About the role

The Head of Data role is a critical role for Breast Cancer Now. Sitting within the newly formed Fundraising, Communications and Engagement Department, the role will lead on all facets of our data work, including strategy, development and use of data across the organisation. 

This is a complex, multi-faceted role with key responsibilities for leading the data team, completing the project to integrate our databases systems into one and collaborating to create an environment where the systems for support functions across the organisation (digital, finance, as well as data) can work most efficiently together.

The role is varied and fast paced, with technical, analysis and import and export leads and teams all reporting to the role, as well as taking on the significant project to move to one database. With a high-quality team to lead, the role is for someone with significant experience to take us forward to the next level in all areas, be that audience focussed insight driving decisions, long term infrastructure decisions and support, or optimisation in warehousing, importing and exporting.

About you

We are looking for a strategic leader with a clear vision for how data can support and develop an organisation. A multi-tasker, at home with conflicting priorities who thrives on a challenge, you will find lots of opportunity to make a big impact for people with Breast Cancer by driving forward our data programme.

The successful candidate will be a talented relationship builder, experienced in working across multiple stakeholders, who can take communicate effectively to a range of audiences and increase organisational understanding about complex data challenges. With technical teams and developers reporting to you, your understanding of development challenges and code will be strong, with a can-do attitude to help solve the problems we face.

About Us

We’re excited to announce that in April 2019, Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now united to create one charity for everyone affected by breast cancer. From research to care, our new charity has people affected by the disease at its heart – providing support for today and hope for the future. United, we can carry out even more world-class research, provide even more life-changing support and campaign even more effectively for better services and care.

By bringing together our passion, energy, expertise, funds and networks, we will make greater progress in more effective ways to make sure that, by 2050, everyone who develops breast cancer will live and receive the support they need to live well. 

Breast Cancer Now is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

Closing date for applications: 9.00am on Monday 10 August 2020.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 12 August 2020. 

You will help us deliver bold, urgent, inspiring communications that meet the challenges of the climate emergency.

This varied job will see you develop compelling content and also take on the technical challenges of running our digital platforms. You should be a creative thinker, storyteller and designer who can expand our audience and deepen their engagement with us. We’re after someone who can bring great planning skills and a strategic approach to a wide range of projects – balancing competing demands from stakeholders and partners.

We’re looking for someone patient and tenacious with an eye for detail, comfortable using data and analytics to shape our digital output. You don’t need to be a climate expert – but you must be committed to working towards a better, brighter future for all.

STRUCTURE AND PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

As Associate Director, Digital Engagement (International) you will be based in the London office or work remotely and will be part of the Mass Markets team.

In this role, you will focus on strategically chosen, globally distributed digital fundraising and engagement projects for IRC. This will include working to support emerging and established fundraising programmes on key activities that drive income generation. You will also have oversight and strategic responsibility for our remote digital programme and the acquisition and development of donors where IRC does not have a physical presence in country i.e. via remote digital activity.

Focusing on both donor acquisition and engagement, you will play a key role in helping the IRC to achieve objectives which are central to the Private Sector Engagement Strategy. These objectives include diversifying our income streams globally and increasing income for our beneficiary programs around the world.

SCOPE AND AUTHORITY

Authority:

The post holder has authority to make strategic and implementation decisions regarding the delivery and optimisation of the remote digital fundraising and engagement programme to maximise financial returns to IRC in the short and long term.

You will continually assess the most strategic projects across the organisation where support including guidance and direct implementation to in-country programs can have significant impact. You will assess where value can be added, balancing this against remote markets opportunities, make work-planning recommendations to be agreed with your line manager and relevant Directors of national Mass Markets programmes as appropriate.

Responsibility for Resources:

• Coordination and oversight the work of any and all agencies, freelancers and external consultants required to deliver on the agreed strategic plan.
• Line management of Digital Fundraising Officer (International), including working with them to ensure their time is allocated effectively across the strategic project pipeline.
• Holds the Global Digital Budget including making decisions on spend in order to return the maximum returns to IRC.

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

• All national and international Mass Markets fundraising teams
• Global comms and Marcomms teams
• Fundraising consultants, agencies, freelancers and other key suppliers
• Colleagues within other GPP depts as needed
• IT/Tech/Systems teams
• Colleagues in Legal, Finance, Procurement and HR

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Internal guidance and support (60%)

• Work on strategically identified projects to review, strategies and plan key digital fundraising activities across markets. This may include for example temporary leadership/review of national email or ads, programmes,and providing support through planning/delivery of high impact technical projects such as UX reviews and platform integration work.
• Deploy and manage the Digital Fundraising Officer (International), to work on the implementation side of income generating activities (e.g. digital ad and email set-up, copy-writing etc) and support on hands-on delivery of these activities when required.
• Maintain clear and regular lines of communication with heads of national Mass Markets teams and senior leadership in order to continually assess areas where short-term strategic and implementation capacity would add value.
• Draw up recommendations on the basis of these conversations that can then be developed into TORs and project plans for future support.
• Work to lead digital fundraising standards and expertise across the organization, driving collaboration and cohesion across national market teams, ensuring learnings and approaches are shared and leveraged, and that a clear ‘community of practice’ is developed.

Strategy and oversight of remote markets programme (20%)

Oversee and direct IRC’s remote global digital fundraising and engagement program. The post-holder is responsible for developing the strategy for this programme and for ensuring all implementation carried out by the Digital Fundraising Officer (International) meets the highest possible standard and to agreed priorities. Key aspects include:

• Overseeing the testing of remote markets Facebook Ad campaigns via paid advertising whether for recruitment of standard donor, emergency donors, to generate Rescue Gifts, to acquire leads or grow IRC’s sustainer (regular donors) file, and making decisions about campaign roll-out should these tests be successful
• Act as the key point of contact for IRC’s global Rescue Gifts site (Shopify) and ensure the site is maintained and updated as needed, including, overseeing data integrations and bespoke functionality and improving user experience and conversion if prioritised.
• Oversee any Search Engine Marketing Campaigns (and any other acquisition campaigns via digital channels for remote markets) for acquiring new donors. Manage IRC’s agency/suppliers where these activities are outsourced
• Oversee the supporter journey including welcome series, supporter communications cycles email – currently using IBM Watson / Silverpop and implemented primarily by the Digital Fundraising Officer (International).
• Oversee the global donation pages and manage implementation of new pages if and when required – currently using Springboard. (In close collaboration with the US and UK who are using the same systems).
• Ensure that tracking on activity is in place to ensure that activities can be monitored and analysed
• Ensure that critical data metrics are measured and regularly reviewed to improve performance
• Develop and lead in the creative approaches used for global digital activity and work with colleagues in the creative and brand teams to ensure all paid recruitment materials are on brand and of the highest quality
• Ensure regular real-time status reports on activities and campaigns are produced to the highest possible standard.
• Oversee the creation of marketing assets that meet campaign needs, goals and network specifications.
• Manage supplier relationships including developers and the like.
• Coordinate with IRC’s procurement team and HR teams in order to ensure contracts are developed and delivered on time and to IRC standards.
• Stay abreast of rapidly changing ad platforms and advise on new opportunities
• Be a key member of the Global Digital team demonstrating a commitment to the principles and policies of the “IRC Way” – IRC Global Standards for Professional Conduct including integrity, service, accountability and equality.

Supporting change (20%)

• Work collaboratively with colleagues in the IRC network to share and assist in digital best practice sharing and implementation.
• Work collaboratively with Digital and Communications colleagues globally to maximize fundraising opportunities and financial returns.
• Ensure global digital fundraising practices are compliant with fundraising and other relevant regulatory standards.
• Be aware and mindful of cultural differences across multiple markets including what will help IRC generate income from them e.g. gift giving moments per market, media moments which may help us raise more income etc.
• Monitor developments and trends in global digital fundraising
• Contribute to overall strategic and financial planning as required
• Participate in Fundraising team meetings and events
• Carry out other duties as required to maximize IRC’s global digital fundraising.
• Fight for the organization to continue to become more agile and thus supporting digital efforts
• On occasion the give inputs, advice and support in the development of digital fundraising and engagement in markets with in-country operations such as US, UK, German or Sweden

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Experience:

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of leading, developing and managing digital marketing campaigns, ideally remotely, from initial strategic thinking through to planning activity, implementing activity and reporting on it.
• Demonstrable experience of developing, implementing and monitoring of paid digital fundraising campaigns with a particular emphasis on Facebook paid advertising and across multiple markets.
• Demonstrable experience in marketing to mass audiences in international organisations
• Experience in a digital fundraising or marketing role on a strategic level and team leadership level
• Experience of developing and implementing digital fundraising strategies.
• Experience of working collaboratively with members of a fundraising team and across departments
• Experience of fundraising for sustainers (regular donors)
• Experience of working with SalesForce or equivalent eCRM
• Proven ability using analytics to inform and influence decision-making
• Proven ability of managing varied and complex tools and platforms such as SalesForce, Silverpop and the like.
• People person always looking for insights beyond the data – experience of working in close collaboration across varied teams and time zones
• Excellent IT skills including digital marketing tools such as Google Analytics, Facebook Business Manager / Power Editor, AdWords and Microsoft packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills, to deal effectively, efficiently and appropriately with internal and external audiences
• Excellent financial and numeracy skills
• Acute attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to plan and prioritise in order to handle a complex, varied workload
• Able to establish and build relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders at all levels and from a variety of backgrounds
• Able to understand and demonstrate commitment to IRC’s Equal Opportunities Policy and to ensure all activities are consistent with Equal Opportunities.
• Able to travel on occasion – for example to attend international meetings.
• Understanding of fundraising practices, codes of conduct and the basics of NGO legislation, privacy laws, GDPR etc.

Desirable

• Understanding of digital fundraising in multiple markets and fundraising remotely to them.

The deadline for applications is midnight between Sunday 9th August / Monday 10th August 2020.

Interviews will take place in the week of 17th August 2020. 

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

IRC-UK is committed to equality of opportunity and non-discrimination for all applicants and employees. IRC-UK seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce regardless of gender, race, religious belief, nationality, ethnic/national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. IRC-UK welcomes applications from all candidates, including refugees who have the right to work in the UK.

Strategic Financial Analysis Lead (A)

£50,345 – £57,917 per year + £2,000/£4,000 Accountancy Allowance

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) is at the heart of the government’s economic and social agendas. A quarter of UK businesses are in our sectors and are among the most exciting and fastest growing of the whole economy. They provide 5.2 million jobs and deliver £38bn worth of exports. Our mission is to drive growth, enrich lives and promote Britain to the world.

Working in conjunction with our over 40 Arm’s Length Bodies, we strive to create the conditions for everyone to enjoy our national culture, play sport, make the most of new technologies and have access to effective communications. Our sectors are critical to ensuring we have a strong place in the world - creating a global UK whose cultural, technological, creative, community and sporting assets mark us out as an essential partner for trade and investment. And making places that people want to live in, work in, invest in and visit.

The Strategic Finance team lead on all Departmental-wide Financial considerations. These include:

• Leading on Fiscal Events Financial Strategy, including all financial input into Spending Reviews and Budget
• Providing all Financial Analysis relating to medium-term financial planning
• Liaising with HM Treasury on all financial issues and fiscal events
• Support on Business Planning for the Department, ensuring our funding is allocated according to our priorities and provides greatest value for money
• Leading on all Financial Planning for future years, ensuring any financial decisions take into account future trends and strategies

The position will take the lead on Strategic Financial Analysis for the Department and our ALBs. They will use their analytical expertise to work with our data and across the Department and our ALBs to deliver a successful Spending Review and beyond, and provide an oversight to the Department’s Finance Committee and Investment Sub-Committee, ensuring funding is spent in compliance with Managing Public Money.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead on all aspects of analysis relating to the Spending Review, future fiscal events and financial planning. This includes trend analysis and analysis of all new bids, ringfenced funding and expected budget requirements in order to tell a coherent story to HM Treasury.
• Own any templates that we are required to return to the Centre, ensuring that all decisions are tracked and reconcile within our return.
• Lead on modelling of savings and efficiencies across the Department, ensuring we fully understand the impact of any decision to reduce funding in areas if we are looking to prioritise particular areas. This work will feed into advice up to Ministers and our Executive Board.
• Lead on the zero-based review of Capital spending, analysing our current capital spend and working with the Strategy function to analyse the impact of new capital bids.
• Support Finance Business Partners in providing assurance on Business Cases, ensuring all new bids are in line with Managing Public Money and our Departmental objectives.
• Work closely with Finance Business Partners to undertake trend analysis for our Financial Narrative across the Department and our ALBs.
• Lead on the analysis and consolidation of numbers required for our annual Business Planning Round, working closely with Finance Business Partners to fully understand our requirements.
• Embed a process of future year forecasting, which will enable us to analyse our expected financial trends into the future.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Experience of providing financial analysis on complex projects
• Collaborative and able to work well with others
• Able to work well under their own initiative
• Solutions-orientated and able to complete work in a timely manner without prompting
• Full CCAB or CIMA accountancy qualification, or actively training (desirable)
• Experience in writing advice to senior leaders and ministers (desirable)
• Intermediate or higher Excel skills (desirable)

For more information on the key responsibilities and tasks, please apply using the link for the full candidate pack, or contact Michael Swinburn or Stuart Thomson at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.

Charity Finance Manager in a busy, friendly south London charity based in Lambeth.  We work with children, young people and adults with learning disabilities and autism as well as mainstream young people.  You will be part of a small senior management team and provide finance support and management accross seven teams.

MRS Independent Living is looking for a Project Manager (21 hours/3 days a week) to join our team in October 2020. The Project Manager will be our lead for fundraising and volunteering, and support the Acting Director with core organisational tasks around governance, organisational development, HR and finance during a period of maternity leave. This is a fixed term role for 10 months until July 2021 and the salary is £30,000 pro rata. 

If you thrive working as part of a small team, have a broad range of skills and experience and enjoy supporting colleagues in frontline roles, please see the job description and person specification and submit your CV and covering letter as soon as possible.

Applications will close at the latest on 19 August 2020 and may close early if we receive sufficient applications.

About MRS Independent Living

Our vision is a society where everyone has a sense of control over their lives and the ability to stay independent, active and connected to the world around them.

Our mission is to provide practical help so that people who need support can live safely and well in their homes and communities. 

We do this by providing a range of services and projects focusing on minor home adaptations, falls prevention, digital confidence, social isolation, therapeutic decluttering and advice and informal advocacy.

IT Manager

Full time at 35 hours
London, UK
Salary: £35,000 - £42,000 Dependent on experience
Permanent

GamCare is the UK’s leading provider of information, advice and support for anyone affected by gambling-related harms.

GamCare has enjoyed Significant growth during the last two years. We have started number of new programmes working with new and existing funders. This has seen our number of staff increase and new and exciting programmes provided nationally.

We continue to develop our IT infrastructure and modernise our systems to support this continued growth. As well as procuring new CRM and other bespoke software modules we have integrated many new updates unto existing systems. In addition, we continue to facilitate remote working for all staff during the pandemic.

It is therefore an exciting time to join a vibrant and motivated team to support these developments. GamCare are currently looking for an IT Manager to work within our Business Support Directorate to lead our IT function. This role will involve developing and implementing the GamCare IT Strategy, as well as developing and monitoring the GamCare IT system and support services. 

This post holder will be central to supporting IT developments, procurement of new systems and training/development initiatives as informed by organisation needs.

We are looking for a proactive leader, with a strong sense of initiative, an excellent team working approach and an exceptional communicator. You will be able to demonstrate a high level of organisational, analytical and IT skills, and have relevant management experience.

This post offers an excellent opportunity to work in a forward-thinking team environment and make a difference to the service user experience and recovery.

To apply, please complete go onto the GamCare website. 

If you would like acknowledgement that your application has been received, please ensure the application is attached and put the following subject in your email:

Job application: <name of vacancy>

Please note that if the subject is not correct, you may not receive a confirmation.

If you require any further information regarding this role, please contact Syed Naqi, Director of Finance and Resources. Application forms forwarded to this email will not be accepted.

Previous applicants need not apply. Please note we do not accept CVs

GamCare is committed to processing your personal data fairly, lawfully and transparently in line with GDPR. For further information on GamCare’s recruitment privacy notice please refer to our website.

Closing Date: Monday 24 August 2020 at 9am

Interview Date: w/c 31 August 2020

About the role

A St Christopher’s trustee is engaged with the vision of the hospice; an organisation committed to the care and support of dying people when and wherever they need it. Our Trustee Team works closely with our Executive Team and senior staff across the hospice to ensure that we continue to provide outstanding care; maintain our international reputation for education and research; and remain appropriately resourced to serve our community in the future. Our Trustee Team provides strategic leadership and expertise from a range of backgrounds and industries that gives St Christopher’s the direction and insight to continue as a world leader in palliative care.

We are looking to recruit new members to join our Board of Trustees to fill vacancies created by retiring Board members.

About you

We are looking for individuals with experience as either a Charity Trustee, Non-Executive Director or similar. You will have the ability to be an effective ambassador and influencer for the hospice and be committed to the aims and objectives of the hospice, maintaining a genuine interest in our work. You will be a strategic and creative thinker and be able to work effectively as part of a team.

We are largely looking for individuals with skills and experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Experience at board level and chairing committees
• Experience of working at a senior level in a HR workforce and change management
• Safeguarding & whistleblowing expertise
• Financial & commercial expertise

We particularly welcome applicants from our under represented areas which includes applicants from BAME groups, in addition to diverse age groups.

If this sounds like you then we will be excited to hear from you.

Further information

The role of a Trustee of St Christopher’s is voluntary and Trustees will not receive remuneration for their services on the Board. Out of pocket expenses incurred by the Trustees in the course of carrying out the role will be reimbursed in accordance with the organisation’s expenses policy.

Please have a look at our website for further information on all aspects of St Christopher’s and to apply for this position, please click the ‘Apply Online’ button below.

Closing date: Sunday 16th August 2020 at Midnight

We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking and experienced team player to join us in our mission to save African wildlife. 

About Us

The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (SWT) has worked for over 40 years to protect all wildlife and habitats in Kenya. Across Africa, wildlife and wild spaces currently face an unprecedented threat from human-wildlife conflict and habitat destruction whilst elephants face an alarming threat from ivory poachers, with one elephant killed every 20 minutes for its tusks. From Anti-Poaching operations, Community Outreach, Mobile Veterinary support to the rescue and rehabilitation of elephant and rhino orphans; our pioneering work, which is entirely funded through donations, ensures a sustainable future for all wildlife and communities. 

About the Job

We are a looking for a dedicated and hardworking individual with experience of maintaining and developing relationships with high value donors and corporate partners to join our growing wildlife protection charity in the UK. The SWT UK was established in 2004. The Partnerships Officer will maintain and build upon existing Corporate, Trust, and Third Party partnerships, and enhance relationships with High Value Donors, produce compelling reporting for stakeholders and identify and develop new partnership opportunities.

Main Purpose of Job

• To act as first point of contact all Corporate and Third Party relationships, High Value Donors and Trusts and Foundations.
• To evaluate new corporate partnership and third party applications in line with the charity’s mission, ethics and existing partnerships.
• To ensure excellent management of relationships with Corporate Partners, Donors and Trust Funders, seeking opportunities to deepen and strengthen relationships.
• Be responsible for administration of these relationships and partnerships, including recording financial donations and managing usage of charitable assets and copyright information.
• To create and update detailed and persuasive cases for support for new and existing SWT projects.
• To identify and develop new Corporate Partnerships, High Value Donors and Trust funding opportunities.
• Undertake research to identify potential new donors within our stakeholder network.
• To develop a new High Value Donor strategy and Corporate Partnership strategy in collaboration with the Executive Director.
• To work closely with Executive Director in building high level relationships to further the charity’s mission.
• Provide monthly progress reports on new opportunities, existing relationships and Corporate, Trust and High Value Donor income and expense streams.
• Ensure that all activities undertaken meet Charity Commission requirements and are compliant with relevant legislation.
• Any other duties which are commensurate with the role.

Person specification:

• Minimum two years fundraising experience, preferably in Corporate and/or Major Donor fundraising.
• Experience in writing compelling fundraising appeals and inspiring reports.
• Good understanding of working with individual and organisational philanthropists.
• Experience of working with donor CRM systems to keep records up to date.
• Able to communicate persuasively in person and in writing.
• A commercial and strategic mindset, with the ability to grow the value of relationships.
• Able to build internal and external relationships with integrity and empathy.
• Ability to analyse and process large amounts of sometimes complex information and identify the most relevant aspects.
• Able to work collaboratively across a small team and coordinate input from senior staff.
• Excellent time-management and the ability to self-start.
• Resilient, positive and determined attitude.
• Knowledge and understanding of the charity sector and relevant fundraising codes of practice.
• Excellent standards of personal presentation.
• Able to work occasional evenings and weekends if required.

What happens next?

To apply, please send your CV and a one-page covering letter explaining your suitability for the role. Applications received without a covering letter will not be considered.
 
In your application, please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements, or if you need us to make any adjustments to the interview process.

Initial interviews will be conducted via video call between 10th - 19th August. 
 
We regret that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

£57,034 - £67,970 + £4,000 Accountancy Allowance

Two year fixed term contract

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) is at the heart of the government’s economic and social agendas. A quarter of UK businesses are in our sectors and are among the most exciting and fastest growing of the whole economy. They provide 5.2 million jobs and deliver £38bn worth of exports. Our mission is to drive growth, enrich lives and promote Britain to the world. 

Working in conjunction with our over 40 Arm’s Length Bodies we strive to create the conditions for everyone to enjoy our national culture, play sport, make the most of new technologies and have access to effective communications. Our sectors are critical to ensuring we have a strong place in the world - creating a global UK whose cultural, technological, creative, community and sporting assets mark us out as an essential partner for trade and investment. And making places that people want to live in, work in, invest in and visit.

This role will lead a team that supports one of the three Director Generals (DGs) and their teams to effectively discharge their financial accountabilities. This includes supporting directors’ responsibilities for effective financial oversight of the arm’s-length bodies sponsored by each DG group.

You will work closely with the Deputy Finance Director and other A(U) Heads of Finance to lead and develop the finance business partnering team - fulfilling the team’s vision to support strategic decision making and policy development by being insightful, trusted and professional.

You will be responsible for the provision of a valued, efficient and effective finance business partnering function across your areas.

Key responsibilities are as follows:

• Lead and engender a culture of continuous improvement and personally demonstrate DCMS’s values. Lead, manage, develop and support a high-quality team of individuals to achieve these aims.
• Provide high-quality finance advice and guidance on all financial matters as necessary, from accounting to budgeting, auditing and the government’s Estimates processes.
• Act as a senior finance business partner to your areas of responsibility ensuring that senior stakeholders have the right support to make good policy decisions in line Managing Public Money and other government finance rules.
• Provide strategic and tactical advice on all finance matters to Ministers, the Permanent Secretary, Executive Board and Departmental Audit & Risk Committee.
• Lead the team in scrutinising, challenging and guiding budget holders ALBs in the provision of timely and accurate forecasts against budgets, re-forecasting exercises, end-of-year reporting exercises, main and supplementary estimates and other fiscal events.
• Lead the team on scrutiny, challenge and the provision of financial advice on business cases, policy announcements including attendance at Finance Committee, Investment Sub-Committee in the capacity of the expert finance business partner.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Be strong leader with a solid history of delivery; be able to communicate effectively at all levels both internally and externally; and be able to routinely communicate complex financial, accounting and budgetary issues
• Be a fully qualified accountant with excellent interpersonal skills, along with excellent literacy and numeracy and a collaborate, solutions-oriented approach.
• Working knowledge of Managing Public Money and central government accounting and budgeting rules (desirable)
• Intermediate or higher Excel skills (desirable).

For more information or an informal discussion, please apply via the link, or contact Michael Swinburn or Stuart Thomson at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell. The closing date for applications is Sunday 16th August at 11:55pm.

Community Southwark is the infrastructure organisation for the Voluntary and Community Sector in Southwark. We aim to bring about positive change for people living in Southwark by championing, supporting and working with the wonderful and diverse organisations and individuals that make up the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in Southwark.

We support non-profit organisations to run effectively, efficiently, sustainably and legally through providing a range of activities including training, face-to-face advice, online resources, holding events for information and engagement as well as hosting networks and working groups and providing policy insights and influence.

Job Description
Responsible to: Director of Development & Partnerships
Salary: £28,771 pro rata, 3 days per week (£17,262.60 actual)
Contract Duration: 1-year contract with possible extension
Hours: Part time, 21 hours per week (days negotiable)
Direct reports: None
Location: 1 Addington Square, Camberwell, London, SE5 0HF. Some travel will be required.Please note: This post will work from home following current Covid-19 guidelines. Meetings will be held online, and travel limited to essential only.
Benefits: pro rata of 30 days holiday (exclusive of public/bank holidays) per annum, Flexible working, Pension – Employer contribution: 5%, Cycle to Work Scheme, and pro rata of 2 Volunteering Days per annum.

We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people and people from the LGBT community.

IMPORTANT: We are committed to ensuring our recruitment procedure is completely free from risks of unconscious bias. We therefore kindly ask you to remove your name and any indication of your gender, ethnicity or other personal information from both your CV and Cover Letter, that's not related to your work experience or skill set.

Please just confirm your name and contact details in the email you send to us, so we can contact you with the outcome of your application when it's been reviewed by the hiring panel. Please also specify where you heard about the role.

Main Purpose of Role
This role will lead on promoting, supporting and developing social prescribing between health and care partners and the Voluntary, Community sector (VCS) across Southwark. Recognising the key role, the VCS need to play in shaping our local approach to social prescribing, this role is hosted by Community Southwark, but will work with key partners within Southwark, including a collaboration with Primary Care Networks.

This includes:
• Researching social prescribing and understanding what is happening in Southwark;
• Supporting organisations to be social prescribing ready;
• Promoting social prescribing and its role in improving people’s health and wellbeing;
• Highlighting, supporting and developing best practice that informs and develops our approach to social prescribing in Southwark;
• Improving understanding and engagement between the VCS and social prescribing practitioners, health professionals, commissioners and funders;
• Enabling more integrated working across VCS, health and social care partners to deliver a more coherent social prescribing offer
• Represent the voice of VCS and act as a key conduit between the VCS and social prescribing partners within Partnership Southwark; particularly Primary Care Networks

Please see Recruitment Pack and Partnership Southwark's Review of Social Prescribing​ for full introduction to the charity, job description and person specification.

Closing date: Sunday 9th August 2020 (Midnight)
Shortlisted candidates will be notified by: Tuesday 11th August 2020 (EOD)
Interviews: Tuesday 18th August 2020
Start Date: 1st October 2020

About the role

This Head of Central Community Fundraising and Marketing role is a fantastic opportunity to lead a driven, talented team of ten in a year of exciting opportunity for digital innovation across our products.

The role leads our Central Community Fundraising and Marketing team, empowering them to develop new community fundraising propositions, investigate digital innovation opportunities, provide comprehensive supporter care and stewardship to our supporters, champion and evolve the working relationship with the Regional Community Fundraising team and achieve marketing acquisition targets across Community and Events.

It’s a chance to lead on areas which have been identified as opportunities for strategic growth within the organisation in a challenging year; including our mass DIY and £1,000 Challenge programmes, as well as In Memory and Tribute fundraising. The role focuses on leading the team to develop an excellent community supporter experience, with relationship fundraising principles at its core, to help us build long-lasting relationships and enable future growth.

About you

We are looking for a proactive, organised and personable individual, with a keen interest in team leadership, product development and supporter experience. We welcome and encourage candidates with Community Fundraising, Mass Participation and/or Individual Giving backgrounds, and experience in digital marketing campaigns.

You will have experience of leading and inspiring teams, specifically managing teams through change, and you will relish working to targets in a challenging environment. You will also have good knowledge of community fundraising and experience developing income growth strategies and fundraising propositions; as well as working closely with in-house marketing/brand teams to innovate and suggests new solutions where needed. You will have a passion for providing excellent customer service, as well as reaching and engaging new supporters. The role requires excellent organisation and time management skills, as well as a real interest in developing dynamic teams.

If you have a passion for digital innovation, and an understanding of how to drive and excel net income targets, while getting the most out of a developing team that you’ll lead with a helpful and collaborative manner; this is an excellent opportunity to get into the evolving world of community fundraising.

About Us

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the charity that’s steered by world-class research and powered by life-changing care. We’re here for anyone affected by breast cancer, the whole way through, providing support for today and hope for the future.

We’re that trusted friend that people affected by breast cancer turn to for caring support when they need it most. The expert authority on breast cancer research who is making breakthroughs and driving forward progress. And a vehicle for change, acting now to make sure anyone affected by breast cancer gets the best possible treatment and care.

We believe that we can change the future of breast cancer and make sure that, by 2050, everyone diagnosed with the disease lives – and is supported to live well. But we need to act now.

Breast Cancer Now is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

This is a Fixed Term Contract until July 2021.

Closing date for applications: 9.00am on Monday 10 August 2020.

Please be aware that interviews may be held prior to the closing date.

Are you a motivated Communications professional looking to ‘make that difference’ in the charitable sector? We are looking for a well-organised individual who is eager for a challenge - able to work under pressure whilst maintaining excellent attention to detail – to develop and lead our new communications and digital involvement strategy. We are seeking an exceptional communicator, with experience of creating promotional or marketing plans, developing digital solutions and actively engaging with diverse communities across a range social media. With broad experience in communications, you will have experience of using tools and assets to maximise the reach of campaigns to raise the profile of unpaid Adult and Young Carers – also working to overcome the barriers preventing Carers from accessing the right information and support - as well as increasing our base of supporters and fundraising opportunities.