Are you....

• Looking for an exciting opportunity to lead a successful fundraising team to achieve ambitious growth targets

• Experienced in developing fundraising strategies to generate income using audience insight, innovation and supporter stewardship to maximise fundraising opportunities

• Skilled at providing leadership within a team and across an organisation, working in collaboration to influence others to continually improve performance

Dementia UK has seen significant income growth over the last five years, with income more than trebling to a forecast of £10m by year-end 2020. The organisation is about to enter an ambitious new five year strategy with a focus on increasing dementia specialist Admiral Nursing support for families and strengthening our influencing role in dementia care.

The Community & Challenge Events team is a vital part of delivering the income needed to meet these strategic aims as well as contributing to the communications and marketing necessary to raise awareness of Dementia UK and Admiral Nursing. 

A Head of Community & Challenge Event Fundraising is needed to lead a team of 16 (9 office based and 7 home based across the UK) with three direct reports, providing experienced leadership and focused on the challenge of achieving financial income targets whilst maintaining the values and culture of a services-led organisation. This role will require management skills to provide motivation to bring out the best performances at individual and team level.

The Head of Community & Challenge Events Fundraising will be a key contributor to achieving the 2020 - 2025 Fundraising strategy: focusing on using audience insight to develop an organisational supporter engagement programme, increasing brand awareness and effectiveness of messaging for fundraising and becoming a £15m charity by end 2025/26 to meet the organisational strategic aim of providing access to an Admiral Nurse to every family who needs one.

To apply, please complete the candidate questions and send these alongside your CV and cover letter.

Interview dates: 10th and 11th of February

An exciting opportunity to join Ronald McDonald House Charities UK to support community fundraising in South Wales.  The role is based in our Cardiff House where we support families with babies and children who are in Noah's Ark Hospital.  You will be inspired and motivated by the families you meet to know how you can make a difference.

Ronald McDonald House Charities is an independent charity supporting hundreds of children receiving treatment in hospital by enabling them to have their families close by during their treatment.  We provide free accommodation for the families of sick children for as long as they need it, whether that's two days or two years.  The purpose of this role is to lead on all community fundraising for a set region, South Wales.

To achieve this, you will need to nurture and grow new as well as existing relationships and partnerships in all areas of fundraising including community groups, the local community and the families that have used the House.

We have an exciting opportunity for a process driven, organised professional to join the Stroke Association, supporting fundraisers to package our work in exciting, attractive ways that will appeal to donors.

Position: Fundraising and Bids Development Manager (Internal Job Title - Case Creation Manager)

Location: London (office based or homebased)

Hours: 35 hours per week 

Salary: Circa £34,000 per annum (national) and £37,299 per annum (including inner London weighting) 

Contract: Fixed term for 18 months with the possibility of being made permanent 

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, season ticket loan, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Cycle2Work scheme, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 2 February 2020

Interview Date: 10 February 2020

This is an exciting time to join the Stroke Association. We are in the first year of implementing our new strategy and are more focused than ever on our mission – to deliver relevant and insight-led support to those affected by stroke. 

The Role

Reporting to the Director of Philanthropy & Partnerships, the Fundraising and Bids Development Manager will:

• Support the generation of income by managing the process of gathering, distilling and packaging information from across directorates so that it is appealing to various fundraising audiences. 
• Liaise between the fundraising and direct services teams and gaining early sight of future plans that may interest prospective donors.

About You

You will be a process driven with an eye for detail with experience of managing large quantities of information, sourcing collateral and identifying relevant opportunities. 

You will:

• Be able to extract and interpret key organisation information whilst developing and maintaining relevant collateral to support the fundraising team. 
• Be financially literate
• Be adept at forging relationships both internally and externally

The role will suit a skilled writer who can distil key messages from a variety of information sources. You will have sector experience and may come from a fundraising, bid writing/management, major donor or communication background.

In return we can promise a fast-paced, ambitious, flexible and friendly work environment with a strong emphasis on teamwork, personal and skills development. 

It is optional for this role to be home based, please see our homeworking agreement for full details. 

In return…

This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following stroke and to raise stroke awareness in the local population. We offer a host of amazing benefits and flexible working options, with opportunities to progress your career.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke. 

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there. We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives. Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team. 

You may also have experience in areas such as Bid Writing, Bid Writer, Bids, Fundraising, Fundraiser, Major Donor, Major Donor Assistant, Fundraising Assistant, Communications, Marketing, Fundraising Marketing, Case Support, Major Donor Fundraiser, Bid Assistant. 

Role: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Reports to: Board of Trustees, headquarters

Responsible for: support programmes development, fundraising & partnerships, advocacy activities, communications, personnel management, administrative tasks, reporting

Contract: permanent, full time

Location: home-based

Salary: up to £50,000 per annum (pro rata), depending on experience

Alivia Foundation was established in Poland in 2010 to support cancer patients and caregivers. We’ve quickly grown to be the number one cancer charity in the country. Alivia Foundation provides patients with important services, which allow them to fight the disease more effectively. We guide people suffering from cancer through the complex alleyways of the healthcare system. We demand better care and treatment. Our voice has had a significant impact on decision makers and public institutions. Alivia’s campaigns are award winning and include the prestigious Effie Award and Mixx Award. Our ambition is to support cancer patients professionally and effectively.

After 10 years of dynamic and successful development we are launching internationally and believe we can also make a difference in the UK.

About the role

You will be the first CEO of Alivia Foundation UK. During the first year of your work you will focus on starting first support programmes for cancer patients, building relations with partners and launching communication and fundraising activities (both corporate and individual).

As CEO, you will be the public face for Alivia Foundation UK activities and will become an active advocate for cancer patients. You will collaborate with the Alivia Foundation headquarters in Poland, which will share with you strategic plans, know-how, experience, tools and products. You will be responsible for financial and outcome related reporting (both to authorities and within organisation). You will manage the budget of the organisation and will be responsible for hiring new staff. You must be able to travel to London and to our office in Warsaw, Poland.

What we are looking for:

Experience

• Senior management experience working within a charity (preferably healthcare related)
• Income generation and fundraising
• Public relations and influencing decision makers
• Working in start-up and multi-stakeholder environments
• Financial, risk, HR and performance management
• Planning and financial forecasting
• Experience of being a patient or caregiver

Understanding and knowledge

• Good understanding of cancer patients’ problems and the challenges they face
• Good knowledge related to the structure and functions of the UK healthcare system
• Working knowledge of all relevant charity policy and legislation

Skills

• Ability to work in a start-up environment
• Ability to build organisational structures, design business processes and create procedures
• Ability to deliver and manage support services intended for mass recipients
• Self-reliance and hands-on skills - quick to identify problems and offer solutions
• Analytical skills, financial acumen
• Good communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Ability to build positive relationships with patients, caregivers, partners, decision makers, vendors, employees
• Personal credibility, resilience and presence

How to apply:

Please apply on Charityjob portal. Please note that we will reply to selected candidates only. We kindly request no contact from agencies.

If you apply, Alivia Foundation UK will collect and store your resume and contact details. We process this data for recruitment purposes only. We are storing this data securely in our IT system, and we will not share it with anyone else.

Data and privacy policy:

We would like to keep this data until our open role is filled. When that period is over, we will either delete your data or inform you that we will keep it in our database for future roles.

On our webpage you can find our privacy policy and data protection policy. In these policies, you will find information about our compliance with GDPR. You can find out how to send us a request to let you access your data that we have collected, request us to delete your data, correct any inaccuracies or restrict our processing of your data.

You have the right to lodge a complaint about the way we handle your data with supervisory authority or you can contact our Data Protection Officer for more information or concerns.

Salary: £24,748

Hours: 37 per week

Based: Liverpool

Duration: Permanent

Shared Lives Plus is the UK network for family-based and small-scale ways of supporting adults. Our members are Shared Lives carers and workers, and Homeshare programmes.

This is a new and exciting role created to support the pivotal role that our income generation, external communications and back-office functions will play in our 5-year transformational strategic plan. As part of the wider ‘back office’ team you will have specific responsibility for supporting SMT, HR and our externally-facing strategic support and communications work. You will need to be dynamic and able to manage a wide and varied workload. You will be particularly skilled at supporting great internal communications between our busy teams. You will support our Strategic advice and support manager to keep track of progress against project timelines and to keep our external partners up to date.

This role will:

1. Assist and Support the Senior Management Team in all their administrative needs.
2. Maintain and update all of the HR records and support the HR manager in recruitment and staffing changes.
3. Support the Strategic advice lead with project co-ordination, helping the team to keep track of progress against their project plans.
4. Support the Communications and fundraising team with any administration needs.  
5. Support the administration team with phone queries and ad hoc work load peaks.

How to apply  

Apply by sending an up to date CV and a supporting statement, which should be kept to a maximum of two pages. Please start your supporting statement by saying why you want to work for us and work in the Shared Lives sector. Your supporting statement will also need to demonstrates how you meet the requirements of each area of the person specification below:

• Relevant skills and experience
• How your knowledge, values and attitude make you a suitable candidate
• How you would meet the practical requirements of the job.

To get a better sense of what we are looking for in each of these areas please read through the main duties and responsibilities and the detailed personal specification below.

If you have any questions about the role please contact Lynne Harrison, Operations Manager or visit the Shared LIves Plus website

Shared Lives Plus is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff.  We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnerships.

Deadline for completed applications 9.30 am on Monday 27th January 2020

Pre-interviews via skype pm Thursday 30th January 2020  and interviews in Liverpool on Thursday 6th February 2020

As an independent human rights charity, the Refugee Council has always had a twin focus of both delivering direct support to asylum seekers and refugees, and campaigning and lobbying in their defence.

The Refugee Council has an integrated, multi-disciplinary Advocacy Team covering the professional disciplines of research, policy, media, campaigning and parliamentary work. This role brings communications expertise into both the Refugee Council and the Advocacy Team to further our work in influencing policy and practice to improve the lives of asylum seekers and refugees and raise public awareness.

Reporting to the Director of Advocacy, the post-holder will be a communications specialist who will be responsible for raising the profile of the Refugee Council in the media and will be the first point of contact for all national and regional media work for the Refugee Council. The post-holder will need to operate in an environment where migration, an often-contentious issue, is high on the political agenda. The Media Manager will need to quickly assimilate information, devise strategies when dealing with breaking news stories, and have an excellent knowledge of how the media works and of media outlets. In addition to reactive work dictated by the external environment, the post-holder will also work with colleagues on developing advocacy strategies to push for policy change, securing coverage on refugee issues dictated by our policy priorities, service delivery, and supporting fundraising work. The Media Manager will need to maintain excellent contact with key journalists, including developing relationships with journalists from national, regional and specialist media.

The post-holder will be required to work with front-line staff to help identify refugees and asylum seekers who would be willing to be interviewed by the media, and will have to deal with sensitive issues involving liaison with refugees and asylum seekers and journalists that will need to be handled with tact, ensuring the wishes of individuals are respected.

In addition to working with traditional media, the Refugee Council has a strong presence on social media, and the Media Manager will be responsible for working with relevant colleagues on the development and delivery of the organisation’s social media content schedule.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date: 20th January 2020.

This exciting role is industry-facing, closely working with over 400 UKGBC members spanning the entire built environment value chain, to ensure that they maximise the value of their membership, and to extend and strengthen existing relationships with them. It will feed directly into UKGBC’s business planning processes and help design propositions that provide members with the solutions, tools and guidance they require to radically improve the sustainability of the built environment.

Please see the attached job description for more details of the job description and our organisation.

Access to justice should be equally available to everyone, regardless of their financial situation. Receiving the legal advice they need makes a huge difference to people's lives, reducing debt, poverty and homelessness, and combatting discrimination and injustice.

The London Legal Support Trust (LLST) works to support law centres and legal advice agencies in London and the Home Counties by providing them with grant funding alongside other forms of support. We do this by holding large fundraising events, most notably the London Legal Walk, which raised £869,000 this year, and providing the funds through grant rounds to the agencies where they are most needed. We offer our knowledge and experience of the sector to help the agencies become more sustainable. We also work with other grant-making bodies.

We are seeking an experienced fundraiser with excellent communication skills and a successful track record of exceeding targets across a range of income streams.  They will be able to influence and motivate others, build positive relationships with key stakeholders and work collaboratively throughout the organisation.

Working in a small, energetic, friendly and busy team, you will be able to make a significant and positive contribution from the start. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to have a real impact on the fundraising, communications output, marketing and organising of events. You will work very closely with the CEO of LLST as well as Head of Fundraising and Events Manager.

Flexible working and part-time options are available for the right candidates.

We’re now seeking a credible and inspiring leader to: 

• Act as figurehead and Ambassador by building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, partners and the public to develop and promote the service
• Lead, motivate and develop a small, hugely committed Outreach and Head Office team – as well as our extended volunteer base. 
• Work effectively with the Trustee Board to ensure we sustain the probity and core purpose of the charity going forward. 

Credible candidates will bring:

• Genuine passion and empathy for the needs of the homeless
• Significant Leadership experience ideally within the not-for-profit sector –charity, housing or similar organisations preferred.
• A positive and proactive approach to motivating and developing teams
• The commitment to drive vision, values and purpose throughout the organisation
• Presence and energy to represent ‘Simon’ and challenge perceptions in the wider community

Our profile has never been higher – raising awareness and funds through Sleep Outs, Charity events – and most recently bringing key local and national players together by means of a hugely well received Homelessness Seminar.

To find out more about the role and how to apply please download the recruitment pack available on our website.

Please note: 

• Full time 37 hours with occasional evening and weekend work 
• 25 days’ holiday + bank Holidays 
• Deadline for applications: Midnight on 24 January 2019
• Interview Date:  3rd February 2019
• No Employment Agencies please

The Organisation

The Young People's Foundation (YPF) model is the response of John Lyon's Charity to the ongoing pressures on the Children and Young People's sector and specifically the issues faced by the voluntary sector in their Beneficial Area. To support the establishment of YPFs nationally, the YPF Trust is now being established.

The primary purpose of the YPFs is to support and build capacity in the Children and Young People's sector. They work strategically to bring different groups together to develop partnership projects and share resources and good practice.

The YPF family has grown considerably since the first three were established in 2015, and there are now nine across North and West London and Manchester. The charity is now looking for an experienced and enterprising individual who has a strong track record of collaborating to achieve high impact, and who can lead the YPF Trust through its start-up phase, support the engagement of a wide range of local and national stakeholders and learn from and build on their existing network of YPFs.

The Role

The new CEO will be responsible for providing strong leadership and representing of the YPF network and support member YPFs to be sustainable and achieve high impact in their communities. The CEO is also responsible for developing and implementing the YPF Trust Strategy, including income generation, and be accountable for all aspect relating to finance and the broader operations of the Trust.

The Person

Attributes to include:

- Track record in strategic leadership and management, working in or with the charity sector

- Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders

- Understanding of the challenges currently facing the community and voluntary sector, particularly as it relates to young people

- Experience of leading change management, replication or scaling of programmes

- Leadership in a commercial or not-for-profit environment with a successful track record of organisational development

- Proven track record in business development, income generation and partnership building

- Experience of staff and volunteer management

- A strong understanding of good governance and legal responsibilities and the ability to work successfully with a board

- Commitment to the vision and values of the Charity

To Apply

To apply, please upload your CV in Word format and include a supporting statement as part of your application, addressing your experience in relation to the key points on the person specification, which should be no longer than 2 sides of A4.

A Prospectus consultant will review and assess all submitted applications. As part of the selection process candidates may be invited to meet with a consultant at our offices.

To Learn more; please see downloadable Job Description on the prospectus website.

Salary: £31,114 per annum

Hours: 37 per week

Based: Flexible with travel across UK including the Liverpool Head Office

Duration: 12 months with possible extension

This is an exciting new role, created as part of our investment in income generation for our five year transformational strategic plan. As our fundraising lead you will work as part of the communications team to create and deliver an income generation strategy to develop our work promoting and celebrating the contribution of people with personal experience of supportive shared living.

You will be responsible for leading the organisation in generating new income (with support from colleagues) from a variety of sources including individual donors, events, corporate sponsorship, lottery and assisting with project grants.

You will need to have the ability to be a strategic thinker and have the energy to kickstart our fundraising plan and help lead the organisation in unrestricted income generation. The role has the potential to grow depending on the success of the organisation.

We are looking for an individual who understands and believes in our ethos and is ready to join us on our journey.

Job objectives

1. Corporate: raise money from local, national and international businesses, working in association with our corporate fundraising agency.

2. Individual giving: maintain, promote and manage our existing outsourced weekly lottery offer. Build, promote and support a series of fundraising events (using existing organised events) to raise our profile and donations.

3. Community: recruit, motivate, organise and facilitate supporters to raise money for our work – building a community that will help sustain our work. Work with targeted small/local businesses to facilitate community fundraising and awareness raising.

4. Trusts and foundations: Helping to apply for grant proposals for grants from funders whose values are aligned to our own.

5. General: to contribute to the health, sustainability and ethical development of Shared Lives Plus

Shared Lives Plus is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff.  We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnerships.

For more information contact Phoebe Rowell, Communications Manager or visit the Shared Lives Plus website

How to apply  

Apply by sending an up to date CV and a supporting statement, which should be kept to a maximum of two pages. Please start your supporting statement by saying why you want to work for us and work in the Shared Lives sector. Your supporting statement will also need to demonstrates how you meet the requirements of each area of the person specification below:

• Relevant skills and experience
• How your knowledge, values and attitude make you a suitable candidate
• How you would meet the practical requirements of the job.

To get a better sense of what we are looking for in each of these areas please read through the main duties and responsibilities and the detailed personal specification below.

Shared Lives Plus is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff.  We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnerships.

Headliners (UK), an award winning youth charity, is looking for new Chief Executive who is passionate about improving the lives of the most vulnerable young people and can provide transformational leadership to a committed staff team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead the team to deliver our strategy and shape our plans through the next stage of development.

You will be a curious and forward-thinking leader who is able to inspire a range of stakeholders and have a total commitment to involving young people in decision making throughout the organisation.  You believe that young people are assets and deserve to be listened to and have equal opportunities to achieve their potential.

You will have a strong interest in journalism, media and the power of storytelling.

Our ideal candidate will have senior level management experience, outstanding communication skills, proven influencing skills and organisational profile-raising and a track record of fundraising and building partnerships.

The role is 4 days per week (28 hours) with flexible working including some home working with a salary of £36,400 (FTE £45,500). You must be able to travel throughout the UK to our offices in Northern Ireland, North East England and London. 

Please visit our website for an application pack with details of the role description and person specification and full instructions of how to apply and send us your CV with a 2-page supporting letter by 12 noon January 31st 2020. 

Do you want to work for a charity exclusively focused on ending the scourge of older people being abused?

The charity is exclusively focused on supporting, advising and helping older people who have been the subject of abuse, while championing their cause with the police, government and statutory bodies

This role offers fantastic scope and opportunity as the charity continues to grow. You should have at least 2 years' experience and will need to be well acquainted with the world of fundraising and be flexible in your approach to this role. You will be reporting to the Director of Fundraising and Communications and working within a passionate team to drive fundraising opportunities and help to raise the profile of this amazing charity. There is great opportunities for advancement in the role as the charity is growing quickly. We are keen to appoint to the team quickly so interviews will be on a rolling basis. Please send your CV and a well thought out cover letter asap.!

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Raise funds to agreed targets and support the organisation's activities, predominately via trusts and foundations, corporate, individual giving, community as well as exploring new income streams

• Market and promote the work of the organisation to a wider audience using well written and impactful propositions and presentations in person where necessary.

• Undertake in-depth research to identify potential income and funding opportunities • Empower supporters to organise and undertake their own fundraising activities

• Maintain accurate records, including maintaining the fundraising and income generation database and CRM system with targets, pitches and asks

For this role, you will need to be a positive and proactive person with a caring yet driven nature as well as being happy to embrace the excitement of being able to join a company in a very busy time of growth! This is an unmissable opportunity to join a brilliant organisation, whilst contributing to their outstanding and meaningful work.

This is an exciting opportunity for a creative, innovative fundraiser to develop and grow both our income and supporter engagement. 

SAT-7 UK is looking to recruit a Fundraising & Engagement Team Manager to help make God’s love visible through satellite TV and digital media – to millions of people across the Middle East and North Africa.

SAT-7 STRATEGY: SAT-7 is a strategic international satellite and digital media network, working to see a growing Church in the Middle East and North Africa, confident in Christian faith and witness, serving the community and contributing to the good of society and culture.

SAT-7 UK has grown a faithful supporter base across the UK over the last 24 years. However, we recognise the need to better establish who we are and what we do in the hearts and minds of all UK Christians. We want to reach a new generation – growing our income, influence, and supporter engagement – to increase the impact of our international programmes. As such, over the next three years we are committed to growing our church partners around the country, to develop our volunteer programmes, and to increase the support and active engagement from new supporters who are passionate about bringing life-changing moments of joy to the people of the MENA region.

SAT-7 PEOPLE: This role is based at the SAT-7 UK office in Chippenham part of a team of around 17 staff (full-time, part-time and home workers). The team meets together in the office (and virtually) every day for 15 minutes to read the Bible and to pray for the ministry, the MENA region, for each other and for our supporters.

SAT-7 FAMILY: We are part of the wider SAT-7 international family and regularly connect with our international office in Cyprus, our ‘studio’ offices in Beirut, Cairo, Istanbul and London as well as other ‘support’ offices in Europe, the US, Hong Kong or Brazil. We get to meet each other at our annual Network gathering, held in one of the main regional office locations and it’s always an inspiring event for partners, supporters and staff.

This is an exciting opportunity for a creative, innovative fundraiser to develop and grow both our income and supporter engagement. Candidates should have had prior experience in leading successful fundraising and direct marketing programmes; including appeals and campaigns to individuals. We are looking for an experienced manager, with excellent communication and implementation skills, who will enjoy the challenge of working in a growing team at a time of transition. This role requires someone motivated by their Christian faith with a personal interest and concern for the people of the Middle East and North Africa.

Role:                   Fundraising & Engagement Manager
Location:Based at our Chippenham office (at least three days per week)
                            Candidates should have the right to work in the UK.
Salary: £27,000 to £35,000 pro rata
Hours:                 up to 37.5 hours/week (flexible working considered)
Annual Leave:25 days pro rata
Closing Date:January 19th 2020 midday

Please note that applications are welcome before the closing date and we may call for interviews and appoint earlier if a suitable candidate is found.

To apply for this role please complete the application form and send with your CV and cover letter.