Head of Fundraising & Development

Salary: c. £40,000 to £45,000 p.a., dependent upon experience

Location:  Based at our London office in Bermondsey. There may be some flexibility but we would expect the ability to travel to London at least 2-3 days a week.

Permanent full-time contract.

Construction Youth Trust is a forward-thinking charity whose mission is to help young people reach their full potential and achieve a successful and rewarding career. Working closely with employer partners, we prepare young people for the world of work, support them to build on their skills and confidence and connect them directly with opportunities aligned to their individual strengths and interests. We prioritise young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, under-represented groups and those facing significant barriers to work.

We are looking for a Head of Fundraising & Development to join our friendly team and lead on the Trust’s fundraising and marketing strategy. We are seeking a dynamic, ambitious and persuasive professional who can build on the Trust’s achievements and use our fundraising success as a platform for growth.  The Trust has a wide range of stakeholders – employer partners, trusts & foundations, corporate sponsors, statutory funders, as well as young people, schools, colleges, teachers, careers advisors, community partners and a dedicated team of industry volunteers - so we are seeking someone who can persuade and communicate effectively at many different levels. In addition to developing existing and new income streams for the Trust, an important aspect of this role is ensuring our key messages are communicated in a lively and engaging way that inspires all our stakeholders.  This role would be perfect for a professional who is passionate about young people and is seeking a high level of responsibility across a wide range of fundraising and marketing activities. 

We strongly believe that a diverse and inclusive team is vital to our work. We are especially interested in hearing from individuals who are Black, Asian or from a minority ethnic background and/or those with a lived experience of the young people we support.

If you are passionate about transforming the life chances of young people and are looking for the next step in your fundraising career, please send your CV and a written statement (no more than 500 words) explaining why the role interests you, your track record in fundraising and how you believe you meet the person specification.

Closing date for applications – 9am on Monday 9th August 2021.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All roles are subject to safer recruitment practices, and this position will require an Enhanced Disclosure with Barred list check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

Action for Children believes every child should grow up safe and happy, they are there to step in and help when times get tough. They offer invaluable support for young people and their families, protecting the vulnerable and supporting those that need it. Action for Children give children a voice through their campaign work, and fund crucial research to help shape a better future. Running over 476 local services throughout the UK, they believe in building solid foundations and spotting problems early.

The Talent Set are helping the team find a Senior Digital Fundraising Officer to implement effective and innovative digital campaigns to acquire new supporters.

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Lead on the planning and delivery of paid digital marketing for set campaigns ensuring that they hit target, are delivered on budget and evaluated.
• Take responsibility for overall effectiveness of assigned campaigns, applying digital excellence, leadership and to deliver against aggressive campaign goals and performance objectives, utilising charitable funds cost-effectively to drive fundraising.
• Run paid digital ad campaigns (primarily in Google Ads and Facebook Ad Manager) ensuring tracking is set up correctly, ad targeting is appropriate and ads follow best practice.
• Provide accurate forecasts and report on performance, income and expenditure for assigned channels/ campaigns. Managing campaign budgets
• Proactively work with product owners to design and run effective digital fundraising campaigns including ensuring products are suitable for a cold mass audience, financial modelling, campaign planning, testing strategy, CRO, running paid ads, reporting and evaluating activity  
• Champion and implement a test and learn approach in all aspects of digital fundraising – proactively sharing learnings with other teams and share best practice and upskill colleagues in digital fundraising.
• Collaborate and challenge media agencies when they are leading campaigns, ensuring delivery and service is monitored and quality maintained.
• Proactively optimize website donor journeys to improve conversion rate.

To be successful in this role you will have experience in a digital fundraising or digital marketing role tasked with hitting ambitious targets through paid ad campaigns. You will be an expert user of Facebook Business Manager and Google Ads as well as Google Analytics – confident in analysing campaign performance and communicating digestible summaries.

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

Please note we are working with Action for Children exclusively for this recruitment, any third party CVs submitted will be redirected to The Talent Set for review. Regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

Citizens UK has a rich storytelling history and hundreds of amazing stories to tell. Join our busy team of four communications specialists to play a critical role in shaping our storytelling digitally. Help to bring coherence to our many projects and activities through our project websites and our social media channels.

You will help Citizens UK and our chapters, projects and our diverse member institutions creatively communicate, both the practice and the successes of Community Organising. You'll get to develop materials to share with our members, stakeholders and the wider public through our digital channels as well as helping update and maintain our website.

Can you tell a story in short time frame? Do you have the brilliant instincts to take complex issues and translate them into strong digital campaigns for multiple audiences? If you are tech savvy and have experience using a website CMS then join us. You will get great job satisfaction working with multiple stakeholders and juggling competing priorities. Using your analytical skills you will have analytic tools to test and learn new approaches to campaigning and amplifying voices at the heart of community stories.

There is scope for some remote working if not based near our London HQ. For more information, a full job description, and how to apply please go to our website.

Closing Date: 9am Monday 9 August

Digital Fundraising Manager
Location: Remote, Home-Based anywhere in the UK
Hours: 4 days a week (with possibility of going up to full-time)
Contract: 12-month FTC (with possibility of extension)
Salary - £30,000 (for 4 days)

Are you looking for an adventure?

Charity People are delighted to be partnering with Save the Elephants to recruit a Digital Fundraising Manager. In what could be a truly career defining role, we're looking for Fundraiser with a talent for digital, an ability to create inspiring content and a creative flair which is eye catching and demands attention.

About The Charity

Save the Elephants (STE) is a UK registered charity, based in Kenya. STE's mission is to secure a future for elephants; sustaining the beauty and ecological integrity of the places they live, promoting human's delight in their intelligence and the diversity of their world, and developing a tolerant relationship between the two.

They are looking for a driven, creative and resourceful digital fundraising superstar to join their small but impactful fundraising team. In this role, you'll be responsible for managing their fundraising campaigns and supporter engagement journey through various digital channels for individual and monthly giving. This will encompass email appeals, social media campaigns, supporter acquisition and retention through fundraising content across all digital platforms. You will also line manage a Database Administrator.

About You

We are looking for someone who is highly skilled in running digital campaigns across various platforms (including Facebook and Instagram) with in-depth knowledge of CRMs as well as experience in fundraising copywriting. You should have a solid understanding of digital fundraising and direct marketing, as well as donor journeys. With excellent time management skills and attention to detail, you will also have strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to wildlife and the environment.

Whilst you will be based in the UK, and report to their UK based Head of Development, Save the Elephants will bring you out to Kenya for a month so you can visit the field research camps and meet the team in person - as soon as travel opens up!

Charity People are managing all applications for this role; please send your CV in the first instance.

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

This is a challenging and exciting time for Age Exchange.  During the course of the pandemic we provided an innovative virtual service which made the finals of the National Dementia Care Awards.  Now we find carers have witnessed their loved ones diagnosis progressing at an alarming rate and have been unable to take breaks for respite to help them cope.

We now have a lot of work to do helping people living with dementia & their carers to feel confident in engaging with the outside world again. Our services will play a vital role in this transition phase and we are pleased to have re-started our in-person groups in May 2021.  We were fortunate to pull through the pandemic with the support of our amazing local community, corporate partners, grant making trusts and an army of amazing volunteers.

Our fundraising officer has done an amazing job and is now going on maternity leave for seven months and we are looking for someone to join the team and to progress our fundraising strategy.  You will be a sole fundraiser so will need to be able to move from supporting community fundraising, working with corporates or applying to trusts, We are looking for a fundraiser who can help us to continue delivering our services in a post-pandemic world and support us in Age Exchange’s toughest challenge yet; an increase in demand for our services and less funding available to charities throughout the UK due to the financial burden of the pandemic. 

An exciting opportunity to play a key role in the development of fundraising work at Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust. As a Fundraising Officer, the post holder will have the opportunity to help us make a real difference by raising vital funds for our work supporting those affected by cervical cancer and cervical cell changes (abnormalities) and our work promoting prevention of cervical cancer through the HPV vaccine and cervical screening. Jo’s exciting vision is the elimination of cervical cancer in the UK.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and driven individual to help the team maximise income while creating a long term plan to increase the number of regular donors and individual supporters of the charity. Many of our supporters have been through a cervical cancer diagnosis or have lost someone to the illness so are very engaged and passionate about the charity.

The person we are looking for will be proactive and willing to build relationships and drive forward income generation rather than simply administrate what comes in. They will manage our relationships and stewardship with Individual supporters and Regular donors. They will also play a key role in managing our fundraising materials and merchandise.

The post holder should have at least 1 year professional fundraising experience.

To apply for this role please send a CV and a covering letter explaining why you are suitable for the role and why you would like to work at Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust to Dan Joyce, Head of Fundraising

Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

Closing date for application:  5pm on the 4th August 2021

Interviews

First Interview date:  12th or 13th August 2021

Second Interview date: 19th or 20th August 2021

Harris Hill are delighted to be working with a leading Children's charity in their search for a Senior Digital Fundraising Executive.

It's a fantastic time to join the team as they develop new digital fundraising initiatives and drive forward innovation in digital fundraising!

You'll be an integral member of the Digital Fundraising Team, managing the day-to-day running of a range of new digital fundraising campaigns on an iterative, test-and-learn basis across a range of new and existing digital channels, including email, SMS, PPC, display and paid social. You'll support the team in proactively identifying new opportunities to take to pilot and work with Fundraising to maximise use of digital fundraising tools and platforms. The successful candidate will have strong digital marketing or digital fundraising experience, as well as a passion for keeping up-to-date with the latest digital marketing trends, techniques and technology.

If you're a motivated digital expert, looking to join a collaborative, friendly charity with a real focus on putting digital at the heart of everything they do, then please do get in touch!

Please note, only successful candidates will be contacted with further information.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Digital Fundraising Executive to join an amazing, national children’s charity. This is an organisation who are growing across the fundraising team and increasing in charitable income. They are dedicated to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and this role can be based anywhere in UK.

The main purpose of your role at Senior Digital Fundraising Executive is to drive forward innovation in Digital Fundraising for the organisation, through the planning and delivery of the new digital fundraising campaigns that have been launched. You will be engaging with various fundraising teams and supporting them by providing insight and recommendations into their specific strategies.

You will need:

• Experience of working across various digital channels such as, email marketing, digital marketing, mobile marketing
• Experience of using Google Analytics and/or other online tools to support digital initiatives
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to prioritise workload effectively

Closing Date: ASAP
Salary: £26,996 – £35,294

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Lucy on 02030 062787 or email [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

Job Title: Fundraising Officer (Women’s Service)

Hours: 21.5 hours per week

Salary: £28,000 – 30,000 pro rata

Location: London

We are working in partnership with Pecan, a highly respected and dynamic Christian charity.  Their work is founded on their mission, vision and values, and they are committed to showing kindness, raising self-belief and inspiring hope for the future in the individuals they serve. The overall aim of Pecan’s Women’s Services is supporting women affected by the criminal justice system and/or multiple disadvantages in Southwark and Lewisham.

Pecan are now seeking a Fundraising Officer, to generate the income needed for the team to provide the trauma informed support needed to transform lives. The new postholder will develop relationships and identify new donors and potential supporter bases for the Women’s Service. Focus will be on individual giving, corporate support and community and events fundraising.

The successful individual will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Fundraising experience, preferably from a community fundraising / individual giving role
• Ability to develop and manage supporter journeys through acquisition, retention and development
• Experience planning and managing fundraising activity across email, social media, and websites
• Experience using a fundraising CRM
• Knowledge of digital and communication tools for fundraising (e.g. Just Giving, Enthuse, Virgin Money Giving, Mailchimp etc.) would be advantageous

We are seeking a self-motivated individual, with the ability to work under pressure. A problem-solving approach will be essential, as will a passion for equality and social justice and commitment to the goals, ethos, values, and vision of Pecan.

If you feel you have the drive and passion to succeed in this role, we very much look forward to hearing from you.

For more information, please contact Katherine Anderson-Scott, Charisma Charity Recruitment.  Applications should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender*, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. (*This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010)

Closing date: 11 August 2021

Interviews: TBC

TPP Recruitment's Fundraising and Development team are supporting an international charity with the search for an Director of Fundraising. This position will report to the CEO, and provide leadership to a mutli-diciplinary team of 10 that generates income across the breadth of voluntary income channels.

Job title: Direct of Fundraising
Charity: International Charity
Salary: £61,000

As the Direct of Fundraising you will develop and deliver the charity's fundraising strategy, focusing on rapid growth across a diverse range of income streams. You will provide leadership to the fundraising department and identify training needs of staff. A key aspect of this post is the development and implementation of the charity's fundraising strategy, focus on income growth across a range of income streams. The key areas of growth will be within Individual Giving, Philanthropy, Challenge Events, Community and Digital Fundraising.

To be considered, you will have prior experience in a senior fundraising role, have managed teams of this size before, and be immediately available to start in post. You will have experience across all areas of fundraising, be a confident leader - ideally (not essentially) have experience in the International sector, although experience in a charity of comparable size and complexity is fine.

If you have read through this advert with great interest and want to have a further conversation then apply within.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

St Joseph’s Hospice in East London is one of the largest hospices in the UK. We provide compassionate, specialist palliative care to people in the diverse community of East London who are living with a life-limiting illness. We treat each person as unique, encouraging and enabling them to reach their full potential until the end of life.

We are looking for someone passionate and personable who is organised and can think strategically and enable the Philanthropy & Partnerships Team to deliver great, tactical, hands-on fundraising activities. Although a background in charity fundraising is not essential, we are seeking someone with a genuine drive and passion for our cause with a basic understanding of fundraising and the broader third sector.

You will need:

• Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Knowledge of GDPR and Fundraising Best Practice Guidelines
• Experience of providing stewardship to event participants/fundraisers to maximise fundraising goals

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date: 8 August 2021.
Interview date: TBC.

Applicants are subject to a DBS check.

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

Prospectus is excited to be supporting the Vision Foundation in the search for a new Director of Fundraising and Communications.

The Vision Foundation believes passionately that people living with sight loss should have the same opportunities as anyone else. They strive to ensure London is a city that works for everyone and that avoidable sight loss is prevented. The Vision Foundation is a sector leader in London standing up for the rights and freedoms of people living with sight loss. The charity funds organisations providing front-line projects and services across the capital, and works collaboratively through researching, building capacity, funding and advocacy.

As the new Director of Fundraising and Communications you will join a successful and growing fundraising team to lead the next phase of growth, providing strategic leadership, superlative relationship management, creativity and ambition to the fundraising and communications function. You will work closely with the Chief Executive to grow income across all fundraising streams and deliver on their engagement objectives through a targeted communications strategy.

To be successful, you will need to demonstrate experience as an exceptional senior leader, empowering a talented team to deliver income targets across a variety of income streams. You will need to have a track record of personally securing significant gifts or partnerships from major donors (individuals), trusts and/or corporates. You will also need to have a strong understanding of effective communications campaigns and how to manage a high quality communications function that delivers on brand, digital, production, PR and campaigns.

The office is located in Central London (Lambeth North). This organisation is happy to consider flexible working including part time hours, compressed hours and partial home/office working. We would be happy to discuss these options with you.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. This organisation particularly welcomes candidates with lived experience of sight loss to apply. Please let us know if we can support you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or 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.

Overview of the role

This role is responsible for our digital presence at Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, ensuring digital activity is embedded across the work of the charity and working to develop and deliver our strategy. It’s an exciting time to join the charity as we are embarking on a website upgrade and this role will be leading on that work, engaging with staff and users to ensure the new site serves the requirements of all and has a development plan for the future.

Our website is at the heart of our work. It enables us to provide support, information and drive engagement with the charity. The post holder is responsible for developing solutions to improve how our website functions, this includes scoping new functionality, fixing problems, staying on top of trends and ensuring compliance with relevant policies and regulations including GDPR. Data analysis and reporting is a critical part of the role. This includes using a range of tools to identify ways to report on, and improve, performance. The site is integrated with a variety of other systems and platforms including Salesforce and Stripe and maintaining the integration and solving problems is part of the role. The post holder will help support the development and maintenance of our new Forum, analysing performance and working with relevant teams to improve the level of support we are offering through this service.

The ideal candidate will be self-motivating, a clear communicator with strong problem solving skills and excellent attention to detail. They will be highly motivated to champion technology and digital at the charity embedding digital best practice across the organisation.

The role also oversees our social media strategy managing our Social Media Assistant and working with them to ensure our social media presence continues to improve, is adherent to brand guidelines and fulfils the needs of different teams and projects.

To apply for this role please send a CV and a covering letter explaining why you are suitable for the role and why you would like to work at Jo's  Cervical Cancer Trust to Kate Sanger, Head of Policy and Communication

Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

Closing date for application:  5pm on the 7th August 2021

Interview dates: 

First Interviews 20th and 23rd August

Second Interviews TBC

TPP Recruitment are delighted to be supporting one of the most well know Children's charities around in their search for a Fundraising Products Manager to work within one of the most successful Individual Giving teams in the market.

Job title: Fundraising Product Manager
Charity type: Children's
Location: London with home working
Salary: £34,000

The role of Fundraising Products Manager will play a critical role in sustaining their income by improving performance of their existing products as well as creating new ones that can be taken out to the market. This role will see you develop strong relationships with other Managers across the Individual Giving team, working closely with them to ensure effective delivery of all campaigns. You will manage multiple campaigns that will include several flag ship products, their weekly lottery, raffles and payroll. The effective delivery of these campaign will rely on agencies and suppliers, providing direction and managing the performance of these will be an important aspect of the role. You will also develop a new fundraising product development strategy and report on legacy acquisition campaigns. Their will be line management responsibilities within the role, ensuring that the team is lead and overseeing their continued development.

They are looking for candidates to have substantial experience in Direct Marketing or Digital Fundraising, being able to manage the delivery of multiple campaigns at one time from end to end. You will have had experience in product management or the development of new products within a portfolio. An important aspect to this role is management of both team members and external agencies, having experience in both will be needed. You will have to be experienced in managing large budgets, both on the income and expenditure sides.

This is a great role for anyone who has been working in Individual Giving for a number of years and is looking for a role that will utilise their skills but is slightly different to the normal role. If you want to hear more than apply within.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.