Director Jobs in Charing Cross, Greater London
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This role will be a crucial part of Baytree’s Adult Education team, which currently consists of an Academic Manager, one other Academic Administrator (who is reducing her working hours after many years of service for Baytree), two ESOL tutors and the Women’s Service Director. This new role will work collaboratively with the current Academic Administrator and the rest of the team to ensure the delivery of relevant and high-quality academic, adult education programmes in accordance with secured funding contracts. The primary focus of these roles is to recruit, welcome and guide potential new students through the admissions process and undertake the administrative tasks necessary to ensure the smooth running of the Adult Education department, particularly the planning and delivery of high quality, relevant adult education courses.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Individual Giving Officer will work closely with the Director of Fundraising & Engagement and the Head of Fundraising to deliver significant elements of the charity’s fundraising strategy, in particular our Individual Giving income. The post holder will be responsible for growing our cash and regular donor income through both acquisition and retention activities, including through our flagship Dry January® campaign.
Reports to: Head of Fundraising
Direct reports: none
Location: 27 Swinton St, King’s Cross, London, WC1X 9NW
Status, hours: Permanent, full-time
Salary: Grade D: salary in the range of £31,437-£34,659 (depending on skills, knowledge, and experience), plus benefits.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
Campaign project management:
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Plan, manage and deliver innovative and impactful supporter campaigns across a range of channels.
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Operate within set budgets and achieve income targets outlined in annual plans.
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Produce clear and succinct briefs to agencies, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
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Use marketing judgement to proof, edit and develop compelling creative, and make sound decisions on proposals and testing plans.
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Work closely with the Director of Fundraising and Engagement, Fundraising and Engagement Manager, Community and Challenge Events Officer and Communications team to successfully deliver campaigns and evaluations.
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Support the development of an effective welcome and supporter journey, to help increase the average lifetime value of donors.
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Continually test and learn across campaigns to improve performance.
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Deliver campaigns in a compliant way, adhering to GDPR and fundraising regulation and Code of Conduct.
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Lead on the research, design and implementation of key products including Mid-Level Giving and a new legacy proposition.
Supporter Care:
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Work with the Fundraising & Engagement Assistant to ensure excellent levels of supporter care is provided to all our individual giving donors. Including the reviewing and refining of existing processes.
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Oversee the maintenance of our individual supporter data within our CRM
Reporting and analysis:
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Closely monitor campaign results and provide updates on performance.
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Produce post-campaign analysis reports.
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Work with the Director of Fundraising & Engagement to develop and update existing reporting mechanisms.
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Make recommendations to improve the performance of future campaigns based on evidence and data.
Competitor analysis and industry perspective:
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Use existing research and insight, and where appropriate, undertake and commission new projects to derive new / further insight and analysis.
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Identify, research and develop new products, creative ideas and fundraising initiatives.
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Keep up to date with industry developments and act upon direct and digital marketing trends and statistics.
Administration:
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Manage the administrative tasks for the Individual Giving team, such as processing invoices, ordering stock and updating key documents and materials both online and offline.
Other Duties
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Work closely with colleagues across the charity to support their work and to act as ‘one team’.
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Work particularly closely with colleagues in the Communications team, optimising opportunities for joint working, especially to champion the individual giving strategy to maximise its potential.
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Contribute actively and positively to charity-wide strategies.
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Continually develop your knowledge of alcohol harm and solutions to it.
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Act as a positive ambassador for Alcohol Change UK at all times.
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Know, embrace and actively uphold the values of Alcohol Change UK at all times.
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Work flexible hours as necessary to meet the needs of the charity, time off in lieu (TOIL) will be earnt for any work required outside of normal working hours.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Death Penalty Project is recruiting a project manager to join our team. We're looking for a self-started with experience of managing donor-funded projects and a passion for human rights. We are open to flexible working requests.
About us:
The Death Penalty Project (DPP) is a is a legal action NGO with special consultative status before the United Nations Economic and Social Council. We provide free representation to people facing the death penalty worldwide, with a focus on the Commonwealth. We use the law to protect those facing execution and promote fair criminal justice systems, where the rights of all people are respected.
We believe the death penalty is a cruel and inhuman punishment that discriminates against the poorest and most disadvantaged members of society. We want to see it consigned to history.
What we do:
We represent and assist those facing the death penalty and other cruel punishments, free of charge.
We deliver targeted and practical capacity building to judges, lawyers, mental health professionals, and others working within the criminal justice system.
We commission original research and publish training resources that challenge misconceptions and deepen understanding around the death penalty.
We engage with governments, policymakers, and other key stakeholders in a constructive dialogue on how abolition of the death penalty can be achieved.
The Role:
Reports to: Deputy Director
Duration of contract: Permanent, subject to a three-month probationary period
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week. DPP are open to flexible working requests.
Holiday entitlement: 25 days plus UK bank holidays
Pension: 5%
Location: Combination of work from home and office days in Central London
Key responsibilities:
- Manage the coordination of ongoing project activities, including the commissioning and publishing of research, training and capacity building plans, and advocacy and engagement efforts.
- Manage donor-funded grants, to ensure agreed objectives and deadlines are met.
- Produce high-quality narrative reports to funders in line with donor requirements, and coordinate with the Deputy Director for the development of accurate donor financial reports.
- Produce and maintain up-to-date project documents and tools, such as project delivery workplans and country information sheets.
- Draft other documents as required, such as briefing notes, memoranda and/or letters for advocacy and engagement efforts.
- Develop and maintain DPP’s monitoring and evaluation system, effectively tracking progress against organisational and project indicators, and developing and implementing project monitoring and evaluation tools.
- Maintain active relationships with project partners involved in research, capacity building and/or engagement activities, as well as manage any contracts for services that may be required for the delivery of projects, such as audits or evaluations.
- Identify, manage and / or escalate any risks or issues that may arise in relation to effective and timely project delivery (including reputational, operational, financial, or other risks).
- Keep up to date on relevant political developments in our priority geographies and brief other members of the team as needed.
- Proactively develop ideas for project activities that advance DPP’s mission and strategy in our priority geographies.
- Work closely with Communications colleagues to develop and feature impact data and stories that highlight our research, capacity building, and advocacy work on DPP’s website and social media.
- Contribute to the drafting of concept notes, project proposals or other funding applications, where needed.
- Provide line management and support to project interns and volunteers, when applicable.
Knowledge, skills and experience
Essential:
- At least five years of relevant experience in the non-profit and / or human rights sector
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including a strong track record of producing high quality donor reports and/or briefing documents
- Experience managing logframes and/or other monitoring and evaluation frameworks
- Experience managing EU and/or FCDO-funded projects, or similar
- A self-starter that enjoys working in a small team, with rapidly changing priorities and deadlines, and with a range of responsibilities
- A strong interest in human rights issues related to The Death Penalty Project’s work
- Permission to live and work in the UK
Desirable:
- Knowledge and understanding of international human rights law and related issues, or strong desire to learn
- Knowledge of the UN system, for example the workings of the Human Rights Council
Do you want to make a lasting impact on the lives of young people in London? London Youth is seeking an experienced Head of Trusts and Foundations to play a vital role in their mission to support young people and youth organisations to become the best they can be.
For over 135 years, London Youth has played a unique role in igniting the potential in young Londoners. The charity’s vision is that all young Londoners grow up healthy, able to express themselves, navigate a fulfilling career and make a positive contribution in their communities. Because good youth work works. Last year alone, more than 600,000 young individuals were supported through their expansive network of members. They are dedicated to creating opportunities and fostering growth through their wide range of transformative programmes in sports development, employability, youth action and involvement, arts, and outdoor education.
It has been an exciting period of change for London Youth. Last year, the organisation made an internal appointment of a new CEO and they have recently appointed a new Director of Fundraising and Communications to lead the team to meet their ambitious growth plans.
As the Head of Trusts and Foundations, you will lead their impressive trusts, foundations, and statutory income streams which generates over £3 million annually. We’re seeking a driven, tenacious individual with a track record of securing 6- and 7-figure gifts to lead the growth-focused team.
You will work closely with the Delivery Directorate who lead on grant management and reporting. With a fundraising-positive approach from the department, you will work collaboratively with them to identify funding opportunities and to deliver excellent stewardship.
As Head of Trusts and Foundations, you will:
- Lead on the planning and delivery of the trusts, foundations and statutory strategy to grow both restricted and unrestricted income
- Develop and oversee a portfolio and pipeline of high value trusts, foundations and statutory funders
- Write compelling funding proposals to engage new donors to give at the 6- and 7-figure level to ensure long term growth and sustainability
- Work collaboratively with the delivery teams to ensure effective grant management, stewardship and reporting for funders
- Work closely with the delivery teams to develop new projects and cases for support, and refine existing projects to meet the emerging needs of beneficiaries
- Develop engagement opportunities for prospective and warm funders to bring them closer to London Youth’s mission
- Provide management and direction for the team – including two Trusts and Foundations Managers
Ideal skills and experience:
- Proven success of securing 6 and 7-figure gifts from a range of trusts, foundations and statutory funders
- Superb writing skills to convey need and impact across bids, applications, cases for support and pitches
- Demonstrable experience of growing income streams
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, and able to influence/persuade a wide range of stakeholders
- Proven ability to facilitate cross-team working and forge effective working relationships with services teams
- Ability to lead, motivate and develop a team
- Alignment with London Youth’s new organisational values: Ambition, Collaboration, Inclusivity, and Accountability
Benefits include:
- 28 days per year plus bank holidays and 3 closure days in December
- 4% employer pension contribution (where employees make an additional voluntary contribution, employer contribution increases to 5%)
- Cash Health Plan
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Employee Assistance Programme (for you and your family)
- Volunteering days
Background
Since 1993 Women for Women International, a global NGO, has invested in the power of over 500,000 women who are forgotten – the women survivors of war and conflict. We support them in learning the social and economic skills they need to rebuild their lives, their families, and their communities.
Our core belief is that stronger women build stronger nations. Women who enrol in our programs in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Sudan, break the isolation of war and conflict. They gain access to knowledge, resources and tools needed to earn and save money, improve health and well-being, influence decisions in their home and community and connect to networks for support.
Over the next ten years, our goal is to scale our impact to improve their lives of millions of the most marginalised women affected by war and conflict. Our vision is to create a world in which all women determine the course of their lives and reach their full potential.
The Role
This role presents a brilliant opportunity to further your career with a dynamic organisation that values its staff and provides a work environment that is built on flexibility, empowerment, and commitment to support you to be the best that you can be.
The successful applicant will support the day-to-day running of the finance function at an operational and transactional level for the UK and German. They will work closely with the Head of Finance and Managing Director Germany (DE) in ensuring that the finance team provide high-quality financial service to Women for Women International UK and Germany management, staff and key stakeholders.
Diversity at Women for Women International is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, political opinions, and pregnancy and maternity. Applications are welcomed and encouraged from all interested parties. Please let us know if you will need any reasonable adjustments.
All our staff are required to adhere to WfWI’s Code of Conduct and Safeguarding policies and to our organisational values: Empowerment, Integrity, Respect, Resilience and the Leadership Principles: Decisive, Accountable, Courageous, Adaptable and Inclusive.
To learn more about the power of women for women, visit our website or follow @WomenforWomenUK on social media.
You will have an opportunity to attend a Q&A with our Managing Directors from the UK and Germany on Tuesday 9th April 2024, 11.00am – 12.00pm. If you are interested in attending, please go to our website for the Recruitment UK email address and contact HR who will happily send you a link.
To apply please complete an online application form.
Closing date for applications is Thursday 18th April 2024
First Interview will be online on Tuesday 30th April 2024
Second Interview will be online Monday 6th May 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Early applications are strongly encouraged as interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis and this role may be filled before the advertised closing date.
For this role, applications are invited by CV and supporting statement. Please upload a single file containing your CV plus a (max. 500 words) supporting statement about how you meet the essential criteria in the role profile and what motivates you to apply for the role.
About us
There's never been a better time to join Christian Aid's Fundraising & Supporter Engagement Department. We would say that, wouldn't we? But we mean it. Thanks to excellent support from the trustees and CEO down and to our amazing supporters, we have returned unrestricted income to growth so are making a transformational impact for people in poverty, reaching more than 3 million people in humanitarian crisis and 18 million others. Your next career step could see you lead our passionate and energetic team of poverty-fighters. We inspire more than 250,000 supporters and thousands of supporting churches to raise £50 million annually to tackle extreme poverty.
We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognise the value this brings in forming strong, creative and high performing teams. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and from those with experience from outside of the voluntary sector. And no, you don't have to be Christian to work here - we encourage people of all faiths and none to apply. We just ask that everyone lives out our values of dignity, equality, justice and love. We value a good work-life balance, so we're open to part-time and flexible working. We also offer hybrid working for our office-based colleagues and the option of being a homeworker for some of our roles too.
Want to know more about what it's like to work here? Click here to hear directly from some of our amazing colleagues.
Learn about our vision, mission and values
About the role
Are you a changemaker? Fancy working for an organisation creating a better world, free from poverty? How about learning the ins and outs of a leading development charity? If you're a keen learner, an organiser and a relationship builder then this could be the job for you. As Executive Assistant to the Director of Fundraising and Supporter Engagement, you'll ensure the smooth running of the department whilst enabling the Director to do his job effectively. You'll develop and grow, taking the lead on key departmental comms and project work, and gain a strong understanding of fundraising and supporter engagement in the process. If this sounds like your kind of thing, we'd love to hear from you!
About you
Are you a highly organized, detail-oriented, and keen learner with excellent communication, interpersonal and prioritization skills who can think independently and work under pressure? You will have experience as a first point of contact for and providing assistance to Senior Management and be proficient in Microsoft Office Packages. We hope that this sounds like the right role for you, if so, we would love to hear from you.
Further information
At Christian Aid we strive to be an inclusive and diverse employer and recognise the value that this brings in helping to build strong, creative and high performing teams.
We are actively encouraging racialised minorities, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people with caring responsibilities, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, women, and older workers to apply. This is because these groups are under-represented within our teams, especially at senior level, and we recognise and value the contributions members of these groups make to strong, creative and high performing teams.
We have a strong Christian ethos and we encourage applications from all faiths and none (with the exception of Director positions where there is a genuine occupational requirement to be a practicing Christian - Exempted under the Equality Act 2010).
All successful candidates will require a DBS/police check appropriate to the role and location and a Counter Terrorism Sanction check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. We also participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information as part of the referencing process from job applicants' previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
This role requires applicants to have the right to live and work in the country where this position is based and undertake the role that you have been offered. If you are successful and we make you an offer for the role, we will be required to conduct a right to work check on your immigration status in the UK. We will contact you regarding the documentation you will need to provide to evidence this.
You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.
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Job Title Senior Policy Researcher for Northern Ireland
Location Based in Belfast (Home working with in person meetings in London on an ad hoc basis.)
Salary £35,000 - £45,000
Hours Full Time, permanent (flexibility may be offered for an excellent candidate.)
Reports to Director of Policy and Research
Main purpose and scope of the role:
Parentkind is a national charity and we work across all four nations of the United Kingdom and the devolved institutions and governments.
The successful candidate would be expected to support our work in Northern Ireland and have demonstrable experience of the political system in Northern Ireland.
In addition to their work in Northern Ireland the successful candidate will support the wider aims of the Policy and Research Department across the UK.
We are the voice of parents in education, we represent 13,000 Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) and have an ambition to develop an internal parent ‘think tank’ within the organisation.
This is an exciting role if you have a passion for politics, a background in policy research and interested in education policy and politics.
The role will involve conducting research on education policy and making policy recommendations based on that research. Some research will be time sensitive and involve summarising information and presenting it in an easy to understand way. There will be longer research projects to support the charity to develop policy positions and maintain our position as a strong voice for parents in education.
Alongside the research requirements of the role, you will be expected to support our political and broader stakeholder engagement activity to make sure the work we do is understood and seen by the right people.
You will have experience of working with political stakeholders in Northern Ireland and a strong understanding of the political structures and processes in Northern Ireland, as well as experience in political engagement to promote research and policy recommendations.
If you love politics and want to spend your days writing about education policy this is the role for you. You will represent Parentkind at important events and meetings and have the chance to promote our research and policy recommendations.
Duties and key responsibilities
Policy research and analysis
- To conduct research on education policy in Northern Ireland under the guidance of the Director of Policy and Research.
- To produce summarise large amounts of information and produce briefing material on education policy for external audiences, often at pace.
- To provide political monitoring and advice for the department, to include:
- debates and questions in the Northern Ireland Assembly
- future business across in the Northern Ireland Assembly,
- policy development.
- To provide rapid briefing material for any relevant future business in the Northern Ireland Assembly
- Draft questions (and an understanding of how to structure questions) in the Northern Ireland Assembly
- To support the development of parent surveys to related to our policy work.
- To support the development of policy recommendations and experience of publishing policy related research.
Political engagement
- To organise policy led events, such as roundtable discussions or meetings of politicians across all U.K. legislatures and experience of managing political events.
- To identify political stakeholders relevant to our work in Northern Ireland, including:
- officials inside government departments,
- elected representatives,
- think tanks and other relevant research institutions.
- To maintain a wide range of political contacts and meet with political stakeholders to promote our research and policy work.
- To meet with organisations with an interest in our work and provide effective briefings.
- To attend party conferences and other education led events to represent Parentkind.
Media engagement
- To support the Director of Policy and Research in media engagement, including background research for press releases.
- To summarise our policy and research ready for social media platforms.
General Responsibilities
- To ensure Data Protection procedures are followed at all times
- To keep abreast of relevant educational policy and legislation affecting our key audiences
- To be flexible within the broad remit of the post.
- To undertake other duties as reasonably requested by the Chief Executive or Director of Policy and Research.
- To attend and participate in Parentkind’s performance, development and training programmes.
- To abide by organisational policies, codes of conduct and practices.
- To be responsible for the health, safety, welfare of self, other members of staff and visitors.
This job description may be amended from time to time and does not form part of the Employment contract.
Residents must be based in or within commutable distance of Belfast.
A fantastic opportunity for individuals with interest in bringing people together to join our team as a Partnerships Officer.
As a Partnerships Officer (PO) you will be responsible for providing support across our national partnership team. This team is responsible for developing and engaging our corporate, trust, school and individual supporters, helping Envision to grow with impact. This role will have a particular focus on the development of corporate partnerships which provide mentor teams to support our young people’s development and funding to support our own sustainability.
Working closely with the Director of People and Partnerships, Regional Managers, the Senior Partnerships Manager and another Partnerships Officer, you will provide research, administration, and business development across the wider team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist the Partnerships Team in meeting income targets from diverse donor sources.
- Research and grow potential supporters across various donor types.
- Manage partnership records and serve as the primary contact for inquiries.
- Provide administrative support to the wider team.
- Uphold Envision’s values and be a role model for young people and volunteers.
- Ensure that all activity is delivered in line with Envision policies and procedures.
Essential Experience, Knowledge and Competencies:
- Experience of project management – highly organised, with the ability to manage your own time to meet deadlines
- Experience of working collaboratively with internal and external colleagues, partners and stakeholders – communicating effectively through written and verbal communication
- Experience of working within a fundraising capacity or generating new business – including desk research and self-generating new leads
- Commitment to Envision’s vision, mission and values and ability to work well in, and contribute to, our organisational culture
Desirable Experience, Knowledge and Competencies:
- Understanding of, and/ or lived experience of, the barriers that young people face, that contribute to the education and employment gap
Envision seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality.
Please note, we are unable to support visa applications and therefore applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
We encourage applications with lived experience to apply as they are currently under- represented in our organisation. Envision graduates will be guaranteed a first round interview.
To apply you must please read the application pack and apply online.
Deadline - Midnight Wednesday 10 April
Please note:
- We will only be contacting candidates who have been shortlisted for interview. Therefore, if we do not contact you, please assume you have been unsuccessful.
- We also regret to inform you that, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we will be unable to provide you with feedback regarding your application
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Asylum Justice is a registered charity (1112026), and a company limited by guarantee (5447875), which was set up in 2005 to provide free legal advice, assistance and representation to asylum seekers, refugees, and vulnerable migrants without access to Legal Aid. We are a small but dynamic charity which is growing to meet demand. We are looking for a funding officer to manage our grant funding and fund raising, and to identify and utilise new funding opportunities.
About the role
Hours:37 hours a week
Salary: £31,500 per annum
Contract terms: Open-ended (on the basis of ongoing continuation of external funding). Probationary period of 12 weeks.
Holiday entitlement: 28 days plus bank holidays
Place of Work: Primarily Home-based with potential for hybrid working if requested
Responsible to: Legal Director
Key responsibilities and duties
The post holder will have the following areas of responsibility: -
1.Fundraising (55%)
a.Research and identify fundraising opportunities;
b.Write and submit grant applications and funding bids;
c.Foster relationships and lead meetings with donors/panels during funding application processes;
d.Promote and coordinate opportunities for individual giving, including online donor platforms, newsletters, regular social media communications, campaigns, and events (with support from trustees);
e.Maintain and set-up new partnerships to increase income generation;
f.Update existing strategies related to:
a.Fundraising
b.Monitoring and evaluation
c.Communications.
2.Project Management (15%)
a.Assist the Legal Director with partner meetings to ensure smooth set-up of projects;
b.Review contracts / agreements and liaise with the Finance Officer / trustees to request amendments where necessary;
c.Update the Client Liaison Officer/s on monitoring and evaluation requirements and make necessary amendments to systems / forms to capture relevant data.
d.Manage project funding through allocations in Quickbooks, with support from Finance Officer where necessary.
3.Monitoring and Evaluation (30%)
a.Regularly update overview of case records and track enquiry numbers, calculating statistics and reporting these to Legal Director, trustees, and external parties where relevant;
b.Prepare and submit monitoring reports to donors with statistics and testimonials gathered by the Client Liaison team;
c.Attend and lead monitoring meetings with donors;
d.Prepare the annual report with support from trustees and Finance Officer;
e.Create internal and external communications to share results, with support from trustees.
4.General
a.To work within Asylum Justice Policies and Procedures at all times
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Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is looking to recruit an experianced Institutions, Foundations and Organisations Manager to join our growing international team.
About the organisation:
The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, based at the foothills of Mount Kenya, works as a model and catalyst for the conservation of wildlife and its habitat. We do this through the protection and management of species, the initiation and support of community conservation and development programmes, and the education of neighbouring areas in the value of wildlife.
For the last three decades, our practices have resulted in thriving black rhino habitat and population, which in turn has created a robust ecosystem for a multitude of species including the endangered Grevy’s zebra, elephant, lion, cheetah, giraffe and more. We envision a future where people across Kenya value, protect and benefit from wildlife. This future depends on communities being able to derive their day-to-day livelihoods in ways that are compatible with thriving wildlife habitat. As a result, we invest heavily in the livelihoods of our neighbours through programmes in education, healthcare, water, micro-enterprise, youth empowerment and more.
As a catalyst and champion of this model that puts people at the centre of conservation, Lewa has influenced and supported the conservancy management for both private and community lands across northern Kenya.
Purpose of the job:
This role is responsible for supporting the Director of Institutions, Foundations and Organisations to maximise income from foundations and organisations and institutions. The post-holder will develop a robust pipeline of funding through organisations based in the UK and internationally.
Skills and experiance required:
● Minimum five (5) years of professional experience successfully delivering high value, multi-year funding from the UK and internationally
● Extensive experience of donor prospecting and pipeline management
● A strong background in foundation, organisation and institutional bid writing, application processes, reporting and stewarding with successful 5 and 6 figure outcomes
● Demonstrable experience of personally securing 5 and 6 figure sum gifts
● Experience of complex bid development and working with delivery teams on programme design and grant management
● Excellent written and spoken English
● Sound strategic thinking and planning skills and the ability to think creatively, set priorities, and develop of work-plans
● Ability to work under pressure and with multiple competing priorities
● Strong attention to detail
● Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
● Experience in Salesforce highly desirable
● Ability to travel periodically to the United States, Canada and Europe
Benefits:
The successful candidate will receive 21 days of annual leave (pro-rated from their start date) and 8 UK bank holidays. They will also be auto-enrolled into a defined contribution pension scheme administered by NEST.
Please note that the role is only applicable to candidates based and eligible to work in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Reprieve
Reprieve is a UK charity founded in 1999. Reprieve uses strategic interventions to end the use of the death penalty globally, and to end extreme human rights abuses carried out in the name of “counterterrorism” or “national security”.
Reprieve works with the most disenfranchised people in society, as it is in their cases that human rights are most swiftly jettisoned and the rule of law is cast aside. Thus, Reprieve promotes and protects the rights of those facing the death penalty and those who are the victims of extreme human rights abuses carried out in the name of “counterterrorism” or “national security”, with a focus on arbitrary detention, torture, and extrajudicial executions.
Reprieve’s main office is in London, UK. Reprieve also supports full-time Fellows, who work as lawyers, investigators and campaigners in the countries in which we work. We work closely with a number of partner organisations in jurisdictions all over the world, who provide access to clients, expertise, knowledge and guidance on specific issues or regions. We work in cooperation with relevant government officials, individual lawyers and human rights defenders, as well as individual, corporate and foundation funders to further the cause of our shared goals.
About this role
The MENA Death Penalty Caseworker will undertake a range of activities in support of Reprieve’s work on cases of individuals on death row or at risk of the death penalty across the MENA region, including casework and investigations into individual cases and the broader death penalty landscape, support to Reprieve clients, and support to partner organisations and lawyers in the MENA region and beyond.
The MENA Death Penalty Caseworker is an integral member of the MENA Team, and will work closely with the Media, Campaigns and Digital, and UK and US Policy teams, and the Directors and Deputy Directors.
Location and salary
This role is a full-time, permanent contract based in our London office. The annual salary is £40,964 full-time per annum, less any required deductions for income tax and national insurance.
Reprieve operates a hybrid working model and we require staff to work a minimum of 40% per week from the London office, and the rest from home. Your presence is important during core office hours, whether remotely or in the office.
Applicants must have the current right to work in the UK.
Further details and how to apply
Please see the job description and person specification on our website for full details and information on how to apply. The deadline for applications is 23 April 2024.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Creative United is one of the UK's leading social enterprises working across the arts and creative industries. Based at Somerset House in Central London, we deliver a wide range of publicly funded programmes focused on increasing access and inclusion in the arts. Our experienced team is committed to supporting artists, musicians and creative entrepreneurs of all kinds with the skills and confidence to develop and grow their social and economic impact, helping to maximise their contribution to the strength and diversity of the UK's creative economy.
We are looking to recruit a talented and self-motivated Senior Business Development Manager to join us in early June 2024 on a 12 month fixed term maternity cover contract.
Reporting to the Director of Strategic Development, this role is essential to driving forward the implementation of Creative United’s business development plans across multiple programme and project strands. Key responsibilities include the planning and delivery of business development activities that build on our existing service offer, responding to the needs of the creative communities that we serve, whether on a local, regional or national basis.
This is a hybrid-working role that involves spending a minimum of 2 days per week at our offices in London. You will have strong interpersonal skills and enjoy building relationships through a combination of face to face, telephone and written communications. You will be comfortable working with minimal supervision to plan and coordinate activities that involve the buy-in of other staff and partner organisations. You will be able to inspire and motivate other people to work with you to achieve our shared goals and priorities through effective planning, implementation and evaluation.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Reports to: Director of Research, Impact and Influence
Start date: ASAP
Location: London or Flexible Working (remote with weekly travel to London)
Contract: FT or 0.8FTE, Permanent
Salary: £50-57k per annum, skills and experience dependent (+6% employer pension contribution and sector-leading parental leave policy shared with all applicants)
Closing Date for Applications: Sunday 21st April 23:59
Person Specification
The Difference is looking for someone who can lead the team’s impact function as the charity goes through a really exciting period of growth and development. You will refine our monitoring and evaluation work in order to drive continuous improvement across the charity, and to shape future programme design. You’ll feed into the development of new tools for use by schools to better understand and respond to their own inclusion data. You’ll also play a key role in helping The Difference and its partner schools to understand the mechanisms for change in our programmes, and identify what supports and hinders change. Our programmes work with schools as they become more inclusive, support all of their students to succeed, and reduce the amount of learning lost to exclusions and absence.
You will have real ownership over your area of work, be happiest in a flexible and ambitious environment, and enjoy testing out new ideas. You will have experience in working on programme evaluation, impact measurement or applied research, and will combine strong data and project-management skills.
Essential knowledge, experience and skills
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Experience of designing and carrying out both formative and summative evaluation understanding how to appropriately design, collect and analyse quantitative and qualitative data.
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Organisation & project management skills, demonstrable through past work whether this was delivering a project independently or coordinating a team. You feel confident planning multiple workstreams, working to timelines and juggling deadlines.
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Strategic communication – Confident in organising ideas and information to highlight the more salient and strategically significant elements, with internal and external audiences. Experienced in communicating with stakeholders from different backgrounds, from CEOs to service-users or young people.
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Experience in contributing to organisational change processes - working with senior leadership to utilise insights from programme evaluation to support the evolution of programme design and using evaluation to identify areas for continuous improvement.
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Values – A career (or voluntary experiences) which evidence shared values with The Difference - see these values below - plus a personal commitment to our mission to improve life outcomes for vulnerable young people.
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Self-directed – Evidenced capacity to take high levels of ownership in your work and over your own development, proactively diagnosing skills and information gaps, and making use of others’ expertise.
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Agile & solutions-focused – Ability to thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment, comfortable with making decisions in ambiguous contexts and casting a critical eye on systems, processes and practice.
Desired knowledge, experience and skills
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Knowledge of the education sector and school data systems.
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Experience in the start-up or small charity sector. An ability to thrive in the flexible, fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous context of start-up.
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Quantitative data analysis skills. Experience using software to analyse large datasets (e.g. R, SPSS, Stata), and ability to interpret results, plus confidence in using Excel and other programmes to present this.
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Insight through work or life into school experiences of over-excluded young people, including young people with experience of the care system, of mental ill health, of special educational needs, or racism.
Why Work for The Difference?
Schooling isn’t working for the children who need it most. Every week in England 109 children – equivalent to three full classrooms – are permanently excluded. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Since the pandemic, school suspensions have risen significantly, as has persistent absenteeism. 1 in 5 children are missing more than 10% of their time in school. Children who are excluded or persistently absent are much more likely to already be experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage. They are more likely to live in poverty, have additional learning needs, suffer mental health challenges, or experience a lack of safety outside school. Certain ethnicities are also disproportionately affected, notably Gypsy Roma Traveller and black Caribbean children.
Exclusion and high rates of absence can have a dramatic effect on life chances. These young people are more likely to drop out of education or employment, become vulnerable to long-term mental ill health, or be at risk of criminal exploitation. The Difference believes that children and young people deserve better and that the education system has to change.
Our Organisation
The Difference is a young education charity, founded to change the story on lost learning. By 2030, we want rates of exclusion and absence to be falling nationally and for schools to be better equipped to support all children, including those who may be vulnerable.
The Difference was born out of a year of research into school exclusions with think-tank IPPR. This research identified a lack of inclusion expertise in schools and proposed a new leadership development programme to fill this gap. In 2018, Difference founder Kiran hired the team who took this idea from concept to reality, beginning work with our first schools.
The Difference is now a 22-strong team delivering multiple school leadership programmes, alongside a growing research and policy arm. The team is supported by our Youth Advisory Board, made up of young people who have experienced exclusion and who provide their expertise and insights on how school inclusion work should be done. This work is needed more than ever. Effects of COVID-19, coupled with the spiralling cost of living, have substantially increased levels of vulnerability. Schools serving excluded pupils face under-funding. The Difference has had excellent early impact but there is work ahead to capture this, share learning with schools and policy-makers, and grow our capacity to lower exclusions across England.
The Task Ahead: Head of Impact
In 2022, The Difference established a Research, Impact and Influencing Directorate, indicating the growing importance of this work to our mission. We’re doing more to understand (and evidence) how school leaders who take part in our programmes are driving impactful inclusion in their schools. And we intend to use this to have a national impact on how schools are measured and driven to put pupil wellbeing, safety and belonging at the heart of their work. Improving our understanding of the impact of inclusion is key to successfully changing the story for students currently struggling in schools.
Key Tasks for this role include:
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Strengthen our monitoring, evaluation and impact systems: using methods that are both qualitative (interviews, case-studies, roundtables) and quantitative (staff and student surveys, school data tracking), and collating and analysing the data collected to diagnose successes, challenges and opportunities within our work streams.
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Act as an internal consultant with the team: bringing stakeholder feedback together in clear presentations for other staff members and acting as a “critical friend” during delivery and strategy planning. Identify insights that point to continuous improvement of our programmes and work with Programme Team to utilise insights.
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Develop our qualitative framework to better track and measure whole-school inclusion. This framework will aim not just to support improved work for children in our schools, but to define what good looks like in the sector.
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Progress our ambition to make inclusion more tangibly measurable: plan user-research with school partners to identify inclusion data needs and use these findings to develop impact tools that collate exclusion, attendance and demographic data. Work with others in the sector using innovative methods to measure inclusion through national datasets.
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Expand our work on measuring school inclusion through student experience of safety, wellbeing and belonging. Grow the reach of our current survey tools and collaborating with others in the sector doing innovative work on student voice and inclusion.
Our Values
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High Expectations - We are ambitious for excellence from young people, colleagues and ourselves. We don’t believe in writing off someone’s potential because of their identity or experience of crisis.
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Strong Relationships - We prioritise genuine relationships over transactional interactions, and know that this requires deliberate relational practice. We see colleagues and partners as people first and their roles second; and know this greater trust allows us to take more risks, gain more feedback and have greater impact.
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Internalised Locus of Control - We work hard to reframe difficult situations to discover what we have within our power in terms of solutions. We take it upon ourselves to walk towards challenges and can take a high level of ownership and agency in our work.
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Pragmatism - We believe leadership means recognising current limitations and striving for improvements within and beyond them. We develop consensus and chart new ways forward, challenging false and extreme positions like “zero exclusions” or “no excuses”.
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Scientific approach - We take a diagnostic approach to unpicking causes of problems. We are loud and proud of our failures, recognising failing fast and often is key to finding the best solutions. We test solutions and are willing to use data and feedback to make adjustments and choose new directions.
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Not Squeamish about Structural Inequality - We believe patterns of inequality can and should be disrupted. We strive to be clear-eyed about these inequalities, and both the individual practice and system-changes required to address them. We push ourselves to overcome awkwardness in talking about this; and begin by acknowledging our own biases and blind spots.
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Asset-based - We work hard to avoid deficit thinking and aim to start with what’s strong, not what’s wrong. We are careful not to frame our colleagues and stakeholders - particularly young people and families – as victims but instead to recognise their agency.
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Wise selves - To both enjoy work and do their best, we want to make decisions and work with others in our “wise” - or regulated - selves. We also want to bring our compassionate self to those we work with, externally and internally, to support one another through challenging times.
How To Apply
To apply, please complete all sections of the application form by midnight on Sunday 21st April.
First round interviews will be held during the week beginning 13th May, over video call.
Please indicate if you would not be available to attend an interview during this week.
If successful in this stage, second round interviews (including a task to be completed the same day) will take place on the week beginning 20th May, at our office in Bethnal Green.
We are committed to building a diverse team and strongly encourage applications from under-represented groups in the charity sector such as people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, people with experience in the care system, non-graduates and first-in-family graduates.
As part of our commitment to fairer recruitment, all applications will be assessed with names and any protected characteristics redacted.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The role
The Programme and Evaluation Manager organises our music programmes: ongoing workshop series in detention centres and other settings, performances, special projects. So the role sits at the very centre of our work. Working closely with the Artistic Director, you will make Hear Me Out’s artistic programme a reality.
The main part of the job is to co-ordinate programme activities. This means you would need to:
- Liaise with settings, partners, artists and colleagues
- Match, book and support our artists
- Organise a mass of artistic and practical detail
- Work directly with people with lived experience of detention and asylum
- Understand the context and purpose of the work and what’s needed to make it succeed
We’re committed to evaluating our work. We want to know what difference it makes and what we can do better, so we ask participants to tell us what they think, and collect this data as we go along, to build up a picture of our impact. Organising this is an important part of the job. You’ll also lead some evaluation activities, such as focus groups with participants.
You’ll be the main point of contact for Hear Me Out’s freelance Associate Artists, supporting and supervising them as they lead music projects with adults and children, organising artist care and development activities, and helping bring people with lived experience into our artistic team.
Our programme is bigger than it has ever been, it has changed dramatically in the last few years in response to new challenges thrown up by the immigration system and we expect it will keep changing. So there will be lots of scope for you to make changes and develop new work.
This is a special opportunity to work join a supportive, dynamic team delivering extraordinary work.
What we’re looking for
We’re looking for someone with strong people skills and equally strong organisational skills. For the music-making to have its intended impact, you will need to have a real eye for fine detail, and lots of sensitivity and awareness of people and their needs, whether they are people going through the immigration system, or managers in detention centres and asylum hotels.
You’ll know something of our context, or be able to learn that quickly. You’ll be skilled at communicating with artists, colleagues and partners to ensure we have a shared, realistic plan. You’ll understand how the detail of artistic planning feeds through into outcomes. And you’ll be able to evaluate those outcomes in a systematic way.
We are a small team, and most of us work part-time. You’ll need to work independently, co-operate and communicate consistently, and adapt readily when things change. You’ll need to be available on Wednesdays (our ‘team day’), and sometimes to work evenings and weekends.
Hear Me Out is committed to diversity, and is working to bring more people with relevant lived experience into our team. We very much encourage applications from people from culturally diverse backgrounds, applicants with disabilities or neuro-diverse conditions, and people of different ages, gender, sexual orientations and socio-economic backgrounds. We very much encourage applications from people with personal experience of immigration detention, or the asylum process, or immigration enforcement. If you have programme experience and also this kind of lived experience, we would especially love to hear from you.
Terms & conditions
The following terms and conditions will apply:
- Contract: Permanent contract, subject to a 6-month probationary period
- Location: The team meets at its office in central London on Wednesdays and works in a hybrid way the rest of the week.
- Hours: Part-time position, 3 days (22.5 hours) per week (0.6 FTE)
- Salary: £35,130 per year pro rata (ie £21,078), gross
- Annual leave: 36 days paid holiday leave per year pro rata (ie 22 days), including statutory bank holidays
- Sick pay: 25 days per year pro rata (ie 15 days) on full pay, followed by 25 days pro rata (ie 15 days) on half pay, followed by Statutory Sick Pay only
- Pension: 6% employer contribution to HMO’s selected Stakeholder pension scheme or to another scheme of the employee’s choice
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Title: Alumni & Giving Manager (maternity cover)
Reports to: Director of Alumni Relations, with dotted line to Director of Giving & Engagement
Start date: May 2024
Contract type: Fixed-term maternity cover contract, one year
Salary range: £43,000-£45,000 per annum
Overall Purpose:
The Alumni & Giving Manager works with the Director of Alumni Relations and Director of Giving & Engagement to support activities and fundraising initiatives for a broad and dynamic community of former students, parents and employees. As the lead on all alumni, alumni parents, grandparent, and former employee giving, this person implements the strategy for garnering these constituents’ philanthropic support of ASL. As a member of the alumni office and as a part of the advancement team, the Alumni & Giving Manager helps fulfill the school’s priorities for growing an engaged, supportive and inclusive alumni community.
Summary of responsibilities:
Supporting the alumni office
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Schedule and conduct alumni tours
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Manage alumni email account
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Oversee Eagle mascot volunteers and costume
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Support events: help staff events, coordinate logistics
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Founder’s Day
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Student-facing activities
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Parents of alumni holiday social
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London Alumni Social
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Alumni Quiz Night
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Class reunions
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Contribute to alumni communications
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Draft and publish stories for e-newsletter
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Write posts for social media
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Managing ASL Connects alumni platform
Supporting Grandparent constituent cultivation
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Contribute to Grandparent newsletter content (3 times a year)
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Pitch ideas
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Draft posts and captions
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Supporting the Annual Fund
Serve as lead on alumni, parent(s) of alumni, and past staff giving, including creating strategies to achieve these constituents’ financial and participation goals
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Coordinate appeals for participatory level giving; overseeing the design for participation and giving challenges
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Stewarding donors
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Manage the ASL Giving Committee (AGC) volunteers
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Manage appeal timeline
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Support Grade 12 fundraising program
Supporting the Planned legacy giving
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Maintain vendor partnerships with FreeWill in the US and with Farewill in the UK
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Oversee the execution of cultivation and stewardship emails 2-4 times a year as it relates to communications and events
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Any other duties that are within the scope, spirit, and purpose of the job as requested by the Director of Alumni Relations or the Director of Giving and Engagement.
Essential qualifications/experience
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Knowledge and understanding of education or charity environments
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Highly organized, strong time management skills and detail oriented
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Self-motivated and must work well on a team
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The ability to interact positively with stakeholders and colleagues
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A positive and flexible attitude toward working
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A proven commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of children
Desirable qualifications/experience
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Experience working in fundraising and alumni relations, preferably working in an American, international and/or independent school environment
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Experience using Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge or similar CRMs