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If you’re passionate about supporting local communities to make a difference and building strong relationships with major donors, this a brilliant opportunity to make a real impact.

At Sussex Community Foundation, our mission is to make Sussex a fairer, more equal place. As one of the fastest-growing community foundations in the UK, we connect philanthropists, donors and companies with charities in their local community.

Our success is built on the relationships and trust we have with our supporters. The Foundation has a proven track record of raising funds by providing Donor Advised Funds and philanthropic advice to high-value donors. We use these donations to give grants to local charities today while also building a lasting endowment fund for future generations. 

As Head of Philanthropy, you will lead our fund development strategy and guide our Philanthropy Team to achieve ambitious income targets. You will inspire donors, supporters and colleagues alike, playing a key role in shaping the strategic goals of our multi-year fundraising campaign. Your responsibilities will include developing and implementing the major donor engagement strategy and leading the team to grow and manage our portfolio of major donor prospects. As part of a small team, a hands-on approach is essential. 

At the Foundation, we work hard to create a diverse and fully inclusive culture where everyone feels valued, regardless of background, identity or ability. We therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We recognise that experience comes in many forms, so if you believe you have the skills and passion for the role, we encourage you to apply and show us how you meet the criteria.

Director of Careers and Partnerships

About us:

Are you passionate about financial capability? Join us to develop knowledge, resources and tools that are accessible to all!

At The London Foundation for Banking & Finance (LFBF), our story began in 1879 when a group of visionary bank workers set out to elevate professional standards and leadership in the industry. Over the past 145 years, we became a recognised leader in financial services education, offering industry-leading qualifications and setting the gold standard for professional competency.

In 2023 we entered an exciting new chapter as an independent charity, revitalising and refocusing our mission to improve financial capability and empower professionals in the sector. We are now seeking passionate leaders to join our senior management team and work alongside our Chief Executive to drive this transformation forward.

Our charitable objective is the advancement of knowledge and education in financial services, and to carry out research and publish useful results for the benefit of the public. In doing so, we seek to improve levels of financial literacy and skills, as well as support those working within or considering a career in the financial services industry.

Our objective is just as relevant, perhaps even more so, today as it has been in our long history. If you're inspired to make a real impact and contribute to the advancement of financial knowledge for the benefit of society, we want to hear from you.

About the role:

This role is responsible for developing and expanding the membership offerings of LFBF, including chartered and corporate memberships, while also overseeing bursaries, scholarships, and awards. The position involves cultivating senior-level relationships with key clients, with Profit & Loss responsibilities for charity funds, and contributing to strategic decisions as part of the Senior Leadership team. Additionally, the role-holder will drive the integration of the Centre for the Study in Financial Innovation (CSFI) into our broader strategy, ensuring alignment and successful implementation.

This is an exciting strategic leadership role which enjoys both the flexibility of hybrid working and flexible part-time hours.

Key Responsibilities:

• Creating and implementing strategies to promote LFBF's chartered and membership, while exploring and building new revenue streams.
• Managing and growing relationships with UK and international banks and financial services providers, seeking sponsorships and partnerships to support our objectives.
• Developing a strategy for integrating CSFI into LFBF, including launching and promoting CSFI events and managing its brand through digital channels.
• Identifying and establishing partnerships with educational institutions and organisations to facilitate scholarships, bursaries, internships, and specialist qualifications.
• Leading presentations to secure commercial commitments, gathering market feedback, and contributing to the development of LFBF’s brand identity.
• Taking responsibility for the profit and loss for LFBF’s training arm, LFBF Learning Ltd., and ensuring alignment with LFBF’s strategic growth plans.

You will have:

• Worked in a senior business development role, preferably at Director level.
• Proven experience in successfully developing and implementing strategic marketing and business development plans.
• Demonstrated the ability to manage and grow a portfolio of clients, with a focus on building long-term relationships.
• Experience in developing and managing partnerships with educational institutions, professional bodies, and securing sponsorships for events.
• Previous experience managing a profit and loss statement for a business unit or department.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and effectively manage projects.
• Excellent communication, presentation, influencing, and negotiation skills, with a strong ability to collaborate with and persuade stakeholders at all levels.

What we offer:

• An opportunity to make a significant impact on the success of the strategy of the charity.
• A collaborative, adaptable and supportive work environment where integrity and innovation are valued.
• Competitive compensation based on your experience and the charity sector.
• Hybrid working – work from home and work from our London office based in the City: we’d like you to be in the office on two fixed days a month but otherwise we’re flexible.
• Flexible working days and times: We’re happy to be flexible as we trust you to get things done.
• We recognise that physical, mental and financial wellbeing is important:
  • so enjoy our generous annual leave (30 days plus bank holidays for full time hours, pro rata for part time hours) – which increases further after two and five years’ service. You can also buy and sell annual leave.
  • join our Private Medical insurance scheme.
  • provision of generous life insurance cover, to provide financial security to your loved ones should the worst happen.

This is an exciting time for Audience Experience at Sue Ryder. We’re at the launch point of the next phase of our strategy to become a truly audience-centric organisation and we need someone like you to help make this happen.

Are you experienced in stewardship, supporter experience and journeys with a background in charity or customer experience in a commercial environment? Does the prospect of playing a pivotal role in taking an organisation to the next level excite you? If so, come and join our team and contribute to the great work we do at Sue Ryder.

Reporting to the Journeys & Stewardship Manager you will be a key member of a busy and thriving Supporter Experience, Data and Insight Team, overseeing engagement activities and collaborating with teams across fundraising and beyond. Sue Ryder is here for people when it matters, and that includes each other. We encourage, inspire, and help one another, and celebrate success.

Key responsibilities
• Assist the Stewardship and Journeys Manager in developing, implementing, and managing strategic, audience-centric journeys and experience, across Fundraising and other departments, ensuring best practice.
• Support and recommend improvements for stewardship activities, maintaining quality and consistency, always looking to deepen engagement.
• Help lead innovation with ‘Test & Learn’ plans to enhance impact and results.
• Develop a deeper understanding of our audience segments, adopting a data and insight driven approach to audience experience, utilising research, models, and surveys to improve audience experience.
• Opportunities to take the lead on some interesting audience experience projects.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone capable and proactive to take the next step in advancing their career.

Our benefits:

- Ability to work from home 3-4 days a week in a hybrid focused team
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays (pro rata if part-time),
- Company pension scheme
- EAP support scheme
- Staff discount with thousands of retailers
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- and lots more. Please visit our careers website for the full list.

Closing date: 23rd September
Interview date: TBC

Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if enough of the right candidates have applied.

We aim to give all candidates the opportunity to perform at their best during our recruitment process. Please let us know if you require any adjustments at any stage

If you want more than just a job, we want you. Join the team and be there when it matters.

Sue Ryder is here to make sure everyone approaching the end of life or living with grief can access the support they need. There is no one size fits all when it comes to how we cope and the help we need, but with our support, no one has to face dying or grief alone. We are there when it matters.

This role is offered as office, hybrid or homeworking, and with hours above 28 per week on a flexible basis adapting to your needs. 

In this role you will captivate our supporters, inspiring them to contribute to our vision to see an end to UK poverty! Through creative and efficient management of fundraising programmes and projects, you will play your part in increasing engagement and income. 

We have an incredible 28,000 regular givers, our Life Changers, who make possible all the incredible work that churches do to free our clients from debt! As the Regular Giving Lead, you will develop a strategy to grow the number of Life Changers by finding new audiences and creating innovative products to reach them. You will make effective use of data, and testing, learning, and evaluating your ideas. 

You will work alongside other members of the Supporter Development team which delivers direct mail appeals, digital engagement, supporter journeys, partnership opportunities, church fundraising, and other creative and effective means of engagement. As part of the Supporter Development team, you will collaborate with colleagues to sharpen and support all of our projects so that we can achieve the best results. 

If you’re excited about this opportunity, but unsure you have all the experience you need in fundraising, then we can offer you a career track. You can join the team at a junior grade (full time salary minimum £26,664.75) while you are mentored and undertake the Certificate in Fundraising from the Institute of Fundraising, stepping up to the next grade once you have achieved the qualification and experience level. 

If you are ready to unleash your passion and skills in a role that will make a difference, we invite you to join our Supporter Development Team. Together, we can create lasting connections with our supporters and drive sustainable growth to support our mission. Apply now and start making a difference!

We will be pleased to discuss this with you if you would like any further information about this. Please contact our recruitment team

Job Description

Context

The Fundraising Department exists to grow and deepen productive relationships with our amazing supporters. We are driven to raise the money and partnerships needed to deliver CAP’s vision to see transformed lives, thriving churches and an end to UK poverty. The Supporter Development team is made up of the Fundraising and Engagement Leads and Officer, and is led by the Supporter Development Manager. The team works alongside our Supporter Care and Connection teams, and Communications Department to deliver a fantastic and rewarding supporter experience. The team’s scope includes regular giving income, appeals, legacies, fundraising events, festivals, sponsored events, supporter campaigning and supporter experience. We have incredible and committed supporters including over 28,000 Life Changers, who give to us on a monthly basis. 

Purpose

The Fundraising & Engagement Leads plan and deliver a portfolio of programmes and projects aimed at growing income and deepening relationships with our supporters. The Fundraising and Engagement Leads has strategic ownership for key areas of fundraising. They work with the Supporter Development Manager to set strategic direction for that area, creating annual plans that will deliver our objectives and key results, and monitoring and evaluating results. They work cross organisationally, creating strategies and projects that align with CAPs vision and integrated messaging. They manage projects from briefing and ideation, creation and delivery, to monitoring and evaluation, maintaining productive and professional cross-organisational working relationships. They contribute to the team’s annual planning cycle and engage critically and collaboratively with each other to strengthen and align every area of our work. 

Although there is flexibility within the work plan of the team, this role will be focused on giving excellent supporter care to our 28,000 regular givers, and finding creative ways to inspire and engage new supporters to do so. 

Passion

Our supporters are more than donors, they are a crucial part of the work we do. We are passionate about ensuring our supporters feel connected, engaged, inspired and committed to tackling poverty in the UK through CAP. We want to give our supporters the best experience of Christians Against Poverty.

Personality

Reports to Supporter Development Manager

We are highly driven, passionate, strategic, fun, collaborative, adaptable, visionary and professional.

Responsibilities

Accountabilities:

• Collaborate with the Supporter Development Team to deliver on our core goals, and contribute expertise to sharpen all areas of our work. 

• Lead on regular giving for our department by developing strategy and ensuring effective delivery within the allocated budget. 

• Project manage creative and innovative campaigns that inspire new and existing audiences to give monthly to CAP. 

• Collaborate with the team to deliver excellent supporter care for our 28,000 Life changers by leading on our supporter magazine and monthly giving direct mails. 

• Work effectively across teams and departments to ensure strategic alignment and effective campaigns that run efficiently, to schedule and on budget. 

• Collaborate with Supporter Retention Lead and other fundraising teams to design and develop supporter journeys that deepen existing relationships.

• Review and analyse campaigns, using insights to implement learning and make recommendations for future strategy.

• Develop relationships and negotiate contracts with external partners and agencies to help us deliver our fundraising plans.

• Responsible for developing understanding of our supporters and target audience.

• Contribute to team strategic thinking and creation of annual plans and targets. 

• Responsible for keeping up to date with current trends in fundraising and using that learning and insight to planning and projects.

• Collaborate with the team to make sure every piece of content provides an incredible supporter experience.

• Be prepared to support internal teams working on key campaigns, out of hours when necessary.  For example joining the Supporter Connection Team to do some outbound calling to drive event attendance.

• On rare occasions you may be required to attend supporter events on behalf of CAP.

Strategic Lead Accountabilities:

These are the accountabilities that CAP expects from someone taking up a strategic role:

• Strategy development. Uses their expertise to develop strategy for their whole department or a number of departments, usually in collaboration with a Director or Head.

• Strategy enablement. Uses their expertise to implement organisation-wide strategies that deliver on our strategic aims (e.g. project management, data protection, recruitment).

• Influence. Demonstrates people management or leadership skill in a matrixed organisation.

• Organisational awareness. Understands the wider organisation and how their work connects with other things happening around CAP.

• Self-leadership. Able to work with individual accountability and autonomy over deadlines, as is the case with most strategic lead work.

Measurable Outputs:

• Achieve annual core team goals with contributions from every member

• Achieve personal annual fundraising targets for each campaign or project 

• Deliver campaigns on time and to brief, including review and analysis. 

• Contribute to the strategic planning for the Supporter Development team and deliver areas of the action plan you are responsible for.

Culture:

• Clearly live out and embrace the cultural values of CAP.

• Clearly demonstrate a heart and passion for the charity.

• Sincere acceptance, understanding and practice of the Christian ethos and purpose of the charity.

Other responsibilities include:

• Being willing to pray with staff and fully engaged with our Christ-centred culture.

• Encouraging friends, family and other contacts to support the charity through the Life Changer program, and other fundraising initiatives.

• Attendance at CAP staff conferences.

• Completing all compulsory CAP training within given timescales.

• This role falls within the scope of the FCA’s conduct rules, and you will be provided with training as to how these apply to the role.  It is your responsibility to ensure that you follow these conduct rules.

Skills required

Skills/ Abilities:

• Highly organised and able to manage competing priorities.

• Consistently meet deadlines.

• Able to drive and manage campaigns and projects to deliver results.

• Able to analyse data in order to draw out marketing and supporter engagement insights for project evaluation.

• A confident and passionate verbal and written communicator who can inspire others.

• Inquisitive, creative and innovative. 

• A strategic thinker.

• A great level of organisational awareness.

• A high level of emotional intelligence.

• Able to hold a good balance between detail and the 'big picture'.

• Mature approach to senior level teamwork.

• Excellent at building strong and collaborative working relationships both internally and with external partners.

• Able to negotiate well with external partners

• Able to make well informed decisions.

• Highly responsible.

Educational requirements

Essential:

• HND level or equivalent in work experience

Desirable:

• Certificate in Fundraising or equivalent in a relevant discipline (marketing, communications, project management)

Experience:

Essential:

• Experience of project management, and managing multiple projects at one time.

• Experience of having to meet deadlines or targets.

• Experience of leading and inspiring teams to deliver projects.

• 2 years experience of fundraising, marketing or another transferable discipline. 

Desirable:

• Experience in regular giving fundraising and supporter care.

• Experience of managing fundraising or marketing campaigns.

• Experience of managing budgets for projects and campaigns.

• Creating and implementing strategic plans. 

Safeguarding

All adults working in, or on behalf of the CAP have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and adults. This includes a responsibility to ensure a safe environment in which CAP Services can be delivered, and identify children and adults where there may be safeguarding concerns and to follow the CAP Safeguarding Policy in addressing any concerns appropriately.

Fundraising Executive

We are seeking a pro-active, experienced and hands-on individual to join the charity at this critical and exciting stage of growth and development, and to deliver the day-to-day management of individual giving campaigns in the fundraising team.

We are looking for someone proactive, tenacious, and empathetic, as you will be working for a charity that represents 100% of the NHS charity sector in the UK, helping the NHS tackle today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities.

Position: Fundraising Executive

Location: Home based and flexible (able to work in Warwick and London offices occasionally and at other locations nationally when required)

Salary: £32 -35k per annum, depending on experience

Hours: Full Time (35 hours per week)

Contract: Fixed term contract, maternity cover

Closing Date: 24th September 2024

Interview Date: 30th September

The Role

Sitting within Supporter Engagement, this role will assist in delivering the individual giving programme of activity, driving income generation through both acquisition and retention campaigns, ensuring long term support and maximising donor lifetime value.

Whilst the team work hard to ensure they can support the NHS through every challenge they may face, they also need to ensure that the team is able to manage the sometimes busy and high-energy. This is done by offering sector-leading flexibility. Your wellbeing is of the most importance, so all staff are offered 9am – 11am every Friday morning as wellbeing time, to do something that makes you feel good. You are also encouraged to speak with your line manager about working patterns that suit your home life to ensure a good, healthy work-life balance as well as place of work being down to you. 

If you are passionate about helping the NHS tackle today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities and believe that through supporting the organisation they can significantly increase the vital support given to hospitals, community, mental health, and ambulance services, we would love to hear from you.  

About You

You will have direct marketing experience, ideally working within the charity sector, and a track record of efficiency, innovative thinking and helping take our charity to the next level. You will have strong analytical and planning skills as well as a confident communicator. However, candidates with exceptional transferrable and personable skills looking to make a cross-over from the private sector are encouraged to apply. Knowledge of charity fundraising is ideal.

Benefits Include:

• 10% Employers Pension Contribution
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays as a minimum
• Flexible Working
• 2 hours per week Wellbeing time out for full time staff
• Apprenticeships, training and development opportunities
• Health Cash Plan
• Company Rewards
• Plus many more great staff benefits!

Please upload your CV and a covering letter outlining which vacancy you are interested in , your interest in the role, how you meet the criteria of the role. The covering letter should be no more than 2 sides of A4.

Equality and Diversity

The charity is committed to inclusivity and representing the diversity of the communities, it serves. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds and all sections of the community. Applicants will be treated fairly throughout the recruitment process, and the team will ensure there is no unfair discrimination on the basis of race, ethnic origin, disability, gender, religion or belief, age, sexual orientation or any other relevant characteristic.

Other roles you may have experience of could Fundraising Executive, Fundraiser, Fundraising Executive, Marketing Executive, Marketing Assistant, Marketing, Direct Marketing, Direct Marketing Assistant.

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

Romsey Mill is looking to appoint a talented and enthusiastic Individual Giving Fundraiser to join our team and play their part in helping to make our vision of a transformed society, where all young people, children and families fully belong, positively contribute and thrive, a reality. 

We are looking to appoint someone with a good track record of developing and running activities and campaigns and appeals to raise funds from individual donors; who is experienced and excited about data management of donor records and using fundraising systems. The post-holder will have a practical understanding of GDPR and data protection regulations.

Romsey Mill is a Cambridge-based charitable organisation creating opportunities with young people, families and local communities, across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to overcome disadvantage, promote inclusion and develop personal, social and spiritual wellbeing. Established in 1980 by local churches and working in partnership with a range of other organisations, Romsey Mill is a charity with a Christian ethos, working openly and inclusively with people of any faith and none.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced fundraiser to make an impact with a creative and compassionate local charity making a lasting difference for good with vulnerable young people, children and families in Cambridgeshire.

To be successful in the role you will have an understanding of what is involved in coordinating and carrying out fundraising activities to raise voluntary unrestricted funds from individual donors, both one-off and regular giving, and to lead on the management of donor records. 

If this sounds like you, this could be your opportunity to join our inspiring team within a much-loved charity.

Regional Fundraiser - South Wales & West England

The successful candidate will live within the region and be able to travel across the region. This region includes fire and rescuse services in: Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Hereford & Worcester, Gwent, Glamorgan (South, West & Mid), Powys, Dyfed.

37.5 hours per week
Salary £38,618 p/a
Car allowance: £3,400 p/a

Working pattern to be agreed (with some evening or weekends)

About Us
The Fire Fighters Charity offers specialist, lifelong support for members of the UK fire services community, empowering individuals to achieve mental, physical and social wellbeing throughout their lives.

We provide confidential, personalised support to the whole of the fire services community, whether that’s at our centres, over the phone, online or out in communities.

We are looking for an experienced Fundraiser to join our national team, who can inspire the diverse communities across the South Wales and West England to unite support for their fire and Rescue communities.

The Benefits
As an Employee of the Charity, we pride ourselves on ensuring you have great employee benefits along with a caring and supportive working environment.

• Salary of £38,618
• Car Allowance of £3,400 per annum (Ts & Cs apply)
• Pension: 8% pension contributions (All pension contributions are paid by the Charity on your behalf. No employee contribution is required, though can be made through a salary sacrifice scheme)
• Paid Annual leave: 25 days’ holiday rising to 27 plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
• Life assurance: 3 x basic salary
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme, Health Care cash plan, and other support tools.

The Role
Building relationships with the fire and rescue services in your area, you’ll become an integral part of the local fire services community. You’ll join a nation-wide team of inspiring and innovative fundraisers, working collaboratively to secure the much-needed income for the Charity.

Helping to coordinate events, support fundraising initiatives and implement new ideas, you’ll support your people, stations, and offices to raise awareness of the Charity and achieve and exceed income targets, as well as working with local businesses and people to maximise our fundraising potential.

By generating the income we need to realise our ambitions, you will help us to be there for even more members of the fire and rescue community.

This role is subject to a Basic Disclosure and Barring Services Check.

About You
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and innovative fundraiser to join our team, full of ideas and a positive attitude. You’ll need excellent business and project planning skills, as well as the ability to multi-task and adapt your communication style to your audience.

You’ll be responsible for maximising the potential fundraising income from every initiative you support, so you must be able to effectively engage with multiple stakeholders and build strong networks.

You’ll also be able to support and inspire our volunteers, ensuring that these vital links between our Charity and the fire and rescue services are happy and fulfilled in their roles.

Reporting to the Regional Fundraising Manager, you’ll be an excellent communicator with exceptional organisational skills and a ‘can do’ attitude.

How to apply
Please apply online, via our recruitment portal.

We reserve the right to close this role early should we receive a sufficient number of applications. Due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to contact applicants who are not shortlisted for interview. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application was not successful this time.

Location: London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames (with hybrid working options available)

Leave entitlement: 28 days per annum pro rata + bank holidays pro rata

About the role:

We are pleased to offer you an exciting opportunity to join our advice team at Citizens Advice Richmond as a Manage Your Money Lead.

In this role you will be working alongside volunteer advisers, providing holistic advice and support to households in financial crisis and provide advice around income maximisation, managing fuel costs including leading on our Energy Advice Project, benefit take-up, applying for grants to help with costs arising from the cost-of-living crisis, reducing indebtedness and budgeting and money management to help to prevent future financial crisis.

The purpose of this role is to reduce the stigma for low-income households around needing and accessing financial support and give people confidence to seek cheaper alternatives to contract costs around, for example, telephone, tv and broadband.

The project includes support on preparing personal income and expenditure details which can be used by residents themselves when negotiating with debtors on repayment plans.

This work will have a focus on community-based outreach work, working alongside organisations such as foodbanks and community centres. It will aim to prevent future or recurring hardship.

This role is funded by City Bridge Foundation.

We are a friendly and diverse office. We support clients across our community and aim to reach the most vulnerable and excluded in our community.

What we give our staff

We offer a range of employee benefits, including generous annual leave, pension contribution, and training and opportunities to continue your professional development.

Do you have experience of delivering engaging and effective supporter journeys, all the way from the strategic approach through to the processes, ways of working and developing insight-led creative?

Have you worked with agencies to support turning a supporter or customer engagement vision into reality?

Are you an inspiring leader who can motivate and support your teams to deliver their best work?

If yes, then please join us as our Supporter Engagement Lead! You’ll be part of a team of 20 supporter experience professionals and you will lead the excellent Parkinson’s UK Supporter Journeys and Supporter Email Teams to continue our ambitious drive to transform supporter engagement. 

About the role

We’re working to build and grow a powerful movement of people to transform the experience of people living with Parkinson’s. A big part of how we will do that is by engaging and mobilising our existing supporters through a wide variety of channels to take additional actions in support of Parkinson’s UK 

You’ll be instrumental in devising and delivering the strategic plans to achieve our ambitions for supporter engagement, as well as leading the teams responsible for delivering email and supporter journeys across the organisation.

What you’ll bring

• Demonstrable experience of turning strategic vision into operational reality 

• Experience of working at a senior level, managing multiple stakeholders to deliver projects and lead busy teams 

• An excellent understanding of strategic audience planning and management with a proven track record in delivering engaging, inspiring and effective comms that drive engagement and value 

• An understanding of how to use data analysis and audience insight to drive change and improvement, including effective use of segmentation models 

• Significant experience of effectively using email platforms, ideally Marketing Cloud, and harnessing the platform to deliver the email marketing strategy

• Experience of working on complex cross organisational projects to deliver agreed outcomes and results

Please apply by sending us your CV, together with a detailed supporting statement which will fully demonstrate how you meet all the criteria of the role, as stated in the "What you'll bring" section of the job description.

Interviews for this role will be held:

1st stage: 02 October

2nd stage: 07 October

As well as flexible working hours, this role is offered on a flexible contract giving you the opportunity to also work from home two days a week. You’ll be required to cover your own travel expenses to the office.

Anyone can get Parkinson’s. It’s vital that the people who work for Parkinson’s UK are representative of our diverse community. We actively encourage people from all sections of the community to apply, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.

Do you want to help improve people’s mental wellbeing?
At Mental Health Resource we are passionate about improving mental wellbeing in our community by providing people with information and wellbeing tools, enabling people to feel supported, and providing opportunities for social connections. We deliver high quality and effective services across West Kent providing safe spaces and person-centred mental health support.
We are a well-established, independent charity based in Tunbridge Wells, Kent and this is an exciting part-time opportunity for you to join our small and friendly team. 

The role
We are looking for a dynamic and compassionate Mental Health Trainer to deliver short courses to groups of people in our community to improve their mental wellbeing. You will also deliver mental health awareness workshops to corporates and other organisations in and around the Tunbridge Wells area, and help to facilitate internal workshops with staff and volunteers. The main duties and responsibilities are:

1. Course Development:

• Design and develop short courses for specific groups of people in our community, with information and tools to enable people to manage their mental wellbeing, ensuring content is evidence-based, culturally sensitive, and relevant to diverse audiences.
• Develop workshops for corporates and other organisations on mental health and steps they can take to promote mental wellbeing in their workplace or organisation.

2. Course Delivery:

• Facilitate engaging and interactive short courses and workshops on mental health, fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment.
• Provide practical tools and strategies for managing mental health and promoting mental wellbeing.

3. Participant Engagement:

• Foster a participatory and non-judgmental atmosphere that encourages open discussion and sharing among participants.
• Respond to participant questions and concerns with empathy and expertise.

5. Promotion:

• Work with the Marketing Manager to develop and disseminate marketing and promotional materials and activities for the short courses.
• Attend events and meetings, and deliver talks, to promote the courses, training and the work of the wider charity.

6. Evaluation and Feedback:

• Collect and analyse feedback from participants to continually improve course content and delivery, and share feedback with colleagues.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the courses and workshops and make adjustments as needed.

An enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.

You will have experience of supporting people with complex mental health issues, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong networking and presentation skills and a passion for raising awareness about mental wellbeing. As a Mental Health Trainer, you will play a crucial role in representing the charity and enhancing the mental wellbeing of our community through the delivery of engaging and informative short courses and workshops.

You will be a great team player, and someone who is friendly, collaborative and who wants to contribute to a positive charity culture.

The role is office-based, with days and hours to suit where possible, and scope for flexibility and some working from home. 

We offer an attractive benefits package including: 

• a competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave entitlement per year pro rata (plus bank holidays), which rises to 30 days after 10 years’ service 
• An additional day of leave on your birthday 
• A fully supportive working environment with regular supervision
• Flexible working
• Employee Assistance Programme 
• Ongoing training relevant to your role, and access to a range of training courses 
• Up to 4% matched pension contributions

Mental Health Resource is an equal opportunity employer. We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience or skillset doesn’t align perfectly with the role description and person specifications, please apply anyway, we would still love to hear from you.

If you have access needs or require reasonable adjustments as part of the recruitment process, please let us know.

Senior Legal Advisor (Commissioner Contracts/Housing)

Commercial Contracts Lawyer (for Commissioner contracts and housing agreements in the social care sector)

We have an exciting full-time, permanent opportunity for a Senior Legal Advisor to join our Legal Services Team. A small, dedicated team of Lawyers central to the work of a national charity across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. They work closely with the Teams and Directorates across the organisation to ensure that they operate safely and securely, and providing advice on complex issues.

The charity offers flexibility about where the role is undertaken. For this role, a presence in Peterborough is preferable where possible, but the individual would be required to attend team meetings in the Peterborough office once a month. Occasionally, it will be necessary to travel nationwide.

The Senior Legal Advisor will provide high quality commercial  contract drafting; advice and assistance  to support the Personal Support (PS) Service Teams with the  tendering and contracting  process;  working with different Commissioning Authorities of Social Care Services; and with the provision of suitable housing agreements

The Senior Legal Advisor will be required to review the tenders and contract terms in relation to the majority of PS contracts , some of which are multi million pound framework agreements, and put in place Direct Funding Contracts.  In relation to Housing arrangements, the candidate will review and advise on Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Housing Management Agreements (HMAs) with Housing Associations and other Housing Providers.

Qualifications required:

For this role you would need to be a Solicitor or Barrister qualified to practise in England (or comparable jurisdiction) preferably holding a practising certificate. Previous in-house experience would be viewed positively.

Essential key skills, experience & abilities required for this role:

· 5+ years PQE and experience in commercial contract law,

· Excellent drafting and negotiation skills

· Solid awareness of GDPR provisions

· Experience and good technical expertise with Commissioner contracts and in a similar role would be beneficial

· Experience and good technical expertise with social housing provider agreements (SLAs and HMAs) would be beneficial

· Analytical thinker and problem-solving skills.

· Confident and effective communicator across all levels and understand how to share insights with stakeholders.

· Excellent time management and communication skills and strong collaborator

· Dynamic self-starter with a sound ability to manage your own

· Commercially pragmatic, able to succinctly evaluate complex issues and deliver clear, focused advice

If this role sounds like the move that you were looking for then please provide an up to date CV that demonstrates all your skills and experiences relevant for this role and tell us why you want to join the team.

The charity are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and welcome applicants with disabilities to apply for all roles. To find out more about the scheme please visit the direct gov website.

The charity are an equitable, diverse and inclusive organisation and particularly welcome and encourage disabled applicants and those from the Black and Asian communities to apply for the role as they are under-represented within the workforce.

An initial ‘informal conversation’ call for those shortlisted will take place with the hiring manager on the 9th October. First stage interviews are being held Via TEAMS on 16th October.

*We are also advertising for a Senior Legal Advisor to cover Procurement and Fundraising. If you would like to be considered for that also, please complete another application on the vacancy.*

Benefits

As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.

· 32 days holiday (including bank holidays) increasing to 35 days with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme

· Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed

· Eligibility to join the Pension Plan where the organisation matches contributions up to 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings. If you don’t join the Plan you start, you will be auto-enrolled after three months.

· Membership of the Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness

· Loans for debt consolidation, bikes, computers and phones when you have been with us for 6 months

· Interest free season ticket loans

· Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more

· Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.

· Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support

· Quarterly award scheme and recognition at every 5 years through the YouRock program

· Access to award winning training and development

*T&C's apply based on contract

About the organisation

The charity works in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful. This charity can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. They want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential.

Their work includes;

· providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose

· providing advice through our help lines and web sites

· campaigning for the changes that people with a learning disability want

Are you a skilled communicator with a passion for customer service, an attention to detail, and an ability to support teams to deliver amazing results?  Are you looking for a role that makes a tangible difference to the lives of others in an environment where you can personally grow and succeed?

At Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital (BWC) Charity, we believe there’s always more we can do for our women and sick kids. It’s our mission to raise the vital funds needed to make a real difference to all who use our hospitals and to make our hospital feel just like home.

We are looking for an ambitious, passionate and confident individual to join our charity.  An integral role, you will provide operational, administrative, account management and customer service support and build and maintain long-term relationships with our charity supporters

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have previous experience in a busy sales, fundraising, or customer facing role
• Experience of providing exceptional customer service to internal and external customers
• Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills, both face to face and over the phone
• Strong written communication skills, including in emails and the creation of materials
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to balance multiple demands and priorities
• Friendly, approachable and empathetic to others needs
• Be self-motivated, independent, and target-driven
• Be a driver with a full clean driving license, and own a car preferable

If you think you have the qualities we are looking for and the desire to contribute, please download the Job Description and then send us a CV and covering letter explaining how you meet the criteria for the role and making clear why you would like to be considered for it.

The closing date for return of applications is midnight  3rd October Interviews will be held in Birmingham on 9th October . Please note, we will close applications early if we receive sufficient applications. 

Associate Director, Engagement (Major Gifts), UK & Europe
Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University
£68,000-£75,000
Permanent, Full-Time
Home-based (UK)

Are you a major gifts fundraiser ready for a new and exciting opportunity? Perhaps you want to work for a globally renowned institution, addressing the world’s most pressing needs with impactful solutions?

Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University is the world’s leading institution for global leadership, management and business education - but it is much more than a school. It is the world’s only truly global and multinational management school, delivering cutting-edge programmes training the next generation of leaders and innovators across the globe.

We are recruiting our new Associate Director, Engagement (Major Gifts), to help shape the future of Thunderbird and ASU in the UK and Europe.  As a member of a small but mighty team in the UK, you will work remotely with teams of skilled and dynamic colleagues based predominantly in Phoenix, Arizona, as well as others around the world.

As the Associate Director, Engagement, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with the unique, vibrant global community that is Thunderbird and ASU. You will be fundraising for dynamic priorities such as scholarships, collaborative and impactful programmes, centers, professorships, and more.

This is a chance to be part of an institution that is multicultural, diverse and inclusive, and whose alumni are genuinely changemakers.  You will be working for a truly global organisation with an outstanding reputation and almost limitless potential. 

Thunderbird is partnering with Constellate Global Talent on this search.

Interested?

The candidate pack and details to contact us for a confidential discussion are attached. 

To apply, please send your CV and cover letter via CharityJob or Institute of Fundraising no later than midnight on 2 October 2024.

Please do not apply via the Arizona State University website. No agencies please.

As part of the newly formed Stewardship function, we are excited to share a new role - Stewardship Events Executive (London-based).

Working with Corporate Partnerships and Philanthropy teams to deliver sector-leading experiences for our supporters, this is an excellent opportunity for someone to manage their own events and take the lead on all things logistics to deliver seamless engagement opportunities for our supporters.

Alongside your own portfolio of events, you will also support the Stewardship Events Manager to deliver stand-out moments such as The Prince's Trust Partnership Awards, Technology & Digital Leadership Forum, and the Million Makers National Final.

If you're organised and love to inject creativity into your work, this could be the perfect role for you.