inspiring leader, able to motivate others and help them reach their goals
• Most importantly, you understand people, you love working with diverse groups and you enjoy helping others thrive

For a full job description and person specification, please visit our website 

Why work for us?

Share is committed to empowering disabled people. You’ll make a difference every day, helping people to live as independently as possible.

Our values drive us forward. They provide the framework for everything we do, including who we hire. We believe everyone has something to offer others, and we build on people's individual talents, interests and abilities. We think happy employees are successful employees.

We won employer of the year at the Wandsworth Business Awards in 2019 and we hold gold Investors in People accreditation. This means we truly understand the value of people: we focus on what people can do, not what holds them back. And we have robust policies in place so that every single person working at Share takes ownership for making our programmes come to life.

We’ve been praised for our thorough induction process and supportive working environment where everyone has a voice and is valued. You’ll be surrounded by people who support you, challenge you, and inspire you.

How to apply

To apply please visit our website

You can also download and complete the application form below, and send it to us via email.

We positively welcome applications from all parts of the community and from people with diverse cultural backgrounds and lived experience. 

This job is subject to two satisfactory references, evidence of qualifications, an enhanced DBS check and providing evidence of the right to work in the UK. If you are disabled and would like to discuss other ways of submitting your application, please get in touch

Depaul UK are currently recruiting for a passionate and goal-oriented Corporate Development Manager to join our Fundraising and Corporate Communications team on a full time, permanent basis. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £39,248 per annum + pension and other benefits.

Depaul UK works with some of the most disadvantaged young people in the UK. We specialise in working in communities where poverty and long-term unemployment have resulted in generations of social exclusion and high rates of homelessness

Over the past 30 years, we have grown as an organisation and developed and enhanced our work and the impact it has across the UK.  Depaul UK has a wide range of services for young people and adults at risk of homelessness

The Corporate Development Manager role: 

This is an exciting opportunity where your skills will make a real difference to the community and to the lives of young, vulnerable adults at risk of homelessness.

As our Corporate Development Manager, you will be working to identify, manage and develop new corporate relationships to generate income to support Depaul’s mission of ending youth homelessness. You will also be responsible for managing current relationships with high value partners such as Deloitte and Amazon.

There is huge potential for growth within corporate fundraising at Depaul and you will play a pivotal role in maximizing this potential and scaling up our work to make a real difference to the lives of young people facing homelessness.

What makes the Corporate Development Manager role exciting?

• A thorough induction and orientation to help you settle in and ensure you have the knowledge and support you need to perform your role.
• Continuous support and supervision including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner.

What will ideally support your success as our Corporate Development Manager:

• Significant experience in a senior corporate fundraising role, including experience of managing partnerships with National or Global companies
• Experience of independently researching, approaching and winning new partnerships from scratch
• Experience of writing/delivering compelling proposals, presentations and pitches that have successfully led to new business opportunities with corporate partners
• Experience of managing high-profile fundraising/donor events
• Experience of building and managing successful relationships with senior stakeholders / high value supporters that has led to income generation and/or supporter retention
• Expert knowledge of the corporate fundraising landscape e.g. current trends, corporate motivations, different partnership models and methods of support.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.

What’s it like to work at Depaul UK?

You'll be joining a friendly, flexible, and values-led organisation, and will receive:

• Competitive salary
• 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Interest-free Annual Season Ticket Loan
• Four Weeks Paternity Leave

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Corporate Development Manager then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

Closing Date for applications: Tuesday 26th October 2021 at 23.59 pm

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this role. Our recruitment checks, induction, and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

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We are an ambitious and successful research-intensive University (one of the top 100 research-led universities globally) and have produced 10 Nobel Prize winners, including three who received their awards in 2016. Academics here are tackling some of the world’s most pressing global challenges such as: antibody testing and Covid-19, the impact of climate change on our woodlands and forests, issues caused by migration and displacement, the rise in youth mental health issues, and the prevention of needless maternal deaths in the developing world. Our students come from nearly 150 countries and our flagship outreach programmes mean that almost 25% of our student population come from disadvantaged backgrounds, one of the highest proportions in the UK. 

Philanthropy has always played an important role in shaping the University, in 2015 we closed the Circles of Influence Campaign which raised £193 million, making it the largest HE fundraising campaign outside Oxbridge and London. 

In 2019 we launched the Birmingham In Action campaign, which aims to transform lives for our generation and the next by tackling some of the world’s greatest challenges. The campaign is truly global (having launched in Birmingham, London, Hong Kong, New York and San Francisco) and aims to raise £400 million, and secure 1 million hours of volunteering, making it one of the largest campaigns in the UK Higher Education sector.

The Donor Experience Manager role is your opportunity to join our established team at an exciting time. Stewardship and donor engagement are vital activities to the success of any philanthropic campaign helping us to bring the impact of donations to life. In doing so, donors are encouraged to continue their giving, and to increase and diversify their support. This role will also oversee the management of several of our giving circles as well as being responsible for thanking content and impact reports. 

Although the role sits within the major giving space the Donor Experience Manager will lead the programme of activity from planning to implementation, supporting all areas of fundraising and actively collaborating with our Insight, Campaign Management, Communications and Events Teams at every opportunity, as well as building internal connections across the University to delivery donor engagement activity. 

The successful candidate will have a real passion for stakeholder management, outstanding communication skills with experience in writing for impact, leading on creating digital content, and an understanding of the needs and expectations of different audiences. They will be able to balance creativity and imagination with a structured, thoughtful and organised approach to their work and importantly manage upwards as well as matrix working across the office.