Job title: Digital Fundraising Coach

Department: Relationship Management

Seniority: Minimum 2 years experience in a digital fundraising role

Salary: £32,500-£37,500

Location: Remote working, then London or Bristol

Closing date: 25th of September 2020

The company

At Lightful, we believe that those doing the greatest good deserve the best technology.

We’re passionate about making the best technology accessible to charities and nonprofits. Our products and solutions help organisations unleash the power of technology and make the good work they do even greater. Our products and services are designed to simplify the work and amplify the impact of charities and nonprofits. 

We offer three main services to charities and nonprofits; the Lightful Social Platform, the BRIDGE Programme and Lightful Labs. 

The Lightful Social Platform allows organisations to create, schedule and publish content to their social media pages. It is the only social media platform designed specifically for those in the charity sector and was ranked the number 1 for Social Media Management platforms built for non-profits. https://lnkd.in/dTKJmkm 

BRIDGE (Building Resilience in Digital through Growth and Engagement) combines a learning syllabus, delivered through a combination of live and recorded sessions and webinars, with the Lightful Social Platform. BRIDGE is supported by foundations and other funders, and offered out to small to medium charities that they support. The use of our social media manager helps participants to save time, learn best practice and collaborate internally more effectively. The syllabus focuses on four key digital foundations - fundamentals, storytelling, fundraising and insights. We take participants through these foundations helping them to improve confidence and competence. The BRIDGE team has worked with organisations like Comic Relief, DCMS and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. We have been running a COVID-19 adapted curriculum based on Response, Recovery and Resilence themes since May this year, with 200 nonprofits from around the world currently enrolled.

Lightful Labs is a digital consultancy that offers customised services to help teams to do more. The Lightful Labs team have worked with amazing organisations like Help Refugees, London’s Air Ambulance and the Rhodes Trust to name a few. 

Lightful Values

Our values are integral to the Lightful culture. Our Lightful values are:

• To act with audacity while remembering humility
• To understand the importance of both listening and leadership
• To practice generosity whilst showing accountability
• These all lay on the foundation of respect and integrity

Role Description 

You will be part of a team responsible for coaching communications, marketing and fundraising professionals within charities and guiding them through a 6 or 12-month BRIDGE programme. This programme has been designed to assist charities in developing skills and confidence with digital and social tools, including but not limited to the Lightful Social Platform, in order to help them raise more funds. Your role is to be the point person for digital fundraising, working across multiple cohorts to deliver 1-1 or group sessions to support nonprofit digital fundraising capacity building - drawing on your own experience from working at charities or agencies. This is a unique role to get hands-on with an amazing variety of nonprofits from around the world and make a tangible impact on their fundraising outcomes.

Responsibilities 

First and foremost a relationship manager’s responsibility is to improve the digital fundraising skills of the participants while helping them with digital capacity building.

• Communicating with customers through every possible medium (including face to face if and when that’s possible again!), making sure every interaction our users have with us is a positive one
• Lead the delivery of digital fundraising content, ensuring it is up-to-date, relevant and leads to demonstrable outcomes
• Take 1-1 sessions with participants and review their digital fundraising content and strategy, going into detail about quick-wins or longer term gains they could make
• Manage relationships between key stakeholders of the charities within the cohort. This includes
  • Regular check-ins
  • Monitoring engagement on the Lightful Social Platform and Lightful Learning
  • Prioritise outreach based on customer need and engagement
  • Highlighting who our “Bright Sparks” (top users) are within the programme
  • Keeping customer tracker and database up to date
  • Keep customer progress decks up to date in line with their SMART objectives
  • Minimise churn or reduction of those engaging with our products/services
• Record account management within our CRM (Salesforce)
• Identify customer health within our participants
• Ensuring that our customers are both happy and also making the most of the features within the platform
• Develop content for the Masterclasses and Digital Drop-Ins to complement what is delivered in the e-learning content
• Deliver the Masterclasses and Digital Drop-Ins to participants ensuring continuous development of the content
• Inform the product team of feedback from users so that we can improve the platform
• Updating documentation in line with new platform and feature releases
• Partner with Sales to collaborate when creating new concept notes or syllabuses 
• Partner with Product when new features are being developed and released 
• Develop videos and other resources for the e-learning syllabus
• Support participants with usage on the Lightful Social Platform through live chat, email and telephone support

Essential experience

• Minimum 2 years’ digital fundraising experience in a charity
• Demonstrable experience of running digital fundraising campaigns and hitting fundraising targets
• Understanding of key digital fundraising methods
  • Online fundraising platforms
  • Search Engine Marketing
  • Email marketing
  • Social media marketing
  • Supporter journeys & donor stewardship
  • Online advertising and social ads
• Experience in training or consulting is essential, be prepared to speak with us about when you have had to train individuals and groups on a specific topic
• Previous experience of writing clear, engaging content for a variety of audiences
• A genuine passion for the charity sector
• Digital and social media savvy/native
• Genuine love of talking to people and helping them solve problems
• Exemplary communication skills, both written and verbal
• Self-starter who can make your their own decisions
• “Can do” attitude and willingness to get stuck in to a range of different tasks
• Comfortable to ask questions when uncertain, and elevate issues at the appropriate times
• Flexibility - ability to deal with conflicting deadlines, multiple tasks, and adjust priorities on the fly
• Experience working in fast-paced environments, including technology and Software as a Service organisations 
• Comfortable in public speaking and presenting to small and large groups of people

Optional additional experience 

• Experience in an account management, relationship management or customer success 
• Experience with using and managing a LMS (Learning Management System) 
• Fundraising consultant or digital agency experience
• Experience of peer support with other charities on social media (eg answering questions on Fundraising Chat Facebook group)

Personal qualities 

• Excellent team player with a positive, can-do attitude
• Empathy with the users of the platform - charities, beyond profit and third sector organisations with limited budgets and time
• Warm, friendly demeanour in all interactions
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative environment, taking the initiative where necessary
• Ability to communicate clearly with people from across the company

Additional Requirement

Eligible to work in the UK without the need of visa support/sponsorship

Benefits

You will be a part of our exciting culture that fosters personal growth and development. As we expand, you will be given the opportunity to thrive in a close-knit team environment.

• Stock options - every team member shares in the success of Lightful
• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package adapted for lockdown life, including free access to Asana Rebel and free access to Headspace
• Tax free contribution to additional home-working costs
• Health cash back plan with Simply Health
• Childcare vouchers
• Personal development programme
• Working from home buddy to integrate you into the team
• Remote working and health a priority - we won’t require people to travel to an office (in London or Bristol) until UK government COVID scale reaches level 1

Inclusion of a diverse range of opinions and perspectives is core to Lightful’s open culture and ongoing success. Therefore we never discriminate on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

*No recruitment agency requests please* *We only work with direct applicants* 

Who we are:

Muslim Aid are an International not-for-profit providing support to communities around the world affected by disasters, conflict or endemic poverty without regard to their social, religious, or ethnic background.

We place strong emphasis on long-term development projects that build the capacity of local people helping themselves. In addition to the 11 country offices worldwide we also work with multiple partner offices focussing on sustainable development programmes and providing humanitarian relief during times of crisis.

Summary of the role:

The Head of Fundraising & Marketing is a key member of Muslim Aid’s Leadership Team with responsibility for developing our fundraising and marketing communication strategy and overseeing all marketing communication activities across the organisation. 

The post holder will be responsible for raising and growing revenue, will design and implement a sustainable development strategy to increase philanthropic revenue from a diverse portfolio of supporters across the UK.  They will mentor and lead a team of fundraisers to achieve ambitious revenue and renewal goals year over year, while delivering excellent stewardship experiences for our supporters.

About the Role:

Working closely with staff and partners at both Muslim Aid in London and in the country offices, you will support and lead fundraising and marketing communication efforts throughout Muslim Aid.

The main responsibilities of this role will be to:

• Provide strategic values-driven leadership and inspiring management to the team, motivating and supporting individuals in their work.
• Embed MA values and promote a culture of learning, professionalism, collaboration and innovation.
• Build on the areas of High Net Worth and CSR in regards to income generated from corporate, major donor and trusts so that these areas become part of our sustainable fundraising foundation.
• Design and deliver MA’s cross organisational fundraising and marketing communication strategy with a focus on sustainable and reliable unrestricted income generation.
• Increase and diversify existing and new revenue streams specifically digital, CSR and Private Philanthropy.
• Improve, establish and implement digital platforms as a basis for growth in individual giving and community fundraising.
• Champion the supporter journey and digital innovation, ensuring an excellent supporter care programme is developed, keeping up to date on key trends, best practice and fundraising law.
• Provide effective marketing communication leadership for the organisation in collaboration with key stakeholders, and drive forward transformational integrated marketing activities and campaigns.
• Working with key stakeholders, drive our digital strategy, injecting creativity and expertise in to our digital offering and keeping up to date with latest developments in all our countries, rolling out new ideas and activities where appropriate.
• Oversee all activities and strategies for branding and positioning issues for MA globally. Ensure our Muslim Aid brand works for, and is embedded in, all parts of our organisation.

About You:

This role is based in the UK and open to individuals with unrestricted right to live and work in the UK. At this stage we are unable to offer sponsorship opportunities.

To be successful in this role:

• Educated to degree standard or equivalent.
• Extensive experience of working at a senior level in an INGO/Charity sector.
• Experience of developing a fundraising and marketing strategy to maximise income growth.
• Experience across diverse fields of fundraising including individual, major and corporate funding and understanding of key fundraising markets.
• Strategic, innovative and results driven professional with a track record of success.
• Confident and inspiring communicator with strong portfolio of contacts.
• Ability to contribute to overall leadership and development of Organisation and bring MA’s fundraising, marketing communication and programme work closer together.

Why you should apply:

If you are passionate about fundraising and an inspiring communicator, who would enjoy leading a team that is committed to what they do and where they work, this role is an exciting opportunity for a strategic values-driven leader wanting to leave their mark.

You will be joining a supportive and a diverse INGO, built upon Islamic values, as a specialist in your field. Muslim Aid offer a 35-hour week, generous holiday allowance of 37 days (including bank holidays), flexible working and encourage a healthy work-life balance.

How to apply:

To apply please ensure that you complete Muslim Aid Application Form. 

Muslim Aid’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to the safety and protection of children and vulnerable adults in our care/employment. Successful candidates will be expected to undergo a DBS check. In addition, all successful candidates for finance roles will undergo an Experian Credit Check.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief or age. 

Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applications will be accepted until closing date, however, Muslim Aid reserves the right to initiate interviews and the selection process on a rolling basis with the aim of identifying an appropriate candidate as quickly as possible.

Fundraising and Communications Manager

Salary: £27,000 - £32,000 dependent upon experience (pro rata for 50% FTE). 

Hours: Equivalent to 2.5 days per week, based on a 40 hour week. Core hours Monday to Friday are expected but flexi-time is in operation whereby staff can start earlier or later in agreement with his/her line manager and work corresponding

Location: Pershore, Worcestershire WR10 3NE but flexible home-working can be agreed. Occasional travel within the UK.  Trips to field programmes in Africa may occasionally be required.

Closing Date for applications: 25th October 2020

The role of the Fundraising and Communications Manager is to build awareness, engagement and support of Action on Poverty’s work, meeting organisational and funding targets.

Responsibilities:

1. Develop and implement a fundraising and communications strategy

• Devise and implement a strategy with an annual communications and appeals calendar, growing our outreach, and maintaining existing and building new support.
• Tailor communications for audience specific fundraising and build support for the cause through targeted profile raising.
• Keep abreast of the development environment and the media, particularly on issues which relate to Action on Poverty’s activities, and linking with communications.
• Prepare all communications, campaign promotion and support materials for individual donors.  This will include developing themes of support and the ‘ask’, researching and sharing topics of interest to build relationships, through newsletters, social media advertising etc.
• Maximise the use of our database (Beacon), website (being developed for October 2020), social media, email communications.
• Manage Action on Poverty’s website, creating engaging content.
• Contribute to the guardianship and development of the Action on Poverty brand.
• Secure media coverage through proactive promotion of the Action on Poverty’s work through press releases and other media activity, including social media.

2. Development and delivery of diversified fundraising activities:

• Sustain and build regular and cash giving to Action on Poverty, through:

- Identifying and targeting key individual donor groups and design specific supporter journeys that encourage people to join and donate to Action on Poverty, build satisfaction and trust; generate further involvement, maximising their giving potential and life-time value. 

- Providing effective supporter stewardship supporters and build relationships through on and offline communications and sharing stories about our work to increase commitment to Action on Poverty.

• Promoting legacy and in memory giving and maximise Gift Aid.
• Meeting income generation targets by:
• Increasing the number of standing orders and one-off donations

- Stimulating and supporting others to undertake challenges, and ultimately run third party fundraising activities; and develop donor networks, establishing links with others who have the potential to engage others.

3. General

• Maintain and update the database and work with colleagues to ensure accurate database records are maintained, and conforming to the data protection act.
• Keep abreast of the interests, trends, and practises in the funding environment, exploring new approaches and adapting the strategy as appropriate.
• Monitoring and tracking progress of fundraising strategies through agreed KPI’s, providing analysis of the levels of success; including keeping up to date records, analysing and evaluating activities to inform plans.
• Contribute to the work of other Action on Poverty’s colleagues in fundraising and communications, and relationship building, including the timely provision of information.
• Represent Action on Poverty at meetings, events and other networks as appropriate.
• Contribute to the strategic planning of the organisation.
• Undertake any appropriate duties that may be requested by the CEO.

Person Specification

Experience:

As an experienced communicator/fundraiser you will have a proven track record in achieving targets, planning and evaluating campaigns, including:

• A proven track record of managing the growth of individual income streams
• Proven experience of increasing digital marketing engagement through website development and social media platforms.
• Leading on and carrying out donor prospect research and developing new donor relationships.
• Specific experience of building and upgrading donor relationships
• Some experience of working in overseas development

Knowledge:

• Able to demonstrate understanding of the challenges of vulnerable and marginalised people living in developing countries and the potential of sustainable livelihoods, preferably from living and/or working in developing countries.
• Good understanding of charity and direct marketing legislation, General Data Protection Regulation and Chartered Institution of Fundraising Guidelines

Skills:

• Excellent ability to creatively write a range of materials suitable for different audiences and present it in an engaging and appropriate form
• Excellent personal skills with a proven ability to engage, inspire and support people to undertake fundraising activities.
• Target-focused with proven experience in delivering to income targets
• Excellent research and analytical skills
• Good time management skills, able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Ability to build lasting and positive relationships with individual donors
• Good listening and oral communication skills

Good IT skills including CRM database, MS Office, Social Media Channels, Word Press,

Personal Attributes:

Your strategic approach to individual giving will be analytical and reflective.  At the same time, you will be passionate about Action on Poverty’s work, understand motivations behind why individuals give and be able to communicate a compelling case for support.

As a team-player, you are skilled at building and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Open to new ideas, you take a proactive, innovative and creative approach to your work.

You will also be able to:

• Work proactively on own initiative.
• Remain positive and quickly recover from setbacks.
• Work in a small dynamic team with limited access to resources.
• Be flexible and willing to support others at times when organisational priorities take precedence.
• Work in a culturally sensitive and appropriate manner

Equal Opportunities

We value diversity and seek to reflect this in our staff team. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

Policies and Practice

The successful candidate must have a commitment to Action on Poverty’s values and mission; comply with Action on Poverty’s policies and practice, including our code of conduct and safeguarding policies.

Eligibility

Only people eligible to work in the UK can apply for this position. 

World Bicycle Relief’s purpose is to relieve the needs of people living in impoverished or disaster-stricken areas of the world by the provision of bicycles to enable them to access education, employment, healthcare and other essentials of life.

We are a small team of dedicated fundraisers, making a difference through the Power of Bicycles.  As part of our larger global organisation, you will work with likeminded people from all over the globe on a regular, collaborative basis.

World Bicycle Relief UK has grown significantly in terms of income and support over the last few years.  We need somebody who can enthuse, persuade and communicate with our fundraisers and donors ensuring they feel valued, supported and part of something special.  Also CRITICAL to this role is experience within fundraising CRM systems, running reports, especially within Salesforce NFP.

If you think this is you, please apply - we would love to hear from you.

About the Role

You will be responsible for raising the profile of the organisation through digital, comms and marketing activities to increase brand awareness, online presence and recruit new followers to maximise income across all digital marketing channels.

About you

• You are a forward thinker with a passion for digital tools and are completely social media savvy.
• You are experienced in managing social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram).
• You have proven work experience within a digital/marketing or communications role.
• You have a track record of promoting and delivering online fundraising/marketing activities.
• You are creative and can write, relevant and engaging content; possessing excellent spelling, grammar and punctuation skills.
• You are passionate about providing exceptional supporter experience and are motivated to inspire others to engage and support our cause.
• You have strong organisational and project management skills enabling you to effectively manage your own time, as well as manage several projects simultaneously to achieve agreed deadlines.
• You thrive in ambitious, fast-paced environments, are a people person and a natural team player willing to get stuck in.
• You are IT literate including sound knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• You have an intuitive approach to new platforms and apps.

If this is you, we’d love you to join our friendly, busy and dynamic team.

Apply for this role

Please read the full Job Description & Personal Spec which is on a separate document.

 If you do not match our criteria, we ask that you do not apply. If you are a match, please fill in our online Application Form to apply for the role.

For an informal chat, please call Nicky Maxwell-Braithwaite, Community & Events Fundraising Manager

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Closing date for receipt of applications is 19/10/20.

Zoom Interviews will take place over week commencing 26/10/20.

Digital Fundraising Manager, 12 Month Fixed Term Contract, £40,000, International Voluntary Organisation, Homebased

• Do you have a digital fundraising background?
• Do you have experience in integrating a digital fundraising strategy to help meet the income targets of a campaign?
• Would you like to work remotely for an established international voluntary organisation?

Pro-Marketing is working alongside an established International Voluntary Organisation who are seeking an interim Digital Fundraising Manager for 12 months to help develop a digital fundraising strategy to help increase voluntary income.

In this role you will be responsible for…

• Promoting innovation in the organisation's digital fundraising by encouraging testing for growth and development
• Delivering digital campaigns on time, on budget and aligned to the organisation's overall brand strategy
• Devising and project managing income generals advertising and social media posts
• Researching and defining requirements for any new digital fundraising activities
• Developing and implementing a reporting of frameworks for all digital fundraising performance that includes budgets and KPIS

You will be ideally suited for this role if you have…

• A digital fundraising background
• A strong digital skillset
• An interest in working remotely for an established international voluntary organisation in an interim role

What next?

If you are interested in applying for this Digital Fundraising Manager role, or in learning more, then contact me ASAP as initial remote interviews are taking place immediately:

Tel: 0207 269 6338

Email:

Would you like £250 in vouchers?

Well, if you know any tax, legal, finance, HR or marketing candidates looking to move jobs please refer them to us and if we successfully find them a new job in the next 12 months we will send you £250 in vouchers of your choice.

As well as this we are looking to grow the Pro-Recruitment Group family and would be interested in any amazing Recruitment Consultants you think might like to work for us. £250 on offer for any referrals we successfully hire.

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A fantastic opportunity for a Digital Fundraiser to join an Animal Conservation and Research Charity based in the South West. An exciting, dynamic and important role within the team who are reliant on acquisition income being generated digitally. You will be vital in continuing to grow and develop this area of the charity's work.

Working within the Fundraising Department, the Individual Giving team uses a wide variety of offline and online activities to recruit and retain supporters. This role will secure income from individuals through digital channels and work to retain supporters via a digital stewardship programme.

This is a perfect opportunity for an ideas-led person, as workload for the team has increased, they want to make sure they are at the cutting edge for digital led thinking, and you will continually test, learn and optimise web pages to drive income. It's crucial that you have a strong digital skillset, as most supporters of the charity are derived through digital channels and everything fundraised offline is also reflected online.

You will join a fast-paced team, and collaborative organisation, where the cause is at the heart of everything, so passion for animal conservation and research is key.

Key responsibilities:

* Work with the Individual Giving manager to initiate, develop and implement supporter online acquisition including
* To write, manage and deliver three supporter e-appeals per year.
* Use digital optimisation and paid advertising to drive income through digital channels.
* Work with our digital agency to deliver our PPC, SEO, display and paid social activity.
* To test creative propositions, ensuring these are tracked and evaluated before rollout.
* Research and develop ways to recruit new supporters using digital tools.
* To take ownership of the appeals and adoption sections of the website, ensuring content is regularly reviewed, updated and new pages built to support acquisition.
* Ensure strong and consistent stewardship of the donors via monthly email communications with personalised and engaging content to maintain high retention rates.
* Manage the tracking of all digital fundraising activities to enable full reporting and analysis through Google Analytics, website and the CRM.

The ideal candidate:

* Experience of managing an online stewardship acquisition programme
* Ideally 2 years digital experience at a charity
* Experience managing an external agency
* Digital marketing expertise

Based in Wiltshire , minimum 3 days a week. At the beginning the successful candidate will need to be in the office 5 days a week, to build team rapport and learn the CMS system.

The charity is located 10 minutes from Chippenham train station, which has close connections to Bristol, Swindon, Bath. There is also on-site parking.

Salary £25,000

Full-time, permanent role.

For more information, please get in touch by e-mailing your CV to [email protected] ahead of the firm closing date of Friday 2 nd October.

Digital Fundraising Manager

A brand new and exciting role has arisen for a Digital Fundraising Manager with a good mix of direct marketing and digital channel experience to join a well-known global charity based near Angel, London. This charity is currently going through a sustained period of growth; including a brand new website going live this month, and are looking to add an experienced Digital Fundraising Manager to their team.

This is a brilliant chance for a Digital Fundraising Manager to help build Digital Fundraising as a function as the charity look for different ways to increase income and ultimately you make a real difference to the charity and those people helped by it.

You will benefit from a very strong work life balance, including a very nurturing environment, flexible working patterns and the ability to work from home.

Skills required for the Digital Fundraising Manager are:
- Extensive experience fundraising for a charity (eg direct marketing)
- Experience with Digital Marketing
- Some management experience is ideal
- Strong stakeholder management

Digital Fundraiser / Digital Fundraising / Charity / Non-profit / Individual Giving / Direct Marketing

This is an incredibly exciting chance for an experienced Digital Fundraising Manager to make the step up into a Senior position within a leading charity.

Salary: £35,000 - £36,000 + excellent benefits & flexible environment

Location: Angel, London (remote working initially according to government guidelines)

Apply now for immediate consideration regarding this excellent opportunity.

Understanding Recruitment is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy

The Digital Campaigns & Fundraising Officer will be responsible for developing and implementing a supporter journey for our new fundraising strategy. This will include harnessing public communications and media, cultivating audiences on social media channels, drawing attention to our work, and motivating audiences to engage in our campaigns and to support PI.

The Digital Campaigns & Fundraising Officer will:

• guide colleagues on audience-centred communications that focus on various stages of the supporter journey
• create interesting content for our supporter communications which will involve showcasing our Case for Support, appeals and engagement opportunities
• develop and deploy a membership scheme, including providing member support
• help communicate with our followers how we protect their data
• optimise income generation from public donations and develop an ongoing commitment from supporters.

About our work: We are a London-based charity working on a set of pressing issues under our strategic plan. Our public fundraising operations are at a nascent stage. With the Executive Director, the Resources Director, and the Public Action Team, you will explore new ways for PI to engage audiences for greater reach. We want people to be informed and want to take the journey with us to achieve concrete changes in the world.

We want to do all of this without exploiting our supporters’ data. Our approach and our tools place a priority on being privacy-protective and secure. Our digital tools, including website and public engagement platform, must maintain the trust of our supporters by limiting data collection and sharing, and by giving people control over their data.

About you: You are curious about the state and direction of the world. You want to shape an organisation that is always growing and learning and contribute to its strengthening. You want to work across a variety of projects and utilise different skills-sets. You are creative, interested in experimenting to find new ways of reaching people and motivating them to support our work.

With us, you want to rewrite the textbook on how to do public engagement in global and changing communications environments, that doesn’t rely on the market-standard of profiling people and exploiting their data.

About PI: Everyone at PI works to build a good and resilient organisation, where we are always looking to learn and grow. We lead by example to make the most of our opportunities to shape the future. We work with others, including our network of partners across the world, to understand, engage and build a movement. We use creative approaches to deliver our work and share what we learn.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential

Experience

• Proven experience of creating and delivering successful programmes and campaigns to improve supporter journeys, using traditional and digital techniques.
• Proven experience in engaging with supporters to show how we value them, will respect them, and will protect their interests and data, including in accordance with laws.
• Experience of using digital communications for supporter acquisition to build an online community and income generation.
• Experience in using Customer Relationship Management tools to create communications for diverse audiences.

Skills

• Strong communication skills to speak confidently and in a friendly manner to our supporters and let your passion for our cause shine through in your communications.
• Strong interpersonal skills that can be applied to communicating and engaging with colleagues and external audiences from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
• Able to identify and establish good practices and communicate them effectively.
• Ability to manage projects and campaigns, work in teams, and incorporate lessons into future planning.

Desirable

• Experience of fundraising for an international not-for-profit.
• Knowledge of creative design software.
• Knowledge of video editing and other modes of communication.
• Knowledge of global social media, dynamics, and emerging trends.
• A second language will be considered an advantage.
• Experienced in fundraising in practice; including various individual giving methods, payment processors, Gift Aid.

APPLICATION PROCESS
To apply, please send:

a CV (not more than two pages)

a covering letter (not more than two pages)

The closing date for applications is 26 September 2020, 23:59 BST.

Please send the requested material in one email. Please include the title of the post you are applying for in the subject of the email.

Only complete applications will be considered.

The candidates who we choose to interview will be contacted by the end of the day on 30 September 2020. Interviews will take place via a video conference on 05 and 06 October 2020 – please reserve these days for a possible interview.

We may conduct a second round of interviews, which will be decided only after the first round of interviews takes place. If necessary, the second round of interviews would be held during the week commencing 12 October 2020.

For information about how Privacy International will use your data during recruitment please see Privacy International’s website.

Sight Support West of England exists to reduce the impact of sight loss. We are seeking a dynamic and creative thinker to lead the strategic and sustainable growth of our fundraising.  This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious, target driven and strategic fundraiser, who can apply their experience from across a range of income streams to help steer the direction of Sight Support’s fundraising at a time of growth and development. Full details of the post can be found in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

The successful candidate will work with the CEO to build on the partnerships already in place, and use their compelling writing and relationship building skills to inspire and engage new donors in our work, in order to make a real difference to the lives of blind and partially sighted people across the region.

This role could be based in either of our offices in Bristol or Devizes. Although this is advertised as a full-time position, part-time working would be considered for the right candidate.

Candidates who would like more information about the organisation, the role, and what we are looking for in the ideal candidate are encouraged to email or call our office to arrange an informal chat before applying.

Sight Support is committed to quality, equality and valuing diversity, and welcome applications from all backgrounds. As a sight loss charity, we particularly encourage applicants who are visually impaired to apply.

South Bucks Hospice currently has an exciting opportunity for a Corporate and Community Fundraising Manager.  We are looking to recruit a dynamic, motivated and experienced professional to develop our fundraising strategy across a variety of income streams (individual giving, corporate partnerships, local businesses, community and events).  

To be successful you will have a proven experience in income generation with good influencing skills, the confidence to implement and develop fundraising strategies, be able to demonstrate excellent stewardship, have a successful track record of building successful relationships and having a collaborative nature.

Job Description

Job Title: Corporate and Community Fundraising Manager

Salary: £38,000 per annum

Location: South Bucks Hospice, Butterfly House, High Wycombe

Hours of work:         37.5 hours per week

Days of Work: Monday to Friday, with occasional evening and weekend work

Job purpose

To generate sustainable funding through corporates, local businesses, the community and individuals, growing the hospice’s income and improving retention and acquisition levels.

Strategy Development

· Work with the CEO on developing and delivering the fundraising strategy for corporates, local businesses, community and individual giving.

Income Generation

· Research and develop potential opportunities for maximising fundraising income generation;

· Identify and secure new supporters and ensure effective engaging with established supporters to bring in oncome to the hospice;

· Improve donor acquisition and retention levels;

· Develop a Corporate Partnership Programme, securing and managing long-term partnerships;

· Develop and roll out an annual appeal programme tailored for maximum audience engagement;

· Implement an effective Donor Stewardship Programme to maximise the lifetime value of all supporters, ensuring all funders receive the appropriate acknowledgement, recognition and required feedback in line with their specific requirements;

· Oversee the collection and issue of collection cans, buckets and boxes, improving the levels of income achieve through these;

· Achieve agreed income generation targets.

Raising awareness within the community

· Build and foster relationships in the community through proactive networking and representing South Bucks Hospice at a wide range of events;

· Identify and develop relationships with key supporters within the community;

· Create and develop partnerships with community organisations such as schools, local support groups and community foundations;

· Promote the aims and objectives of South Bucks Hospice, increasing public awareness and support for the hospice’s work;

· To develop manage and deliver a community events programme, including digital events;

· Improve the hospice’s visibility in the community through the recruitment, management, training and development of a team of fundraising volunteers to support the achievement of the fundraising objectives.

Marketing and Communication

· Develop and maintain appropriate fundraising literature to attract donors and support compelling applications for funding;

· Responsible for the hospice newsletter, maintaining effective communications and good relations with our donors and ensuring that they are updated on the hospice’s work and achievements;

· To utilise and maximise the use of all communication platforms to promote fundraising and the work of South Bucks Hospice including the hospice’s website, social media, local media support and the promotion of third party led fundraising;

· Ensure all communication channels are monitored, including social media comments and inboxes, and any incoming communications and queries dealt with in an appropriate and timely manner.

Other

· To analyse, monitor and report on fundraising activity and performance to inform ongoing fundraising planning and improvement;

· Responsible for the effective use of the fundraising database to maximise income opportunities and ensure effective stewardship and reporting;

· Responsible for ensuring accurate and up to date records are kept of all fundraising activities;

· Responsible for ensuring that South Bucks Hospice’s fundraising and communication activities follow best practice and are compliant with internal policies and procedures, GDPR, the Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Practice, the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulation, Charity Commission requirements and all other relevant legislation;

· To review develop and implement fundraising processes and procedures to ensure that best practice is achieved;

· To keeping abreast of new fundraising developments, initiatives and opportunities;

· Any other duties as required.

Personal Specification

Experience

· Proven experience in income generation with good influencing skills;

· Experience of leading, developing, managing and maintaining fundraising relationships;

· Experience of generating funds from a range of supporters, including individuals, corporate partnerships, local businesses and the community;

· Experienced in managing volunteers;

· Experienced in working with and developing corporate partnerships;

· A proven track record of developing and securing new fundraising streams;

· Good understanding of fundraising regulations, standards and best practice.

Skills

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to make communications engaging and persuasive for a diverse range of audiences

· Excellent relational skills;

· Ability to engage confidently with a wide range of stakeholders with a proven ability to build relationships and partnership working;

· Strong and effective networking skills;

· Effective IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel and use of fundraising CRM systems;

· Uses original and creative thinking to make improvements or support the initiation of new approaches.

Personal Attributes

· A self-starter;

· Passionate about fundraising;

· Motivated, enthusiastic, reliable and professional;

· Effective communicator;

· Strong organisational time management skills with the ability to prioritise effectively to meet deadlines;

· Willing to take part in all activities, taking a ‘hands-on’ approach to getting things done;

· Enjoy individual, team and collaborative working;

· Demonstrate a consistent high standard of work and attention to detail;;

· Willing to learn;

· Calm temperament under pressured conditions;

· Willingness to travel to clients locations;

· Works with honesty and integrity and maintains the reputation of South Bucks Hospice;

· Ability to adapt to changing environment.

Qualifications

· Institute of Fundraising qualifications desirable

· Full Driving license with no endorsements

Hours: 35 hours per week; Monday - Friday 9am until 5pm

Based: The Grange, Saunderton

National charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, which trains dogs to transform the lives of deaf people, is looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Production Coordinator to join its busy fundraising and marketing team.

We are looking for a highly organised, confident, creative, and enthusiastic individual with previous experience working within a marketing or fundraising team. Your primary focus will be working with internal as well as external parties, ensuring all print and digital sponsor updates, a vital part of the Hearing Dogs Puppy Sponsorship Scheme, are produced and sent to sponsors to meet our supporter commitment.

You will also assist the Production Manager to ensure the successful completion of additional marketing, fundraising, design, and digital projects, maintain stock levels for promotional items and manage the Charity’s photographic requirements.

The ideal candidate will have excellent organisational and time management skills, be able to work under pressure, meet tight deadlines and adjust to changes quickly. You will also need to have creative flair, an eye for design, an interest in storytelling and attention to detail. A team player, you will be at ease communicating with a wide variety of people including volunteers, supporters, and fundraisers.

Our charity is fun, friendly, and caring and we are looking for a skilled and experienced professional to help us keep growing so that we can train more dogs to change the lives of deaf people. 

We are based in beautiful surroundings at the Charity’s training centre in the Chiltern Hills, near Saunderton in Buckinghamshire.  This role is normally based there but during the pandemic, it will be based from home with travel to our head office required a couple of times a week.

For further information or to request an application form, please visit our website for details via the Apply button.

To apply, we will need:-

• your CV
• a brief covering letter about why you want to work for Hearing Dogs
• an example of your design work
• and an example of a creative project you have managed

The closing date for applications is 30th September 2020

Interviews will commence from 12th October 2020                 

Do you want to join The Eve Appeal as our new Public Fundraising Officer? 

The Eve Appeal is the UK's leading national charity funding research into, and raising awareness of, the five gynaecological cancers – womb, ovarian, cervical, vulval and vaginal.

In this role, you will focus on delivering an exceptional supporter experience – deepening relationships and maximising overall value – across a range of supporters. This role works across Individual Giving (including In Memory and Legacy), Community fundraising and Sporting Events & Challenges. This is an incredible opportunity to develop/strengthen a strong understanding of best practice across these disciplines.

This is a new role with plenty of room for flex and to make it your own to maximise impact. We have a strong public fundraising programme – responsible for nearly two thirds of our income, and this is an exciting time to come on board and build on our success and grow and future-proof the programme.

You will benefit from an experienced and supportive line manager, a culture open to change and new thoughts and experiences, and a team committed to fundraising best practice which will greatly aid your development as a fundraiser.

This role could suit a proven Public Fundraising/Direct Marketing Officer, someone looking to take their first step up to Officer-level or someone with transferrable skills looking to make the step into fundraising in the charity sector.

The Eve Appeal is striving to create a workplace that reflects the communities we seek to serve and in which everyone feels empowered to be themselves and work together to drive positive change. We would welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Please review the full job description and person specification and then click Apply and send us your CV with covering letter (no more than two A4 pages) detailing your suitability for the role.

Sparkle is a dynamic charity, based in Southern Malawi. We invest in a brighter sustainable future for the 17 communities we support through educational programmes, the delivery of a feeding programme, an on-site clinic, and a number of community outreach programmes. There is no limit to what services we are prepared to offer as we continue to grow with our local staff and partners to meet the needs of the vulnerable.

We have an exciting opportunity for someone with the right skills and experience to take our work forward and take on the role of Fundraising & Communications Officer.

This is a dynamic, varied role where duties will involve everything from supporting the development of a new individual giving programme to creating reports, drafting and submitting grant applications and generating new content ideas for social media. The successful applicant will have a track record of delivering high-quality results, with a strong online focus and be capable of working independently to targets and deadlines.

Strong communication is important to establish a good working relationship with our key partners, IT (SharePoint, Social Media and Salesforce) and organisational skills are also essential. Experience & knowledge of grant applications and the ability to develop analytical web reports, along with a creative and novel approach to fundraising communications, events, and materials.

Applicants will be required to undertake a Police Background Check and references will be requested.

The Sparkle Foundation is an equal opportunities employer.

Please submit a CV and covering letter detailing your suitability for the role.