If you are looking for an opportunity to impact the strategic giving of an interdenominational Christian charity with unrivalled global reach, this could be the role for you. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and build the fundraising programme at IFES.

We are looking for a persuasive and relational professional to join our UK International Services team. Reporting to the Chief Advancement Officer, the Senior Key Relationship Executive will initiate, develop, and manage high value relationships with major donors, presenting the needs of IFES in a compelling way to ensure effective engagement. This role oversees the creation of personalized donor development plans with individual monetary goals and specific steps to engage donors based on their values and passions. The postholder will ensure that all research and data on major donors is kept updated.

The Senior Key Relationship Executive will be diplomatic, persuasive, and credible at a senior level, with experience of managing relationships at senior or Board level within the charity or corporate sector. The successful candidate will have a friendly and professional demeanour that motivates and inspires confidence with colleagues and major donors. In addition to being an excellent communicator and relationship builder, they will have strong analytical and research skills to identify prospects in giving and match the donor’s interest with a suitable IFES project. The successful candidate will be able to manage a complex workload and be comfortable monitoring and compiling data to develop metrics for reporting and strategic decision-making. They will be able to collaborate with senior staff, the Board, and volunteers and will be sensitive to working with people from different contexts within an interdenominational Christian organisation.

On the job training will be provided an experienced major donor fundraiser.

For further information and details of how to apply please refer to our website.

All applications should be submitted by 12 noon on Wednesday 5 May 2021.

IFES is an organisation with a distinctive Christian ethos. This post is subject to an Occupational Requirement under provisions made in the Equality Act 2010. Applicants should therefore demonstrate a firm Christian commitment and agree with the IFES doctrinal basis and ethos statement.

This job will not constitute a Certificate of Sponsorship so you will have to prove you have other means to work legally in the UK before we would consider your application. 

Fixed term contract for 12 months (Maternity Cover)

We are looking for an experienced Events professional with a high value background and established technical events skills to join Save the Children's Special Events team within the Partnerships & Philanthropy Department as a Senior Manager.

Our Marketing & Fundraising department exists to inspire millions of people – from individuals to large corporate organisations – to support our quest for change. Together, we save children's lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.

As Senior Manager in the Special Events Team you will lead a range of high-level events and activities.  Working on both existing events and developing new initiatives, you have a high degree of creativity and donor insight, with your aim to secure committed long-term engagement and maximise income.

You will play a key role in supporting new business and leveraging significant gifts within the wider Partnerships & Philanthropy Department. Through developing relationships both internally and externally you will identify opportunities and ways to collaborate on initiatives which support the overall departments strategy.

This role requires you to work proactively and independently with minimal supervision as well as the ability to communicate and influence at a high level, in addition you will:

• Build strong relationships with event committees, senior staff and volunteers, sponsors, companies, Production Directors and suppliers - managing these relationships to ensure high level buy in and support on all events
• Feel comfortable networking with external influential and high-profile individuals, donors, corporate partners, as well as internal senior stakeholders
• Work closely with account managers across the organisation to develop a connection with events and to seek out new opportunities and collaborations to maximise income and generate new prospects
• Significant experience in managing and producing fundraising events, ideally raising £300k+
• Proven senior stakeholder management and negotiation skills
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey key messages in a clear, effective way and interact with a variety of individuals at all levels
• Exceptional organisational and project management skills specifically related to income generating event management
• Expert knowledge of Charity and Fundraising laws and regulations
• Exceptional organisational and project management skills specifically related to income generating event management
• Experience of working with high net worth and high-profile individuals
• To be successful you will have experience of delivering a range of high value events to exceptional high standards.

At Save the Children our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.

For more information and to apply please visit our website.

Closing date: 2nd May 2021

Job title: Fundraising Manager

Responsible to: Director of Business Development

Salary: £30,000 - 33,000 per annum

Location: Penygraig, South Wales / Home Working

Hours: Full-time 

As a family friendly organisation, we recognise that obligations outside work are important and that balancing work and family commitments can sometimes be a challenge.  We offer a range of flexible working opportunities and we would be open to those interested in applying as a jobshare. 

Annual leave entitlement: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Employer pension contributions of 3% 

Introduction

Over the last 40 years we’ve built up an impressive track record of improving the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in society through working closely with the local community. This is an exciting time to join us as we are undergoing a period of transition building a new senior management team.

We are looking for a dynamic, experienced, Fundraising Manager to build a diverse funding base and lead a new fundraising team securing our services into the future, for people in one of the most deprived areas of the UK.

Key Responsibilities

Working closely with the Business Development Director you will lead the small fundraising team. You will lead on statutory fundraising and large bids and you will line manage a team member who will focus on individual giving and digital fundraising and a consultant who will lead on trust and foundation fundraising. 

Management & Leadership

•  To lead, inspire and motivate fundraising staff and volunteers, providing them with clear direction and sound decision-making and enabling them to raise funds and contribute significantly to organisational development.

•  Work with Business Development Director to review and implement fundraising strategy.

•   Manage Digital & Marketing Officer post contributing to development of Communications Action Plan ensuring key targets are met

•  Assist with developing and scrutinising project plans in collaboration with Project Teams, to ensure they are accurate, deliverable and will achieve their objectives.

•  Lead and directly manage a portfolio of key relationships.

Income generation

•  Research potential grant making organisations and analyse their suitability to feed into the grant prospect pipeline to achieve identified targets

•   Research and develop diverse income generation initiatives including a local Lottery, digital fundraising, individual giving, legacy & in memoriam gifts, major donors.

•  Prepare and submit high quality funding applications and reports to grant making organisations.

• Scrutinise project budgets and financial information for applications and for grant reports.

•  Support the account management of successful applications, liaising with the programme project manager and finance team and ensuring that funding and reporting criteria are fully met and specific challenges in relation to programme objectives transparently communicated.

•   Develop and initiate innovative fundraising ideas

Monitoring & Evaluation

•  Maintain and develop the database of contacts: individual donors, corporates, grant making bodies ensuring the General Data Protection Regulations (2018) are adhered to across all income generation activities and that all data collection is in accordance with these regulations.

•  Review grant agreements

•  Ensure all incoming grants are processed in line with internal procedures and best practice guidelines.

•  Ensure prompt and appropriate acknowledgement of all grant income, ensuring all information relating to each grant is accurate, up to date and well organised.

•  Maintain a timetable of deadlines to ensure grant making organisations receive reports and other correspondence as required.

•  Ensure that all donor communications are handled appropriately, promptly and courteously and that complaints and criticisms are logged, investigated and resolved

• Ensure collection of key data and evidence to enhance Valleys Kids case for support. 

Compliance

• To ensure that Valleys Kids fulfils all its legal, statutory and regulatory responsibilities adhering to Fundraising Code of Practise and GDPR legislation.

Person Specification

• At least 5 years experience of fundraising in the Charity/Social enterprise sector 
• Ability to lead or oversee income generation from a wide range of sources including statutory funding, trusts and foundation, trading income and individual giving.
• Experience of managing an effective team, with ability to delegate effectively and to hold people to account.
• A commitment to community development, tackling structural inequality and other barriers to people achieving their potential.
• Resourceful, resilient and innovative, with the ability to manage different priorities
• Interpersonal skills and judgement, which inspire confidence and trust from staff, volunteers, stakeholders and other organisations.
• A strong track record of networking, developing and maintaining external relationships with a wide variety of funders
• An effective communicator orally and in writing, able to articulate our work to a broad range of stakeholders and to negotiate well. 
• Experience of budget and financial management
• An entrepreneurial approach - able to use resources effectively and develop new ideas and gain buy-in to implement successfully.
• Organised, with excellent time management skills and high levels of self-motivation.
• Awareness of Welsh language, culture and the public services context in Wales or a willingness to learn.
• Flexible with a willingness to work outside normal office hours.

Role Description:

We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced Head of Fundraising to lead our small, dynamic Schoolreaders fundraising team and help grow income in line with the charity’s ambitious, exciting plans. This is the ideal opportunity for someone hoping to achieve great results within a rapidly-growing charity which is impacting the lives of thousands of children every week.

The role is flexible – partly home-based by arrangement, but travel to our Bedford office will be required at least two days a week and for management meetings as necessary, plus occasional travel to meet with supporters. The office is a 15 minute walk from Bedford Station.

About Schoolreaders:

Schoolreaders was launched seven years ago in Bedfordshire with the aim of recruiting volunteers to provide one-to-one reading support for children in primary schools across the country.  Before the pandemic over 12,700 children in over 650 schools were receiving weekly reading sessions from a Schoolreaders volunteer.  Pre Covid-19, one in four children was leaving primary school unable to read to the expected Government standard.  School closures over the past year mean that many children have fallen even further behind with their reading. Our service is needed more than ever before with 10% of primary schools across the country asking Schoolreaders for reading volunteers. Building on past successes, we now have ambitious expansion plans to address the need.

What you can expect:

A highly rewarding, senior fundraising role where you can develop your own skills whilst making your mark on a fast-growing national children’s charity. Schoolreaders is a highly professional charity which values every team-member’s contribution to our team efforts. We offer a generous holiday allowance, enhanced sick pay, an employee assistance programme, plus training and development opportunities. If you want to lead a great team in a fast-moving, welcoming environment whilst making a huge impact on children’s literacy across the country, this could be the perfect role for you!

Closing date for applications is 23.59 on 30th April 2021.

Further details including the job description and application forms can be found on our website.

Applications will be reviewed, and interviews offered, on an ongoing basis. We reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date should a suitable applicant be found, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Schoolreaders is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and requires staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a basic disclosure check of unspent criminal convictions.

Schoolreaders is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered in England and Wales (1159157)

Bath or other reasonable location but mixture of office and home working anticipated

Developing Health & Independence is an award winning charity that supports excluded and marginalised young people and adults to overcome structural barriers and life limiting behaviours holding them back from achieving their potential.

We provide a comprehensive range of services for people who are socially excluded for a wide variety of reasons such as homelessness, alcohol or drug problems, or lack of opportunity.

This role is a re-imagined role. The purpose of the role is to lead DHI’s Communications (70%) and Fundraising strategy and team to ensure key messages are effective, and that they reach the right audiences at the right time to promote and support DHI’s work. 

This role also heads up the voluntary income fundraising (30%) function within the organisation and, as such is responsible for the delivery of high quality fundraising stewardship across a range of income streams in order to create a sustainable future for the work that DHI delivers. 

The role will report into the Corporate Services and Finance Director but will work closely with the Chief Executive to ensure messaging is aligned to strategic priorities, core purpose and values of the organisation.

The successful candidate is likely be bring broad experience in a range of communications roles, experience of presenting to senior stakeholders, brand creation, curation, development and management, social media, digital, internal/external communications, and delivering in a high ambiguity, delivery focused environment.

For an informal confidential conversation please contact our recruitment partner, Carroll Lloyd, Director, NFP Consulting

Closing Date: 10.00 a.m. Thursday 6th May 2021

An opportunity to join our award-winning charity as we start to grow beyond our local area in North London - enabling more places where people with and without learning disabilities can enjoy mixing TOGETHER.

You will likely come from a charitable or social enterprise background and will be looking to take on a fresh challenge, with moral and faith-inspired purpose. You will be motivated by the importance of reducing social segregation and supporting practical projects that positively shift unhelpful attitudes around learning disability.

You will have responsibility for

• Developing the partnerships and network that will help to promote and spread Wave's WithNotFor approach to inclusion
• Embedding operational plans, budgets and resources that will ensure the effectiveness of Wave's work
• Line-managing a team that includes a part-time administrator; fixed-term contractors and committed volunteers based in North London

We are looking for you to have

• An understanding of the need for and benefits of genuinely inclusive community
• 3+ years' experience in management
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong networking and team building skills
• Charity sector/Fundraising knowledge
• Appreciation of the Christian faith that underpins our work
• Resilience and determination!

You will report to the charity's Co-Founder  and will be working as part of an established and collaborative leadership team.

Pan Intercultural Arts is looking for a Fundraising Manager!

Job Title: Fundraising Manager

Rate of Pay: £31,200.00 FTE

This role has the possibility to be a full time position or a 4 day per week position (salary calculated pro rata) 

About Pan

Pan Intercultural Arts is a leading force in delivering arts for social change through workshop programmes with unaccompanied minor asylum seekers, young refugees, survivors of trafficking and young people at risk of entering crime. Pan works mainly in London but also seeds projects in other towns and cities through its exPansion programme and has founded several Theatre for Development projects overseas.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join Pan. The role would be working closely with Pan’s Artistic Director, Company Manager, Communications and Administration Officer and Pan’s project staff. This is a key role within the organisation, working closely with the Pan team to manage, develop and secure the funds to deliver our projects.

The Fundraising Manager is responsible for the fundraising strategy, securing new sources of funding and leading on funding applications, and managing the relationships with our existing funders including regular communications and grant reporting. In conjunction with the Artistic Director, Company Manager, Project Directors/Managers, the Fundraising Manager is responsible for securing funding for all projects and core costs for the organisation.

We promote equality, diversity and inclusion throughout our projects and our workplace. We actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. We welcome your application regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, and sexual orientation. We aim to make the application process as accessible as possible.

We particularly welcome and encourage applications from people of colour or people with lived experience of migration, who are currently underrepresented within our office team.

We are looking for a passionate fundraiser who is excited by the work we do. Even if you do not fit all the criteria but do have relevant fundraising experience that could make you a great candidate, we encourage you to apply. We welcome applications from people with a range of experiences and skills and we are happy to provide training in areas that are needed.

The deadline to apply is Thursday 22nd April, 12pm.

• Are you a hard-working fundraiser, looking for a new challenge?
• Do you enjoy collaborative cross-team working?
• Do you want your work to contribute to sharing God’s Kingdom and alleviating suffering?

We’re looking for a Head of Fundraising to lead a team of dedicated, hard-working and highly motivated staff, who together run BMS World Mission’s diverse range of fundraising and supporter relations programmes.

The successful candidate will be an experienced fundraising manager, with a track record of leading teams to meet ambitious fundraising targets. You will lead the team that generates income from a range of sources, including church giving, individual giving, trusts, legacies and major donors.

You will quickly build excellent relationships with your direct reports and have a strong commitment to outstanding supporter care. This is an important role, at a critical time in the life of the organisation, and we are looking for a strategic, professional and knowledgeable fundraising manager to deliver on our strategy to double our individual giving income over the next five years.

The successful applicant will be a committed Christian. The nature of this role means that this is a specific occupational requirement.

Location:                Didcot, Oxfordshire / Remote working  

Hours:                     35 hrs per week / full-time

Salary range:          £40,199 - £45,119

Closing date:       5pm Monday 26 April 2021

Interview date:       Thursday 13 May 2021

If you would like to discuss this role in detail with the BMS Communications Director, please contact Sarah Anthony and/or Ben Drabble at BMS World Mission.

Alternatively, you can contact Hayley McDonald of Action Planning’s Recruitment Team, who are managing the recruitment process for us at  Action Planning

Job title: Fundraising Administrator

Responsible to: Fundraising Manager

Line management: None

Contract type: Permanent

Location: St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London - currently working from home during Covid restrictions but office-based work will be essential on a regular basis

Salary: £22,000 - £25,000 per annum dependent on experience

Main purpose of role: To support the Fundraising Team with administration needed to deliver fundraising strategy

Role Summary

To support our small, friendly and dynamic Fundraising Team to deliver fundraising strategy and maximise opportunities to realise growth and achieve our targets.

The Fundraising Administrator will be the first point of contact for fundraising queries. We need someone who is a friendly, outgoing communicator, able to handle queries from our donors, volunteers and the public.

The role will provide general administrative support to the Fundraising Team, particularly during the Christmas Appeal to ensure operations run smoothly. This will include opening post, processing cheques, thanking our donors and ensuring we are able to manage the high volumes of queries, traffic and donations we receive particularly over the Christmas period.

The role will also focus on managing our database and ensuring processes are effective and fit for purpose. As such, we would welcome applicants who are able to demonstrate strong attention to detail as well as organisational and time management skills.

Main duties and responsibilities

• To carry out day to day tasks such as opening post, processing cheques and banking
• Act as first point of contact for internal and external queries, answering phone calls, emails and letters, and providing information and thank you communications/acknowledgements
• Maintain and update our donor database Donorfy to ensure records are kept accurate and up to date
• Accurately importing donations to our donor database across a range of platforms
• To have a sound understanding of, and adhere to, Gift Aid - in terms of record keeping, securing, scanning, submitting and storing declarations
• To administer Regular Givers and ensure all information held on them is up to date
• Maintain legacy record, liaising with those who wish to leave a gift in their will as well as family members, solicitors and executors
• Provide administrative support and exceptional supporter care to Community Fundraisers including managing platforms such as JustGiving
• Collate data and report back  on key performance metrics across the team
• Provide tech support where needed, for example building emails
• To carry out research to support the team, for example on Trust Fundraising
• To oversee the recruitment and training of volunteers, particularly in anticipation of our busy Christmas Appeal period
• To assist the Fundraising Team to deliver the fundraising strategy and support the organisation as required to deliver the overall organisational aims and objectives

Person Specification

We are looking for a flexible and positive individual with strong organisational and time management skills as well as excellent attention to detail. We are looking for someone who is happy to support across the team but who can work independently. 

Essential

• Experience of maintaining a database and keeping accurate records
• Excellent customer service / supporter care
• Strong numeracy and data management abilities
• Strong attention to detail
• Takes the initiative to support the team with any jobs, as needed
• Willingness to learn and ability to get stuck in!
• Able and competent user of Microsoft Office software
• An interest in developing a career in the charity sector with a specific interest in fundraising
• An understanding of and interest in the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity and supporting people away from homelessness

Desirable

• Experience of working in fundraising, particularly Individual Giving
• Experience of using Donorfy or another Customer Relationship Management database
• Experience of identifying improvements which can be made to existing processes

How to apply

If you are passionate about our work to address homelessness, please provide:

• A current comprehensive CV outlining your key achievements in previous and current roles with details of two referees (who will not be contacted without your prior consent)
• A supporting statement (no longer then two A4 pages) supporting how you believe your skills and experience match the requirements of the role and the person specification

Deadline for receipt of completed applications: Sunday 25 April 2021 at 11.59pm

Interviews to be held from the week beginning 3 May 2021 and will be conducted online. 

Location: Central London, W1B

Contract: Permanent

Salary: Circa £85,000 per annum

The RAF Benevolent Fund, the RAF’s leading welfare charity, is seeking an ambitious fundraising professional with extensive experience in the charity sector who knows how to lead and build successful teams, and who can deliver sustainable results. 

The RAF Benevolent Fund has a proud tradition of looking after its own, supporting current and former members of the RAF and their partners and families, providing them with practical, emotional and financial support. We know that there are many members of the RAF Family that are in urgent need of help today, a situation only compounded by the pandemic.

The post holder will play an active role within the charity’s Senior Management Team and will provide vision and leadership in the development and implementation of the Fund’s fundraising and communication strategy. Part of that strategy will have a focus on growing overall fundraising income by more than 20% over five years, including strengthening all fundraising income streams.

The Fund is seeking a highly motivated and strategic individual who can help deliver their mission to support the RAF Family for the next 100 years.

The ideal candidate will know how to lead, build and sustain teams to deliver results. You will have broad senior fundraising experience in a number of income streams including corporates, major donors, direct marketing/individual giving and legacies, as well in developing and implementing new business ideas. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong networking capabilities and a proven ability to lead and deliver change.

Ideally, you will also have experience in communications, marketing (including digital) and brand management and share an understanding and appreciation of the RAF and the military charity sector and its vital impact.

 This is a great opportunity to work for an organisation that makes an enormous difference to the lives of people who have done their duty and made a personal sacrifice for this country.

For an informal conversation prior to applying to this role, please contact Suzie Spooner on +44 (0) 7960 932 315

 You will be responsible for overseeing and leading our wellbeing services, managing our wellbeing staff and volunteer teams, and ensuring quality of service positively impacts and makes a genuine difference to those using them. This is an exciting job opportunity to join a dynamic and committed team in a senior role and be part of supporting and driving forward the organisation’s future service development.

This will also include: monitoring and evaluation of direct work, ensuring impact and outcomes are demonstrated; maintaining & developing new cross-sector partnerships and collaborative relationships; advancing, developing & delivering training; and designing, developing & securing future funding for service activities to meet emerging needs.

ELOP – is a London based thriving community-led LGBT+ mental health & wellbeing charity offering a range of support, advice, information, counselling and group support services to lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT+) communities

Initially this work will take place remotely via home-based working whilst we are facing COVID-19 restrictions. 

We’re recruiting for an exciting maternity fixed-term contract role in our highly-skilled Fundraising & Communications department. Supporting the Director of Fundraising & Communications, the role will work with colleagues to develop strategy, deliver effective operations and achieve department-wide objectives. The post also line manages one team member. CBM UK places emphasis on professional development and training for our employees.

CBM is the largest charity focussed on transforming the lives of people with or at risk of disability in the world’s poorest places, reaching over 30 million people globally each year. Working through local partners and based on Christian values, CBM UK raises £9m annually to tackle poverty, prevent blindness, improve health and support people with disabilities.

Key responsibilities

Working within our Fundraising & Communications department of 19 staff, the role ultimately helps to create extraordinary and wonderful moments in our 45,000 supporters’ lives, with responsibility for:

• Helping to further develop, monitor and evaluate fundraising & communications strategy
• Coordinating integrated campaigns, including two campaigns in Winter 2021 and Spring 2022
• Improving our supporters’ experiences with CBM.
• Coordinating CBM award applications and funding applications
• Managing 1 talented staff member.

For full detais please download the Recruitement Pack

The Chilterns MS Centre are looking for a dynamic Head of Fundraising

About the Chilterns MS Centre

At the Chilterns MS Centre we believe that people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) deserve to lead healthier and happier lives. Our mission is to help them achieve this by empowering them to manage their symptoms through long-term physical, practical and emotional support.

We support over 500 people with MS from our purpose-built Centre nestling in the Chiltern Hill just outside Wendover, Buckinghamshire.

Our members describe us as their ‘lifeline’ - the type of support we offer is not available to them on the NHS.

About the Role

We are looking for a Head of Fundraising to bring an entrepreneurial mindset to developing new income generation streams and give strong inspirational, strategic and operational leadership to our talented fundraising team.

You will be part of the management team working with the Chief Executive and closely with the Board of Trustees. Responsible for managing our existing portfolio of fundraising activity, you will also develop new sources of fundraising to achieve our strategic objectives and income targets.

This exciting opportunity comes at a time when the charity is developing a new strategic plan and redefining our brand story.

Our Head of Fundraising will

• Grow, leverage and manage strategic partnerships including existing corporates and major donors
• Review and implement fundraising strategies
• Ensure that we have appropriate systems, resources and procedures in place to deliver our key income generation objectives
• Keep abreast of fundraising developments across the charity and business sectors
• Manage our fundraising team of a Trusts and Grants Fundraising Manager, Community and Events Fundraising Manager, Community and Events Fundraiser and fundraising volunteers
• Deputise for the Chief Executive in his absence

What you will bring to us

• Significant experience operating at a senior level in fundraising environment
• Extensive experience of delivering income through strategic partnerships
• An entrepreneurial approach to securing new funding streams
• Outstanding skills in relationship-building with prospects, donors, trustees and colleagues
• Strong organisational, analytical and budgetary management skills
• Experience in leading and managing a team effectively

To apply

Please see our recuitment pack for further details

Supporting the Fundraising Directors, your role will be to provide the best possible care to our Supporters. You will need excellent written and verbal communication skills, the ability to build and sustain good relationships internally and externally, good attention to detail, and computer literacy. Your role will be a new position at The Association and will require you to be self-motivated with a desire to develop yourself as we shape this stewardship programme together.