About us

The Rhodes Trust builds a better world through global fellowship programmes that develop and connect compassionate, innovative, and public-spirited people committed to solving humanity’s challenges.  We have almost 90 staff working at Rhodes House in Oxford, and we have a strong international reach with a number of additional overseas staff and many volunteers involved in roles such as selection, alumni relations and class leaders.

Director of Communications (Maternity Cover)

Effective, values-based communication is crucially important to our mission and strategy so we are looking for a highly experienced senior Communications professional to maintain the quality and range of the Trust’s communication strategies while the current Director is on maternity leave.

This is not a care-taker role because you will be actively involved in helping us to measure the impact of the Trust’s work, play an integral role on our Legacy, Equity and Inclusion journey and support the engagement activities for our Big Build project committing £36m to expand Rhodes House as well as the Trust-wide implementation of a digital platform and CRM system (Salesforce).

At the Rhodes Trust we never stand still, so you will also be responsible for managing, mentoring, and supporting a team of three staff members at Rhodes House; overseeing a large portfolio of marketing collateral; proactively monitoring and shaping news stories; and working closely with communication colleagues based with our strategic partners.

You will have a strong track record of success in directing an organisation’s internal and external communications - including press and digital media - in an international context. You will have an affinity with our brand, excellent organisational and project management skills, and possess a positive and professional manner.

To apply, please click 'Apply via website' to be redirected to the full job description and send us your curriculum vitae (no longer than three pages) plus cover letter (no longer than two pages).

The closing date for applications is Friday 30 April 2021 at 12:00 (BST) and we anticipate interviews will be held on 13 and 14 May.

In light of the current situation regarding COVID-19, initial interviews and subsequent on-boarding are likely to take place virtually by Zoom.

Home-Start London Partnerships & Fundraising Manager

Home-Start trains and supports volunteers to work alongside parents in their own home giving compassionate and confidential support, tailored to each family. 

Home-Start London is a consortium of 13 local Home-Starts operating across 24 London boroughs.

We are currently recruiting for a Partnerships & Fundraising Manager to join our small team. Working alongside the Home-Start London Director, you will develop a partnership plan that aims to establish new relationships and generate income to benefit the London Home-Start network. In doing so, you will maximise the value of these new partnerships and meet agreed targets.

As our ideal candidate, you will be able to work independently and bring enthusiasm and a clear vision to your work.  Experience of Fundraising, sales or account management in a charity or commercial sector is essential. You will need to be flexible and able to work with different audiences as required.

Please send a CV and covering letter outlining how your experience and how you meet the person specification. Interviews will be conducted via Zoom.

Home-Start is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff working with children and vulnerable adults to share this commitment. The offer of employment is subject to satisfactory references.

Place of work: Working from home with travel across London for meetings

Probation period: 3 months

Annual leave entitlement: 25 days per annum + bank holidays

Responsible to:  Director, Home-Start London  

This post is funded until 31/03/22, extension is subject to the availability of funding.

Job Description

Main responsibilities:

Researching potential partners to benefit the work of Home-Start in London

• Work with the Director to develop a strategic programme of building strong, long-term relationships with potential partners/funders. Partners are likely to include:
  • Corporates
  • Foundations / Trusts
  • Housing associations
  • Delivery partners (statutory and non-statutory, directly or indirectly related to family support, health & wellbeing).
• Understand key issues affecting Home-Start London members’ operations and how partnership opportunities would be beneficial. 
• Identify and research opportunities to build new partnership links to secure new partners at a range of levels and collate findings into a partnership plan.

Establishing and maintaining relationships with partners

• Meet with potential partners to present the overall work of Home-Start in London and the benefits of partnership working.
• Managing contact and developing leads with partners.

Fundraising  through applications/ bids to statutory and non-statutory sources

• Research and identify potential funding opportunities that sustain the work of Home-Start in London.
• Work with the Director, to develop tailored partnership proposals for partners, including service delivery, volunteer engagement opportunities and funding requests.
• Work with the Director to ensure that bids are adequately costed and risk assessed.

Promoting the work of Home-Start London

• Liaising with the Marketing & Communications Freelancer to ensure key messaging relating to partnership development and fundraising campaigns is embedded in the monthly Communications Plan.

Networking and representing Home-Start London via relevant groups/networks

• Identifying relevant pan-London and sub-regional networks to attend.
• Representing Home-Start London on London networks/forums, raising awareness of the issues experienced by Home-Start families (from across the Capital).

Administration tasks relevant to the role

• Developing individual partnership agreements and ensuring they are appropriately stewarded.

• Identify and facilitate volunteering opportunities to increase engagement with existing and new corporate partners.
• Maintain accurate paper and electronic records relating to/for all partners.
• Keep partners updated on Home-Start London’s work, both through in-person meetings, regular updates and timely reports.
• Update progress reports to feed into Home-Start London board reports.

The post holder may be required to undertake any other duties that fall within the nature of the role and responsibilities of the post as detailed above.   Any substantial or major changes will be negotiated.

Person Specification

Knowledge, skills, ability and experience

• Experience of partnership working. (Essential)
• Experience of Fundraising, sales or account management in a charity or commercial sector. (Essential)
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to build a strong rapport with a range of different stakeholders. (Essential)
• Confident communicator - both in writing and verbally. (Essential).
• Research skills, ability to analyse information, have an eye for detail and present information  logically and cohesively. (Essential)
• Ability to interpret data, analyse numbers and present numerical information accurately. (Essential).
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail to produce work of a high standard. (Essential)
• Understanding of the key issues affecting young families, particularly those with multiple and complex needs living in deprived areas. (Desirable)
• Knowledge of health and wellbeing services, including perinatal infant mental health. (Desirable)
• Understanding of the role of social media to support partnership working and fundraising. (Desirable).

Please send a CV and covering letter outlining how your experience and how you meet the person specification. Interviews will be conducted via Zoom. 

Do you believe in a world where all belong?

Do you want to make this a reality for people with learning disabilities, and create new possibilities for our society?

L’Arche in the UK is part of a worldwide federation of people with and without learning disabilities sharing life together. We build Communities with people with learning disabilities rather than for them. We nourish everyone’s emotional and spiritual lives as well as providing for their basic needs. We are committed to mutually transforming relationships and a world where all belong.  We display the gift of people with learning disabilities to the world.

Director of Fundraising and Communications

From £53,000 with a range depending on experience (+London weighting)

We are looking for a purpose-driven, innovative and experienced Director of Fundraising and Communications to lead a step change in our fundraising and in how we engage with our supporters, partners and the public.

We have an ambitious mandate for the years to 2025. We want more and more sustainable resourcing to develop our vibrant model of community and faith life. We want to deepen our impact by increasing fundraising for unrestricted and revenue projects, alongside capital projects. We want to shift public perceptions. We want our 11 Communities across the UK to be more visible, influential and connected as incubators of social change, inclusion and empowerment.

As a core leader on our National Team, you will:

• Fundraise sustainable and increasing income year-on-year, by developing an innovative and ambitious fundraising strategy and capabilities.

• Communicate the gift of people with learning disabilities, and L’Arche as a beacon of transformation, through increased public engagement and visibility.

• Lead our growing national Fundraising and Communications Teams (currently 8 people) and nurture the fundraising and communications capacity in our 11 UK Communities.

• Develop partnerships which deepen our learning and our impact on the learning disability sector, on faith communities, on government policy and on wider society.

• Play a central role on the National Team to develop, fund and implement a strategic plan to deliver the L’Arche 2025 mandate and the L’Arche Identity and Mission statements.

The location is flexible.  We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, especially from candidates who are disabled or from a black, Asian or minority ethnic background, since these backgrounds are currently under-represented in L’Arche leadership.

Are you inspired to bring your skills, leadership and values to support our vision of a more human society?

Application packs and details available on our website.

Closing date Tuesday 30th April 2021. Interviews 12 and 13 May (online).

Location: Remote working currently.

Contract: Three days a week for a three month period.

Salary: £400 daily rate.

SolarAid, which aims to light up every home, school and clinic in Africa by 2030 is seeking an interim Director of Fundraising with a strong individual giving background, to manage an exciting new campaign whilst a permanent Director of Fundraising is recruited.

SolarAid’s vision is of a world where everyone has access to clean, renewable, energy. The charity was founded in 2006 to combat poverty and climate change, and through its social enterprise, SunnyMoney, provides access to solar lights in Malawi and Zambia to help catalyse solar markets with renewable light.

The role will be responsible for leading preparation work for an October launch for a new ambitious fundraising campaign End the Darkness with a campaign target of £25 million. The charity has a strong base of diverse income and supporter-focused fundraising.

The focus of this interim role will cover four main areas: 

1. Design of SolarAid’s predictive fundraising model: taking fundraising plans for the £25 million target and plotting these in a working predictive fundraising model for the five year journey to meet this target. You will install the next level of performance tracking and measurement for fundraising, helping the charity identify the key indicators (beyond income) and predictive KPIs they will use to measure fundraising success. 
2. Design tests to grow the charity’s supporter base with the new campaign and surrounding PR providing a fantastic opportunity to test supporter acquisition strategies which could be employed to grow the charity’s supporter base in the future. 
3. Support the public appeal development.
4. Handover to the full-time Director of Fundraising, providing insight and support as the charity recruits a full time member of staff, as well as supporting the Supporter Engagement Manager, Supporter Experience Administrator and engaging with the Communications team.

The above responsibilities will largely be around the individual giving space. 

CLOSING DATE: Rolling recruitment - will close as soon as a suitable candidate is found.

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.

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

Position: Fundraising and Communications Manager

Reporting to: Director-Designate and Chief Executive Officer of Connect: North Korea

Based at: London, KT3.

Contract: Full-time, 9am - 5pm.

Annual Leave: 28 days.

Salary: £32,000 - £35,000, depending on experience.

Context:

Connect: North Korea works with North Korean refugees to build better lives and better communities by gaining personal, professional, and academic skills and qualifications to enable them:

1)     to individually thrive; and

2)     to support fledgling change-makers in driving positive social change in their communities.

2021 marks a new beginning for the charity: we are moving from providing community support for integration to North Koreans in the UK to supporting North Koreans through vocational training, community support, and scholarships for tertiary education.

Overall aim and objectives of the post

After 3 years of successful growth, we are looking to appoint our first fundraising and communications staff member to grow Connect: North Korea into a well-renowned self-sustaining organisation by consistently growing our restricted and unrestricted income year on year from trusts and foundations.

If you are a communications and/or fundraising professional with at least three years of experience within education, social welfare and/or human rights sectors, this is an excellent opportunity to take on a challenging, yet highly rewarding role supporting our work. As part of a small, ambitious team you will be responsible for expanding income streams from trusts and foundations, administering ongoing grants, and leading on communications.

Job Description

Fundraising

• Research and identify trusts, foundations and other grant-givers with the propensity to support the work of Connect: North Korea and adding them to our pipeline of potential prospects.

• Develop and submit high-quality proposals to small, medium, and large trusts, foundations, and institutional funders in the UK and overseas.

• Contacting trusts and foundations and other grant-givers in order to cultivate new donor prospects and to strengthen relationships with existing supporters.

• Work with the senior management team to create robust cases for support.

• Organise donor cultivation events and meetings to attract new supporters and keep existing funders updated as to our impact.

• Provide administrative support to prepare timely and accurate reports to funders.

• Recruit and co-ordinate fundraising volunteers, companies, community groups, etc for fundraising on our behalf - e.g. the London Marathon, 10ks, coffee mornings, Facebook fundraisers, etc.

• Working with an external consultant, lead on the development and execution of an individual-giving strategy over the next few years.

• Lead on Connect: North Korea’s fundraising online and in-person events - for example, our annual cooking class.

• Engage more people with what we do.

• Be the main point of contact for individual donors, ensuring they receive excellent supporter care including thank you letters and updates.

• Any other task as required.

Communications

• Manage all of our social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube.

• Create engaging content for our social media, newsletter, website, and other marketing and communication materials

• Lead on the design and production of communications materials.

• Work with the senior management team to test different communication approaches and create reports on all digital activities by assessing our performance against KPIs.

• Maintain our website and regularly update it with articles

• Write press releases and be the main contact point for press engagement.

• Any other task as necessary.

Essential skills and experience

• At least 3 years of experience working in a fundraising and/or communications role, ideally including experience of administering grants.

• Demonstrated commitment to the values and mission of Connect: North Korea

• Experience in researching trusts, foundations, and other grant-giving organisations/institutes.

• Knowledge of the human rights sector. Experience of successfully fundraising from trusts, foundations and/or statutory bodies who support human rights.

• Demonstrable experience of writing and editing high-quality written content. 

• Korean-language fluency is highly desirable.

You:

• Are friendly with a positive attitude

• Have demonstrable experience of producing high-quality written content.

• Have a track record of working under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

• Are highly organised, able to act on own initiative and meet deadlines

• Are creative and confident in putting forward and discussing new ideas

• Have the capacity to work collaboratively and constructively in a small team with an entrepreneurial feel

• Are keen to build and develop the role as suits the needs of the organisation

We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability (physical or learning), LGBTQI+ or relationship status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, gender or social class.

Application

The deadline for applications for this role is May 9th. Interviews will take place in the week after with an expectation of a start date in June.

350 org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis. Our online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions are led from the bottom up by thousands of volunteer organizers in over 188 countries. 350 org works hard to organize in a new way—everywhere at once, using online tools to facilitate strategic offline action. We want to be a laboratory for the best ways to strengthen the climate movement and catalyze transformation around the world. 

About the Director of Global Fundraising

The Director of Global Fundraising is responsible for developing and implementing a multi-year global fundraising strategy to diversify and grow revenue streams in support of our organisational strategy and priorities and in alignment with our culture, mission, and values. The Director of Global Fundraising manages the Fundraising team and provides leadership to all staff, fostering a culture of collaboration, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Leadership & Management

• Inspire, support, and manage a team of high-performing fundraising professionals to ensure that the $20 million organisation budget is raised to support our mission-based work.
• Working closely with the Executive Director and Department Head of Public Engagement, develop and implement a multi-year global fundraising strategy to diversify and grow income streams supporting 350 org’s mission and its long-term goals, fiscal health, and organisation-wide priorities. This includes developing and implementing a strategy for our sister organisation, 350 Action, that focuses on lobbying and political campaigns.
• Communicate the mission and vision of 350 in alignment with the organisation's brand and communication strategy to cultivate and solicit funding from a multitude of donor sources.
• Identify and deploy creative and innovative fundraising plans, tools and techniques that remain true to 350’s ideals and identity.
• Develop and nurture relationships with existing and potential donors and secure contributions from a broad variety of sources.
• Implement and oversee the management of appropriate systems to improve fundraising functions, including but not limited to donor management, forecasting, prospect and donor research, market trend analysis, and other stewardship efforts.
• Establish a regional fundraising framework and collaborate with and support Regional Team Leads in their fundraising efforts within that framework.
• Establish performance measures, monitor, and report on results, and support the Department Head of Public Engagement to evaluate the effectiveness of the organisation’s fundraising program.
• Manage a portfolio of high-level donors and prospects.
• Collaborate with the Global Finance Director to develop revenue projections, and monitor and report on progress on a monthly basis.
• Assess fundraising risks, opportunities and trends and provide regular updates to the Board, Executive Team and staff
• Manage fundraising team budget.
• Collaborate with the Online Fundraising Manager to support strategies that will increase online fundraising and support from small donors.
• Engage with other Team Leads and staff to foster a culture of collaboration, diversity, equity and inclusion across the whole organisation.

Public Engagement

• Understand 350 org's history, campaigns, and theory of change, and keep current with basic climate science and policy. When appropriate, represent 350 org's perspective in public venues based on geographic location and areas of expertise.
• Contribute work towards 350 org's overall mission that is outside of standard responsibilities and instead relies solely on geographic location or work capacity.

Required Qualifications

• Believes in the importance of 350’s mission and values, has passion for the cause of building a powerful movement to fight climate change and create a more just world.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in increasingly responsible positions in fundraising and non-profit management. 
• A minimum of five years of senior level management experience, leading comprehensive fundraising programs internationally.
• Demonstrated success in raising significant gifts ($100,000+) from individual donors and institutions, including from US and international sources; additional experience of raising money for non-tax-exempt charities beneficial.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to inspire and motivate others toward stated goals.
• A deep understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion and the ability to work effectively with people from diverse racial, ethnic, class, age, gender, and sexual orientation backgrounds.
• Proven track record in diversifying donor base.
• Superior written and oral communications, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Entrepreneurial approach to building fundraising and fundraising programs.
• Highly sophisticated relationship building skills.
• Demonstrated mastery of a wide range of fundraising techniques.
• Ability to think strategically and creatively.
• Highest level of personal and professional integrity.
• Collaborative interpersonal style and high level of emotional intelligence.
• Demonstrates an awareness of, and sensitivity to, the needs and concerns of individuals from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and orientations.
• Ability to demonstrate grace under pressure.
• Ability to accommodate travel.
• Certified Fundraising Executive certificate preferred.

Diversity statement

350 org is an equal opportunity employer. 350 org strives to be an inclusive and collaborative group of people who bring a variety of approaches to the work we do. We’re committed to the principles of justice, and we try to build a safe workplace where everyone is treated fairly and enjoys working together. We value new perspectives, ideas of all sorts, and different ways of working. Diverse perspectives and experiences improve the way 350 org carries out our work – including what we decide to work on and how creatively/effectively we do that. We do our best to make staff positions accessible to all potential team members, regardless of race, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, assigned gender, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or identity, religion or creed, veteran status, marital or parental status, and genetic information. We also strive to include team members in communities most impacted by climate change or impacted by other kinds of environmental, social, and economic injustice.

As our Fundraising Research and Operations Manager you'll support both our Philanthropy and Corporate Partnerships teams. These teams provide expert support to fundraisers in the areas of finance, data analysis, prospect research and pipeline management, database usage, high value audience events, and stewardship and cultivation approaches. Ultimately this role will help to enable fundraisers to attract, engage and retain the BHF’s highest value supporters through the development of strategic funding propositions that reflect these supporters’, P&P’s and BHF’s priorities.

As every high-value supporter is unique, this is a varied role that covers both research and operations responsibilities in support of the Corporate Partnerships team. You'll lead on the production and delivery of high quality, tailored prospect research and operational improvements which will feed into team strategies. Through improved systems and processes, fundraising hours available for direct fundraising activity will be increased.

You'll lead on data mining and prospecting to manage and increase the Corporate Partnerships prospect pool and will advise, support, and consult with Corporate Partnerships fundraisers to ensure knowledge of pipeline and activity. 

You’ll work closely with the Donor Relations events team on invite lists and guest research for events to support the high value Corporate audience and also the Proposition Development team to advise on Corporate Partnerships’ upcoming proposition needs. As well as working with the finance and data teams to forecast team income, using the CRM database to plan and track approaches to donors for financial support.

Our success comes from the strength we draw from colleagues across our teams, directorate, and the organisation. The fundraiser does not face the prospect, donor, or corporate alone; they are supported and prepared for the challenge by those who have identified the opportunity right through to others who have shaped their case for support or proposal.

As our upward trajectory continues, we must build capacity and capability to support the evolving needs of our expanding philanthropic and corporate supporter base.

About you

You'll have previous experience of managing prospect pools; segmenting and tracking donors and a strong track record of implementing effective prospect research strategies. With in-depth major donor or corporate fundraising research experience in a charity or University environment, you'll have a thorough understanding of prospect research principles and ethics, gift capacity indicators and fundraising strategies.

We are looking for a solutions focussed individual with excellent attention to detail and excellent interpersonal skills. You'll have strong time management skills, able to work under pressure and to deadlines. With strong research and analysis skills, you'll be able to work methodically and with precision.

You'll have previous experience of preparing professional prospect briefings to the highest standard for senior stakeholders and supporting a large team of fundraisers. 

You'll be IT literate and adept with Microsoft packages, including intermediate level Excel skills and will have an understanding of budgets and broad financial processes.

About us

When people affected by heart and circulatory diseases are in need, they turn to us. With our research we give people hope. With our expert advice and training, we give people knowledge and support. And with our campaigning we help build a healthier world for everyone.

Here at the BHF we understand that you might need a little help balancing your work and home life.  Many of our people work flexibly in many different ways. Please feel free to talk to us about the flexibility you may need; we’re happy to explore what’s possible for you and the role.

Interview process 

The interview process will be held over MS Teams. Interviews are due to take place w/c 19 April.

How to apply 

To apply for this role please use the apply button below. Our process involves submitting your CV and a supporting statement, which should outline your interest and explain how you meet the role’s criteria.

We celebrate diversity and make inclusion part of what we do every day. Diversity and Inclusion forms a main pillar in our People Experience Strategy. Our aim is for all of our colleagues and volunteers to bring their true self to work, so we can beat heartbreak for everyone.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact the BHF Recruitment team.

Pump Aid is a dynamic, award winning and growing organisation, which is promoting radically different approaches to aid and international development in the WASH sector in sub-Saharan Africa; providing opportunities for water entrepreneurs to establish small businesses, increasing access to sanitation for children under five, and enabling rural Malawians to self-invest in water pumps and services: ending aid dependency for good.

To support this new approach, we are recruiting a Head of Fundraising and Engagement to maximise our use of digital and print media and, through effective stewardship, warm engagement and positively communicating the life-changing impact of our work, increase the income we generate from major donors, corporate partners and the general public. To support this role we are also recruiting a Programme Funding Officer to help deliver a step change in our fundraising from trusts and foundations, with an active focus in both cases on those donors who recognise the need for change and who want to support the innovative approaches we are delivering.

Your skills in communicating with others, putting together powerful content and a passion for doing aid differently will help us to achieve these aims and improve the lives and life chances of farmers, families, women, young children and girls for decades to come.

To apply; please send a CV and a two page covering letter explaining why you are right for this roile.

• 6-month fixed-term contract with the possibility to extend
• Ideal start date mid-July 2021
• Highgate, London N6 (current home working during lockdown)

Looking for a leadership role in an organisation dedicated to improving the rights of people living with HIV?

We’re the UK’s HIV rights charity. We work to stop HIV from standing in the way of health, dignity and equality, and to end new HIV transmissions. Our expertise, research and advocacy secure lasting change to the lives of people living with and at risk of HIV.

We’re looking for an outstanding individual to join us in a key leadership position, providing strategic direction to both the Policy & Campaigns Team and the Communications Team. You’ll need to be driven by a passion for health equality and human rights and have:

• Substantial policy and campaigning experience
• A strong understanding of communications in the voluntary sector
• Excellent leadership and management skills, and
• An ability to represent National AIDS Trust at the highest levels.

In return we offer a varied and challenging role working in a supportive and flexible work environment. You will play a key role as a member of our Senior Management Team and will help shape future strategies and plans. 

It’s a time of incredible opportunity in HIV, within an exceptionally challenging external environment. But we have the evidence, the skills, the relationships and the energy to make a real difference. We hope that you’ll want to be part of that.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity informally with Deborah Gold, Chief Executive, please contact Stef McCarthy in the first instance.

Interviews: 7 May 2021

Closing date for applications: 9 am on 27 April 2021

The application pack can be downloaded from our website, or by sending an e-mail quoting the job title, together with your name and address or by calling us.  All materials are available in alternative formats upon request.

National AIDS Trust is committed to equality and diversity and particularly encourages applications from people living with HIV, gay and bisexual men, trans and non-binary people, and people from black and minority ethnic communities.

We welcome applications from disabled people and are committed to making reasonable adjustments wherever possible.

The National AIDS Trust (NAT) is a Registered Charity No: 297977 and a Company Limited by Guarantee No.2175938 (registered in England and Wales). 

For the right person, with the right mindset, working as Noah’s Ark’s Supporter Engagement Officer really should be a formative step in your career. If you’re ambitious about your career, and looking for a charity which can support you in pushing forward in a busy and responsible role, please read on and apply.

Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice has been on a major upward trajectory in recent years – more children supported, more major hospitals partnered with, and more supporters donating. We’ve transformed from being an enthusiastic start-up, to a serious player delivering major impact. So what next?

Typically around 75% of our income is derived from a relatively small number of supporters who are managed by our Philanthropy Team. We need to diversify our income streams and de-risk the charity’s financial sustainability in the process. As well as acquiring new one-off donors and fundraisers, we aim to build a sector-leading regular giving club with tens of thousands of supporters donating monthly. The financial security provided by this low-risk regular income will enable the charity to expand at scale and ultimately enable an improved quality of life, and death, for many more of the over 2,400 seriously unwell babies and children who could be benefitting from Noah’s Ark’s support.

So, how will the successful applicant to this role play their part?

Firstly, we need to look after our supporters in a highly engaging and reliable way, strengthening their trust of the charity and fostering their loyalty. Relationship fundraising is our team’s bedrock – this will be the perfect environment to hone your supporter care skills. Secondly, we need to harness the power of data. Efficiently managing data will be key to Noah’s Ark’s growth and sustainability – indeed it is an increasingly vital part of any successful fundraising team’s strategy. We have recently appointed two sector-leaders in the supporter engagement/digital space, with excellent experience at some of the UK’s biggest charities. So, again you will be supported and developed by sector leaders.

We are looking for an intelligent, expansive thinker with a high level of determination and rigour. You will relish a busy workload and be able to keep a cool head under pressure. You will be highly articulate, have a positive manner and be very organised. You will welcome professional challenge. Bringing new ideas to life requires gumption and self-belief – you will have both in spades.

Previous experience of supporter engagement or customer services is desirable, as is experience of working with a CRM database. For the right person, we will still consider your application if you haven’t worked with a CRM database before but can otherwise demonstrate your computer literacy, willingness to learn at pace and take on responsibility from the off.

As explained in the job pack (see below), we’re looking to change the way we do things with supporter engagement quite radically. So, if helping a vital cause deliver transformational outcomes for London’s most unwell babies and children, whilst helping to create systemic change to the charity’s fundraising, and learning and developing your own skills at pace sounds like a good next step for you, please do send us your CV and covering letter. 

Closing date is: Monday 10th May but we expect to interview on a rolling basis so early applications are encouraged. 

Director of Development Job Description

Hours:                        22.5 - 37.5 hours per week (negotiable)

Salary:                          £40k per annum (Pro-rata)

Reporting to:               Chief Operating Officer

Location:                    Cornerstone, Mercy UK, West Yorkshire 

Application Deadline:   Open until a suitable candidate is found 

Interview:                    Applicants deemed suitable for the role will be invited to engage with

                                        key members of the team before consideration for a Formal interview

Interview dates are:    27th April, 29th April, 17th May

Please note: This position carries an Occupational Requirement (OR) on the grounds of religion and belief in keeping with current guidance. The post holder must demonstrate an active Christian belief and value system in line with Mercy UK’s core objectives and values. 

Here at Mercy UK we have a passion for God, passion for people and passion for excellence – this means we are committed to becoming an organisation where team members feel supported, valued and challenged to deepen their personal and professional growth. As an agile and fast-moving team, we seek to give our very best to what we do in attitude and activity.

As the Director of Development, you are a strategic member of the Senior Leadership Team, working collaboratively with peer members in directing significant and strategic business development plans. As an innovative director, you embrace ambitious financial targets and confidently lead on the production of professional high-value fundraising and trading proposals and hold a good track record of success.

You are a discerning leader, highly motivated at the prospect of shaping fundraising and communications for Mercy UK at a pivotal stage in the charity’s growth.

Your experience in communications enables you to inject the Mercy UK ‘voice’ in both internal and external communications, both written and spoken and in doing so, you are able to engage and retain stakeholders as integral players in the Mercy story.

Founders4Schools are delighted to announce this exciting opportunity to join our fundraising team. You will play a key role in implementing and continuing to shape our ambitious fundraising strategy, so we can help raise the aspirations of every young person across the UK. 

Founders4Schools is an award-winning educational-tech charity which connects young people with inspirational role models to raise their aspirations, to fulfil their potential and to prepare them for the rapidly changing world of work. We offer a simple, free-to-use digital platform which enables teachers all over the UK to connect their students with inspiring business role models (virtually or in-class). Our work aims to tackle inequality by providing equal access to the world of work, to support young people by aligning what they learn at school, with future careers and to provide young people with the confidence they need to take their first steps into the workplace. 

The successful candidate will ideally have at least 3 years of senior level fundraising experience, a proven, personal track record of winning and delivering corporate partnerships and experience in writing successful proposals for commercial partnerships and winning bids to trusts and foundations. 

We are looking for a confident, dynamic and resourceful, self-starter with excellent communication and presentation skills, and fluency in writing proposals. You will be experienced in identifying new income opportunities through research and networking, building pipelines in order to meet budgets, and managing internal and external stakeholders.

Our ideal candidate will be confident in managing a fast paced and conflicting workload, have a sales mentality, and be able to think laterally to identify income opportunities. Experience in cause related marketing, fundraising events, digital income streams and growing income strategically through social media are advantageous.

Main duties:  

• Manage and develop a pipeline of new funding opportunities
• Effectively account manage secured partnerships 
• Develop attractive proposals and a case for support to secure long-term corporate partnerships with multi-year commitments
• Develop effective stewardship plans and cultivate relationships to develop new and existing relationships to maximise future funding potential
• Support the organisation and management of donor engagement events and fundraising events
• Write compelling funding bids to secure five figure income levels from trusts and foundations 
• Report to and work with the Director of Fundraising to achieve quarterly targets against budgets
• Deliver other duties as required by the organisation 

Person Specification

Essential:

• Proven personal record of delivering an annual income in excess of £400,000
• Experience of identifying and building relationships with new fundraising prospects. 
• Extensive experience in building successful corporate partnerships and sponsorship packages
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Excellent social media knowledge 
• Convincing presentation and negotiation skills
• Experience in organising and managing events (fundraising and stewardship)
• Experience of using a database to manage pipelines and budgets
• Proven ability to work with colleagues from a range of disciplines
• Be passionate about raising the career aspirations of children and young people and supporting employability prospects 

Desirable:

• Good network of prospect funders and partners
• Experience of working on cause related marketing partnerships
• Experience of winning or managing ‘Charity of the Year’ partnerships
• Experience of developing successful fundraising bids and securing income from trusts, foundations or government bodies.

 
Benefits include:

• Home-based, flexible working 
• Professional and personal development
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) 
• Summer and Christmas team celebrations
• Line management opportunities

Please apply online here with your CV and one page cover letter. Please explain why you want this role, what you would bring to the team and how your skills and experience would enhance our team.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status

For an informal discussion, please contact the recruiting manager, Laurena Robinson. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with interviews taking place online.