Development officer jobs

About the Sickle Cell Society (SCS)

The Sickle Cell Society (SCS) is the only national charity in the UK that supports and represents people affected by a sickle cell disorder. We provide information, advice and support to enable people to improve their overall quality of life. Over 18,500 people in the UK have a sickle cell disorder, an inherited condition that predominantly affects people of Black African and Black Caribbean heritage; and to a lesser extent people of Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, South Asian and Central/South American heritage. 

Job Purpose:

To assist the Fundraising Manager in the delivery of the Sickle Cell Society’s (SCS) Fundraising Strategy and on-going development to achieve its fundraising priorities and targets. An exciting and varied role we are seeking a strong team player, and someone with the confidence and initiative to help develop and grow charitable income. The post holder will be someone with a ‘cando’ attitude and the enthusiasm to want to learn and get things done. We are a small, friendly and closely knit team of 20 skilled and highly committed staff and over 50 active volunteers.

The post-holder will work closely with the Fundraising Manager, and wider team to provide an engaging supporter journey and timely, efficient donor care to existing and new supporters of the Society. Responsible for helping the team meet our agreed income targets for celebratory giving, challenge events, community fundraising and corporate payroll giving initiatives.; the post-holder will be keen on developing their Fundraising career and interested in expanding their use of CRM databases, data management and the production of reports for effective donor stewardship.

You will be responsible for the membership and donors’ database (Beacon) keeping up to date and reporting back on results, whilst ensuring data compliance and implementation of data. You will be highly proficient in the use of business IT systems in particular Microsoft Excel to analyse data, and you will also have at least one year’s experience, or equivalent, in producing detailed and insightful reports.

The post-holder will be a confident communicator and collaborator with proven relationship building and creative and innovative fundraising skills. You will also support the development of our fundraising communications, monitoring performance across all channels driving best practice and income growth. You will generate and develop engaging fundraising communications and be responsible for your own copywriting, including thanking our wonderful donors via the most appropriate communication channels. 

This varied role will give you the opportunity to further your fundraising skills across a broad range of income generating activities as well as build strong, professional relationships to benefit the SCS’ charitable objectives.

Visit our website for a job description and details on how to apply.  The role closes on October 28th 2025

37.5 hours per week • Salary range £44,152 to £46,842 (pay review pending 04/26) plus 4% employer’s pension contribution • Reporting to and supervised by Trustee Board • Based at Citizens Advice Teignbridge with home working and travel as appropriate.

We’re looking for a new Chief Executive Officer to lead Citizens Advice Teignbridge into the next stage of our development. This is a unique opportunity to guide a well-established and respected local charity that is part of both the national Citizens Advice network and the Citizens Advice Devon Consortium.

As CEO, you’ll work closely with our Trustee Board and be responsible for overall strategy, business development, and day-to-day management. You’ll make sure we continue to deliver high quality advice and support to people in our community, while also building the organisation’s profile and ensuring we’re financially sustainable.

We’re looking for someone who:

• is a strong, values-driven leader who can motivate and inspire staff, volunteers, and partners
• has excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to represent the charity to funders, civic leaders, and partner organisations
• can demonstrate experience of generating income in the not-for-profit sector and developing strong external partnerships
• brings sound project management skills, including the ability to produce clear analysis and reports

If you share our commitment to making a real difference for people facing challenges in their lives, and you have the vision and skills to help us build on our success, we’d love to hear from you.

For further details or an informal discussion please contact CEO – Vincent Willson or Malcolm O’Dea, Chair of Trustee Board - contact details available on our website via the apply button.

Deadline for applications: 12 noon on November 3, 2025

Interviews: November 18, 2025

In post: by April 2026

Our Communications and Campaigns (C&C) Team is extremely proud to be part of Friends, Families and Travellers, working across departments and producing outstanding communications materials. 

Within the C&C crew, we run on understanding, mutual respect, inclusion, patience, and acceptance. These principles and values reflect FFT's wider mission and strategic approach and hold a special place in our team's culture. We strive to create an atmosphere that serves and inspires, with every member of the C&C Team valued and supported. We have a range of lived experience and diversity within the team, and the wider organisation, and firmly believe in social liberation, anti-racist principles, and decolonisationist approaches.

The structure of the team is set up to support the ongoing progression and growth of its members along the key verticals of Press, Website, Design and Outbound. We are looking for someone to support our Outbound communications (video production and development, supporter engagement, and design), as well as offering support across the verticals. The incoming Communications Officer should feel confident with engaging and supporting people to appear on video.

The successful applicant will have experience of these functions and will need to be a quick learner. They will have a can-do attitude with solid technical know-how and be reliable. Attention to detail is critical, alongside flexibility to evolving demands.

A confident communicator, they will be a self-starter with excellent prioritisation and time management and enjoy working in a highly collaborative setting. They will have the opportunity to deliver communications plans and strategies in line with our overall organisational aim of protecting the right to pursue a nomadic way of life.

Due to the nature of the role, the successful applicant will need to be based in our Brighton office, and we’re able to accommodate a degree of flexible working subject to successful completion of a three-month probation period.

Key responsibilities and duties

The role will be diverse and varied. No two days nor two emails are the same! Key responsibilities will include:

· Engaging audiences through compelling content across communications channels, including our website, video, social media.

· Researching, writing and supplying communications materials in response to briefs from the department Head.

· Working with project Leads to promote outcomes, findings and impact across our various channels.

· Supporting Gypsy, Roma or Traveller people to cut through digital noise, via public-focused opportunities such as guest blogs or video.

· Working to maximise the impact of our communications strategies, and operational plans.

· Maintaining and updating digital content from evergreen pages to news items, as and when appropriate.

· Developing and producing short-form video content, along with other Adobe-based outputs.

· Other such duties as are reasonably appropriate to the job.

Alongside the above, you will be expected to:

· Support documentation in a meaningful, non-extractive, and culturally pertinent way.

· Understand the importance of nuance, complexity, and growth.

· Prioritise accessibility, care, and accuracy.

· Uphold Friends, Families and Travellers’ values, mission, and organisational culture and integrity.

The Patient Involvement Officer role sits at the junction of lived experience involvement and our charitable objectives and will build meaningful collaborations and alignment between those affected by primary bone cancer, researchers, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders.

The successful candidate will co-ordinate and grow our Patient and Public Involvement Panel, which currently focuses on bringing lived experience to shape and review primary bone cancer research; however, we are keen for the voices of our community to contribute to our work across all our charitable pillars including our Support & Information service and our Influencing & Advocacy work. You will also support and empower our panel to share the work of Bone Cancer Research Trust more widely to their networks, ensuring a greater awareness of the charity and the impact of our work.

We are looking for someone with a good grasp of both the scientific and patient landscapes, who can balance attention to detail with big-picture awareness and work confidently in highly collaborative settings with multiple stakeholders and partner organisations.  This role offers a unique opportunity to make a tangible contribution and ensure that our community’s voices drive progress across the UK and further afield.

Our client is a welcoming and inclusive organisation where world-class theatre is produced and presented for many thousands of audience members each year, and enriching creative opportunities are shared and enjoyed by all ages and communities. As they launch their new vision and strategy for the next five years they will hire a new Development Director to lead fundraising plans around an exciting capital project.

The Development Director will lead the Development Team and wider organisation to achieve revenue and capital fundraising targets and will develop and implement a comprehensive and ambitious fundraising strategy to secure financial support from individual donors, trusts and foundations, and corporate partners. The postholder will play a key role on the Senior Management Team, maintaining relationships internally with peer leaders and board members.

The selected candidate will have a proven track record of accomplishment in fundraising and will be able to demonstrate strategic thinking ideally within an arts fundraising setting. Capital fundraising experience and knowledge will be key too, with the postholder able to demonstrate a track record of telling compelling stories to captivate donors for revenue and capital fundraising asks.  Above all, the selected candidate will be a creative, out-of-the-box thinker, to match the ambitions and approach of the leadership team and entire organisation.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process 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.      
 
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.

Individual Giving Officer

Do you enjoy marketing with a purpose?

World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries. We are looking for an Individual Giving Officer to join the team in this hybrid-working role.

Be part of a truly global Partnership, building brighter futures for vulnerable children.

Position: Individual Giving Officer

Location: Milton Keynes (Hybrid)

Hours: Full-time 36.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £30,874

Closing Date: Fri 07 Nov 2025. We reserve the right to interview candidates and close the ad ahead of the closing date should a strong candidate be identified

Interview Date: Fri 14 Nov 2025

About the Role

Every sponsored child’s journey is unique and made possible by one generous person stepping forward to sponsor/support them. And that’s where you come in.

As an Individual Giving Officer at World Vision UK, you’ll support the development, production, delivery and reporting for our acquisition campaigns, which are created to inspire audiences to sponsor a child or donate to World Vision.

Working alongside the Media Channel Manager and agency partners - design and creative teams, media planning and buying agencies and other stakeholders, you’ll be responsible for operationalising all mass market, digital and traditional campaigns. You’ll be target and results driven, analysing what works and what doesn’t, working to optimise campaigns. 

What a day could look like -

Morning: Contribute to a creative proposition workshop.

Afternoon: Get into the data – what campaigns are working, which creatives which channels, how many new sponsors is each driving.

In Between: Raising Purchase Orders, Ad copy checking and content gathering.

About You

This role IS for you if…

· You are target driven to make a difference.

· You love working in a fast-paced environment with deadlines.

· You have some experience of and want to develop within acquisition focused digital and traditional multi-channel marketing & fundraising.

Why Join Us?

· A flexible and supportive working culture

· Pension scheme (with employer contributions)

· Generous holiday allowance

· Free parking (Milton Keynes office)

· Opportunities for faith-based gatherings, prayer, and devotionals

· A welcoming, purpose-driven team who are passionate about making a difference

Please note that you MUST have the Right to work in the UK documentation as unfortunately, this role is not sponsored, and your application cannot be considered any further without it.

About the Organisation

World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries. Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. As a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

World Vision is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices. As a Disability committed employer we encourage qualified individuals with a disability to apply and request a reasonable adjustment if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access as a result of your disability.

Please note we can only consider applicants who presently have the right to work in the UK.

You may also have experience in areas such Individual Giving, Individual Giving Officer, Individual Giving Fundraiser, Individual Giving Fundraising, Fundraising, Fundraiser, Digital Marketing, Digital Fundraising, Marketing, Marketing and Communications, Digital Communications, Marketing and Fundraising, Fundraising and Marketing.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

The Museum Manager is responsible to the Board of Trustees for the overall operational management of Haslemere Education Museum. Working with the Board of Trustees the postholder will develop the museum’s sustainability, ensuring excellent visitor experience, positive engagement with current and future audiences, fostering strong relationships internally across the staff and volunteer team and externally with the local community and partner organisations.

Person Specification
We are looking for someone with extensive recent experience of leadership management in the heritage/culture sector, including line-management of staff and financial management, with highly developed communication, interpersonal and organisation skills, and a flexible and creative approach to problem-solving.

Qualifications
Degree or equivalent, plus experience of working in a similar role OR specialised skills acquired through significant on the job experience

Essential experience/competencies

Significant demonstrable recent experience leading a multi-disciplinary team in a museum, heritage site, or culture setting

• Managing staff and volunteers, including the necessary skills and ability to develop and motivate a strong team.

• Experience of recruitment, retention, development and assessment of staff and volunteer teams

• Knowledge in the development of exhibitions, events and programmes which engage a range of audiences

• Managing budgets and resources

• Business, financial and organisational planning

• Experience of effective marketing and use of social media to promote events, exhibitions and membership

• Developing and managing projects, including fundraising and grant applications

• Monitoring and interpreting data to inform audience development

Who we are:

Muslim Aid is a UK faith-based international development organisation that provides support to communities around the world affected by disasters, conflict, or endemic poverty without regard to their social, religious, or ethnic background. 

Established in 1985, Muslim Aid has facilitated the engagement of the British Muslim and non-Muslim community in support of its work in a variety of ways. Over the years, its humanitarian work has included responses to major crises around the world including, famine in East Africa, earthquakes and flooding in Pakistan and Bangladesh as well as conflicts in Syria and Yemen. 

We place strong emphasis on long-term development projects that build the capacity of local people to help themselves. In addition to the 5 country offices worldwide we also work with multiple partner offices focusing on sustainable Development Programmes and providing humanitarian relief during times of crisis.

Summary of the role:

The International Programmes Department (IPD) is a busy, multi-functional team at the heart of the work of Muslim Aid in the UK and internationally. 

The Global Programmes Assistant reports directly to the Global Programmes Manager and will primarily be responsible for providing support functions to the International Programmes team. The role requires excellent organisational, teamwork and numeracy skills, to work with key stakeholders to ensure an effective, efficient and quality delivery of development and emergency response programmes.

The Global Programmes Assistant also supports the administrative work of the department, including the preparation and tracking of project payments, and maintaining partner due diligence records.

About the Role:

1. Provide programme and administrative assistance to Country Programmes and Programmes Partnerships teams as required including support with the development and production of project proposals.
2. Responsible for updating and maintaining the Project Tracker and SharePoint site.
3. Maintain soft (and if required hard copies of) programme files, provide filing assistance to the team and support archiving.
4. Ensure the timely submission of quarterly and completion reports, and support the review of seasonal and small-medium project reports as delegated by Country Programmes and Programmes Partnerships teams
5. Maintain and review the report supporting documents including field reports, financial evidence, centrally agreed documents, media and case studies.
6. Support the development of IPD wide administrative systems.

About You:

You must currently hold the right to work in the UK. Muslim Aid is not offering sponsorship for this role.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

1. Previous experience of working within a Programme Support/administrative role.
2. Experience of working with budgets and/or processing payments.
3. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise with a variety of stakeholders and employees at all levels.
4. High degree of organisational and time management skills.
5. Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and the ability to learn and utilise any software adopted by Muslim Aid.
6. Ability to work under pressure, be proactive and work on own initiative. 

Why you should apply:

Join Muslim Aid as a Global Programmes Assistant and support impactful humanitarian and development projects worldwide. Working closely with the Global Programmes Manager, you will ensure effective project delivery, quality standards, and create engaging content from our successes for stakeholders. If you’re organised, detail-oriented, and passionate about programme support, apply now to help drive global change!

Benefits you will enjoy working for us: 

• 25 days annual leave + 4 privilege days 
• Hybrid working
• Paid time off for medical appointments 
• 2 hours lunch break on Fridays 
• Time off in Lieu (TOIL) 
• Pension Scheme

How to apply:

To apply please submit your cover letter (no more than 1 page) and CV. 

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities experience some of the starkest inequalities of any groups in the UK. In this role, you will be working as part of the Policy and Public Affairs Team, to tackle the root causes of inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.

As Policy and Research Officer, you will play a key role in strengthening our policy, research and public affairs work across our priority areas: accommodation, tackling hate, financial and economic inclusion, health, and education.

The postholder will support work to influence decision-makers, amplify the voices of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, and advocate for fairer laws and policies.

The role involves undertaking research, producing evidence-based briefings, supporting parliamentary engagement, and working with partners to promote equality and human rights.

Due to the nature of the role, the successful applicant will need to be based in our Brighton office, and we may be able to accommodate a degree of flexible working subject to successful completion of a three-month probation period.

Key Responsibilities

Policy and Research

• Undertake research, analyse data, and produce high-quality briefings and reports.
• Monitor and respond to government consultations and emerging policy issues.
• Contribute to reports and other external submissions, such as human rights treaty monitoring and select committees.

Parliamentary and Public Affairs

• Support the organisation’s role as Secretariat to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Gypsies, Travellers and Roma, including liaising with parliamentarians, drafting parliamentary questions and correspondence, and organising events.
• Work with colleagues and partners to influence decision-makers and ensure the experiences of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities are heard.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders across sectors.

Other Key Responsibilities

• Deliver on designated work streams, ensuring objectives and deadlines are met.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of project plans and track progress against agreed outcomes.
• Gather and present data for monitoring and evaluation reports to funders.
• Provide the necessary administrative support for the policy and public affairs work.

• Ensure all work complies with organisational policies on confidentiality, safeguarding, and equality.
• Undertake other duties as reasonably required.

Executive Director, Development
The King’s Foundation

Location: London, Ayrshire or Gloucestershire
Salary: The salary for this role is no less than £80,000 pa with significant flexibility on this for an exceptional candidate to ensure that the Foundation is able to attract leading professionals to this critical position

First formed in 1990, The King’s Foundation is a global charity delivering for people, places and the planet.

Inspired by His Majesty’s philosophy of Harmony, we build and support thriving, sustainable communities where people, places and the planet can coexist.  We practise and teach the principles of nature that underpin food, horticulture, farming and wellbeing, showcasing this knowledge at our sustainable sites around the world.  We also bring these philosophies and practices to life at heritage sites across the UK, and train and educate people of all ages to develop practical skills, rooted in nature and tradition, that help them play an active role in their communities.

Philanthropy plays a key role in the delivery of our vision and, with the support of a strong donor base, we raise c. £15M pa alongside an equally robust commercial income stream.  We have enjoyed success in raising support for some significant capital projects in the last few years, and have been strengthening our case for a range of educational programmes and projects that will help us achieve our strategic objectives.  To ensure the long-term sustainability of our work, we are now seeking a new Executive Director, Development to lead our fundraising activities in this next stage of our strategy.

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, and working closing with the CEO, COO, Executive team and members of our Board and Development Advisory Board, the Executive Director, Development will shape and drive a roadmap for this next stage of our philanthropic activity.  Working as part of the Executive Team, you will exemplify the highest standard of professional integrity and represent the Foundation to senior stakeholders both internally and externally.  With the support of a dedicated team and expertise of your peers, you will devise, implement and oversee an ambitious philanthropy strategy, underpinned by the appropriate fundraising policies, procedures and records including due diligence; raise the capital required to meet the Foundation’s fundraising targets; maintain detailed and up to date projections; own donor/prospect relationships; and communicate effectively to these stakeholders.

To be successful in this role, you will therefore be an experienced and entrepreneurial fundraising leader, who is equally adept at building significant philanthropic relationships as you are in meeting the operational requirements of an organisation of our size and complexity.  You will bring a track record of personally cultivating significant gifts, as well as leveraging and supporting key stakeholders and volunteers to support these activities.  Your international fundraising experience will be an added bonus, particularly with donors in North America.  With your highly developed diplomacy, tact, and sophisticated interpersonal skills, you understand and know how to get the best of people in support of the organisations you’ve represented.  In return, you will have the strong support of an experience Executive Team, a committed Board and Development Advisory group, and an exceptional organisation and brand to support these endeavours.

If this sounds like the career defining opportunity you are looking for, we want to hear from you.  We are pleased to partner with Richmond Associates on this search and to learn more, please contact Sonja Dunphy, Managing Director, or Nicola Reames, Senior Consultant for a confidential conversation.  To find their contact details, download a full information pack on this exceptional opportunity, or to apply, please visit their website by following the "Apply" button.

Closing date for applications: 9AM Thursday, 30 October 2025

We’re looking for a permanent full-time support officer to contribute their skills, experience, and personality to add value to our Blesma Support team within the Independence and Wellbeing department at Blesma, The Limbless Veterans. The role is a varied one, focusing on all aspects of welfare and support to our members. 

This home-based role is to support Blesma members in the South West of England by providing a lifeline to members by delivering effective wellbeing support and advice to help reduce the negative impacts of disability and to assist them in leading independent and fulfilling lives. The role also involves representing Blesma and enhancing the charity’s profile within the local community of your area of responsibility. 

The Independence and Wellbeing team works collaboratively across the Association to ensure Blesma’s programmes and services can help our service personnel, veterans and their families.

Blesma is unique as a membership Association as well as a charity. Our members are the heart of all our work – therefore, the impact of Support Officers is clearly visible in the experiences of our inspirational limbless veterans.

If you are interested, and live within the following post code areas, TR, PL,TQ, EX, TA, DT, BH, BA, BS, SN, GY, JE) please read the attached Job Description and apply with your CV and a Covering Letter detailing why you would be an ideal candidate for the role and how your experience and skills match those detailed in the Person Specification.

How to Apply

If you would like to apply for this exciting role, please read the attached Job Description and apply with your C.V. and a Covering Letter which must address the screening questions within the JD. The cover letter should demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria and competencies of the role. 

If you are uncertain about your suitability for this role, we encourage you to apply and allow us to assess your fit.

Please note that we may close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of applications.

 We look forward to hearing from you.

Are you skilled at stewarding funder partnerships and unlocking new income streams to support impactful education work across the UK?

Want to play a key role in shaping the ambitious direction for a national charity that sees that all young people are equipped through citizenship and democratic education?

Young Citizens is a UK education charity on a mission to help children and young people thrive in their communities and society. For nearly forty years we’ve equipped young people with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to understand how democracy and society works, and how they can be a part of it. We’re a small, dynamic team working in each nation with a bold vision for the future. We have a well-loved set of digital lessons, tools and immersive programmes that primary and secondary schools come to each year to help deliver inspiring, quality citizenship education.

This is a newly created and pivotal role that will lead our approach to income generation and strategic growth. As Senior Business Development & Partnerships Manager, you’ll be responsible for identifying and developing new opportunities, particularly in corporate partnerships, trust fundraising, and strategic collaborations, while also shaping how we position and promote our offer.

You’ll work closely with the CEO and senior management team to drive forward our mission and build meaningful relationships with stakeholders across sectors.

Role snapshot:

• Lead the delivery and success of our bold income generation strategy 
• Identify and secure new funding opportunities, with a focus on corporate partnerships and trusts/foundations
• Shape and promote Young Citizens’ offer and work for external audiences, enhancing visibility, advocacy and reach 
• Build and manage high-value relationships with funders, partners, and collaborators
• Contribute to organisational strategy and planning as a key member of the senior management team
• Represent the charity externally, championing our work and impact

Who are we looking for?

We’re looking for a strategic and proactive senior leader with a proven track record in income generation and business development, ideally within the charity, education, or corporate responsibility sectors. This role requires a collaborative and entrepreneurial self-starter who can effectively manage and grow our existing network of funders, while also contributing to the development of our evolving business model.

You’ll bring:

• Significant experience in securing income from corporate partnerships and/or trusts and foundations
• Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to quickly understand social impact areas and align them with funder priorities
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to write persuasive proposals and deliver compelling pitches
• A strategic mindset, with experience contributing to organisational planning and growth
• The ability to develop tailored business models and outreach campaigns with both speed and care
• A collaborative, confident approach and experience working at a senior level, including with CEOs or executive teams
• A team player mindset, interested in helping shape great organisational culture and performance

If you’re excited by the opportunity to shape a new role, influence strategy, and help grow a mission-driven organisation, we’d love to hear from you.

Benefits of working at Young Citizens

In addition to joining a small, friendly, and supportive team, we offer:

• Hybrid and flexible working options
• Enhanced employer pension contribution
• 28 days annual leave plus eight Bank Holidays
• Paid volunteering leave
• A day off for your birthday
• Employee assistance programme
• Enhanced sickness and maternity policies
• Season ticket loan
• The opportunity to make a real difference to children and young people across the UK

This is a hybrid role, requiring attendance at our St. Paul’s, London office for a minimum of 2 days per week. Candidates must be based within a reasonable commuting distance to London and have the existing right to work in the UK.

To learn more about the role and the application process, please refer to the job pack for full details.

As long as this advert is live, we are accepting applications.

Our Client is an astounding group of professionals who believe that people's sight matters. They have ambitious growth plans to increase the investment they are able to make in life-changing eye health by supporting the work of Moorfields Eye Hospital and its academic partner UCL, and by funding innovative research, equipment, patient care and training through the delivery of innovative fundraising programmes. The team is looking to appoint a Legacy Development Manager, and Prospectus is leading the search. 

Legacy Development Manager 

Full time, 37.5 hours per week 

Permanent 

Hybrid  

£43,450 - £50,691 per annum 

The Legacy Development Manager will take a leading role in delivering and expanding the charity's established legacy fundraising programme at a pivotal time of growth and transformation. With responsibility for developing and implementing the charity's legacy marketing strategy, the postholder will lead multi-channel campaigns, steward legacy enquirers and pledgers, and manage the charity's free will programmes. This role will also line-manage the Legacy Development Officer and coordinate closely with colleagues across fundraising, communications, and finance to ensure effective promotion and administration of legacy giving. 

The successful candidate will bring specialist knowledge of legacy marketing processes and demonstrable experience of developing and growing legacy fundraising activity. You will have strong organisational and project management skills, excellent written and oral communication abilities, and confidence in building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, from supporters to solicitors. Experience of soliciting and managing high-value gifts or legacies, budget management, and working within a charity or membership organisation will be essential. 

This is a unique opportunity to shape and grow an ambitious legacy programme that will make a significant contribution to the charity's goal of raising £10 million annually and delivering transformational projects in eye health, including the landmark new Oriel centre opening in 2027. 

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Femke Vorstman or 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. 

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. 

Project Development Manager

Are you passionate about creating opportunities for young people? We’re seeking someone brilliant to join the Operations team and play a key role in further growth of the national network of Youth Zones - vibrant, purpose-built spaces where young people can thrive.

Position: Project Development Manager

Location: Hybrid working: Two days a week in our London (White City) office or Bolton office, combined with home-working and frequent UK travel

Salary: £50,000–£55,000 per annum

Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week (flexible working available)

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: Agile working organisation with flexibility in working hours; 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days with length of service) plus bank holidays, birthday leave and annual leave purchase scheme (from day one of employment); company matched pension; company sick, maternity, paternity and adoption pay; voluntary benefits with discounts on health and wellbeing, retail and leisure.

Closing Date: Wednesday 15th October at 12noon - we may close the advert early depending on the volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply ASAP.

First stage interviews (virtual): Tuesday 4th November

Second stage interviews (in-person):  Friday 14th November at Salford Youth Zone

There will also be a short, values-based phone interview between Stage 1 and 2.

About the Role

This exciting new role will lead on developing positive relationships with senior Council officers and local politicians building strong partnerships to pave the way for new Youth Zones. Once a new Youth Zone project is fully committed to, you’ll continue to manage key relationships through the crucial early period (1-2 years) – handing over as each Youth Zone’s first CEO comes into post.

It's a unique opportunity to shape communities, influence decision-makers, and be part of a movement that puts young people first.

About You

With exceptional relationship management skills and the ability to build rapport and trust with a wide range of people, this is the perfect role for someone who has successfully worked with senior decision makers within local authorities and/or other public sector agencies. We’re looking for an ambitious, tenacious and action-oriented individual with excellent relationship and influencing skills to facilitate further targeted growth of the national network of Youth Zones.

Experience of managing and delivering high value, complex projects is essential.  Outstanding resilience is also required to develop multiple projects over a number of years, overcoming setbacks and delays along the way.

About the Organisation

A national charity that believes all young people should have the opportunity to discover their passion and their purpose that fund and build state-of-the-art, multimillion-pound youth centres called Youth Zones in the country’s most economically disadvantaged areas. The organisation trains the amazing people that run them and offers continuing support to youth zones nationwide through a national network of independent youth charities.

As a growing and ambitious charity, you will be offered responsibility, variety and the chance to work with a team wholly invested in providing young people with the opportunity to fulfil their potential.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from under-represented groups; in particular from Black, Asian, Mixed Race & other ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of LGBTQ+ communities.  Our dedicated Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group, with support from the Senior Leadership Team, is actively promoting and advancing diversity and inclusion, ensuring a culture where everyone can be themselves and thrive.

The organisation will contribute towards reasonable travel costs for candidates invited to attend face-to-face interviews when they are travelling from outside the local area. This approach reflects it’s commitment to fairness and equality of opportunity. 

You may have experience in areas such as. Project management, business development, partnerships, relationship management, influencing others  #INDNFP

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.